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Taking Responsibility For Katherineposted 24-Nov-2017
At the October 2017 meeting of Council, Katherine's Elected Members unanimously endorsed a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull seeking his urgent and determined leadership to more effectively deal with the impacts of PFAS to our people, environment and economy.
The letter seeks support for all in our community; from those RAAF Tindal firefighters who have been highly exposed to PFAS as well as those living in the most impacted area near the base, through to our industries, residents and visitors.
"This letter to the Prime Minister marks another milestone in the ongoing advocacy by Council for our community on the PFAS issue in Katherine." said Mayor Fay Miller.
"Since Council was made aware of the issue, we have been getting on with the work of advocating for our community through countless meetings and discussions with our community, Federal and Territory governments. Our Elected Members and a team of five key officers have worked many hours and through the night at times to ensure that our community is best supported." she said.
Some of the results of this work have been a greater focus on informing the community, a transparent process of releasing results when available, a precautionary decision to close the pool, securing funding from Defence and a 'Katherine first' focussed view on the issue.
"'On-the-ground' people from Defence, NT Government and Council are doing their best to respond to the issue, but as well observed by the Katherine Times, despite the progress made, we need the increased leadership of our federal government at this critical time." she said.
Council CEO Robert Jennings said that "Whilst the issue has emanated from PFAS used at our RAAF Tindal Base, Council have taken an approach of getting on with solving the problem in a strategic manner, rather than creating additional problems to be solved. We have chosen to show respect, collaboration and integrity whilst still setting clear boundaries and speaking out strongly for our community."
As stated at the October Council Community Forum, Council are seeking to put together a practical long term framework to deal with all aspects of the issue and will work to respond to this challenge with those best able to attain this outcome. Defence are a key player in the history and future of our town and to date have provided program funding without question.
Mayor Miller summarised the process by stating that "We are still at the beginning of this journey. Now is the time for resilience and forward thinking. We do not want to perpetuate a legacy of Katherine being defined by PFAS, but instead will lead the campaign of a township defined by its united people who will create their own enriching and sustainable future in agriculture, tourism, economic development, natural wonders, regional services, aboriginal and non-aboriginal culture and arts."
"We know this is possible, as our people have been tested many times before through floods, so let us not fail this current test of our township and let it make us greater." she said.

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|Unit types: 6 Townhomes and 54 Condos including 4 two-story Penthouses
|Number of Floors: 14
|Square Footage: 1,500 - 4,900
|Approximate price range: $1,200,000 - $5,000,000
|HOA fees: Approx $1,400 - $1,700
|Amenities: The Park condos have a rim flow pool, two private guest suites, a club room with catering kitchen, fitness center, yoga studio, fire pits, concierge and staffed security.
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Will "The Park - Bankers Hill" make Top 10 List: I think it will because as of summer 2015 The Park condos offer the highest level of standard finishes any developer has offered, slightly higher than our previous champion the Bayside condos. The Park Bankers Hill condos also have larger floor plans, starting at 1,600 sf and some of the floor plans have very large out door terraces. These condos will also offer great views to Balboa Park as well as views of the San Diego bay.
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These were the heady days of the NWOBHM. Tapes were sent across the vast expanse of the Atlantic to the Americas and it awakened the spirits of kindred souls.
But if you thought that the NWOBHM had gone away...
Blitzkrieg are back in 2018 and some bands need to pay attention. We're not claiming that they have smashed new boundaries. And, some cynical fucks will even say they are re-treading the same sounds from the early 80s. Well those cynical fucks can piss away off and listen to 30 Shits to Mars.
Sure, there's nothing ground-breaking on their release, but it is simply a metal album that delivers what it claims; classic metal tunes, guitar melodies - songs to raise your fist up high and release your inner air guitar hero.
Compared to their early releases the production has better separation, clearer tones...but the spirit is still there.
Exhibits to be submitted are: (a) 'All Hell Is Breaking Loose; (b) Forever Is A Long Time; and, (c) Falling Into Darkness.
Satan's tragic tale of an ungrateful father is recounted in exhibit (a), Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat forlorn tale is told on exhibit (b), while Oscar Wilde's obsessive pre-selfie tale of the 'Portrait of Dorian Gray' is recounted on (c).
All the type of fare that leaves non-metal folk tittering...but they can fuck away off to their shoe-gazing indie shit or overweight over-hyped singers because this is heavy metal in all its wonderfulness.
Sure, there are acts making big socio-economic points, but sometimes you need to kick out the jams and enjoy.
But, to write off Blitzkrieg as simplistic is to make a grave mistake. Within all these tales there is an allegorical quality.
Plus, the playing is superb. Brian Ross is passionate, while Ken Johnson and Alan Ross trade tasty licks throughout.
Initially, however, the song 'Without You' seems like something a record company would have forced a band to make. But on 'Judge Not' it sits perfectly, a song about loss that comes across as heartfelt.
There are two songs that elevate this beyond a nostalgia trip. 'Loud and Proud' tips the hat to the bands that influenced Blitzkrieg and the wondrous 'Wide Legged and Headless'.
A sequel to I'm Not Insane' this has lyrics akin to something Wednesday 13 would release but so much better. It really is a laugh out loud song in the best sense.
What strikes most about 'Judge Not' is this is an honest album. An honest heavy metal album. Crank it the fuck up.
Review by Jonathan Traynor
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About 15 minutes by car/motorbike to the southwest of Chiang Mai is the Hang Dong District. I discovered there was a nine hole golf course there that was a very good value with a greens fee of just 350 baht ($12.00) for 18 holes. The structures are simple with a main building where you'll find the cashier to pay for your round; a small pro shop with clothes, clubs, balls, etc; and a snack bar by the first tee that sells food and drinks.
After my game, I went to do a little sight seeing and find a restaurant for lunch. Only a minute or so further south from the golf course I spotted a sign for the Canyon View Restaurant. The restaurant is set back about a mile from the main road and is on the edge of a quarry. The open air dining room looks out over the quarry making for a great view while enjoying lunch.
I met a couple other travelers there that told me they were out on the high walls in the middle of the quarry where some local Thai kids were jumping off into the water. A great swimming hole for the kids on hot summer days.
I've been taking pictures of some golf courses and hope to post some of them soon. My time here in Thailand is nearing its end and I'm going to try to do shorter posts more often.


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McCanns Interview to Sic
Reporter[Rita Jordão]: How would you describe the last two years for you, how have you lived them?
GM: It's been awful it's basic, well you know anyone whose had a child taken would say the same thing and its been the longest two years of our life without a doubt at the same time the last few months its been real busy and you know it flies by, sometimes too quickly
KM: Well obviously the first few days were the worse days of my life and you know unless you've been in a situation like that you've no concept of how painful it was and each day obviously is painful we miss madeleine beyond words its hard and painful, its not as raw as it was the first few days but still incredibly difficult, but its just the hope of finding madeleine really that keeps us going
GM: its important that's why we're here, we are still hopeful there are things which can still be done,
Reporter: how much of your daily lives, how much do you live with her in the house
GM: its huge, huge part of our life, she's around us all the time she's part of where we live, who we........
KM: we're a family of five you know and her absence absence is tangible you know were obviously trying to find madeleine i work hard trying to find madeleine every day, you know, she's, sean and amelie talk about madeleine every day,you know she's around the house she belongs in the house, you know and…. you know she's always with us, you know, we just…
Reporter: when this whole thing happened the twins were very young, now two years on how do they understand what happened to their sister,how do they cope with it
KM: well they don't fully understand,they know m is missing,they know that we're all looking to find her and they talk very positively about when madeleine comes home, i mean she's a huge part of there life, obviously she was in their life ever since they were born, and
GM: you know they are doing brilliantly,they know they also know that its wrong that she's not with us and they believe that she's been taken away and we don't know where she is but people are looking for her and we we've obviously had professional advice on how to cope with bringing up children in this situation and er its a case of its been made clear to us you fill in the gaps as they ask enquire
KM: we let them take the lead really and we give them as much info as they ask for
Reporter: is Madeleine's room exactly how she left
KM: yeah there's a lot of presents in there for her that are new and pictures that sean and amelie have drawn but yeah theres a few additions in there
Reporter: what are your main fears of what could have happened to Madeleine
GM: our worse fear was and it was apparently very early on was madeleine was abducted by a sexual predator abused and killed and in the first couple days we found it difficult to imagine any other scenario than that but and you know i think and it will also be in the documentary tomorrow,usually in those situations the children are found or other bodies are found very very quickly and actually the lack of any evidence of harm to madeleine makes it more unlikely, as parents that's the worst thing isn't it that you think people, law enforcement ,the public are going to give up on your child assuming that this child may be dead but you know there's no evidence, no evidence to suggest......
KM: its just so wrong to assume, if there is no evidence that your child has come to any harm how awful for that child to assume and give up,i mean
GM: yeah
Reporter: about the documentary ,obviously you didn't go back, what was it like for you to be back at pdl
GM: it was very ..we wanted to go back for a long time i think that's the first thing to say wave got alot of friends in pdl with a tremendous support particularly from the community and from the catholic church and a lot of also ex pats who we got to know reasonably well when we were there so there were good bits about it but obviously we were going back for a specific focus and i think we've managed to achieve that we would like to go back without causing a media stir and i think that's obviously one of the downsides of what's happened over the last two years
Reporter: why a reconstructive documentary now, why the decision to make it now
KM: a few of the sequences in the documentary are basically reconstructions of events that happened around the time madeleiene was taken and were desperate really for people to come forward if they know any info about those events or it might jog a memory of somebody
Reporter: over the last two years there were big movements for and against the mccanns, is that still part of your lives, does that still affect you in any way
GM: you cant , you're not immune from it but i think the most important thing here to emphasise is its not about kate and i its not about the mccanns its about madeleine and there's an innocent little girl that's missing and we would appeal to anyone to think about that were trying to find that little girl and find out who took her and you know people can pass on whatever information they want about us but its not about us its about madeleine and who took her, its also true to say we are the only people pro-actively trying to get new leads, and that's quite hard to say but the onus has fallen on us to keep looking for madeleine
KM: somebody might have seen something and they may not think its relevant but it might be there could be people who know something but for whatever reason they haven't come forward and the person that's taken madeleine is known to somebody you know its someone's son, grandson,cousin,partner,neighbour,brother,you know somebody knows that person everyone nis known to somebody an d they may have been sitting there thinking i wonder if its ..and obviously you know if its someone that you know you'd like to think you try and make it not the case and i guess its just saying please if you have any information or anything you think you know please come forward,madeleine is missing,the sooner we find madeleine and the person who took her this can be all over for everybody and particularly madeleine and you know
Reporter: this documentary comes out about the same time as g amarals film is this just a coincidence?
GM: you'd have to ask him about that but if anyone's seen it i'd like them to compare you know what we have in the documentary which is based on trying to ascertain evidence and fact and proactively trying to find the child not persuade the public that a child whose missing is dead without any evidece,you know one has to ask oneself why would someone do that,why would someone try to persuade the public that a missing child,an innocent missing child is dead and that's unforgivable, you know we cannot forgive that
KM: why does he not want to find madeleine
GM: he's certainly not doing anything to try and find madeleine whereas we are and that's the difference,we are trying to find her and who took her not persuade people about some ridiculous theories that are not backed up by any evidence whatsoever
Reporter There's also been G Amaral's book at the time there was alot of talk about possible legal charges bought by you against g amaral are you still considering these legal charges against him
GM: we certainly haven't ruled it out,the reason we haven't done it to date we have not wanted to create and there's been alot of anglo portuguese angst particularly in the media and we certainly didn't want to exacerbate that but he clearly is getting more outrageous and we certainly wouldn't rule it out
KM: at the same time you know its a distraction you know what mr amaral is doing i mean its damaging to our search but at the same time you know we want to find madeleine we want to move forward and get new information and we don't want to be derailed by negative people who have their own agendas you know, so
GM: that's a very good point we don't want to look back we are trying to do things but it gets to the point where you think enough's enough
Reporter: How have you worked as a couple,how do you support each other to go through difficult stages, if there are more difficult stages
GM: i mean it's very much what you say we do support each other we've got tremendous support from family friends network and that's just incredibly important for,you know, i know I have never doubted for a second that either of us have been involved and we're completely together with a special bond with madeleine that we had when she was born
KM: obviously we are united in our aim to find her, you know, you know,
GM: and we do support each other
KM: it hasn't been an easy two years on many grounds but we were strong before this happened and we've had amazing support and we got through, we love madeleine we love sean and amelie and that's enough to keep you together and keep you going an dyou know maybe were lucky from that point of view you know i don't know
Reporter: D'you ever worry that the campaign will in any way …on the twins by maybe giving them less attention than madeleine's receiving from everybody
GM: they're a huge part of our life they help us because they bring tremendous joy into our life it would be a terrible thing when they're older and say what did you do to try and find madeleine .and we turn round and say well you know er ur...you know they want to find her and very much talk about when she comes home and when you're having a bad day that is a real pick up there's no reason at this minute to think madeleine cannot walk through that door
Reporter: do you guys talk about when she comes home
GM: er, we do with the kids and certainly when they bring it up
KM:yeah, not so much with each other cos its almost like you...its so good, you kind of stop yourself i think, its something that kind of
GM:i think until we've seen tangible evidence that madeleine is alive, there, a photograph,spoke to her and we know that she's safe,and,you know has been rescued its hard to go there for us because that would just be the most overwhelmingly joyful occasion for us
Reporter: what did you guys felt when you saw the new photo the new picture that was just published a few days ago, of madeleine looking two years older than last time you saw her
KM: that's isn't how i remember madeleine obviously i remember madeleine nine days before her 4th birthday and i guess seeing her at 6 its a reminder really of what madeleine has missed out on and what we've missed out on then at the same time i can appreciate how important it is because it's very hard to visualise what she would look like at that age unless somebody presents you with an image and we've had people send us photographs directly saying were still looking for madeleine is this Madeleine we were on holiday and saw this little girl and its a 3 year old little girl in the picture so its incredibly difficult for people, you know, so we have to i guess remind people that she's 6 now an d she does look older and we believe this is a good representation of you know what she may look like today
Reporter: it's her 6th birthday tomorrow, will you mark that day in any way?
GM: it'll be a very private quiet family affair but of course we will yeah.


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Upper Marlboro, MD… The Warrant/Fugitive Division reported the arrest yesterday of Sayquawn Payne on a First Degree Burglary warrant obtained by County Police District III detectives on July 27, 2012.
According to the warrant, on June 26, 2012, Payne and two accomplices allegedly forced their way into an apartment in the 4400 block of Arnold Road in Suitland, MD, taking the home owner's property valuing at $1,000.00 and causing over $1,000.00 of damages before fleeing.
Deputies investigating Payne's whereabouts were led to the 5100 block of Fable Street in Capitol Heights, MD where Payne was located and apprehended without incident. He was transported to the County Police Criminal Investigations Division (CID).
Payne is also charged with Third and Fourth Degree Burglary, Malicious Destruction of Property and Theft: $1,000.00 to under $10,000.00.
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"Alien Abduction" star Jillian Clare will topline Brett Eichenberger's dark comedy "Free for All," scheduled to shoot in Portland later this year.
Resonance Productions and Leonian Pictures are producing. Eichenberger is directing from Jill Remensnyder's script about an unemployed college dropout on the verge of divorce who finds herself at her childhood home while her family grieves the death of her father.
IFC opened "Alien Abduction" a week ago. Clare's credits include "The Kitchen," "Suburgatory" and "Castle" along with being a regular on "Days of Our Lives." She also stars in the online zombie series "Acting Dead."
Clare is repped by AKA and Corner Booth Entertainment.


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You will have heard about the huge Mandatory Vaccination push in many states in the USA recently. This, from a country that gives 'double' the vaccinations of any other country, but that ranks the lowest of all developed nations, and in fact many third world countries have better public health than the USA. The video given her is representative of what is actually going on behind the push for mandatory vaccinations. A similar thing is happening in Australia, which has a similar vaccination schedule as the USA, and people are being blackmailed and forced into vaccinating their children. Billions of dollars in profit are involved for pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
Category: Consciousness
Chemtrails discussed at UN
The governments of the world have been lying to us about ChemTrails since the 1980's. And they lie to us about the contents of Vaccines. It is almost like the governments and big corporations of the world have been taken over by aliens that are geoengineering our planet to suit alien life, and in the process to make our planet uninhabitable for earth life as we know it. I am sure the explanations given at the UN are valid, but this will be only the tip of the iceberg. The videos included in this post clearly reveal that there has been a global depopulation project at work since the late 1980's, involving chemtrails and vaccines. This evidence is difficult if not impossible to deny.
Kundalini and Ascension
Robert Bruce returns to giving live public events with whole-day seminars on Kundalini and Ascension and The Way Of The Master, at UWA lecture theatre, Perth, West Australia, on 10th October 2015.
Are You Worth Your SALT?
Salt and the use of salt in diet is highly controversial in the modern world. Health Advice is shouted at us from the mass media, health departments, and doctors the world over. Eat less salt and less fat, or you'll get heart disease! Take drugs for this and drugs for that! Millions die young following this kind of propaganda advice. The opposite, however, is true, if you actually look at the science involved and use a little common sense.
The Notebooks of Robert Bruce
I just had the idea to run a journal of my inspirational thoughts and ideas, and to share them here in my blog and other outlets available to me. The reason for this is that currently I keep these things all over the place, in many files and journals, on bits of paper, and sometimes in the memories of others through conversations I have not recorded. Not very efficient and certainly a poor way of sharing my inspirational nuggets. The following is an example…something that came to me a few minutes ago, sparked by a question I received via email.
Stages of Conscious Awakening
Stages of Conscious Awakening
Article by Tom Montalk of www.montalk.net
It is imperative that we awaken from mundane awareness into full spiritual remembrance of who we are. The problem is that even when physically awake, we can still be mentally asleep, unaware of ourselves and entirely absorbed in whatever mechanical impulse or external stimulus captures our attention. This state of confluence, or mental absorption, keeps us in an unproductive dream state.
The common understanding of what it means to be "awake" disguises the truth, which is that despite walking around with eyes open, people tend to nonetheless be hypnotized, dimly conscious, sleepwalking, daydreaming, or in a state of trance. What all these states have in common is that the conscious core of the individual is absent or passive, blowing like a leaf in the winds of environmental stimuli.
The Catch Basket Concept
The Catch Basket Concept
Robert Bruce
©Copyright 2001 – 2013
I was instructed to dismantle my belief system, and then to intelligently rebuild it from scratch. I was told to be disciplined in my approach and to use personal experience, logic and commonsense to build a new foundation belief system, upon which to continue my quest for true enlightenment.
The concepts in this article directly apply to Kundalini, and to spiritual development in general. This is because, if you have any contradictions in your core belief system, this will misalign you with your higher self, and cause problems when you step into the greater reality by awakening and raising Kundalini.
Daoist Magic – Awesome!
Here is a very interesting interview on Daoist Magic, with a Qi Gong expert being interviewed. Skip to 28 Minutes for the start of this interview.
Free RB Interviews
Here is a new source with dozens of interviews and personal recordings by Robert Bruce, on a variety of topics.
Today's Catch Basket
This came to me today while answering an email from my friend, Ali, in Italy. Inspired by Marina sending me a wonderful Eckhart Tolle video, which gave me much pause for thought – see the previous post for the video.
Who Are You?
Eckhart Tolle explains the nature of consciousness and presence.
Schizophrenia is not necessary
Dr. Mckenzie is the only researcher to find a psychological cure for schizophrenia. All other research looks for drug based treatments. The videos in the link, by Dr. Mckenzie, are well worth watching.
Robert Bruce's new eBook
Robert Bruce's new E Book is now available
The Strangest Secret in the World
This short vid contains a fine dish of thought. The content pertains to the Law of Attraction and manifestation. I have learned over the years I myself have been working with this, that it must be explained many times and in many ways to get the message across to everyone Continue reading The Strangest Secret in the World
Qi Gong Healing Method
The Spring Forest Qi Gong healing method called 'Sword Fingers' is very simple and effective. You can learn how to do this in less than ten minutes, watching this video.


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A warehouse on an industrial estate in Hampshire seems an unlikely place to find seven grown men building Lego sculptures, but this is their job.
Duncan Titmarsh - the country's only official "Lego Certified Professional" - and his team are hard at work building an extraordinary Advent calendar, measuring 16 foot by 10 foot, with 24 opening doors, each opening onto a Christmas scene – a turkey, surrounded by sprouts; an elf, complete with mug of steaming coffee, and a couple kissing under the mistletoe.
The structure is made from 550,000 bricks in total, all aided by little drops of glue.
"It's health and safety," insists Titmarsh, who says the whole thing would hold up without any help, but it stops onlookers trying to rip off bricks as a trophy, and causing a collapse.
The most painstaking part of the job has been the front of the calendar. This depicts Father Christmas, on his sleigh, traversing the night sky. It is made up of 960 panels, the size of a piece of toast. And on each panel are stuck 256 tiny blocks of Lego.
The calendar, unveiled yesterday in Covent Garden, London, will be on show during December.


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After dinner at the residence hall, Study Hours – a time dedicated for students to study and prepare for their classes – take place. The day ends with free-time, socializing, and relaxing a bit before evening check-in at 22:00.
What kind of diploma will I receive at the end of my study at LEAF Academy?
All students who complete the 2- or 4-year program earn a LEAF Academy diploma which is the equivalent of an American high school diploma. Students also pursue the AP International Diploma, globally recognized and accepted by universities in over 60 countries world-wide. Students in the 4-year program at LEAF Academy have an option of pursuing the AP Capstone Diploma, a new innovative diploma based on university-expressed needs and requirements and the 21st century learning (P21) initiative.
Will I be able to take a national matriculation examination?
LEAF Academy allow students to prepare for national matriculation exams but cannot administer them. Students who wish to pursue a national high school matriculation certificate in addition to the LEAF Academy program should remain enrolled at their national contact point school for the duration of their study at LEAF Academy in order to take their national matriculation examination there.
What does the school fee include?
The fee covers tuition, accommodation, meals, transportation between dorms and school, books and other tuition related costs.
Who can apply for a scholarship and how?
LEAF Academy practices a need-blind admission which means that a candidate's ability to pay the school fee plays no part in the admission decision; therefore, no applicant should be put off by the fees from applying to LEAF Academy.
We have an extensive scholarship program and economically disadvantaged families are eligible for scholarships up to 98% of the total fees. Once a student is accepted to LEAF Academy, s/he will be asked to provide further information about the family's financial status in order to determine a volume of the scholarship. The final amount is individually negotiated with every family by the Admission Office. The majority of admitted students can expect to receive scholarships covering their full demonstrated financial need. Read more.
How often will I be able to go home?
At LEAF Academy, we believe it is important for you to stay connected both to your family and community, and students have regular opportunities to return home. This consists of weekend visits, long weekends (4-5 days) or longer holidays (1 week+). In a regular month, students are required to spend at least 1 weekend at home, 1 weekend at LEAF Academy and the remaining 2 weekends they can choose to stay or go home.
I come from Bratislava, do I have to stay in a dormitory?
At LEAF Academy, we believe that living and learning in a boarding community will enhance students' self-discovery by promoting independence and responsibility in a safe and controlled environment. Thus all the students are expected to stay in a dormitory (including students from Bratislava and around).
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Dr. Marcio Nucci begain his medical career at the Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he completed his MD in Medicine, MSc in Hematology and PhD in Infectious Diseases. He is Associate Professor of Hematology in the Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and Head of the Mycology Laboratory, Hospital Universaitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. He is Associate Editor, Mycology, Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases and the journal Transplant Infectious Diseases. His research interests include epidemiology, diagnosis and management of fungal infection in immunocompromised hosts, including invasive candidiasis, aspergillosis, fusariosis, mucormycosis and cryptococcosis. Additional research interests include the management of infectious complications in hematologic patients and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.


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What Financial Report Readers Should Know about Bond-Rating Agencies
Financial report readers should become familiar with bond rating agencies. Bond ratings have a great impact on a company's operations and the cost of funding its operations. The quality rating of a company's bonds determines how much interest the firm has to offer to pay in order to sell the bonds on the public bond market.
Bonds that are rated with a higher-quality rating are considered less risky, so the interest rates that must be paid to attract individuals or companies to buy those bonds can be lower. Companies that issue bonds with the lowest ratings, which are also known as junk bonds, pay much higher interest rates to attract individuals or companies to buy those bonds.
Bonds are a type of debt for a company. The individual or company that buys a bond is loaning money to the company that it expects to get back. The firm must pay interest on the money that it's borrowing from these bondholders.
You should be familiar with the three key rating agencies, where you can find out what bond analysts think:
Standard & Poor's: Although S&P is well-known for the S&P 500, which is a collection of 500 stocks that form the basis for a stock market index (a portfolio of stocks for which a change in price is carefully watched), the company is also one of the primary bond raters. You can find more information at www.standardandpoors.com.
Moody's Investor Service: Moody's specializes in credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, tracking trillions of dollars in debt issued in the U.S. and international markets. In addition to its credit-rating services, Moody's publishes investor-oriented credit research, which you can access at www.moodys.com.
Fitch Ratings: The youngest of the three major bond-rating services is Fitch Ratings. John Knowles Fitch founded Fitch Publishing Company in 1913, which began as a publisher of financial statistics. In 1924, Fitch introduced the credit-rating scales that are familiar today: AAA to D. Fitch is best known for its research in the area of complex credit deals and is thought to provide more rigorous surveillance on such deals.
Each bond-rating company has its own alphabetical coding for rating bonds and other types of credit issues, such as commercial paper (which are shorter-term debt issues than bonds).
|Bond Quality
|Standard & Poor's
|Best quality
|High quality
|Upper medium grade
|Medium grade
|Highly speculative
|High default risk
|Caa or Ca
|CCC or CC
|CCC, CC, or C
|In default
|DDD, DD, or D
Any company bonds rated in the "speculative" category or lower are considered to be junk bonds. Companies in the "best quality" category have the lowest interest rates, and interest rates go up as companies' ratings drop. A key job of any firm's executive team is to feed bond analysts critical financial data to keep the firm's ratings high. Financial reports are one major component of that information.
Standard & Poor's (S&P) makes its bond ratings publicly available with links on its website home page. You can search for information about any company's debt ratings.
Whenever a change occurs in the ratings, the rating services issue a press release with an extensive explanation about why the rating has changed. These press releases can be an excellent source of information if you're looking for opinions on the numbers you see in the financial reports. You can find these press releases on the bond-rating companies' websites, as well as in news links on financial websites.
Regulations for bond-rating agencies changed after passage of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The change became necessary after the failure of bond-rating agencies to properly rate mortgage securities.
Many people see the AAA ratings on bonds that later proved to be junk as a major contributing factor to the crash of 2008 and the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The 2010 legislation imposes new liability exposure on the credit rating agencies. They must improve their internal control requirements. They must also put barriers in place to address conflicts of interest issues.


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The most opted form of storage for data these days is a pen drive. Storing data in a pen drive is not only cheap but also safe. You can store any format of data in a pen drive, and take it along with you, wherever you go. With the increasing preference of pen drives over other forms of data storage, today we have pen drives with a storage space of 32 GB! A lot of data can be stored in a pen drive with a storage space of 32 GB, without any kind of restrictions over the format of data. You might be having a single pen drive, and using it for storing images, music as well as text file. Pen drives have not only made storing data a lot easier, but have also reduced the hassles attached with transporting data.
Given below are the best 32 GB pen drives in India.
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB Utility
This easy to use, capless 32 GB pen drive from SanDisk is the best 32 GB pen drive you can find in India. It comes with a simplistic design and offers high speed transfers. It is also the best according to the 32 GB pen drive prices here in India.
Price: Rs 750
Sony Micro Vault 32GB USB 2.0 Utility Pen drive Black
This is another 32 GB pen drive with a simple black body and an LED light that will glow when you plug it in your laptop. It is as easy to use as any other pen drive, since it has a 2.0 USB, it might be a little slow when transferring heavy files. It comes from a renowned electronics brand, and will not be a disappointing product.
Price: Rs 700
Strontium Jet USB 3.0 Utility Pen drive
The list of 32 GB pen drives available in India is pretty long, as there are multiple options available, not just in terms of best pen drives, but also in terms of best 32 GB pen drive prices. Strontium 32GB Utility Pen drive is a product that has a sleek and simple design, it is not a capless pen drive, but very easy to use, and the one which offers a great performance.
Price: Rs 800
HP v215b 32GB Flash Drive
– This is a pen drive that has a fine silver color body with a light blue color cap. Its performance is as pleasant as its looks. With its simplistic design, great performance and sleek look, it is the best 32 GB pen drive, available at 32 GB pen drive prices. You can use it for all those purposes you use other pen drives for, and save time while transferring data.
Price: Rs 800
- SanDisk Cruzer Blade –This is a product with the newest design. It is capless, and still does not require you to use any external force for taking out the transfer pin. You just have to insert the correct end of the pen drive inside the laptop. This is a true definition of design and durability. It does not only excel in design, but also in performance. Sandisk is known to produce a few of the best storage products for mobiles as well as desktops. You can use this undoubtedly, and buy the best product at best 32 GB pen drive prices.
- HP v150w 32GB USB 2.0 Pen Drive – Another product from the house of HP, is this 32 GB pen drive with 2.0 USB, this product is as good as any other from this list. There is no connection between its performance and its position in the list of best 32 GB pen drives. This is a product you can purchase without any hesitation, it will not only keep your data protected but will also make it easily portable.
Price: Rs 750
There cannot be enough reasons as to why one should be using a pen drive over any other means of storage. It is not only recommended by us, but by all the users of the products, there is no reason as to why you should not be using a pen drive for storing your sensitive data. Pen drives now also provide password protection to keep your data secure. They not only simplify portability of data, but are also very easy to use. And now when we have best 32 GB pen drive prices comparison on Indiashopps there is all the more reason to buy one.
However there are also a few key points you should remember while using a pen drive, if you end up losing your pen drive, you might end up losing all your data. If there is corruption in the pen drive, you might end up corrupting your desktop, or vice – versa. Always keep your pen drives protected, to keep data safe.


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In one of my first jobs, as a route salesman for Frito-Lay, I once sped my truck through a yellow light at a crowded intersection in Baltimore at rush hour. The district manager who was training me said, "You shouldn't have done that."
"I know," I said. "Safety first."
"No," he said. "Brand first. Hundreds of people just saw an 18-foot picture of a bag of Doritos run a light."
It's a lesson I've never forgotten. And it's the underlying principle in the organizational leadership that marketing will have to assume in the customer-centric future where the winners will practice what this series of posts is calling "Marketing on ROIDs" (Responsibility marketing, Organizational leadership, Insights about customers, and Digital marketing).
Organizational leadership for marketing means touching every part of the value chain and working with every function to enhance the brand and to focus on the customer. Many companies have gotten it right with a few obvious functions, as when marketing works with new product development to anticipate what customers will want. But few have been able to weave a brand and marketing perspective into everything the company does.
Consider Westin Hotels' "Heavenly Bed," the extraordinarily comfortable mattress introduced a decade ago and made the centerpiece of the chain's marketing. Customer satisfaction and loyalty dramatically increased, the bed created a halo effect for the chain's overall brand, and today Westin sells the bed in its online store. According to company lore, the Heavenly Bed was conceived by Barry S. Sternlicht, former Chairman and CEO of Westin's parent, but I have to believe that this truly breakout brand enhancement also required marketing to show the way to Procurement, Finance, Public Relations, Hotel Operations and other functions.
Similarly, the upscale home furnishings and women's apparel chain Anthropologie, with a different design for each store, elicits fanatical loyalty from its customers. The company has said, in effect, that they see store design as marketing and they divert marketing dollars into creating the store experience.
The possibilities for marketing to help lead other functions, even prosaic ones, into the future are many. Marketing can work with Finance on issues of price and margin – what, for example, are the business benefits of adding an expensive new color to the product line? Marketing in a beverage company might work through with Distribution the business and brand implications of, say, an appealing bottle design that can't be vended. Responsibility marketing, discussed in my previous post, requires close cooperation between Marketing and Supply Chain. In companies with multiple locations, commercial real-estate operations offer another opportunity for Marketing to enhance the brand. For example, global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has worked with celebrated architects to build a series of landmark office buildings in New York, London and other cities, which, says the company, "have their own powerful yet distinctive architecture, unmistakably conveying the Swiss Re brand." And call it utopian, but Marketing on ROIDs should also overcome the traditional tension between Sales, with its focus on revenue, and Marketing, with its focus on brand.
Assuming organizational leadership not only gives Marketing a powerful performance-enhancer but also provides a potent career-enhancer for those CMOs who want to be GMs or CEOs, roles that also touch every part of the value chain. Marketers begin acquiring their core competency of customer orientation almost from day one in even the lowliest marketing job. But as I learned in that truck that day in Baltimore, customer orientation by itself isn't enough. It has to be taken into every aspect of the company's operations. That's what CEOs say they want and that's what successful CMOs will deliver.
Next post: the 'I' in ROIDs – Insights about customers. It's not your father's market research anymore.
Dick Patton leads the Chief Marketing Officer Practice at Egon Zehnder International, one of the largest privately-held executive search firms in the world. Previously, he was a Senior Marketing Executive and General Manager with The Coca-Cola Company, Frito-Lay, Affinnova and Able Human Ventures. Mr. Patton is a graduate of Brown University and received an MBA from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.


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Pricing & Packages - What type of plans are offered on Hushed? Follow
Hushed offers a variety of package options! These fall into 4 different categories:
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For more information on pricing, number/country availabilities, please open menu listings found under the 'Get New Numbers' or 'Get Credits' buttons in the app's main menu!
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Other than receiving a free sample of this product to review from 5 Minute Recess, I was not paid for any of the opinions or reviews expressed in this blog. Only products that score a 4+ on a 1-5 scale make it onto our website.
On my search for a low budget wrap, I came across the Inda Jani wrap. I searched high and low but could only find ONE retailer of these beautiful handmade wraps, 5 Minute Recess. The Inda Jani wrap is made on a loom by the hands of Zapoteca- indigenous men and women in Oaxaca, Mexico. Each one is made with love and created to bring you and your baby closer together.
5 Minute Recess was created by Rachel in her attempts to not only help contribute to her family's income, but also to make obtaining and returning wraps an easier process. Rachel is a customer service master and wants EVERYONE to have the chance to baby wear. By providing her customers with carriers in many price ranges as well as the option to do layaway, she strives to make sure no one is turned off of baby wearing for any reason.
Rachel sent me the most beautiful wrap called the Fular Yee Rojo. It is a rainbow wrap with a red weft that gives the overall look of the wrap a warm feel. The Yee Rojo wrap is a taffeta weave that is looser and lighter than a twill weave. This makes is perfect for warmer climates and summer time. Since I live in Texas, this was a very important feature to have in a wrap. It gets extremely hot here in the summer and I love that the Yee Rojo will keep us cool and not all hot and sweaty. Babywearing is no fun if you're uncomfortable!
When the wrap first arrived, I committed a big wrap no-no. I tried it out before I washed it, even though I got instructions NOT to do so. Of course, I only wore it to "try it on" and snap a couple pictures because I was so excited about its arrival. Since the taffeta weave is a looser weave, you want to make sure you wash (by hand) and dry (hanging) your wrap to tighten the weave before you really start using it. You don't want the threads to shift and make gaps because it could potentially be unsafe when wearing a heavier child. Also, with these wraps with the fringe, you want to take extra good care of them when you wash them. If you must wash it in the washing machine, make sure you put the wrap in a lingerie bag to keep the pretty little tassels from getting all tangled up. Hand washing and hang drying always prolongs the life of the fabric though, so try to do that as much as possible. Remember, if you put your wrap in the dryer with any heat, it WILL shrink!!
I was a wrapping newbie and I was so surprised at how comfortable the Yee Rojo was. Despite being a thinner wrap, it is still very soft and squishy. It is the perfect size for learning many carries and I really love how the weave design is different where the middle marker is. It makes it so much easier to find the middle! When I first "tried on" the wrap, I had my youngest son in it and up on my back in no time like I was a pro. It's really a lot easier than it looks and while there is a bit of a learning curve, it's like riding a bike. Once you get the hang of it, you want to learn all of the new tricks! My youngest was comfortable and fell right to sleep on my back. He felt completely supported and the wrap was not digging into me at all. I am a plus sized mama, so I was kind of concerned it would. The wrap is a lot squishier and more comfortable than I expected and I was really impressed with it.
I actually even have to admit something… The wrap that I got was a second, which means it may have some slight imperfections. Don't ever let this scare you away from getting a bargain prices wrap! I looked all over my lovely Yee Rojo and couldn't find anything imperfect about it. It's a beautiful, comfortable and affordable wrap. If you're really wanting to dive into woven wraps, but can't afford $100+, you should really give an Inda Jani a chance. You definitely won't be disappointed! Luckily for you, Rachel was SO generous to ALSO donate a beautiful wrap for our giveaway! You have the chance to win this lovely Itabiany Rojo wrap! You are also all invited to join the Inda Jani Fan group on Facebook!
If you'd like to enter to win an Inda Jani woven wrap, follow the steps on the widget below! View our complete giveaway rules. Winner will be selected and posted on our Facebook page next Wednesday, May 7th!
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Mr. Gatchalian Senior Sunday 08/09/2013, 09:19
Im new to the game and i can pay to get strong budget 220 credits
And i want to now whch one is best to spend thosecredits a wise decicion for a knightmare cards
Thinking of 100 will be convert into 20k clintz and 120 on pack or you guys had better idea on mind?
Or you can advice me to a better clan and card deck build with my budget i can start over again if it needed to.
I just new so i dont know how other game play styles here please help!
Mr. Gatchalian Senior Sunday 08/09/2013, 09:32
Message me or wechat so i can ask a question when ever i got one or reply to this thread
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You're better off just buying packs with the whole amount. Nightmare, Huracan, Forzn and whatever you want for the fourth clan.


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Women's Work:
Addressing Imbalance After Centuries of Erasure
by Sarah Cahill
Consider the phrase "women's work." We might imagine it refers to traditional roles for women, like caring for babies and children, domestic chores, and subservient tasks. In the arts, "women's work" has encompassed crafts such as sewing and embroidery and quilting, which not until the 20th century were recognized as legitimate art forms. But now, within the context of Cal Performances' Berkeley RADICAL programming initiative, powerful female artists take to the stage and demonstrate that "women's work" is all about world-class performance and the creation of transcendent theater, dance, music, and multimedia—powerful programs that examine some of the most compelling and critical issues of our time.
As Cal Performances' interim artistic director Rob Bailis explains: "We chose Women's Work as a title for this series because—as a phrase—it is historically loaded and yet entirely descriptive of what will be seen on stage. We liked that it is somewhat provocative—even, by contemporary standards, almost comically offensive. And it excited us to see traditional gender roles reframed by incredible accomplishments of artistic, cultural, and professional expression in a series of works and performances by women."
The five programs that comprise this Berkeley RADICAL series feature Mexico's Aida Cuevas, the reigning "Queen of Mariachi," in her rousing tribute to the legendary Juan Gabriel (October 6, Paramount Theatre, Oakland); Sasha Waltz & Guests in a revival of Waltz's signature work Körper (Bodies) (October 20–21, Zellerbach Hall); Big Dance Theater in Annie-B Parson's radical rereading of the life and writings of Samuel Pepys in 17c (December 13–16, Zellerbach Playhouse); the fearless young Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti, joined by pianist Alexei Grynyuk, in works by Bach, Prokofiev, Richard Strauss, and Wynton Marsalis (January 27, Zellerbach Hall); and the Toronto-based Quote Unquote Collective with its provocative two-woman performance Mouthpiece (March 22–24, Zellerbach Playhouse). While these programs straddle generations, continents, and cultural viewpoints, each shines a spotlight on women, both as principle creators and dynamic performers.
While several Women's Work programs directly tackle issues of feminism and gender, Bailis points out that the Berkeley RADICAL approach intentionally embraces multiple visions and perspectives. "From the start," he explains, "we determined to take a multidisciplinary view of women working as creators, performers, and interpreters.We felt that a broader platform for inclusion would help us explore more successfully the under-representation of women in the arts and the pervasive inequities that underpin this condition, as well as the extraordinary accomplishments of women and the way their work is leading the evolution of the art forms they practice.
"Our rubric was not to create tidy or specific alignments between the selections within the series," Bailis continues, "but quite the opposite—to have each selection radiate out toward a different area of practice in the arts where working and career conditions for women are quite different. As with other Berkeley RADICAL strands of curation, we limited the offerings to just five productions. And we've quite intentionally not addressed certain elements we believe would be more meaningfully approached in subsequent programs seen through a narrower, more focused, lens."
To enhance audience members' experiences, a range of related events and programs— including pre-performance talks and public forums with the artists—will provide multiple opportunities for further engagement with the themes presented in the series.
The only artist authorized by the Juan Gabriel estate to record and tour his music (last year she released the second installment in her ambitious Totalmente Juan Gabriel project), Cuevas will be joined by Mexico City-based Mariachi Juvenil Tecalitlán, with special guests on requinto, accordion, percussion, and keyboards. The Kansas City Star compared her to another Queen, recently departed: "Cuevas is to Mexico what Aretha Franklin is to the United States: a powerful voice that encapsulates the essence of her nation's spirit."
Which raises a tricky question: How, for instance, does one portray a character like Pepys' wife, Elizabeth? "The only way that we actually know about Elizabeth Pepys is through her husband, who is not a very reliable narrator," says Parson. "So, part of my work on the piece was to write for her. That language—because I'm not a writer, I'm more a gatherer—came from 1960s, really far out, circular thinking of female writers at that time. And we also express who she is through dancing."
17c also subverts Pepys' male primacy by interjecting a radical feminist play, The Convent of Pleasure, by Pepys' contemporary Margaret Cavendish—not published in her lifetime because she was a woman—within the context of Pepys' own work. Through music, dance, video, and text, Big Dance Theater rebalances a moment in 17th-century history and provides the women in Pepys' life a place of power and respect.
In March, back in Zellerbach Playouse, Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava from the Toronto-based Quote Unquote Collective present their provocative two-woman show Mouthpiece, which traces one day in the life of a woman as she contends with her complex and troubled relationship with her mother. As Bailis describes it, "This is a young company founded by two women, just beginning to break out internationally, and their wonderful Mouthpiece blends broader notions of women's issues and feminism with an incredibly intimate, personal story of the loss of one's mother—all of it wrapped up in a physical and theatrical tour de force that I believe will redefine this genre through its unique assembly of performative techniques."
Bailis explains, "Mouthpiece is also a perfect counterpoint to the work of Big Dance Theater's Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, who—more than two decades into a practice of innovation—have largely, even single-handedly, created the field of multimedia performance art that inspires the artists of Quote Unquote Collective. The beauty of these two works— 17c and Mouthpiece—is that, together, they provide an opportunity to consider the evolution of an art form while simultaneously considering the development of feminist literary and performance practice across decades—or, if you include 17c's source, a progress of centuries.
"For most of us, our bodies are already the most politicized zones in the world," he continues. "One's own borders and boundaries of personal, physical, and psychic freedom— one's identity, self-expression, gender, and cultural inheritance—are the most embattled spaces in life. We accept that as a truth. As such, we didn't set out to build Women's Work to address a particular political point of view, or even to respond specifically to movements like #MeToo or #TimesUp.
"Rather, we began by accepting all of these things as true," Bailis summarizes. "These movements represent not a moment that will pass but a reckoning that is long overdue, and we accept them as utterly necessary. They inform this exact moment in time when we insist on gender representation and equality by directing our focus to women. Ask yourself this: how should we address an imbalance that has included centuries of erasure?"
Sarah Cahill is a pianist, writer, and radio host. She grew up in Berkeley. The American Composers Forum recently named her a New Music Champion of 2018. Her radio show Revolutions Per Minute can be heard every Sunday evening on KALW San Francisco.
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Business booming for the financial middlemen
Banks told to fund independent advice services for debtors
Financial adviser and mortgage broker Michael Dowling plans to become a debt adviser under the new insolvency legislation. Photograph: Alan Betson
Debt is big business. And it is leading to a mini-boom in the number of companies and professionals offering to help navigate debtors through a maze of options.
Banks have been instructed to pay for the services of an independent accountant chosen by debtors.
The €250 fee will cover only advice about the bank's proposals for mortgage restructuring, rather than other options that may suit a debtor.
More significantly, the new personal insolvency legislation will in many cases require the involvement of a "personal insolvency practitioner". This official will act as a middleman between debtors and the banks.
Insolvency practitioners will stand to earn about €5,000 for each case that reaches agreement, along with about €500 to monitor cases and make sure both sides are making good on their promises.
With so many people expected to go down the personal insolvency route, it is a potentially lucrative area.
Some accountancy or consulting firms that have been providing insolvency advice to commercial firms are lining up to get into the new world of personal insolvency.
But so too are mortgage brokers, financial planners and other solicitors who thrived during the boom but are now trying to reinvent themselves or muscle in on new business.
Michael Dowling, of Dowling Financial and Mortgage Advice, will be one of many applying to become one of the new personal insolvency practitioners.
While he runs a successful finance advice company, he says he is interested in the challenge of helping banks and customers reach mutually beneficial arrangements.
"It will be an onerous task to try to reach agreement," he says.
"I've met clients who would qualify for the personal insolvency process. It would allow them to change their lives again. But they also feel terrified at a lot of the headlinegrabbing over the likely lifestyle changes. They'll need all the independent advice they can get."
Everyone, it seems, is interested in getting a piece of the action. Even former rogue trade Nick Leeson, who had his own debt difficulties in the past – with his wrong-way bet on Japanese stocks that ruined Britain's oldest investment bank, Barings – has joined the fray.
He is joining GDP Partnership to help advise Irish borrowers seeking to renegotiate debts with the banks.
Mr Leeson, who has lived in Ireland for more than 10 years, will join GDP as a principal as it expands into Dublin, the company said in a statement.
"I've faced into a number of difficult situations in the past and ultimately seen them turn for the better. It is often difficult to see the solution but rest assured there is always one available," Mr Leeson said in the statement.
'Fear and stress'
"There is a lot of fear and stress currently in the country with debt the root of the problem."
There is no restriction over the type of professions or persons who will be licensed to perform this function.
However, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter says the entry requirements will be set at a high level to ensure the competency of the insolvency practitioners and to promote public confidence in the system.
"Looking at the experience in other countries, insolvency practitioners tend to be accountants or lawyers, but can also be other professionals in the broad financial services sectors. Professional mediators may also bring their unique skills to the role. The service will be responsible for the direct regulation of personal insolvency practitioners."
Grant Thornton UK is one of the biggest personal insolvency practitioners in the market, with 250 employees and 44,000 active cases.
It has already set up its personal insolvency service here. Stephen Tennant, partner in "recovery and reorganisation" at the company, says it will begin a new era for personal insolvency in Ireland.
"It's a natural move for us to extend our strong debt expertise and negotiation skills into the personal debt arena," he says.
"Our objective will be to find tailored debt solutions which will work for those individuals who are burdened by their financial worries. We want to offer structure, advice, help and reassurance to help them realise that there is a solution to make their financial concerns more manageable."
While the insolvency route may seem attractive, there are many sceptics out there.
David Hall, director of the Irish Mortgage Holders' Organisation, maintains that for some heavily indebted people it could make more sense to opt for bankruptcy now rather than enter the new regime.
"The application process will be horrific. It's expensive and lengthy. Even using the fastest negotiating skill, it will take nine months at least. By contrast, you can walk down to the Four Courts tomorrow and start your application immediately.
"Yes, it's a 12-year bankruptcy, but this will reduce to three under the legislation."
He recommends anyone facing debt problems to get the best advice they can afford.
"The idea of getting a fair and reasonable deal is still in the gift of individual creditors. There is no pattern when it comes to write-down or deals.
"It's arbitrary, selective, random – it depends on the banks, their evaluation of whether you are dealing transparently with them or not.
"There are examples of assets being disposed of and banks not pursuing them for the balance. At the end of the day, most lenders wish to dispose of the assets and get something back."


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|Alright. Okay. But next time, it's the firing squad. I don't care who she is. CLEAR THE SQUARE! YOU'RE ALL UNDER CURFEW! ANYONE OUT AFTER DARK WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT! Get'em outta here.
|~ Romulus to Haymitch, after Haymitch convinced him to spare both Katniss' and Gale's life.
|Let's get to work.
|~ Commander Romulus Thread
Commander Romulus Thread is a minor antagonist from Catching Fire, the second book of The Hunger Games trilogy, as well as in the movie with the same name. He is the brutal and sadistic Head Peacekeeper of District 12.
He was portrayed by Patrick St. Esprit in the film.
After Katniss accidentally causes uprisings against the Capitol in Districts, President Coriolanus Snow decides to silence her. He sends Romulus Thread to District 12 where Katniss lives. Cray, its current Head Peacekeeper, greets Thread when he arrives. However, he is immediately arrested and replaced by Thread.
Thread who is more brutal and vindictive than Cray and blindly loyal and dedicated to the Capitol, starts keeping and changing laws strictly, destroying everything Katniss likes.
He begins with Gale Hawthorne who comes to Cray's house to sell him a wild turkey he poached, only to find new the new Head Peacekeeper there. In opposite of the past when the Peacekeepers turned a blind eye to this illegal poaching since they were his best customers, Thread has no mercy with the young boy. In the film, Gale is arrested for attacking Thread. Gale is then publicly whipped by Thread at least 40 times. Darius, another Peacekeeper, tries to intervene after about 20 lashes by grabbing Thread's arm, only to be struck in the head by Thread, knocking him unconscious. When Katniss sees it, she steps in to stop Thread, but he gives her a lash across the face and then even points a gun to her. Eventually the people of District 12 convince Thread to stop whipping severely hurt Gale.
Although Katniss and Gale denies it, Thread suspects they illegally hunt animals in the woods around the District 12. He waits until Katniss leaves to poach and then electrify the fences around the District, trapping her inside. When she manages to return home surprisingly, she find Peacekeepers sent by Thread to deliver a message: the fences will now be electrified 24/7.
Thread then burns down the Hob where Katniss used to sell animals she hunted. He also brings torture devices to District 12.
It is unknown what happens to Thread after the 75th Hunger Games. He is probably sent back to the Capitol before they bomb the District 12, and after the rebellion, he is likely executed by the rebels.
External Link
Romulus Thread at the The Hunger Games wiki
|Trilogy Villains
President Coriolanus Snow • Seneca Crane† • The Capitol • Peacekeepers • Career Tributes (Cato† • Clove† • Marvel† • Glimmer† • Gloss† • Cashmere† • Brutus† • Enobaria†) • Muttations†
Career Tributes (Cato† • Clove† • Marvel† • Glimmer†) • Muttations† • President Coriolanus Snow • Seneca Crane† • The Capitol • Peacekeepers • Gamemakers
President Coriolanus Snow • The Capitol • Career Tributes (Gloss† • Cashmere† • Brutus† • Enobaria†) • Peacekeepers (Commander Romulus Thread) • Gamemakers† • Muttations†
President Coriolanus Snow† • The Capitol† • Peacekeepers† • Muttations† • President Alma Coin†


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Follow my journey from being overweight and addicted to ice cream, to running marathon's!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Miss my running.
Here's a pic from my 5k last weekend. My boy ran with me. His time was 31 minutes, mine was 35. He's awesome!!
Even though I've lost over 20 lbs., every time I see a pic of myself, all I see is FAT. But, I know I'm on my way to being thin and I know I'll get there!
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You look great! Are you rocking a running skirt?! They're my favorite thing to wear! So much fun! I ran in mine today with bright purple compression socks. Kinda made me wish I had longer hair so I could do some pig tails or something! Good luck tomorrow! I'm getting nervous belly every time I think of my half marathon. AAAAAHHHHHH!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Jess! Yes, I just got this skirt, I am loving it!! I've always wanted one. I will be getting some of those socks this fall. I'm sure you looked so cute! I'm starting to get nervous about my half too. But mostly just excited!ReplyDelete
You look great. Push those negative toughts out of your head. Losing weight takes time and you're doing awesome. Thanks for the follow, good to meet you.ReplyDelete
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Maybe the state ought to rename Alta Lane (does Alta "lane" seem like a typical lane to anyone?).
There appears to be some understandable confusion on the issue regarding Allen Road and Alta Roads (the roundabout) and Alta Lane and Allen Road (the "crazy corner").
Here is what's going on in bullet point form:
* Allen Road and Alta Road intersection — a city-owned road — will not be reconstructed into a roundabout. It won't be reconstructed into anything for the foreseeable future after the Peoria City Council, with a 5-5 vote, defeated a payment system that would have pushed the project forward.
* The Illinois Department of Transportation, through state funding, is reconstructing "crazy corner," Alta Lane and Allen Road. The corner is part of an IDOT project that also includes reconstructing the Allen Road overpass of Illinois Route 6. The project is funded by the state and the money is already in hand for it. The project, as it stands now, will cost between $13.5 million to $14 million. Construction is likely not to begin until 2014, as final design work is needed before it starts.
* The city had a $6.4 million obligation on the $13.5 million project, which would have taken the total cost of the work in that area of the city to more than $20 million. The city's portion would have paid for the reconstruction of Allen and Alta road (presumably into a roundabout) as well as turning Allen Road toward Wilhelm Road into a three-lane road (two lanes with a center turn lane). The city's project also included the widening of Allen Road from near the Rock Island Trail north toward Alta Road.
* To cover the city's cost, City Manager Patrick Urich proposed a "jurisdictional transfer" of Alta Lane between Van Winkle Way and Illinois Route 91. That road is currently state-owned. The state would have given the city $5.2 million toward its $6.4 million obligation (the balance of the city's portion would have been paid by other jurisdictional transfers, much smaller in size, elsewhere in the city). This is the payment plan that was defeated with a 5-5 vote. Some council members argued they were not getting enough money to maintain a road that sits outside the city's limits.
* What happens to residential properties near Allen/Alta roads? Right now, they will likely remain untouched. That includes
Michelle Wildenradt says she is not pleased that a portion of their property will be taken for a new roundabout at the current four way intersection on Alta and Allen road.
Welles and Michelle Wildenradt, who are working with the city regarding a potential future purchase of their home.
* What's the project's scope now? Fear not, worried drivers. The Allen Road/Alta Lane project will progress as planned. It's just going to take time. The project will extend north on Allen to the Rock Island Trail. It will stop south at Townline Road.
* What's the city's costs? Right now, $0. The reconstruction of Allen and Alta road's intersection could be included in the city's budget, which is likely to be released on Friday. City Manager Patrick Urich said nothing will be budgeted for 2013. It is no longer a state concern.
Hope this helps.


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The best part of life is sharing it with friends and family. When I am writing, I am alone in my own little world, and I like that. But that can sometimes be lonely, so I also like visiting other people's worlds and learning from them. That's one of the best things about writing—not only sharing, but also investigating, listening, and opening myself up to new ways of thinking and living.


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Karl Henry: Body fuel for workouts
One of the most frequent questions I get asked is about the best foods to eat pre- and post-workout, and if there are any tips for improving fat burning.
The real answer is that you need to do whatever works best for you, but there are certainly some tips and tricks I have learned over the years...
While working out on an empty stomach first thing in the morning may burn more fat, at least 50pc of people get nauseous/dizzy. If you're one of them then a slice of brown toast with jam will work nicely, or a piece of fruit such as a banana is perfect to eat around an hour before your workout. A protein-only meal two hours before your workout will increase your fat burn for the workout itself.
After your workout, there are two key timeframes. Within the first 20 minutes you need some simple sugars, such as a piece of fruit or some chocolate milk (as it has the correct ratio of protein to carbs for recovery). Within 40 minutes, a meal with protein and lots of vegetables will be the best to help you recover quickly.
Generally you don't need protein shakes after sessions unless you struggle to get enough protein in naturally, or you have a long commute ahead of you.
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When out for dinner, always have a glass of water beside your glass of alcohol. It will slow down your alcohol intake, keep you hydrated and if you are trying to drink less it will be easier as no one will notice.silver linings
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The recent article in Finextra, 'mBank to spend EUR17 million on new network of 'Light' branches', prompted this post. At first read, I thought this was a story about a celebrated direct bank building a branch network. Well, not exactly.
About mBank
mBank is no stranger to Celent, having received two Celent Model Bank awards. In 2014, Celent recognized mBank's digital platform redesign, and in 2015 Celent recognized mBank's Bancassurance initiative. mBank is a Polish direct bank brand established by BRE Bank in 2000 as one of the first of its kind in the country.
Thanks to the mBank's business achievements and potential of the brand as the first (and biggest) internet bank in Poland, BRE Bank Group decided in 2013 to change the company name to mBank. Thus, mBank became a mature brand with an offer addressed to mass customers, affluent personal and private banking clients, as well as businesses, from micro-enterprises to the biggest corporations.
Through 2014, mBank grew to more than 4.7 million customers, 6,318 FTEs, and deposits totaling $20.6bn. It's currently the fourth largest bank in the country.
Before its time
Long before the Simples, GoBanks, Movens or Hello Banks of the world sought to capitalize on the shift in consumer behavior, there was mBank: serving customers where they want, when they want and through an innovative direct approach that, in its day, was one of the first of its kind. Rather than copying other financial institutions, mBank sought to deliver a best-in-class digital experience inspired by the world's best retailers. For example:
- Its virtual store, inspired by Zappos
- Advanced search functionality, inspired by Google
- Merchant-funded rewards, inspired by Cardlytics
- Research and advice, inspired by Amazon and Mint
- Video banking, inspired by Skype and Google Hangouts
- Gamification and social media integration, inspired by Foursquare, Like and Love.
In 2014, seeking further growth, mBank leveraged its new digital platform to introduce a complete digital transformation of insurance delivery to retail and SMEs, under its Bancassurance model. The platform is offered under an omni-channel environment, accessible through online, mobile, phone, video, or branch, all supported by a real-time, event-driven CRM engine. mBank enables the entire process to be handled electronically, while decision-making and purchasing can be started and completed through different channels at a customer's convenience. As a result of its efforts, the bank built the fifth largest insurance business in Poland aimed solely at existing checking account holders. Considering this represents only 7% of the market, the result is compelling.
Starting from the overhaul of its digital delivery in 2013, and then extending into insurance services, mBank is a model for how digital can transform an institution, enabling innovative applications that can substantially grow the business.
A branch network – really?
An undeniable digital success story, this celebrated 'direct bank' wants a branch network? It already had one … sort of. Part of the BRE bank family of brands, mBank had always been a direct bank, but in 2012 BRE bank announced it would simplify its branding and brand all its banks as mBank. This initiative effectively made mBank a universal bank franchise. In my opinion, this is itself significant: a universal bank operating in three countries adopting a direct bank's brand for the enterprise? Imagine BBVA adopting Simple as its global brand. You get the picture, except mBank grew to many times the size of Simple.
So this isn't really a story about a direct bank building branches. Yet, it is a story about a fabulously successful universal bank investing heavily in its branch network. To some, this still may seem nonsensical. mBank knows that point of sale is important and needs to be done right. Its new 'light' branches will no doubt be right for its brand and its markets.
Retailers across (most) all segments get this, too. The latest published statistics from the US Census Bureau (November 2015) tells the story with great clarity. Despite two decades of steady growth, industrywide ecommerce comprises less than 10% of total retail sales.
As important as the digital channels are, the branch will remain central to retail delivery for some time. Celent's Branch Transformation Research Panel gets this, too. In its first survey (June 2015), we asked panelists how important branch channel transportation is. After all, the topic was virtually all talk and little action for years. Yet, 81% of the panel confirmed that branch channel transformation is not simply important. It's imperative.
– This article is reproduced with kind permission. Some minor changes have been made to reflect BankNXT style considerations. You can read the original article here.


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