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Dating as a woman over 50 can feel vulnerable and the last thing you want to do is step outside of your comfort zone, right?
But that's exactly what works for so many of the women I work with one-on-one. As soon as they say, "Ok, no more excuses! I'm going to do what it takes to find the man of my dreams," guess what ... they do.
This can work for you too. Here are 10 ways to break out of your comfort zone and find success dating over 50.
1. Put thoughts about your ex's to rest. Make sure as you head out there to date that you have removed your personal clutter about ex's. It's heavy and it keeps you from being emotionally available to new men.
2. Clear the clutter in your home so when you meet a man, you will have space for him to come into your life.
3. Go through your wardrobe, donating old clothes that don't flatter you anymore, so you can go on dates feeling great about yourself, rather than being reminded of what your ex thought of that dress.
4. Focus on enjoying dating. It should be fun, not the chore it becomes when you only focus on whether he's the one. There's a certain sweetness you could be missing getting to know a new and interesting man who might turn out to be an amazing partner for you. You will be surprised what happens if you find fun and joy in the dating process.
5. Begin dating to date versus dating to mate. Dating is a journey for finding the man you want to be with. You aren't 22 anymore, so there's no need to rush the process to start building a family. Instead, just go out and have fun!
6. Recite this mantra that will help you step outside your comfort zone when it feels scary...
I am ready to date. I am willing to find and meet new men even when I feel uncomfortable. I know uncomfortable equals growth and growth equals achieving my dreams of finding the man I want to share my life with.
7. Get a mini-makeover. Ask your hair stylist for a new cut that will make you feel sexy and desirable. Or go with a friend to the makeup counter at a department store. Their makeup artists will give you a fresh look and you only need to buy what you like.
8. Look outside your type. If you feel like there are "no good men out there" to date, you're probably only focusing on those who fit your type. Try going out on two or three dates with men who fall outside your typical look or personality.
9. Strike up a conversation with a new man in the real world. Even if he turns out to be unavailable, you've sharpened your flirting skills and next time, you'll feel more confident about approaching a cute guy.
10. Be open to getting help with dating, knowing that it's not a skill you are born with. Your friends, family, therapist and dating coach are all here to help you make your dating journey a success!
What have you done to step outside your comfort zone? Tell my experiences in the comments below.
Lisa Copeland is known as the expert on over 50's dating. She's the best-selling author of The Winning Dating Formula For Women Over 50 and her mission is to help as many women around the world as she can discover how to have fun dating and finding their Mr. Right after 50. To get your FREE Report, "5 Little Known Secrets To Find A Quality Man," visit www.findaqualityman.com.
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Touring Murchison Falls National game park.
There's nothing as hurting as being in your own country without knowing it. I remember when I was still in school studying social studies and the geography of our country. About the forests, mountains, rift valleys, landscapes, volcanicity, oceans, Lakes, how beautiful my country is as they call it. "THE PEARL OF AFRICA", You could study all that but had no idea about the things they were teaching.
Many children and people in Uganda and mainly in the unreached communities have never or even will never have an opportunity of visiting a zoo. May be for those who have televisions in their homes who get to see some pictures of animals, but that is just a minority. However, that still lives wishes in the minds of little ones. Wishes of seeing those animals of the big lakes and above all getting the opportunity to see what is in there beautiful country.
As an Unreached Africa with support from our friends and partners African Hope Children's Ministry, we decided to do something. On 15th February very early in the morning with students and children, travelled to Masindi North of Uganda to Murchison falls National Game Park. Is not God so wonderful? I could not hold my tears of joy as I saw smiles on these young people's faces as they were crossing on a ferry to Murchison falls game park.
Restoring the Dignty of a woman!
Through our 'Dignity' program, we managed to do a medical mission in one of the villages of nakasongola. The mission was on Good Friday, we partnered with a ministry called Focus on Health and we also hired some medical personals from Mulago Hospital our national referral Hospital. On Our Agenda, we sensitized cervical and breast cancer, cervical cancer screening, distribution of sanitary pads, family counseling and sharing of the Gospel.
We had about 120 women who turned up. The youngest of the women was 15 years and the eldest was 75 years. We screened 56 women and also gave out sanitary pads where each woman received 5 packs to take them for 3 months. Good enough none tested positive of any type of cancer.
However, we got over 10 cases of women presenting with signs and symptoms of Pelvic Inflammatory diseases (PID), 8 cases of Candidiasis and 1 case of Uterine Prolapse which we referred to the National Referral Hospital called Mulago Hospital in Kampala.
Dignity program is one of our programs in Unreached Africa, where we focus on restoring the dignity of a women. Through this program we focus on the well being of a woman in the villages, our focus age is mainly from 14 years of age and above.
We realized that many girls in our villages miss a week of their school days every month during their periods. In this program we move to villages,schools and distribute sanitary pads to help the women in villages and girls in school with this problem.
Some women are abandoned by their husbands during this week calling them unclean. In this program we also focus on their health status, we sensitize cervical and breast cancer screening,we also do family counseling helping them with family challenges BUT above all we preach the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to these wonderful women.
We want to thank you friends for your prayers and financial support, we wouldn't do this if it wasn't for your generous support. God bless you as you read this news letter and please feel free to share it with a friend.
Graduating pastors and Church leaders
These leaders have completed our two years of training and were presented the award of a certificate in ministry. It was such a graceful day!
Four pastors who lead the four church plants that Unreached Africa has planted in the four different villages were among the graduates.
The 'Best Student' was presented with a gift given with a lot thoughtfulness — a bicycle. The Bicycle will help him to shorten his distance from home to his church. He will ride it as he goes to preach door-to-door evangelism.
Every Graduate was given a Bible as a tool to strengthen their faith through reading, learning, praying and trusting God.
We had a large number of guests from many different villages and different churches who came to witness what God has done in the lives of their fellow pastors. On our Guest list we had governmental leaders, community leaders, moslems, witch doctors and Christians among the many.
We were blessed to have pastor Moses Male as our Guest of honor! Pastor Moses is the Coordinator of Fellowship Of Community Churches, he coordinates over 400 churches in the fellowship. He oversees over 1000 pastors and Church leaders all around the country. He serves on the pastoral team of Ggaba Community Church which is located in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. he blessed the pastors and charged them to go and bring an impact in their villages. It was such a graceful day.
As the Director Of Unreached Africa, I had the Opportunity to speak to the pastors that graduated, the community leaders that attended, the families and friends of the graduates and the community that came to witness what God has done. My most emphasis in my speech was to make Jesus Known in all the communities. This function was attended by all different kinds of people, the Moslems, witchdoctors, non believers and Christians as well. Jesus was made famous on that day in the villages. thank you all for your support and prayers. God bless you.
If you would love to share this News letter with your friends, prayer group and family please do share. we encourage you to pray for us as we take the gospel to the Unreached Villages. God is so great we have seen his mercy all the times we have been ministering in the villages.

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Celebrations and traditions in historical Buckinghamshire settings: Christmas 2016
PUBLISHED: 15:54 28 November 2016 | UPDATED: 15:54 28 November 2016
Stuart Bebb
Venetia Hawkes looks at the Christmas celebrations and traditions in some of our most historic settings
Hughenden Tales
Through the quietly darkening autumn evenings, busy hands are stitching and sticking, fashioning felt into characterful ginger-bread figures. "I don't know if our volunteers will beat the 130 mice they knitted last year for our 'Twas the Night Before Christmas theme" says Fran Penny, Operations Manager at Hughenden Manor, "we'll have to count!" This Christmas, Hughenden Manor, near High Wycombe, will be under the spell of the Brothers Grimm, with rooms full of fairy-tales and romance. And ginger-bread men.
Hughenden was the home of Victorian Prime Minster and writer Benjamin Disraeli, and his beloved wife Mary Anne. Twelve years his senior, some contemporaries scathingly put the match down to her income of £5,000 per year, but soon learned to watch what they said around 'Dizzy', who was devoted to her. Mary Anne joked, "Dizzy married me for my money. But, if he had the chance again, he would marry me for love." A trip the couple made to the forests of Germany has inspired the Brothers Grimm theme at Hughenden this Christmas.
In keeping with the 19th century literary connections of the house, Hughenden is portraying the original versions of the fairy-tales, which are imbued with a deeper, folk-loric, animalistic magic than the more familiar cartoon versions of the stories. A world of wish-granting fishes, wise foxes, enchanted princesses and lucky third sons; perils of chasing after empty riches and rewards of kindness. There are echoes of hard, every-day working lives woven alongside enchantment. When she longs to go to the ball, Cinderella, 'Ashputtel' as she's called in the Brothers Grimm tale, is given the impossible task of separating out a bushel of peas from the ash in the hearth by her stepmother. It is Cinderella's animal friends, rather than a fairy Godmother, which come to her aid.
The scholarly Brothers Grimms' primary intended audience was adults rather than children, and there are darker elements in the original tales, later edited out. When it comes to trying to fit their feet into the slipper, Cinderella's stepmother gives her own daughters, the Ugly Sisters, a knife to cut off their toes to make their feet smaller: "Never mind, cut them off; when you are Queen you will not care about toes." There's a Dark History of Fairy Tales talk (not suitable for children) at Hughenden on 6, 15 and 20 December. Hughenden's rooms will be decorated with family-friendly fairy-tale scenes.
Children can also enjoy seeing Father Christmas, who will be visiting Hughenden at weekends. And there's a trail through the house - hunting those Hansel and Gretel inspired ginger-bread men, hand-made by volunteers.
Fran Penny happily recalls a comment from last Christmas, "An older visitor said that for a couple of hours it made her feel like she was three years old again. That's what we try to do – make it a magical experience for all ages.".
Outdoors Magic
There are more Once Upon a Time delights to explore at Chiltern Open Air Museum near Chalfont St Giles. A naturalistic costume drama comes to life as the Museum's little red tin church, thatched cottage and wooden barns, decked in their winter best, play host to historic re-enactors The Mannered Mob, to celebrate a Georgian Christmas.
Christmas had been banned in the mid 17th century, Cromwell allegedly condemning it as "giving liberty to carnal and sensual delights." By the 18th century the sensual delights of Christmas were back on the menu. George I was known as the Pudding King from his love of Christmas Plum Pudding – which had also been banned as a 'lewd custom', 'unfit for God-fearing people'.
In the Georgian period a tradition developed to stir lucky symbols into the pudding mixture, foretelling your fortune depending what you found in your slice. A silver coin represented wealth, a wishbone good luck, a thimble thrift, a ring marriage and an anchor safe harbour.
In the class driven Georgian world, it was usually the upper and middle classes who decorated their homes with greenery for Christmas. In 1800, George III's wife, Queen Charlotte, had perhaps the first Christmas tree in Britain, bringing the tradition from her native Germany; though it was a picture of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria with theirs in the London Illustrated News of 1848 that popularised Christmas trees.
Boughs of mistletoe became associated with Christmas in the Georgian era. Long symbolising fertility and the evergreen promise of spring during the darkness of winter, there was a tradition that no unmarried girl could refuse a kiss under a Christmas mistletoe bough. With each kiss, one of the mistletoe berries was removed. When all the berries were gone, the bough was thrown outdoors and any girl who'd not received a kiss was destined not to marry during the coming year.
At Chiltern Open Air Museum, The Mannered Mob, in their hand-stitched clothes, will be celebrating Georgian Christmas; cooking vintage recipes over open fires, demonstrating crafts and there'll even be a Georgian Parish Constable to keep the peace, should any revellers get too rowdy.
Mannered Mob chairman, Victoria Greenshields' favourite part of Georgian Christmas is the communal feasting. "Feasting was a huge part of it," she explains, "there'd be a mix of sweet and savoury dishes together on the table."
Elsewhere at Chiltern Open Air Museum there'll be singing and market stalls on the village green; the 1940s Prefab will have war-time 'make-do and mend' decorations; children can have a go at some festive crafts; and Father Christmas will be putting in an appearance – travelling by one of the museum's Heavy Horses.
Waddesdon Traditions
You can savour more winter traditions at Waddesdon Manor, north of Aylesbury. The spectacular French style château has a sticker trail for children to follow round its elegant rooms, finding 'Jolly Gingers' – ginger-bread biscuits made by specialist company The Biscuiteers.
It's believed ginger-bread was first baked in Europe around the late 11th century, when returning Crusaders brought the custom back from the Middle East. It became a popular art form in Europe, with elaborately decorated biscuits being given as love-tokens or worn as protection in battle or against evil spirits. Throughout the Middle Ages, guilds of Master Bakers jealously protected their right to make ginger-bread. Everyone else was only allowed to make it at Easter and Christmas. By the 19th century, a tradition developed of making Christmas ginger-bread houses. At Waddesdon, The Biscuiteers are creating a ginger-bread house of Waddesdon itself, including iced miniatures of its paintings and furnishings. It takes 240 eggs and over 500 hours to make.
Waddesdon will be continuing its unique take on the age-old tradition of using light to banish the darkness of winter during the shortest days of the year. As dusk falls, the front of the house, with its turrets fit for a princess, will be lit with a rainbow of colours. And light installation artist Bruce Munro, whose works have illuminated the V&A Museum, The Guggenheim and the desert surrounding Uluru in Australia, will be brightening the grounds of Waddesdon once more with a 25th anniversary incarnation of Munro's 'Field of Light' - hundreds of softly glowing flower-like bulbs set in the landscape, ethereal fairy-paths curving through the shadows.
Conjuring up a mountain village, little wooden chalets on Waddesdon's terrace will form a traditional Christmas market. The house itself will have decorations inspired by historic 'magical materials' in its collection - from the Pompadour Pink of Sevres porcelain to the sparkle of Venetian glass.
Embracing everyone's new favourite Scandinavian tradition, Hygge – the art of well-being through cosiness, is Waddesdon's Wigwam café. A fairy-light decked tent where you can snuggle up on a sheepskin, sipping a hot chocolate, after a walk in the fresh winter air; enjoying coming in from the cold to the warmth of fire and friendship, as people have done for centuries.
So push aside the heavy hanging coats and to-do lists, the shopping and bustle, find your way to the back of the wardrobe and be transported to your own Once Upon a Time magical world this Christmas. Without having to go as far as Narnia. As that other great collector of fairy-tales Hans Christian Anderson wrote, "Life itself is the most wonderful fairy-tale."


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British actress Gemma Arterton talks about landing
the role of Agent Fields in "Quantum of Solace" and
joining the long line of Bond Girls...
Gemma Arterton Interview
12th November 2008
British actress Gemma
Arterton plays
Agent [Strawberry] Fields in "Quantum
of Solace", an MI6
operative stationed at the British consulate in Bolivia.
Just after
wrapped, she talked about how she landed the role and what
it was
to join the long and illustrious ranks of Bond
How did you get the part in Quantum of
Well I met the casting directors for another job that I
didn't get. I was up for a Russian part and it was
such an awful audition I was like 'this is crap,
isn't it?' (laughs) And we laughed about it
and I thought I'd never see them again. And then
I was doing a play at The Globe, Love's Labour's
Lost and I was playing quite a haughty type of character
and the same casting directors came to see it. My agent
said 'you know they are casting the Bond film?' and
I thought 'oh God, this is funny after that awful
audition I did for them.' And I did get called in
for an audition but at that time I didn't know which
part I was up for. I didn't think I'd hear
anything but then I was called back for a second time – I
hadn't actually seen a script at that point, because
it's all top secret with Bond, so I did a scene from
Casino Royale.
What happened after that?
I was called back for a screen test with Daniel.
Did you know him?
No, I didn't. I'd heard a lot about him because we
share an agent. But I first met him at the screen test and I
was nervous and trying to funny and said something that I thought
might break the ice but wasn't funny. And then I thought 'oh
no, I've lost the job..' but in the end it worked
in my favour because we got on very well. We share that same
very British sense of humour and wit and that was really nice
when we were on set. I take the piss out of him all the time
and he loves it and he takes the piss out of me (laughs). We
got on really well and that worked so well for the characters.
And with Daniel it's nice to have someone so grounded and
down to Earth involved with something so huge like that. He's
such a lovely guy.
Who did you call first when you knew you'd
won the part?
I sent out this huge text message to my family and close friends
but the thing was, I asked my agent 'am I allowed to tell
anyone?' Because it was all top secret. I did tell my mum
and dad but I was like 'don't tell anyone!' But
obviously it got about and then we had the St Trinian's
premier the next week and people were coming up to me and asking 'is
it true you are in the Bond movie?' But we did try and
keep it under wraps, which was hard because you want to shoot
it from the rooftops because you're so pleased.
What was Mum and Dad's reaction?
Well with Bond it's mad because everybody knows it. With other parts I've
been so excited to get them and they say 'oh that's great' but
because they don't know what the story is they weren't quite as excited
as I was. But with Bond they were just so happy for me and they still are amazed
and quite bewildered by it, too. Because you never think you are going to end
up in anything like that but they are absolutely thrilled for me.
What was the preparation like?
Olga Kurylenko (who
plays Camille) does all
of the action stuff. My character is an MI6 agent but she's
more of a Miss Moneypenny type of character, she is kind of office
girl, quite
prudish and priggish but she has a twinkle in her eye and she
is cheeky and charming. She is kind of the antidote to the
action and provides a bit of comedy. There's some lovely
banter between her and Bond. I think she's a typically
Ian Fleming type of character.
And does your character get intimate with Bond?
She does, yeah. She has a bit of canoodling with him! (laughs).
A bit of a smooch. And that was another surreal moment in my
life, I'll tell you.
The filming took in some exotic locations. Did you get to visit
any of these places?
Some of my stuff was at Pinewood Studios and then I was in Panama
for about a month because my character meets Bond in Bolivia
and we used Panama for Bolivia. Panama is a weird but fascinating
place. It's developing and there are areas where there
is huge wealth with these amazing properties and they are next
to areas that are very poor, so that was quite weird. And when
we were there, there were riots and workers striking and guns
going off and people getting shot and all sorts of things. And
also it was very humid, quite oppressive and dusty and that was
really great for the film, but when you are out in that intense
heat it can be tiring. But we had such a laugh out there. I loved
it. My attitude is to turn up and do it and not take myself too
seriously because then I can enjoy it. And I think it worked
for my character, because there is a fun aspect to her, she is
fun and cheeky and that wouldn't have worked if I'd
been too nervous.
So your ethos is 'just do it' and
not over analyse it?
Absolutely. And you can't with a character like that – she is what
she is, she is funny, she is a Bond girl and there was nothing to worry about,
really. The only thing I was worried about was other people thinking 'can
she do it?' But then you just have to show them, don't you. And it
was great – a good laugh.
Have you grown up watching the Bond films over the years?
Yes I have although I've never been like a die-hard fan and I was brought
up in a house full of women so it was never a huge thing for us. But I always
remember the look of them and the iconic images from the films. And they seemed
to be on a lot – they were part of our lives growing up. And you always
see those fantastic images in the magazines and they are timeless. And then
I saw the last two Pierce Brosnan films in the cinema and I saw Daniel in "Casino
Royale" in the cinema as well – so I started to watch them properly
then. I actually sought them out as opposed to them being on TV.
What did you think of Casino Royale?
I really loved Casino. I went to see it with two guys, friends,
and they were a bit pessimistic about it at first – probably
because Daniel had a really fit body and they were a bit jealous
(laughs). I think guys have this thing, they either want to
be James Bond or they don't like him because he gets
the women and he is so cool and clever. And I remember sitting
there thinking 'this is brilliant, this is a brilliant
film.' I was so impressed and then when I got the part
I was thrilled – it's a brilliant time to be in
a Bond film. I think they did a fantastic job with Casino – the
film stands alone, you don't need to know anything about
the history and it had so much to it, with the love story and
everything. And the guys I went to the cinema with absolutely
loved it as well.
Do you think that being in Quantum of Solace has already had
an effect on your career?
I think it helped with getting my name about, definitely. I think
people sit up and pay attention and go 'oh OK..' I
got quite a lot of work before that but I think Bond makes people
What sort of clothes does your character wear in Quantum?
I'm glamorous but I don't think I'm hot glamorous.
There was this thing with my character where we wanted to make
her really retro and a bit of a throwback. I can't reveal
her first name yet but it's typically Fleming and quite
cheeky and a little bit tongue in cheek. So she wears a typical
Mac (raincoat) and yet in one scene she hasn't got anything
on underneath (laughs). We tried to make her straight laced but
with a real naughty edge to her. She has this mad hair do which
looks like I've done myself. I wanted her to look kind
of clumsy but with a lot more going on beneath the surface. I
think the thing about her is that she is desperately trying to
be proper and correct but doesn't quite succeed so she
looks a bit odd (laughs). And she looks a bit dishevelled.
Did you have some input in creating the way she looks?
Yes, along with the costume department. When I was approaching the character,
working out what I was going to bring to her, I felt that in the past some
of the Bond girls were such strong characters that you didn't feel you
could actually know somebody like that in real life and therefore you can't
connect with them. So I wanted my character to be a girl from down the road
who does this job – we don't know exactly what she does but she
goes to work every day - and comes back and she goes down the pub at the weekend
and has a drink. You'd have a chat with her and at first you might think
she was a bit of a snooty bitch but she's actually quite nice when you
get to know her. And I wanted to make her real. She's not hot but I hope
there's a charm to her. I'm not sure whether she'll be the
Bond girl who the boys pin up on their walls but they might say 'I don't
know what it is about that Agent Fields, but I quite fancy her!' She's
the thinking man's crumpet. (laughs).
What have you done since finishing Bond?
I did a BBC production (mini series) Tess of the D'Urbervilles and played
Tess, which was just brilliant. It was so nice to do something like that because
obviously my part in Bond was huge fun but quite straight forward and obviously
Tess was quite a contrast – a huge, massive, fully rounded emotional
journey I had to go on so it was nice to throw myself into that. And then I
did a Richard Curtis film called The Boat That Rocked – it was only a
fleeting cameo really but it was nice. I like to vary things and every part
I do is very different so it was nice to throw that in as well. And obviously
I've just started working on Prince of Persia, which is huge. It's
a 20 week shoot and we film in Morocco and we finish up in Pinewood again.
"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" is
the blockbuster produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring
Jake Gyllenhaal.
a big film – you're on a roll.
I can't believe all of this is happening – it's
mad stuff! (laughs). I've been in Madrid learning to horse
ride for the last few weeks and then back in London for some
training. It's an action romance – a bit like Indiana
Jones meets Gladiator! It's set in the 6th century so there
are lots of Sinbad style costumes, which I love. And it has a
great cast, with Jake and Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina and
a fantastic director, Mike Newell, so I think it's going
to be great. I'm very excited. I'm the only girl
in the whole thing. I'm the hot totty in it – which
freaks me out! (laughs) I can't believe I'm going
to be the girl who has to get the bums on seats. But since Bond
it's been crazy.
Do people recognise you more now?
No, not really and I think a big part of that is that first of
all 80 per cent of what I've done hasn't been released
yet and I look so different in all of them that I don't
even recognise myself. In Bond, I've got red hair and
pale skin and in Tess I've got hair down to my waist.
I like doing different accents and playing totally different
characters - that's part of the fun of the job. I don't
really see myself when I'm on screen and that's
nice because people don't really see 'you' and
I can walk down the street I can get on the tube, get the bus
and have my life. I think in England it's different anyway,
I think people mostly leave you alone and I sort of hope that
it stays like that.
Who is your favourite Bond?
Oh definitely Daniel. I do love Sean Connery but I just think
Daniel is so good and he's our Bond, isn't he?
By that, I mean, he's the perfect Bond for this time.
He's a brilliant actor and fantastic in the part. And
it's great working with someone who is a proper actor.
He really is such a bloody brilliant actor and he makes things
work and he makes them real and it's really nice to work
with him.
So Quantum was a good experience?
Yes it was. And everyone made it so memorable for me. It's
like a big family on set and everyone is so excited to be working
on a Bond movie so there is such a good vibe. And the producers
are lovely and are constantly looking after you. The film is
so important to them, they are keepers of the flame, and it's
a family thing for them, too.
Marc Forster is an interesting choice to
direct a Bond film, don't you think?
He was absolutely brilliant. He is so chilled out. I think he
was a great choice to direct this. His work has been so varied – every
film he does is different so you can't put him in a box
as a director because he can do so many different things and
that's exciting. When I was working on the film he just
trusted me to do things with the role, he let me play around
and be funny with the character and I think that's quite
something and very admirable when you are working on such a big
film like this, to be so playful with it and chilled and to say 'maybe
Gemma's humour will add something good to this.' is
just fantastic. He never shows any signs of stress and he just
let it flow. He trusts that you are good enough to do your job
and he will give you a little note here and there. I think he
has done a great job with the acting, the look of it, everything
has been thought through and he has really made it into his own
film. He's great.
Thanks to Sony Pictures Releasing UK.


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Scholarships are awarded annually at our State Convention to outstanding graduating high school students who are a son, daughter, or grandchild of an active or retired member of the Ohio Chapter of the UPMA, and will be entering their first year at a college, university, technical or vocational school, enrolled full time, during the academic year.
Each year the scholarship committee determines the total amount of the scholarships to be awarded,reviews the applications and selects the recipients of the scholarships. The Ohio Chapter is proud to play a part in furthering the education of these young students.
Tthe Ohio UPMA will be awarding two (2) $1000 scholarships. The Ohio Chapter retirees will be awarding an additional $1000 scholarship for a total of three (3) $1000 scholarships from the Ohio Chapter membership.
Ohio UPMA scholarship winners
Grace Silverberg:
Grace is the granddaughter of Retired Postmaster Michael Bernhardt. Grace graduated form Lakota High School near Cincinnati.
While in school Grace founded a committee for New Students transition into the high school. This group would give students mentors that they go to throughout the year.
Grace played tennis for 4 years, basketball for 3 years, and vaarsity lacrosse for 2 years.
Grace was awarded that Star Award which is given to one senior that demonstrates leadership throughout school.
Grace started her own business running a stand at the Hamilton Historical Farmers Market selling cakes and cup cakes for the last 2 yrs.
In the summer she works at Kings Island as a supervisor at a food stand.
Grace will attend the University of Dayton and study Mechanical Engineering.
Hayden Longcoy:
Grandson of Retired Postmaster H. Edward Howard. Hayden graduated from Union-Scioto Local Schools.
Hayden was a 10 yr. member of 4-H.
He played basketball for 2 years.
Hayden has donated many hours of service to his community.
Hayden played baseball and soccer for 4 years receiving All District in 2018 in both sports and All Ohio in soccer in 2018.
Hayden is a licensed soccer referee with Concussion training and Certified lifeguard with CPR training.
Hayden has been admitted into Lake Erie College to pursue and undergraduate degree in science or pre-med field. He then hopes to go on to graduate school to obtain a degree in Physical Therapy or Physician Assistant.
The retiree scholarship winner was:
Claudia Smith
Claudia is the granddaughter of Hazel Boettcher.
laudia has played the viola for 11 years and has been in the school orchestra for 10 years. She participated in volleyball, taekwondo,Saxophone,violin, and tennis.
She is a certified lifeguard and a certified Scuba diver. She volunteers helping children at camps and art programs.
Claudia will attend the University of Iowa majoring in Mechanical engineering.


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And one more of Buana
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Very cute pictures! There's nothing like an afternoon in a sun patch!
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Auto Insurance Requirements in Maryland
Auto Insurance Requirements in Maryland
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The Maryland Financial Responsibility Law requires all drivers to carry liability insurance and uninsured motorist coverage at limits of 30/60/15. Your insurer is obligated to include full personal injury protection of $2,500 unless you limit it in writing. Despite having mandatory personal injury protection, Maryland is not a no-fault state.
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Maryland Required Car Insurance Coverage
|MD Required Min. Limits
Bodily Injury (BI)
|$30,000 per person / $60,000 per accident
Property Damage (PD)
|$15,000 per accident
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist BI (UM/UIMBI)
|$30,000 per person / $60,000 per accident
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist PD (UM/UIMPD)
|$15,000 per accident, $250 deductible
Maryland Car Insurance Minimum Requirements
A valid Maryland auto insurance policy at its minimum includes several types of coverages: liability and uninsured motorist coverage, as well as personal injury protection. These coverages not only pay those who you unfortunately harm in an accident, but also for your own expenses if you were injured. Under the Insurance Law, every licensed auto insurance provider in Maryland will have these coverages in the following limits:
Bodily Injury (BI): for each accident you cause, up to $30,000 per person injured, to a total of $60,000 when there are two or more persons injured. BI pays the other injured party (excluding your passengers, unless they sue you) for all the medical expenses incurred by the accident up to the stated limits. If the other party decides to take the matter to court (this may happen if they are unsatisfied with the amount of claim your insurer pays out, or they are seeking additional non-monetary compensation for the pain and suffering), your legal fees also come out of the total coverage.
Property Damage (PD): for an accident you cause, up to $15,000 of property damage costs will be covered by your minimum PD. This usually includes damage to the other driver's car, any building or other property you crash into, or the other party's personal belongings that were damaged in the accident.
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Athens, Georgia, is full of diverse neighborhoods like Monroe. It's in these localities where you can get a true feel for a town like Athens. But once you are done exploring all the terrific restaurants and shops in Monroe, you'll need some wheels to discover all that Athens provides.
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The end of the calendar year is often a time to pause and consider a new year with hope and ambition for ourselves, our businesses and our communities. I am reposting here some ideas I have shared over recent years, that many readers have used to help them manifest more of what they are seeking in their lives.
But just before you get thrown into 2018….
My friend, Gerry Hussey puts it well when he talks about the breaths we take and the lives we live. Some of us spend too much time breathing out and driving on and some of us spend too much time breathing in and taking on. A breath retained for too long soon becomes toxic – but between our breaths, there is a pause – the pause often creates the rhythm and the quality of our breath or of our lives.
So, what will you choose to let go and what will you choose to take on? And how will you make those choices? Mark Twain once said that the two most important days of our lives are the day you were born and the day you discover why. So maybe if we had a sense of our 'why' we could make better choices about how we want to live and lead in 2018.
Here are seven simple ideas I have used working with leaders across many industries and countries throughout 2017 – they might help you live and lead better in 2018.
1. Find your Direction
If I meet you on the last day of 2018, that's where you will be – that's the direction you are going in now. You may already be clear and happy about what direction that is, but if you are not, or are unsure, then simply declare to yourself, in writing, and in the present tense, where you are on the 31st December 2018. Consider, for example, what human needs you served for yourself, how you feel emotionally and physically, your relationships with self and others, your interests and career.
2. Practice Gratitude
Our brain develops based on how we use it – much like any muscle. Many people I meet have unconsciously become negatively wired – they see and experience the world that way, they lead their organisations that way and their life often plays out that way. As Steven Covey and others put it – we see the world not as it is, but as we are.
The good news is we can rewire our brains to be positively oriented, and the even more good news is that research has shown we are more intelligent when we set ourselves positive. That doesn't mean we call everything positive – it means we bring ourselves positively to the circumstances we find ourselves in, no matter how challenging – not always easy unless we invest time in developing our brain's positive capability.
Four simple actions:
- Take a note in writing of all the things you are grateful for now. If you don't have more than 100 things, you haven't really engaged in this exercise.
- Every day for one minute, take a note of the new things you are grateful for today.
- Find someone every day to say "thank you" to either verbally or otherwise.
- Find someone to help or assist in some small way – give them your time not your money.
This will trigger off the leadership (aka feel-good) chemicals in your system, i.e. serotonin and oxytocin, and people will more likely be drawn to and positively influenced by you and your energy.
3. Discover and trust your Humanity
We intellectually know that the best version of ourselves lies in our own humanity. Often though, it is difficult to access that humanity when we need it. It is sometimes high-jacked by fear-based emotions like anger and righteousness.
It's an inside job. I find, in all my leadership work, the source of great and lasting leadership lies 'below the line', in uncovering and making sense of our story, our experiences, our biases, our real intentions and ultimately letting our humanity into play and out to play!
Find a picture of yourself as a very young child or when you felt you were at your authentic best. This is when you had everything required to live and lead a great life – love, courage, agility, vulnerability, humility, tenaciousness, resilience, boldness, adventure, imagination. On looking at your picture, reflect and take note of what that person in the picture would make of you today and what advice they would have for you for 2018 – the more you do this the more powerful it will get for you.
4. Live and Lead from Love
All emotions stem from love or fear and, in my experience, fear is in overdrive within many leaders. In much of the work I do with Organisations, Teams and Leaders I help them think and act from a place of love and humanity in what they choose to do and how they choose it. This tends to more easily release passion, courage, creativity, respect, resilience, openness and patience and hold off anxiety, frustration, worry or anger.
My good pal, Ian Kingston asked me the best question I was ever asked in my life and it happened whilst on a Below the Line Retreat in 2015 – "What would love do now? When I ask that question of others, and they are open to engage with the question, it has profound impacts in terms of accessing the best of people.
So that you don't think love is all about rainbows and sunshine, let me give you an example. I challenged someone recently who was badmouthing and undermining a colleague and their team, to reflect on what they were doing and answer the question, "what would love do now?". The question challenged them but routed them in the best of themselves. The result was to respectfully confront their colleague and have the conversation they needed to have and resolve their differences – nobody died in that confronting conversation and they also became aware of the fear that was driving their previous behaviour.
5. Find your Pause Button
Create some 'pause' or reflection time for yourself every day. Come back to your breath and build a conscious capacity to stop, to be focused, to be present, to be calm and with all your senses. I find too many people, in senior leadership roles, have unwittingly become experts in distraction and have become emotionally less capable of the challenges confronting them. They have become addicted to the very useful, but potentially distracting, devices of our time – e.g. the smart-phones, the emails, social media. Mindfulness, Yoga, Retreats and other similar interventions are becoming commonplace now and are well worth considering to get some of the personal tools to help find your pause button and stay balanced.
6. Align Intention and Attention
It's not about me. Leadership is about creating authentic follower-ship. Followers allow leaders the benefits of leadership if they serve, protect and act in the interests of the followers – not in the interests of the leaders.
As you travel in your direction through 2017, reflect from time to time on what your intentions are and how aligned they are to what you are giving attention to. Become clear and commit to your intentions for 2018 – consider, for example:
- What are my intentions as a leader this year?
- What are my intentions as a citizen in my community this year?
- What are my intentions as a mother/father, sister/brother, son/daughter this year?
- What are my intentions as a friend this year?
This is a great way to make sure you stay on your course of direction.
7. Consciously say Yes and No
Your life is a product of what you are saying 'yes' and 'no' to. You always have a choice but there are always consequences, real or imagined. So when you don't like a consequence, be careful not to disguise or rationalise that as "I have no choice". In my work I find good people saying 'yes', well intentionally, to spending more time with their family or giving more one-to-one time with colleagues, but their actions are saying 'no'- you could call that sleepwalking.
Reflect on your life now and take a note of what you are saying 'yes' and 'no' to in your life. Acknowledge how many of those choices you are happy with and not so happy with. Decide what things, new or existing, you will now say 'yes' and 'no' to. This will likely mean there are things you will be more committed and purposeful about, for example:
- I am saying 'no' to watching and answering my emails and social media every waking second of the day. I am now saying 'yes' to looking at my emails and social media twice a day.
- I am saying 'no' to continually cancelling my one-to-one meetings with my team. I am saying 'yes' to giving monthly one-to-one time and attention to my team.
- I am saying 'yes' to acting on some of the ideas in this blog and living and leading brilliantly in 2018
There is much written and talked about at this time of the year to achieve the goals you really care about and have the year you really want.
We tend to get what we 'expect' rather than what we 'want', but often what we 'expect' is not good enough, exciting enough, meaningful enough or motivating enough. If you are likely to engage in self sabotage and sleep-walk your way in to, and out of, 2018 and wonder why it didn't live up to what you 'wanted' then the following will help – but only if you have an hour for yourself!
1. 2017 Reflection…
As you'll know, reflection is one of the most powerful things you can do in the interest of self-development and learning – so set aside a quiet hour with a pen and paper and do the following: But before you start, this exercise has every chance of failure if you don't commit to writing and engage emotionally as well as intellectually……….
- Take a note of all the successes you had in 2017. Write the successes down and accrue them to yourself like 'chips on your side of the poker table'. The more successes on your side of the table, the more you are likely to take the risks associated with engaging in the 'game of life' that will be 2018 to create history. Notice what you define as a success – this is not a time for modesty, nor do successes need to be huge publicly recognisable successes. So long as they are meaningful to you that's all that matters.
- Take a note of the 'meaning' those successes have for you.
- Take a note of what you learned during the year. Doing this ensures you are growing, developing, changing and ultimately getting more of what you want, and less of what you don't want, from your business and life.
- List the priorities by which you actually lived 2017. In other words, if there was a summary documentary of your life in 2017, what would that documentary show as the priorities you lived your life by – not necessarily the priorities you should or could have lived by? The priorities must be listed 1, 2, 3, … 2.
2. The History made in 2018…
- List the priorities by which you will live 2018.
- Write down the history of 2018. On the basis that you can only be attracted to a thought, write down, on a page or two, how your business and life is on the 31st December 2018. Often called a 'meta-view' and also widely used by professional athletes – the golden rule here is to write it in the present tense (I am, I have, etc) and be as specific as you can in terms of hard details (i.e. facts) and soft details (i.e. how you feel). In simple terms, imagine being asked at the end of 2018 "so how was 2018 for you and/or your business?". Maybe consider your Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual needs. Put these few pages in an envelope, only share with those you trust, and even if you never refer to it during the year, watch what will happen.
- Create an image board of any images you can find that represent what your 2018 will be. This ensures that you are staying focused on what you expect to happen and stops unhelpful images populating your thoughts.
Action is Character! – Now that you've taken this action you have probably made one of your best investments for 2018 – now just 'be present' and take action one small authentic step every day.
You can have your best ever year 2018!
Dave Gribben is founder of 'Enable – Better Business' and leadership performance practice. You can get more information here


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Home Schooling
Noah PlanWritten by Jill Morrison
The NOAH Plan is an educational program for children with a strong focus on Christian principles. The program was developed by the FACE, or Foundation for American Christian Education. The program was developed after years of research and is now primarily used in private schools and for home schooling.
NOAH Plan Characteristics
The NOAH Plan was created to provide children with an education using biblical and historical principles. The program has been successful for nearly 20 years and is versatile, so it can meet the needs of any type of child. The program can teach children from kindergarten, all the way through high school, if desired. It is comprehensive in subjects and allows children to apply Christian principles in everyday learning.
With Christian home schooling, your children will learn about standard school subjects while also learning about Sunday school subjects. Christian principles have been excluded from contemporary methods of education. Many parents are concerned that their children will learn about subjects from a biased standpoint in standard public schools. By using a Christian home schooling program, you can be sure that your children are receiving a solid Christian education.
The NOAH Plan is known as one of the best options in Christian home schooling programs. It abandons the methods that have corrupted modern education and focuses on exploring the world as God's creation. Students will achieve a sense of individuality, responsibility, diligence, excellence, and resourcefulness with this Christian-based home schooling program.


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I have a geoprocessing task on ArcGIS Server 10.1 that uses arcpy's Select By Location on a number of layers and writes a SQL file based on the results. For each iteration of the selection I'm passing a path to where the layer is located yet I'm getting this error:
ERROR 000732: Input Features: Dataset C:\arcgisserver\directories\arcgissystem\arcgisinput\RegQueryBuilder2\RegQueryBuilder.GPServer\extracted\v101\tigerdata\Zips\esriZipsLayer_NAD83.shp does not exist or is not supported
I'm wondering why the task is looking in this folder when I have hardcoded file paths (not env.workspace) in the script. I tried setting the workspace and scratch workspace environments in the initial execution of the script tool which was used for creating the geoprocessing package but I got the same error.
PS: I had worked around this error by copying the layers to that folder location but since the layers are very large it won't work for production.


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Nothing can be more satisfying lunch then a plate of mixed greens topped with delicious homemade Chicken Salad. What makes it even better is to load up the Chicken Salad with juicy Red Grapes, heart healthy Walnuts and crispy crunchy Celery. The twist that helps to give this Chicken Salad its amazing taste is Tarragon and Paprika. Tarragon can add a bit of sweetness while the Paprika adds a bit of zest!
Chicken Salad is definitely a go to for a quick and satisfying lunch. By making it yourself it allows you to control what ingredients goes into it. Therefore, you can use chicken of your choice, homemade mayonnaise or your favorite prepared mayonnaise. Thus, allowing you to make it egg free Whole30 or Paleo. Also, if you like more of something you can add a little extra, not a huge fan of something you can add less or none. Not to mention it is a great source of not only protein but healthy fats that also taste delicious.
Not only is it a great twist to the protein for your salad, but it is also perfect in a wrap or sandwich. What is even better is that you can make a big batch of it and use it for lunches throughout the week. Consequently, making it at home will allow you to be able to enjoy it an extra day or two since you know exactly when it was made. I hope you enjoy Chicken Walnut and Grape Salad as much as we do!!Print
Chicken Salad
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Hearty Chicken Salad with Grapes, Walnuts and Celery.
- 1 pound boneless chicken breast
- 6 cups of water
- Chopped/Shredded Chicken
- 1 cup of Mayo (make sure compliant if following Keto/Paleo/Whole30)
- 1 1/2 Red Grapes, quartered
- 1 cup Celery, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup Walnuts, chopped
- 1/4 cup Red onion, finely diced
- 1/2 teaspoon Tarragon
- 1/2 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon Sea salt
- 1/8 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- Bring the 6 cups of water to a boil on the stovetop
- Add the Chicken, allowing to cook for about 35 mins till the chicken is 165 degrees
- Remove the Chicken from the water and either chop or shred (whatever your preference is)
- Add the Chicken and remaining Salad ingredients to a bowl and mix until combined
- Store in the fridge for up to three days
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Golden Lynel
Oracle of Seasons
The Golden Lynel is a rare enemy that appears in Oracle of Seasons and Breath of the Wild.
Oracle of Seasons
The Golden Lynel is a rare enemy that appears in the Tarm Ruins.
During Link's quest, he can meet an Old Man located one screen south of Gnarled Root Dungeon. He is found during the Summer when the water has receded, revealing a staircase. As soon as Link speaks with the Old Man, this triggers the side quest to acquiring the Red Ring. Four Golden Beasts will appear throughout the Overworld. One of these beasts is the Golden Lynel and it will appear near the east end of the ruins. Specifically, the Golden Lynel can be found one screen east of the second Tree Stump encountered within the ruins.
The Golden Lynel is a significantly stronger version of either the Red or Blue Lynels that appear in the game. Since it is only encountered during Winter, and the default season of this part of the woods is Autumn, Link will have to change the season with his Rod of Seasons to encounter the Golden Lynel.
Breath of the Wild
Golden Lynels are found exclusively in Master Mode, and have more health than their silver counterparts, though they carry the same weapons and drop the same items, including Star Fragments.


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It may be the last day of half term, but there is always time for one last match for our fabulous Wembury football team. A much anticipated re-match against Bickleigh Down Primary school. Always a close game against them with some super skills shown from the players on both sides.
A fast start to the game with both sides on the attack hungry for the first goal, a few fabulous saves from both keepers before Bickleigh took the lead. This made our Wembury boys dig deep to find the equalizer which came quickly. Bickleigh asked another question soon after, which Oliver answered again, always in the right place at the right time, making it 2-2 at half time.
Bickleigh never being a team to settle for a draw fought on with a series of attacks on goal. Our super goalie Bram making a number of saves and some brilliant defending from Lennie and Alexander with Harvey relentless in his challenges but Bickleigh managed to get their third past us. With 12 1/2 minutes to go, Wembury were not done yet, Kai and his skillful feet, Aidan with his great runs and constant pressure and the team really working together and Aidan found the back of the net taking it to 3-3 at full time. But both teams were not done yet. All players voted for a penalty shoot out, which proved an exciting end to an exciting game. All the players lining up to take their shots, some super goals and some really impressive saves from both keepers ended with Wembury on top at 8-7.
Man of the match went to Bram for some seriously good goal keeping and nerves of steal in a penalty shoot out, but it could have gone to any member of today's team.
A really close game with both teams showing real skill and passion for the game and their team, sometimes you have to remind yourself its a primary friendly!
Thank you to Bickleigh Down for hosting a great match and well done to the Wembury boys, relax and enjoy half term, until next time!


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The CUG provides value to our members by providing resources to members that will encourage safety, reliability, education, innovation, awareness, and a sense of community as it relates to the use of coal. Established for 20+ years as the PRB Coal Users' Group, these efforts are led by a team of experts from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, dedicated to its success.
To help meet their mission, the board of directors has elected to address key issues and to exchange experiences—especially in the area of safety. Over the past 20 years they have hosted an annual meeting co-located with the ELECTRIC POWER Conference and Exhibition where candid discussion is encouraged.
The Users' Group also develops a series of recommended better practices to encourage maximum safety when utilizing this valuable low-sulfur fuel. Members are provided with a list of power plants consuming sub bituminous coal, annual consumption statistics, conference papers from past meetings, an industry on-line discussion forum, and other services. Suppliers to the industry are encouraged to support the group through corporate membership options and receive recognition on the website, in print, and during the annual meeting.
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Butterfly Staxx Slot Game
Butterfly Staxx offers five-reel slot game with three rows and forty fixed pay-lines. This slot game may have been designed to fascinate players, with very nicely developed graphics, a unique background that takes players into a world of beautiful sunsets, bright colours and floating fireflies, and the soothing melody that calms player nerves as you engage the game.
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Construction has been the rule on the back fields of the Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton campus this summer. The baseball field has been moved to make way for a full-size turf soccer field. An additional half-size soccer field is also being installed. A multi-purpose field is being installed, as well.
"This will be good when the sports overlap in November and in February," SHP Athletic Director Frank Rodriguez said. "It can get crowded."
Having a full-size soccer field will be beneficial when schools with varsity and junior varsity teams visit for matches. Usually, the varsity team plays first with the junior varsity match played afterward.
"The junior varsity teams get two 20-minute halves because it gets dark," Rodriguez said.
The dimensions of the baseball field will be enlarged from 315 feet down each line and 375 feet to straightaway center field. The field will be all turf. The SHP pool area is being re-decked.
"We're tearing down the old science building," Rodriguez said. "It has been busy around here."
The Gators will field varsity teams in boys lacrosse and boys volleyball in the spring, participating in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League's El Camino Division.
PRIORY ON PROBATION: Woodside Priory-Portola Valley has been put on probation by the Central Coast Section, confirmed CCS Commissioner Nancy Lazenby Blaser. The Panthers violated a CIF rule last year when they played a boys basketball game against a touring high school team from Australia. The victory by Priory was forfeited, which cost the Panthers a berth in the CCS Div. V boys basketball playoffs because they had a sub-.500 record in nonleague games. Priory did not submit the paperwork in time, hence, the Panthers did not have permission to play the game.
"It was a violation of CIF bylaw 502," Lazenby Blaser wrote in an e-mail to the Daily News this week. "They, as well as some other teams, played a team from Australia and they had not received permission to do so. They can only play a non-CIF member school with permission of the league commissioner and the CCS. They forgot to submit such a form for approval."
The Panthers will be on probation until the first league contest of the 2011 season.
Priory Athletic Director Mark Stogner would not comment on the matter Wednesday. Priory officials have previously said they faxed over the paperwork but didn't follow up with CCS to be sure it was received.
SMITH TO COACH: Evan Smith will return as cross country coach at Mountain View. Smith abdicated his position as head track and field coach last spring with Steve Kemp taking over.
"I'd like to help coach track and field in the spring," Smith said. "The ideal thing for me would be to have Steve (Kemp) be the head coach, then I would help out."
The Spartans won the state Div. II boys cross country championship in 2009.
"That was a great senior class," Smith said. "They'll be hard to replace."
First day of practice for Smith's cross country troops is Aug. 13. The Spartans will participate in the Early Bird Invitational at North Monterey County High on Sept. 11.
ALUMNI WATCH: Last week's signing of Jeremy Lin (Paly '06) with the Golden State Warriors caused quite a stir — both locally and back at Harvard, where Lin starred on the hardwood. Harvard coach Tommy Amaker, who helped immensely in the growth of Lin as a basketball player, released this comment to the Daily News:
"We are absolutely thrilled for Jeremy and his family," Amaker commented. "Jeremy is a tremendous basketball player and a better person. He has worked hard and has earned every good thing that comes his way. It's special to see dreams come true for truly deserving people like Jeremy Lin."
AT THE SUMMIT: Kris Doherty is the acting athletic director at Summit Prep-Redwood City, replacing Maura Dudley.
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Amazon trying to keep Flipkart out of Walmart's hands with counteroffer
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Amazon is reportedly trying to acquire Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart, in part to gain control over that country's e-commerce market and in part to make sure Walmart doesn't get hold of the company.
Amazon is countering Walmart's $12 billion offer with a similar bid, reports CNBC and other media outlets. Walmart is close to a deal to buy about 60% of Flipkart, roughly the same as Amazon's offer. Amazon also reportedly wants a non-compete agreement from Flipkart's founders.
If either company wins over Flipkart, it would gain access to a substantial share of the Indian e-commerce market. Flipkart already controls more than half of the market, and has been aggressively investing the $4 billion in capital it's received to put more distance between itself and Amazon. Japan's Softbank has been a particular investor in Flipkart, pouring more than $2 billion into the company.
Amazon is among a large group of firms interested in building a market in India, where e-commerce and other digital transactions are growing quickly following the government's demonetization two years ago.
Walmart has offered mobile payments in India for years via MPesa, though adding Flipkart would provide the same market dominance as Amazon would enjoy if it won the bidding war.
In Walmart's home market in the U.S., it acquired Jet.com two years ago for $3.3 billion to counter Amazon's huge e-commerce advantage in the States. It has since launched myriad delivery and online ordering services to battle Amazon.
Amazon has encroached on Walmart's turf by acquiring Whole Foods and experimenting with in-store technology such as its Amazon Go no-cashier store.


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July 11, 2019. Cologne – Nearly 130 attendees gathered at the Neven DuMont Haus in Cologne, Germany, this evening for a special talk by CEIBS Lecturer of Strategy Guo Bai on Transformative Forces of AI. Among other things, Dr. Bai's lecture discussed the nature of the hype surrounding artificial intelligence and whether it can make a meaningful and positive contribution to the global economy. Citing previous work in the field, Dr. Bai began by explaining to participants why AI and IT technologies have not yet played a strong role in enhancing the productivity of our economy – at least according to productivity statistics.
"Similar to other types of general purpose technologies (GPTs), the true power of AI can only be released when it is integrated with different industries and facilitates to spawn innovations," Dr. Bai said. "Such processes of diffusion and integration require time and high levels of investment. In the early stages of this diffusion, investment often exceeds gains, and can thus result in a decrease rather than growth in productivity statistics."
When compared with the energy revolution experienced in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, Dr. Bai stated that many of the complexities associated with the application of AI are predicted to be even greater.
"Unlike the 1st and 2nd Industrial Revolutions, the digital revolution is about information," she said. "In other words, it changes the way we communicate and coordinate. Such change has the potential to structurally alter value chains, industries and even the economic and social systems in general." She added further that, "We often say that 'data is the new oil'. This claim is only partially correct. Data is the new oil in the sense that it is indeed at the core of digital economy. However, data is not oil because it is not simply an energy source. The transformation the Digital Revolution represents will be even more sophisticated."
Nevertheless, despite the unusual difficulties we may face in managing AI enabled systems and although the capitalisation of AI relies on specialised applications, she pointed out that it also represents a powerful re-distributive force.
"When debating about the impact of AI on jobs, our attention should not be paid only to the number of jobs replaced and created. It is crucial to understand what kinds of jobs, or job functions, are replaced by the machines – and which kinds of human capabilities are becoming more valued," Dr. Bai explained. "It has been commonly agreed that AI is more likely to replace repetitive work, while creative capabilities are going to be highly valued. Such tendency might, in aggregate, suppress the income share of the majority of population, but gives a strong edge to the few most creative people in the world. It is crucial for us to understand how to respond to such tendency with the right set of social institutions, in order to avoid further income inequality."
Ultimately, Dr. Bai concluded her talk by stating that she believes AI has the potential to both solve humanity's greatest challenges and create its greatest nightmares.
"Two features of AI make it extremely powerful and at the same time dangerous. With the help of AI, we can leverage stronger computational power that enables us to understand each and every individual, feed them information and provide them solutions that are tailor-made to them. Such capability can increase efficiency and welfare, but it can also make our society more granular. People might have different perceptions of the same reality," she said. "At the same time, AI can also help us manage systems of larger scales and higher complexity. That capability can support us to deal with system-wide problems like climate change, but it might also challenge the stability of social institutions by systemically attacking their flaws. One example of that is the negative impact Cambridge Analytica had on representative democracy."
Today's event was organised by CEIBS in partnership with DuMont Media Group as part of the latter's Open Network series. For more information about upcoming CEIBS events, please visit our events page here.


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2:25pm PT by Tatiana Siegel
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Storms Sundance but Makes One Festgoer Nervous
Ruth Bader Ginsburg may have received a rock star reception — three standing ovations — at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 21, when the doc RBG about her life and legacy made its world premiere. But the 84-year-old Supreme Court Justice's presence in Park City made at least one high-profile festivalgoer a bit uneasy.
"It is cold and slippery, and everyone has the flu," Black List founder and CEO Franklin Leonard told THR. "If they could have brought her in a bubble or a Popemobile — a Ruthmobile — then fine. Otherwise, it was literally the first time that I've ever questioned Ruth Bader Ginsburg's judgment. I mean, she must stay alive."
Leonard attended a private lunch at Firewood on Main Street (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeffrey Wright and Jeff Zucker also were on hand) before the CNN Films' bow and the moment for him was almost worth the risk. "I couldn't help feeling emotional in her presence," he said.
Still, the so-called Notorious RBG, who pumps iron with a private trainer three days a week to keep fit, tried to keep her Sundance commitments to a minimum. In fact, a source says she only planned to sit in the audience during the post-premiere Q&A with the film's directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West. But once the first audience question was lobbed, the tiny firebrand got up gingerly from her seat and stormed the stage.
Following the justice's return to Washington, D.C., Magnolia Pictures and Participant Media nabbed worldwide rights to RBG.
A version of this story also appears in the Jan. 25 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
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