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What are the elements of an effective share trading strategy and trading plan?
An effective share trading strategy and trading plan contain a set of rules designed to govern your actions in any given circumstance in the market.
The market can really go only up, down or sideways. Regardless, your rules will tell you what action to take.
A properly constituted trading plan is one that can be written down. You could give it to someone else, preferably to someone you trust, and have them trade on your behalf and do so without needing to seek any clarification.
In other words, your plan will be unambiguous. Furthermore, your rules will be preferably able to be programmed into a computer. The benefits of this are substantial but more on that later.
We consider a trading plan to have four key components. In no particular order, these are Style, Entry, Risk Management and Exits.
Share Trading Strategies – Style
Style is all about you, and we're all unique. Your rules need to take into account a number of things such as:
- Fund size – Different amounts of money may require different trading considerations.
- Risk Tolerance – The degree of risk you are prepared to accept in your trading.
- Objective – Why are you trading? Is it capital growth? Income? A combination, perhaps.
Share Trading Strategies – Entry Conditions
The second component of a trading plan is the Entry Conditions, a precisely defined set of conditions that a stock must meet to qualify for your money. This is your plan's due diligence, and near enough is not good enough. A stock must meet all your conditions before you act.
Share Trading Strategies – Risk Management
The third component is Risk Management. This is the essential ingredient of your trading plan. The importance of it simply cannot be overstated.
We know that in the course of our activities, we will get losing trades. There will be times when our profit curve is in decline. We call this Drawdown. With a proper trading plan, you decide how much drawdown you are prepared to accept. You are in control, not the market.
Share Trading Strategies – Exit Strategy
And so on to the fourth component of a trading plan, the Exit Strategy. We've talked in previous episodes about the need for an exit strategy. This is the main factor that differentiates the trader from the investor.
We consider the strategy in two parts. The first we call the initial or Fixed Stop Loss, so called because it literally acts like a safety net under the trade. By putting this mechanism in place, we can establish our maximum loss for our position. This stop loss is literally there to stop further loss.
The second part of the exit strategy is to lock in profit when the price moves favorably. We do this with what we call a Trailing Stop. We still give the stock room to breathe but it also tells us when to take our profit and move on to the next opportunity.
Once we have all these elements in place, we can then approach the market in a structured and consistent manner. Beyond all that, we can apply our rules backwards over time to get a feel for how they might have behaved over a wide range of different market conditions.
This process is called Back Testing. And while we recognize that the past is no guarantee of future performance, the benefits of being able to test our strategies before we enter the market are enormous.
Your Back Testing can provide information like profitability, maximum draw 4:02 and number of trades, win rates. You can see if your plan works before you start spending money.


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The Commission would refer to the answer it recently gave to Written Question E-1370/03 by Ms Patricia McKenna(1) on the same subject.
As was explained in that answer, the status of member of the Bilderberg Club is not defined by the statutes of the Club and occasional attendance at one or other meeting does not mean that a person can be deemed to be a member of the Club, nor does it warrant a reference in the declaration of interests provided for by the Code of Conduct for Commissioners.
Moreover, no Commissioner is a member of the Trilateral Commission, whose statutes exclude persons holding public office from membership.
With regard to the last paragraph, which raises the question of a possible conflict of interest, it should be pointed out that this is not the case as occasional attendance at meetings of outside bodies does not imply that the person concerned shares their objectives or takes part in their decision-making processes.

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Gather the Women Global Matrix – We are Enough!
Comments from the 'GTWNC Eight' who attended the October 21-24 event in Los Gatos.
"Four days of sacred space, of women sharing from their deepest places. Visions of a new paradigm of enough. Sound healing vibrating through me, body and soul. Women breaking through, breaking out, releasing and filling the empty space with love. Lives changed. Bonds made for a lifetime. Humbled, inspired, rejuvenated, recommitted, empowered, enough."
~Judith Hurley Prosser
"I have attended the last 10 Annual Gatherings and I am always moved and inspired by the connections of women sitting in circles, opening their hearts, going deep and sharing who they are authentically. After such deep communications, coming back to superficial conversations where there is little eye contact is difficult."
~Angie Lux
"My first Annual Gathering! Delighted in meeting women from all over the world, and making new friends. So many new experiences, and so many open hearts. So many women walking the path to embracing change and improvement worldwide for women! The drumming circle was inspirational, and my morning walks on the labyrinth set the spirit of the day. I feel truly blessed to have had this experience."
~Laura Strathman Hulka
"The annual Gather the Women Global Matrix brought together women of all races, nationalities, ages and culture for a celebration that filled our hearts and souls. At this weekend 64 women shared their stories of life, pain, laughter, joy, learning and growth. There were women from California and across the US as well as Thailand, Canada and Argentina. The programs offered us opportunities to look at our lives in new and different ways to empower the feminine in our daily lives as well as the world. Our local Steering Wheel members attended the conference and shared our gifts with the community. We each found a deepening friendship with the other members in our collective experience. I encourage all women to join with us next year as we participate in global circles to enrich our lives. It will change your life."
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"I was inspired by the work women are doing. The difference they are able to make in prisons using circles is life changing. The power of standing together and the support women are sharing in Argentina is another inspiring example of what we can do together."
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"I am so very happy I chose and was chosen to attend the Global Matrix Annual Gathering! This event was about Love, Appreciation and Acceptance. All the things I was seeking.. It was truly all about Enough. We and I truly have Enough." ~Lily Valeria Pantheion
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Christmas was always a special time of year for me, filled with extra meaning since I was born on Christmas Day and my little girl came into my life for Christmas, 1993.
Since Brandy Noel, I smiled more, laughed more, and I rejoiced in things I never knew existed. This dog made my lesser parts feel that whole. I knew in my heart that if my dog had this much unconditional love to share with me, she would certainly be willing to give some to others.
It was then I discovered precious forgotten souls: elderly citizens living in nursing homes and high-rise communities who sadly, especially at the holidays, do not often receive much company. Although I never had her certified as a pet therapy dog, she was always well-behaved, gentle and kind enough to interact with people.
Time stops for no one, the saying goes. One of the folks this 25-pound cocker befriended was a 78-year-old lady living in a high rise near my then apartment. The path that this lady walked daily was with Alzheimer's disease. Her declining health and failing memory had little effect on the love in her heart.
I introduced these two unlikely life forces slowly: One a rambunctious attention-seeking wiggle-butt and the other, a frail but devoted wife and mother of two encumbered by a disease that defined her body but not her spirit. Lil and Brandy became fast friends. Over time, she trusted me enough to know that if she saw Brandy with me, I must be "okay" to associate with as well.
Lillian loved listening to Christmas carols, petting her fur-legged friend, and eventually trusting us enough to help decorate her tree. I'm not sure who had more fun: Brandy stealing tinsel from the box, Lillian helping to hang the family ornaments or me, laughing so hard the hours slipped quickly away.
And slip they did. Lillian eventually was unable to care for herself. Despite in-home care and nearly round-the-clock treatment, it was unsafe to be in the home environment. She moved in with her daughter where we continued our visits. Within 60 days, Lillian's health spiraled downward, but Brandy Noel continued her visits. Prior to slipping into a coma, Brandy lay gently by her side where Lillian continued to pat the back of her unlikely friend. In her final days on Earth, a Cocker Spaniel sensed her departing yet never left her side. Brandy was by her when she slipped away.
Brandy and I visited the cemetery and continued to do so for years, with Brandy's wagging tail as she approached the grave site of Lillian and her husband. I often wondered if she was saying hello or merely catching the scent of a rabbit passing through. Either way, I took comfort in that wag with each visit.
I watched the hands of time etch themselves across my little girl as well; her once reddened muzzle turn to snow and the slowing of her gait. Her illness came sudden, which might just be a blessing. I won't go into great detail about the final moments except that I was there and it was peaceful. She went from little snores of cocker life, to the ceasing of breathing and the passing of her sick weak body, as her spirit moved on.
She is definitely in heaven, the heaven that is a mere breath away, and she has come to me in my dreams, in the stars, and has given me very unique signs that she is amongst us. But the day to day living and not having her here, the routines we shared, the love and bond of physical closeness, especially as the holidays approach, I miss those the most.
So as the skies darken earlier and my mind wanders to Lillian and Brandy, I picture them together: A pair united so briefly, whose candle now burns eternal. I take comfort in the stars as the skies darken earlier, a bright reminder that they are shining even if oh-so -far away.
I was one of those people, by the way, who said "never again. I cannot get this close to an animal like this." He sits at my feet daily and his name is Dexter, by the way. My never again. Thankfully I think with my heart and then ask my brain to double check my work. I could never not love this way again.


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Anthony Weiner went from a respected congressman—a liberal firebrand representing his New York City district—to a laughingstock more or less overnight, and for a reason that had an unfortunate resonance with his last name. There's no need to go into further detail about that in this space. To many people's surprise, Weiner didn't give up his political ambitions after his very public humiliation, but instead decided to run for mayor of New York, perhaps thinking that a city with a taste for the risqué would have a soft spot for a guy like him. The film Weiner is an on-the-ground, cinéma vérité documentary of Weiner's disastrous mayoral campaign. It takes an unflinching approach to the ongoing nightmare of a politician who has refused to recognize that he has stepped in it in such a way that cannot be ignored. Sure, New York may be tolerant, but it also supports, not one, but two tabloid newspapers locked in an epic struggle to outdo each other with ever more lurid headlines. Weiner didn't have a prayer.
The Nice Guys
The year is 1977, the place is L.A. That already gives you a lot of what you need to know about The Nice Guys, with its disco-laden soundtrack and the leather-jacketed, bell-bottomed characters on the screen. The two main characters are the paunchy Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) and Holland March (Ryan Gosling), two pretty incompetent private eyes who are investigating the suspicious death of an over-the-hill porn star. Healy and March don't really get along—there are shades of Beverly Hills Cop here as the duo stumble their way through the seedy underworld of the porn industry in the age of big money and mob control. But the violence and action are frequently played for laughs, and the ridiculous clothes, hairstyles—even the ludicrous cars—of the '70s are, as always, ripe targets for mockery.
Angry Birds
Just in time for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, an animated treat for the whole family. The characters will be familiar to anyone who has played the popular game (is it still popular?), but Angry Birds obviously fleshes the whole thing out. There's a lot of Looney Tunes-style cartoon violence, which is always fun, and perhaps a bit of salty language to keep the older kids tittering.
Maggie's Plan
Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Maya Rudolph—if all of them don't scream "art house flick" to you, then try this: Wallace Shawn. Ah, yes—that most New Yorker of New Yorkers lends his crumpled gravitas to Maggie's Plan, a film that takes the clichéd juvenile situations of a teen exploitation film and imagines them taking place among the grizzled and wrinkled denizens of middle age. Maggie steals John away from his apparently horrible wife Georgette, and then, after realizing John's a self-centered meanie, decides to give him back to Georgette. While the settings and cast and cinematography all combine to remind one of a Woody Allen movie, it's hard to imagine the Woodster trying to pull off a plotline this silly.


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Lessons from the Flying Dutchman's near-death experience
Remember the Flying Dutchman's life-threatening heart attack last year? After one year and several lifestyle changes, theAsianparent checks in with radio's favourite deejay to find out how he's been doing so far.
When Class 95FM deejay Mark van Cuylenburg suffered a heart attack on 13 May last year and had to undergo a surgery to insert a coronary stent in his arteries, he knew it was time to take action. A busy father of four children as well as a favourite on the daily Morning Express radio programme, van Cuylenburg, or more affectionately known as the Flying Dutchman, was changed by his near-death experience.
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Embracing life everyday
Besides his job at the popular radio station, the Flying Dutchman also manages his own businesses -- a wedding planner company, The Wedding Entourage, as well as entertainment company The Flying Dutchman. The episode has taught him the importance of letting go of his busy schedule at times to "smell the roses" and rejuvenate occasionally.
After a year of recuperation and recharge, the Flying Dutchman is back in the pink of health with some lifestyle changes made. These include a healthier diet and more exercise, in addition to taking a step back to relieve stress more often.
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Planning for the future
In an online interview earlier this month, the Flying Dutchman shared with theAsianparent how he now realises the importance of having plans to secure one's future and ensure that one's family is well-covered in the event of any unfortunate happenings. We give you the latest below.
theAsianparent (TAP): When did your reach your point of realisation that something was actually wrong?
Flying Dutchman (FD): The heart attack symptoms actually began on Friday afternoon but being the stubborn person that I am, I thought they would leave with enough rest. It was probably late Saturday night that I really began to worry and by early Sunday morning I could not take the pain anymore and went to the hospital.
TAP: What was the first thing that came to mind during the life-threatening moment and how did it feel knowing that if anything did happen, you'd be leaving your family behind?
FD: I remember saying to myself – I'm not ready, I have too many things left to do. My children aren't settled yet. How will my wife manage? It is a very frightening feeling. You begin to wonder if you have done enough or not. I had insurance so it was more of an emotional thing rather than a financial worry.
TAP: How has your life changed since?
FD: There have been quite a few changes. My diet for one, I eat more carefully now although I do have cheat days but they are few and far between. I also exercise much more and the need to keep myself active and exercise has become quite addictive.
I make sure I don't get stressed. If I feel stressed, I back off and take a break – nothing is worth going through all that again. I have also learnt the most important lesson – to stop, and smell the roses.
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TAP: Which are some key benefits of a good policy apart from being able to afford medical care?
FD: A good policy will mean different things to different people. It all depends on what you want out of it. Are you looking for medical benefits? Do you want to make sure your family is taken care of? You need to know yourself and what you need and want. Then work with a good financial advisor, and work out a plan that would be befitting.
TAP: What's your advice to those not sold on the concept of insurance and how does one start the process?
FD: I never saw the importance of life insurance initially. When you are young, you tend to have other priorities in life. It was only when someone asked me if I was prepared for my future one day, which spurred me to think about my future and my family's.
I sat down with my insurance advisor and I realised how unprepared I was for life's unexpected situations. Taking one step at a time, he helped me to develop a plan to provide me and my family a peace of mind. You also pay a lower premium if you take up an insurance policy at a younger age.
Ultimately, there is no definition to a good policy as it all boils down to your financial needs and goals. There are different types of life insurance plans in the market and the best way to find out is to speak to an insurance adviser.
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St. Peter's Bay is a picturesque community located along the Northshore of Prince Edward Island, at the mouth of the St. Peter's River where it flows into the Bay. This is why the community is known as "The Bay" to the local people.
You will find that St. Peter's is a friendly community, rich in heritage and community spirit. St. Peter's has a variety of services to make your visit or your stay enjoyable. The communities that surround St. Peter's Bay add to the areas beauty and are filled with a variety of businesses that are sure to interest everyone.
We are small community with a lot to offer. St. Peter's Bay is centrally located between Souris, Montague, Georgetown and Charlottetown. In St. Peter's Bay there is abundance of attractions, accommodations, restaurants, activities and businesses. There is something for everyone. You can shop, swim, walk, hike, bike, take in a play-anything!
Not only do you have access to a variety of activities while visiting or staying in St. Peter's, but the areas that are surrounding St. Peter's Bay have so much to offer as well:
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The communities that are located within the St. Peter's Fire District include:
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It's been a whole month since I last wrote a blog post and so many exciting things have happened in that space of time – I'm so busy at the moment that I feel like my blog and general life admin are seriously suffering but it's all due to fun, happy things so I can't complain.
The most exciting thing of all being my recent long weekend in Milan, Italy.
I remember years ago my dad coming back from a work trip to Milan and telling me it's the most 'me' place he's ever visited and ever since then I've been obsessed with the idea of going.
Mine and Nathan's 7 year anniversary seemed like the perfect excuse to book a long weekend away; both to celebrate 7 years and to reward ourselves for working so hard since returning from travelling in May.
As ever with Nathan and I, booking the trip was the quick part; the weeks afterwards that we spent researching and planning every last detail were the challenging bit.
After reading one million blog posts and numerous trip advisor reviews, we were overwhelmed by the amount of amazing places to eat in Italy but Carlo e Camilla stood out as our clear favourite and the main place that I just knew we had to visit.
As we wanted to visit on a Saturday night we booked it literally a month in advance but I have no idea if we actually needed to!
I am the most useless person on earth with maps and directions so Nathan was left to find the building as usual and we very nearly walked straight past it, as from the outside the place looks like absolutely nothing…
Yes. That is genuinely the front door.
We hesitantly stepped through it, wondering if we had got the address wrong… A thought that was instantly put to rest as we were greeted by the cosy courtyard of dreams. Milan is COLD in December so we didn't sit out to enjoy it but I can imagine that it would be a divine little spot to have a glass of wine in the summertime.
If the courtyard wasn't beautiful enough, when we entered what looked like a big abandoned warehouse from the outside, we were greeted with the most beautiful industrialist decor.
JUST LOOK AT THAT. So Instagramable.
The seating is laid out as just a few large banquet tables which gives the restaurant such a uniquely grand ambience that is completely different to any other restaurant I've been to.
The staff were also super warm, welcoming and and efficient and made us feel so special.
And you're even allowed to bring dogs (which seems to be the norm in Milan!)
The menu was absolutely exquisite, with the pigeon breast in a chocolate sauce sounding particularly appetising.
Just as we thought it would be impossible to make a choice, our lovely waiter told us that there was a 6 course tasting menu also and we felt it'd be rude not to try as much food as we could, as 'you're only in Milan once' (which turns out not to be true as I will DEFINITELY be back).
The first course was a mushroom soup with a partially cooked egg inside which cooked further as the waiter poured the broth over and was so fascinating to watch…
Followed by snapperjack tartare…
A beautiful classic risotto milanese with truffle…
The best meat I have ever tasted in my whole life in the form of a tender fillet of rare deer…
A refreshing yoghurt ice-cream and biscuit crumb dessert…
Rounded up with a traditional Italian dessert that was interesting to say the least…
The whole meal was a food lovers dream and each component complimented the last so perfectly. We both had the biggest grins on our faces the whole time and it really felt like one of the most special date nights we have ever ever ever had.
Although Nathan only really had eyes for the food…
If you decide to visit Milan then you absolutely must visit Carlo e Camilla; for the food, the setting and the staff. It's simply perfect.


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Quoted: Elizabeth Edwards on her close-call with stepmotherhood
"I was actually sort of looking forward to my role as stepmom."
-- Elizabeth Edwards on how things might have been if she and John Edwards had salvaged their marriage, in a "Nate Berkus Show" interview airing Friday. Of his daughter, Quinn, from his affair with Rielle Hunter, the wronged wife says: "It's hard for me to think of a child as anything but a wonderful gift."
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It would have been better Elizabeth if you had come around a little sooner; because the result has been those of us in the lower and middle class have lost our champion, John Edwards.
Well, better, late than never.
Posted by: Cherubim | September 15, 2010 6:15 PM | Report abuse
File under the "taking the high road" category.
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John Edwards is a phony.
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Mrs. Edwards - what Emily Post North Carolinian definition of your husband's fifth child are you in denial about? You ARE in essence the step mother of your husband's out of wedlock child - a very real child that is all of your children's half sister forevermore.
You refused to "own" the word CHILD of your HUSBAND in previous interviews. It is long past time for you to do so. Seeing how you choose to remain married to the father of all of his and your children, and all.
All in all - sounds like you are still pretty much North Carolinian perfect world (it was supposed to be because SHE is so perfect and deserving) not honoring or owning any of it. Shame on you. Four children who are blood related deserve you acting like a full grown adult and OWNING IT ALL. Your step child. Their sister. His child. Thems the fact. Today.
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The Sights and Sounds of Reston Holidays
Festivities at Reston Town Center continue throughout the season.
Reston Library Transforms Into Sesame Street
Hundreds attend Sesame Street 50th anniversary celebration at Library.
2019 Reston Holiday Parade: Big Nationally & Locally
One of USA Today's "10Best" since 2016.
Having Fun at Reston Halloween House
Characters delight the younger tykes.
2019 Reston Multicultural Festival
Naturalization Ceremony: Diversity is what makes us strong.
Youth-powered Community
In Fairfax County's 71st 4-H Fair and Carnival, community's young people shine.
Reston CenterStage New Season Unfolds
Distinctive jazz stylizations of The Bad Plus.
Reston Celebrates 18th Multicultural Festival
The Naturalization Ceremony makes the Multicultural Festival especially meaningful.
Fundraiser in Reston for Moms Demand Action
Event Saturday, April 14 at Café Montmartre.
Reston-Herndon Entertainment Calendar through February 10
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Inspired, Merry Holiday Fun in Reston
Reduced Shakespeare Company's 'The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged)' at Reston's CenterStage.
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Jason Hartman is joined by productivity expert and best-selling author, Noah St. John, to talk about the difference between affirmations and afformations, and why affirmations often don't produce the results we desire. Noah describes filling the brain with affirmations, such as "I am rich," as trying to crowbar beliefs into our cranium by repeating statements of what we want over and over. Afformations, on the other hand, is asking empowering questions that make the brain search for answers. For example, asking yourself, "Why am I not rich?" changes your subconscious thinking pattern by putting it to work answering that question. Noah stresses the importance of empowering beliefs, noting that it is easier to believe "I can't," "I don't have," and many other negative assumptions for our lack of success. Noah advises focusing on what you have rather than what you don't have and asking questions based on abundance and results.
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Pasang Tamang's face lights up as she chats with visitors on the veranda outside her new house. "I feel more secure here than in the temporary shelter," says Pasang. The temporary shelter was made of corrugated iron, which was home to her and her family after the earthquake destroyed their old house and killed their daughter.
Living with disability even before the disaster, which battered Nepal on 25 April, 2015, leaving nearly 9,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands of families homeless, Pasang, 48, has become even less mobile and is dependent on her husband and other relatives.
Hers is one of nearly 7,000 households throughout the worst-affected districts of Nepal, who have received cash grants from the Red Cross of 300,000 Nepali Rupees (around 3,000 US dollars) and technical support to build new, more earthquake-resistant homes.
Finished homes
In this village of Kaule, a day's journey northwest of Kathmandu, around 900 families have received such support and at least 3,200 have finished their homes.
The rest are at various stages, some still working on the walls, while others just putting the final touches to the roof.
"We have made rapid progress with reconstruction and recovery over the past year or 18 months, even though there is still some way to go," says Umesh Dhakal, Head of the Earthquake Response Operation at Nepal Red Cross Society.
Among the factors slowing things down have been shortages of construction workers and engineers, logistics made difficult by the country's poor infrastructure and delays in formulating government guidelines amid a period of political restructuring.
Water shortage
But the needs of earthquake-affected communities go far beyond shelter. In the hills of Ramechhap district to the east of Kathmandu, residents of many of the scattered hamlets, which also suffered wide scale destruction, have had to contend with a pressing shortage of water.
Until August last year, those living in the village of Dara Tol had to spend several hours a day trudging to a water source, where they had to queue to fill their jars before returning home.
All that changed after the completion of a Red Cross-supported new system, which pumps water up to storage tanks, allowing villagers to fill up with water from a tap stand less than 100 meters from most of their houses.
Time freed
The time this has freed up has allowed local people – especially women, who bore the brunt of the water-carrying – to devote more energy to growing vegetables and animal husbandry.
"We can save about 1,000 rupees (about 10 US dollars) a month by growing vegetables so we don't need to buy them," says Ram Das Waiba Tamang. Others put the figure at a more modest five dollars. But in a country where per capita gross domestic product is less than 800 US dollars, this is still significant.
As well as boosting income and bringing health benefits, the availability of water on people's doorstep has also helped people to speed up work on rebuilding their homes, says Nepal Red Cross Society's Umesh Dhakal. "It shows the benefits of an integrated approach to recovery programming."
Direct support
If such water schemes have had an indirect impact in strengthening families' livelihoods, many communities have benefited from direct support to boost their economic resilience in the form of cash grants.
Goma Sarki's house was damaged, forcing her family to share a temporary shelter with her husband Sanbabu's 's two brothers and their wives. Since he has had a disabled arm since childhood, he cannot do heavy work on the farm and works as a driver in Kathmandu.
The family used a Red Cross cash grant to buy a buffalo, in place of the cow they had before. "She produces more milk than the cow," says Goma, yielding an income she estimates at about 20 or 25 US dollars a week.
Additional livestock
In the area where she lives, in Kavre, east of Kathmandu, most households have used the grants for additional livestock, also upgrading the sheds and receiving training in better husbandry techniques. A minority have also used the money to start or strengthen such businesses as sewing, metal working or carpentry.
In 41 of the worst-affected communities, the Red Cross has also rehabilitated or rebuilt the health posts, providing basic medical care and a place where local women can give birth, assisted by qualified midwives.
In the mountains of Dhunche, close to Nepal's northern border, the Red Cross has supported the construction and equipment of a new district hospital including staff quarters, replacing one destroyed in the earthquake.
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Six-month-old baby Krishtila lies in the inpatient ward, swaddled in blankets. She's fussed over by her grandmother, Biba, who's had an anxious time after the baby caught pneumonia, which she blames on the cold in the family's temporary shelter. Krishtila's mother died weeks after giving birth. Thankfully, Krishtila's looking more perky now after several days on antibiotics.
But Red Cross managers are keen to stress that the recovery is centered not just on hardware but on grass roots work with communities, whether it is promoting hygiene and disease awareness or making people more prepared to face up to potential future disasters.
Such preparedness lies at the core of intensive work to strengthen Nepal Red Cross Society's ability to provide support at local level, which has so far been carried out in 16 districts after the earthquake.
"After three years, we're now entering a period of transition, where the focus will be on sustainable work at at local level to address needs and risks for the future," says Juja Kim, Head of the IFRC's Nepal Country Office.


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My sons and I are starting to attend some martial arts classes as something we can do together. There is no overt or implied mysticism or eastern religion in the classes, just a focus on self defense, self control, physical fitness, discipline, and respect. Biblically, is there wisdom in doing this? Or would it be wiser not to do this "sport"? Any insight would be very much appreciated.
I have no experience in those disciplines myself, so I asked one of the elders at our church. This is what he says:
As you note, any response here will be "wisdom based" since such an activity is "adiaphora"—an indifferent matter in which individuals are free to act one way or another. I answer, then, merely to give friendly advice as a fellow Christian as you make your decision on participating in the martial arts with your sons. Only you know the methods of your particular martial arts class and the characteristics of your particular family, but there are general considerations you may keep in mind.
Advantages of martial arts include the things you mention: self defense (lawful under the 6th commandment), self control (Gal. 5:23), physical fitness (1 Tim. 4:8), discipline (Titus 1:8), and respect (due under the 5th commandment). Depending on how your classes are taught, you may learn history of another culture. In addition, your participation may deepen your relationship with your sons as you all undergo the rigors of the martial arts together. It may build in your sons a beneficial confidence as they proceed through the ranks. On the lighter side, your sons may be impressed by your board-breaking while you are humbled by their superior flexibility!
Certainly martial arts techniques may be misused in violation of the 6th commandment. Any good martial arts instructor will warn against their misuse and you may wish to reinforce that. If your instructor does promote ideas hostile to the scriptures, you should take that opportunity to talk to your sons and discuss scriptural correctives while discussing how to continue giving the instructor due respect. If martial arts become overly consuming it may become too central to your sons' identities; it should be directly or indirectly kept in its place as you give them religious and other instruction. Finally, you will need to assess the risk of injury just as you would any other athletic endeavor.
On a personal note, my daughter and I took Tae Kwon Do together. There were times when I had to push her, but at the brown-belt level she became self-motivated and that motivation carried her to her black belt. I believe that achievement has had a positive effect on other parts of her life, and her only enduring complaint is the smell of so many bare feet in one room!
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HOBOKEN - Schools Superintendent Patrick Gagliardi is on his way out and taxpayers in the Mile Square City will be footing the hefty buyout, even though the Board of Education opted to renew the administrator's contract a little more than a year ago.
Gagliardi's resignation will take effect at the end of the 2007 school year - two years before his contract expires. The superintendent had another two years left when the board renewed it last year.
Newly appointed School Board Secretary David Anthony said Gagliardi's current salary is between $165,000 and $175,000 a year with a 5-percent-per-year increase. That means the buyout will cost taxpayers more than $350,000.
Gagliardi, 64, refused to comment on his reason for leaving, except to say that he will be discussing his "retirement" at a later date.
The resignation is just one of several recent changes at the Board of Education, and appears to be connected to a larger agenda to install Anthony as board secretary.
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Anthony denied cutting any deals, saying he simply lobbied individual members.
Anthony is asking for a salary of $48,000 for a 20-to 30-hour week job of school board secretary. He also works as a manager for the Department of Motor Vehicles in North Bergen.
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|Southern Comfort (Directed by Walter Hill)
In 1975, Hill directed his first feature film Hard Times starring Charles Bronson and James Coburn. He achieved great success in 1979 with the stylized gang movie The Warriors, which he wrote and directed and was released the same year he wrote and produced the hit science fiction thriller Alien (1979). The 1980s brought more success with films like The Long Riders (1980), Southern Comfort (1981), 48 Hrs. (1982), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Brewster's Millions (1985), and Red Heat (1988). Hill also wrote and directed episodes of the television series Tales from the Crypt (1989-1991) and the westerns Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), Wild Bill (1995), and Last Man Standing (1996).
The following discussion is an edited extract from an interview with Jon Zelazny.
JON: A couple years ago, you did an audio commentary and on-camera intro for a new DVD edition of 'The Warriors'. It was the first time I'd ever seen you; is it my imagination, or have you kept a low profile over the years?
WALTER HILL: I'd never done a commentary before on one of my films. I don't like the idea of explaining a movie; I think it inevitably comes off as ego-driven, or pitiful: 'Hey, look at this! I did this; isn't it terrific?' I think a good book or a good film speaks for itself. Also, people always want to ask you what a film 'means,' which is another reason why I don't even like doing interviews like this – nothing against you.
|The Warriors (Directed by Walter Hill)
Somebody once asked me why I never did horror films, just action, and what was the difference? I said horror movies terrorize women, and action movies terrorize guys. For some reason, several people found that definition objectionable. (chuckling) I thought it was brutally accurate... I didn't answer that too well, did I?
I'm a big Anthony Mann fan, and there are a lot of parallels between your bodies of work. Mann said his movies were about 'the use of violence by thoughtful men.'
The kinds of stories I like to tell are part of a tradition – and I'm not comparing myself to, or placing myself as the equal of some of the great storytellers I'm going to mention; I'm artistically modest, as everyone ought to be – but it's the tradition practiced by Robert Aldrich, Anthony Mann, Don Siegel, Howard Hawks, Sam Fuller.
I think there's less room in the marketplace now for the kinds of stories I enjoy telling, and which I tend to think of as my strength; action movies today are more fantasy, exaggerated, comic book… That sounds pejorative… but tastes change. Audiences change. I think the older tradition was more intellectually rigorous, and the newer tradition is more pure sensation… and that's not necessarily bad…
|The Warriors (Directed by Walter Hill)
Both. I was particularly interested in the Western genre, in pulp novels of the thirties and forties, and film noir. That's probably why I liked EC Comics as well; because they were so dark. I lived a lot at a fantasy level, I think. I was asthmatic. Stayed at home a lot. Didn't go to school for weeks at a time. My mother and my grandmother taught me how to read.
Do you remember what movies first made you conscious of the director… or simply that there was someone making decisions about how the story was being told?
I began reading about films when I was in high school; my awareness of directors probably came later. The first filmmaker other than Orson Welles I was really terribly aware of – and who made me aware of what directors do – was Ingmar Bergman. And I saw his very early ones, before he became kind of fashionable. The other filmmaker who impressed me at a very early age was Kurosawa. I got quite interested in these foreign films, and I read a lot of criticism about them, which in turn opened my eyes to American film, and kind of led me to rediscover American genre film. I mean, I'd seen Howard Hawks films and Don Siegel films growing up, but without that awareness of their sensibilities.
But Welles was the first?
I'd seen Kane and Ambersons on TV when I was a kid. My dad and mom told me a lot about him. He was, of course, quite famous in a notorious sense. Even down in Long Beach, where I'm from.
|The Warriors (Directed by Walter Hill)
The presence of movie stars is something you feel more in the reaction of the people that surround the movie. It doesn't have much to do with the filmmaking process.
Though stars certainly influence a picture with their well-known personas. I assume the young cast of 'The Warriors' was much more dependent on you to help shape their performances?
That's true. One had to intuit what their personas were, and try to work out how they would play. It is an advantage to go in with a sense of what an actor will bring to it… though a mistake actors make consistently is they think they can play anything, and a mistake directors make is they think actors can only do what they've done before.
My favorite advice to directors about casting that I read was by the great Broadway director George Abbot, who said 'Directors like to think there's only one actor who can play a certain part, but there's always somebody else.' I think that's true.
|The Long Riders (Directed by Walter Hill)
They were all talented filmmakers; interesting individuals, but as far as learning anything… I think what you learn is everyone makes their own way.
As far as creativity goes, I think you get your head to a place where things are discovered, not invented. It's that Platonic idea that you don't really write a poem; it's already there, and you find it. I think that's true for the audience as well: they discover what they already know or intuit. And that's the most ideal relationship between the audience and the storyteller.
Now Huston and Peckinpah had very similar outlaw personalities. At the same time, they were wildly disparate fellows; Sam worked in a much narrower – some would say deeper – channel, while Huston had a wider field of interest. I think it was also important that he was a much more omnivorous reader… which isn't to say he was smarter or more talented, but he possessed a worldview, and sophistication, that went way beyond the very restricted world Sam chose to live in.
I think you see that in Peckinpah's films. In his later career, he seemed to be sinking into pure nihilism, while Huston always loved these offbeat character studies – right up to 'Prizzi's Honor' (1985) and 'The Dead' (1987).
I think one of the biggest differences was that Peckinpah was purely a guy of film. He worked in it his whole life, from the time he got out of the Army, and his heroes were filmmakers, like Kurosawa and Bergman. Huston was from the generation before that; most of his generation never really regarded filmmaking as a serious artistic pursuit.
|The Long Riders (Directed by Walter Hill)
Huston was a soldier of fortune, as anybody in film has to be to some degree. He also liked to travel, and to drink. He liked high society, beautiful women, horse races, and buying great art… and to live that kind of life, you have to make a lot of money. John could turn a buck… Sam mostly lived in a trailer in Paradise Cove.
And only made about a third as many pictures as Huston did.
But what's so memorable about Sam is what a powerful, personal, artistic stamp he put on his work. His name alone conjures up a vision… I think what we respond to most with Sam is his purity of commitment. And that's always easier to idolize. And I'm not a critic, but I think it's true his work fell into severe decline, while Huston was – in and out – but basically good until the end...
What's tricky when you look at those guys – any of those American masters of genre film – is understanding how they transcended all the hackwork going on around them. With Kurosawa or Bergman, the artistic quality of their pictures is obvious; with directors like Ford, Hawks, or Mann, you have to look harder. What usually distinguishes their work is their sensibility.
|The Long Riders (Directed by Walter Hill)
I came into the business at an interesting time… when it was still like running away to join the circus. But within five years, the whole sensibility changed. Young people coming in, the so-called next generation, were all very influenced by European and Japanese cinema. The people who were older than me – like John Huston – their attitude was, if you have artistic ambitions, you should be off writing novels or plays. The cultural primacy of film as an attitude came from my generation, and the one after…
We should probably get back to 'The Warriors' at some point. From your comments on the DVD, it sounds like you essentially discarded Sol Yurick's novel, and went back to the original Greek history tale for inspiration.
The movie was thrown together very quickly, and for very little money. The producer, Larry Gordon, and I were going to do a Western, and the financing collapsed at the last minute. He was trying to do a deal at Paramount, and said maybe he could get The Warriors going. I read it, and loved it, but I said, 'They'll never let us make this. It's too good an idea.' Then – I'll be a sonuvabitch – he got it going…
Then I had to figure out how to do it. The novel attempts a kind of social realism that I didn't think worked very well. But there's a scene in it where one of the gang members is reading a comic book about the march of Xenophon and the 10,000, and he says, 'Hey, this is just like us!' And I thought, that's the way to do the movie –
|Southern Comfort (Directed by Walter Hill)
I read a lot of the EC Comics back in the fifties. I never particularly liked superheroes. People think of comics as exclusively about superheroes, but back then you had horror comics, and humor, and romance, and westerns; there was a whole experience one could have outside of superheroes. I particularly liked the EC comics because they were darker.
I saw The Warriors as graphically driven, as situational; it was broad, easy to understand, but kind of self-mocking at the same time… those were the aspects that suggested a comic book flavor to me. The idea really came up because when Paramount made the movie – and Paramount was a very different place back then – they hated it. They couldn't understand what the fuck it was, or what it was about. They wouldn't show it to critics. So I was trying to explain it to them: 'In some sense, it's science fiction, or… imagine a comic book based on a story from Greek history…' But it was like talking to the fucking wall.
To be fair, it's pretty unique. The only movie I can think of that looks like it might have been an influence is 'West Side Story' (1961)… uh, was it?
I honestly had not seen the movie, but I certainly knew what it was, so to say you weren't influenced by something so pervasive in the culture is probably naïve. I think we're all influenced by everything.
When you and your designers began to conceptualize all the exaggerated costumes and make-up the various gangs would be wearing… were you ever afraid audiences were just going to laugh?
Yeah, I was.
|Southern Comfort (Directed by Walter Hill)
I don't think I could have done it as my first movie, but at that point I thought, 'Well, they're either going to buy it, or not.' If I deserve credit for anything, it was for knowing I couldn't go halfway. Halfway was death. And I just didn't think it could be done realistically; the premise of the story was ridiculous. I think that was something Sol Yurick never understood about his own novel: he was trying to be socially accurate within this preposterous plot. Most people probably would have tried to make the movie more real; I said no, let's make it more unreal.
I consider it a pretty good movie for the first… well, the first hour or so. We never really figured out what the hell to do at the end.
One of your tasks is deciding the characters' fates. Who has transgressed, who should be punished, and to what degree. Movie scholars like to point out that Sam Peckinpah's father was a conservative, Western-style judge; can you describe the influences in your upbringing you'd most credit with shaping your moral perspective?
My parents, and many of my extended family, were people who had a high sense of ethical responsibility, and some members of my family were definitely churchgoers. I went to church every Sunday until I was about fifteen or sixteen, before I could 'escape,' which is how I thought of it back then. I now perceive it – and the lessons I was taught – to be gold. One of the things I've found to be the most interesting about making Westerns is that it's like walking around in the Old Testament; the stories are all about primary ethical concerns. Of course, most storytellers shrink from that whole idea of being a moralist, from taking that responsibility –
|Southern Comfort (Directed by Walter Hill)
There are no set rules; it's just a matter of your taste. But you're right; storytelling in some specific way requires you to be judgmental about the characters. I think you can be forcefully judgmental and still be a great artist, or you can be more open-ended, which I think the greater artists tend to be.
Have the shifting moral standards driven you crazy over the years?
If you're someone who thinks society is always supposed to be moving forward, that the story of history is the story of progress, and that we are all moving towards some idea of utopia, then I don't fit it. I don't have that worldview. While there are certainly discoveries made in science that materially alter the way we live, I think most of the ethical guidelines that determine personal human behavior have remained remarkably constant, for thousands of years. As we said, audiences change, especially when you're dealing with popular entertainment… but ultimately they'll always come around again for a good story.
What inspired 'Southern Comfort'?
David Giler and I had a deal with Fox; we were supposed to acquire and develop interesting, commercial scripts that could be produced cheaply. Alien (1979) was one of them, and Southern Comfort was another. We wanted to do a survival story, and I'd already done a film in Louisiana.
|Southern Comfort (Directed by Walter Hill)
No, that was just our story. And we were very aware that people were going to see it as a metaphor for Vietnam. The day we had the cast read, before we went into the swamps, I told everybody, 'People are going to say this is about Vietnam. They can say whatever they want, but I don't want to hear another word about it.'
If you know about Vietnam, you can make those connections, but the story certainly stands on it's own.
And Vietnam is hardly the oppressive presence today that it was in 1980. The story becomes much more universal.
I think the biggest parallel is visual: that swamp looks like Vietnam. You'd have to do some research to be able to discuss the parallels with Iraq. As a former Army officer, I think your depiction of military characters, dialogue, and attitude is dead-on; in 'Southern Comfort', and 'Geronimo' (1993) as well. Both depict soldiers during peacetime. Warriors without true wars, stuck doing shit work… you have a very intuitive understanding of that mentality.
I'm pleased to hear you say that, but I think it's just my intuition about human nature. And what I've read. People I've known. I have an uncle who was a career military guy. Wonderful man. Now in his eighties.
|Geronimo: An American Legend (Directed by Walter Hill)
I was never happy about the title Geronimo. It's not about Geronimo. It should have been called The Geronimo War.
Or 'The Three White Guys Who Caught Geronimo'.
Right. It's as much about the Army as it is Geronimo. That came out of my reading of historical accounts, and realizing that so much of what we think we know about the Indian campaigns is wrong. The Army is generally depicted as the enemy of the Apache, but in many cases, the people who were most sympathetic to their plight were those soldiers.
Because they were there. They saw what the deal was.
And tragically, it was these same soldiers who then had to go out and be the tip of the spear.
Yeah, the moral trap they eventually find themselves in is heartbreaking.
I thought the character of Gatewood, who was a real person, would be of great interest. But not a lot of people saw the film...
There's a longer version that exists. They cut about twelve minutes for the theatrical release, and most of it was about Army life. I always thought they should do a DVD release of the full version. It was damn good.
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That was a very tough movie. I don't know how we ever…
I know you can't keep guys in the water that long.
We did. We went out there every day, and just slugged it out. I was in the water too; it wasn't like I was directing from some safe island.
Were you wearing waders?
Yeah, we had wetsuits on underneath. But it was just miserable. We were out there about fifty days. Six days a week, for nine weeks. And just to get out there took this enormous drive; we had to get up at four in the morning to be ready to shoot at the crack of dawn.
So nobody had to 'act' exhausted.
I'll say this about that cast: they didn't complain much. They knew what they were getting into, they were all in very good physical condition, and they went out there and just took it. It was very much a collective experience, and it's certainly one of my favorite films. Sometimes pictures become favorites for reverse reasons: because it was hard to make, or because people didn't much care for it. It didn't do particularly well. It did better overseas; the foreign critical reception was very good.
What were the circumstances of the American release?
Well, it was a negative pick-up. The studios, especially in those days, tended to treat those like the stepchildren in 19th century novels. So they didn't spend a great deal of money trying to get us launched. The movie didn't cost too much, so it wasn't like it was some huge financial disaster… but I think the subject matter is just not widely appealing.
|48 Hrs. (Directed by Walter Hill)
Larry Gordon had an idea for a crime movie set in Louisiana where the governor's daughter is kidnapped, and has dynamite taped to her head, and the bad guys are going to kill her in 48 hours. The family assigns a top cop to rescue her – one aspect of the story was the cop getting one of the kidnapper's old cellmates out of jail to help him.
Roger Spottiswoode, my editor on Hard Times, wanted to be a director. I told him he should try writing, so Larry gave him a shot rewriting that kidnap story. Roger was living in my house at the time, so we discussed it a lot. His draft got the story out of Louisiana, got rid of the dynamite on the girl's head, and made it a more realistic, big city cop thriller.
That was at Columbia. Then Larry's deal switched over to Paramount, a few more drafts were written, and then they asked me to rewrite it for Clint Eastwood. Larry and I flew up to Carmel to see him and he liked the project, but felt he'd already done that kind of cop character enough, so he wanted to play the criminal. I began tailoring it to that end when Eastwood decided to do Don Siegel's Escape From Alcatraz (1979), and since he played a prisoner in that one, that was really the end of his interest in our project. At which point I suggested we try to get Richard Pryor to play the criminal.
Yeah, I'd say so. Again, the story was preposterous; why not make it kind of humorous?
|48 Hrs. (Directed by Walter Hill)
Yeah. The part wasn't written that way yet; it was just a verbal concept. But Paramount did not see the wisdom of that, so I went off and did The Long Riders and Southern Comfort, and then I got a call saying Nick Nolte wanted to do 48 Hrs., and was I interested in doing it with him and a black actor? I said, 'Absolutely.'
The reason it finally got going was because Michael Eisner, who was running Paramount then, wanted a second movie for Christmas time – they had Airplane II (1982) as their big Christmas release, and he wanted a thriller for some non-Christmas-y counter-programming. But we couldn't get Richard Pryor, who was a huge star by then, so we decided to go for Gregory Hines, but he wasn't available either. Eddie Murphy's agent had sent me a lot of tapes of him, and Paramount approved him, so we went with him.
We had one tough break in that Eddie couldn't shake out of his TV show early. We'd already been shooting for two weeks before he joined us, so he came in absolutely cold. It was his first film, and he was a seasoned performer, but not a trained film actor, and we really could have used a good week of rehearsal. It's one of the few times I've been sorry I didn't rehearse. One old-time director told me once, 'Don't ever fuckin' rehearse. All that happens is the actors don't like the script.' And there is some merit in that.
What's your S.O.P. in that regard?
Well, action movies, with all their physicality, tend to be hard to rehearse.
Which of your films was most rehearsed?
Probably The Warriors… just because with more experienced actors, it's easier to work things out on the set.
|48 Hrs (Directed by Walter Hill)
What I realized right away was that he was really good; that he was bringing something to it. There were always these stories that circulated about tension between the studio and me; that they were angry, and even talked about firing me, because they didn't think Eddie was very funny… and it's true they brought me in to talk about that.
Were they expecting a more traditional comedy?
That's how I took it: that to them, a funny movie with a black guy meant the guy should act like Richard Pryor. And I was perfectly happy with the way things were going. I thought Eddie was doing a very good job.
Of the movies you admired, which ones most informed that tone?
Probably the most obvious example is Robert Aldrich's work, particularly The Dirty Dozen (1967). As far as guys playing off each other like that, I think the great master was Howard Hawks.
I think both Murphy and Nolte's characters understand that the antagonism between them is a game they're playing. It's a tough game, a dangerous game, a nasty game, but these guys are positioning each other. They're also not so thin-skinned that some casual remark is going to alter their attitudes. I don't think Nolte's character is really a racist.
|48 Hrs. (Directed by Walter Hill)
What surprised me was how they didn't quite understand what the motor of it was. It was always called a 'buddy cop' movie for instance, when in fact they're not buddies. They don't like each other. I think what the imitators always tried to do was copy the structural foundation of 48 Hrs., but fill it in with the more homogenized sensibility of Beverly Hills Cop.
Often when directors score such a massive hit, they'll use their new clout to mount some kind of epic… be it an 'El Cid' or a 'Heaven's Gate'. I'm curious why you never did.
I don't know. The closest I probably came to doing an epic was when Warren Beatty talked to me about doing Dick Tracy (1990). But it didn't work out.
Lucky for you!
(chuckling) Well, I like Warren… but we certainly disagreed on the way it should go. I had in mind something much more like The Untouchables (1987).
I guess I've always just been interested in telling the kinds of stories that appeal to me. You can make films for three concerns: for the mass audience, for yourself, or for the critics. I've probably been guilty of making films more for myself, and hoping the audience will like them as well.
– Excerpted from Jon Zelazny: 'Kicking Ass with Walter Hill' (For the full interview go to: http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.co.uk, Dec. 8, 2012).


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We are so proud to have the US Olympic Committee as a key player in our community in Colorado Springs. The USOC brings a positive presence to our city. It is quite inspiring to tour the Olympic training center here in town and see the nation's beloved athletes working together towards fulfilling their dreams and somehow bringing us all along for the ride. It seems unbelievable that this organization and the athletes are not funded by government and knowing that fact makes the organization that much more honorable.
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Covenant Automotive Repair & Service Offers Auto Repair Services You Can Count On!
Since 2008, Covenant Automotive Repair & Service has provided motorists in the Tucson, AZ 85712, 85712, 85711, 85710 areas with comprehensive auto repair services that include 4x4 Services, Brakes, Car & Truck Care, Domestic Cars & Trucks, Electrical Services, Electronic Services, Engine & Transmission, Engine Maintenance, European Auto Repair, General Services, Heating and Cooling Services, Import Cars & Trucks, Jeeps & Off Roading, Miscellaneous Services, Quick Lube Services, Towing, Transmission Services and Undercar Services. Our goal is to offer the best services available at affordable prices to get you back on the road in no time.
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My 2000 GMC 1500 SLT 2WD with 147K original miles had developed a popping sound in the frt left side while I was visiting in Tucson, and being a bit of a motorhead from years past, I had a good idea as to what it was. I took it into a well known national chain garage to do an inspection, not only did they charge me $20 to do the inspection, they quoted me well over $2300 to complete the work. Then I did a little web search and found Covenant Automotive which is backed by NAPA so I called made an appt. I took it in as scheduled and they got right on it, doing the inspection and working up a quote, that is when Mark told me that he would quote the job in the most economical manner, which meant replacing the entire upper arm rather than replacing the bushings and the ball joint separately on both sides, as well as the tie rods on both sides. He quoted me $1017 and change which also included an alignment. They took me back to the RV Park where I was staying and finish! ed the work as promised, on time and on budget! I have driven the truck now for a few weeks, took a 500 mile road trip and I am completely satisfied with the quality level of their work. Mark and his team are not just mechanics, they are motorheads themselves and it is in their blood, they will work on your car or truck as if it was their own and they take great pride in their commitment to their customers My thanks to the team at Covenant Automotive, and Happy New Year!Marc G.
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Garden Dice is a strategic dice rolling and tile laying board game for 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up. The board depicts a garden as a 6 x 6 grid where players place their vegetable tiles using dice rolls as coordinates. Dice are also used to water and harvest the tiles. Special tiles give players additional options and create new game dynamics. At the end of the game, bonus points are awarded for collecting sets of tiles, and the player with the most points after all tiles have been played is the winner.
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Over the last few days, we've been noting that Sam Brownback's ties to Lou Engle have become an issue in the race for Governor in Kansas, with Brownback at first refusing to comment but eventually addressing the issue by trying to downplay the relationship and distance himself from Engle's views.
As we noted yesterday, that is easier said than done, as Brownback has had deep ties to Engle and his Dominionist associates for years and has played a lead role in turning their religious concerns into public policy.
So now Brownback's opponent, Tom Holland, is calling on him to not merely voice vague "concerns" about Engle's unspecified views, but to "formally denounce" Engle once and for all:
Gubernatorial candidate Tom Holland is calling on Senator Sam Brownback to denounce Brownback's former roommate and confidant, controversial anti-gay preacher Lou Engle …
"I am calling on Senator Brownback to formally denounce Lou Engle – not just "some" of his statements – but his entire message of violence, hate and bigotry. Lou Engle sounds a lot like Fred Phelps. But the difference is unlike Fred Phelps, Lou Engle lived with Sam Brownback in Washington D.C.," said Holland. "It's time Sam Brownback stops brushing this issue aside, and make a denouncement on par with the nine year relationship that preceded it."
Holland is right: Brownback lived with Engle for several months and has had a relationship with him and the various "prophets" and "apostles" with whom he associates that has lasted for year, so he cannot simply say he has "concerns" about "some" of Engle's views and hope that that settles it.


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As a (RoATP) independent training provider TATC focusses on employers organisational needs which inform what will be included in the training we offer. Our training is therefore Employer led. The new apprenticeship standards required a change of mind-set. TATC takes collaboration with employers as a good tool of working together to achieve longer and better relationship. A longer –term partnership is therefore enhanced between TATC and the employers built around the following themes:
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We would like to extend some "thank you's" to some important people that make this organization possible!
Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who whole heartedly dedicate their time, their homes, their skills and their hearts to these dogs in need. You are all an amazing group of people and Zoe's House is very blessed to have you in our family!
Thank you to all of our amazing supporters and our amazing adopters. You have given these babies a second chance at life and there are no words to show you the gratitude we feel. You have all given an animal a happy ending and we are forever greatful for you. Welcome to the Zoe's House Family!
Thank you to all the dedicated individuals at Ark Animal Hospital. Dr Jones at Ark Animal Hospital is the most passionate and understanding vet we have ever met. She continues to amaze us with her professionalism, compassion and abilities to help these babies in need. She is a crucial part in our rescue and our Zoe's House Family.
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Paula Martins, Program Associate, is a Portuguese and English teacher. She is a teacher trainer in YouthStart Entrepreneurial Challenges and has been actively involved in several projects under the European Lifelong Learning Programme, such as In Service Training Courses in various European countries (UK, Malta, Germany), Comenius, Grundtvig and Erasmus+. Under these European projects, she has designed and coordinated different foreign language courses (English and Italian) for teachers. She has also coordinated Comenius Assistants for 4 years. Paula holds a Degree in Modern Languages and Literature, Portuguese and English Studies, Teacher Training, from Universidade Nova de Lisboa.


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Who couldn't use being pampered from head-to-toe at a relaxing spa day, or an evening out at a premier sushi restaurant? Well, you could WIN a Couples Massage at Tranquil Waters Spa in Gilbert ($300 Value), a Dinner for two (2) at Blue Wasabi Sushi Restaurant ($200 Value), or a Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert Swag Bag full of fancy MB gear and goodies just for taking a new or used Mercedes-Benz vehicle for a test drive. From now until 3 pm on Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 every person who comes into Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert and test drives a vehicle will receive one (1) entry into our 4th of July Giveaway. You can find prize details, as well as links to Our New Mercedes-Benz Inventory, Our Pre-Owned Inventory, and even a link to Schedule a Test Drive Today below. Read the rest of this entry
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Make L.I.F.E. a Colorful Drive with Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert!
From now until April 6th, Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert has teamed up with the good people at L.I.F.E., or Lauren's Institue For Education, to participate in their "Make L.I.F.E. a Colorful Drive" collection drive to support and raise awareness for children with cognitive disabilities. See how you can help below!
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert Sponsors Gilbert Outdoors Expo
Are you looking for the perfect chance to get out and experience a new activity or hobby? Then grab your favorite pair of boots and head to the Gilbert Outdoors Expo held by Banner Health Centers on February 24th from 9:00am to 2:00pm. This event draws exhibitors and attendees from all over the state and features an expected attendance number of 3,000 people or more. Just like last year, Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert is sponsoring the event, so grab your family and get out there for a little adventure!
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert Helps Light the Way for House of Refuge
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert Sponsors House of Refuge's 2018 Light the Night Gala
Year after year, House of Refuge provides supportive services and transitional housing to homeless families all around the Mesa area. In order to help them help others, businesses from all over the East Valley sponsor and participate in the Light the Night Gala. Held on Feb 24th, this swanky, fun-filled evening gives 100% of the event's proceeds to the House of Refuge. This year, Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert will be participating as one of the sponsors of the event. Read more about it below!
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert at Gilbert Days Parade
Presented by the Gilbert Half marathon and Dignity Health, Gilbert Days parade is a special tradition among the residents of this fine city. Bringing together key community segments such as non-profit organizations, businesses, schools, and more, Gilbert Days Parade celebrates what makes this town great. We had the pleasure of participating in this year's parade, held last Saturday. Take a look at the pictures below!
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert Sponsors 2nd Annual Welcome Home Veterans Golf Classic
If you are a resident of Gilbert or any of the surrounding towns, you know how important the area veterans and their families are to our town. So important, in fact, that the Town of Gilbert has established a local chapter of "Operation Welcome Home", a program that works to recognize those who served our country by throwing them a formal celebration when they return from active duty. Recently, the folks at Operation Welcome Home and Biltmore Golf Course hosted the 2nd annual Welcome Home Veterans Golf Classic to raise money for this amazing program. To show their support for the program, Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert participated as a sponsor of the event. Read more about the tournament below!
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert Participates in the Islands Cool Car Festival
Every year, the good folks over at the Islands Community Association host their signature event, the Islands Cool Cars Festival. This exciting car show brings out vehicles from every era, from classics to hot rods and everything in between. Continuing our tradition of being a presenting sponsor at the festival, Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert will be there bright and early on Saturday morning with some of the coolest Mercedes-AMG vehicles this fest has ever seen. Read more about our involvement below!
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert Celebrates 1st Year Anniversary
Time sure does fly when you are busy providing only the best in Mercedes-Benz customer service! Exactly one year ago we opened the doors of our state-of-the-art Mercedes-Benz facility in hopes that we could take our knowledge of quality and luxury and share it with the residents of Gilbert and beyond. Today, we are proud to be celebrating a year of successes, from driving our AMG® brand to our commitment to the Gilbert community and everything in between. Keep reading to see some of our highlights from the past year and join us as we reminisce about our past accomplishments.
Come Join Us at the Taste of Gilbert Festival This Fall!
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert is proud to help sponsor the festival
Fall is fast approaching, and you know what that means, it's time for the Taste of Gilbert Festival! Along with the other sponsors, Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert is happy to help out. Let's see what will be there: Read the rest of this entry
Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert Christmas in July Food Drive
Come celebrate Christmas in July at Mercedes-Benz of Gilbert and help your local food bank! Throughout the month of July, our dealership is participating a competition to restock the shelves of our local United Food Bank to feed families in need in our community. We are in a competition with other Eastern Arizona Chambers of Commerce so hurry in to help Gilbert be victorious! Read the rest of this entry


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Preparing For The New School Term
Summer holidays are a time to relax and have fun. You should also use the time sparingly to start preparing your child for the new school year. We've included a set of tasks you can do.
By Arundhati Swamy
Yippee! it's the holidays not just for the children, but for parents too! Freedom from the hands of the clock that seem to tighten their hold on us with each passing second; freedom from the tension of getting our children to school on time; freedom from the frenzy of drops and pick-ups; freedom from the stresses of submissions and meeting deadlines. Time to heave a deep sigh of relief! But… oh, oh! The party-spoiler pops up… no more quiet moments of escape while the children are at school! The long lazy vacations are upon us, at least for the children! For some, there's so much time, in fact maybe too much of it for comfort. As parents, we plan and conceive unusual ways to keep our children occupied, out of our hair, and out of trouble!
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In my cocoa application, i am trying to connect and upload files to server. For that i'm using below given code for connecting the sftp.
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Sometimes it's not connecting with my server. but my server is available for use. if this (success = NO) happens once in my application, i can't able to connect with server even after multiple retries. But i can able to connect with server after restarting the app. Can anyone provide the solution to accomplish the problem and connect with sftp server without interruption/restarting the app?


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