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Trade magazines, also known as commerce journals, are publications which can be printed with a certain audience in mind. Healthy consuming can be discussed and meals that "help" woman with the varied adjustments in life are outlined as well. Girls's Well being & Health is part of the Blitz Publications & Multi-Media group of magazines. The Israeli lab check was carried out on the request of a girls's health middle in Israel that provides SWC to its clients. Generally, though the journal just isn't printed by well being professionals, there may very well be links to sources from people who truly are authorities in that area.
As a trusted authority in healthy, lively living, Ladies's Health collaborates with high firms to extend the brand expertise beyond the web page through product choices that include: Chef'd house-delivered meals, that includes recipes created by Women's Well being editors and specialists; and a line of Women's Well being-branded Coromega omega-three dietary supplements.
At that time, we run the chance of exhausting the adrenal glands and flooding our body with metabolic toxins, reminiscent of damaging free radicals (associated with the growing old process and ailments similar to coronary heart disease and most cancers). Women's Well being Journal is a new magazine that provides Aussie girls recommendation on how to be wholesome, active, completely happy and match.
Within the males's magazines, yow will discover tips about how one can reduce your weight. As one government stated, "He is the prototypical Males's Well being man: successful, a good dad, a very good husband." This is one focus, in fact, that units Males's Well being apart from so many other "guy magazines available on the market. In the well being journal, you will discover tales of real folks and the right way to treatment from lethal ailments.
The body relies on meals to replenish its internal antioxidant shops. Women's Well being launched 15 new editions over the previous four years and has seen tremendous success around the world. In what was referred to as probably the most startling cancer prevention study ever revealed, University of Arizona and Cornell College researchers recently found that selenium meals dietary supplements considerably reduce the incidence of practically all forms of cancer.

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The family seeks a highly-skilled Carer who can join them in 3 weeks. They also need someone who can drive the elderly client to doctor's appointments. A nice and spacious bedroom ensuite will be provided as well.
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A circle can be drawn on a paper by moving a pencil along the boundary of a bangle, or a coin etc., or by using a compass and pencil.
Steps for drawing a circle using compass:
Step 1: Fit a small and sharp tipped pencil in the pencil arm of the compass. Fix it firmly by means of the screw.
Step 2: First mark a point, say 'o', on a paper. This will be the center of the circle.
Step 3: Stretch the two arms of the compass to a distance exactly equal to the radius of the circle you want to draw.
Step 4: Now fix the needle of the compass on point 'o' and move the pencil arm to draw the circle.
Directions: Draw the following circles and have them graded by your teacher.
1. Circle with a diamter of 3 cm.
1. Circle with a diameter of 3 cm.
2. Circle with a diameter of 8 cm.
3. Circle with a radius of 5 cm.
4. Circle with a diameter of 1 inch.
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TOTAL PAGE REVAMP! As I told Greenreaper over PM on Furtopia. I am revamping almost my entire wiki page. A lot has changed since the locking so I am updating everything so it will all be correct. May 3, 2007
Hi there, Mazz, and welcome to WikiFur! Thanks for telling us a little bit about yourself. Let me know if you need any help not already provided. :-) --GreenReaper(talk) 03:34, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)
Hi there. Please do not remove sections of text from an article, as it will almost always be reverted by an administrator. If there is a reason why you think something does not belong in an article, please explain on the article's discussion page. If you have any questions, please let us know. Thanks. --Douglas Muth 15:23, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi again, Mazz. Feuerstoss explained to us about your previous edit at Talk:Mazz. I have made edits which remove the information that I think is personal. I would invite you to check it over again. If there is anything else you have an objection to on that page in relation to your concerns, please remove that, with an explanation in the edit summary box above the Save page button. When you do that, it lets other editors see what you are doing, and more importantly it helps them understand why you are doing it. If you don't tell us, we won't know, which is why your previous edit was reverted. Hope this helps. :-)
If you have any further questions, click the talk link to the right of here: --GreenReaper(talk) 05:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
why i removed the information.[edit]
I removed it because I have sent 2 emails to GreenReaper asking him to remove my wiki and lock the page because I no longer wish to be active int he fandom outside 2 sites I am currently on.
They were not removed to I removed the information myself. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mazz (talk • contribs) .
- That's a little odd. I do not believe I received those emails. When did you send them, and to what address?
- (more discussion over at Talk:Mazz) --GreenReaper(talk) 05:47, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Welcome back[edit]
Welcome back, we are pleased to find you back and are glad that you are recovering well. While we are certainly glad to see you back, I have one teensy request. When you make an edit, please use the Show preview button next to the Save page button. What this does is let you take a look at how the article is going to turn out before you actually submit it. This way your edit history isn't bloated and also the Recent Changes page isn't mostly you changing a character here and there. Appreciate it so much and welcome back once more! If you have any questions, drop me or any of the other administrators a line and we'll be glad to help out! :-)--Kendricks Redtail 10:56, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey Mazz, just as Ken said up there, please feel free to ask if you have any questions about how to go about making your page look a certain way, or... well anything. :) Good to see you back, and healthy! --Banrai | talk (05/03/07) 14.30 (UTC)


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Driving your career in 2010Monday, January 04, 2010
Year 2010 has come with a lot of hopes and aspirations for job seekers. Here are some handy tips to help you manage your career resolutions and carve out a better career for yourself.
- Decide upon and prioritise measurable bigger goals: Ensure that your resolutions clearly lay out the goals that you want to achieve by the end of the year. The goals must be quantifiable and should not be vague. Be it salary, new job or a new career, ensure that there is a dipstick to measure the success. (Also read: Five signals you should make a career change )It will help you decide to what extent you have been able to achieve your goals at the end of the year. Also, priortise your goals so that you do not end up spending more time on goals that are lowest in your priority list and lose out on the important ones.
- Break bigger goals into smaller tasks: Bigger goals can become overwhelming at times and keeping a regular track on them also becomes difficult. So, break your goals into smaller tasks. This way, you will be able to track your progress easily and implement corrective actions, if something goes wrong. (Also read: Set smart goals)
- Develop a plan: Whatever your career resolutions are, to achieve them, it is important to have a plan in place. Plans that are carefully developed with achievable dates, give you the right direction to follow, and with each step you get closer to your goal. Make sure you give yourself a pat on the back on the achievement of a goal or task.
- Invent alternate methods: After deciding upon your goals and plans, decide which methods you will use to get there. Deciding the methods in advance saves you a lot of time later and also gives you a head start with the plans. Better still, think of multiple methods to achieve your goals so that there are backup options available if the primary method fails.
- Prepare for failures: Although the market situation is improving, it is possible that your goals may take longer to achieve that you expected. You may even fail to achieve some of your goals. So, it is better to be prepare for any unwarranted failures and have a backup plan that will help you revive and set you on track to achieve your goals. Just remember, it may not always be your fault, as situations may change. (Also read: Is it YOU who is making your job-hunt go awry? )
Achieving big goals call for persistence and hard work. Be confident about your skills and never give up. The situation will be good and your hard work will ensure you achieve your goals.
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Creech: Cedric Benson forever a Texas football legend
There wasn't social media to follow in 2000. There were few recruiting websites that posted videos at that time. The access to the top football recruits in the country was limited.
Still, as a college freshman in Oklahoma, I knew about Cedric Benson.
I'd grown up a fan of the Longhorns - my father was diehard - and even though I opted for scholarships and a fresh start with the Sooners, I still paid close attention.
So while home for winter break my freshman year, I made the trip to Austin to see Benson with Midland Lee compete for a state championship against Austin Westlake.
It didn't take long to realize that every bit of hype of was true.
Benson was the kind of player who demanded your attention every time he touched the ball.
It was crushing to wake up to news of his death Sunday morning. The former Longhorn great was killed in a motorcycle crash in Austin according to a report from the Austin American-Statesman.
Twitter timelines start to fill up with shock over the news.
Quickly memories of Benson followed.
The 2000 state championship was my first glimpse of him, but I'd see him several more times over the years - from 2001-2004 in the annual Red River Rivalry. I also watched the Longhorns regularly. I carried a flag for the Big 12 and spent my Saturdays paying as close attention as possible to every game on TV.
Benson had some ups and downs with injuries in college, but was still regularly one of the best running backs in the country. He finished with more than 1,000 rushing yards all four seasons, finishing his career at Texas with 5,540 and 64 touchdowns.
He was such a powerful runner. He had great field vision and could often find a hole no one saw or create one by using his sheer strength to break free. Benson had a special knack for running a football.
Benson went on to play in the NFL for eight years, amassing 6,017 yards with stops in Chicago, Cincinnati and Green Bay.
He had his issues that included several arrests a few of which led to dropped charges. The most recent was for driving while intoxicated in Austin in 2017. Three days ago, he was found guilty for the lesser charge of obstruction of a passageway for that arrest.
On Saturday night, he posted a photo of a motorcycle on his Instagram story with the words, "My Saturday night."
Also on his Instagram account - photos of him visiting high schools students, an announcement of his foundation's partnership with the Special Olympics and a photo with a young Sutherland Springs shooting survivor.
Benson was only 36 years old. He had a lot of life left and this loss is a tragic one.
Benson will always be one of the great football players in Texas.
His stamp on football at UT and in the high school realm will live on forever.
RIP to one of the state's football legends.


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At this point, it's probably wise, even if you can't bring yourself to forego shady workout supplements completely, to at least steer clear of stuff produced by Dallas-based USP Labs. Over the summer, the Food and Drug Administration forced the company to destroy $8 million worth of product containing dimethlyamylamine, or DMAA, a compound that had been linked to 86 reports of illness and death nationwide. Then, last month, the agency issued a warning that two other USP Labs product, OxyElite Pro and VERSA-1, might be behind an outbreak of non-viral hepatitis in Hawaii.
According to the FDA, 27 of 46 patients hospitalized with acute hepatitis in the state in recent months reported taking OxyElite Pro. Several patients are currently awaiting liver transplants, and one has died. The suspected culprit is a compound called aegeline, a relatively untested ingredient supplement makers have begun using in recent years.
See also: FDA Makes Dallas Supplement Maker Destroy $8 Million Worth of Bodybuilding Powder
USP Labs has steadfastly denied that its products are to blame.
"The cluster of liver issues in Hawaii is a complete mystery and nothing like this has ever been associated with OxyELITE Pro in all of the years our products have been on the market," it said in October.
Nevertheless, the company stopped distributing the product and, as the FDA announced on Saturday, has agreed to pull OxyElite Pro products from the shelves or face sanctions.
USP Labs has also agreed to reformulate its product and destroy its remaining inventory of aegeline-containing supplements. It explained those decisions in a letter to the FDA last week, which was obtained by USA Today.
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"Although the company knows of no valid concern about the safety of aegiline or OxyElite Pro, the Company has made the business decision, in light of adverse publicity, to reformulate the product and to discontinue the use of aegeline in The United States," its chief compliance officer wrote.
The FDA's evidence is admittedly circumstantial, but any concerns about couple of dozen people taking the same dietary supplement and mysteriously contracting hepatitis would seem to be quite valid indeed.
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Actis has sold a stake of Ugandan electricity distributor Umeme for $85.5 million. Investec Asset Management and Uganda's National Social Security Fund join Actis as cornerstone institutional shareholders in Umeme.
Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity firm, today announced the successful sale of a substantial stake of Ugandan electricity distributor, Umeme Ltd (Umeme) for US$85.5 million. The shares were bought by over 20 new and existing blue-chip institutional investors in a heavily oversubscribed secondary offer through the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) and the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE).
Investec Asset Management and Uganda's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) join Actis as cornerstone institutional shareholders in Umeme. Actis will shortly make additional shares available to local retail investors and to Umeme's directors and management team, retaining a significant minority stake for at least two years.
This transaction is the largest secondary block trade to date on the USE. The trade follows on from Umeme's recent landmark IPO, cross-listing on NSE and US$190m corporate financing.
David Grylls, Partner at Actis commented "We are delighted to be deepening the capital pool into Uganda and broadening the institutional shareholders of Umeme, to continue the next phase of growth. That growth is indicative of Uganda's powerful macroeconomic story."
Eng. Kabagambe Kalisa, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development: "By divesting the Umeme shares to such credible investors, Actis is further enhancing the energy sector. These investors are welcome to Uganda and to look at additional investment opportunities in the sector and beyond."
About Actis
Actis invests exclusively in the emerging markets with a growing portfolio of investments in Asia, Africa and Latin America; it currently has US$7 billion funds under management. Combining the expertise of over 120 investment professionals on the ground in nine countries, Actis identifies investment opportunities in three areas: private equity, energy and real estate. Actis is proud to actively and positively grow the value of those companies in which it invests and in so doing contribute to broader society.
About Umeme
Umeme is the largest electricity distribution company in Uganda.
Since Actis invested in Umeme in 2005, the Company has invested over US$ 224m in modernising its distribution system. By the end of 2013, Umeme had increased its customer base from 250,000 to 584,000 customers and it now directly employs over 1,300 staff.


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Title: Dumplin'
Author: Julie Murphy
Genre: YA, Contemporary
Publication Date: September 15, 2015
Publisher: Balzer and Bray
Pages: 384
Buy: Amazon
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed "Dumplin'" by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy's, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn't surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she'll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.
With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine— Dumplin' is guaranteed to steal your heart.
What a fantastic story. Really. I feel like we've all been "Dumplin'" at some point in our lives.
Willowdean "Dumplin" Dickson is fat. She's the first to tell you that. In fact that's how she introduces herself. As the daughter of a beauty queen mom, she's had her fair share of criticisms, but she's never let them get under her skin; not until she meets Bo. Finally falling for a boy who incredulously likes her back, she starts to self doubt herself and her confidence takes a nose dive. In an act of rare courage, or insanity, she decides to compete in the Miss Clover City beauty pageant along with a rag tag team of outsiders and atypical "beauties". Along the way, she learns a lot about herself, her friends, and what truly makes someone beautiful.
With similar themes to The DUFF, this book will make you realize that nobody is perfect and to embrace those imperfections. Willow is the first to admit she's not perfect, but she's ok with that. She struggles with events that most teens go through, especially in terms of relationships. People start to grow and sometimes grow apart. Learning how to come to terms to that and adapt is something everybody goes through growing up. In HS you're just starting to find your voice and navigate that scary entrance into adulthood. Willow and her friends go through it all in this book, with some Dolly Parton to help them along.
Speaking of peach, you have to love Bo, or "peachbutt" as Amanda (Willow's friend) likes to call him. He breaks down the stereotypes of the "private school rich boy" and shows Willow that not everybody is perfect even if they seem that way. He's a great contrast for her and I really love their relationship. One of my favorite relationships in the story is actually between Ellen and Willow. We've all had that best friend that we start to grow apart from as we grow up. It's a true friendship if you can navigate those tricky waters and still stay friends. It was awesome to see that relationship go through those trials. Willow's relationship with her mother is complicated. Her aunt Lucy, who passed away, was more a mother to her than her real mother and watching them struggle with this new dynamic now that she's gone has you sympathizing a lot with both of them, which surprised me. There were times I couldn't stand Willow's mom, but toward the end you start to realize she's human, with her own faults and insecurities.
The plot moved well. Some of Willow's insecurities annoyed me at times, but they still had me turning the next page to see what would happen next. This is definitely a story where the characters move the plot. Each one is diverse from Willow to Bo to her rag tag team of unconventional beauty queens. Each character in this story had something you could relate to. I love it when I read books like that!
Read this book if you need a great pick-me-up or if you feel like being nostalgic and reliving your HS days–the good and the bad. Plus, there's Dolly Parton.


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I was late to return from office. It's the fact that no bus comes or stops here (because you are waiting!). Say to yourself – bad luck. A biker stopped and asked me whether I would like to join him. I winked and decided after a while to become passenger on his bike. Yes, he was my colleague once. Now he has his own business to look after. Chat started.
"Sir, is this your new uniform?" I said yes.
"The most disliking fact to me was the uniform. Arre… uniform to the teachers, students, office, peons, even to principals. Same benches, school bags, boards, cabins, chairs and furniture all around. Appears good and neat, but at what cost? Ridicules. Is it military or jail? It's an educational institute sir! Education has colors, creativity, imagination and variety. Through education one is to evolve beyond boundaries. Here everybody has to breathe freeness, freedom and liberate illness. This is not factory of products wherein six sigma is achieved. We are dealing with tender minds. If these minds are not allowed to flower naturally, we are creating the disaster. Tell me any student or staff wishes to wear uniforms. Wearing uniform means obeying somebody's rules. Rules mean opposition. Surviving opposition means death. Death means killing the curiosity, creativity, involvement, interactions, communication. What do you want to do with dead minds? What could be taught or learnt from dead minds to dead minds?
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Up until recently, Palm's ads haven't exactly been anything we'd consider "embraced." They also haven't been anything we'd consider, you know, "good."
Expect the ads to get more consistently good from here on out — or at least more consistently not featuring a creepy chick being creepy*. Palm has just cut their ties with Modernista, the ad agency responsible for those not-so-sales-friendly ads.
The story broke via AdvertisingAge, who points out that this is likely a part of Palm's move to stronger point-of-sales ads over general brand advertising. Hopefully that doesn't mean Palm's moving away from the airwaves altogether; webOS' biggest strengths are things that can be encapsulated in video in a matter seconds, and lawd knows that Palm needs more people knowing about (and more importantly, wanting) webOS.
* To the creepy chick referred to in this post, be it that she ever reads this: We don't think you, personally, are creepy. In fact, you're pretty cute. These ads just made you seem creepy. Sort of like when a puppy sleeps with its eyes open. Good luck in your future gigs!


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"To meet & Exceed OEM products", Friction One invests heavily in R&D for new materials, new technology & new products. By continuous innovation, the first class premium quality products with reliable performance, comfortable pedal feel & long life are provided to our customers, creating value and exceeding expectations of customers.
Before every single formula and product design are approved for mass production, our R&D teams both from North America & China will work together to conduct rigorously and repeatedly following four testings. Until the new product is completely verified and approved that even under the worst road conditions, it meets and exceeds OEM products.


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Love this! Such good timing! Thx
'Let all that you do be done in LOVE." 1 Corinthians 16:14
This little piece of scripture says it all. It's straight forward and an easy reminder that in all that we do , we must do it with love. Nothing more, nothing less. When we wake up in the morning to make breakfast or take out the trash, do it with LOVE! An early morning headed to work? Go to work emanating LOVE. God's love for us is unconditional, and if we showed even a portion of that loved to everyone and in all that we do we are bound for happiness and love in return from those around us.
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A welcome addition to Ottawa's food scene: Lucie pays a trip to Mill St. Brewpub
Lucie Vignola is a self-described work in progress who loves running, hot yoga, food & wine, shopping, philanthropy, renos and her children. Though not in that order. Born and raised right here in Ottawa, she works in communications.
One of the most anticipated Ottawa restaurant openings in recent memory was the Mill St. Brewpub. This is a great spot for a casual group get-together. If you're into historic buildings, it's also worth a visit to the 1942 limestone building that houses the restaurant. I dropped in with friends on a Wednesday night recently and found a packed place with a great pub atmosphere.
The key sales point at Mill St. is the beer with a 14-tap lineup that even includes brews made specifically for Ottawa. We picked four beers to try, offered in a beer flight:
- Coffee Porter, a dark beer with coffee aroma that's a bit bitter;
- Vanilla Porter, a medium beer with a sweet taste;
- Belgian Frambozen, a fresh raspberry taste and aroma that was very refreshing; and
- Belgian Wit, a light beer with a bit of bite but that finishes off quite smooth.
I can picture returning in the summer to enjoy a cold glass of Belgian Frambozen … maybe after a Bluesfest show, since Mill Street is just a stone's throw away from the War Museum. The Lemon Tea Ale might also prove an ideal summer treat! (And beer lovers take note: An on-site store allows guests to pick up some of their favourite brews, many of which aren't available in other stores.)
For dinner, we picked a mix of appetizers to share. We started with a large, delicious two-coloured beet salad with baby spinach, cranberries, goat cheese and toasted walnuts, topped with a vinaigrette made with Belgian Frambozen. We also had some lightly battered calamari with a choice of two dipping sauces: beer mustard aioli and chipotle marinara sauce.
We followed this up with an order of flatbread: cobblestone stout and balsamic braised portobello mushrooms, pulled duck confit, shredded gruyere and fresh blueberries. Lightly battered sweet potato fries with beer mustard aioli finished off our meal. Alas, we simply had no room for dessert, but there was a decent selection.
Always looking for a new brunch option, my friend and I returned to Mill St. last weekend and found a small but good selection. I found it pretty noisy for a casual weekend brunch and the food was average. The saving grace was the excellent service.
Whether you're simply looking to whet your whistle or catch up over a few appys, the Mill St. Brewpub is a good place to go.A couple of things to know if you're heading there: they do not take reservations Friday and Saturday nights and you can't pay with Interac.
Thanks, Lucie! And just wait until patio season opens; Mill St.'s large patio is located right next to the Ottawa River, making it an ideal place to enjoy a pint as you take in some of Ottawa's most-picturesque scenery.


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I asked my designer at Little Tiger, Helen Holmes to say a few words too as she is also super talented and a joy to work with.
Here is what Helen said about her love of working on children's books;
Like Hippo, I love wearing hats! Throughout the week I can be seen wearing a collection of hats to suit the variety of roles a book designer may play, such as: biscuit baker, technical advisor, motivator, juggler, counsellor, talent scout and the list goes on! The trick is not to wear too many at once, as it's very confusing and makes you're neck ache! And then, of course, there's the party hat – there's nothing better than a spot of fancy dress to relieve that deadline stress, yee-haw!!
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What is to be done? After Joseph Stalin was found unconscious in his dacha in March 1953, the rest of the leadership of the Communist Party reacted numbed. No one dared fetch a doctor, which would also have been difficult because Stalin had banished all his doctors. In the resulting power vacuum, everyone was primarily interested in saving their own skin.
The scheming and power games in the Kremlin are grist to the mill of Armando Iannucci, the Scottish maestro of political satire (The Thick of It, Veep). With a great cast of English-speaking actors, he shows the cynical and thoroughly rotten battle for power that is soon fought out between Lavrenti Beria, the feared former boss of the security services, and the shrewd Nikita Khrushchev. Iannucci's pitch-black comedy is extremely funny, but does not shirk from showing the horrors of Stalin's vicious regime. Parallels with today's international politics are obvious. Closing Film IFFR 2018.


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had another round of yummy big prawn nooldes at why eat har, a big prawn noodles stall opened recently by my good friend's brother.
the last time i tried was with a big group of friends on 6.3.2015. this time we had 10 chap pies.^^
thye hwa heng canteen is located at blk 29 eunos avenue 6 near to signpost building. many car workshops here.
the S$5 prawn noodles looked marvellously yummy! 🙂
the 2 prawns (4 pieces of 1/2-sliced prawns) were quite a bit larger than the S$5 bowl at ah hui at balestier food centre.
not so evident from the photo that the S$6 big prawns were much larger than these S$5 ones.
6 of us ordered the S$6 big prawn noodles. not sure if this was the usual pricing as the board said S$8, but prawns do vary in size & price on the day & i know the stalls adjust the prices accordingly sometimes. e.g. when we were at wah kee at pekkio food centre, cambridge road recently, the prawns were larger than what they served for S$10 so we had to order S$15 big prawn noodles.
most of us added the S$2 pork ribs so total+S$8. i think one friend had the S$6 w/o pork ribs.
noodles were lesser than the last round (which was like the 2nd day after stall opened & we feedback that noodles were a bit much).
chilli sauce was more intense, could be because of lesser noodles, but did feel a bit tastier.
prawns were good as last time. the proprietor chong long, my friend's brother, said the fishmonger told him these prawns were sweeter than anka prawns & a friend agreed it was sweeter. i must say i did not feel much difference. i though the prawns this time were just slightly overdone & not as bouncy as last round, but equally fresh & sweet. 🙂
the pork ribs were very good standard, very tender, consistent but not falling apart & great taste. as a pork rib dish i thought it was very good, very well done. personally though i not specially into the tender pork ribs noodles bit. for pork ribs i prefer bakuteh style with slightly more bite rather than the soft bones teture & feel.
a friend bought some fruits from the next stall.
very yummy & enjoyable prawn noodles. will come back again later.^^
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the frank and Matchmaker Productions present The Masks of Oscar Wilde, a play written by Shaul Ezer with C.E. Gatchalian at The Revue Stage as part of The Vancouver Fringe Festival. The Masks of Oscar Wilde is a unique theatrical experience about the life and works of the famed Oscar Wilde. What started as a theatre history … [Read more…]


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Xuqa Changing Its Game Again
Xuqa is switching gears again, changing its name to Peanut Labs and refocusing its attention on providing surveys for other social networks. Read our previous post on Xuqa here.
Made for use in virtual worlds, forums, social networks and all other online communities, Peanut Labs will help these communities monetize their sites by granting marketers prime access to users and splitting the revenue. By optimizing niche social networks, the companies can provide more valuable and targeted data. From its (fluff)friends Facebook application to its own experience with launching a social network and learning how to monetize a Gen Y user base, Peanut Labs has created its own niche and is offering its services to other social networks.
The surveys are integrated into social networks almost as games for the users. In participating, users are earning points or "peanuts" in exchange for useful information that goes to advertisers and market researchers.


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During Tuesday's press briefing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer weighed in on the viral video depicting a passenger being forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight by law enforcement on Sunday after refusing to give up his seat.
Spicer said he had been "disturbed" by the "unfortunate incident." The video shows aviation officers pulling 69-year-old David Dao from his seat and dragging down the aisle and off the plane.
Spicer said he was sure Trump had seen the video as well, and was asked to speculate as to what the president's reaction might have been.
"I don't think anyone looks at the video and isn't a little disturbed that another human being is treated that way," Spicer said.
He stopped short of weighing in on whether or not the federal government should investigate passenger treatment on aeroplanes, saying that the matter seemed more like one of local importance.
"I think there's plenty of law enforcement to review a situation like that, and I know United Airlines has stated that they are currently reviewing their own policies," Spicer said. "Clearly, when you watch the video, it is troubling to see how that was handled, but … I think for us to start to get in front of what should be a local matter" would not be appropriate.
A Department of Transportation spokesperson told Business Insider on Monday that the agency is "reviewing" the incident with Dao.
"From a human-to-human standpoint," Spicer concluded, "to watch a human being get dragged down an aisle with their head banging off armrests, and not think that it could have been handled better? I think we can all agree on that."
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Treasures of London – Queen Elizabeth's Oak, Greenwich Park…
October 6, 2017
Only the remains of this once mighty tree can now be seen in Greenwich Park. Thought to have been planted in the 12th century, the tree died in the late 1800s but, thanks to the support of the ivy that clung to it, remained standing until it finally collapsed in June, 1991.
The tree, located to the east of the Royal Observatory, has several links to the Tudors – tradition says King Henry VIII danced around it with Anne Boleyn while their daughter, Queen Elizabeth I, is said to have picnicked beneath its leafy canopy. The proximity of Greenwich Palace may explain the connection.
There was apparently in Victorian times, a large seat placed around the tree and there has been a suggestion that the hollow truck was big enough to make a small prison where people who misbehaved in the park were locked up.
Planted alongside is another English Oak – it was officially dug into the soil on 3rd December, 1992, by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, to mark 40 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
WHERE: Queen Elizabeth's Oak, Greenwich Park (nearest DLR is Cutty Sark Station and Greenwich Station); WHEN: 6am to 7pm (6pm from end of British Summer Time) daily; COST: free; WEBSITE: www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich-park
PICTURE: Clem Rutter, Rochester, Kent/www.clemrutter.net/CC BY-SA 3.0
Photographer John Pannell was among the crowds who gathered in The Mall to witness Trooping the Colour on Saturday. Traditionally held to mark the Queen's birthday, this year's event – in honour of the fact that the Queen has turned 90 (her actual birthday being 21st April) – was followed on Sunday by a lunch for 10,000, known as the Patron's Lunch, in The Mall. Trooping the Colour has marked the official birthday of the sovereign since the reign of King George II. Above are the Queen and Prince Philip while below are part of the Massed Bands of the Household Division, among those who marched, and, RAF planes fly-past Buckingham Palace while watched from the palace's famed balcony by the Queen and the royal family.
PICTURES: John Pannell/Flickr
Sir Winston Churchill lived a number of residences in London but, of course, the most famous in its own right is the traditional home of British PMs, 10 Downing Street.
Located in a short street just off Whitehall (now closed to the public), the property has been home to Prime Ministers since Sir Robert Walpole, officially First Lord of the Treasury but effectively the first PM, took up residence in 1735.
Churchill moved in following his election to the office of Prime Minister in 1940 and he and his wife Clementine took up residence in a second floor flat. It was in this property where, cigar in hand, he is famously known to have dictated speeches and letters to his secretary while propped up in bed.
The building suffered some bomb damage during the Blitz – on 14th October, 1940, a bomb fell on nearby Treasury Green and damaged the home's kitchen and state rooms. Three civil servants doing Home Guard duty were killed but the kitchen staff were saved thanks to Churchill who, dining in the Garden Rooms when the bombing raid began, ordered them to leave their duties and get into a bomb shelter.
The Garden Rooms – which included a bedroom, meeting area and the small dining room – were subsequently reinforced with steel and heavy metal shutters although these apparently would have made little difference had there been a direct hit.
Cabinet moved out of Number 10 into the underground bunker complex now referred to as the Churchill War Rooms (see last week's post) in October, 1939, and, after several near misses, the Churchills – Sir Winston apparently very begrudgingly – moved into the Number 10 Annex above the war rooms in 1940 (although Churchill continued to visit Number 1o for working and dining).
Much of the furniture and valuables were removed from Number 10 and only the Garden Rooms, Cabinet Room and Private Secretaries' office remained in use (along with a reinforced bomb shelter built underneath – King George VI is known to have sheltered here when he was dining with Churchill when a raid began).
At the end of the war the Churchills quickly moved back into Number 10 and it was from the Cabinet Room that he made his Victory in Europe (VE) Day broadcast on 8th May, 1945.
He vacated the premises after his election defeat later in 1945 but returned when re-elected PM in 1951 and left after he resigned in 1955 having held a dinner party attended by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip the night before.
A couple of interesting facts about Churchill's time at number 10: Churchill had many pets who usually had free rein in the house – even at 10 Downing Street his poodle Rufus was known to have wandered into a meeting in the Cabinet Room (before he was ejected) – while in 1958, Georgina Landemare, the cook during his time at number 10, famously published a book, Recipes from No. 10, which featured an introduction by Churchill's wife, Clementine.
There are apparently two portraits of Churchill among those of other PMs which grace the wall of the Grand Staircase.
For more on the history of 10 Downing Street, see www.gov.uk/government/history/10-downing-street
PICTURE: Sergeant Tom Robinson RLC/Crown Copyright
The world recently paused to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of former British PM, Sir Winston Churchill (see our earlier post here), so we're launching a new series looking at 10 sites associated with Churchill in London.
Given the recent anniversary, we're starting at a site close to the end of his story, at St Paul's Cathedral, where his state funeral was held on 30th January, 1965.
Code-named 'Operation Hope Not', the funeral had been thoroughly planned in the years leading up to the former PM's death and took place just six days after he passed. Having lain in state in Westminster Hall for three days (during which time it's estimated 320,000 filed past his flag draped body), his coffin, carried on a gun carriage pulled by 120 members of the Royal Navy, was escorted by more than 2,300 personnel from the military as it made its way through city streets lined with thousands of people to St Paul's for the service.
During the service, the catafalque containing Churchill's body stood on a raised platform beneath the central dome surrounded by six candlesticks. Among the official pallbearers – who marched before it down the aisle – were another former PM, Clement Attlee, along with military figures like Field Marshal Lord Slim and Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten of Burma.
A plethora of world leaders representing 112 nations attended the funeral service including six sovereigns, six presidents and 16 prime ministers. Among them – in an unprecedented move for a state funeral – was Queen Elizabeth II (sovereigns do not normally attend non-family funerals) along with Prince Philip and Prince Charles.
It's estimated that as some 350 million people around the globe tuned in to watch the funeral on TV.
After the service, Churchill's body was taken to Tower Pier (near the Tower of London) where, to the sound of a 19-gun salute fired by the Royal Artillery, he was loaded on the MV Havengore. Sixteen RAF Lightning aircraft then did a flypast as he was transported upriver to Festival Pier with dockers dipping their cranes in salute as the boat passed (this journey was recreated last week using the original barge in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his death).
On its arrival at Festival Pier, the body was then taken to Waterloo Station from where it went via train in a specially prepared carriage (the refurbished funeral train has been brought back together at the National Railway Museum at York) to be buried in St Martin's churchyard in Bladon, Oxfordshire – a site not far from his birthplace at Blenheim Palace.
A bronze memorial plaque commemorating where Churchill's catafalque stood in St Paul's is set before the Quire steps while in 2004, the Winston Churchill Memorial Screen was unveiled in the crypt where it stands in line with the final resting places of both Admiral Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington.
For more on the state funeral, St Paul's has a great page of detail which you can find here, including downloadable copies of the Order of Service and other documents.
Apologies for the delay in posting this piece – next week we'll post the final in this series!
The first underground railway system in the world, the London Underground – fondly known as the 'Tube' – is this year celebrating the 150th anniversary of its creation.
Born out of an idea to link the inner city with the various large rail termini on the outskirts, the first section of what is now the underground system – a six kilometre stretch between Paddington and Farringdon – opened on 9th January, 1863, and was run by the Metropolitan Railway, known less formally as the 'Met'.
It was constructed using the 'cut and cover' method in which streets were dug up and tracks laid in a trench before being covered by brick-lined tunnels and the street above replaced (the method was later abandoned, apparently due to the disruption it caused to traffic). The first trains were steam-driven locomotives and drew gas-lit wooden carriages behind them (the first journey was re-enacted earlier this year – see our earlier post here. Other events commemorating the 150th included a visit to Baker Street Station by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the Duchess of Cambridge).
The idea proved a success – 26,000 people used the new railway every day during the first six months of its operation – and the Metropolitan District Railway opened a new line between Westminster and South Kensington (station is pictured) in December, 1868, while the first Tube tunnel under the Thames, from the Tower of London to Bermondsey, opened in 1880, and what is now the Circle Line was completed in 1884.
In December 1890, the world's first deep-level electric railway opened, running between King William Street in the City and passing under the Thames to Stockwell. Ten years later the 'Twopenny Tube', more formally known as the Central London Railway, opened between Shepherd's Bush and Bank (it was from this that the use of the word 'Tube' to describe the Underground system caught on).
The uniting of the system began the following year with the creation of the Underground Electric Railway Company of London and by World War I, all but the Met were within a single group organisation. The name Underground first appeared on stations in 1908, the same year electric ticket machines were introduced.
In 1933, the Underground came under the control of the London Passenger Transport Board – the same year that Harry Beck's first diagrammatic map of the underground system appeared.
Stations in the system were used as air raid shelters during World War II – part of the Piccadilly Line was closed and used as a storage site for treasures from the British Museum. Following the war, the organisation running the system went through various name changes until the formation of London Underground in 1985.
The system has since expanded – the Victoria Line was opened in the late 1960s and the Jubilee Line a decade later – and now consists of more than 408 kilometres of railway lines and 275 stations which serve more than three million passengers a day – equating to more than a billion a year, the same as the entire national rail network.
For more on the history of the Underground, see our earlier 10 Questions with London Transport Museum curator Simon Murphy. Poster Art 150 – London Underground's Greatest Designs runs at the London Transport Museum until October. Admission charge applies. For more (including the many events around the exhibition), see www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/events/events-calendar#posterart150.
For more, check out David Bownes' Underground: How the Tube Shaped London or Andrew Martin's Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube.
UPDATED: Excitement has been building for months ahead of this weekend's Diamond Jubilee celebrations which include a 1,000 boat flotilla which will sail down the Thames on Sunday, the Diamond Jubilee concert on Monday and National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday which will be followed by a ceremonial procession back to Buckingham Palace.
• First to the flotilla. The formal river procession will be held between 2pm and 6pm, starting upriver of Battersea Bridge and finishing downriver of Tower Bridge. The Queen and her family will be boarding the Royal barge, the Spirit of Chartwell, near Albert Bridge at 2.30pm and will travel upriver at the centre of the flotilla with the aim of pulling up alongside HMS President, near Tower Bridge, at 4.15pm.
The flotilla will be one of the largest ever assembled on the river and feature rowing, working and pleasure boats of all shapes and sizes decked out for the occasion. In addition as many as 30,000 people will be aboard passenger boats and there will also be music barges and boats spouting geysers as well as specially constructed craft like a floating belfry. It is estimated that it will take the flotilla around 75 minutes to pass any static point along the route.
Downriver of London Bridge, near the end of the pageant's seven mile (11 kilometre) course, a gun salute will be fired and the procession will pass through an 'Avenue of Sail' formed by traditional sailing vessels, oyster smacks, square riggers, naval vessels and others. For more on the pageant (including the location of large viewing screens – these positions will be regulated from 8am onwards – and road closures as well as an interactive map of the route), head to www.thamesdiamondjubileepageant.org.
• Diamond Jubilee Concert and Beacons. To be held outside Buckingham Palace, close to the Victoria Memorial, on the evening of Monday, 4th June, the concert – which starts at around 7.30pm and features everyone from Elton John to Paul McCartney and Shirley Bassey – will be televised live by the BBC (unless you're lucky enough to have one of the 10,000 balloted tickets meaning you get to have a picnic in the palace gardens and see the concert). For those who can't go but would like to experience some of the atmosphere, Royal Parks are setting up screens along The Mall, in St James's Park and in Hyde Park.
At 10.30pm that night, the Queen will light the National Beacon outside Buckingham Palace, the last in a network of beacons to be lit across the country. More than 4,000 beacons will be lit by communities across the UK and in Commonwealth countries around the world between 10-10.30pm that night (for more on the beacons, see www.diamondjubileebeacons.co.uk).
• National Service of Thanksgiving and Carriage Procession. On Tuesday, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will leave Buckingham Palace at 10.15am and travel by car to St Paul's Cathedral via the Mall, through Trafalgar Square, down the Strand and Fleet Street and up Ludgate Hill to St Paul's. There they and the 2,000 invited guests will attend the National Service of Thanksgiving, conducted by the Dean of St Paul's, the Very Rev Dr David Ison (the Archbishop of Canterbury will preach).
At 11.30am, the Queen and Duke will then head to Mansion House for a reception (via St Paul's Churchyard and Queen Victoria Street), hosted by the Lord Mayor of London David Wootton, Court of Aldermen and Court of Common Council. Other members of the Royal family will attend a reception at Guildhall. At 12.30pm, the Queen and members of the Royal Family will then head to Westminster Hall (via Queen Victoria Street, St Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate Hill, Fleet Street, the Strand, Whitehall and Parliament Square), entering through the Sovereign's Entrance of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) at 12.40pm. There, they will attend the Diamond Jubilee Lunch.
At 2.20pm, the Queen and Prince Philip will lead a carriage procession from the Palace of Westminster to Buckingham Palace (via New Palace Yard, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square and The Mall), riding in a 1902 State Landau. They will be followed by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in a State Landau, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Prince William and Kate) and Prince Harry in another State Landau. If it's raining, these will be replaced by the Australian State Coach, Queen Alexandra's State Coach and the Glass Coach. Military personnel will line the route, a 60 gun salute will be fired and a Guard of Honor will await them in the Buckingham Palace forecourt.
At 3.30pm, the Queen and members of the Royal Family in the carriage procession will appear on the balcony at Buckingham Palace to wave to the crowds and witness an RAF flypast and a Feu de Joie – a celebratory volley of rifle fire – which will be given as a salute in the palace forecourt.
There's plenty more happening over the weekend including many local street parties – far too much for us to record here. So for more, head to the official Diamond Jubilee site, www.thediamondjubilee.org (or The Big Lunch for local lunches – www.thebiglunch.com). You can purchase a copy of the official souvenir programme online at www.royalcollectionshop.co.uk/diamond-jubilee-1/diamond-jubilee-official-souvenir-programme.html or download it at www.itunes.co.uk.
Reckon you can take a good photo? We're looking for great images of this weekend's Diamond Jubilee celebrations (just email us at firstname.lastname@example.com).
Want to read more about the Queen? Why not check out Sixty Glorious Years: Queen Elizabeth II, Diamond Jubilee, 1952-2012, Queen Elizabeth II: A Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Album, or Debrett's: The Queen – The Diamond Jubilee. For related music, check out Diamond Jubilee: A Classical Celebration, The Diamond Jubilee Album or Gary Barlow & the Commonwealth Band's Sing EP (featuring Prince Harry).
The Royal Wedding – Royal residences…
April 27, 2011
Word is that Prince William and his soon-to-be wife, Catherine Middleton, have yet to formally decide where they will live when in London (they are expected to spend much of their first two-and-a-half years of marriage in North Wales).
Their initial London base, however, will reportedly be Clarence House. Located in The Mall, just down the road from Buckingham Palace and beside St James's Palace, the grand building is currently the home of William's father Charles, the Prince of Wales, his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and, William's brother, Prince Harry (it is also the home of William himself).
In years gone past, Clarence House served as the home of the newly married Queen Elizabeth II (then Princess Elizabeth) and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Charles, who lived there with his parents until the age of three, returned to the property in August 2003 after the death of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who had lived in the building from 1953.
Clarence House was built between 1825 and 1827 to the designs of architect John Nash on the orders of Prince William Henry, the Duke of Clarence and later King William IV.
Choices for a permanent home in London for the soon-to-be married couple reportedly include Buckingham Palace (see yesterday's entry), as well as Kensington Palace.
It was converted from a Jacobean mansion for King William III and Queen Mary II and has since been the home of many royals including, most famously, Diana, Princess of Wales. She and her then husband, Prince Charles, moved in following their wedding in 1981, and Princess Diana continued to live there after her divorce in 1996.
Other notable royal residents have included Queen Anne and Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
Another option – St James's Palace – was built in 1531 on the site of a medieval leper hospital by King Henry VIII. Used initially for state occasions and to house royal relatives (Tudor monarchs actually lived at Whitehall Palace), it became the official royal residence in 1702, when Whitehall Palace burnt down, and remained so until the 1830s when King George III moved to Buckingham Palace.


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Gary E. Smith, President, Mokihana Pest Control, Inc.
PCO License #317, authorized Sentricon Inspector, State Certification E50805, 7B and 7C. as well as Field representative PCFR License. Mokihana Pest Control was founded in 1981 by Gary E. Smith. Prior to that time, he worked for various agricultural endeavors as well as Xtermco, a highly successful pest control firm on Oahu that had a branch office on Kauai.
Mr. Smith, born and raised in Hawaii, was educated at the University of Hawaii, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction in tropical Agriculture in 1972. Part of the curriculum involved entomology courses which peaked his interest in insect collection, a passion that persists to this day.
Ted Kimura
Ted has the longest time as an employee of Mokihana Pest Control, Inc., starting in February 1984. He is the Operations Manager. Ted is a Certified PestControl Technician and Licensed Termite Inspector . He is also an Authorized Sentricon Technician. His licenses include; PCO License #1208, Field representative PCFR 644, State Certification E50919, 7B and 7C.
Kapaa HS graduate . " Do it all " guy to make operations run smoothly.
Ted has come up with numerous equipment innovations for efficient Pest Control.
Craig Smith
Craig started with Mokihana Pest Control in December 2004. Prior to returning to Kauai, he was employed by Horizon Pest Management ( Hilo ) for 2 years. Craig is our lead and Licensed Termite Inspector, Certified Pest Control Technician and Authorized Sentricon Technician. Craig holds certificates of completion from Purdue University for Termite and Pest Control correspondence course. Craig graduated from Kapaa High School and is also a graduate of University of Hawaii Hilo.
His licenses include: PCO License #1178. Fieild representative PCFR 1045,
State Certification E50843, 7B and 7C.
DJ Dato
DJ started with Mokihana Pest Control, Inc. in November 1993. He is our Lead Authorized Sentricon Technician as well as a Certified Pest Control Technician and Termite inspector. He also Certified in Integrated Pest Management.
DJ holds certificates of completion from Purdue University for Termite and Pest Control correspondence course. Kapaa HS graduate.
His licenses include; Field representative PCFR 817, State Certification, E 50704, 7B and 7C.
Anthony Wabinga
Tony started with Mokihana Pest Control, Inc. in September 1999.
He is a Certified Pest Control Technician and his State Certification Licenses are, E50730, 7B and 7C.
Also Tony is a licensed Termite Inspector and holds a Field Representative License PCFR 1127. He graduated from Kapaa High School and besides Pest Control, is our Office Property Maintenance person.
Solomon Torio
Sol started with Mokihana Pest Control, Inc in January 2003.
He is Pest Control Technician, with State Certification License E50929 for 7B and 7C as well as Termite Control State Certification E 50828.
Sol is also Certified in Integrated Pest Management.
Sol is a coach for Kapaa HS, Electrical and small engine repair person.


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White Plains Real Estate Continues to BOOM — One North Broadway & 445 Ham Sold.
WPCNR MAIN STREET JOURNAL. December 25, 2004: Landmark office buildings at One North Broadway (former home of Merrill Lynch, now home to New York Sports Club), and 445 Hamilton Avenue, have been sold by MetLife earlier this week , reports John Jordan, … Continue reading


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Guest post from Emily Davison, a writer, fashion blogger, English Literature student and YouTuber. She also happens to be visually impaired and works with a guide dog.
Do you ever face those moments in your day where something cringe-worthy happens to you? Do you find yourself thinking how wonderful it would be if the ground would swallow you up?
In life I find that there have been many obstacles that I have had to face. But, one thing that never seems to vanish are the questions I get due to my disability. Some of them are the most awkward and frustrating moments I can recollect. Some make me want to recoil in sheer mortification.
Recently I created a video on my YouTube channel after reading an article by a young women in a wheelchair about the top ten sayings and questions that she gets due to her disability. It inspired me to relate my own version about visually impairments. Scope invited me to discuss my views on these misconceptions right here on the Scope blog.
1. "Won't glasses help?"
I get this a lot when first meeting people and after what seems to be an eternal age of hearing it, I feel that it is time to set the record straight:
I am not a martyr. If I can improve my life in any way – I do.
But, alas the problem lies not in the eye but in the optic nerve and for me, as with many people with sight loss, glasses do not help. In short, if glasses did help me I would certainly be wearing them.
2. "Are you training that guide dog?"
There seems to be a misconception surrounding guide dog owners and the way that they mobilise in society.
Having switched from using a long cane to a guide dog, my walking speed and posture has changed an awful lot and I now walk in a confident manner and with purpose. If a person with a guide dog walks confidently and 'not like the stereotypical blind person' this does not mean they must be a guide dog trainer!
3. "How long have you been blind?"
One of the biggest stereotypes around sight loss is that everyone who uses a long cane or a guide dog must have no vision whatsoever. One person with a guide dog may be fully blind, another may have some remaining vision like myself. I would always advise that when you discuss the topic of sight loss with a guide dog owner or long cane user that you use the term 'visually impaired' as it a more accurate representation of sight loss.
4. "You're so normal!"
This comment, in my opinion, appears to imply that people with sight loss or other disabilities are less than 'normal'.
Everyone is different. There is no such thing as a normal person. Disability is one small part of a person and should not be used to classify their place society.
5. "But you're looking straight at me?"
Different individuals have different levels of vision, one person may be able to read print, whilst another may be able to see color. Some people with sight loss may be able to give you eye contact, or at least use their hearing to look in the direction of where your voice is coming from. Never presume that sight loss is all in black and white, because there are many different shades in the spectrum!
6. "She's blind! I've got a chance to pull her!"
This is one of the more uncouth sayings I get in social situations such as the pub or a restaurant.
Some people think that my sight loss will increase their chances to 'pull'. In the past this has shattered my confidence and made me recoil from dating situations. My sight loss should not be used as an advantage for other people to exploit. Disability as a whole is something that is misunderstood when it comes to dating situations and that is why I praise Scope for including dating as a key aspect of their End The Awkward campaign.
7. "I don't know how you do it!"
As a writer, my thesis on life is to experience as much of the world and people within it as possible. Meet new people, experience different cultures and live for every second. Time affects us all, disabled people included, and I believe that it is imperative to design your life in the way you wish and to gain autonomy over yourself. The comment of 'I don't know how you do it' suggests that every disabled person is an isolated person afraid to live their life.
Never let any part of yourself hold you back, you are in charge of your disability, it is not in charge of you.
8. "You're so trendy! You don't look blind!"
I am still shocked by the amount of people who pass this comment with a look of incredulity on their face about how my dress sense amazes them.
Having sight loss does not have to affect a person's relationship to fashion or style. Style is a form of expression and it depends on passion and imagination and not on your level of vision. As a visually impaired person I appreciate clothes from the fabrics and embroidery used, to the outline of the garment and how it makes me feel when I wear it. I interact with style based on a number of different senses. There are many different visually impaired people, who appreciate clothes for their shape, quality and attention to detail.
After all, fashion is a creative outlet and is not exclusive to one set of individuals.
9. "How does your guide dog know the bus numbers?"
Whenever I hear this comment I want to laugh until my sides are sore. Instead, I simply bite down hard on my tongue to keep in in place and politely inform the individual that a guide dog can only do certain things. Guide dogs do not have the power to talk or read, they follow instructions from the owner and help them to mobilise and get on and off public transport. The owner has to have full knowledge of the route they intend to take and the dog will act as the car.
10. "She's so pretty! It's such a shame she's disabled!"
This is occasionally followed by the slightly more mumbled comment of "what a waste". When I hear this my tongue takes on a life of its own and sets the world to right! My appearance is not ruined by the fact that my eyes do not work in the same manner as the majority.
I speak to everyone who reads this and considers themselves disabled. Your disability is not a shame and as so long as you are happy in the skin you are in, never allow anyone to convince you that it is!
You can read more on my thoughts and opinions on the topic of disability, style and identity by following me on the links below. Everyone is welcome on my social campaign to rid the world of its misconceptions of not just sight loss but disability in general. Come and join me, have your say and let's make a change for good!
I also appear on RNIB's Insight radio at 2.15 pm every Friday.


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There are certain times of the year when your man is going to be absolutely obsessed with sports – any sports, and during those times, yep, you're going to want to get him sports themed gifts. If you're not the sports fanatic that he is, however, then you're probably at a bit of a loss as to what you should be buying him. There are lots of great options out there, especially from websites like fanatics.com. We're going to cover four different gifts you might want to grab your man this season, whether it's for his birthday, an anniversary, or just to help stave off the hunger between games.
The category of memorabilia is a bit wide, but you probably already know that. It really all comes down to what your partner likes and what you think would fit best into their collection. For example, it's always a great idea to get him an autographed jersey from his favorite player, but if you can't afford to go that route, there are plenty of other items out there, like autographed jersey frames, football display cases, replica helmets, coffee table books, and more!
Sports wallets are awesome. That's really all we need to say, but let's go ahead and go into a bit more detail here. Here's the cool thing, there are many different shapes and styles of wallet, but our personal favorite comes from Fanatics.com, and it's a wallet that actually features interior lining made from a used game jersey. That's right, the inside of your wallet has been on the field, and maybe it was worn by your favorite player; now that's cool. It's a little more expensive, but your partner is going to love it.
If your partner likes to play golf, then you're in luck, there are a ton of different pieces of golf memorabilia out there, from bags to club covers, and more. You don't have to be at the game to represent your team and neither does your partner!
When all else fails, an NFL hat is one gift that really stands the test of time. They're one of the more inexpensive pieces of memorabilia, and they come in many different styles. Take a look at what's available and surprise your partner right before the big game with a hat that sports their favorite team colors.
NFL themed gifts aren't exactly few and far between; take a look at these and make sure you do your own research! You're bound to find exactly what you need and something that will satiate your partner's needs between regular season games.


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|Caprimulgus (1)
The scientific name for this species, Caprimulgus, is from the Latin for "goat sucker", a name that arose from a past belief that this bird sucked milk from the teats of goats (3). This is now known to be a myth and probably originated as a result of nightjars being frequently seen in fields of goats and sheep, where they fed on insects attracted by the livestock's presence (4).
The Egyptian nightjar is well adapted to its life in the desert. Its sand coloured feathers are mixed with streaks of brown and black, helping it to blend in amongst the sandy surroundings (3). The underside is much lighter in colour and the male has white dots on its wings. Juvenile Egyptian nightjars have beautifully patterned soft down that helps camouflage them from predators (3).
Little research has been undertaken on the behaviour of the Egyptian nightjar, but what is known about this species fits into the general trend for the genus Caprimulgus. The Egyptian nightjar is active at dusk, when it feeds on a variety of flying insects, predominantly beetles and moths but also flies, crickets, termites and flying ants (3). With its very long wings and strong moth-like flight the Egyptian nightjar is well-adapted to snatching its prey from the air during flight (3). Suggestions that the Egyptian nightjar uses echolocation to catch nocturnal insects have not been confirmed; instead, there is much evidence that it hunts by sight and this is why it stops feeding in the middle of the night when it is too dark to see flying insects (3).
Little is known about the breeding patterns of the Egyptian nightjar, although it is thought that its breeding season is timed to coincide with seasonal peaks of insect abundance, often around the end of the wet season. This species does not build nests; instead a clutch of two eggs is laid directly on the sand. The eggs are mottled with lines and scribbles, which camouflages them against the ground they are laid on. During the daytime the Egyptian nightjar can be observed carefully protecting its clutch, avoiding detection through excellent camouflage and by remaining silent. The parents feed the young by regurgitating insects (3).
The breeding range of the Egyptian nightjar extends through most of North Africa, the Middle East and south-western Asia (1), while in the winter months it migrates to the warmer regions of North Africa. There have also been rare sightings of this species in Europe and even in locations as far away as China (2).
The Egyptian nightjar is one of the few known desert bird species (5), although it is also said to occur in shrubland and grassland (1).
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).
There are no known threats specific to the Egyptian nightjar, but although its population has not been formally quantified, it is believed to be in decline. Nonetheless, the decline is not seen to be sufficiently rapid for this species to be considered as threatened with extinction. Consequently it is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (1).
There are no known conservation measures currently in place for the Egyptian nightjar.
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Since Nothing Is Wrong, Can We Assume Everything is Right?
By John McGuinness
Making assumptions is bad, right? The standard answer is 'yes,' because most of us have had those moments when we made a decision based on a certain assumption, and then discovered the decision turned out to be wrong because our assumption was wrong. Not good. And to make matters worse, the person pointing out our mistaken assumption probably also felt the need to become a linguist and write out "assume" as a three syllable word on a nearby white board. (Unfortunately, we know the punch line to that one.)
As leaders, it's considered bad practice to take business matters for granted. We know that when someone is called out for making a bad assumption, he or she is being accused of not asking critical questions to get important information in service of the organization's goals.
But are all assumptions bad? In other words, to prevent more unsolicited linguistic lessons on how to break down the word "assume," should we question everything we encounter and take nothing for granted?
Consider this example.
A few years ago during a morning car-pool commute with a colleague, I was drinking a cup of coffee from a drive-thru. I never actually saw the coffee itself because it was in a paper cup with a lid on it. As I've done hundreds times before (actually, perhaps thousands), I drank the cup dry, but this time my last sip contained some coffee grounds. I don't particularly enjoy the taste of coffee grounds, so I was vocal in letting my colleague know what had just happened.
"That's what you get for assuming the coffee was fine," he said with that certain smugness of a person who doesn't drink coffee.
Of course, that's not the response I was looking for. My initial, unvocalized retort was a "Yeah, I should have poured the coffee into a clear beaker and checked for sediments and then have run a toxicology test." Instead, I kept my mouth shut and drove on. After all, I had done what any reasonable person would do: I observed nothing out of the ordinary in the coffee place (as usual, it was clean and the server was courteous), and the cup and lid looked pristine. Nothing appeared wrong, so I assumed everything was okay.
As we drove on, I continued pondering these matters about making assumptions. I noticed that my colleague wasn't concerned at all when I drove through green-light intersections without slowing down to make absolutely sure that the cross-traffic would not run their red lights and crash into us. We approached the intersections, saw nothing was amiss, and drove through with the relative confidence that our assumptions about the way people obey the traffic laws were valid.
It struck me that if we didn't make hundreds of assumptions a day about navigating through our everyday world, we'd be stopping at all green light events and never get anywhere.
In light of the sheer volume of things we need to accomplish in a given day, making assumptions can be useful. At a fundamental level, almost all of our assumptions work almost all of the time.
Unfortunately, since we make so many correct assumptions every day based on "nothing seems wrong," it's easy to get into the habit of not asking probing questions when we should—especially when our business goals seem to be cruising along on auto-pilot. In those cases when a project seems to be going well, during a meeting we might ask, "Does anyone have any problems or concerns?" Quite often—and for a variety of reasons— the answer will be a "no," and we'll move on because we've reinforced an assumption that since nothing was wrong then everything must be okay.
But then comes the kicker a few days, weeks, or even months later: A serious problem within the project, seemingly out of the blue, but painfully obvious in hindsight, blindsides us. And then we get into some "what ifs" that come down to "If only I had asked the right questions back then."
In the case of an organizational initiative where nothing is overtly wrong, one way we leaders can challenge our assumptions is to ask questions like: "Is there any chance people are reluctant to say what's really going on?" Or, "do I encourage the people on my team to challenge things they have doubts about?". Depending on the answers, we may need to create a safe atmosphere where assumptions are identified and, if need be, tested.
So, to get back to the issue of whether or not people are correct when they spell "assume" as a three-syllable word, we've got to think about the consequences of the assumptions we're making. When is it time to see that nothing is wrong and move on through the intersection, and when is it time to see that nothing is wrong and slow down and ask questions? It's okay to get a sip of coffee grounds every 6 months or so, but it's not okay to let your team fail.
Training Resource: The Abilene Paradox. Instead of assuming everyone is on-board with a decision, leaders must make it safe for people to speak up if they think the team is headed in the wrong direction. This all-time bestseller drives home a powerful message about the importance of getting everyone's honest opinion.
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Voted as the best Sinhalese film of the first 50 years of cinema at Sri Lanka's Golden Jubilee of Independence, Nidhanaya is one of Lester James Peries' most widely acclaimed films.
Based on a short story by G.B. Senanayake, the film is about a young man who finds an old manuscript describing a king's treasure hidden in a cavern. But this manuscript also calls on him to first find and then sacrifice a young girl.
A dark allegory of Sri Lankan's social and political system, the film departs from Peries' characteristically quiet, observational family dramas.
Nidhanaya was long thought irretrievably lost. But in early 2013, a copy was discovered. Through a joint effort by the World Cinema Project, National Film Archive of India and National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka, the film has been restored.
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Coming off a five-game road trip in which lousy weather followed them from Detroit the Baltimore, the Red Sox headed home for the first time since the All-Star break to welcome the 47-53 Minnesota Twins into town. After their game against the Orioles got rained out in the second inning on Wednesday night, one might have expected the team to come out firing against the Twins on Thursday, but that simply was not the case.
In what might be his last start for the forseeable future with RHP Nathan Eovaldi being added to the 25-man roster earlier in the day, Brian Johnson made his sixth start of the year in this one, and he was solid yet again.
Pitching nearly six full innings, the lefty held the Twins scoreless while scattering four hits and three walks to go along with five strikeouts, something he has done in three straight starts.
Despite the goose egg in runs allowed, Johnson certainly was far from perfect and found himself working around a healthy amount of traffic in the first and last innings he appeared in.
The first lot of traffic on the base paths came in the first, as two of the first three Twins the Florida native faced in this game reached base on singles.
With runners on first and second, another single off the bat of Eduardo Escobar to center field looked like it was going to be good enough to score Joe Mauer from second for the first run of the evening. Luckily for the Red Sox, a cannon from Jackie Bradley Jr. to nab the Twins third baseman at the plate put a temporary hold on any immediate danger.
Two batters later though, the bases were loaded for the Twins after DH Mitch Garver had a drawn a seven pitch walk.
Faced with yet another tough spot early on, Johnson buckled down by striking out the next batter he faced in Robbie Grossman on another seven pitches to escape the jam and send this thing to the middle half of the first.
Including the strikeout of Grossman, the 27-year old starter/reliever hybrid went on to retire 14 straight Twins hitters from the first all the way to the top half of the sixth.
Once Eddie Rosario broke that streak by drawing a five pitch walk, Johnson's night would soon come to an end, but not before a wild sequence took hold on a Brian Dozier single.
As can be seen in the video, Jackie Bradley Jr. gets this ball in as soon as possible to try to nab Eddie Rosario at third.
That did not pan out, and neither did Rafael Devers' throw to Brock Holt at second to catch Dozier advancing to second.
What did work out here was someone on the left side of the infield communicating to Holt that Rosario was headed towards home.
After recovering from the attempted tag out of Dozier, the Red Sox utility man got up quickly, turned, and darted a near-perfect throw to Blake Swihart to get the out at the plate and prevent the Twins from getting on the board. A very well executed 8-5-4-2 play on the second out of the inning.
Following another walk of Eduardo Escobar, Johnson's eventful night came to an end with the chance to get the win, as he was replaced in favor of Heath Hembree.
Finishing with a final pitch count of 84 (53 strikes), the former Florida Gator relied on his four-seam fastball 43% of the time while on the mound on Thursday and topped out at 91 MPH with it on his 67th pitch of the contest.
In terms of innings pitched, 5.2, this is the deepest Johnson has pitched into an outing since he tossed six one-run innings in his first start of the season back on April 2nd against the Miami Marlins.
Lowering his ERA to 3.45 and WHIP to 1.33, the left-hander came away with a no-decision on Thursday, and as I had already mentioned, will return to the bullpen within the next few days.
In relief of Johnson, Heath Hembree got the first call out of the Red Sox bullpen in the sixth and retired the lone batter he faced in the inning.
Coming back out for a second frame of work with a one run lead to protect, the South Carolina native served up two straight hits to start out the seventh.
After a GDIP off the bat of Ehire Adrianza tied the game at one run a piece, Hembree gave up his third hit of the inning against the last batter he saw.
Matt Barnes came in to clean the mess that Hembree had made with two outs, ended the inning by striking out Joe Mauer, but surrendered the go-ahead run on a two out Mitch Garver RBI double in the eighth. Charged with his third loss of the season, last night marked the first time since July 12th in which Barnes had given up an earned run.
From that point on, Ryan Brasier continued his run of quality relief work with a 1-2-3 ninth inning to keep his team within striking distance, which nearly worked out for them.
On the other side of things, Twins starter Kyle Gibson was DEALING last night. He needed 120 pitches to get through eight innings, but he was excellent.
The only run the Red Sox could muster in this one came in the second, when, with one out and Blake Swihart at third and Jackie Bradley at first, Mookie Betts grounded out to short, which allowed Swihart to easily score from third.
However, on the throw from shortstop to first base, Bradley tried to advance all the way from first to third on a pretty agressive move and ultimately paid the price for it, as he was tagged out to end the inning thanks to a fine throw from Joe Mauer. Betts did come away with an RBI, but that was all the scoring the team could come up with.
I mean, they certainly had their plethora of opportunities, like loading the bases on multiple occasions in the first and ninth innings, but had nothing to show for it.
Speaking of the ninth inning, I need to know why Mitch Moreland was not pinch-hitting for Jackie Bradley Jr. in that spot.
Bases loaded, one run game, two outs, Twins closer Fernando Rodney on the mound, a pitcher Moreland has hit at a .600 clip over his career, and he is nowhere to be found.
Alex Cora said after the game that there was no reason in particular why Moreland did not come on to hit for Bradley. It was just a matter of the team being in favor of the way the lineup was matched up against Rodney.
And ultimately, that decision did not pan out. As the Red Sox center fielder, fresh off making two fantastic plays with his glove, fanned for second time to wrap this frustrating 2-1 loss up.
Some notes from this one:
In 14 at bats this month, Blake Swihart is slashing .417/.500/.625 with one home run and two RBI to go along with a current eight game hitting streak as well.
Since joining the big league club on July 28th, Ryan Brasier owns an ERA of 0.00 in eight innings pitched. With the recent struggles from the bullpen, perhaps it's time to give Brasier some more high leverage opportunities.
This is just my opinion, but the Red Sox should probably upgrade their bullpen.
Dropping two consecutive games for the first time since June 19-20 against these Twins, the Red Sox will look to even things back up tomorrow to kick off what should be a fun weekend for the team. Chris Sale gets the ball for the Friday start and he will be matched up against veteran righty Lance Lynn for Minnesota.
In his only other start against the Twins this season, Sale struck out 11 batters in seven innings pitched back on that June 19th game at Target Field.
First pitch of the second game of the series is scheduled for 7:10 PM ET Friday.


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trailer break: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'
Hoorah! A woman pirate who actually gets to do piratey things, and is played by Penelope Cruz? Awesome!
Now, we'll just have to hope that director Rob Marshall doesn't turn her into some sort of cardboard Barbie doll who stands around in the background looking pretty and propping up the male characters, as he did in Nine. Even when the story is supposed to be about women, as he did in Memoirs of a Geisha.
On the other hand, Marshall's movies typically end up like cartoons even when they're supposed to be serious dramas. Perhaps when he's starting with a story that's meant to be a cartoon, like this one, it'll all work out okay.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides opens in the U.K. on May 18, 2011, and in the U.S. and Canada on May 20, 2011.
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