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Here is reader Deirdre's email with questions regarding her specific situation. Any advice would be welcome, please post a comment!
24 January 2011
The Big Debate: A5 vs. Personal size
Here is reader Deirdre's email with questions regarding her specific situation. Any advice would be welcome, please post a comment!
22 comments:
I size downgraded from an A5 to a personal recently. The A5 was just too big to carry around with me but the personal will fit in my bag (& I can fit other items in too!!!).ReplyDelete
There is not as much room but I am finding that I can adapt to this size.
I found the personal quite big for carrying around as well. I compromised and I use a pocket for carrying around (i.e. with my appointments and some personal notes) and my A5 which I leave on my desk which is my planner and has all work related info.ReplyDelete
I have used a personal slimline in the past which is great for diary only, but a bit slim if you regularly carry around a lot of stuff.
The other idea I had recently which I need to action, is to use my filofax to hold info that I currently have and carry around in other containers. So, for example, I could carry my spare cards (i.e. library card and overflow store loyalty cards) in there as well as some of my business cards to save carrying a business card holder. In fact the less items I have in my bad the more room for the filofax.
My tip would be if you go for a personal, then check out the interior design to make sure you can make the most if it for storage of items that would reside in your bad in other containers.
Of course the other option is to get amuch bigger bag - but not sure that is good for your shoulders/back in the future!!
PS I also occasionally take my A5 to meetings etc, but in this case it travels in my briefcase. Otherwise I use my 'day book' - a notebook in which I take all my notes.ReplyDelete
I will try and put forward my pros and cons regarding to two sizes (but I am a fairly committed A5 user, so am unashamedly biased!).ReplyDelete
Space. There is plenty of space to write notes. There is also plenty of space on the diary pages, even on WO2P to write quite a lot of appointments and also some to-do notes (especially, I find, if you use the vertical layout).
Home-made inserts. If you want to make your own pages it's as easy as anything to booklet print them on A4, chop them in half and punch them to go in the binder. Most of what is in my filofax are sheets like this. There are some excellent files of templates both here on the files pages, and also over on DIY planner (link on the files page).
I also have cheap dividers in mine, re-punched to fit (not classy, but functional) which are a lot cheaper than filofax versions (and come in many colours too).
Big. Kind of the down-side to space! It depends on what you want to carry though and what for - I swapped to an A5 filofax at work because I was always carrying an A5 diary and an A4 notebook around with me. In comparison, the filofax is lighter! (And classier!)
More expensive: more expensive to buy in the first place and the inserts are more expensive to feed it with (unless you print your own, in which case they're cheaper).
Less variety: both in the binders and in the inserts. Other brands of inserts will fit in the personal size (and may suit you better than the filofax ones). Nothing else (as far as I can tell -please correct me if I'm wrong) fits in the A5 except Filofax without re-punching the holes.
More portable; bigger range of designs; bigger range of inserts; cheaper binders and bought inserts.
Not as much (not enough, in my case) space to write; the rings can get in the way of writing more obviously; it's much harder to print custom sheets unless you pint them onto filofax paper (not much of a saving though).
The Domino is lighter than the leather binders, so might relieve some of the portability issue. I couldn't tell you a weight for weight comparison though.
I suppose it depends on what you want to use your filofax for. My work A5 stays at work - it is entirely a work thing. My home filofax mostly stays at home, but does come on trips with me. I don't feel naked if I leave the house without it though. I guess if you need to be glued to it, you would be better off with a Personal or smaller as the A5 is less portable. Maybe, as others on here do, you could use a pocket to carry around and then a bigger filofax at home to store and hold things?
Let us know what you choose to do!?Replies
I've been recently struggling with this topic. For about three or four years now I've been using Personal sized filofaxes. I decided I need to change the one I have now (only have had two so far, and got the second only because the third got damaged within a year of use), and as I've been looking for something more durable, and that ages more gracefully than my current one (I've an Identity), I've also started considering the matter of size. The larger size doesn't bother me so much, but the weight? How much more an A5 weights compared to a Personal?Delete
I am a faithful A5 user.ReplyDelete
It's very big and heavy and I lug it everywhere but it's worth it. I have tried to switch systems and tried to downsize but for my job and my life I would be carrying all the papers anyway, it's just the binder that weighs extra. And it keeps everything organised at my fingertips.
At the moment I am using a Siena in cinnamon but my faves are the Finsbury (can take a battering) and the domino snake (light and tough). The only time I switch is when I travel and then I use a mini.
I have been using an A5 for years. I like it because all my attendance registers and assignment briefings need to be in A4 so I just fold and punch them.
Love love love A5.
I used a Personal size for several years before trying to move up to the A5 size. I've tried to use A5 several times since then and every time I go back to the Personal size because I travel a lot and like to take my Filofax with me everywhere but the A5 was just too big and heavy to take with me all the time. Plus there's a much better selection of maps and inserts for the Personal size.ReplyDelete
Hello all, this is from Deirdre, the reader who posted the question to Steve -- so happy you all are replying so quickly, thank you!ReplyDelete
Yes, sadly (or not?) I will likely need to have the filofax with me at all times, not just living on a desk at work or home -- I'm currently in graduate school and hope to graduate to a job in investigative journalism, so I plan to use the filofax now for keeping track of school work, deadlines, assignments, appointments, etc., (always on the go) and foresee using it as a working journalist to keep track of (concurrent) work deadlines, scheduling interviews and keeping track of sources, etc.
I know my eyes prefer having a larger page to write on and seeing some white space, so as not to get overwhelmed with long lists and not knowing what to tackle first, but I wonder if I will loathe carrying around a large and heavy binder. I have used a Personal size filofax in the past, with moderate success -- I think I became turned off by the binder itself, not the filofax system (I had an older one, no longer available, that zipped up [aka bulky] and never laid flat, so it was often cumbersome to write in. If it helps to know, I like the looks of the Chameleon line, so that's the one I'm thinking of, though the Domino is an appealing option to balance out the weight issue if I go with an A5.
I really appreciate your advice -- if there are any other details I could provide that would help, please let me know -- and thanks again!
- Anonymous24 January, 2011 12:44
This really is becoming The Big Debate, isn't it...!ReplyDelete
Most people here know that I downsized from A5 to Personal on a permanent basis at the new year. So far my Personal is holding up....just. I run a small business with a *lot* of task micro-management, and I've been experimenting with GTD, with varying degrees of success, trying to tweak the system to my own needs.
I *certainly* don't feel comfortable carrying the A5 when I go out after work or at weekends....do I really want to lug that thing around to the gym, the shops.....? My Personal fits nicely in my hand, or I can slip it in my laptop bag when I go travelling on business, which is frequently.
I think I can manage my tasks with the Personal...and I think that if *I* can do it, anyone ought to be able to! Now diary format is another subject! At the moment I'm persevering with the Week on 2 pages vertical format with appointments which Jotje kindly got for me and sent over from Holland....but I could really do with more space. But then again that mitigates against the GTD philosophy of diaries.....so the jury's out on that one. But size-wise the thought of having to lug about the A5 is too much to make me go back to it - even though I sometimes would like the space. Actually, being committed to staying with the Personal makes me concentrate on how I can most efficiently manage all my information, which is a *good* thing.
So my vote goes with the Personal. But if you want to know more about how I use it, email me at davidpopely (at) googlemail (dot) com and I'll be happy to share
- Anonymous24 January, 2011 13:10
I want a binder that is Personal sized when closed and an A5 when open.ReplyDelete
JJ I want that too!!! I guess technically it's possible to have a smaller binder with larger pages that can fold out open and fold in to close, but folding and unfolding pages all the time is too fiddly for me.ReplyDelete
JJ, Laurie: I want one of those too!! No... not to have to do the unfolding and all that doo-dah. It would work by magic! It would be small and snug like a personal but then, da-daaaahhhh! Open it up and lo and behold, it would be A5!ReplyDelete
I just weighed a personal domino and an A5 domino, both new and made of the same materials, unused 'out of the box' so to speak so both only have the pages they originally came with. The weight difference is; Personal 374g or the A5 786g providing my kitchen scales are correct.ReplyDelete
Wow that is a big difference!!ReplyDelete
If anyone watches Doctor Who, we need a tardis like filofax that is small on the outside and massive on the inside!ReplyDelete
I have a personal filofx at the moment, but it's overstuffed. I have a small bag and since I carry a lot with me anyways, I can't justify carrying around an A5 filofax, although that would be my dream.ReplyDelete
I'm working with a WO2P, but have also ordered the WO1P, without the notes bc that was sold out, so I'll have to add in the notes myself. I'll see how that works, because I work with post its a lot.
Alison, a Tardis like Filofax would be a dream come true!!
A tardis filofax sounds fab - can I put my name on the waiting list please?!ReplyDelete
I have a personal Malden which I love. Lays open and great interior design (including a notepad in the back). Really, really happy with it (& I normally swap and change fairly often).
Hi Everyone.ReplyDelete
Thanks to you all for a great response to this question that arrived in the Philofaxy in-box yesterday just as I was in the process of doing some final packing to escape, sorry travel back to France! So thank you to Laurie for fielding this one.
Your thoughts mirror mine exactly, the A5 is great if you don't mind the size and potential weight.
My 'fully loaded' A5 Finsbury weighs in at 1155 grams, where as my also 'fully loaded' Finsbury Personal tips the scales at 590 grams, which is similar in proportion to the weights Saffy quoted ie double. I've not weighed the A4 yet!!! Mind you I've not added many pages to it yet!
I suspect my Pocket isn't that much lighter than the personal because of the amount of stuff I have in it including coins.
I got back to France this afternoon so I'm still unpacking and catching up!
Thanks everyone
Hi all, thank you so much for your thoughtful replies, it is much appreciated! I had to laugh when the conversation took a turn toward science fiction -- if I had my wish, I'd like that magical filofax to be pocket size on the outside and a5 on the inside...alas!ReplyDelete
I really appreciate all the advice and information, particularly the weight stats -- so helpful! I just got out my kitchen scale and weighed a jug of maple syrup and it's a little more than Steve's 1155g A5, and it seemed like quite a bit to carry in my shoulder bag everywhere I go. I was also reminded of the video a filofax user from Aberdeen posted about her aqua finsbury -- I think she said hers might weigh somewhere toward 7lbs, but she was just guessing based on the total weight of her bag.
As much as I want an A5, I think I'm the type of person that if I give myself an inch in terms of what I'd put in my filo, I'd take a mile, and mine might start to head toward the 7lb mark rather than the original 2.5lb/1155g estimated starting point -- so now I'm leaning toward the Personal size. It's funny because if any of the stores near me that carry filos had the A5 Chameleon in stock when I first started looking, I would have bought it in a second, but with all this time to weigh (literally) my options, I might now choose something I was convinced at first I didn't want.
David's point about confining tasks to the space available in the Personal-size page makes a lot of sense, and Amanda's comment about the cost of the larger filo made me pause. The last thing I'd want is to invest in a slightly higher-end A5 and then find that I didn't want to carry it around because it was so heavy. I think those of you that do carry the A5 daily are probably a lot tougher than me! Plus, I may often be carrying a laptop as well for school/work, so I may need to cut my losses where I can. (And I'm not really into using a briefcase/backpack on wheels, which is what I'd probably need with all that stuff!) So if I go with the Personal, on days when I might need to write more out, I could just add a few lined pages or something to that day's spot.
I agree too with an earlier post from Jotje, who wrote about how she uses her Personal size filo. Like her, I don't want to have multiple filofaxes to sync either, and she seemed to work out a good system for utilizing that sized space. (Plus, for some time-sensitive appointments/reminders, I might add the info to my iPhone so I get an audible alert, so I really don't want to go back and forth between 2 filos and the phone...that's too much! -- This past year, I tried using just the iPhone and iCal on my laptop, and like a lot of you, I really prefer to write everything out, and missed my filo!)
So I finally found a shop near me that has a Personal Chameleon in stock, and I was supposed to go there today so I could check it out (and the Malden too -- close-second choice!) and make sure I like one of them enough to give up the idea of having an A5, but we are having seriously inclement weather today, so it's likely that my shopping excursion will have to wait for another day.
In the meantime, I just wanted to thank all of you for your comments, it's so nice of you all to take the time to address my question -- everyone had something new to add that I wasn't aware of, so I really appreciate the replies! I'll keep you posted on my big decision once I'm able to get to the shop!
Bigger is better.ReplyDelete
The personal isn't pocket sized anymore. I still have a couple of ancient binders that are, but these days Filofax make the binder the size of an A5 pad, so you have to carry it in a bag anyway. Might as well have a slightly bigger bag and enjoy the flexibility of the A5 binder.
If you don't pack the binder and go for one with smaller rings, the loaded weight isn't so bad. (Smaller rings are better anyway - tougher and the pages turn properly).
In terms of refills, it's easier to make your own inserts for the A5 and there is the excellent FIlofax Time Management system available.
Most of all you can use it as a proper notepad.
I know that this thread is very old, but I wanted to ask, for those that only want to use ONE Filofax...is the consensus still Personal size?ReplyDelete
I believe Personal is still the most popular size. But if your stuff can fit in a compact A5, like the Heritage, then that too can be set up as "the one" Filofax for everything.ReplyDelete


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Best Films Ever #7 "The Sound of Music"
Post Created by Jk the secret keeper
Review Written by Jennifer Kiley
Original Post Created Sunday 6th October 2013
Reposted with Changes On Friday 22nd November 2013
"The Sound of Music" is my favorite movie of all time. It has major sentimental meaning to me. Rather then my reviewing it. I would like to share the images and video tapes from the film. The photos are in order as they appear in the film. I believe in my extensive search, I found almost all the shots I could find, which fit almost every scene in the movie with a few exceptions. Don't want to give it all away for those who haven't seen it.
I do recommend if you are planning on renting or streaming "The Sound of Music" you may want to reconsider viewing this post until later but then, the images are so delightful, you may not want to put it off. I do realize a great many people have seen this film and are just as invested in it as I am. It is great for everyone. I am an avid Julie Andrews fan and will never get enough of her film roles and her singing. I find when she is singing for a role her voice lent a certain depth to it.
I plan on using some assorted dialogue and descriptions of what is occurring. I worked on putting this together in reverse. With all the shots and videos collected, I placed the last photos first and fit in the videos where I felt they best fit. As I said, this is my favorite film of all time so I do know it frontwards and backwards. And I am testing myself by writing this review from the memory of all the times I viewed it. Let's see how accurate I can get. After I am finished, I will then watch the film and see how I did.
That means I am pulling out all the dialogue from inside my head and testing my memory from the plus 100 times I have seen this film. You would think I would be bored from seeing something that many times. Absolutely not. This film was the savior of my childhood. It was one of my escapes. I went to everything theatre I could find where it was showing. When I was a kid films stayed forever in one place. It grossed more money in its day in ticket sales and if compared to todays prices I believe it is second or third place in sales for all times. Keep in mind, there weren't as many people born back in 1964. It just kept drawing people into the theatres. I saw it in my home state and I saw it in New York City.
Once it hit television, I watched it every year, until the VCR and Video Tapes. It probably was the first film I purchased on Video and on DVD. I have purchased different versions of it as the technology has improved. Next is to, hopefully, receive a present of it in Blu-Ray over the Holidays or as an unholiday, unbirthday present. We'll see. Hint! Hint! Hint!
So lets begin the tale as the opening of the film is the cameras sweeping over the mountains of Austria, into the valleys, hearing birds and wind, until we come on the scene where Maria, our heroine, is dancing and singing on the hilltops, twirling about so carelessly. She is a postulate at the Abby near by and not terribly successful at it.
The Sound of Music – Julie Andrews
In this scene, Julie keeps getting flattened by the helicopters, so Robert Wise, the director, has to do take after take. Julie loves sharing this story in many of her interviews.
The Sound of Music
Review by Jennifer Kiley
"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" A great song. It describes Maria to a perfect degree as you will see in the animated image of her arrival back to the Abby after singing in the hills.
Maria & Reverend Mother visit privately in the Reverend Mother's private office.
Maria: Which brings me to another transgression Reverend Mother. I was singing out there today without permission.
Reverend Mother: Maria, it is only here in the Abbey that we have rules about postulate singing.
Maria: I can't seem to stop singing wherever I am. And what's worse, I can't keep to stop saying things . . . everything and anything I think and feel.
Reverend Mother: Some people would call that honesty.
Maria: Oh, but it's terrible Reverend Mother. You know how Sister Berthe always makes me kiss the floor after we've had a disagreement? Well, lately I've taken to kissing the floor when I see her coming . . . just to save time.
Outside the Abby, Maria looks around as she leaves.
Maria: Where God closes a door, somewhere else he opens a window.
On the way to the von Trapp home, Maria sings the song "I Have Confidence," the build up her courage. After all, she is about to face a daunting fate. A governess for seven children and ones who don't like governesses.
After the Captain uses his whistle to show Maria what their individual whistle call sounds like, he proceeds to show Maria her whistle sound.
Captain: Now, when I want you, this is what you will hear.
[blows whistle]
Maria: Oh, no, sir. I'm sorry, sir. I could never answer to a whistle. Whistles are for dogs and cats and other animals, but not for children and definitely not for me. It would be too… humiliating.
Captain von Trapp: Fraulein, were you this much trouble at the Abbey?
Maria: Oh, much more, sir.
Captain von Trapp: Hmm.
[starts walking away. Maria blows her whistle & he turns around]
Maria: Excuse me, sir. I don't know your signal
Maria: Whistles are for dogs and cats but not for children and especially not for me.
Maria asks the children to once again tell her their names and something about themselves. Louisa tries to trick her but she is way to smart. She re-identifies Brigitta and Louisa.
Brigitta: You're smart. My names Brigitta and I think that is the ugliest dress I've ever seen.
The children debate the question but mischief is afoot. Maria makes a huge mistake.
Maria: I've never been a governess before. You'll have to teach me.
The children proceed to tell her all the wrong things to do. She is just a governess and they don't want one. SO they treat Maria equally as bad as the other governesses.
Maria: Poor children.
In less than a moment she is throwing into the air as gently as possible a frog she found in her pocket.
Frau Schmidt: With the last governess it was [snakes or spiders].
After Fraulein Maria sits down in her second attempt, she speaks.
Maria: I'd like to thank you all for the precious gift you left in my pocket today.
Captain: What gift?
Maria: It's meant to be a secret between the children and me.
Captain: Then I suggest you keep it, and let us eat.
Maria: Knowing how nervous I must have been, a stranger in a new household, knowing how important it was for me to feel accepted, it was so kind and thoughtful of you to make my first moments here so warm and happy and pleasant.
A bit of weeping breaks out amongst the children.
Captain von Trapp: Fraulein, is it to be at every meal, or merely at dinnertime, that you intend on leading us all through this rare and wonderful new world of… indigestion?
Maria: Oh, there just happy Captain. [The children break out into a full out cry, feeling badly about the tricks they have played on her.] When she was just trying to get them to like her.
A secret rendezvous in the gazebo between Liesl and Rolf. He delivers telegrams at certain times in hopes of seeing her.
A thunderstorm has struck and the sound of thunder is scary for all the kids. Maria sings a song about "My Favorite Things" to try and comfort them.
My Favorite Things – Julie Andrews
Captain: Fraulein Maria, did I or did I not say that bedtime is to be strictly observed in this household?
Maria: Yes, well the children were scared of the thunderstorm and… You did, sir.
Captain: And do you or do you not have trouble following these simple instructions?
Maria: Only during thunderstorms, sir.
The Captain reminds her he is leaving in the morning to visit the Baroness. Maria asks him for some material to make play clothes for the children. His answer was a no, they have their uniforms. But we all can sense how resourceful Maria will be.
Maria, while they are on outing, begins to teach the children how to sing. Another one of the many things that have been neglected to bring joy into their lives.
Rolfe gets nervous when he is caught throwing stones at Liesl's window. The Captain reprimands him after he raises his arm in a Nazi salute of Heil. The Captain grabs the telegram. All is hell is about to be breaking loose in Austria. The Captain's home. He yells at Max for his careless comment about not caring. His mind starts to drift off into the prospect of his Austria disappearing. Suddenly the sound of laughter and singing coming from the water just across the lawn from where they are on the patio.
Maria: Children can't do all the things they're supposed to if they have to worry about spoiling their precious clothes.
Captain: They haven't complained yet.
Maria: Well, they wouldn't dare! They love you too much. They *fear* you too much!
Captain: I don't wish you to discuss my children in this manner.
Maria: Well, you've got to hear from someone! You're never home long enough to know them.
Captain: I said I don't want to hear anymore from you about my children!
Maria: I know you don't, but you've got to! Now, take Liesl.
Captain: [hesitatingly] You will not say one word about Liesl, Fraulein.
Maria: She's not a child anymore, and one of these days, you're going to wake up and find that she's a woman. You won't even know her. And Friedrich, he's a boy, but he wants to be a man and there's no one to show him how.
Captain: Don't you dare tell me about my son.
Maria: Brigitta could tell you about him if you let her get close to you. She notices everything.
Captain: Fraulein…
Maria: And Kurt pretends he's tough not to show how hurt he is when you brush him aside,
Captain: That will do!
Maria: the way you do all of them. Louisa I don't even know about yet,
Captain: I said that will do!
Maria: but somebody has to find out about her, and the little ones just want to be loved. Oh, please, Captain, love them! Love them all!
Captain: I don't care to hear anything further from you about my children.
Maria: I am not finished yet!
Captain: Oh, yes, you are, Captain!
Captain: Fraulein.
Captain: Now, Fraulein. I want a truthful answer from you.
Maria: Yes, Captain?
Captain: Is it possible – or could I have just imagined it – have my children by any chance been climbing trees today?
Maria: Yes, Captain.
Captain: I see. And where, may I ask, did they get these… ummm…
Maria: Play clothes.
Captain: Oh, is that what you call them?
Maria: I made them. From the drapes that used to hang in my bedroom.
Captain: Drapes?
Maria: They still have plenty of wear left. The children have been everywhere in them.
Captain: Do you mean to tell me that my children have been roaming about Salzburg dressed up in nothing but some old drapes?
Maria: Mmm-hmmm. And having a marvelous time!
[singing starts somewhere inside]
Captain: What's that?
Maria: It's singing.
Captain: Yes, I realize it's singing, but who?
Maria: The children.
Captain: The children?
Maria: I taught them something to sing for the Baroness.
When the Captain enters the house, he finds them in the sitting room standing opposite the seated Baroness and Max. They are singing a rendition of the song "The Sound of Music." He eventually joins in. When all is finished, the littlest through Maria's directions from the doorway, to give a handful of flower to the Baroness. Meanwhile the Captain is hugging all his children. He spies Maria at the door way and excuses himself.
Captain: [after apologizing] I want you to stay. I ask you to stay.
It's a tear in the eye, lump in your throat type moment.
After the show, the children ask their father to sing. He declines but all are insistent, especially, Max. He is a talent agent of sorts.
Max: Just say the word Georg, we will make you the Von Trapp Family Singers, with you are the head.
They are all finally able to convince Georg to sing. Maria presents him with the guitar.
Edelweiss is the song of choice. It is so beautifully done. It is when Georg and Maria really gaze into each others eyes. It is one of those intense moments for me where my heart pounds and my breathing stops.
Edelweiss – Christopher Plummer & Julie Andrews
The Sound of Music — Whistles & Meeting the Children
Christopher Plummer — Edelweiss [Variety of Scenes from film — The Sound of Music]
Liesl eventually joins in singing with her father.
Time for a party. Everyone who is anyone, even those who Georg would never invite were invited. The children convince Maria to teach them to dance. The Captain joins them by interrupting Kurt and takes Maria's hand and they dance to the Laendler. It is an Austria folk dance. The Captain and Maria do it so well. Another romantic moment in the movie.
After the children say goodnight in a song, Max gets Georg to invite Maria to join them all for dinner. He tells her they will wait until she changes. The Baroness shows up in her room. This is when she frightens the hell out of Maria by telling her that she is in love with the Captain and he thinks he is in love with Maria.
Maria starts to pack. Baroness leaves.
Moments later we see Maria placing a note over the mantle and making a quiet exit out the front door.
Later in the story, Maria returns to the Abbey to seek the Reverend Mother's advice:
Maria: Reverend mother.
Reverend Mother: Why did they send you back to us?
Maria: They didn't send me back . . . I left.
Reverend Mother: Tell me what happened.
Maria: Well, I . . . I was frightened.
Reverend Mother: Frightened? Were they unkind to you?
Maria: Oh, no, I, I was . . . I was confused. I felt . . . I've never felt that way before. I couldn't stay, I knew here I'd be away from it. I'd be . . . safe.
Reverend Mother: (Instructively) Maria. Our Abbey is not to be used as an escape. What is it you can't face?
Maria: I can't face him again.
Reverend Mother: Him? Captain Von Trapp?
Maria nods affirmatively.
Reverend Mother: Are you in love with him?
Maria: I don't know! I don't know! The Baroness said I was. She said that he was in love with me, but I . . . I didn't want to believe it. Oh, there were times when we would look at each other. Oh mother, I could hardly breathe.
Reverend Mother: Did you let him see how you felt?
Maria: If I did, I didn't know it. That's what's been torturing me. I was there on God's errand. To have asked for his love would have been wrong. Oh, I couldn't stay, I just couldn't . . . I'm ready at this moment to take my vows. Please help me.
Reverend Mother: Maria, the love of a man and a woman is holy too. You have a great capacity to love. What you must find out is how God wants you to spend your love.
Maria: But I pledged my life to God. I pledged my life to His service.
Reverend Mother: My daughter, if you love this man, it doesn't mean you love God less. No. You must find out. You must go back.
Maria: Oh mother, you can't ask me to do that. Please let me stay. I beg of you-
Reverend Mother: Maria, these walls were not built to shut out problems. You have to face them. You have to live the life you were born to live.
Climb Every Mountain — Maria with Mother Superior
My Favorite Things — The Children Singing & Maria Returns
The children grab Maria's things. There father sends the children in to dinner. After they leave Maria speaks to the Captain and the Baroness.
Maria: The children tell me you are to be married.
Captain confirms it. He asks her if she plans to stay now that she is back.
Maria: The reason I returned no longer exists. So, only until you can find another governess.
Maria walks past them to go inside.
Georg is on the back balcony overlooking the water when he sees Maria in her blue dress walking down by the water and then begins to walk off toward the gazebo. Before she is out of sight, the Baroness joins Georg. She is not blind. Georg is about to tell her something, which she takes the lead on. She tells him she needs to leave.
Baroness: Somewhere out there is a lady who I think will never be a nun. Auf Wiedersehen, darling.
She takes her leave.
Captain: Maria, there isn't going to be any Baroness anymore.
Maria: I don't understand.
Captain: Well, we called off our engagement, you see, and…
Maria: Oh, I'm sorry.
Captain: Yes. You are?
Maria: Mm-hmm. You did?
Captain: Yes. Well, you can't marry someone when you're in love with someone else… can you?
Georg and Maria talk. She begins to tell him what the Reverend Mother always says. Maria sings the song "Something Good," while Georg is holding her. When she is finished they kiss and hug.
Captain: Maria, is there anyone I should ask for your hand in marriage.
Barely getting the words out.
Maria and the Captain: We should ask the children.
The Sound of Music Trailer — New Version
Max fills the Captain and Maria of the telegram and with the children about the Salzburg Folk Festival. The children are entered as the Von Trapp Family Singers. Georg gets angry with Max but doesn't want to spoil their return. After reading the telegram, he tells Maria to get the children ready. They must all leave Austria. The Nazis want Georg to head up Captaining a ship in the Navy of the Third Reich. That is unthinkable to Georg.
Marta: Why doesn't father turn the motor on?
Kurt: [agitated] Because he doesn't want anybody to hear us!
Captain: Shh!
Louisa: What will Frau Schmidt and Franz said when they discover we're gone?
Captain: They'll be able to answer truthfully they didn't know anything about it if anyone asks them.
Louisa: Will we be coming back here?
Captain: Someday, Liesl. I do hope someday.
Gretl: Are Father and Uncle Max going to push the car all the way to Switzerland?
Maria: Shh!
As they push the car as silently as possible through the front gate, after closing the gate and before they can get in the car, the Nazis headed by Heir Geller turn their car lights to shine on the Von Trapp Family in their traveling cloths.
Herr Geller, the Captain, Max and Maria get into a debate. The Von Trapp's come up with the idea that they are on the way to the folk festival. Maria tells him that the night air is not good for the children's voices. Herr Geller is magnanimous and offers to follow them to the festival and from their they will take Captain von Trapp to accept his commission in the Navy of the Third Reich.
Before Georg starts to sing "Edelweiss" he tells the audience that the Third Reich are waiting for him to finish so they can take him to his command for the Navy of the Third Reich. There is a buzz amongst the audience, sounds of being very disturbed by this news.
While Georg is singing, he breaks down. Maria comes to his side and begins to sing. Eventually, she motions for the children to join them, then the whole audience is motioned by Georg to join in. Chills go up your spine during this song.
Max is the MC of the show. He tells the audience before the awards are given out the Von Trapp's are going to do an encore while the judges make their decisions.
The von Trapp's, when it is announced they have won. They are called to the stage several times, until a Nazi soldier comes running in.
Nazi soldier: There gone. The von Trapp's are gone.
All the Nazis scramble to get out of the Festival and to begin the search for the Von Trapp's. It takes them to the Abby. They search but cannot find them. Rolfe is amongst the Nazis who are searching.
He eventually finds them and hesitates briefly to call them out. But being the misguided *bleep* he is, of course, he can't be challenged by the Captain who embarrassed him earlier in the film and was trying to do so again.
From here, some funny things occur. The Captain had been given the keys for the Abby's caretaker's car. They drive off. You would think the Nazis would be in hot pursuit.
This is where I will end the tale. Pictures say a thousand words. So this is equivalent to a short novella based on a True Story with some exaggerations to make it playable in Broadway Musical form originally, and then an adaptation to the screen from the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein collaboration. I feel it was their best ever.
Watch the Trailer for the Film, followed by some closing shots. After that the cast. And way on the bottom a spoof on actual footage from the film but made to look and sound like a Horror film. It really isn't scary but instead rather amusing.
So, I hope you enjoyed and made it through this journey with me. And if you haven't seen "The Sound of Music" or want to see it again, I highly recommend both of these. I'm going to do it myself for the "unknown" amount of times.
Thank you, Jennifer Kiley
Julie Andrews ……….. Maria
Christopher Plummer ….. Captain Von Trapp
Eleanor Parker ………. The Baroness
Richard Haydn ……….. Max Detweiler
Peggy Wood ………….. Mother Abbess
Charmian Carr ……….. Liesl
Heather Menzies-Urich … Louisa (as Heather Menzies)
Nicholas Hammond …….. Friedrich
Duane Chase …………. Kurt
Angela Cartwright ……. Brigitta
Debbie Turner ……….. Marta
Kym Karath ………….. Gretl
Anna Lee ……………. Sister Margaretta
Portia Nelson ……….. Sister Berthe
Ben Wright ………….. Herr Zeller
Daniel Truhitte ……… Rolfe
Norma Varden ………… Frau Schmidt
Gilchrist Stuart …….. Franz (as Gil Stuart)
Marni Nixon …………. Sister Sophia

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Open letter to residents of Lee Mill
Our Ref TWG/402/0036/00350
Dear Residents
We write to provide an update on the work undertaken in relation to providing access to the proposed resource recovery development and to provide a back ground as to the current proposals.
As you may have been aware, and as presented at the recent public exhibitions, Viridor had considered providing an improved eastbound exit slip road, which would result in the closure of Western Road as an exit from the A38. However, despite best endeavours, we are unable to proceed with this solution at the present time due to land ownership constraints.
As an alternative, we propose to introduce some modifications to Western Road itself, which would result in the provision of a wider footway on the southern side of the road, plus some associated enhanced signage, including a "watchman" sign activated by speed. This proposal is referred to as Option 10, which we describe in further detail below.
Alternative Options Considered
Our consultants, SLR, undertook detailed assessment of options to provide a new slip road alternative to Western Road, which involved consideration of a number of possible layouts, which was then honed down to the two most viable options:
- Provision of an new full standard slip road from the A38 provided to the east of Lee Mill (Option 9); and
- Provision of a new County road to run south of Lee Mill and north of the A38 (Option 7).
SLR undertook detailed design work on these options, including detailed consultation with Devon County Council (the highway authority for side roads) and the Highways Agency (HA) (the authority for the A38).
Option 9 comprised the best option which could provide a wholly new exit slip road from the A38, whilst still complying with the HA's very stringent standards with respect to building new slip roads onto the trunk road. Option 9 would have required the complete closure of the existing slip road. The Option would have led to the demolition of at least part of Beech Farm and leaving the remainder of the land-holding severed and undesirable.
Option 7 was a solution which retained the existing exit slip road from the A38, however bypassed Western Road by providing a new one-way road along the northern boundary of the A38 and to the south of the properties. The advantage of Option 7 was that it would not require alteration of any element of the A38 trunk road, enabling less stringent design standards to be required. However, its disadvantage is that it would place a new road to south of existing properties, and it would also require the purchase of land from a number of properties.
As a further possible solution to bypassing Western Road, we considered introducing a routing agreement which would enforce all traffic accessing the proposed development from the west to exit the A38 at the next junction east at Ivybridge, and then come back west on the A38 to exit at the Lee Mill junction. This option was discussed with the HA and Devon CC, who objected to this proposal, as they considered it would be difficult to enforce and would only move traffic to another junction, which itself had capacity and layout issues. This option was therefore discounted.
Other Considerations
There are a number of existing businesses which are accessed from Western Road, which rely on its passing trade. This passing trade would be affected if Western Road was bypassed and, although some new signage could be provided to mitigate this, it is possible that solutions such as Option 7 (in part) and Option 9 could lead to these businesses being adversely affected.
If we were to pursue either of these options further, we would need to assess the affect in greater detail.
There is also a bus stop located on Western Road, which serves the eastbound bus routes from Plymouth towards Exeter. Whilst this could be retained without diversion under Option 7, for Option 9 it is likely that it would require the bus stop to be relocated further east to be in the vicinity of the Beech Road (Tesco and Industrial Estate) junction.
Land Requirements
Approaches were made to the relevant land owners with a view to establishing the appropriate land deals associated with Options 7 & 9.
Viridor were unable to reach a suitable settlement with the principle land owner affected by Option 9. In addition, a significant number of landowners affected by Option 7 were not prepared to negotiate in terms of selling land for the scheme.
It is therefore summarised that Viridor is unable to procure either option due to land restraints.
The only alternative method of obtaining the land would be under Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) powers. As a private developer, Viridor does not have such powers and this would therefore need to be pursued by either the HA or the County Council. CPO is a legal procedure, where it must first be demonstrated that there is a public interest need for the land to be acquired and that there is no suitable alternative.
In this case, the need relates to the need for road improvements, and not linked to the need associated with the RRC. As a rule, CPO powers are not used to facilitate private developments, even those in the public interest. The need for road improvements, therefore, needs to be assessed on the existing situation, ahead of the RRC development.
During SLR's consultations with the HA and Devon CC, their opinion has been that, whilst they would not object to developer funded slip road improvement options (provided that they were compliant with their standards), they consider the existing road arrangement to be acceptable. Furthermore, they consider that the additional traffic generated by the RRC development would not materially change this.
Based on this, no defined need for a slip road improvement option can be determined at this stage, and therefore the use of CPO powers to secure the necessary land may not be used.
This is clearly an emotive point, and one which local residents may not agree with. As a private developer, however, Viridor is unable to procure a scheme which would result in the bypassing of Western Road through Lee Mill. Notwithstanding this, we is aware of our planning obligations to attempt to mitigate the effects of additional traffic and have therefore considered improvements which may be made to Western Road to the benefit of local residents.
Option 10
As options to bypass Western Road may not be provided by Viridor, SLR has considered the effects that development traffic would have on the operation of Western Road.
The existing flow composition on Western Road, and the effect on it when taking into account predicted future traffic levels accessing the RRC development, is shown in the diagram below.
This shows that the RRC development would result in an increase in eastbound HGV traffic levels on Western Road of in the order of 16%, and an increase in total traffic volumes of in the order of 2%.
SLR has undertaken capacity assessments at the roundabout at the eastern end of the A38 exit slip road, and at the junction of Western Road with the C194 (underpass of the A30). These assessments show that, whilst the junctions are clearly busy, they operate within capacity and they would not be adversely affected by the introduction of traffic accessing the RRC.
SLR considers, therefore, that the RRC development would not adversely affect the operation or current amenity of Western Road, and this has been accepted in principle by the HA and DCC. Notwithstanding this, Viridor propose mitigation works to Western Road, to seek to minimise the impact of additional traffic where possible. Option 10 has therefore been developed, which comprises:
- Provision of a "watchman" speed activated camera on both sides of the road, to alternate signs "30mph" and "SLOW DOWN";
- Provision of a footway, 1.8m width on the southern side of Western Road;
- Enhancement of existing road signage and road markings, where required.
An outline plan of this scheme is attached to this letter.
These proposals have been put forward based on SLR's highways design experience, knowledge of the local area and taking account of comments from the highway authority and Highways Agency. However, we fully understand that you may have specific local issues which we may be able to address in this scheme.
We are currently conducting further public consultation on our New England proposals and would welcome your views on other potential traffic improvements that could be made or other potential mitigation measures. To that end you are invited to attend a community consultation group meeting from 6pm - 8pm, Tuesday 8th December at Smithaleigh Hotel, Smithaleigh, Plympton, PL7 5AX.
In the meantime should you have any further queries or comments on this matter, you can find out how to contact us and get more information through www.viridor-consultation.co.uk/newengland.
Yours sincerely
Howard Ellard
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Do I Need To Be Baptized?
Q: In the past some heterodox have been accepted into the church via "economy" and Chrismation. This was done many times in the past long before modernism. When is this acceptable and when not? It's a difficult concept for me to grasp....seems it was up to the bishop.
A: It still is up to the bishop. Although, the bishop might give the decision to the priest. Choose your bishop carefully. Choosing your Bishop is more important than choosing your parish.
Baptism is the one sacrament that is possible outside the Church. Even a layman can baptize [in an emergency].
About 30 years ago ROCOR decided that EVERY convert would be baptized regardless. That decision was made because of the many crazy things that are out there in the contemporary world - and our Synod deemed that rather than risk it, to be on the safe side, everyone would be baptized. That policy remains in effect.
Q: But Fr. Seraphim Rose was accepted by Chrismation.
Yes, he was the one of the last ones. And his entry into the Church was supervised by St. John S&SF. Soon after this, St. John reposed. The Russian synod resolved that since we have no clairvoyant elders in our times to tell us who needs baptism and who does not, that we would henceforth baptize everyone to be on the safe side.
True story:
Maybe 30 years ago, before things got as bad as they are now: An OCA priest told me the story of when he was co-serving at another parish where there was a visiting monk from Mt. Athos who was blind and was held in high regard by many.
At the end of the liturgy the faithful lined up to kiss the cross and get the priest's blessing, and also to get a blessing from the blind monk. My priest was standing there with the monk and the parish priest. A certain woman was in the line who came up and took her blessings and went on as the others.
After the woman had passed the monk turned to the parish priest and asked, "Who is that woman?" The parish priest answered that she is a Roman Catholic convert brought into the Church by chrismation. The monk paused, then said, "She is still Roman."
Nobody said anything further to each other or to the woman. But several weeks later the woman came to the parish priest and asked to be baptized.
Another case:
About 20 years ago: There was another priest [OCA] in southern USA whose wife was dying of cancer and she asked to be baptized. He did baptize her and got punished severely by his bishop for doing it. He ended up having to leave the OCA and take refuge in ROCOR.
Another case:
In ROCOR, a man I met more recently [year 2004] was being told by his mother-in-law that he was not brought into the Church acceptably, since he was brought in my chrismation alone.. He wanted to be baptized, but our priest would not baptize him because the man had already been receiving the sacraments. This issue caused him great agony.
So, you see, it is possible in the future to regret being brought into the Church by chrismation alone. But nobody ever is questioned if they are brought in the Church by baptism and chrismation, (except if the Church that brought them in is somehow bogus, then it could be questioned).


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Vesta Roy
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December 29, 1982 – January 6, 1983
|Preceded by
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|March 26, 1925
Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
|February 9, 2002 (aged 76)
Kenmore, New York, U.S.
|Political party
|Albert Roy
|Wayne State University (BA)
Vesta M. Roy (née Coward; March 26, 1925 – February 9, 2002) was a Republican New Hampshire politician. She was the first woman to serve as both the President of the New Hampshire Senate and Acting Governor of New Hampshire. She began her brief time as acting governor when the sitting governor fell ill and died prior to the end of his term.
Early life
Vesta M. Roy was born Detroit, Michigan on March 26, 1925. She graduated from Wayne State University.[1]
Roy served the Royal Canadian Airforce from 1943 to 1945 during World War II, and was named Leading Air Woman.[1][2] She then took a job with Prudential Insurance Company as a Special Agent. She also became the first woman to serve as Rockingham County Commissioner. Roy became a member of the New Hampshire House from 1972 to 1973 as a member of the Republican Party.[1] She was a delegate to the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention.[2] Roy served as a state senator from 1978 until 1986.
Roy became President of the New Hampshire Senate in December 1982, becoming the first woman in New Hampshire's history to hold that title.[2] When Governor Hugh Gallen became ill, Roy performed the duties of governor. Gallen died on December 29, 1982, leaving Roy to serve as Acting Governor of the state for seven days from 1982 to 1983.[2][3] Roy did not formally take the oath of office to become governor because doing so would have required her to give up her Senate seat.[2][4] The governor-elect, John H. Sununu, was sworn in on January 6, 1983, ending Roy's brief term.[5][1][6] Roy was named 1983 New Hampshire Woman of the Year.[1] She served as an adviser to the New Hampshire campaigns of Republican presidential candidates Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.
Personal life and death
She was married to optometrist Albert Roy, with whom she had five children.[1] She had eight grandchildren.[2] She died on February 9, 2002, at her home in Kenmore,[7] New York, at the age of 76 and was buried at Saint Joseph's Cemetery in East Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
See also
- ^ a b c d e f Capace, Nancy (2000). Encyclopedia of New Hampshire. Somerset Publishers, Inc. pp. 147–48. ISBN 9780403096015.
- ^ a b c d e f Raimo, John W. (1985). "Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States". www.questia.com. Greenwood Press. pp. 205–06. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- ^ Brooks, Clayton McClure (2008). A Legacy of Leadership: Governors and American History. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 267. ISBN 0812208994.
- ^ Martin, Mart (1999). "The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics". www.questia.com. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ Clendinen, Dudley; Times, Special To the New York (January 7, 1983). "Dukakis, at Inauguration, Vows to Aid Needy in Massachusetts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ "Gainesville Sun – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Gainesville Sun. December 30, 1982. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
- ^ The Associated Press (February 22, 2002). "Vesta Roy, 76, New Hampshire Ex-Governor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
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This resource is meant to be used for children's time during a worship service, or as a part of a Sunday school class. It is a short story with space for children to wonder and respond to what they have heard. It is accompanied by a colouring page they can take home or colour during Sunday school.
Click here for a religious version.
Click here for the secular version.
Pour la version française, cliquez ici.
Objective: To teach children about the real human impacts of our changing climate through story.
Recommended time: 5 minutes for story and wondering. Additional time needed for new terms, colouring page and extra activities.
Recommended age: Early childhood, preschool, school-age, ages 3-8. Activity suitable for a children's feature during a worship service or for Sunday school.
Materials: One copy of colouring page (included) for each child, world map or atlas (optional).
Keywords: Climate change, adaptation, Bangladesh, Small-scale farmer, prayer, story
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Hoys Allied Health + Wellness currently run a range of Core Exercise Classes for all patients' health and wellbeing.
Core Classes
Pilates was first started in the 1920's by Joseph Pilates, who formulated a method of strengthening certain muscle groups in different positions and with different resistances. Pilates has evolved into a comprehensive method of exercise focused on correct muscle activation patterns, correct posture and appropriate breathing. It is used as a rehabilitation tool to assist and prevent injuries and can be performed on the floor (mat work) or using specialised Pilates equipment.
Are you new to Core Exercise?
If you are wanting to start in either the mat work or equipment classes, but you haven't participated in any previous Pilates or Core Classes with a Physiotherapist or haven't seen one of our Physiotherapists recently to understand your core strength needs, then we'll need to see you for an individual assessment prior to class. If you have participated in our BounceBack course or core stability classes, you can start the mat work classes without an individual assessment.
The individual session is a 30-minute assessment is with a trained Pilates and Core Class Instructor. This includes an assessment of your lower back and any injury that is recent or relevant to the Core Classes. During the session, you will learn the importance of appropriate posture and how to find the neutral position of your spine as well as breathing properly while maintaining that position.
You will also learn about the muscles that are important in core strength including: the transverse abdominals, pelvic floor, gluteal and lower trapezius muscles and how to correctly activate them. Having this extra information will increase your knowledge of your core strength and abilities and allow you to better understand why we do certain movements during the classes. All this information is summarised in a handout and you will be started on some basic exercises which will be further built on in the classes. Part of the individual session is identifying your goals for these classes, so that even though it is a group setting, you own personal goals are the focus.
Mat Work Classes
The Hoys Allied Health + Wellness mat work class is a 60-minute in duration and incorporates muscle activation and core strengthening Physiotherapy techniques combined with appropriate breathing and stretching on the ground. The exercises vary from week to week with the ultimate goal of progressing the exercises as you become stronger and improve your ability to perform the movements correctly.
During the class varying positions will be used, including standing, lying on your back, tummy, side and kneeling in order to strengthen muscles in different positions and use gravity to our advantage. If any particular position is uncomfortable or painful you will be provided with an alternative, pain-free position.
Additional equipment including swiss balls, resistance bands, chi balls and magic circles maybe used to progress certain exercises and add complexity. The classes are limited numbers, so that the instructors can monitor each person and correct any positional or activation faults.
After your initial assessment you will be placed into the appropriate level. The mat work classes are divided into three different levels:
Most people will start in a beginner class which has a focus on technique and control. The beginner classes aim to ease you into the Pilates system in a way that won't aggravate your injury or symptoms. Beginner classes incorporate the principles of Pilates and aim to build a basis of strength that can be progressed in the higher levels.
Intermediate classes are suitable for people who have had previous experience with Pilates. Intermediate classes involve more repetitions, more strenuous positions and require a higher level of balance and coordination. This class is appropriate for people who have a good understanding of the Pilates principles and appreciate a faster-paced class setting.
Advanced classes are appropriate for people with sound technique and are injury-free. This class is suitable for relatively fit people, athletes and heavy manual workers. The class is designed to be challenging, however still maintains the core principles of Pilates.
Core Equipment
These classes include the use of specialised core equipment including: a reformer and trapeze table which will further challenge your deep core muscles and posture control in more positions then in a mat work class. This equipment uses the principles of Pilates combined with different resistances and slightly unstable positions to facilitate recruitment of the stabilising muscles in order to increase overall strength. The versatility of the equipment means these classes are suitable to anyone, regardless of injury. The equipment is highly beneficial for those who struggle to get on and off the floor and thus aren't appropriate for mat work classes.
Trapeze Table (Cadillac)
A trapeze table includes a firm table with a trapeze mechanism over it that allows the addition of springs with varying strengths to facilitate and progress exercises. It is used for general strengthening as part of a rehabilitation program as well as for advanced core movements.
A reformer is made up of a sliding carriage that is suspended on a smooth gliding track within a rectangular frame. Different resistances can be added to the sliding carriage to target certain muscles groups for a more specialised rehabilitation program. The reformer allows the stabilising core muscles to be challenged while also allowing the range of motion of your legs and arms.
Wunda Chair
The Wunda Chair is another popular piece of Pilates equipment that allows a lot of functional, upright strengthening. It has a split pedal which allows the user to strengthening her neck, shoulders as well as core and leg muscles.
Frequently Asked Questions – Core Exercise Classes
What should I wear?
Comfortable exercising clothes
How many times a week should I attend?
Generally, between 1-2 sessions a week is ideal.
What if I can't get on the ground?
If you struggle to get on and off the ground for a mat work class, then an equipment class would be more appropriate for you.
Do I need an individual assessment, or can I just start the classes?
You can start in the mat work classes without an assessment if you:
Is Core Exercise Classes suitable for my injury?
Yes. Core Exercise Classes at Hoys Allied Health + Wellness is designed by Physiotherapists who have an extensive knowledge of injuries and pathologies and have the ability to alter exercises in a way that won't aggravate your injury.
Book an appointment online or phone 02 6652 7355 to speak to a friendly team member today.


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Customer Care and Social Media
Customer care and social media can help every brand to shine. However, it is difficult to avoid sarcastic tweet and bed comments. Today we have tips how to keep customers happy and ensure brand loyalty?
Audience from social media have very high expectations. Meeting them it is not easy task. While businesses are often reluctant risk spending money on social media, studies have shown that effective social care can in fact reduce customer service costs overall.
Tips for strong social media customer service:
- Firstly, show your human face. Don't be scared to use things like emojis and hashtags (if it's appropriate for your brand).
- Secondly, cut response time. A quick response and addressing complaints head on won't eliminate the problem entirely, but it will at least show your customers you are trying to improve
- Also, be consistent. Invest in people they should be able to respond to different scenarios.
Social media customer care has great potential to deliver incremental results. Treating your customers well, especially when they are in need, will ensure brand loyalty. The most important is monitoring what people think and listen to their voice.
If you need any help with Social Media, or in Analytics then please get in contact with us here at Network Intellect.
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Latin Roots and Universal Suffering
A Review by Dalia Wassner
One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps by Andrea Pitzer
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017
In One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, Andrea Pitzer offers a thoughtful combination of investigative journalism and historical analysis that identifies the roots and commonalities across global iterations of concentration camps throughout the 20th century. The book lends poignant testimony to what it means for private citizens to be corralled time and again into spaces where human rights, legal processes and social relations dissolve. Claiming witness to the multiple—and multiplying—systematized instances of removal of human beings from their homes, and demanding accountability from the nations that have hosted the torturous machinations of the ensuing captivities, Pitzer diagnoses the past century as "the lost century."
Beginning in 1890s, Cuba and later the U.S. control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, extending of course to Nazi Europe and Soviet Russia of World War II, Communist China of the 1960s and '70s, and the Southern Cone of Latin America during the Cold War, the book concludes finally in our current 21st century with a searing condemnation of North Korean prisons alongside ongoing U.S. use of Guantánamo Bay. Invoking Elie Wiesel's harrowing testimony of the Holocaust, "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed," alongside Primo Levi's assessment that the Shoah was not a singular occurrence, "It can happen, and it can happen everywhere," Andrea Pitzer upholds the moral imperative to remember the Holocaust in its specific manifestations while also remaining aware and responsible to the concentration camp phenomenon writ large.
Through extensive interviews of historians, activists, soldiers and lawyers, as well as accounts by survivors and camp guards alike, Pitzer demands that her audience reckon with the immoral and often illegal tactics that modern regimes have repeatedly adopted in service of civil wars. These are tactics of inhumanity that steadily exclude "the other" not only from participation in polity or society, but from a collective consciousness. To her study of the emergence and functioning of camps, Pitzer then adds the complicated aftermath whereby survivors and perpetrators again live together in societies once defined by the violent separation and abuse of the former by the latter.
Pitzer's journalistic fire is balanced by a grounded historical inclination, one that impels her to begin her book by tracing the reconcentración of indigenous Americans by Columbus, a pattern continued through the Spanish and Portuguese conquests to the south and the British and French conquests to the north. Subsequently describing the period of post-independence in the United States, Pitzer notes that the Lieber Code of Conduct, which gave Civil War generals the right to remove all suspected sympathizers from their homes, set an important precedent within U.S. and international law courts—including The Hague in 1899 and the Second Geneva Convention in 1906—one that lent the American Civil War some of its most devastating aspects, and which was instructional for the mass deportations and detentions of Nazi Germany. Pitzer thus demonstrates that as instrumental as bureaucratic efficiencies such as census taking and the invention of barbed wire and automatic weapons were to creating the infamous camps that would mark the 20th century, so too were the historical precedents that paved way for each subsequent iteration.
Providing a clear moral judgment in the context of the first concentration camp studied in the work—the case of Cuba in the wake of its independence from Spain—Pitzer notes: "History is full of moments in which hindsight provides the only clear view. This is not one of them" (20). The author explores the deliberate tactics of cleansing the Cuban countryside of its inhabitants through a policy enunciated on October 21, 1896, summarily accomplished within only two weeks, and describes the Spanish agenda to ensure control of the island as the European country tried desperately to maintain its final foothold in the Americas. The very pursuit of such terrorizing practices influenced U.S. involvement in the war in defense of Cuba—an involvement as much pursued for U.S. political and economic interest and popularized at home in defense of human rights. Pitzer then shows how similar concentration camp tactics were imposed by U.S. troops in the Philippines. Thus, the same war that marked the finality of Spain's overseas empire transformed the United States from a past colony to an imperial power that adopted the repressive policies of its vanquished foe. Pitzer's global history of concentration camps, from its inception, thereby demands that the United States confront its own checkered past as it consolidated a national identity through "reconcentrations," civil war and imperial ambitions, all in preparation to become a global power of the 20th century.
While the book traces many important connections across the globe, I would like to focus on the section covering Latin American concentration camps of the military dictatorships of Chile (1973-1990) and Argentina (1976-1983). In the chapter titled "Bastard Children of the Camps," Pitzer describes how national public spaces such as sports stadiums were converted into concentration camps: "Agüero headed from the gallery to the closest entrance gate and waited for the guard to let him through. Stepping onto the track he had run as a child, he walked the straightaway and the curve as he circled the soccer field. At his assigned spot he stood waiting for his torturers, taking in the grass, the sky, and tens of thousands if seats, row after empty row" (333). On the same landscape of his childhood, Agüero now faced the embodiment of "atomized terror:" "Illegal detention, it turned out, could be tucked away in the every day world, carried out with few people being the wiser" (354). Through such testimony, the reader witnesses the appropriation of public spaces in service of the dissolution of democracy: "friends pretended to be strangers to protect themselves and each other" (329). These spaces of terror, claims Pitzer, were the "illegitimate offspring of Western democracies," since the dictatorships of the Southern Cone were supported in secret by the United States as part and parcel of the Cold War within the Global South, including in the case of Latin America, the Guatemalan and Paraguayan coups of 1954, Brazil in the 1960s and Chile and Argentina in the 1970s and '80s.
In the example of Felipe Agüero, a victim of Pinochet's coup in 1973 Chile, Pitzer observes that he tried as much as possible to maintain a notion of humanity not defined in terms set by his captors. Thus, instead of stealing a glimpse of his torturers when he had a chance, Agüero opted to turn away, "frightened to see the face of someone willing to do these things to him" (336). Pitzer thus lends testimony to the determination of the detained to resist the forces and justifications of inhumanity enacted on them. While describing the historical precedents to these camps, as well as the international coordination that at times was instrumental to their existence, Pitzer additionally notes that victims of concentration camps too carried in their minds global and historical frameworks for understanding their own circumstances. In Agüero's words: "the prisoners, looking at the ground and covered with blankets, appeared markedly worse than any prisoners he had seen thus far. Their shattered aspects brought to mind images of Nazi camp survivors. He wondered where these people had been and what they had gone through to look like that" (339).
In my own research, I have studied subversive culture created by women of the Southern Cone who have urged the importance of post-Holocaust collective memory in bringing reckoning—if not justice—to the humanitarian abuses enacted in their own lifetimes. Creating subversive journalism and theater, producing novels and poetry, women of Argentina and Chile have dialogued with the ghosts of the Holocaust to bring truth to the horrors of their own lifetimes, experienced a generation and ocean apart. As Pitzer outlines the multi-generational and international aspects of the camps themselves, so too has a cadre of Latin American feminist figures emerged to emphasize the multi-directionality of culture in bringing an end to the global proliferation of camps and their goals of genocide.
Recalling Hannah Arendt's now famous phrase "banality of evil," which emerged in relation to Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem, Pitzer outlines the repeated instances in which people around the world have been removed from their homes and treated "as if they no longer existed, as if what happened to them were no longer of interest to anybody, as if they were already dead and some evil spirit gone mad were amusing himself by stopping them for a while between life and death" (7). And yet, Pitzer shows that prisoners or detainees of the multiple camps of the last century have fiercely struggled to maintain their own humanity even while experiencing systematized machinations of de-humanization. Pitzer's work implores of the current generation: How will the 21st century be defined?
Dalia Wassner, Ph.D. is a Research Associate and the Director of the Project on Latin American Jewish & Gender Studies at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute of Brandeis University.


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The group of top rulers of the world of technology generally comprising Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft seek to challenge strict federal privacy laws that have either been recently developed or soon will be.
According to the New York Times, tech giants are continually attempting to lobbying for an insignificant federal privacy law. In other words, the firms want the state authorities to write the laws taking a huge assistance from the firm themselves.
If that happens, the users will be left with less control over how their private data should or shouldn't be used. Moreover, access to more private data of consumers will let the firms multiply their revenues with time - assume several React Js development companies.
Why the Lobbying Campaign Strengthened All of a Sudden
Recently, a highly-stern federal privacy law has been passed in the state of California as well as another similarly strict biometrics privacy law also took place in Illinois. Both the laws were clearly in favor of consumers' rights over the privacy of their data, making them able to control it, delete the stored data, and having an option to opt-out from private data-collection.
Facebook Cambridge Analytica Fallout
Without a doubt, the serious California federal privacy law was the clear response of the extremely infamous Facebook Cambridge Analytica Scandal that was a slap on the faces of worldwide social media users.
The New York Times stated that a big part of Google and Facebook's revenue comes from advertising. And to keep their advertising campaigns outright relevant to a user's interest, they have to have a great hold on his/her likes and dislikes. In other words, his/her private data.
The states' data regulations hence stand as a significant hurdle in their way to generate revenue. That is exactly why they dare to challenge and regulate even the official regulations and policies. The tech companies have made it clear that they will be cooperating only if they are allowed to share a huge part in writing the rules themselves.
Overall their approach might work as the Trump administration seems to be open to developing a "Business-Friendly" solution. And appears like, the administration is left with no second choice as all the top tech firms contribute by a high degree to a nation's economy. Even the WhatsApp itself has been used for 85 billion + users over the last decade.


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While external hard drives can be seen as boring, LaCie announced the not-so-boring DJI CoPilot, which features a 2TB hard drive, a media-card reader, a USB hub and even a backup battery, all inside a rugged design.
This device is perfect for videography aficionados, as it features a charging port, USB, USB-C and micro-USB ports, plus an SD-card slot. Any media that is inserted gets automatically backed up to the 2TB hard drive, and the device will even tell you how much storage is left.
There is even the option of editing footage on a mobile device, thanks to the integrated Lightning and micro-USB cables. Users can edit footage on their iPad while keeping the device charged. Furthermore, users can also daisy-chain other devices of the CoPilot, so users can have more than one hard drive connected to it at the same time.
The CoPilot will be launching sometime this spring for a grand total of $349.
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Base class for a SDL based graphics manager.
It features a few extra a few extra features required by SdlEventSource.
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Makes this graphics manager active.
That means it should be ready to process inputs now. However, even without being active it should be able to query the supported modes and other bits.
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Makes this graphics manager inactive.
This should allow another graphics manager to become active again.
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Queries the current state of the graphic manager.
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Queries the SDL window.
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Notifies the graphics manager about a mouse position change.
The passed point *must* be converted from window coordinates to virtual coordinates in order for the event to be processed correctly by the game engine. Just use `convertWindowToVirtual` for this unless you need to do something special.
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Notify the graphics manager about a resize event.
It is noteworthy that the requested width/height should actually be set up as is and not changed by the graphics manager, since otherwise it may lead to odd behavior for certain window managers.
It is only required to overwrite this method in case you want a resizable window. The default implementation just does nothing.
Definition at line 77 of file sdl-graphics.h.
Notify the graphics manager that the graphics needs to be redrawn, since the application window was modified.
This is basically called when SDL_VIDEOEXPOSE was received.
Setup a basic state of the graphic manager.
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GOPs Try to Block IRS Rule That Threatens to Shut Down Conservative 501(c)(4)s
WASHINGTON -- Thirty-nine Republican senators introduced a bill today to block the Internal Revenue Service from issuing a rule that would narrow the definition of who qualifies for a 501(c)(4) exemption as a social welfare organization.
The Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, which also passed out of a House committee, would freeze the finalization of the rule for one year and restore the 501(c)(4) standards and definitions that were in place before conservative groups started to come under extra scrutiny in 2010.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said on the Senate floor today that he learned over the Thanksgiving break "that the IRS had diagnosed the problem and offered its regulatory solution despite the fact that the multiple investigations were far from complete."
"On Friday, November 29th, and without warning, the IRS published a proposed rule that would restrict the activities of 501(c)(4) organizations, effectively limit their speech, and curtail their civic participation – bringing a whole new meaning to Black Friday," Flake said. "The rule singles out the same conservative groups that were previously targeted by the IRS and threatens to shut them down. It further attempts to legitimatize the targeting of organizations that hold ideological views in contrast to the administration's."
"It should be no surprise since critics of these conservative organizations have openly called for their extinction."
The proposed guidance defines the term "candidate-related political activity," and would amend current regulations by indicating that the promotion of social welfare does not include this type of activity, according to the IRS, which said the intention is to "reduce the need to conduct fact-intensive inquiries by replacing this test with more definitive rules."
Activities that would disqualify an organization seeking 501(c)(4) status include "communications that expressly advocate for a clearly identified political candidate or candidates of a political party," "any contribution that is recognized under campaign finance law as a reportable contribution," hosting a candidate at an event within 60 days of a general election, and voter registration or "get-out-the-vote" drives.
Flake said the IRS wants "to force 501(c)(4) organizations into ill-fitting structures devised more appropriately for political committees in order to require the disclosure of conservative supporters."
"The IRS and the White House claim innocently that the proposed rule is meant to clear up confusion about how to process the applications of 501(c)(4) organizations involved in political activities," the senator continued. "…Before the IRS began flagging the applications of conservative groups in February 2010, these types of applications were being processed within three months. Email traffic between IRS employees shows that the applications of conservative organizations were not flagged out of confusion but rather because of media attention and potential interest to Washington."
"So let's call this rule what it is – an attempt to silence the voices of conservative organizations."
Co-sponsors of the bill, introduced by Flake and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kansas), include Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Republican Conference Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.).
"To be clear – 501(c)(4)s are permitted to engage in the political process and in political discourse. And they should continue to be allowed to do so. But this regulation seeks to limit their participation in a host of advocacy and education activities, even nonpartisan voter registration and education drives," Flake said.
"These activities have a clear role in promoting civic engagement and social welfare – the precise purpose of the 501(c)(4) structure. Unfortunately, the rule would suppress conservative voices by forcing organizations to quit these activities or be shut down," he added. "Such a gag order on conservative groups has been long-desired by this administration."


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