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Brookside Theatre Presents: A Christmas Carol – The Musical
Ready for Christmas? Neither is Scrooge. But it can take just one night to change your life forever…
This holiday season, rediscover the true joy of Christmas 'spirit' as the Brookside Theatre take you on an unforgettable and magical journey through one of Charles Dickens' best-loved tales, A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Director – and theatre manager – Jai Sepple explains, "This new stage adaption packed with musical numbers gives the piece a virtual face lift. The story has been portrayed so many times, so many ways, that we find it too predictable to draw us out. Enhanced by an all new musical score, and presented with a tight-running, hilarious script, the story is restored to its original brilliance and once again jumps into the hearts of audiences."
Add to that a tremendously talented cast and you have a production that will give the holiday season a warm sparkle. The story is the same; this Christmas Eve, Miser Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and lonely man who prefers money to people, will have a night like none that had gone before as he is visited by the ghosts of Marley, his ex-partner and those of Christmases Past, Present and Future. With them, he embarks on an incredible journey… a journey to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Jai continues, "We have tried to bring a few surprises to the audience with this production. Character interpretations, unique staging, stunning projections and a cast that makes the rafters ring bring the promise of a truly unique and joyful evening. Listed in the cast of characters are BBC TV's CJ de Mooi, portraying the old miser 'Ebenezer Scrooge', Steve Probert as 'Dickens', David Ward as 'Jacob Marley', Lucy Lombard as 'Belle', Taylor Jenkins as 'Tiny Tim', Dean Zetter and Jenny Lee as 'Bob & Emily Cratchit', James Knowles and Marie Watson as the Fezziwigs, Paula Harris-Davis as the 'Ghost of Christmas Past' and a gifted cast that heralds from across the borough.
Bringing the atmosphere of Victorian Christmas traditions to the stage with a cavalcade of colourful characters, a ghostly quartet, hilarious script and fabulous songs, A CHRISTMAS CAROL THE MUSICAL is the perfect way to get you into the Christmas spirit. A dazzling and magical spectacular full of illusions and special effects, breath-taking projections and filled with true "Christmas Spirit".
The production opens on 12th December and plays Wednesdays to Saturdays until 22nd December 2018, with matinees on 15th & 22nd December.
Tickets are available online www.brooksidetheatre.com or call the box office on 01708 755775.


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PASSION is one of those things that are loved as well as hate. Both the lovers and the haters of passion have a valid reason to do so. However, practically passion is the most essential part of life that needs nothing but love and fulfillment. Because it is proved that those who love and follow their passion vigorously have found success sooner or later.
Let me give you a scenario. Person A who does not like his job because the profession he is in is not fascinating for him. He spends 8-9 hours in office but not with the zeal and creative mind. He more often watches the clock and eagerly wait for the end of the office hour. On the other hand, there is a person B who loves his job because he is doing what fascinates him. He is spending the same hours as A does but with the zeal and creative mind. Moreover, he ends up spending more time than what he is asked for because he wants to make a difference in his career.
Pause for a moment and ask yourself who is going to succeed person A or B? Obviously, person B. Person A will remain mediocre and end up hating his life. It is a reality. Analyse the life of people around you and you will get to know what I am talking about!
Following passion is nothing but doing what you love. For Bill Gates, it was making software and he would spend hours and hours doing this. For Jay Shetty who is a renowned motivational speaker, it is helping people to lead a better life. For Stephen King who is the best selling author, it is writing fiction stories since he was a child. There are many examples that advocate passion brings success. I am saying it again- passions is nothing but what you love to do. If you do what you don't like to do how can you make any difference in life. If you can't marry the person whom you don't like, how can you spend your entire life doing what you don't love?
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Why passion is important?
There are many reasons that prove following passion is important in life. Some of them are explained below.
You end up doing little extra: When you love what you do you don't bother about targets and timing. You continue doing and end up doing extra. Which is very important for achieving success. Successful people always go the extra mile.
Jack Canfield who is an American author writes on his website that, "if you want to really excel in business, school and life, go the extra mile. Give the people around you – your customers, your team, your family – more than they expect, and you'll be handsomely rewarded with loyalty, referrals, opportunity and money."
You are less likely to burn out: Burn out occurs when you are doing what you don't love. If you are in love with what you are doing your interest will increase day by day. Ashley Stahl who is a career coach, founder CAKE Publishing and award-winning counterterrorism professional who helped government officials prepare for the frontline of the war on terror, writes on Forbes that, "If you hate your job, chances are you hate your life. And you're not alone: anywhere from 20% to 40% of people report hating their job. That's a cringe-worthy number."
She further explained that hating a job or work you do has a major effect on mental and physical health that no amount of pay or inconvenience is worth staying in the same job.
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You have a strong belief system: Feeling unsure of own-self and self-doubt sometimes in life is normal. Everybody face it. However, this increases when you are doing what you don't love. In result, you fail unnecessarily. Self-doubt weakens self will, breeds procrastination, opens you up to regrets and self-pity, kills personal growth, hinders creativity.
Although self-doubt is normal, but it should not be given the power to determine our success. If you want to save yourself from dangerous effects of self-doubt you need to do what you love so that the self-doubt has no effect on you because you will find something to conquer self-doubt if you love what you do.
You become an expert in your field: Since you are interested in your work you work hard and improve yourself in the field. In result, you become more knowledgeable and emerge as an expert.
When Robin Sharma was a lawyer he asked one of the top lawyers the secret of a successful and sustainable career. The lawyer said, "Robin, be so knowledgeable, competent and brilliant at what you do that this firm cannot run without you. Become indispensable."
For being knowledgeable, competent and brilliant at what you do you have to love what you do because it takes hard work and robust practice.
You make your own path: For instance, you found your passion. But you are not seeing any job that matches your passion. What you do now? You make your own path then. For instance, bloggers made their own path. Earlier there was nothing like blogging as a profession. YouTubers also made their own path. Remember, career does make passion. Passion makes a career.
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How to find passion?
I would like to tell you that you don't have to find your passion. It is there and you have been following but you have not recognized it. You just have to recognize it and work hard to make it a successful career.
Before we proceed further, please isolate yourself in a peaceful place with a pen and paper. Because it needs more concentration and introspection of life. While following below tips don't bother about if your passion is possible to follow or not. Whether it is fitting in any career box or not.
What you do even if you are not paid for it: Passion is nothing but what you love to do. The things that you have been doing or do without any paycheques. Recognize it/ them. Your passion might be either one or a list of a few things. Which is absolutely fine. List them down on a paper.
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What you like to do when you are even tired: whether I am tired or not but I write if I want to. I had no better sleep last night because I am in a hospital with my brother who is hospitalized for some disease. I want to sleep and I am feeling tired. However, I am writing this piece in the morning because it is scheduled to publish today. Which means writing and researching are my passion. Find yours too.
Don't fit your passion in a career box: Finding passion and career are two different things. First, you have to find your passion and then find a career accordingly. Don't do it other way around. As I mentioned above. You can create a new career altogether if there is no career for your passion. However, you can't create passion. You are born with it. Leave career options aside that we will talk in the next article. Focus on figuring out your passion first.
Recognize what engages you more: What is that engages you more often? Is it a political discussion? Is it digital marketing? Is it concerning about real issues of the people? Is it knowing about how successful people achieve what they want? Whatever it could be! Just write them down. For me, it is reading and writing on self-improvement.
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What are you good at: You might have received appreciation and applause for some astonishing works. What is that? Write them down. There must be some work that you are appreciated for by your family and friends. Write them down. All these are things that you are good at.
What are you fascinated by: List down the things that fascinate you. Do you see yourself in the person who is running a great business? Do you think you also want to write a book if you see a writer or read about great writers? Things that fascinate you like making software, digital marketing, cooking and such that list them down on the paper.
I hope you had a pen and paper while reading all the above tips. If yes, then you must be ready with a list of things that you love to do or want to do. Since the next step (i.e. finding a career for your passion) differ from person to person because everybody has a different passion. I would love to help you out individually choosing a better career that will make your life extraordinary.
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Numbers 30:1 And Moses spake vnto the heades of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying: this is þe thing which the Lorde hath commaunded. Numbers 30:2 If a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lord, or swere an oth to bynde his soule: he shall not go back with his worde: but shall fulfyll all that is proceded out of his mouth.
Numbers 30:3 If a woman also vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde, and bynde her selfe beynge in her fathers house in the tyme of her youth, Numbers 30:4 and her father heare her vowe and bonde which she hath made vpon her soule, and holde his peace therto: then all her vowes & bondes which she hath made vpon her soule shall stande in effect. Numbers 30:5 But and yf her father forbyd her the same daie þt he heareth it, none of her vowes nor bondes which she hath made vpon her soule shalbe of value: and þe Lorde shall forgeue her, because her father forbade her.
Numbers 30:6 If she had an husbande when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bonde her soule, Numbers 30:7 and her husbande hearde it and helde his peace there at the same daye he heard it, then her vowes and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effecte. Numbers 30:8 And yf her husbande forbade her the same daye that he hearde it: and made her vowe which she hath vpon her of none effecte, and released the openyng of her lyppes, wherwith she bounde her soule, the Lorde shall forgeue her.
Numbers 30:9 But euery vowe of a wedowe and of her that is deuorced (þt they haue bounde their soule withall) shall stande in effect wt them. Numbers 30:10 If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an oth, Numbers 30:11 and her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace, and forbad her not, then all her vowes and bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande. Numbers 30:12 But yf her husbande disannulled them the same daye that he heard them, then nothing þt proceadeth out of her lippes in vowes and bondes (wherwith she bounde her soule) shall stande in effecte: for her husbande hath lowsed them. And the Lorde shall forgeue her. Numbers 30:13 All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule, maye her husbande stablysh or breake. Numbers 30:14 But yf her husbande holde his peace from one daye vnto another, then he stablisheth all her vowes and bondes which she had vpon her, because he helde his peace the same daye that he hearde them. Numbers 30:15 But yf he breake them, after that he hath heard them, he shall beare her synne him selfe. Numbers 30:16 These are the ordynaunces whiche the Lorde commaunded Moses, betwene a man and hys wyfe: and betwene the father and his daughter, beynge yet a damsell in her fathers house.


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SPOILER WARNING: Unlike my essay on The Help that mainly talked about the themes of the movie, this essay DOES contain spoilers for The Book Thief. If you haven't read the book and/or watched the movie, I highly recommend that you do so prior to reading this essay.
A common angle used in fiction set during World War II is that of the privileged helping the marginalized survive or escape the system that attempted to annihilate them. We see this in many forms such as Schindler's List, The Book Thief and Girl in the Blue Coat. I've never read or watched Schindler's List, and I've only read Girl in the Blue Coat once, so the discussion today will be primarily based on The Book Thief.
Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Thief-Markus-Zusak-x/dp/0552773891
In The Book Thief, there are many references to the ways that Jewish people were weeded out from society in subtle and blatant ways. Some of the more subtle examples would be the descriptions of Jewish establishments getting their doors painted with The Star of David, and the mass sackings of Jewish workers. The more blatant examples would include Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass), and of course, the marching of the Jews to Dachau Concentration Camp. Max Vandenburg, the Jew that the main character befriends, manages to survive all these forms of persecution. Unfortunately, many Jews in Nazi Germany weren't as lucky.
Anti-semitism wasn't a brand new concept in Europe when Hitler gained popularity. It seems that anti-semitism, at its core, had been around since the 1300s (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d.). Between the end of the First World War and the second, there were anti-semitic sentiments that were circulating due to the belief that the Jews were the reason why Germany lost in World War I (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d.). The version of anti-semitism that was popularised by Hitler and the Nazis revolved around the "cleansing" of Germany by removing anyone that would be considered a "liability" to the country. In this case, Jews weren't the only ones who were discriminated against, but they did make up a large population of the group. Other people who were discriminated against include the handicapped, homosexuals, Roma and people of African descent (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, n.d.).
The emphasis placed on physical appearance is a recurring theme in the book. Liesel's hair was "a close enough brand of German-blonde". Her dark brown eyes were "dangerous eyes". Rudy has "beautiful blonde hair and big, safe blue eyes". He was told that he couldn't "go around painting himself black". This isn't due to vanity. The Nazis were highly suspicious and one of the easiest way to avert their suspicion was to have blonde hair and blue eyes. Whether or not they were actually guilty of a crime, it was always better to "look safe".
If you looked safe, you weren't suspected on sight. That was an advantage that many Germans used to help Jews hide from or escape persecution. In The Book Thief, Walter Kugler helped Max hide in an empty storeroom, then later brought him to Hans Hubermann. Hans Hubermann, though already under a lot of suspicion by the Nazis due to his public acts of sympathy towards a few Jews, manages to hide Max in his basement. In real life, there are far more examples of such people who risked their own safety to help Jews such as Oskar Schindler and Irena Sendler. If you're interested in reading about these heroes, you can do so here.
The stakes were high for anyone caught hiding Jews. Yet, many people in Nazi Germany still chose to do it. It's a heroic act that should be celebrated whether in real life or through their fictional counterparts. However, let's not fail to recognise that a huge part of the reason that these people were able to perform these noble acts was the privileged that they had compared to the marginalised groups they tried desperately to protect. It wasn't their fault that they were favoured, but it's safe to assume that they were only able to do what they did because they weren't immediately condemned by the system. Marginalised groups shouldn't need to be defended by those who the law has chosen to prefer in order to feel safe. Their safety should be guaranteed regardless of their connections.
Discrimination based on anything that an individual isn't able to control isn't something that should be emulated today. After all, most of the things that people have been able to accomplish didn't happen in isolation, but in collaboration. To condemn any particular group in its entirety is also to reject all of the contributions made by any of them that we continue to benefit from today. Even if we're not active participants in discrimination, we should never ignore these issues. Until everyone is treated fairly at least in the eyes of the law, we cannot afford to delude ourselves into thinking that it's absolutely impossible for the horrors of yesterday to reoccur tomorrow.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved from Antisemitism in History: World War I: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007166
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved March 14, 2017, from Antisemitism in History: The Early Modern Era, 1300-1800: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007172
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (n.d.). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved from NAZI RACISM: https://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007679


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Cris Larché, Senior Director of Regulation & Compliance at Equifax, will talk about the key regulations now enforced by the CFPB that most directly impact both auto lenders and the F&I departments of auto dealerships. In addition, he will discuss enforcement actions to illustrate key concerns and address other relevant issues that can impact auto lending, such as the Risk Retention Guidelines.
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Over time the more we drive our cars, the threads on our tires start to get bald. This is simple physics and science and there's really not much we can do except to change our tires to new ones when that happens. However, perhaps in a bid to cut down on waste, Goodyear has a new tire concept that could deal with this issue.
One of Toyota's more iconic sports cars, aside from the Celica, is the Supra. Many were no doubt pleased as punch when back in 2019, Toyota announced that they would be reviving the Supra almost two decades after production had ended, but what if the Supra were to be relaunched not as a sports car, but as a 4×4 vehicle?
How immersive a game feels can depend on a variety of factors, such as the gameplay, the story, the graphics, and so on. However, there are times when external factors can also affect the immersive nature of the game, where some believe that devices like curved monitors can have a positive impact.
If there is one criticism of the Nintendo Switch is that it isn't quite as powerful compared to the likes of the PS4 or Xbox One or the PC. This means that certain games when ported to the console have to be downgraded in terms of their textures, graphics, and performance, and while it's not exactly a bad thing, we're sure that most gamers would prefer if the Switch were […]
There are many who are no doubt wondering what the future holds in terms of transportation. Will we be flying in the skies in our personal vehicles? Are cars on the ground still going to be relevant? Or might we have figured out how to teleport from one place to another? In the meantime, carmakers have been working on all kinds of ideas.
It's hard to imagine what the world will look like in the future, but that isn't going to stop Toyota from trying. At CES 2020, the company has announced their plans to build what they are calling a prototype city of the future, which will be located at the base of the very iconic Mt. Fuji in Japan.
When you think of Sony, you might think of the PlayStation, or you might think of the Walkman, or you might think of headphones or speakers, or you might think about their cameras. However, at CES 2020, the company has managed to surprise us all by taking the wraps off a concept electric car called the VISION-S.
Everyone needs to go to the bathroom. It's a relatively mundane experience but it's part of our lives and we don't really think too much about it. But could the bathroom experience be enhanced to make it better and more interesting? Toilet paper manufacturer Charmin certainly seems to think so.
There are many malls and apartment complexes that come with electric vehicle (EV) chargers and parking bays. The only problem is that you need to go look for them, and given that they aren't exactly many around, this can be an issue. However, Volkswagen might have solved that problem with EV charging robots.
Next year, we expect that OnePlus will have a couple of new phones in the works. This is expected to come in the form of the OnePlus 8 and later in the year, the OnePlus 8T. However, it seems that OnePlus could have at least one more device to show off in the form of a concept handset.
Right now the majority of electric cars look and feel like a regular gas-powered car. However, Lexus has recently taken the wraps off their concept electric car, known as the LF-30, and if this is what the future of electric cars could look like, then you can definitely count us in as being extremely interested.
No one really knows what the future of transportation holds. Right now, many seem to be betting on electric and autonomous vehicles, where not only are they expected to be more energy efficient and better for the environment, but they will also be safer. However, while other companies seem to be building autonomous electric cars, Porsche and Boeing are eyeing the skies.
According to a discovery in the iOS 13.2 beta yesterday, it was hinted that Apple could have a new set of AirPods they were planning on announcing. This comes in the form of noise cancelling AirPods that we have been hearing about for a while now, and it seems that it could be announced soon.
The infinity pool design has been around for a while now, and just in case the concept isn't familiar to you, basically these are pools that do not have an obvious edge to them. The idea is that by camouflaging the edge of the pool, it gives it an infinity look where it feels like it stretches on forever.


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Color stone metal tile future prospects, this problem by the majority of dealers and experience users of attention. Colour stone metal tile this product prospect how do we look at first? Let's first look at the color stone metal tile predecessor "asphalt tile".
Everyone knows that the asphalt tile belongs to the European and American roofing tile, from the early 1990s into our country, after nearly three decades of continuous development, has been recognized by the majority of people in China, and experience tried, and even a part of the asphalt tile has been replaced by a part.
After 2000, this product has been developed in China. Basically, most of the flat slope projects will choose asphalt tiles, because of its high cost performance, simple and practical installation, and the appearance of high-end atmospheric geometric shapes loved by everyone.
As a result, some villa styles are more in accordance with the European and American style. The roof tile reflects the architectural style and takes up a lot of parts. Therefore, the asphalt tile starts its hanging tour. We look at the development of asphalt tile and development prospects, can fully imagine the future of color stone metal tile.
If the asphalt tile is the first generation of the collection of Chinese and western culture, then the color stone metal tile is definitely an upgraded version of asphalt tile. The same point, both are rough surface color sand, color is basically the same, function, stone metal tile copied the advantages of asphalt tile project. Differences let's talk about: this is the advantage of colored stone metal, stones of metal on the size of the original asphalt shingle 1 meter increased 34 cm covered area increased, asphalt tile is too much overlap, lead to roof actual usable floor area is bigger, less stones metal parts lap, the actual usable floor area of single chip has greatly increased.
Asphalt tile is used as a base asphalt tile, service life in 20 years or so, the actual service life of color stone metal tile conservative estimate in more than 30 years.
Shape of asphalt tile belongs to a strong sense of plane, color stone metal tile to make up for the three-dimensional feeling of asphalt tile, a variety of shapes due to transport, than the shape of asphalt tile is several times more, and easier to shape and so on above advantages enough to see the prospect of color stone metal tile.
Dealers can be assured that the introduction of color stone metal tile time far from the asphalt tile history, is still in the bud, a few years color stone metal tile will completely replace the roofing tile of various materials.


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The shit is hitting the fan and the fans on high…
Tempers are already fraying in the mammoth Democrat field and now that Joe Biden has officially entered the race, the knives are out for the man who has been all but crowned as the nominee by the media.
The former Vice President is widely seen by the establishment as the man who is best able to defeat President Trump at the ballot box despite his advanced age, dubious mental condition, and skin color but he is killing it in early polls which is not a good omen for the rising socialist wing of the party.
Biden has a tough road to the White House that is riddled with #MeToo landmines and social justice fanatics will spring many an ambush along the way, but the socialists are already in war mode with the movement's two national leaders going on the attack against the geriatric gaffe machine.
With the Green New Deal which is a Trojan Horse for the imposition of socialism still being promoted by firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the canny old Bernie Sanders, any deviation from its extreme proposals by a fellow Democrat will not be tolerated and that is doubly so with Sleepy Joe whose lack of fervor for such radical remaking of society has made him into their punching bag.
AOC has been fairly quiet as of late but the taco bar revolutionary who went to Washington came out swinging against Biden during an appearance before far-left activists on Monday, ripping the frontrunner for suggesting that there was a "middle ground" to addressing climate change that falls far short of the socialist revolution.
CLIP: Rep. @AOC on #GreenNewDeal: "I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need to find a middle-of-the-road approach to save our lives. That is too much for me."
Full remarks here: https://t.co/ibNT3CHYWA pic.twitter.com/O9yiXMhzhe
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 14, 2019
Via The Hill, "Sanders gets assist from Ocasio-Cortez against Biden":
Bernie Sanders is using Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as a new weapon against Joe Biden in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Sanders appeared at Howard University on Monday night with Ocasio-Cortez, who received a boost from the Vermont Independent when she challenged Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.) in a Democratic primary in 2018.
Ocasio-Cortez — who hasn't officially endorsed Sanders — is returning the favor by hitting Biden, the Democratic front-runner. The former vice president has soared to the top of polls since entering the presidential race nearly three weeks ago, creating a new challenge for Sanders.
On Monday night, she criticized "middle-of-the-road" climate plans in a clear shot at Biden meant to contrast his centrism with the more liberal policies of Sanders.
"I'll be damned," Ocasio-Cortez began during a rally for the Green New Deal climate plan, "if the same politicians who refused to act [in past decades] are going to try to come back today and say we need a middle of the road approach to save our lives."
The Twitter diva Ocasio-Cortez also upped the fearmongering by suggesting that if voters listen to Biden, then children will die.
This is a dealbreaker.
There is no "middle ground" w/ climate denial & delay.
Blaming "blue collar" Americans as the main opponents to bold climate policy is gas lobbyist 101.
We're not going to solve the climate crisis w/ this lack of leadership. Our kids' lives are at stake. https://t.co/KvrBmaJd75
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 10, 2019
Comrade Bernie also sees the establishment support of Biden as a serious threat to his scheme to seduce young people with promises of free stuff in order for the socialists to seize control of the levers of power in the U.S. next year and is also going after Creepy Joe who while younger than Sanders, doesn't have the Vermont crank's piss and vinegar.
None of this bodes well for the party as a whole and while the competition for the 2020 nomination was always going to be a bruising, eye-gouging scrum probably nobody expected it to start this early but the socialists aren't going to lose their one opportunity to radically transform American without one hell of a fight.
Even if it destroys the Democratic party which is on the brink of all-out civil war now.


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14th August 2019 In a night celebrating Excellence in Engineering hosted by Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) and sponsored by Aon South Africa, leaders in the Built Environment gathered at the Vodacom Dome in Midrand to honour 25 years of democracy and celebrate the winners of the 2019 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards – reshaping our future together.
Levels of building activity in the South African market for new housing remained subdued in 2018, which were much in line with trends since 2010 after the economy emerged from recession in 2008/09.
As South Africa's population of university students has grown, so has the demand for accommodation; a Cape Town project being built by Concor Western Cape for client Respublica will help meet this need.
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leisure and Parties in Egypt
Do you want to do something fun with your kids? here are some ideas..
Africa Safari and Zambezi River and Grill Park
Cairo Alexandria Desert Road. Families can enjoy their time in their 200 acres open air wild animal park. They can drive among the wild animals like lions, dears, crocodiles etc. Entrance fee 50 Open daily from 8am to 7pm except Tuesday.
Zamalek, 20 Maarshaly sf. off Ahmed Heshmat st., Tel: 735-0682/735-7982
The children can enjoy painting, pottery making etc. while parents enjoy their dinner.
Art and design school (sponsored by Design Center Cairo)
Heliopolis, 7 Baghdad St., Korba 'Tel: 415-9752
Teaches drawing, painting basic design, pottery, collage and furniture design. Ages 4 to 15.
Avio Hobby Centre
Nasr City, 7 Ahmed Hosney Sf. (behind Raba'a Adaweya Mosque) Tel: 263-8429/010-342-4384
Teach children how to build and fly model aircrafts. Membership recommended.
Bedaya Art School and Conservatory
Heliopolis, 93 Farid Semika St., El Hegai Sq. Tel: 637-4233
Private classes in classical music: piano organ, drums, violin, guitar and choral as well as ballet. Ages 3 and up.
Mohandiseen, 34 El Israa St. off Lebanon sq, first floor Tel: 344-8433
To release the artist in your child, they teaches drawing, sculpture, pottery making and piano classes. Ages 3 to 14.
Ecole de I'art
Mohandessin, 10, 26th of July St., Lebanon sq. Tel: 012-319-5495
Drawing, painting sculpture and hand made crafts classes.
En Vogue Modeling School and Agency
Heliopolis, 12 Omar lbn Khattab St., Amarat Hadaik Rama 2nd floor, apt 23 Tel: 414-6875
Ballet classes are offered to young girls from the age of 6, while both kids can enjoy their etiquette, aerobics and jazz classes.
Fagnoon Academy
Zamalek, 15 Taha Hussein
Painting, drawing, pottery, wood works, ironwork embroidery and cooking classes Ages 2 and above.
Kids Farm
10th of Ramadan City, Cairo-lsmailya Road, (next to Abu Azayem Hospital)
Tel: 012-212-4159. Open from 10arn-6pm during winter and from I 5pm-/0pm in summer. Closed Fridays.
Children can feed the animals, play in the Farm's huge garden, the sand pitch area and the hay barn.
Kids Island
Heliopolis, 14 Mohamed Shafik St. next to Ghana club, Ground floor. Tel: 241-0025
Cooking classes, drawing, German, French, English and Arabic story telling workshops Suitable for 4-10 years old.
Onna Art Club
Mohandseen, 9 Hadeed Wai Solb St., off Falah St.. Tel: 305-1999
Drawing, sculpture, arts and crafts, flower arranging, gift wrapping, music, computer, and language classes.
Orange Art school
Zamalek, 3 B Sayed Bakry St., fourth floor flat 401 Tel: 736-6633
Art classes for kids including painting, drawing, sculpture, collage. Classes are available in Arabic, English and French. Ages 3 to 15.
Plein Air
Ahmed Orabi Association, Km 28 Cairo Ismailya Rd. Tel 477-3176/268-4361
A great country club where children can enjoy outdoor activities like swimming, cooking and bread making. Family day use is available from W am fo 8 pm. Ladies day at the pool every Saturday.
Rasha Soliman Artist Workshop
Heliopolis, 27 Mohamed Farid St. Tel: 633-2488
Art and drama workshops, shadow puppets workshops and animation workshop Ages 8 and up.
Scoo Bi Zoo
Pyramids, Pyramids Park Intercontinental: Resort Km. 2.5 Cairo Alexandria Desert Rd. Tel: 838-8300
A garden full of small animals, monkeys, birds, gazelles for children to watch. It's also a resort for families available for day use. Open daily from 8 am to sunset
Studio 206
Maadi, Villa 14, Road 200 Tel: 519-5713
Offer handicrafts classes from those of age 3 and above as well as art and ceramic classes for those from the age of 7. Ages 3 and up.
Toy & Joy
Dokki, 15 Messaha St. Tel: 335-1018/28
Specialized in organizing children's parties including perks like roller coasters, giant slides and bumper cars. They also offer catering.
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Fairytale In New York
So, lets get to the last 4 months of the year now, when a few things might have happened!
To do it in strictly in chronological order, the first new experience in September, was being wheeled through an airport in a wheelchair! In truth, I possibly could have survived the security experience at Manchester Airport (especially as I would have got Fast Track routing as a premium economy customer), but there was absolutely no way I was ever going to stand in the Immigration queue at Boston, I went with the 'full in' option. So fine, at Manchester it didnt quite work as planned (twice, but more on that later), as I got wheeled through security, and to the gate, but no one ever appeared to take me to the gate! So in the end, I managed to get myself down, and aboard the plane, but ironically that meant I was last on, not first! Boston end, it worked perfectly, and I can safely say I have never got through Immigration so quickly in my life, even if you allow for the time I waited on the plane before I got off!
The first few days on Cape Cod was a delight (Saturday night in Boston, went down there on Sunday) with Kate, just relaxing, and giving my back a wonderful break. Then, on the Thursday, we both headed back to Boston, Kate to head off somewhere with her partner, and me to head to Mahopac, NY, via Stamford (c/o Amtrak) to go to a friend's wedding. Initially I'd assumed I would be going as a guest, then told I was a bridesmaid, only to find out I was Maid of Honor! Thankfully for all the others there, I didnt catch the wedding bouquet lol! It was an amazing experience, thanks go to Stacie, and Eric for the honor of doing that for me. Also thankfully, I was relaxed enough over those last few days that I managed to lay off the painkillers for just long enough to be able to drink at the wedding reception. Fine, I made up for it that night, but anyway…
Flying back afterwards was entertaining. Firstly, for some reason best known to themselves, the airline staff at JFK started boarding people, before boarding me in a wheelchair. It seemed they realized pretty quickly, and sent me through, but it was an interesting journey through all these people who had no interest in giving way to a passenger in a wheelchair!
On arrival at Manchester, chaos ensued. As had shown at JFK, I was the only person who had booked a wheelchair. Therefore, on arrival at Manchester, one wheelchair arrived, for me. Thing is, 5 people suddenly decided they needed a wheelchair, and one woman (who had the physical strength to push me out of the way!) decided she was taking it! Anyway, in the end, after a bit of a delay, a few more wheelchairs arrived, though only 1 extra pusher, and we eventually got through, but after quite a delay, obviously. Not helped by the fact that one person clearly didnt have the right paperwork (not sure if she was from my plane, or a holdback from a previous flight?). In the end, I sort of got up, collected my case, and struggled through on foot (someone pushed my case, thank goodness) to where I was being met! I only hope Manchester Airport does better next May, we will see!
After that, its fair to say that the year settled into LGBT mode at work. A presentation to just over 100 people on working as a Transgender person in my Civil Service Department, and gaining a position on a committee dealing with LGBT issues within said Department are 2 of the delights that followed. Oh, and on top of that performance, was of course, the performance as an Elf very recently!
Lastly, on Christmas Day, on Facebook of all places, someone posted a picture in one of the groups, of a young lady, in Christmas mode, of an event that happened nearly 90 years ago (1929). Yes, an unknown lady, at a pre-Christmas event in Los Angeles, way back when. Except…she looked familiar to me. Comparison to a few pictures taken about 5 years later, and agreement from a couple of other people on the matter, that lady is no longer unknown, to a few of us at least. Yes, 99.9% certain its a certain Clara Johnson! Talk about dream Christmas present, especially as in total, there were 3 pictures! Oh fine, here's one of them, of her, at 24!
And thats about it! Two more working days in 2017, Friday all day, and a half day on Saturday! Not expecting anything major to happen, but we will see?
The video, big clue in the title. A live version of the song, from 2012, which means no Kirsty MacColl, but the woman gives a decent, if clearly rather starstruck performance
Tomorrow, a look forward to 2018, and what might, or will happen
A fairytale ended too young
Did anyone work out what the anniversary was? Either way, you find out now.
11 years ago today, Kirsty McColl was killed in a diving accident in Mexico, aged just 41. I'm not going to comment on the politics of the incident, there is so much mystery and rumour shrouded about it, thats its safer not to comment here.
Pop music is a strange thing, to put it mildly, talentless acts with masses of hype (yes, think X-Factor) can have successful careers, while really good singers without said hype never get the popular following they so deserve. And yes, Kirsty was one of the latter.
Ironically for such a talented writer, 3 of the records she will be most remembered for were not from her hands. 'A New England' was a Billy Bragg song, though he did rewrite slightly for Kirsty, for obvious reasons. 'Days' was a Ray Davies (Kinks) song, and the one you get to enjoy later here was of course a Pogues song. She did have hits of her own, 'There's A Guy Works Down The Chipshop' and 'Walking Down Madison' being 2 of the most obvious to talk about. Her own first record, 'They Don't Know' was actually a massive hit for Tracey Ullman, who had more hype going for her than Kirsty did at the time. And not the only song that Tracey was wise enough to record of hers either.
But generally, much of her great music just seemed to fall under the popular radar, for whatever reason, but I loved it. Why, possibly because of her concern for others in a worse position than herself, and possibly because she had a wonderfully cynical look on life so often.
And yes, I just wanted to mark this day with little piece. As I say, I'm offering the most obvious piece of Kirsty, especially at this time of year, but just type the name into You Tube, and enjoy more if you have the time.
Kirsty RIP


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the future of libraries in the digital age
Your Name and Title: Catalina Escobar, Co-Founder
Library, School, or Organization Name: MAKAIA
Co-Presenter Name(s): Ana Restrepo, Project Director
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Language in Which You Will Present: English or Spanish (ideally Spanish, but we can accommodate)
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The city of Medellín, as many others around the world, has an air quality issue. Pollution has become a big problem and people need the tools and knowledge to understand it, not only to make their own healthy decisions but to hold goverments and the whole society accountable. Information, knowledge and open data are key for this. What a better place to engage citizens about air quality than public libraries? for centuries, libraries have been the place to go for knowledge and information, know that knowledge and information is in different formats, libraries have a new role to play with new formats, new devices and new ways of sharing knowledge.
This is exactly what we did through a Collective Open Data Creation Project: A project that sought the promotion of data culture through the installation of a network of sensors for monitoring air quality with the participation and commitment of each citizen in the use of open data. To achieve this, we execute two components: technological adoption and training.
Date of Implementation: May 2017 – Currently
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Technological adoption: In the beginning, we selected ten (10) public libraries and community centers in the city of Medellín that were willing to host an Air Quality sensor. In each one of them a sensor capable of measuring particles in the range of 2.5 microns and 10 microns in diameter was located. These particles establish the criteria to determine the levels of pollution in the air. The sensors are connected to a WiFi network in order to visualize in real time the data registered to the platform purpleair.com for further analysis. More information about the sensors, here: https://www.purpleair.com
In addition, we have one (1) additional sensor in the MAKAIA offices, and every day, in our Twitter account, we publish a summary of air quality variations.
Trainings: We hosted workshops in each public library and community centers, workshops about:
In the workshops we had the participation of assistants from the community of the libraries; people of different ages, professions and work. The development and execution of this pilot is systematized and documented in order that other organizations can replicate the project or that the scope is extended to other regions. These sensors are currently in operation and providing information on air quality in real time. MAKAIA works in the extension of this sensor network, bringing communities closer to the culture of open data and improving practices that affect the environment.
In 2017, we trained 113 people close to the measurement centers through the Project Trainings and installed 11 sensors. We also held 2 workshops in the cities of Medellin and Cali, with 43 attendees.
In 2018, we benefited 211 people and 22 organizations by holding 30 workshops and developing other actions,
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This is an age of all things interconnected, and the development of the industrial Internet of things is advancing by leaps and bounds. As a leading supplier of industrial process automation control equipment, Emerson has launched a series of cooperation with Microsoft to achieve secure data transmission and computation at the scene and in the cloud. Secure First Mile access network security technology is applied to transmit data from field smart devices to mobiles applications, and Microsoft Azure technology is adopted in cloud storage and analysis data.
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Microsoft technology coincides with the needs of this era, and it is also a reliable technology. Coken added: "we have the operation system based on the handheld to the server side intelligent device, and the IT Department has used these systems for more than 20 years."
Microsoft Azure technology has large data storage capabilities that provide cloud services and can process millions of messages a week as an Internet of things interface. At the same time, Microsoft has been certified by the government of the United States and many other governments.
For industrial enterprises, these tools will help them improve plant reliability, safety and energy management efficiency, so as to achieve better financial performance.


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More than 50 million children around the world are fleeing their homes due to war and conflict in pursuit of a better life. In the search for safety, these -children face the harsh reality of living as child refugees; constantly exposed to the -dangers of exploitation, violence and abuse. Children and their families are driven to make the difficult choice of deciding to stay in their unstable home countries or face danger in making their way to a safer alternative. After all opportunities and resources are depleted at home, danger becomes the safest route. The Child 10 Awardees work tirelessly to bring justice to these -marginalised -children and strives to ensure a brighter future for all children. This year's -Awardees work across three continents, providing mental, physical, social and -legal support, education, and most importantly – a childhood for uprooted -children who need the love and warmth of adults the most. The ten grassroot children's rights -activists are determined to eradicate the inequality and human rights violation many children face today.
While most NGOs assist conflict-affected children at refugee camps in Jordan, 87% of the children actually live outside of these camps without any educational guidance or psychological support. Amanda Lane leads CRP, an NGO that offers educational and financial aid to urban child refugees.watch video
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Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 13-17
Stock Assessment Update for Ocean Quahogs (Arctica islandica) through 2011Antonie Chute1, Daniel Hennen1, Robert Russell2 and Larry Jacobson1
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Web version posted November 18, 2013Citation: Chute A, Hennen D, Russell R, Jacobson L. 2013. Stock Assessment Update for Ocean Quahogs (Arctica islandica) through 2011. NEFSC Ref Doc 13-17; 156 p. Available from: National Marine Fisheries Service, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026, or online at http://nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/
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In today's video I'm going to show you
the top three worst tennis tips and explain why these tips will hold you
back as a tennis player. So one tip that you've probably heard many times is stay
low and this is a really bad tip because staying low only applies to low balls. So
if I get a ball that's very low for example a slice then of course I'm gonna
stay low in order to perform my stroke, whether it be a volley, or a backhand, or
a forehand, but any ball that's above the waist staying low would be counter intuitive to your technique. So it makes absolutely
zero sense to stay low on a ball that's above your waist. Just think about it if
the ball let's say it's up here and if I continue to stay low on a ball like this, this will bring the contact to my head level. That's not what you want on a
tennis stroke. Naturally on a ball that's higher you are going to get low
initially to load your stroke by bending your knees but then once you start
accelerating the stroke you need to lift the body up and straighten the leg in
order to accommodate the higher contact. Now at the higher level there's a lot of
spin being produced and players will very often make contact above their
waist because balls with spin have a tendency to
bounce higher. So what will happen at the high level is that the contact is
made above the waist somewhere between the shoulder and the rib-cage and now
players will of course lift into these balls. If you watch high level players
they very often will lift the dominant leg and the non-dominant leg will go
into the air usually. And on some situations they might even become
airborne. So when you're playing make sure that you are staying low on balls
that are below your waist. There's nothing wrong with that and that is what
you should do. However, if you get a ball that's higher do not stay low but simply
allow your body to lift and accommodate the higher contact. Another tip that you hear very
frequently is take your racket back early. And this is very logical. So the
ball comes and if we take the racket back early we have a better chance of
timing the ball correctly. But when you observe high-level players
you will see that this is not the case. The only professional players that will
sometimes take the racket back early are Venus and Serena and this is only in
practice when you see them play matches you see this less, but they will indeed
take the racket back early, however, all the other players will not take the
racket back early and they will sequence the stroke in the following way. They
will be in a ready position observing the incoming ball and now they're gonna
make a turn once they make that observation to either side. And let's
assume the ball is coming to my forehand. So as soon as I see it coming to my
forehand I'm gonna turn towards my forehand side and now the next step is
I'm going to set up the ball and you can see that my non-dominant hand is still
on my racket while I'm setting up the ball. Now once that ball comes close to
me I'm perfectly set up then I'm going to initiate the stroke. And the
initiation of the forehand begins when that non-dominant arm starts to pull
across the body and the racket starts to drop so that once we hit the forward
phase the forehand starts to accelerate really fast. So here's the
problem if you take the racket back early, you're probably going to bypass a
couple of steps. So if you see the ball coming to your forehand side and the
first thing you do is take your racket back really fast,
you're most likely not going to make a turn, you're going to be too open and
most likely you're going to be feeling very awkward setting the ball up with
the racket already back. See we don't really move efficiently with one arm
being down and the other arm being up. It's more efficient to move like this.
This is kind of like a runner's position. See if we have both hands on this side
this is how sprinters run and it's very comfortable to set the ball up when both
hands are across the body in this way. And the biggest problem with taking the
racket back early is that you're most likely going to lack swing momentum and
rhythm. So if you take the racket back and racket just sits there you will have
to accelerate it from zero. See on a regular forehand we're going to
gradually accelerate the racket by dropping it and then going into the
forward phase with a lot of momentum. And if you put this in context of the
incoming ball it will make even more sense.
So all high-level players will wait until the ball has crossed the net and
then it's either about to bounce or already has bounced to start initiating
the stroke. And just take a look when you watch tennis the next time and you will
see that players, for example on the forehand, will hold the racket with both
hands and now once the ball has cleared the net they might start separating the
hands but they're still haven't initiated the stroke. So the racket head
still hasn't dropped until the ball is close to bouncing then they will start
dropping the racket and accelerate. And it's exactly this late timing that
makes the strokes so effective and so fast. But I know what you're thinking. If
you do this method you're gonna think you're gonna hit the ball late, but quite
the opposite is the truth. You can easily hit the ball late if you take the racket
back early. And what does it mean to hit the ball late? Well late contact would be
a contact with the string bed pointing towards the outside and the ball will
shoot off to your right if you're right-handed. And this will not happen
with this timing because you are going to accelerate very fast. In other words
there's gonna be no time to stop. There's not going to be any possibility of
developing a hitch in your backswing where you get caught somewhere along the
way, but if you wait for the ball to bounce and then you accelerate you'll
have to do it real fast or otherwise you will not be able to hit the ball and
this is what all high-level players do. And because this stroke accelerates
rather fast players are very rarely making late contact. So to summarize, the
reason why I don't want you to take your racket back early is because you're
going to lack swing momentum, you're going to lack rhythm and most
importantly you're going to develop a hitch in your stroke. And this will not
look like a high level stroke. What you should do instead is do the proper
sequencing on the stroke which is, you're going to be in a ready position and then
you're going to observe where the ball is coming and as soon as you see it
coming for example to your forehand side you're gonna make a turn and now you're
gonna set the ball up perfectly and now you're gonna be in the perfect position
to strike and when the ball is about the bounce you're going to separate and
accelerate and you're gonna meet the ball in the right place most of the time. And finally the worst tip ever is hit
through the ball. And this is something that a lot of recreational players do
but you will see no high-level players hitting through the ball. In other words
high-level players will always have a circular rotational swing path on all
their strokes. And high-level tennis would not be possible if there wasn't a
circular swing path, but what you see from a lot of recreational level players
is for example a forehand like this. Just picture someone at your local club
hitting in this way. This is very common and players are
indeed hitting through the ball on a forehand like this. And the reason is
they're not utilizing torso rotation. So in a sideways position like this, if I
make contact I'm almost forced to hit through the ball because my body is
blocking the racket so there's no other path for the racket to go then to go
forward through the ball like this. See the strokes will accelerate really fast
and you don't really have to consciously manufacture a circular swing path on
your forehand and your backhand. It will happen naturally if you utilize torso
rotation. So on the forehand for example if I rotate and I have my
non-dominant arm lead the way, see if I continue this rotation
naturally the racket will continue along the same path and I end up with an
intuitive circular swing path. It's very unlikely that if I have a full rotation
that I'm gonna continue going forward like this. And this is very
counter intuitive and it's not something that's likely to happen. On the backhand
is the same thing, if you're talking about a one-handed backhand there is torso
rotation involved. So players will make a large turn usually with their shoulder
blade pointing towards the incoming ball and they will rotate into the contact
like this. Now some players will continue to rotate ala Shapovalov, Thiem or Wawrinka and some others like Federer will rotate into the contact and then will
hold the sideways position as they finish. Both of these backhands will
utilize torso rotation and the arm is simply accompanying this rotation by
going in a circular path across the body. Looking something like this. On a
two-handed backhand there's a larger amount of torso rotation involved and
players will make that same type of turn with the shoulder blade pointing towards
the incoming ball. And now the rotation will start and contact is made with the
non-dominant shoulder slightly behind the dominant shoulder and then this rotation is
continued until the chest is pointing towards the side fence. So you have to
utilize torso rotation to develop this intuitive circular swing path and the
advantages you will get from such a swing path is number one you get more feel
because you are connecting that ball to your body and just feels a lot better to
do a swing path like this. And doing it the other way we are disconnecting the ball
from the body and going forward. This feels like we're losing the ball. Another
thing you will gain from a circular swing path is control and power. By going
across the ball like this or on a backhand like this, it's far easier to control
the ball this way and we also can generate more power in the same fashion
because we're connecting the ball to the body, we're using our core more. It's a
lot easier to accelerate the racket this way. On the other hand if you are making
contact on the forehand for example and you are in a sideways position, even if
it be a minimal sideways position and you hit through the ball, you are
forced to push through this ball to gently massage it and a lot of players
are aware of this maybe even at the subconscious level and they know that if
from a position like this where the body is blocking the circular swing path and
you are forced to go forward. If you do this too hard
there's a big chance that the ball will fly long on you. And it's not that you
couldn't get power by hitting through the ball, you could, you could be in a
sideways position and swing really fast like this but the chances of the ball
going in consistently are almost zero and this is why players that utilize
the hitting through the ball style usually don't play with power. They gently
are massaging the ball and pushing it in. So if you want to have a chance to play
high level tennis and eventually hit the ball with control and power you must
utilize the torso rotation so you can get that intuitive circular swing path.


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Agile practices work best with small cohesive and co-located teams. How do you scale it for a larger organizational with multiple teams, possibly in different locations and even time zones? One approach would be to treat all these teams as one big agile team and try to work around the issues of remoteness and time zones. This approach is doomed for multiple reasons.
A better approach would be to break the development into vertical silos in which each team is completely responsible for a particular set of applications or services. This approach scales well as long as you can neatly break development into independent pieces that can be fully owned by one team. One downside of this approach is that knowledge sharing and opportunities for reuse are much more difficult.
A third approach would be to treat teams as users of each other. This allows collaboration and combining multiple teams to tackle big projects without losing the benefits of the original Agile team. This requires careful management to ensure teams' schedules are properly coordinated and dependencies don't halt development. This is nothing new, but in an agile context the planning game is typically done at the team level. When multiple teams work together (even loosely) there needs to be another layer of management that takes care of the cross-team planning.
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