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Picture your business being featured in the Newspapers, TV and radio MULTIPLE TIMES with ZERO advertising
Imagine the CREDIBILITY and TRUST of your company take a MULTIFOLD LEAP as the TOP LOCAL newspapers, radio and TV channels interview you.
Would you like that?
You must be thinking that only the top companies with big advertising budgets in Singapore have a chance of getting featured on the mainstream news (e.g. Strait Times, Channel NewsAsia, 938 LIVE)
What if we told you a SECRET that even startups and SMEs can start on right now without spending A SINGLE CENT?
It is time for you to see firsthand how big MNCs always get into the news and it is your turn to get a bigger piece of the pie!
So coming back again due to an overwhelming response at our previous workshops…
Introducing the PUBLICITY PROJECT!
Hear from the very same guy who was integral in launching GRAB's (taxi and car) media campaigns in Singapore.
He will share a proven and unbelievably SIMPLE 6 step formula to get your brand on the media for FREE.
He will share why many marketing gurus struggle to talk about this very unique and powerful area of marketing and how you can start using it.
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If you are looking for salty plums lets not beat around the bush. We have what can only be described as Australia's most popular. While we import our own we also sell some of the NT's most popular from other salty plum distributors.
About Salty Plum Distributors
We are a small business that is completely focused on other small business and we search very hard to make our customers happy. If you are just looking for a couple of packets of salty plums please follow that link.
If you are looking for salty plums to sell then you need look no further. We like our potential retail shops fill out our application form . This is so that we can try to find the cheapest freight while we hook you up to our system.
For instance, we can get 18kg boxes delivered to some locations in QLD for just 31 bucks. While in other locations 10kg cost 44 dollars.
If you want to sell in Western Australia currently we can ship 36 kg for just $50 bucks. We have found that freight is the killer on many of our items. So we like to take our time.
Selling Salty Plums and price of Salty Plums.
If you have come to this page you are interested in selling salty plums. As a potential retailer, you want to buy at the lowest possible price and sell at the highest possible price. After all many of your customers will complain or put up a fight. Our online store sells a packet of salty plums for $3.79 . And with our best salty plums, you can get them delivered to your store express and still sell under this price for a nice retail margin, so you can cover you expenses like wages, rent, power, insurance, tax (which customers seldom care about).
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When I get ready for early starts at ungodly hours at the hospital, the first thing I neglect on a regular basis would be my hair, which tends to take on a greasy and sad-looking appearance after lunchtime. Well, next year, mark my words, THIS WILL NOT BE SO. I will attempt to look like I've made an effort.
But due to my aversion to brushing my hair, messy-chic will have to do. Which is why I want to make this my go-to hairstyle - the messy beehive with a pony.
Perhaps it'll get me motivated to step out in nicer ensembles, a la J Crew.
A Cup of Jo does a nice tutorial - you can read her instructions here. Or try and work out what she's doing in the picture below:
The NY Times also has a nice tutorial here, which is a bit more bee-hivey. I'll save that for days which need a bit more glamour. Perhaps not today, since it is humid and raining. Nonetheless, I am dying to go to the harbour and skulk around with a cup of frozen yoghurt. Living the life, hey?


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Tudor exploration
The activity shown below is designed to help introduce the topic of Tudor exploration. It looks at some of the people and words associated with Tudor exploration. Click on the link to view the activity. The activity would work particularly well when used in conjunction with an interactive whiteboard.


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What is electronic waste?
Types of Electronic Waste
Large household appliances
Fridges, washing machines, electric radiators, air conditioners, electric fans
Small household appliances
Microwaves, vacuum cleaners, carpet sweepers, irons, electric knives,
IT and telecommunications equipment
Computers, laptops, printers, fax machines, copying equipment, telephones, cell phones
Consumer equipment
Radios, video cameras, DVD/VCR/CD players and recorders, speakers, gaming consoles
Electrical and electronic tools
Sewing machines, drills, saws, welding tools, electric mowers and tools for other gardening activities
The rule of thumb for identifying e-waste is; if an item has an electrical cord it can be considered to be electronic waste. We collect all type of e-waste, please note that the equipment does not have to be in a working condition for us to collect it. So yes we collect scrap electronic equipment and computer scrap for recycling.


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Sound Gun Episode #3: Sound Design
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In our third installment of the Sound Gun series, Kevin Senzaki introduces the concept of creative Sound Design using the example of the Sound Gun itself.
Lesson Plan
Haven't seen the Sound Gun short film yet? Watch it here!
The most important thing for effective Sound Design is finding the right sounds that both compliment the action on screen as well as the tone of your movie.
For example, horror movies and comedies will treat sound design very differently, and it's important to be aware of how sound affects emotion.
In the Sound Gun short, Kevin primarily used real-world or raw sounds (or at least sounds that originally came from the real world) rather than synthesized sounds. He made that creative decision early on, due to the construction of the sound gun prop itself: it was pieced together by many different bits and pieces from every day things, and Kevin wanted the sound design of the gun to reflect that.
Sound elements Kevin used in "Sound Gun"
Sound Gun "power-up"
- Power Drill and Air conditioner (to suggest internal mechanics)
- Turn signal from a 1970's Honda Motorcycle
- Dentist drill
- hard drive start up
- bomb fall sound in reverse
- egg timer ding
- sci-fi elements (to make it sound bigger and more cinematic)
Sound Gun firing
- the power drill run through a vocal filter ("The Mouth" by Native Instruments)
Sound Gun beam starting and stopping
- martial arts hits
- explosions
- assorted whooshes
Make sure that you are using sounds that compliment each other, and that each sound is doing something different. If you're not sure if a sound is adding anything, try removing it. If you can't tell the difference, leave it out. Your mix will sound a lot cleaner without it.
Extra Credit
Want some extra credit? Download the clip from this episode here, and go out and record sounds you thinking are interesting. Then put them together and create your own version of the Sound Gun! Hit the "discuss" button above to share your work, and we'll pick our favorites and give you a shout-out!


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Iran's ministry of foreign affairs has confirmed that the sailors have been released, the Foreign Office said.
A statement from Iran's Revolutionary Guard said: "After carrying out an investigation and interrogation of the five British sailors, it became clear that their illegal entry was a mistake.
"After obtaining necessary guarantees, it was decided to release them."
David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, had last night been seeking information from his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki. In a personal conversation he also demanded formal consular access to the men.
Andrew Pindar from Team Pindar, which was due to race the yacht the men were taken in, told The Daily Telegraph his team had spoken to skipper Olly Smith and hoped they would be back in Dubai "within hours".
"It appears as though they're being released and they're all safe and well," he said.
"Our people on the ground in Dubai are in liaison with Olly and we're waiting for an update but it sounds as though they are being released and will be back in Dubai later today."
"As far as I know Olly apologised for giving our guys a few grey hairs. I'm sure they'll be wanting to have a change of clothes and a kip but I believe they have been well treated."
Mr Pindar praised the Foreign Office for the way they handled the situation, but added: "Until they're back in international waters and we've seen them face to face I'm not going to count any chickens."
The father of Oliver Young, one of the five British sailors held in Iran after their yacht was seized in the Gulf, has said he is "very relieved" at reports they have been released.
It had been feared the five men could have been held in Iran until next year if Tehran officials found them to have had "evil intentions". Previous detainees, including some who have seemingly strayed into Iranian territory innocently, have been held for weeks or months.
David Young, father of Oliver, one of the crew members detained, said he had heard the news of the men's release from the Foreign Office and the sailors' team manager.
He said he was "very relieved", adding: "We thought it would be over quickly. This is what we were hoping for."
Charles Porter, father of crew member Luke added they were waiting for confirmation from the Foreign Office and he would not be making a statement until then, while Simon Drayton, brother of Sam Usher's fiancee Nicola Drayton also said they were waiting for confirmation.
"We have not heard anything yet apart from what we have seen on the news - which is putting out that they have been released," he said.
"We have not had any confirmation.
"We will certainly talk to the press once we have a statement from the Foreign Office and we have some details.
"We are frantically trying to find out if it is true or not. We hope to God it is."
Yachtswoman Hannah White, of Lymington, Hampshire, a friend of Oliver Smith, told GMTV: "I have every confidence that their calm nature and their professional manner will have helped them deal with this situation.
"They are also amongst friends - these guys are very close, they get on very well, they have worked together for a long time, they will be seeking strength from each other, I am sure."
Earlier, Vanessa Bloomer, the wife of David, a radio presenter who was the oldest of the captives, told The Daily Telegraph she was "delighted" at reports of their release.
"I have just been told," she said. "As soon as he gets returned I am sure he will make that call to me to tell me how he is."
The crew of the Kingdom of Bahrain racing yacht, owned by Sail Bahrain, was stopped last Wednesday by Iranian navy on its way from Bahrain to Dubai for the 360-mile Dubai-Muscat Offshore Sailing Race.
Oliver Smith, 31, from Southampton, Oliver Young, 21, from Saltash, near Plymouth, Sam Usher, 26, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Luke Porter, 21, from Weston-super-Mare, and Bahrain-based radio presenter David Bloomer, in his 60s, were on board. It is thought they were held on Siri island.


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Mr. Snapdriver: Your name is Rhoda Tasker?
Mrs. Tasker; Obviously, or I wouldn't be here.
Mr. Snapdriver: I put it to you that you were once known as Rough-House Rhoda?
Mr. Hermitage: No, no, m'lud, Rough-House Rhoda is another lady, whom I propose to call-a Mrs. Rhoda Mortiboy.
Cocklecarrot: What a queer name.
A Dwarf: You are speaking of my mother.' (Sensation.)
Cocklecarrot: Is your name Mortiboy?
The Dwarf; No. Towler's my name.
Cocklecarrot: (burying his head in his hands) I suppose she married again.
The Dwarf: What do you mean, again? Her name has always been Towler.
Cocklecarrot (groaning): Mr. Hermitage, what is all this about?
Mr. Hermitage: M'lud, there is a third Rhoda, a Mrs. Rhoda Clandon.
Cocklecarrot (to the dwarf, sarcastically): Is she your mother, too?
The Dwarf: Yes. My name's Clandon.
Cocklecarrot: I think, Mr. Snapdriver, we had better proceed without this Rhoda business. My nerves won't stand it.
Mr. Snapdriver: My next witness is the artiste known as Lucinda - a Mrs. Whiting.
(Everybody looks at the dwarf.)
Cocklecarrot (with heavy sarcasm): And, of course-
The Dwarf: Yes, she is my mother.
Cocklecarrot (roaring): Then what is your name, you oaf?
The Dwarf: Charlie Bread. (Laughter and jeers).
Cocklecarrot: Clear the court! This foolery is intolerable. It will ruin my political career.


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Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a scientific approach to understanding socially significant behavior and discovering what variables influence those behaviors. It is said to be a technology of improving behavior (Baer, Wolf, and Risley, 1968).
We apply this science to accomplish meaningful goals including teaching new, desirable behavior, replacing problem behavior and improving the quality of behavior.
Principles and procedures we use on a regular basis include: assessment of functional relations between the behavior and variables that affect or influence the behavior, positive reinforcement, least intrusive prompts and systematic prompt fading, differential reinforcement schedules, behavior shaping, task analysis, behavior chaining, and function-based procedures to increase, reduce, or replace behavior.


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hadith about broken hearts
Dua To Heal Wounds
Dua To Heal Wounds…..
Dua To Heal Wounds, There is a religious path that leads human beings for beatification that is Dua. You can experience the magical effect of Dua in different aspects of life. The form of Dua varies according to the religion. You can save someone from dangerous accident or you can secure life of someone with the help of Dua. It is like a selfless feeling that can restores the unorganized things or relations of your life or you can say as it can revamp any disturbed or broken relationship. Even you can manage your life in adverse situations with Dua.
If you are suffering from a disease or having some wounds on your body that are getting worse day after day and you are looking forward for the ultimate way to cure all the wounds, then you should try Dua to heal wounds. Sometimes people have to face the bad time in his or her life or the sickness or any permanent illness can make you helpless, in this scenario, you should choose the path that connects you to the supernatural power of this universe.
Dua To Heal Wounds
When you pray to the Allah to cure your wounds or ulcers then the prophet or messenger of Allah would put his index finger in soil and insert this finger in mouth to add some saliva. Now pray to the God as ''with the moist soil, let our ulcers be cured, with your permission''.
Dua is the beneficial and easy cure for all kinds of wounds, ulcers and cancers; you can even try it to cure the wounds or sickness when there is no available treatment or medicine. You can apply some saliva on your index finger and now put this finger in sand. Now place this moist finger around the ulcers or wounds and then recite Hadith. The regular practice will bring blessings from Allah and it would cure your wounds. You just need to trust on the power of wazifa or dua and it will make the remedy even more effective.
Dua to heal a broken heart
If you have gone through a divorce or break ups and suffering from pain of broken relationship, then you should try Dua to heal a broken heart to overcome the problems. There are so many people who have broken hearts whether through divorce, separations, or lost someone in life. There are so many ways to overcome the hurt, pain, worry, sleepless nights, discontentment, unhappiness and nervousness.
Dua To Heal Wounds
Allah tests everybody and people get pain of their part. But patience and trust in Allah play important role to overcome from the difficult and intolerable situations of life. You can alleviate the grief with the help of Dua. You need to recite dua when you feel distressed as "Laaaa ilaahaa ill-aallaah aal-'aazeemm ull-Haaleem, Laa ilaahaa ill-aallaah Raab il-'aarshh il-'aazim, Laa ilaahaa il-aallaah Raab is-saamaawaati waah Raab il-aarrd waaaa Raab il-'aarshh ill-kaareemm. You caan recite Duaa aas "Yaa Haayu yaa Qaayom, biRaahmtikaa aastaaghith'' whenever you feel upset. There are some more ways to heal the broken hearts; you can consult with a specialist to know more about the Dua and right procedure and rituals to recite them.
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The PS4 won't make an appearance at gaming expo E3 this June, Sony has confirmed.
Speaking in a roundtable at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), executive deputy president Kazuo Hirai reiterated comments from PlayStation head Andrew House who said the firm won't announce the PS4 soon.
"Andy (House) is absolutely right in that we are not making any announcements at E3," said Hirai, according to Wall Street Journal.
"I've always said a ten-year life cycle for PS3, and there is no reason to go away from that."
It follows a recent report that both a new Xbox and PlayStation 4 would be shown at E3 this year.
In November, Sony Europe boss Jim Ryan said that releasing the PS4 after the competition would be "undesirable".
Meanwhile, an analyst has suggested that Sony would release its new console before Microsoft, but won't launch until 2014.
> Poll: Are you ready for a new Xbox, PlayStation 4?
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I was going to open this week's edition of the things on my mind, with the written equivalent of a monologue about Trump and Dasuki, the National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan.
The former is a bigot who thrives on hate speech and the latter is alleged to be a legendary icon of modern day corruption. Sahara Reporters claim that he transferred state funds of Seven Hundred and Fifty million Naira to Reliance Hospital for special prayers.
As the year draws to a close, I find myself looking for silver linings and little joys. It is not that Trump's drunken ramblings are unimportant, because that is anything but true. I wonder if he thinks of all the acts of hatred that his words have inspired. And then there's the Nigerian Government in general, all pretentious passion lacking in commitment or reason; willfully negligent of the lives they hold in their grasp. Do they realise that every moment they spend trying to pass Bills that will only contribute to our suppression and oppression somebody dies because of the things they could have done instead? The people shoulder the cost of their broken promises and live the nightmares of their broken dreams.
And that my friends, is enough of that.
The blog that I think you should read is the one below.
Notes on Summer Love: The Importance of Fried Plantain
I wrote it when the blog was a few months old. It'll lift your spirits. That, I guarantee.
In the land of the sounds there's one man that really did it for me this week. He's genreless. He's safe for work, and his enthusiasm is infectious. This week, I'm listening to Sunday Candy by Chance the Rapper, who made history by being the first Independent artiste to perform Saturday Night Live.
My film of the week is Sleeping With Other People. It is a rather good romantic comedy that stars Alison Brie (of Community fame) and Jason Sudeikis. It's a little bit risque, so don't take the kids if you have any, and be prepared for the odd joke about drugs or anal sex.
Louisa Johnson won the latest season of the UK version of the X Factor - Yay! One Direction have gone on an indefinite hiatus. I don't know how to feel about this, but there's a lot in me that's screaming YEEESSSS. If it's any consolation they literally just had their last television performance before the break. It too was on the X Factor.
Also if you're looking for a new television show to sink your teeth into then why not try Jessica Jones. It's a netflix one about a failed superhero who has severe PTSD. PTSD stands for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Now you won't be an embarrassment at any dinner party when you don't know what it means.
The Things That Made Me Laugh
This one's easy and doesn't need me to say much.
This article right here about how to troll cleverly
and this tweet:
You cannot hide me oh. My yoruba will come out and thats how I'll just greet your mum from under the bed because I have home training
— Abike (@Jollz) September 23, 2015
The Thing That Made Me Awwww This Week
This letter to Nigeria is the sweetest thing you'll ever read about Nigeria.
Thanks to me right? I am great right? I know. I know.
Closing Remarks:
This is the blog's third year. I cannot tell you how much it means to me that you read. I cannot thank you enough for helping me find a corner of the world that I fit into. I cannot thank you enough for the dream that you've given me.
There are days when I'm overwhelmed with anxiety about where this will lead. After three years I still can't tell where it is going. I know how many dreams end in fire and brimstone. I pray that this isn't one of them.
I can only ask that you keep reading, sharing and spreading the word. You never know where your links will land.
Call to Action:
I'm collecting stories about real experiences during the Christmas Holidays in Lagos. I want your accounts of exciting nights spent at night clubs, events, or doing the more mundane and chilled things. Send anything you've got to firstname.lastname@example.com and it will appear on the blog.
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Why You Need to Think 'Tools' When Hiring, Not Just 'the Free Job Post'
Recruitment is still hard!!! Why?? Because many of the employers still rely on the traditional job ads, even though they are having the best way to find talent through the job portal website with free job post with Jobpoket.com. Online job search has been evolved with free job post now rather traditional job ads. Many of the employers aren't doingContinue reading


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Dscoop Concludes Successful Fifth Annual Conference in Asia-Pacific Region
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Press release from the issuing company
More than 1,000 HP Graphic Arts users gathered at the Dscoop Asia 2014 conference, the fifth annual Dscoop conference for the Asia Pacific region, which ran June 12-13 in Bali.
The theme and directive at the conference was "Connecting: Print. People. Profits." and the conference provided a dynamic educational environment to achieve business success.
The Dscoop Asia conference hosted more than 30 educational sessions and 12 workshops throughout the two-day event, and featured pre-event visits to print service provider sites in Jakarta to get an insider's look at how print service providers in the region are creating business opportunities using HP Indigo and IHPS digital presses and front end solutions.
Attendees were able to see the latest technological advancements, products and services from a record 42 industry partners in the Solutions Showcase, including the sheet-fed HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press and the roll-fed HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press.
Dscoop Asia conference attendees discovered their educational opportunities would not end with the conference. Dscoop University, powered by HP, officially debuted the first day of the conference to provide members with a year-round educational industry resource. Dscoop University offers a highly-personalized and practical curriculum in a blended learning environment; members have access to online learning, downloadable training materials and instructor-led courses and now, the Dscoop University website is also available in Japanese to fulfil the growing demand for localized education.
Dscoop will host two additional international events this summer.
Following a successful event in Rome last November, the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region of Dscoop will host the Dscoop Grandmasters Summit in Budapest, Hungary on June 25-27.
Expanding into Latin America, Dscoop will also host Dscoop Days in São Paulo, Brazil on July 14-15for nearly 300 HP Graphic Arts users.
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Spark & Shine, Baby!
Diamond Dew is a LID topper that brings the effect of sparkling diamonds to your eyes.
Packed with reflective particles that instantly add that OMG! factor to your makeup. Lightweight, zero-fallout formula dries to a smudge-proof, crease-proof finish that lasts and lasts. Can be worn on top of eyeshadow or over bare lids, cheeks & body.
Liquid diamonds glitter eyeshadow in a burgundy iridescent hue.
What it does: Take your eye makeup to the next level and give your eyeshadow that OMG! pop of glitter.
What it won't do: Smudge, crease, fall-out or ruin your eye makeup.
How To Use
- Dab desired amount with included applicator.
- Rub lightly with finger to set & reveal more sparkle!
- Take off with any makeup remover when you're ready to stop sparkling.
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Details for this year's holiday party is posted on the following link:
I will be transitioning all club information and calendar events to this Meet Up site as the current blog has become increasingly hard to manage and properly updated. Please join the MAARC Meet Up group and you will be kept up to date will all club happenings. I maka u an offer u canta refuse!


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Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival 2016: Ed Byrne Interview.
Mock the Week star Ed Byrne is an established touring favourite, and despite his youthful looks the Irishman recently marked up 20 years as a comic. His latest show of observational comedy, Outside, Looking In, covers a wide range of subjects – from a recent gastric illness to the success of UKIP – but he talks a lot about his family and it's his most personal yet.
"I didn't make a conscious effort to write a more personal show, but that was what was coming out when I started writing it," Ed says. "People come to see me for a laugh and I would like to think they go away thinking the show is quite heartwarming. A lot of comics may talk about the same stuff, but what makes it mine is that what I'm saying is what I genuinely think on this subject, and I try to make it as funny as I can. I think we all mine our lives to some degree or other."
Ed is adamant that he will keep his two young sons out of the celebrity spotlight, so don't expect an "At Home With Ed Byrne and Family" in OK! any time soon. But in Outside, Looking In, he shows a picture of one of his sons - the denouement of a bittersweet story about buying new shoes – which not only illustrates it perfectly, but produces an "Aaaah" moment.
"I'm aware that they haven't given me permission to talk about them and that there will come a point when I can't," Ed says. "John Bishop, for example, has stopped talking about his [much older] children on stage because people know who they are.
"I talk about them in pretty abstract terms, because what I'm discussing is the act of parenting, and you can't talk about that without mentioning your own children. And there isn't anything in this show that would make them at a later date say, 'I don't like this'."
But while there is a lot of personal reflection in his new show, Ed also ponders on matters political - the story about his son sparks a passionate section about how we label young children, for instance, and he also talks about feminism and transgenderism.
I ask Ed if dipping a toe into the transgender debate (for which some have been vilified on social media) isn't a little risky. "It has become such a big subject because of Caitlyn Jenner [the former athlete Bruce Jenner, who transitioned earlier this year] and some Twitter trolls were refusing to acknowledge her as anything but Bruce. I thought it was interesting that it stills divides people. I call it the thorniest issue since Jesus was fitted for a hat."
The feminist slant to the new show was sparked by Ed's reflections on his early days in comedy and, strikingly, he admits to being a little uncomfortable about some of his more laddish material back then.
"My comedy reflected my life at that time – single and enjoying myself – and most of it was fairly harmless 'the difference between men and women' kind of thing. But some of the stuff about an ex-girlfriend I can see was a bit angry and I wouldn't do it now."
He says he is more aware of how men and women interact in the modern world and is sometimes surprised by the difference in his reactions to things as a man in his forties to when he was twentysomething. "I started watching Californication [the US dark comedy starring David Duchovny as a sex addict] but I found it insulting because I'm expected to empathise with him. His character behaves so unconscionably that I couldn't watch the second series.
"I don't how much of that is simply getting older, or that times have changed, or mixing with a broader group of people. Interestingly I find Twitter can expand your horizons; I've started following all sorts of people on it and it's good to get a different take on things."
I ask Ed, 43, if he still likes touring after two decades. "Apart from the travel involved, which no comic likes, I love it, because you have people responding to something that you have written alone in your office, and the work comes alive in a room of people. I like the television things I do, but nothing can beat a live comedy audience."
In any spare time he has, Ed is a hill walker; when in Scotland he "bags" Munros (peaks above 3,000ft, he's at 75) and the completist, slightly geeky side side of him, he admits, means that elsewhere in the British Isles he also collects "county tops" - the highest point in the county. "I've downloaded an app for them," he says with a laugh, "and have started making a list of those I've done."
He's currently writing a sitcom set in an outdoors shop, and I ask if he plans to introduce his sons to the pleasures of outdoors. "My wife, Claire, and I already have. So far they love it, camping and canoeing, that sort of thing. As they're growing it's hard to be apart from them when I'm on tour, and I try not to be away for more than a couple of days at a time, but one of the great things about my job is that it means I can spend a lot of time with them when I'm home."
Ed Byrne will perform at Leicester's Curve Theatre for the 2016 Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival, on Wednesday 17th February 2016. Click here for tickets.


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Carey fans rejoice, Dumb And Dumber 2 has been confirmed to shoot this September.
Plans for a follow-up to the hit 1994 comedy have been off and on for years but now the project has finally been green lighted.
Charting the cross-country adventures of two far from bright friends, co-director Peter Farrelly insisted the new film will be the first true sequel.
Farelly told ComingSoon.net: 'We're getting set to shoot Dumb And Dumber 2 in September. It's the first sequel we've ever done and we've got Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels back.'
Farrelly was referring to the 2003 prequel Dumb And Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, but that version did not feature the original stars. 'We did not do Dumb And Dumberer. That was a studio thing,' Farrelly added.
'So we've always wanted to do a sequel and Jim called up. Jeff always wanted to do it. We always wanted to do it. Jim was busy, but he called and said, 'We've got to do this thing again'. He had just watched Dumb And Dumber and he said, 'This is the perfect sequel. Let's do it.'
Farrelly will co-direct with his brother Bob.
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The weak job market has not prevented workers from abusing their sick days. Several companies recently surveyed, found that 57 percent of U.S. salaried employees take sick days when they are not actually sick. This number is almost up 20 percent from statistics gathered between 2007 and 2009. The surprising number of sick days led companies to hire private investigative agencies to conduct surveillance on their workers. It has been estimated, from our history of sick day surveillance assignments that 80 – 85 % of all subjects followed on their, "sick days" were not actually sick.
What's good to know is that the law is on the employers' side. In 2008, Raybestos Products, a car parts manufacturer in Crawfordsville, Indiana, hired an off-duty police officer to track an employee suspected of abusing her paid medical leave. When the officer produced substantial evidence that the employee was exploiting her benefits, the company fired the employee who then sued Raybestos. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the lawsuit and held that although surveillance is not preferred employer behavior, it is not unlawful. This case established the precedent that "reasonable suspicion" is sufficient justification for employer investigation.
In this day and age, with several legislators in Connecticut, fighting to make employers pay mandatory sick days for their employees, there will be more fraud than ever. Conducting a surveillance on your employee to ensure that their sick days are spent as sick days, will prove to be a valuable business expense. Employers, from private to municipal, are exploring the option of investigating their employees for sick day fraud.
Example, In Haverhill, Massachusetts, the mayor determined that private investigation was necessary after his multiyear effort led by the city failed to reduce overused sick time. Mayor James J. Fiorentini elected to spend $13,000 on an investigation of the local Fire Department after discovering that about 20 percent of the roughly $8 million annual fire budget goes to overtime, for staff shifts of firefighters out sick or on vacation. The investigators caught four firefighters carrying furniture, shoveling snow, attending a hockey game, and doing other activities on sick days suggesting fitness to work. Employees in other departments cut sick leave by about 1,000 days from 2005 to 2008. However, firefighters called in sick an average of 12 days each last year, more than three times as often as Haverhill's police officers. Fiorentini said that he hopes the investigation sends a clear message to everybody that the city is serious about monitoring and controlling sick time.
In New Jersey, lawmakers decided to attack sick day abuse by declaring that no retiree will be paid more than $15,000 for unused sick time saved up during one's career. Lawmakers hope to end terminal leave, which is when employees save up their sick days and then use them all in the final year on the job. This allows employees to draw a paycheck while enjoying a retirement lifestyle. However, state and local officials are concerned that employees will still abuse their sick days. Therefore, many companies across the nation depend on private investigators rather than lawmakers to stop the abuse.
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The annual Marina Fest in Hartlepool turned out to be a success once again with crowds coming down to take part in a range of activities.
The event organised by the On Water Training saw residents come down to Jacksons Dock at the Marina on Saturday to have a go at activities including paddle boarding and open water swimming under the guidance of experts.
Featuring stalls by those including the RNLI and the Hartlepool Sea Cadets, the event proved hugely popular in its third year.
Alex Watson a member of the On Water team said he was pleased with the turn out.
He said: "The event is about introducing people to the different activities that On Water Training provide on the Marina.
"There are a number of experiences that people can take part in such as paddle boarding, open water swimming and the fast rib experience that goes out to sea .
"People also had the chance to take part in dingy sailing taster sessions and a ThunderCat co-pilot experience."
During the day around 2,000 came along to watch the activities and take part in them themselves.
European Flyboard champion Sonnie Bean was also at the event, along with Hartlepool born jet skier Jason Bleasdale.
Trigma open water swimming group were also on hand and visitors were able to enjoy refreshments Jackson's Wharf pub while they watched displays including a boat parade.
Adam Henderson from On Water Training who helped to organise the event said: "This is an introduction to the water activities that people can get involved in with On Water.
"We just want to get the message out there that the Marina is not just for people with expensive boats, it is for everyone to use.
"We are very pleased with the tun out and people have been very excited by it."
On Water Training offers various activities on the Marina from May to September every year which are open to the public.
Judith Mace from Peterlee brought her two grandsons to the event.
She said: "It is a great event and its brilliant that it is local.
"We enjoyed watching the swimming."


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Frazee to crack down on problem landlords
Frazee police and other city workers will continue to access Frazee mobile home parks as usual, in spite of a request by owners that they no longer patrol trailer courts in Frazee.
City Attorney Tom Winters told the city council at its regular meeting June 11 that the owner of Albertson Lake Trailer Court made the request, according to the Frazee Forum newspaper. The roads going into the mobile home park from Balsam Avenue are privately owned, he added.
A verbal request was also made at the meeting for police patrols to end in Feldt's Trailer Court and Town Lake Trailer court. A landlord who attended the meeting said that some renters are feeling scrutinized and targeted. A mobile home park tenant at the meeting said she was concerned about how the request would impact the safety of residents at the mobile home parks.
Police and city staff have the right to access rental property for inspection under the city's rental ordinance, and all city residents deserve police and fire protection, Frazee Mayor Hank Ludtke said in an interview.
"There are people who own trailers in these courts, they pay taxes, so they pay for police protection — we will still be in the trailer courts for that reason," he said. "The rumor mill is in full force," he added. "We are not going to shut down the trailer courts."
What the city is going to do, and which may have attracted the ire of some landlords, is to add some serious teeth to its rental ordinance.
Frazee councilman Mike Sharp said the proposed new rental ordinance is designed to give the city the tools to deal forcefully with problem landlords.
"Our existing ordinance has not been able to get a handle on some of our problem landlords in town," he said in an interview. ""Most of our landlords are great, but a handful aren't."
The proposed ordinance, which will be considered by the city council at its June 25 meeting, "will use provisions that other cities have used, like Minneapolis has used, to prevent slumlords from setting up in the city," Sharp said.
Frazee now has a three-strike policy — after three violations of the rental ordinance, the city can revoke a landlord's rental registration for that property, Sharp said.
Under the proposed ordinance, if a landlord's rental registration is revoked for a property, that landlord will not be allowed to obtain any new rental registrations for three years. Other existing rentals owned by that landlord will not be affected.
But if a landlord has two rental registrations revoked, that landlord will not be allowed to hold any rental registrations in the city for five years — essentially meaning they will be out of business for five years.
They can't charge rent on their existing holdings, and tenants must be given a reasonable amount of time to find new accomodations.
Landlords are free to hold on to their property, continuing to pay property taxes but unable to collect rent, for five years if they so choose. But as a practical matter in Minneapolis, for example, most landlords choose to sell their rental units to other landlords instead of waiting it out, Sharp said.
"As a city we would never want to get to that point," he said. "But some landlords in town hold that the city cannot legally challenge them."
Frazee has gotten a regional reputation caused by a handful of bad landlords, he said, and the proposed ordinance is designed to put an end to that. "It really comes down to landlords not screening their prospective tenants," he said.


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Admittedly, this time of year always seems the hardest to me. With the approach of fall, although in south Florida fall isn't really a reprieve from the brutal summer heat, it seems time begins to race toward the end of the calendar year. Halloween arrives, followed quickly by Thanksgiving, and then suddenly New Year's is upon us. This time of year is also distinct in terms of the academic course load. Midterms seem to appear out of thin air while research papers and final exams loom in the horizon. Even the addition of daylight savings time does little to stop the feeling that when dark approaches as six o'clock there simply are not enough hours in the day.
It's easy to feel exhausted around this time of year. I sometimes feel that I've spent all my creative and intellectual energy for the year and I will just have to wait until January 1st before it will be replenished. Realizing that it is only October doesn't help matters much. Reflecting on all that I've learned from the various professors who taught me these past few years , I seem to always return to my first professor and the numerous nuggets of wisdom he would dispense in each class. I wonder if he truly meant to leave such an impression on his group of first year graduate students or if he simply wanted to share all he had learned. As counselors, he would often say, we are our own tool and must constantly remain sharp. To remain sharp we must continuously assess and reassess our skills and keep up to date with the latest information in our field. I hear from many people that when running a marathon, runners will often encounter "The Wall". I understand this to be the figurative term for that moment when the runner can simply run no more. Having never run a marathon myself I can't verify this statement but my own experiences with running have taught me that at some point you can't continue. I assume this feeling of plateau extends beyond the running realm and into everyone's lives at some point or another. But what do you do when you plateau? Fitness and health magazines will tell us that if you plateau in your weight loss or exercise regime, adding new aspects will help overcome that feeling of being stuck. Aaron Sorkin, perhaps best known for his work on the TV series The West Wing, once said on a daytime talk show that taking a showering helped release his creative energy and allow him to write. When asked how many showers he takes in a day his reply was in the double digits. These are only two of probably dozens, if not more, examples of how to rejuvenate oneself and recharge. Personally, nothing spurs me into action like a deadline. Unfortunately, I feel procrastination is hardly the answer when it comes to counseling, be it in an individual counseling session or over the course of an extended career. I had the great displeasure of experiencing this first hand in another mock counseling session I conducted. After the client had given me a considerable amount of information to process and I address I merely sat there, staring at his tie while trying to formulate my response, hoping that my delay would somehow conjure the magic words I needed to say. Silence is golden but even gold can tarnish after enough time. I now know that a simple acknowledgement, such as "That's quite a bit of information to process. Let's break it down." or some variation of would have sufficed. This lesson learned will certainly help the next time I find myself plateauing in the midst of a counseling session.
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BMA launches Middle East chapter
Dubai, April 25, 2013
US-based Business Marketing Association (BMA), which has a focus on business-to-business (B2B) marketing, has announced the formation of its newest international chapter, BMA Middle East.
The latest chapter is part of the organisation's objective to provide B2B marketing professionals around the world with the resources and support to enhance their practices and expand their careers.
Beginning immediately, BMA Middle East is accepting individual and corporate memberships for this chapter and is planning a series of events in 2013, including its inaugural launch event, breakfast roundtables, learning seminars and workshops.
The BMA 2013 global conference series, this year entitled "B2B Rising," will include an event in Dubai this October.
"We are truly excited to launch our next international chapter in the Middle East," said Tom Stein, BMA International Board Member and president of Stein IAS (Americas).
"Building our global presence and bringing the worldwide B2B marketing community together is an important element of our mission. BMA Middle East is another step towards connecting top marketing professionals across geographies to share insights and best practices, and to grow with one another."
BMA Middle East chapter members will receive exclusive benefits, such as access to BMA's white papers, surveys, research and multimedia programs for education and training in B2B marketing; cutting-edge insights into social media marketing trends; measurement techniques and case studies; a directory of membership and subscriptions to Business Marketing, BMA Smartbrief and BMA Buzz, the organization's monthly e-magazine.
BMA Middle East will be led by Annette Fernandes from Dubai in the UAE. The newest chapter is designed to provide greater accessibility for global relationship building and networking opportunities for B2B marketing professionals in the region.
"The support, resources and networking opportunities offered by the BMA are invaluable to today's marketing professionals. I am honored to be a part of the first BMA chapter in the Middle East," said Fernandes, Client Services director at Fifth Ring.
"As one of the world's leading marketing organizations, the BMA is committed to furthering the professional development of its members into a new region." – TradeArabia News Service


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VoIP functions on broadband networks using packet switched telephone networks (PSTNs), unlike traditional calls on circuit switched networks. PSTNs are more efficient than legacy systems (circuited switched networks), and information can be routed in packets over optimized paths. Mobile VoIP allows IP calls over mobile networks (3G/LTE) or fixed networks, such as wireless hotspots, Wi-Fi, and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) networks. Mobile VoIP bypasses the originating mobile carrier's telephony network and allows inexpensive calls on mobiles through the Internet providers. It also offers low-cost international calls, and roaming calls, without the need for extensive infrastructures such as PCs and DSL modems. Therefore, it is a threat to traditional mobile voice revenues. Despite the many benefits of mVoIP, the disadvantages include poor speech quality and dropped calls due to latency or packet loss in the Internet service provider's network.
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Monday, February 4, 2013
Buds blast on Dtps. Jungo City
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Unfortunately buds do look like they are going to drop. Most of my named phals drop the buds when humidity lowers to 45%, so all my phals with spikes were in the humidity trays with domes before I got orchid tank.ReplyDelete
Was this phal inside your exo terra?Replies
Well that confirms it. Darn. :-( It was in the tank the whole time. The one other thing is that I got a bit forgetful about watering last week (skipped a day a few times)and this orchid got drier than usual. But the leaves didn't even droop, so I don't know what to blame.Delete
What is the humidity level in your tank? Even though it seems like a closed space, but open top + heat from the lamps could be drying the environment inside of tank more than outside. My tank had just metal mesh screen on top so I had to go and buy the see-through acrylic sheet and cover the top to preserve humidity in there.Delete
That's a really good point. I don't have the tools for making a humidity measurement, but it probably did go down after I added the fan a couple weeks ago. I stopped bothering with the humidifier when I got the terrarium, but maybe this is a sign to start that up again--at least when the windows are closed.Delete
Home depot has cheap($8.47 in Canada) thermometer that combines temps and humidity readings, I have it in my tank and it helps to control the environment better.Delete
I returned my "whole house" humidifier back to store after many complaints of my family that it is too noisy. I don't have humidifier in the tank but it keeps 75% and up by itself. If you cover the top of your tank - it should hold the moisture in too.
This hapened to me, few times. But, all of my phals are at same place, and on some of them, buds grow and open normaly, but on few plants, buds shriveled, just like yours. Hopefully, some of them open successfully.Delete
The only thing that those phals are diferent from 'normal opened' ones is that the newest leaf isn't grown fully. I hope you understand me ;) So, the youngest leaf, is or just started, or partialy grown, but you still can't see full leaf, and, during flower stem is growing, that leaf stoped developing.
Good to know that the lowest of the buds is shiny and green and growing well, the next three buds on the spike look like they will blast...ReplyDelete


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Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact battery life test is done: hail the king of tablet endurance
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2. vincelongman (Posts: 5534; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
Nice and that's with a small 4500 mAh battery
Sony seems to have to best battery optimization/efficiency right now
3. Symon_Fleece (Posts: 350; Member since: 30 May 2014)
yes :)
6. rd_nest (Posts: 1656; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Here's my question to PhoneArena.
1] At what display brightness is the test done? Full, half? or any specific NITS?
2] Is background data on or off, device in flight mode?
3] Is GPS on/off?
4] Does take into account 3G/LTE usage or WiFi? or is data completely off?
5] Is audio ON?
6] Does it take into account the standby usage of device?
All these parameters will play a major role in battery usage.
17. nightfury (Posts: 77; Member since: 04 Dec 2013)
u know u ask too many questions...are u married? if so, whether ur wife still stays with u ?
24. oister85 (Posts: 503; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Omg you mean
21. loki1717 (Posts: 6; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
Naturally they do, but this is only a benchmark as a frame of reference, particularly to other devices. The parameters are negligible, so long as they remain consistent between devices.
5. vuyonc (Posts: 1083; Member since: 24 Feb 2014)
I was expected a slighter higher result. It leapfrogged over everything else on GSM Arena. I'll wait until they can achieve at least the same battery life with a higher resolution. Nonetheless, the world's 2nd thinnest tablet has the best battery endurance. Are you watching, Apple?
7. trqster (Posts: 169; Member since: 17 May 2013)
Great results! But don't forget the subpar resolution (for today's standards) and the inevitabe impact that has on battery life endurance... The price tag is a killer feature though for it to be another unfortunate case of DOA.
8. RebelwithoutaClue (Posts: 5279; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
Why is it subpar resolution? The PPI is higher than the Nexus 9 and iPad Air 2 for instance.
9. trqster (Posts: 169; Member since: 17 May 2013)
Well you should compare the 8.0" Z3 Tablet Compact to the 7.9" iPad Mini 2 (retina) right...? In that case the ipad is the clear winner with 324ppi vs 283ppi for the Sony tablet.... With a quad-HD screen and a 805 Snapdragon cpu it'd really be a wow factor tablet. As it is it's close but not quite there yet. imo.
And with it's fairly high price tag and Sony's less than impressive marketing campaigns it'll sadly go nowhere in terms of relevant sales. It'll be a niche tablet.
16. praveen1033 (Posts: 12; Member since: 26 Jan 2014)
sony made a big mistake by not appointing you as their marketing head.Right!
23. oister85 (Posts: 503; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Qhd vs 1080p they say is amost impossible to distinguish both.
10. hboy857 (Posts: 367; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
After the Galaxy Alpha battery life test I don't trust PA's Battery life test anymore.
11. itsjustJOH (Posts: 232; Member since: 18 Oct 2012)
Why? What's wrong with it?
12. trqster (Posts: 169; Member since: 17 May 2013)
All battery tests are a bit subjective... One should always take them with a grain of salt. That being said there's no doubt in this case that the Z3's tablet has a great battery life imo.
14. hboy857 (Posts: 367; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
I'm not questioning Z3 series battery life capabilities. All the products of Z3 series have awesome battery life, every tech site and reviewer can vouch for that but the same thing can't be say about alpha. But here alpha get excellent battery life rating which is really weird/suspicious because every single reviewer said iphone 6 and alpha has pretty much same kind of endurance. But here on PA iphone 6 has average battery life rating. The difference between these two phones on screen time is huge (2 hours 28 mins). If alpha has excellent battery life then iphone 6 should have pretty much same kind of battery life and Z3 compact should have at least 14 hours of battery life. Tech site like gsmarena, notebookcheck and other site point out that alpha and iphone 6 has same kind of battery life and Z3 compact has best kind of battery life.
"All battery tests are a bit subjective" - you're absolutely right. That being said i can't help but think that they have done something wrong with their iphone 6 and galaxy alpha's battery test ( 2 hours 28 min on screen time is a huge difference).
13. vipervoid123 (Posts: 163; Member since: 27 Aug 2013)
The Z3 Tablet Compact also have great score on GSMArena battery test too ~
15. kiwison (Posts: 18; Member since: 06 Sep 2014)
and now it's time to put the same battery effort to SmartWtach 4. As far as I follow the biggest issue of smart watches is low battery, if Sony manages to do that for SW4 (and don't forget to design it, what the heck is SW3) they can be a good rival in smart wathces arena.
18. MrsJedi (Posts: 25; Member since: 17 Oct 2014)
I'm hungry for a new tablet.
19. Fellwalker (Posts: 503; Member since: 04 Apr 2014)
Daniel P. Have you reached out to Sony to ask them why they produce screens that "exhibit extremely cold and inaccurate colors"? You always grumble, but have you said it to them and asked why?
22. Dannybuoy (Posts: 3; Member since: 22 Sep 2014)
As for the cold colours issue. It's a non-issue as you can tweak the colours to your liking in the settings.
25. MuhammadNuruddinAzka (Posts: 1; Member since: 13 Oct 2014)
9h 47min of battery life? Aha, My iPad 2 32GB Wifi Only Can Last 10h 50min Of Battery Usage and 2d 3h of Standby Time.
With These Settings:
Brightness : About 10%
Wifi : Turned On (Never Off) Always On
Flight Mede : No/off
Background App : Always
Audio : 100%


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In real life as well as on-screen, Dennis Hopper was one of Hollywood's most successful figures, an out-sized and sometimes outlandish character whose career covered the second half of the 20th century.
A friend and great admirer of James Dean, he once described the iconic star of "Rebel Without a Cause" (in which Hopper played a small part) as "a guerrilla artist who attacked all restrictions on his sensibility…. I imitated his style in art and in life. It got me in a lot of trouble."
Trouble for Hopper, who died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles, took the form of drug and alcohol abuse as well as five failed marriages (one of which, to The Mamas & the Papas singer Michelle Phillips, lasted just eight days).
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But though it stumbled from time to time, Hopper's career had many high points.
He both directed and starred in (with Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson) "Easy Rider," the 1969 low-budget film that was a box-office smash. Coming at a time when the Vietnam War was wrenching American politics and society and when the counter-culture was fully defining the 60s, its worldview stood for all that seemed to be troubling and disruptive at the time.
The film's promotional poster read: "A man went looking for America. And couldn't find it anywhere."
"Easy Rider" was named best movie by a new director at the Cannes Film Festival.
"It was just a very special time when the lunatics really got to take over the asylum for a minute," Hopper told Reuters in 2008. "For a brief moment there, there really seemed to be an independent film movement. Then it was over."
Many of Hopper's other best-known portrayals – in movies ranging from the manic photographer in "Apocalypse Now" to "Blue Velvet" to "Red Rock West" to the alcoholic assistant basketball coach in "Hoosiers" – expressed alienation, criminal insanity, and sometimes just weirdness.
"Dennis Hopper was part of that sort of misfit, rebel-persona generation where you just didn't hit your mark and say your lines and try to create a movie icon type of presence," said Monitor film critic Peter Rainer. "He was much more rough-hewn, rough-edged and intuitive as an actor, and this created a lot of problems early on."
Hopper, who studied at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasburg in New York, also performed on stage and in many TV appearances. He was also an accomplished photographer, painter, and sculptor.
Dennis Hopper, whose work won many awards and two Oscar nominations, made his last public appearance in March, when he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.


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"All our mobile and e-payment transactions are managed through a single provider"
"All our mobile and e-payment transactions are managed through a single provider"
"Setting up payment solutions on our virtual goods stores and our merchandise e-store turned out to be quite complex. Until now, we were using several payment providers to offer the most adapted solutions to our buyers and players. HiPay has been handling our mobile transactions for more than 10 years and we have established mutual trust.
It seemed only natural to have all our mobile and e-payment transactions managed through a single provider."
Ankama was looking for an affordable solution suitable for the expansion of its activities in France and abroad. The virtual goods and merchandise sold on the group's online stores were challenging on several levels as they required multi-country, multi-currency, and multi-screen management all while fighting fraud efficiently.
With players from around the world, the audience of the online game publisher is really diverse. To maximize its development opportunities, Ankama had to offer the most adapted payment methods for each market, especially where bank cards are not the most popular solution.
By using several online payment providers to manage its e-payment flows for purchases and orders from more than 100 countries in 80 different currencies, financial reconciliation quickly became a real headache for Ankama's financial team. Simplifying this task was a key challenge for the online game publisher.
Ankama also offers online games on multiple devices: computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.
The prerequisite for selecting its payment partner was to offer its buyers and players a seamless payment experience, whatever the device used.
"Reducing fraud attacks on a global scale"
Ankama decided to centralize its payment management through a single provider: HiPay
HiPay is the ideal solution for the game publisher as it perfectly suits its global activities. With the support of HiPay's payment experts, Ankama was able to customize their interface to operate with their own KPIs to manage their activities in more than 100 countries.
The online video game industry is significantly more prone to fraud than other sectors. This key issue needed to be thoroughly addressed. The goal of HiPay's Risk Team was to guide Ankama in customizing its anti-fraud module to fight against a large number of fraud attacks on a global scale. Every day the online game publisher receives a detailed report enabling them to refine its filters and thus reduce fraud attempts without blocking real orders.
And finally thanks to the implementation of local solutions offered by HiPay, Ankama meets its customer's expectations, regardless of the country.
Adding payment methods and modifying settings has never been so easy: the online game publisher remains in control and saves time in its daily operations.
Thanks to automated reconciliation, the financial team can now handle in one day tasks that used to take a week. Ankama is also pleased with the technical aspects of the platform including up-time and security.
"Ankama now relies on HiPay's experts and can fully concentrate on its core activity: developing new options for our games and increasing our sales revenue."
For an online game publisher, increasing the transformation rate is a priority but it can also be challenging as its audience can be hard to please because of varied age groups or different geographical locations. Ankama's customers are sometimes very young and often do not have a bank account. Together, the online game publisher and HiPay have risen to the challenge and have increased conversion rates thanks to a more diverse payment offering.


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After almost 70 years "The Golden Age" is back! Prepare to see a lot of 1940's hairstyles this fall and winter. Long hair parted to the side with the "1940's classic wave" or an updo. Red lipstick, long dramatized eyelashes and lace dresses!
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One of the ancient livery companies of the City of London
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Granted in 1472
The Livery Companies and the City of London have grown up together, developing and adapting over the centuries to help sustain London's pre-eminence as a financial and business centre. They share many goals and objectives and work closely together on issues of City Importance.
The election of Sheriffs and other officers is the prerogative of the Livery alone and the election of the Lord Mayor of London is a shared responsibility between the Livery and the Aldermen of the City of London. Livery Companies are the source of, and take a prominent part in, many of the great ceremonial occasions adding colour and richness to the City's heritage. To view the web site of the Lord Mayor click here.
Over the years a number of our Liverymen have been elected as members of Common Council which has given the Livery a better insight to the work of the Councilmen and the City of London as a whole.
The Masons' Company supports the work of the Corporation and in particular the Lord Mayor of London to ensure the continuing success of the City in all that it does. This is very much a partnership because the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs and the City of London are great supporters of the Livery movement.
The involvement of such a diverse group of trades, crafts and professions in all aspects of the work of the City is part of its inherent success and vibrancy. The important role still held by Livery Companies in maintaining standards and supporting education and welfare, means that they will continue to have a central position in the life of the City of London and the nation. In 2010 the Livery Companies gave over £41 million to charitable causes to see the details of this philanthropy click here for the Livery Profile.
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GPS stands for "God's Plan for Sharing", a national evangelism initiative of Southern Baptists with one simple but yet profound rally cry – "Every Believer Sharing, Every Person Hearing by 2020." GPS will be not be a "program in a box" but a series of grassroots efforts over the next 10 years, the first of which taking shape in 2010/2011. As Tennessee Baptists all over the state embark upon "Across Tennessee", the call is sounding forth for Bradley Baptists to rally behind "Across Bradley County." The goal is to see BBA Churches sending God's people out of the pews and into the streets. "God's Plan for Sharing" will have 4 biblical components proven throughout history to bring effective evangelism, revival, and spiritual awakening. They are:
The Tennessee Baptist Convention and the North American Mission Board have developed some resources, suggestions and ideas for GPS.
The concept is for elements of this campaign to take place over a 3-4 month period of time in 2011 from February through May.


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KUWAIT: According to a newly released report "Participation Finance in Turkey 2014" by Kuwait Finance House Research Limited (KFHR), Turkey is the seventh largest domicile for Islamic finance assets with almost USD50bln in participation finance assets as at end-2013. Turkey is rapidly emerging as a major player in the global economic landscape and has introduced a number of initiatives to boost its financial markets. In recent years, Turkey has enhanced its economic and financial ties with the GCC, Asia and other emerging OIC member countries in order to diversify its trade and financial linkages. In this process, Turkey has also intensified efforts in developing the participation finance sector (Islamic finance is known as participation finance in Turkey) as it will serve to improve financial linkages with the oil-rich GCC and other emerging OIC countries which are domiciles of abundant Shari'a compliant liquidity.
Over the past few years, Turkish authorities have been proactive in introducing a number of amendments to the country's legal structures in order to accommodate and develop the participation finance sector. Turkey's economic development plan 2007-2013 has given reference to 'asset-based' and 'interest-free' financial instruments as part of efforts to develop the country into a regional financial centre.
Furthermore, these developments would also further support Turkey's ambition to turn its cultural capital city of Istanbul into a major financial centre. The government has included the project "Istanbul International Financial Centre" in its Ninth Development Plan covering 2007-2013, where more than USD350bln worth of infrastructure spending on projects over the coming decade.
The Turkish participation banking sector is rapidly emerging as a frontrunner in the global Islamic banking industry and is the seventh major domicile in terms of assets. The participation banking asset growth has consistently outperformed that of conventional asset growth. Participation banking assets grew by 392.8% (or at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30.5% per annum) between 2007 and 2013, reaching TRY96.1bln as at end-2013.
In comparison, conventional banking assets expanded by 176.7% (or CAGR of 18.5%) between 2007 and 2013. As at end-2013, there were a total of 961 participation banking branches in the country, an increase from 825 branches as at end-2012. The number of staff employed totalled 16,747, up from 15,324 in 2012. Key growth drivers for participation banks include huge retail base, low participation banking penetration rate as well as attractive product innovation that continues to attract new customers.
As at end 2013, participation banking assets formed 5.80% market share of the overall banking system total assets (end-2007: 3.34%). Furthermore, the participation banking assets expanded by 36.72% y-o-y as at end-2013, outperforming the growth in the conventional banking assets of 25.8% during the same year.
Sukuks (or participation certificates / lease certificates as they are known in Turkey) have also gained considerable interest in the Turkish capital markets following the issuance of country's first sovereign sukuk in September 2012. As at end-2013, the volume of Turkish sukuks outstanding amounted over USD5bln, reflecting a CAGR of 276.3% between 2010 and 2013. The inaugural USD1.5bln sovereign sukuk gave a clear signal to investors of the country's commitment in tapping into the Shari'a compliant funds market. In June 2013, Turkish authorities introduced new legislative changes concerning sukuk through a new communiqué published on the Official Gazette dated the 7th June 2013 and numbered 28670. This communiqué introduced new lease certificates to the Turkish Islamic finance market. These new regulations would enable sukuks to be structured based on most Shari'a principles including Istisna, Murabaha, Mudaraba, Musharaka and Wakala.
On the Islamic funds front, Turkish participation banks were one of the first to develop Shari'a compliant commodity funds that provided direct exposure to investors to commodities such as gold and silver. For instance, Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank offers two Shari'a compliant commodity funds:
Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank B Type Gold ETF (Gold Plus)
* The first Gold ETF issued by Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank
* Based on 100% physical gold spot market, no leverages, no futures and options
* Fund shares are traded in Istanbul Stock Exchange
* The physical standard bullion held by fund portfolio is in the custody of Istanbul Gold Exchange on the behalf of fund
Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank Silver Type B ETF (Silver Plus)
* Started to be traded since May 2012 in Istanbul Stock Exchange
* The index is based on the international silver price
Turkey offers huge potential for Islamic finance to grow. It offers strong growth prospects for Islamic financial markets in various sectors such as retail, SMEs, trade finance, wealth management and project finance. The Turkish participation banking sector is expected to almost triple in the next 10 years with assets estimated to exceed USD100bln by 2023. The sector has progressed tremendously since its commencement during the 1980s. The firm support by the government in the last six years to expand the sector provides ample opportunities for Turkish participation banks to expand their market share. Given the growing trade and financial relationships between Turkey and the oil-rich GCC and other emerging OIC countries, Turkish participation banks have strong growth prospects in various sectors including trade finance, syndicated finance, project and SME financing and also in providing Shari'a compliant wealth management solutions.
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CHILDREN were taken to a pumpkin farm to round off their half term of learning about senses.
Stedham Squirrels pre-School went to Durleighmarsh Farm in Petersfield, on Monday and the children were able to choose their own pumpkins to buy.
Gemma Gabler, manager, said: "This rounded off our theme for this half term, helping the children learn about their senses.
"The children enjoyed walking around the farm, learning about all the different fruits and vegetables that they grow. The children tasted some of the fruits that where still growing on the farm – blackberries, raspberry and blueberries – straight from the plants.
"They then each chose what pumpkins they wanted to buy and paid at the till with their own money, learning many different skills as well as having a great visit."
Stedham Squirrels is a charity-run pre-school. A quiz night is being held on Friday, November 6, at Stedham Sports Pavilion at 7.30pm. Tickets are £10 adults, £3 children, including food and a drink. Contact Kirsty on 07956546114 for tickets.
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Commentary by Judie Brown
When I read the news, my first thought was, "This can't be true!" But unfortunately, it is. The Connecticut Catholic Conference caved in to political pressure and agreed to provide the morning-after pill to victims of sexual assault when "appropriate testing" is used to determine that the victim is not already with child.
This is deceptive rhetoric of the worst kind. What kind of "appropriate testing" exists for a woman violated by criminal assault so that whether or not she has become pregnant from the rape can be determined beyond the shadow of a doubt? There is no such testing. The only reliable form of testing detects the presence of human chorionic gonadotrophin, which is only secreted after implantation. Because a pregnancy test prior to implantation won't tell you if fertilization has taken place and the morning-after pill prevents implantation after fertilization, the caveat for "appropriate testing" in the CCC's statement is scientifically meaningless
Some will argue that early pregnancy research has advanced to the point where the preimplantation signals from the human embryo can be detected prior to implantation. However there is no standard assay testing at this time that can confirm or deny beyond a reasonable doubt that the human embryo either does or does not exist. The Catholic Medical Association is on record, stating: "Medical evidence demonstrates that the pregnancy tests used cannot accurately detect a pregnancy at fertilization but only after implantation which takes more than a week after the new life is formed."
Due to this reality, it is unconscionable that any ethical practitioner of medicine, whether Catholic or not, would use a chemical to treat a patient knowing that there is a possibility that the early human embryonic child might be killed because of the way the chemical functions in the female body. And obviously it is unthinkable that a state Catholic conference would set aside the facts in this matter.
In fact, it was no less an authority than the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life that noted in its official statement on the morning after pill:
The morning-after pill is a hormone-based preparation (it can contain estrogens, estrogen/progestogens or only progestogens) which, within and no later than 72 hours after a presumably fertile act of sexual intercourse, has a predominantly "anti-implantation" function, i.e., it prevents a possible fertilized ovum (which is a human embryo), by now in the blastocyst stage of its development (fifth to sixth day after fertilization), from being implanted in the uterine wall by a process of altering the wall itself.
The final result will thus be the expulsion and loss of this embryo.
We know that a woman of any age whose body is traumatized by the violence against her may not think clearly about whether or not she has ovulated either at, before or after the assault. We cannot take the next statement by the Pontifical Academy as a suggestion that the pill could be used in rape treatment, for the Academy declares:
Only if this pill were to be taken several days before the moment of ovulation could it sometimes act to prevent the latter (in this case it would function as a typical "contraceptive").
It is clear that in the case of treating the rape victim there is only one intention when using this pill and that is to stop an early embryonic child from growing and thriving within his mother. Therefore the use of such a pill is anathema to Catholic teaching on the subject.
In 1968 when Pope Paul VI issued the encyclical letter, Humanae Vitae, he made a statement in section 14 which removes all doubt regarding the rightness or wrongness of the CCC decision. He stated in this infallible document:
The direct interruption of the generative process already begun and, above all, all direct abortion, even for therapeutic reasons, are to be absolutely excluded as lawful means of regulating the number of children… Similarly excluded is any action which either before, at the moment of, or after sexual intercourse, is specifically intended to prevent procreation-whether as an end or as a means.
Clearly, the Connecticut Catholic Conference's statement is fraught with problematic language and thus it is my sincere conviction that the devil himself had something to do with its authorship. Of course I realize that many people scoff at the very idea of evil in any way affecting what we say or do, but I happen to believe that in fact there is evil and the author of all evil must be having a celebration in Connecticut right now.
It is no coincidence that just days before the CCC declaration was made, the president of Human Life International, Father Tom Euteneuer, wrote:
Never in the history of humanity has Satan convinced so many people to set up false idols to replace the worship of the True God. Never has Satan been so successful in getting people to abandon the worship of God and obedience to the moral law on such a massive scale.
It is clear to me that absolute obedience to the moral law requires the CCC to stand its ground and defend the principle that an embryonic human person can never be threatened, even if the likelihood is minute. Perhaps, however, it is not so clear to them. If that is the case, then it is time for the bishops of that great state to call in the experts in human embryology, Catholic moral teaching and Catholic medical ethics and study this question thoroughly.
For now, let us hope that the erroneous CCC announcement will not affect the way 49 other state Catholic conferences address the subject, or even worse, that it will somehow be used at the national level to alter the position of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
In this case, as in all others involving the defense and protection of the human person, the devil is in the details.
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On Isotropic and Anisotropic Damage Variables in Continuum Damage Mechanicsby J. W. Ju, Princeton Univ, Princeton, United States,
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The present work analyzes the implication and limitation of some 'scalar damage' models. In particular, the elastic-damage thermodynamic potential and the 'effective stress concept' are re-examined. It is demonstrated that 'isotropic damage' does not necessarily imply 'scalar damage' representation in general. The notion of isotropic and anisotropic damage variables in continuum damage mechanics is then discussed. In addition, some results from micromechanical analyses are applied to show the direct relationship between the fourth-order damage tensor and the damage-induced compliance tensor characteristic of microcrack-weakened brittle materials.
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Fortune Cookie by Josi S Kilpack. I love Sadie and the situations she finds herself in. The recipes make my mouth water and I love seeing a new area of the country. This particular story though edged on the almost too descriptive of the murder side of things. Maybe it was just the way it happened, and for that reason, it wasn't my favorite Sadie book. I can recommend it for those who love a great mystery that will keep you turning the page.
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Sadie Hoffmiller has always liked things to be just so. A place for everything and everything in its place. Order over chaos. And of all things Sadie should be able to control, her own wedding is at the top of the list. With the big day just three weeks away, Sadie is busily adding the final touches to her wedding plans but the arrival of a mysterious letter from San Francisco changes everything. The only person Sadie knows in San Francisco is her older sister, Wendy, whom she hasn't seen since their mother's funeral nearly fifteen years ago. Sadie has faced off against murderers and criminals in recent years, yet the possibility of reconnecting with her sister is both overwhelming and frightening. Sadie soon discovers, however, that the letter is just the beginning when Wendy's world turns out to be a place of unanswered questions, twisted truths, and more than one person with a motive for murder. The more Sadie digs into her sister's past, the more she places her own future at risk.
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