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Report of the Portfolio Committee on
Energy on its Introductory Content-Based Workshop, 11-13 August 2009
1. Introduction
Portfolio Committee on Energy in attempting to strengthen its collaboration
with the newly formed Department of Energy, its entities and key-role players,
held a two-day introductory workshop on 11-13 August 2009. The separation of the
two Departments (Minerals and Energy) also impacts on the knowledge base of the
Members of Parliament to this new Committee. The Committee, in its efforts to
enhance Members' insights into the energy sector, held briefing sessions,
introductory yet content-based in nature, which provided the appropriate
introduction to key concepts and terminology in the energy sector. The
collective of stakeholders, comprising the following contributed to the
2. Objectives of the
objectives of the workshop encompassed the following:
3. Summary of submissions
3.1 Briefing by the
Department of Energy on its Strategic Plan 2009-10/2011-12
Department of Energy briefed the Committee on its Strategic Plan
2009-10/2011-12 as tabled in Parliament, and referred to the Committee.
Committee expressed its concern over the Department's presentation, which the
Members felt did not provide enough information on the Strategic Plan. There
were further concerns with what the Members of the Committee saw as conflicting
information, when the Department gave a briefing on the progress made with the
setting up of the new Department of Energy. According to the presentation, the
new Department will only become fully operational in March 2010. The Committee
had previously been informed (Budget Vote briefings 2009) that this would
happen no later than August 2009.
Department was instructed to come back to Parliament on 26 August 2009 to brief
the Committee on the Strategic Plan 2009-10/2011-12, as well as to provide
clearer information on the restructuring. The Chairperson of the Portfolio
Committee would raise this issue with the Minister of Energy.
3.2 Electricity Distribution
Industry Holdings
3.2.1 Profile
EDI Holding
is fully-owned by the state. It was established in 2003 to restructure the
electricity distribution industry in
3.2.2 Challenges
facing the EDI
Committee was told of some of the challenges facing the EDI, which include:
3.2.3 RED Creation
Progress (Highlights)
In October
2006, Cabinet approved the following:
3.2.4 Legislative
Parliamentary process to consider the Constitution Seventeenth Amendment Bill
is imminent. The proposed Bill seeks to amend section 156 of the Constitution by inserting a new
subsection in terms of which national legislation may be passed
to further regulate the executive authority of municipalities in respect of
local government matters listed in Part B of Schedule 4 and Part B of Schedule
5 of the Constitution.
3.2.5 Plans for
immediate future
Plans for the immediate future comprise the following:
3.3 National Energy
Regulator of
3.3.1 Profile
National Energy Regulator of South Africa was established on 1 October 2005 in
terms of the National Energy Regulator Act (Act No. 40 of 2004) to regulate the
electricity, piped-gas and petroleum pipelines industries. Its mandatory intent
includes the implementation of energy legislation, regulations and
implementation of rules efficiently and effectively. It is expected to
proactively take necessary regulatory actions in anticipation of and in
response to the changing circumstances in the energy industry.
NERSA has
nine Regulator Members, five of which are appointed on a full-time basis and
four on a part-time basis. These appointments are made by the Minister of
Energy. It has nine subcommittees. The staff complement currently stands at one
hundred and sixty eight (168).
3.3.2 Reflections on
progress made in the last five years
Over the
past five years, NERSA has made some progress in the three industries it
regulates, and has grown as an organisation. The following are some of the
3.3.3 Challenges
organisation has faced some challenges in the three regulated industries. These
3.3.4 Plans for the
Some of NERSA's
plans (across all regulated industries) for the future comprise the following;
3.4 Eskom Holdings Limited
3.4.1 Profile
core business involves generation, trading, transporting and retail of
electricity in
Eskom is
one of the top thirteen utilities in the world by generation capacity and among
the top nine by sales. It generates approximately 95 % of electricity used in
3.4.2 Special
Highlights: Plans for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup
The key
installations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup lie within the host cities and are
supported by the municipalities. As part of the strategy for this event, a
dedicated executive focusing on 2010 has been formed. The Eskom 2010MW project
has been launched, with a dedicated team consisting of subject matter and
operational specialists put in place.
3.4.3 Progress made;
and challenges faced
industry has witnessed a fundamental shift in capacity the past few years, from
abundant and cheap electricity to a constrained reserve margin and increasing
3.4.4 Build Programme
Build Programme will seek to provide power to all of
184.108.40.206 Funding
A review of
the funding model is required to address the shortfall needed to fund the
capital programme. The new plant is to be funded from retained earnings, new
equity and borrowings. A significant shortfall on funding the capital programme
exists (R248 billion required).
22.214.171.124 Key
submitted that they believe there is emerging consensus that the new build
programme should continue. The platform for a funding model to be developed
should be created, so as to achieve success. This will be a success as Eskom
will work with all stakeholders to resolve the funding model.
3.5 PetroSA
3.5.1 Profile
Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of
Its focus
is on assisting Government meet security of supply, as well as facilitating
skills development in the energy sector.
PetroSA was
formed in 2002 from a merger of Mossgas (Pty) Limited, Soekor E & P (Pty)
Limited, and parts of the Strategic Fuel Fund Association. It currently employs
1800 people.
3.5.2 Current
Amongst the number of challenges the company faces, are:
3.5.3 Future Plans
126.96.36.199 Vision 2020
plans to be a sustainable, fully integrated, commercially competitive national
oil company supplying at least 25% of
Vision 2020
involves a portfolio of projects that aim at ensuring sustainability of current
operations, security of supply through growth, and working towards industry
184.108.40.206 Some
highlights on the key strategic focus areas
3.6 South African
Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA)
3.6.1 Profile
A level 3 BBBEE contributor, NECSA has a total
staff complement of 1870. The Nuclear Energy Policy of South Africa mandates
NECSA to, amongst other responsibilities, promote nuclear energy as an
important electricity supply option, creation of framework for utilization of
nuclear energy, contribution to the country's social and economic growth, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions as well
as building the uranium value chain.
3.6.2 Strategy
3.6.3 Some key new
3.7 Pebble Bed Modular
Reactor (Pty) Limited (PBMR)
3.7.1 Profile
The PBMR
was established in 1999 with the intention to develop and market small-scale,
high temperature reactors both locally and internationally. When Eskom stopped
funding the company in 2003, the government took over the responsibility in
2004. Government holds 83% of the shares at PBMR.
3.7.2 Some challenges:
Lessons were learnt
3.7.3 New PBMR
4. Overview of
4.1 Department of
4.2 EDI Holdings
4.3 Nersa
4.4 Eskom
4.5 PetroSA
4.6 Necsa
Committee will consider the joint invitation from Necsa and the PBMR to visit
the working sites, for Members to understand the operations of the two
Committee will in the near future invite the PBMR to brief it further on its
operations. The Committee will also consider the joint invitation from Necsa
and the PBMR to visit the working sites, for Members to understand the
operations of the two organisations.
5. Strategic Oversight
Focus Areas (Committee) – 5- year period
6. Conclusion
Committee will continue to invite the entities to engage them on the issues
raised as well as others. Visits to some of these entities will be conducted.
The Committee declared the workshop a great success.


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The results of the polls were released hours before Alex Salmond began the campaign for an independent Scotland, which is supposed to be won by means of a referendum in 2014, when Scots are expected to vote on a program fostered under the slogan "Scotland's Future in Scotland's Hands."
The poll was conducted by the anti-independence campaigners, who are expected to launch their own campaign soon, is called YouGov and was conducted on 1,004 people, finding only 33% of the Scots opting for independence, while 57% reject it. The poll is in trend with others which showed that the independent movement in Scotland was not well received amid the Scots, who do not understand too well how will independence from Britain affect their day-to-day lives, since the promoters of independence are not convinced themselves what kind of state they want to promote.
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Alex Salmond retorted that the date of the referendum is to be determined by the Scottish leadership and so is the question to be asked. He accused Cameron of involving in Scottish business with the purpose of determining the Scots to vote against independence.
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In January this year, Scottish PM Alex Salmond announced the question which is about to be answered in the referendum. The question is: "Do you agree that Scotland should be an independent country?". The formulating of the question is seen by many analysts as a form of antagonizing London, whose prime minister had said that it was British parliament's prerogative to ask the question which the Scots should respond in the referendum.
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A vote for a total independent Scotland would render the 1707 Union Act useless and would lead to the destruction of the United Kingdom as it is now. It would also give Scotland new responsibilities as a state.
A discussion was conducted in the earliest stage of the project on whether Scotland would become a member of the European Union and of the eurozone. The United Kingdom is a member of the EU but not a member of the eurozone.
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EXPECTATIONS are rising as Halesowen Town prepare to name their new manager later today.
A four-man panel of owner Steve Lynch, chairman Colin Brookes, vice-chairman John Russell and secretary Andrew While have spent the past two evenings meeting with candidates. An announcement on the new manager is expected around lunchtime.
Those interviewed are thought to include former Yeltz players John Snape, Lee Williams and Richard Colwell — the latter of whom was recently appointed boss of Causeway United.
Gornal Athletic's Ian Rowe, Tividale's Dean Whitehouse and former Tipton Town chief John Hill are also thought to be in the running.
Brookes, who has been caretaker boss since the resignation of Shaun Cunnington on September 11, said: "All the people we are interviewing are local, none of them live more than 10 miles from the ground.
"We feel the best way forward is with a manager who knows the area well. We had 21 applications in total, some from as far away as Skipton, which we've whittled down.
"With the club obviously operating on a budget we are going to rely on local talent and we need someone with great contacts."
Brookes is likely to remain in charge for Saturday's game, where he will look to complete an unbeaten caretaker tenure.
The Yeltz fought back from two down to draw 2-2 at Brigg Town on Saturday and a late Jean-Michel Gueyes strike earned them a 1-0 win at Romulus on Monday night.
Brookes was full of praise for physio Pete Denham and skipper Neil Barnfield, who have both assisted him during his brief tenure.
He said: "When Steve asked me to take over as caretaker I wanted two people in the dressing room who I could trust and who would be able to take training, as I can't run about like I used to.
"Pete is very well respected while Neil is looked up to as a leader.
"We've had a fantastic response from the players."
He added: "We defended very well at Romulus and we had to.
"They will feel they should have won but sometimes you gets wins like that away from home where you just have to get back on the bus and say thanks."
Striker Ben Haseley is a doubt for Saturday's game after going off with a hamstring injury at Brigg. Ben Steane, who went off on Monday with a knee problem, is expected to return.
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After several weeks of NO returned phone calls, and no resolution to my issue, I emailed the following letter to several people at Kaplan. I received "Undelivered mail" message, which is ironic considering the fact that the email address I used were the ones provided BY the personal I spoke to:
On January 10, 2008, I contacted my financial advisor, Jennifer Vescalseal, concerning my tuition payment towards my federal student loan. Kaplan University received $1,168 from CITIBANK and $1,077 from a Pell grant. When I spoke to CITIBANK on the 10th I was informed I owe them $1,000. Upon speaking to my financial aide advisor, I was informed that I owed $3,200 for tuition minus $800 equaling $2,400 due for tuition. After a brief discussion concerning the Enrollment Agreement and tuition refund, I was told to contact the Business Financial Office. I left a message on January 10, 2008 and I am still waiting for a return call.
On January 16, 2008, I contacted the accounting department at Kaplan University and spoke to a gentleman by the name of Darin. Ironically, I received an entirely different set of numbers then what my financial aide advisor provided. $3,400 for tuition. $825 credit back. $2,575 for charges that came in, a $95 deposit. Adding in the Pell grant and loan I owe, according to Darin, $2,340. After a roughly 45 minute conversation with Darin, I was referred to Ms. Gill. I am still currently waiting for her return phone call, as I left a message with her on January 16, 2008.
First let's address the $800, as I was told by Jennifer that it wasn't a refund and could not be considered as such. Darin provided $825 and referred to it as a "credit back." My first question is, why was $800 taken off the original amount of tuition, no one seems to be able to answer that question. Second, where did it go?
This brings me to my next point. In accordance with Kaplan Universities Enrollment Agreement, notice of withdraw must be made in writing. Please note my notice of withdraw sent on October 1, 2007 to Breanna Reader, which puts me at 57 days. Now note the Enrollment Agreement point 3a. which states "Once the first 30 days of enrollment in the program have passed and up to and including the first 60 days of enrollment in the program, upon withdrawal, Kaplan University is entitled to the $395.00 registration fee and tuition charge as follows: 50% of the tuition minus the registration fee."
According to my accountants calculations: tuition owed to Kaplan University for the three weeks I was enrolled is $1,465 (3,400 times .5 = $1,700 minus fees totaling $235). $1,465 minus the Pell Grant of $1,077 leaves a total of $388. Which means $780 will be credited back to my student loan with Citibank.
If the above situation is not resolved in a timely manner, this letter and all correspondence concerning this topic will be forwarded to CITIBANK, my lawyer and my accountant. Thank you very much for your time.
1.22.08: Spoke to Ms. Gill, Business Office Associate. She stated my tuition was "3,200." The refund of 825 was 25% off of my original tuition figured from the last time I logged into my account. Which, according to my calculations is 57 days, as I informed my advisor I was withdrawing on October 1, 07. Statement of Account has to be requested, unless student owes a balance on account. I asked why I didn't receive a statement of account, as I apparently owe money. So she referred me to Neal, who doesn't come in until 2 p.m., stating I had to request it and that she doesn't make the rules. She was unable to explain why the three people I've spoken to so far has different numbers.
Additionally, at the beginning of my enrollment I asked if my student loan and my Pell grant would cover tuition. Ms. Reader stated "Yes, it will, however you can pay interest rates as you work your way through college." Simple math indicates that my Pell Grant and My Student loan only equals: 2,245, leaving a balance of $955. Who covered that?! No answer from Kaplan University. The situation has yet to be resolved, and I'm postive I'm going to be pushed from one person to the next until all money I supposedly owe gets sent to collections. CITIBANK cannot do anything until they receive a formal letter from Kaplan University. Great.
Kaplan University is a completely disorganized, as indicated by three different people have three different sets of numbers of what I supposedly owe and doesn't match what the Bank states I owe them for my student loan. Kaplan University is a fraud. Attempting to get a refund on tuition is extremely frustrating.
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Now, note the difference between an online for profit university, like Kaplan versus real schools who also offer online programs like Drexel University. The admissions requirements is the big warning sign. (especially for the masters degrees.)
Kaplan does not require any kind of college entrance examination. They don't require an SAT, ACT, nor do they require the GMAT for their MBA program, nor do they require the GRE for any of their graduate programs. All you need is a bachelor's degree and that's it. Yes they do have minimum GPA requirements, but if you don't meet this requirement, they put you through an alternate admissions process and you get in anyways.
All for-profit online schools have an open enrollment policy. They want your money so they lower the bar so almost anyone can get in. To my knowledge Kaplan has never turned anyone down for enrollment, the money is what they want and if they find a gullible fool like you to enroll, they will do it. They even enroll people who don't have computers or who can't speak much English. As long as the student can take out loans, Kaplan will bring them on board.
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A recent survey of the top 100 fastest-growing companies in Australia found that only 18 per cent set out to sell their goods and services overseas. The ability to find a suitable joint-venture partner in target countries was one problem cited by respondents, but the critical issues were cultural differences and the language divide.
Companies said it was hard enough to get cultural fits within the US, Britain and New Zealand, let alone with cultures that are vastly different.
As a nation with a population of just 22 million, Australia lacks scale. Much has been made of ANZ bank's reliance on Asia for growth, but it is not just the larger companies that should be seeking offshore opportunities. If this is the Asian Century, it seems training is required to fill the cultural gaps.
However, INTHEBLACK found the human resources departments of major corporations, such as GE Capital, BHP Billiton and ANZ, and the Big Four consulting firm Ernst & Young, revealed they offer no in-house programs. Some multinationals run "inpat" training courses, which include a cultural awareness module, but nearly all take on external suppliers for such upskilling.
An exception is financial services firm Citi, a group with 250,000 employees (60,000 in Asia), where transferring to and seconding from other parts of the world is a natural part of the business. Citi has taken on the GlobeSmart website tool described by Citi's Peter Cappie-Wood, who heads Citi's learning and development for Asia-Pacific, as a "deep dive resource base". Developed by consulting firm Aperian Global, the program allows employees to plug into banking practice in Shanghai or management practice in Thailand should the need arise. It delivers data on customer-supplier relationships, training and coaching in another culture. In addition, GlobeSmart helps staff understand the core values, business protocols, demographics and even the religious implications of doing business in a new country, says Cappie-Wood.
Many training schemes are designed to test business assumptions and personal behaviour patterns, then cross-reference them against other cultures. In the GlobeSmart case, the program asks if you are independent or inter dependent that is, do you operate better independently or are you a team player?
Are you status- or egalitarian-focused? A risk taker or risk averse? Do you communicate directly or indirectly? Are you task- or relationship-focused?
In the language of cross-cultural trainers, this is known as setting up contrastive patterns. UGM Consulting, co-run by socio linguist Dr Margaret Byrnes, says stripping back cultural predilections is a large part of the training process, often aided by enacting settings that will expose cultural differences. It could be a meeting format, or in the context of negotiations, joint ventures or alliances, Byrnes says.
Deconstructing your own culture is as much a part of the training as learning about the new culture you are about to work in, says James Hudson, CSIRO's East Asia adviser and the person who hired UGM to provide training at Australia's key research organisation.
Hudson says he was impressed by UGM's framework, which went way beyond how to present business cards and when to indulge in giving gifts.
"It made me realise how culture is ingrained in everything we do," he says.
"We had one exercise where a Chinese person was presenting information and the challenge was to decipher exactly what he was saying it was all about the way people present information and what they actually mean."
Dan Caprar, management lecturer at the Australian School of Business, says the best approach to cross-cultural training is to drain people of their assumptions and equip them to be ready for surprises.
What a person may have learnt about a country and its business practices is less a recipe for action, more a hypothesis that requires constant tuning and testing.
A$17,520: The cost of postgraduate master of crosscultural communication degree at the University of Sydney.
The notion of the expat running a team of other expats on the ground is a dying one. It's increasingly being replaced with the Asia-Pacific head managing a portfolio of 14 countries, flying in and out at regular intervals and managing locally born and bred employees. But how can a regional head raise their cultural awareness (let alone language skills) to an appropriate level?
Byrnes says the new skills lie in areas such as finding good, reliable translators as well as leading a diverse range of geographically dispersed employees. What happens if you are in Sydney and have a performance problem with someone in Mumbai? "It's now about managing across distance, time zones and culture," Byrnes says. "This wasn't being asked of people 10 years ago."
Such questions are being addressed in academia. Caprar has involved his students in the Florida Institute of Technology's X-Culture Project. Each student joins five others from universities around the world in a team project that covers four or five different time zones, exposing them all to the cross-cultural challenges inherent in an international business situation (see breakout).
However, there is no magic wand in the cross-cultural training sphere. It seems the best training involves adapting people to the shock of the new.
In the end, Caprar concludes there's only one piece of advice worth giving: "Be ready for everything to be completely different. Then adjust accordingly."
A cross-cultural hand: the second line of diplomacy
Cross-cultural education does not just cater for private companies looking for offshore profits. Dr Margaret Byrnes at UGM Consulting says just about every Australian Government department is seeking an Asia-Pacific connection what she calls "our second line of diplomacy".
Some fragile economies in the region, such as the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, are obvious examples of countries that need infrastructural and technical help. International expertise is frequently called upon. For example, expert Australian meteorologists are helping to build a tsunami early warning system for Indonesia, while the Australian Electoral Commission is assisting regional governments to improve election techniques, Byrnes notes.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been a client of UGM since 1994. If there's a train crash in Indonesia, Australian expertise will always be called upon, she says.
"It's in our interests to support capability development in those countries so that they can be strong and thriving democracies. The onus is on us to get on the front foot."
X-factor helps defeat the tyranny of time zones
Forget Esperanto, the international language originally created by a Russian ophthalmologist in the 1870s. Step forward, Globish a cultureless English that is the brainchild of former IBM executive Jean-Paul Nerriere. Nerriere believes that if we can strip the idioms from English and render it homogeneous, we will all get along and work seamlessly in the global village.
Globish may work in an Orwellian universe, but a more practical approach to speaking or working as one is the X-Culture Project initiated by the Florida Institute of Technology in the US.
In May, about 1600 students from 44 universities in 30 countries finished working in teams of five to seven for about eight weeks to produce business proposals and plans for a big multinational company, including such globally recognised employers as Google, BP, Toyota and HSBC.
The students could use any technology accessible for global collaboration, such as telephone, email, Skype, Google+, Google Docs, Doodle and Dropbox.
X-Culture is cross cultural training in real time and Australian School of Business lecturer Dan Caprar, whose students participated in the project, admits it was extremely difficult to pull off. The most interesting part was in dealing with differences in time zones, levels of English and cultural backgrounds.
All problems were aired and worked on in class.


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A man from Galena was taken to a Springfield hospital for treatment of moderate injuries following a crash in Taney County.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reports 31-year old Jerimya Edwards' car ran into a ditch off Highway 248 north of Branson just before 6 o'clock Monday morning.
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It would be much simpler for Beijing to use its $3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves — a large chunk of it invested in U.S. Treasury debt — to vacuum up Alaska's resources and to resettle some people from China's overcrowded and heavily polluted cities. As the Arctic ice melts with climate change, Alaska could also serve as a valuable shipping route, saving time, fuel and money for cargo ships traveling from China to Europe.
The transaction could be done by simply canceling the Treasury debt, thus avoiding the financial upheaval that would result if China sold those securities on the open market.
How about an individual buyer? Donald Trump comes to mind. He could advertise on Mount McKinley — or just rebrand it Mount Trump, the highest peak in Trumpistan. He could even issue his own birth certificates to avoid any confusion about the national origin of public officials there. Of course, this 570,640.95-square-mile bauble would be a tad expensive for him, and he'd have to make it a very leveraged buyout, but he's gambled big before.


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Bopup IM Suite Office Pack is a secure client/server instant messaging system designed to provide efficient, internal and private communication over networks of any size. It meets most of the critical business and enterprise needs, such as centralized management, the Active Directory (LDAP) support, message and file transfer logging and can be easily deployed over the business infrastructure to unite the entire company's offices and other locations into one internal IM workspace with control over messaging groups, user permissions to view others and send messages and documents, message and transfer archives with printing support. This software bundle includes a license for Bopup Communication Server (IM server) + 50 instant messengers. Since the IM server stores and delivers offline messages and files, users never lose information they are supposed to receive. Messaging is encrypted with strong algorithms so personal and group conversations are safe and secure even if data is sent via the Internet. Users can send messages with formatted text, links and graphic emoticons (smileys), organize their personal Contact Lists, access their contacts from any workplace and see who is online and available for communication. The client software can be configured on the server to run in the Confirmation Mode, which means that the client pops up every time a new message is received and keeps the window on top until the user confirms the message. To crown it all, the server-side software is fast to deploy and easy to use. It has a great and flexible user interface and comes with a built-in messaging system for scheduled and planned user notifications including the File Distribution system that offers a managed distributing documents to users. Client instant messengers can be easily installed and distributed via Group Policies with the support of pre-installed settings.
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The cats (or at least one of them) are up to their old tricks (I am looking at you Lion-o). They were house-trained when we got them and all was fine to start with, but after a few weeks Lion-o started weeing on soft furnishings. Although we're always a little bit cautious if she's on the bed or the sofa, she seems to have grown out of that behaviour and wees in the litter trays. But in the last few months she has been less fastidious about her poo and (unless she is being cleverly framed by Smithers) started to go just outside the litter tray. As if she was saying, "I know I am meant to do it in there, but I am not going to. I am going to do it just here instead. Take that human slaves!" It was annoying, but we put newspaper down and nearly always the poo went on the newspaper, which is not ideal, but is better than having cat-excrement on your carpet (maybe that should be a phrase for when anything slightly annoying happens - "It's not ideal, but it's better than having cat-excrement on your carpet!" Let's popularise that).
We have tried everything we can think of to make her poo in the right place, but it's rare that she gets caught in the act and I am not sure that showing her some poo that she's done hours before and then lifting her on to the litter tray is a message that gets through. Does she even know that is her poo, or poo at all? Is she able to make the mental leap to understand that the poo should go in the litter tray? These cats are adorable, but they are properly stupid (even by the yardstick of cat intelligence). Lion-o is a lot cleverer than Smithers, who never learns from any of his actions and bounds towards danger like an iron filing being drawn to a magnet, but at least Smithers understands where his shit is supposed to go. And he also has a weird fascination with watching it being dug up and binned and also watching human beings wee (at much too close quarters) if he is given the chance. He is a big cat pervert.
But Lion-o (if it is her doing it) has achieved new heights of fecal inconvenience. Because in the last few days (pretty much since we've got home) she has found a way to make her excretions as devastating as is felinely possible. We close them into the spare bedroom at night, so that they won't keep us awake running up and down the stairs and mewling at our door. During the night Lion-o (presumably) has taken to doing a shit right by the closed door. This means of course that when we come to open the door in the morning, the door catches on the shit and smears it on the carpet and under the door itself. There wouldn't really be a worse place to shit in the whole room (and possibly the house), but Lion-o has found it. Three nights running we (well actually my wife) have opened the door to find turd smeared liberally around like a cat dirty protest, but one that cleverly means we end up doing the smearing. We've put down paper, but even then it's hard to see whether there is poo on it until the door is open. It's a massive ball-ache.
I don't know if Lion-o is upset by the upheaval of us being away, then briefly back, then away again and then back - she seems fine with us in the daytime and is probably more affectionate than she's been before. We're at a slight loss to know how to deal with this, as we've tried most of the suggestions before and it's odd that she's gone from being house-trained to be a turd-mine laying fecal genius. Especially given how thick she is in all other areas of life. Though not as thick as Smithers. Maybe that could become another phrase.
After all we've done for her and this is how she repays us.


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For those of you read my Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics reviews, you are fully aware that I am obsessed with their products. Everything that I've used is fantastic, and I've even converted many people from using horrible products (Zest, Irish Spring, Axe, etc.) and they have officially switched to Lush products.
People who know me on an intimate basis know I visit the Lush store at Markville Mall a couple of times a week to replenish my supply of Lush products. The experience there is nothing short of phenomenal. Every single worker has a genuine smile on their face and they are extremely approachable. Never be afraid to ask questions to anyone there, because they will be more than happy to help you out!
The manager, Catherine, knows me as soon as I walk into her store. She greets me with a warm smile and a high five every single time! Every time I walk into her Lush store at Markville Mall, I feel like I'm part of the team – we exchange stories about which products we love and the new ones that are coming out soon. I still don't know why I'm not working there!
Catherine has been exceptionally nice enough to provide me with the opportunity to present one lucky reader of my blog with a free Lush basket!! It is called My Fair Lady, and the products inside are remarkable. (Click here to find out what goodies are in this special basket).
In addition to the My Fair Lady basket, the lucky winner will also be receiving a limited edition perfume kit! I had a chance to smell the various perfumes that were included in this set and they are unbelievably amazing!!
The way it works this time is a bit different. Instead of reaching a certain number of followers on Twitter or subscribers to my blog, you must leave a comment on this post explaining why you would like to win this basket and perfume kit (which has a retail value of $89.99). I will go over the submissions/comments with store manager Catherine, and we will decide which comment is deserving of the ultimate Lush basket!!
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If the rumours are to be believed, the magic Google fairy will be delivering a job-lot of Nexus 4s to the UK Play Store at 3PM today. While we can't confirm the exact time, the omens point to it being back in the UK in the very near future. Suffice to say, if you're hankering after a N4, I'd be on the Play Store website at 2.59. [phoneArena]
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10:30am Friday 20th September 2013
By Nick Farrant
Banbury United manager Edwin Stein has praised the character of his side and says the same attitude is needed when they host high-flying Hitchin Town in Calor League tomorrow.
On Tuesday, Banbury beat Corby 3-1 at home in the Premier Division as they bounced back from their 2-1 FA Cup exit to Cirencester.
"I was very displeased by Saturday's performance," said Stein.
"They let everyone down and that's not happened since I came here.
"We had a candid conversation. I usually let the players join in, but this time they had to do a lot of listening.
"I said if it didn't change I would move people on and to their credit they put on a fantastic performance.
"We went down to ten men early on when Wayne Blossom was harshly sent off, but we kept on going."
Banbury give late tests to Scott Bridges (Achilles) and Ade Talabi (ankle and groin).
Didcot Town boss Andy Wallbridge says defender Luke Carnell's rejection of a move to rivals Yate showed he is there for the long run.
The Bristol side put in an approach after Didcot beat them 2-0, but Wallbridge said: "It's great news and I think it's important to let the players and the supporters know about it.
"It shows that he is on board with what we are trying to do here."
Meanwhile, Wallbridge says they can use their displays against North Leigh as a confidence booster ahead Bishop's Cleeve's visit in Division 1 South & West.
Although they lost 2-1 at the Millers in the league, Didcot got revenge in the FA Cup last weekend in a 2-1 win.
"They are a good side and are going to be up there at the end of the season," said Wallbridge.
"We've played 180 minutes against them and they didn't cause us too many problems.
"Saturday is big because Cleeve are down there with us, but we'll be going into it with the confidence that we are capable of winning."
Didcot will be without Jamie Heapy (knee) and Sam Elkins (ankle).
North Leigh travel to Taunton Town.
Tomorrow's squads Banbury Utd (v Hitchin Tn, home): from Bedwell, Cray, Mbamarah, Bridges, Blossom, Ryan, Fraser-Allen, Martin, Simpson, Isaac, Talabi, Pinto, Menezes, McNulty, Morgan, Abrahams.
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Now that you're a bit more comfortable with the Unix environment, it's time to tackle some commands. It's funny how some of the most useful commands on a Unix system have gained themselves a reputation for being user-unfriendly. Do find,grep,sed, tr, ormountmake you shudder? If not, remember that you still have novice users who are intimidated by and therefore aren't gaining the full potential of these commands. This chapter also addresses some useful filesystem manipulations. Have you ever inadvertently blown away a portion of your directory structure? Would you like to manipulate /tmp or your swap partition? Do your Unix systems need to play nicely with Microsoft systems? Might you consider ghosting your BSD system? If so, this chapter is for you. HACK#13: Find ThingsFinding files in Unix can be an exercise in frustration for a novice user. Heres how to soften the learning curve. Remember the first time you installed a Unix system? Once you successfully booted to a command prompt, I bet your first thought was, Now what? or possibly, Okay, where is everything? Im also pretty sure your first foray intoman findwasn't all that enlightening. How can you as an administrator make it easier for your users to find things? First, introduce them to the built-in commands. Then, add a few tricks of your own to soften the learning curve. Finding Program Paths Every user should become aware of the threew's:which,whereis, andwhatis. (Personally, I'd like to see somewhyandwhencommands, but that's another story.) Usewhichto find the path to a program. Suppose youve just installedxmmsand wonder where it went: % which xmms Better yet, if you were finding out the pathname because you wanted to use it in a file, save yourself a step: % echo `which xmms` >> somefile Remember to use the backticks (`), often found on the far left of the keyboard on the same key as the tilde (~). If you instead use the single quote (') character, usually located on the right side of the keyboard on the same key as the double quote ("), your file will contain the echoed stringwhich xmmsinstead of the desired path. The user's current shell will affect howwhich's switches work. Here is an example from the C shell: % which -a xmms This is a matter of whichwhichthe user is using. Here, the user used thewhichwhich is built into the C shell and doesn't support the options used by thewhichutility. Where then is thatwhich? Try thewhereiscommand: % whereis -b which Here, I used-bto search only for the binary. Without any switches,whereiswill display the binary, the manpage path, and the path to the original sources. If your users prefer to use the realwhich command instead of the shell version and if they are only interested in seeing binary paths, consider adding these lines to /usr/share/skel/dot.cshrc [Hack #9]: alias which /usr/bin/which -a The-aswitch will list all binaries with that name, not just the first binary found. Finding Commands How do you proceed when you know what it is that you want to do, but have no clue which commands are available to do it? I know I clung to thewhatis command like a life preserver when I was first introduced to Unix. For example, when I needed to know how to set up PPP: % whatis ppp On the days I had time to satisfy my curiosity, I tried this variation: % whatis "(1)"That will show all of the commands that have a manpage in section 1. If youre rusty on your manpage sections, whatis intro should refresh your memory. Finding Words The previous commands are great for finding binaries and manpages, but what if you want to find a particular word in one of your own text files? That requires the notoriously user-unfriendlyfindcommand. Lets be realistic. Even with all of your Unix experience, you still have to dig into either the manpage or a good book whenever you need tofindsomething. Can you really expect novice users to figure it out? To start with, the regular old invocation offindwill find filenames, but not the words within those files. We need a judicious use ofgrepto accomplish that. Fortunately,finds-execswitch allows it to use other utilities, such asgrep, without forking another process. Start off with afindcommand that looks like this: % find . -type f -exec grep "word" {} \; This invocation says to start in the current directory (.), look through files, not directories (-type f), while running thegrepcommand (-exec grep) in order to search for the wordword. Note that the syntax of the -execswitch always resembles: -exec command with_its_parameters {} \; What happens if I search the files in my home directory for the wordalias? % find . -type f -exec grep "alias" {} \; While it's nice to see thatfindsuccessfully found the wordaliasin my home directory, theres one slight problem. I have no idea which file or files contained my search expression! However, adding /dev/null to that command will fix that: # find . -type f -exec grep "alias" /dev/null {} \; Why did adding nothing, /dev/null, automagically cause the name of the file to appear next to the line that contains the search expression? Is it because Unix is truly amazing? After all, it does allow even the state of nothingness to be expressed as a filename. Actually, it works becausegrep will list the filename whenever it searches multiple files. When you just use{},findwill pass each filename it finds one at a time togrep. Sincegrepis searching only one filename, it assumes you already know the name of that file. When you use/dev/null { },findactually passesgrep two files, /dev/null along with whichever filefindhappens to be working on. Sincegrepis now comparing two files, its nice enough to tell you which of the files contained the search string. We already know /dev/null wont contain anything, so we just convincedgrepto give us the name of the other file. That's pretty handy. Now let's make it friendly. Heres a very simple script calledfstring: % more ~/bin/fstring#!/bin/sh # script to find a string # replaces $1 with user's search string find . -type f -exec grep "$1" /dev/null {} \; That$1is a positional parameter. This script expects the user to give one parameter: the word the user is searching for. When the script executes, the shell will replace"$1"with the users search string. So, the script is meant to be run like this: % fstring word_to_searchIf you're planning on using this script yourself, youll probably remember to include a search string. If you want other users to benefit from the script, you may want to include an if statement to generate an error message if the user forgets the search string: #!/bin/sh Don't forget to make your script executable withchmod +xand to place it in the user's path. /usr/local/bin is a good location for other users to benefit. See Also
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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as a bullet, having no capacity for self-propulsion.
- n. A self-propelled missile, such as a rocket.
- adj. Capable of being impelled or hurled forward.
- adj. Driving forward; impelling: a projectile force.
- adj. Zoology Capable of being thrust outward; protrusile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. an object intended to be or having been fired from a weapon.
- n. any object propelled through space by the application of a force.
- adj. In the manner of something fired from a weapon.
- adj. Designed to discharge projectiles towards its target.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Projecting or impelling forward.
- adj. Caused or imparted by impulse or projection; impelled forward.
- n. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm.
- n. A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc., of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Impelling, throwing, driving, or shooting forward: as, a projectile force.
- Caused by impulse; impelled or driven forward.
- In zoology, capable of being thrust forward or protruded, as the jaws of a fish; protrusile.
- n. A body projected, or impelled forward by force, particularly through the air.
- n. Specifically, a missile intended to be projected from a cannon by the explosive force of gunpowder or some similar agent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
- n. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
- adj. impelling or impelled forward
New Latin proiectile, neuter of prōiectilis, that can be thrown, from Latin prōiectus, past participle of prōicere, to throw out; see project.
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)From Medieval Latin prōiectilis ("projectile"), from Latin prōiectus, perfect passive participle of prōiciō ("throw forth; extend; expel"). (Wiktionary)
Haha! Excellent, oroboros!
Herbie flinched and cried out as the percentile ricocheted off the rock he was hiding behind.
Buford was in the 77th projectile of his class. :oP
Indeed. A handy little word.
Ah, so versatile. Everything from baby vomit to bombs.


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What if you need Help in Lima?
Experiencing any type of big or small emergency while visiting a foreign country can be quite stressful and sometimes even scary. But there is no need to panic if you are mugged or robbed, need emergency medical attention, become unexpectedly sick and have to consult or even stay in a hospital or just need a special medicine during your stay in Lima. Even if you won't expect it in a "3rd World Country", here in Lima you will find very good services and professionals.
Our listing of emergency numbers and contact details for the tourist police and police stations, for good ambulance services, for pharmacies including places where to find homeopathic and natural medicine, for recommended hospitals and various institutions giving you support, will help you to find the right service in case you need it. Hopefully you won't need any of them, but it's always better to be prepared...
There are central emergency phone numbers for the police and the fire department. Amazingly the whole of Lima is only covered by voluntary fire brigades and the service they provide is very good! Hopefully you'll never need them, but in case you do...
In case you need to get in contact with a police station or a special police unit, our list should be a great help. While every effort has been made to ensure that the content of this list is accurate, the content is provided "as is" and [LimaEasy] makes no representations or warranties...
The standard of emergency medicine and ambulance services has rapidly improved over the last few years. Most private ambulance services have modern vehicles, are prepared for all kind of emergencies and equipped to international standards including ventilators and defibrillators. If you aren't a member of any private ambulance service or haven't signed up to one of their plans, they charge you for their visit.
Lima has a wide network of pharmacies. In case you need one, you find a 'botica' or 'farmacia' literally around every corner. The bigger pharmacies are generally well sorted and offer quite a wide variety of medicine and drugstore articles. Many drugs available elsewhere only with a prescription can very often be bought over the counter, mainly at reasonable prices. Some bigger pharmacies in Lima offer a 24 hours delivery service. Just order by phone and a motorbike courier delivers to your door step.
Peru has one of the largest bio diversities of the world. It is home to around 25,000 plant species, 10% of the world total. Some 2000 plants in Peru are believed to have medical and pharmacological properties. Already early cultures in Peru used medicinal plants and herbs to prevent diseases and heal illnesses. This traditional knowledge of the wide variety of natural products and their use was passed on to modern times.
In case you get unexpectedly sick during your stay in Lima and need medical care, there is no reason to panic. Health care in Lima's private clinics is very good and can withstand the comparison with hospitals in the US or Europe. Most private clinics are well-resourced with state of the art equipment and drugs. In case of an emergency you find qualified doctors and nurses treating you according to international standards and methods.
Our listing contains a selection of Institutions and Organizations providing help for alcohol, drug, AIDS/HIV and gaming related problems. We have also listed some specifically supporting women.


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Camden County Library branch in Blackwood to hold book sale
April 16, 2011, 10:08AM
GLOUCESTER TWP. — The Camden County Library branch at 15 S. Black Horse Pike here will hold its Annual Spring Book Sale from Thursday, April 28 to Saturday, April 30. The sale offers bargains on books, VHS tapes, audio tapes and music CDs for all ages. • Thursday, April 28, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. • Friday, April... Full story »
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Computer programmer to serve two years for launching virus that infected 100,000 computers
April 16, 2011, 10:00AM
CAMDEN — A computer programmer has been sentenced to two years in prison for launching a virus that infected approximately 100,000 computers around the world and directed them to attack media outlets that republished stories that mentioned him, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Bruce Raisley, 48, of Kansas City, Mo. – formerly of Monaca, Pa. – was also sentenced... Full story »
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Five injured as PATCO train catches fire in Camden
April 16, 2011, 9:55AM
CAMDEN — Five people were injured early Saturday when a PATCO High Speed Line train caught fire near the City Hall station. The five — including the train's operator — were being treated at Cooper University Hospital and other hospitals for smoke inhalation, Delaware River Port Authority spokesman Ed Kasuba said. He indicated none of the five were expected to... Full story »
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Grandparents go back to class at Woodstown's Mary S. Shoemaker School
April 16, 2011, 9:34AM
WOODSTOWN — Students at the Mary S. Shoemaker School were treated to a special day with their grandparents here Friday, as hundreds of grandparents came out for the school's annual Grandparents' Day. Grandparents were treated to a brief musical program presented by members of the fourth-grade band, had the opportunity to attend a school book fair, and were given the... Full story »
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N.J. to be hit with heavy rain tonight
April 16, 2011, 8:50AM
New Jersey will experience a period of heavy rain this evening, according to the National Weather Service. Every county in New Jersey has been issued a flood watch or a coastal flood warning by the weather service. Rain is expected to fall from around 5 p.m. until midnight, and some areas could accumulate 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain.... Full story »
Heavy rain, high winds expected later today in Salem County
April 16, 2011, 8:13AM
SALEM — Weather conditions are expected to deteriorate quickly today with increasing winds and heavy rain as the day wears on. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for today effective from noon through midnight. In addition, the Weather Service has issued a coastal flood watch for Salem County from this evening through late tonight. Today's forecast calls... Full story »
Area's rich agricultural history focus of Salem County Historical Society exhibit
April 16, 2011, 7:07AM
SALEM — The rich agricultural history of Salem County and those responsible for its success is the focus of a new exhibit that opens today at the Salem County Historical Society here. "The Farmer Feeds Them All: Reflections of Salem County Farm Life" is unique in that part of the exhibit is narrated by many of the farm family members... Full story »
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Volunteers sought for Cohanzick Zoo Arbor Day project
April 16, 2011, 6:00AM
BRIDGETON — Volunteers are needed on Saturday, April 30, to help plant trees at Cohanzick Zoo. Volunteers will be assisting in planting several hundred sapling shrubs and trees alongside the waterway that runs through the Cohanzick Zoo. The plantings will help to reduce erosion, provide a vegetative buffer to deter geese and other waterfowl, and to improve the aesthetics at... Full story »
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Wanted in Gloucester County: Christopher J. Mood
April 16, 2011, 3:00AM
Christopher J. Mood, 25, of Westville, is wanted by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office for failure to appear in Superior Court in Woodbury on March 30 for a pre-arraignment interview on burglary, theft and conspiracy charges. Full story »
CRHS takes a stand against anti-LGBT discrimination in a Day of Silence
April 15, 2011, 11:30PM
CRHS students and faculty took a stand against anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) discrimination, harassment and abuse on Friday during the National Day of Silence. Full story »
Salem County Correctional Facility inmates hope WorkPlus Program will lead to a better life after incarceration
April 15, 2011, 10:24PM
MANNINGTON TWP. — Salem County Correctional Facility inmates graduated from the WorkPlus Program Friday morning, setting their sights on a better life after incarceration. Mid-Atlantic States Career and Education Center Executive Director Glen Donelson, who heads the program, said that for the past year, the SAFARI, Strengthening American Families and Reducing Incarceration, Program has partnered with facility officials to make... Full story »
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Shooting at Burlington Manor in Bridgeton
April 15, 2011, 8:17PM
BRIDGETON — Police responded to reports of a gunshot victim at Burlington Manor on Burlington Road shortly after 8 p.m. Friday. Reports indicated the victim was a female who had been shot in the arm. Bridgeton police called for New Jersey State Police and said, "A dog is needed." Police at the scene said they may have the identity of... Full story »
Pilesgrove Township crash on Route 45 tops latest Salem County Firelog
April 15, 2011, 6:22PM
PILESGROVE TWP. — Reliance Fire Co. responded at 12:59 p.m. Friday to Route 45 near the Acme to assist the American Legion Ambulance on the scene of a motor vehicle accident. The fire company was in service for 14 minutes and the ambulance was in service for 15 minutes. Other fire activity: Today's Sunbeam contacted the Salem County Fire Radio... Full story »
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Isn't it great to wake up with one of your best friends laughing right in front of your face. Not in my point of view. That was happend to me. At 7:15 my friend burst in my face laughing like hell. All i could do was laugh and how ridiculous she looked :P. She even turned the radio. Last night we had it on and i forget that i turned it off so i though i kept it on all night and said "shit its been on all night". Although my friend corrected me and said, no i just turned it on a while ago. I woke and my puppy Choco was wild over me like always. His tail was moving to fast! My Friend and i ate pankakes this morning. Once we were done breakfast we just chilled outside near my pool talking a little bit. We got dressed and i accomponied her home. I got back home and continued reading The Princess Bride. Im on page 210 now i believe. I was on MSn talking to my friend that moved to london, england. I miss her so much. She's one of my best friends. Anyways so apparently she going on a trip to greece so that will be fun for her. The my ex called for the 5th hundred time! I picked up cuz i was anoyyed and we just talked as friend but i warned him it was the last time i would be talking to him. Then i talked my other really good friend (ricky- guy). He always makes me feel good and just cheers me up. im glad to have him as a friend. Anyways I should probably have some supper now. Till Next Time i write , Lots of Love , MyJam#7


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Date: April 13 2012
THE sequel to the critically acclaimed mini-series Paper Giants will focus on the glossy magazine wars of the 1990s.
Central to the story of the new ABC show will be legendary rivals Dulcie Boling and Nene King, who ruled rival titles New Idea and Woman's Day.
The two women, once colleagues at New Idea, became bitter rivals when King joined Woman's Day and turned a declining circulation into a commanding margin, selling more than 1 million copies aweek.
King was the first female board member of Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited.
Sources yesterday confirmed the project would most likely have the title Paper Giants: The Magazine Wars.
The two magazines spent the best part of a decade trying to out-scoop and out-sleaze each other. The feud between King and Boling became the stuff of legend.
When King retired in 1999, Woman's Day was still dominant. Headlines at the time branded her a ''trash and cash queen'', referring to the magazine's chequebook. ''I put in a lot more celebrities - and guess what? Circulation went from 500,000 to over a million,'' King said. ''You want me to apologise for that?''
The first instalment of the franchise, Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, aired last year on the ABC and focused on the launch of Cleo magazine.
It starred Asher Keddie as Ita Buttrose and Rob Carlton as Kerry Packer. It drew widespread acclaim and was a ratings hit, drawing an audience of 1.2 million viewers nationally.
The Nine Network is developing another Paper Giants spin-off, Howzat, about Packer's ''extraordinary rise to become the most influential businessman in the history of Australian sport'', with Lachy Hulme in the Packer role.
Both projects are being produced by Southern Star.
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"We made it known that we were trying to show the reality of France. People think of Paris as the city of love or the city of light, but where you got love you got hate, where you got light you got darkness."
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It's time to interview
The following are some tips on how to have a successful interview. Remember that 70% of a successful interview occurs before you walk in the office for the interview. You must prepare by doing your research, rehearsing and making sure you are dressed appropriately.
1. Know yourself-understand your strengths, weaknesses, goals and motivations.
2. Research, Research, and then research some more on the industry and company- days before the interview (not the night before).
3. Practice your interview with a friend or in the mirror. Anticipate questions and your answers.
4. Dress appropriately, be on-time, and remember the interview starts with the receptionist.
5. The interviewer will most likely base his decision on your fit for the job in the first 5 minutes. Make a good first impression then follow through. Remember he has already seen your resume and thinks you are qualified for the position based on education and experience.
6. Be confident, firm handshake, look at the interviewer, do not ramble. The interviewer is looking for good communication skills, confidence and evidence that you are sincerely interested in the company and position.
7. When answering questions, maintain eye contact and give positive and thoughtful responses that are directly related and pertinent to the question asked.
8. Focus on what you can contribute to the company, not just on what the company can do for you.
9. Ask questions that indicate that you have researched the company and are interested in helping make it successful.
10. Restate your interest in the position and ask when he anticipates a decision will be made on the position. Close with a firm handshake and express appreciation for the interviewer's time.
(You did get his business card didn't you)
If you really want to prepare for an interview and are willing to spend some time doing so, go to either or both of these links and get more in-depth information.


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Chelsie Seplowin
2013 Season: Was a consistent competitor on vault, bars and floor exercise ... scored a season-high 9.575 on the vault against Lindenwood (Jan. 11) ... posted a season-high 9.55 on the uneven bars against Ohio State (March 3) ... charted a season-high 9.625 on the balance beam against Lindenwood (Jan. 11) ... scored a season-high 9.650 on the floor exercise 2012 Season: Awarded "Spirit Award" of the season... Did not compete. 2011 Season: Consistent competitor on the uneven bars ... posted a career-high 9.625 on the uneven bars against Denver (Jan. 30). 2010 Season: Did not compete ... named to the AFNI Honor Roll. Stevenson High School: During senior year, team went undefeated and won state championship ... state champion on bars, placed fifth on floor and third all-around ... sectional champion on floor, second on vault, bars and all-around senior year ... placed fourth on beam and eighth all-around at state, team placed second as a junior ... competed in all-around at every meet all four years ... named most valuable player during freshman, junior and senior years ... named athlete of the week twice senior year. Personal: Born: July 24, 1991 ... daughter of Steve and Stephanie Seplowin ... major: special education vision ... favorite gymnast: Nadia Comaneci ... where Chelsie can be found when not in the gym: hanging out with friends, doing homework or volunteering at Metcalf School ... biggest thrill in sports career: being named Illinois High School Association Uneven Bars Champion in 2009 ... favorite quote: "Everything happens for a reason." |