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Because we are certain everyone has an inspiring story waiting to be discovered, the team at Material World decides today to share their individual UNTOLD story.
In the last 3 weeks, Material World highlighted 3 women who shared their UNTOLD stories. Today, the team would like to share our UNTOLD stories to demonstrate that no story is too insignificant and no lesson too small to inspire. If you feel inspired to share your UNTOLD story after this, email it to us at email@example.com . We look forward to reading your story too!
Denise Li
The first impression Denise gives people is that of a tough lady who can punch the living daylights out of both men and women. Truth is, martial arts was a relatively recent discovery for her. Below, she talks about how it changed her life … for the better.
"A few years ago, I found myself drinking quite a bit on a regular basis, and I knew, deep down, that the drinking was a coping mechanism for the constant worrier in me. When I drank, I felt lighter, happier, and freer. In short, I drank to escape from my problems.
One hungover Saturday morning as I struggled to recover from a raging hangover, I realized that I was sick of relying on alcohol as a crutch. I decided that I needed to channel all that nervous energy into a healthier habit. Two days later, I found myself signing up with a muay thai gym, and I never looked back.
Now, five years on, martial arts is at the core of my existence. From muay thai, I moved onto boxing, and recently started MMA. Martial arts has taught me discipline, perseverance and, most importantly, the importance of keeping calm under pressure. I have a much better handle on stress and anxiety, and though I still enjoy the odd tipple every now and then, I no longer feel the need to binge-drink. Now, whenever I'm angry or stressed, I head to the gym. There's nothing a gruelling workout can't fix!"
Lili Tan
The statuesque Lili has a figure that many envy but did you know that in her teenage years, she was often mocked by classmates for being overweight. Today, she is a regular at run events and she actually loves running. Read on to find out what she has to say.
"Back in secondary school, I was bullied for being overweight. I remember dreading the TAF (Trim & Fit) Club sessions – us overweight kids stood at the back of our respective classes during assembly once a week so we could adjourn to the exercise venue while the rest of our classmates continued to read "silently". Every time we broke away from our classes, a gulf of shame and hurt would wash over me, no thanks to insensitive schoolmates who would openly mock us. My self-esteem was at its lowest.
Right after graduation, I figured tertiary life was the perfect chance for me to start anew. Over years of hard work and determination, I managed to shed the excess kilos. It wasn't a massive transformation but it was enough to shock old friends that I bumped into on the streets.
Even though I have come to accept that teenagers are just prone to silly, insensitive acts, those jibes and insults stuck with me – and I guess this is why they say revenge is sweet: it always feels SO GOOD seeing ex-schoolmates stumped and speechless when they see how I look today. But, the strength you gain from a horrible experience is infinitely sweeter."
Vanessa Tai
Nothing cheers Vanessa up like a good session of karaoke! The girl belts out both Cantonese and English songs with gusto. But she wasn't always so confident with the microphone. She tells us her story.
"Most of my friends know I absolutely love singing but not many people know that I used to be extremely self-conscious about my singing voice. That's because of an insensitive teacher in primary school who told me that I was tone deaf. Since then, I avoided singing in public as much as possible, feeling mortified whenever I hear my singing voice.
While I toyed with the idea of taking vocal lessons, I kept putting it off because I didn't want to be embarrassed. Finally, fed up with my endless whinging, my mum signed me up for vocal lessons. The first semester was particular trying; it was hard to ignore the shame I was made to feel about my singing as a kid. However, under the patient and encouraging tutelage of my then-vocal coach, my confidence grew.
It's now been two years since I first enrolled and I've recently graduated. While I'm no Adele, I'm definitely way more confident about singing in public now. What I've learned from this experience is that people (even people we respect or trust) are going to throw hurtful remarks at us all the time. The difference is whether we choose to wallow in it or find some way to triumph over it."
Deborah Tan
As the former editor of two magazines, one would think Deborah was an ace in English back in school. The truth, however, cannot be further away …
"When I was in school, my teachers never made me forget that my English was appalling. It was true. Grammar was a challenge and no one thought I'd be capable of passing English. Although I had – by some stroke of luck – scored an A1 at the O Levels (my teachers 'projected' that the best I could do was a C5), I had a C6 for General Paper at the A Levels. In the first week of my freshman year at university, I had to sit for an English proficiency test to prove that I could actually speak and write in English.
It seems ironic that I had been able to carve a great career for myself in publishing and am now making a living out of writing.
When people say you need a natural flair in languages to be good at them, they are wrong. You can train and teach yourself to be good at English – in fact, be good at ANYTHING. All you need is an insane amount of willpower and focus. One of my techniques is: when I read a book and I stumble upon an interesting grammar 'law', I would make a mental note and look for other instances where it is used in the same way. Then, I would try to incorporate it into my writing the next time and keep using it until I'm familiar with the way it works.
What this has taught me about Life is that if you allow someone to define you, you'll always be limited by them. I don't let anyone tell me who I'm supposed to be and what I'm supposed to do. I call the shots."
Watch all 3 episodes of "Her UNTOLD Story" here and find out how you can win a $400 Elizabeth Arden hamper by sharing your very own UNTOLD story.
About The Author: Deborah Tan is a founder of Material World. After 10 years of working in magazines Cleo and Cosmopolitan Singapore, she is now a freelance writer/editor who works on this website full-time. She believes every one can create a more awesome life for themselves. Follow her on Twitter @DebTanTweets.


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2015-2019 Universal Studios Christmas O scale Train Display
Universal Studios was founded in 1912 and has made and endless amount of movies that is adored by millions from the Universal Studios Monsters to Jurassic World. The Universal Studios Christmas 0 scale train display is in tribute to the Theme park, the Studio, and the Christmas Holiday. There have already been many rides retired and there are attractions, characters, and movie cars to commerate those once cherished rides. Everything in the display is a universal property or related to the Christmas Holiday. All buildings were handmade and detailed to look like the actual building in the park or how it appeared in the movie. We are now going to take a tour around the Universal Studios O scale Train Display. One of the first attractions just like in the theme park is the entrance way to Universal Studios.
Entrance way to Universal Studios
The display lights up on the sides and the the Universal Studios Florida sign lights up. Watch out for characters roaming around the gate for pictures. You might encounter the Gremlins and the terminator.
After you walk through the entrance way Harry Potter will greet you and take you on the Hogwarts Express to begin your tour of the Universal Studios Florida Theme Park.
Transformers 3D Ride
After you enter the entrance way at the beginning of the park, You will see the Transformers 3-D ride. BumbleBee, Optimus Prime, and Grimlock will take on an adventerous journey battling Megatron and the Decepticons.
Ghostbusters house
After your 3-D ride with the Transformers, You will see the Lagoon on your right. While you are walking near the lagoon be careful because there are rumors from other visitors that Jaws was sighted. On your left you will see the Ghostbusters house. Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz, and Winston Zeddemore as your tour their new containment chamber with ghosts. Watch out for Zuul, Gozer and Slimer as they try to break out of the chamber!
Despicable Me 3D Ride
After the Ghostbusters tour, Gru and minions Paul, Stuart, Kevin, and Dave will take you on a fun filled adventourous tour through their house. Be careful Gru and the minions have a devious plan of turning you into a minion.
Simpson 3D Ride
The next attraction you will see is the simpsons house. You will meet Marge, Bart, Lisa, Homer and little Maggie as you take an adventourous ride through Springfield. You will meet Grandpa Simpson, Krusty the Clown and Willie.
Jurassic Park
The next stop is taking a frightful and terrifying ride with John Hammond, Ian Malcom and Alan Grant through Jurassic Park. They will greet you at the visitors center and tour the DNA chamber with Dr. Henry Wu. Something goes wrong while on your tour with security and have to find Dennis Nedry head of Jurassic Park security. They will take you on a mission to finding Dennis Nedry but you will have to go past the T-Rex cage! The Jurassic Park gate was made by Stan Starry Jr. from the Great Lakes Woodcarvers Club.
New Attractions for 2015
Mt. Crumpit
Take a journey to Whoville to save Christmas from the Grinch. As you ride up Mt. Crumpit, Beware of the Grinch he doesn't like visitors. Mt. Crumpit is the Grinch's lair and he will do anything to get rid of unwanted visitors even if it means pushing you off a 325ft. cliff. You will also encounter Cindy Lou who who will be your guide as you go up Mt. Crumpit.
Shrek Castle
Shrek will take you on a 4-D adventure through his castle with his friends Donkey and Princess Fiona. While on tour, Lord Farquaad has broken into the castle and has captured the Gingerbread man. Lord Farquaad has threatened to eat him. You have to save the Gingerbread man while on tour with Shrek.
Universal Studios Lagoon
Universal Studios Lagoon is located around some of the Universal Studios attractions. There are also some past and present movie props along Universal Studios Lagoon. While you are walking near the lagoon be careful because there are rumors from other visitors that Jaws was sighted.
Jaws Ride
Join Sheriff Martin Brody on his boat in Amity Island as he searches for a Shark called Jaws. Jaws is attacking beach goers and Jaws needs to be stopped. You will encounter Mayor Larry Vaughn, Quint, Brody, and Matt Hooper from the Oceanic Institute on this wet and wild adventure to find Jaws.

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12th century A.D.
Language: Sanskrit Script: Sharada.
Materials: Birch-bark
Dimensions: L: 28 W: 23 cm.
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This leaf, a well preserved piece of Bhoj-patra - birch-bark, in quite good size, is a rare specimen of a natural vegetable medium to have survived for some eight hundred years from the 12th century AD along with the inscribed text as also its base-colour. It is in its medium, a natural bark, not in any kind of illustrations or its artistic merit, that the object has its significance. The folio is a leaf from Bal-bodhini, a book of Sanskrit grammar by the known 12th century Sanskrit scholar from Kashmir Pandit Jagaddhara Bhatta. Bal-bodhini is a simplified version of the 5th century BC Vyakarana - grammar, by the India&rsquos pioneer grammarian Panini. Bal-Badhini has been written in this manuscript in Sharada, the script that had been long in prevalence in Kashmir. It has been inscribed in black ink.


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As for Fall 2015 collection, color trends are sumptuous and refined.
As always, Pantone, the guru of colors, proclaimed the most glamorous tints: from a hot, darker Marsala to the greys, greens and unisex shades, up to the colder and technical tones, let's say the most "urban" ones.
Pantone is the world leader in the matter of colors; and well ahead of time it is able to disclose the chromatic palette all designers will follow to create their winter collections.
During Milan, New York and Paris fashion shows, it has been immediately clear that the new trend will be that of a cold, surely unisex and a bit serious fashion.
Leatrice Eisemane, Executive Director at Pantone Color Institute, pointed out that:
"The juxtaposition of colors from opposite sides of the chromatic spectrum emphasizes pose and self-confidence on the runaway. Fall 2015 palette is rooted in multifaceted and androgynous colors that can be worn to portray an effortlessly sophisticated air; it's the first time we are seeing a truly unisex color palette."
In applying the tints imposed as seasonal 'must' by Pantone, designers have paid homage to the American history: from the roaring Twenties to the modernist hippy style of the Sixties and Seventies, betting on unisex models.
An adventurous spirit characterizes the outfits of the next cold season, from the military to the urban-luxury style, condescending and discreet, unapproachable and impassible in their rigorous, uniform-like attires; this style is exacerbated by the lack of movement in its strictly plain-colored fabrics.


text: Trifletraxor 457 Report post Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) It is the dawn of the 28th Century. The Third Renaissance, or Bright Age as future historians will call it, is at its zenith. After the catastrophic first contact with extra-terrestrial life that led to the horrific Solar System war, humanity clawed its way back from the brink and finally reached the stars. For millions of people, Earth's sun is no more than another star in the night sky, a mote of light, a spiritual birthplace that they will never visit in their lifetimes. It has been over a century since the Machine Civilisation gifted humanity technological marvels such as the Visser Cube, allowing wormhole travel across the vast chasms of interstellar space. Now interstellar distances grow ever shorter. How the myriad of splintered cultures view this gift varies. Some see it as a blessing, a way to draw humanity into a united whole. Others see it as a curse, robbing them of their individuality. And then there are those who would use it as a means to subjugate humanity and impose their own will upon all… Across the river of heaven, humanity clings to a scattering of islands in a sea of stars. Players can take on a multitude of roles in this future: a crew member on an interstellar trader, a member of the mysterious Engineers' Guild, a body-hopping Intercessionist agent – out to manipulate human cultures to its own secret ends, a Renouncer Zealot – intent on destroying Artificial Intelligence in all its forms, or perhaps one of the Reclaimers – planetary engineers dedicated to terraforming any viable planet they happen upon… In the core rulebook you will find: • The OpenQuest rules engine - tailored to a hard sci-fi setting, making River of Heaven a self-contained game. • Simple Character generation: Enabling you to go from concept to fully finished character as quickly as possible. • Augmentations: Humanity has found many ways to improve upon what nature created. Quickly augment your character with the latest biotech/nanotech upgrades. • Equipment: All the weapons, armour and other types of equipment your character might need to go adventuring in the 28th century. • Transportation: Information on how to get around the River of Heaven universe, be it lowly pack animal on a frontier dirt farm or an interstellar trader equipped with exotic stellar-tap drive. • Background: In addition to a timeline spanning 1000 years of future history, River of Heaven includes an introduction to the Bright Age, the default play setting for the game. It also includes a campaign setting – the Kentauran Hegemony – and information about all the colonised star systems at the start of the 28th century. • An example adventure: Reunion is an introductory adventure designed to get you up and running River of Heaven as soon as possible. It can be played as a one-off, or as the start of a campaign. • Adventure Seeds: Ideas for adventure ideas set in the River of Heaven universe, covering a wide range of styles and themes. By John Ossoway. To be published by D101 Games. Edited June 30, 2012 by Trifletraxor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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So, ckutalik over at Hill Cantons has a nice post about religion and gaming. Now, what many folks don't know about me is that at one time I seriously considered a career as a minister, though my Calling found another expression eventually. With that piece of information in place, you can imagine that religion and spirituality play an important place in my game worlds.
I've really run the gamut. In the old days, the very early days, I took a page from Katherine Kurtz and ran with a direct analog of the Catholic Church – which was also rather nice because I used the Deryni in my game world as well. The "Old Faith" was an amalgam of Celtic myth and modern NeoPaganism, and pretty much all real world religion existed in one form or another – there was the "Church of the Divine Couple" for the Egyptian mythology, and the Northmen worshipped the Norse and Finnish Deities. Pretty much if it was in Deities and Demigods I was willing to include it. I also ran with the Greyhawk deities as they came out, the Forgotten Realms deities when they came out, and I have always used the Cthulhu Mythos as well as the Moorcockian Courts of Chaos. For the nonhumans I pretty much ran with whatever the "flavor of the day" was, though it was always somewhat oddly incorporated at times to try to make sense of the multiple different, "hard polytheistic", pantheons.
But currently, religions and spirituality have gone through a handful of more recent evolutions as I've tried to get away from "ripped from reality" and more "inspired by reality" combined with "entirely fabricated"…
To start with big bag guys, the ones that pretty much everyone agrees are worth banding together to fight against are the Five Demon Emperors and the servants of the Dearth as worshipped by what is commonly known as the Cult of Shator under the auspices of the King in Yellow. These are combination of the Great Old Ones or the Outer Gods of the Cthulhu Mythos. Their very existence, even as a thought, brings corruption and destruction to multiverse. More than unbridled Chaos, more than simply Entropy, they are literally Nothingness made manifest. (Evil)
One of the oldest human religions is known as the Heptarchy by sages, a pantheon of seven deities made up of the Lady Night and her children, and the Twin Brothers of the Perihelion (and their dark triplet) and the Three Sisters of the Perilune. Found in both urban and rural settings, the Heptarchy is quite popular, though each deity maintains it's own religious hierarchy. Relationships between the deities and their cults vary, but are generally neutral or good as none of the deities are in active conflict or direct opposition – save perhaps the relationship between the Midnight Sun and his two brothers.
There is the Old Faith – a pantheistic worship of nature, it's cycles and its elements, the manifest spirits of which are often referred to as "the Old Powers" by both humans and the gnomes. The Old Faith is highly organized, with twin orders of male and female druids, along with the a variety of warrior societies (most famously the Rangers) organized into lodges. (Generally Neutral)
Then there is the Society of the Light – a religion originally inspired by Augustine's notion of the "City of God" and then mixed in with healthy doses of early Jewish, Christian, and Islamic custom and belief along with a good dash of Sikhism. It is marked by a hierarchical relationship of mortals and the Sarim (the ruling angels), overseen in the Mortal Realms by the Council of Devas in Kistath. It has a multiple Rules, and one significant heresy (the Trinitarians) based on the actual spiritual and physical union of mortal and angels. (Mostly Lawful Good and some other Goods and Neutrals)
In opposition to the Society of Light there is what is often termed "the Horned Society" – the cults and organizations devoted to the Fallen (Angels) in what is in many ways a mirror image of the SOL. The War in Heaven and the Fall was fundamentally one of philosophical difference in how to pursue the War Without End against the Dearth. (Mostly LE, some other Evils and Neutrals)
In Thule, the worship of the Freyja the All-Mother is most popular. The pantheon, the Æsir, is greater than just the All-Mother, but after the Ragnarök there were few survivors and Freyja was the greatest among them and took the high seat of Hliðskjálf. Her servants, the Valkyrja, continue to choose the worthy among the slain to serve her as einherjar in Valhalla. (Generally Good and Neutral)
The Khemeti are also known as the Church of the Divine Couple, the Khemeti are among the eldest of the organized religions – perhaps not even originally of humankind. It is said that the Khemeti arose out of the Great Chaos at the beginning of Creation when Ptah and Ma'at created a sense of Order and Logic in the random Chaos. Currently they are worshipped primarily in Kistath, they have a very small Cult in the Heartlands and are essentially nonexistent in Thule. (Lawful)
The elves have, at their heart, a spirituality that is governed by "Li'vicor" or the idea of "Ruling Passion" or "True Will" – while at the same time having an appreciation for the universe that is similar to the pantheistic view of the Old Faith combined with a respect for the "E'lin" (the "Elect") who seem to have a special relationship with what the Old Faith would call the Old Powers. (Good)
The dwarves don't speak of their spirituality or religion, but seem concerned with "forging their souls" and "anvil of the world" by those outsiders that they trust enough to speak about such things with. They also have a great venerance for the living stone and their ancestors, how this all fits together is unknown. (Lawful)
There is also the En Khoda Theos Kirk – the Dragonborn's Kirk (Church) with its worship of the four "Great Dragons" that are generally thought to encompass various aspects of the natural world and the elements. A complex religion, there is no higher authority than each kirk's Dorje (priest), and it is a deeply contemplative religion that focuses on meditative practice, often in a monastic or other secluded setting. Primarily followed by the Dragonborn it is also followed a surprising number of members of other races and small Kirks can be found in most major cities. (All Alignments)
The Teotl is the pantheon of the Old Gods of Ith. A bloody state religion marked by human sacrifice and the veneration of the Ithian Serpent Folk. Of all the major human religions, it is the one that is closest in some ways to the philosophies of the non-human races and has it's roots in the mysticism of the Serpathians. (Neutral and Evil)
The goblins, ogres, and trolls worship the Formorians, a collection of beings known as "the Goblin Court". Generally hateful and destructive, the Goblin Court is still opposed to Dearth and Arras-Kol, the Great Goblin, is ever vigilant for the seeds of corruption in his children. (Evil)
The Lords of Chaos – The greatest of the powers of Chaos, sometimes known as the Wyld, often accept worship and service in exchange for favor. With some of their members being corrupted by the Dearth (known as the Forsaken, Tiamat and Typhon), they are quick (perhaps overly quick) to act against the Five Demon Emperors. (Chaotic)
Then there are the Godlings, sometimes known as the Disparate Names, a mixture of demigods, quasi-deities, and lesser deities that work alone, in conjunction with, and in opposition to themselves and the other pantheons. They are commonly described and organized in what is called the Lords Tarot, though this may be a purely human invention rather than a true reflection of the Godlings actual relationships (All Alignments).
Finally, opposing and at the same time including the Dearth are the Bel En Khoda – the Thirteen Great Gods. These are almost like reified Platonic Forms. Though, truthfully, this isn't worship (save in the Shadowlands where the Unborn are revered above all), but their presence is always acknowledged, by everyone with any level of mystical or magical knowledge, and many mystical or spiritual organizations are essentially organized around a philosophical allegiance to one of them even if it doesn't exactly qualify as "worship". (All Alignments)
I'll probably detail those out more in future posts.


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Increase in top grades at A-level
London, Aug 17: More than one in four UK A-level entries were awarded the top A grade this
year, results show.
Figures from the exam boards showed 25.3% of entries were graded A, up from
24.1% last year.
The improvement in A grades in independent and grammar schools over the past
five years has been double that in state comprehensives.
The national pass rate rose for the 25th year in a row, with 96.9% graded A
to E, up from 96.6% last year.
Girls continued to outperform boys in every major subject except for modern
foreign languages and further maths.
Statistics published by the Joint Council for Qualifications relate to more
than 800,000 A-level entries and more than 1.1 million AS-levels.
About 310,000 candidates have been getting their individual results, mostly
in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, some 50,000 of them online.
Sector variations
Looked at over the five years since the Curriculum 2000 changes to the form
of A-levels were made, the proportion of entries from independent and selective
schools awarded an A has increased by about six percentage points.
This was double the rate of improvement in the majority of state schools.
The difference was revealed by the director general of the biggest board,
AQA, Mike Cresswell, who dismissed suggestions that exams were getting easier.
He said the improvements were down to improved teaching and learning.
Why are private schools doing so well?
Dr Cresswell added: "Whatever the usual grumpy old people want to say about
how it was much harder in their day we want to say the students have done very
well, they are a success story and we should be proud of them."
And he reminded people that less than a tenth of candidates achieved three A
grades, representing just 3% of 18-year-olds.
Subject variations
The top two subjects in terms of popularity were English and maths, with
maths continuing its upward trend. Entries in maths were up 7.3% this year while
those in further maths rose 8.3%.
There was also a small rise in the numbers of people taking chemistry and
physics but a slight fall in biology.
Entries in modern foreign languages were largely stable. There was an
increase in entries for German and Spanish but a decrease in those for French.
There were marked differences between subjects in the grades awarded: with
43.7% of maths A-levels given an A grade compared with 14% of those in media
"What that tells you is that there are differences in how good those
candidates are at those subjects," Dr Cresswell said - no-one would suggest that
maths was somehow easier.
The biggest percentage increase in entries, from a small base, was in
critical thinking.
The chief executive of the OCR exam board, Greg Watson, said it provided the
sorts of skills in weighing information and evaluating arguments that were
sought by both universities and employers.
The Liberal Democrats are calling for an independent review of A-levels but
this has been ruled out by the government.
Schools Minister Jim Knight said one had been carried out three years ago and
it was a "real shame" the annual debate about standards undermined pupils'
He said: "I warmly congratulate students and teachers on these excellent
"Sustained progress in A-level results over the last decade is down to high
quality teaching and strong investment in our schools."
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Arsenal manager Unai Emery has revealed that a chance meeting with Manchester City star David Silva in a lift helped to convince him that the time was right for a Premier League post.
The Spaniard has spread his wings outside of his homeland in the past, taking in spells with Spartak Moscow and Paris Saint-Germain.
It was after the decision was taken by his employers in Ligue 1 not to renew his contract that the 47-year-old began considering other options.
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An opening at Arsenal presented itself as they prepared to move on from 22 years of Arsene Wenger, with Emery offered the opportunity to follow in some illustrious footsteps.
He jumped at the chance to link up with the Gunners, with Silva – a man he had worked with during a spell at Valencia – having previously talked up life in England.
Emery told Cadena Cope: "At the end of last season, I met David Silva in an elevator in Valencia and he said: 'Coach if you can, you should go to England."
The City midfielder, who is a two-time Premier League title winner, is not the only man to have pushed Emery towards English football either.
He added: "I remember when [Spanish goalkeeper] Cesar arrived at Valencia after a season at Tottenham and he told me that if one day I could, I should go to the Premier League."
Having taken the plunge and embraced that challenge, Emery is currently thriving in new surrounds.
His reign opened with back-to-back defeats against Manchester City and Chelsea, but he has not come unstuck since then.
A 2-2 draw away at Manchester United on Wednesday extended an unbeaten sequence to 20 games in all competitions, allowing a coach experiencing Premier League life for the first time to revel in a demanding role.
"I can only say very positive things of my stay here from the first day up to now," Emery added.
"I have found a lot of support when it comes to the day-to-day.
"They are very respectful. The coaching staff is very happy here. It's a very competitive league. Each team has good qualities and I'm really enjoying it."
While positive progress is being made at home and abroad, Emery is reluctant to get too far ahead of himself and concedes that challenging Pep Guardiola's defending champions for the English top-flight crown will be a big ask.
He said: "It's very difficult.
"He [Guardiola] has created an incredible team.
"They play marvellous football. They are proving in England that they are very difficult to beat."
Arsenal, who sit fifth in the table at present, will be back in action on Saturday when they welcome struggling Huddersfield to Emirates Stadium.


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Why can't there be a female Martin Sorrell?: Lindsay Pattison CEO Maxus Worldwide
Pattison believes that Maxus India is a self-sustained market, not only in terms of size, but it scores quite high in terms of qualitative skills, and is a star rated agency that has outplayed other markets in terms of qualitative skills
"It's brilliant, it's amazing. I am really honoured" says Lindsay Pattison on being the sole global female leader at Maxus and the source of 'diversity' at global executive committee meetings in her own words.
Pattison is launching various initiatives to further foster and nurture women leadership at Maxus, like Walk the Talk', a firm believer in being ambitious and leading from the front. Pattison believes that Maxus India is self-sustained; not only in terms of size, but it scores quite high in terms of qualitative skills, and is a star rated agency that has outplayed other markets in terms of qualitative skills.
Excerpts from a chat with Lindsay Pattison – CEO Maxus Worldwide on getting Maxus into the global top ten agency list in two years, raising successors, being ambitious while being collaborative and more………………..
In an interview in April 2014, you said you wanted your next job as Global CEO of Maxus. In October 2014, you got the role you wanted. Whats next for you from here?
I said it without realizing how ambitious that sounded. Though I think there is nothing wrong in being ambitious. I think being ambitious is good and any leader should be ambitious. I am really enjoying the role. It is almost a year and a half, so there is still lots to do. Maxus has been very successful for the last six years as a global network but there is still more to do. We could be better known. We need to grow and produce good work to the standards that we do in India, all across the world. I still require to- do a lot as Global CEO of Maxus. Ultimately, you look upto your boss's boss, and your boss's boss's boss.
So why can't there be a female Martin Sorrel in the future?
What is your target goal for Maxus?
We still are outside the top 10 globally according to figures. I would like us to be in the top 10 and I hope we would get there in two years. That is a very distinct goal and I do think our business would have changed enormously in 2 to 3 years as we move more to a programmatic world and the way we structure and hire talents which will be quite different and an exciting journey but it will be hard to say precisely what Maxus will look like, we continually evolve and will continue to do so.
You said why can't there be a female Martin Sorrell, so what are you doing to get there?
I am listening and learning. I lean hard into GroupM and WPP and try to understand the breadth of work, the business of 'now' versus the business of 'future.' And there are many other fantastic female role models in WPP. Also I think understanding; to know how to be a nice person and being humble and say, "Help me out" or "Can I ask your point of view. These are very personal and human skills that lead us today and make us much more human as leaders who focus more on collaboration, counsel, mediation, seeking feedback, giving feedback, just being really open and honest. More importantly collaborating doesn't mean compromise, it just means getting better solutions. And I think understanding and working hard within WPP is a huge opportunity.
You have spoken in the past about how important, it is for current leaders to identify and train their successors. Have you been able to do that?
Well, there are two types of leaders. There are leaders that work with people who are less better than they are, which makes them look impressive and they keep their jobs. Then there are others who keep absolutely brilliant people around them. On my global executive committee there are 11 of us, I would say at least 4 of them could do my job. May be not as well as me though (laughs).
What is the kind of growth you are looking at for your goal for Maxus to be counted among top ten agencies globally ?
We are looking at minimum 20 per cent growth in two years to get us up. We should be a top 10 agency in two years.
How does a Global CEO like you strike a work- life balance?
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We were spending the weekend in Ojai and The Ranch House was one of the recommendations made for dinner. It is a really beautiful garden setting very similar to Inn of the Seventh Rey, in Topanga Canyon, on a smaller scale. My husband is a meat eater and I am a vegan and we both has amazing food! we were surprised by what an amazing little gem this was inside because it doesn't look like this from the outside- so do not judge it by the outside! a wonderful place is hidden behind the front door!
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If you're in Ojai and you want a bit of local history and wonderful food, go to the Ranch House. Its got a new chef and the menu is lovely. We had a steak (first rate) and sea bass encrusted with coffee & chili!!!….amazingly excellent. A quiet, romantic spot, very casual and only minutes from downtown Ojai.


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Another late night meant another late morning with me assembling breakfast while Anabelle picked out random cooking shows.
How a movie anything over an hour and forty can be "too long" when regular all day Chopped marathons are just dandy is something I'll never understand.
Overall it was a slow, maintenance filled day. She helped by doing a load of laundry while I was putting a past one away. The fish tank filter was something else in severe need of cleaning, so I addressed that while she was playing her flute, giving me an excuse to be in the playroom and listen in.
The one place I could not go was downstairs when she exercised. I thought we'd each be on one machine and watch something together. However, much like her Dad, which is why I have machines and not a gym membership, Anabelle needs to be alone to exercise. My reasons are based on being kind of grunty and smelly. She has far more ladylike reasons concerning privacy and such.
I finished with the laundry and had an extended argument with the Target website trying to order blu rays of The Killing Joke and the unrated Alien vs. Predator collection. Besides arguing with me, the site was arguing with itself. Killing Joke came out the next day. The site realized it couldn't fulfill the preorder guarantee of delivery on release date, but also wouldn't let me wave that feature by selecting shipping type. Instead it tried to convince me that New Jersey had an active ban on Batman films.
When I placed the order the next night, there was no issue and the discs arrived before the week ended.
Based on family plans and family bonding going on, Anabelle changed her plans for the final week of the Ad-veeeeen-tures *Jazz Hands* and chose to spend more time at Grandma's.
I brought her over to Kristen's and filled the air mattress once more before leaving.
With the basement free, I could do my own exercising, followed by a bit of writing while making do with leftovers from our taco night in a bowl of sadness.
Though across town, Anabelle brightened my mood when I found she'd added
"FUN TIMES!!! J" to my rather uneventful notes of the day.
I finished my Doom Patrol comic, breaking my brain a little further.
I also started on an Aliens vs. Predator comic I found in the back of my closet that I'd bought the summer before and forgotten about. I didn't realize until I opened it that the AvP trade was the first of four volumes. Luckily, it sat under some old comic bags for long enough that I was able to pick up the rest of the series as library remainders cheap online. In the words of Ray Romano, sometimes this stupidity thing pays off.
There were short bursts of intense rain all night…meaning there was almost no bursts of intense sleep, and a lot of intense listening.
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In the wake of passing amendments to Texas PI licensing laws (see our posts here), cities hoping to issue traffic tickets using automated cameras have run into an unexpected barrier: a court's interpretation of those licensing laws:
Do the collection and evaluation of electronic records for use in court require a professional license? In litigation a mistake on this question can surprisingly cause a party to lose a lawsuit.
A Texas judge ruled the company operating a red-light enforcement camera (Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)) was acting illegally because it did not have a private investigator license. As the operator of the system, the company was Jim3 involved in collecting and evaluating electronic records for the purpose of presenting findings in court. This case has spawned an uproar statewide, where motorists (such as Jim Ash, citizen of College Station, Texas) are challenging traffic tickets, demanding repayment of fines they've paid and complaining about police and politicians who support automated (robo-cop) traffic enforcement.
In response, the company that runs the camera and associated technology has appealed to the State's Private Security Bureau to help. Sayeth our informed blogger:
The Texas Private Security Bureau issued an opinion saying it "generally" believes the operators of red-light cameras need not be licensed as private investigators. The opinion may help us interpret law on the licensing of computer forensics experts.
The Bureau's rationale is that the camera operators are performing mere "ministerial" actions at the direction of municipal government employees. (By qualifying its opinion with the word "generally,"the Bureau implies there could be exceptions.) In other words, the Bureau seems to believe the operators are not conducting the investigations that trigger a licensing requirement; rather, the municipalities are performing the investigations.


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Starting September 7th, everyone will log in-game using their (main) account name. That's the name and password combination you use to log into the UCP. Since playable exported characters haven't been a thing for a while, this change is done in order to tighten account security and simplify the whole process for everyone. You'll be able to choose a character once you authenticate successfully. A couple key points:
Your main account name must meet the following criteria
- At least 3 characters long
- Max. 20 characters long
- Allowed characters are: 0-9, a-z, A-Z, [], (), $ @ . _ and =
Your account password must be upgraded
I've recently tightened the security on user passwords, but you need to log into the UCP for them to take effect. If you are currently logged in and see a bright, red box atop of your screen when you visit the UCP, please relog and it should disappear.
Characters can't be switched mid-session
This feature isn't planned, mainly for security reasons.
So which password do I log into the server with?
There's only one password now - your account password. The one you use to sign into the UCP. Please consider Two Factor Authentication for additional security - it's super easy and reliable!
What about secret word?
We're ditching it. No more. If you want a second layer of protection to your account above passwords, please set up Two Factor Authentication
There'll be more work done on tidying up account security, as right now there's way too many security features and they aren't streamlined well. I'll explain that once we get there.
Please make sure you have access to your UCP account and no red boxes show up once you log in on the website, otherwise you might not be able to get in-game by Friday! If you have any issues with your account related to this change, please create a support ticket at support.ls-rp.io


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Dara Khosrowshahi wants to make something clear: The new Uber will not look like the company he inherited.
Speaking publicly for the first time since he became Uber's chief executive in August, Mr. Khosrowshahi painted a rosier vision of the future of his company. His aim: To escape from the shadow cast over the ride-hailing giant after a series of scandals shook the company to its core and resulted in the eventual ousting of former chief executive and co-founder, Travis Kalanick.
"The culture went wrong, the governance went wrong, the board went in a very bad direction," Mr. Khosrowshahi said in conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin at the DealBook conference on Thursday. "I think winning gives some excuses for bad behavior."
Indeed, when Mr. Khosrowshahi stepped into the role in August, he had to deal with a series of scandals. Employee attrition was at a high, the company's board of directors was rife with infighting, the company faced no fewer than five federal inquiries into its business practices. And, moreover, the brand and what Uber stood for was taking a beating. The #DeleteUber hashtag surged across social media earlier this year, resulting in more than 500,000 deleted accounts.
Now, Mr. Khosrowshahi is trying to put his own imprimatur on the company in what he calls "Uber 2.0."
He confirmed, for the first time publicly, that Uber is working on securing a multibillion dollar investment from SoftBank, the Japanese mega-conglomerate angling to get into the American ride-hailing market. He hinted at pulling back on Uber's long-espoused strategy of spending enormous amounts of money in order to gain market share in certain areas.
Perhaps most important, he has embarked on an apology tour of sorts in cities and countries around the world, trying to repair the damage done by Mr. Kalanick and his contentious, bare-knuckled approach to dealing with regulators in new markets.
"I think we were generally immature with how we deal and dealt with regulators," Mr. Khosrowshahi said.
He spent the past few weeks traveling to London, where Uber is facing the threat of being banned, as well as Brazil, where Uber narrowly escaped being regulated as if it were more like a taxi service.
He has not eschewed the company's history entirely. Mr. Khosrowshahi nodded to the passion it took for Mr. Kalanick to get Uber to the near $70 billion transportation behemoth it is today. Mr. Khosrowshahi said he still talks regularly with Mr. Kalanick and that he would be crazy not to rely on Mr. Kalanick's genius and tenacity to take the company forward.
But make no mistake: Uber is Mr. Khosrowshahi's company now, not Travis Kalanick's. And Mr. Khosrowshahi said he's made clear he needs some distance from the former C.E.O. to do his job, and to do it well. That's especially true if he wants to make good on his goal of taking the company public in 2019.
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Another week, another meal plan… I have found that this is what works best for me. There is nothing less motivating than getting to 4pm not knowing what we are having for dinner, and trying to throw something together from the scraps in the pantry. Meal planning, for me, is essential to ensure the quality of what we eat. Some sad news this week is the price of avocados!? Someone told me this morning that there is a shortage and that the reason for the price hike… so we are unfortunately taking avos off the menu for the time being. Wah!
I usually find planning about five dinners for the seven day week works well, there are usually leftovers at some point and overflow. I used to plan for seven but would usually only end up making four or five of the dinners so I've changed my method to account for this.
This week I'm aiming for something like this:
// breakfasts //
porridge + yoghurt + almond milk + fruit
pancakes + fruit + yoghurt
eggs + veggies (for anyone who will eat them at this time of day… in other words probably only me)
// lunches //
winging it: see note below
// dinners //
salmon + veg
peanut brown rice patties + kale-slaw + salad (recipes from here)
steak + salad
lentil bolognese
something to do with silken tofu as I have some in the freezer (ideas?)
// snacks //
bliss balls
chocolate "paddlepops" (also from here)
banana bread
// the baby //
The baby is now have quinoa and brown rice (milled some brown rice into rice flour and made my own baby rice cereal). I haven't bought any other grains yet, maybe some amaranth or millet could be next on the list. She also had a suck on a bone the other day and cried her little heart out when I took it away from her!
brown rice (or other new grain) + zucchini + coconut oil
brown rice (or other new grain) + dried fig stew
chicken stew
steamed veggie/fruit mashes
I should own up here and let you know that my millionth attempt at making my own yoghurt has once again come to a dismal end and I have yet another kilogram of milky liquid to do something with… any suggestions? I am the worst yoghurt maker ever and have not once had success. Where am I going wrong!? Another confession is that this time I actually used one of the automated recipes on my thermomix… WHO FAILS AN AUTOMATED RECIPE!?
This meal planner is also subject to change this week as I've borrowed a thousand recipe books from the library (I put books on hold and it's always my luck that they arrive all at the same time). So I have these recipe books to dive into this week: Simplicious, The Green Kitchen, Plenty, and Leon: Fast Vegetarian.
The other thing that is happening this week… Bird is starting school on Thursday. OMG. School Mum alert. So I'll be winging it this week with lunches but next week when she's going four days I may have to plan a bit more seriously.
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Hope Upon Hope
Hebrews 6:18-19 (NLT) We who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. 19 This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sanctuary.
"If we are Anchored deep then we can set our Hopes high!"
Faith- Is based in a person and our position.
Hope- is based in what is promised & what is coming.
Hope sees & Faith believes.
Genesis 22:1-14 (NLT)"Abraham!" God called. "Yes," he replied. "Here I am." "Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you." The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about. On the third day of their journey, Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. "Stay here with the donkey," Abraham told the servants. "The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back." So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac's shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on together, Isaac turned to Abraham and said, "Father?" "Yes, my son?" Abraham replied. "We have the fire and the wood," the boy said, "but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?" "God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son," Abraham answered. And they both walked on together. When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. And Abraham picked up the knife to kill his son as a sacrifice. At that moment the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Yes," Abraham replied. "Here I am!" "Don't lay a hand on the boy!" the angel said. "Do not hurt him in any way, for now I know that you truly fear God. You have not withheld from me even your son, your only son." Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham named the place Yahweh-Yireh. (God Provides)
Cultivating a Hopeful Spirit.
1. Select what you expect
-Hope is not "wishful thinking"
-Hope is not driven by anxiety
-Hope is confident favorable expectation.
1 Peter 1:4 (NLT) "We live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance."
Hope must be well placed!
Proverbs 13:12(NLT) Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
"Our Hope is not in the particulars but in His promises!"
2. Hold onto promise
Hebrews 10:23(NLT) Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
Hebrews 11:11(NLT) By faith Abraham, even though he was past age--and Sarah herself was barren--was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.
3. Stay classy during difficulty
Even our struggles produce….
Romans 5:3-5 (NLT) 3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4 And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
4. Steward Hope
1 Thessalonians 1:3 We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:3-4 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance...
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When I was a reporter, I would threaten to quit the newspaper every time one of our sales people tried to get me to "feature" one of our advertisers. I mean really, what the hell were they thinking? I was a serious reporter, dammit! I was not going to be sell out! Nope. Never ever.
Fast forward twenty years, and I'm looking for the Sugar Daddies! Oh, hell yes, I sure am!
Let me tell you, marriage and three kids will knock any uppity bampot off that pedestal pretty fucking quick!
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Mathematics: Theory & Applications
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There are 8 volumes in this series
Published 1991 - 2006
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Mathematics: Theory and Applications is a series of advanced level monographs and graduate textbooks that are designed to be of lasting value in the archival literature and to professional mathematicians and graduate students as comprehensive treatments of the subjects they cover. The series is open to all areas of pure and applied mathematics. The books are expected to be complete in their coverage and bibliographies and to stand as definitive reports on the state-of-the-art for many years to come.


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Colby helps lift Barlow past Bethel
But the toughest part of Colby's development -- and the Falcons' season -- appears to be over.
The Falcons' sophomore quarterback ran for 110 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries, threw for another, kicked a 26-yard field goal and was 3-for-3 on extra points as Joel Barlow earned a 24-0 South-West Conference win over Bethel on Saturday.
Colby's efforts not only helped the Falcons earn their first win of the season, but also provided a happy atmosphere on Homecoming Day at Joel Barlow High.
"We need this. I needed this," Colby said after the game. "It was nice to see our hard work pay off. It was nice to make a couple good decisions."
Colby hardly played like a sophomore and displayed an incredible amount of maturity Saturday, especially on the Falcons' first scoring drive.
The sophomore set up the Falcons' first score with a 47-yard run which was then followed by his 21-yard pass to Robert Fiore, putting Barlow at the Bethel 10 yard-line.
Colby then made a perfect read on an option right, drawing the defender and making a precise pitch to running back Ben Amy, who walked in for the score to put Barlow up 7-0 after Colby's extra point.
"I'm getting the reads under my belt," Colby said. "That's the toughest thing to do. But I got great blocking up front, which gave me some extra time to make the right decision."
Barlow won the battle at the line-of-scrimmage on both sides of the ball all afternoon, which was a beautiful site for Tynan.
The Falcons (1-3) rushed for 198 yards and held Bethel (0-4) to just 81 total yards and four first downs all game.
"I said all week we had to do two things well: block and tackle," Tynan said. "I think we called two defenses all day. We wanted to keep things simple and stupid. We just wanted our guys to fly to the football."
The Falcons' linebacking core of Fiore, Greg Colby and Scott Hickling were smothering Bethel's runners in the backfield as the Wildcats failed to get any real push up front on the Falcons' front four.
Barlow also caused four Bethel fumbles, recovering two of them. The Falcons committed five fumbles, but only lost one.
"We were not firing off the ball," Bethel coach Chris DeCarlo said. "We kept shooting ourselves in the foot and couldn't get any rhythm on offense."
Barlow's offense had no trouble finding its groove against a fatigued Wildcat defense.
After a Bethel fumble late in the second quarter, Colby put his team up 10-0 with a 26-yard field goal with just 4.2 seconds left in the half.
The Falcons' then scored on their second possession of the second half, capping a 63-yard drive with a 10-yard touchdown run by Colby.
After Bethel turned the ball over on downs at their own 16, Barlow scored for the final time on a single play as Colby hit Amy on a fly route up the center of the field.
"Tyler played very well," Tynan said. "He made some checks at the line on the fly and showed some poise."
Colby also got help from his running backs. Fiore finished with 82 yards on 17 carries, Amy rushed for 28 yards on six attempts and Hickling piled up 49 yards on just nine carries.
"Robert (Fiore) is like a bull," Tynan said. "For someone who weighs just 155 pounds it really takes a lot of people to take him down."
Brandon Farrell was Bethel's leading rusher with 39 yards on 10 carries.
The Wildcats' offense was shut out for the third time this year and has only scored two touchdowns all season.
"This is a young team," DeCarlo said. "We have just seven seniors and 14 new starters. I think it's fair to say we are lacking a little bit of confidence right now, but we have to do something to get it."
Barlow, however, appears to have finally found its swagger after being outscored 99-37 in its first three games.
"I kept telling the guys this week, 'Hey, we aren't a bad team. We are a very good team,'" Tynan said. "I think after our performance (Saturday) they believe it too."
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Review: Holiday Inn Express Jakarta Thamrin, Indonesia
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Many rather luxurious hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia are pretty affordable. So why a Holiday Inn Express?
Location, location, location and value was the magic formula for me. The hotel is also brand spanking new and up to the IHG brand standards in every way.
The hotel is located within walking distance of the Grand Indonesia and Plaza Indonesia malls which are in central Jakarta's city centre. They house an enormous array of shopping, dining, coffee and entertainment options. Jakarta traffic has a bad reputation for a reason, but staying in this part of town allows you to walk everywhere and stay inside for most of the hot daytime hours.
The lobby is small but stylish. Check-in was very friendly and my Platinum status got me – ahem – a room towards the back with a little less noise 🙂 All rooms are the same size and internet and breakfast are included in the price for every guest.
Many hotels in the area have priced themselves out of the market (Grand Hyatt and Kempinski both charge $300/night) but this hotel charges just $60/ night – so it's a steal and a great way to run up nights for a Big Win promotion.
The rooms themselves are rather small but functional and don't feel cramped. Many reviewers noted that the AC isn't very cold – I didn't have that issue but then I always switch off it off at night anyhow. I rested well in the great quality bed that had fresh, crisp linen.
The hotel has a fitness area but sadly no pool – for this price per night, who's arguing?!
The WiFi was acceptable at about 1Mbit but it constantly disconnected me. I'm not sure what triggered it but it was a little annoying.
Breakfast was surprisingly good. There is an espresso machine and variety of buffet food including some good pastries. It's all presented in a clean and modern environment.
This may not be a super luxurious option but it's certainly a great place to explore central Jakarta over a couple of days.
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A Norwich landlord accused of defrauding would-be tenants by taking money for uninhabitable rental properties is facing more charges, police said Wednesday.
A Norwich landlord accused of defrauding would-be tenants by taking money for uninhabitable rental properties is facing more charges, police said Wednesday.
Zane Megos, 55, of 31 Dellwood Road, was charged with one count of third-degree larceny by detectives as an investigation into his alleged scam continues, authorities said.
In June, Megos initially was charged with three counts of fourth-degree larceny, third-degree larceny and second-degree larceny after a nine-month probe by Norwich police Detective Darren Powers.
Police said the newest arrest stems from a complaint similar to others — a victim who claims Megos accepted a down payment for the purchase of a home in 2009 but never refunded the money. The victim came forward, police said, after reading about Megos' prior arrests.
Megos is accused of advertising several properties for rent on Craigslist, setting up meetings with would-be tenants and acquiring either a security deposit or partial rent payment to hold the units while renovations were completed.
Police said many of the properties were condemned and remain so, and Megos never returned money paid to him by the victims.
The state Department of Consumer Protection has an open investigation based on complaints about Megos, and officials said he hasn't had a real estate license since 2006.
Megos was released on a $2,500 bond after Wednesday's arrest and will appear Aug. 16 in Norwich Superior Court.
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Cross the Channel for a full-day excursion to London from Paris by high-speed Eurostar train and discover UK's capital city on a scenic cruise along the River Thames and on a sightseeing hop-on hop-off bus tour.
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The day-trip begins in the Gare du Nord station at 7:30 am, where you'll take the Eurostar to London at 8:07 am. The train arrives in St Pancras at 9:36 am.
Upon arrival in London, you'll have nearly 10 hours to explore the capital of the United Kingdom at your own pace. The excursion includes a fantastic one-day ticket for the official London City Tour Bus " Golden Tours" and a relaxing sightseeing cruise down the River Thames.
The Golden Tours bus offers tourists three routes and 80 stops, where you can hop off and on as many times as you want. Some of the most popular stops are: Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Tower of London, The London Eye, Buckingham Palace, St Paul's Cathedral, Hyde Park, Tower Bridge and Piccadilly Circus.
The train back to London departs from St Pancras Station at 7:05 pm and arrives in the Gare du Nord at 10:20 pm.
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Todd Clark became President/CEO of CO-OP Financial Services on June 27, 2016, bringing with him a 25-year career featuring a unique mix of start-up and corporate experience in the payments industry. Insight Vault sat down with him recently to get an inside look at his career, his vision for the future of the company and thoughts on the industry, including his focus on putting the client first and staying in front of new technology through an entrepreneurial mindset.
Insight Vault: Can you tell us a little about yourself and your background?
Clark: I'm originally a tech guy – a coder and a technologist. I studied math and economics in college, and engineering is in my family's blood. I learned to write code in college as a hobby.
I've been an entrepreneur, co-founding a start-up, Core Data, and I've worked at First Data, a company with 29,000 employees, and succeeded at both.
We sold Core Data to Concord EFS, which later merged with First Data. At the time of sale, Core Data had grown to a $20 million organization and the second largest ATM processor in the country.
While at First Data, I served as SVP/Head of STAR Network and Debit Processing, where I was responsible for the business unit's profit/loss and led a large team of product, strategy, communications, strategic sales, technology, operations and support personnel. Previously, I led the Community Financial Institution group at the company and led the team managing the relationship with Bank of America.
Working for business partners of CO-OP – including First Data and Cardtronics – has given me a strong appreciation of CO-OP's essential role in the financial success of its credit union clients and their members. The relationship with the customer has always been first and foremost in my world.
I believe one of my main strengths is that I am able to identify technology gaps in the market quickly. In addition, I specialize in determining how emerging technology can fill those gaps, all with an aim of uncovering efficiencies for smaller financial institutions.
Insight Vault: What is your vision for the company in the months and years ahead?
Clark: CO-OP is in the midst of building out the full vision of CO-OP's next phase of leadership in the payments and financial technology space.
Credit union member interaction and engagement, based on user behavior around new technologies, will be at the center of our strategy – all leveraging the scale of our current platforms. We will not only layer member-centric digital design over our card payments, digital/mobile delivery, branch/ATM/self-service and call center systems, we will also continue to build upon our comprehensive security and fraud detection platforms to make sure our credit unions are always the strongest link in the payments chain.
Insight Vault: How are you looking to further innovation in the credit union industry?
Clark: There is a fascinating synergy at work today between consumer demands and fintech innovation. Steve Jobs famously said, "A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." It is certainly true today that fintech companies such as CO-OP are in a position to drive consumer demands as often as we are driven.
CO-OP sees at least four key consumer trends in payments technology – frictionless speed, digital/mobile first, product intelligence and customization, and security innovation.
Innovation begins, though, by listening to our clients and working closely with them to ensure that their needs are anticipated. I plan to leverage my background in both the start-up space and with large corporations to find innovative solutions for our credit unions in an era of unprecedented transformation.
Insight Vault: What do you think should be the biggest priority for credit unions?
Clark: Consumers have no problem switching to another institution today if their needs are not met – in fact, they are increasingly willing to bank with non-traditional players. This means that credit unions must provide the secure, convenient payment technology that they demand. Credit unions need to continue to evolve with the market and CO-OP needs to be the provider that helps them make that happen.
We have a particular responsibility to our clients and their members to help them provide the latest in data protection capabilities in an environment where payment is becoming more convenient for members – but fraudsters can all too easily take advantage.
Insight Vault: What are some examples of how CO-OP can help credit unions thrive in today's market?
Clark: Consumers today demand superior, relentless service across all channels. They dictate how, when and where they want to interact. Digital is the future, yet branches remain popular. In a phrase – consumers want it all. CO-OP strives to have it all – we can help credit unions master both digital and physical member interactions; we offer the real-time, the 24/7 and personalized services needed to attract and keep members; and, we offer the control and security members want through payment apps such as CardNav by CO-OP.
Data itself is not the solution – it's what you do with the analytics, and the financial world is unlocking this power to shape the future of global commerce. Winning the data game for credit unions – in terms of collection, analytics and security – will be even more of a priority for CO-OP going forward.
Editor's Note: Clark will be a participant of a panel discussion at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. The one-day conference, co-sponsored by the Secure Remote Payment Council and the Atlanta Fed, will be focused on "Fintech in Payments," and the panel will discuss "What About the Business Side of Things?"


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It's time to talk about staying healthy — ahem — down there.
College is a time of experimentation: different clothes, hairstyles, friends, interests, and, of course, sexual partners. Whether you're having sex for the first time or trying to set a world record, it's important to be responsible and stay healthy.
Condoms, dental dams and female condoms will help protect you from sexually transmitted diseases and are available from your doctor, school health center, Planned Parenthood (3480 Centennial Blvd.; 3958 N. Academy Blvd., #108; plannedparenthood.org) or your local drugstore. Birth control pills, patches and several other forms help prevent pregnancy and are available at the above locations, minus the drugstore.
Even if you take all the proper precautions, it's still possible to pick up an STD. Get tested regularly — symptoms don't always present themselves, so catching your problem early and getting it treated as soon as possible will ensure that your junk won't fall off. (That probably won't happen, but it's better not to take chances.)
Testing and treatment options are available at your student health center, and are completely confidential. If you want to go off-campus, Planned Parenthood offers STD testing and treatment and pregnancy testing. Walk-ins are welcome, though appointments are appreciated.
You can also walk into the Any Lab Test Now site (7824B N. Academy Blvd., anylabtestnow.com) and get a full panel of STD testing, or just test for specific diseases. Results are usually available within three to four days.
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This will be a quick one today. I didn't do my official weigh in, but I'm sure it's not great. I'm ok with it though because this week has been unusual. I weighed myself yesterday, and I had a gain of 1.5 lbs.
The breakdown: My week started with Christmas Eve and Christmas Day-my two favorite days of the year. Last week I said I was going to try to track, but I wasn't going to be super strict about it, and that ended up not happening. I tracked my breakfast each day, but by lunch, I was busy enjoying company, so I didn't want to stop and take out my phone to track it all. I was pretty good with my main meals, but I definitely overdid it by grazing. I also gave myself a pass on working out because I didn't really have time in between all the family stuff. I could have made time, but again, I was enjoying family time.
Saturday and Sunday I did fairly well keeping myself on track. I didn't work out on Saturday because it's my rest day, and I don't really have any place I can work out at my boyfriend's house. Sunday we did manage to go to the gym which felt pretty good after my days of overdoing it and being lazy.
Then Monday morning I woke up feeling like garbage, and I've been sick since. My head and chest have been really congested, and I just have zero energy. Obviously working out has been off the table the last few days since all I want to do when I get home from work is lay down, and my eating has been crap. I don't know about you, but when I get sick, I don't feel like cooking a huge meal, and all I really want is comfort food. I've been overdoing it on the soups and breads the last few days, but again, I'm ok with this minor setback because it's unusual. If it becomes my new norm, then I'll worry about it. As soon as I am feeling better, I can't wait to get back to my workouts and eating better! Hopefully by this weekend, I'll be back to normal or at least to the point where I don't feel like death.
Week 3 Progress Report
Week 3 loss: 1.5 lb gain
Total loss: 1.5 lbs
NSV: I did intervals on the treadmill on Sunday, and I was able to run for a full minute 4x. 🙂
Adjustments for next week: Again, sticking to my plan! Hopefully I'll kick this cold soon and can get right back to business!
How do you handle sticking to plan while sick? I think this would be and instance where freezer meals would come in handy…
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As a tribute to one of the founding fathers of EAPS, this prize is awarded for the best paper by an early career scholar at each European Population Conference.
Rules of Play for the Gunther Beyer Award:
Nominated papers will be judged by a Jury of EAPS Honorary Presidents on the basis of the following criteria: choice of topic and originality; theoretical foundation underlying, or theoretical notions used; technical competence as displayed in the analysis and presentation of the data; use of professional literature; structure of the paper and the quality of its text.
The Gunther Beyer Award consists of a certificate and a cash prize of € 400.
The Gunther Beyer Award is presented during the Award Ceremony at the closing session of the EPC 2018.
The Council of EAPS has the pleasure to invite nominations for the various Awards which will be presented at the upcoming European Population Conference 2018 in Brussels!
Nominations for the Awards should reach EAPS by 1 April 2018 at the latest!
Nominations are invited for the following Awards:
The EAPS Award for Population Studies, which honors groundbreaking original contributions to the study of population with far reaching implications for our discipline and our understanding of population dynamics and their consequences. There are no specific age /career or other criteria for candidates, but they should be member of EAPS. Candidates should be nominated by peers or can be invited by the Jury/EAPS Council. http://www.eaps.nl/scientific-activities/eaps-award-population-studies
The Dirk J. Van de Kaa Award for Social Demography, for outstanding achievements by an individual scholar in social demography, and the interplay of population dynamics and social change. Candidates are early/mid-career scholars with at least 5 years of experience after their PhD and should be member of EAPS. Candidates may nominate themselves or may be nominate by others. http://www.eaps.nl/index.php?q=scientific-activities/dirk-j-van-de-kaa-award-social-demography
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
I Got To Thinking
When there is an oil spill,the left wants to ban all drilling?
When there is a shooting the left wants to ban all guns?
When there is a nuclear accident the left wants to ban all Nuclear plants?
Now what I was thinking about:
Aids is one the biggest epidemics of the world and the left embraces gay sex.
and drug abuse is also one of the biggest epidemics of the world and the left wants to legalize drugs.
Both of these kill more people than any of the above mentioned things.
Why is is that liberals are always on the opposite side of the issues.?
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Ha! Good points. Let's see if we can get a liberal to answer this for us. I'm already getting ready for the crickets...ReplyDelete
Because the right is always on the wrong side of the issue.ReplyDelete
such a good point, i facebooked it!ReplyDelete
Because sex before marriage and drugs make you unable to think clearly.ReplyDelete
"Because sex before marriage and drugs make you unable to think clearly." --TVReplyDelete
I know that's a joke, but be careful what you claim. Nancy and Ronnie Reagan had sex before they were married (Nancy was 3 months preggers). Would that be why Ronnie couldn't think clearly?
The left doesn't "embrace" gay sex but rather believes it is no one's business what kind of sex two consenting adults engage in. Apparently you think that's a bad idea and perhaps believe the government should tell American who they can love and who they can have sex with? We liberals believe that should be left to the consenting adults.
You're wrong on the ban on oil drilling, because it was temporary. But then, you usually publish "false facts" here as a matter of habit. I'm guessing your fans don't bother with research, so you just feed them anything that pops into your adorable little head.
Your last claim that the left wants to ban all guns is just plain dumb and completely false.
Ditto your last claim.
But don't let the "true" facts get in the way of your alternate reality.
BTW, libertarians want to legalize drugs like marijuana, so you've got that wrong as just a liberal cause as well.
So far, your score is Truth-0; "False Facts" - 6, a blow-out! Good for Lisa; bad for the truth.
I actually wasn't joking. I do believe drugs and sex before (or outside of marriage), does cloud thinking. One might not agree with me on my views of morality but c'mon, I think we can agree the sole purpose of drugs is to alter moods, feelings, perspective. Thus clouding some thinking.ReplyDelete
And you come off intelligent and thoughtful. I'm going to assume, you knew these generalizations were to paint a picture of how many on the left, view these topics.
As a whole, you cannot deny that when a shooting occurs, many leftists want to tighten gun laws and make certain weapons illegal. Maybe the blogger should not have used the word "all". Change it to "certain" and the point is still valid.
That was short and sweet but brilliant Lisa.. Democrats,Liberals,Progressives and Leftists Will Lie if it Suits their Agenda. the left will say that day is night, if and when it suits their purpose. Liberal's are the biggest hypocrites on the face of the earth.ReplyDelete
thank you Vineyard I use the word "All" as a metaphor just to give them something more to cry about.ReplyDelete
Appreciate your comments,thanks for the visit.
And you are welcome too Shaw even if your sole purpose is to show how intelligent you are compared to the rest of us. Isn't that difficult to keep up with?
thanks all!
TV wrote: "...many leftists want to tighten gun laws and make certain weapons illegal."ReplyDelete
This is true. And some of those weapons we'd like to see made illegal again are automatic assault weapons, and a majority of Americans agree with liberals on that, as do law inforcement groups. All guns? No. That's protected by the 2nd amendment.
A semi-automatic assault weapon was used to randomly murder and injure people in Phoenix, AZ, in January. Those are the sort of weapons--the ones that have a 30+ bullet clip--that the police and sane people believe are not "sport" guns. Their only use is to kill people.
hmmm? Can anyone explain to me about the purpose of David's life? As in "King David's" life. I'm still learning alot about him. thanks.ReplyDelete
please....don't even get me started about my gun.
semi-automatic assault weapon was used to randomly murder and injure people in Phoenix, AZ, in January. Those are the sort of weapons--the ones that have a 30+ bullet clip--that the police and sane people believe are not "sport" guns. Their only use is to kill people.ReplyDelete
No kidding Shaw you think than a stronger ban on guns will stop it? People get killed all the time with these types and for Thai matter other types of guns. Just google this "U.S Gang murders"
A flag man at a construction site was recently stalked and gunned down by a gang member for simply inconveniencing him for having to stop at a construction site.
Glad you have been paying attention.
As usual, Lisa, you didn't address my comment, but instead introduced a story that has nothing to do with it.ReplyDelete
I have no idea what Thailand has to do with this, either. LOL!
Check this out: "Kid's" family are part of the demented racist Rev Wright's sheep-like congregation. (as is, I'm sure, his stillborn twin Chaw)ReplyDelete
I gotta know Shaw, if the laws had been tightened down, would the nut in Tucson not have gone on a killing spree? Would he not have secured that type of weapon anyway? Or would he only have killed or injured less people? If that is what you are saying, then say it. Say, automatic weapons should be banned so the death toll form wackos is minimal. I can actually respect that.ReplyDelete
Remember, laws can only prevent and protect if everyone is law-abiding.
The biggest epidemics are Diabetes, Childhood Obesity, and the Avian Flu.ReplyDelete
Weed and sex are legal in the Nederlands. They also have the lowest AIDS rate in the world. Sometimes the truth have a liberal bias.
The biggest epidemics are Diabetes, Childhood Obesity, and the Avian Flu.ReplyDelete
It's not an edpidemic,it's poor parenting
Population of the Nederlands ~ 16,531,294 (2009)ReplyDelete
Population of U.S. ~ 311,025,812
Kid - maybe their low rate also has something to do with low population.
Good point SSM . It's easier to monitor smaller groups which is why the federal Government should keeps its nose out of the states like the 10th amendment statesReplyDelete


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Sales and operation - Food service Company - UK
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have recently been approached by our client, leading Food service Company in the
have approached us as they desire to hire a Consultant, to Increase the cash in one region by 50% by improving sales and operation and define the new
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Job description: - 3-4 days a week: working as salesman, being part of the commercial team meeting customers and participating to internal meetings and increasing sales in region ! - 1-2 days a week: working with senior team on how to improve sales force tools and process - Work from the Midlands area (Birmingham, Northampton, Milton Keynes, etc.) - Report to local Business Unit DirectorLength: until mid-December 2013