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Launching your Day
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Date: August 2016
Duration: 1 hours 4 minutes
A remarkable achievement-an eyes-open, while-you-work-or-play meditation to start the day on a positive, focused note. Attune to your deepest values, then gradually energize yourself as you enjoy words of wisdom and self-affirmation. Extend the peace of the sleep state congruently into the activities of everyday life.


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Sessional Staff
C.£12-£14 per hour depending on experience
Ad-hoc based on the needs of the service
Must drive and have access to a car
We are looking for a group of energetic, creative and courageous Family Group Conference Co-ordinators, who can demonstrate a tenacity and enthusiasm in making a positive difference to the lives of children on the edge of care.
We are looking for passionate people to co-ordinate Family Group Conferences (FGC) in North Somerset.
We are a small team and positive relationships are valued. Therefore, it is essential that the post holder is able to work effectively with others with a flexible and adaptable approach – always demonstrating their commitment to working to the highest possible standards whilst remaining at all times child centred.
Community Foster Care is a small children's charity operating as an Independent Fostering Agency, as well as providing other children's services. We are passionately committed to our values and to enabling children and young people to thrive, be ambitious and to dream. Working for Community Foster Care means you are too.
The post holder will be home-based with access to Local Authority offices in Worle.
You will work with a small team of sessional FGC co-ordinators and be managed by the Family Group Conference Project Coordinator. A driving licence and access to a car is essential.
Applicants must demonstrate:
• Excellent facilitation, negotiation and communication skills
• A sound grasp of the principles and practice of Family Group Conferences
• A comprehensive working knowledge of relevant Legislation
The safeguarding of children is paramount. This post will require the successful applicants to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
In working for Community Foster Care you will:
• Become an integral part of the Community Foster Care Charity Community.
• Work for a Charity driven by its beliefs and values, which reinvests any surplus back into work with Children and Young People.
• A working culture that promotes innovation and creativity.
• A competitive pension scheme with matched employer contributions up to 5%.
• A flexible working culture, that enables children's needs to be met, but also provides you flexibility that you need for modern living.
• A Charity that has available a range of diverse professional interventions to enable children to recover from trauma and live within loving stable families. Our resources include a clinical therapist and placement and family support workers.
• A Charity with a firm commitment to anti oppressive practice, underpinned by an understanding and promotion of equality and diversity.
• Commitment to personal development.
• Excellent Terms and Conditions including a car allowance.
For more information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sasha Hart, Family Care Manager on 01452 840999 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please email completed applications securely to firstname.lastname@example.com or alternatively you can post it to Sasha Hart, CFC, Unit 15, The Hawthorns, Staunton, Gloucester, GL19 3NY.
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Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound Training & CME Courses
Introduction and Advanced Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Ultrasound Live Training Course provides participants a strong foundation to perform and/or interpret the core ultrasound applications in an emergency setting as outlined in the ACEP ultrasound practice guidelines. These courses are taught by leading emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound experts that incorporates comprehensive lectures and interactive case presentations featuring a 3:1 participant to faculty hands-on scan ratio with live models and phantoms, and is specifically designed for physicians, sonographers and other medical professionals who need comprehensive emergency medicine ultrasound training. The course is held at multiple dates throughout the year, making it the perfect course for both local participants and participants traveling to our facility in St. Petersburg, Florida. In this five (5) day program, participants will learn ultrasound techniques for the entire emergency medicine & critical care specialty. Case Log Provided Documenting 85+ Exams. CLICK HERE to learn more & register today!
This hands-on emergency ultrasound course is intended for any medical professional involved with performing ultrasound examinations in an emergency setting. Participants may include, but are not limited to: emergency and critical care physicians, surgeons, hospitalists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, sonographers, internal medicine physicians, and any other point of care medical professionals.
- Increase the participant's knowledge to better perform and/or interpret Emergency ultrasound examinations.
- State the basic fundamentals of ultrasound physics and demonstrate appropriate optimization for system controls.
- Perform ultrasound evaluation of the trauma patient (E-FAST exam) and pneumothorax.
- Demonstrate scan protocols for focused evaluation of the abdomen, aorta, female pelvis, and adult heart.
- State an algorithm for uses of bedside ultrasound during cardiac arrest, shock, and hypotension
- Demonstrate image orientation, transducer preparation, and scan protocols for performing use of ultrasound guidance for vascular access, pericardiocentesis, paracentesis, hemothorax, lumbar puncture, and ET placement.
- Demonstrate protocol for focused evaluation of DVT.
- Differentiate normal/abnormal image characteristics of the abdomen, female pelvis, first trimester OB, and ectopic pregnancy.
- Increase competence to incorporate protocols, scan techniques, and interpretation criteria into clinical practice.
- Imaging Fundamentals
- OB-GYN Anatomy/Exam
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- Fundamentals of Needle Guidance
- Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access
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- FAST & E-FAST Exam
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- Evaluation of DVT
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- Ultrasound Guided Procedures: Pericardiocentesis, Paracentesis, Hemothorax, Lumbar Puncture, ET
- Training and CredentialingSonography in Shock & Source of Sepsis (Gallbladder, Biliary Tree, Appendix, Bowel Obstruction, Peritonitis & Abscess, Pylonephritis)
- Fluid Responsiveness in the Critically Ill
- Advanced Non-Cardiac Chest (Sinuses, Larynx, Trachea, Lung & Pleura)
- Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Vascular Access
- Interactive Case Studies
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- 2. Echo Assessment of Cardiomyopathies & Heart Failure
- 3. Mitral Insufficiency & Complications
- 4. Guidelines for Appropriate Use of Ultrasonography by the Intensivist
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Online shopping secrets
The best way to stay in touch with all of the latest product news, as well as being the first to know about any exclusive offers, is by signing up to their newsletter. You'll get all the information you need emailed to you, so you never have to worry about missing out.
Make sure you have a look at their Sale section as well. There are thousands of products available, with some huge discounts, so you're more than likely to make a saving with GhostBikes. You can even filter their products by department, brand, and price, so you can find the clearance items you want, straight away.
The first thing you should do when you arrive on their website is check out their Featured Items on their homepage. You can find all of their hot products here, and even get some fantastic discounts!
Why choose GhostBikes ?
GhostBikes are committed to providing you with the best motorcycle and motocross products in the industry, at the lowest possible prices. They offer a price match promise, so if you find any of their products at a better price online, they'll not only match the price, but give you a further 25% discount!
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The Most Symbolic
On May 9, 1965, on the 20th anniversary of victory and under the personal initiative of Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, himself a war veteran, Moscow saw its first Victory Day parade in 20 years. The 1965 parade was the first to see the carrying of the Banner of Victory hoisted above the Reichstag on May 1, 1945. The same day, Moscow, Leningrad, Odessa, Sevastopol, Volgograd (Stalingrad), and Kiev all officially received the title of Hero City.
The Grandest
In another 20 years, on May 9, 1985, newly chosen Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev presided over the grandest Victory Day parade since 1945. The celebration had it all: veterans of the 1945 parade marching along Red Square's paving stones, partisans, workers of labor fronts, Polish and Czechoslovakian veterans, modern troops, some in historical costumes, and modern weapons systems.
The Most Unusual
In 1995, the 50th anniversary of victory was marked in an unconventional way. Roughly 5,000 veterans from all across the former Soviet Union marched through Red Square, where, for the first time, they were greeted by multiple foreign guests – US President Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister John Major, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and others. Due to the construction of the Okhotny Ryad shopping center on Manezh Square, the heavy equipment and airborne component of the parade was moved to Poklonnaya Hill, where the Great Patriotic War museum, whose construction began in 1987, was finally opened. The parade took place at a very difficult time in Russia's history, following the catastrophic collapse of its economy, defeat in the war in Chechnya, and the disintegration of Soviet-era alliances across the globe. On a positive note, it was this year that the Victory Day parade became an annual tradition.
The Most United
The May 9, 2010 parade, marking the 65th anniversary of victory, was the first time that servicemen from the countries of the Western anti-Hitler coalition took part in a Russian Victory Day parade. Troops from the US, the UK, and France, as well as Poland (whose troops took part in the 1985 parade), participated in the memorable ceremony, with battalions from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine also taking part. President Dmitry Medvedev said the inclusion of the foreign troops was a recognition of the shared Allied victory in WWII. The celebration was not without controversy, however, with protests led by the Communist Party complaining about the decision to allow NATO troops to march across Red Square.
The Most High-Tech
The 2015 Victory Day parade is remembered as one of the grandest in scope (seeing the participation of over 16,000 servicemen and women), and perhaps the most high-tech, showing off for the first time a new generation of Russian military equipment, including the T-14 main battle tank, the T-15 and Kurganetz-25 infantry fighting vehicles, the Bumerang armored personnel carrier, the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled howitzer, the Ural Typhoon MRAP, the BTR-82AM naval infantry APC, the Kornet-D/EM mobile antitank missile system carried by GAZ Tigr light APCs, and the RS-24 Yars mobile ICBM launcher. Under President Vladimir Putin's initiative, the 2015 celebration was the first to be marked by a moment of silence for the fallen. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also famously made the sign of the cross before the start of the parade, prompting commotion in Russian and foreign media.
Bonus: The Original
Commemorative parades are all well and good, but nothing beats the original Victory Day parade, marked on June 24, 1945. The ceremony was the largest ever held, featuring some 40,000 troops and 1,850 pieces of military hardware. Marshals Georgy Zhukov and Konstantin Rokossovsky rode through Red Square on white and black stallions. Soviet leader Josef Stalin, soldiers, officers and foreign dignitaries presided over the parade from atop Lenin's Mausoleum. The parade included the famous moment when Red Army troops threw Nazi banners down before the Mausoleum, including the banner of the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Hitler's personal bodyguard unit.


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Close-season signing Billy Jones appears set to miss the start of Sunderland's Premier League season with a hamstring injury.
The right-back looks likely to be denied the chance to face former club West Brom on the opening day of the new campaign next Saturday as he battles to return to full fitness.
Jones joined Sunderland from Albion on a free transfer in May following a three-year spell at The Hawthorns, but will have to wait to make his competitive debut.
"I think it will take at least another week for him to train with us," Sunderland head coach Gus Poyet told the Chronicle.
"We're managing the situation the best we can."
Jones will join Emanuele Giaccherini in watching on from the sidelines against West Brom after the winger was also ruled out of next weekend's game with a groin problem.


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Connecting to existing wifi
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Connecting to existing wifi
After getting the new code for b-robot to work I tried to connect to an existing wifi (instead of using the wifi access point from the esp).
First I discovered som typos in the code:
#ifdef EXTERNAL_WIFI
ESPsendCommand(String("AT+CWQAP"), String("OK"), 3);
ESPsendCommand(String("AT+CWMODE=1"), String("OK"), 3);
after the first part of the command a closing ) was missing in each line.
The code now compiles an uploads without any problem. I can see the bot connected to my wifi but I cannot connect with the iOS bRobot app.
After reading http://forums.jjrobots.com/showthread.ph...=TELEMETRY I got the impression that using an existing wifi is not possible with the bRobot iOS app because the ip address of the telemetry server cannot be changed.
Is that correct, is it the same with the android app and are there any updates planned for the software to use existing wifi?
Regards, Kai
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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie / Si Le Das Una Galletita A Un Rat ó N [handmade Bilingual, Dual-language, English And Spanish Book]
Do you need to purchase a kids book? Buy a copy of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie / Si Le Das Una Galletita A Un Rat ó N by Laura Joffe Numeroff. Written by Laura Joffe Numeroff and it is published by Scholastic Inc. & Diversity Arts. This kids book was released around July of 1985. The kids book is 32 pages long.
mouse cookie galletita handmade bilingual dual-language
Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
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Professionally translated and proof-read by a retired Spanish Professor from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a native Spanish-speaker from Columbia. English and Spanish texts side-by-side are great for dual-language families or dual-language wannabees: Spanish-speaking families who are learning English OR English-speaking families who are studying Spanish! Brand new paperback in English, altered with high-quality (Avery) labels with Spanish text added on each page. And that's only the beginning!"Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is possibly to make immediately after you give him a cookie takes the reader by means of a young child's day. A reenactment making use of the saying:"Give them an inch, and they'll take a mile! BOOK DESCRIPTION: If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk. Spanish text formatted to fit AROUND pictures and English text.
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Everyday we are surrounded by clutter in some form at home or at work. One of the big ones for many people is their email inbox. Are you good at organising your inbox? For many people this can be hard to achieve particular when they have multiple inboxes to manage so the issue of clutter can be magnified somewhat. Does this sound like at all like you?
Several of my own friends have thousands of emails in the inbox and when they are looking for something it can waste so much time and be very unproductive. Using your inbox as a pseudo filing system does not really work. There are certainly better ways to use one's time than scrolling through pages and pages of emails to find something you need!
Steps to organising your inbox
Here are 6 steps your can take to tame your out of control inbox and save yourself time in the long run:
- The first step will be to clean out your inbox – to do this I suggest you create a few folders in the first instance – usually by year is the best place to start – 2017, 2016, 2015 ….. If your emails are actually more recent then you might like to name folders that are relevant to you and your needs. Afterall you are the one who needs to be able to find them easily.
- Once you have created these folders then move all your emails from these years into their relevant folder. If this step is creating angst for you don't worry as you are just moving them and not deleting anything at this stage.
- The next step is to take control from here on in of what arrives in your inbox. All those emails we have put into yearly folders can be dealt with later when you have time. Even consider this that if you don't find yourself looking for anything over a period of time you may also want to just delete them. The important point here is to make sure you have a process moving forward and that you are not adding to the backlog.
- For any new emails that arrive in your inbox from here on in you need to make decisions on what to do with them and not just leave them to pile up again. Questions to ask yourself are:
- Does this email require me to action it? If so either you can deal with it there and then or add it to your to do list for later.
- Is this something I might need to refer to later? By this it might be useful information that you might need at a later stage ie tickets to an event, travel ideas, financial or tax information etc. My suggestion for these type of emails is that you create folders within your email that make sense to you and allow you to easily find your these materials at a later time. Using the examples above the folders you might like to create are 'My ticket information'; 'My travel details' and 'Financial information' respectively.
- Is this something that is trash and can be deleted? If necessary unsubscribe or just delete the email. Be decisive in that if it's not relevant delete it!
- Do I actually even want this in the first place? Over time we tend to subscribe to many different newsletters, product updates or email updates and some of these are probably no longer relevant or needed. If this is the case I suggest that from here on in as you receive one of these emails that you go to the bottom of the email and hit 'unsubscribe' (Sometimes this button can be hard to find but keep looking). Another way of doing this is to create a folder called 'subscriptions' or something and move all the emails of this nature into that folder for say a month. Make a diary not for a month's time and go back and see how many you have and then to decide which of those are of value and which aren't and then hit unsubscribe.
- If you now have time and want to go back through those emails we moved into yearly folders then go for it. However the most important thing you can do moving forward is to ensure you keep on top of any new emails that arrive in your inbox and follow the steps outlined above so that it doesn't get unwieldly again.
- If you are someone who has multiple inboxes then you might like to follow the same steps above for each inbox that you have.
There are many other ways to manage your inboxes with setting spam filters, using junk folders and also setting email rules. If this might be something you'd like to do then I suggest you check them out in the email system that you use.
Good luck and here's to no longer spending ages trying to find an email again! Remember your inbox is there to serve you and not the other way around.
If you are still unsure of how to take control of your inbox or maybe you have issues with your electronic files as well then please do get in touch as this is something I can assist you with.


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Lust for trust: can public trust be restored in insurance?
Need to know
- Insurance should be there for each and every one of us, every step of our way
- Building trust takes time and money
- 60% of people believe CEOs should lead change
Nick Marson, founder of Parallel Mind, talks to commentators from across the insurance market to garner their views of how the insurance market can respond with one collective voice to meet the challenge of restoring public trust
In the 21st century, the world's most precious resource is trust. When a brand is trusted, people pay more, come back and tell others. The price of operating the insurance business is trust. Customers have a lust for trust, yet insurance is low on the trust scale.
"Public trust is at the heart of all we do, the reason we exist and core to our rich heritage," says Sian Fisher, CEO of the Chartered Insurance Institute. "We have separated ourselves from our customers. We have lost the human narrative of a shared life journey with all its risks, twists and turns. Insurance should be there for each and every one of us, every step of our way."
Fisher's challenge is a fair one: if insurance is to really be accessible to all, the insurance industry needs to build bridges to the public it serves and adopt language that is simple, direct and empathetic. Policyholders want to feel fully heard and understood. Flood victims want the claims adjuster to listen to their story, show empathy and feel their pain, not get out a calculator.
The challenge is a complex one, as building trust takes time (and money) – and that trust can also be easily lost, as the recent Facebook data harvesting scandal amply illustrates. Trust is, however, central to insurance, as the customer – be that an individual or a business – has to trust that their insurer will honour its commitment at the time of the claim with delivery on the promise.
The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer saw trust in UK business fall to 43%, with 45% of people saying business does not operate in a transparent and honest way and 60% saying CEOs should lead change, rather than wait for regulators to impose it.
Insurance has trust at its very heart and is bought with a view to it never being used – but when it is, it is usually at a time of distress. Outside of renewal, most customers rarely hear from their insurer and there are presently fewer opportunities or touch points to build trust than in other financial services such as banking.
And insurers don't help themselves, as the Financial Conduct Authority has highlighted over its belated interest in dual pricing. How can the customer trust an insurer that offers a lower premium to a new customer than to a loyal customer who, in all likelihood, has never made a claim? And can you trust a broker that doesn't tell you what he is being paid by the insurance company to sell its products? This market practice, in addition to price sensitivity, also undermines customer trust.
Michael Sicsic, head of consumer general insurance at the FCA, is keen to see better transparency across the industry: "The lack of transparency in commissions causes confusion with consumers." This means it is not easy to compare products from different providers.
"Trust in the transparency of insurers' business model is a key factor in building business partnerships," adds Julia Graham, deputy CEO and technical director at the Association of Insurance and Risk Management.
Transparency is a key component of trust and while there are financial consequences to greater transparency, an ethically healthier and more trusted industry should create bigger opportunities for all the players. If the industry doesn't self-regulate, it faces the prospect of ever-invasive regulation in the future. An example of this was the Insurance Act 2015, which made several key changes enforcing the duty of disclosure in commercial policies.
Transparent, ethical business and authentic leadership are needed if trust is to be restored with the public. Leaders always have choices, insists Ashton West, CEO of the Motor Insurers' Bureau: "Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Ethical business is sustainable business."
Some in the market believe that more widespread adoption of chartered status, presently overseen by the CII, is a key part of driving professionalism across the industry. In the UK, there are still many insurers and brokers that do not have chartered status.
John Moore, chairman of Thomas Carroll Group, and past president of the CII, made "choosing chartered" his main presidency message: "I believe chartered status raises our professionalism to a gold standard and that has to be in the best interests of the public. I became chartered as soon as I could and then took the three parts of my business through the process of gaining corporate chartered status. The ethical standard it sets also challenges you to make good judgements about your clients, and how you run your business."
Philippa Foster Back, director of the Institute of Business Ethics, agrees: "Education is a key element in rebuilding trust, through embedding values and behaviours in professionals and firms."
Lack of diversity
Diversity – or rather lack of diversity – is also an issue hampering trust, according to Tangy Morgan, senior advisor for the Bank of England at the Prudential Regulation Authority: "The voice of the customer must be heard in the boardroom. Board representation should reflect the diversity of customers and employees. Board members must be ethical, accountable and accessible."
The challenge for board members is to start succession planning that embraces diversity. Morgan's view is that change has to start at the top, and by implication the challenge to restore trust in the insurance industry has to start with the authentic voice of its leaders.
Leaders need to ignite a common sense of shared purpose – need to engage employees, especially millennials, and give them a sense of purpose and connection. Nick Frankland, CEO at Aon Benfield, explains: "There is a disconnect between the industry top heavy, 45-55-year-old managers and the under-30s they manage. We need to provide pastoral care to this new generation of leaders." The reality is that by 2020, half of the workforce will be millennials.
According to research from the Gallup organisation, more empowered employees give more personal service to customers. Putting a smile back on employees' faces puts a smile back on customers' faces. Insurers need to heed this insight and build a better working world, says Tony Sault, executive director for general insurance at EY: "Better relationships; better engagement; better accountability; better leadership – all add up to a better customer experience."
And diversity is also key to meeting the challenge laid down by Fisher that insurance should be accessible to all. Risk is diverse, and a more diverse industry will understand risk better to serve society better. Samantha Eustace, public affairs and communications assistant at Zurich, adds: "We are often behind the curve on topical issues and responses to these. Matters such as mental health, workplace wellbeing, diversity and inclusion all need more promotion and more sustainable actions taking place."
Dominic Christian, UK CEO for Aon, agrees: "The industry needs to embrace diversity better to understand risk better. Insurance should be less grey and more contemporary, more colourful, more visual, more alive, and more accessible."
Huw Evans, director general of the Association of British Insurers, believes this would make it easier to provide for the whole population: "We should do more to provide non-standard covers for vulnerable customers like those with special needs, who find it difficult to get adequate cover."
If the insurance industry is to tackle the protection gap, it needs to design a new social contract that reaches out to all parts of society – the young, the old, the disadvantaged, people with learning difficulties, those with mental health issues. Stories like that of a policyholder who suffers from cerebral palsy and managed to get appropriate travel cover, through a broker, for his trip to Italy to play for a professional wheelchair basketball team, should be the rule not the exception.
And the issue of trust is not just limited to the UK. Insurers attending the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation conference last October heard repeatedly that winning trust was the key to closing the ever-growing protection gap and that the industry needs to better communicate its societal value.
Steve White, CEO of the British Insurance Brokers' Association, underlines this point: "There needs to be a clearer explanation of what is covered by an insurance policy. The average reading age in the UK is 12, but you need a degree to read most insurance policies."
Public awareness
A common theme emerging from all of those interviewed is the need for a massive public awareness campaign on the positive contribution insurance makes, to put a human face on insurance and advertise the fact the vast majority of claims are paid out. In other words, to develop a common narrative that makes insurance friendlier, more accessible, relevant, empathetic and expansive.
Jon Dye, UK CEO of Allianz, for example, says he would like to see more positive stories: "Like the insurance market response to the floods in December 2015 – surge plans, quick responses, people on the ground, interim payments, tiny claims declinature rates, very few complaints, and a quiet media. These all contributed to a total industry transformation of the poor insurance market showing to the wind storm in 1987. However, the industry is poor at capitalising on the good news."
"Big personalities should step out, get on the road, be proactive and confident," he urges.
"We need to step up, step out, show up and shout out," confirms Peter Blanc, group CEO of Aston Lark. His comments are also supported by Kevin Thomson, CEO of Insurance Ireland, who adds: "We need the public to know who we are and what we stand for as an industry."
But in facing the future, the industry must embrace its past and where it has come from, as Tulsi Naidu, CEO at Zurich UK, points out: "Honest principles, transparency and protecting customers are what makes insurance a noble profession." The purpose of insurance, of taking risk away and protecting customers, is as important today as it ever was.
Despite this common wish for a united, collective and positive voice, the insurance industry is by its nature fragmented, competitive and conservative. But if the market is to really address the issue of trust, it is a nettle that needs to be grasped, believes Craig Tracey MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Insurance and Financial Services, and a former insurance broker owner. "There is a lack of getting positive stories out," he agrees. "The industry needs to reach out to the people and find new ways of connecting."
The big question is: can the insurance industry's leaders swap rhetoric for action and rise to Tracey's challenge to get the ball well and truly rolling towards the industry as a whole restoring public trust and pride in insurance?
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Did you know that nation western clothing for females is not just well-liked in Dallas or Houston anymore? Take a walk in Strandgaten, marken, Hollendergaten, Øvregaten or at the historical Bryggen, and make your day of shopping in Bergen into one thing special. In the compact city center, you can locate every thing from the large and tempting brand stores at the shopping malls to the little and special niche retailers with products you will not find anywhere else in the world. Terima kasih…. Terima kasih karena sudah menjaga Louie." Kata Nenek Choi dengan mata berkaca-kaca. Hujan makin deras, ada orang asing bertudung kepala mengamati rumah Louie dan Bok Shil dari kejauhan. Expansion of company in the recent years saw main organizations setting up of big shopping malls. Bergen has always been a city of traders and you will find a lot of tempting shopping – from modest, specialised shops to big division shops.
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Event Details
Join us for the annual GeoRabble Sydney Christmas drinks & pizzas, from 6PM upstairs at the Occidental.
As always - this is a free event, and pizza will be supplied.
There will be no formal talks this time, but there will be a Geo-Trivia show with liquid prizes!
Hosted by first-hour rabbler Francisco Urbina, you will have the chance to win free drinks by demonstrating your knowledge of some of the more (and less) obscure geo-trivia we are going to come up with over the next two weeks!
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PUBG Hacks, Cheats, Tips & Trick: PUBG game is a well-known game that is very famous worldwide. People from all group age are loved to play this game. The main idea of this game is to activate the mind and fast action performance. People find out many ways to play this game without any hurdles. For that, they are trying to get to know about different hacks and tricks. Sometimes, these hacks are helpful while playing the game. There are many PUBG game hacks that you can use to perform long and efficiently. This game has many tricks and tips; by following them, you can be a master of it. You can apply many PUBG Tips & Tricks, hacks & cheats during playing and earn free UC cash, but somehow, these tools seem artificial. So, try to make your way to play this game. These Tips & Tricks can be applied to all the devices such as PUBG Mobile, PUBG PC, PUBG Mac, PUBG Xbox One and PUBG PS4.
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PUBG Tips & Trick to master the Battleground
Game Settings
Before going into the battlefield you need to set the interface of your game. Set some options to auto and modify as you easy to run, fire, focus, collect things and more. These setting are very important because when you play you need to do things as fast as you can. Adjust these option from PUBG home screen menu.
- Select Third Person View or First Person View
- Adjust Graphics Quality
- Turn on Peek and Fire
- Use Gyroscope for Aiming Down Sights
- Check if Aim Assist is On
- Enable The Left Side Fire Button
- Enable Auto-open Doors
- Adjust the Size and Position of Controls
- Turn on Auto-adjust Graphics
Best Place for Landing in PUBG
The second thing to do is to select landing spot where you are comfortable to aim and shoot easily. it depends on you whether you need to meet with lots of players or want to play where less people.
Best Landing Spots in Miramar
- Pecado and Hacienda del Patron (Most loot, very high risk)
- Prison, Campo Militar (More loot, high risk)
- Minas Generales (Good loot, low risk)
Best Landing Spots in Erangel
- Military Base, Prison, Mansion (Most loot, very high risk)
- School, Severny, Pochinki (More loot, lower risk)
- Bunkers near 'Shelter' (Decent loot, very low risk)
Positioning In the Final Moments
When you are at the final time and circle near to look zero, or you can say when you near to chicken dinner don't do these mistakes or you will be dead and back to lobby which I am sure you don't want to be.
- Play on the Edge
- Shoot to Kill
- Don't Go in Guns Blazing
- Keep an eye on the map
- Wheels are better than legs
- Hide and peek
- Communicate with your squad mates
- Loot first, shoot later
Latest PUBG Hacks
While playing PUBG on Mobile, Windows, Xbox, PS4 or Mac at some time or at some point you must see a hacker. You are playing without cheating, looting houses and other peoples, and struggling to win the chicken dinner and at that point, a single shot came from nowhere which takes you down, you get shocked what happens, who killed you and from where? It might be a pro but the most chance is a hacker killed yours.
There are many hackers in PUBG battleground and many types of hacks available in the internet world. The most common and most famous hack of PUBG mobile is:
- PUBG aimbot hack
- PUBG speed hack
- PUBG Recoil script
- PUBG wall hack
PUBG aimbot hack
This hack is the most annoying hack in PUBG. This helps hacker to aim automatically to the target. Also, every bullet hackers fire will be directly hit the opponent.
There are also some advanced aimbots which aim the opponents, hit the fire and also fire automatically. Which means it's an auto-win hack.
PUBG speed hack
This hack is less dangerous as compared to aimbot hack. This hack gives insane speed to the hacker. Means hacker will be moved one side to another side of the map in no time. It's nearly not possible to kill these hackers.
PUBG Recoil script
Practically the majority of the weapons in PUBG have some sort of backlash, and you are relied upon to figure out how to control it or reset the force by executing a short deferral between shots. In any case, a few people choose to download contents or macros that naturally deal with the force. This implies they should simply press the discharge catch and don't need to modify their mouse to represent the backlash, as the content will do it for them and each shot will go precisely where they need it to. It's not exactly a point hack as it doesn't bolt on to an objective, yet it gives players a gigantic preferred standpoint in battles. Sadly they are likewise very hard to recognize, as this could simply be somebody who has aced that specific weapons pull back.
PUBG wall hack
Wall hack cheat in PUBG allows a hacker to see the opponents through the wall. You can also say it will add extra UI elements to the game which helps to see you heat sign, skeleton through the wall. It doesn't mean hack can shoot you through the wall.
Other PUBG Hacks
There are other hacks available too like quickly pick up the loots from the places or from the dead people, flying vehicles which travel very fast and extendable arms which helps them shoot even from the sky.
Report hacker in PUBG
If spot any hacker in PUBG, you must report that hacker so PUBG official team ban that people. They also detecting hacker and banning them. You must also report helping all the peoples.
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Tax reform changes to the standard deduction and itemized deductions may affect your ability to obtain an income tax benefit from charitable giving. Projecting how you'll be affected by these changes while there's still time to take action is important.
Income tax benefit of charitable giving
If you itemize deductions on your federal income tax return, you can generally deduct your gifts to qualified charities. However, many itemized deductions have been eliminated or restricted, and the standard deduction has substantially increased. You can generally choose to take the standard deduction or to itemize deductions. As a result of the changes, far fewer taxpayers will be able to reduce their taxes by itemizing deductions.
Taxpayers whose total itemized deductions other than charitable contributions would be less than the standard deduction (including adjustments for being blind or age 65 or older) effectively have less of a tax savings incentive to make charitable gifts. For example, assume that a married couple, both age 65, have total itemized deductions (other than charitable contributions) of $15,000. They would have a standard deduction of $27,000 in 2019. The couple would effectively receive no tax savings for the first $12,000 of charitable contributions they make. Even with a $12,000 charitable deduction, total itemized deductions of $27,000 would not exceed their standard deduction.
Taxpayers whose total itemized deductions other than charitable contributions equal or exceed the standard deduction (including adjustments for being blind or age 65 or older) generally receive a tax benefit from charitable contributions equal to the income taxes saved. For example, assume that a married couple, both age 65, have total itemized deductions (other than charitable contributions) of $30,000. They would be entitled to a standard deduction of $27,000 in 2019. If they are in the 24% income tax bracket and make a charitable contribution of $10,000, they would reduce their income taxes by $2,400 ($10,000 charitable deduction x 24% tax rate).
However, the amount of your income tax charitable deduction may be limited to certain percentages of your adjusted gross income (AGI). For example, your deduction for gifts of cash to public charities is generally limited to 60% of your AGI for the year, and other gifts to charity are typically limited to 30% or 20% of your AGI. Charitable deductions that exceed the AGI limits may generally be carried over and deducted over the next five years, subject to the income percentage limits in those years.
Year-end tax planning
When making charitable gifts during the year, you should consider them as part of your year-end tax planning. Typically, you have a certain amount of control over the timing of income and expenses. You generally want to time your recognition of income so that it will be taxed at the lowest rate possible, and to time your deductible expenses so they can be claimed in years when you are in a higher tax bracket.
For example, if you expect that you will be in a higher tax bracket next year, it may make sense to wait and make the charitable contribution in January so you can take the deduction next year when the deduction results in a greater tax benefit. Or you might shift the charitable contribution, along with other itemized deductions, into a year when your itemized deductions would be greater than the standard deduction amount. And if the income percentage limits above are a concern in one year, you might consider ways to shift income into that year or shift deductions out of that year, so that a larger charitable deduction is available for that year. A tax professional can help you evaluate your individual tax situation.
Qualified charitable distribution (QCD)
If you are age 70½ or older, you can make tax-free charitable donations directly from your IRAs (other than SEP and SIMPLE IRAs) to a qualified charity. The distribution must be one that would otherwise be taxable to you. You can exclude up to $100,000 of these QCDs from your gross income each year. And if you file a joint return, your spouse (if 70½ or older) can exclude an additional $100,000 of QCDs.
You cannot deduct QCDs as a charitable contribution because the QCD is excluded from your gross income. In order to get a tax benefit from your charitable contribution without this special rule, you would have to itemize deductions, and your charitable deduction could be limited by the percentage of AGI limitations. QCDs may allow you to claim the standard deduction and exclude the QCD from income.
QCDs count toward satisfying any required minimum distributions (RMDs) that you would otherwise have to receive from your IRA, just as if you had received an actual distribution from the plan.
Your QCD cannot be made to a private foundation, donor-advised fund, or supporting organization. Further, the gift cannot be made in exchange for a charitable gift annuity or to a charitable remainder trust.
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In a previous blog entry (What is Assurance and Why Does It Matter?), Mary Ann Davidson explains the importance of Security Assurance and introduces Oracle Software Security Assurance, Oracle's methodology for building security into the design, build, testing, and maintenance of its products.
The primary objective of software security assurance is to help ensure that security controls provided by software are effective, work in a predictable fashion, and are appropriate for that software. The purpose of ongoing security assurance is to make sure that this objective continues to be met over time (throughout the useful life of software).
The development of enterprise software is a complex matter. Even in mature development organizations, bugs still occur, and the use of automated tools does not completely prevent software defects. One important aspect of ongoing security assurance is therefore to remediate security bugs in released code. Another aspect of ongoing security assurance is to ensure that the security controls provided by software continue to be appropriate when the use cases for software change. For example, years ago backups were performed mostly on tapes or other devices physically connected to the server being backed up, while today many backups are performed over private or public networks and sometimes stored in a cloud. Finally, other aspects for ongoing security assurance activities include changing threats (e.g., new attack methods) or obsolete technologies (e.g., deprecated encryption algorithms).
Oracle customers need to take advantage of Oracle ongoing security assurance efforts in order to preserve over time their security posture associated with their use of Oracle products. To that end, Oracle recommends that customers remain on actively-supported versions and apply security fixes as quickly as possible after they have been published by Oracle.
Introduced in 2005, the Critical Patch Update program is the primary mechanism for the backport of security fixes for all Oracle on-premises products. The Critical Patch Update is Oracle's program for the distribution of security fixes in previously-released versions of Oracle software. Critical Patch Updates are regularly scheduled: they are issued quarterly on the Tuesday closest to the 17th of the month in January, April, July, and October. This fixed schedule is intended to provide enough predictability to enable customers to apply security fixes in normal maintenance windows. Furthermore, the dates of the Critical Patch Update releases are intended to fall outside of traditional "blackout" periods when no changes to production systems are typically allowed (e.g., end of fiscal years or quarters or significant holidays).
Note that in addition to this regularly-scheduled program for security releases, Oracle retains the ability to issue out of schedule patches or workaround instructions in case of particularly critical vulnerabilities and/or when active exploits are reported "in the wild." This program is known as the Security Alert Program.
Critical Patch Update and Security Alert fixes are only provided for product versions that are "covered under the Premier Support or Extended Support phases of the Lifetime Support Policy." This means that Oracle does not backport fixes to product versions that are out of support. Furthermore, unsupported product releases are not tested for the presence of vulnerabilities. It is, however, common for vulnerabilities to be found in legacy code, and vulnerabilities fixed in a given Critical Patch Update release can also affect older product versions that are no longer supported.
As a result, organizations choosing to continue to use unsupported systems face increasing risks over time. Malicious attackers are known to reverse-engineer the content of published security fixes and it is common for exploit code to be to be published in hacking frameworks soon after Oracle discloses vulnerabilities with the release of a Critical Patch Update or Security Alert. Continuing to use unsupported systems can therefore have two serious implications:(a) Unsupported releases are likely to be affected by vulnerabilities which are not known by the affected software user because these releases are no longer subject to ongoing security assurance activities, and
(b) Unsupported releases are likely to be vulnerable to flaws that are known by malicious perpetrators because these bugs have been fixed (and publicly disclosed) in subsequent releases.
Unfortunately, security studies continue to report that in addition to human errors and systems misconfigurations, the lack of timely security patching constitutes one of the greatest reasons for the compromise of IT systems by malicious attackers. See for example, the Federal Trade Commission's paper "Start with Security: A Guide for Business", which recommends that organizations have effective means to keep up with security releases of their software (whether commercial or open source). Delays in security patching and overall lapses in good security hygiene have plagued IT organizations for years. In many instances, organizations will report the "fear of breaking something in a business-critical system" as the reason for not keeping up with security patches. Here lies a fundamental paradox: a given system may be considered too important to fail (or temporarily brought offline), and this is the reason why it is not kept up to date with security patches! The hope for these organizations is that the known system availability interruption outweighs the potential impact of a security incident that could result from not keeping up with a security release. This amounts to driving a car with very little gas left in the tank and thinking "I don't have time to stop at the gas station, because I really need my car and I am too busy to gas up." Obviously, the scarcity of technical personnel and the costs associated with testing complex applications and deploying patches further exacerbate the problem. The larger the IT environment, the more complex, and the more operation-critical, the greater is the "to patch or not to patch" conundrum.
In recent years, Oracle has issued stronger caution against postponing the application of security fixes or knowingly continuing to use unsupported versions. For example, the April 2017 Critical Patch Update Advisory includes the following warning: "Oracle continues to periodically receive reports of attempts to maliciously exploit vulnerabilities for which Oracle has already released fixes. In some instances, it has been reported that attackers have been successful because targeted customers had failed to apply available Oracle patches. Oracle therefore strongly recommends that customers remain on actively-supported versions and apply Critical Patch Update fixes without delay." Keeping up with security releases is simply a critical requirement for preserving the security posture of an IT environment, regardless of the technologies (or vendors) in use.


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Upon completion of this course you'll be able to:
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- Apply models of organisational transformation to lead sustainable change, influence stakeholders, and manage resistance
- Conduct market analysis to develop and implement marketing strategies for competitive advantage
- Interpret and analyse financial information to plan for, implement, and manage financial performance
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Delivery Mode
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Our mini MBA is set in interactive classrooms at one of our five campuses across Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide.. The benefits of studying in a classroom setting include being able to share first-hand experiences, ideas, and questions with peers and our expert facilitators. You will study alongside like-minded people and strengthen your network.
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A 2014 video of a diver giving a belly rub to an appreciative seal is seeing regained popularity thanks to a writeup this weekend in The Dodo.
The underwater footage shows diver Gary Grayson encountering an Atlantic gray seal in Great Britain's Scilly Isles, according the video's description on YouTube.
The seal swam up to Gary and touched its nose to his.
But when diver Gary Grayson was approached by a curious seal while diving in the Scilly Isles he wasn't afraid or worried about being attacked – because he was just as curious about the little critter as the critter was about him.
Next thing you know the seal did something totally unexpected – he flipped over took hold of it and slowly pulled it to its stomach and asked Gary to rub his belly!
"It really shows how sweet, curious and dog-like seals are," Ally McMillan, CEO of Seal Rescue Island, told the Huffington Post.
On his trips, Grayson has swam with crocodiles, dolphins and sharks, but he insists that the almost three-minute-clip is the souvenir he treasures the most. He said:
I'm usually the one with the camera but when I saw everyone had taken a shine to this seal I said "you film, I want a go". I have been diving with seals before and had them buzzing around you before but I've never had one that stayed so close for that amount of time and was so friendly. It was amazing and something I'll never forget – I have the video on my phone now and watch it all the time.
In fact, I've probably bored all my friends going on about it.
Sometimes, there's nothing like a gray seal to brighten up a gray day!
See the full video here:
Please share this adorable video with your friends who love animals!


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The best of the BMW Z4 GT3 entered for the ADAC Zurich Nurburgring 24 Hours finished sixth, after a dramatic race left all of the BMW Sport Trophy Team cars fighting problems.
The sixth place went to the team of Dominik Baumann, Claudia Hurtgen, Martin Tomczyk and Jens Klingmann. The quartet, in the #20 Team Schubert car were part of a fantastic three way battle with the leading Audi and Mercedes teams, taking the lead on several occasions during the first half of the race.
Baumann became one of the stars of the race, passing the #1 Mercedes around the outside of some slower traffic at Aremburg to take second place and take up the chase of the #4 Audi that would emerge as the eventual winner.
However, a penalty for avoidable contact with a slower car pushed them back out of the battle for the lead before a spin under braking resulted in a bent tie-rod, which needed a time consuming repair, the team having to remove the floor of the car to replace the part in the pits. Baumann took the final stint in the car, trying to return the team to the top five overall. Though he was able to catch the fifth placed Aston Martin in the final laps Baumann's efforts to take the position where thwarted by slower traffic blocking his path on two crucial occasions.
"The closing phase was exciting," said Baumann. "I tried to get everything out of the car. Our car was good to drive, although we had just replaced the tie rod. It was also getting quite warm for the tyres. However, I discussed it with the team and we decided I should go on the attack again and try to gain the odd position. It was a nice stint, but I am glad to be at the finish and that it is over. It was a tough race and, unfortunately, there were a few incidents that cost us a top result. As far as speed and durability are concerned, we could have won the race."
"They had to abandon any hope of a podium following a pit stop for repairs two hours before the end of the race, and eventually came home in sixth place," said BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt of the #20 team. "Prior to this, the other BMW Z4 GT3 of our BMW Sports Trophy teams had been involved in crashes and had to retire. That shows how ruthless this race has been again this year. Because of this, we are all the more delighted that the Walkenhorst Motorsport team managed to claim a top-ten finish, bringing its number 28 BMW Z4 GT3 home in eighth place."
The Dunlop shod Walkenhorst team (Ferdinand Stuck, Max Sandritter, Christopher Brück and Dennis Rostek) added their BMW to the top ten, having run consistently through the 24 hours, picking up places other teams were delayed – or worse – by problems.
"We wanted to finish in the top ten – and we did precisely that, coming home eighth," said Sandritter. "We never expected to be the second best BMW. The BMW Z4 GT3 ran without any issues, and the team did an outstanding job. It was my first 24-hour race in a GT3 car, and I made it through to the finish at the first attempt – awesome."
The #19 Team Schubert car and both of the Marc VDS run Z4 GT3 were among those taken out of the race by accidents around the famously testing Nordschleife track.
The #19 was put out of the race before darkness fell on Saturday night, retiring as a result of suspension damage after just four hours of racing.
The Marc VDS team, which had finished as runners up in last year's Nurburgring 24 as well as winning April's Qualifying Race, began the race as BMW's highest placed representatives. However, their problems began early with Maxime Martin spinning the #25 out of second place on oil after only a few laps.
A precautionary pitstop would drop the car down the order, passing the Marc VDS torch to the #26 entry, the car briefly taking the lead before throttle problems dropped them back down the order. Worse, though was to come as both of the team's cars were forced to retire after separate accidents during the night.
The BMW Motorsport entered BMW 235i Racing completed the race, though with only three drivers (Marcus Schurig, Jethro Bovingdon and former MotoGP rider Alex Hofmann) after BMW development driver Alex Mies was excluded from the race after the race organisers deemed him not to have heeded flag signals resulting in an incident where a marshal had to leap over the barriers to avoid the #235 entry, suffering leg injuries which necessitated him being taken to hospital.
"I am very sorry about this incident," said Mies. "I did not see the yellow flag and so did not slow down sufficiently. That was my mistake, and I apologise. I wish the marshal all the best for a speedy recovery."
The Adrenalin Motorsport team of Daniel Zils, Norbert Fischer, Uwe Ebertz and Timo Schupp dominated the Cup class for the 235i Racing not only taking the class win in 29th overall but picking maximum points for lead through the six, 12 and 18 hour marks during the race.


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The Internet Theater Magazine of Reviews, Features, Annotated Listings
A CurtainUp Review
Yours Unfaithfully
By Elyse Sommer
Unfaithfully Yours is justly billed as an "un-romantic comedy" since it does reveal the dark emotional undercurrents in Anne and Stephen Meredith's seemingly blissful marriage. The way their belief that "a marriage ring ought to be strong enough to stand occasional other little circles hooked on to it" involves a romantic triangle prompted by desperate neediness all around. What's more, neither Malleson or Mr. Bank have relied on the happy ending that was associated with typical 1930s (and even later) drawing room comedies.
As clarified in the Mint's always enlightening program notes, Unfaithfully Yours is very much an example of a writer being well advised to write about what he knows. Malleson certainly knew what an open marriage was like: His first marriage broke up not because of his wife's many affairs — most famously with Bertrand Russell — but because she didn't want children. It was Russell's progressive school attended by the children of Malleson and his second wife. His difficulties with open marriage finally surfaced during his third marriage. Even cricket's influence on the love-hate bond between father and son in Unfaithfully Yours stems from Malleson's own history of striving for a coveted award known as a cricket blue.
Given the playwright's personal history with the themes explored Unfaithfully Yours conflates Malleson's own experience with open marriage into one 3-act play. It begins eight years into the marriage of Anne and Stephen Meredith (Elizabeth Gray and Max von Essen). They're still living up to their reputations as the most successfully married among their socially progressive friends.
The couple's comfortably affluent life style is apparently supported by Anne's success as founder and head mistress of a school — probably a boarding school which would account for where the Merediths' two unseen children are. (The children's existence did, however, strike me as warranting more than one brief mention in an otherwise meaningful talk filled play).
The school was born as a means to relieve Stephen from doing "pot-boil" reviewing for cheap papers and things" instead of continuing to work on his own books. But even though the "pot-boiling" is no longer needed to maintain their country home/London pied-a-terre life style, Stephen has not resumed his more serious and prestigious work.
It is Stephen's being in a constant state of distress and failure to write another book that causes Anne to come up with a plan to change this situation. It's a cure for writer's block you're not likely to find in any article or book of advice to stymied writers. What the plan entails is that they activate their open marriage arrangement. As Anne sees it Stephen will regain his joy and creative spark through an affair with their recently widowed friend Diana Streatfield (Mikaela Izquerdo) who happens to be visiting their country home. A sounding board for Anne who conveniently pops up throughout the three acts is family friend (actually a bit more than that) Dr. Alan Kirby (Todd Ceveris).
While Diana and Alan are invited guests in that first scene, Stephen's father, the Reverend Canon Gordon Meredith (Stephen Schnetzer), has arrived uninvited. His presence and its effect on Stephen reveals that the topics of Stephen's books as well as the open marriage are rooted in a tangled father-son relationship. (Stephen and the Reverend Canon's may well bring to mind the much more painful effect one-upmanship actions of present-day sons have had on whole nations rather than just one family).
The way Anne's plan materializes and its effect on her equilibrium as well as Stephen's is hardly surprising. And though open marriage continues to have its yea and naysayers, it's all a tad passé given the many current departures from traditional man-woman monogamous relationships. Nevertheless it does all add up to an engaging two hours thanks to the often witty dialogue and the generally fine performances Mr. Bank has elicited from the actors.
Max van Essen who I know mainly as a Broadway musical theater star (most recently in American In Paris) manages to convincingly convey Stephen's very gradual insightfulness. Elisabeth Gray captures the female's more natural inclination to sublimate her true feelings in a situation like this. Mikaela Izquierdo and Todd Ceveris give suitably understated performances as Diana and Alan. Stephen Schnetzer ably took over for the previously cast Reverend Canon. While the Reverend is vital to what makes von Essen's Stephen tick, it's a minor role in terms of stage time, so Schnetzer didn't have big chunks of dialogue to memorize.
Carolyn Mraz has detailed the interior of the country house in which the first two acts unfold, to allow for a smooth transition to the third act's switch to the Anne and Stephen's London apartment. Jane Shaw's incidental music enlivens the between acts pauses.
By introducing us to Miles Malleson with this never produced play Jonathan Bank proves the validity of that old saw "better late than never." Though Conflict, another Malleson play did make it from page to stage, it too is little known. Therefore, here's hoping that its inclusion in the Mint's reading series (on Feb.13) will follow this better late than never premiere with an equally overdue New York revival.
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Yours Unfaithfully by Miles Malleson
Directed by Jonathan Bank.
Cast: Todd Cerveris (Dr. Alan Kirby), Mikaela Izquierdo (Diana Streatfield), Elisabeth Gray (Anna Meredith), Stephen Schnetzer (Rev. Canon Gordon Meredith), Max von Essen (Stephen Meredith)
Sets: Carolyn Mraz
Costumes: Hunter Kaczorowski
Lights: Xavier Pierce
Sound and original music: Jane Shaw
Hair, wigs, makeup: John Jared Janas
Props: Joshua Yocum
Stage Manager: Jeff Meyers
Runtime: 2 hrs. and 30 min. with 1 intermission
Mint Theater at Beckett Theater at Theater Row complex
From 12/27/16; opening 1/26/17; closing 2/18/17.
Tuesday – Saturday 7:30pmWednesday, Saturday & Sunday 2:30pm
Reviewed by Elyse Sommer at 12/20/17 press preview
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