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From new hires to fewer cash-flow woes to rethinking how to expand, here's an update on half a dozen companies that have had the advice of our experts in our regular Challenge series
Hire a first employee or a business partner?
THE CHALLENGE: After working alone for five years putting in up to 18-hour days, Dan Yurman, the founder of Toronto-based copywriting agency Page 7 Copywriting, was finally in need of some help. However, he was waffling between whether he should hire his first full-time employee or bring on a business partner, who could also invest in the company.
THE UPDATE: All of the Challenge experts thought a partner was not a good idea: Mr. Yurman would have to give up some control and end up needing to hire an employee at some point He, himself, wasn't completely sold on selling part of his business, so he was happy to go the hiring route. He hired someone who sent him a résumé after reading the Challenge article. She lived in Ottawa but, after they clicked, she moved to Toronto to work with him So far, it's worked out better than he even expected, Mr. Yurman says. Revenue is up 34 per cent over last year, a gain he attributes mostly to the new employee; he's freed up more of his own schedule by passing on some work, and he's learned a lot about running a business. "I've matured tenfold since I've started working with someone," he says. Morever, he hopes to hire a second employee in early 2013. "I didn't realize how much you can make off a full-time employee."
(Deborah Baic For The Globe and Mail)
Throw a launch party to build buzz?
THE CHALLENGE: About a year ago, Square One Insurance Services Inc. opened for business, and Daniel Mirkovic, co-founder, president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver-based startup in home insurance, was ready to spread the word. He wanted to throw a launch party, but wondered if that was really the best use of $20,000 to build buzz for his business.
THE UPDATE: A launch party, the Challenge experts said, was an outdated and wasteful way to try to gain attention. Mr. Mirkovic heard them, and decided to use that marketing cash in other ways. He handed out orange Square One branded umbrellas at the entrance of two of Vancouver's rapid-transit system SkyTrain stations in exchange for people's contact information; put up six Square One posters at the Vancouver City Centre and Waterfront stations for two months; and advertised in newspapers and on elevator TV screens in Vancouver condo buildings. Such moves helped the 11-employee company generate about $1-million in revenues in its first year. In hindsight, Mr. Mirkovic believes a launch party was a silly idea. "It is, to some degree, more of an ego thing," he says. "I know we wouldn't have had the same type of response if we threw a party for a small group of people."
(Rafal Gerszak For The Globe and Mail)
Protect a company name?
THE CHALLENGE: Sean Brophy, president of Kingston, Ont.-based Spaces Self Storage Centres Inc., had big expansion plans to take his storage business across the country. The catch: At least one other business in one of the cities he targeted shared the same name. Mr. Brophy had spent about $25,000 to trademark his moniker and wanted to know whether he should pursue legal action.
THE UPDATE: Two pieces of advice led to a decision. First, he was told litigation would be expensive and, second, protecting a trademark is a complex process. That made him decide not only to forget fighting to protect his company's name, but also to shelve expansion plans, at least for the time being. There was no way he could afford a court battle. Besides, he realized thanks to the experts' advice, he'd gotten ahead of himself: He should pay attention to growing his business locally first. "Before we look to expand too far outside of our comfort zone, we have to make sure everything we're doing at home is perfect," he says.
(Lars Hagberg For The Globe and Mail)
How to get more cash upfront
THE CHALLENGE: Grail Noble, founder and president of Toronto-based Yellow House Events, runs a 10-person event-management company, which brought in about $5-million in revenue in 2012. The company ran about100 events this year, which means a lot of costs, such as food and hotel space, must be paid for upfront. Clients, though, had typically been paying 60 to 90 days after an event, so Ms. Noble had to dip into her company's coffers to cover them. How could Yellow House get clients to put more money upfront so as not to become a cash-flow casualty?
THE UPDATE: After a year and half, the company's cash-flow concerns are mostly no more. As one Challenge expert suggested, Ms. Noble had to become stricter with clients, seeking payment of most of the charge before an event took place. She now has a new policy for all clients: She asks for 80 per cent upfront, before or on the day of the event, with the balance to be cleared 30 days after. If a client can't deal with those terms, she'll say so long. (So far, everyone's agreed.) She's also letting clients pay by credit card, which gets her needed money right away, while the client has some time until its credit-card payment is due. Finally, she's asked vendors for better terms. For some, she now has a 60-day window, rather than the day of the event, to make payment; for those that want immediate payment, she's also paying by credit card rather than cash to give her, too, a few weeks before having to cover payments. "I'm definitely less concerned about cash flow than I was," she says. "We only paid $100 in interest all year."
(Brett Gundlock For The Globe and Mail)
Expand in uncertain times?
THE CHALLENGE: Expansion in uncertain times was the question facing Marc Gauvin, founder and president of Burlington, Ont.-based Aluminum Surface Technologies, a 35-employee company that provides aluminum coating for vehicles. Mr. Gauvin had planned to expand his 26,000-square-foot warehouse by about a third after landing a huge contract. But in a shaky economy, the client put the project on hold, also putting Mr. Gauvin's own expansion plans up in the air. He wanted to know whether he should still go ahead or wait for an improvement in the economy.
THE UPDATE: Mr. Gauvin decided not to take the risk. He felt it would be difficult to recoup a $600,000 investment if the big contract wasn't revived. Instead, he took one expert's advice and rented an additional 5,000 square feet of space right across the street from his current location. Turns out that was a good move. He also followed another piece of advice, which was to ask the client directly about its plans for the big contract. After regular communication, he's learned it is going ahead; Mr. Gauvin expects to begin work on it in April. By renting space, he'll be able to handle the $500,000 contract – which will be a nice boost to the $4.5-million in revenue generated in 2012 – without the headache of overseeing a major construction job. "What's the point of worrying?"
(Peter Power/Peter Power/The Globe and Mail)
Tracking employees' time
THE CHALLENGE: Ben Zlotnick, the founder of Toronto-based commercial and residental landscaping company Aden Earthworks Inc., faced a big challenge in keeping track of his offsite employees' time. About 80 per cent of his 50 employees are in the field and paid hourly; he wanted to find ways to better track and manage their time.
THE UPDATE: One expert suggested time-tracking software. Mr. Zlotnick took that suggestion by buying software that he's now having customized internally to suit Aden Earthworks' needs better. It will be ready to go in January, allowing him to create online schedules that all can see and staff will also be able to "tap in" to tell the office they're on a job site. No one will have to use paper logs and time sheets any more; everything will be electronic. The program, he hopes, will make workers more productive, but also free up the time it takes to go through all the logs that staff currently submit at the end of the week. Partly due to this increased productivity, revenues, which were around $5.5-million this year, could get a 10-per-cent boost in 2013, he predicts. "More time means more jobs and more jobs means more revenue."
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After one win and one defeat from their first two matches, the county's starlets took on the United Arab Emirates Under 19s in their third encounter.
Giorgio Rigali of Swindon took 2-39 and Tom Foley of Corsham grabbed 4-25 to restrict the UAE to 124 all out in response to the tourists' 183 all out, meaning Wiltshire won by 59 runs.
Next up for the academy was Emal, in a fixture played at the Dubai Sports City. Swindon youngster Jake Goodwin took 1-25 as Emal managed 159 all out before Trowbridge's Mike Reynolds made an unbeaten 59 as Wiltshire chased down their target for the loss of just three wickets.
The county's final match of the tour was against Telly Cherry, a side which contained many ex-Indian professionals.
Some excellent batting helped Wiltshire post 238-3, as Toby Davies made 111 and Neil Clark 76 not out, but Telly Cherry won by six wickets.
Meanwhile, Wootton Bassett skipper Darren Beasant expects new signing Rog Willoughby to make an impression with the Wiltshire League Division One club this season.
He said of the all-rounder: "Rog Willoughby, who played with me at Swindon when I was club captain there, is going to come and join us.
"He was the leading batter and bowler in Wilts 2 last year and he can play at a higher level.
"Rog will come over and play, he'll probably take the new ball and will hopefully contribute some runs as well."
Beasant is also after a spin bowler to add to his arsenal ahead of the start of the new season.
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Esquire 2012 Car Awards, Part 2: The Third Car
No childless man has thought about car safety for more than a couple seconds. And those couple seconds probably occurred in the nineties, when all the SUVs were supposedly rolling over. When you have a kid, though, car safety becomes a virtue — just like crib safety and bath safety and diaper-changing-table safety. In the hospital driveway, when I locked my son's car seat for the first time, I thought, How strong is the cage? before going an anxious step further — What's the strongest one?
So I drove a couple cars: a Mercedes and a Volvo. Each is emblematic of one of two kinds of car safety: active and passive.
The Mercedes SL550 — the iconic beast of a sports car — literally embraces you as you drive it. On the side of each seat, there are chambers that inflate when you make any kind of turn at any considerable speed, or if you hit a pothole, or if you drift out of your lane. The idea is to keep you upright in your seat and focused on the road. This is what's called "active safety" at work. The car uses seventy different inputs — including the time of day and whether or not it's raining and where you keep your hands on the wheel — to establish a profile for any given drive. If it detects any deviation from the normal, or if the radar sensors indicate you're not in control, it will alert you. If there's a lack of response to the conditions or an over-response, the car will send out alarms and the steering wheel will thump. It will generally freak you out.
Also, it might take over. If it detects an impending impact at high speeds, it will tighten the seat belts to better prepare your body for the impact, and it will close the side windows so that you might not be thrown from the vehicle if it rolls over. It's like driving HAL right before he went crazy.
The Volvo S60 doesn't hug you. But you feel safe, anyway.
Because it's a Volvo. What you are connected to when you're in a Volvo S60 is what the car people call "passive safety." This is what the car just is. The kind of crash testing that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration do is the kind of testing that Volvo pioneered in the seventies. And of the big European sedans, the S60 is the safest. Driving one, you know that the cage is safe. You know that the crush zones are ample. You know that an appropriate number of air bags are in place. You know that it would take a lot to roll it over. You have peace of mind.
Even though it doesn't let you know it's taking care of you in the same way a Mercedes does, a Volvo will do many of the same things: It will monitor your blind spots. It will alert you if it thinks you're falling asleep. It will put on the brakes before a low-speed accident is about to happen. And it will do one thing the Mercedes won't: Its radar will pick out the pedestrian in front of you and send an alert that you might be running over him soon. It just won't embrace you to let you know everything's going to be okay.
But here's a little story: I was driving the Volvo about 75 miles per hour down an interstate a few miles east of Knoxville, Tennessee, and the car I was tailing (by what seemed like a safe three seconds) quickly moved to the slow lane, revealing a large blue ice chest in the middle of the road. I could have gone through it (a little damage to the car) or around it on the left (possible rollover), but I subconsciously determined that I had just enough room to drive between it and the 18-wheeler to my right.
So I focused on the gap. I missed the cooler by maybe a foot. And I didn't sideswipe the truck. It took less than two seconds. Everyone was fine. The wife, the baby, me, the truck, the cooler. All fine.
But it was a failure.
You should never risk killing yourself and your loved ones so that you don't bang into a cooler. You should never follow another car so closely that you can't respond to danger as easily as it can. Bad driving is bad driving.
In 2005, the IIHS gave 18 vehicles its top safety rating. In 2011, it gave top ratings to 124 cars. That's nearly a 700 percent increase in six years. You can see the result in the statistics: Road deaths are at their lowest rate since 1949, with 1.1 fatalities for every 100 million miles driven. And you can bet that most of these fatalities weren't caused by faulty or "unsafe" cars. They were caused by people dodging obstacles they should drive through.
Mercedes or Volvo — or Toyota or Chevy or whatever, it doesn't matter. The cars are safe. The only thing left to improve is the driver. —Ross McCammon
Safe, Yes. Because It's Also the Most Technologically Advanced Car of the Year.
The 2013 SL550 ($106,405) is a tech powerhouse — it has an aluminum body for better fuel economy; a 429-hp, 24-mpg turbocharged V-8; magnesium roof framing; wipers that squirt washer fluid directly out of the rubber blade itself; an optional glass roof that dims, electrochromically, at the touch of a button. The body is built with geekishly awesome stuff like friction stir-welding (rare in automobiles but common in spacecraft) and the largest cast-aluminum component ever installed in a production car. Need to storm a small country or just make a grocery run feel like a NASA operation? Here you go. —Sam Smith
For decades, BMW shaped its large sedans around a sensible premise: Speed is best used quietly. The last M5, discontinued in 2010, had a 500-hp Formula One — inspired V-10 in its four-door body but the dowager exhaust note of an old Cadillac. The first M5, a 1988 model, was offered in America only in black, a color seemingly picked to fade into the night on long cross-country blasts. Buy our cars, the Bavarians seemed to be saying, and you will get away with a lot.
In a surprising twist, BMW has now done an about-face. The 2013 M5 is a snuffling, snorting howitzer. Its 4.4-liter, 560-hp twin-turbo V-8 makes an eye-watering thrust and a gobsmacking noise, and the body is blanketed with obnoxious aerodynamic fillips and chrome gewgaws. If you fail to notice a new M5 pass you by, then you were probably born without ears and eyeballs and should get the hell off the road. This is Continental refinement married to outré eight-cylinder America. For $90,795, you get a six-speed manual or a frighteningly good seven-speed automatic, an engaging dose of turbo lag, and the constant feeling that you're running from something. Which is good. Sometimes it's only fun if you're worried about getting caught. —S.S.
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Tech Innovation of the Year: Sound Symposers
In the 2013 BMW M5, one tiny part changes everything: Fuse number 200 — yellow, 40 amps — controls the stereo. Yank it, and you lose the car's balls.
Like every other 5 Series, the M5 offers a cushy interior designed to limit outside noise. Only it does its job so well that desirable sounds are also muted — chiefly, the war-machine burble of the M5's twin-turbo V-8. According to BMW, the obvious answers (a louder muffler, less sound deadening) didn't offer the right mix of noise and refinement. The solution? Pipe a prerecorded engine-sound file through the stereo, digitally manipulating its intensity and pitch with throttle position and load. The result sounds amazing, and you have no idea it's artificial until you pull the fuse.
Similarly, Porsche uses a passive cockpit-sound transducer in its new 911, and Volkswagen installs an underhood speaker on some models, broadcasting an engine's snarl from the source. The cool part is not that these things are necessary, but that they work so well. It gives you hope that when there's an electric car in every driveway, you'll still have some of the gas engine's Sturm und Drang under your right foot. —S.S.
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I have found that on pages like the Fourth Kazekage's in their age bar it says "Age:XX (Deceased)"
Now, alternatively, on a page like Aoi Rokushō's where they do not know the age, it would simply say deceased.
I propose that such pages, instead of just saying Deceased, say "Unknown (Deceased)" as deceased is more of a status/title than age.
Any support? —This unsigned comment was made by Deagonx (talk • contribs) .
The deceased is a status, as you can see when you edit a character infobox with the form. Not sure how feasible it is to do what you propose, since it would require changing the template. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:32, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
Ahh, I thought it was merely a matter of changing the text. I wasn't aware there was a template.
If it is that much of an effort to do something like that then eh :/ —This unsigned comment was made by Deagonx (talk • contribs) .
I agree with the person who's name begins with 'D' :L --;P (talk) 16:34, August 16, 2011 (UTC)


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The vote could not have been any closer, with 333 commissioners voting in favor of replacing the divestment resolution, and 331 voting against it. Two commissioners abstained.
The resolution for "positive investment" then passed the General Assembly, with a vote of 369 in favor, 290 opposed, and eight abstentions.
The PC (USA)'s 220th biennial General Assembly has been convened at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center all week. The commissioners of the G.A. voted against the divestment resolution despite the recommendation of the church's Middle East and Peacemaking committee to pass it.
The vote came after nearly three hours of debate that spanned a range of opinions and attitudes prevalent among the Presbyterians in attendance. While some urged the commissioners to vote against divestment for the sake of Jewish-Presbyterian relations, and because only the Palestinian narrative would be endorsed by taking such a position, others resorted to a vitriolic lexicon, accusing Israel of "apartheid," and "ethnic cleansing."
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This morning I played for special music at my church. I was almost 68 when I bought a cello and started to learn to play. Now I'm 70 and am still catching on to how a cello is played. It's not easy.
Today I was playing a duet with my teacher, Lorie. I had the solo part; she was accompanying me.
The first thing that went wrong was too many people for music today. The piano. The praise team. An electric bass. Another cello besides mine and my teacher's. A violin. I was getting dizzy. Lorie gave me a piece of wood with a strap for setting the point of the cello so it wouldn't slide on the platform. I got on my knees trying to figure that out while the congregation waited.
Breathless, I sat down, held the cello and drew the bow across the D string for the opening of the piece (Canzonetta by Dacla). My teacher was with me, but I hadn't gone more than a couple of measures before I hit a wrong note, tried to correct, moved on and made a series of mistakes and watched my fingers fumble until with gratitude I saw the end approaching. It was awful. There was no way to cover the fact that my "performance" was awful.
As people were leaving the church, they didn't say to me, "Good job!" or "I liked that piece." Instead they said things like, "For taking lessons for such a short time, you did really well" and "What courage you showed getting up there to play," and "You got through it. Good for you."
Then I thought about Jesus. I imagined him next to me playing a heavenly cello. His notes would blend with mine and somehow pull mine into perfect harmony. The timbre and tone would be exactly right. It would be like wearing the wedding garment to the greatest feast of eternity when Jesus comes, or being touched by a garment blessed by Him, a piece of clothing that would make me well. Changed from a scrumpy clump of mangled hair and arms and legs streaked with dirt and blood, I knew I could one day be transformed into a glorious human presenting a musical tribute to God. I can handle my humble attempts at playing the cello for now.
Thought questions for Lesson 12: More Clothing Imagery 2011b
1. "Who touched my clothes?" Where do you think the woman with an issue of blood got the idea that all she needed to do was to grasp Jesus' clothing, and she would be healed? What effect did being ritually unclean because of the continual bleeding have on the woman? On those around her? Did Jesus ever say, "If you touch my clothes I will heal you"? What is the real reason Jesus healed her? In what way was her act of touching Jesus' clothes an act of faith? What does the "touching" in this story mean to you and me? Can we worship God without "touching" and "being touched"? Explain.
2. The Passover through the eyes of sinners. Have you ever seen Christians arguing or being disagreeable in church? Was the "upper room" an appropriate place for the disciples to show their disgust for each other? Is there ever an appropriate place for this kind of discussion? Why didn't Jesus just look the other way? What's wrong with wanting the best positions in government or business for your children? Doesn't every mother long for her son to succeed in life? Have you ever had dirty feet and enjoyed getting them clean again? What shocked the disciples about the foot washing that took place in the upper room? Can we participate in this holy service without touching and being touched? But why was Judas a part of this solemn ceremony? Shouldn't we be careful about whom we allow into the service at our churches? What does being touched by Jesus do to the dedicated Christian? To the stumbling and falling Christian?
3. Tearing his clothes. What was Caiaphas the high priest's mood as he tore at his garments in the presence of Jesus? What was the significance of the high Priest's tearing his clothes? Do you think Caiaphas was aware of the symbolism of what he did? Why or why not? Why did he put his reputation and his life at stake by tearing his own carefully crafted ceremonial clothing? Do you think he was driven by a sense of guilt to make himself worthy of death according to Jewish law? Is it a shorter trip for those who are poor to reach the throne of grace than it is for the wealthy? Why or why not? Compared to others in the world, are you rich? Are you sure?
4. Garments of mockery. How do you feel when you think of the soldiers ripping off Jesus' clothing and putting a scarlet robe around His shoulders? Why did Jesus allow this humiliating event to take place? What is the symbolism of the hatred of Jesus in the crown of thorns pressed onto his head? In a reed placed in his right hand? Do we ever see coverage today of people mocking their leader or others to show their hatred? Is mocking an appropriate Christian behavior? Even of bad people? Have you ever been mocked? Can we withstand hatred, mockery, humiliation for the cause of Jesus? How?
5. The shame of nakedness. In Jesus' lifetime, was it considered shameful to be naked? Why were Jesus' garments stripped from Him? Does your stomach churn when you think of this peaceful, loving man being despised and hated? How does this extreme humiliation help explain the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross? Or does it? Were the soldiers thinking of the garments of Jesus one day being valuable when they divided His clothing and cast lots to purchase them? Do you think Jesus derived a fragment of comfort from the fact that the prophecy of His garments being sold by lot was being fulfilled? Do you have an "emergency promises list" of prophecies, special messages, or Biblical stories that you can lean on when unsettling things happen? Do we spend enough time thinking about, and praising God for, His promises of salvation and eternal life?
6. The death of Jesus. As the final events in the life of Jesus unfolded, do you think Jesus felt a wisp of courage realizing that it was all about to end? Or was he consumed by feelings of regret for those who had followed Him part way and then turned aside? Do you and I spend more time complaining about the misery of the world we live in than about the joy of a walk with Jesus? Is the crucifixion of Jesus still real to you? Or as the years have passed by, have those events faded into a faint memory? How can we keep the life and death of Jesus in front of us as we make our way through life? Or does God want us to forget about the bad things that happened in the past? Discuss.
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Nature walks on Feb. 2 will unveil Levy Prairie
Published: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 25, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
A celebration of the public opening of the Levy Prairie portion of the Barr Hammock Preserve is set for Feb. 2 at the preserve's North Trailhead off Wacahoota Road.
After Feb. 2, the preserve will be open for hiking and biking on six and a half miles of established paths with scenic views of over 1,000 acres of marsh and wet prairie.
The celebration, set for 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 2 at Southeast 11th drive off Wacahoota Road, will introduce visitors to the preserve through a brief introductory talk and guided nature walks.
Barr Hammock Preserve was acquired through the Alachua County Forever program; the voter-approved initiative to acquire, improve and manage environmentally sensitive lands. A referendum passed in November 2000 empowered Alachua County Forever. It was funded again by the voters in 2008 with the Wild Spaces and Public Places Referendum.
Barr Hammock Levy Prairie was acquired in 2009 with funding from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Florida Communities Trust, and a donation from the Whitehurst Family.
To reach the North Trailhead, take U.S. 441 south to Wacahoota Road, then take Wacahoota Road west over I-75. At the first left after overpass, turn left onto Southeast 11th Drive. Head south on 11th Drive to the preserve trailhead/parking area.
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I'm reopening the discussion on what variant of the English language to use. Looking back at the pitifully small discussion we actually had on this the rationale's that were used to pick UK English look dubious.
Prior discussions:
- Narutopedia talk:Manual of Style#UK English VS. US English
- Forum:Spelling
- Forum:Amaterasu correction
- Talk:Mum's Red Hair
ShounenSuki's rationale for UK English was this:
- The USA is the only country major country in the world that uses US English.
- British English is used, not only in the UK, but in (with minor variations) in Canada, Australia, Ireland, India, and many more countries. Hence why British English is also called International English.
- Not only is British English used in the vast majority of English-speaking countries, it is also taught in the vast majority of non-English-speaking countries that teach English as a second language in any official manner. The European Union, Japan, and China, for instance.
- This wiki caters to an international audience. Yes, the US makes up for a large portion of that audience, but that portion isn't even half of our entire readership. (In fact, if I remember correctly, it isn't even a quarter.)
- Since we are a wiki that uses a Japanese series as the main source of its information and caters to an international audience, it makes no sense to use any other form of English besides British English.
Firstly, the assertion that British English is used in Canada, Australia, Ireland, etc... is bullshit. Every region has it's own variations. And some of those variations are as notable as the US <-> UK variations.
If you want to jump into the dictionaries and localization languages offered by software with me. The common ones (with varying consistency) listed (and have shown up in MediaWiki i18n discussions) are:
- US English (en-US; sometimes fused together with the standard 'en' English locale)
- British English (en-GB)
- Canadian English (en-CA)
- Australian English (en-AU)
((Side note, as far as MediaWiki goes; US English (en-US) is fused with the standard 'en' English locale (bug 31874). British English (en-GB) has been supported for awhile. I helped add Canadian English (en-CA) in 1.19. As for Australian English (en-AU) we have one or two speakers in the dev community but there's no-one in the translation community that has stepped up to translate the software.))
The extras I also see in dictionary lists (some of them) and language header lists:
- Belizean English (en-BZ; Belize)
- Irish English (en-IE; Ireland)
- Jamaican English (en-JM; Jamaica)
- New Zealand English (en-NZ; New Zealand)
- Philippine English (en-PH; Philippines)
- South African English (en-ZA; South Africa)
- Trinidadian English (en-TT; Trinidad and Tobago)
- (en-ZW; Zimbabwe)
So the idea that UK English is the be-all-end-all of English is bullshit. Just about every one of the changes that were made to the MediaWiki: messages in the name of translating them to en-GB (which btw was the wrong way to change the wiki's locale) was not part of Canadian English (en-CA). So the idea that we are catering to the majority of the world besides the US by switching to British English (en-GB) is bullshit, and in a way offensive too.
The idea that British English is "International English" too sounds dubious. There's no source for that claim. And when I tried to look up the topic of "International English" I came up with something completely different. It's much more likely that English in foreign languages varies by teacher and country-by-country with different countries' education organizations standardizing on different English variations on their own.
Secondly, none of the claims about audience have been backed up by proper stats. And country stats aren't even the proper stats for that. What we want is current stats about what languages users browsers are set to. This is exposed in the Accept-Language header on every pageview. eg: Mine is set to "en-ca,en;q=0.5". That combined with a little bit of cross referencing with the country stats is what we need for that kind of decision.
The last reason was just re-iteration referencing the flawed premise of the whole rationale. The Japanese part has nothing to do with the topic about what variant of English we use.
Lastly, this was all done without even taking into account the readers and watchers of Naruto. Our actual audience.
By that I mean; Viz distributes the Naruto manga in North America and the UK. And the English translation of the anime in as well (Manga Entertainment had the license for the first series in the UK it seems. But now Viz's translation of Shippuden is being broadcast nearly worldwide thanks to CR). Has anyone actually bothered to double-check what variant of English Viz translates the manga and anime into? And do they use one translation and distribute it worldwide? Or do they localize separately for the US and UK?
Because if our canonical English translation of Naruto is using US English and distributing US English to the UK or the US version is spread worldwide more than the UK version then that is enough of a rationale to pick US English.
~ Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (Local Talk ⁝ Animanga Talk) 06:55, October 28, 2012 (UTC)
- It is 4AM for me at the moment, but I will say this: as a speaker of US English, I have absolutely no problem with using British English. Will I have more to say on this? Probably, but as I just said, it is 4AM for me as of this writing.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 08:14, October 28, 2012 (UTC)
- Where I'm from we use English UK and a bit of English US (a mix really), so I really don't have an issue with conforming to either. However, I'm just worried about the headache that might arise if we decide to change back to US English (that's if I read Dan's post correctly).--Cerez365™(talk) 11:42, October 29, 2012 (UTC)
Just missed this somewhere in those few deletions. Well to begin with, my condition is the same as of Cerez. We use a mix of US - UK English. My main concern is that if we deciede to use US English; how exactly are we going to change the whole wiki? Maybe you already have a bot ready? If not then you must think again before starting to make one. Having made a spellbot recently, I know what it takes to make a near to complete spell-bot..... That apart seeing the reasons for both neither seem satisfactory enough and having to choose one I would say we should continue using UK English because thats what we had been using for so many days.
P.S.I don't have any problems with either— UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 12:08 UTC, Monday, 29 October 2012
Changing back to US English could just be done slowly over time. The variant we use matters more for future edits than current content. From the looks of other discussions and talkpage warnings we already have people attempting to change things to US English even when we supposedly were supposed to be using UK English. So if we pick US English even if we just leave the wiki's content alone things will slowly start to shift towards US English anyways.
Btw, right now the wiki's locale is set to 'en'. So all our system messages are in US English but the language code we output is just English, no specific variant. So there isn't anything really technically wrong with a mix of locales.
Also MediaWiki is supposed to support en-US (as en), en-GB, and en-CA on the version we're on right now. But neither en-CA nor even en-GB is available in the preferences. So it's possible that Wikia is actually actively disabling support for any variant of English but undefined English with US English system messages. So actually switching to UK English won't be simple either.
Anyone got enough manga / time to check what variant Viz is using? ~ Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (Local Talk ⁝ Animanga Talk) 16:37, October 29, 2012 (UTC)
For the middle part: Maybe you should use Special:Contact and ask them. They are the only ones who can answer you (Though they like to keep things secret you know...).— UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 16:52 UTC, Monday, 29 October 2012
Don't really read/use/have access to Viz but I believe that they use En-US. Also, I didn't know Canadian english was different enough to have their own variant, I always thought they used En-UK. Still like I said, I wouldn't really have an issue with using ether though the reverting process does seem like it's going to be tedious.--Cerez365™(talk) 17:03, October 29, 2012 (UTC)
- There are a bunch of unique Canadianisms in en-CA (ever heard the garbage disposal referred to as a "Garburator"; We use "expiry date" rather than en-GB's "Use By" or en-US' "expiration date"; etc...). Besides those en-CA is a blend of en-US and en-GB. But neither completely. There are some words like "colour" and "centre" that use their en-GB spellings. While other words like most -ize/-ise words are spelled using the en-US -ize spelling rather than the en-GB mix of -ize/-ise (strictly speaking though, most en-GB translations including MW's and the ones that were made to the wiki here will use -ise). There are some whole words like "cutlery" and "tap" that are used like en-GB uses them. But also other words used like en-US uses them; eg: Like the US we still use "Fall" rather than "Autumn". There are also some words like "Washroom" which originally came from en-US but is no longer used by en-US and doesn't exist in en-GB. ~ Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (Local Talk ⁝ Animanga Talk) 17:41, October 29, 2012 (UTC)
Not to forget that it would also make things inconsistant and complicated throughout the wiki.— UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 17:33 UTC, Monday, 29 October 2012
This again? I can live and edit with either spelling, really, but the idea of going through this debate again, and the prospect of having to through this every time someone brings this up is very off-putting. What I care the most is that the picked spelling is used consistently through all the articles, so whatever is picked is picked and discussion is done, which I had hoped would have been last time. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 22:37, October 29, 2012 (UTC)
I agree with this. ~IndxcvNovelist (talk | contribs | PR | RLS) 17:45, October 30, 2012 (UTC)
Got a reply from staff: "Narutopedia averages, about at a 10:1 ratio, many more users' whose browser language variant is EN-US as compared to EN-GB. This lines up with our general numbers about your wiki, I'm seeing a 8:1 ratio there. EN-CA is not a recognized language variant either in MediaWiki nor Google Analytics so I can't really provide any data about that." ~ Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (Local Talk ⁝ Animanga Talk) 18:41, October 30, 2012 (UTC)
I welcome this change. Arrancar79 (talk) 00:39, October 31, 2012 (UTC)
That might just be bacause people don't know how to set the spell check correctly.— UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 03:23 UTC, Wednesday, 31 October 2012
- The stats? I don't think so. Dictionary settings and browser language are separate. I can set a different dictionary and language preference in most browsers. The Accept-Language header can contain any language code, and multiple of them. The default English should typically output en, not an implicit en-US or en-GB. So stats on en-US vs. en-GB should be somewhat reliable. ~ Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (Local Talk ⁝ Animanga Talk) 18:46, October 31, 2012 (UTC)
- Thanx for clarifying that up.— UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 06:30 UTC, Thursday, 1 November 2012
I agree with Omni as long as we stick with one and don't look back... at all.--Cerez365™(talk) 11:07, October 31, 2012 (UTC)
Oh, a little side anecdote on this topic. I know someone from Japan living here in Canada temporarily learning English. I caught her using "color", despite us using "colour" here in Canada. So I definitely don't buy the "Other countries teach British English" argument. ~ Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (Local Talk ⁝ Animanga Talk) 01:08, November 4, 2012 (UTC)
If I may ask, how will this be decided? Will it be by consensus from this forum post, by a vote/poll question, or by Admins? Arrancar79 (talk) 22:57, November 4, 2012 (UTC)
- Well, one more past discussion if you want: Forum:Title_Case.— UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 13:14 UTC, Monday, 5 November 2012
Ok looks like we need to reach to a conclusion quickly otherwise people would just be changing UK → US back and forth.— UltimateSupreme ƒ(♫) 03:23 UTC, Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Aww, man... This again. Well, I honestly don't have a problem with either of them, but I gotta admit it's going to be a huge drag to change everything back to the US English after spending so much time switching it to the UK.--NinjaSheik 21:32, November 5, 2012 (UTC)


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8. You Ignore Your Seasonal / Life Constraints
Regardless of where you live, your athletic world has a season. There's a time when getting outside to train is feasible and there's a time when training indoors is deftly recommended. There's a time and a place for both within the context of improving your fitness. Recognizing this pattern and using it to your advantage can be an incredibly effective way of boosting your fitness for the long term.
Ignore these basic truths about your climate zone or the nature of your job (accountants should never race in March or April!) at your own peril. Every year I hear stories of people trying to accomplish six-hour rides on the trainer because they sign up for an early season race even though they live in New England.
On the flip side, I also hear the grumbling from people who've signed up for a late-season race in November or even December long after their friends have stopped training and things have ceased being fun.
One of the most important things you can do is identify this rhythm and build your season around. This will reduce friction both at home and at work, and allow you to build your fitness to peak when it matters—and when your body is ready.
More: 10 Lifestyle Factors That Affect Training
9. You Don't Recover Well Enough
One of the more amazing things about triathletes is the sheer amount of work and stress they can handle. From work to home to social commitments to volunteer opportunities to training and racing, the list of things to do is both impressive and intimidating. While it's easy to get caught up in the game of doing more, success in our sport is actually a function of doing things well.
The shift from "more" to "better" has to do with one simple thing: absorption. Anyone can fire up an insane 6 x 1 mile repeat workout after a century ride. The difference between you and someone like Craig Alexander is that he can absorb that work and grow off of it. You and I? We're lucky if we simply survive, spending the next 3 to 5 days trying to recover.
The most important thing you can do for recovery is to get enough sleep every night. At a minimum you should target an average of 7 hours a day across a week. If you can get 8 hours a night, that's even better. You'll want to follow a consistent schedule so that you have adequate time between key sessions each week.
Do your best to avoid overreaching in any individual workout, remember the goal is to be consistent instead of flashy. If you can feel the signs of fatigue setting in, whether it's in the context of your daily life or work out, take the time to dial things back. It's always better to rest a day now because it's good for you then it is to wait until you have a problem and you have no other choice but to fix it.
More: How to Determine Your Race Recovery Time
10. You Don't Have a Baseline Execution Plan
While this might not be the most important success factor for peaking, it is a critical part of achieving your best. I'm constantly amazed at the sheer number of triathletes who choose to wing it on race day with no plan.
From my experience, the exact opposite would be more effective: minimal fitness but a fantastic race plan. The longer your "A" race of choice, the more relevant this becomes.
This allows you to test your plan against the reality of race, and then learn from what happened. Without a plan, you're arbitrarily applying your fitness and resources to the race. Even though that might work, there's minimal opportunity for growth because you have nothing against which to compare your outcomes.
Having a specific plan allows you to incrementally improve it between races until you reach a place where racing itself is more of a habit than an event.
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The Sakt
Its language definition: Forbiddance
Places that has a
It has been related that would stop gently without breathing while in the state of continuing his recitation in four places of the revelation. It is required (waajib) for the reader reciting the Qur'an by the way of Hafs 'an 'Aasim min tareeq Ash-Shatibiyyah to do all of these as long as he/she is reading the two words that have a in between them in continuum. If the reader stops between the two words (which is allowed in al-Kahf and Ya seen), then the would not be employed, since it is now a stop. All of these saktaat of Hafs are transmitted by a sound chain of transmission from the Prophet, . They are often referred to as the saktaat of Hafs because they are unique to the way of recitation made famous by Imam Hafs.
1. The first , which as defined is a short breathless stop, is made on the alif substituted in place of the tanween in the word , at the beginning of surah al-Kahf, when joining the first aayah with the next one , then would read . This doesn't mean that it is not allowed to stop on the word since it is the end of an aayah. If one stops though, there would be no .
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3. There is also a in the recitation of on the word , in aayah 28 of surah al-qiyaamah, ; after the sakt, the recitation continues with the word . There is of the noon saakinah in the word , since the prevents the letters from meeting, and therefore there is no . Click here to listen to this sakt
4. also has a on the of the word with of the because again, the prevents the two letters from meeting so there is no in aayah 14 of surah al-Muttafifeen. After the sakt, then recites the next word . Click here to listen to this sakt.
NOTE: These four are required when reading these words in continuum with what follows, when reciting by the Shatabiyyah way of Hafs.
There are two allowed () sakt in two different places in the Qur'an. These two sakt are not specific to the recitation of Hafs, but are allowed in the other ways of recitation also. These "allowed" saktaat means there is more than one allowed way of reading in these places.
1. The first allowed is between the end of surah al-Anfaal, and the beginning of surah at-Tawbah when joining the end of al-Anfaal with the beginning of surah at-Tawbah. The allowed is on the of the word then the recitation continues with . Again, there are other allowed ways of joining these two surahs.
2. The second allowed is on the word , in verse 28 of surah al-Haaqqah when continuing with the next aayah . We previously studied that there is another allowed way of reading when joining these two aayat, that is idghaam of the first saakinah letter of the word into the voweled of the word . Both of theses two ways of joining these two aayat are allowable.
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About 15 percent of U.S. couples are infertile, and roughly half of those cases can be linked to male infertility, according to reproductive biologist Harvey Florman of the University of Massachusetts. Yet 80 percent of male infertility cases cannot be explained, says Lishko. When it comes to women, researchers have already discovered what's behind about 80 percent of infertility cases.
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After a light and loose practice at the Garden, the Rangers issued no guarantees on the eve of Game 6 in New Jersey. Tomorrow, of course, is the anniversary of Mark Messier's hat trick, meaning today is the anniversary of the captain's guarantee. But this group's two leaders, Ryan Callahan and Brad Richards, just smiled and dismissed it when pressed to see if they'd bite.
The closest thing to a guarantee came from a relatively expansive John Tortorella, although it had nothing to do directly with the outcome of tomorrow night's game in Newark. Tortorella was asked about Henrik Lundqvist rebounding from perhaps his worst performance of the postseason and had this to say:
"He'll play his best game tomorrow night."
Same goes for Richards, whose stellar form from the first two rounds has yet to surface in this series. Richards seemed particularly ineffective in Game 5 when, as the joke goes, his most dangerous shot on net was fired at his own goaltender.
"I expect him to play his best game, too," Tortorella said. "He will find his way. I know his makeup."
As you'd expect, the coach also sidestepped comparisons to the 1994 team, particularly the fact that this one finds itself in such a similar situation being down a game in the conference finals as it heads to New Jersey. He said that memory meant a lot outside the Garden and is significant to the media, but not him and his club.
"Not to disrespect what happened there, but that has nothing to do with how we're preparing," he said.
UPDATED, 3:56 p.m.: In Newark today, Martin Brodeur said 1994 had "nothing" to do with this series.
"I don't see anything that is similar," Brodeur said. "I know if you guys look at it, it looks the same. But it's different teams and a different way of playing the game. That's 18 years ago. That's a long time. I know I'm feeling a lot different. I'm feeling a lot more appreciative of what's going on."
Brodeur also said he and his team had no knowledge of Messier's guarantee until after the game.
"We didn't even know before the game was ended that he made a guarantee," Brodeur said, adding: "I don't recall it having an effect on us at all. But I think at the end of the game everybody made a big deal out of that. If he really said it, that's a pretty gutsy thing to do."
Other notes…
• Michael Del Zotto was the only regular who did not skate at practice. Del Zotto was not at the Garden at all today, although the club would not say where he was. (Remember: His grandmother passed away over the weekend.)
• Every other forward and defenseman who has played this postseason was on the ice, including Lundqvist and the recovering Brandon Dubinsky. Mats Zuccarello (wrist) skated with the team as well and told reporters he would be ready to play if called upon.
• Tortorella said he liked the look of some of the new line combinations he unveiled in Game 6, but didn't like others. Callahan thought his line with Artem Anisimov and Dubinsky not only produced chances but kept the puck in its offensive zone effectively. Presumably, the coach agreed, but he wasn't about to admit what he liked and what he didn't.
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In its 5 March, 2007, edition the well-established Danish daily Kristeligt Dagblad reported the views of geologist Jens Morten Hansen, a professor at the Center for the Philosophy of Nature and Science Studies, on the subject of Atlas of Creation:
"… I received a book weighing around 10 kilos from a publisher in Istanbul. This was a book about natural sciences called 'Atlas of Creation,' and dealt with the theory of evolution's 'swindles' in fossils. Natural sciences and geology in particular had turned human beings into materialists, the result being the emergence of Nazis, communists and terrorists.
… This 'terrifying link' between Western natural sciences and terrorism, illustrated with images of gassed Jews and heroic Palestinians, and on the other hand Western-looking skinheads and the attack on the Twin Towers etc., could be seen all over the world.
On the other hand, we can understand that the true teachings of Islam recommend and impose peace, tolerance, freedom of expression and humanity… We see from this same tremendous book that there are 18 other 'natural-science critical' books, wide-ranging and translated into more than 22 languages. …"2007-09-30 03:03:29


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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I just found this out and I am so embarrassed to even say it. My fiancé just admitted he likes to wear diapers and play nursemaid. I am sickened by the thought. In other ways, he is so grown-up and manly! I am going crazy now. What do I do? Our wedding is slated for next summer and we were just at the wedding show together. Help! -- Not A Nursemaid, Winnipeg
Dear Not A Nursemaid: He told you so you could reject him now -- six months before the wedding -- if you couldn't stand the idea of participating in his fetish. He can't enjoy this fetish alone as it requires a partner. He will understand if it's a dealbreaker for you. Appreciate that he didn't wait until eight weeks before the wedding when the invitations were out. If you have to break it off, he should pay for lost deposits, not your folks, because he could have revealed the deal-breaking news way before the engagement. You, in turn, should keep the real reason for the breakup confidential. Agree between the two of you on a story you will tell about why you broke up, and keep it simple. You don't want him suicidal because you told the world the real story.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I took my husband -- we're separated but seeing each other for sex -- to a shooting range. It was his first time, but he turned out to be a great shot. Then it occurred to me, since I was the one who cheated and he's still quietly angry, I wouldn't stand a chance if we went hunting together and he wanted to get rid of me, for instance, and say it was an accident. Am I being paranoid? -- Second Thoughts on This Sport, Winnipeg
Dear Second Thoughts: Since it's a dicey relationship, you may not be as paranoid as others might think. How about you find some other sport to practice, like a racquet sport where you can whack very hard? But, also take your marital problems to a counsellor so you don't have thoughts like this any more. Fooling around with your cuckolded sort-of-ex husband before you work out the anger, distrust and resentment is likely to cause a series of volcanoes in the near future.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I fell in love with my boyfriend's father last summer at the lake. In the fall, I broke up with the son and called the father. He told me to "go far, far away" as I suspected he would. But last week, to my shock and amazement, I got a call and I joined the man for a drink. He said he too had felt the powerful attraction in the summer, but ran from it. Finally, he couldn't hold back. Well, one thing led to another that night and now we are in the position of wanting to be together as a couple. How do we tell my ex, without ruining their father-son relationship? I thought maybe I could call my ex and ask him if it would be OK if I started seeing his father, now we have been apart half a year? He does have a new girlfriend he loves more than he ever did me. We broke up over feelings of indifference on both sides. Little did he know I was in love with his father, but from a respectable distance. -- Rock and a Hard Place, Winnipeg
Dear Rock: In the old days the father would have had to ask his son for permission to start seeing you, but that was last century. Forget that happening. On the hopeful side, indifference is the opposite of love, so there's a ghost of a chance that, after the son blows sky high, he will find a way to deal with this awkward new relationship. It's bound to be bad for awhile, so if and when you do get together as a family, don't be all over the father in front of people. Your ex will naturally wonder if you were flirting with his dad while you were seeing him, maybe even consorting with his father at the same time. You both need to answer these questions, and talk with him privately. He doesn't need to be facing down you and his dad as a couple.
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I'm still experimenting with new ideas for Carb-Conscious Thanksgiving Recipes, but you can't eat Thanksgiving side dishes every day even if you're blogging about them, and this Lebanese Lentil Salad with Garlic, Cumin, Mint, and Parsley is something I'd happily eat all year round. I served this as a side dish with the Pan-Fried and Roasted Pork Chops with Apricot-Mustard Sauce, and I think it would also make a great take-to-work lunch salad.
The recipe was adapted from Garlicky Lebanese Lentil Salad in Saveur October 2010, but after I made their version the first time, I changed the proportions a bit for a result with less oil and more lemon to fit my lemon-loving tastebuds.
When the lentils are done, drain them well and return to the pan.
Add the lemon juice mixture to the sauteed garlic and heat for about 1 minute.
Lebanese Lentil Salad with Garlic, Cumin, Mint, and Parsley
(Makes 4-6 servings; recipe adapted from Garlicky Lebanese Lentil Salad in Saveur October 2010.)
1 C green lentils (or use brown lentils, which will cook a bit more quickly)
2 T + 2 T extra-virgin olive oil
10-12 cloves garlic, very finely minced (use more or less to taste and depending on the size of the garlic cloves)
finely chopped fresh mint
finely chopped fresh parsley
(use about 1/2 to 1 cup fresh herbs, depending on availability and how much you like fresh herbs)
4 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice (or slightly less if you're not a big lemon an like I am)
1 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
While lentils cook, very finely minced 10-12 fresh garlic cloves. Heat 2 T olive oil in small frying pan, add garlic, and saute over very low heat until garlic is very fragrant but barely starting to get some color, about 7-8 minutes. Turn off heat.
While garlic cooks, finely chop desired amount of fresh mint and parsley. Whisk together lemon juice, other 2 T olive oil, ground cumin and ground allspice.
When lentils are tender, drain well and return to the pan. Turn heat back on under pan with the garlic, add lemon juice dressing mixture and heat about 1 minute. Pour heated dressing over the lentils, then gently stir to combine so all the lentils are well-coated with the dressing.
Stir in fresh herbs, then season the salad well with salt and fresh ground black pepper. Serve warm or at room temperature.
This salad will keep in the fridge for a day or two, but leftovers will taste best if you let them come to room temperature. You may want to add some fresh squeezed lemon juice to brighten the flavor when you eat it.
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A scheme between the council's trading standards department and banks in Croydon has prevented a vulnerable pensioner being conned out of more than £50,000.
The 89-year-old man had already lost £100,000 after falling victim to two earlier scams.
Rogue traders visited the man's home in Shirley and panicked him into agreeing to allow them to carry out work to his chimneys, assuring him they were in imminent danger of collapse.
No quote was offered for the work, but after reducing the height of the four stacks, they demanded a bank transfer of £52,500.
When a British Gas technician visited the house days later to carry out maintenance work, he discovered the cowboy builders had dismantled an important flue, rending use of the resident's gas appliances unsafe.
The gas supply was subsequently disconnected before any harm as done.
Croydon's trading standards team were aware of the victim because of two incidents in 2004 and 2010, in which rogue traders had conned him out of £100,000.
As a result they had liaised with his bank, asking staff to raise the alarm if large sums of money were withdrawn from his account.
The latest request was noted and bank staff alerted the team after delaying the cash transfer.
The team who are now investigating, spoke to the man to make him aware he was being defrauded and to ensuring he paid no money to the criminals.
Councillor Simon Hoar, cabinet member for community safety, said: "This is a case in which, once again, heartless, cowardly criminals have identified a likely victim and moved with ruthless intent.
"However, thanks to the work our trading standards unit has done with local banks, the scam failed.
"The fact that this is the third time he has been targeted makes one suspect that these criminals – because that's what they are – are sharing his details with other villains and he is being repeatedly targeted.
"We must all be vigilant and remember to never entertain traders who turn up uninvited on the doorstep, offering to do work or provide a service. Politely tell them 'no, thank-you', close the door and immediately report the incident."
Suspicious doorstep callers should be reported to Citizens Advice Consumer Service (formally Consumer Direct) on 08454 040506.
Residents who feel threatened by the attitude or actions of doorstep callers should call the police.


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(PG, 102 minutes.) Opens Boxing Day.
Assembled from impeccably photographed 70-millimetre sequences of our planet's varied forms and lives, which forsake story and dialogue for purely visual input, the central thrust of Ron Fricke's Samsara is the lack of spiritual awareness in Western lives. The film hopes to provoke an awakening among viewers, and it certainly worked for me: by halfway through, I was praying for it to end. The movie's lineage stretches back to 1982's Koyaanisqatsi, the first instalment of Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi trilogy and a film on which Fricke was the director of photography before branching out on his own with 1992's Baraka. The philosophies, personnel and soundtracks are all somewhat different, but the idea remains the same. Visual wonder gives us human intimacy, nature's force and technology's impact in one globe-hopping package. Three decades is a long time to preserve a cinematic belief and while Samsara has the same glistening clarity as most of the previous works, it often comes across as inconsequential and trite. Too often it relies on simple juxtaposition, beginning with the opening sequence of Balinese dancers giving way to a volcano spewing ash and lava. Blockbusters are often criticised for being fragmented and reliant on overstimulation, and Samsara is the saintly arthouse equivalent. The production took in 25 countries; pieces are easy to drift into (or out of). Apart from a vast Scandinavian poultry operation, where the placement and control of the animals suggest Fritz Lang's Metropolis, many sequences are already familiar online, and speeding up the footage of production lines and gym goers just forces a verdict on the audience. The filmmakers want to show the world is a remarkable place, but also dangerously off kilter. Their technique, however, is high-handed and vague, and by relying on fragments, they do without the documentary's use of context and examination. A shot of a Palestinian man at an Israeli army checkpoint invokes tension, but it could mean anything. Various scenes suggest better movies: Buddhist novices running through a temple (Martin Scorsese's Kundun); helicopter shots of endless Los Angeles freeways (Michael Mann's Heat); and the film's view of the Third World is often fixed and patronising. Samsara has something for everyone who wants to feel superior.


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Panhandle Boasts Boom Quail Production
AUSTIN, Texas — Quail are famous for their "boom and bust" cycles. In other words, in good years there are a lot of quail, in poor years there aren't any. In the Panhandle region of Texas, this is more than just a good year for quail — it's an awesome year for quail!
Quail have high reproductive potential that lets them recover from the worst years quickly. Good quail years are dependent on several factors; good carryover of breeding pairs from the winter, timely rainfall, mild temperatures, lots of food and good range/habitat conditions. The Rolling Plains, for the most part, has been experiencing these conditions for the last two years, which means a lot of quail.
Based on Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Quail Surveys and landowner observations, this will be a quail season to remember, according to wildlife biologist Dana Wright in Paducah.
"This is the year to get the bird dogs out of the kennel, buy plenty of shotgun shells and spend as much time out in the field as possible, since this could be a year to remember as far as quail hunting is concerned," Wright said. "If you don't have a place to hunt, don't forget the Matador Wildlife Management Area offers public hunting opportunities for quail."
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When conditions are good for quail production other species also do well.
Quail numbers look good for the Texas Panhandle, which includes 56 counties, basically an area from the top of the Panhandle south to Andrews County and east to Jones and Hardeman County.
"Based on our surveys over the last 30 years we have averaged 18.2 birds per survey route," explained Wright. "This year we observed 30.8 birds per route compared to 15.7 birds per route last year. That's a 100 percent increase over last year. As a matter of fact, we have not observed this many birds on our survey routes since 1987!"
Quail hunters are reminded that in addition to a valid Texas hunting license, an Upland Game Bird Hunting Stamp is required in order to hunt quail in Texas.
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Where are the best schools or school districts in Indianapolis?
lotr1967 in Franklin, Tennessee
123 months ago
LOL!!! Are you serious??? My best advice. HOMESCHOOL or PRIVATE SCHOOL!! The Governor has managed to get rid of most of the teachers in Indiana. They have all been forced to move out of state as a result, to look for work. It's so sad. Art classes, home ec, agriculture, all of the important extacurricular courses are being eliminated. Kids are wore out, teachers are wore out, test results are skewed just to pass the kids on. No child left behind is right....but, most cannot read or calculate the simplest of math equations.
Sharon Barker in Indianapolis, Indiana
120 months ago
i agree with you 100%
PGardiner in Indianapolis, Indiana
119 months ago
It use to be that you could find a good charter school, no longer. We are left with schools that only those with excellent finances can offord.
Michelle in Franklin, Tennessee
119 months ago
We have long since moved out of state. Things aren't much better here but a little. However, in Tennessee (Williamson County in particular) expectations are for perfect children. Those who aren't wealthy or gifted are left in the dust. So, we are back to homeschooling again.
Michelle in Brentwood, Tennessee
118 months ago
Host said: Where are the best schools or school districts in Indianapolis?
Please read links below. There are no good districts left. Please research all of the information on teacher layoffs and budget cutbacks for the past 5 years. They have eliminated most arts and trades programs and most of the classes have a high student to teacher ratio. Crime is increasing in the schools there as well. AND they started bussing inner city children to township schools as well. It's falling apart. Charter schools are governed by state and local laws so they are feeling pressure as well. Homeschool or private school if it is at all possible.
June in Indianapolis, Indiana
113 months ago
It is so sad that we value GAS more than we value the education of our children. We are so focused on other things that don't even matter. The rich just keep getting richer, and as a people we just don't value what our children can do. They took all of the Art and music programs out and now we are left with that horrible ISTEP mess, and CORE 40 mess. Children need to learn how to read, write and calculate. They need to know about history, and social economics. We just want to teach them how to be bitter and slick. Then we put them in jail or on some kind of drug that is suppose to help them blend into society. Indiana is the worst state I have ever seen when it comes to compassion for its youth. Sit out on any street down town some times and look at how they do not have somewhere to go. They just hang out. It is sad and we should do something really big to change it.
A Friend in Sarasota, Florida
113 months ago
While inner city Indianapolis schools have their challenges, the bed room communities have outstanding public schools... Carmel, Zionsville, Westfield and Fishers to name a few from the Northside. If you don't believe me make an appointment and visit them. You'll like what you see, the teachers are great and the staffs are caring.
A Friend
nevermore in Sarasota, Florida
113 months ago
Michelle My fiancee lived in Carmel on 30K a year with 2 kids. It's doable. Fishers and Westfield are even less expensive. Homeshooling is not the least expensive, or in my opinion, a good option for the kids when there are excellent schools available. These schools are that good and worth paying higher rents to live there. We are moving back just for those reasons as Florida schools are very poor. But whatever you do I wish you well. It's up to you to make it happen.
Brett in Indianapolis, Indiana
110 months ago
Coming from someone who has there teaching license, and was looking to become a teacher in Indiana, I will agree that "Our Man |3itch" Daniels has driven alot of good teachers out of state. If you want to look on the west side of Indy, look at Brownsburg, Avon, Plainfield, Mooresville. These areas are much less expensive than Carmel, Fishers etc. and they offer quite a bit. Carmel and Fishers are way too busy for me. I love the west side.
kbana in Danville, Indiana
109 months ago
I am planning on homeschooling my kids once they hit 6 grade as I do not want them to go to the middle school in North Putnam. I am letting them get a good start in Elementary first. But I wonder why I had to purchase a calculator for my 3rd grader. I cannot believe how they are letting them use them instead of teaching their brains to do the math. Back in my years they never let us use a calculator. No wonder why the kids cant do math skills on their own. I am very disappointed this year with them because of this. I want my kids taught. Not free lancing......keri
Broadrippian in Indianapolis, Indiana
107 months ago
All of you are so funny. Anything is "doable" but is it realistic, for everyone? NO! I have live in Indiana for most of my life and find that Westfield wants to become fishers and Fishers want to become Carmel and Camel in turn want to become Zionsville. ALL are highly expensive places to live. (Carmelites, Fisherians, Westfeildian, and Zionlites) Let?s not leave out Nobletuckians, they too want to be like Fishers, or Fisherians. All schools have their good sides and bad sides. I have heard of Clay township schools not having their stuff together and Private Park Tutor not graduating any of their students to Harvard. Matter of fact the majority of Park Tutor student graduate to IUPUI. IUPUI is not a bad college, although when you pay college tuition every year to send your child to Park Tutor for the first 18 years or more; you expect at least Harvard for a College.
But what about home schooling.....That is only as good as the teacher.
Let?s face it; it all boils down to the teacher anyway and some years they are good and others they are not.
My advise what every you choose GET INVOLVED! If you do not like all aspect of a school help change it. Volunteer; be in your child class room as much as possible. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CHILDS LIFE NEEDS UP TO A STRANGER!!!
loretta in Indianapolis, Indiana
106 months ago
Host said: Where are the best schools or school districts in Indianapolis?
i would try either dectaur or wayne township vey nice schools alot of options to choose from
smoore in Indianapolis, Indiana
103 months ago
I would like to homeschool my 12 year old but I don't have all the skills to do so. Are there any teachers that offer homeschooling? or any other parents that offer help in their homes with this?
hiljack in Indianapolis, Indiana
102 months ago
Michelle in Franklin, Tennessee said: Too funny....after writing all of my comments we are so homesick for Indiana and our family back home. My son will remain homeschooled when we move back. I know about Carmel, Zionsville, Westfield and Fishers. You have to make a certain amount of money to live in these areas. They are upper middle class and upper class. And many of us are not able to live in these high scale areas. I'm happy for those who are. It still leaves the rest of us with nothing.
im not sure where you are getting your information but there are opportunities for all economic classes in Carmel, Zionsville, West field and Fishers - you do not have to be upper middle or even middle class to live in carmel
PGardiner in Indianapolis, Indiana
102 months ago
I think that Washington Toownship Schools are still a good deal. As with any school system it depends on the child but I have found great satisfaction in the Washington Township School District.
Mike in New Palestine, Indiana
102 months ago
You home schooling folks are funny. I know of many parents that home school and could not pass a 9th grade test in any subject. The main ingredient for a successful school is parents that are involved. One does not have to be rich to live in Fishers, Brownsburg or any of the "expensive" cities about which you complain. Our combined income was under $40,000 last year and yet we somehow afford to live in our nice, small ranch home in Fishers. I am sure all you complaining about budget cuts feel that money is the only answer to the education solution. The reality is to have families with a mother and father, involved in their child's education, paying attention to what those children do at all times of the day and night.
lotr1967 in Franklin, Tennessee
102 months ago
I have a B.A. in History and graduated in the top 10% of my class from the University of Indianapolis. I am a member of two national honor societies. I have been the Development Director of a public library and am now a writer and heading a ministry. My homeschooled son of 15 years is graduating a year early and has been accepted into ministry school and will be starting classes next month. OH, and did I mention I have been a single Mother for 14 years? So, what was it that you were saying about homeschooling parents who cannot pass a 9th grade test in any subject as well as children needing to be in a two parent home?
Way to go with the stereotype. Fail....
God bless and have a great day.
Mike in New Palestine, Indiana
102 months ago
I am sure you are the prime example of all the home school people. If you actually read my posting I said that all the people I personally know do not have the qualifications to teach. Now, I am sure my circle of friends are not as educated or spiritual as yours.
If you really think families are better off with well educated mothers without fathers, go with it. Also, Ms. Perfect. I really hate it when Bible thumpers like you say have God Bless and Have a nice day. I know what you really mean.
lotr1967 in Franklin, Tennessee
102 months ago
I am NOT a single Mother by choice. However, I HAVE chosen to remain single so I did not get into a poor marriage that could lead to divorce. And I really did mean God bless you. I am not a Bible thumper. I am not religious. I HATE religion. I am a follower of Christ and trust me, if you knew me at all, you would not be stereotyping. I am sorry Christian's have pissed you off so much that you now hate us all (another stereotype). Trust me, most church's fail at that completely. I know this for a fact AS a single Mother who has always been stereotyped IN the church for being a single Mother. So, I see you as no different than those you condemn.
wed1986 in Indianapolis, Indiana
95 months ago
My son goes to IPS. He was in the magnet program at School 91. It is a Monessori school. The children work at their own speed and ability level. #91 won the Federal Blue Ribbon award last year. Also my son as an Eighth Grader took High School Algebra. He took the test and passed. #91 was the only school in IPS to have 100% pass the core 40 test.
Teacher in Indianapolis, Indiana
86 months ago
Brett in Indianapolis, Indiana said: Coming from someone who has there teaching license, and was looking to become a teacher in Indiana, I will agree that "Our Man |3itch" Daniels has driven alot of good teachers out of state. If you want to look on the west side of Indy, look at Brownsburg, Avon, Plainfield, Mooresville. These areas are much less expensive than Carmel, Fishers etc. and they offer quite a bit. Carmel and Fishers are way too busy for me. I love the west side.
"their" and not "there" teaching license Brett.
CFKK in Fishers, Indiana
86 months ago
Your comment has a spelling error. Alot is actually two words. A lot.
klkforeman in Monument, Colorado
80 months ago
Good Lord people!! It was a simple question, and everyone has turned this into a debate!! I moved 2 years ago from Noblesville and it is a wonderful place to raise kids. We had a combined income at the time of just about 65,000, I LOVED the school my son went to. Noblesville is an inexpensive little town that is just close enough to the city. The schools are fine, and if you can....become involved. Being involved, turns a "fine" school into a great one!!! Good luck!!
Jbarnedoot@*****.*** in Dallas, Texas
76 months ago
Does INDY regulatory board offers a temporary license for newly grad. Occupational therapy assistant? If yes, for how many months? How many times? If there's a company in INDY who are willing to hire a OTA with temporary license to follow, I'm available...thanks!
Mary in Indianapolis, Indiana
69 months ago
smoore in Indianapolis, Indiana said: I would like to homeschool my 12 year old but I don't have all the skills to do so. Are there any teachers that offer homeschooling? or any other parents that offer help in their homes with this?
My daughter lauren is 13 she is doing Keystone Homeschool. It is great it is all on the internet they send you a progress report like every three weeks. I just have to make sure she is turning her work in.
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