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|Minister Meets with Trade Officials, State Department
WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, February 15, 2017/ — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's U.S.-Africa Business Center Tuesday hosted the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah (www.FMITI.gov.ng) for a roundtable discussion with U.S. business executives at their office in Washington, D.C.
The conversation focused on enhancing trade and investment relationship between both countries.
This comes in the context of a telephone call between President Muhammadu Buhari and President Donald TrumpMonday, where both Presidents discussed security and economic issues. It is seen as suggesting the U.S. consideration of Nigeria as a strategic partner.
"The U.S. has historically been one of Nigeria's top trading partners; it was the biggest importer of Nigeria's crude oil at some point. In the last five years, however, the sharp decline in U.S. imports of our crude, on account of rising domestic production of shale, has altered the trade balance between our two countries. This development presents Nigeria with a good opportunity for diversification and to explore and increase non-oil export – especially in agricultural products, services and the digital economy," said Minister Enelamah.
On his part, the President of the U.S.-Africa Business Center and Vice President for African Affairs at the Chamber Scott Eisner, stated that "With the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria is an important partner for U.S. businesses. Our conversation highlighted the work being done to strengthen the economic relationship between our two countries and how we can continue to build on this relationship."
Enelamah also participated in a Facebook Live conversation with the U.S.-Africa Business Center following the roundtable. Some of the companies that attended the gathering include Google, Microsoft, Blackstone, Procter and Gamble, UPS, Johnson and Johnson, Boston Scientific, Philip Morris International, Lekoil Oil, ITIC, etc.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation representing the interests of more than 3 million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations.
Its International Affairs division includes more than 70 regional and policy experts and 25 country-and region-specific business councils and initiatives. The U.S. Chamber also works closely with 117 American Chambers of Commerce abroad. The U.S.-Africa Business Center is the preeminent voice in the global business community advocating for increased trade between the United States and Africa.
After the roundtable, the Minister went on to attend events focusing on the Ease of Doing Business and Investment at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Hudson Institute. He answered questions from a mixed audience of business executives, government officials, diplomats and others.
He similarly had meetings at the State Department with the outgoing Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas Greenfield and U.S. Trade Representatives for Africa at the Commerce office.
Issues on the agenda at the state department ranged from the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), SMEs, Nigeria's leadership on the Continent and continued engagement with the new administration, while the commerce office focused on trade and the WTO.
Minister Enelamah was accompanied by his Trade Adviser and Chief Negotiator Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe, Special Adviser Bunmi Adeoye and Strategic Communications Adviser, Constance C. Ikokwu.
|Development should consider indigenous cultures and their relationship to the earth, says Pope Francis in meeting with delegation from IFAD
|Rome, 15 February 2017 – In a private meeting with indigenous peoples' representatives, Pope Francis stressed the need to reconcile development, both social and cultural, with the protection of indigenous peoples and their territories, "especially when planning economic activities that may interfere with their cultures and their ancestral relationship to the earth," he said.
The 36-member delegation, which included representatives from the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), were in Rome to take part in the Third Global Meeting of the Indigenous People Forum of IFAD.
During the morning meeting, the Pope emphasized the need for governments to pay attention to indigenous identity, and to generate guidelines and development approaches that include young people and women.
"For governments this means recognizing that indigenous communities are a part of the population to be appreciated and consulted, and whose full participation should be promoted at the local and national level," he said.
Mirna Cunningham, President of the Center for Indigenous Peoples' Autonomy and Development (CADPI), headed the delegation.
"I think the Pope's words are important," she said. "He went straight to the point. We have to remember that technological and economic development is not progress in itself and IFAD can play a very big role with technical and financial support to ensure that these measure are considered with indigenous peoples."
Antonella Cordone, Coordinator for Indigenous and Tribal Issues Policy and Technical Advisory Division at IFAD, said that "recognizing and institutionalizing indigenous peoples' rights is essential, but we also have to work to set self-implementation strategies to support local economies. Otherwise we risk that indigenous peoples' societies will disappear."
Members of the delegation brought gifts to illustrate the work of indigenous peoples around the world, including an alpaca coat from Bolivian Andes, a blanket from the Igorot people in the Philippine Cordillera, and a bible translated into Miskitu from Nicaragua.
On 10th and 13th February, IFAD hosted the Third Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Forum, bringing together representatives of indigenous peoples organizations and leaders of partner organizations to discuss the ongoing challenges faced by these communities.
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THERE is mounting pressure on the Federal Government by some private and public institutions to further review the laws governing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund for them to be listed as beneficiaries of the intervention fund.
Executive Secretary of TETFund, Dr Abdullahi Baffa who made this known in Kano after commissioning some of the agency's projects, expressed concerns about the "ugly" development.
Responding to a question on a request earlier made by the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Professor Aminu Zakari Mohammad, for TETFund to extend its intervention to the Teaching Hospital, Dr Baffa, said it would amount to illegality for the Teaching Hospitals to be included as beneficiary institutions.
He also said reviewing the TETFund Act 2011 to accommodate more institutions would dilute the impact and defeat the aim for the establishment the intervention agency.
Baffa said: "When I said over 300 institutions are jostling to be included as beneficiaries, it was a conservative estimate. They are more than that. They include all private universities, all private Polytechnics, all private colleges of education, all Monotechnics that are public, all research centres, all jostling to be listed as beneficiary institutions.
"We have 203 beneficiary institutions that we are supporting and we have request from over 300 other institutions who are not qualified by the Act to be brought on board.
"It is something worth looking at for us to expand the perimeter of the fund to include all these institutions but we also have to look at the other side of the coin. Diluting the impact TETFund is making at the beneficiary institutions is going to be very counterproductive to entire educational landscape.
"You recall that before 2011, TETFund was called ETF, Education Trust Fund, supporting education from primary schools to basic and tertiary education. Because the original conception was targeted at supporting university education alone, government saw the opportunity to support the entire educational landscape which is good.
"But when it was experimented up to 2010, the regulation or control was extremely difficult and government decided to review the Act and concentrate the intervention on tertiary eduction. The Act defines tertiary education as public universities, Polytechnics and colleges of education. In other words all monothecnics were excluded.
"All other tertiary institutions that are not universities, Polytechnics and colleges were excluded so that we concentrate the intervention fund to lift public tertiary institutions from the doldrums that they found themselves.
"We are to provide the basic infrastructure for teaching and learning, support the equipping of laboratories, workshop studios, support research activities, training of scholars to acquire higher education, attend conferences, support the publishing of manuscript and also be able to support the publishing of journals by these institutions and such other things that will be needed to improve the overall quality of tertiary education in the country.
"From 2011 till today, educational landscape has changed because of the concentration of intervention in these institutions.
"For instance if are able to give N300 million to every university, once we expand, may be we will be able to give 30 million to each university and this will go nowhere," he said.
The Executive Secretary noted that in 2015 for example, all universities in category A, were given N338 million normal intervention out of which N100 million was allocated for physical infrastructure.
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday revealed plans to set up 500 Coding Centres in public and private schools across the State ahead of the launch of the CodeLagos Initiative in April, 2017.
The CodeLagos project is an initiative of the State Government targeted at equipping at least one million Lagosians with the skills of computer programming aimed at making the State the technology frontier in Africa.
Addressing a news conference in Alausa on Tuesday, Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh said the target of government is to set up 500 coding centres in schools, public libraries and community centres across the State in the course of the year.
He said modalities are already in place to set up 300 centres by April in partnership with private organisations, adding that an agreement has been concluded with one of the leading financial service providers in the country, ARM.
According to Bank-Olemoh, "ARM will be setting up 15 centres and these centres will be established in Low Income Schools in line with His Excellency, Governor Akinwumi Ambode's commitment to promoting inclusive governance and qualitative education for all citizens.
"This, we intend to achieve by providing equal access to knowledge for all Lagosians regardless of their socio-economic status and location."
Bank-Olemoh said the partnership with ARM demonstrates the commitment of Governor Ambode's administration to equip citizens with the necessary skills to create sustainable solutions to the challenges confronting the State.
In her remarks, Managing Director of ARM, Jumoke Ogundare said the organization was excited about the partnership with Lagos State on the CodeLagos initiative, saying that the project was in line with the commitment of the firm to improve continued access to education for all.
It will be recalled that the registration and screening of facilitators for CodeLagos started last week and is ongoing.
At the end of the process, 1,500 facilitators would be selected and deployed to centres across the State.
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reacted claims suggesting that about 20 per cent of the Naira currency notes in circulation are counterfeited.
The Apex bank equally frowned strongly at attempts to counterfeit the Naira, saying it remain committed to safeguarding the value of the Naira by ensuring that Nigeria's Naira banknotes are not susceptible to counterfeiting.
According to a statement made available to journalists in Abuja and signed by the Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okoroafor, the CBN acknowledged that no currency in the world is immune from counterfeiting and therefore stated that the rate of counterfeiting in Nigeria has been very minimal, due to appropriate policies put in place by the Bank.
The Apex Bank added that its records at the Bank clearly indicate that the prevalence of counterfeit notes in Nigeria from January to December 2016 was less than one per cen (0.0014%) or 14 counterfeit pieces out of one million bank notes.
"in line with our core value of proactivity, we have always endeavored to use strong security features to make it difficult for dishonest persons to counterfeit the currency.
"In addition to that, we have carried out periodic massive nation-wide enlightenment of Nigerians on easy identification of fake banknotes and the reporting of such.
"We therefore find it rather curious that a former high ranking official of the CBN would make such bogus and unauthentic claims apparently calculated to destroy confidence in our national currency and sabotage the collaborative efforts of the CBN and the Federal Government at ensuring enduring stability of the financial system."
The statement further said that the unfortunate implication of the fabricated claim of the said former official of the Bank, is that "it gives the false impression that two bills out of every ten Naira pieces held by an individual is 'fake'.
"We also work constantly with relevant security agencies to monitor and check the activities of counterfeiters", the statement added.
The CBN therefore challenged the said former CBN official to make public the empirical evidence suggesting that 20 per cent Naira currency in circulation is fake, therefore urged members of the public to disregard the false alarm raised its former official, and be wary of the activities of counterfeiters and report any case of counterfeiting to the police and their banks.
|The Estée Lauder Companies Partners with Jumia Online Retailer to Provide Clinique, Estée Lauder and Aramis Brands to Nigerian Consumers
|"With this new partnership on the Jumia platform customers and beauty enthusiasts all over Nigeria can now access the premium products from Clinique, Estée Lauder and Aramis with the assurance of Jumia's buyer protections"
|PARIS, France, February 15, 2017/ — The Estée Lauder Companies (www.ELcompanies.com) has partnered with Jumia (www.Jumia.com.ng) the leading online retailer in Nigeria to launch for the first time three of the Company's brands – Clinique, Estée Lauder and Aramis.
"With this new partnership on the Jumia platform customers and beauty enthusiasts all over Nigeria can now access the premium products from Clinique, Estée Lauder and Aramis with the assurance of Jumia's buyer protections. Each of our visitors will enjoy country-wide delivery, 7-day free returns, and varied payment options including cash on delivery" shares Juliet Anammah, Jumia Nigeria CEO.
"The Estée Lauder Companies is excited about this partnership with Jumia in Nigeria. Many of our consumers currently do not have regular access to our products, specifically in Lagos and Abuja. Our fully branded "stores-in-store" on Jumia will provide women and men all over Nigeria with the opportunity to enjoy our brands via an educational and convenient online shopping experience, and with full confidence on our products authenticity," shares Mario Lazzaroni, Country Manager for The Estée Lauder Companies, Sub Saharan Africa.
Rome, 14 February 2017 – Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, former Prime Minister of Togo, has been appointed as the sixth President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized United Nations agency and international financial institution that invests in eradicating rural poverty in developing countries around the world.
"I have come from the rural world. I have first-hand knowledge of the harshness of this kind of life," said Houngbo, who was appointed by IFAD's member states at the organization's annual Governing Council meeting.
Houngbo takes up the helm at a time when changing government priorities and the more immediate needs of humanitarian crises – like natural disasters, conflict and refugees – threaten to divert funding away from long-term development.
With growing global demand for food, increased migration to cities and the impact of climate change, investments in agriculture and rural development will be essential to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of ending poverty and hunger.
"We have to keep our ambition and at the same time be realistic and pragmatic," he said. "We have to demonstrate that every dollar invested will have the highest value for money."
Houngbo has more than 30 years of experience in political affairs, international development, diplomacy and financial management. Since 2013 he has served as Deputy Director General of the International Labour Organization, where he has been responsible for external programmes and partnerships. Prior to that, he was Assistant Secretary General, Africa Regional Director and Chief of Staff at the United Nations Development Programme. He is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. His candidacy was unanimously endorsed by the governments of the African Union.
As someone who was born and raised in rural Togo, Houngbo believes that the inequality in today's world should never be accepted, and that IFAD has a crucial role to play in bringing opportunities to the poor and excluded.
"The privilege of attaining high-quality education helped me develop a strong sense of responsibility towards improving the condition of those who have not had similar opportunities," he wrote in answer to questions during the nomination process. "I believe that through a dynamic leadership of IFAD, I can contribute to visible change in the hardship-laden lives of the world's rural poor."
Houngbo was among eight candidates including three women vying for the organization's top leadership position. He succeeds Kanayo F. Nwanze, who was President for two terms beginning in April 2009. Houngbo will take office on 1 April 2017.
|Developers, in teams of up to three people, are invited to create bots in three categories: gaming and entertainment; productivity and utility; and social good
|JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, February 15, 2017/ — Facebook (www.Facebook.com) is challenging developers across the Middle East and Africa to create innovative bots in the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. This aligns with Facebook's commitment to promote innovation in the Middle East and Africa by providing developers and start-ups with the tools they need to build, grow, monetize, and measure products and services.
Facebook grew out of a hacker culture and thrives by promoting innovation on new platforms. That's why Facebook is launching the Bots for Messenger Challenge, a contest to recognize and reward developers who are able to create the most innovative new bots on Messenger.
Developers, in teams of up to three people, are invited to create bots in three categories: gaming and entertainment; productivity and utility; and social good.
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Enter and see the rules of the competition here: https://MessengerChallenge.splashthat.com and join the Facebook Group to keep connected – https://Fb.me/messengerchallenge.
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Are you aware of any good genealogy or family-history software programs for Apple? I have a Windows genealogy program, but recently switched to the Macintosh, and need a Mac program that can import my Windows data.
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I have a Wi-Fi network at home via a desktop PC where I have Norton AntiVirus software deployed. For a laptop that I never use outside the home, do I also need separate antivirus software, or will the standard Microsoft updates/patches be sufficient?
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To repeat what I have written many times: every Windows computer that is connected to the Internet, directly or indirectly, should contain an active, updated copy of an antivirus program, a software firewall, an antispyware program, an antispam program and a popup blocker. Obtaining, installing and updating all these programs is a pain in the neck, but it's necessary.
I have purchased a new computer and would like to know how to transfer my extensive iTunes library to the new computer. Both the PCs are running Windows.
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If any of your songs were purchased from the iTunes Music Store, you will have to make sure the new PC is authorized to play them. Under Apple's rules, you can play purchased songs on up to five computers. To authorize the new PC, just click on any of the purchased songs and play it. A dialog box will open asking for your ID and password. After you enter this information, and the first song plays, your computer will be authorized and all your purchased songs should play — as long as your total of authorized PCs and Macs is five or fewer.
If you are getting rid of the old PC, or if you are at the limit of five PCs, you can deauthorize the old one by simply going to the Advanced menu in iTunes and clicking on "Deauthorize this computer."
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Johnny Manziel, Cleveland Browns quarterback, questioned by police after domestic dispute with girlfriend
CLEVELAND - Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel told police that he had been drinking alcohol before they questioned him following a domestic incident with his girlfriend while driving on a highway.
Manziel was parked in a gravel driveway Monday when Avon, Ohio, police located him after he had an argument with girlfriend Colleen Crowley.
According to a police report, a witness said Crowley tried to exit Manziel's moving vehicle as the former Heisman Trophy winner tried to keep her in his car. When the spoke to him, police said Manziel told them he had consumed two alcoholic drinks earlier in the day.
Manziel wasn't arrested and Crowley told police she didn't want to press charges. The couple was allowed to leave the scene together.
Manziel, who was drafted by the Browns in the first round in 2014, spent 70 days in a Pennsylvania rehab facility earlier this year for an unspecified condition. It is not known if his aftercare prohibits him from drinking.
Browns general manager Ray Farmer released a statement Friday night.
"It is a matter that we take seriously and have expressed our concerns to Johnny directly," Farmer said. "Those conversations will remain private and we will refrain from further comment at this time."
A team spokesman said Manziel's status for the Browns' home game Sunday against Denver has not changed. He could face discipline by the NFL per its personal-conduct policy.
Manziel, whose rough rookie season was followed by him checking himself into a center that specializes in treatment for alcohol and substance abuse, has been Josh McCown's backup for the past three games. He started for an injured McCown in Week 2 and led the Browns to a win over Tennessee.
Shortly after the Browns issued their statement, Manziel posted an explanation on his Twitter account.
"Colleen and I got into a dumb public argument on the way home Monday afternoon," Manziel wrote. "It probably looked more interesting than it was and I know I would stop and check if I saw a couple arguing on the side of the road. It was embarrassing but not serious and when we talked to the police and they realized everything was alright and I was sober, we went home together and everything is fine."
Crowley went on Instagram to give her explanation of the incident.
"J & I are good," she said. "I appreciate the people who stopped to check on us and call the police. I could see how it may have looked. Anytime anyone sees a guy and a girl arguing on the side of a road they should definitely stop, you never know what that could be. Fortunately it was just an argument, it was private, and we are all good!"
According to the police report, officers noticed an abrasion on Crowley's arm, but said it was caused by Manziel restraining her from jumping from the car. Police said Crowley appeared intoxicated and she told them she had consumed at least three drinks.
Browns linebacker Paul Kruger arrived at the scene while Manziel was being questioned.
The Browns have been impressed with Manziel's attitude and a renewed commitment this season. That wasn't the case during 2014 when he struggled on and off the field, leading to speculation about his future as a pro.
Manziel has not spoken to the media in several weeks.
This is the second high-profile incident involving alcohol that the Browns have had to deal with recently. Former offensive line coach Andy Moeller was investigated following an assault complaint filed against him by his fiancee. The Browns quickly suspended Moeller, who has since parted ways with the team.
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Geritol. AARP. RVs. These symbols of retirement are losing their relevance, empty shells of another's generation concept of how to spend the remainder of your life once you have worked your last day. In the past week I talked to several people across the country who all turned 50. The same story surfaced organically. Thanks for the miracle of direct ...Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Meaning Making – How the Innovation-Driven Organization Imparts Purpose & Meaning
As I visit and observe what I call the "existential festivals" – events like Burning Man, SXSW, TED, Sundance, Bonnaroo, and ArtPrize, for example – I ask myself, "What are people really trying to accomplish here – besides just having fun?" The answer I've come away with – after quite a bit of pondering – is that people are trying ...Read More »
Advice to a Medical Student Entrepreneur
Dear Susan, Congratulations on your recent graduation. I'm sure you are thrilled to start medical school in August and are looking forward to taking a break this summer. The usual commencement speech I'd give, had I been invited, goes something like this: Given your interest in building the company you started in college,however, you might want to rethink that vacation in ...Read More »
Innovation Labs: disruption, and new business models (2/4)
Click here to read Part One Innovation labs or rapid innovation centers are developing at fast pace. Hereafter, we prolongate the previous review of Innovation Labs, with an industry point of view. Each archetype can inspire the managers in charge of creating an innovation lab, and arm them to compose their own recipe for success. 4 type of Innovation Labs from ...Read More »
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Dancing Days
A croquette and the head of a Barbie instantly fall in love with each other at first sight. Desperately wanting to be together however, they find out they need to overcome the space that lies between them.
Made entirely in Stop Motion
The storyboard, where the first aspects of fusion and refusion were explored:
While the mountain was built, a light corset puppet of iron wire holding onto homefried fries and meatloaf, it was a matter of life and death to keep the flies away from the growing cult of flies, along with attempting to fight gravity.


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Re "McCain assails Obama on Iraq," July 26
The only candidate talking about military defeat in Iraq is John McCain. Our soldiers have achieved every military goal we have asked of them. They are heroes who have done their jobs flawlessly and successfully. The failures have all come from Washington. Our politicians have failed to plan, failed to set goals, failed to understand the situation and failed to construct an achievable policy.
For McCain to talk of military defeat in the face of the failure of Washington politicians is shameful, disrespectful of our armed services and astonishingly arrogant. Someone needs to remind McCain that just because politicians failed in Washington, that doesn't mean our brave soldiers failed in Iraq.
Withdrawing our troops is not a sign of military defeat; it is an acknowledgment of mistakes by civilian politicians in Washington. Keeping our troops in harm's way does not bring them honor; it sacrifices them on the altar of political hubris.
Randolph L. Rhett


text: TV ScreenHits Raises $1.2 Million to Build Out Online Marketplace 5:56 PM PDT 3/31/2014 by Alex Ben Block FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME U.K. "angel" investors join with the British government in an early stage company with a system that matches TV program buyers and sellers, and offers streaming content. ScreenHits, which has developed an online marketplace that matches buyers and sellers of TV shows and TV movies and is offering streaming content online, has raised $1.2 million from a group of angel investors to further develop its technology and increase business development. The privately held company, which is based in London and was founded in 2012 by American entertainment executive Rose Adkins, announced Monday that its new "angel" investors include Rory Fleming (a London banker and nephew of the late James Bond author, Ian Fleming), Aeneas Reay (an investor and heir to a Scottish title) and investor Flemming Lund, among others. The idea, says Adkins, who is CEO of ScreenHits and majority owner, is to provide an on-demand marketplace of content with real-time, real-world commentary from consumers. STORY: Gawker Targets Quentin Tarantino's Motive for 'Hateful Eight' Lawsuit ScreenHits also announced distribution deals with Caracol, Fox Latin America, Relativity Media, AG Properties, Telemundo and Venevision. Those are on top of existing content marketing deals with Hasbro, TVF, eOne and SkyVision. The web-based platform, which is still in a test phase, allows broadcasters and other content owners and distributors to market shows around the world, with a listing of what rights are available by territory. A buyer can click and watch an episode before licensing the content. The site also allows the distributors to do market research -- a pilot is posted and viewers give feedback. There also is an option for consumers to stream individual shows for 99 cents each or subscribe to the service, while some shows are available to view for free. STORY: Disney's 'Frozen' Trailer Targeted in Copyright Lawsuit ScreenHits also has early stage funding from U.K. Trade and Investment and the U.K. government through SEIS (Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme) and EIS (Enterprise Investment Scheme). "We were able to provide strategic introductions to key industry players, as well as on-the-ground support in terms of logistics around company formation, accounting, tax and office space," says New York-based Richard Powell, U.K. Trade and Investment organization vice consul. "Helping ScreenHits to grow and develop…showcases the desire from U.K. Government to nurture, support and grow innovative companies." "ScreenHits is a unique investment," says Fleming, "as it combines the best of consumer online video platforms with global content distribution on a B2B side and connects the two worlds together seamlessly, providing unique benefits on both parts -- creating a low-cost, high-return business model." FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Alex Ben Block email@example.com @thr


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this holiday season, measured from november 19 to december 25th, saw online sales of us$6.4 billion worth of goods. that's an increase of 36% over last year's totals. sales from 1999 to 2000 increased almost 100%, but 2000 was a strong financial year in general, while 2001 left something to be desired for many.
yahoo! was among the beneficiaries of the jump in sales, with an 86% increase in holiday sales volume compared to last year. some of that volume is attributed to the new game consoles from nintendo and microsoft, as well as harry potter merchandise.
read more at cnet.
rob's opinion
considering the type of year this has been for many, with a recession and the 9/11 attacks, an increase of 36% is basically shouting to the world: "online sales cannot be stopped!"
some of the reasons that online sales increased this year include:
there may be more to it than that, but i think that highlights most of the reasons that online sales increased this year. the surprise positive effect for online sales from the 9/11 attacks was most probably an underlying feeling of safeness when at home, where the need to be "vigilant" about homeland security threats is much lower.
otherwise, the increase in people who feel comfortable shopping online, have internet access, and have broadband is something that will surely grow again in 2002. i don't think we'll see the day when the world is ruled by ups and fedex and all goods move through them and are ordered off of the internet. we will see more clever online reservation type of systems like circuit city, where i ordered three dvd players as gifts and picked them up at a local store. no shipping and handling, no harassment to purchase extended warranties, and most importantly, nobody grabbing the salesperson just before you and picking up the last one.
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|sales tax (11:30am est thu dec 27 2001)
don't forget the lack of sales tax on online shopping–that helps to offset the cost of shipping. the net sales tax ban also has been extended by the federal government. if it hadn't i don't think 2002 would be a good year for online retailers. – by kyle
|online discounts (1:25pm est thu dec 27 2001)
don't forget that online stores can offer bigger discounts then local stores do to lack of overhead. – by marc
|wheat from the chaff (2:46pm est thu dec 27 2001)
i think "online merchants have their acts together" is the most important of those factors, really. most of the fly-by-night retailers have been eliminated by the dot-com crash, and have left only those retailers who have a realistic chance of success. yeah, it means less competition, but the ones who remain are certainly competitive enough.
i know i, for one, did almost all of my shopping online this year, and i had the most stress-free christmas i've ever had, and was done three weeks early. on top of that, i probably saved $100 by buying online, even after shipping. i felt bad for all the poor souls at the mall on the 23rd and 24th – remembering all the while that i was among them the past several years. – by teamnutmeg
|online shopping is the way to go (6:51am est tue jan 01 2002)
i agree with teamnutmeg about avoiding the hassle of the crowds in the mall by shopping online. i was very lazy this year and bought everyone the same present: cinema cash vouchers – very predictable presents (but useful) as i have given them before!
cheers – by lozza
|christmas (4:46pm est wed jan 02 2002)
christmas is not about buying! – by enough


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Quotes for Topic: God-incomprehensibility
You always admire what you really don't understand.
As well might a gnat seek to drink in the ocean, as a finite creature to comprehend the Eternal God. A God whom we could understand would be no God. If we could grasp Him, He could not be infinite. If we could understand Him, He could not be divine.
Reference: A Christmas Question, Sermon #291, December 25, 1859.
The highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy, which can ever engage the attention of a child of God, is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his Father. There is something exceedingly improving to the mind in a contemplation of the Divinity. It is a subject so vast, that all our thoughts are lost in its immensity; so deep, that our pride is drowned in its infinity. Other subjects we can compass and grapple with; in them we feel a kind of self-content, and go our way with the thought, "Behold I am wise." But when we come to this master science, finding that our plumb line cannot sound its depth, and that our eagle eye cannot see its height, we turn away with the thought… "I am but of yesterday, and know nothing." No subject of contemplation will tend to humble the mind, than thoughts of God.
Reference: Sermon, January 7th, 1855.
God's ways will frequently baffle us but God's will is sufficiently clear to lead us in the meantime. God's ways may not be clear but our way is – at least enough of it to know what obedience requires. We may wait for God's providence but we already have God's law, and that is all we need for the moment.
Reference: 1 Samuel, Focus, 1998, p. 272. Get this book!
If we cannot comprehend we can perhaps apprehend, at least enough to adore.
Reference: 1 Samuel, Christian Focus Publications, 1988, p. 162. Get this book!
The implication (of Isaiah 55:8-9) is that just as the heavens are so high above the earth that by human standards their height cannot be measured, so also are God's ways and thoughts so above those of man that they cannot be grasped by man in their fullness. In other words, the ways and thoughts of God are incomprehensible to man.
Reference: The Book of Isaiah, Volume III, p. 383.
God's wisdom is fathomless, His decisions are unsearchable, His methods are mysterious and untraceable. No one has ever even understood His mind, let alone advised Him on the proper course of action. How futile and even arrogant for us to seek to determine what God is doing in a particular event or circumstance. We simply cannot search out the reasons behind His decisions or trace out the ways by which He brings those decisions to pass.
Reference: Trusting God, 1988, p. 126. Used by permission of NavPress – www.navpress.com. All rights reserved. Get this book!
God's plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don't understand.
Reference: Trusting God, 1988, p. 20. Used by permission of NavPress – www.navpress.com. All rights reserved. Get this book!
A comprehended God is no God.
The saints in heaven…will not be so enlarged as to be capable of contemplating at once, or in detail, the whole excellence of His nature. To comprehend infinite perfection, they must become infinite themselves. Even in Heaven, their knowledge will be partial, but at the same time their happiness will be complete, because their knowledge will be perfect in this sense, that it will be adequate to the capacity of the subject, although it will not exhaust the fullness of the object. We believe that it will be progressive, and that as their views expand, their blessedness will increase. But it will never reach a limit beyond which there is nothing to be discovered, and when ages after ages have passed away, He will still be the incomprehensible God.
Reference: Quoted in: A.W. Pink, The Attributes of God, Baker Book House, p. 90.
It is impossible for a lesser creature to understand a more advanced one. How can anything understand something more complex and advanced than itself? For a flea to understand a dog it would have to be at least as advanced as a dog. For a dog to understand a man it would have to be at least as advanced as a man. How much greater distance is there between Creator and creature. Man can imagine what God might be like, and people have plenty of ideas about Him. Almost everyone has an opinion as to what God is or is not like, or as to whether He even exists. But man's opinions are irrelevant, because they can never be more than speculations. By his own resources the creature cannot possibly comprehend his Creator.
Reference: 1 Corinthians, Moody, 1984, p. 60.
God is truly knowable but not exhaustively comprehensible.
Reference: God the Father by John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue taken from Biblical Doctrine by John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue, copyright 2017, Crossway Books, a division of Good News Publishers, Wheaton Illinois 60187, www.crosswaybooks.org. Page 145.
God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes and prospects when He is about to give us the desires of our hearts.
God's emotional life is infinitely complex beyond our ability to fully comprehend. For example, who can comprehend that the Lord hears in one moment of time the prayers of ten million Christians around the world, and sympathizes with each one personally and individually like a caring Father (as Hebrews 4:15 says He will), even though among those ten million prayers some are broken-hearted and some are bursting with joy? How can God weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice when they are both coming to Him at the same time – in fact are always coming to Him with no break at all? Or who can comprehend that God is angry at the sin of the world every day (Psalm 7:11), and yet every day, every moment, He is rejoicing with tremendous joy because somewhere in the world a sinner is repenting (Luke 15:7, 10, 23)? Who can comprehend that God continually burns with hot anger at the rebellion of the wicked, grieves over the unholy speech of his people (Ephesians 4:29-30), yet takes pleasure in them daily (Psalm 149:4), and ceaselessly makes merry over penitent prodigals who come home?
Reference: Are There Two Wills in God? January 1, 1995. www.DesiringGod.org. Used by Permission.
If God were small enough to be understood He would not be big enough to be worshipped (Evelyn Underhill).
Reference: Quoted by Elisabeth Elliot, Secure in the Everlasting Arms, Revell, 2002, p. 91.
We do better to adore the mysteries of the deity than to investigate them.
The more I learn about God, the more aware I become of what I don't know about Him.
You may know God, but not comprehend Him.
There never will come a time [in heaven] when we will know all that can be known or see or feel or experience or enjoy all that can be enjoyed. We will never plumb the depths of gratification in God nor reach its end. Our satisfaction and delight in Him are subject to incessant increase. When it comes to heavenly euphoria, words such as termination and cessation and expiration and finality are utterly inappropriate and inapplicable.
Reference: One Thing, Christian Focus, © Enjoying God Ministries, 2004, p.173. www.enjoyinggodministries.com. Used by Permission.
Although God always thinks and acts in perfect harmony with His nature, His nature is infinitely complex. His personality is deep and rich and diverse and ultimately inexhaustible. Just when you've got Him figured out, He'll surprise you (but always in a good way).
Reference: One Thing, Christian Focus, © Enjoying God Ministries, 2004, p.157. www.enjoyinggodministries.com. Used by Permission.
God's works are never above right, though often above reason.
We know God but as men born blind know the fire: they know that there is such a thing as fire, for they feel it warm them, but what it is they know not. So, that there is a God we know, but what He is we know little, and indeed we can never search Him out to perfection; a finite creature can never fully comprehend that which is infinite.
Reference: A Puritan Golden Treasury, compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 118.
If God was small enough for us to understand, He wouldn't be big enough for us to worship.
The finite cannot grasp the infinite
If God was small enough for us to understand, He wouldn't be big enough for us to worship.
When God shows up, our first impulse is often to build a booth or a box to put Him in. The problem is when we stop to take a look, He's usually not there anymore. Yet, throughout church history, people have tightly clutched their boxes long after the Lord of glory had departed.


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Make an Alumni Association Website with WordPress & BuddyPress: Beginners Guide
WordPress is one of the best and powerful CMS out there, combine WordPress with BuddyPress, you get your own community website. Social elements in BuddyPress are good and also gives us full control over every element. BuddyPress comes from the same family of WordPress. When we planned to make our school's alumni association website we contacted a couple of developers and was shocked by their pricing. We didn't have a large budget for this. Later I came across BuddyPress and was surprised to see its potential and the great part was it's free. Everyone loves free stuff.
In this article I will show you how to install BuddyPress and set up an alumni site. I am assuming that you have a server and you have installed WordPress. This article will start from installing BuddyPress, so if you don't have a WordPress installed server, head over to BitNami. They will help you set up a server on your computer locally. Will explain about that in another article.
Let's Begin.
1. Installing BuddyPress
You can download BuddyPress from WordPress Plugin repository or from the BuddyPress official website. Or directly download it to your WordPress installation by going to plugins from your website back-end. (Plugins>Install Plugins). Activate the plugin. Once activated you will get the above screen.
2. Selecting the components
Go to Settings>BuddyPress
Choose what components you want to use in your BuddyPress installation. In other words what all services do you want to run on your alumni association website. Each component has a pretty neat description on the right side that will help you in selecting the components.
3. Creating Pages
Go to Settings>BuddyPress>Pages
This is one of the important steps. In this page we will create and assign some important pages for activity streams, user groups, members page, registration and activation page. Upon activation BuddyPress will create activity streams, user groups and members page, now we will have to create and assign pages for registration and activation page.
Click on New Page, you will be taken to "Add New Page". Create 2 pages, one for Registration page and another for Activate page. Naming the page is up to you. Once you finish creating the pages go back to BuddyPress pages (Settings>BuddyPress>Pages).
Associate the correct pages for Registration and Activate page and click "Save Settings".
Visit the newly created pages and check whether they are working as intended.
4. Final Tweaks/Settings
BuddyPress gives control over how users interact, what they can see and what they can create on the site.
Go to Settings>BuddyPress>Settings
Again the developers have done a good job of explaining each option properly.
Your alumni site is almost ready. An important thing we are missing now is a theme for your site. The default theme is not optimized for BuddyPress. Although everything looks clean if you check the site, but you are missing lots of features. An optimized theme will give your users a good experience.
5. Selecting a BuddyPress theme
You either can get a free BuddyPress compatible theme from the WordPress theme directory or Buy premium themes from any WordPress theme marketplace. I've tested some premium themes, you can read about some premium themes on this article.
For now let's use some free themes from the WordPress themes directory. Head over to "Appearance > Themes". Click on "Add New" and in the filter section, select "BuddyPress", hit "Apply Filters".
Select a theme you like and apply. You are all ready to go. Before releasing your site to the public ask some of your friends to register and explore the site. Get feedback from them and make tweaks accordingly. Also leave your site address in the comments, I will check out the site and will try to give some suggestions.
If you get stuck following these steps, let me know and I will personally help you clarify it.


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Hey guys,
Hope you liked the Look 1 which I posted yesterday! You can check the look 1 here.
And I am back with yet another look and today I did a purple pink eyeshadow look which is unlikely me because I end up doing green or blue shadow look all the time. I did use a pigment from Kryolan which I bought almost 6months back and OMG I am in love the duochrome effect the pigment gives. It has hints of gold and pink and is perfect to use in this festive season.
Breakdown of the makeup
- The Ordinary Serum Foundation
- Kryolan Orange Corrector
- Maybelline Age Rewind Concealer in Medium
- Revlon Photoready Compact Powder
- Ben Nye Banana Powder for baking under the contour
- Milani Baked Blush in Bella Rose
- Wet n Wild Highlighter Golden Flower Crown
- Lipstick MAC All Fired Up
- Makeup Geek Latte
- Juvia's Place Masquerade Palette Makeda, Zobo
- Kryolan Satin Powder
- L'Oreal Miss Manga Mascara


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The numbers behind the Warriors' incredible 73-9 season
The Golden State Warriors made NBA history on Wednesday by setting the single-season record for wins with their 73rd of the campaign, beating the mark set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls with a 125-104 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
In addition to now owning the best winning percentage of all time, the Warriors also set a host of other eye-catching records in an incredible campaign they hope will end in a second straight NBA title.
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Here we look at the numbers from Golden State's sensational season.
34-7: Golden State went 34-7 on their travels this term and own the best single-season away record in NBA history, overhauling the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (31-7).
39-2: The Warriors home record of 39-2 is the third-best in league history, the San Antonio Spurs tied the 1985-86 Boston Celtics' all-time record with a 40-1 mark on their own court this season. Golden State was the only team to beat the Spurs on the road.
114.9: An unstoppable offensive juggernaut, the Warriors topped the 1995-96 Bulls in field-goal percentage (48.7), three-point percentage (41.6) and points scored per game (114.9). Chicago ended the 1995-96 season with a field-goal percentage of 47.8, a three-point percentage of 40.3 and scored 105.2 points per game.
92.9: But the Bulls allowed only 92.9 points per game compared to 104.1 by the Warriors and had a better average point differential (plus 12.3 to plus 10.8)
50.4: Reigning MVP Curry ended the season with a better field goal (50.4) and three-point percentage (45.4) than Michael Jordan (49.5 and 42.7) did in 1995-96. Curry also averaged more assists per game (6.7 to 4.3)
30.4: However, Jordan's points-per-game mark (30.4) was superior to that of Curry (30.1). The Bulls legend also averaged 6.6 rebounds per game to Curry's 5.4.
50-40-90: Curry became just the seventh player to end a season with a field-goal percentage of at least 50, a three-point percentage of at least 40 and a free-throw percentage of at least 90. Larry Bird, Mark Price, Reggie Miller, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, and Kevin Durant are the six other players in the 50-40-90 club.
402: Smashing his own previous record of 286 set last term, Curry hit 402 three-pointers and now holds three of the four highest single-season totals for made field goals from beyond the arc.
276: Klay Thompson made 276 threes this season, good enough for third on the all-time list behind Curry's top two efforts.


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False startPosted: February 22, 2013 Filed under: Housebuilding Leave a comment
It's half time for a government that promised to make us 'a nation of homebuilders'. The crowd are – to put it mildly – not happy.
Figures released yesterday show the performance of the coalition in the first two and a half years of its five-year term. By now its abolition of 'Stalinist' top-down regional strategies and creation of the 'powerful new incentive' of the new homes bonus and the National Planning Policy Framework should be working.
Instead housebuilding in England is flat-lining at less than half of the level required. The 26,830 housing starts in the fourth quarter of 2012 were up by 180 on the previous three months but down by 400 on a year ago.
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Worst fearsPosted: February 19, 2013 Filed under: Wales, Welfare reform Leave a comment
So the government has finally admitted the potentially devastating consequences of welfare reform in a cumulative impact assessment.
Before anyone starts to think that Iain Duncan Smith has undergone a dramatic change of heart, I should add that I am of course taking about the Welsh government, not the UK one.
The second stage review of the impact of welfare reform in Wales is accompanied by an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) of the effects of welfare reform on labour supply in Wales.
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One-way streetPosted: February 14, 2013 Filed under: Housing market, Mortgages, Private renting Leave a comment
Repossessions are at their lowest and loans to first-time buyers are at their highest since 2007. Has the housing market finally turned the corner?
That's certainly one interpretation of stats released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) this week showing big improvements since the year the credit crunch hit.
On Tuesday it revealed that 216,200 first-time buyers became homeowners in 2012. That was a 12 per cent rise on 2011 and it's the first time since 2007 that the annual total has exceeded 200,000.
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Capital crisisPosted: February 13, 2013 Filed under: Affordable housing, Homelessness, Housing market Leave a comment
The scale of the housing crisis facing London is hitting home with both Londoners and their political leaders.
In an opinion poll in the Evening Standard published today, half of people in the city say they fear being driven out of their neighbourhood by the cost of housing and six out of ten say there is a crisis in their area.
At one end of the housing scale, soaring demand from global investors is threatening to push house prices even further out of reach of ordinary Londoners. According to a report yesterday from the Home Builders Federation, it now takes the average first-time buyer 24 years to raise a deposit in London.
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THE KING'S SPEECH Is A Masterfully Crafted, Moving Tale of Triumph
rating: 4(Review re-posted as The King's Speech is released in the U.K. today) The majority response at Thursday morning's London Film Festival press screening of 'The King's Speech' (which bowed at the fest that evening) was an incredibly strong sign of its legs as the impending Oscar season looms; as Tom Hooper's name rolled over the closing credits, the auditorium filled with a rapturous round of applause. Never in the habit of applauding at press screenings (I have never, in any press screening, even at a festivals, seen pundits applaud a film), I quickly quelled my slack-jawed surprise and gave the film a hand myself. One of the year's strongest films, and right up the alley of the Academy's tastes - a regal masterclass of writing, acting, direction, editing and cinematography - it is a film now best considered a front-runner (alongside 'The Social Network') to take the Best Picture gong home on February 27th next year. 'The King's Speech' depicts the seemingly unwinnable war that King George VI (Colin Firth) fights against a crippling stammer. Beginning while George's father, King George V (Michael Gambon), was still alive (and George VI was at this point still Prince Albert, or to his family, "Bertie"), Hooper traces Bertie's complicated and unlikely ascendancy to the throne, jump-started by his father's death, and the swift appointment and then subsequent abdication of the Kingship by Bertie's brother, King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce). Aided - at first with Bertie's overwhelming reluctance - by eccentric but brilliant speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), and by his wife, Queen Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), Bertie slowly but surely learns the nature of his condition and how to overcome it, yet with World War 2 looming, Logue needs to ensure that the King is prepared to give an inspiring speech to the masses rather than an embarassingly stilted, uneasy one. 'The King's Speech' fundamentally succeeds as that rare period film with a far wider accessibility, due to not only the charismatic performances and the nuanced screenplay, but its strange, unconventional subject matter (accounting for an almost negligible aspect of British history, according to many). Keen to deal more with characters within the basic framework of a cleverly retooled underdog story, Hooper has teased out of the brilliant script and Oscar-worthy central performances an electric crowd-pleaser that borrows the best of Brit period cinema (self-deprecatory humour and impeccable production values) while eliding the very worst (the fanciful whimsy and stodgy dryness often mistaken for wit). Even from the mortifying opening scene in which Bertie fluffs up an important speech, this is a film more keen to amuse and entertain than educate or tax intellectually; the juxtaposition of Bertie's absolute lack of preparation with the absurdly distended prep ritual of a BBC radio presenter (whose announcement is absurdly short) sets the tone from the outset. David Siedler's screenplay - a sure lock for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination - juggles his characters as at once graceful and pompously, often hilariously inelegant; Bertie (or rather, Firth) looks fantastic in the King's attire, but his viciously short temper and gob-smacked manner towards Logue's idiosyncracies give him a likeable oafishness. Carter's Queen Elizabeth, similarly, is very self-concerned with how her subjects regard her (particularly her title), and though it's the type of role Carter can blast out before lunch time, it is an unspeakably charming and very funny supporting role (which itself has decent chances for a Supporting Actress nod). The screenplay thankfully does not laze about in slinging these characters together in the same room; by no more than ten minutes in, Logue is in the picture, yet Seidler also breaks up the central occupation (and heightens character development) by throwing in a few smart asides, like a short subplot about Logue's ancillary career as an actor, which is important later. Though a very flamboyant and charming picture in any regard, it is a lot of the small details - such as when Bertie, who even struggles to tell his children a story without stammering, amusingly uses selective language so as not to stammer - which make all the difference. The clashing of an uptight Prince and a resolutely self-assured therapist makes for very compelling viewing, not only for the sake of a game of one-upsmanship between the overly proud, embarassed Bertie and the no-nonsense Logue, but also because it provides a peculiar, even quirky insight into the little-known profession of speech therapy. The techniques used - such as distracting Bertie from his own voice by playing loud music through headphones, and having him fill his gaps in speech with expletives (a scene which gave the BBFC a huge pain in the neck last week) - are clinically displayed yet interesting to observe. Though the film makes little attempt to politicise, Seidler ensures that it is rooted firmly in its staged time, remarking the advent of sound as having inevitably changed not only news media and the dissemination of information, but the political landscape entire. The corridors of power now have to pervade into our homes rather than just look good atop a horse, and when crossed against Bertie's furious temper, which threatens to derail the therapy sessions from the outset, it makes for surprisingly intense series of exchanges despite the end outcome being academic. Colin Firth amazes me. His performance last year in 'A Single Man' should have taken home the gong, but alas, his talents cannot compete with the summation of Jeff Bridges' career that was his victory for 'Crazy Heart' (a good, though not revelatory performance). However, the Academy owe Firth big time for that; they probably know it too, but even on its own merits, this is a transcendent performance that engages fully with the figure of George VI as an anguished soul - keen not to be perceived as the third Mad King George - while also admitting him to be more than a bit pompous, but also self-deprecating. As the walls close-in with the looming war (prompting the resignation of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain), Firth unequivocally sells us the dire straits of the situation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzI4D6dyp_o As for the speech itself? Unquestionably the film's best and most emotionally stirring scene, backed by Beethoven's No. 7 (which cleverly stutters and reprises to reflect how well Bertie is reading the speech), Hooper ekes out of Firth a magnificently stilted rendition of the titular speech, and most impressively, refuses to play the scene up. Bertie still has his hand held through it by Logue, but it nevertheless does the job of galvanizing the people. One of the year's strongest films in every aspect - sumptuously directed, wonderfully acted, smartly scripted and just a pleasure to watch - 'The King's Speech' will rightly rack up a string of nods (and surely a few wins) next February. 'The King's Speech' is released on Nov. 26th in the U.S. and on Jan. 7th in the U.K.
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Looking for a tasty grab-and-go snack or breakfast option made with healthy oats, nuts, and raisins? Make a batch of these and store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
This recipe serves: 16
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
Vegetable cooking spray
1 egg
1 egg white
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup raisins
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon flour
Cooking instructions
1. Heat the oven to 350° F. Spread the oats on a baking sheet and toast, stirring occasionally until oats are browned, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
2. Reduce the oven to 325° F. Cover an 8- by 11-inch baking pan with foil and then spray with vegetable cooking spray.
3. Whisk the egg, egg white, brown sugar, oil, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl. Stir in the oats, raisins, pecans, and flour.
4. Spread the batter in the prepared pan and bake until golden brown, about 30 to 35 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool. Slice into 16 bars and serve.
Serving Size: 1 bar
Nutritional information
Number of Servings: 16
Per serving
Calories 81
Carbohydrate 12 g
Fat 3 g
Fiber 1 g
Protein 2 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Sodium 51 mg


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Married in FL, 14 yrs, been together for 27 yrs. Own house & bank accounts jointly. I do have a few bank accounts in just my name, no joint credit card but am an authorized user on his (never used it though). No debts except current expenses, all paid in full monthly. Husband retired with pension, I still work but plan on retiring in 5 yrs.
Husband sufferes from mental illness & lately worsen. He felt the need to get rid of all of our money, I even found some crumbled cash in the trash one night. In a few days time, he charged thousands on his card to places like GoFundMe. Tonight, he insists we go get a loan so he can give more away.
I have already moved as much cash as I can into my account but was uable to lower his credit card limit as I am not the primary card holder. I refused to get the loan, of course, but fear he will do something (LOC, equity loan, mortgage, a person loan?) while I am at work. Can he do that without my consent & signature?
Is a divorce the only solution to cut financial ties from my husband in FL? I still want to take care of him but I need to protect myself from potential financial disaster.
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12 ounces cooked beef (such as steak, roast or pot roast), cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 2-1/2 cups)
1 large sweet potato, unpeeled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 tablespoon taco seasoning mix
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 tablespoons reduced-fat or regular dairy sour cream
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
Chopped fresh cilantro
Total recipe time: 35 to 40 minutes
Makes 4 servings
1. Combine sweet potatoes, onion and taco seasoning in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add water. Cover and cook 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp-tender and water has almost evaporated, stirring once. Stir in oil; continue cooking, uncovered, 4 to 6 minutes or until potatoes are tender and begin to brown, stirring occasionally.
2. Meanwhile, combine sour cream and hot sauce in small bowl. Set aside.
3. Add beef to potato mixture. Continue to cook 5 minutes or until beef is heated through, stirring occasionally, adding 1 to 2 tablespoons water, if needed to avoid sticking.
4. Garnish with cilantro, as desired. Serve with sour cream mixture.
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Getting promoted (especially to a supervisory role) is exciting . . . and scary. With a promotion to leadership, supervision or management comes some unexpected challenges and changes in roles, responsibilities, relationships, and perspectives.
Many new supervisors…
- Don't really know what is expected of them.
- Got promoted over friends or peers, and aren't sure how to make those relationships work.
- Got the job . . . and others on the team wanted it (badly).
Leadership is complex to start with, and when you add all of these concerns on top of it, it can be daunting.
Given all of that, new supervisors also want to. . .
- Do well… but they want to do more than survive, or stumble around trying to learn it all by trial and error.
- Be successful.
- Make a difference.
Given that they are moving into a new world with new rules, new expectations, and calling for new skills, do they have the support, knowledge and skills they need to succeed?
Are they getting the training they need?
Sadly, according to careerbuilder.com more than 60% of new leaders don't get any training at all.
If you are looking for quality, focused, practical supervisor training, you've come to the right place. Since October 2009, we've been facilitating a workshop across America with people from organizations of all types and sizes in nearly any industry you can name. We co-developed the workshop with The Kevin Eikenberry Group, and we can deliver the same training for your organization.
Here's What People Are Saying about the Public Workshop:
– Bryan Nguyen, Florida Virtual School
– Carol Hellickson, Ranier View Water Company
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The public version of this training is called The Bud to Boss Workshop, and it an interactive, engaging and practical two-day workshop for new supervisors and leaders – or those making a new transition at any point in their leadership career. It is jam-packed with ideas and skills to make the supervisors in your organization more confident in the role and more successful with their teams and in their careers!
The Bud to Boss Workshop incorporates and brings to life the tips and techniques outlined in the best-selling book, From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership, co-authored by Kevin Eikenberry and Guy Harris that was written, in part, to answer the specific questions new leaders ask them every day.
What You Can Expect from this Workshop
The workshop is divided into these six important sections, designed to help people build their skills one step at a time.
- Succeeding in Your Supervisor Role
- Communication Skills for Successful Supervisors
- Coaching and Feedback for Real Results
- Leading and Championing Change
- Leading Teams to Higher Performance
- Setting and Getting Goals (For Yourself and Others)
Specifically, participants will learn . . .
- How to create a personal definition of leadership
- 13 keys to leadership success
- How to transition to the supervisory/leadership role, "from Bud to Boss"
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- 4 types of feedback
- 10 ways to give better feedback
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- 10 ways to be more supportive
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- The 4 levers of change – what they are and how to use them
- The critical differences between managing, leading and championing change
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