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Scots Ice Australia is proud to announce the sale of top quality commercial ice machines. Whether you run a restaurant or a small café, the commercial ice machines sold at Scots Ice Australia are what you need for successful production.
Consumers at your business care about the type of ice you produce. Many business owners overlook their ice production and actually lose consumers because of it. Whether it is a scotch on the rocks or another beverage, you must make sure your ice is the best and the cleanest. Scots Ice Australia has all the choices and brands you need for the best commercial ice machine.
With a small commercial ice maker from Scots Ice Australia, you can make longer lasting ice cubes. Depending on the machine you get, you can also make chewable nugget ice cubes, small or medium-sized ice cubes, cublets, flaked ice and more. There are different types of ice and being able to make each type will keep consumers coming back.
Commercial ice machine are offered in different sizes, brands and features at Scots Ice Australia. Check out scotsice.com.au to learn more. You will find Scotsman range ice makers including underbench, self-contained, high-production, ice-water dispenser machines and more. All of these sold by Scots Ice Australia are top quality and offered at competitive small commercial ice maker prices.
About Scots Ice Australia
Scots Ice Australia is based in Rosehill, Australia. It began in 2000 and continues to grow in the commercial ice machines business. Scots Ice Australia is now leading the food service supplies and equipment industry. John Gelao, the managing director and owner of Scots Ice Australia, focuses solely on providing restaurant, café and other business owners top quality commercial ice machines and other equipment. While this company is smaller it aims to always give the best customer service and amazing products. Scots Ice Australia has the biggest range of restaurant, café and new kitchen equipment in the area.
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Sao Tome provides scenery that will make you explore interesting and distinct environments. Wherever you are in the country, you will always have the pleasure of contemplation.
You will discover a rich and varied culture, diversified landscapes, an exuberant nature, picturesque villages, architecture inspired by the colonial era and extraordinarily friendly people.
A stay in Sao Tome allows you not only to discover a magnificent coast, but also an interior wilderness.
The island of Sao Tome lies on the Equator Line and it is about 300 km from the African continent.
It has an area of 856 km ² for 193 000 inhabitants (2016). The island of Sao Tome is the largest island of the archipelago and it has six districts, such as Água Grande, Lobata, Lembá, Caué, Cantagalo and Mé-Zochi.
The capital of the island of Sao Tome shares the same name, Sao Tome. Also, Sao Tome and Principe International Airport is located in the capital (Água Grande district). Nonetheless, there are other important agglomerations in Sao Tome island such as Neves and Guadalupe in the North, Trindade and Santana in Central-East, the city of Ribeira Afonso in the East-Coast and Santa Catarina on the West-Coast. Most of the hospitals, schools, tourist establishments and restaurants are located in the capital.
Initially deserted, São Tome was the first island of the archipelago to be discovered. It was named Sao Tome because of the day of its discovery by the Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Perô Escobar on December 21st 1470, Saint Tome day. Thus, the history of Sao Tome is marked by a mix of culture and population as well as an economic system based on massive employment of slave labor force from the African continent to sugar cane, coffee and cocoa plantation in the country.
Due to its colonial past, the archipelago is currently one of the members of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) on equal terms with Portugal, Brazil, Cape-Vert, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau and East Timor. It is also part of the Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP).
The colonization context of the archipelago led to different stages of settlement through the introduction of distinct people, such as African (majority) and European ethnicities. Therefore, we can distinguish in Sao Tome island, different social groups, such as:
- Forros or the children of the land: born from the union of the first Portuguese colonists with the slaves;
- Angolares : descendants from fugitive slaves that currently form a community of fishermen. They distinguish from others , especially because of their own creole language, Angolar;
- Tongas : descendants from former fixed-term employees coming from Cape Vert, Angola, and Mozambique to serve as labor force in farmsteads, in the nineteenth-century. They were called the servants.
Although its presence is very small, there is still a European presence composed mainly of Portuguese people. They are mainly descendants from settlers and newcomers.
Unfortunately, the strong unemployment growth in the country has generated a rural exodus phenomenon, causing a great concentration of population in the Capital. A third of the total population in the archipelago lives on the island of Sao Tome, which represents a little more than 70 000 habitants (2014). Therefore, 66.2% of the population lives in the urban areas of the archipelago.


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The night of July 26, 1942 saw one of the most audacious raids of World War II, just as the outcome of that conflict hung in the balance. In North Africa, a convoy of 18 Allied jeeps carrying Special Air Service personnel appeared out of the early-morning darkness and drove onto the Axis landing strip at Sidi Haneish in the Egyptian desert. Within the space of a few savage minutes 18 Axis aircraft were ablaze; a dozen more were damaged and scores of guards lay dead or wounded. The men responsible for the raid then vanished into the night as swiftly as they had arrived, prompting the Germans to dub the enemy leader, David Stirling, 'The Phantom Major'. Featuring full-colour artwork, gripping narrative and incisive analysis, this engaging study recounts the origins, planning, execution and aftermath of the daring raid that made the name of the SAS at the height of World War II.
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A Fortune 50 corporation, three well-known hospitals, three higher education institutions, and a variety of national and international companies mark the Peoria business landscape. But the backbone of the area economy is rooted in small and family-owned businesses, where no other group has contributed to the success of the local economy more than those Lebanese-Americans who immigrated to the Peoria area in the late 1880s. Anyone visiting or reading about the Peoria area cannot escape the renowned success of such Lebanese-American families with the surnames of LaHood, Maloof, Couri or Kouri, Alwan, Joseph and Williams.
The Lebanese-Americans of Peoria represent a uniquely successful immigrant group in all aspects of community development. Metropolitan Peoria is home to nearly 8,000 Lebanese-American residents, many of whom have taken leadership roles in medicine, education, the arts, law, construction, real estate, politics and business. It is worthy of special note that the Lebanese-American women of Peoria have not only played key traditional roles of family and home support, but have excelled in business and professional career roles as well.
What makes the foundation of the Peoria Lebanese-Americans so robust that they have become a primary anchor of local business success? The answer in a few simple words is: family, trust, hard work, commitment to education, entrepreneurship, leadership and love for America.
One such Lebanese family bears the surname of LaHood. Joseph LaHood, with his brothers, founded LaHood Construction Inc., and they have been involved in building houses, home energy installation, concrete foundation building and concrete distribution since the 1970s. In the 1960s, Joe LaHood's father and uncles ran a chain of laundromats. His grandfather established an appliance business in Peoria and modeled the high ethical standards of business for the family. The LaHood family business model is based on two principles: (1) Step up to the plate and deliver good products; and (2) Keep good relationships with your customers. As Joe LaHood stated,"When you are around different LaHood families, it is known that you will be doing business." Family businesses serve the community and are shaped by Lebanese cultural heritage, hallmarked by a devotion to hard work, according to Joe LaHood.
Henry Alwan and his wife Teresa, who was born in Brazil, serve the Peoria community with a superb specialty food and bakery business. Henry holds an electrical engineering degree from Bradley University, but was inspired by his father and grandfather—who came to Peoria in 1885—to be an entrepreneur. Henry initiated his own entry into business in Brazil, where he was a pinball game salesman. That's also where he and Teresa met. After they arrived back in Peoria, the Alwans opened a restaurant in Pekin. It was Teresa who persuaded her husband to open the successful specialty food and bakery business in 1992. The Alwans believe their success is based on running the sort of business where they can meet and help fellow citizens every day. They love to interact with people and teach their own children the best of business ownership and management. Like his ancient Phoenician ancestors who navigated the world and traded merchandise with vast empires, Henry is a believer in commerce served with a devotion to excellence.
» History of Lebanese in Peoria
Some 6,000 Peoria-area residents trace their ancestry to the small Lebanese village of Aytou, situated on a mountaintop in northern Lebanon. The first to come was a 23-year-old named Tanous LaHood, in 1886. He left Lebanon because there was little prospect for work. He journeyed through several communities as he sought a permanent home before settling in Peoria. It took Mr. LaHood 11 years to save enough money to bring his wife and children to Peoria. One of those children would have a famous grandson—U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
The trickle of immigrants that began with Tanous LaHood grew to a flood by 1907. Typically, the men and women left Aytou for economic reasons—an estimated one-third of the Lebanese population starved to death during World War I. They came to Peoria because friends and family members had settled here and because jobs—on the railroads and in the distilleries and factories—were plentiful in the early 1900s.
Most of the newly-arrived Lebanese settled into a two-block section of Washington Street with their backs to the river. By 1920, many had moved to the area around St. Patrick's Church on Peoria's South Side. In that small neighborhood, one could find 40 Aytou households.
By the 1920s, many of the immigrants had left their factory jobs to open grocery stores, restaurants and taverns. In the 1930s, after Prohibition ended, an estimated four to five dozen local taverns were owned by former Aytou residents and their descendants.
The Itoo Reform and Progress Society traces its origins to a 1912 tragedy: the drowning of Aytou immigrant Ray Sarkis while working on a steamboat. His cousins in Peoria—also Aytou immigrants—struggled to pay his burial expenses. When word of that tragedy reached a Maronite priest named Father Antoun Slyman, he suggested that the local Lebanese form an organization that would enable them to help each other.
On July 4, 1914, the Itoo Reform and Progress Society was formed. While the name is spelled differently from the home village, it has the same pronunciation. Itoo also was shorthand for the group of Lebanese tavern owners—the Itoo Tavern Owners Organization.
The family names represented by Itoo's founders are familiar in Peoria: Albert, Alwan, Anthony, Couri, Farrah, Farris, George, John, Joseph, LaHood, Maroon, Michael, Moses, Peters, Rafool, Romanous, Slyman, Trad and Unes. A picture of 42 of the 46 founders hangs on the wall at the Itoo Hall on Farmington Road.
In addition to the 6,000 Peoria-area residents who can trace their lineage to Aytou, it is estimated that at least another 2,000 have ancestors from elsewhere in Lebanon. U.S. immigration quotas have slowed the flood to a trickle again.
The sizeable number of Lebanese immigrants in Peoria prompted the opening of St. Sharbel Maronite Church on Scenic Drive in Peoria in 1973. The Maronites constitute a branch of Roman Catholicism and represent the majority of Christians in Lebanon.
Randy Couri is the source for this history. He can be reached at (309) 696-5327.
Helping others is not limited to the LaHoods or Alwans in service through commerce. Dr. Christopher Couri is a believer in helping community and family. He wanted to practice medicine in Denver, but his father's death—along with his own passion for his birthplace—kept him home, where he took over his father's practice. Dr. Couri says he learned from his father and his Lebanese culture to be honest and straightforward with his patients and "take care of those who come to the door." He believes that the diversity of Lebanese professions and professionals has not hindered their connection to one another, a trait based on a collectivistic attitude rooted in Lebanese culture. He points to his own practice as well as other Lebanese-American businesses in the area as being community-focused, where people are cared for as if they were family members. Dr. Couri believes that people in small businesses always try to make things better for the community, which will benefit everyone. Dr. Couri also points to the fact that Lebanese-Americans in this area tend to be strongly religious, which guides their ethical relations with others in business.
James Maloof, three-term mayor of Peoria (1985-1997) and founder of Maloof Realty, Inc., embodies the pride and interest of the Lebanese-American community in helping others. As mayor, Maloof traveled to Germany, South Korea, China and Japan to bring new businesses, trade, ideas and jobs to Peoria.
When reflecting upon his Lebanese cultural heritage, Maloof credits his mother and her Lebanese culture for inculcating caring for others in him. On her deathbed, her last words to him were, "Help children, God help you." Maloof has given many public speeches to his favorite professionals—teachers and nurses—about bringing people together for good causes, and to other businesses about charitable giving. He believes the Lebanese-Americans of the Peoria area have made quite an impression on the community by helping others, a case in point being the elderly housing project located at St. Sharbel Village.
Maloof identifies the Lebanese value of "giving back" as what has brought honor to Lebanese-American small businesses and their families here. He is a strong promoter of the engagement of community ethnic groups in leadership positions and wants local businesses to be a part of making the community a better place to live. One of his mayoral campaign mottos was "inclusion." He looks to the future with more small business owners of diverse cultural backgrounds becoming visible in leading the local economy in the Peoria area.
Peoria's Lebanese-American business community is optimistic about the future of the local economy and plans to continue their engagement in community and business leadership and civic activities. For them, what makes their businesses successful and their community strong is their treatment of their employees and customers as family members. They wish only the best for everyone in the community and hope to continue to help with the delivery of quality products and services, keeping positive relationships with employees and clients, and creating a lasting trust. iBi
Ali Zohoori is a professor of communication at Bradley University and a board member of the Peoria Area World Affair Council.


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Cardi B Files To Own The Name "Bocktails With Cardi B"
Cardi B wants in on those television checks again, it seems like. According to a TMZ report, she's just filed legal docs staking her claim. She's recently filed documents to own the name "Bocktails With Cardi B." In the trademark documents, she's laying claim to "entertainment services in the nature of providing ongoing episodes for distribution via television and the Internet featuring celebrities and artists."
Hmm, sounds a lot like FYI's "Kocktails With Khloe". Remember that short-lived show?
Cardi B, however, wants more than a show with the name, "Bocktails with Cardi B." She's asking for exclusivity on clothing, including shirts, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hooded sweatshirts, hats, caps, footwear, skirts, dresses, blouses, sweaters, pants, and shorts.
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ECRL collaboration with the Centre of Religion Reconciliation and Peace, University of Winchester Launch of handbook on multireligious approaches to Integration in Europe. It is often presumed that organisations and communities from different religions working...
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Declaration of the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace (23 August 2019 | Lindau, Germany) Preamble We – 900 women, men, and youth – have gathered in Lindau, Germany, coming from 125 countries for the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace. We are grateful...
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RSPCA NSW has 10 shelters that provide comfortable accommodation and the best possible care to surrendered, neglected, unwanted, sick or injured animals.
The RSPCA NSW Coffs Harbour Shelter provides care and shelter to abandoned and neglected animals. It is the animal holding facility for Coffs Harbour City Council. In addition to adoptions, it runs one-on-one dog training sessions for pet owners. The shelter also trains rehab dogs from pounds, rescue groups and other shelters, and prepares them for adoption. It features a separate boarding block of 20 heated kennels.
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White House football banquet honors the 2016 players and season
By Kris Freeman for White House Football
WHITE HOUSE – The Blue Devils celebrated the 2016 football season with an end-of-the-year banquet on Sunday, Nov. 13.
The team celebrated the accomplishments of eight senior football players, two senior managers and two senior film crew students – Connor Holder, Dalton Hornal, Hunter Brown, Preston Long, Dawson Bumbalough, Austin Hoffman, Danny Stout, Austin Rutherford, Ashleigh Rutherford, Ashton Huffines, Noah Cook and Ryan Stout.
Banquet awards were voted upon by teammates, except for the academic award which is based upon G.P.A. The award winners were:
Position Award winners:
Seniors Connor Holder (#1) and Danny Stout (#89) were named permanent team captains.
Junior wide receiver and defensive back Seth Bumbalough was named the Most Valuable Player. Seth caught seven passes for 253 yards and a touchdown, rushed seven times for 19 yards, returned 14 kicks for 266 yards and five punts for 111 yards, playing nearly every down as one of the most versatile players on the field. He was third on the team with 61 tackles including two for losses and led the team with seven pass break ups and one interception for 40 yards with one fumble caused. He had 578 all-purpose yards and even completed a pass on a two-point conversion.
Senior tailback Preston Long (#34) won the Offensive Back Award. He led the team with 474 yards rushing on 115 carries and three touchdowns before a season-ending collarbone injury against Pearl-Cohn in week eight. He finished with 986 yards for his career rushing.
Senior Austin Hoffman (#68) was the Offensive Lineman Award. The Blue Devils rushed for 1,012 yards and passed for 1,247. Hoffman as a junior was named to the postseason All-Region 5-4A team and honored by The News Examiner, but awaits postseason awards in 2016.
Senior Danny Stout (#89) was the Defensive Lineman Award. Carried off the field for precautionary injury in his final game against Maplewood in week 10, the defensive end and tight end caught seven passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns but made his biggest impact in the passing game on defense. He had 31 tackles including 17 solos and six tackles for losses with three sacks (two solo and two half-sacks). He also had a fumble recovery, a fumble caused and a pass knocked down.
Senior Connor Holder (#1) was the Defensive Back Award winner with 49 tackles on defense at free safety with one pass break up and one interception. Holder led the team with 16 receptions on offense for 191 yards and one touchdown and also led the team in kick return average with three returns for 81 yards.
Four freshmen were honored during the banquet, helping lead the Devils to a 5-3 season. The Offensive Player of the Year was Will Blackburn (#27); the Defensive Player of the Year was Avery O'Bryan (#54); the freshman captain was Curtis Palmer (#84) and the Most Valuable Player was Logan Neufeld (#13). Neufeld and O'Bryan also saw significant playing time for the varsity team. Neufeld caught nine passes for 122 yards and two touchdowns for the varsity team and O'Bryan had 10 tackles plus a tackle for loss.


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Leonin Warleader
Creature — Cat Soldier
Whenever Leonin Warleader attacks, create two 1/1 white Cat creature tokens with lifelink that are tapped and attacking.
Illustrated by Jakub Kasper
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- You choose which players or planeswalkers the two tokens are attacking. They don't have to be attacking the same player or planeswalker that Leonin Warleader is attacking, and they can each be attacking different players and/or planeswalkers. (2018-07-13)
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Strategies to Use When Identifying the Best Food Software
When it comes to the food business, hygiene and compliance are the main elements that the company needs to consider. You can be able to stay ahead of your competitors and meet the local authority's requirements by having the best food safety software. Below are the factors to consider before you make your mind on any safety software.
Be Sure of the Features That You're Looking for the Solutions
Apart from the safety solutions, the software can ensure that your business becomes more profitable and enhance the culture in your company. You should ensure that you highlight all the other different features that you want to get from the software that you are purchasing. You will have an easy time in making a selection when you come up with a list of requirement and to be able to personalize the system.
You Need To Have the Instant Key Performance Indicator Dashboard
You will need to ensure that you are getting multiple benefits from the software by confirming the key performance indicator dashboard. You should work with a responsive software which will give you feedback on the best types of solutions to consider, check on what is functioning. It will be easy to utilize the software in your business when you are sure of the different results that you will get.
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The pricing of the different food safety solutions are relative and are influenced by various factors. You need to be sure on what is making the prices to shoot before you can make the purchase. You need to discuss with your vendor about the different modules that are present in the system, the training costs, hosting services and the support that you will get.
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You will discover that there are different types of vendors who will sell their food safety solutions to their clients. You should schedule for an interview and get to understand on the features of any type of the food safety solution before you make your mind. You should have a wide discussion about what you can achieve through the system and the vendor needs to be convincing enough before you make your mind.
When selecting the software, there are multiple mistakes that you are likely to make. To avoid the mistakes you need not underestimate the implementation process, choose an experienced vendor and avoid neglecting the employee engagement process. You should ensure that you are working with a company with a positive reputation and avoid the free types of software.
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UMA Thurman posted full footage of the horror Kill Bill car crash she feared would leave her paralysed - and then accused shamed Harvey Weinstein of trying to cover it up.
In the minute-long clip the actress can be seen struggling to control the car as she skids down a dirt road and straight into a massive palm tree.
Worried crew members are then seen dashing to the award-winning star's aid as she slumps motionless in the driver's seat. She was then carried off set and rushed to hospital for treatment.
"The steering wheel was at my belly and my legs were jammed under me. I felt this searing pain and thought, 'Oh my God. I'm never going to walk again," she told the New York Times.
"When I came back from the hospital in a neck brace with my knees damaged and a large massive egg on my head and a concussion, I wanted to see the car and I was very upset.
"Quentin (Tarantino) and I had an enormous fight, and I accused him of trying to kill me. And he was very angry at that, I guess understandably, because he didn't feel he had tried to kill me," she said.
Now she has opened her heart on Instagram to talk about the smash saying she wants to show that "the circumstances of this event were negligent to the point of criminality."
The actress then goes on to seemingly excuse director Tarantino of blame while pointing the finger firmly at Weinstein.
It seems a bit of a U-turn for Uma who had heavily criticised Tarantino in the original Times story.
Thurman wrote in the caption of her later Instagram post that: "Tarantino was deeply regretful and remains remorseful about this sorry event, and gave me the footage years later so I could expose it and let it see the light of day."
Thurman then claims: "THE COVER UP after the fact is UNFORGIVABLE"
"For this I hold Lawrence Bender, E. Bennett Walsh, and the notorious Harvey Weinstein solely responsible.
"They lied, destroyed evidence, and continue to lie about the permanent harm they caused and then chose to suppress. The cover up did have malicious intent, and shame on these three for all eternity."
She finishes by turning her guns on her then agency.
"CAA never sent anyone to Mexico," writes Thurman. "I hope they look after other clients more respectfully if they in fact want to do the job for which they take money with any decency."
The 47-year-old star released video footage of a car crash in Mexico on the set of the bloody revenge thriller from 2003 in which she played the lead role of The Bride.
Thurman says that she insisted she didn't feel comfortable driving the blue 1973 VW Karmann Ghia Convertible while they were shooting in Mexico.
The actress asked for a stunt person to drive the car down the dirt road but claims Tarantino forced her to do it herself
She told the New York Times: "Quentin came in my trailer and didn't like to hear no, like any director.
"He was furious because I'd cost them a lot of time. But I was scared. He said: 'I promise you the car is fine. It's a straight piece of road.'
"'Hit 40 miles per hour or your hair won't blow the right way and I'll make you do it again.'"
"But that was a deathbox that I was in. The seat wasn't screwed down properly. It was a sand road and it was not a straight road."
In the footage she can be seen tearing down the road at the wheel of the car, which has a camera mounted behind her.
After being behind the wheel for little more than 10 seconds the car can be seen sliding all over the place before smashing into the tree.
Moments later Tarantino can be seen handing her a bottle of water but there is no audio so it is impossible to tell what is being said.
It has taken her 15 years to finally get access to the footage and Tarantino, 54, has yet to speak about the incident.
She also alleged that during the two-film project, the second of which was released in 2004, Tarantino spat in her face in a scene where Michael Madsen is seen on screen doing it, and choked her with a chain for another sequence.
They had worked together on Pulp Fiction, the 1994 sensation that established Tarantino as a big time Hollywood director.
She said she felt that her struggles with him were like "a horrible mud wrestle with a very angry brother" but continued working with him because of the "greater good" their collaboration produced.
Leading lights in the movie business have also condemned the director as an abuser and a "near murderer" following the actress' claims that he coerced her into the stunt that left her permanently injured.
The actress Jessica Chastain, 40, praised Thurman on Twitter as a "warrior". She wrote: "How many images of women in media do we celebrate that showcase abuse?"
Asia Argento, 42, an actress and film-maker who has accused the producer Weinstein of raping her, wrote: "Weinstein and Tarantino, what a pair! A serial rapist and a near murderer."
Judd Apatow, 50, the comedian, director and producer, recalled that Tarantino had allegedly ignored claims of harassment made by Daryl Hannah, who featured in both Kill Bills, against Mr Weinstein, Tarantino's collaborator and an executive producer of the films.
Thurman says Weinstein first "attacked" her in his suite at the Savoy Hotel in London where he "tried to expose himself".
Mr Weinstein denies all allegations against him of non-consensual sex. His lawyer said his client was "stunned and saddened by what he claims to be false accusations by Uma Thurman".
The Sun Online has contacted Mr Tarantino's representatives for comment.
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GM China, Gov't Automaker Make Pricey Deal
General Motors China and state-owned automaker FAW Group Corp. launched a 2 billion yuan ($293 million) joint venture Sunday to make light-duty trucks and vans, initially for the fast-growing Chinese market.
GM said the joint venture will use two existing factories affiliated with FAW and have a capacity of over 100,000 vehicles. That is expected to double by the end of 2010, GM China Group President Kevin Wale told reporters in a conference call.
Plans call for building a new assembly plant in Harbin, he said.
China is a key growth market for GM, which is expanding here despite its difficulties in the U.S. market.
"Light trucks and vans have a significant role in China and other parts of the world," Wale said. "Adding trucks rounds out our vehicle portfolio in China. It's really a key focus for future growth."
The 50-50 joint venture, based in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun, where FAW is also based, will make FAW-branded vehicles for the Chinese market, GM said in a statement. The venture might make GM-branded vehicles for export later, but the focus for now is on meeting demand in China, Wale said.
Production will be at the existing factories in southwestern China's Yunnan province, a facility owned by FAW-affiliate Hongta Yunnan Automobile Manufacturing Co. Ltd., and at Harbin Light Vehicle Co. Ltd. in the northeastern city of Harbin, GM said.
It said the two companies will conduct research and development, exports and after-sales support as well as vehicle production.
"Our new joint venture combines the expertise of two industry leaders in a partnership that benefits both," Nick Reilly, GM executive vice president, said in a statement.
"It will address demand in China and other markets for high-quality, affordable products in one of the industry's most robust segments, while complementing the portfolio of products that GM and FAW currently offer," Reilly said.
Discussions on the venture began in early 2007 and it obtained regulatory approval in July, GM said.
FAW, originally known as First Auto Works, was founded in 1953 and began production in 1956. It sold 1.53 million vehicles, including sedans, vans and trucks, in 2008.
GM's sales in China jumped 38 percent in the first half of this year, helped by strong demand for its minivans and other small vehicles. The automaker sold more than 100,000 vehicles a month in China from January to June for a total of 814,442, a record for any half year, the company said. That compares with sales of 1,094,561 GM vehicles in China for all of 2008.
Adding truck production will help expand the company's exposure in one of the few major markets that continues to grow.
"These are quite different customers and quite different products," Wale said.
He said he expected GM's commercial vehicle sales to reach 80,000 to 90,000 this year and to rise further next year.


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Saptakee Sengupta
Jul 31, 2020
Writing an essay on a persuasive topic is probably the best platform to reveal your perceptions and views for or against a topic.
You can put forth your arguments, discussions, and evidences for your opinions. A well-written statement creates a positive impression on the mind of a reader regarding the subject matter of your essay.
A sample is mentioned just below the title, and it guides the reader to the following content. With the thesis statement examples for persuasive essays, you shall come to know the correct ways of framing them.
Points to Remember
You have to clearly define whether you are supporting the topic or you are against it.
The key reasons should be listed to make it presentable.
It should not be confused with introduction, which is more generic.
You have to justify your arguments if they are in contradiction, with a well-established fact.
Interrogating people should be done with extreme politeness.
A short and concise statement containing all important details is actually preferred.
Thesis Statement Examples
Sex Education and Awareness
Sex education should be implemented in schools and awareness should be spread throughout the nation. With rising cases of rape, molestation and teenage pregnancy, this matter needs to be scrutinized more sincerely.
People indulging into unprotected sex and becoming victims of fatal, sexually transmitted diseases are evidences of lack of awareness among common masses. So ,is it not our responsibility to spread the knowledge of safety measures that should be taken by couples while making any kind of sexual contact? Keeping this view in mind, I proceed with my essay.
Human Cloning and Ethics
Although human beings and animals are living creatures of mother Earth, the former is considered to be superior. I'm strongly against cloning human beings, because cloning would make an individual lose his identity completely. Apart from ethical reasons, this act is a forerunner of crimes and cruelty, if inspected deeply.
Imagine your clone moving around with you? (Can you?) To be more realistic, this concept should never be supported from any point. Considering the ethics, cloning human beings is a disgrace to God's creation. With clear judgments, I go ahead with my views against human cloning.
Legalization of Abortion
Giving birth to a child under compulsion doesn't make any sense when viewed from a practical angle. Considering the troubles women undergo in bearing a child against her wishes, I'm in favor of the law that abortion has been legalized.
The concept of abortion should not be misunderstood, and women should undergo abortion only if circumstances are so dire. Looking at the positive impacts of abortion, it has improved health of women who have been compelled to conceive at a tender age. Emphasizing on rationally, I would support legalization of abortion throughout the essay.
Writing about persuasive topics is a sensitive issue. While elaborating your opinions regarding a topic, you have to be careful on the matter that sentiments of your opponents are not hurt, or else it would end up in controversy. Think on the topic with all your concentration, and then make a statement that would be highly appreciated by your reviewer.
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|This article is about a/an episode in Juken Sentai Gekiranger.
Twentieth Lesson - Gicho-Gicho! Triangle Opposing Fight (修行その20 ギチョギチョ!トライアングル対抗戦 Shugyō Sono Nijū: Gicho-Gicho! Toraianguru Taikō Sen) is the twentieth episode of Juken Sentai Gekiranger. This is the second of the three-part Kageki story, fully introducing the final three members of the Fist Stages: the "Master Triangle" (Master Gorrie Yen, Master Michelle Peng and Master Pyon Biao)
Facing a deadline for saving Xia Fu from Rio, the Gekiranger challenge the Master Triangle in a series of matches in their respective style weakness.
To obtain the Kageki, the Gekirangers seek out the Kensei that will help them, but they are attacked by the very Kensei that they are looking for. The Gekirangers are defeated, and the Kensei introduce themselves: Gorie Yen of the Geki Jū Gorilla-Ken, Michelle Peng of the Geki Jū Penguin-Ken, and Bion Biao of the Geki Jū Gazelle-Ken styles. Miki then explains that they must compete with the Kensei of the Master Triangle in the Three Peaks Battle, three competitions based on each Gekiranger's own flaws. First, Jyan and Gorie Yen compete in a challenge of the "Heart" where the first to stack 500 yen coins on their edges wins. Jyan has difficulty, while Gorie asks him why he fights to which Jyan does not have a suitable answer. Gorie completes his stack, while an upset Jyan was too frustrated to get one to stand. Soon after, he and Retsu fight due to the loss until Ran gets them to stop. Next, she competes with Michelle Peng in a challenge of "Technique" where they skateboard in two turns on a half pipe erected on the roof of SCRTC headquarters with an electronic scoreboard. Michelle performs multiple spins on her first turn, not seeing a need for a second. When Ran attempts the same challenge, she falls on her first try, but Retu's advice to mentally draw a picture in her mind allows her to ties with Michelle on the second try. The last competition is one of "Body" between Bion Biao and Retsu, where they must grapple to take a bandana off of the other's arm. Retsu attempts to use his Technique, but Biao counters easily. Jyan yells at Retsu to forget about the techniques and beauty and just fight. The competition lasted until dawn with Retsu managing to take Biao's bandana at sunrise. The Gekirangers win the competition, realizing that by supporting each other, they can do anything. While the competition had occurs, Xia Fu reveals to Rio that the factor of friendship will allow his pupils to obtain Kageki unlike Rio himself, who loses his temper upon hearing this fact and burns the cage with his Rinki, telling Xia Fu that he will face them now. Jyan senses Rio on the move as the Master Triangle provide the Gekirangers with the Super Geki Claws, which will allow them to access the Kageki, before they head off to face Rio.
- Jan Kandou (漢堂 ジャン Kandō Jan): Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹 Suzuki Hiroki)
- Ran Uzaki (宇崎 ラン Uzaki Ran): Mina Fukui (福井 未菜 Fukui Mina)
- Retsu Fukami (深見 レツ Fukami Retsu): Manpei Takagi (高木 万平 Takagi Manpei)
- Master Sha-Fu (マスター・シャーフー Masutā Shā Fū, Voice): Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎 Nagai Ichirō)
- Miki Masaki (真咲 美希 Masaki Miki): Kazue Itoh (伊藤 かずえ Itō Kazue)
- Gorrie Yen (ゴリー・イェン Gorī Yen, Voice): Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (大友 龍三郎 Ōtomo Ryūzaburō)
- Michelle Peng (ミシェル・ペング Misheru Pengu, Voice): Atsuko Tanaka (田中 敦子 Tanaka Atsuko)
- Pyon Biao (ピョン・ピョウ Pyon Pyō, Voice): Takeshi Kusao (草尾 毅 Kusao Takeshi)
- Rio (理央 Rio): Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文 Araki Hirofumi)
- Mele (メレ Mere): Yuka Hirata (平田 裕香 Hirata Yuka)
- As part of Super Hero Time, this episode aired alongside Kamen Rider Den-O episode 24, The Prince's Goodbye Lullaby
- Viewership: 5.4%
- Pre-Credits: Super GekiClaw
DVD releases
Juken Sentai Gekiranger Volume 5 features episodes 17-20: Lesson 17: Goro-Goro! Teacher and Student Love, Lesson 18: Shakkin-Kīn! The Body is Strong, Lesson 19: Gokin-Gokin! Showdown with Rio, and Lesson 20: Gicho-Gicho! Triangle Opposing Fight. [1]
See Also
- Ghost of a Chance - Power Rangers counterpart in Power Rangers Jungle Fury. See comparison page.


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30 April 2019
Case law
Council decision
The Council for Advance Tax Rulings – a government agency which may, on a taxpayer's request, provide binding advance rulings on matters of taxation – has further clarified the demarcation between insurance products and other investment products under Swedish law.
The council found that a unit-linked insurance plan under which a beneficiary was entitled to 99% of the invested capital upon realisation of the insured risk and the policyholder received no risk compensation during the insurance period did not constitute an insurance product under Swedish law.
The principal matter addressed by the council (100-17/D of 20 February 2019) was whether the product in question qualified as Swedish 'capital insurance' – a life insurance product that mainly functions as an investment product offered by insurers, rather than a traditional insurance contract. Under a capital insurance policy, the policyholder may instruct the insurer to invest the policyholder's capital in financial instruments. Should the policyholder die during the policy period, the beneficiary will be entitled to the capital held under the policy plus or minus a certain percentage.
Importantly, in such contracts:
The Supreme Administrative Court has previously found that a unit-linked insurance plan under which a policyholder was entitled to 101% of the invested capital upon realisation of the insured risk (ie, the policyholder's death) qualified as an insurance product under Swedish law (RÅ 1994 notes 19 and 20). The court has also found that a unit-linked insurance policy under which a policyholder was entitled to only 99% of the invested capital but instead continuously received risk compensation constituted an insurance product (HFD 2015 note 54).
However, a united-linked insurance plan under which the risk element is 0.1% and yearly fees are 1.2% of the invested capital does not qualify as an insurance product, since these terms in effect render such an agreement irrelevant from an insurance perspective (RÅ 2008 ref 54).
The question before the Council for Advance Tax Rulings on 20 February 2019 (100-17/D) was whether a unit-linked insurance plan under which the policyholder was entitled to 99% of the invested capital upon realisation of the insured risk and the policyholder received no risk compensation during the insurance period qualified as an insurance product under Swedish law.
As in several of the abovementioned Supreme Administrative Court cases, the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) was consulted as to whether the product qualified as an insurance product under Swedish insurance law.
The SFSA stated that life insurance is a means of spreading risk within a collective of insureds (ie, those living longer and shorter lives). Therefore, some form of compensation for such risk is necessary for a product to constitute a life insurance product. According to the SFSA, if a policy grants a beneficiary 99% of the invested capital on the policyholder's death and there is no other form of risk compensation, there is no spread of risk between the insureds. The proceeds are then based solely on returns on the invested capital and the fees paid. Therefore, the product in question was not deemed relevant from an insurance perspective, but was instead found to constitute a pure investment product.
The Council for Advance Tax Rulings accepted the SFSA's statement and ruled that the product in question could not be considered an insurance product. The council explicitly stated that the classification of an insurance product in tax matters must be based on the classification under Swedish insurance law.
The council's decision clarifies what is required for a unit-linked insurance policy to constitute an insurance product under Swedish law. The key criterion appears to be that an insured risk must be spread out over a collective of insureds. Based on current case law, it seems that this could be achieved by the beneficiary of each policyholder receiving 101% (in exchange for a risk premium) or 99% (in exchange for risk compensation) of the invested capital on the occurrence of the insured event.
Nevertheless, the decision leaves certain questions open, including how the risk compensation must be designed in order for the product to constitute an insurance product. For example, it seems reasonable that a policyholder with a 99% capital insurance policy would expect to pay reduced fees or premiums compared with a policyholder with a 101% capital insurance policy. However, the decision does not appear to take a clear stance as to whether an acceptable form of risk compensation may be reduced fees or premiums or whether the risk compensation must be expressly annotated as such.
Moreover, the decision does not discuss whether a certain minimum risk level is still required for a product to constitute an insurance product. Previous case law has indicated that a risk level of 0.1% on invested capital is too small to constitute an insurance product (RÅ 2008 ref 54). However, in that case the risk level of 0.1% was put in contrast to the yearly fees of 1.2% and thus it remains uncertain what an acceptable minimum risk level would be. This would likely require a case-by-case risk assessment in relation to a product's other conditions.
The exact location of the line between pure investment contracts and insurance-based investment products is important for insurers and policyholders in Sweden, both from a regulatory standpoint and from a tax perspective. The council's ruling, which has been appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court, will doubtless provide useful guidance and be carefully reviewed within the industry. However, since there are still many unanswered questions, further guidance will likely be required in the years to come in order to clear the murky waters in this regard.
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All those loans started three years ago to help stimulate the economy under Shrub come due this year, and there are lots of questions about whether they can be paid back or not, potentially sticking people with trillions of dollars in debt.
There was already speculation that Medicare was going to collapse by 2020.
And now, a nearly $1 tril addition to all that has been passed in the form of health care reform that perpetuates insurance companies instead of getting them in line passed 219-212. You know, the ones who got nailed in the junk bond scheme and have been teetering. Nice to have friends in Washington. Remember, this doesn't extend health care to anyone, if makes it illegal not to have it. That's not extending benefits, that's forcing people to participate in a market.
Interestingly, this is going to be signed. I'm no longer hearing about the "plan" to merge a second hastily passed bill that will "fix" this one. They got what they wanted, a new protected market for their contributors, and that's all that matters.
Although, one thought does make me smile -- hey, Rush Limbaugh! Done packing yet?!?
Several states will be subsidizing for other states. Illinois, which is already facing a huge financial crisis with talk of increasing taxes to go along with just about every fee shooting instead of curbing wasteful spending, is getting stuck paying for Nevada because the poor dears there have such a rough economy. The same Nevada Obama has villified in speeches as the home of wasteful spending (and actually caused their tourism business to take a dive).
My suspicions about the R's using this to gain a supermajority got their first boost as the news started talking about how all the carping could blow up in their faces, as most Americans won't see any changes, good or bad, for years. The media which helped get Obama elected is saying it could be risky for the D's but gave certain pronouncements to the R's. The spin machine is on, trying to nullify the angry electorate. The R's are going to take advantage of voter rage. This election will be no different than any other, with the voters as just an angry force of nature instead of making informed choices. I get so sick of people who don't care they are being used.
The only angle left here is another rebellion, a real wild card that I can't predict. Several states are complaining that this is now a states' rights issue, that they should not have to pay and participate in this. They are talking about taking the bill to court. Could it shoot it down? Maybe. States rights vs. the fed is a real quagmire, so God only knows what the results will be. And this assumes no one takes the bill to court for being unduly burdensome to begin with.
It's days like today that make me happy I'm nearer the end of my life than the beginning.


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SNOOKER: Second ranking tournament triumph eludes Chatteris cueman Joe Perry as he is pipped in European Masters final
PUBLISHED: 22:37 10 October 2018 | UPDATED: 22:42 10 October 2018
Chatteris potter Joe Perry was left feeling 'massive disappointment' after missing out on a second ranking title of his long career.
Perry was beaten 9-6 by Jimmy Robertson in the European Masters showpiece in Belgium last Sunday.
The 44 year-old, who was aiming to add to his Players' Championship triumph of 2015, lost the first five frames before dragging himself back into contention.
He reduced his deficit to just one frame at 7-6 after producing a couple of century breaks, but Robertson regained the initiative to complete a first ranking tournament victory.
It's the third time Perry has lost a major final after being beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan in The Masters showpiece of 2017, losing out to close friend Neil Robertson in the Wuxi Classic final of 2014 and going down to Stephen Hendry in the European Open of 2001.
Perry said: "It is a case of having massive disappointment in myself really. I just played so badly in the afternoon session.
"It was one of the worst performances I've put in all year, but I'm proud of the way I stuck in and got out of the session not too badly.
"I played well in the evening session and could have won the first five frames, but it wasn't to be and full credit to Jimmy.
"I put him under pressure, but he stood up to it."
Perry began his challenge in Lommel with a 4-0 whitewash of Sean O'Sullivan in the opening round and then saw off Oliver Lines 4-1.
Perry came through a final frame decider when pipping Andrew Higginson 4-3 in the third round before enjoying a smoother 4-1 success against Kyren Wilson in the last 16.
The Chatteris cueman then won the final two frames to snatch a 4-3 victory against Chinese potter Tian Pengfei in the quarter-finals before reeling off four successive frames to beat Anthony Hamilton 6-3 in the last four.
That set up a final showdown against Robertson with Perry pocketing £35,000 for being runner-up and climbing seven places to 18th in the official world rankings.
Next up for Perry is the English Open which begins in Crawley on Monday. He faces Daniel Wells in the first round.
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I decided I won't be trekking up the hill to get more of that amazing Salt and Straw ice cream, partly because I would have continued to eat the same two amazing flavours and partly because I was becoming a little portly. I think I may be a little allergic to milk.
Today was all about grabbing up the last souvenirs for the fambam.
The original Starbucks:
I fuelled up on an unsatisfactory salad and an agreeable iced double shot milk drink at Starbucks.
I popped in to the Target next door to look at candy and felt like I was in an Australian Target. Their gum and chewy candy aisle had all the same flavours and brands we have in Australia. Have our gum flavours really expanded and broadened that much? There isn't a gum flavour I would take home, because we have them all, besides cinnamon!
Rather a lot more boring souvenir shopping followed.
I began to walk back down towards Pike Place Chowder to finally secure a serve of their award-winning clam chowder, but I was rudely intercepted by a huddle of food trucks.
There was no way I could bypass a food truck experience.
I settled o a combo I have long wanted to taste: Mexican/ Korean fusion. It was tasty.
After all the walking, I needed some recuperation time back at the hostel.
A sneaky second lunch of CLAM CHOWDER
(!!!!!!😍😍so good!!!) energised me for the long walk up to Kerry Park, where the views of the city took my breath away.
My feet ached, but tomorrow I leave the US. I wanted to get up close to the Amazon spheres and so I plugged Amazon into Maps and set off on a slight detour, or so thought.
Apparently more than one Amazon building exists in Seattle and Maps predictably selected the wrong one and sent me on a 1.5 km wild goose chase.
What's an extra kilometre or two, right? The spheres remained elusive so I plugged the right wording into Maps and determinedly set off for the real building.
What an impressive structure.
I was 400 meters from home when I spotted the Golden Arches and thought 'salad' and 'free wifi'.
My dinner began quietly.
Then the guy who came up next to my table lost his grip on his only-just-purchased oversized cup of soda. It smashed onto the ground, sounding like broken glass, sending sticky soda splashing everywhere, especially over the backpack of the man next to him. In his shock, backpack man splattered his face and hands with his own soft serve cone. He stood up and moved disgustedly to another table, ignoring the meek apologies from the now-drinkless man.
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a young couple standing outside McDonald's were being loudly told off by a man with expressive hands that quivered with passion.
The young couple just stood there got a bit, but the young guy in particular was working up to blowing a gasket. All of a sudden an ornate hatchet appeared in his hand and he stepped forward, his teeth bared Quivering hand guy backed away momentarily, but recovered and came back even closer. Hatchet guy swung the hatchet with any real conviction. Unfazed, quivering hand guy stood his ground. Hatchet guy stowed the hatchet away and took off, while quivering hand guy continued his verbal assault.
Thankfully a bystander stepped in and steered the girl away from the fray. She seemed stoned, eyes rolling around, moving like she was in a trance.
When I finished and left, I can upon quivering hand dude, now waving those tremulous hands towards the whole world, teetering on the edge of the kerb close to where the buses were racing past. He didn't even notice the danger, he was too engrossed in his shouted message.
I saw police up ahead. Were they arresting hatchet guy?, I wondered.
Nope, it was a muscly dude, already handcuffed, with a paddy wagon approaching to pick him up.
When I got to my room, my two young Scottish roomies urged me to come on the hostel-run pub crawl with them. I said a hearty 'no thank you.
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Violence and death in Kenyan post-election protestsComments
Kenya's defeated presidential candidate has called for nationwide protests against last week's disputed election.
Raila Odinga failed to beat the incumbent President Mwai Kibaki. But, his supporters claimed vote-rigging and fraud, and launched angry demonstrations which have left at least 120 people dead.
From the western border with Uganda, to the capital Nairobi, and Mombasa on the Indian Ocean, protesters vented their anger at what they see as a stolen victory, and were met by an equally-determined police response.
Despite international alarm, President Kibaki vowed to step up security even further, and deal decisively with the rioters. His beaten opponent, Raila Odinga, promised to fight on: "Democracy is expensive," he said. "But we are prepared to pay the ultimate price to liberate this country from the shackles of a cabal of dictators who have no respect or regard for the rights of the people of this country."
Some of the worst violence hit the western town of Kisumu, which is a stronghold of Odinga support. At least 21 bullet-riddled bodies were reported at one mortuary, and protests against the president's re-election quickly descended into looting and theft.
It is the worst unrest in Kenya since independence in 1963. And it is in stark contrast to the elections of five years ago, when President Kibaki defeated the dictator Daniel arap Moi. That was an vote applauded internationally as true democracy in an often-turbulent region.


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#MeToo: Lara had complained Sajid Khan was rude to a co-star from 'Housefull', says Mahesh Bhupathi
Lara Dutta would come home and her closest friend was her hair dresser and they both would be complaining about how one of her co-stars was being treated by the director. Rude, vulgar, Mahesh Bhupathi said
Tennis champion Mahesh Bhupathi has revealed his actor wife Lara Dutta had complained to him that her co-star was being subjected to "rude, vulgar" behaviour on the sets of "Housefull" by director Sajid Khan.
Bhupathi said she had opened up about the incident before their marriage.
"When we were dating she was shooting for 'Housefull' and we were in London at that time. She would come home and her closest friend was her hair dresser and they both would be complaining about how one of her co-stars was being treated by the director. Rude, vulgar," he said.
Bhupathi was in conversation with journalist Barkha Dutt at 'We The Women' event on Sunday night.
The 2010 romantic comedy, directed by Sajid, featured an ensemble cast of Akshay Kumar, Riteish Deshmukh, Deepika Padukone, Jiah Khan and Arjun Rampal.
Bhupathi recalled he told the actor how "all four of you," who were working in the film, were complicit in enabling Sajid's behaviour.
"I told her you guys are all complicit, all the four of you who were in the film (and) were listening to what he was saying and not telling him it's not ok. So at some level you guys are complicit and she agreed," he said.
To which, Barkha said it would have been difficult to take on Sajid as people's work depended on him and that is a coercive environment which makes it difficult for women, to speak up as they would lose work.
Bhupathi said he understands the film fraternity functions in a different way but it does not justify one brushing off something as serious as indecent behaviour.
"I come from the sports industry where we think differently. In sports, the cream always rises to the top. If you're good at what you do, you are going to win matches and get results.
"Obviously the film industry is different. If the fraternity decides to ostracise you, you don't get work. But I don't think it's good enough reason to let things like these slide," he said.
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The president of Cruzeiro, Wagner Pires de Sá has weighed into the speculation linking his midfielder Giorgian de Arrascaeta away from the club.
Celtic and Newcastle have been linked with the player over the past 24 hours after the 24-year-old played in two of Uruguay's World Cup games this summer where he acquitted himself well.
The player was signed by Cruzeiro for around £3.6million and it's believed the Brazilians would want upwards of £5million for their star.
Speaking about his player's future just last week, the Cruzeiro president said if the right offer comes in then they would sell Giorgian.
"If there's a great opportunity that interests Arrascaeta and is also a good deal for Cruzeiro, we will look at that. We would never go against the will of the man."
"But right now under present circumstances, he wants to continue with Cruzeiro. Of course there's going to be speculation – he's a great player but so far it's all just speculation"
The Brazilian football season ends in December and it's very unlikely the club or player will seek a move before that time.
It's likely the club will cash in on the player at some point with the president also addressing financial concerns at the club.
"We, like all Brazilian football, are experiencing financial difficulties. It is no secret to anyone. Speculations that this and that owe, there will always be. I believe that Cruzeiro, in relation to most clubs in Brazil, is average. Not worse, not better. It is the reality of Brazilian football."
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Very striking old Nepalese male ancestor figure from West Nepal in wood.
These anthropomorphic sculptures are found in the Karnali Basin region. For some examples of very similar pieces, see Wood Sculpture in Nepal by Bertrand Goy and Max Itzikovitz, 2009.
Wonderful, powerful artwork. This is an important votive figure, used for worship and protection against negative influences. The figure represents an ancestral figure of the local inhabitants. A very idiosyncratic style of Nepalese tribal art.
Exact age uncertain, but considerable age - estimate late 19th to early 20th Century, but could be even older.
Professionally mounted on museum quality black satin base.
Dimensions (incl base):
59cm high x 17.3cm x 15cm deep
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Revelations are coming thick and fast lately. My latest? Well, it starts with a story – or a few moments that I've entwined to make up my "life story"…
When I was a teenager two of my friends were known to me and the school as the cool girls. Pretty, funny and full of charisma. If you couldn't be them you wanted to be around them just so, perhaps, a little bit of pretty would rub off on me. We spent our high school years as friends and are still friends today, except now it is not based on coolness just comfort and love. Today I was hanging with one of them and we were talking about the new movie that is out called The DUFF. I haven't seen it and haven't heard anything about it so it was today that I learnt what DUFF stood for. Designated ugly fat friend. That was me! That is who I have always thought of myself as! No matter who I am with or where I am in my life. I look in the mirror and that is who I see, DUFF.
Part of my "life story" to confirm this was a night the three of us went out in the city, just 19 years old or so. I was a teen mum so I had already had a child and this was a little weekend getaway to the big smoke. My two gorgeous friends were childless, successful and still… well gorgeous, funny and charismatic. I didn't have any nice clothes so my friend let me borrow a denim skirt and a blue and white floralish top (yes I remember exactly what I was wearing). I also remember I had trouble fitting into her clothes even though back then I was only a size 8. Once dressed we headed out. We were walking down the street moving towards a pub when 'we' were wolf whistled at by a group of men. They also made some comment to us and with my friends' quick wit and confidence she replied "How does get fucked sound brother?" You could see their testicles ride up into their throats, they'd been put in their place! It was awesome. I remember thinking that if, on the odd chance I'd ever be clever enough for a quick witted comment like that I'd probably end up with my head punched in! You know how some people can just say shit and get away with it and some people just can't? I am one of those people who can't. It was the same in the classroom at school they could do or say anything and the teachers would just laugh along…. If the same things came out my mouth I would have been suspended for sure. I put this down to me being ugly and them pretty. Another additional affirmative part of my 'story'.
Anyway … we go into this pub and we are not even there 5 minutes before they are both getting chatted up and they are blowing off the advances like smooth criminals. Then finally this guy comes up to me and I am thinking "Oh yay, I am worthy" until he opens his mouth and this comes out …. "So, you're the ugly friend huh?"
Open up the ground and swallow me now. I wanted to die. I was gobsmacked and worst of all I didn't have a smart arse reply. I was so embarrassed that I didn't even want to tell my friends thinking that maybe they would look at me and think "Fuck yeah, why do we even hang out with this fugly chick?" Luckily, they had substance no matter how 'cool' they were and they loved me and my ugly fat arse anyway. To this day I hate telling that story just in case people would then be embarrassed to hang out with me …. Lucky my blog isn't highly trafficked!
It was this one moment, this brief few seconds of my life, that firmly cemented my ugly belief into the deepest part of my core. From years of schooling where I'd like a boy, he'd be kind of interested or worse still dating me, then he'd meet my 'gorgeous' friends and I, then, became the dogs breakfast. Thinking about all of it now, I'm not gonna lie, it hurts a little, embrrasses me a lot. BUT it's all my shit. I see other women getting around who are not typically attractive but yet have this confidence and think their shit doesn't stink and you know what? It pays off!
But the real revelation came later today when my 17 year old daughter came up to me and told me about this new female in her life that was messaging her and being nice to her and asking her for advice. I was waiting for her to say something 'gossipy' or that this girl had suddenly turned on her but instead she came out with "Why would she?" and I was like "Why would she what?" – sincerely confused. Her question? Why would this chick who is gorgeous, 'you know like model material and really cool,' want to talk to her. Was there a hidden agenda? Did she really like her? Well, I am standing there with my hot iron in hand completely dumbfounded and looking at my daughter and thinking… "WTF! Since when are you not worthy enough to have someone pretty, in fact, anyone of any look or style, talk to you! You are gorgeous and 'model material' yourself!" Then it dawned on me, she is more like me then I'd ever dare admit. I have taught her to believe that. I have taught her to give and give and give and to always try to make other people happy. To buy people nice stuff, to put in all your best efforts because how could they ever like someone like me. Someone so ugly, so fat, so unattractive, so stupid and what's the word for not funny? … I don't even know but anyway just not funny.
I cannot believe it! What have I done?! My daughter, and I am not being biased, is gorgeous and beyond her external beauty is a young woman who is also smart, funny and kind. She is the whole package! Yet, my ugly beliefs that I have held onto since I was 6, starting a new school and a girl came up to me with a scrunched up face said accusingly "You've got freckles." What I heard her say was "Damn bitch" (yes I know she was only 6) "you are ugggggglly!" From that moment on I was convinced of my ugliness, everything else from there on in just set it in stone. I've allowed my beliefs to transfer onto a young woman. A child. MY child! And what is comical now that I look back is that same child had freckles! Maybe, just maybe, she was stating the bleeding obvious not because she thought it was ugly but because she had found someone just like her! Doh!
Well, what the hell do you do with information like that? I now know that being a DUFF is really just a state of mind but where do I go from here? How do I change this awful belief? I'm honestly not sure but I am going to figure it out! Stay tuned!
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I simply want to introduce myself, but how…?
As a writer, I've had to write many bios, and if you're like me, you read them back and think, "Gosh, that's really me?" I don't mean this in a conceited way (I don't have any impressive credentials–yet), but simply that in less than a hundred words (actually more like fifty), I can pare down my entire existence. Yikes. Without sounding too dramatic, I hate that. How can someone's life be as little as two or three sentences?
The answer is simple: it isn't. We get to pick and choose the very words we use to describe ourselves, and often enough, those words are chosen for one purpose: to make ourselves appealing to whoever is going to read it (or buy it). So, we choose words that seem riveting and we try to make ourselves sound witty with our wordplay.
And it isn't our fault. Not really, at least. Twitter and Instagram place limits on the word space we have, so we have to choose our words wisely. We opt for the flashy and clever versus the soft and descriptive.
But not here. Here, I want to be as terse or as pedantic and rambling as my heart desires. I want to explore what's hidden within those two or three sentences. I want to expand my existence–not shrink it.
I want this website to be a virtual old-timey armchair and fireplace. I want us to be able to sit down and listen with enraptured attention. In this metaphor, we are each simultaneously the listener and the storyteller.
So, settle in, grab your coffee (or tea), and prepare yourself. It's time to get writing!