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June 14th, 2013
I haven't even been tear-gassed yet, but that's because I have avoided the protests during the first few days. Otherwise, tear gas has become a common phenomenon for those on the streets, a normal topic for daily conversation, as people have come up with ways to creatively live with it. Many protestors now carry amateur or professional masks, as well as anti-acid solutions to reduce the effects of the gas, easily available by mixing water and Talcid, the equivalent of Peptobismol.
A small protest to prevent the destruction of a public park in the most famous square of Istanbul turned into a massive uprising when the police attacked the peaceful protestors brutally on May 28th. From Istanbul to Ankara, from İzmir to Dersim, thousands of people poured into the streets. Those who preferred to stay in their homes contributed by making sounds with pots from their windows. Despite the differences in class, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and political views, what united the protestors was their reaction to the authoritarian policies of the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, including but not limited to environmental destruction for the sake of private construction, the restriction of alcohol sale, the arbitrary detentions of students and journalists, and the silencing of the media during the attacks of Reyhanlı just a couple of weeks ago.
What was most shocking for me during the first days of the uprising was that ALL my friends were fearless to crowd the streets, most of which had shown no interest in protests before. While this crowd included young and old people who were already involved in political organizing, many others were those who are considered to be "apolitical." I use quotation marks here because I see politics as imbued in every relationship, yet the term connotes a disinterest in politics in the mainstream sense of the term. In any case, for the first time ever, all my friends on Facebook shared the same sentiments about an event: the necessity of being in the streets.
As the police attacked the crowds which headed to Taksim Square on the day and night of May 31st, mainstream media chose to ignore the events. One of the main news channels, CNN Turk, showed a documentary about penguins, which later became the mascots of the uprising. The level of political satire and humor that circulate in social media still continues to amaze me every day. Not willing to realize that this is an uprising of the people, Erdoğan characterized those at the Gezi Park as "çapulcu," looter in Turkish. Creative minds embraced the term as their own, giving it a new meaning: "someone who fights for her rights," which led to this Wikipedia entry. Like the word "queer," many years from now, the word will have perhaps found its place in both Turkish and English dictionaries!
When the police withdrew from Taksim on June 1st, the square as well as the Gezi Park was appropriated as a public space by the protestors, and became an inspiring experiment in solidarity and co-existence. As many people set up their tents to spend their nights there, political groups from clashing ideologies hung up their flags side by side. They sang and danced together to the same tunes. Sexist and racist slurs, commonly used in daily speech, as well as militarist slogans were discouraged. On the night of Miraj, the night marking the ascent of Prophet Mohammad to Heaven, people in the park celebrated the religious day together. Protestors practicing Islam performed their usual Friday prayer in the park, surrounded by a chain of individuals who were there to protect them.
Despite the peaceful picture in the Gezi Park, violent police attacks continued in Ankara, İzmir, and Hatay, just to name a few places. Finally, the police also entered Taksim Square on the morning of June 11th, with the excuse of clearing up the flags of "marginal groups." As their latest strategy, government officials divided people into two camps: (1) people who are sincere about the trees in the park, who are not ideological, (2) those "marginals," that is, mainly leftist groups and Kurds who do not refrain from clashing with the police. The governor's latest words insinuate that the "marginals" exploit this opportunity to promote their own agenda and cause a threat to the inhabitants of the park. Some of this discourse is unfortunately adopted by protestors who claim that the park should be cleared of any flags. It's interesting to observe people's perception of "ideology," as many of them conceive themselves as post-ideological. Yet many others see this opportunity as a joint struggle and appreciate the co-existence of diverse groups with their flags and "ideologies."
Right now, with all the barricades taken down, the Gezi Park is surrounded by the police. Yet daily life continues… and thrives! Everything is free in the park! Organizer groups announce their list of needs every day, and people come to procure them. There is free food, free library, free health service, and a fire department in charge of security. "Revolution has just winked at us" is one of my favorite quotes describing the scene. People are overly nice to each other, an indication that, if nothing else, this uprising is transforming human relationships, including those at home. When the governor of Istanbul called on to the mothers of the protestors to take back their children from the park, the mothers responded by coming to the park themselves on the night of June 13th to protect their children, when more than 40 buses of policemen were awaiting around the park. That night, as well as the preceding night, was also marked by a piano concert in Taksim square facing troops of policemen.
For the last two days, there have been several negotiation platforms with the Prime Minister Erdoğan and Istanbul Governor Mutlu. The suggestion of a referendum to decide the future of the park is still being debated, but many people seem rightfully dissatisfied with it, as it does not fulfill any of the demands put forward by the Taksim Solidarity Platform. While allegedly holding these negotiations, the government continues to create fear and discouragement by arbitrarily detaining lawyers, by taking people who are carrying masks and helmets under custody, and by starting investigations on the doctors who helped the injured during the violent clashes, all of which are unlawful actions. Police attacks still continue remorselessly, as Ankara faced violent clashes on the night of June 13th, just when negotiations were taking place. This whole struggle unfortunately came at the expense of four lives who were victims of police brutality, five more who are currently in intense care, and many others who were wounded, some, injured for life.
At the moment I'm writing these words, several assemblies have gathered in the Gezi Park and other cities to decide on the future of the resistance. It is impossible to predict the outcomes of these events, as it was impossible to predict this uprising. Yet some conclusions, to me, are quite obvious. Many people who remained oblivious to political issues, especially the Kurdish issue, realized the deception created by the media and had a close encounter with state violence. They also came to understand what it means to not be taken seriously by the government despite the large numbers on the streets. In addition to the experiments of co-existence and direct democracy carried out at the Gezi Park and many other places all throughout Turkey, the "politicization" of a formerly oblivious youth and the coming-together of previously clashing political groups will surely have political repercussions in the future. —Bürge Abiral '11
Bürge Abiral '11 currently studies anthropology at Sabancı University in Istanbul.


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Wessex FM News
Weymouth Lands Major Triathlon
11:00am 7th August 2014
It's the only official European long distance triathlon and it's coming to Weymouth.
Challenge UK has announced the resort's been chosen to host the competition in September.
The event is expected to draw world class competitors.
Renato Bertrandi, President of the ETU is very pleased to be able to formally announce the new Championship location and he said,
"We are happy to confirm that the Long Distance European Championships will take place in Weymouth UK in 2015. I am sure that all our long distance athletes, elite and age group, will not lose the occasion to compete in order to fight for the European title. As per this season, the European Championships will be over the full and half distance and we have already announced the half distance at Challenge Rimini. We are sure that the collaboration with Challenge will deliver excellent and safe races."
Ian Howard TD, British Triathlon President added,
"Long Distance Triathlon is hugely popular with our Home Nation's members and we are delighted to be able to work in partnership with Challenge, Just Racing UK, the European Triathlon Union and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council to bring the 2015 ETU Challenge Long Distance Triathlon European Championships to Weymouth, host venue for the London 2012 Olympic Sailing races.
"The opportunity to deliver a major triathlon event in an iconic location like Weymouth is very exciting and I am sure it will be an event not be missed for competitors and spectators alike."
Challenge Family CEO, Zibi Szlufcik says, "With the very passionate crew of Challenge Weymouth, and the excellent support of British Triathlon; the 2015 ETU European Championships will become the pinnacle of long distance racing in Europe.
It is the only official European Long Distance Championship event, and will offer athletes all ages the amazing opportunity to represent their respective country and enjoy warm hospitality of the Weymouth community. We are willing to deliver nothing less then best ever ETU Championship event in 2015, and the 2014 event provides an excellent opportunity for athletes to test the course."
Alan Rose, Challenge Weymouth Race Director is absolutely delighted to learn that Challenge Weymouth has been presented with Championship status and he said,
"we are extremely honoured and proud to be able to make this announcement, and it is very much a reflection as to how hard the Just Racing UK events team have worked to deliver Challenge within the UK over the last four years. We are confident that this will significantly strengthen the reputation of Challenge in the UK, and we look forward to welcoming a truly world-class field to our event.'
Councillor Kate Wheller Mayor of Weymouth & Portland say that she is very much looking forward to welcoming athletes to Weymouth this September. She says,
"I would like to welcome athletes, their friends and families to the borough of Weymouth and Portland and I want to wish those competing the best of luck in the Challenge Weymouth Triathlon. After all the hard work I hope everyone gets to enjoy some of the fantastic places we have in the borough such as our gardens and beach which are prefect places to visit and rest and also enjoy the many great local restaurants where it is possible to relax after the event. I wish all athletes and Just Racing a very successful event."
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Tuesday Sessions
Thursday Sessions
Final Programme
The Congress programme is structured according to ICLEI's Programme Areas from the Strategic Plan.
Each programme areas is divided into themes.
Under each theme are grouped a number of parallel sessions.
Each parallel session will focus on either a case study, an expert presentation, tools or a strategy panel.
Each parallel session will produce results.
These results will be gathered in a strategy panel for each theme.
The results from the strategy panels will be gathered in a consolidation sub-plenary for each thematic group.
Finally, a closing plenary will regroup all the results from the three consolidation sub-plenaries.
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Discussion in 'GBAtemp & Scene News' started by Chanser, Jul 16, 2009.
I like the idea of taking a game and showing what it would look like from a 4-bit computer game right up to a Wii game but this was really badly done.
Apart from the 4-bit game, the rest looked very homebrewy and the whole thing will take less then half and hour to finish. They could have easily made some new levels (they're just mazes after all) but then its fairly painful to play through the ones that are already there.
I'd like to see another developer do this properly.
In concept this game was "allright", but after having played it through it's VERY shallow and not worth the money AT ALL. I'd wish they made more wiiware games in this retro style, or more like the fabulous "retro gaming challenge" for DS, where they built a sort of world around it and you actually get that feeling of being young and carefree again.
Moar retro game challenge. MOAR.
Aside, I want an RPG that, as you go along the quest, it either progresses or retrogrades through generations rather than altering worlds or something like that. Make fun of now being able to walk around a chest rather than into a chest.
I hope SEGA releases Pols Big Adventure in the West, I need to know what the Japanese guy is shouting about. There is a sequel to that coming too.
I think Retro Game Challenge could sell well as seperate downloadable games.


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Women Want Breasts Over Brains
March 2, 2012 by staff
Women Want Breasts Over Brains, A THIRD of young women would swap their intelligence for bigger breasts, according to new research.
The depressing finding has been attributed to our obsession with celebrity culture and the growing popularity of cosmetic surgery.
A quarter of the women in the survey claimed larger b**bs would make them happier, while 60 per cent confessed to believing they would make men more interested in them.
In contrast, only 43 per cent thought higher intelligence would attract more male attention.
There's so much wrong with these findings that it's hard to know where to start. How on earth have we come to this in 2012? It seems feminism has gone backwards.
Ironically, the extent of many 18 to 25-year-olds' hankering for a larger breast size was revealed on the same day 38-year-old Kate Moss posed t*pless for Another Man magazine.
By any standard, Moss wouldn't be considered to have a well-endowed chest. Yet she's an idol.
Of course, many would argue Moss is an unrealistic role model and therefore contributes to the body image dissatisfaction that makes young women want to change their bodies in the first place.
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a person who flirts outrageously with work colleagues
"emma is really flaunting it with reef today"
"she certainly is, she's an emma wemma".
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someone who won't f-cking shut up. parrot: kiss me! kiss me! kiss me! kiss me, pretty boy! pretty boy! kiss me! kiss me! cawcaw! me: shut the f-ck up you annoying parrot parrot: pucker up! pucker up! pucker up b-tch
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millennial's that base their pop culture and memes on hot topic merchandise including movies, cartoons & bands they can't ident-ty songs from but d-mn it looks cool in the store. hot topic generation = 20 year old wearing a ramones tee, "what's rock n roll high school? blind stare
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:ATTENTION NEW YORK AREA MARILYN MANSON FANS! We are offering you a unique opportunity to hang out with MANSON at a party he is hosting which will be televised by Much Music. The party is taking place in New York City on Thursday, October 24, 2002 and you would need to be free from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. There is a vaudeville / burlesque / cabaret dress code for the party and a signed MARILYN MANSON watercolor fine art limited edition with be given to the best-dressed fan. So throw on your best suit, top hat, or corset and come spend the evening with Manson. If you are interested in being a part of this intimate television party, just email us with: "Marilyn Manson", your full name, number of tickets needed (a pair maximum per request), and phone number to: [email protected] in both the subject line and body of your email. Example: "Marilyn Manson", Adam West, 2 (212) 555-1212 We will email you with all the relevant details if there is space available. VAUDEVILLE / BURLESQUE / CABARET / FETISH DRESS IS REQUIRED. YOU MUST BE 21 YEARS OR OLDER TO BE IN THE AUDIENCE AND CAPACITY IS VERY LIMITED. E-mail us ASAP if you want to hang with Marilyn Manson in NYC on Much Music.
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Season previews always seem so half empty. Not because the writers are lazy (okay, some are) but because there's always that spectre of "well, shit can get real around the transfer deadline, so, here's some vague material that should be read skeptically. Enjoy!"
With that in mind, here's my preview. It's not vague, and it shouldn't be read skeptically. I guarantee all of the following events will happen. In some capacity.
Fulham will defeat a Sky Five club or two at home. (Sadly, it won't be Chelsea.) The story line won't be about us though.
Fulham will lose at Everton.
"JOL OUT!" will be a message board topic by, oh, mid-November. Such sentiment will ossify by Christmas.
Fulham will lose at least once to a newly promoted side on the road. They will also trounce at least two newly promoted side at home.
A star player will get sick; media will speculate there was a "bust up" and he'll "surely be sold." He won't.
A star player will be sold for a decent amount of cash around a transfer deadline. The club will then use that money to unearth some overlooked talent.
MOTD will feature us last at least 66% of the time. We will all complain about it. Alan Shearer will respond "For me, they're just not a big club." Alan Hansen will counter with "Fulham are now a decent side." Lawro will still predict us to lose every week.
David Stockdale will be sent out on loan. We'll all make a fuss.
There will be a series of matches where Fulham play like crap and concede extremely late goals. This will force us fans to threaten ending our fandom. Fulham will then immediately play some beautiful football, achieve some great results, and get sucked back in.
Fulham will have a clear path to a cup final, and somehow screw it up.
Fulham won't score many goals on the road, and pundits will point to how awful their road form is. All while turning a blind eye to how amazing their defense is on the road.
Fulham will finish a very respectable midtable. A few smart pundits will clap and say "good job!", and then promptly discuss the horrors of Manchester City purchasing another title.
At next season's preview, pundits will say "Boy, Fulham don't get the credit they deserve!".
The cycle will repeat.
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Anyone who has paid any attention to the news about the development
of the third installment of the X-Men movie series would have
more than a few things to be concerned about. With director
Bryan Singer leaving to work on Superman Returns, the
film was handed over to Ratner (Rush Hour). With Halle
Berry wanting more screen time, James Marsden having scheduling
issues and the producers not wanting Alan Cumming back, one
had to wonder how the script would play out.
After the death of Jean Grey at the end of the second movie,
we find a Scott Summers who is not the man he used to be.
At the same time, a cure for the mutant gene is found. This
raises a certain moral quandary: does one take the cure to
fit in with society, fight against the cure, or fight to allow
people the choice. Unfortunately, this moral quandary is only
taken on face value. We're given a minor portion where Rogue
goes to get cured so that she can finally touch her boyfriend,
who she is afraid of losing to Shadowcat, another young female
When Jean Grey turns up alive at the place of her previous
death, Wolverine and Storm return her to the mansion, only
to discover that Professor X had previously toyed with her
mind to contain the massive power within. Because of this,
she had built a second personality. When this personality
arises, she leaves the X-Men and joins Magneto and his growing
army of mutants bent on stopping the cure, which is being
used as a weapon. This leads to a conflict between the humans,
Magneto's forces and the X-Men.
I would have to say that The Last Stand benefits from
the character development set out in the previous two movies.
Without it, the cast here would be dead weight running through
the motions. It's really sad that a movie that should have
focused on Jean Grey's internal conflict spends so little
time on her actual character. In fact, most of the time spent
with the personas feels more like a replay of the last two
movies. And Jean spends way too much time just standing around.
In terms of fan service. The Last Stand does a good
job throwing in more than it's fair share. We get the fastball
special and a fight with a Sentinel (though we only see it's
head), and Beast gets some good action sequences. Vinnie Jones
as the Juggernaut is serviceable, but better when he doesn't
talk. Visual effects are obviously where most of the budget
went into. I would have to say that they could have toned
it down a bit as some of the effects are a bit over the the
top for the "more realistic" X-Men world set in the previous
two films. Also, the film is certainly paced a bit too fast,
screaming through the hour and forty minutes with little time
for character.
The Last Stand is a good popcorn summer blockbuster,
but it certainly is a step back from the second movie. At
this point, I would have to suggest that they put the series
to an end. The first two movies spent more time with the characters
and felt less directed, or dictated, but the cast and production
choices. Unless they can find a way to give any future sequels
a fresh restart, this is a good way to end it all.
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Skip to comments.Americans Are Using Their Houses as ATMs Again
Posted on 02/08/2013 12:05:23 PM PST by ExxonPatrolUs
Nearly 11 million borrowers are underwater on their mortgages, owing more than their homes are worth, according to CoreLogic, and yet home equity lines of credit are suddenly on the rise again.
During the housing boom of the last decade Americans withdrew over $1 trillion in home equity. They did it through cash-out refinances, home equity loans, and home equity lines of credit. The latter allowed them to use their homes like an ATM. They spent the money on cars, televisions, vacations and fancy home upgrades. It was seemingly endless equity, until suddenly that equity was gone.
"Home prices are definitely a factor" in the recent rise home equity lines of credit, said Brad Blackwell, an executive with Wells Fargo [ WFC 34.79 +0.13 (+0.38%) ] Home Mortgage. "As they increase, people have more available equity."
(Read More: New Housing Fears: Home Prices Are Rising Too.)
Blackwell also pointed to increased consumer confidence, meaning borrowers now feel better about their ability to repay these loans. Both factors fueled a 19 percent jump in originations of home equity lines of credit at the end of last year, according to Equifax. In 2008, as housing was crashing, home equity line originations dropped 55 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at m.cnbc.com ...
The majority of the US population is like the government, spend, spend, spend. Keep up with the Jones. Most of these people did not need new cars, new TV's, expensive vacations and the list goes on. Now they will start crying, the bank is foreclosing on us, we can't afford our mortgage payments. Let them lose everything they own.
"Cashing out" some equity to buy some more China-trash?
What could go wrong!?
This is probably how my sister-in-law is paying for the trip to Bora Bora. Why shouldn't she? There's always another bailout.
Fun with numbers...
HELOC'ss are up 20%!!! Oh but they fell 55% from peak to trough so the growth is off a much smaller base...
Housing starts up 28%!!! Oh but they fell 73% from peak to trough so the growth is off a much smaller base...
As a professional analyst I love seeing stuff like this.
Howdya do that, where do I enter the PIN number?
What is this equity of which you speak?
What could go wrong THIS TIME???
Yes, they can elect more democrats who will blame the innocent, then pilfer the IRAs of the thrifty.
I would think that reverse mortgages for those over 65 and the Baby Boomers facing long periods of unemployment would be more to blame than young people using home equity to prop up discretionary spending.
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Some days are just tough and leave you not wanting to do much of anything. Being a mum is not the easiest job and sometimes you feel like you're failing supremely at it. On those tough days, it's good to have friends who say, 'do you need a guest post for IBOT?'
Yes, Bec. Yes, I really do. Thank you.
So today's IBOT post is the first ever guest post on a Tuesday and is thanks to Bec from Seeing the Lighter Side.
I found it quite appropriate.
Have you noticed that as a parent you lose the right to whinge freely about your job to people outside of your profession? You know, that glazed look you get from some people as you complain about sleep deprivation, mess and tantrums, as compared to the riveted engagement which used to flow from the same people when you complained about long hours in the office, difficult clients and unrealistic deadlines.
It's time we reclaim our right to whinge and be heard, ladies. It's time to repackage and redesign our image: let's corporatise motherhood.
It's not as difficult as it sounds and it's all in the marketing: a web designer doesn't offer to "fiddle around with a few pictures and colours to make your company page look nicer so people want to go there and buy stuff". No, my unlearned friend: a web designer will "optimise the primary customer interface in order to maximise engagement and increase net profit margins."
All we need are a few acronyms, a few Standard Operating Procedures (that's "SOP"s, of course), perhaps a Professional Association of Youth Development Managers ("PAYDM") and some lessons in corporate speak.
So next time you want some sympathy, don't say:
"The kids have been fighting all morning and I'm just over it. They won't share, they won't see reason and I finally divided the toys by force and sent them to their rooms. I told my husband what had happened and he suggested I just buy new toys but that's totally missing the point and we can't afford it anyway."
Instead, try this to get the genuine pity flowing from your corporate friends over a few glasses of wine:
"I'm working on a major long-term project at the moment and client relations broke down this morning over a perceived inequitable division of the Recreational Assets Registry (RAR). I spent the morning negotiating a temporary Division of Assets Agreement (DAA) with a view to eventually getting the parties to accept a Permanent Shared Resources Arrangement (PSRA). The negotiations were protracted, exhausting and ultimately unsuccessful.
"I've checked the initial contracts embedded in the RAR, though, and it appears that the PSRA would violate the terms of the initial acquisitions so I think it's best if I leave a prospective merger off the agenda in the short term. I think I might have to schedule a few offsite relationship building sessions at the local Indoor Playground and revisit the contract re-negotiations after that, moving forward.
"I called my business partner to provide a project status update and request his input. He suggested an expansion of the total pool available in the RAR. I pointed out that this was outside the project scope and further discretionary expenditure would be unwise until we had resolved the structural budget deficits, probably closer to the Christmas period."
I would dearly love to see how Bec would summarise my day. Something along the lines of, 'after several heated negotiations the client suggested an alternative proposal which is under consideration. We hope to come to an agreement over the coming weeks at which point contracts will be drawn up and adhered to at all cost.'
I can only hope. 😉
How would you optimise your latest parenting/life endeavours?
Have you met Bec? She's one of our #teamIBOT all stars and is rather awesome.


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Exhibition of L.A. Billboards-as-Art
Billboards-as-Art at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House: "Commercial messaging tells you to buy; artistic messaging encourages you to look and to think." Billboards have played such a significant role in the history & culture of LA. It seems fitting to look upon them, finally, as Art over Ad. This recalls another billboard exhibit last year in downtown LA …that spotlighted photos of iconic billboards from 1950s & '60s LA.
See the original source: How Many Billboards? at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House
The Beauty of Data Visualization
Journalist, author and data visualization specialist David McCandless recently gave a fantastic TED Talk about the beauty of data visualizations. His conclusion: "Design is about solving problems and providing elegant solutions." He manipulates vastly complex datasets to arrive at elegantly simple visual representations that yield tremendously memorable insights.
Siegel+Gale has a great post about simple complexity, known as "simplexity". The post argues that the need to simplify user interfaces takes on added importance in an age when technology is rapidly subsuming our lives with its complexity. They profile 4 organizations (Google, Apple, MIT and Microsoft) that have mastered the art of making exceedingly complex products and interfaces really, really simple and usable. Ironically, I am most impressed with Microsoft's Surface Computing device.
The original article can be found here: Simple Complexity
Brand = Something You Participate In
Excellent slide infographic highlighting the evolution of brands from the days when a brand referred to cattle, to today's rapidly-evolving definition as something that you participate in.
Original slide taken from this Slideshare presentation, slide #15.
Real-life "Liking" Mirrors Facebook "Liking"
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Coca Cola – The Real Life Like – (2010) Israel
The Coca Cola Village, a watersport amusement park in Israel, uses real-life "Like" buttons that feed real-world "Likes" onto Facebook. The teenage visitors are given an RFID bracelet programmed with their login & password. This experiment drives engagement back and forth between offline & online.
The Bug, the Worm and the Death Star
Different from my previous post, this article discusses nicknames for the actual logos of corporate brands. My favorite: "the meatball"! Some seem a bit disparaging of their brand, others just cute ways to personify otherwise abstract logotypes.
What's In A (Brand) Name?
What's in a nickname? According to branding icon Al Ries, "People who use a brand's nickname feel closer to the product than those who don't." But he doesn't drop examples. So let's find some good ones.
Here is the text of Al Ries's complete post, taken from his Facebook Page:
"A nickname is a good thing. People who use a brand's nickname feel closer to the product than those who don't. As a matter of fact, nicknames are one of the most under-utilized aspects of marketing. If at all possible, every company and every brand should have a formal name as well as a nickname. Two names are better than one."
A Big Social Media "Oops!" for Coca-Cola
A Coca-Cola social marketing campaign for Dr. Pepper blew up in the company's face when an inappropriate status was automatically posted to the page of a 14-year-old girl. The moral: Never entrust your brand to "experts" outside your company. Always make sure every word, photo and piece of information about your compan…y's brand that is posted or published to social networks is checked first. http://bit.ly/dns8Q7
A link to the original article: What Coca-Cola's Epic Facebook Fail Can Teach Us About Social Marketing | Facebook blog and news
Old Spice Goes to Town with New Media
Procter & Gamble's social media brand campaign for "Old Spice" has gone powerfully viral. Their message: "Smell good. It's not unmanly." Among other things, this campaign is challenging the notion that shower gel and body wash are "unmanly" to men. So far they have posted 185 videos directly based upon fan interaction …on Twitter & Facebook.
The link back to the original article can be found here: Old Spice Argues That Real Men Smell Good
"Antennagate" & Apple's Brand Problem with iPhone 4
"Antennagate" and corporate crisis management: It befuddles me how a company with such good leadership can completely fumble its way through a stupid antenna issue by strutting such a cavalier public attitude. But will it really impact their brand image?
It is not enough to build strong brand equity. It must be maintained and nurtured. Apple has an enormous PR albatross around its neck with the iPhone 4's antenna issue. The problem is not whether the faulty antenna is a hardware or software issue. It is with Apple's refusal to fully divulge the problem and be transparent with its loyal fan base. As a result, the growing wave of negative sentiment threatens to topple Apple's position as one of America's most admired brands.
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Humeral shaft fractures respond well to conservative treatment and unite without much problem. Since it is uncommon, there is not much discussion regarding the management of nonunion in the literature, and hence this is a challenge to the treating orthopaedic surgeon. Osteoporosis of the fractured bone and stiffness of the surrounding joints compounds the situation further. The Ilizarov fixator, locking compression plate, and vascularised fibular graft are viable options in this scenario but are technically demanding. We used a fibular strut graft for bridging the fracture site in order to enhance the pull-out strength of the screws of the dynamic compression plate. Six patients in the study had successful uneventful union of the fracture at the last follow-up. The fibula is easy to harvest and produces less graft site morbidity. None of the study patients needed additional iliac crest bone grafting. This is the largest reported series of patients with osteoporotic atrophic nonunion of humerus successfully treated solely using the combination of an intramedullary fibular strut graft and dynamic compression plate.
Les fractures de l'humérus répondent bien au traitement conservateur avec une bonne consolidation. Concernant les pseudarthroses, la littérature est assez controversée et ceci reste un traitement difficile pour les chirurgiens orthopédistes, notamment en ce qui concerne l'ostéoporose et la raideur des articulations adjacentes. Le fixateur externe d'Ilizarov, les plaques en compression, les greffes vascularisées sont des possibilités techniques et thérapeutiques. Nous avons utilisé des fragments de péroné pontant le foyer de fractures associés à une plaque dynamique en compression. Les patients dans cette étude ont eu un bon résultat avec consolidation de la fracture au dernier suivi. Le péroné est un site intéressant pour le prélèvement des greffons, avec peu de morbidité. Aucun patient n'a nécessité un complément de greffes iliaques. Cette étude est la plus importante concernant une série de patients présentant une pseudarthrose athrophique avec ostéoporose au niveau de l'humérus traités avec succès par l'utilisation combinée de greffes de péroné intra médullaire et d'une plaque dynamique en compression.
Nonunion of the humerus is an uncommon complication of diaphyseal fractures. Its reported rate in the literature is quite variable, ranging from 1 to 10% [3, 11]. It can be successfully managed by various surgical methods with the principles being open reduction, freshening of edges and stabilisation using plate and screws, interlocking nails, or an external fixator [4, 5, 8, 9]. Supplementing fixation with cancellous bone graft has been found to achieve union reliably. Osteoporosis is a common factor confounding longstanding nonunion of humerus due to disuse, old age, or following multiple surgeries. It is a challenge to successfully achieve osteosynthesis with plates in such ununited osteoporotic bones [1, 10]—hence, the evolution of polymethyl methacrylate with screws [2, 12] and locking compression plates (LCP). LCPs are advantageous in this situation but high cost and availability are concerns in developing countries. Interlocking nails or external fixators are not viable options in these elderly patients as the adjacent joints may already be stiff at the time of presentation. We treated six patients with nonunion of osteoporotic humerus shaft successfully using a combination of an intramedullary fibular strut graft and dynamic compression plate and screws. This is the consecutive experience of two medical centres.
Six patients with nonunion of osteoporotic humeral shafts were treated prospectively at two tertiary referral centres from 2005 to 2007 using an intramedullary fibular strut graft and dynamic compression plate (DCP). Indication for osteosynthesis using the fibular strut and DCP in this study was a diaphyseal fracture of the humerus which had remained ununited for at least four months and was associated with severe osteoporosis and pencil-thin cortices. Patients with an excessively scarred, indurated soft-tissue envelope or with a poor blood supply were excluded and treated by a vascularised fibular transfer and hence excluded from the study. Because of the rarity and complexity of this specific problem it was not possible to include a control group.
Average age of the patients was 65.33 years (range, 54–84). There were four females and two males (Table 1). Five patients had involvement of left humerus and only one on the right side. Three patients each had fractures of mid-shaft and junction of middle and proximal thirds. Five were closed fractures and one open fracture had eventual atrophic nonunion upon presentation. All patients had mild pain, tenderness and gross abnormal mobility at the nonunion site, and limitation of activities of daily living. All patients had stiffness of shoulder and elbow to varying degrees. Average delay at presentation from the time of injury was 13.33 months (range, 7–26 months). Preoperative DASH score averaged 84±5 (range, 77–97). Two patients each had diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease and three had hypertension. None of the patients were smokers. Five patients with closed fractures had nonunion following conservative treatment.
All patients underwent surgery under general anaesthesia after administration of prophylactic antibiotics. Mid-shaft fractures and fractures at the junction of middle and lower thirds were exposed through a posterior approach with care taken to identify and protect the radial nerves. Fractures at the junction of proximal and middle thirds were treated through an anterolateral approach. Fracture fragments were freshened off the devitalised bone and fibrous tissue up to the point of bleeding bone ends, and the medullary canal was opened using a drill. Both fragments were then reamed progressively using serial hand reamers up to the point of reaching the fairly healthy cortical bone.
The mid-shaft of fibula was then harvested under tourniquet control with care taken to identify and protect the superficial peroneal nerve. Fibular shaft of excess length was harvested so that it could be trimmed as necessary. Three sides of the fibula were trimmed so as to enable it to snugly telescope into the fracture fragments across the fracture site. If the thickness did not permit its use, it was conversely bevelled at two ends leaving behind the full thickness shaft in the middle which later would bridge the nonunion site or bone defect more effectively. The strut was pushed into one of the fracture fragments and the exact length of graft that needed trimming was assessed. Once the final shaping of the graft was done, the fracture was reduced with the intramedullary fibular graft spanning the fracture site.
Osteosynthesis across the fracture site was achieved using a dynamic compression plate and screws in compression mode. An additional Muller's compression device was used at one end of the plate to achieve intraoperative compression at the fracture site in all patients. At least three screws on each side of the fracture with three or four cortical purchase for each of the screws were attempted. The remaining excess pieces of fibular graft were packed longitudinally bridging the fracture site. None of the patients had iliac crest bone grafting. Patients with elbow and shoulder stiffness underwent passive joint manipulation at the end of surgery. All patients were protected in an arm sling for a period of three weeks after the surgery. Elbow and shoulder mobilisation was initiated aggressively after three weeks. Lifting of weights using the operated limb was deferred for a period of three months or until osseointegration of the fibular ends or fracture healing.
At final follow-up, the patients were examined by an independent observer clinically and radiologically. Symptoms of pain, instability, or dysfunction were recorded, and the movement of adjacent joints was measured. Intra- and postoperative complications were documented. Radiographs of the humerus in two orthogonal planes were examined for the presence of bridging bony trabeculae, indicating union, as well as for evidence of loosening or breakage of the implants. Fractures were considered united if at least three of the cortices on radiographs showed evidence of bony trabeculae crossing the fracture site.
All fractures had solid clinico-radiologically evident fracture union by the three-month follow-up, and patients were very satisfied with the treatment (see examples in Figs. Figs.1,1, ,2,2, ,3).3). There were no wound problems. The average arm shortening was 1.56±1.1 cm (range, 0.5–2.6 cm). The patient with radial nerve injury required a tendon transfer surgery six months after nonunion surgery. Patients were followed-up for an average of 15.83 months (range, 11–24 months). None had pain over the fracture site and the DASH score at the last follow-up averaged 28±13 (range, 9–43). Although three patients had some discomfort over the fibular graft harvest site, none had any pain or problems at the last follow-up.
There was an average loss of ten degrees abduction and 15 degrees flexion of the shoulder. There was no change in shoulder rotations following surgery. All patients with preoperative fixed flexion deformity of elbow to varying degrees had persistence of similar deformity at the last follow-up. Range of motion of the elbow had improved by 15 degrees following surgery. All patients had gone back to their near normal pre-injury activity levels at the last follow-up.
One of the patients had intraoperative splintering of the distal fracture fragment at the tip of the plate which healed in the 'U' plaster slab over a period of six weeks without affecting the outcome. None of the implants had loosening or breakage at the last follow-up. Two patients had developed superficial wound infections postoperatively, but delayed suture removal and oral antibiotics were sufficient to resolve these problems. One patient had transient common peroneal nerve palsy which recovered spontaneously at six-weeks follow-up. At the last follow-up, none of the patients had any morbidity due to fibular graft harvest.
The incidence of nonunion after humeral shaft fractures is generally reported as low because of the favourable results of nonoperative and, on strict indication, surgical treatment. Hence there is little literature on the results of repair of nonunion of the humeral shaft [3, 11]; nonunion is likely to be related to the severity of initial injury, transverse pattern of fracture, or soft-tissue interposition. Failure to unite after surgical treatment may be due to poor contact between the bone ends, inadequate stabilisation, devitalisation of bone, osteopenia, and bone defects. Obesity, alcoholism, and method of treatment may also be contributory factors.
Osteoporosis, either as a result of disuse or due to generalised metabolic causes, compounds the choice of surgical treatment in these patients. It significantly reduces the pullout strength of the screws thus increasing the chance of implant failure. Humeral nonunion in osteoporotic bone presents a reconstructive challenge for the treating orthopaedic surgeon [1, 10]. While a number of methods of managing atrophic fracture nonunion have been suggested, each has its drawbacks. Most surgeons favour the use of an interlocking nail, Ilizarov external fixator, or LCP for stabilisation and vascularised fibular graft or cancellous iliac crest bone graft for enhancement of fracture union [9].
Interlocking nails require an image intensifier and are technically demanding. Their use is also known to hinder the shoulder movements in the short term, although the long term results are comparable with that of plating. Patients with nonunion of the humerus usually present with some stiffness of the adjacent joints and nailing may in fact worsen it. But, nailing has the advantages of being a load sharing device and affords stable fixation of the nonunion site even in osteoporotic bones. Bone transport using distraction histogenesis in the treatment of complex post-traumatic problems has a certain appeal, but enthusiasm for the Ilizarov technique has been tempered by its complexity and technical difficulty, the commitment of time and resources required for a good result, and the potential for numerous complications [4, 6, 8].
Locking compression plates are very promising, especially in this clinical scenario, but their use is limited due to problems with cost and availability. The dynamic compression plate is a familiar implant and easy to use by all surgeons. It is also more economical for patients. Plate fixation for nonunion humerus has been widely described in the literature. The main complications with this method include screw back-outs, radial paralysis, and infection. Dynamic compression plates fixed with screws having six or eight cortical purchases on either side of the fracture are often sufficient provided the bone quality is adequate to hold the plate and screws in place until fracture union [7]. Some authors have tried the use of methyl methacrylate bone cement along with the cortical screws to enhance the pull-out strength successfully; but it adds to the cost and has the potential for cardio toxicity.
Iliac crest cancellous bone graft has no mechanical strength to withstand stresses prior to solid union of the fracture site and also is associated with quite significant graft harvest site morbidity. The fibula transmits one eighth of body weight and can be as useful as vascularised or nonvascularised graft in reconstruction of bony defects. Vascularised bone grafting requires surgical experience and equipment not readily available in every hospital. The technique is demanding of time and resources, and vascular thrombosis may compromise the result [5]. Nonvascularised fibula is easy bone to harvest with the least possible tissue trauma. When harvesting the fibula transplant, a few centimetres of the epiphyseal portions have to be left in place so as not to interfere with the joints involved. The portion harvested is therefore almost completely cortical in character. The cortical bone affords immediate structural continuity and stability at the fracture site. It also has some osteogenic potential in addition to acting like a strut across the fracture site when used as an intramedullary bone graft. Fibula is probably the most suitable donor bone for reconstruction of defects in a long bone because of its length, geometrical shape, and mechanical strength. Grafts of cortical bone revascularise slowly and incompletely. There is a substantial risk of infection, delayed union and nonunion, and fractures through the graft are common. Although it is believed that skeletal reconstruction with bone grafts frequently fails because the surrounding soft tissue cannot provide adequate vascularity for graft incorporation and, even if successful, only results in slow revascularisation of the dead graft by creeping substitution, we did not find any graft being resorbed or failing. The fibular graft harvest has also been reported to have a high potential for peroneal nerve paralysis but if adequate care is taken to identify and protect the nerve during exposure, this complication can well be prevented. There is a moderate cost of fibular harvest regarding operating time, hospital stay, nursing cost, walking problems, crutches, etc.
We recommend dynamic compression screw plate fixation (six or eight cortices on either side of the nonunion) associated with an intramedullary fibular strut bone graft. The results in our series with almost no complications favour this easy and reliable option. Three or four cortical purchase of screws through the DCP enhances the pullout strength of the screws in osteoporotic patients. The fibula acts as a filler in the medullary cavity preventing abnormal movement. None of the screws backed out in this study as of the last follow-up. In this study, there was an attempt to achieve compression at the fracture site using the Muller's compression device. Although some surgeons have studied enhanced pullout strength of screws in osteoporotic bones with addition of polymethyl methacrylate, we consider this option to be a nonbiological solution to the problem of osteoporosis and to add to the cost and duration of surgery [2, 12].
An intramedullary fibular strut graft across the fractured site in conjunction with compression plating successfully achieves union without the need for simultaneous or further cancellous iliac crest bone graft in osteoporotic atrophic nonunion humerus. The technique is easy, familiar, economical, and confronted with less bone graft harvest site morbidity. The fibula acts as an internal splint to the fracture site, aiding stability of osteosynthesis and also increasing the number of cortical purchase of the screws used in fixing the plate, thus increasing the pull-out strength of the screws. Intramedullary positioning in addition to load sharing, also helps bone ongrowth and osseointegration. Bone peg graft bevelled conversely at both ends and leaving full thickness fibula at the nonunion site adds to the limb length in addition to affording mechanical stability to the fixation construct. This technique may find future application in lower limb long bone fracture nonunion.
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Now you are 39 weeks pregnant you are coming to the business end of your pregnancy. It is time to make sure you're happy with your birth plan!
39 weeks pregnant – development guide
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Time to review your birth plan and make sure you're happy with your choices. This is your birth experience so it is important that you're comfortable with the choices you've made and have discussed your preferences should alternative actions need to be considered.
As your baby gets ready for labour, you may experience your fundus dropping slightly as your baby sits lower in your body, closer to the birth canal. Your cervix is starting to soften in preparation.
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Your baby is approximately 50cm long, but remember that the size range varies based on your and your partner's genes. Your baby weighs approximately 3.2kg but again this can vary between 2.5kg and 4.5kg.
Your baby is starting to lose the lanugo hair but the majority of the vernix that has protectively coated them for most of the pregnancy remains. This aids in delivery and post birth. Usually, it is left on the baby after the birth for as long as possible.
3 things to do now you're 39 weeks pregnant
Read up on the first few days of breastfeeding
This article – Breastfeeding – A Guide to the First Few Days – is a good one to bookmark. Have a read now so you know what to expect and come back after baby is born because there are just some things you need to learn 'on the job'.
Talk about labour with your birth partner
Now is a good time to look over your birth plan and make sure your birth partner is on board. Why not share this funny article with your partner – it is a list of things you should not say to a woman in labour and is worth a read! There are real-life example but also some tips on what you SHOULD say too!
Ask advice about birth-pain management
There are many ways to help reduce pain during labour. From a warm bath to an epidural and everything in between. If you're looking for some tips why not chat to forum members about birth-pain management.
This content is meant as a guide only. If you find anything worrying or unsettling, or experience any bleeding or spotting, contact your local GP, obstetrician or an emergency healthcare provider immediately.


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After receiving his Bachelors degree from The Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, Marcello Arredondo began his Kitchen Design career in 2004 after moving back to his hometown of San Antonio,TX. He began working for a national wholesaler and designed more than 1,200 kitchens to achieve yearly top sales awards from one of the largest cabinet manufactures in the country. Marcello believes that design should encompass form, fit and function to achieve not only an aesthetically coherent space, but to also give functional balance to the client's home. From the start of the design process, Marcello will ensure your dream kitchen will become a reality through consistent communication and attention to detail.
A native of New York City, Ellen moved to Texas five years ago. While in New York, she worked as a marketing and sales analyst for a Fortune 10 company for nineteen years before becoming a kitchen designer. In her eleven years as a designer, she has worked on hundreds of projects from kitchens to offices, dens and bathrooms. Ellen is in her third year at UB Kitchens and loves designing kitchens and bathrooms!
Winner of several World Class Service Awards, Eric Curtis spent the last decade wowing clients at Reico Kitchen & Bath, a well respected firm in Northern Virginia. Having worn the hats of both a Project Manager and Design Associate, Eric has the unique ability to see a remodel project from either angle. "Being able to access the experiences of both is invaluable" he says. Eric enjoys serving clients and is always looking to exceed their expectations. "In the end we want every client to be happy, it's really that simple."
After graduating from George Mason University, Joe began his career as a Kitchen Designer in 2003 in the Washington DC area where he collaborated with builders, interior designers and homeowners while working with the largest kitchen and bath distributor in the country. He relocated to Austin and joined the team at UB Kitchens in 2010 and his designs have been featured on popular TV shows such as "Sell This House" and "Property Brothers," as well as several design publications.
Craig started his kitchen and bath design career at Connecticut's largest kitchen and bath dealer in 2002, while finishing college full time. A seven time salesperson of the year award winner, Craig arrived at UB Kitchens two years ago, with a mission to help clients find equilibrium between entertaining guests and coziness within a terrific design. Craig's designs feature intimate warm woods in traditional and transitional styles to the modern/contemporary classics. His even-keeled and calm demeanor will assure you and his effervescent smile will put you at ease.
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This page describes the process of marketing a game. Presumably the goal is to achieve maximum *user* popularity. The forces that power it are cultivated - they build up over time. It's never too early to start thinking about marketing efforts.
Marketing can begin before you've even made a game. Simply making the right kind of game or adding the right kinds of features can give you a marketing boost.
1. Does the game have a target audience in mind? Can the game be modified to hit a wider segment?
2. Is the game easy to get running? See Placement for more detail on this.
3. Is the game polished? Use PolishChecklist.
If you're open-source, you're probably also free-as-in-beer. If you have another model in mind, it goes here :)
Placement (Distribution)
In retail products, gaining shelf space is of utmost important. Online, distribution takes on a somewhat different nature, and with games, it has to do with how quickly and easily people can run the game. This can be a powerful force to harness. The possible distribution methods, in order of ease:
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3. Package manager or similar "click to play" system(ex. Steam, Gametap)
4. Downloadable with installer
5. Downloadable, binaries, dependencies included, no installer
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Generate some promotion materials to help sell the idea of the game. This could include screenshots, videos, a web site, and "marketing copy." (Bullet-point featurelists and amped-up descriptions of gameplay)
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OKLAHOMA CITY (24 January 2017) – The State Department of Education would be required to track comprehensive data about emergency teaching certificates it issues each year, under a measure filed by a Tulsa County legislator.
House Bill 1362 by Rep. Regina Goodwin would direct the agency to publish an annual report about all emergency certificates it authorizes. The data, which would be posted on the agency's website by June 30 each year, would include:
Ÿ the total number of certificates issued in a particular school year;
Ÿ the name of each teacher who received an emergency certificate, the school district which requested the teacher, the particular school in which that teacher taught classes, and the subject matter taught by the teacher;
Ÿ demographic information about that school, including student poverty levels, racial composition, and disabilities percentages;
Ÿ the total length of time the teacher with the emergency certification taught at that school.
In a related matter, Goodwin has filed House Bill 1359 to give Oklahoma teachers a $5,000 pay raise effective with the 2017-18 school year.
The Legislature has not approved a teacher pay raise since school year 2008, House research documents indicate. "Our teacher salaries are no longer competitive," the Tulsa Democrat said. "I personally know of three teachers who left Oklahoma for much higher pay; one went to Texas, one to Missouri, and one to the East Coast. And at least one of them is earning $25,000 more after moving away."
"We need to know where teachers who receive emergency certification are being placed," said Goodwin, a member of the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education. "I want to know what kind of impact certified teachers have on student performance," she said last year.
The issue of teacher qualifications has grown in importance over the past couple of years, because of the sheer number of emergency teacher certifications issued to fill hundreds of vacancies in teaching ranks across the state.
For example, the State Board of Education approved more than 500 emergency teacher certifications in August 2015 and 381 emergency certifications in July 2016. In comparison, 30 emergency teaching certificates were issued during the entire 2011-12 school year.
The state issued 1,063 emergency certifications requested by 265 school districts during the 2015-16 school year, and 1,082 from July through December 2016, ledgers reflect.
The principal areas in which emergency certifications were issued the last two years were elementary education, early childhood education, science, mathematics and social studies. Applicants for certification must pass a test in their requested subject area.
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Bill would require Education Dept. to compile emergency certificate data; House Democrat proposes $5,000 teacher pay raise
OKLAHOMA CITY (24 January 2017) – The State Department of Education would be required to track comprehensive data about emergency teaching certificates it issues each year, under a measure filed by a Tulsa County legislator.


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Million may be in line for payout over flight delays
More than 900,000 people could be entitled to compensation after around 43m passengers were delayed flying in and out of the UK in the last year, according to the latest figures.
A total of 449,000 flights were late by 15 minutes or more between April 2015 and March 2016, almost a quarter of the 1.9m total, according to data from consumer charity Which?
Around 10,000 of those - carrying 183,000 long haul passengers and 729,000 short haul travellers - were at least three hours behind schedule, the research shows.
Long haul travellers could be entitled to £250 if their plane landed between three or four hours late, or £510 if their flight was at least four hours behind schedule. Passengers flying short haul could potentially claim up to £210 if they were delayed by more than three hours.
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Dealing With Loss is such a difficult undertaking. Imagine how difficult it is for a child. If a child loses one or both his/her parents or any other family member due to whatever cause, his/her life would be gravely affected.
One very effective way to help children deal with loss is through storytelling. Children are always interested in stories. It's the reason why this method has been used for educational purposes for many years. Now, experts advise to use this method in helping children express and release emotions of grief and cope with loss more efficiently.
When a child tells a story, he/she would often use people or animals to represent his/her fears, feelings and concerns. This is what experts call symbolic language. It enables the child to let his/her feelings be known without having to talk directly about himself/herself.
Most children who tell stories are not aware that they use symbolic language. But adults can recognize this and use it to talk about the feelings of a child. For example, a child who is not able to express anger caused by the death of his/her father would tell a story about the ferocious lion that got mad when its father died. Storytelling can be used by the child to talk about his/her emotions freely and without feeling embarrassed or guilty about it.
Help a child recover from grief through the use of storytelling by following the guidelines enumerated below:
Ask the child to provide more details in the story. For example, if he/she tells about the lion that got furious with the death of its father, ask the child questions like how the lion expressed this anger and how long it lasted. This will help the child express the emotions more clearly.
Different Endings
Have the child re-tell the story with different endings. You can also contribute to telling endings if the child seems to be ending the story negatively. This will show the child that endings in stories can still be positive despite the negative things that happened in it.
Positive Values
Always incorporate positive values in the story. Positive values such as strong will, patience and determination should be used in the story to help the protagonist in coping with the problem. This will motivate the child to use those values in real life in coping with his/her own grief.
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Start the story if the child doesn't feel like telling the story on his/her own. Then as the child becomes more comfortable, he/she would be able to contribute better to the story. You can also take turns in telling the story. Be sure to praise the child whenever he/she contributes something to the story.
Encourage the child to draw pictures to tell stories. If the child isn't comfortable about telling a story, you can use another medium like drawing to go through this activity. Drawing pictures can also help you in getting more information about what the child is feeling and how he/she is coping with the situation. Also, asking aout the drawing is a very natural way to start a storytelling.


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This year Gordon Ramsay returns for a second helping of festive cheer, inviting the nation into his family home on Christmas Day Morning he'll share tips and expertise showing the nation how to prepare the tastiest Christmas Day menu, step by step
For the past 2 years households across the UK have tuned in and followed Gordon's every move as he prepares his family's Christmas dinner. They've gathered the ingredients, chopped the vegetables, prepared delicious starters and stuffed turkeys alongside Gordon and his house-guests who've demonstrated the ease with which Gordon's amazing annual feast can be made at home.
Christmas is a very special time when friends and family come together to celebrate with the very best food, and Gordon Ramsay's Christmas Cookalong is guaranteed to make this the tastiest and most memorable Christmas ever. And as we know, all the best parties end up in the kitchen.


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3 Fresh Ways Beauty Brands Are Including You
Reasons why beauty is already winning 2017.
Reason No. 1: It's No Longer Just a Girls' Thing
Last week, L'Oréal released the new campaign for its vast shade range, True Match. Transgender actor and model Hari Nef co-fronts the video spots, where she talks about her foundation shade (W1, by the way) and the importance of skin. This is just one example of why your body and identity shouldn't dictate whether or not you can indulge in typically gendered activities like the use of makeup or skin-care products.
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Earlier this month, makeup social media star, Manny Gutierrez was announced as a new face of Maybelline, appearing in a commercial for its Big Shot mascara. It's the dawn of celebrating every single type of makeup lover, no matter if they have a beard, strong cheekbones, or long hair. Gutierrez—along with Nef and resident CoverBoy, James Charles—gives hope to the beauty boys, girls, trans, and non-conforming people who wish to take applying a bomb highlight out of their bedroom and into the mainstream.
Reason No. 2: Skin Tones and Bodies Are Different…
And that's a good thing! IT Cosmetics released the highlighters from its It Girl contest winners, YouTubers Nabela Noor, Millie Truong, and Loey Ruppelt, aka Loey Lane. In both skin tone (uh, hello, some brown representation!) and body diversity, the bloggers add to the idea that cosmetics are for many customers and demographics, not just celebrities.
Better yet, models such as Sabina Karlsson and Dominique Babineaux, both with stunningly beautiful complexions, also take part in L'Oreal's True Match campaign. Their inclusion serves as further proof that despite the fashion industry's long-standing adherence to traditional beauty standards—white, thin, blue-eyed, blonde—freckles, dark skin, and countless other traits beyond porcelain or extremely bronzed skin surely belong on the commercial spectrum.
Reason No. 3: Convenience and Quality Are Key
Milk Makeup, one of our favorite inclusive beauty brands, just released their Blur Stick, which is definitely just a code name for a skin-prepping primer. Its Push Pop-like packaging makes it easy to use, and all the more efficient.
Blur Stick, $36, milkmakeup.com.
Although Milk's been out for a while now, they still get credit for reliably producing simple, convenient products that you can carry with you on a daily basis and blend in with your fingers—no need for fancy brushes! This is important for a number of reasons. For people experimenting with makeup, chubby sticks and innovative applicators allow for simpler application for the novices. Then, there's the convenience factor, and the fact that it enables people of various abilities to blend, buff, and draw as they please.
Finally, by showcasing these cosmetics on a range of models, influencers, activists, and more (seriously, you should follow them @MilkMakeup on Snapchat), Milk shows that everyone can customize the way they shine—from blending in a little highlighter to blotting lipstick, and speaking out with a creative, meaningful voice at the same time.


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Iceland (Icelandish: Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland) is an iland in the northwest of Eveland. Its headtown and greatest town is Reekswick.
By the Book of Icelanders, Iceland is believed to have been first dwelt upon in 874 by the Norseman Ingólfur Arnarson in the stead he named "Reykjavik" (Bight of Smoke) forof the rising earthwarmed steam there. Ingólfur was followed by more Norse lords and their kin, as well as many Irish and Scottish thralls.
In year 930 a lawmooting was made, called the "Alþingi" ("Allthing") one of the earliest lawmoots in the world. The Alþingi passed laws and dooms upon the Icelandish folk.
Up until the H10th, Icelanders held to their heathen ways, but there was a growing thring from Europe for the folk to become Christly. A lord of the Alþingi, Þorgeirr Ljósvetningagoði, said forth that Iceland should become Christly to stop unfrith between the Christtrothen and the heathens, though he let the heathen folk stay true to their ways in hushthought. Later, even this right was taken away.
In the mid H13th, there was a time of strife amongst the Icelanders called the Tide of the Sturlungs (Icelandish: Sturlungaöld). It's tale is told in the Sturulunga Saga. In this time, the mighty leaders (goðar) fought one another, amongst them the Sturlungs, the mightiest clan in Iceland. Among them was the great Icelandish learned man Snorri Sturlason. At the end of the Sturlunga Tide, Iceland found itself under the feemanship of Norway. In 1380, Norway and Iceland came under the hold of Denmark.
In the H19th, driven by welkinish and earthlorish mishaps and a great hunger throughout the land, many Icelanders left Iceland for the New World. However, at home there was a drive for selfhood, led by Jón Sigurðsson. In 1874, Iceland was given selfhood by Denmark, which was grown further in 1904.
Throughout World War Two, Iceland kept itself unsided, though it was later taken over by British fyrd. Later, many American bands were sent to Iceland as well. In 1944, Iceland got full selfhood from Denmark, though Denmark was still under the hold of Nazi Theechland at that time. In 1949, Iceland became a limb of NATO, though Iceland would not set upon another land. The Americ landmight had many bands in Iceland, with a Loftweir stead at Keflavik, before leaving In 2006.
Between 1950 and 1970, Iceland had flites with the Foroned Kingdom over fishing, which was later called the Cod Wars. Iceland's fishing bounds were swelled to 12 miles from the shore in 1958, and later to 50 miles in 1972, and 200 miles in 1975. The Banded Kingdom did not acknowledge Iceland's right to these waters, and kept fishing there. This brought the two lands into a small clash of fishing ships. Iceland then threatened to shut down the lofthub at Keflavik, and the Banded Kingdom later told its fishermen to stay out of Iceland's 200 mile fishing bounds.
Today, Iceland is one of the leading lands in the benchmark of living. By the Banded Lands, Iceland is one of best lands in which to live.


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Lighting a fire in the startup ecosystem
Back in 2011-12, I was passionately driven to light a fire in the startup ecosystem that would catch, grow, spread and brightly illuminate the future. I'd spent my career, spanning a quarter of a century, building, nurturing, investing in and exiting startups – not without success. For over 20 of those years I'd been giving back by mentoring others, but now I felt was the time to move into a new phase – to more fully devote my energy to paying it forward. Two tangible outcomes took form that year:
- I cofounded, with Nasir Ali and Martin Babinec, the StartFast Venture Accelerator, and
- I wrote and published, Start Fast! How to accelerate your software / internet / mobile venture.
The book is intended as a crisp manual on how to build a startup from scratch. I poured into it everything I'd learned and then used Occam's razor again and again to cut away everything unnecessary. One reviewer calls it "The Lean Guide for Lean Startups." Here's an excerpt:
There are tremendous advantages to a fast start. You'll be able to see your idea in action quickly, get feedback from early adopters, adapt your product or service in response to that feedback, test and refine your business model all before investing a lot of money (yours or someone else's).
I'm going to give you a method, specific tools and action steps to start fast, build a real business fast and attain as much success as possible in the least time and with the least capital. Bear in mind that this method will not be applicable to every business. Not every business can be capital-efficient. Some take longer to build than others. I know that this method applies to a business if it is software-based and your customers can be reached through the Internet or mobile phone network. If your business is of a different character entirely, some but not everything here will apply to you.
There are reasons that software, internet and mobile companies can start fast, and most of these reasons are obvious once you know them. But most of them weren't true 10 years ago, some five years ago, and a few weren't true only 1 year ago.


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