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Which ever way you look at it, Lewis Hamilton is, without a doubt, one of the best drivers Formula One has ever seen. He's gained fame and adoration for his flat out driving ability which leaves nothing out on the track. However, Hamilton is also extremely well known for his media antics off the track, publicizing most of his life through his social media accounts on Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram.
Recently, the media backlashed heavily on Hamilton when he refused to answer questions in a press conference. This sparked a fierce debate within the world of Formula One over his so called 'disrespectful' actions. Hamilton said on Twitter that he wasn't trying to be disrespectful, but "fun," blaming the press conference format for his actions, saying: "it should be the fans asking the questions." But with constant abuse still flooding in over the actions – Hamilton hit rock bottom and walked out of a press conference ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, something which only further added fuel to the fire.
Following this, Hamilton would go to experience a relatively disappointing race after he was forced to fight back from 8th place after a poor start. The unfortunate factor being it was completely out of Hamilton's hands, the bad getaway was caused by his damper grid slot which was not offering him prime traction.
However, I personally thought Suzuka was one of Hamilton's better drives in recent years.The Mercedes W07 isn't known for its ability to run in dirty air, yet Hamilton carved through the pack with the ease of a deserved champion as he quickly recovered to 3rd place. This phenomenal recovery drive then made me question, does Lewis Hamilton's attention in the media dictate how well he drives out on the track?
The beginning of 2016 saw many notable news stories beginning to develop in the world of Formula One, most which didn't envelop Hamilton directly. The stupid new qualifying format, Fernando Alonso's massive crash, Stoffel Vandoorne's subsequent points finish, and the Kvyat/Verstappen swap have all dominated the headlines throughout the first 5 rounds of the season. It's not to say Hamilton wasn't in the news – he just wasn't quite on the tip of everyone's tongue. At the same time, Nico Rosberg won 4 races consecutively with no answer from Hamilton, who had struggled.
But something changed when the show headed to Monaco. The only news on anyones radar was the, now infamous, Hamilton/Rosberg crash. With said crash breaking Rosberg's 7 race winning streak – many pundits and armchair experts predicted this race as a chance for Hamilton to hit the restart button on his championship challenge. He did that exactly, taking the Monaco win from under Red Bull's noses, with a brilliant drive to master the variable conditions which clearly separated payed drivers from the skilled.
Throughout the rest of the first part of 2016, Hamilton caught Rosberg up in the points standings, and by the time the summer break rolled around, Hamilton led the championship by a whopping 19 points. But Formula One is a funny sport… Since the return to racing, Lewis Hamilton has endured a terrible run of form. After a brilliant drive in Belgium saw him start from 22nd and recover to 3rd, it didn't top the headlines that weekend. The award instead went to Max Verstappen and his borderline dangerous defensive techniques. By the time the Italian Grand Prix rolled around, Verstappen was still under the intense pressure of the limelight, whilst Lewis Hamilton really wasn't.
I strictly believe that this unprecedented media attention for the young teenager broke the long term concentration of Hamilton, and almost snapped him out of his winning ways. He looked uncomfortable with the car in Singapore, and by the next round in Malaysia, he was back in the media when it was uncovered the Mercedes W07 shouldn't suit Hamilton's flat out driving style. This put Hamilton back in the limelight, lifting his performance for him to take pole and what was meant to be a comfortable win in Malaysia. But as we all saw, factors completely out of his control robbed him of victory.
Although Rosberg topped all practice sessions and took pole in Japan, I also firmly believe Hamilton drove better on during that race. He showed his true ability to recover and pulled a brilliant drive to finish 3rd – eventually only finishing 5.776s off the pace. Although Rosberg was likely running a lower engine mode given his advantage – to finish the race this close after no safety interventions is a momentous achievement. And it's an achievement I feel was fueled by Hamilton's controversial exit from the Mercedes press conference earlier in the weekend (as aforementioned). Lewis had stormed out and 5 minutes later it was the only thing filling my newsfeed. I just struggle to call it a coincidence when he seems to pull these exceptional performances out at the same time that he's bigger than life in the media.
With all this said and if my theory is correct, it will be difficult for Hamilton to win this weekend. Despite winning 3 of the last 4 US Grand Prix's, this weekend will be the first since Nico Hulkenberg announced his move to Renault Sport for 2017. I imagine the mainstream broadcasters will be focusing on this as the main talking point throughout the weekend. Will Lewis Hamilton have to cause some antics off the track to ensure he can grab the win this weekend?


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Wow! Look at these seedlings all grown up now. Ever since we transplanted the tomatoes into bigger cups they have exploded to new heights. Today they even got a day of real sunlight on the roof. We'll be planting them in their official homes in the next week or 2. Check the tomatoes out 1 month ago, then compare to below. YEAH!
Here's the tomatoes inside a few days ago:
Is there anything better than the smell of tomato leaves?
Today, in the sun. The tomatoes are about 14 inches high already. WOO WOO.
Eventually they got a little shade roof above them:
And what about those pumpkins and watermelon..
I had to play the role of killer and pick my favorites. Fortunately/Unfortunately, they each had 2 healthy seeds.
Sorry little guys but you will live on in my heart.
The Pumpkin Pie pumpkin has such big leaves already, I'm in love with it.
The pumpkins and watermelon got some sun too.. they'll be moving soon as well.
Good job seedlings!


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10 things Grafton City got wrong
WE ALL love a list. This is by no means definitive nor based on any real expertise, but hey there's nothing wrong with making observations about the place you have lived for most of your life, right? Some of the wrongdoings are old, others more recent, and you can agree or disagree.
Feel free to add or defend in the comments section below. We won't end on a sour note though - The 10 Things Grafton City Got Right is just around the corner...
1. Rejected a university
Okay it's the stuff of legend but there were strong rumours about some of the reasons we still don't have one. From attracting too many lefties to town to the cost of a road to a proposed Clarenza site. Whatever it was, it killed off the opportunity to develop a campus in the late 1960s.
This sentiment followed again in the early 1990s with the opportunity to have a Southern Cross University branch. Lucky Coffs. Lucky Lismore.
2. Running the new Grafton bridge through the guts of the oldest city on the North Coast
For starters running a contemporary design smack up against the old one has destroyed the outlook.
How many nice photos of the rare railway bridge have been taken at sunset and dawn to stunning results thanks to its surrounding riverscape? Plenty thankfully because that horse has bolted now.
The new bridge's placement also forced the destruction of a heritage precinct. The bulldozing of various vintages of homes and established trees required for this project has stripped the aesthetics of that part of town forever.
The option to place it downstream few hundred metres may have been more expensive but running it through an undeveloped area would have been less destructive and disruptive and, in the long-term, provided the opportunity for a new hub to spring up around it.
3. Stripped Prince Street of its historical charm and got its parking wrong
Plastic surgery from the 1960/70s still haunts as cladding, garish signage and an enormous telecommunications tower now reign supreme over the surviving original facades. Skinner St has it all over Prince in this regard.
It just needs some spit and polish while Prince St needs major surgery. The reintroduction of trees and period-style street lights does its best to detract from the mess but retaining reverse angle parking lacked foresight and makes the originally generously proportioned street look positively standard.
We gave up an entire traffic lane to do this and trying to encourage an alfresco cafe scene is near impossible when customers are forced to inhale exhaust fumes with their bacon and eggs.
4. Sold river frontage to the mean high water mark
Well, those subdivisions are more than a century old so dedicating a 'public' reserve so everyone could picnic by the Clarence wasn't in the vernacular back then.
Council has dabbled in reopening and rejuvenating some sections of crown land to improve public access but we might get another one in 100-year-flood before that happens.
5. Ugly entrances
The worst is what will be the old Pacific Highway on both northern and southern approaches. These shunt you into a pretty ordinary Bent Street approach with abandoned and rundown buildings.
This is closely followed by the Armidale Road entrance. The Summerland Way and Gwydir are the best we offer at the moment.
Tastefully designed welcome to Grafton markers and rows of trees help distract from eyesores but start planting now.
6. Knock down Grafton's awesome heritage buildings.
Some old photos bring tears to your eyes. Let's cherry pick a few excuses for driving the wrecking ball through various vintages of archiecture. White ants, accidental fires or there's just the ignore council and knock it down in the dark approach. It's all happened before. As for Mid Century architecture it's the latest endangered species. Rendering over bespoke brickwork unique to the Clarence should be a crime. Ugly developments, renovations and design that scars our landscape. This isn't exclusive to Grafton so there's no need to name names but when beautiful old buildings are knocked down to put up modern monstrosities or defaced because of passing fads it's unforgivable.
7. Closing down the Grafton Drive-In in the late 1980s.
This one deserves its own number because of the drawcard potential lost. It was probably a hard business decision at a time when the video player was hijacking the entertainment scene but sentimentality sells in a place like Grafton and offering a rare entertainment experience like this would today would be major tourist attraction.
8. Losing the battle with Coffs and Lismore across government service platforms.
Okay, we're getting a new jail (yay) and a new bridge. And a new highway that's going to take us 13kms away from the action. But having strong government services can effect a centre's growth immensely like a university. Private enterprise has stepped up to fill some of that void like specialist medical care and the potential for a country university centre. Grafton had a lot of firsts because it was the first city on the North Coast but it lost traction over the decades to our northern and southern neighbours. The size of our airport is an indication of that.
9. Shutdown its nightlife.
Okay, it has been bouncing back over the past few years thanks to a dedicated few venues and people, but something happened between the end of the 90s that sucked live music out of the place. Blame the police, blame the liquor licensing accord, blame the loss of young people to university towns, blame the pokies. There used to be multiple venues all over the city with live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights and Sunday. The famous post celebratory activities for July Racing Carnival and the Jacaranda Thursday are now a shadows of their former selves. Even Santa and his crawling buddies were killed off in anticipation of bad behaviour. Don't you know how Christmas works?
10. Complacency.
If you don't fight to save stuff you'll lose it. Not wanting any change because you preferred 1950s Grafton isn't the answer either. It can stifle a place indefinitely or take decades for it to catch up with everywhere else. We're on a roll at the moment with the influx of workers and people that wear lanyards but that's got an expiry-date. Let's hope a few more visionairies grab opportunity by the horns by 2020.


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Junior Footballers played Camogue Rovers last week
Our junior footballers continued their all county football league campaign on Tuesday evening when they entertained Camogue Rovers in round four of the league. Camogue started brightly and quickly converted their early dominance into scores. But Milford battled back well and only for a number of unforced errors by the home side's stand in goalkeeper would have snatched victory. However, in the end a number of soft Camogue goals proved the home sides undoing. On Friday night, the lads travelled to Rhebogue to play Na Piarsigh in the semi final of the city intermediate championship. Milford fought gamely throughout against a very strong Na Piarsigh side. The defensive unit played very well but in the end Na Piarsigh proved too strong for the gallant Milford men.
Upcoming fixtures: City junior football league v Monaleen, 21st May 7.30 away.
Milford GAA would like to thank all our sponsors for their continued support during the year especially:
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Sean Murphy of the Day Break Castletroy supermarket; and the Groody Bar, Castletroy.
Our club website continues to be one of the leading GAA websites in Ireland. The website now includes detailed maps of every GAA pitch in the country. Limerick 's most comprehensive list of club fixtures and results remains available on the club website: www.milford.limerick.gaa.ie. Any queries regarding the website should be directed to the webmaster, contact details are available on the website.
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Rapper/performer and business owner, Forever, began his music career as a young child. Inspired by artists like Biggie Smalls and Kanye, he began to pursue his own style of music. Years later, not only is Forever an incredible performer, he is the owner of Kingdom Management Group, a start up record label.
Forever grew up being bullied and feeling very unaccepted. He turned to alcohol, drugs, gangs, the streets, violence and the material things of the world. After a near drug overdose Forever decided to change his life and live for truth. He is an artist called to bring truth to the deceived, he has transcended many cultures and age groups, and his mission is to be a soldier with a purpose. Through his undeniable flow, his songs will refresh, revive and help redirect the lives for all who listen. Forever believes his destiny is to reach out to the mainstream public and plant seeds of hope that will help grow and awaken the truth.
Through this long journey, Forever is at a stage in his life where he is using his gifts to help others break the chains of depression, drug abuse and gang life. If you are looking for an inspirational speaker/performer who uses Hip hop and outstanding performances to motivate, educate and inspire, please contact TRS 247 Radio at firstname.lastname@example.com .
In 2014, his team and his record label are currently working on new album and a concert in Africa in May. "It's going to be a life changing event!"
Check out this chat with Forever:
1) How do you balance your music with other obligations – mate, children, job?
Music is my job. I have a financial business that I built for 10 years that supports my family now, it is a huge blessing. As far as my kids, I spend a lot of time with them since I'm home four days a week and Sundays. My wife is very supportive.
2) What aspect of making music excites you the most right now?
Wow All of it! I am like a kid in a candy store. I'm writing, recording, recording with new artists, performing, running a label, meeting new people and living my dream; it is all good!
3) What makes a performance/song good?
Well the performance has to have great sound at the venue. A song has to grab a person and suck them in and then shake them up by leaving them with something.
4) How do you judge a performance/song?
Performances by the applause. Songs by the feedback and reception of others.
5) How long have you been sober?
It will be nine years this May 28th!
6) What is the best lesson learned from sobriety?
God is loving and caring. He is not out to get me!
7) In your 12 step program, what was the hardest step for you?
Step 4. "We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." Looking inside of me is really hard however I get to see good and bad stuff!
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On 25 November 2018, the participants of the "SCHOOL OF DEFENSE, SECURITY AND NATO INTEGRATIONS", had opportunity to attend a lecture on Gender and Security.
The lecture covered topics associated with the role and influence of women in security structures, Resolution 1325 and its implementation and effects in the Army of Republic of Macedonia and the general representation of women in the security sector.
Captain Bieberovic shared some of her experiences as a woman in the ARM, everyday challenges and experiences regarding her educational process at the Military Academy in Skopje.
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Woolies' new move to shake up shopping wars
EXCLUSIVE: TIME poor Australians are rushing to have their groceries delivered in new express services allowing their items to arrive in under two hours.
As competition among the supermarket gets fiercer, particularly ahead of Coles spinning off from Wesfarmers next month, express delivery services are the latest battleground to lure in new consumers.
Shoppers signing up to express services have used it to have their selected groceries sent to their office, business or home.
Supermarket giant Woolworths began offering express services in Sydney last year and its success has resulted in it being expanded across the country.
Customers can order up to 30 items from supermarkets offering the service within four kilometres of applicable stores.
Customers have to pay a $19 delivery fee to have the items sent to their chosen destination. Woolworths' general manager for digital innovation Faye Ilhan said it all comes down to busy customers needed a help to do the grocery shops.
"We've seen strong customer interest in our ultra-convenient, on-demand grocery delivery service in Sydney and we're pleased to expand the pilot service to 15 stores across Melbourne," she said.
"While our immediate focus is embedding a fast and reliable delivery service in Sydney and Melbourne we'll continue to look closely at opportunities to roll it out in other cities."
The service is available in Sydney to customers seven days a week between 9am and 7pm in locations including Alexandria, Bondi Junction, Dee Why, Marrickville and Mascot.
While in Melbourne the service is available in suburbs including Balwyn, Carnegie, Fitzroy, Middle Brighton and South Yarra.
Woolworths said the average delivery time is 70 minutes and the peak order time is between 1pm and 2pm.
The Australian Retailers Association executive director, Russell Zimmerman, said express delivery services can help time poor Australians juggle work and home life.
"Anybody who works long hours and needs something delivered can order it and have it delivered within two hours and they can use it at night to cook," he said.
"If one supermarket offers something and the other is not doing it, it will drag consumers to that supermarket so they have to keep pace or be a step in front."
Rival supermarket Coles has also joined forces with online jobs service Airtasker to have a customer's shopping delivered within a few hours or the same day by an Airtasker worker.
Customers set their own price on how much they are willing to pay to have the groceries delivered.
Melbourne Express Delivery store list:
Preston South
South Yarra
Middle Brighton
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Coburg Station
Newmarket Plaza
Moonee Ponds
Doncaster Shopping Town
Sydney Express Delivery store list:
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Mitch Nichols
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Date Of Birth: 01/05/89
Nation: Australia
Birthplace: Southport, Australia
Squad Number: 6
Position: Attacking Midfield
Secondary Positions: Central Midfield
Joined Wanderers: 03/07/15
Contract Details: 2 Year Initial Contract
Contract Finish: 2016/17
Previous Club: Cerezo Osaka
Wanderers Debut: August 11th 2015 vs Brisbane Roar
A-League Appearances: 54
A-League Goals: 11
ACL Appearances: 4
ACL Goals: 1
FFA Cup Appearances: 6
FFA Cup Goals: 1
Total Appearances: 64
Total Goals: 13
Yearly Appearances & Goals: 2015/16: 32 (10), 2016/17: 32 (3)
Highlight: Scored on his A-League debut for the Wanderers against Brisbane Roar in Round 1 of Season 2015/16.
Description: A troubled but talented attacking midfielder with a fierce shot and a talent for getting into the opposition's faces, Nichols had a good first season for the Wanderers, but slipped away in his second, managing to score just 1 goal in the A-League. His fall from grace was compounded when after his release, he was arrested for cocaine possession at a Sydney nightclub.


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Elite: Dangerous (p)Review
Scottish Highlands. Christmas. 1984.
Bemused parents indulge a child in her somewhat atypical (or so was believed for the time) interest in both Outer-Space and "Computer Games" – a fairly natural progression from the previous year's SuperGirl costume request. For a computer game of the time it seemed to be absurdly expensive – £12.99. Previous parental protestations of "but you've enough games!" – surely an impossibility when the family computer is a BBC Micro (Dad had aspirations of poshness) – are put aside, and there was always the hope that at least one of the children might become a "Computer Expert" in the future, and allow aforementioned parents to retire early.
Hopes, alas, STILL not fulfilled!
The game was "Elite" – now of course so well known (or not?) as the defining sandbox game (in SPACE!)
I must admit to not being very good at the game – I don't think I ever really made it much past "Mostly Harmless" – the game's stat tracker for your spaceship killing prowess, "Elite" being the pinnacle. But being 10 years old, I had a blast trying to dock my spaceship, and jumping onto my escape-pod (bed) when I thought I was about to fail. Nevertheless, I knew a good game when I saw one, and enjoyed much play with it before a rogue coffee killed the computer. It would be replaced by a C64, and arcade games.
However, a soft spot was kept for Elite, and I would look in on the various ports as I got older and watched 16-bit come and go, space games go Epic (Wing Commander) and then die a near total death but for wee stalwart indie coders. Then David Braben came along with a Kickstarter, and promise of a 21st Century relaunch of Elite with ALL THE GRAPHICS, and lo, my long dormant space-heart gave a flutter.
Here then, is my preview of Elite: Dangerous (Beta V1):
As I write this, the next release of the beta is due for release, and promises much more content and an increase from 50 or so systems to explore/trade in/fight in/get lost in to a somewhat more sizeable 500 odd. We're now approaching a decent sized gameworld to explore, but still only the merest fraction of what will be available at final release (due this year) – a procedurally generated 400 billion.
However, I've got ahead of myself – let me explain what Elite: Dangerous is, should you not be familiar with this great-grandparent of the open world sandbox game genre.
Elite is a first-person sci-fi space-based pseudo-GTA. That little soundbite is misleading, but mostly accurate aside from the car-jacking, violence, and "of the moment" bangin' soundtrack. By first-person, I mean that the game world is viewed from your – as yet non-customizable aside from gender – in-game avatar's viewpoint, exclusively from the cockpit seat of your spaceship. Planned post-release DLC will have you wandering about your ship and space-stations, but for now you are a somewhat alarmingly headless body sat in a seat, and invisible to other players.
At the start of the game, You – The Plucky Player – are a spacefaring person, gifted with a basic starship of modest capabilities. By modest I mean that it has 4 tonnes cargo capacity, 2 gun mounts, and a couple of spare utility mounts. These are used for some purchasable (using earned in-game credits) additional upgrades. For example – a "Heat Sink" a deployable dump of your ship's waste heat produce, used both as a decoy, and a way to vastly reduce your visible radar signature – which when used in conjunction with "silent running" mode, essentially making you temporarily invisible, complete with neat slow frosting of your canopy glass.
Later upgrades include missiles, beam weapons, and Battlestar Galactica-style projectile cannons, but also non-combat upgrades like a docking-computer.
Docking computer you say? Yes, one of Elite's notorious legacies is the fact that when docking your ship with the giant space-stations which in order to generate gravity… rotate. You have to navigate your suddenly giant-feeling spacecraft through the most apparently narrowest of letterboxes to enter the safety of the station's landing pads. It's deceptive in that the entrances are actually pretty large, but you get the distinct feeling of little headroom until you get a feel for your ship's physical dimensions – no exterior views yet.
Back in the original 8 and 16-bit incarnations of the game this was especially difficult as there were few analogue control surfaces to use. For my part I used to point at the entrance, put the engines on minimum, and hope for the best – inevitably jumping in to my aforementioned escape pod (bed) when things went disastrously wrong. (You could actually buy an escape pod, but I never made that much money!) Today, things are different, we all have mice, gamepads, and even Flight-sticks that allow much more precise control of rotation and whatnot.
Speaking of rotation – the flight model is a curious one, in that it's a blend of super-fun-sci-fi Star Wars type jet-fighter style, with bonus Physics™ – but with the option to switch off (and on, at a whim) "Flight Assist" – which basically makes the control system entirely "Newtonian Physics" – requiring you to apply reverse thrust to bring your craft to a halt, and apply inverse directional thrusters to counteract the proportional amount of… look, just watch 2001: A space odyssey, or GRAVITY, then you'll know what I'm talking about 😉 I find it horribly complicated to fly the ship with Flight-Assist off, others love it (mostly those who grew up with Elite's 16-bit sequels: Frontier and First Encounters) – but it does have its uses. Fancy pulling off Babylon 5 and BSG style flip-around whilst still moving in the same direction, allowing you to fire at a chasing attacker whilst still moving away from them? Flight assist off… just remember to correct your spin with your thrusters!
So, what's the plot? There isn't one, at least not yet anyway. You're basically plonked into your ship with no direction. At the beginning, the point is pretty much to Make Money. Money = ship upgrades. More Money= better ships. That's largely it for the moment, in the beta anyway. In the beta money is earned from various activities, more of which will be available as the game develops. For now, here's a few examples:
Trading products between planetary systems – a full commerce system is in place in the game, fluid and dynamic. One system might have high demand for farming equipment, and pay a high price to buy from anyone able to transport them in. The player might find a system whereby Farming equipment is cheap-as-chips, buy as many as they can afford and their ship's cargo-bay hold, travel to the high-demand system, and make considerable profit. Whilst there, they might find something sold there that is in low-demand, ergo cheap, which they can sell back at another system for a higher-price. Trading like this can be slow-work, but it's a good safe way to make money. There's also the possibility of buying something legal in one system, but illegal in another, sold to the black market at considerable profit. That runs the risk however of the Space-Cops scanning your ship for contraband, and a: fining you or b: not asking questions and just blowing you away.
Bounty Hunter is another money-making method, though is obviously quite a bit more dangerous than being a Space-Trucker. Check the local station bulletin boards for jobs, then head off to look for The Mark(s) – earning cash for their destruction. There's also considerably less legal assassination jobs to be had, though these can render you a wanted renegade in certain regions of space. You can also fly out to some notable pilot hangouts – e.g. "Resource Gathering Sites" – where player's go to mine for minerals etc – spot someone with a "Wanted" tag? Take them out, earn some bucks.
Mining – take an appropriately configured vessel to mine materials from asteroids in the aforementioned Resource areas. Watch out for thieves and bandits tho.
Courier missions – similar to trading, but often you'll be given cargo directly to deliver to some other location. The fee paid will be affected by how far it has to go, and whether or not you might have to avoid any "Imperial entanglements" to deal with… or Federation, for that matter. The Imps and the Feds are the two primary factions in our Sci-Fi world here.
So – already there's a fair bit to do, much more is planned closer to and post-release, including World Events. There's already been a couple of these with a civil war breaking out between two systems, precipitated by nefarious underhand guerilla warfare missions offered to the player, and pleas for certain items of produce to be smuggled in and out.
Now here's the interesting bit with this new generation of Elite as a game. It's multiplayer. Also, it's optionally singleplayer… but with the repercussions of the events in the multiplayer. How so?
Well, you can choose to play the game in full multiplayer – Open Play – out there with all the other players. That means all the usual caveats.. Trolls, Griefers, heroic saviours, co-op wingpersons, trading buddies, Clumsy docking, rage-quits et all.
Or…. You can play solo in an NPC-AI populated universe, but with the same world-state (politically and economically) as the multiplayer, but without the human player element. This is actually a great idea, and especially useful at the start of play when you're getting to grips with the game mechanics and trying to earn a bit of money to get going. Penalties are the same as multiplayer, however – you earn enough cash to buy that big new fancy Lakon-9 hauler freighter, but accidentally push the booster button and crash headlong in to the side of a station… you lose the ship, and any cargo aboard and have to restart over with any remaining cash with the default freebie ship… unless you had enough spare cash left over to cover the insurance cost of the replacement ship!
You can also currently bounce between solo and open-play multiplayer modes, which could be perceived to be a bit of a cheat. Build up to awesomeness in solo, pwn in multiplayer. Except you wouldn't be alone in doing that. Stuff gets too heavy in multi? Back off in to solo.
For now, however, multiplayer in terms of co-operative player interaction is still very much in its infancy. The developers recently added inter-player text and voice comms, but it still needs a bit of work, as well as willing players. Getting together with one or more friends though seems like a really exciting way to plunder the depths and wealth of the game, especially as the content increases in the run-up to release with options like actual recognized deep-space exploration being a career! Of course there will be "EVE-online" faction wars and such like, which could have huge potential for multiplayer… but you might be an everyman/everywoman who just wants to get on and stay out of the war.
Planned DLC for the game post-release includes adding features like player avatar movement within your own ship and stations, planetary surfaces (including obviously landing on said surfaces with your ship), multiplayer crewing of your vessel, and more. That complete set of features would be beyond even the imagination of my 7 year old would-be astronaut self – and I used my imagination A LOT to greatly expand what was on screen with those black and white vectors, I really can't wait.
However, it's not all joy and happiness. You'll either love or loathe the control systems. It will very much depend on what you decide to use. Elite is definitely targeted in the main towards using a flight stick/throttle controller. After that there's options for gamepads, and good old mouse+keyboard. I've tried mouse control. It didn't end well. Or start well, for that matter. Yet others thrive using it.
The Head-up-Display (HUD) in-game can cause consternation. Its meant to be a holographic display whereby you turn to look at the relevant area for it to appear, using your controller to select options therein. I found this quite cumbersome until you've customized your controller of choice to quick-switch between the three primary menus.
And….. multiplayer. Like anywhere else, players can and will piss you off. Not all the mechanics for literal policing of player behaviour is in place. E.g. you'll enter a system with police patrols, but they won't always help you in time if you're attacked by another player or NPC. But hey, maybe that's realistic!
Also… It's a beta at the moment, so it *will* crash, sooner or later, and stuff will be buggy, or act strange. I've been in my ship, happily parked on a landing pad only to have the station literally disappear out from under me, like Babylon 4 😉 But there's also stuff that happens where you think… hmmm.. that's cool.. I might be able to use that… like bringing yourself out of "Supercruise" too close to your destination only to find yourself INSIDE the station.. with only a few seconds before the intruder alarm goes off, and the cops blast you into oblivion.
Speaking of "Supercruise" – some of the game mechanics might cause consternation too. Hyperspace is the method used to travel vast distances between systems, fuel allowing. Once arrived, you are stopped in the system by the largest planetary body, still very far away from your actual desired destination – usually a space station. So, to speed up the travel to your "Final Destination" your ship has a mode called "Supercruise" a sort of very high speed but not quite hyperspace mode, where you designate your target destination from your HUD, and engage the drive. What you then have is a manually controlled acceleration and steering to your target requiring you to slow down as you close distance, disengaging the drive at a point of your choosing. Where this can frustrate is that it's very easy to get impatient and over accelerate, causing you to be unable to slow down in time, therefore overshooting the target, meaning you have to pull a big turn to bring you back around, hopefully slowing down this time. A lot people are NOT happy about supercruise, they want some form of autopilot. I think this comes from the pseudo-MMO nature of the game. In many other MMO's there's auto-run options that mean you can effectively distract yourself with something else whilst still keeping one eye on the game. Not so in Elite. Look away at your peril. I suspect, however, that the Devs may make a purchasable auto-cruise system, as it could actually add to the immersion. Think Star Wars and the Millennium Falcon crew dossing about in the lounge, but getting a warning to tell them that they're approaching destination/under attack/out of hydrospanners.
So much is forgivable however, whilst the game is in Beta. It's certainly nearly cooked, but it is most definitely still in the oven. Visually it's a treat, and pretty scalable in terms of performance. Aurally it's an absolute stunner. The sound design is utterly amazing, hugely putting you "in the picture" – the music is a bit generic Space-Opera at the moment, but hopefully will improve… or you can do what I do… put on an ambient/spacemusic radio stream!
You have to pay a bit of a premium to get on board this currently PC-only spaceparty at the moment. £50 at present, final release will be £35 for the game and then more for the proposed DLC. I hope that we can have a few more women to play the game, as Space feels very much a bro-verse so far, and I hope to have a full gender spectrum conglomerate to fly with post-release. As release gets nearer though, I can already feel The Shape of Things To Come in the imagined vibration of the ship's hull, and my inner 10-year old astronaut self is getting very excited indeed about her childhood dreams becoming virtually realized! 🙂 Speaking of which…
Addendum: VR – THE GAME CHANGER
Elite: Dangerous as it stands is a hugely promising sci-fi space game, built on a prominent legacy, and coming at a time where the combined genres of Spaceship and Flight-Sim games are enjoying a bit of a renaissance. Elite is certainly a hugely enjoyable game already, promising much more at release. However, everything changes when the game is experienced via a Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Display. I'm lucky enough to have obtained an Oculus Rift Development Kit 2, and I knew that Elite had been given optional configuration for play on these devices. It's a bit clunky, a bit buggy, and plays sheer hell with even high-spec gaming PCs…. But… never before have I *ever* experienced anything like it. It is a completely different experience playing the game in VR. Background starfields and planets are no longer just background. They are there. Right there, outside your suddenly very real feeling ship's canopy. The canopy complete with the handles you feel you must be able to reach out and touch. The glass of the canopy feels like it's mere inches away from your head, and whilst the planet beyond the canopy is probably millions of miles away.. it is most definitely OUTSIDE your canopy, millions of miles away and huge. Huge beyond your normal comprehension of the definition of the term.
This is because everything is rendered to scale in the VR incarnation of Elite. I look down and see arms, and hands gripping controls just like mine. I'm completely bamboozled when I raise a hand to scratch my nose… but my virtual hands remain in place. I've emerged from a space-station in my ship innumerable times playing on the monitor to the same scene.. only to come to a dead halt in the same location when playing in VR, agog at the awe-inspiring majesty of the apparent infinity of space, and the sight of a sun emerging behind a Saturn-like planetary body surrounded by a ring of debris. In combat, rather than wrestling with mouselook controls to try and get a bead on a ship I'm pursuing, I merely follow its progress with my head and eyes, craning over my shoulder as I bring the ship into a steep turn to follow it, my head turning as I bring the enemy back towards the front of my ship as I open fire to finish it, then ducking instinctively as a piece of the ship debris bounces off the top of my canopy.
And those HUD nuisances I mentioned earlier? Rendered moot when you simply look to your left or right to activate them!
This time around, I think VR is going to be huge, and I think it will be accessible, especially if Sony can bring their "Project Morpheus" VR headset to fruition for PS4 players, where hopefully players will be able to join in the Elite: Dangerous world (as project leader David Braben has hinted as an option) –but also most especially as the Oculus Rift matures for PC owners. Like Morpheus said about "The Matrix"… "no one can be told what (VR) is, you have to see it."


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The Signal of Recovery? – Warren Buffet Buys an Ailing Railroad Company
Warren Buffet's move to buy a railroad company has garnered a lot of attention. His purchase is not only seen as an investment, it is also widely viewed by others as a sign that the recession has bottomed out. As many know, Warren Buffet is known by many as one of the greatest investors today. His firm, Berkshire Hathaway has a significant amount of "cash hoard" from his previous initiatives.
How Much Did Warren Buffet Buy the Company For?
The firm will be buying the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. at $44 billion ($100 per share). During the last year, the stock price of Burlington has dragged the performance of the Dow Jones Transportation Average. Financial analysts believe that Buffet has paid 18.2 times Burlington's estimated earning for 2010. The move is not characteristic of the revered investor especially with his past history of not paying a premium when investing new capital. As a result, many think that the explanation behind this is that the man sees hidden potential in the company.
Contrary to Market Trends
Transportation is an ailing industry. As of the November 2 market close, its stocks were dragging behind the entire stock market in the United States at a margin of 15.94 percent. In addition, the number of passengers that the rail services are depressed, a key indicator of an economic downturn.
The Association of American Railroads announced that for the week ending Oct. 10, there was weak demand for goods all over the United States. On the West Coast, it was down 15.4 percent and on the East; it was down by a staggering 19.7 percent.
Given all this, Warren Buffet's decision to invest in the railway industry come a surprise to everyone. However, even if it proves to be a good move in Buffet's part, it isn't necessarily an indication of an economic recovery.
- Mortgage Delinquency in another All-Time High
- GMAC LLC Changes Its Name to Ally Bank
- Income Gap Shrinks Between the Rich and Poor in the US
- U.S. Unemployment – Stemming Job Losses without Second Stimulus
- Middleclass America: Going, Going, Gone
- CIT Failure Will Have Far-Reaching Impact
- Funding Innovation Takes a Backseat Due to Budget Cuts
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September has snuck up on us, seemingly out of nowhere, and with it a new academic year. Both online and in real life, parents I know are talking about their children returning to school or starting for the first time. However, for the second year running, Sophia (my only child currently of school age) won't be going to school. I still see September as a milestone of sorts though, not least because we do roughly stick to national term times in our home education. It's a chance to reflect on the past year, assess where we've reached and what areas might need attention and to plan ahead for the coming year.
Last year we threw ourselves head first into being officially home educated by following a curriculum (albeit a fairly gentle one). It was a lovely start to things and helped give me something to follow whilst I found my feet with Sophia. The first term was a roaring success but the novelty and ease of using a curriculum wore off with the subsequent two when you added a restless three year old and new baby into the mix. So this year, we'll be winging it a bit more. Sophia is a competent reader, getting better every day – her first real reading love is the Rainbow Magic fairy books, not quite War and Peace but we've all got to start somewhere! She loves maths and requests to do workbooks or exercises with manipulatives (such as cuisinaire rods or money) with me at the weekend so I think as long as we keep up with those and add in handwriting practice we've got our basics covered. We've inherited several science kits that she is keen to try her hand at and our home education group is looking at the Victorians this term so I think we'll take that project home to expand on.
However, having just said all that, I am a firm believer and advocate for play based and informal learning in the early primary years. Countries with a school starting age of 6 or 7 consistently show children with higher academic scores and in my mind, more importantly, higher levels of general well being and happiness (though I admit, I'm still not quite sure how you measure that) than the UK and other countries where children are more likely to start at age 4. So this year I'm going to encourage lots of play, make sure we continue to spend time outside everyday even when the weather turns, spend lots of time with friends and ensure we do lots of crafts and baking. I'm taking a holistic approach to incorporate learning into every moment of our day, from watching the formations of geese fly south whilst out walking to measuring ingredients for some delicious creation that we can then curl up and watch Bake Off with! And I feel certain that by next September, I'll be looking back and marvelling at how much she has learnt, informally and through play as well as through our more structured time, and once again, will be feeling blessed that I've been able to join her on these early years of her learning journey.


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Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am sharing my card for this weeks Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge. This week I am featuring the Beauty Abound Stamp Set from the Occasions Catalog. I had so much fun playing with this weeks sketch that allowed for so many possibilities. Here's a look at my card.
Here's a look at the sketch that inspired this weeks sketch. You can click on the image below to go to the Paper Craft Crews website. While there you can check out what the other Design Team Members came up with and take the chance and create a card using this weeks sketch and play along.
Butterflies Abound:
I started out by picking what I was going to use for my circles. I chose to go with some designer series paper. This allowed me to pull some of my colors that I was going to use. I punched the circles out of the designer series paper with a couple circle punches. I used the 2″ & a 1 3/4″ circle punches. Before I attached those to the Whisper White Cardstock (3 3/4 x 5) I stamped one of the images from the Beauty Abound Stamp Set.
This stamp set features 13 cling stamps; with images that feature great little line art that can be colored a million little ways. It also has images that can be used for textural backgrounds. I think that my favorite part of this set is the wonderful sentiment in a fabulous script font. This stamp set also can be purchased in a cost saving bundle with the Butterfly Beauty Thinlits that will keep the butterfly love going even more. You can check them out above. I didn't use them on this card but I did use the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper. Which can be earned for FREE during Saleabration with a $50 order before taxes and shipping.
All the other supplies that I used you will be able to find in the Shopping List below. During Saleabration you are rewarded based on your purchases. If you are new and never heard of Saleabration. Well, Saleabration is the biggest time of the year for Stampin' Up! because you get rewarded for shopping. There are two different levels of rewards. There are Level 1 rewards ($50 before taxes & shipping) and Level 2 ($100 before taxes & shipping) and for each level you can pick one item based on the amount you spent. The fun kicked off January 3rd, and will run through March 31, so be ready for the fun. You can view the Saleabration items by clicking here.
As I mentioned I stamped one of the images from the stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, because I was going to do a little Stampin' Blends coloring. For my coloring I used the New Balmy Blue and Mossy Meadow Blends and paired that with Pineapple Punch.
Once I had all the coloring done I added my two circles. I attached them using multipurpose liquid glue. I stamped the thanks from the set in Tuxedo black on a 1/2″ strip of Balmy Blue Cardstock. I popped this up using a couple Stampin' Dimensionals. I layered this all up on a piece of Grapefruit Grove cardstock (4 x 5 1/4). Then placed it on my card base (Balmy Blue 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2).
To finish off the card I stamped a few of the butterflies on a piece of whisper white cardstock in Balmy Blue, Grapefruit Grove, and Pineapple Punch. I stamped the sentiment (A friend is someone who chooses you…) in Grapefruit Grove. After stamping I attached it to the inside.
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This one is on my "re-read annually" list. Written a bit like a mystery story, it sneaks up on you. You think you're flying through an easy-to-read mystery wrapped around a business book, but the story of E.G. Maritime and Sons gets you in the end.
Ideal for any leader, wanna-be leader, business owner or entrepreneur, it boils what the author calls "Extreme Leadership" down to 4 things, which are covered in the LEAP acronym: cultivate LOVE, generate ENERGY, inspire AUDACITY and provide PROOF.
I know, I know. It sounds like something you might hear on Oprah (by the way, Oprah is a billionaire, so don't think too little of her). The author is a former Tom Peters VP, so he's seen a few great leaders in his day.
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Above is an image I shot on the way to work. I was flabbergasted, or whatever today's version of that word is, that any brand would spend all that money without actually saying anything.
The brand identifier was in the small red horizontal space on the top left. I covered up the name to protect the guilty. I am willing to bet that based on this poster, you can't guess the brand. And I would double down that you couldn't even guess the category.
Yes, a phone company might be a good guess, based on the only copy in the ad, "Life's better when we're connected." But it would be wrong.
And it's not an ad for a genealogy website, leash manufacturer, or duct tape.
Point is, a cliché image and a non-relevant headline is a big waste of your time, money and creativity.
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I'm getting green lines all over my gifs (mostly bottom half) when I sent them using the Swiftkey keyboard.
This happens almost 90% of the time in Whatsapp.
OS: Android 9 on Samsung Galaxy S10+ latest updates (but it happened since I have the phone).
I also have an iOS 12.4 iPhone 7 plus (previous phone), and here this doesn't happen.


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You should notify the underwriter of the policy about an accident as soon as possible. If you wish to report a new claim or discuss an existing claim, please contact Zurich, the underwriter of your policy on 1890 208 408.
In the event of an accident:
Note the registration of the vehicles involved. If there is damage to any other vehicle or property, exchange names and addresses with any person whom you will have reasonable grounds to ask for their insurance details.
Do not admit liability for the accident.
Report the accident to the Gardaí at the time. If the accident involves injury to persons or certain animals, you are required by law to report the incident to the Gardaí or local police (if abroad) as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours.
Take details of all injuries and damage sustained. Draw a basic diagram of the accident location to include approximate road measurements, road signs, markings, traffic signals and the vehicles involved. Take photos if possible.
Obtain the names and addresses of any witnesses.
Please notify Zurich of your accident within 48 hours on their 24 hour emergency helpline 1890 208 408. Zurich will send you an accident report form, which must be completed and returned to Zurich as soon as possible in order for them to deal with the matter (but no later than 48 hours from the date of the incident).
Let Zurich know immediately if you receive notice of any prosecution of if other parties are to be prosecuted as a result of the incident.
All correspondence from third parties, their insurers or representatives should be sent to Zurich unanswered as soon as possible after receipt.
All Zurich customers can avail of the Claims Notification Helpline 1890 208 408, where queries regarding your claim will be dealt with.
If your car is stolen or maliciously damaged, immediately report the matter to the Gardaí or police station nearest to the location.
Please notify Zurich of the theft and/or damage within 48 hours on their 24 hour emergency Helpline 1890 208 408.
All correspondence from third parties, their insurers or representatives should be sent to Zurich, unanswered, as soon as possible after receipt.
All Zurich customers can avail of the Claims Notification Helpline 1890 208 408, where queries regarding your claim will be dealt with.
Windscreen cover is automatically included for comprehensive policies. On Third Party Fire and Theft policies windscreen cover may be included for an additional premium. Please refer to your certificate and disc of insurance to see if cover applies to you or alternatively contact our helpdesk on (01) 4084020.
In the event of windscreen damage, you should notify Zurich on their 24 hour emergency helpline 1890 208 408.
Cover is unlimited where an approved repairer is used; otherwise the maximum cover is €225. No excess applies to windscreen claims. For more information on approved repairers please contact Zurich on 1890 204 408.
No, you do not have to use an insurer approved repairer. However, you need to be aware that there may be lower limitations on the amount of cover that will apply if you choose to use someone other than the approved repairers.
To view the policy excess applicable to your policy please refer to policy excess FAQ.
For more information on approved repairers please contact Zurich on 1890 208 408.
This is the first amount of any claim you must pay. There are different excesses applicable depending on the age of the driver, the type of claim and the driver's licence type.
Please see tables below for excesses applicable to your policy:
Zurich Standard Excess
Age of Driver 25+ Full licence holder €250
Provisional Licence Holder €375
17 - 24 Full licence holder €375
Provisional Licence Holder €375
No excess applies to windscreen, fire, theft and attempted theft claims.
If you have a claim, it may increase the cost of your premium when your policy is due for renewal. Your No Claim Bonus may also be affected; this depends on the level of No Claim Bonus Protection you have on your policy. Please refer to the policy benefits section or to "What is a No Claims Bonus?" section.
Every year depending on your claim experience, you may earn a No Claim Bonus, for which you will receive a discount off your annual insurance premium. The more years No Claim Bonus earned, the higher the discount off your premium, subject to Zurich's maximum No Claim Bonus allowance.
If you make a claim on your policy your No Claim Bonus could be reduced to nil at your next renewal unless you have availed of one of our No Claim Bonus protection options:
Partial No Claims Bonus Protection: Allows for up to two unlimited claims within a 3 year period without affecting your No Claims Bonus at renewal. No penalty on your No Claims Bonus for one fire or theft claim in any one year and no penalty for windscreen claims.
Step Back No Claims Bonus Protection: In the event that you claim (excluding claims within the partial No Claims Bonus limit), you will not lose your full No Claims Bonus. Instead your No Claims Bonus will be stepped back by 2 years for the first claim in any one year. No discount will be allowed on the following renewal should a second claim arise in any one year.
Please see table below for what level of No Claims Bonus that applies for your policy cover:
Zurich No Claims Bonus Protection
Protected No Claims Bonus Optional Optional
Step Back No Claims Bonus Yes Yes
COMP - Comprehensive Cover
TPFT - Third Party Fire & Theft
Please refer to your certificate and disc of insurance to see if optional bonus protection cover applies to you or alternatively contact our helpdesk on (01) 4084020.
If your car is immobilised more than 2km from your home address as a result of a mechanical or electrical fault, loss of keys or driver error and cannot be driven, Zurich will provide 30 minutes Roadside Assistance free of charge.
In the Republic of Ireland please contact Roadside Assistance on 1890 208 408 and in Northern Ireland 0808 1017444.
Yes, you can avail of a temporary substitution (usually if your car is in a garage getting repaired) or a permanent substitution (if you are changing your car permanently).
In order to change the car on cover, you will need to contact the Customer Service Helpdesk on (01) 4084020. Please ensure, you have the make and model, registration, engine size and value of the car you wish to switch to, before contacting us.
The car insurance cover is restricted to persons named on the certificate, including the policyholder.
Yes, Zurich can provide cover up to 1 month; drivers are subject to our normal underwriting criteria and charges will depend on period of cover, driver age and licence type.
In order to add a driver to your policy, you will need to contact the helpdesk on (01) 4084020. Please ensure you have the name, date of birth, licence type, driving history (convictions, medical conditions, penalty points etc.) and occupation of the driver(s) to be added prior to contacting us.
Driving of other cars allows you to drive other private motor vehicles on a third party basis, provided the vehicle:
Does not belong to the insured
Is not hired or leased to the insured under a Hire Purchase or Leasing Agreement.
Is not the property of or in custody of any company or firm of which the insured is a member, director or employee.
Is not the property of or in custody or control of a motor trade business of which the insured is a member, director or employee.
Full policy cover applies only in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
To ensure that your current level of protection is maintained for travel to any other country you must let us know before you make the trip. We will require the dates of your trip and the countries to be visited.
Contact our helpline on (01) 4084020 in advance of your journey if you require an extension of this policy cover.
You must remember to take your policy and Certificate of Insurance with you.
Whether you want to add a driver to your car insurance policy, change your address or change your car, you can contact one of our Car Insurance Experts on (01) 4084020. We will discuss the changes to your policy that you need and if there will be any additional charge to your car insurance premium or any change to the terms and conditions of your Car Insurance Policy.
Your renewal notice is based on the most recent information supplied by you. If these details have changed, please contact us immediately so we can update your details and issue you with a revised renewal notice if necessary. It is possible to save money on your car insurance premium. Below are a few ways in which you could reduce your costs:
Select Renew Policy from the home page and follow the easy steps. All you need is:
A credit/charge/debit card
If your renewal date has passed, or if you experience difficulty using our online facility, please contact the Customer Service Helpdesk on (01) 4084020 between the hours of 9am and 7pm, Monday to Thursday and 9am to 5.30pm on Friday's.
Log on to www.cornmarket.ie and click on the 'Renew Your Policy' button and follow the easy steps. All you need is:
A credit/charge/debit card
Your policy number
Your renewal pin – which is supplied on your renewal notice.
If your renewal date has passed, or if you experience difficulty using our online facility, please contact the Customer Service Helpdesk on (01) 4084020 between the hours of 9am and 7pm, Monday to Thursday and 9am to 5.30pm on Fridays.
If your policy with us ends at renewal, your renewal invitation will contain proof of your No Claims Discount. If you cancel at any other point in your contract, we will forward proof of your No Claims Discount once your cancellation has been processed.
In order to suspend/cancel your policy we will need written instruction from you confirming the policy number and the suspension/cancellation date. We will also need to know the reason for suspending/cancelling the policy. We require you to return the original Certificate and Disc of Insurance. Once all required documents are received, we can suspend/cancel the policy from the date received or from a future date if specified. Any money due to be refunded will be arranged by Cornmarket Finance Department.
All required documents can be returned to:
Personal Insurance Department
Cornmarket Group Financial Services LTD.
Christchurch Square,
Dublin 8.
Zurich Insurance plc is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Roadside Assistance is provided by MAPFRE ASSISTENCIA Agency Ireland. MAPFRE ASISTENCIA Compania De Seguros Y Reaseguros, S.A., trading as MAPFRE ASSISTANCE Agency Ireland, is authorised by Direccion General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones del Ministerio de Economia y Hacienda,Spain, and is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland for conduct of business rules.


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FM Waszczykowski: Low growth and bureaucracy souring view of EU
"Some Europeans are dissatisfied with, for instance, the lack of growth - especially in the eurozone, which is growing at less than 1 per cent, which is stagnation," said Minister Witold Waszczykowski in Sydney in his talk with Mark Mulligan which was published in the Financial Review.
According to the chief of Polish diplomacy, low growth, bureaucracy and an unhealthy fixation on lofty political ideals are the reasons why Brexit could lead to the EU's disintegration. Minister Witold Waszczykowski also stressed that the slow pace of "recovery" from the ravages of the global financial crisis had dented confidence in the European project, in particular among the working class and youth. In the MFA chief's opinion, this phenomenon, coupled with Brussel's bureaucracy, institutional power struggles, sovereign battles and immigration issues have helped to fan nationalist fervour across the region, which goes some way to explaining broadening support for far-right politicians such as Marine Le Pen and why the British people last year voted to leave the EU.
"The second problem is that the European Union for the last few years has discussed mainly political ideas – in some cases – instead of concentrating on economic growth," argued the chief of Polish diplomacy.
"There is an entire generation of people who cannot get a decent job, or have a low-paying job, and who are at 30-something and still living with their parents, and this is a problem," also underscored Minister Witold Waszczykowski.
The MFA chief also describes relationships between European institutions as "complicated."
"The European Council is composed of politicians who are elected in democratic elections, like prime ministers and presidents; the European Commission, however, is composed of former politicians who are selected by governments. This body, which has no democratic legitimacy, has political ambitions to rule the member countries, " explained the minister.
The chief of Polish diplomacy argues that the loss of the UK is a massive blow for the EU. "For some politicians, Brexit is just a capricious decision of the British; they've always been on the margin of Europe and now they've decided to return to splendid isolation. In our opinion it is not; Brexit is a symbol of dissatisfaction within the country which happens to be the second economy of Europe, the fifth in the world, a member of the United Nations Security Council, a nuclear power and so on," went on to say Minister Witold Waszczykowski.
The Minister also stressed that it is now essential that the EU settled on a divorce "without major cost to the UK." "We shouldn't be losing such a country," he said. "For years we were talking about enlargement of the EU. But instead of enlargement we now have a shrinking European Union," he added.
Source: Financial Review/Poland MFA Press Office


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A business expense that is significantly higher than what is considered reasonable. For example, if a company pays triple the market rate for office supplies, that amount may be a lavish or extravagant expense. These expenses are not tax deductible and so may increase a company's tax liability.


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I'm an HGTV addict, y'all. If I could just decorate and fix up houses all day, everyday, I would. But as a college student, I'm forced to just watch the professionals do it on TV. And when HGTV struck a deal with Chip and Joanna Gaines of Magnolia Market in Waco, Texas to create Fixer Upper, I became hooked.
I'm from Texas. In fact, my grandparents live just outside of Waco, so for me, it's really cool to see what this couple has been doing for the city of Waco. What was originally a run-down, ratty, old town has begun the process of being revitalized. While I think part of it is from Baylor University, I know that most of it has been from the Gaines fixing up these old houses, giving life back to the city of Waco.
This weekend, as I was heading home to Houston, I stopped in Waco to see the grandparents, and of course, stop by the Silos, the new store-front of Magnolia Market which will open at the end of the month. It seems like all that fans of the show have been doing lately is waiting; waiting for the store to open, waiting for the new season of Fixer Upper… So I thought I would share 5 of my favorite designs from HGTV's Fixer Upper.
Coffee shop owner's living room
If you've ever been to Waco, or have friends in Waco, you've heard of Common Grounds, an eclectic coffee shop right off Baylor's campus. Not only am I envious of their ability to brew a perfect cup of coffee, I'm also envious of their beautiful living room. After this fireplace was accidentally unearthed, it turned into one of the greatest design "mistakes" ever!
The exterior of this home is literally my dream. From the brick walkway to the beautiful dutch door (a door that is divided horizontally, so that while the bottom half remains closed, the top half is open), I am completely obsessed. Gimme those black shutters, please!
Mid-Century Modern Coffee Nook
Don't we all wish we had a coffee nook overlooking what appears to be a forest? When I first saw this episode, I wasn't sure I was going to like the house. I'm not much of a modern fan, so I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. This modern home has a rustic, vintage flair, and this coffee nook shows it. I love the bar stools, and honestly, this little nook is perfect for inspiration!
A Quaint Black + White Kitchen
This kitchen literally has everything I want in it. I love the black subway tiles and beautiful marble counter tops. It even has a skylight for extra light! What I wouldn't give for double wall ovens. This is seriously the perfect entertainer's kitchen, and I wants one. Bad.
I already showed you the exterior of this home, but can we please take a separate moment to ooh and ah over this beautiful laundry room? I mean, really. Who wouldn't want a laundry room that has all this space and looks beautiful too? One day, Courtney… One day.
Are any of you addicted to HGTV? What's your favorite show?


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- GREAT LOST KINKS ALBUM A mistakenly sent record changed Danny Montana's life.
Fifth-generation San Francisco native Danny Montana is old enough to remember seeing shows at the original Lion's Share club in Sausalito, where he first saw legendary folk songwriter Ramblin' Jack Elliott in 1968.
Nearly 50 years later, Montana has established himself in the North Bay as an authentic connection to bygone days, living in Woodacre in the San Geronimo Valley and often performing his style of country-western music at Marin watering holes like the Papermill Creek Saloon and Nick's Cove.
This week, Montana heads to Guerneville to open for a longtime hero of his, when Ramblin' Jack Elliott performs at the River Theater on Aug. 18.
As countrified as Montana is today, he almost went in a different direction, growing up a fan of the Beatles and the Kinks. Montana's love for country music began when the Columbia House record club mistakenly sent him a George Jones record instead of the Kinks when he was 12 years old.
"Eventually, Bob Dylan got me looking into folk and back in time to Woody Guthrie, who had a huge influence on me," says Montana. "And that's how I discovered Ramblin' Jack, and he was always a huge influence as well."
Born Danny Morrison, Montana got his name after he spent a year living in the state. "It was 1970, I was in Mill Valley at Camino Alto and East Blithedale, at the brand-new four-way traffic light," remembers Montana. "And I was sitting there, going, 'Wow, it's too crowded here. I'm moving to Montana.' It wasn't nearly as crowded, of course."
After experiencing a Montana winter, the musician decided it wasn't too crowded in Marin after all. Upon his return, a young Mill Valley harmonica player named Huey Lewis insisted he start going by Danny Montana. "What am I going to do?" laughs Montana. "Say no to Huey Lewis?"
Throughout his musical career, Montana has stayed true to the outlaw country and classic folk that he fell in love with way back when that George Jones album made its way to him. Montana's swinging sound will be on full display for the upcoming show.
To open the evening, banjo and fiddle player Phil Richardson will join Montana for an intimate set. After Ramblin' Jack's headlining performance, Montana will return with a full band, including Lagunitas Brewing Company founder and guitarist Tony Magee, and party late into the night. "I'm just loving playing right now," Montana says. "I just keep plugging along."


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GORMAN, Calif. (AP) Authorities say a murder suspect was arrested after a wild police chase that stretched more than 100 miles across Southern California.
Police in San Bernardino County say the pursuit began Wednesday after the suspect was spotted driving near where a woman was shot to death in Upland.
The suspect sped through red lights and led police and then California Highway Patrol officers on a chase on surface streets and freeways.
It ended in northern Los Angeles County when CHP officers struck his car, causing it to spin out. The suspect, 58-year-old Thomas Hill, was arrested on suspicion of murder. It wasn"t known if he has an attorney.
KNBC-TV reports the murder victim was not immediately identified.


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Famous wife Amal and George Clooney found time to be alone. Prominent human rights advocate and Hollywood actor that are only in the beginning of June became parents, went to dinner at a favorite restaurant near Milan. This is the first publication of Amal and George after the birth of son Alexander and daughter Ella.
The couple was captured yesterday coming out of their favorite restaurant Gatto Nero. And Amal and George looked relaxed and happy, apparently, parental responsibility for them is not a burden, and even Vice versa.
Last week, the 56-year-old George and 39-year-old Amal Clooney arrived with the children to his residence on the shores of lake Como, where it will stay until the end of the summer. Last night they spent in the company of his friends. So paparazzi captured and actor Ben Weiss, a close friend of George.
Recall that Ella and Alexander are the firstborn and for Amal and George, who once in a very categorical form has declared to journalists that the children he never will. Confirmed bachelor was not going to marry any one of his previous passions, and would have lived all his life in solitude, did not take place until the fateful meeting with Amal. For her, rumor has it, George did a vasectomy reversal and now is a happy father of two babies.


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Owner-operator Switchbacks MTB Holidays starting the business in 2001. In many formal lives he was a history teacher, stock trader, bike mechanic, semi-pro DHer, ice hockey player and swimmer. Married to Isabel with 3 girls and rides a bike for a living - life could not be better.
Who are Switchbacks and what you can expect
Switchbacks MTB
Welcome to Switchbacks Bubion Enduro, the best for Sierra Nevada mountain biking. 18 years on and still going strong, we offer natural flowing to technical singletrack providing MTB holidays for every rider.
Are you looking for the perfect mountain biking experience? Started by ex-pro DH rider Michael Saunders we will guide you down the very best of southern Spain's singletrack whilst also providing free skills tuition if you wish.
We are located in Bubion, Sierra Nevada National Park. The area offers excellent natural Enduro tracks that will keep you coming back year after year.
From 5-hour rides to 80 km singletrack descents from Spains highest mountain, Switchbacks has an endless supply of singletrack. Fast-rolling descents and rocky, technical riding all customised to your needs so that you can go home a better, more confident rider. There is simply no better place to ride anywhere in Europe.
Sierra Nevada mountain biking
Switchbacks holidays are structured around you, the guest. For example, if you are a group of 5 or more riders we can provide you with your own guide, villa, routes, vehicle support and customise the holiday to your riding level and choice of tracks. Single riders are also welcome at no extra charge.
If you are relatively new to MTBing and have only been riding for a few years we can offer you excellent coaching which will provide you with the skills required to tackle any terrain. A Sierra Nevada mountain biking holiday is the best way to perfect your riding skills!
For those of you have been before and haven´t been back for a while, come and check out whats new to ride – we are better than ever! More details on the trails by clicking HERE
If you want more info, feel free to follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
Switchbacks is registered in Spain fulfilling all legal and insurance requirements, our official registration number is AT/GR/00264.
Isabel is the stoic Swedish silent partner of Switchbacks - speaking no less than 7 languages she is the one who is able to decipher all that ´wonderful´ Spanish bureaucracy. Not only the brains behind the company but definitely also the beauty.
Luki is our faithful driver, bike loader, animal loving legendary gofer. Damn, 10 years with Switchbacks - not sure where we´d be without him!?
Ruben is our newest addition to the Switchbacks team. A local from Malaga, stupid fast, great tash and fit as f@ck, 2018 will see his first year competing in the EWS. Welcome aboard dude.


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IBM and Galvanize Partner to Deliver Developers and Data Scientists Hands-on AI Skills Training at Three-Day Cognitive Builder Faire in New York City
New York, N.Y. – 11 May 2017: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Galvanize are hosting a three-day Cognitive Builder Faire in New York City, where developers and data scientists will learn new skills and build code. Through workshops, tutorials and hands-on labs delivered through IBM's Data Science Experience, the event is designed to prepare next-generation developers and data scientists for new collar jobs that support the fast pace of artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive innovation.
The technology industry is facing a shortage of experienced developers and data scientists to address the growing demand for cognitive and AI development. IDC predicts that by 2018 75 percent of all developers will embed cognitive technology in their applications. IBM and Galvanize are partnering to bring cognitive skills and data science curriculum to individuals interested in some of the most lucrative careers in technology.
"The cognitive skills that developers and data scientists gain during this event will empower them to lead the next generation of discovery in AI," said Jim Deters, CEO of Galvanize. "As demand surges for talent with this skillset, IBM's commitment to 'new collar' jobs aligns with our mission to provide world-class technical training to anyone with the smarts and grit to transform their lives through technology."
Throughout the weekend, developers, data scientists and technology enthusiasts will have an opportunity to build cognition solutions with various Watson APIs available on the IBM Bluemix cloud platform, including Watson Conversation Service, as well as the data science Foursquare API. Tutorials will also cover Node.js and machine learning fundamentals with Python/R. The Watson APIs simplify the process of building tools that rely on language, speech and vision analysis, and discovery.
Held at Galvanize locations in Austin, Denver, New York, San Francisco and Seattle, this series of events is a continuation of IBM's commitment to provide developers with the educational resources they need.
If you are interested, you can register for the event online.
For more information on the tools, resources, courses and code provided by IBM, visit: www.ibm.com/developer
DATE & TIME: 6 p.m. EST, Friday, May 12 – 3:00 p.m. EST, Sunday, May 14
LOCATION: Galvanize, 315 Hudson St., 2nd Floor, New York, NY
- Kelcey Gosserand, Evangelist, Galvanize
- Matt Kamen, VP of Engineering, Foursquare
- Polong Lin, Lead Data Science Advocate, IBM
- Chyld Medford, Software Engineer, Galvanize
- Jean-Francois Omhover, Senior Data Scientist, Galvanize
- Cecelia Shao, Associate Offering Manager, IBM


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MOBILE, Alabama -- Press-Register photographer Mike Kittrell was on hand today to document the second annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers 5K Run/Fun Run/Walk in pictures. (See accompanying photo gallery.)
The event began in New York City following the 9/11 attacks as a way to memorialize New York firefighter Stephen Siller and 342 firefighters who died trying to save others on September 11, 2001. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Stephen Siller Foundation, which supports special needs by first responders, burn centers, orphan support and severely wounded veterans.
Mobile is one of about 50 cities across the country participating in the run. A sunrise "Service of Remembrance" at USS Alabama Battleship Park preceded the run.