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Amazon Prime is glowing up in 2019, and we are here for it. From the all trophies it took home at this year's Golden Globes to the quality of its original streaming content, Amazon Studios is out here showing the girls less is more. Imagine this: If the streaming services were The Plastics, Amazon Prime would play Lindsay Lohan's iconic Cady Heron, and Netflix would obviously assume the role of Rachel McAdams' equally iconic Regina George (Hulu would definitely be Karen).
Mean Girls references aside, the point is there is another streaming service in town, and it's got everyone talking.
At this year's Golden Globes, Amazon and Netflix rose to the top and won big, taking home some of the night's most coveted awards. Besides the slew of Golden Globe nominations Amazon received, it secured awards for two of its central actors — Rachel Brosnahan for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Ben Whishaw for A Very English Scandal. Wins of this caliber only further prove streaming services are now actively contributing to pop culture and have become solid entertainment powerhouses, shaping and redefining the entertainment industry through their own original content.
However, the gag is this: Amazon has been quietly winning Golden Globes since 2015, even before Netflix. While our attention tends to drift toward Netflix and its ability to inspire viral trends, Amazon has been over here in a corner somewhere, churning out its own incredible original content. This year alone, Amazon produced one of the year's top Oscar contenders, Beautiful Boy starring Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet — a movie which you can stream on Amazon Prime right now!
And unlike other streaming services, Amazon Prime's extensive library of streaming content feels particular and curated, as though it were thoughtfully hand selected. Rather than offer a buffet of content, Amazon Prime houses some of the absolute best movies you can watch on any given day — and yes, Amazon Prime's original TV shows are particularly binge-worthy!
We've slept on Amazon Prime for way too long and now have some catching up to do. To celebrate Amazon's big TV wins, we've combed through its extensive catalogue of original shows, compiling a list of programming you can't get anywhere else. But, please proceed with caution: The top TV shows we are about to mention are so tantalizing and ingenious, you are going to forget about your queue and want to watch them right now.
1. Homecoming (2018)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Run time per episode: 30 minutes
Seasons: 1
Inspired by the Gimlet Media podcast created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg, Amazon's Homecoming adds a stunning visual layer to a story that solely existed in the podcast listener's imagination. Heidi Bergman (Julia Roberts) is a caseworker with the goal of preparing soldiers for a return to civilian life. She works at a secret government facility in Florida, unaware of what's really going on there. Cut to Heidi, years later, working as a waitress. She finds herself tending to a customer who has many questions about the work she did at the Homecoming Transitional Support Center. But here's the thing: Yes, Heidi remembers working at Homecoming, but she doesn't remember any details.
So, what's really going on at the Homecoming facility? Is this a government cover up, or something more sinister? As every episode edges closer towards the truth, moving back and forth between the past and present, Homecoming will leave you begging to know more.
2. Catastrophe (2015)
Starring: Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Run time per episode: 24 minutes
Seasons: 4
When the world lost Carrie Fisher, Catastrophe lost a member of its TV family. But 2019 marks the show's return, and Sharon and Rob are back and better than ever!
The show's premise is very simple: While on a business trip to London, Rob, an American, develops a one-week relationship with a woman named Sharon. Their week-long fling results in an unexpected pregnancy. Rather than go their separate ways, Rob and Sharon decide to stay together and make it work. Because, obviously, the magic they felt during their week together will last them for the rest of their lives, right? Funny, honest, and delightful every step of the way, Catastrophe plays out like a modern day rom-com. It's a brutally honesty series that tackles big and relatable issues like relationships, parenting, addiction, and adulting.
3. Transparent (2014)
Starring: Jeffrey Tambor, Gabby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Run time per episode: 30 minutes
Seasons: 5
Though Transparent made history for Amazon back in 2015 as the first streamable show ever to win the Best Comedy Series Golden Globe, it feels more current now than it did back then. Transparent's timelessness and relevance comes from its ability to ground the lives of its characters in a truth that feels lived in, rather than sensationalized for the premise of a TV show.
Here we follow Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) as she steps into the world as a transwoman, making the brave decision to reveal her trans identity to her three grown children. With full blown lives and problems of their own, the Pfefferman family brings hilarity to their dysfunction and heart to their emphatic understanding and appreciation of one another. Transparent creator Jill Soloway has confirmed that Transparent will be returning this year for its fifth and final season.
4. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017)
Starring: Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Run time per episode: 57 minutes
Seasons: 2
From the marvelous mind of Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls, comes The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Set in 1950s Manhattan, Miriam Maisel is everything you might imagine a 1950s housewife to be. She's stylish, polished, and poised in a way that feels very Betty Draper, until you take a closer look.
When Miriam's life suddenly falls apart — her husband leaves her for another woman! — she can no longer fits in the "perfect" life she's been embodying. Then something miraculous happens, and the course of Miriam's life is forever altered. In a drunken stupor, Miriam finds herself in a comedy club working the stage. People are laughing, and guess what: she's actually good. The thrill of the stage and the relief comedy brings to Miriam's life inspires her — for better or worse — to seek out a career in stand-up comedy. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is not only a funny, witty show with costumes that will leave you gagging, but it's inspired by the life of a true comedy legend: Joan Rivers.
5. Forever (2018)
Starring: Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, Catherine Keener
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Run time per episode: 30 minutes
Seasons: 1
Here's a show that tests the boundaries of conventional storytelling and what you can do within the parameters of a television show. Without giving too much away, Forever tells the story of June and Oscar, a married couple forced to face the true meaning of "'till death do us part." From the start, we see June's growing impatience with their daily routines, and Oscar's ability to enthusiastically embrace the monotony of everyday life. As they plan a fishing trip to their cabin for the umpteenth time, June gets the idea of infusing their relationship with spontaneity and suggests a skiing trip. From here on out, the show does its own thing.
With Forever, the story really doesn't begin until the third episode. Regardless, you'll find yourself mesmerized by how it gets you there. With its slow pacing and ability to make you laugh without realizing it, Forever is the type of show that'll get you thinking about what it means to be alive and how you interact with the world.
6. Red Oaks (2014)
Starring: Craig Roberts, Ennis Esmer
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Run time per episode: 30 minutes
Seasons: 3
Set in the 1980s, Red Oaks follows David, a college student who picks up a summer job at the Red Oaks Country Club. With his parents on the brink of divorce and his whole life seemingly out of order, David desperately seeks direction. Can he find the guidance and mentorship he needs at Red Oaks? Will this be the summer he finally figures out what he wants to do with his life?
Probably not. After all, it's summer and his job isn't really that serious. That being said, everyone David meets somehow offers him a valuable, nugget of a "life lesson" if he were to really sit down and think about it. Heck, he might even have found himself a flawed mentor in Nash, the seducer of divorcees and widows at Red Oaks. Funny, brash, and raunchy in a way that's true to '80s comedies, Red Oaks is a wild trip back to a time when Aqua Net and neon colors gave us life.
7. A Very English Scandal (2018)
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime
Run time per episode: 60 minutes
Seasons: 1
Based on the true and provocative scandal that seized the Britain in 1979, A Very English Scandal dives into the life of Jeremy Thorpe, a man who became the youngest man to lead a British political party. Jeremy seems to have the life he's meant to have, wife and child included. The only problem is Jeremy also has a secret lover named Norman. As Jeremy skyrockets to popularity and fame thanks to his political power, his relationship with Norman becomes problematic. Because same-sex relationships could get you arrested — or worse — Jeremy is forced to cut things off with Norman. Surely Norman would understand, right? Wrong! Norman, spurred by heartbreak, goes public with their story and, well, the rest is history.
8. Ordeal By Innocence (2018)
Starring: Morven Christie, Anthony Boyle
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Run time per episode: 60 minutes
Seasons: 1
Based on the Agatha Christie novel of the same name, Ordeal By Innocence follows the lives of a family who seems to have it all — a loving mother, a strong familial bond, and more money than can be spent in a lifetime. One day, all this changes. When the mother of these young adults is found murdered in the family estate, the blame is placed on the adopted son, Jack. Expectedly, Jack denies killing his mother, but nobody listens. Jack immediately gets arrested and the case is closed. Or, is it? A year and half after the murder, someone steps forward and presents a convincing alibi for Jack, clearing his name of his mother's murder. But, if this is true, then who amongst the siblings was actually capable of killing the beloved family matriarch?
9. The Collection (2016)
Starring: Richard Coyle, Mamie Gummer, Tom Riley
Genre: Drama
Run time per episode: 60 minutes
Seasons: 1
If you love the world of fashion, this is the show you've been waiting for. Set in France just after WWII, The Collection follows Paul and Claude Sabine, two brothers who are left responsible for their family's fashion house. For years, Paul has been struggling to stay afloat. Now that the war is over, Paul knows this is his chance to redefine the next wave of Parisian fashion and place the Sabine house amongst the top fashion houses of the world. The only problem is: Paul isn't the true designer of the family — it's Claude. Between rumors, marital secrets, and keeping Claude's scandalous personal life out of the press, Paul's ambition and willingness to do anything to maintain his fortune is what truly makes The Collection one of the most gorgeous, stylish dramas out there.
10. The Last Tycoon (2016)
Starring: Matt Bomer, Lily Collins
Genre: Drama
Run time per episode: 60 minutes
Seasons: 1
Based on the famous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Last Tycoon tells a story seeped in the lure and glamour of old school Hollywood. Monroe (Matt Bomer) is a studio executive working under Pat Brady, a studio head who wishes to raise the profile of his business up to the likes of MGM. Monroe, however, still sees his position in Hollywood through an artistic lens and has no desire to be a sales curator. As Monroe finds his voice in Hollywood, creating stars and ending careers, he soon discovers the potential in Pat's daughter, Celia, and works to try to give her the career she wants. But, has Monroe's mining for talent hit too close to home for Pat? Be prepared to be swept away and dazzled because The Last Tycoon is a period drama you won't want to miss.
11. The Romanoffs (2018)
Starring: Diane Lane, JJ Feild, Arron Eckhart, Corey Stoll
Genre: Drama
Run time per episode: 60 minutes
Seasons: 1
Darkly whimsical and underhandedly funny, The Romanoffs will keep you coming back for more. The show follows the lives of different people who believe themselves to be descendants of the Romanoffs — a royal Russian family we see slaughtered in the first 20 seconds of the show! As you get to know each member of this star-studded cast, you begin to get a clearer sense of how everyone's self-importance and self-indulgence might be what truly links them rather than their supposed lineage. Each episode follows a different member of the Romanoff family, allowing you to drop in and and get a sense of their lives without too much commitment. Filled with one-liners to die for, this sharp anthology series will make you wish your family had their own family crest — or, at least, a made up one.
12. The Man In The High Castle (2015)
Starring: Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rufus Sewell
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Run time per episode: 60 minutes
Seasons: 3
Based on Phillip K. Dick's popular novel, The Man In The High Castle is a show that's unintentionally terrifying. By focusing on "alternate history" storytelling and the the concept of what if, the series ultimately takes us down a deep, dark road. To be exact, The Man In The High Castle explores what might have happened if America and the Allied Powers lost against the Nazis during World War II. Consequently, the United States is divided up between Japan and Germany, thus complicating the lives of countless individuals who still consider themselves to be Americans. Fortunately, there's someone out there who might be able to topple these two regimes. Her name is Juliana, and yes, we're all rooting for her.
13. Picnic At Hanging Rock (2018)
Starring: Natalie Dormer, Lily Sullivan, Lola Bessis
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Run time per episode: 51 minutes
Seasons: 1
Mrs. Appleyard runs Appleyard College which is an all girls school. It is located in an isolated mansion in the middle of nowhere, away from the city life and other distractions. Appleyard College is a place where young women can focus on their education and become more than their greatest ambitions have allowed them to envision. The school is a success and everything Mrs. Appleyard could have imagined comes to fruition. That is, until Valentine's Day.
On February 14th, the entire school goes on a picnic at Hanging Rock. By the end of the outing, three of the school's brightest student and their governesses go missing. How is Mrs. Appleyard to explain this event to the girls' parents and to the town as a whole? Are the girls alive or dead? Is Appleyard College even safe? Picnic At Hanging Rock will suck you in and leave you speechless until the bitter end.
14. Electric Dreams (2017)
Starring: Janelle Monae, Vera Farmiga, Anna Paquin
Genre: Sci-Fi Anthology
Run time per episode: 60 minutes
Seasons: 1
Inspired by the works of Phillip K. Dick, Electric Dreams is a feast for sci-fi fans. The 10 distinct episodes take you into their own worlds with their own set of characters. Moving across time and space, the series dives into worlds riddled by technological advances that have a very curious impact on humans. From telepaths to memory erasure and recollection, Electric Dreams is able to explore human nature through its subject matter. Since every episode introduces a different story, you're never bored. It is basically the Amazon Prime version of Black Mirror.
15. One Mississippi (2015)
Starring: Tig Notaro, John Rothman
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Run time per episode: 26 minutes
Seasons: 2
One Mississippi is inspired by the events of Tig Notaro's personal life. In 2012, Tig's life took a tailspin ⏤ she lost her mother and was diagnosed with breast cancer. With its inspired themes and Tig's deadpan delivery, One Mississippi somehow finds humor in life events that would leave most of us curled up into small balls. Tig does her best to make sense of the events unfolding around her in her hometown; primarily, the way her brother and stepfather are reacting to her mother's death. The best part about One Mississippi is how it allows us to catch glimpses of how Tig really feels about things. Though Tig's exterior manages to seem poised and collected, the audience is let into her "imaginative happenings" which offer Tig's true reactions to the chaos surrounding her.
16. Z: The Beginning Of Everything (2015)
Starring: Christina Ricci
Genre: Drama, Biography
Run time per episode: 27 minutes
Seasons: 1
Z: The Beginning Of Everything follows the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald in the moments before and after meeting F. Scott Fitzgerald, writer of such classics as The Last Tycoon and The Great Gatsby. Though their relationship and marriage played a definitive part in the mythos of The Lost Generation, Zelda's personal life made her a celebrity and topic of great conversation. From her attempt to establish herself as a writer to her mental illness, Z: The Beginning Of Everything explores every aspect of a woman who helped define the Jazz Age and inspired some of F. Scott's greatest characters. Be prepared to witness the rise and fall of one of the first celebrity couples America had the privilege of birthing.
17. Fleabag (2016)
Starring: Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Run time per episode: 27 minutes
Seasons: 2
Fleabag (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) is one of the most original characters on television right now. Apart from having a horribly hilarious name, Fleabag's struggles are relatable on so many levels that you start to wonder if you're laughing at her or at yourself. Fleabag doesn't have her life together. Her relationship with the opposite sex is problematic, and her job is a hot mess. Yet there's something very punk rock and — dare I say, inspiring — in the way Fleabag goes through life. She's unapologetically herself, and every time she speaks directly to us, we totally get it. We see you, girl. Get your life.
18. Vanity Fair (2018)
Starring: Michael Palin, Olivia Cooke
Genre: Drama
Run time per episode: 47 minutes
Seasons: 1
Based on the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair follows Rebecca "Becky" Sharp, a young woman born into poverty who wants nothing more than to become part of the social elite. In an effort to move beyond the lower class, Becky begins associating with the affluent Crawley family. It is here that she falls in love with the Crawley's son, Rawdon. But when Rawdon's fortune is no more, Becky finds herself, yet again, staring at the face of poverty — only this time, she's not having it. There's nothing more entertaining than watching Becky Sharp become who she needs to be in order to get to the top. She's no submissive wallflower, but that's precisely what makes Becky a riot.
19. Lore (2017)
Starring: Aaron Mahnke
Genre: Horror, Documentary
Run time per episode: 40 minutes
Seasons: 2
Based on the podcast by Aaron Mahnke, Amazon's Lore is terrifying. Each episode explores a different horror mythology by tracing it back to its origins. Lore explores topics like being buried alive and werewolves. Naturally, one might assume that by seeking out the truth, it dissolves what makes a particular horror myth terrifying, but that isn't always the case. Lore proves that seeking out truth is more chilling than just knowing who the monster is — and that revelation is truly scary.
20. Absentia (2017)
Starring: Stana Katic
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Run time per episode: 60 minutes
Seasons: 2
Absentia follows Emily, a woman whose disappearance has caused everyone in her life to declare her dead. With no recollection of what happened, Emily is unsure about who took her and why she was held captive. As Emily tries to reintegrate into her old life, she learns her husband remarried. Not only have things drastically changed since she's been gone, but there's cause to believe Emily had something to do with a string of murders. Absentia builds a mystery that is utterly engrossing and deeply complex. Believe me when I say this show is totally worth watching.
You can catch all these TV shows and more on Amazon Prime right now.


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Almaden Country Day School was voted a Gold Medal Winner for "Best Private Elementary School" by Silicon Valley parents for Bay Area Parent magazine.
"It's an honor to receive our sixth Best of the Best gold medal this year for the Elementary division" says Dr. Ole Jorgenson, head of school. "It's a credit to our teachers who shape the excitement, fun, and rigor in their classes, and I'm very grateful to our families for voicing their enthusiasm through their Best of the Best votes. All this support inspires us to make Almaden Country School even better for the children we serve!"
ACDS has been discovering the gifts in every child for more than 30 years. This highly regarded south San Jose independent school offers programs for students from 4 years of age through 8th grade. Its teaching philosophy is based on the knowledge that each child has unique capabilities and talents.
ACDS is known for helping each child find their passion, whether it's academics, arts or science.
"We have three children at ACDS; one went from being shy with separation anxiety to transforming into an active participant who couldn't wait to get to school, another refused to perform on stage and now has the confidence to bring his character to life and our oldest has maintained his cheery happiness and compassion while becoming a responsible young adult," said Dave Matsumoto, parent and board trustee for the school. "We attribute much of it to the environment that ACDS offers."

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We have an ever changing society, as the years pass, new generations take the reins from the old. At the age I am now, I have seen many changes, some for the better, some not.
One noticeable change I have seen is the lack of manners, especially from our younger generations. It has been many years since my youngest attended school and it is only now, that I have grandchildren, that I am aware what is, or what is not taught to our youth.
As a mother I have always taught my children to have manners, to say please and thank you, be courteous and considerate to others and respect your elders. These were the basic rules taught to me by my parents and I believe shows a sign of respect to others that you often receive in return.
My daughter works full time as well as her husband, so they have no choice other than to put their son who is 15 months old, in to full time childcare. This is the case with many families these days, whose dream it is to own their own home while keeping their heads above water with the ever increasing cost of living.
These institutions are a necessity, but what screwed up individual, Minister or bureaucrat wants to take credit for implementing the decision that children attending these centres can no longer say please or thank you, good boy/girl or bad boy/girl or the most ridiculous or all they can't say no. Apparently the children are taught to say 'stop'.
At home, when my daughter was telling her son not to touch the power point, by saying no, he then replied to her 'stop', with his hand extended.
If 'no' has become a dirty word, then this up and coming generation are going to have a hard time dealing with the real world. When they are told no through out their lives, are they going to extend their hands and say stop. I can just imagine this in front of a judge or the police.
Give me a break. Let's get some common sense back in our childcare centres and educational systems instead of breeding a society of people, who will not be able to handle rejection, have no manners or be responsible for their own actions, if it is not already too late.
Pauline Hanson


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JLL and The Business of Cities have identified 10 such city groups that each have common paths, challenges and imperatives. As locational choices multiply for investors and corporates, it makes greater sense to assess relative economic prospects and real estate market dynamics through the lens of these city groups.
Established World Cities
- The 'Big Seven': Accounting for nearly one-quarter of all capital invested in commercial real estate globally, this elite group holds the depth, liquidity and unique soft power to remain the default destinations for cross-border investors and corporates.
- The 'Contenders': This group of 10 'Contender' cities have acquired many, but not yet all, of the attributes of the 'Big Seven'. They are competing successfully for global talent, capital and businesses. Collectively they have registered the fastest growth of any city group in real estate investment over the past cycle.
New World Cities
- The 'Innovators': These cities stand out because they have world-class capabilities in science and technology and business climates that foster innovation and entrepreneurship. They attract among the greatest volumes of real estate investment relative to their economic size.
- The 'Lifestyle Cities': Cities which possess a high quality of life and international appeal that has become their strongest brand asset, 'Lifestyle' cities have experienced some of the highest uplifts in rental values during the last couple of cycles.
- The 'Influencers': These are centres of global and regional influence, and their role is linked to hosting transnational institutions and trading functions. They have typically provided some of the most stable real estate markets globally.
Emerging World Cities
- The 'Megahubs': These exceptionally large cities in emerging economies have become impressive centres of business services and retail. However, they are failing to punch their weight as real estate investment destinations and need to work on improving real estate transparency.
- The 'Enterprisers': These cities in emerging economies are moving rapidly towards a high productivity, high innovation system. They have been among the world's most dynamic real estate markets in the last cycle.
- The 'Powerhouses': This group of mainly Chinese cities are transitioning from low-value industrial economies to find a higher position in the value chain, and are benefitting from strong national government support.
Hybrids and Growth Engines
- The 'Hybrids': These cities have attributes of both 'Emerging' and 'New World' cities. They are typically mid-sized and compete in specialised markets. They have made good progress in improving real estate transparency and have witnessed a transformation in their commercial real estate inventory in recent cycles.
- The 'National Growth Engines': These cities are found in stable, developed national economies that profit from access to large domestic markets. The positions they occupy in their national economies will ensure their durability over the medium term. They feature among the world's top real estate investment destinations.
Original article: http://www.jll.com/cities-research/Documents/benchmarking-future-world-of-cities/Cities-Research-Mapping-Pathways-to-Success-2018.pdf


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People have donated nearly four million crowns in support of the families
of the Czech soldiers who were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan on
The collection is organised by the Defence Ministry's Military Solidarity Fund, which aims to help war veterans in unexpected life situations and support the relatives of deceased or injured soldiers.
The remains of the three Czech soldiers returned to the country on Wednesday. Sergeant Martin Marcin, Corporal Kamil Beneš and Corporal Patrik Štěpánek have been posthumously promoted to the rank of officer and will be buried with military honours.
Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček and Labour Minister Jana Maláčová
held talks with the head of the congress of trade unions Josef Středula on
Friday on a wage increase in the public sector. A deal concerning a pay
rise of public sector employees should be reached by the end of August.
Unions are demanding a ten percent pay rise for all public sector employees. The budget proposal for next year envisages a 15 percent pay rise for teachers and a six percent hike for other public sector workers.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is against a blanket salary rise, arguing that teachers and people in other underpaid professions should see a more significant salary increase.
Young Czechs usually move away from their parents aged 26 to 27, which is
slightly above the EU average, suggests new data published by the Czech
Statistics Office on Friday.
There are currently 1.2 million people in the Czech Republic in the age bracket 15 to 26, which amounts to 12 percent of the country's total population.
Men are slightly slower to move from their parents than women. While Czech girls leave home around the age of 25, most men move out at the age of 27.
Hundreds of people took part in the St.Vavřinec Day pilgrimage to the top
of the Czech Republic's highest mountain Sněžka in the Krkonoše
Mountains on Friday. They also attended a mass served at the St.Vavřinec
chapel situated on the peak of the mountain.
The annual climb takes place on St. Vavřinec Day, which falls on August 10, since St. Vavřinec is the patron saint of the Krkonoše Mountains. Among those who regularly attend the pilgrimage is former Czech president Václav Klaus.
Jiří Josek, one of the leading Czech translators from English, has died
at the age of 68. The news was confirmed by his daughter Zuzana Josková on
Jiří Josek was known mainly for his translation of William Shakespeare's plays. In 1999, he received the Josef Jungmann prize for best translation into Czech for his translation of Hamlet. Among others, he translated the legendary novel On the Road by Jack Kerouack.
World-renowned Czech photographer Josef Koudelka presented his book
Návraty, or Returns, at the Museum of Applied Arts in Prague on Thursday
in connection with an exhibit of the same name and in celebration of his
80th birthday.
The exhibition, which runs until September 23, is arranged chronologically in seven sections, each comprising an individual thematic series. Among them is Invasion 68, his reportage series on the crushing of the Prague Spring, which forced to leave the country in 1970.
Meteorologists called off a smog alert for Prague and the Central Bohemian
region on Thursday evening, and later also in the Ústí nad Labem region.
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has announced the alert due to high concentrations of ground-level ozone in the air, cautioning people with respiratory problems, as well and children and the elderly in general, to stay indoors.
Acting Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Hamáček (Social Democrats)
arrived in Damascus on Thursday to take over and return home two people
working for a German humanitarian organisation who had been held by the
Syrian government. They had been arrested months ago near the Iraqi border
for allegedly crossing the border illegally.
The Czech Republic is currently the only EU country with an ambassador in the war-torn country and carried out the negotiations with the consent of authorities in Brussels.
During a meeting with his Syrian counterpart, Mr Hamáček strongly condemned the use of chemical weapons and stressed perpetrators must be brought to justice. He also said the withdrawal of Iranian forces from the Israel-Syria border area would contribute to stability in the region.
Czech Republic opens up to more tourists from Europe and beyond as coronavirus travel restrictions eased
Brno scientists pair with Czech biotech firm to develop healing artificial tears
Facemask requirement eased but new restrictions for area hit by spike in Covid-19 cases
Traditional tourist sites open to visitors after long break
"There is no reason to panic" — says health minister about Karviná COVID-19 outbreak


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Signs that you are travelling in a brand new Volvo bus deployed by BMTC:
- The seat covers are not soiled, are still shiny, and don't smell. (Doh, Captain Obvious)
- If you're sitting on the last row of seats, your bum will feel the engine and gearbox's relatively harsh vibrations. They're still getting to know each other.
- The shade of the light is tubelight white, not the pale yellow shade seen in most other buses.
- The speaker cover/mesh has absolutely no dust on it.
- The horn is irritatingly loud, and the driver is most probably honking his way to glory in the traffic.
- The disc brakes have excessive bite, and you fall off even if the driver lightly touches the brake pedal.
P.S.: These new buses are also easily noticeable by their exterior paint. It's a little different, and as a friend kindly pointed out, it is called vermilion.


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Steven Seagal's latest cinematic effort Force of Execution could arrive before the end of the year. The movie entered post-production in February after only a few weeks of shooting.
Directed and Executive Produced by Keoni Waxman and Produced by Steven Seagal and Phillip B. Goldfine movie stars Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Ben Foster and Ron Balicki.
Plot: Force of Execution is the story about a crime lord torn between his legacy and his desire to get out of the life of crime that has built his empire, when a new player to the scene tries to use the town anti-hero's network to climb to power. The only friend the crime lord has is his assassin protégé who has troubles of his own. An epic battle of under bosses and crime lords. Only one will come out alive.


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What a wonderful night
Last night I had the pleasure of vending with the local artist collective known as Voncommon.
The evening started out slow and I figured because of the frigid cold it would stay that way.
I was feeling tired so I decided to rush over to Liquid Planet for a coffee before things possibly got busy. On my way to the coffee shop I stopped at Radius Gallery to see how my prints had been doing (a woman who stopped by my booth mentioned seeing them at the gallery before she had stopped at the art fair) One of the gallery owners informed me that one had sold online, and to help myself to refreshments if I had the time.
I didn't have time for refreshments so I did a quick walkthrough and made sure to note where my piece "Marry Me" was located so I could tell people through the night as they stopped at my booth. It hadn't sold yet.
I scurried to the coffee shop, got my white chocolate mocha, and rushed back to the art fair.
When I got back I thanked my friend Megan (who creates beautiful resin jewelry btw) for keeping an eye on my booth. We chatted about life and art and eventually I mentioned that the whole night might be slow because of how cold it was. As soon as I mentioned this we were hit with a wave of people.
While I was standing at my booth I decided to check Radius' website in between potential customers to see where my prints were listed. As I looked through the site I ended up looking at the listing for my piece "Marry Me" that is currently a part of their holiday show when I saw this:
I was so ecstatic!!!! I wanted to scream to everyone in the room "YOU GUYS MY ART PIECE SOLD!!!" It never gets old, selling a piece. It's one of the most fulfilling, and validating experiences as an artist. Someone liked my work so much they wanted to buy it! It fills your chest, and you feel like you could burst at the seams from excitement, and pride. Your life purpose further solidified. I texted my husband about it and he congratulated me enthusiastically.
In between the waves of people I would sneak into the small kitchen for snacks and visit with other artists who happened to also be in there or sit on the stage and chat with the artists set up by it. We would talk about life, and make jokes with each other. Megan had made a delicious cream cheese dip that made me want to pay her for another batch just for me (seriously Megan how much? So good). Someone else brought amazing cheesecake bites as well, it all was snack heaven/my dinner.
This is why I love doing fairs. I love getting to talk to other artists, telling and hearing stories, being silly, making jokes, talking about our lives, eating each other's food, admiring each other's work and wardrobes. It's such a great community and I'm incredibly thankful to be a part of it💕
At one point in the evening I noticed a young man who was friends with the artist set up next to me, was wearing the same exact color pallet as I was, head to toe! I approached him while he and his friend were chatting.
"Excuse me, I don't mean to intrude but I noticed we're wearing the same exact colors."
The boys stood back for a moment comparing the two of us and we were all laughing and joking about how mind blowing it was. I ended up asking for a photo with him, because how often do situations like this happen in one's life?
While all this was happening my wonderful, amazing, loving, and supportive husband was out with our children handing out cards to promote the Holiday Made Fair this Sunday. A job I had originally been tasked with. I accidentally double booked myself after someone asked me if I would be interested in vending for this fair…
He braved the cold with our two tweens, and did everything he could to make sure the cards got passed out. He did it to make sure I was able to vend. He helped me carry my things up the stairs from our storage into the car and up the stairs to the ballroom where I would set up. He would then help me load it back in the car and will probably help me put it all back downstairs in storage after the Made Fair on Sunday. I am so incredibly lucky to have such an amazing husband who not only supports me, but believes in me. He is my best friend, he is my partner in crime, he is my rock, he is my everything. He is the love of my life.
After we got home and got the kids to bed we sat in our living room watching Parks and Rec in our pajamas while talking about the adventures we had apart from each other. Korey tried on the VonCommon shirt he had wanted and that I was more than happy to buy for him with the money I made through the evening.
Thank you Korey, for being such an amazing husband💕
Thank you VonCommon for having me!
Thank you to all the artists that set up yesterday and for being your awesome selves!!
And thank you to everyone who braved the cold last night to check out all the amazing art💖💕
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I want to be a photographer when I grow up.
Welcome to the online home of Audra Jennings, a book publicist and crafter. Here I share about both. I hope you'll find books you'll want to read and crafts you will want to order. I live a rather boring, single life. At times I would like to think I am humorous. The kids I teach in Bible class tend to think so. I also blog about current seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. I don't know why, I just do.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
More vacation photos
Here are more pictures... including the closest I saw of "The Ledge" of the Willis Tower Skydeck. Still disappointed about that. Of course, with the wind the way it was, the building probably was swaying three feet back and forth like it's designed to be able to do. This first picture is the home to the "American Pickers" TV show that was Dad's biggest want-to-do.
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- January 16th, 2016, 8:45 pm
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Makes a man weep, I tell ya. Weep!
- October 10th, 2015, 10:22 am
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It's called envy. If some dude wants to spend his cash to put something on his shelf then that's his prerogative. If you want something then work for it & make it a priority. Don't hate on others for what you can't afford. Envy may be correct. However, is it really the "collecting" pa...
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I would have included a short list of console exclusives for each console, but pretty good article!!
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This is the first game I bought new in a very long time ... and the first game I preordered EVER. I picked up a copy of Ground Zeroes this past March, and really enjoyed it. The Phantom Pain is a fantastic game. The environments are very large, so that you feel like you're infiltrating an enemy base...
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What kind of emulators are you able to run on this thing?
What kind of emulators are you able to run on this thing?
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Arrested Development hands down. I've seen a lot of TV and that's the one show that keeps me laughing almost constantly. Word. We bought the series on DVD, and STILL watch the series once or twice a year. "Bringing up Buster" was one of my faves. However, not too keen on the Netflix seaso...
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Didn't the GC have faster loading times too, due to the size of the discs? I dunno, I think the GC is pretty cool in that Nintendo released a few weirdo games back in that generation. Pikmin? Animal Crossing? Odama? Wario Ware? Four Swords? But ... yeah, the controller wasn't that good, the 3rd part...
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Isn't the whole game available via youtube or something? It really doesn't have any actual gameplay other than clicking here or there so I could see someone moving the game online. Here's a link to the "Youtube version." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjMAG5IDnek Unfortunately, some of t...
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A review of nationwide prison management practices
Montgomery County, Maryland Master Facilities Confinement Study (2014)
This Master Facilities Confinement Study is a systemic criminal justice review commissioned by Montgomery County with the aim of establishing future bedspace requirements for the County's correctional facilities and pre-release center.
Orange County Jails (2017)
Conditions in county jails that conform to the United States Constitution are a prerequisite for the legitimacy and integrity of the American justice system. Under the Eighth and 14th Amendments, jails have a duty to protect all people who are incarcerated, whether sentenced or pretrial.
Macomb County: Jail Needs Analysis & Criminal Justice System Assessment (2016)
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Living a frugal lifestyle matters for most people alive today. Having a high income level, no matter how significant, is not a license to be wasteful. I'm not insinuating that Mister and I have a high income. We get by. Our world has everything we need to lead happy, healthy, normal lives. The needs of our home are met and our wants are honored within reason. Usually our wants tend to be practical items. We are average independent business owners who work and live our business. If we don't make it happen for ourselves then it doesn't happen. Still our world spins at the pace we set for ourselves and does not revolve around the rest of the species.
I have noticed frugality popping up on the faces of the 20something crowd these days. My confidence is fairly high for our mankind's future based on this observation. There will always be those pretentious up -and- coming pukes that will over spend and under achieve. But, then there are a few smart ones. The up-and-coming generation of artists, thinkers, and dreamers that are the soul of our country. This crowd knows frugality.
I seek out the frugal. The women who raised their children during the Great Depression understood how to make do. That generation is all but gone. Reading through the pages of a cookbook from that time period is very much a history lesson.
Should the doom sayers of our world have their wish and doom us into some cataclysmic collapse, then you had better believe, the survivors will be the artists, thinkers and dreamers. Because they know how to "get by" and "make do."


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To arrive to the fourth week, to realize the task that your companions will evaluate, to wait days to evaluate you, I made 33 revisions to obtain that someone evaluated to me, 2 companions evaluated me, for not obtaining the minimum evaluation of my companions, I reprobated. The lack of this course: that your approval depends on other people and more than your score awarded. It is not worth the effort, nor the hours dedicated to this course, just because one person misjudged me. This should depend only on oneself, not on other people.
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Coworking Space in San Francisco's Chinatown Sparks Debate Among Residents
Coworking Space in San Francisco's Chinatown Faces Penalties, Possible Move
At 950 Grant Avenue, in the heart of retail Chinatown in San Francisco, sits a building whose second story is a coworking space. 1920C has risen flags for the Chinatown Community Development Center's staff since its inception. A female-owned business, the name represents the decade of the 1920's, when modern women first came to prominence in regards to social change, innovation, and economic growth, according to their website; the C stands for community, and they hope that everyone who partakes in working out of their space add a bit of themselves to the community on Grant Ave.
An article in yesterday's San Francisco Examiner detailed that the coworking space is facing a zoning issue and may have to relocate. The coworking space is under investigation as its current operation under the 1986 Chinatown Area Plan is illegally zoned. According to Chelsea Maclean, attorney for the coworking space, the violation notice from the Planning Department does not cite exceptions in reference to the definition of office use — she claims that coworking spaces should be subject to different rules and regulations that normal office spaces. On July 15, Chinatown business owners and seniors alike clamored together in defense of the coworking space. Locals were actively voicing that the coworking space was owed a different set of rules instead of the ones set by the violation, and their presence was the community support that the C in 1920C stands for.
"Instead of pushing them out, we intend to find a planning code that will allow them to stay," claimed former owner of the building, Andrew Young. Young's family was in possession of the building from the 1940's until 2012. The coworking space's lawyer, Maclean argued that only 25% of the space was used for the coworking aspect, and that it, like the art gallery, conference rooms and other amenities at the site, is fully open to the public. Initially, the code was written to ensure that the Financial District would not infringe upon Chinatown. But locals have a response to that threat: It's the opposite. This is a revitalization of Chinatown.
The main debacle is whether or not the coworking space is the main revenue and purpose of 1920C and the building as a whole; if it is, it violates the code written by the Chinatown Area Plan which prohibits office encroachment in the area. While a ruling letter is usually distributed within 30 days after a session, Zoning Administrator Scott Sanchez said that he may deliberate a while longer on the fate of 1920C. Maclean cited five other coworking spaces, outside of Chinatown, that are located in other commercial zoning districts. Sanchez responded that those are also in violation, and that they will be documented and investigated in addition to 1920C.


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Ever since the "dieselgate" story broke, the world's media have delighted in hounding car manufacturers, seizing on every snippet of news touching on emissions or fuel economy and seeking to turn it into yet another stick to beat the industry with.
The latest media moans allege that manufacturers are deliberately switching off emissions controls when it is cold, not to mention trumpeting loudly that all buyers of diesels should receive compensation for emissions and fuel economy shortfalls.
What a load of claptrap!
Lets have some facts, for once. Yes, Volkswagen were naughty to effectively cheat the Government emissions test with their software which reduced emissions when it detected that the car was undergoing a formal emissions test. But – and it's a big but – what gets overlooked in all of this is just how difficult it is to comply with the formal emissions test, not least because of its entirely artificial test conditions and incredibly short duration.
That dilutes the manufacturers efforts, because they need to deal with not just one but two emissions challenges. Firstly, complying with that Government-mandated test, and secondly, trying to make the vehicle as emissions-friendly as possible in the real world. Given that the latter is what really matters to the environment, and the customer, is it any wonder that manufacturers try everything in the book to pass the formal test, given it's irrelevance to everything except, of course, gaining a legal approval to sell that particular model?
Inevitably, any test pass will have been achieved purely under the test conditions specified by the law, and particularly under the specified temperature conditions. Some emissions controls will doubtless be switched off at temperatures less than this, an action admitted to by an unwary manufacturers representative, and seized on with glee by the media, totally misunderstanding the issue. The reality is that to work correctly, many vital emissions controls, particularly SCR or Adblue systems, must be at a pretty high temperature to work properly. In other words the engine has to be at working temperature. If the engine is too cold and the SCR system is still operating, nasty things happen – believe me, I've been there! So an SCR system will almost certainly be switched off until the engine reaches working temperature, meaning that emissions are higher when the car is started from cold. However, within the limits of current technology, little or nothing can be done about that. That has absolutely nothing to do with the manufacturer trying to cheat or gain competitive advantage, it's simply down to the laws of physics!
….there can be little doubt that other manufacturers will have done similar things…
I say "manufacturers" rather than VW, for there can be little doubt that other manufacturers, whilst they may not have been quite as hard-nosed as VW appear to have been, will have done similar things to get their vehicles through the formal test. In most if not all cases, the tweaks will have been done by engineers tasked specifically with achieving that legislative compliance, their senior management being totally unaware of, and indeed unable to comprehend the level of technical detail involved in achieving that compliance.
Indeed, given the engineer's incredible technological challenge of blending thermodynamics, chemical engineering, fluid flow and a myriad of other disciplines to achieve test success, it is highly doubtful whether, with the best will in the world, senior company staff even understood in general terms the challenges faced by their underlings. Just to put the mandated emissions levels into some kind of perspective, particle emissions created by the car's tyres passing over the road surface are now higher than those allowed to be emitted from its exhaust!
So even accepting that VW were remiss in their action, have they really harmed anyone to the extent that compensation is required as a result of their action? I don't think so, for one second, and let me spell out why.
Consumer organisations and others are screaming that VW customers have lost out by buying cars whose emissions and fuel consumption were worse than expected. Rubbish! For a start, any cost implications for emissions are directly linked to such things as Road Fund licence cost and Company Car tax. Any car which "cheated" its way to an artificially low emissions figure therefore benefited its driver by saving him or her money against the higher emissions rating which would otherwise have been applied.
…fuel is actually an insignificant part of a car's running costs…
And as regards extra fuel costs, the media hysteria entirely fails to take into account that the cost of fuel is, for most mass-market motors, actually a fairly insignificant part of the car's running costs. The big hit, on new cars anyway, comes from depreciation, which at the minimum is a couple of thousand pounds a year, and probably much more. Contrast that with your fuel consumption being say 5 miles a gallon worse than you had expected. Over the course of a year's typical annual driving, that would run up an unexpected extra bill of all of £150 – peanuts compared to the depreciation cost!
Should VW nevertheless compensate customers for this perceived £150 a year extra cost? Absolutely not, and for a reason which the media have chosen to overlook in their recent rants following publication of the test results of real-world on-road testing of emissions and fuel consumption. Their headline figures voice their rightful indignation that many models have emissions ten or even fifteen times above the allowable Government limit, quietly overlooking the fact that the lowest polluting car tested – at less than twice the legal limit – was none other than the much maligned 2 litre diesel VW Golf – exactly the same model which sparked off the dieselgate story originally.
Maybe its time for downtrodden Volkswagen to push back against their critics!
So, far from being the disgustingly dirty villain of today's roads, it seems that actually the Golf is one of the cleanest diesels you can buy in real-world use. Maybe it's time for downtrodden Volkswagen to push back against their critics!


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We are to believe that there are three groups in Syria: Assad, ISIS and the "moderate" glorious freedom fighters, recently rebranded "Syrian Democratic Forces."
But recently Z-Big himself emerged from his crypt to rave about the Russians bombing "American assets."
Our "assets" are the ones being bombed? You mean Al Nusrah Front, Brzezinski?
The maps pinpointing the locations of the Russian strikes … overwhelmingly concentrated in Idlib province, the adjoining Hama province, and areas of Latakia province near Idlib. But that fact does not take on significance unless it is recalled that the al-Nusra Front – al Qaeda's franchise in Syria – and the "Army of Conquest" linked to it, unexpectedly took control of Idlib province in a major military offensive in March.


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Learn the culinary skills needed to prepare fine food and select wines from Italy and around the world on select MSC Cruises itineraries in 2009-10.
Guests onboard MSC Poesia's April 10, seven-night "Island Treasures & Ancient Temples†Caribbean cruise itinerary will experience "Festa Italiana.†This celebration of "all things Italian†features culinary demonstrations to learn the secrets of cooking European dishes by top Italian chefs or attend lectures on Italian art and architecture, automobiles, fashion and design while enjoying entertainment by opera singers and contemporary Italian vocal artists.
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For those who haven't been following this blog, let me introduce it a little. I am currently blogging my 21st novel that has the working title Daemon. The novel is about Aksinya, a sorceress, who, to save her family from the Bolsheviks, called and contracted the demon, Asmodeus. Her family was murdered anyway, and she fled with the demon from Russia to Austria.
Dobrushin and Aksinya married. Aksinya and Dobrushin are in Boston, and Aksinya has come to an Orthodox girl's school looking for a job. She is waiting for the headmistress to call on her, Stacy is called into the office first...
After a few minutes, Stacy exited the office. She held her features set in a look of contrition. The moment the door closed, she gave a very American, thumbs up to Aksinya, and mouthed, "It worked." Then louder she said, "I hope you do teach here." She skipped back down the hall to her class.
The door opened a crack, "Mrs. Aksinya Andreiovna Lopuhin, please enter."
Aksinya stood and entered the office. The headmistress had her back to Aksinya and walked back to her desk. The woman seemed young. Very young for a headmistress. One shoulder drooped a little lower than the other, but her back was ramrod straight and her clothing was very fine, much finer than Aksinya's.
The desk was large and filled one end of the room. The office was rather deep and had a fireplace on the left wall. Some padded chairs and a simple tea table were arranged before the fireplace. An unpadded chair sat before the desk. Without turning, the headmistress pointed to that chair. Aksinya stood beside it and waited for the headmistress to sit.
The moment the headmistress turned, Aksinya dropped her briefcase. Her mouth fell open. She couldn't speak.
The woman before her gave a cry, "Princess Aksinya." She rushed around the desk and embraced her.
I wanted to show you how Aksinya has gone from a person who could not intentionally help anyone to a person who could not help but help. She gives Stacy good advice. The advice pleases Stacy and obviously made the headmistress happy. The foreshadowing and the encouragement from Stacy is that she wants Aksinya to come teach at the school. Can you imagine Aksinya as a teacher--not before, but perhaps now.
Then the headmistress calls Aksinya into her office. The headmistress' back is to Aksinya--perhaps she has already written her off. I give you some clues: the headmistress is young, one shoulder droops, but her back is straight. Her clothing is finer than Aksinya's. Then I set the scene and describe the room. This is an advanced writing technique--I give you the info I want about the headmistress, then I move to the room description. This gives you time to process the information.
Aksinya waits for the headmistress to sit. Then I do give you a grand coincidence. I will admit, this could be considered a Deus ex Machina. I wanted to give a final punch to the novel and this is it. Tomorrow, who is the headmistress.


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It was 8:30 in the morning on a Sunday and my alarm went off.
I made the decision to wake up and watch a football game. But not just any football game. It was the Detroit Lions playing the Kansas City Chiefs in London. Really, the only thing making this game unique was that it was my favorite team — for better or worse (usually worse) — The Lions, playing in London. It was a painful game to watch. I'm not here to recap the woeful performance of the offensive line or the countless missed tackles on Kansas City runners. I'm here to make a proposal (or plea). Move The Lions to London.
I think it's best for the fans and the team. As fans — we just need some time — for us. We need to figure some things out. Things like, should we be Vikings or Steelers fans now? Both have a bruising history which is something Detroiters respect. The Vikings are, geographically, the closest NFC North team not located in Chicago or Green Bay (gross). Pittsburgh is a tough and gritty blue collar town; also something that Detroiters can really identify with.
Shhh… just go. Don't make this harder than it needs to be; because, it DOES need to "be". Fans in London, as the FOX commentators repeatedly reminded us, seem to really love American Football. Like, genuinely. But, like any "newbie," they need to experience pain before they can experience triumph. Don't reward them with the possibility of immediate success.
"But, how can you have immediate success with an expansion team, Alex? Wouldn't moving The Lions give them a better chance at winning right away?" Good question, guys.
The Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars are both expansion teams that have come into existence in my lifetime, and both have had MORE success than The Lions in my lifetime. So, I again say, "send The Lions to London." London deserves an NFL team. But not without feeling the pain of a tattoo on the underside of their arms before that puncturing needle turns into soothing angel tickles of victory. Detroit is still waiting for it's angel tickles.
Give them about 50 years of that pain, then once Londoners souls are broken like the Detroit football fans', move the London Lions to Los Angeles. I'm sure they still won't have a team in 2065. Let them rebuild from scratch and taste the sweet flavor of victory after so much bitter defeat.
Go now! The ceremonial burning down of Ford Field to cast away the football demons that have plagued our city is going to happen soon. You still being here will make this weird for us. Haven't you done enough? Just let us have this one victory before we cast you away deep into our memories where the Freudian sex thoughts about our family members live!
Detroit deserves a successful football franchise. Detroit deserves a successful football franchise. DETROIT DESERVES A SUCCESSFUL FOOTBALL FRANCHISE.
Damn. It worked in Beetlejuice.
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Alycee Barrett is the epitome of a "real estate agent".
She goes above and beyond to make you comfortable and confident and at the end of the day delivers in spades.
She has sold three houses for us but she excelled herself on this last occasion.
We had two weeks between a bad tenant leaving and our overseas holiday. Alycee came to the rescue. After inspecting the property she realised that an army of tradespeople would be required and these she supplied from her contact data base. Painter, electrician, plumber, tree lopper all came to the party in quick time.
The house was put on the market soon after we left.
Testament to all our hard work and a modest financial outlay was the fact that the home was sold on the first 'home open' for an excellent price.
Keep up the good work Alycee. We can't thank you enough.


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Your own profile is the place where you have an overview of all your activity and data from the intuo platform. This article will illustrate what you can see and do with your profile!
You can access your profile, by clicking on your profile picture/avatar in the top left corner.
Depending on which modules your company has decided to use, you'll have different tabs there:
In the Profile tab, you'll have an overview of everything that concerns you. On the right, there is a timeline of all major activities. You'll see changes in your team, achievements of the team, praises, updated objectives and much more!
Further more you'll find several boxes on this page that show a summary of your objectives, the courses you're following (if the learn module is activated), etc.
Another way to view all your personal, team and organisation objectives! You can filter here on due date, on type and if you've completed them or not.
All the feedback and praise that you received, gave and requested.
A dashboard of the skills you've acquired via the learn module and the courses that you've done. You can see the evolution over time, your top skills, your experience points per skill, in which percentile you're in and even your raking compared to the other students.
In the course tab you have an overview of all your ongoing courses, completed courses and upcoming sessions.
Here you find an overview of all the tracks you're subscribed to.
Some courses have certificates attached to them. If you complete them successfully, you are awarded the certificate and you can view them here!
Apart from the certificates, some courses award you with some badges if you completed certain steps. You can access them here!
This tab shows you all the check-ins you've had on the platform. You can see all the dates and details about your one-on-ones.


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«Penguin Vacation» is a funny online slot machine in cartoon style presented by Playtech company.
An easy game accompanied by cheerful music will rise up your mood and give you lots of positive energy. In the center of the story is a penguin family left for vacation. The main outstanding feature of this game is the stunning 3D graphics, which makes the game even more pleasant.


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Speaking on the third day of the Goafest 2015 Knowledge Seminars, Gopinath and Bahl shared their entrepreneurial and filmmaking journeys, respectively
Aanchal Kohli | Goa | April 13, 2015
Suhas Gopinath, Founder and CEO, Global Inc, delivered a presentation on challenges faced by an entrepreneur, while Vikas Bahl, film producer, screenwriter and director, gave a taste of filmmaking in todayãs world to the audience on day three of Goafest 2015.
Gopinath found his passion for working as an entrepreneur at the age of 17, while still in school. He reminisced, ãComing from a middle class family and having no business background, it was difficult to convince my parents to chase my dreams as an entrepreneur. When I initially started, I learnt one thing ã it is very hard to listen to the word ãnoã. It was a challenging decision to start a multinational IT company. But slowly as I kept following my dreams, I kept learning a lot of things and have carved a niche for my company.ã
Talking about how he learnt to build websites and worked as a freelancer to help companies from the US build their websites ã all before he had completed his ninth standard ã Gopinath said, ãThat time it was something that was very niche and only the strong brains could manage to pursue the same.ã
During that time, he sent out his first CV to an American company, but received a very weird and a sarcastic revert on the same. That was ãthe momentã for him, which urged him to start his own business.
He said, ãMy company initially faced issues, but it slowly and steadily kept preparing and churning out websites for other companies on a regular basis. The interesting fact is that we have still not marketed and promoted ourselves. But we will surely get into the same as we feel now it is important to reach out to our target audiences.ã
He opened the Yellow Pages website for the American companies and searched for automobile manufacturers in the US. It showed all the CEOsã e-mail addresses and also whether or not they had websites. With a fake e-mail account under the name ãMichaelã, Gopinath e-mailed those who didnãt have websites saying, ãWe would like to import automobile component from you, so could you please send me a link to your websiteã.
Adding further, he said, ãThough the ãMichaelã approach helped us in building strong clients and revenue, we later thought of revealing the ãMichaelã approach to the world to win business and decided to come clean. After the reveal, quite a few clients appreciated our honesty and continued to do business with us, but at the same, a few of them also took legal actions,ã he recalled.
When asked by a member of the audience as to what advice he had for the CEOs, Gopinath said, ãThough I am too young to advise them, all that I want to say is that it is very important for CEOs to identify those employees who have the most passion for their jobs, and can ignite the fire in their belly. This will give CEOs an opportunity to handle the organisational business and strategise from the backend, hence encourage the new ones to lead the stage.ã
Gopinath was followed on stage by filmmaker Vikas Bahl, who spoke about how the film industry has changed in the last few years and how today making a movie has become all the more the challenging.
He said, ãThe Indian film industry is one of the oldest ones and has witnessed tremendous changes. Today, making a film is a challenging task as the viewersã preferences and demands are changing every now and then.ã He believes that dreaming is really important.
ãWhile making ãQueenã, I had to take care of all the smallest of things that a girl would face when she goes through something like this. Not only do the viewers demand a strong story, they also want a strong message at the end. Today, the viewers have gone beyond just action movies and they more likely prefer practical movies. For ãQueenã I used some real life inspirations, which give viewers an opportunity to engage with the characters,ã he added.
According to Bahl what has helped him the most in terms of achieving the position that he is at today is his faith in his passion to be able to meet the need and demand of his viewers by giving them movies like ãQueenã.
The Knowledge Seminars at Goafest 2015 concluded with a panel discussion by East India Comedy on what helps in becoming a comedian and how the Internet helped them in creating a buzz.


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ACR members confront medical necessity daily. Should a patient undergo a diagnostic study, interventional or breast imaging procedure or radiation therapy? Some federal courts recently have ruled that physicians may be accountable legally for providing unneeded patient care — and falsely claiming such care was needed. These cases appear to have unusual facts that make them distinguishable. Yet they signal that judges may agree with prosecutors in looking behind your medical judgments. The following article sheds light on the situation and is reprinted with our colleagues' permission.
In two separate instances this summer, federal appellate courts held that a doctor's medical judgment can be "false." In June, the Sixth Circuit reversed a judgment that had acquitted a cardiologist charged with criminal healthcare fraud stemming from his interpretations of angiograms. Then in July, the Tenth Circuit ruled medical judgment can be false for purposes of the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729–3733. In United States ex rel. Polukoff v. St. Mark's Hospital, the court reversed a district court's order dismissing an FCA qui tam action (i.e., a lawsuit that a whistleblower brings), rejecting the district court's holding that medical judgment cannot be false under the FCA.
The relator, Dr. Gerald Polukoff, a doctor who worked with defendant Dr. Sherman Sorensen, alleges Dr. Sorensen received unlawful payments from Medicare by performing unnecessary heart surgeries and falsely certifying the surgeries were medically necessary. He filed suit against Sorensen and several institutions where Sorenson practiced. The government declined to intervene. The district court ultimately granted defendants' motions to dismiss, holding that medical opinions cannot be proved objectively false as required under the FCA. The Tenth Circuit reversed and remanded.
The court reasoned that medical judgments can be "false" for at least three reasons.
First, it emphasized courts must broadly construe the FCA to reach all types of fraud. Second, the court said just because the allegedly false statement is stated as an opinion does not necessarily mean it is incapable of being false. And third, the court cited precedent for the principle that medically unnecessary medical procedures can form the basis of FCA actions. As a result, the court held that a doctor's certification that a procedure was medically necessary is "false" under the FCA if the procedure was not "reasonable and necessary" as defined by the Medicare Program Integrity Manual. Though the court acknowledged its holding could expose more doctors to FCA liability, it pointed to the Supreme Court's statement in United Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, 136 S. Ct. 1989 (2016), that the related elements of materiality and scienter should prevent abuse of the statute.
This holding echoes an opinion from the Sixth Circuit two weeks earlier that a doctor's determination of the degree to which a blood vessel has narrowed, as interpreted from an angiograph, "is a fact capable of proof or disproof," and "it is up to the jury… to decide whether the government's proof is worthy of belief." In holding that "opinions are not, and have never been, completely insulated from scrutiny," the Sixth Circuit appeared to be opening the door to scrutinizing whether a particular medical judgment was "false or fraudulent."
The government immediately attempted to capitalize on the Sixth Circuit's ruling. The day after Paulus came down, it hailed the decision as a "reject[ion]" of the proposition that conflicting expert testimony on the issue of medical necessity insulates a defendant from FCA liability for "false" medical judgments. The government has also immediately put Polukoff to use, citing it in another case and arguing that the Tenth Circuit's approach reflects a "proper understanding of falsity" that should allow the government and relators to avoid dispositive pretrial rulings in medical-judgment cases under the FCA.
Though Paulus and Polukoff broaden the scope of potential liability in medical-judgment cases, they do not mean every medical-judgment case will survive beyond a motion to dismiss or summary judgment. Even the Sixth Circuit recognized that "the government might have a hard time proving that [the defendant] saw one thing but willfully recorded another." And as the Tenth Circuit noted, some medical-judgment cases will fail to meet Escobar's stringent materiality and scienter requirements. Indeed, as the Supreme Court did in Escobar, both decisions suggest that the battleground will shift to an individualized assessment of scienter.
Finally, it is unclear whether other circuits or the Supreme Court will follow Paulus and allow cases to proceed to a jury trial on the basis of disputed expert testimony. Polukoff does not expressly endorse Paulus, and the Tenth Circuit relied on Escobar's "rigorous" materiality and scienter requirements as a safeguard against openended FCA liability. Moreover, the Eleventh Circuit has yet to decide United States v. GGNSC Admin. Servs. (commonly known as "AseraCare"). As the government's repeated filings in the Eleventh Circuit demonstrate, the long awaited decision in AseraCare will offer another important take on the question of whether, and if so when, disputed medical judgments can give rise to FCA liability. Future dispositive motions can therefore point to the fact that Paulus has not been adopted by other appellate courts and that a government's mere submission of a disputed expert opinion does not warrant a jury trial in light of the FCA's rigorous scienter standard.


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Woman injured in North Las Vegas fire dies
A second person has died as the result of a Tuesday morning fire in a vacant North Las Vegas building.
Updated January 3, 2018 - 1:48 pm
A second person has died as the result of a Tuesday morning fire in North Las Vegas.
Just after 9 a.m., North Las Vegas firefighters arrived on scene to find a vacant two-story building on fire, according to the North Las Vegas Fire Department. Firefighters battled flames and heavy smoke on the second floor of the building.
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The Fire Department said the fire was started by squatters who were trying to stay warm.
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Business, Enterprise, and Innovation no-deal Brexit legislation 'copy and paste job' – Quinlivan
Sinn Féin's spokesperson on Business, Enterprise and Innovation Maurice Quinlivan TD today challenged Minister Heather Humphreys on the emergency legislation the Department of Business is preparing for a no-deal Brexit, with Deputy Quinlivan revealing that the entire business section of the Brexit bill is copy and pasted from a Bill the government were bringing forward regardless, and has not therefore been prepared for the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Speaking in the Dáil this morning, Teachta Quinlivan said;
"Despite Brexit only being 21 Dáil sitting days away, we only got sight of the heads of bill for the Brexit omnibus bill last week.
"It was my understanding that the emergency legislation contained in the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the Britain from the European Union) Bill was urgent new legislation that was being drawn up by the government for a crash out no deal Brexit.
"However, upon examination of the Business, Enterprise and Innovation section of this Bill, it is obvious this section is not new.
"It is in fact, a complete copy and paste job of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017, that the Committee on Business got sight of back in October.
"I appreciate these provisions will indeed assist our enterprise agencies in the event of a no deal Brexit, but these amendments to the industrial development acts, weren't designed and drawn up in the last few months preparing for a hard Brexit, they were in fact on the way regardless.
"This looks like the government trying are trying to pull the wool over our eyes, by copy and pasting legislation that was on the way anyway, into this omnibus Brexit Bill, to bulk it up and make it look like the government are more prepared than they actually are."


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How about starting the New Year as a Powerball winner? Tonight's the night! The Powerball jackpot is $300 Million. Winning this jackpot would be a great way to start 2016!
Richard Woods of Cleveland Heights will start the New Year off right. He won a second-tier Lucky for Life prize, $25,000 a year for life. The game has a cash option and he chose it. Woods receives a lump sum of $276,900 after federal and states taxes totaling 29 percent. He used auto pick and purchased his ticket from True North, 2310 Lee & Essex Roads in Cleveland Heights.
Speaking of starting the New Year with a big bang also is Jean Leber of Clyde. She won $50,000 after a family member placed the instant Lucky Playbook in her Christmas Stocking. Way to go Jean!
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Howard Chambers of Oberlin won $5,200 on the midday December 23 ,2015 Pick 4 drawing.
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Linus Onyeneho of Columbus held one of three winning tickets in the Rolling Cash 5. He won $43,334 after matching all five numbers drawn in the December 21, 2015 game.
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The rugs are manufactured mainly with specialty silky yarns, with a clever use of pile-height variation and contrasting shine and flat colour.
Karpet Kraft is a specialist flooring provider, offering a wide selection of products including the Husky brand of custom-designed and manufactured rugs and carpets.
Carpet and rug cleaning tips:
Regular maintenance is essential to keep the quality and appearance of your rug or carpet and to extend its life for as long as possible.
Vacuum your carpet regularly – this means that you should vaccum your carpet at least once a week, but as often as necessary – even daily if required.
Do not allow spills or stains to set in – act while the mark is fresh or wet and remove spills and stains immediately.
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