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We have all wished we had some hidden talent. How many have wondered what it would be like to be an all-star athlete? A writer that has readers that number near a million. A musician that has their music played all over the world. All are things that I'm sure we have all dreamed about at one time in our life.
There are few that are able to have talent in one or more thing and thankfully I know a harpist who likes to write. Her book The Conservatory is now out and being published by STFU Publishing. The person I'm referring to is Michele Roger who comes from my Michigan.
The Conservatory could almost be called a true story as it takes Michele's love for music and put's it front in center in the book. The story takes you into the world of music as you get to learn about Hilford Conservatory, a school for gifted musicians.
Those who attend Hilford are of two types in society. It is a mixture of those who have money and those who attend the school on a scholarship. It is a place where if one of those scholarship children shows up the rich there could be some trouble. However, at Hilford it's not trouble from their classmates they must fear but there is a, curse.
The book will introduce you to a newly hired teacher, Melody Steinwick, and others at the school. There are two very gifted young men who become close friends as both are scholarship kids. They have the misfortune of living in a resident's hall that is for those on a scholarship. The hall is a building that can be seen as drafty and could easily lead to illness for those who stay in that hall. Unfortunately for one of those boys (Alex) he gets so sick his roommate (Tom) seeks the help from Doctor Martin Lewis.
As Doctor Lewis attempts to help the ailing young man Melody finds out about another factor of the school. Its dark nights can lead to more fear than a walk within Detroit, her old home town. It has another thing that will lead to scares and that is the building is haunted.
The Conservatory is a quick read, and I do not mean that from its length, but from the great writing style that Michele uses. Fans of horror will enjoy this book as there are plenty of plot turns, and those who enjoy some suspense will also like the book. As you follow along with Melody, and Dr. Lewis, as they try to solve what is happening at Hilford, and what has happened to some of its "departed" students.
The book is filled with little nuggets of information that you will pick up on just as you read about their discovery and make you feel like you are there. There are points in the book that this harpist/writer will paint a scene that you get an idea of the macabre discoveries as they are being found. The cover for the book will give you an idea of what could be behind this schools curse but as a reader you will enjoy finding out all there is to know.


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A party has failed in a bid to delay payment of the costs of a security for costs application until after a later hearing at which it may be able to set off those costs, on the ground that it would amount to partial security for costs.
In JSC VTB Bank v Skurikhin and Ors [2019] EWHC 69 (Comm), Mr Andrew Henshaw QC, sitting as a High Court judge, had dismissed an application by the claimant for security for its costs in respect of an application by the fourth respondent (Berenger) to discharge an order appointing receivers by way of equitable execution over the membership shares and interests in the second defendant.
Berenger submitted that costs of the security application should follow the event in the ordinary way and that it should recover its costs of £35,029, together with its subsequent costs of resisting VTB's submissions that costs should be reserved and/or payment of costs deferred (the judge made the decision on the papers). Berenger's total costs claim was £41,204.
VTB argued that the costs of the security application should be reserved to the judge hearing the discharge application or, alternatively, if the court was minded to make an order for costs in favour of Berenger at this stage, the time for payment of any costs award should be deferred until after the determination of the discharge application.
VTB said either of these would ensure that it was not required to pay to Berenger the costs of the security application until after the determination of the discharge application, preserving the possibility of a set-off between the costs of the two applications.
The claimant invited the court to exercise either: its general case management power to adjourn the issue to a later hearing; its power under CPR 83.7(4)(a) to stay the execution of a judgment or order for the payment of money "if the court is satisfied that… there are special circumstances which render it inexpedient to enforce the judgment or order"; or its general discretion under CPR 44.2(1)(c) as to when costs are to be paid.
However, Mr Henshaw said that, "tempting as it may be to postpone the issue in this way", particularly given that the hearing of the discharge application was imminent, he did not consider that it would be correct.
Among his reasons were that the security application was advanced, and had to be determined, on the basis of the evidence and arguments presented on the application. "The possibility that it might subsequently be held, following the hearing of the discharge application itself, that VTB would with hindsight have had good grounds on which to obtain an order for security is not, in my view, a reason for postponing the determination of the costs arising from the security application."
While the costs of the directions hearing for the discharge application had been reserved, Mr Henshaw viewed the security application as "a discrete matter, the costs of which should follow the event".
As to the power to stay execution under CPR 83.7(4), he cited the ruling of Andrew Smith J in Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Company and Another v Al Refai [2015] EWHC 1793, which in turn applied the guidance given by Bingham LJ in Burnet v Francis Industries Plc [1987] 1 WLR 802. Special circumstances were required, the latter said.
Mr Henshaw accepted for the purposes of his decision that the contingent claim, if it arose, would be likely to be larger than Berenger's current claim for costs, and that VTB had at least an arguable case on the merits on the discharge application.
He continued: "There is potential prejudice to VTB if it has to pay Berenger's costs now, because there are reasonable grounds for doubt about whether any subsequent costs order in VTB's favour would be recoverable absent an ability to offset. That is, though, in essence the same category of prejudice in respect of which I concluded the court did not have power to order security."
Though many of the consideration identified by Bingham LJ in Burnet applied, Mr Henshaw concluded that it was not appropriate to make an order which, by delaying payment to Berenger of the costs of its successful defence of the security application, "would in substance provide VTB with partial security for its costs of the discharge application".
The same considerations also made it inappropriate to direct a later date for payment of Berenger's costs pursuant to CPR 44.2. "To do so would in substance amount to a grant of security for costs against a non-claimant in circumstances where such an order would be unjustifiable."
In relation to the amount of costs claimed, the judge noted that VTB – whose costs were about 20% lower – was represented by junior counsel with one solicitor in attendance, whereas Berenger used both leading and junior counsel with two solicitors present.
Given that the legal issues were more complex than usual for a security application and the hearing took almost a full day, Mr Henshaw decided that it was not inappropriate for Berenger to use leading counsel, though it was "perhaps borderline given the amount of security [£120,000] in dispute".
However, whether instructing both leading and junior counsel was justifiable was "more debatable", and the judge said some discount was justifiable.
"Similarly, I do not think it reasonable for Berenger to recover the costs of two solicitors in attendance at the hearing, but would accept that it can reasonably recover the costs corresponding to the more senior solicitor's attendance."
The judge summarily assessed Berenger's costs at £31,000.
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Full disclosure: my team, Kasel Cycling, is sponsored by Crankbrothers. That said, my goal is to review these wheels like any person would if they opened up their wallet and forked over some cash for new hoops – which I did. My previous post gave some insight into the Trance Transformation so this post is to shed some light on how the wheels have performed after 115 miles of grade "A" Big Bear, CA fireroad, singletrack, and rocky downhill.
So how to evaluate these new wheels? First, let's address the aesthetics. Hands down, Crankbrothers wheels turn heads like the smell of hops make mountain bikers itch for beer. Whether you like them or find them funky looking, you take notice. I like how different they look – how simple yet complex the spokes look. Clean lines extending from the large hub to the eyelet-less rim. Like the picture shows below, a wheel is a wheel, but Crankbrothers has gone as far as you can go in restyling how well a wheel looks:
So how does it roll? Short answer: quite well. Compared to my previous stock 2009 26″ wheelset (WTB LaserDisc), I dropped nearly a pound of rotational mass with the new Iodines! A one pound loss on a 5″ full suspension trail bike is akin to a ninja gaining an extra 1″ on his sword. There's going to be a whole lot more carving, dicing, and slaying on the trail! Better yet, I haven't converted the wheels to a tubeless setup using Stan's sealant, so there's still weight to be shed! (Note – the Crankbrothers wheels are super easy to convert to tubeless since there are no spoke eyelets in the rim to tape over and I plan converting the wheels in the coming days.)
Six days and 115 miles in Big Bear have provided me with an early impression of the ride characteristics of this wheelset. The first thing I noticed upon hitting the dirt was the subtle sound the rear hub makes when coasting. Not as crazy loud (and annoying, IMO) as a Chris King hub, but noticeable nevertheless in a confident reassuring way.
Not taking the easy way out by using the Snow Summit sky chair, all the fun in Big Bear requires climbing and the weight reduction in the wheels was appreciated. I otfen found myself staying in the middle ring (32 teeth) of my 3×9 setup instead of dropping down to the granny ring (22 teeth) on the fireroad climbs. I attribute some of this to being stronger and fitter, but after 4+ hours in the saddle during one of my rides, the drop in wheel weight allowed for this.
When it came time to point the bike downhill, the Crankbrothers wheels really shined. My previous wheels were showing their age, flexing and creaking with every rock strike and off-camber turn. Where there was once was flexing and play there is now confidence-inspiring stiffness where I spot a downhill line and nail it. The wheels have freshened my old Trance up and I find myself attacking lines I had shied away from with my the old wheels. For example, at the 3:55 mark in the video above, I attacked the rocky section, whereas I would have scrubbed some speed using my old wheels.
While I can't comment on the long-term durability of these wheels, I can say that I'm really impressed after the first 100 miles on these hoops. Several riders in Big Bear commented on and asked me about the wheels, confirming that these wheels make a visual statement. As for how they roll, my 2009 Trance felt refreshed and full of life. Prior to the new wheels, I found myself avoiding riding the bike, in large part because the ride felt harsh, without spirit. The Trance's verve has been renewed and the Crankbrothers wheels are to credit for the transformation.


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I saw the news of this today earlier when FK&C posted on their Instagram linking to an article which leaked a 30-second clip preview – pretty awesome, but the song lately has really rung true with me, God really is one of the only ones who knows what I'm going through.
I find myself lately just not feeling great, tests pushed back, holding off on work, feeling bad, but in some cases, drugs don't help – pain has been up a bit, even now I was nearly asleep – then just wham. Can't get comfortable – I try to explain what I feel, but honestly sometimes I do feel alone in that maybe no one understands it – but then two thoughts hit me: 1) I don't fully understand why I feel bad, and 2) God knows exactly what is going on – and the last few days I just haven't really listened to those two things, I know I need to trust God but when the world is just madness around you, and you feel like you can't accomplish anything – just feel defeated.
Today I got some mixed news, no PET scan but did meet with the oncologist who explained things aren't reducing quickly, but they aren't getting worse, and that the road for this isn't likely to be weeks, but rather 6-12 months – I know this has never been a road that was well defined, but I keep trying to remain hopeful that it will be done soon, but as it stands, unless the PET scan shows a very different picture, the road is a bit longer still.
Hoping for a better day tomorrow. Going to try and get some sleep here soon again, maybe I just need a new bed? Better couch? A fancy massage chair? 😀 I appreciate everyone's continued prayers, encouragement, and sometimes even just listening to me say I'm going to cheese bomb a place out of frustration (it sounds dangerous, but it's actually in theory quite delicious, send Ritz Crackers) – but God has a plan for all of this, I don't know it, I don't understand it – but just have to keep remembering the promise that He knows.


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reason of the fact that cotton was rushed upon the market during about three months in the year it is necessary for the railroads of the country to provide for themselves a tremendous additional equipment which they must have tied up during the rest of the year. It is necessary for the banks of the country to provide a very much larger equipment; and so with the whole machinery in my section of the country. The farmers of the country would market their cotton gradually if they could. I do not mean if they financially could, because the banks of the South and the farmers of the South are able now to do it; but they do not know what to do. Take the January situation, for instance. The season opens up. The farmer has his cotton at home. The economic thing to do is to market it, say, during ten months in the year, Mr. Thompson, I believe, advocates that scheme. His cotton is worth 15 cents. He does not know what it is going to be worth next day. He does not know whether they will raid the market, as they did in January, and break it. He does not know how much higher it is going, because it is not responding to the law of supply and demand. The result is he dumps the whole crop on the o The cotton of the South went to market at about 13 cents, I believe. It was economically worth 15 cents. A great deal of that cotton was bought by European speculators. I do not know how much, but we will suppose it all was, in order that the figures may go in the record. The difference between 13 cents and 15 cents on 11,000,000 bales is $110,000,000. If that cotton had all been bought by European speculators, or by whomever it was bought, it was an economic waste of that amount in so far as producers are concerned. We believe that if these outside influences were destroyed, if the disturbing influences were destroyed, after the cotton comes in sight then its price would not break as it does now. It certainly would not if this system of hedging was not in vogue, because the men who buy cotton at 15 cents would not sell it for less than that. There are some other minor features about it, but in my judgment the most serious thing produced by the system of speculation is the disturbance of the market, which renders it impossible for the farmers of the country to apply sane business methods in the marketing of their product. I believe it is a tremendous economic loss to the whole United States. We depend on cotton for our balance of trade. I do not say that o but the amount of cotton exported is larger than the balance of trade in America. Mr. LEveR. What applies to the farmer applies to the spinner also, does it not ? Mr. SUMNERs. Absolutely. I am not in favor, Mr. Chairman, of sending cotton higher than the law of economy sends it, because it always reacts. All that the producers of this country want is a market governed by the law of supply and demand, undisturbed by such influences as are traceable to the great exchanges of the country, and I think from the national standpoint that abnormally high prices have a tendency and will have a tendency to develop large competitive territories outside of the United States for the production of cotton. As a matter of fact, with the market shot to pieces the spinner does not know what to do. It is in testimony here that hedges on the exchanges do not protect the spinner. It can not do so when
Now, just this hedgin: the gentleme being a serio cotton is the a shirt like I fellow who fixeThese gentle that they feel to will not say to if you abolish to ieces. It is the bigg They are honeinstitution of slavand I will come every man who is abolished, in two as we know it wo temptation and to down. Operation exchange could no ence depends | go in there and bus thrive upon a distu There is nothing : man of fair inform: disturbing elements, from the producer to are too resourceful to that confessedly has who produce the cott consume it. So far as I am cone. appeared here as produ to take the chance. I what will happen. No manufacturers have a believe no manufacture the exchanges. Manui chance. I believe the the chance. The only this measure are the ino. compared with the rightin the same class. If t . their services, or find the that is the end of it. Mr. LEveR. Mr. Sumne the committee your idea. please, just how dealing in producer and the ultimate Mr. SUMNERs. Mr. Chai South with reference to the through a rate hearing in 1,
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the parity between futures and spots does not remain stable. the }. break in futures there is no telling where futures wo one, and spots, too, if it had not been for the fact that the eld spot cotton would not turn it loose when the market wa oś. May I ask one question, Mr. Chairma The CHAIRMAN. Yes. Mr. MANDELBAUM. As I understand you, Mr. Sumners, yo the oil and against the exchanges solely from an economic VIeW Mr. SUMNERs. Well, I would hardly state it so broadly, but ment here is based on an economic position. I do not bel the purely gambling transactions in the exchanges are ben anybody, and I would oppose it personally on that ground. r. MANDELBAUM. But you oppose it from an economic view 3 Mr. SUMNERs. Yes. Mr. MANDELBAUM. I took your whole argument that way Mr. SUMNERs. That is the only argument I can make he Mr. MANDELBAUM. I have no further questions to ask, M Ina Il. Mr. SUMNERs. That is the whole proposition. Mr. LEVER. But your idea is that there is a great deal of transactions carried on on the exchange? Mr. SUMNERs. Yes. Personally I should oppose it on th and I think the congressional committee in determining a that sort, just like the courts of the country did in the lou would go much farther and much quicker when they find can, as the darky said, "kill two birds with one stone," an a great gambling institution as well as protect interstate c. r. MANDELBAUM. You stated that cotton ought to be by economics and that it is worth 15 cents at the present * Mr. SUMNERs. I believe that. Don't you ? * Mr. MANDELBAUM. It does not make any difference what or what you believe. You base it on your economic resourc must base it on something. You stated those words your Mr. SUMNERs. Yes. Mr. MANDELBAUM. Now, on what do you base that? Mr. SUMNERs. That is a pretty long story. Mr. MANDELBAUM. You base it on the price it is selling fo must base it on something. Mr. SUMNERs. Do you want me to answer? If you d answer. Mr. MANDELBAUM. Yes. Mr. SUMNERs. I believe— Mr. MANDELBAUM. It is not what you believe. The qu What do you base it on ? Mr. SUMNERs. You must let me answer it if you want n believe, Mr. Chairman, that it has cost the farmers of the S. year 15 cents to produce that cotton, allowing them a reason a very reasonable margin for profit. I base it on my know economic conditions in the South, and I think when they d cents for it they get very much less than the average citize United States is getting to-day for a less amount of labor.
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act this cotton? e maso. SuMNERs. I think so; yes, sir. Mr. Chariant to thank the committee for having listened to me, and ask -- the reports of the New York Exchange on southern warehouses Summoxorporated as a part of my remarks. an econ". Brooks. Mr. Chairman, in order not to be unjust to anybody ld like to have this telegram go in the record. The statement roadly." ade here some days ago concerning the Farmers' Elevator do not at Kansas City. ges are: IRMAN. The former Terminal Grain Company? hat gro". BRooks. Yes; that is the official name, I believe. This telen econ" came in answer to the statement made before the committee, think they ought to have a right to have it put into the record.
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he witness had been previously sworn.) *MARSH. Mr. Chairman, I desire to say for the delegation from ow York Cotton Exchange that we feel greatly embarrassed at i. tuation which has arisen because Mr. Herbert Knox Smith, yo. ...ioner of Corporations, has declined to appear before the it of la"mittee at the time when they were setting forth our reasons for *g that the report which the Bureau of Corporations has issued


text: I'm really excited about this new dubstep/trip-hop influenced duo, Silent Rider (Reed Kackley & Michael Santiago), from New York. They produced a beautiful music video for their first single "I Was a Bomb", and are currently working on putting on a concert and producing a full-length album. Silent Rider's dub influenced sound is a perfect example of the genre's coming of age (which I discussed in a recent post) and its integration in more mainstream genres. The music video — produced by Phillippe Grenade — is below.


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Cartoon Network USA New Show Shaun The Sheep From 8th September: Life's A Treat With Shaun The Sheep!
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People have been giving us rice, oil and mats for the last four years and what has changed? Nothing. This is not the solution to the violence. We have always known that, but no one has listened.
These people are tired. They are tired of the conflict, tired of the military offensive, and tired of receiving aid. For the first time since the insurgency began, we asked local people – those who are living with the consequences – what they thought and felt. It's essential that their voices and opinions are heard and listened to if there is to be any hope for long-term peace in this region.
Time to talk?
We have done as much as we realistically can now. The only way to bring an end to this conflict once and for all is to now engage the remnants of Boko Haram in dialogue.
You should do whatever is necessary for peace. But negotiating with them for prisoners, and giving them money and weapons in return for their release, just emboldens them to do it again.
Eventually former members of Boko Haram will have to be reintegrated into society. It's the key to any kind of sustainable peace. But for now, it's a painful prospect for many.
If these local people are not included in decisions on when and how to reintegrate Boko Haram members back into the community, it could threaten to derail the whole process. The pain and suffering experienced by communities has left deep-rooted scars.
For reintegration to be a success it's vital that local communities are consulted on who is returning and when, and how the process will take place. Lasting peace is possible in Nigeria, as long as local people are listened to and included.


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Doctor/Jack is one of the common slash pairings in Doctor Who fandom that appeared with the series reboot.
Jack Harkness is from the 51st century, canonically omnisexual, very flirtatious and open about his sexuality and it is repeatedly hinted that he has feelings for the Doctor.
He is most commonly paired with the Doctor's ninth and tenth regenerations, because these are the Doctors he canonically met, but since the Eleventh Doctor era fanworks featuring that regeneration and Jack have frequently been written and occasionally Jack is also paired with other regenerations of the character he hasn't met on screen.
Relationship in Canon
Nine era
Jack episodes: The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways
Rose and the Doctor meet Jack during the Blitz in London, impersonating an American captain, although he is a time agent from the 51st century trying to con other agents. The relationship starts off antagonistic, but with lots of banter and flirting, and changes when Jack is ready to die to right his mistakes. The Doctor saves him and he travels along in the Tardis with the Doctor and Rose. In Boom Town they seem to get along well. In The Parting of the Ways Jack kisses the Doctor good-bye before going off to fight the Daleks and very surely his death.
Ten era
Jack episodes: "Utopia", "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End", "The End of Time Part 2"
Jack, now a fact and thus immortal, has waited years - after being abandoned on the Game Station - to meet the Doctor again and get his help. It's revealed that the Doctor had known about him on the Game Station and has literally been running from what he's become. Jack and Martha exchange some lines that hint at both their unrequited feelings for the Doctor.
Fanworks focused on the Ninth Doctor era often tell of further adventures between episodes and some fix the season ending. Jack's introduction during the era of the Ninth Doctor also made the threesome pairing Doctor/Jack/Rose popular, shipping both characters with each other and the Doctor's female companion of the time. There is some elaborate established relationship fic for this era.
The Ten era fanworks often explore the Doctor's reaction to Jack's factness and immortality further and how this would impact their relationship or make one possible at all. There were many reunion fics, and a number of hurt/comfort works are set during the year that never was, when both the Doctor and Jack were prisoners of the Master. There is also a trend to reconcile the Doctor Who canon with the happenings of Torchwood: having the Doctor meet the Torchwood team; having Jack meet the Doctor between or after the final Tenth Doctor specials; or having the Doctor fix what happened in Children of Earth.
Example Fanfiction
- Stuck on the Slow Path (link) by sarkywoman, a multi-part WIP that has the Tenth Doctor stuck with the Torchwood team in Cardiff after series 4.
- To Wander, Between the Stars by vail_kagami, AU, Jack never made that con in 1941. Instead his broken vortex manipulator strands him in the twenty-first century, where he finally meets the Doctor - who's been a prisoner of Torchwood for a long time.
- Neighbours by Lilithangel, Jack/Doctors, "The residents of Riverside lane have new neighbours." The Doctor and Jack do domestic in their own ways.
- Meta Month of March: Ep Discussions at Winter Companions
- Nine/Jack ship manifesto by by_starkiller
- The Doctor/Jack as relationship by navaan
Resources and Communities
- Winter Companions - Jack Harkness / any Doctor
- tenxjack - Jack Harkness / Tenth Doctor
- doctorslashjack - Jack Harkness / any Doctor


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PLAN WELL & EXECUTE: Teamwork keeps an organization connected
Teamwork is a key component to the successful operation of your organization.
Most organizations have their processes or workflows well defined and documented. Others just know "how things are done here."
Whichever approach works for your organization — sometimes stated and at other times implied — the actual feeling and the need for teamwork are critical. Processes, I contend, do not close all of the gaps that may occur in an organization. The connective tissue in an organization is teamwork.
Last week, you may have witnessed the various levels of men's and women's college basketball, the college hockey tournaments, Major League Baseball, Formula 1 racing and more. In each instance, you may have noticed the intangible but very real concept of teamwork.
The processes in sports are very real. The techniques of a team's activities in the performance of its sport are well rehearsed and documented. There is someone, usually called a coach, who has the responsibility for the finer elements of the team's activities and performance.
Some sporting organizations have expanded into two directions that further the intangible elements of the teamwork dynamic, in my opinion. The first is the growth of analytics in sports. This is the use of mathematical predictability in particular circumstances. A given player now knows the specific role that he or she plays for the team. The second is the use of a sports psychologist on individual and team levels. The growth of this area has taken the old expression, "keeping your head in the game," to a whole new level.
Sometimes it is difficult for managers of organizations to measure the intangibles of teamwork. You may know that something is amiss in the organization but do not have a clear enough understanding of how to resolve the problem. Enter a coach.
By coach, I am not talking about the well-used term for business and life coaches. In this case, I am talking about a coach of a sporting team. There are a number of them in your area. The coaches can range from local high schools to colleges and even professional teams in your area. The head coach might not be the person you are most interested to have speak to your team. The person who handles the logistics for a team might be the right person.
Also, you might want to consider coaches other than football or basketball. Think about one of coaches of a team that might be more aligned with your organization's structure and teamwork needs. If your organizational size allows, attend a practice so the coach before or after the practice can address the reasons for various activities. This might also work well for a management team activity.
We may call the various team activities we root for, support and observe sports, but let's be very clear that in every case there is a business case for each of the sporting organizations. Whether the business case is measured in gate receipts, television contracts, merchandise sales or alumni giving, at the end of the day the existence of many sporting teams has a direct link to revenue.
Cornell Wright is an author, trainer, consultant and an Executive Coach at The Parker Wright Group Inc. in Stratford. The firm assists clients to increase their market share by improved customer service. He can be reached at 203-377-4226 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Pet Rescue Saga Level 1023 with tips and tricks by the helpfulPet Rescue Saga Help Group Admins and awesome Members.
This video walkthrough for Pet Rescue Saga Level 1023 will give you some cheat peaks for solving Level 1023 by yourself, use the pause function to stop the video if it goes to fast.
Requirements for Level 1023: Save 20 pets and get at least 3000 points. Good Luck solving Pet rescue Saga Level 1023! :-)
TIPS FOR PET RESCUE SAGA LEVEL 1023: This is one awesome level! At first you will see only 1 pet. Try to get those 2 Line Blasts to the left side to help you remove those wire and free the key. Once you do this – you will see so many pets that you will think it is some kind of a bug. Use the paint brush to rescue more than 20 pets. I went back to this level after finishing all levels and save 45 pets. Have fun!


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Getting the Most out of your Professional Real Estate Photography
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With internet property searches at an all-time high (98% of prospective buyers), and a competitive market such as real estate, most agents have come to accept that professional photography is the best way to market properties and themselves. And they would be right.
But did you know that not all property photography is equal – even if you hire a professional?
That's right. More and more research is showing not only that professional photography has the ability to gain increased exposure; if done right, it has the ability to separate other properties from the rest and even increase the selling value – even when compared to similarly-priced properties in the same neighborhood.
When choosing a photographer, look at samples of their work and allow time to discuss which are the most important shots for your property. Here are a few of the most important shots of nearly any property:
(1) Front Yard Exterior.
This is most likely going to be the first photo a that buyers see, and it will ultimately determine whether a buyer decides to explore more or move onto the next of hundreds of properties. Leave room around the house to capture foliage (trees, bushes), as this frames the image well gives the viewer a more complete perspective of the property. If you can, also have twilight photos taken.
(2) Secondary Exteriors.
This includes balcony, deck, and view shots. Remember you're selling the experience, not just a piece of property. When a buyer can see (without imagining) what their view of the back yard and surrounding area will be, it's worth more than 1,000 words.
(3) Best interior shots.
Your next few shots should show large, open-layouts that are flattering not only for individual spaces but also that show the layout of the property. These are typically the living and family rooms, which are the first to be seen when stepping foot inside. Like the front yard exterior, this is one of the best ways to make a GOOD first impression.
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Drinks retailer Oddbins is focusing on its eCommerce offering to help drive sales growth over the next few years, with click & collect expected to be launched in 2015 and mobile apps potentially in the pipeline.
Under the ownership of European Food Brokers, which took over the business after it fell into administration in 2011, the 42-store chain is keen to build its property portfolio to over 100 shops in the coming years, but eCommerce manager Tony Duffy sees online retail as a core revenue generator.
Duffy told Essential Retail that since relaunching a transactional website in the summer of 2013, Oddbins has been working on reflecting the "irreverent and personable" tone – evident within its stores and marketing material – in its digital operations.
The company's financial year is coming to an end next week, with the final quarter seeing online revenue growth of 50% compared to one year before. As a fledgling online business this growth is coming from a low base level, but Duffy sees significant potential in this area of the business.
"We are looking at online sales to drive growth over the next two or three years," he explained.
"While we're expanding the estate we understand that the opportunity for aggressive growth in bricks and mortar is limited, so we're looking at eCommerce."
Apps are being evaluated as a possible addition to the company's digital arsenal, but developing website usability and an online voice are arguably higher up on Duffy's agenda at present.
He noted: "One of the things we're keen to bring online is an element of personality to our website. If you go into our branches we have brilliant customer service and we have knowledgeable staff. I hope we don't lose that as we grow online."
Duffy acknowledges the current website, which includes an infrequently updated blog and a clip of its recent Christmas marketing campaign, is "perhaps a bit too 2D" and there are plans to make the site more interactive through the use of video and educational material "that is still relevant to the customer".
Oddbins has a long history on the UK high street, having first been established in 1963. But as supermarkets gained more share of consumers' wine and drinks spend, the business fell on hard times resulting in its collapse at the turn of the decade. As the retailer looks to increase its brand awareness and grow again in its new guise, it wants to differentiate itself from the mass market wine sellers.
Managing director Ayo Akintola has been keen to avoid heavy discounting, which led to some of the problems encountered under previous management, and he has helped foster an aura of wine expertise among staff in its stores that he believes can't be replicated in supermarkets. In-store tastings and an alternative marketing strategy also help build a unique brand, which Akintola feels appeals to its existing customers.
"We need to be a little bit more creative and think about what our particular customers are searching for," said Duffy.
"It all comes down to understanding how individuals interact with us. The interaction needs to reflect individual shopping behaviours.
"Our marketing – with the customer base we have – is creating incredibly strong relationships, but the flip side is that maybe we're not as accessible to floating consumers or people who haven't yet encountered us. There are probably large chunks of society who used to have an Oddbins in their town or city and haven't seen the brand for a few years and they're probably not aware that we are in business."
At present, the vast majority of Oddbins stores are located in London and the Scottish cities, so opening new shops around the UK, as is planned, will help boost the company's profile. However, its visibility online, through social media and search engines, will be equally important in raising awareness of the retailer's offering.
A major development in its eCommerce strategy saw the business start a partnership with cloud hosting provider Rackspace late last year, after problems with a previous supplier meant its website struggled to deal with peak traffic. The issue raised its head after a national marketing campaign directed customers to its website but hosting reliability issues resulted in the retailer missing out on a significant number of sales.
Duffy said that the move to cloud hosting with Rackspace was "a risk" coming, as it did, so late in the year and close to the busy Christmas season, but he believes the gamble paid off.
"It was later in the day than usual in terms of planning for these things, but the switch of supplier reaped dividends," he argued.
"I've only seen one wine retailer that had a better Christmas than us in terms of growth. We had 100% reliability and I know the conversion we experienced this Christmas, which was up on last year, is largely because of this reliability.
"Having the option of being cloud-based is obviously ideal because so much of our traffic comes in that final quarter of the year. We're very pleased and the service is absolutely outstanding."
If ensuring a website can deal with peak traffic is a prerequisite for modern retailing, then the next level is arguably the creation of a multichannel business that serves consumers seamlessly online and offline, and understands how its customers shop in each channel.
Duffy is aware that Oddbins is only at the start of that particular journey, although the business is growing its potential online customer base by running in-store wine tasting competitions that require people to supply email addresses. The number of participants in 2014 doubled year on year to more than 20,000.
Commenting on various ways customers now shop for wine, he added: "At Christmas we found that because website navigation has improved and simplified, people after a wine gift found the purchase journey simple.
"Regular users who spend a lot longer on the site actually don't convert as well, which is an interesting proposition. I don't know yet why that is happening; I'm inclined to think they are people who are using Oddbins shops to complete their purchases but are doing their information gathering and comparing online."
Finding the solution to this conundrum is high up the list of priorities for many high street retailers, as they look to use the data they have generated over the years to personalise the shopping experience for their customers and better understand individual behaviours.
"From my point of view, there seems to be a big gap between where retailers are and the capabilities of the software that is out there," Duffy noted.
"I would suggest that the gap is because we have such complex, highly connected consumers and retailers haven't really figured out data in a layered way."
By this time next year, Duffy hopes Oddbins will occupy a more prominent space in UK shoppers' psyches and he would expect click & collect to be in operation, as the company's burgeoning online retailing site continues to grow as a revenue generator. Intriguingly, he also expects the business to have evolved "in a way that offers more than a conventional wine business would be expected to".
Like many of the bottles purchased and drunk from Oddbins stores over the recent festive trading period, the eCommerce manager has whet consumers' appetites for the year ahead.
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Ground Operations in the SLAF are conducted through its troop deployment which is organized into 12 Regiment Wings stationed at all SLAF installations and special deployments (groups).
These Regiment Wings are composed of Squadrons of troops specially trained in ground combat. While their primary role is air field security, they are also supporting the Sri Lanka Army in manning defence lines in the Northern part of the country. In addition to these roles, the Regiment handles the Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) requirement of the Air Force as well. Support Services.
Functions and Responsibilities pertaining to Ground Operations:
Defence of SLAF installations
The defence of all SLAF installations, which include Bases, Stations, Units, Detachments and wherever the SLAF is deployed.
Ground Intelligence
The gathering of ground Intelligence is a vital function required by any military organization.
EOD operations
Explosive Ordnance Disposal tasks include demolishing unsafe ordnance, assisting civil authorities in handling explosives related emergencies and educating personnel on explosives safety.
Internal Security Operations
Regiment personnel are deployed when required to assist law enforcement agencies ie. The Police
Disaster Relief Operations
In times of disaster, be it natural or man-made, the regiment stands ready to assist the local disaster management agencies.
Ground Defence Training of all SLAF personnel
Training all SLAF personnel on the aspects of Ground Defence and security.
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The need for us to appear fashionable has put earth's biodiversity in grave danger. The rise of mass fashion production has become dangerous and a major cause of destruction to our earth's biodiversity. Excessive use of chemicals has destroyed or threatened the existence of many species of herbs, plants, birds, animals and insects. It has…
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This was (keyboardist) Eric Scheda's third gig with Parousia.
By now, the band was tight with the songs in the set. Eric was an outstanding keyboard player and handled everything we threw at him, "Hocus Pocus" by Focus was a pretty hard act to follow when our previous keyboard player, David Maltbie played piano, organ and an accordion, copying the exact parts from the song. Eric pulled it off and then some. Eric was a rocker while Dave's core was primarily jazz. Once Eric learned the set, it was much more powerful.
Off stage, Eric had a great sense of humor and fit in well. He liked most of the same music that the rest of us did and knew progressive rock the best.
The band was full, more baseball players wandered in for a few beers after the game. The more the crowd drank, the rowdier they got and we reflected their feelings in hard rocking songs like "White Punks On Dope" and "Won't get Fooled Again", Train' Kept A Rollin' and "Heartbreaker".
All in all it was a good show and the manager really liked us. He booked us for an encore performance right away to play next weekend, August 1st and 2nd. We gladly accepted. The more we played out with Eric, the tighter the band got and we picked up more fans along the way.


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Despite conceding six at Manchester City on the weekend, Arsenal are still in a good position at the top of the Premier League table. Of course that is likely to change in the coming days, if only temporarily, but in terms of the long haul, Arsenal can still consider themselves in a very good position to capture the Premier League title for the first time since 2004.
Arsene Wenger knows he'll have to strengthen and take action in January. Despite the club's financial strength, Wenger failed to bring in necessary reinforcements during the summer, notably in defence and at centre-forward.
If Arsenal are to maintain their title push, these are six things Wenger must do in January.
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text: The Dalai Lama has been interviewed many times concerning his feeling about the Chinese holocaust in Tibet in the 1950s. They killed one sixth of the population, torched 6,000 monasteries and tortured many of the monks, nuns and lamas The Chinese rape and pillage extended to the land. The beautiful Tibetan plateaus are now nuclear dumping grounds and the great herds of wildlife extinct. I am always moved when the Dalai Lama responds with compassion for the Ignorance and pain of the Chinese that must underlie their actions. In his compassion he practices a form of meditation called tonglen for their benefit, taking on their pain, and gives them his happiness and joy. This extraordinary meditation of giving and receiving has been very helpful in bringing about forgiveness in my own life.People sometimes fear that tonglen will harm them when they imagine breathing in pain, ignorance or illness. The Tibetan lamas say that the only thing we can harm with tonglen is our ego and its self-grasping which will dissolve in the intention of compassion. Nonetheless, until you are comfortable with tonglen, perform it only for yourself or loved ones. When you feel more secure, you can extend it to strangers whom you feel judgments about, or feel sympathetic to, and then to others about whom your judgments are stronger. In time, you can extend it to your worst enemies, creating peace and compassion where there was pain and fear. Tonglen is truly a yoga that transforms pain into forgiveness.Before we learn to practice tonglen on behalf of others, we will learn to do it for ourselves. The first step is to open our hearts so that we have something good to give. So begin by bringing back the memory of a holy moment; a time that your heart feels open to nature, to a cbild to a pet; to beauty. Now imagine that you are sitting, facing yourself Look into your eyes and see the beauty of who you are~ and the pain that keeps you out of touch with that beauty. Imagine that all your pain is like a thick, black smoke covering your heart. Inhale that smoke into your own heart; and exhale the peace, love and happiness of your own true nature. Continue this meditation of breathing in pain and breathing out happiness. Since you can only experience love and jay by giving it away this meditation is a form of "wise selfishness." It will make you happy.Now bring a loved one to mind and imagine any pain, confusion, illness or unhappiness they might be experiencing as a black smoke around their heart. Breathe that smoke into your own heart and return your peace and happiness. Continue to do this for a few minutes until you feel a sense of completion.Next; ~ it feels right for you, practice tonglen for a stranger whom you might otherwise pity. Whether it's a homeless person, someone you read about in the paper or see on the news, imagine breathing in their pain in the form of black smoke. Take it into your heart and return your happiness to them.Next, bring to mind someone that you hold in judgment. Imagine the pain and ignorance that led them to behave in a way that washurtful. See it as a thick black smoke that obscures the true light in their heart. Breathe the smoke into your own heart's Light; and return your Light to them. Continue until the lights in your two hearts touch.You can do tonglen for areas of the world where there is war, famine or other suffering, for all the people who are grieving, for those who are sick...~.... The practice is universally applicable to all pain and sorrow.TONGLEN TO TRANSFORM EMOTIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAYDuring the day, be aware of any negative emotions that arise. If the emotions have a message to give you, make sure that you attend to it before you use tonglen to transform the emotion. Begin by getting in touch with just how miserable your anger, jealousy, spite or sadness is making you feel. Then take a few deep breaths and do your best to bring back the memory of a holy moment when you felt connected with the universe. Then practice tonglen for yourself.


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Hello my name is David and I am a G.A.S. addict.
I've always wanted one of these but I just haven't got the space for any more guitars.
I am on the G.A.S. wagon (apart from yesterday's slip up). Sorry.
The first time I saw a BOND ELECTRAGLIDE I wanted it. Oh! I wanted it!
I saw that guy from The Clash (and later Big Audio Dynamite) posing with one. I saw Dave Stewart with one. I read about it in GuitarPorn Magazine. Oh My God! I wanted one.
I put a search in Ebay for one and every now and then one popped up. The other day there was just the body and neck (no fretboard or electronics). I even drooled over that.
Today my dream came true and slowly turned into a nightmare. This story does not have a happy ending. You have been warned.
There it was £700 plus delivery. I couldn't believe it. £700. I looked around my studio. Three walls hung with guitars. A small pile of cases filled with guitars on top of cabinet. Three more under the bed. NO! No more! I can't! That was it. I was not going to succumb. I switched off the computer, had a coffee and a shower and went to work.
I could not stop thinking about it. If I sold something, I could make some space and justify a new acquisition. The price was fantastic. A real piece of history and unique in its own right.
That was it, I started checking some prices. The Baja Tele could go. I could reduce the prices on those other guitars that I've been trying to sell for the past two months. That Peavey amp I don't use. Yes! Yes! Yes! I could do it!
Ebay beckoned. I searched. No Bond Electraglide apart from the afore mentioned shell. Back to my saved search. I was sweating. It can't be. "Click!"... "This item is no longer available."
So, all I can do is share with you all my sad, sad story.
This is what I let slip through my fingers. Mock me, go on. I deserve it. What a damned fool!
|Seven hundred quid!
|Tremolo arm... OMFG!
|Thing of beauty
|Almost the "number of the beast"! Might as well be for all my torment.
BOND ELECTRAGLIDEAaaaaaaaaaaagh!
1980s Handbuilt Carbon Fibre Electric Guitar
This is an extremely rare example
it is UNIQUE in being the ONLY bond ever fitted with a tremelo system
it is the actual guitar featured in the Bond Catalogues and magazine adverts
details as follows:
Correct power supply
correct Bond stereo cable with angled jack
correct straplocks
original bond owners manual
original bond case{ condition of this is poor }
The guitar has a couple of light marks on the back of the neck which i have pictured
there are NO SPLITS OR CRACKS OR REPAIRS
all the electrics work well...except the out of phase button on front two pickups is stiff
the screen lights up , all leds work
the guitar sounds superb and plays well
a true one off example with the factory fitted BOND tremelo unit
The Q&A was the final knife between the shoulder blades.
Q: does it actually stay in tune with this tremelo please?I will NEVER be the same again.
A: hello, strangely yes ! the design works very well ..and because of the straight line stringing and roller saddles it behaves much better than a strat for example also the mass of the design and the fact it is so superbly engineered by schaller gives the sound good sustain and tone , i was told by the guitar guru and author and bond expert Paul Day this tremelo cost so so much to 'tool up' by andrew bond with SCHALLER that it was the tipping point for the companies finances ...and it never went into production , this remains i believe the only correct factory fitted example in existence , nice thing ! , best regards, paul
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June 14, 2008 -- "The Happening," the latest film from writer-director-producer M. Night Shyamalan, seems to represent a slight reversal of Shyamalan's decline. Up until now, every one of his films since "The Sixth Sense" was worse than the film before. Shyamalan's previous film, "Lady in the Water" was a critical and box office bust, when his loyal fan and critical base abandoned him. "The Happening" may slightly reverse that trend. Although I liked "Lady in the Water" better than "The Happening," I think this latest film will do better at the box office since it is more of a standard science fiction film. Shyamalan himself calls it a fun "B movie." I wouldn't say it is fun, but it does hold one's attention.
This is kind of a chase movie, similar to the recent Spielberg film, "War of the Worlds." An invisible, mysterious menace stalks a small group of people who are fleeing a big city. People who are affected by the malady, at first thought to be caused by a chemical weapon, are at first disoriented, then they become violently suicidal. People kill themselves in droves in this film, jumping off buildings, cutting, stabbing and shooting themselves, running their cars into trees, etc. Hence, the film is not fun. A small group of people, led by science teacher, Elliot Moore (played by Mark Wahlberg of "We Own the Night") try to escape the suicide illness and at the same time try to figure out what is causing it. Moore is on the run with his wife, Alma (Zooey Deschanel of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford") and the young daughter of a friend, Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez).
The three team up with an older couple who run a nursery. The gardener comes up with an idea about what is causing the suicide disease. In order to be safe, they reason, they need to get away from population centers. The disease started in major cities. It keeps hitting smaller and smaller towns. The group heads into a unpopulated area, hoping to escape the deadly disease. The disease relentlessly follows them. Their options seem to be running out quickly. They don't get much help from local people, who are wary of strangers.
The film does manage to build some tension, since the survival of the group remains in question right up to the end. While the story is interesting and involving, the dialogue is hackneyed and the characters are bland. Shyamalan at least has enough sense to take full advantage of Zooey Deschanel's amazing blue eyes. The camera lingers on them often. One mildly interesting character is a crazy old lady who lives alone in a remote house, Mrs. Jones (Betty Buckley). She is about as scary as anything in the movie. The so-called science behind the suicide disease is not really believable, but it is politically-correct. I don't know if this is the kind of film that Shyamalan's fans can rally around, but I suspect it will do well enough at the box office for him to get financial backing for yet another film. This film rates a C+.
Click here for links to places to buy or rent this movie in video and/or DVD format, or to buy the soundtrack, posters, books, even used videos, games, electronics and lots of other stuff. I suggest you shop at least two of these places before buying anything. Prices seem to vary continuously. For more information on this film, click on this link to The Internet Movie Database. Type in the name of the movie in the search box and press enter. You will be able to find background information on the film, the actors, and links to much more information.


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by Mike Ratliff
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans- 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. (Daniel 9:1-2 ESV)
One of the worst parts about expounding scripture while not allowing "what men say" to influence that exposition is that there will always be some people who are "offended" or in disagreement with the analysis. I desire to offend no one. I deeply desire to be of use to my Lord in bringing His people into agreement about what His Word says. Therefore, I will continue to simply exposit scripture. As we have moved through Daniel I have tried very hard to look at extra-biblical sources only when necessary. I am very well aware that Daniel 9 is a hot button with some people. However, we must proceed. Continue reading


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WIN: Tickets to see Aquaman at Weston-super-Mare's Odeon cinema
PUBLISHED: 09:58 15 December 2018 | UPDATED: 12:46 18 December 2018
An action-packed superhero adventure comes to cinema screens next week, and Mercury readers will win tickets to see it.
Aquaman was released yesterday (Friday) at the Odeon, in The Centre, and stars Jason Momoa in the title role.
The film spans the vast underwater world of the seven seas and reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime, one which will force him to face who he really is.
He discovers he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people against his half-brother, Orm, who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world.
An all-star cast also includes Amber Heard, Dolph Lundgren, Nicole Kidman, Julie Andrews and Willem Dafoe in supporting roles.
James Wan, director of the Saw and Conjuring movies, will helm the film and the scrip was written by Gangster Squad's Will Beall.
Aquaman is the first DC Extended Universe (DCEU) theatrical release since 2017's Justice League.
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Hall for Kilns by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
This time it drove us to the heart of Germany. We've heard of a traditional firm that was abandoned after 200 years of production. In the past, porcelain was manufactured in here. According to rumors all these factory halls are supposed to be full of the so-called white gold. And in fact, we couldnt believe what we found inside! From casting mold to the finished tableware everything was left behind. And much to our surprise we realized that there was only minimal vandalism in here. But although the factory looks like it was abandoned just recently it has been vacant for several years now.
White Gold #03 by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
As an urban explorer yourself or an avid viewer of such videos you have probably seen many abandoned sites in the past where no or only a small amount of items were left behind. So have we. But the objects that are still in this porcelain factory run up into the thousands, maybe even in the hundreds of thousands!
Forms by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
Already 200 years ago, a porcelain factory was built in this location. In the beginning, especially tableware was manufactured here. In order to do that, around 200 people were employed. Which is pretty remarkable because at that time the village where the factory is located had a population of less than 1.000 citizens! After some time the production process was completed by the fabrication of toys and jewelry made of porcelain.
White Gold #34 by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
At the Paris world's fair in 1900, the products of this manufacturer were exhibited for the first time and immediately honored with an award. At the universal exhibition in St. Louis, USA, only a few years later, the china received a gold medal due to its high quality. From then on, top-rated artists and professionals were trained here. Until 1938, the porcelain factory remained in the possessions of one single family.
White Gold #29 by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
But with the outbreak of the Second World War this company started to be in a moribund state. Under Soviet occupation the manufacture was expropriated and it was turned into a state-owned enterprise. Henceforth Eastern Europe was the only market for the company. But luckily the outstanding porcelain was still rated as a luxury good. After the German reunification and the privatization of the company the real trouble started. The reorientation failed and the trend of the time had been missed. And bankruptcy was following...
The first one, that is. Because shortly after that there was a last attempt to get the place up and running. It was tried to sell all those remaining pieces of porcelain at a factory outlet. But there was no demand. In 2014, the factory became insolvent again and since then the property has been abandoned.
White Gold #36 by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
Okay, but why are all the furnishings and the materials still here? Well, that's easy to answer. We think that all of this stuff is involved in the insolvency proceedings. Thats why it was not allowed to remove them. Only a few weeks after our exploration there was a foreclosure auction of the business realty. Needless to say that the whole interior of the building complex was sold with it. By the way, the market value of the real estate was estimate at 100.000 Euros. But unfortunately we don't know whether theres a new owner of the porcelain factory now or not.
Shepherd Dog by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
After several hours in these chock-full halls we came to the conclusion that apparently everything that's needed for a resumption of work was still there. The only thing this place needs right now is a new owner with a vision. And obviously a lot of money. It's a shame to see a historic company in such a bad condition. But the whole porcelain tradition of this part of Germany is critically endangered. Because the Western market isn't ready to pay high prices for theses fine pieces of craftsmanship. Instead, porcelain gets imported from the East more and more. So this abandoned manufactory won't stay an isolated case...
White Gold #32 by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
White Gold #17 by Broken Window Theory, on Flickr
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Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky upcoming feature film 'Yomeddine' has been selected for screening at the prestigious Cannes film festival. The film will be the Egyptian made independent film to get invited into the main competition at the world famous film festival held annually in the French town.
Abu Bakr Shawky, a graduate of NYU Tisch film school, has gone through a long waiting period to complete this passion project which has been in post production since last year when it screened at the El Gouna works in progress section. The film is based on real characters that Shawky met at the Abu Zaabal Leper Colony while filming his documentary "The Colony."
Many of the main protagonists in the film are played by non professional actors. The film follows Beshay, played by Rady Gamal who is a resident of the leper colony. Beshay leaves the confines of the leper colony for the first time and takes a bold journey with an orphan boy and his donkey across Egypt to find the family that abandoned him as a child.
Shawky and his wife and co-producer Dina Emam managed to have the film produced and funded through a combination of a Kickstarter campaign which raised $22,254, the Tribeca Film Institute, and from the now defunct Abu Dhabi film festival's SANAD fund. Last December at the Dubai film festival, prominent film producer Mohamed Hefzy announced his Film Clinic company would come on board as co-producer. At the 2017 Dubai film festival, Hefzy said to Variety that Film Clinic would help with post production and will attempt to get the movie "a really good festival premiere in 2018."
"Thank you to the countless people who have supported us over the years. I wouldn't know where to start. The cast and crew who endured the difficult conditions, lack of money, unusual distant locations, language barriers. And thank you Egypt for being what you are. You lay it all out in the open, just waiting for someone to tell your stories," said Shawky in a Facebook post announcing the news.


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Matthew 15:4 God says, 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of father or mother must be put to death.'
Exodus 20:12 "Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God is giving you."
The ten commandments can be split into two separate sections, the first involves commands that tell us how to relate to God and the second section tells us the ground rules on how to treat our fellow man.
The first command that pertains to our relationships with people is the one that tells us how to treat our parents. We are to show honor to them, that means not only respect and submission, but also to take care of a person, to nurture and sustain them.
It isn't any surprise that God wants us to treat our parents with the highest regard, after all he told us to love our enemies and those that persecute us. So then even if you think that your parents don't deserve it, you are not off the hook, we have to love our enemies so how much better should we teat our parents. No matter how old we get to be or how independent we become, we are still obligated to love and respect them and to take care of their needs when they cannot.
Lord help me to love my parents and care for them as they grow older. Thank you for Christian parents.


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Follow the Parade to the AllWays!
Inspired by Bacchus, the father of all super krewes, the creators of 'tit Rəx asked: in an age when super krewes are setting the bar for larger and larger spectacles, when route consolidation has resulted in epic evenings of parade upon parade, when the size and velocity of throws has become at times physically hazardous to the recipients, could New Orleans not benefit from one krewe that takes the opposite approach? We thought so…


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Jedediah Bila is officially off the market!
The former "The View" co-host tied the knot with fiancé Jeremy Scher in front of some 60 guests at a ceremony in Huntington, New York, Us Weekly reports.
"As 60 of their closest family and friends filled the room, Jedediah walked down the aisle as Jeremy beamed with joy — you could truly feel the love in this magical evening!" Bila's wedding planner Michael Russo told the magazine.
"I always wanted to get married, but I never thought I would do the big wedding dress and the beautiful venue," said the blushing bride herself. "I always thought I was gonna be on a beach somewhere, just a couple of friends, doing it really casual. So it's crazy."
The 39-year-old former Fox News star reportedly walked down the aisle in a Rivini lace with Susan Hanover earrings.
"Everyone always thinks of me as the rule breaker and the troublemaker," Bila told Us Weekly. "Even in my politics, I don't fit into a box, I break rules. But my wedding has so many traditional components; it's so funny."
Bila also shared her excitement about the big day: "What I'm looking forward to the most [about my wedding day] is that moment of walking down the aisle and seeing him and having him see me and having that moment where we're in front together. And we're just looking at each other. I'll be in my dress and he'll be in his tux. It's just one of those once in a lifetime moments that I kind of want to hold onto."
The bride continued:
We've been living together for a while, and we go through the daily grind and all that, but I think there's only one moment in your life where you're in front of the minister, and you're saying your vows. And you're like, "My life is gonna be different from here on, and I'm gonna be married." It's really exciting and warm and wonderful. I think that moment, that one … I'm gonna take a pause and just kind of absorb it all before I … 'cause you can't quite get it back the same way ever again.Advertisement
Bila's friend and former colleague from "The View," Sunny Hostin, was there to witness the nuptials.
Bila's engagement was announced on "The View" in June of last year.
"Can anyone in the audience see anything different about me?" she asked at the time, flashing the enormous engagement ring. The audience and her co-hosts cheered in congratulations to her.
"He surprised me, took me to a bed and breakfast," she said, adding that Scher nearly slipped up on one thing during the surprise. "The only thing sign that something was up is that he is always late to get ready. Like, I am always dressed and he's taking forever. He was fully dressed an hour early. I was like, 'Something's happening.' I didn't know what it was, but … He's stuck with me. Bottom line."
A few months later, the political pundit announced that she would be departing the show.
"So, this is my last day at 'The View,'" she said amid "awwws" from the audience. Bila thanked her co-hosts as well as her viewers for giving her a good experience.
Bila joined the crew in August 2016, just in time for the show's 20th season. Prior to her joining, Bila worked on Fox News as a part of the "Outnumbered" panel.
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Nowe kino Turcji
Author: Jan Topolski
Language: Polish
Cover: booklet
Publication year: 2010
Two viewpoints meet in this volume - the one of Western authors who "discover" Turkish cinema for themselves and the one of Turkish authors who strive to describe their cinematography anew. Articles in the book concern social relations (with particular attention paid to the figures of a woman, child, and father/husband), the transformation of religion and culture resulting from industrialisation and westernisation, the contrast between the countryside and the city, and the significance of history and politics. They present the manner in which Turkish cinema re-interprets classical genres and they attempt to define its particular style and original poetics. Filmmakers discussed in the volume include Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Zeki Demirkubuz, Derviş Zaim, Yeşim Ustaođlu, Semih Kaplanođlu, Reha Erdem, Umit Ünal, Kazim Öz.


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Escorial and Aranjuez
Escorial and Aranjuez are done by most tourists as day trips from Madrid, so AlteCocker is placing them in the Madrid section of photos even though she did them from Salamanca. She stayed overnight in Escorial. Further details can be found on the Salamanca blog. In addition to Escorial, AlteCocker did visit what is called the Valley of the Fallen, a site built by prisoners where Francisco Franco is buried. There is a huge cross that can be seen from the highway. There are still some Spaniards that venerate Franco, but the site is very controversial. It is something you see because it is close to Escorial. It is not a site most foreigners would make a special trip to see.


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The Field Program Assistant's role is to assist in executing the day-to-day operations of the program. This consists of assisting the Rutgers Future Scholars Coordinators with varied administrative tasks throughout the day.
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The Rutgers Future Scholars-Newark program is seeking dynamic and energetic college students to serve as College Readiness Seminar Ambassadors during our 2017 Saturday Institute
College Readiness Seminar Ambassadors will work in pairs to facilitate our Team Building and College Readiness Seminars for students in grades 8 through 12.
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Academic Enrichment Tutors are responsible for organizing and facilitating creative and engaging one-on-one and group tutoring sessions.
This role also entails fostering and building appropriate mentoring relationships with Future Scholars.
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The course is designed to foster an environment that encourages Rutgers Future Scholars in New Brunswick and Piscataway to find their full potential through mentoring. The course will also fulfill major/minor requirements in Africana Studies as well as general education requirements.
In addition to a weekly class recitation, mentors will meet weekly with their assigned scholars throughout the semester.
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Summer Ambassador Employment positions are available during the months of June and July. The responsibilities include working daily with scholars in grades 8 through 12, guiding them to their classes, assisting in the classrooms and providing insight of what to expect when they get to college. Applications open in April of each year. Please visit the website in the spring for Summer 2018.
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By Michael Kunzelman
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The federal trial of five current and former police officers charged in deadly shootings on a bridge only days after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans has reached the stage of jury deliberations, capping weeks of prosecution and defense wrangling over whether the use of force was justified.
Prosecutors contended in closing arguments that officers shot unarmed people without justification and without warning, killing two people and wounding four others Sept. 5, 2005, and then embarked on a cover-up involving fabricated witnesses, falsified reports and a planted gun.
Defense attorneys countered that the officers were returning fire on the city's Danziger Bridge and reasonably believed their lives were in danger as they rushed in to respond to another officer's distress call.
Jury deliberations were expected to begin Wednesday after U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt finished reading final instructions on the law and the charges in the case. That comes after nearly seven hours of closing arguments Tuesday and weeks of testimony by roughly 60 witnesses in the case, which had as its backdrop the chaos, panic and lawlessness that gripped the flooded city in the days after Katrina hit.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Theodore Carter said in final arguments that police had no justification for shooting unarmed, defenseless people.
"It was unreasonable for these officers to fire even one shot, let alone dozens," he told jurors.
All told, jurors heard roughly 60 witnesses in the Justice Department's case against former officer Robert Faulcon, Sgts. Robert Gisevius and Kenneth Bowen, Officer Anthony Villavaso and retired Sgt. Arthur Kaufman. Faulcon, Gisevius, Bowen and Villavaso are charged in the shootings and with taking part in the alleged cover-up. Kaufman, who investigated the shootings, is charged only in the alleged cover-up.
Defense attorneys say police were shot at on the bridge before they returned fire.
"None of these people intentionally decided to go out there and cause people harm," said Timothy Meche, Villavaso's lawyer. He said they did their best, operating under "terrible, horrible circumstances."
Eric Hessler, Gisevius' attorney, accused the government of ignoring evidence that somebody shot at the bridge from a grassy area nearby.
Carter, however, said the claim that police encountered armed residents is discredited by the officers' failure to recover any weapons.
"This wasn't a gunfight. This was carnage," the prosecutor said.
On the morning of the shootings, a group of officers piled into a rental truck and drove to the bridge in response to another officer's distress call.
On the east side of the bridge, officers allegedly opened fire on a group of people without issuing warnings or identifying themselves, according to prosecutors. The prosecutors say Bowen leaned over a concrete barrier and randomly sprayed gunfire at wounded, unarmed people seeking cover.
"There's no excuse for that. There was no threat," Carter said. "What is that? That's attempted murder."
Faulcon, the only defendant to testify, said he was "paralyzed with fear" when he shot and killed 40-year-old Ronald Madison as he chased him and his brother, Lance Madison. Faulcon didn't dispute that he shot an unnamed man in the back, but said he had believed Ronald Madison was armed and posed a threat.
Prosecutors contend Kaufman retrieved a gun from his home weeks after the shootings and turned it in as evidence, trying to pass it off as a gun belonging to Lance Madison. He also is accused of fabricating two non-existent witnesses to the shootings.
Kaufman's attorney, Stephen London, said another investigator, retired Sgt. Gerard Dugue, was responsible for the contents of the department's official report on the shootings. London told jurors they heard proof that Kaufman didn't write any false reports.
"He not only didn't sign anything, they don't have anybody who puts his finger anywhere near that," London added.
Dugue also is charged in the case but is scheduled to be tried separately later.
In 2006, seven officers were indicted in state court on murder or attempted murder charges. After a state judge dismissed those charges in 2008, the Justice Department's civil rights division opened an investigation.
Lance Madison, who was arrested on attempted murder charges but later cleared by the state grand jury, has said he believed teenagers were shooting at him and his brother on the bridge. He disavowed that recollection during the trial, but defense attorneys said his earlier statements were powerful evidence that police faced a deadly threat.
Officer Heather Gore, who isn't charged in the case, testified before a federal grand jury that she saw a man point an assault rifle at police when she jumped out of the rental truck. Justice Department prosecutor Bobbi Bernstein called her a liar.
"The only people with guns on the bridge that day were the officers," she said.
Published: Thu, Aug 4, 2011