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Peter Valert
Class of 1993
Managing partner at DLA Piper
Prague, Czechoslovakia
How are you currently involved with the practice area?
International law is really not a specific practice area. It more relates to various work done in the international area. Currently I run the Prague office at DLA Piper where I have close to twenty lawyers under me who work primarily on deals and transactions where foreign investors from the US, UK and elsewhere in Europe make investments in the Czech Republic through M & A deals. We also help various foreign companies who need different legal advice about their operations relating to issues such as corporate commercial, employment and IP. Finally, we also represent the Czech state in arbitrations brought against it by foreign investors under certain Bilateral Investment Treaties and also help several Czech government entities in dealing with the EU.


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Aram put out the forest fires with the help of Kai (losing both his own sword's edge and Dandiel's sword when he was chopping down the burning branches).
Kai tried to scout ahead and was he was able to locate another goblin party heading to the party, on the way back he was attacked by a giant crow.
Kai tried to speak with the crow but the spirits informed him that it was not really a crow but some sort of spirit.
The party quickly left on their way to the boiling cauldron inn.
Kai tried unsuccessfully to scout, and when he failed Maria disguised herself and scouted the inn.
She found that there were 2 CrystalGaurd watchmen in the inn looking for the party. Kai was able to distract them by changing to a bear and roaring near the inn.
The guards rushed out to try and find the bears. On the way there one of the guards noticed Rudolf, who was able to fool them into leaving the area towards the south west.
The group initially wanted to try and forge the chest, kill some outlaws and plant the forged chest on their bodies to blame them. But in the end decided that would probably not work.
Instead Aram, Maria & Rudolf went down to the common room and convinced the locals that the real culprit of the chest theft was Gingis and the infamous Kerchifs gang.
In the morning the group tried to leave by boat, but the river was closed due to attacks along the river route. The group decided to try and follow the giant footprint trail instead. Dandiel was able to follow the trail to a big empty well organized camp.
Dandiel scouted around and found many conflicting trails, but surmised that the war camp left the area heading east (?).
Kai changed to a wolf and tried to follow the scent trail, but was overcome with the stench. He was able to find some goblin scouts – just as one of them shot an arrow at him! (and missed).
Kai alerted the group to the danger. Dandiel headed to the nearest shrubbery to try and get into an ambush spot, but unfortunately picked a location right beneath a giant warg.
Rudolph tried to climb the nearest try, while crying in panic. He at first failed, but when a nearby warg tried to take a bite out of his ass, he gathered his strength and made a pitiful leap to the nearest branch, the wag narrowly missing his ass, but the branch could not support his large… err… dignity.
Maria tried to perform an acrobatic feat to roll away from the wargs charging her, and promptly fell flat on her face.
Aram leaped to her defense placing himself before Maria to try to head off any warg trying to attack her, and immediately left her to fend for herself charging headlong to attack the nearest wargs.
Kai called upon the wolf spirits, howling into the night asking for aid from the nearby wolf pack.
By the time the wolf pack had arrived, all the wargs and most of the goblins were already dead. The sole survivor turn tail and ran for his life, with the wolf pack hot in pursuit.
Kai tried to take control of the pack, asserting his dominance over them. The Alpha male wasn't very impressed with this attempted and growled at Kai who immediately lowered his tail and started whimpering in fear. The Alpha male then turned to the fleeing goblin and started making little goblin kibble from him. There was a lot of blood and screaming and some very satisfied wolfs.
Kai in the mean time slinked his way back to the rest of the group.
- Guys feel free to add/fix any details i might have forgotten or got wrong along the way.

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California girls and Beach Boys. Disneyland. Hollywood. Year-round sun-kissed weather. The Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco's cable cars. Silicon Valley innovation. Napa Valley's gorgeous vineyards and wineries. Majestic redwoods, snow-capped mountains. The richest farmland in the country. The beauties of Yosemite, Death Valley, and a thousand miles of breathtaking coastline.
There is a reason this is called the Golden State. Actually, a lot of reasons.
And I hate to relinquish this golden state to the Left. But in fact, they've already taken it.
You add up all the riches mentioned above, and you should have a thriving, prosperous heaven-on-earth. But if you add in one more ingredient – a preponderance of leftists – somehow the recipe falls flat. Disastrously flat. Anybody-with-a-brain-in-their-head-is-getting-the-heck-out flat.
And that is exactly where we find ourselves today.
California is like the most beautiful and gifted girl in the class (of 50 students!), who took up with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks (the Left) and ended up in a dilapidated trailer park puffing on a cigarette and chugging cheap whiskey.
Yup, that's California today!
Let's take a closer look at her downfall…


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Of course, this problem is exacerbated when a niche market explodes into mainstream acceptance, forcing users and vendors alike to poach the term as a means of positioning themselves within the new, growing market.
Such is the case today with the term EDW (enterprise data warehouse.) With the convergence of opportunity (the time to address the problem), capability (the infrastructure to deliver acceptable performance at an acceptable cost) and need (the demand for business analytics) that has occurred over the past four years, EDW has emerged.
To some organizations, especially large organizations in very information-centered industries such as retail and telecommunications, this concept seems old hat, but for the vast majority of organizations, enterprise data warehousing has only been a concept. Needless to say, all things data warehouse-related are hot topics these days.
To that end we have seen a huge upswing in the use of the term enterprise data warehouse. Indeed, a search on the phrase in Google returns over 63,000 hits. With a term becoming so ubiquitous, we must be careful not to lose sight of its original meaning.
In an attempt to provide clarity, we offer a list of five attributes most often associated with a true enterprise data warehouse. These attributes apply to overall design philosophy as well as to the underlying infrastructure.
Any analytic infrastructure may embody some of these attributes, but to truly be called an enterprise data warehouse they should exhibit all of the attributes in our list.
1. Single Version of the Truth
The overall design goal of an enterprise data warehouse is to create a definitive version of the organizations business data. This is no easy task, when you consider the number and variety of systems and silos of company data that exist within any business organization.
The use of the word enterprise is an important distinction. In some dictionaries the meaning is given as, "An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication and risk." In others, an enterprise is defined as "a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)."
So unless your warehouse environment has as an overriding design goal of rationalizing data entities—think customer—and corresponding data elements into a single definitive view, it is not an enterprise data warehouse.
2. Multiple Subject Areas
To create a single version of the truth for an organization, it logically follows that an enterprise data warehouse must consist of multiple subject areas (such as finance, marketing and sales) representing areas of interest both for individual groups and for individuals who must view data across several subject areas. It is important to note that multiple subject areas are a design goal.
There is no minimum number of subject areas required before an organization can assign the term enterprise data warehouse to its environment, as long as the design goal is to add new subject areas in the future. Indeed, it should be understood that the EDW is built a subject area at a time and not all at once.
To keep momentum going for the enterprise data warehouse, we suggest that organizations try to deliver a new subject area every quarter. It is important that as each subject area is added, any overlapping data entities are rationalized within the overall design. This is in keeping with attribute No. 1 and ensures that there is always one uniform view of an entity such as customer.
3. Normalized Design
While in the past, many designers have used denormalized models (such as star or snowflake schemas) to build single-subject data marts, an enterprise data warehouse is typically designed with a more normalized model. The design goal should be flexibility first and performance second.
As the EDW evolves along with the business, the only constant will be change. Since the EDW must reflect the relationship between business entities, a normalized model is more suited to that end. The normalized model provides flexibility to the physical design of the database that will reduce the amount of maintenance required over time. This has the added benefit of reducing the overall TCO (total cost of ownership) of the EDW.
To those who believe it sacrilege to ignore performance, we agree; however that can be handled by the price/performance improvement of modern infrastructure hardware in conjunction with some advanced features offered in modern database software.
Next Page: Importance to mission and scalability are also key.


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Resolution of Purpose
This debate has allowed for the airing of opinions, which in my own humble opinion, is good and healthy. As a result of this process I would like to suggest the following specific amendment to the posted Mission Statement in the sidebar.
1) This site exists to assist bloggers (adult or otherwise) in defending their rights to the best of our ability and resources.
2) We do this by providing resources, guides and advice in the resolution of those conflicts.
3) If it benefits the community, we may on occasion find it necessary to alert the community to the presence of violators of these rights.
4) This site assumes no legal authority in the resolution of conflicts, or the enforcement of those rights or the punishment of those that violate them.
I want to be clear that it was never my intention to actually create a list of any type on this site, or in a shared form. This however, does not preclude the mentioning of such an idea to test its merits. The result of which is much as I would have expected, and the idea is summarily abandoned, as such ideas should be.
There is considerable precedent, successful I might add, already on this site that should drive our ability to deal with issues on a case-by-case basis. We must be aware of the inclination towards abuse and be sensitive to the wide-range of opinion, thought and subject matter present here in the bloggersphere and in the greater world. Having said that however, there is a significant difference between thought and action. For example, talking or writing about rape fantasies within a blog, while reprehensible to myself, is different than commenting on female bloggers sites and intimidating them through threats of personal violence. I mention that example because this actually happened here in our community not that long ago.
I made the decision to help with this site because I believe in its mission. I believe that SIC can be a useful and valuable resource to the blogging community. However, to be such it needs to stand firm and strong on those beliefs and not placate, or minimize them in any way. Otherwise we are little more than opinionated mouth-pieces that should find better things to do with our time.
Feel free to debate anything I've said in the comments below.


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Wages of vigilantism
The recurring incidents of lynching and targeted mob violence against vulnerable groups reported from various parts of the country are a direct challenge thrown by right-wing groups to political processes, especially electoral processes and the rule of law. According to India Spend, a data-journalism website, 86% of those killed in lynching incidents in 2017 were Muslims. In September 2017 the Supreme Court, responding to a Public Interest Litigation, directed all State governments to take measures to prevent vigilantism in the name of cow protection. However, public lynching or vigilante violence hasn't subsided; in fact, it has spread from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Haryana to Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. An overwhelming majority of these attacks are bovine related, although there are other reasons for anti-minority attacks, too. Hate violence has also happened around festivals such as Ram Navami (Bihar and West Bengal), provocations over azaan and namaz (Gurugram in Haryana) and violence against those looking overtly Muslim (U.P. and Haryana trains). The victims in cases of lynching are almost entirely from poor families.
South Asia has a long history of communal violence, but these were primarily big episodes of mass violence. This has now given way to a smaller-scale of conflict and vigilante violence against individuals endorsed by state inaction. One possible reason for this shift could be an attempt to avoid public scrutiny that accompanies mass violence, whilst at the same time ensuring that minorities are continually kept under siege through targeted attacks. India has a poor record when it comes to prevention and punishment of the perpetrators of mass violence and/or lynchings. Each event of violence has hardened community boundaries and widened the divide between Hindus and Muslims.
Citizens Against Hate (CAH), a civil society group investigating and seeking to provide legal help to victims of hate crimes, has documented 50 lynching deaths (Muslims), including three lynched in the last one week — two in Godda, Jharkhand (June 14) and one in Hapur, U.P. (June 18) over rumours of cow slaughter/smuggling. According to the CAH report, 'Lynching Without End', published in September 2017, 97% of cow-related lynchings had occurred since the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) rise to political dominance in 2014.
Most of these attacks were based on rumours sparked by accusations that the victims, almost always Muslims, slaughtered or smuggled cows. The content of these rumours and fears often circulating on social media take the shape of communal stereotypes of victims either eating beef or intending to do so, or showing any form of perceived disrespect for cows, which is broadly claimed as a motivation for lynching. Most actors leading the charge are suspected to belong to, or have connections with, groups such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal, Gau Raksha Dal and Hindu Yuva Vahini. Professing allegiance to Hindu right-wing parties, they feel emboldened by a political regime that has prioritised a crackdown on cow slaughter. The back-end support comes from BJP MPs providing political protection to these organisations and their activities.
What explains the phenomenon and spread of lynchings across several States? Apart from the political reasons alluded to above, the rising trend is directly related to the intensification of communal polarisation and instrumentalisation of prejudice for political ends apparent in various government attempts to infuse religion into politics and education. In the event, these acts seem to have acquired a certain degree of legitimacy in the public mind. Also, it's important to acknowledge the widespread role of violence in Indian politics which is not considered an illegitimate form of politics. Popular anger, outrage and violence are integral features of everyday politics in contemporary India. The feeling that mobs are exacting Bollywood style justice beyond the procedures of law, with crowds of locals triumphantly watching the gruesome spectacle captured by videos that subsequently go viral, has its own vicarious fascination.
As hate crimes grow, so does the sense of impunity enjoyed by the actual perpetrators of the crime and those who prompt it. Lack of justice for victims further reinforces the vicious cycle of impunity. There is also little condemnation of lynchings by those in positions of authority except in very generalised terms. The strategic silence of the BJP-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leadership works like unspoken approval to carry out the attacks. The tacit endorsement of mob violence may be the most disturbing effect of decades of communal politics in India. The lack of public reaction to recent incidents implies a degree of acceptability of violence as an expression of vengeance against 'injustices' suffered by Hindus in the past. The theory of 'Hindu insecurity' and 'Hindu persecution' comes at a time when political representation of Muslims in legislatures and administration and their presence in the public sphere is at its lowest since Independence.
The police often stand by, careful not to interfere with the actions of the majority community. Both mobs and police have regularly treated victims of cow vigilantism, rather than those indulging in violence, as suspects in ways that de-victimise these individuals. Rather than taking swift action against perpetrators, law enforcement agencies act mostly against the victims themselves, booking them for violating cow protection laws which act as a legitimate cover for taking action against people they suspect of trafficking in cattle intended for slaughter. In these attacks, whether the victim actually possessed beef, or whether cows were actually being transported for slaughter, or even that cows were not involved, is not relevant.
Most of these are not spontaneous acts of violence; there is usually systematic planning behind them. Common to all the episodes of violence is coordination across groups and States and districts, and no other political force masters this better than the Sangh Parivar with its numerous affiliates. Active support of powerful political figures in the current establishment at the Centre and in the States has helped to build networks, gain new recruits, resources and legitimacy that Hindu right-wing groups did not have in the past. The newly acquired organisational capacity, including manpower, money and feet on the ground, has proved crucial for translating dark ideas into concrete action across districts and converting rumour and prejudice into attacks across State borders. Apart from providing employment opportunities to youth belonging to right-wing groups, another big incentive is participation in electoral politics as these foot soldiers double up as campaigners and booth committee members of the BJP during elections.
Lynchings are encouraged by the atmosphere of hate and suspicion created through sustained propaganda. Always ready to refurbish the deep historical archive of anti-Muslim prejudice by focusing on the past to demonise all Muslims, the BJP has weaponised Hindu anger and paranoia into a legitimate expression of a majoritarian nation. Localised violence happening with regularity also serves a political purpose. By allowing lynchings to continue unchecked, the Hindu right boosts its image as the lone protector of Hindu religion and culture in India and this can help expand its social base. Cow vigilantism, which is a pretext to exacerbate social conflicts between religious communities, serves the political purposes of ideologies and political formations that thrive on hate and polarisation. Preventing further atrocities requires respect for the rule of law and legal institutions and strong prosecutions and expeditious punishments. Unless checked, it can cause irreversible harm to the social fabric of our society and to the tenets of democracy that have shaped and sustained the idea of India.
(The Hindu)
Brazen statements on job shortage
By Mihir Swarup Sharma
Back when Narendra Modi was just a candidate for the post of Prime Minister, he seemed to understand what India's biggest problem was: jobs. He promised tens of millions of jobs would be created if he were voted to power – India's unemployed young people would be transformed, he promised, into an army for development.
Four years later, this promise has turned into a weapon for the opposition. His predecessor, Manmohan Singh, pointed out last year that young Indians were "desperately waiting for the jobs that they were promised."
The Modi government's response has been typical: not harder work, not economic reform, but bluster. Two recent statements from senior ministers who should know better stand out. Piyush Goyal said that the large number of people who are lining up for jobs in the Railways that he oversees – over 15 million applied recently for a minuscule number of vacancies – did not in any way mean that there is a shortage of jobs in India. And Human Resources Minister Prakash Javadekar, whose job is indeed to prepare the Indian workforce for employment, has insisted that each and every sector in India has witnessed job opportunities. "We have to find out why people with post-graduate degrees apply for sweeper jobs in the government," he said.
Well, minister, the answer is staring us all in the face: that there simply aren't enough high-quality jobs available. Yes, even low-skilled government jobs provide security; but in a growing economy, the private sector should also be creating enough and better-paid jobs in such a way that security would be rendered irrelevant.
The fact is that when millions of Indians turn up for jobs that they are manifestly overqualified for, it cannot be seen as anything other than a failure of economic management on a massive scale.
There was not even the slightest remorse expressed by the ministers for whatever combination of circumstances may have arisen in the economy to cause this sort of desperation on the part of job-seekers. Nor was there an iota of compassion for these young job-seekers or a comprehension of the lack of choices they face.
Mr Javadekar even said that "people who do not work out of choice cannot be called unemployed". Is it possible that Modi Sarkar imagines that everyone without employment prefers to watch things on their Jio phone rather than earn a living? It is impossible to overstate how out of touch that sentiment is. Even in the best case scenario, which is that the minister was referring only to the worrying decrease in the labour participation rate of women – fewer women in India are working, while in the test of the world more women worked as development progressed – it still reveals an inability to understand the real problems faced by job-seekers. If women are not going out to work, it is not out of "choice". It is because neither law and order nor their social relations in their community have allowed them to do so. Is this not something a government should be concerned about – if, that is, it values half of India? Or should it just dismiss the crushing of womens' aspirations as "their choice"?
The ministers complained that there was not enough data to prove that jobs were not being created. This seems to undercut various other claims made by government apologists that jobs are indeed being created – on the basis of the pension records kept by the provident funds, for example. Many economists have poked clear holes in this theory. At best, that reveals that under pressure from demonetization and the GST, some jobs are coming into the formal sector – but it does not reveal whether or not jobs are being created overall. While it is amusing to discover that not even the Modi government ministers believe its own propagandists, the politicians' statements are still important. Their complaint about the lack of official data is shared by many.
Yet data is scarce, of course, for a very specific reason: the survey of unemployment in the country, conducted by the Labour Bureau every year from 2010 to 2016, was discontinued by the Union Labour Ministry – in a strange coincidence, the Survey showed sharp job losses after the National Democratic Alliance government came to power in 2014. So when the ministers – and earlier the Prime Minister himself – complain that there is no data on employment, what they should instead explain is why the government chose to stop collecting data on employment.
The reason, of course, is that this government does not want the release of any data that would reveal the true state of the economy. The manipulation of the backseries of GDP data revealed exactly how desperate it is to whitewash its unusually poor record.
The Modi government seems to believe that voters are comically stupid. That they will not only believe that jobs are being created, but also that mobs of people applying for a few government jobs is a sign of how many other jobs there are. That they will also believe that a lack of data that the government has itself organised can be replaced by earnest assurances from the Prime Minister and his Cabinet that large numbers of jobs have indeed been created.
The most reliable independent source for jobs data are the reports from the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy, or CMIE. Their latest report, issued earlier this month, indicated that 11 million jobs had been lost in 2018. Think about that – 11 million jobs were lost, not created. This comes at a time when most economists believe that we need to create between 6 and 12 million jobs a year just to keep pace with the number of people entering the job market. Nor were previous years better – demonetization in particular wreaked havoc, costing millions of jobs.
There is little doubt, therefore, that Modi has failed to keep the promises that he made before being elected. The question is whether he will be held accountable for those promises. Perhaps if the Prime Minister or his colleagues had been open about their failures and accepted that they understood where they had gone wrong and how more jobs could be created going forward, they might have been able to retain some credibility. Instead, they have chosen to deny that a problem even exists and to pretend instead that the promises have been fulfilled. This is brazen even by the standards of Indian politics.
There are good reasons for greater urgency. India's window to create high-quality manufacturing jobs – the sort that helped countries like China move up the income ladder – is closing. More and more processes are being automated, and the scope for mass manufacturing that takes in lower-skilled workers and gives them solid secure employment is narrowing. But the World Bank has insisted in a recent report that there is still enough time. Given its vast numbers of young people, it is India that should be benefiting from these last decades in which manufacturing will matter. But instead the government has failed to undertake genuine economic reform, relying instead on adulatory press handouts and ministerial statements – managing the headlines and not the economy, as Arun Shourie put it. India's young people, lining up in their lakhs in the hope even of a job as a government sweeper, deserve better than this callous indifference to their fate.
Is Rahul Gandhi emerging as a reliable brand?
By Shuchi Bansal
The Congress's recent victories in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have put the spotlight on its president Rahul Gandhi.
While an earlier column spoke of brand Modi and whether he has lost some of its sheen, little has been said on Rahul Gandhi and if he, as a brand, has come of age. Or whether, despite his party's recent wins, it is too early to think of him as a dependable brand.
Interestingly, the resurgence of the Congress and that of Rahul Gandhi in particular seems to represent an almost textbook example of a challenger brand.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) unexpected poor performance is also perhaps a classic case of what a market leader should avoid—complacence, overconfidence and petty-mindedness being on top of the list.
"While it's true that Rahul Gandhi has a long way to go before he can match the perceived stature and the personal popularity of Narendra Modi, he has certainly been able to narrow the gap between them. I would say this is an outcome of some of his bold initiatives helped to a great extent by the missteps of the latter," says Samit Sinha, managing partner, Alchemist Brand Consulting.
Dheeraj Sinha, managing director (India) and chief strategy officer (Asia) at Leo Burnett, agreed that Rahul Gandhi has emerged as a viable challenger with the recent wins in the Assembly elections.
However, he argues that challengers don't win the game in India, leaders do. "Will Rahul be able to position himself as a viable leader of the country is the question. Just being a challenger won't make it happen for the Congress," he says.
Advertising veteran Sandeep Goyal who has done his doctorate in human brands, says that a challenger brand is defined by a mindset. It has ambitions larger than its conventional pool of resources and is prepared to do something bold. The most common narrative associated with the challenger brand is that of the underdog.
However, challenger brands are today more often focused on "what" they are challenging rather than "who" they are challenging.
"Rahul Gandhi is, therefore, by definition, truly a challenger brand. The important thing that everyone seems to be missing out on is that he is cleverly not really challenging Mr Modi but challenging incumbency, unfulfilled promises, growth agenda, and the performance of the current government, 'mistakes' like demonetization and GST (goods and service tax). In politics, these are really the 'category drivers'. Rahul is also focusing on disenchantment/ unhappiness with jobs/economy, which is really challenging the 'user experience' with the current government," says Goyal.
Sinha feels that Rahul's underdog image helps him. He began his political career as a fumbling novice, which earned him the Pappu sobriquet.
"It's because not much was expected of him is why his stock goes up every time he exceeds expectations, even for accomplishments that are less than extraordinary. On the other hand, his rival suffers a huge disadvantage for having set unrealistically high expectations, and whatever be his achievements, they are bound to fall short of the promise. This has no doubt negatively impacted both his credibility as well as popularity, which has helped Rahul Gandhi seize the narrative. When one starts at the bottom, the only way is up. The converse is equally true," points out Sinha.
Brand Rahul seems to be gaining some traction. "His speeches have improved both in form and content. He is more consistent, more combative.
The hesitant, reluctant brand Rahul of yore is slowly but surely transforming into an astute leader who has pedigree and lineage," feels Goyal.
Of course, none of this guarantees a defeat for the BJP, or a victory for the Congress, in this year's general elections. Goyal says that as of now, brand Modi is stronger and better resourced, but beginning to fray at the edges.
Also, a bit hurt, if not bruised. In 2014, brand Modi epitomized "hope" and "progress."
"In 2019, he cannot stand for Hindutva or Ram Temple or The Cow. That would be a big mistake. In 2014, brand Rahul was untested and nascent. In 2019, he is portraying himself as progressive, secular, empathetic and pedigreed… Both brands have their own appeal," he says.
As Leo Burnett's Sinha says, leadership brands need to appeal to the whole market.
Will brand Rahul be able to cover this distance from being a challenger brand to the leader brand in the next few months remains to be seen.
Your waste: someone's taste
By Zeeshan Rasool Khan,
While we every other day listen to boastful claims that the country India is developing fast. It has become very difficult for most of us to accept the brute reality that here the people die because of hunger. Yes, death due to starvation is the unthinkable, reality of India. According to sources, about 14.9% of the Indian population is undernourished. Half of the world's hungry live in India. Thousands are those who do not know if the next meal would be availed or not. Reports say, everyday 20 crore people have to hit the sack with an empty tummy. In the year 2018, many cases of hunger-death were reported in India. This bitter truth is being cloaked with bragging. Global Hunger Index 2018, which has placed India at a 103rd place out of 119 qualifying countries, is a testimony to this fact that India is not what media shows i.e., all is not well within the nation with respect to common masses. Howbeit, it is not any matter of berating the nation. There is no question of cutting anyone to size in connection with this issue. Instead, it demands serious contemplation from everyone irrespective of our positions in society.
One of the root causes of hunger is poverty that has been challenging to every developing country and India is no exception. Despite the reports of GHI, which says, the poverty level has reduced by 0.9 % since 2011 we must accept that our efforts have been too meagre to achieve any feat in this direction. Let us accept we have failed in defeating poverty. But, that does not mean we will rest on our laurels and let poverty-stricken die. If we cannot eradicate the gigantic issue of poverty but we have immense potential to secure poor. If we cannot build palaces for indigents, however, we can provide them shelter to hide at least. If we cannot raise their standard of living but there is no doubt that, we can mitigate their problems. Likewise, if we cannot provide them with sumptuous food, at least we can make sure that they will not sleep hungry, die due to hunger and starvation.
There is no dearth of food. Credible reports suggest that India produces sufficient food to feed its population. However, access to the available food is lacking. And this inaccessibility is partly due to low income of people and mostly due to our behaviour of wasting food. It has been estimated that nearly one-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption is wasted every year. This wastage starts from processing continues up to packing, supply management, and consumption.Due to imperfect packaging methods and inefficient supplying system, a considerable amount of food is lost. According to one estimate, about 40 percent of fruits and vegetables and 30 percent of cereals are wasted and do not reach the consumers because of improper packaging and supplying techniques. Prevalent ways of processing and subsequent supplying of paddy and other grains result into wastage of a part of it. Common Fruit growers know it better, while packaging, what quantity of fruits is wasted. Fully ripened fruit is often discarded as 'rotten' because of apprehensions about its transportation. Same is the case with vegetables and other foodstuffs.
These squandered grains, discarded fruit and vegetables make a large part of wasted food. Imagine if these grains, ripe fruit, and vegetable reach any poor, how great it would be. At the consumption stage, significant levels of food wastage occur. The gluttony, most people are indulged in is itself a form of wastage. Some people eat like a horse without thinking about health risks that overeating leads to. They keep on inviting ailments rather than getting any benefit but never cogitate, how by exercising moderation in eating we can help others. The excessive food that we take can easily become a morsel for a destitute.
Our weddings, events, restaurants, hostels, and houses are a major source of food wastage. At weddings, a huge amount of food is wasted. A large amount of food including multiple dishes are served, which results in leftovers that finally finds a place in trash bins. It would have been far better to have control mechanism at our weddings for prevention of food-wastage. However, even in absence of a mechanism, we can play a significant role in reducing wastage of food by best use of leftovers. Leftovers from weddings and even from our homes, restaurants, hostels, and hotels are often thrown away. But there is an option for us to make better use of it. We can recycle leftovers. We can make many other dishes from it, which can be used for the next meal. Massimo Botturra of Italy – the world's best chef has come up with this innovative idea. He has founded the association namely 'Food for Soul' with the motive to fight food waste. He uses surplus food /leftovers productively to tackle food wastage and nourish poorest people of the city. Most of Hoteliers and restaurateur, across the world particularly India, have followed suit that is a good sign. Others, who are not aware of this idea, should imitate the same .So that more and more necessitous are benefited. In fact, using leftovers to feed the poor living in our vicinity would be one of the finest uses of leftovers. By this way the uneaten edibles from our homes, restaurants, etc. can fill the bellies of many and eliminate their hunger.
Efforts are on throughout India and fortunately, in our state too, to reach out the hunger struck population. No doubt, some NGO's are working to utilize extra cooked food and give it to needier. But, the challenge is big and efforts are small. Broad-gauge efforts are required that must be started from the individual level. While processing, packaging, supplying, and consuming, utmost care needs to be taken to check the frittering. Through this mindfulness, we can preserve lot of food and can make it available to the poor. In addition, if everyone would refrain from wasting food and take care of penurious people of respective communities, we can ensure food availability for a maximum number of deprived people.
It is worth to mention, feeding hungry cannot obliterate hunger as it is related to several problems. However, we cannot deny the fact that hunger itself is the root of various other troubles. Hunger deprives a person from growth. It increases the vulnerability of a person to a myriad of complications, which can have an adverse impact on social, behavioural, emotional, and physical health of a person. Satisfying one's hunger can make him eligible to earn livelihood otherwise his destiny is elimination. So, we must think logically to gain the best of both worlds.
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The Clark Police Department submitted the following:
May 16, 2014 - In the vicinity of Westfield Avenue, police arrested Shawn Ryan, age 22, single, unemployed of 22 Plymouth Road in Clark, New Jersey for shoplifting at the Shop-Rite Supermarket at 76 Central Avenue. Also arrested was Kyle Cannetti, age 21, single, unemployed of 905 Madison Avenue in Rahway, New Jersey for shoplifting at the Shop-Rite Supermarket at 76 Central Avenue. Both men were subsequently released on their own recognizance pending a court date. P.O. Brian Soos and Det. George Marmarou were the Arresting Officers. (Time: 17:12)
May 18, 2014 - At 45 Central Avenue, police arrested Sushanna Williams, age 27, single, a hospital worker of 18916 Pineville Lane in Springfield Gardens, New York for check fraud, forgery and theft by deception. She was subsequently released on her own recognizance pending a court date. P.O. Terrance Harrison was the Arresting Officer. (Time: 12:43)


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Folia is supposed to blow "the socks off of the linear word processors we've all been stuck using. It's inspired by years of work observing how we communicate, learn, and record ideas (and of course our experience with iAnnotate)."
It's supposed to be more than "just a word processor with web-like links" because "connections in Folia are more powerful than the links we use on the web. Links on the web are just hollow connections between two pages, they provide limited information about why the link exists or which specific parts of a linked document are relevant. Frankly, I think it's this limitation of HTML-style links that has prevented linking from becoming a more ubiquitous part of creating, writing, etc."
I was excited, I downloaded the application, and I opened it ... only to be greeted by a screen with "username" and "password" fields. It turns out that "in order to use Folia and view folias shared with you, you will need to be registered. ... The app is offered free of charge for a limited time but subscription pricing will take effect in future versions." This is revealed in the Frequently Asked Questions page.
I did not register and deleted the application. Someone else might not mind the proprietary format and lack of control over their own data as much as I do. Though I am intrigued by their claims about linking, I am not going to waste any more time on this application.
The application is available for free in Apple's Application Store. I should have read the customer reviews before downloading, as they mirror my main concern. I would also have found out that you cannot even print from the application.


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We continue to thank God for the news we received last week. Victoria looks and is so well, despite the weekly chemotherapy regime.
This week I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone, especially our extended families who have supported us tremendously since Victoria was first diagnosed in January 2011. Our parents and siblings have given so much to us in so many ways. Without them we would be in a very different 'place' than we are today. They have shown us unconditional love and grace as our emotions have roller-coasted. We thank God for the blessing they are to us.
Victoria has once again been given the opportunity to do Hippotherapy at the Riding for the Disabled centre at Raymond Terrace. Victoria had an assessment there last Tuesday, and afterwards we had a picnic in the sensory garden. Alexandra enjoyed the tea cups in the garden.
Victoria's attendance at the weekly sessions is contingent on her platelet levels being high enough. This will be determined by the blood tests she has for chemotherapy each week. We pray that she will be able to attend each of the 7 sessions.
God has taught me and continues to teach me many things on this journey. One big concept I am only starting to get a handle on is that God really does have it all under control. I say it, I write it, I believe it - sometimes. But "sometimes" is not enough. I need to believe it "all the time".
I am claiming this truth from Genesis 15v1 over our lives, "After these things the word of [Jehovah] came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward."
To this end, I have written a chronological list of the promises and scriptures God has given me personally since I became a Christian in 1996, and a list of the significant events where God has been evident in my life. I have pasted this list into the beginning of my journal, so whenever that ugly fear rises up, I will turn to it and remind myself of the promises God has given me, and that God my shield is there protecting me and my family.
Now, on a lighter note, a question - what do you do when you child is hungry and thirst and can't have anything to eat or drink because they are waiting to have a general anaesthetic and MRI?
Answer: give them your camera to play with......
... all is good, waiting, waiting ...
... now Mummy's getting tired of waiting ....
... so she has a nap.
I think all that waiting is one of the reasons' Mummies get bravery beads too!


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Friday, June 02, 2006
Worst thing to do on a hot day:
Assemble the fan. The one I bought last year, on sale, for six bucks. Should have bought ten of them at that price, but there you are. Now it is assembled and blowing directly on my head, and It is possible that I will not burst into flame. But I might. All the little screws anf things seemed so complicated when I didn't have anything cooling me off now seem trivial and simple.
The all batik log cabin is coming nicely, yes?
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What`s the point?
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So Oscar`s been wanting me to do one of these blog things, and recently during a camp Nanowrimo write in, the point or reason for writing came up and thus inspired what you're reading now. What is the point? We have probably heard and even said that question many times. As writers, we have probably applied that question to are works many,many times. What is the point to what we are writing? Why I'm I writing this? This then leads to, should I write this? With the millions of books on the shelves, or whatever medium you write for is this worth it?
What point do you want to make? You are the writer, the story will take it`s lead from you even if it does run away on it`s own in some parts that`s still spawning from something inside you. Something I heard during the write in was that the point should always be to write a great story. I find myself agreeing with this, even if you intended to make a specific point telling a great tale should still be the purpose assuming you`re writing fiction. Look at C.S Lewis who is best known for a little place past the wardrobe. The Chronicles of Narnia had religious imagery and had a very religious point, even down to a certain talking lion telling the children to discover his counterpart in their world. Even with that message in the background they still tell pretty great stories.
What if we were to flip this. You can write a story with a specific message and still have it be a great story but what if you just have an idea for a great story and not a real message you want to shoehorn in. Yes, writing is a form of entertainment you don`t always need one huge message to tell a lovely tale. I`ve been working on a fanstey novel, and it started with a idea for a character that spun into a story. As I wrote I was writing a tale yes but looking back to where ti was going there were parts were there were hints, of anti-xenophobic message, and th end kinda raises the questions of how far one should go for moral reasons. It kinda weaseled it`s way in there.
That may all be word vomit up above, not sure. My main point is in the end, the point should alway's be to tell a great story. If you have a message you want to get out to the people embed in a great tale they won`t ever forget, and if you merely wish to weave a tale weave and see where it takes you. After all is telling a great story not the point of fiction in the first place?
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This took place way back when the first semester was halfway over.
I was in the library to accompany a friend while she does her research, and give her a hand in case she gets stuck. I let her go about the shelves she needed to look into, while I approached the fiction section to see if there was any Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, Bram Stoker, Stephen King, or Mary Shelley, though I didn't plan to borrow one if I'd see any, I probably only wanted to have that feeling of contentment and satisfaction to have learned if there was any presence of Gothic fiction among the shelves. I bent down to the short, waist-length shelf and saw a couple of Victor Hugo's works, Charlotte's and Emily Bronte's, Mary Shelley's, William Shakespeare's tragedies, and some interestingly morbid titles. I stood up when I was a bit satisfied, and scanned the room in place to look for my friend, when I saw an interesting girl from the other side of the short shelf. Her hair was teased and tied up, resembling that 80's Goth look; she had a big, wooden cross hanging by her school ID, and she wore a good amount of eyeliner both in her upper and lower eyelids. Without much hesitation, I asked her immediately and straightforwardly; I didn't care if she gets freaked out. "Excuse me, are you Goth?"
She was also searching for books in the same shelf when she heard me, and she was really surprised by the sudden question from a stranger. "Wha--?"
"Are you Goth?" I repeated with a polite smile; half-excited, half-pessimistic.
"Go-- what?" She chuckled cutely at her ignorance and the awkwardness.
I paused half-smiling now, and thought for a moment. My hopes went down, because if she really was what I thought she was, she would've heard the word the first time I said it. "Goth, as in G - O - T - H." And if she was, spelling it wouldn't also have been necessary.
"Goth? What's that? Uhh, I.. I - I don't know," she shook her head as she smiled and stammered innocently, her face had an expression that completely says she had only first heard the word just now.
For a split second, I remembered how some Goths deny it when they were asked this question. I remembered what I read online, about how rejecting Goth labels made you even more 'goth'. So I followed it up with questions of reassurance. "Really? You aren't?"
She shrugged and shook her head again as she politely smiled, "I don't know.. I - I don't.. know."
Thus I searched for a good question that would probably give me a good answer; a question that will clarify, a question that will seemingly haul in an answer that creates the verdict. "What music do you listen to?" I asked, smiling as politely as she did.
"Anything that everyone listens to today."


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From the Opinion section of the Daily Independent, Thursday, December 22, 2016.
Not only has the Boyd County School District accepted the challenges by Gov. Matt Bevin and Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt to significantly increase both student participation and success in Advanced Placement courses, the district is one of only eight Kentucky school districts recognized by the College Board for doing that.
The College Board, which develops and administers the Advanced Placement courses, named Boyd County to the annual Advanced Placement Honor Roll, a designation that signifies Boyd County has enrolled more students in AP courses and that students taking the courses are performing better than those enrolled two years ago.
Boyd County has been aggressively beefing up its AP program and has added statistics, chemistry and physics to the offerings, said Superintendent Brock Walter.
Also, enrollment has gone up in its AP classes, he said. He attributed the jump to the district's policy of providing more students with the opportunity to take the courses.
Boyd also works with the AdvanceKentucky initiative to expand AP access to more students. The initiative provides teacher training, and so far about 20 Boyd teachers have taken advantage, Walter said. That includes middle school teachers, because the district wants middle schoolers to enter high school better prepared to enroll in AP courses. The initiative also provides grants for books and laboratory equipment.
Begun in 2007, AdvanceKentucky is a six-year partnership between Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation an the National Math and Science Initiative. Under conditions of matching over the six years, NMSI has committed $13.2 million to AdvanceKentucky through funding from Exxon Mobil Corp. and the Dell and Gates foundations.
Interrelated elements of success make up the NMSI Model that is premised on a philosophy of inclusiveness and high expectations for each student. The model expands access to, preparation for, and participation in academically rigorous coursework, i.e., the Advanced Placement Program.
District data shows increased performance in 2016 compared with 2014, Walter said. "We look for bigger gains and performance because of the trainings and the team teaching with AP consultants."
Other Kentucky districts recognized were Campbellsville Independent, Daviess County, Dawson Springs Independent, Fort Thomas Independent, Livingston County, Muhlenberg County and Pulaski County.
For years, we have been both disappointed and shocked by the number of Kentucky high school graduates who must take and pass remedial classes in college before they can enroll in courses that offer credit toward graduation. Having more high school students take Advance Placement classes is an excellent way to reduce this embarrassing statistic and ultimately increase the number of young Kentuckians earning college degrees.


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Misrepresentation and failure to disclose - General Considerations: Causation
SS A Act 1992, section 71, SS A Act (NI) section 69
Duggan v Chief Adjudication Officer
For an overpayment to be recoverable, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have toshow that it was caused by
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- a failure to disclose a material fact.
An overpayment may have more than one cause. There may be various events which, had they occurred, would have prevented an overpayment. Provided that one of those events is a failure to disclose or a misrepresentation by the claimant or person acting on their behalf, the overpayment is recoverable.
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The causal link is not broken where the department
- fails to make the necessary enquiries
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Time to switch gears and shift back to 'writing' mode. The past two weeks have been filled with life, life and oh yeah, life. Hate when that gets in the way.
I began writing my novel in March and started blogging about my journey in May.
I would like to personally thank the 36 BRILLIANT and BEAUTIFUL people who actually read this crazy blog. I'm sure no-one cares that I am experiencing the same turmoil, frustration and head banging sessions that everyone else does. I can offer no valuable advice on how to overcome these obstacles or give direction.
I like to write. I like to dream up stories. I like to challenge myself………that's it in a nutshell.
I am not qualified to review or critique anybody else's work, because who really cares if I LIKE OR DISLIKE it.
Getting ready to shift into high gear and get back to the task at hand. Thanks for the rant session. Work begins bright and early tomorrow where I will have to face beast and push on through.


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83% of the foreigners that datafolha interviewed felt the organisation of the World Cup was excellent or good. 92% felt the comfort and security of the stadia was excellent or good, 76% felt the same about the transport to the stadia, 42% about the refreshmengts inside the stadia, 39% regarding the communication inside the stadia, 32% regarding the cost of accomodation, 76% regarding the quality of the air travel, 84% the quality of the tourist attractions, 82% the security of tourists and 95% the hospitality of Brazilians.
Generally, Brazilians feel pretty proud with the way they hosted the World Cup. Everything ran pretty smoothly despite all the predictions of bad organisation before the tournament. They only feel a great sense of embarrassment with the way their national team exited the competition but at least they didn't lose to Argentina, and Argentina didn't win the competition. Both of those things would have been worse.
This video illustrates Germany's path to the final:
And this video illustrates how Germany dealt with Argentina:
Public opinion regarding the World Cup improved during the competition but I'm waiting to see the latest figures to see to what extent opinions changed following Brazil's 7-1 defeat to Germany.
The manner in which the national team were dispatched by Germany may also have affected the popularity of President Dilma in the run up to the presidential elections in October who was, during the tournament, enjoying an 18 point lead over her nearest rival.
Here's a summary of the World Cup by Just Cartoons:
Some Argentinians asking to #cryforme
and an impression of a famous Brazilian comedian singing the revised words to the Itau advert:


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The problem with a nice trip to Bongo Bongo land, in addition to not being able to get hold of a copy of today's Daily Mail, is that invariably Johnny Foreigner is just to damn bone idle to learn the Queen's English.
There are of course numerous web translation services that will translate English into the various dialects of gobbledegook spoken by foreigners. However, these translators are a little clumsy as one must select the name of the particular gibberish spoken by the foreigner and secondly the translation produced is frequently unpronounceable.
This problem has been cleverly solved by the Universal English Translator. Simply enter the phrase you wish to communicate to the little foreign bugger and press the "Translate to Universal English" button to produce a universal phrase that is understandable by any form of dirty foreigner.


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Neil Warnock has returned to Crystal Palace as manager to fill the vacancy created by the departure of Tony Pulis, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday.
Warnock, who previously managed Palace between 2007 and 2010, takes over after Pulis abruptly left Selhurst Park on the eve of the season amid reports of a disagreement with co-chairman Steve Parish.
"Crystal Palace are delighted to announce that Neil Warnock has been appointed as their new first-team manager with immediate effect," Palace announced on their official website.
"Neil has agreed a two-year deal and will lead the team this Saturday in our Premier League game at Newcastle United."
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What is democracy? Is it government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or their elected agents under a free electoral system? Is it a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges? Is it the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group? Is it possible for an organized group advocating for democracy, equality of rights and privileges to survive in a democratic society and futilely practice the principles of democracy?
On May 17, Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, announced a decision that a new president and CEO had been chosen to lead the financially embattled civil rights organization. Benjamin Todd Jealous, Amnesty International's Director of U.S. Human Rights program, will, at 35, become the NAACP's youngest president.
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World Humanitarian Day is a day to commemorate all people who have lost their lives in humanitarian service and to celebrate the spirit that inspires humanitarian work around the world.
11 years ago, on 19 August 2003, 22 aid workers were killed in a bombing at the UN headquarters in Baghdad. Despite this and other attacks on aid workers, the humanitarian community has not been deterred from its mission to respond rapidly and effectively to emergencies.
PHAP's members are engaged in humanitarian action worldwide, working with a wide variety of different organizations. This World Humanitarian Day, we have asked some of them to share reflections on their work through video interviews, from which the PHAP team has produced a short film.
Individual PHAP member interviews
The theme of this year's World Humanitarian Day focuses on individual humanitarian workers. To facilitate on-going consideration of the important issues raised by these experienced practitioners, we will also release one full interview each day over the coming months, starting today.
Please click on the photos below to watch the videos.
PHAP members in other World Humanitarian Day initiatives
We would like to draw to your attention to a few other ways in which PHAP members were involved with recognizing World Humanitarian Day:
- Publication of an OpEd by Ross Mountain, particularly recognizing the contributions of the many Lebanese staff and volunteers involved in assistance efforts for Syrian refugees.
- Launch of Emergency AIDio, a radio program for humanitarian workers, by Nuran Higgins and first guest appearance on the program by Jemilah Mahmood.
- Speech by Michael Møller and unveiling of a plaque in the Palais des Nations in Geneva to commemorate the UN staff killed and injured in the attack on the UN offices in Algeria in 2007, as well as blog post on Huffington Post.
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- Australian Open
Murray prepared for 'special' Federer test
Andy Murray has admitted there will be something "special" about facing Roger Federer in the Australian Open quarter-final on Wednesday.
Murray currently leads Federer 11-9 in the head-to-head record going into their last eight tie at Melbourne Park, which will mark the 21st meeting between the pair.
Looking for his 18th career grand slam title, Federer has enjoyed somewhat of a recent resurgence following a disappointing end to his 2013 campaign and impressively saw off the challenge of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round.
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Murray met Federer on the same court in last year's semi-final, when the Scot came through a five-set thriller to record his first-ever grand slam win over his opponent.
Murray believes he will need to use all of the experience from their past ties if he is to book a spot in the final four; however, the British No. 1 maintained he is still pleased with his run in Australia on the back of undergoing back surgery in September.
"Whenever Roger finishes, or Rafa [Nadal], I am not going to play against guys that have won 17, 14, 15 slams, however many Rafa has won, however many he'll go on to win," Murray said. "So it's always going to be special playing against him [Federer].
"I've played him 20 times I think. So all of those matches, it's all experience. You know how you need to play against him, tactically things that work and things that don't work.
"Obviously last year is pretty relevant because it's on the same court and it will be under the same conditions. But in an individual sport, any day is a new day. Anything can happen.
"You play 10% below your best, you can be off the court quickly. So whether my tactics are great or not, I need to play a great match to win."
Meanwhile, Federer has continued his impressive return to form with the aid of a new racquet, with which he believes the larger head will help to further improve his game.
"I do believe I have easier power with the racquet on the serve," Federer said. "It might help me on the return, as well. I hope it is the case. It's a great start to the season with the racquet and with my body. Everything is going really well. I'm very happy."


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'Scandal's' Darby Stanchfield Warns of "Huge" Midseason Finale Cliffhanger: A "Big Bomb Is Dropped"
ABC's Scandal is proving that getting what you want doesn't always work out the way you want it to.
It would have been hard to imagine that Olivia (Kerry Washington) and Fitz (Tony Goldwyn) could be anything but happy with Mellie (Bellamy Young) out of the way and their love accepted by the public. But instead, Abby (Darby Stanchfield) has emerged as the "most evolved" person on the drama — according to showrunner Shonda Rhimes.
Here, Stanchfield talks with THR about Thursday's midseason finale, Abby's motivations, parallels with Jake (is romance a possibility?!) — and if there's anything Olivia could do that would ever jeopardize their relationship.
Abby has such an interesting relationship with Olivia this year. They've been sworn enemies, and worked together to protect the White House again. Is there anything that Olivia could do that would permanently alter their relationship?
I've thought about that a lot throughout this season. Olivia seems to be the one person that Abby really considers her family. She's fiercely loyal, and they do have their ups and downs and their bumps in the road, but I'm not sure there's much. Their friendship seems to be on this level of family, where there's not a man who could come between them — that type of thing. Knowing Scandal, their relationship may continue to be tested, but there has been a real shift, just in this last season.
Olivia seems to now be treating Abby as an equal now.
Yes! There was a crucial turning point when Olivia lied to Abby [about still romantically seeing Fitz]. That was pretty big betrayal. Abby called Olivia out and they had a big blowout — and there's a mutual understanding between them and Abby forgives her on some level. There was a turning point. After this last confrontation, I feel like there's just been this huge shift for the rest of the season of Abby earning Olivia's respect; she's realized that Abby is good at her job and has been learning from Olivia. Abby has proven she's good at her job and we'll see more of that. … Abby's definitely returning Olivia's [early season] favors and is coming into a power of her own. It's not this typical competitive and threatening women thing. There's a mutual respect; they support each other and they continue to need each other.
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Jake (Scott Foley) has had a similar relationship with Olivia: he was her protector when the news first came out about Olivia's relationship with Fitz and now holds her responsible for the death of his wife. Jake and Abby have both been tortured by Olivia in a way. Do you think there's a world where Jake and Abby could work, romantically?
You should join the Scandal writing staff. I have not thought about their parallel. There is something really interesting about that. I don't know what is in store for Abby's personal life. It seems to be on the backburner quite a bit this season and I love that. I love that the bulk of the storyline for Abby has been her love of work and her love of her job, and her coming into her own as a powerful woman, and being able to outgrow the past. The only reservation I have about [Jake and Abby together] is I feel like Olivia and Abby have found a place again where they're really strong in their relationship and they're really loyal — and Jake's is the other guy. I don't see Abby touching Olivia's solar system of love interests.
What's Abby's ultimate goal? She's so driven, but what is she striving for, aside from doing a great job and helping the president?
Abby doesn't seem like someone who wants to take over the world or take down B613 or kill a bunch of people. I was shocked — both times — when she had information to blackmail Cyrus (Jeff Perry) with and all she does is say, "I've got this information so you behave." And she does it again when she finds out Elizabeth North (Portia de Rossi) leaked the photos of Olivia and the president. I was sure when Abby figured that out she was going to say, "OK bitch, you're mine." But instead, she just said, "I just want equality, I want you to treat me as an equal, we need to work as a team, you need to stop doubting me and ordering me around." I'm left scratching my head a bit about Abby because she's so different from the other characters in this world in that she's not trying to get out of a scandal or cover up a scandal. She doesn't have a lot of mess to clean up or hide, or run from. I was at dinner with [showrunner] Shonda Rhimes the other night and she said, "Abby really is the most evolved person on the show." So what does a highly evolved Scandal character want going forward? I don't know.
Rowan has traditionally been the force of all evil on the show and now he's being hunted by Jake and has been captured by Huck. Are we rooting for Huck to go dark once and for all and take Rowan out, or for Rowan to survive and save Huck?
Rowan does seem to the be the Darth Vader of the show. Huck has all these motives [to take Rowan out]. Everything that's happened with him not being able to see his family and they're always in danger if Rowan's around. It's good and bad mixed up together. Having him on the dark side, yes, you know maybe it would be for the greater good of saving a bunch of people's lives.
How would you describe the midseason finale? Will there be a cliffhanger?
There is a huge cliffhanger. Huge. The Scandal writers really blew their wad with this one and it sets up a question of where are we going to go from here because they just blew out this big plotline, which I wasn't expecting to see until way down the line. There's big plot stuff that happens with some of our most beloved characters, so there's an absolute cliffhanger and it happens in very Shonda Rhimes style, at the end of the show. It will have all the fans talking until we come back in February. Everybody's going to be debating what that means.
Any deaths?
Not directly linked to the big bomb that is dropped. There might be one or two little side deaths, but it's hard to count! (Laughing.)
Scandal's midseason finale airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on ABC.
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Jim has now been living with his grandparents for three years. The family decides to move into the town of Black Hawk to leave the hard work of the farm behind. Jim is thirteen at this time and is supposed to attend school. The move happens during March, and Jake and Otto work for the family until the very end before they decide to go back to rejoin the Wild West, despite discouragement from the Burdens. By the end of April, the Burdens feel like town people. Jim's grandparents are actively involved in the church, and Jim is picking up schoolboy behaviors like teasing girls and using bad language. Mrs. Harling, the Burden's neighbor, keeps an eye on Jim and does not let him play with her children if he is out of line.
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|Kurram tribe denies cooperation with govt
|Monday, November 02, 2009
|PESHAWAR: Elders of the Zaimusht tribe in Kurram Agency have rejected reports that they have agreed to extend cooperation to the administration without acceptance of their demands.
Malik Khalilur Rahman, an elder of the tribe, told The News from Sadda in Kurram Agency that he and other tribal elders had met the assistant political agent and discussed the issues but the Zaimusht tribe had not yet taken any decision to cooperate with the government. "We told the government officials that we would consult our tribe and then make a decision," he said.
Elders from the Zaimusht tribe wondered why television channels were reporting on Sunday that they had made the decision to extend cooperation to the government. They said the tribe had genuine grievances and those must be addressed before cooperation could be extended to the administration.
The Zaimusht tribe lives in Sadda and in roadside villages all the way up to Chapri, the place where the limits of Hangu district end and Kurram Agency begins. The government is keen to have the road from Hangu to Parachinar passing through reopened with the cooperation of the Sunni tribes living in the area. The road was closed more than two years ago and the Shia population living in Upper Kurram has to travel through Afghanistan to reach Parachinar and other villages in the area. Deployment of troops is also an option if talks failed to reopen the road.
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Harold Worth Admits Coming to America Has Been a Big Arse Culture Shock!
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Face Brushes ELF Cosmetics
Selfie Ready Foundation Brush
Sale Price £ 7.50
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Selfie Ready Foundation Brush
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Start from the center of the face and work outward to maintain even coverage.Get the Brush
Selfie Ready Foundation Brush is rated out of 5 by 100.
Rated 3 out of 5 by jroseb from Not good for liquid foundations I've used this with different liquid foundations from Mac, Loreal, and two from elf, and this bush theft them all streaky and gross and I had to go over with a sponge. I do like it for stick foundations and cream contour. The bristles are soft enought that i can use it for powder contour, but they are too long to use with liquid. It's sleek and nice looking and very affordably priced.
Date published: 2018-10-30
Rated 4 out of 5 by KayleeKatt from Love it I honestly think this brush works only as a powder and blush brush but besides that it's great! Feels and looks amazing! I use it when applying any powder face makeup and it works great!
Date published: 2018-07-19
Rated 3 out of 5 by alanam from Good Idea, in theory I bought it a few months ago to try out since I have always just used sponges to do my makeup (recently learned the art of the "beauty blender bounce") but watched a few videos on youtube and was inspired to try out an actual makeup BRUSH for my foundation. I've always used the elf brand brushed for my eyes, so I figured this would be pretty good quality. The first time around, I know I did it wrong (way too much product) but after a few times trying I noticed that it was actually starting to blend in the foundation. You have to put very small lines of the product on your face (think swatching) otherwise it becomes very streaky. I find that if you dip the brush into the product first, it gets much too wet and doesn't go on properly. I clean it every time I use it, because a freshly washed brush works the absolute best. Combine that with a sponge, and you're good to go.
Date published: 2018-07-10
Rated 5 out of 5 by Samreen from Perfect It is a perfect brush for blending in the foundation.
Date published: 2018-06-01
Rated 5 out of 5 by falfal15 from Perfect I have been using this brush for a couple months now as my everyday foundation brush and I absolutely love it. I couldn't ask for a better brush to blend my foundation into my skin and make a flawless look.
Date published: 2018-05-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by ggbeauty4 from Favorite Foundation Brush This is hands down my favorite brush for blending out liquid and creme foundations. Its also a nice dupe for the RT expert blending face brush. Great quality Elf!
Date published: 2018-04-12
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mollierose from Best brush ever!!! I been using this brush for about a year and I'm lost without it!! It's amazing it blends my foundation so well. I have 3 of them!!!
Date published: 2018-04-02
Rated 1 out of 5 by Tiny99 from Ruined my face! The company wouldn't post what material is used. I followed my daily skincare routine with the exception of this brush, and soon as I began to apply my foundation my face began to burn and swell in the area that came into contact with this brush. The absolute worst experience with a beauty tool ever!
Date published: 2018-03-27
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are the new Elf brushes carried in stores yet? If so where can I find them?
Meijer has a lot of E.L.F brand.
Date published: 2017-06-29
When is this restocking? Also does this work well when you apply Foundation, does it leave streek marks?
i mean no streak marks it beutiful
Date published: 2017-04-07
does the Brussels fall out
I have 3 with never a bit of shedding.
Date published: 2017-12-21
To anyone why has the Real Techniques expert face brush.... would you say this brush is comparable to it? Would be a great help. Thanks!
I have both the R. T. Expert Face Brush and the E.L.F. Foundation Blurring Brush. The density is the same. The shape is very different though. E.L.F.'s is rounded and dense. I use it for final buffing because too much product is wasted if you dip it directly into product. I love this brush for buffing on my Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer and general buffing.
Date published: 2017-10-16
is this a dual fiber brush? or are the bristles just dyed white at the end??
These brushes are absolutely dual fiber. They have two different kinds of fibers present which is all that is necessary to make it a dual fiber brush
Date published: 2018-10-11
When will this be back in stock? It's been ages.
Date published: 2018-07-15
When will these brushes be back in stock.
Date published: 2018-07-15
Is this brush vegan?
According to Peta, he entire brand doesn't test of animals
Date published: 2017-10-16
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I found a #8 Siegley Plane that a neighbor is letting my borrow until I decide if I want to buy it. I sharpened it up and was impressed with the blade thickness and how sharp I was able to get it honed. The plane itself also seemed to work pretty well. I wondered if anyone else has experiance with one of these and how they compare to some of the other brands out there. I'd love to hear any opinions out there.
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Rebecca A. "Becky" Bramer, 81, of Traverse City, died Friday, April 26, 2002, at her home.
She was born Jan. 6, 1921, in Upland, Calif., the daughter of Clarence "Peg" and Bertha (Crooks) Bowman and had been in the Traverse area since 1942, moving from East Jordan.
On Feb. 10, 1941, she married Wilfred J. Bramer and he preceded her in death on Dec. 15, 1971.
Becky was a very active member of St. Francis Catholic Church and volunteered her time in the many ministries of the church and Catholic schools.
She is survived by her daughters, Barbara (Thomas) Harrand of Kingsley, Beverly (Pete) Rennie, Brigid (Wayne) Chappel and Bethany (Gregory) Irwin, all of Traverse City; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Anna Bowman, of Grand Rapids; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Clarence "Stub" and Jack Bowman.


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Potentially Heavy Snow and Thundersnow to Hit Twin Ports Monday Night and Tuesday Morning
After breaking the April snowfall record by over 10 inches last week, it looks like we have the opportunity to see April 2013 down as an even bigger month in the category of snowfall with another major winter storm approaching the Duluth/Superior area.
This storm has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a winter storm warning for the Minnesota North Shore, East Central Minnesota, and Northwestern Wisconsin - effective 7 pm Monday night through noon Tuesday.
What to Expect
Monday Night: Snow will continue to pick up in intensity, accompanied by a North wind gusting up to 20 mph. Due to temperatures and the intensity of this storm, thundersnow is likely this evening. Snowfall is expected to be heavy at times, with rates of 1-2 inches per hour being possible at times. Overnight snowfall totals in the Twin Ports is expected to be 4-8 inches.
Tuesday: A continued chance of snow carries into the morning hours, with a trace to an inch possible on top of the snowfall from overnight. Daytime temperatures will reach to around 40 degrees.