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Now is the time to consider rebuilding the herd, but holding onto cows could be risky.
By: Andrew P. Griffith, University of Tennessee
FED CATTLE: Fed cattle traded steady to slightly weaker on a live basis compared to a week ago. Prices were mainly $167 to $168 on a live basis while dressed trade ranged from $260 to $263. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were $166.87 live, down $0.55 from last week and $261.13 dressed, down $2.17 from a week ago. A year ago prices were $130.95 live and $206.04 dressed.
Maybe the question of how high can fed cattle prices go has been answered. The fed cattle market has met resistance for two weeks which is almost a trend in today's volatile market. Fed cattle peaked at $170 two weeks ago but were not able to maintain that level either last week or regain any follow through this week.
Two weeks of softer prices is not enough to say prices cannot press farther forward, but a number of market factors indicate significant pressure in the beef and cattle markets which will make it difficult for prices to continue escalating. However, it does not mean the market is going to fall apart and prices plummet, because many of the market conditions that caused prices to rise to this level will continue to provide support.
BEEF CUTOUT: At midday Friday, the Choice cutout was $249.16 down $1.36 from Thursday and down $2.61 from last Friday. The Select cutout was $238.44 up $1.19 from Thursday and down $0.73 from last Friday. The Choice Select spread was $10.71 compared to $12.60 a week ago.
Packers continue to struggle forcing boxed beef prices higher and these struggles will likely persist as retailers continue to slowly increase the retail price of beef products.
The retail value of Choice beef in September was $625.60 per hundredweight which is a 17.0 percent increase since January. Similarly, the all fresh beef retail value in September was $592.40 per hundredweight which is an increase of 17.4 percent since January. It is unlikely retail prices have peaked which means consumers will be faced with even higher beef prices in the grocery store which will further test beef demand which has been strong all year.
Pork and poultry prices have also been on the increase, but the poultry and pork industries look prepared to increase production which will likely result in lower retail pork and chicken prices. Consumers pay attention to relative prices of meat which is why beef has remained competitive. However, if pork and poultry prices begin their descent while beef prices continue ascending then it will place pressure on the beef industry.
TENNESSEE AUCTIONS: On Tennessee auctions this week compared to a week ago steers and bulls were mostly steady to $8 higher. Heifers were $6 to $8 higher. Slaughter cows were steady to $4 higher while bulls were mostly steady. Average receipts per sale were 811 head on 11 sales compared to 820 head on 12 sales last week and 1,257 head on 7 sales last year.
OUTLOOK: Commercial slaughter cow prices remain relatively strong for the fall marketing period. Many producers are in the process of increasing herd size to capitalize on record calf prices. Growing the herd is achieved by retaining heifers, purchasing heifers, or retaining cows that would normally be culled and marketed.
Producers considering retaining cows that would normally be culled should evaluate the consequences of such a decision. It is not likely many advantages exist to deviating from the normal culling practices as most cows are culled due to feet problems, udder problems, sickness, age, poor calf performance, or reproductive inefficiency.
In most instances, it does not pay to retain breeding stock that would normally be sorted off and marketed. Many of the cows that should be culled have a salvage value between $1,200 and $1,400 given current market prices. It would be an expensive decision if one of these cows were retained and failed to rebreed or even worse if it died on the farm.
The revenue from the sale of two inefficient cows comes close to matching what it would cost to purchase a bred heifer. Thus, it may be more beneficial for the operation to replace older stock with younger stock to improve efficiency.
Bred heifer prices have continued to strengthen throughout the year and many producers are asking if a $2,800 heifer can pay for herself. For the sake of brevity, let us use back of the feed sack figures to discuss this question.
Assuming it costs $750 to carry a cow for a year and she weans a 550 pound calf that can be marketed for an average price of $230 per hundredweight ($1,265 per head) over the lifetime of that cow then it will take about six years before the initial investment is paid off. However, some heifers will not remain in the herd for six years due to problems already discussed meaning her salvage value will have to make up the difference to justify the investment.
This is an oversimplification of the purchase decision, but it does provide insight into the ability for a bred heifer to pay for herself over her lifetime in the breeding herd. Some producers will be able to make the heifer investment profitable while others will not be able to justify the expense.
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: Based on Thursday's closing prices, December live cattle closed at $165.35. Support is at $164.80, then $163.43. Resistance is at $166.18 then $167.55. The RSI is 50.33. February live cattle closed at $166.55. Support is at $165.88, then $164.51. Resistance is at $167.26, then $168.63. The RSI is 54.07. April live cattle closed at $165.85. Support is at $165.60, then $165.25. Resistance is at $166.10, then $166.28. The RSI is 56.48. November feeders closed at $236.52. Support is at $235.82, then $234.52. Resistance is at $237.12 then $238.42. The RSI is 55.59. January feeders closed at $230.57. Support is at $230.12, then $229.12. Resistance is at $231.12 then $232.12. The RSI is 55.28. March feeders closed at $228.30. Support is at $227.55, then $226.93. Resistance is at $228.53, then $228.55. The RSI is 54.67. Friday's closing prices were as follows: Live/fed cattle –December $166.80 1.45; February $168.38 1.83; April $167.15 1.30; Feeder cattle - November $238.53 2.00; January $232.45 1.88; March $229.65 1.35; April $229.95 1.40; December corn closed at $3.68 down $0.04 from Thursday.
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Dressing up and disguise, the blurring of identities and boundaries, transformation, transgression; all are brought together in the wearing of masks. Masking up releases our commonality, enables us to act together, to shout as one to those who rule and divide us 'we are all fools, deviants, outcasts, clowns and criminals'.
'Carnival Against Capital' London 1999
During the Zombie Seminar which we organized in Barakaldo last December, Laurence Rassel, cyberfeminist and member of the Belgium artist group Constant, told us about the Cyborg Manifest of Donna Haraway, the vampires of Octavia Butler and the series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, using them as examples to show how fictional characters can help us to think about ourselves beyond "the strict limits society, religion or politics confines our identity to".
We can think of these figures as alter egos, with characteristics that belong to the limbo of humanity, the unnatural. They talk about the essence of humanity, by focusing precisely in the loss of it. As one of the vampires in the British television serial "Ultraviolet" tells the embittered widow of a scientist who turned vampire:
You seem to think that we are the ones who change after death. But I wonder what happened to the person your husband described to me. He is not the one who lost his humanity. I understand why you have become this person. You don't want his life back. You want your own.
Maybe it's only human to transform into "something else" in the encounter with the unnatural and the inhuman.
The subversive possibilities of fictional figures has been used in activism as well. The 3rd of February, in the beginning of our stay in Overvecht, we invited Rebelact to give a presentation. Rebelact is a group of clowns that tries to glue together art, humor, activism and communication media. They find their references in alterglobalization movements such as C.I.R.C.A. (Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army), Rebel Clowns that "embody life's contradictions, they are both fearsome and innocent, wise and stupid, entertainers and dissenters, healers and laughing stocks, scapegoats and subversives". Movements like this one contributed with new forms of action in the protests against the G8 of Seattle, Praga and Genoa, introducing the "tactical frivolity" as a strategy employing the whimsical and proclaiming the carnivalization of daily life.
Rebelact is organizing a Basic Rebel Clown Training fron the 18th to the 20th of April. Pity that coincides with the Overvecht Zombiewalk!
Here is a list of very interesting videos of different alterglobalization groups:
Tactical Frivolity and Rythms of Resistance (Documentary by Nuria Vila + Marcelo Expósito)
C.I.R.C.A. (Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army)
Stop laminatization (Action by Rebelact)
Rita Promotie Team (Action by Rebelact)
Iratxe Jaio and Klaas van Gorkum


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While online marketing is imperative, you can't discredit good ol' print marketing techniques. While the face of marketing is continually changing, some things last for the long haul, especially tried and true methods, such as print. We are not telling you to ditch your SEO efforts or on your online marketing campaigns, as these methods are necessary, but it's essential to use some "older" practices still as well. Not everyone owns a computer, and not everyone is computer savvy and up to date on the newest technology. Maybe they don't check their email often because they are too busy or their inbox fills up so quickly. Email blasts can quickly get lost in the 'crowd.' Due to this, allocating some of your budget for print marketing materials is imperative. One attractive and personalized way is to use postcards to market your business.
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When you are printing marketing material, the last thing anyone wants is for their investment to become a wasted one. When it comes to print marketing, there are aspects that one does not think about, until it happens to them. All too often, one spends a great deal of time and money to create the perfect postcard for their marketing campaign, for it to go nowhere. The reason why it went nowhere? Well, the design itself wasn't at fault. It was the fact that the postcards arrived damaged. The postcards arrived scratched, torn, and severely damaged, which resulted in your postcards looking rather unattractive to your audience. Because investment loss is a real thing, learning how to print mail-ready postcards is crucial.
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One of the most pressing questions, asked by business card designers, in the modern age is, whether or not to include a QR code on a business card? The two most common answers are "of course, here's mine" or "what is a QR code?" While the question seems straightforward, the answer exposes the truth about what side of the digital divide your company is on. If you find your company seems to be stuck in the slow lane on the information superhighway, here is a handy primer on all things QR, and why your marketing project might need one.
Many creatives are all too familiar with getting on a roll with their creative work, only to eventually hit a brick wall. A common theme with many creators, getting into a dry spell happens to everybody now and then. A normal occurrence, but a frustrating one at that, since it can be difficult to get ideas flowing again after you've hit a mental roadblock.
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More than three billion single trips are taken during the extended period of travel. It is to China's great credit that these journeys occur incredibly smoothly, and on the whole with a convivial spirit. There is too often a tendency to minimise any praise about China's achievements, to the anger of Chinese citizens at home and abroad.
If China spies upon Australia, Australia spied on East Timor. If China detains Uighurs in harsh conditions, so has Australia detained people in brutal and demeaning conditions on Manus Island. If China lays out money to nations on our region to secure its national interests, so does Australia, most notably to Nauru and PNG.
I have the luxury of laughing off jokes that make light of the power dynamic between mainland China and Taiwan and Hong Kong, but for many of my friends, it's not such a light matter. I struggle to put myself in their shoes, and I feel a sense of hopelessness that I'm not able to do more.
One of the ironies of the intensifying tariff war between America and China is that that neither of the two giants seems to have a viable economic model. Both countries' systems are based on dodgy financial engineering and printing money, or just inventing new types of money out of thin air.
Every effort should be made to keep Australia out of yet another US war overseas, especially against China. If such a war resulted, the US Marines in Darwin would draw fire on the Northern Territory. For Australia's peace and security, we need to see an end to the stationing of Marines in Darwin and an end to war rehearsals with the United States.
While Bob Carr's institute was deemed to be a panda hugger and Clive Hamilton's position on Chinese influence was considered to be dragon slaying, knowledgeable discussion is a distant third. To China-watchers, the relative lack of a sophisticated focus on Australia-China relations during the election was simply business as usual.
One hundred years on, the power of symbol lurks uncomfortably. To honour these students — these young protestors in Tiananmen — rallying for their nation in 1919 cannot but bring to mind other students marching through Beijing decades later. And yet, given the historical weight of 4 May, the government must commemorate it all the same.
Any tourist to this spot presumably stands in awe under the character, having crossed the full delineation of Chinese territory, and then gazes out over the Heilongjiang to Russia on the other side. North: them. Here: us. Cue national pride.
The exhibition stands as a celebration of the work of Xiao Lu and her contemporaries, who continue to clothe their lived experiences in images, acts and utterances, and in so doing communicate with others about the state of their lives as women and artists, their society and their nation.
In light of the self-serving and at times criminal behavior of bishops around the world as revealed by the sexual abuse crisis, it might seem strange that the appointment of bishops is such a neuralgic issue for Vatican-China relations. But in China, the appointment of bishops has become the litmus test of a so-called orthodoxy in much the same way right-to-life issues are in the USA.
On recent the bicentenary of Marx's birth, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that the Communist Party 'has combined the fundamental principles of Marxism with the reality of China's reform and opening up'. In reality China's economic system bears no resemblance to the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism advocated by Marx.
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On Saturday, 3rd August 2019, The Friends of St Patricks are sponsoring the 4th Annual 3 Peaks Challenge in support of St Patricks Mission, Bradford. The 3 Peaks Challenge is a sponsored walk across the 3 highest peaks in Yorkshire.
Its our annual Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for St Patrick's Mission. The aim is to do the 26 mile walk in under 12 hours.
St Patrick's Mission is a centre for Catholic renewal based in the centre of Bradford. It's mission and purpose is to implement the new evangelisation. It seeks to create a culture of Catholic spiritual renewal and missionary outreach. St Patrick's Mission provides works of Christian charity to the poor and destitute and opportunities for inner city evangelisation to those who visit. There is an open doors soup kitchen and an open doors sandwich service to those who are in need.
St Patrick's Mission also offers courses, seminars and prayer groups designed to encourage and support one's relationship with Jesus in the heart of the Catholic Church, also focusing on preparing disciples to become missionaries themselves.
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Vehicle examiner and school employee nabbed for corruption
A vehicle examiner from a private testing station and an employee from a school for the deaf a to appear in Temba magistrate court in Tshwane this morning after being arrested in connection with alleged fraud and corruption.
The two, an vehicle examiner from Greeenpeace private vehicle testing station in Hammarskraal and an employee of the Dominican School for the Deaf were arrested by members of the National Traffic Anti-Corruption Unit yesterday.
It is alleged that the school employees paid the vehicle examiner a sum of R200 to issue a roadworthy certificate for a school bus without bringing the bus into the station for testing. The bus was later found to have multiple defects including a broken windscreen, missing wiper, broken indicator lights, and missing battery cables.
The arrests were made following a period of surveillance by the members of the National Anti-Corruption Unit. It is believed that the station issued about 20 vehicle roadworthy certificates a day even though observations by anti-corruption officers showed that very few vehicles were brought into the station for roadworthy evaluation.
The suspects were detained at Temba police station.
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Inspired by nested Russian dolls, +5 Pots for Lots is a creative way to conserve water. Each pot has a letter indicating the size that corresponds to the measurements on the cap/ watering tool, to prevent over watering. Check out this cool product after the jump!
"+5 Pots for Lots , is a concept developed based on the need of water waste prevention. The idea of the object is based on combining elements taken from different disciplines. The system of the Russian doll with multiple layers is merged with technological processes to achieve the goal.The pots of different sizes exist inside of one big pot which is closed with a special cap, which also functions as both a cover and as a precise watering tool. To use the measuring cap, user follows the measurements of XS S M L XL sizes which correspond to the sizes of the pots. This process of precise water measurement insures that each pot gets the right amount of water and as a result no water is thrown out and no plans are over watered. The compact grouping of the pots insures space economy,in addition the stylish molding allows to place the unused pots ( inside the big pot) as a Design object in the interior. So as a result we are getting an integrated system which is ecco friendly, compact, stylish and customizable."
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Our Pre-K class is for children who are 4 years and older.
The goal of our Pre-K program is to provide your child with the skills and experiences to successfully move on to Kindergarten. Our Pre-K curriculum is designed around a safe, nurturing environment which allows each child to learn and explore at their own pace.
In our Pre-K class, your child will start each day by answering the "Question of the Day". This incorporates language, graphing, estimating and counting. The question generally coincides with our theme for the week, so it also starts your child thinking about what they will be learning.
From there, the children move directly to Free Choice Time. Free choice opportunities range from dress-up, housekeeping, manipulatives such as Legos or K'nex, the sensory table or writing center as well as special art or theme-related activities.
Circle Time is our chance to practice "kindergarten skills" such as taking turns, listening and sharing ideas with classmates. Math skills (graphing, estimation, sorting, patterning, counting, adding, subtracting, even oral story problems) are practiced every day. This is also the time when we have fun with music, rhythm and movement activities. Our songs and movement activities generally go along with our theme, but some songs we do just because they're fun!
Every week we introduce a new "Letter Buddy" until we have made it all the way through the alphabet. Since each child learns at their own pace, we include many different activities with each letter. We search for the letter in "environmental print", write the letter, find and identify partner letters, practice the letter sound, classify items that start with individual letters and play games with letters.
There are many skills that children need in order to be able to read, and we incorporate as many of these skills as we can throughout our program. In addition to the letters themselves and their sounds, we work on "story sense" by reading and talking about stories. We write and illustrate class books and share them with our families. We use language in verbal form with "show-n-tell", questions and answers and interviews with special guests. We talk about rhyming words and alliterations, and make lists and take dictation.
Art is included every day in our program. Sometimes we have step-by-step, "direction-following" art; sometimes we have "free" art - such as easel painting. No matter what the process, art empowers the students and their art work is amazing and makes them proud.
Our Pre-K program is designed to be safe, nurturing and fun. Through games and other ways of exploring, we seek to provide your child with the skills they need to succeed in kindergarten as well as start them on a lifetime of joyful learning.


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Naim Josefi is a fashion company based in Stockholm, Sweden. Since the first collection in 2010, Naim Josefi has become a well known name in the fashion industry and media, both in Sweden and internationally. With an eye for fashion forward design and sophisticated tailoring combined with high technology and innovation, Naim Josefi has received several prestigious awards around the world.
We have always strived to innovate to find solutions that form and change the fashion industry. It started with being the first company in the world with creating a 3D printed shoe 9 years ago. In 2015 we started to use a laser technique as treatment of our jeans to lower the use of chemicals and water. We have noticed that others are following our path, which we are so happy to see, as we are a small company and can not alone make the difference that is needed.
Our goal is to be 100% sustainable, therefore we carry on with our research and innovation to try to make an impact on the fashion industry.
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First 3D shoes in the world. The shoes was part of a collection that was about a fictional future society where organic forms were the most sought after, because it's more sustainable and statistically more appealing to the viewer.
The Melonia shoe attracted attention by the British Design Museum and got nominated for Best Design 2011 together with Comme des Garçons, Lanvin, Jil Sander and Gareth Pugh. The concept was about how we could move the tailoring to the future with help of technology and innovation where we could with the help of scanning, modify the shoes structure digitally and produce it perfectly tailored.
A year later the Melonia shoe was put to be featured in an exhibition showcasing up-and-coming designers at the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Won the first Swedish Project Runway. Project Runway Sweden was a reality television series that focuses on fashion design. The contestants compete with each other to create the best clothes and are restricted by time, materials and theme. For each episode one of the designers are forced to leave, and Naim Josefi managed to stay til the end, and won the competition.
Ljungberg Factory is one of the oldest textile companies in Sweden, they started back in 1930. They reached out for a collaboration to create a couture collection for them during Stockholm Fashion Week. The collection was inspired by patterns from nature and it's mathematical foundation. Alan Turings research of the black and white spots on cows led to his theory of morphogenesis, which was what we used to create the pattern for the collection.
In Almedalen 2015 we presented the first ever 3D printed shoes in steel and had a discussion about swedish steel and the importance of using Swedish materials and craftsmanship. This was a collaboration together with Jernkontoret (Association of steel).
During the Gangs collection, we also did a collaboration with the Swedish steel company Munkfors Steel. Together we developed fabrics made out of steel from the small town of Munkfors in Sweden. With the steel fabric we developed dresses and decor on the denim. This collaboration was also shown at Beijing Fashion Week, as we were invited as a guest designer från Europe.
Our AW 2017 collection opened the Swedish Fashion Week and that was the first time we introduced laser printed jeans, to show a more sustainable alternative how to design and color denim.
The inspiration for Naim Josefi's AW 18 collection INHABITANTS inspired from biology. The story is about the inhabitants of a secret garden – a botanical garden, featuring shell like structures and beautiful cuts. The focus is on the inhabitants who are bugs, and their amazing shapes, colours and variations.
"I'm amazed by their incredible shiny shells, colourful patterns and metallic accents. In the collection, I have adapted the textures and colour range of the bugs and gathered them together in the green base colour of the garden. The shifting shades in the fabrics and the combinations of different patterns create a dynamic dimension of their appearances", explains Naim Josefi.
The collection consists of coats, blazers, dresses and knitwear with a tailor-made feeling. A selection of denim styles, a part of Naim Josefi's denim line GANGS, and a few exclusive Couture-gowns in knitted steel, together with 3D printed bugs are also a part of the collection. The steel dresses are a collaboration together with Jernkontoret (Swedish steel association).
In collaboration with Swedish steel manufacturer Höganäs we developed hats made out of steel. We always strive to show the importance of working with Swedish technology for sustainability reasons. The 3D printed steel hats are approximately 1 millimeter thin, which show the excellence of Höganäs ability to make 3D printed steel.
The Gangs Collection evolved to a collaboration with Swedish sock brand Happy Socks. The collaboration was shown during Stockholm Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018. The pattern and symbol on the socks follows our brands philosophy about taking responsibility of the people and the planet.


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Closet Cases Ptown had a great opening weekend, we had one of the largest crowds so far at The Vixen this summer season! The show continues with a whole new lineup of closet cases on Friday, September 3rd at 9pm where Frank DeCaro (The Frank DeCaro Show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio), lizz furtado (30 Rock, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Rescue Me), Mike Albo ("The Underminer: The Best Friend Who Casually Destroys Your Life.") and Robin Cloud (Comix Comedy Club, Stand Up New York, and Laugh Lounge), Steven Polito (Hedda Lettuce), Neil Thornton (Comic, Gotham, Broadway Comedy Club) and Mimi Gonzalez (Ptown legend, nationally touring comic). It all takes place at The Vixen – right on Commercial Street!
PLUS – we also have a chance for an audience member to tell their story on stage for a $25 gift card from Human Rights Campaign Store. Come out and have a great time. Tickets are a bargain at $14. Plus we even have trivia questions throughout the show for a chance to win $10 gift card to Wired Puppy and other places!
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Annual Summer Bird Count: Over 12,000 winged guests roosting and nesting at Pong Lake Wetland
Dotted with grassy swamps, the Pong Dam wetlands- a wintering ground for the migratory birds from trans- Himalayan and central Asia region, is now fast emerging as ideal summer sojourn destination for many migratory birds.punjab Updated: Jul 01, 2015 22:52 IST
Dotted with grassy swamps, the Pong Dam wetlands- a wintering ground for the migratory birds from trans- Himalayan and central Asia region, is now fast emerging as ideal summer sojourn destination for many migratory birds.
A day-long summer avian count conducted by the wildlife wing of Himachal Pradesh Forest Department last month has put the numbers of residents as well as migratory birds roosting and nesting in Pong Wetland at 12,314.
"Annual summer avian race was held on June 23 to monitor the number of birds roosting in Pong Dam Wetland," said additional chief secretary (Forest) Tarun Shridhar.
In the day-long exercise, the entire Pong Lake Wildlife Sanctuary was divided into 15 segments, with 40 persons, including ornithologists, volunteers and department employees partake in the count.
Each team, comprising two to three members, scoured segment assigned to them.
"The count has put the numbers of birds, belonging to different species, roosting at the wetland this summer," said Shridhar.
The dominant species observed, Shridhar said, were Cattle Egret (3,348), Little Cormorant (2,003), Small Pratincole (1,377), Little Egret (1,305), Red Wattled Lapwing (1,024).
"Other important species found recorded breeding in the wetland were the Little Tern (194), Purple Heron (173), Yellow Wattled Lapwing (55), Gull billed Tern (46) and the Great Thick knee (43)," informed Shridhar.
Most of these birds are resident whereas the others like Yellow Wattled Lapwing, Small Pratincole, Lesser Whistling Duck, Indian Skimmer, Black crowned Night Heron and Blue tailed Bee eater are the summer migrants, he added.
These species visit Pong Lake regularly from their wintering places in Central Indian.
Over the last few years, Pong Dam Lake, also a Ramsar site has recorded a significant number of migratory birds in summer season, besides the heavy influx of winged guests in winter season.
Spread over 307 square km, Pong Lak- also called Maharana Pratap Sagar- emerged due to construction of Pong Dam on Beas River in 1960. It was declared a bird sanctuary in 1983 and was given the status of wetland of national importance in 1994 and got status of Ramsar site in 2002.
So far, 423 species of birds, 18 species of snakes, 90 species of butterflies, 24 species of mammals, 27 species of fishes have been recorded in Pong Wetland.
The avian biodiversity at wetland is attributable to the varied habitat, abundance of food and extended protection by the staff of the Wildlife Wing which has involved the local communities in this enterprise.
Around 1.35 lakh migratory birds of 93 species were recorded at Pong Lake Sanctuary this winter.


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Peter our client, has spent a couple of years nursing this project through from an idea to reality and we've spent six weeks in the workshop building the frame — so maybe it's only natural that we're all experiencing a cocktail of anticipation, and excitement mixed with the odd collywobble. Will it all go together? Will it fit? Will we end up with a mysterious left over piece of wood? Will it rain? Will we get sun stroke (you never know)? Will the crane turn up?
Day 1
The big day arrives and so does the crane, and it looks as if we're in luck as there's a gentle breeze and the weather looks set fair. What a relief as raising frames in the rain can be dangerous and demoralising — not to mention wet.
I contemplate starting the day with a calming meditation practice for the raising team, but remember that we are supposed to be 'builders'. The thought of the four of us sitting in the lotus position with our high vis jackets and hard hats is too disturbing, so I revert to default mode and start barking orders at people instead.
Before the crane arrives we have all 80 braces identified from their chisel marks and spread out loosely in their intended positions. We unload all the raising kit: mallets, metal framing pins (podgers), pegs, ratchet straps, trestles, acro props etc. The crane is on time and before we know it the first jowl post is being hoisted into the clear blue sky and lowered vertically into position. It's important to work methodically and safely and to follow a planned raising sequence, for example scarfed wallplates can only be laid in one direction, and some joints need to be pegged as we progress. Getting over excited and ahead of ourselves would be catastrophic.
Posts, beams, girding rails and wallplates are all in place by lunchtime and the whole structure is starting to firm up. Our initial anxieties have eased and the whole team are working at a steady rhythm. After a quick break – where we are plied with ridiculous quantities of various delicious cakes – we carry on vertically upwards, putting together the interrupted tie beam trusses and trestles on the ground, then lifting them into place. By 4.30pm all the trusses are up and we can pack Russell the crane driver off for the day, take a moment to contemplate what we have achieved and what is left to do tomorrow, and head home for some kip.
Day 2
We're all drained and fatigued after the exertions of yesterday, but turning up and being confronted by the impressive structure is exhilarating and restores our get up and go. We're now up to the roof and work our way along, spreading the trusses and inserting the purlins and wind braces. It's dangerous and technical so we slow everything down as much as we can. The purlins are all in and we can see the finishing line, which is reached when we drop the final ridge beam on at 3pm.
The day isn't over though as there is the small matter of banging in the 1000 oak pegs to hold the frame together. You might find it hard to believe but it's a surprisingly enjoyable part of the process as the tensions of the past couple of days evaporate.
By early evening the last peg is driven in and all that's left is to load up our gear, take some photos in the fading light and reflect on an exhausting but satisfying raising.
Next week: Peter gives us the client's view of the process
About the author:
Rob Dawson built a stunning oak frame home in 2009 for less than £100,000. He is now the owner and founder of Castle Ring Oak Frame.


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If you are looking for somewhere to stay when travelling to Phu Quoc Island, Richis Beach Resort is the place for you. With a spectacular location and the luxurious room types, the resort won't disappoint you.
The resort is a comfortable 15 minutes' drive away from the airport, 05 minutes' to the downtown and makes a perfect base from which to explore some of the island's most popular sites. Spanning across an expansive area, the resort provides all the privacy that families and couples desire.
Room Design: Luxurious room was designed with white colors between classical and modern, each room is a unique harmony. The suites are spacious views of the garden. The large size luxurious bed material is provided more comfortable relaxation.
Warmly bathroom: After a long distance time or overtime picnic, your exhausted will be erased by the modern amenities of the shower bathroom with personal necessary items.
Great balcony: When you go to the balcony, the closely natural design is the wide setting and the garden is meticulous care. The far side is the vast sunlight and the clean blue sea. This atmosphere is suitable for your relaxing, reading book, enjoying a cool glass of juice or a cup of aromatic coffee.
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The Richis Restaurant is satisfied your appetite for truly unforgettable dining experiences while savouring the natural beauty and fresh atmosphere characteristic of the tropics. From casual to fine dining, from light bites to sumptuous gastronomic delights, our restaurants serve up a tantalising array of international flavours to excite your palate, made all the more enjoyable by the caress of gentle breezes.
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The Bracknell Regeneration Partnership ("BRP"), a 50:50 Joint Venture between Legal & General Capital (LGC) and Schroder UK Real Estate Fund (SREF) working in partnership with Bracknell Forest Council (BFC), has announced that it has secured a pre-let agreement with Next and River Island for its development The Lexicon Bracknell.
Next has taken a 10-year lease, bringing its stylishly designed and comprehensive fashion offer to a three level store of 27,600sq ft. River Island has exchanged contracts on a 10-year lease of a two level store totalling 11,200 sq ft and will provide shoppers the opportunity to purchase clothing and accessories from the popular young fashion brand.
The announcement follows the recent launch of The Lexicon Bracknell, the new identity of the 1 million square foot shopping and leisure destination in Bracknell Town Centre that reflects its comprehensive regeneration. The Lexicon Bracknell will act as a meeting place to positively transform how people live, work and socialise in Bracknell, from residents to young people, and businesses to visitors.
The Bracknell Regeneration Project commenced construction work in March 2015 and will be complete in Spring 2017. With over 64% of the scheme having already been pre-let, the new town will bring over 60 new stores and restaurants to The Lexicon Bracknell. In addition to Next and River Island, a new selection of shops and brands will be offered including Fenwick and Marks & Spencer, Primark and H&M, as well as Arcadia brands; Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins and Burton.
Simon Russian, Head of Development Bracknell of Legal & General Property, said:
"The exciting pre-let to two of the UK's major fashion retailers perfectly aligns with the wider purpose of BRP to attract major fashion brands to The Lexicon Bracknell and we now have real leasing momentum in the scheme with still over 18 months to go before opening. Through partnerships with influential brands we are confident that the scheme will redefine Bracknell's identity and will provide residents and visitors a compelling shopping and leisure offer."
Steve Ardron, Regional Estates Manager at Next Group PLC, commented:
"We are pleased to bring our comprehensive fashion offer to The Lexicon Bracknell and are looking forward to opening our new store in early 2017, as part of one of the UK's most exciting regeneration schemes."
Mark Woodruff, Store Acquisitions Controller at River Island, said:
"We are excited to have committed to taking a new store and join other fashion brands that will be opening at The Lexicon Bracknell. We look forward to bringing our full range of fashion to Bracknell Town Centre in early 2017."


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Summarise briefly, why your job exists;
Responsible for managing portfolios of identified eligible Preferred & Imperia customers, responsibilities detailed below,
1. To provide Consistent & Superior Digital Experience to our customers through Virtual Relationship Manager (VRM).
2. Objective is to enhance their Relationship & while doing so, Educate, Encourage & Induce the customers to use the Digital mediums for their banking transactions/ needs and at the same time keep a "window' to talk to the bank whenever customer needs.
3. Improve profitability by right product placement, leveraging technology to deploy a low cost digital mediums & scalable self-service model of affluent banking which is also in line with changing customer preferences in banking.
1Customer Interactions :
• Achievement of Contact policy defined
• Call handling as per defined standards.
• 100% accurate resolution on Calls received at the VRM desk.
• Promoting Digital Banking services for better customer service experience.
• Capturing of customer interaction. .
• Accurate logging and resolution of complaints
• Every group mapped under portfolio to be contacted once in two months.
• Provide 100% accurate resolution on calls handled.
• 100% accurate / complete capture of customer interactions.
• Error-free handling of requests/transactions on calls.
• Migrating customers to digital platform.
• Error-free & on time logging of complaints.
• Accurate and timely resolution of complaints/ customer issues.
• Error free servicing to the customer.
2 Achievement of portfolio parameters :
• Ensure that the VRM meets the defined objectives of the Portfolios raced under VRM program. • Eligibility: Atleast 85% of the groups should be eligible for the VRM program in any given month.
• STP: To meet defined STP target.
• IPH: To meet the defined target
• CTG: To meet the defined target
• Income: VRM has to achieve the monthly income target.
2 Sales :
• Increase liabilities size of relationship
• Penetration of products across family groups.
• Sales across all product segments-TPP, Assets, Cards etc
• Increase portfolio size through grouping options
• Enhancing customer wallet size
• Increase of Balances in a/c's of existing customer
• Acquire all related ids of the Primary id and send racing request on Web-based system/entry form to CPU for flagging and grouping.
• Use of triggers to track maturity of FDs and prevent outflow.
• Achieve the scorecard target defined for the Portfolio.
3 Customer Engagement:
• Carry out out-calling to the portfolio customers as per defined process.
• Carry out continuous customer engagement to the assigned portfolio.
• Carry out profiling of customers and carry out cross-servicing of the identified service products.
• Attrition control of customers
• Continuous customer engagement through outbound calls basis defined triggers & Birthday calls(as per current defined process)
• Attrition control
o Includes persuading the customer to continue and if required renew FD's
o Deepen by cross selling 'sticky products' like Demat, Bill Pay, Advisory.
o Ensure quality of relationship while racing. Should be capable of maintaining eligibility
o Regular customer contact to establish needs of the customer and opportunities to cross-sell
o Monitor large amount movements and account closure from the deposit accounts and ensure that customer does not attrite
o Ensure that the marketing analytics list on possible attrite, is called and retained
Call Quality :
• To achieve Quality benchmarks defined from time to time.
• Exceptional / Very Good rating in Service Quality audit/checks.
• First Call Resolution – 90%( for non-complaint calls)
• Consistently achieve defined Call quality scores.
5 Process Compliance :
• Ensure adherence to process and audit requirements.
• Ensure accurate and timely submission of financial transactions.& requests
Adherence to set processes of updating customer interactions in CRM next.
• Error-free logging/recording of customer requests and adherence to processes defined.
MIS – Reporting:
• To ensure accurate and timely reporting of MIS as circulated.
• Timely and accurate reporting of defined MIS.
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Study until your mind wanders
I've previously found it very difficult to read math heavy content which has made it challenging to read Distributed Computing which I bought last May.
After several false starts where I gave up after getting frustrated that I couldn't understand things the first time around and forgot everything if I left it a couple of days I decided to try again with a different approach.
I've been trying a technique I learned from Mini Habits where every day I have a (very small) goal of reading one page of the book. Having such a small goal means that I can read the material as slowly as I like (repeating previous days if necessary).
So far I've read 4 chapters (~100 pages) over the last month - some days I read 6 or 7 pages, other days I only manage one. The key is to keep the rhythm of reading something.
I tried doing the reading at different times of the day - on the bus on the way to work, in the evening before going to sleep - and found that for me the best time is immediately when I wake up. To minimise my mind wandering I don't read any emails, chat messages or social media accounts before I start.
Despite this, I've noticed that after a while my mind starts to wander while reading proofs and that's a signal for me to stop for the day. When I pick up again the next day I've often found that I understand what I was having difficulty with.
I've read that meditation prior to studying is an effective way to quiet the mind and would be a more 'on demand' way of achieving the concentration required to read this type of material. I've never done any meditation so if anyone has any tips on where to start that'd be helpful.


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The September Revolution was a military coup initiated by Libyan youth officer Gaddafi's "Freedom Officer Organization" led in 1969, overthrew the Idris dynasty, established a revolutionary regime headed by Gaddafi and established the Libyan Arab Republic. This coup was later called the "September Revolution" or the "Nation 1 Revolution." Before the Qaddafi regime was overthrown in 2011, on September 1st, people from all walks of life in Libya gathered in the green square in the center of Tripoli to hold a grand celebration to commemorate the victory of the revolution.
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If sales stats tell us anything, it's that Hyundai's latest refresh of the Sonata sedan didn't seem to resonate with buyers. Despite the addition of a large and aggressive new grille for the 2018 model year, complimented by a sharper rear deck and nicely canted taillights, Sonata sales — like that of so many other traditional passenger cars — continued a downward path. So much for fixing the styling issues of the previous refresh.
After hitting a high water mark of 230,605 vehicles sold in 2012, Sonata volume sunk to 131,803 units in 2017. Sales over the first five months of 2018 fell 33.8 percent.
Given the sales trajectory, it wouldn't have been a surprise to see Hyundai drop the model after the current generation runs its course, but the automaker seems intent on generating as many sales as it can across the segment spectrum. Thanks to these spy shots from Las Vegas, it looks like there's a new Sonata in our future.
Photographed alongside rival midsizers on a rooftop parking deck, this 2020 Sonata appears longer than the current generation. Gone is the sharp-edged look of the previous model, though there might be a few creases lurking under that camo.
The Accord-like (or is it Malibu-like?) roofline flows gracefully into the trunklid, below which little detail can be seen of the taillights. Up front, it looks like Hyundai eschewed a Kona-esque over/under headlight arrangement in favor of conventional peepers. A large grille is a given, though its exact shape remains to be seen. V-shaped side vents flank the front opening.
The automaker wants its models to remain somewhat distinct from one another in terms of styling, but carryover design elements will surely tip viewers off to the presence of a Hyundai. For power, the current Sonata makes do with three four-cylinder engine options: a standard Theta II 2.4-liter, a turbocharged 2.0-liter unit, and a fuel-sipping 1.6-liter turbo. It's likely we'll see at least the 2.0T make its way into the new model.
A public debut will likely take place in early 2019, with the next-gen Sonata going on sale later next year as a 2020 model.
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rules, as the term suggests, are the requirements mandated by the relevant authorities for your company. Quite well, or remotely related to your business to be within the purview of yours. Complete information about such requirements facilitates future actions and prevents any fines or enforcements attached.
requirements serve as a legal fence. A full understanding of these requirements is also important to achieve a competitive advantage. Key provisions here are in the right direction and it is a trend or business direction should be carefully drafted to ensure that it is correct.
basic rules framework and actions apply to current business operations are Sarbanes Oxley. law ([Sox], 2002), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ([HIPAA], 1996)
Specific requirements vary and require careful study; However, in essence, these regulatory tools ensure that activities benefit the community. Responsibility, honesty, confidentiality, transparency and availability are some of the functions served by the regulatory framework.
basic effect the orderly business largely depends on how you perceive and implement them. Ignorance or neglect towards this end can lead to the eventual negative consequences
The Client :.
Important areas affected is customer trust and relationship with you. How do you produce is an important determinant of how much you sell. Modern consumers are increasingly careful of things that go one Backstage
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In the same category falls the impact of such obligations in the prospective coalition devices, mergers or alliances. The other party is wary of defaulters or partners who are constantly avoid legal network of the wrong approach to the wrong reasons
The Future :.
In view of the changes and their effects are important if regulatory requirements. Investments or other important decisions without taking into account such factors could cause huge losses in times to come. A minor change or introduction could kill profit streams and can cause large changes in your plans. So make sure to include regulatory obligations while planning.
legal obligations are to benefit society and you, but it is important is how you set them to get. Do not expect to sit back and wait for things to change for you; rather, make the necessary changes to its business strategy, which includes rules that additional add-on.


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BOOKDOCTOR FILE NOTES: 2007 (Text: To The Lighthouse)
Leonard did the right thing because one has to congratulate a person for making a serious effort at a complex work of art like a novel. He had no doubt about Virginia's heartfelt gutsy effort. At times a novel can be terrifying because the author is the center of so many characters, thoughts and actions; it's a bit like being a director in a film, which has been described by veterans of the film industry as being the group handler of an odd lot of asylum patients. Novels that are hard labor in being born, versus the quick birth texts, can beat up a writer. You lose your way, the plot, the characters, the themes, the language shifts, dialogues and voices…so many things that can slip a cog. Novels are particularly demanding because of the typical number of characters and their complex arcs through a long tale. As Updike recently noted in his latest tome of criticism (Due Considerations), a literary biography of a poet is the body of poems by the poet; but the literary biography of a serious novelist is almost unknowable because a novelist is so many other "characters" we'll never really know. So apart from the flaws in this novel Virginia was showing to Leonard, he had every moral right to praise her for her effort in working and re-working what some might call a "brilliant failure." It's brilliant nevertheless in its potential. Good editors or first or second readers can often help a novelist resolve a number of serious flaws in composition because they don't have the blind spots of the composer. After all, serious literary novelists write books that are an adventure of the mind, heart, guts and soul…to explore issues unknown to them through the complex pathways of the novel's movements, exterior and interior to ordinary reality. That's the thrill for the writer and it can be quite dangerous psychologically, so it's not unusual for a first or second draft to have these blind spots where the writer has blinked at a crucial juncture of idea, feeling, image, introspection…Indeed, it would be the rare novelist at this early draft level not to have some major issues, which a kindly editor will not solve outright for the novelist but gently nod (often interrogatively) in the direction of the issue…letting the writer discover and consider solutions. This is particularly true of the advanced veteran writer like a Virginia Woolf. Leonard did the right thing in holding back his specific reservations and in honoring Virginia's intellectual courage and abilities in sharing the battles she had endured to this point with the novel.


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Crafted by Betsoft, Boomanji is a five reel slot with three rows and up to ten paylines. Set against transparent reels players can just about make out stars twinkling in the dark night sky – clearly, the game is intent on entertaining players with exploding fireworks into the silent void. To compliment this game, there are some odd, cartoonish audios which only add to the sparky atmosphere.
How to play Boomanji
Before players set off a whole host of fireworks, they should begin by adjusting their game settings.
Use the "Choose Coin" meter to select the coin denomination. Players can adjust the number of coins per line with the "Bet Per Line" menu. Whilst players can determine the number of active paylines, it is recommended to play all ten due to the game's expanding wild feature. When players are ready to begin, they press either hit Spin or Max Bet Spin.
If players get a parallel combination from left-to-right or right-to-left, they'll win the amount shown in the Boomanji paytable. The game's feature round occurs if players get a Wild Crate of Fireworks. The feature will then expand across the entire reel, and if there are any winning combinations formed, players will get a free respin with the wild (or wilds) held in place in other words, they become sticky.
Symbols in Boomanji
There are seven high-value symbols, and they represent different fireworks; some have apt names like Turbo Bomb, Boom, Mega Boom and Ka-Pow and the rest are various attractive colours. The critical thing to note is that winning combinations can be formed from right to left plus left to right for double the firework fun.
Sadly, there is no scatter symbol but the wild is a crate fill of assorted fireworks, and it's also a vital part of the feature rounds.
Bonus Features in Boomanji
Boomanji is not packed with bonus rounds, but it does have the expanding wild which appears regularly.
Every time players land one of the wild symbols on the second, third or fourth reel the wild will extend to fill all vertical positions on that reel. Any wins will be paid, and then players will receive one more free spin with the wild reel frozen in place. Players can get up to three respins in total if wilds land on the other two reels during the same process.
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Congressman Phil Roe, M.D. ? The Most Transparent Administration in History?
Earlier this year, media outlets began reporting that the prisoner swap announced the same time President Obama shared the details of his misguided and dangerous Iran deal could be the result of a $1.7 billion payment included in the deal to "settle an arms dispute". Unsurprisingly, the Obama Administration denied these claims, but a Wall Street Journal investigation this summer uncovered the administration secretly sent a plane loaded with cash, equal to about $400 million, to Iran just as four Americans being held by the country were released.
Common sense tells you this is ransom. Why else would we send a plane full of cash to the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism? Further, the State Department admitted to holding on to the cash for leverage until the Americans were free. This is unacceptable, but Republicans in Congress aren't the only ones concerned about the president's apparent reversal of the longstanding policy of not paying ransom for American hostages: John Carlin, the Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice, also allegedly raised concerns about this payment during negotiations. Still, the administration pressed on, secretly sending cash to Iran while putting Americans traveling abroad at greater risk.
Just when you think the Iran deal couldn't possibly get any worse, we receive these disturbing revelations – which come on top of the discovery that the administration purchased heavy water from the Iranians. Let me be clear: I believe we can and should work to get Americans held hostage safely to freedom, but we cannot secretly negotiate side deals with aggressive countries just because it's politically expedient. What's next? Will we be sending suitcases filled with cash to terrorist groups around the world in exchange for Americans? How does this not incentivize the capture of Americans? This is outrageous, and a new foreign policy low for the Obama administration.
I've opposed the Iran nuclear agreement at every turn. I voted against it when given the opportunity; I voted for increased sanctions on Iran; and I voted to stop the purchase of 32 tons of heavy water from the Iranians that came with an $8.6 million price tag. Unfortunately, it seems the president and his allies still don't get it, and I am increasingly disturbed and frustrated by the new and serious allegations about more secret side deals.
That's why this week I signed on as a cosponsor of H.R. 5931, the No More Cash Ransoms to Iran Act. This bill was introduced on September 9th by Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce. This legislation will stop future ransom payments to Iran by making clear the Obama administration violated longstanding U.S. policy when they paid ransom in exchange for the release of Americans in Iran. It also demands transparency on any future settlements with Iran while prohibiting all cash payments to the country. This isn't a joke. Plain and simple: this reckless move by the administration puts Americans at risk. The president should be ashamed, and you can rest assured I will continue to oppose the Iran nuclear agreement, the president's shady side deals and fight to bring transparency to this process. What happened to President Obama's "most transparent administration in history"?
Feel free to contact my office if I can be of assistance to you or your family. My contact information can be found on my website, www.roe.house.gov.


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For general wellbeing support the following resources may be useful.
Nottinghamshire LMC Wellbeing webpages
Nottinghamshire LMC has created a large number of resources focusing on helping individuals develop their own wellbeing in different areas. From physical activity to mindfulness.
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Title: The Adult Sunday School Movement Its Origin and Development
Categories: Religious,
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Publisher: London, National Adult School Union: 1924
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Keywords: CHRISTIAN EDUCATION, SUNDAY SCHOOL, CHURCH, CHRISTIANITY


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Vettel picked up his second career victory at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the first for Ferrari in Montreal since Michael Schumacher won three in a row from 2002-04.
It was all about Ferrari at this year's Canadian Grand Prix and Sebastian Vettel sealed it with a victory. "How can I be better?' I am going to keep doing that". With 20 laps remaining, Hamilton began to find a rhythm to move within a second of Ricciardo while Bottas, at the front, trimmed Vettel's lead to 3.8 seconds.
Second-placed Valtteri Bottas made an effort to close the gap on the race leader, but his Mercedes just didn't have the pace to challenge. "I am going to keep doing that until I die".
Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes was second followed by the Red Bulls' Max Verstappen and Daniel Riciardo, the victor two weeks ago in Monaco.
"I was quite happy with my first run in Q3 but I knew there was something more in the auto for the first part of the lap", Vettel continued. I think they peaked a bit early, but majority are men so it might happen. "I think this is a major wake-up call for every member of the team".
Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who dominated much of practice, turned in a mature, error-free effort to take third place and quiet the storm of criticism swirling around him following a string of errors and crashes.
He said: "The whole race I was thinking it was going to blow up".
It was left to Bottas to chase Vettel, who made a clean getaway from the start, with Verstappen nearly passing the Finn before the order settled down. "But we have to say that Ferrari's vehicle, as a package, is unbelievable".
Canadian F1 Grand Prix 2018 Qualifying: Saturday's Results, Times, Final Grid
Given the potential for unpredictability in Formula One and engine reliability likely to become more of a factor come the business end of the season, Hamilton was aware of the importance of getting his vehicle home to the finish.
Kimi Raikkonen was sixth ahead of the two Renault cars with Nico Hulkenberg leading home Carlos Sainz Jr.
New Zealander Hartley had been trying to pass Stroll on the opening lap when the latter had a brief wobble, causing the two to clash.
The Safety Car was deployed in order to clear the wreckage while stewards opted to take no further action against either driver.
"We need to wake up now".
Here's what else we learned in the Canadian GP. He earned his first Formula One points with a ninth-place finish at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve a year ago.
It wasn't as bad as Fernando Alonso though, as an exhaust problem meant the McLaren driver was the third and final retirement of the race in what was his 300th Grand Prix.
The prospect of an engine failure prompted the Briton to criticize Formula 1's current three-engine limit that came into force at the start of the 2018 season, insisting the restriction has a bearing on the sport's spectacle.
Tesla shares rise as Musk says Model 3 set to hit target
A mix between the Model X and Model 3 , the Model Y will be officially announced in March 2019, according to Electrek . Musk took the stage at the shareholder meeting, moving slowly and dressed in dark tones, and looking teary-eyed.


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(Related: 5 Business Networking 'Musts')
I met a financial advisor about two years ago. Recently, he contacted me by email out of the blue. He was struggling in the first year of his practice and felt if he didn't get help fast, he would fail. After a quick search about 'How to be better at networking', he found me.
We chatted on the phone for a while. He read my book. Listened to my audios. And I spent some time with him on the phone over a two-month period.
As it turned out, he did in fact fail at being a financial advisor. (Clearly, I'm not very good.)
He emerged in another sales role outside of financial services. Salary, partial commission, the whole thing. He was invited to the launch of a networking group which seemed like a good opportunity for him. The attendees were there "by invitation only" and there was nobody else in the group that sold his products and services. In fact, the group was made up of successful business owners and service providers that were great at networking.
He showed up to the event early and left before it began. It simply wasn't for him. When he was asked about it later, he said he didn't think anyone in the group could help him.
After all the time he spent learning how to network, the guy never learned how to network.
In boxing, you could try to improve your left jab by watching videos of Larry Holmes. But you get so much more out of trying to apply what you've learned by going to the gym and throwing that left at the heavy bag under the watchful eye of a trainer. You'll master that punch through repetition, feedback, and more repetition.
That's how you develop and improve any skill — repetition, feedback, and more repetition.
Networking is about learning and helping others connect. If you're successful, those you help will help you right back – that's networking!
Outside of throwing more shoulder into your jab, here are nine basic approaches to help you improve your networking skills. That is, if you're willing to work the bag.
1. Find the right event.
First and foremost, you don't need to go to events (cocktail parties, chamber mixers, fundraisers, association meetings, business card exchanges, golf outings, conferences, trade shows) to be an effective networker. You can make calls and send emails to clients and referral sources you already know. But if your goal is to get better at networking, you must find an event that aligns with the people you like and the business you're looking to do.
2. Dare to be different.
Financial advisors are a dime a dozen! Not really, but that's the perception of others that attend networking events. Think about it. How many financial advisors show up to monthly chamber mixers? Exactly! So find a way of differentiating yourself.
Become known for one area of expertise that you're passionate about – long term care is a great example. Focus on a target market that's interesting and distinctive. Get involved as a board member. Head-up a committee. Run seminars. Make it your business to introduce those you like to others you like – be a connector! Be the first to sign up for events and fundraisers.
The best ways of differentiating yourself are to be great at what you do, passionate, reliable, genuinely interested in helping others, and to get involved.
3. Introduce yourself.
In amateur boxing, you get points for being the first to throw punches. "Firing first" sets the tone, develops momentum, and builds your confidence. So, fire first! Be the first to offer an introduction and show others that your intention is to meet people and help them. Once you get going, you may find others clamoring to introduce themselves to you!
4. Ask great questions.
Let's get back to introducing yourself for a moment. Often, the thing that prevents people from introducing themselves is not knowing what to say next. It sounds basic, I know, but it's true. This is where asking great questions comes in!
'So what kind of work do you do? How did you learn of this event? Do you know anyone here? Are you a first timer here? How are you different from others in your profession? How do you get most of your business? What does a typical prospect look like for you? How about a typical client? Who is in the best position to refer you? If I were to meet someone at this event that you should meet, how would I know? Outside of work and attending events, what do you do for fun? What can I do to help you?' (Only ask this question if you really like them!)
These should be enough to get you started. If you're lucky, you'll be asked the same questions right back! "How about yourself?"
5. Talk about your business.
Yes, this is elevator speech time. But keep what you have to say about your work short, sweet, and to the point. Stay focused on WHAT you do, not necessarily HOW you do it. Also, focus on the WHO as in who you want to meet. Again, try to stay away from HOW otherwise, you'll get into details that may bore others. If those you meet ask specific questions, certainly give specific answers, but you want to be informative while keeping the conversation out of snooze-ville.
6. Make it fun.
OK, you must have fun! Or at least try to have fun. One way to make your conversations fun is to talk about fun things. Obvious, I know.
As a boxer, I find myself approaching those at events that seem active and fit. This way, I know I have a common bond when discussing sports, fitness, and my love for boxing. I'm just as excited learning about how others stay active and keep in shape. As you go to events, see if you can find people that have an interest in the same activity, hobby, or even television show (especially when there's a season or series finale!) as you. Of course, you may need to find a hobby first.
7. Discuss next steps.
Is there a reason to follow up and stay in touch? If so, discuss it. "So how do you see us potentially learning more and helping each other?" Take the initiative to exchange business cards and make a promise to follow up or follow through on that promise. Maybe you need to schedule a follow up meeting. Connect on LinkedIn. Whatever it is, you be the one to handle it. Never rely on the other person. And do it in the next 24 hours or that business card will be stacked with the others on your desk.
8. Know when to bail.
You won't have an easy time talking to everyone you meet. Sometimes you just don't click with someone you've met. No big deal. It happens to everybody! Ask some basic questions about their profession and interests and if you're not feeling the love in a couple of minutes, say your goodbyes and find someone else to talk to. Keep in mind, if you don't feel you click with them, they don't feel like they click with you either. So again, say your goodbyes and bail. "Very nice to meet you. Good luck today and I'll see you again soon!"
That's pretty much it! Easy, right? Now, here's the heavy bag part.
9. Review your performance.
You must reflect on the event after you get home or back to the office. How did it go? How could it have gone better? Did you "sell" rather than "network"? Did you speak to everyone you wanted to? Did you forget anyone's name? Did you say anything stupid? Did you forget to collect someone's business card? Did you do a good enough job explaining what you do and who you're looking to meet? Did you have fun?
Think about all the ways you'll do better the next time. Maybe even write some notes as reminders. Plan for your next event. Register for it NOW if possible – get it in your calendar! And when you attend the next time, focus on the areas that you think you want to improve. You may want to get better at introducing yourself, remembering names, asking to exchange business cards, asking questions, following up, and so on.
Go through this exercise every time you attend an event and you'll get more effective while building your confidence – not to mention your business! If you can, get feedback from others that you're getting to know at the event about how you're coming across and ways you might improve.
And you will!
— Read 7 Business Networking Reminders, on ThinkAdvisor.
Michael Goldberg is a speaker, consultant, and the founder of Knock Out Networking. He's also the author of "Knock-Out Networking!"


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Vin Diesel's production company, One Race Films, together with H Collective, has acquired the film rights to the 'xXx' franchise from Revolver Studios. The production companies are currently working on the next installment of the film franchise, as they intend to start shooting the fourth chapter in December of this year.
The latest release of the series, Return of Xander Cage, came out in 2017, grossing almost $1 billion at the box-office across the world, with great support from the Chinese audiences. The success of the third film was used by Diesel to support his push for the fourth installment at Paramount Pictures. However, his attempt that started in early
2017 never solidified the interest it needed from the studio executives.
The actor, who has also served as producer of the also successful Fast
and Furious franchise, decided to take the production on his own hands and partnered with H Collective to acquire rights for sequels of the action series. This means that Revolver Studios will retain the rights over the first 3 movies in the meanwhile.
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Jorge Montez is a minor character featured in Red Dead Online.
Jorge Montez is the brother of Alfredo Montez and a member of Del Lobo gang.
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USITC issues judgment in cholesterol testing strips dispute
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The US International Trade Commission (ITC) announced yesterday that it will investigate certain blood cholesterol testing systems and strips after receiving a complaint from Polymer Technology System.
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