text:
Total Corrosion Service
provides a professional installation, maintenance and design service to
the petrochemical refineries, pipelines and municipalities, covering a
wide range of construction applications.
The service includes the provision of specialist advice to
customers in relation to cathodic protection and supports them in the
improvement of overall efficiency in their projects.
This is a declaration of our commitment to the principles professional
craftsmanship that aims to raise the standards of cathodic protection
mitigation and make them it responsive to the needs of those who use it.
It sets out our commitment to ensure fair and equal competition in the
provision of construction services to our customers and tells you what
you have a right to expect as an existing client, subcontractor or
Continuous improvement in our service to customers will be sought
through cooperation with all involved in the cathodic protection
Home | Services | Materials | Contact
This site was last updated


text:
Our classic Steak and Kidney pudding. Now ready to eat in 1 1/2 minutes.
Typical values per 100g
Suet Pastry (40%) (Wheatflour (with Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Beef Fat, Water, Salt), Salt, Acidity Regulators (Malic Acid, Fumaric Acid), Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate)), Water, Beef (14%), Pork Kidneys (11%), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Modified Maize Starch, Wheatflour (with Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Spices, Tomato Paste, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Yeast Extract, Flavouring, Beef Extract, Chicory Extract, Sugar, Colour (Plain Caramel), Tomato Powder, Garlic Powder.
1. OPEN: Open using ringpull and remove lid. 2. COOK: Turn upside down onto a microwaveable plate and cook on full power for 90 seconds. 3. ENJOY: Leave to stand for 30 seconds, carefully remove bowl and tuck in. Based on a 750W microwave. All microwave ovens vary and heating instructions should be used as a guide only. CAUTION: Product and Pot will be hot.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The US Senate has rejected bipartisan legislation that would have expanded background checks for firearms sales. President Barack Obama has described the vote as a "shameful day for Washington."
US Senators supported the measure with just 54-46 votes on Wednesday, falling short of the 60 votes required to pass the amendment.
The legislation was considered the best hope for gun control sought by President Obama in the wake of the mass shooting at Newtown Elementary School last year. It would have required background checks on sales at gun shows and on the internet.
The proposal "represented moderation and common sense," Obama told reporters at a press conference in the White House Rose Garden.
"Families that know unspeakable grief summoned the courage to petition their elected leaders not just to honor the memory of their children but to protect the lives of all our children," Obama said, but "a minority in the United States Senate decided it wasn't worth it."
"This was a pretty shameful day for Washington," he added.
The vote on background checks was the first of a series of amendments to a broader gun bill that were rejected Wednesday. Among them, a vote to ban assault weapons was rejected by 40 votes to 60, while a measure to limit the size of gun clips received just 46 votes in its favor.
Obama hits out at gun lobby
Using unusually strong language for Washington, Obama denounced America's gun lobby, saying it "willfully lied about the bill" by claiming it would create a "Big Brother" gun registry.
He went on to accuse Republicans and some Democrats of conceding to pressure in fear of political repercussions from the wealthy lobby.
"They caved in to pressure. And they started looking for an excuse, any excuse to vote no," Obama said, adding that he would not give up on efforts to reduce gun crime.
"I see this as round one," Obama said. "I believe we're going to be able to get this done, sooner or later we're going to get this right. The memories of these children demand it," the president said.
The pro-gun lobby, the National Rifle Association (NRA), welcomed the defeat of the legislation Wednesday, describing it as "misguided."
"Expanding background checks, at gun shows or elsewhere, will not reduce violent crime or keep our kids safe in their schools," the group's top lobbyist, Chris Cox said.
The organization, which is supported by a number of Republican lawmakers, argues the bill infringes on America's constitutional right to bear arms. It has campaigned to place armed guards in every school across the country.
Some 26 children and staff members were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in December.
ccp/jm (AFP, Reuters, AP, dpa)


text:
Digital Marketing Manager (Maternity Cover)
- Recruiter
- Railway Children
- Location
- Cheshire
- Salary
- up to £30,000
- Posted
- 25 May 2018
- Closes
- 22 Jun 2018
- Marketing Disciplines
- Analysis, Digital / Online Marketing, Content Marketing, Social Media, Marketing, Strategy
- Industry Sector
- Charity / Not for Profit
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Work Experience Level
- Manager
- Agency-side or Client-side
- Client Side
- Job Role
- Digital Marketing Manager
Digital Marketing Manager
Maternity Cover - expected to last approx 14 months.
Location: Sandbach, Cheshire
For 23 years, Railway Children has been fighting for vulnerable children living alone and at risk on the streets, where they suffer abuse and exploitation. They run away or are forced to leave homes where they suffer poverty, violence, abuse and neglect. They find themselves living on the streets because they've nowhere else to go and nobody to turn to. Every day we fight to change their story.
We are looking for a talented Digital Marketing Manager to lead and champion our digital engagement across the whole organisation. This is a temporary Maternity Cover role and is expected to last approximately 14 months.
The successful candidate will take a strategic approach to ensuring the effective planning, delivery and evaluation of all Railway Children digital activities. This will include website, online marketing, online engagement, social media networks, e-commerce, online fundraising, video, and various internet projects, all geared towards achieving greater visibility and fundraising success.
Role: Some of your key responsibilities as Digital Marketing Manager will include:
- Developing and managing Railway Children's digital platforms to meet organisational objectives.
- Managing budgets for digital-led activities and tools.
- Reporting, reviewing, recommending and taking action on digital channel performance metrics.
- Developing our digital marketing strategy, in line with the overall marketing and organisational strategies.
- Planning graphics and related content for digital channels.
- Leading on all digital projects to ensure our internal and external stakeholders receive the best possible experience.
- Coordinating and delivering all social media content across integrated social media platforms.
- Coordinating online media campaigns, including procurement, production, and distribution of collateral.
Am I Right For This Role?
- Substantial project management experience.
- Experience of using statistical analysis and social media insights, to evaluate and make proactive recommendations for future activity.
- Marketing qualification or minimum of 5 years digital marketing experience.
Knowledge and Skills
- Innovative approach to communicating with diverse audiences through digital channels.
- Strong internal & external stakeholder relationship building skills.
- Excellent organisation skills.
- Demonstrable understanding of how digital channels complement off-line marketing activities.
- Strong knowledge of the inner-workings of digital projects.
- In-depth knowledge of current and emerging social media platforms.


text:
Picture this scene: You are driving to work, but your cell phone battery dies leaving you without a connect. But as an environmentally conscious individual who is unwilling to use your car cigarette lighter as a power source (or perhaps your car doesn't have one), what do you do? Never fear, for there is now a solar powered charger for electronics that sticks directly to your front windshield, absorbing the sun's rays to give any gadget a green jump.
Developed by Quirky, and called Ray, the solar powered charger comes with a powerful suction cup and a tilting kickstand that allows a driver to angle the device to capture the maximum amount of sunlight. The charger also features a battery that can store enough energy to completely recharge an average cell phone.
The plastic charger also boasts a USB port that allows a variety of devices to be linked up, and a LED indicator light indicates the status of the battery attached. The device is also not limited to your car – you can also use it on a plane or simply at home.
Whether you are on the road, in flight or simply hanging around in the garden, you'll now be able to charge up your devices on the go, and as greenly as possible.


text:
Saturday, 11 October 2014
Faster, Lighter, Stronger?
The design for this poster was inspired by my eternal quest to bring chain to life faster, lighter and stronger than ever and one of the most common questions I've been asked over the years as a chain artists.
The answer is based on an old elephant kōan "Q. How do you eat an elephant? A. One piece at a time." Which refers to a concept for accelerated learning and memory retention known as "chunking."
Another aphorism on the topic might be "The secret to writing a symphony is that ~IT~ can be done in pieces."
Right now I'm working on polishing off my crowd-sourcing campaign entitled Chainmail Tycoon Billionaire and I can't wait to find out what y'all think.
In the meantime, you can purchase a museum quality reproduction of "The Ballad of Danny Steel" from my poster shop on Society 6 and help bolster my projects!
In the memetime, keep asking questions!
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Here are couple great Yahoo Pipes tutorials. I've been playing with Yahoo Pipes for a while now. I give Anil Dash's great post back in Feb credit for that!! Anyhow here are several of the tutorials I have found useful.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tagged: Yahoo Pipes, Yahoo Pipes Tutorial |


text:
The Dos and Don'ts of Being a Celebrity Mom
Kobe Bryant's mom is cleaning house. Literally. Pamela Bryant, Kobe's mom, is in a bitter fight (lawsuits included) with her NBA star son over half a million dollars worth of memorabilia Pamela wants to sell. In a bitter case of "He said, mom said," Pamela claims the stuff is hers, including Kobe's high school jerseys, trophies and championship rings. And Kobe claims that his mom (gasp!) stole the goods from him and has no right to sell them.
Now, before you go thinking that Pamela probably needs the money because her stingy son won't share any of his (zillions) with her, cool it. This simply isn't true. Kobe has seemingly been very generous with his parents, despite a notoriously strained relationship.
And what if Kobe hadn't been generous? What if the memorabilia in question is hers to sell? Should she? Isn't it enough to see your own kid succeed in the big leagues—literally? Is it a mom's right to profit from it, too?
RELATED: 6 Parenting Rules I Learned From Dina Lohan
At first glance, I wondered why Kobe wouldn't just let his mom sell the stuff. He's probably got storage lockers filled with championship rings and autographed basketballs. Pamela stands to make half a million dollars. Kobe's a very wealthy man, why would he block the sale?
And then I think how I'd feel if my mom sold my Hello Kitty diary that's filled with my love letters to Andy Gibb as well as the letter to Alf asking if he'd be my pen pal. So embarrassing. Or, what if my mom wrote a book about me and told all my embarrassing stories (like the time I pooped my pants in the middle of the grocery store)? I'd be horrified and angry. But most importantly, I'd be heartbroken knowing that my mom was no longer that safe, nurturing person I could count on to love me unconditionally despite that supermarket incident. Maybe Kobe is no different. Maybe he just wants his mom to be his mom, and not a fan looking to make a profit.
When you start to look at your kid with dollar signs instead of love, there's a real problem.
I remember years back when Jen Aniston's mom wrote a tell-all book about her perfectly coiffed kid. I wondered what kind of a mom sells her own kid out to make a buck or two. Or, a billion years ago, when Different Strokes star Gary Coleman had to sue his own parents for the money he'd earned on the show. Sure, I understand wanting a percentage of your kid's earnings if you have to take time from your career to shuttle the little one to castings and jobs; but when you start to look at your kid with dollar signs instead of love, there's a real problem.
From Dina Lohan (um, who goes clubbing with their kids? Can someone say creepy?) to Pamela Bryant, these celebs' moms clearly need lessons in manners. And, by the way, even if your kid isn't famous, these rules do apply.
1. DO accept concert tickets to your famous kid's show or floor seats to their championship game. DO NOT sell them.
2. DO oversee your child's blossoming film career. DO NOT oversee your kid's night at the nearest club.
3. DO help your child write his or her acceptance speech. DO NOT write a tell-all book about your kid. (Just ask Jen A's mom what happens when you do.)
4. DO make it your job to help the experts guide your child's career. DO NOT quit your own job. You do have a job, don't you?
5. DO make sure your kid is always tastefully dressed on the red carpet and in film. DO NOT start dressing like your kid. (Leave that to the fans.)
6. DO be proud from the sidelines of your uber-talented offspring. DON'T sell your kid out by selling his or her stuff.
7. DO remember, your kid is the star. DO NOT act like one, yourself.
Sure, it's cool to have a celeb in the family. And even cooler to think you, as a parent, helped shape your kid into the talented, poised famous person he or she is. Take credit for what you did. But for god's sake, get a job and keep it. No matter how famous a kid is, he or she still needs mom to be the person he or she can always count on. And that shouldn't come with a paycheck.


text:
Friday, 9 October 2015
Whoo...that pumpkin is heavy!
22 comments:
- Lisa xx said...
this is gorgeous Pat......lovely warm colours, the burlap really adds to the rustic feel xx
- 10 October 2015 at 01:42
- Lisa Lynn said...
Your card is adorable. Love the burlap and the stitching. Have a wonderful time celebrating your Thanksgiving then you should cross over and come celebrate with us in November, hehe.
- 10 October 2015 at 01:43
- Doreen said...
Love the gorgeous image,a fabulous card.xxx
- 10 October 2015 at 02:47
- Tracy Welham said...
Wow, fabulous image a great layout, brilliant card design. Creative Blessings, Tracy x
- 10 October 2015 at 03:18
- Judith said...
I so love this time of year and the lovely autumn colours and burlap - this is lovely Pat- have a wonderful thanksgiving weekend hugs Judith x
- 10 October 2015 at 03:22
- Sarah said...
Wow!! What a wonderful card, beautiful colours. The leaves are just on the turn here xx
- 10 October 2015 at 04:36
- Laine said...
Fabulous seasonal image and colours Pat.
- 10 October 2015 at 04:38
- CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...
Gorgeous card Pat love the image and fabulous colour's
Dianne xx :)
- 10 October 2015 at 05:28
- Darlene (SCS:akronstamperdpk) said...
Hi Pat! I just love Sassy Cheryl images and you've colored him perfectly! And your design is amazing ... SCREAMS FALL! Great job! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood's 'PUMPKIN PATCH' challenge and please come back again soon!
one of the 'Sistahs'
The Sisterhood of Crafters
- 10 October 2015 at 06:55
- cotnob said...
A fabulous card Pat, such a fun image and great texture.
- 10 October 2015 at 07:34
- Chris said...
A gorgeous make Pat! Adorable, beautifully coloured image, beautiful design with the fabulous leaves, the hessian and stitching!
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK but I hope you have a lovely time!
- 10 October 2015 at 07:56
- Terri Snode said...
What a great fall card. Love the image and all the different textures. Thanks for joining the Sisterhood's "Pumpkin Patch" challenge.
- 10 October 2015 at 10:03
- Pat said...
Lovely card Pat, great image coloured beautifully. Enjoy the weekend.
Pat xx
- 10 October 2015 at 12:49
- Jacee said...
Great design Pat, love your layout and the pretty autumn colours
Hugs Jacee
Simply Paper Card Design
- 10 October 2015 at 14:10
- Lorraine said...
A gorgeous card Pat, fab image and colours
Have a lovely weekend
Lorraine x
- 10 October 2015 at 14:43
- Pia S said...
Sweet image and I love all the textures and die cuts, so beautifully layered in a randomly-organized way....
- 10 October 2015 at 15:36
- MagsB said...
What a gorgeous autumnal card, Pat! I love the image (the pumpkin is almost as big as the little boy!!) and the fab die-cuts and the burlap. Thanks for joining in at CRAFT Challenge!
love Mags B x
- 13 October 2015 at 15:41
- Faith A said...
What a Perfect seasonal card with a super image and details, love it.
- 15 October 2015 at 11:07
- The Little Stamper said...
Ahh what a cutie, and I love all the texture you have built in…it really 'feels' like autumn.
Sharon x
- 17 October 2015 at 05:57
- Sandi said...
Thanks for playing in our "FALL OR HALLOWEEN IMAGE - YOUR CHOICE" Challenge #115!
Sandi ♥
DT Coordinator for Pattie's Creations Challenge!
and Pattie's shop
Home of Pattieboop and Allie!
- 18 October 2015 at 18:50
- Donna said...
Super card, love the image, thanks so much for joining us over at The Crafty Addicts! Good Luck!
Hugs Donna DT x
- 22 October 2015 at 20:57
- cohenna said...
Beautiful :) Thank you for joining us at Pattie's Creatons!
- 31 October 2015 at 12:43


text:
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Preview Returns
2 comments:
- Matt Shields said...
Couldn't agree more! The book has been great so far. Last time I went back to continue reading, I was dismayed to find that I'd reached the end of the preview! (That's a good sign.)
Also, fascinating comment about Fallow, and specifically about conveying the vastness of a region/countryside in a campaign. It's very true. I don't think it's quite as tough to do in narrative writing, when all the reader has is the picture in their head, but in D&D, overland maps and game sessions have a way of making the world feel smaller than it is. Especially true when journeys between areas get glossed over, maybe with only a encounter or two, even if several "campaign days" are consumed. Maybe a good topic for an upcoming post??
- 12 May
- Samuel Kernan said...
I have been struggling to wrap my mind around just how sparsely populated places were in the middle ages compared to today. There were so many more in between places, full of... who knows! Even today, the Appalachian mountains, for instance, feel very remote while traveling via car on a paved road. Back then they must have been almost impenetrable! And even in more hospitable climes, there must have been so many bays that didn't yet have a port, hills that hadn't been fortified. It makes the idea of starting a trade hub seem a very natural thing to do.
- 12 May


text:
Stampede Tape-On Vent Visors 60105-2
- Tape on installation is fast and easy, and doesn't interfere with window operation
- Installs fast and securely with 3M tape
- Constructed out of custom molded acrylic
- Available in dark smoke finish
- Scratch resistant and reduces wind noise
- Limited lifetime warranty
- Made in the USA - Lawrenceville, GA
"Let the fresh air, let the fresh air in" is exactly what you will be singing when you get yourself a set of the Stampede custom window deflectors.
These window visors tape onto the top of your window with high quality 3M automotive tape. With a set of these side wind deflectors installed you can enjoy opening your window a little, allowing fresh air in without the fear of rain, sleet or snow entering.
These vent visors are custom made to fit each vehicle exactly with a nice, neat contoured look. Stampede offers their vent visors in a dark smoke finish to further optimize your own personal style. In addition, Stampede window deflectors reduce wind noise and allows stale air to exit while supplying you with a fresh supply.
Constructed from impact resistant acrylic materials the visors are built to last and not fade, scratch or warp, so you can be happy and not worry.
Breathe easier with your own set of Stampede vent visors!
- 2014-2018 Chevy Silverado 1500, Double Cab
- 2015-2019 Chevy Silverado 2500, Double Cab
- 2015-2019 Chevy Silverado 3500, Double Cab
- 2014-2018 GMC Sierra 1500, Double Cab
- 2015-2019 GMC Sierra 2500, Double Cab
- 2015-2019 GMC Sierra 3500, Double Cab
Product Reviews Summary
|Price / Value
|Ease of Installation
|23 Customer Reviews
|5 Star
|4 Star
|3 Star
|2 Star
|1 Star
Part #: STA-60105-2 Posted on
|5 �?�?'s easy to install. Did mine in about 5 minutes. No problems at the car wash or driving on the highways. Excellent product!
|I like the vent visor they fit really good and look nice
Part #: STA-60105-2 Posted on
|Good looking. Easy to install even for firstimer. Really compliment trucks appearence.
Part #: STA-60105-2 Posted on
|They are not wide enough to really do any good. I should have checked the width closer.
Limited Lifetime Warranty
Stampede backs their vent visors with a limited lifetime warranty against defects in materials or workmanship.
The Stampede tape on window deflectors offer an easy installation. Simply clean applicable area on your vehicle, peel 3M tape backing off of window deflector, and apply to area. For additional information please call us at 1-877-216-5446 or 701-253-5906.


text:
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Thanks You Letter
On Mother's Day we received the best gift we could have ever received...a new heart for our little 3 month old boy. As many of you know he was born with a large heart which did not function well. Our little boy Landen's heart was getting worse by the day. The surgeon at the hospital told us that his echo (ultrasound of his heart) was so bad it "scared him." Each day as we held our little boy, we prayed that a new heart would come. We also prayed for the family that the heart would come from knowing that is would be very painful for them. When we received the news that Landen got his new heart we rejoiced. We, however, also cryed. They were tears of happiness and sorrow. We knew our sons life would be saved, but our hearts broke for the family that lost their precious child. After the surgery both the anestheologist and the surgeon separately told us how "sick" our baby was. They said he might have looked well, but he was really sick. This made us appreciate the miracle of his new heart even more. We spent the next few days trying to figure out what we could write the family that gave us this wonderful gift. We wanted to tell this wonderful family how much we appreciate this gift. But, how do you write this in a letter? How do you express to a grieving family how there gift has saved the life of your son? Just how can one accurately put that into words? Joe and I both spent days trying to figure it out. The letter was finally written and sent on Friday. We hope that the family knows how much we appreciate this gift. We also hope that somehow our letter will give them comfort knowing they saved the life of our little baby.
Posted by The Little Lamb and the Strong Lion at 3:03 PM
2 comments:
Landen is so cute. I will continue to follow and pray for a quick recovery and good health.ReplyDelete
Courtney (CCF Family)
Just knowing they sent the little lamb tells a lot about the donor family...I would imagine your thank you letter is one they will cherish... they know what you would have felt like if it hadn't been for them!ReplyDelete
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
This card is entering Hero Arts July contest.
The theme is "Creating Paper Flowers".
I made bunch of mini spiral roses using "Newspaper Background" stamp.
I stamped image on white cardstock with pink and yellow ink and colored around the edges with the same inks. Some of the pink roses are white embossed.
Here is the closer look of mini spiral roses.
The photo frame has clear plastic panel, it's adhered to behind the woodgrain frame.
I printed "Woodgrain Pattern" (it's digital from Hero Arts) onto kraft cardstock,
I then trimmed it to look like a polaroid shape.
Stamp:Newspaper Background (S5601)
Digital kit:Woodgrain pattern (available at Two Peas in a bucket)
Designer Paper:Earth (PS633 Hero Hues)
Inks:Chewing Gum (Pink), Malted Milk (Yellow) both from Jenni bowlin for Ranger
:Soft blossom(Hero Arts Shadow ink), Antique Linen (Distress ink from Ranger)
Doily lace paper
White lace ribbon
White organdy ribbon
Ivory satin ribbon
Some peal and brown stones


text:
Hello again, thanks for your lovely comments after my extraction op, I'm not yet fighting fit owing to antibiotics but I definately look a lot less 'chipmunky' than I did over the weekend! As I'm not back to work until tomorrow I'm having a fairly lazy day, I headed out with the hound and my Mam along my favourite path, it was wet and windy but just what we needed to blow the cobwebs away and it's so nice to see bluebells and forget-me-nots at this time of year that the weather hardly matters!
Now I'm settled down with said dog and another mug of soup for me and a bag of Bob's sweet potato french fries for him (healthy dog treats). Did you know that sweet potato makes dogs drowsy and half a potato is good for bonfire night for calming scaredy dogs? Not sure about these treats mind, he seems awfully excited about them! I'm a real geek for health and food facts and regularly watch medical shows like Embarrassing Illnesses so that I can offer my diagnosis before the doctor gets in, a secret calling perhaps? Or just a good pub quiz team mate that spends too much money on women's magazines!?
A tip for CK fans, this month's Easy Living mag has a rather nice plastic CK freebie bag which I used as a jolly hospital bag and have since been carting my meds round in!
No decent pics from the walk because of the rain, however I did get a couple of bright beauties last week from Mr TTC's Mum's garden:


text:
Pro E / Creo Training in Allahabad for Mechanical Engineering Students
Creo Elements/Pro, a product formerly known as Pro/ENGINEER is a parametric, integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE solution created by Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC). It was the first to market with parametric, feature-based, associative solid modeling software. The application runs on Microsoft Windows platform, and provides solid modeling, assembly modelling and drafting, finite element analysis, and NC and tooling functionality for mechanical engineers. Companies use Creo Elements/Pro to create a complete 3D digital model of their products. The models consist of 2D and 3D solid model data which can also be used downstream in finite element analysis, rapid prototyping, tooling design, and CNC manufacturing. The Pro/ENGINEER name was changed to Creo Elements/Pro on October 28, 2010, coinciding with PTC's announcement of Creo, a new design software application suite.
In India, Pro-E is widely used. Market share of Pro-E is highest. Typically, L&T has about 400 seats, TVS, Eicher, LML, Telco, TAL, are all on Pro-E. Catia the Windows version is used sparingly, while the Unix version is used mostly by Automobile companies.
If you learn Pro-E, you can then learn any other software very easily. The important thing is when you learn Pro-E, you learn to master GEOMETRY.
Pro-E is better in that you can actually perform functions in assembly mode where in Catia V5 you cannot. For example making a cut at assembly instead of at part level. And Pro-E also is quicker at updating drawings of very large assemblies where Catia V5 can take hours.
Our Pro-E training is specially designed for Mechanical Engineering students who want to become proficient with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire now known as Creo Elements/Pro. In this course, you will focus on learning core-modeling skills. Topics include sketching, part modeling, assemblies, drawings, and basic model management techniques. The course also includes design projects that enables you to practice your skills by creating realistic parts, assemblies and drawings.
Key topics include: sketcher, sketch creation, sketch geometry, trim, mirror, scale, rotate, constraints, sketch dimensions, revolve sketch, datum plane, datum axis, datum point, datum coordinate system, holes, rounds, chamfer, draft, shell, annotation features, pattern, paste feature, sweep, swept protrusions, swept cut, blend features, rotational blend, and parallel blend.
When learning Pro-E, do you like to be able to converse freely with your trainer, without having to worry about what others may think? Do you want Pro-E course designed specifically as per your requirements?
Then look no further! We offer expert training for individuals and small groups so you get the benefit of Personalized Attention and learn quicker. Course can be tailored to exactly meet your needs.
With small training setup, we are able to get big results. You will get the most out of your software. We will teach you the features you most need to know. This makes for more focused learning because any questions are answered as they are asked and any problems can be sorted out quickly.
Want to take two days free trial class? if interested contact,


text:
Learn the still largely untapped power of WOM marketing and how to most advantageously apply it for raising the likelihood of success of a new product market entry strategy. Learn also how to synergize the impact of your traditional media-based advertising backing it up with WOM support.
Archive for March, 2008
Word of Mouth Marketing SeminarSunday, March 30th, 2008
Learn the still largely untapped power of WOM marketing and how to most advantageously apply it for raising the likelihood of success of a new product market entry strategy. Learn also how to synergize the impact of your traditional media-based advertising backing it up with WOM support.
4th Annual Philippine Biotechnology Venture SummitSunday, March 30th, 2008
Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Don Eugenio Lopez Sr.
Medical Complex, Ortigas Avenue, Pasig 8am – 6pm, 16 to 18 April 2008
Search for the Nokia Mobile EntrepreneurSunday, March 30th, 2008
Think you've got the most innovative mobile phone business around? Then
you can win a cash prize of PhP 300,000 and the chance to be mentored
by Go Negosyo's seasoned and expert entrepreneurs!
Joey ConcepcionSunday, March 30th, 2008
Go Negosyo: Joey Concepcion's 50 Inspiring Entrepreneurial Stories
|About the Book: Go Negosyo recognizes the social and economic contributions of
entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial families who have created value for
the nation through successful businesses and employment generation.
For each entrepreneur story in the book, lessons were highlighted by
2010.2016 – Time For A Real ChangeThursday, March 27th, 2008
Over the past few days, we continued to get a healthy consensus from sectors we met that it is time for a real change. I have been consulting a number of people on the 2010.2016 proposal and no one had an objection on electing the constitutional convention delegates in 2010. At the same time, this is also when we will elect the new President, Senators and Congressmen.
It was quite clear that everyone I talked to wants the constitution reviewed so that we can make necessary economic and political reforms. A number of people also asked why 2016 and not earlier? A longer timetable allows a more thorough review by the concon and also removes doubt that it may be used by incumbent officials or whoever will win in the 2010 election as the change in the system will not apply to them, but it will be during their incumbency that the transition by 2016 will be planned well.
So far, many other ideas have come about, from the idea of a bicameral or a unicameral parliament, having regional senators, to the president still being voted directly by the people and the prime minister being elected by the members of the parliament. But for me, this discussion can be brought about once we all agree on a concon on 2010. Let me share with you another input I got thru email on how many countries implement a bicameral parliament.
From: G.D. Chan (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Dear Mr. Concepcion,
In reaction to your 2010.2016 article in GoNegosyo, here is a list of countries with bicameral parliament. It seems to be not such a bad group to belong to. I would go for a parliamentary system, but bicameral. Given our experience with the House of Representatives, I do not think a unicameral parliamentary system would sell.
Countries with Bicameral Parliament
- Algeria: Council of the Nation & National People's Assembly
- Antigua & Barbuda: Senate & House of Representatives
- Australia: Senate & House of Representatives
- Austria: Federal Council & National Council
- Bahamas: Senate & House of Assembly
- Bahrain: Consultative Assembly & Assembly of Representatives
- Barbados: Senate & House of Assembly
- Belarus: Council of the Republic & Chamber of Representatives
- Belgium: Senate & Chamber of Representatives
- Belize: Senate & House of Representatives
- Bhutan: National Council & National Assembly
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: House of Peoples & House of Representatives
- Cambodia: Senate & National Assembly
- Canada: Senate & House of Commons
- Congo (Democratic Republic): Senate & National Assembly
- Congo (Republic): Senate & National Assembly
- Czech Republic: Senate & Chamber of Deputies
- Egypt: Consultative Council & People's Assembly
- Ethiopia: House of Federation & House of People's Representatives
- Fiji: Senate & House of Representatives
- France: Senate & National Assembly
- Gabon: Senate & National Assembly
- Germany: Federal Council & Federal Diet
- Grenada: Senate & House of Representatives
- Haiti: Senate & Chamber of Deputies
- India: Council of States & House of People
- Ireland: Senate & Chamber of Deputies
- Iraq: Council of Union & Council of Representatives
- Italy: Senate of the Republic & Chamber of Deputies
- Jamaica: Senate & House of Representatives
- Japan: House of Councilors & House of Representatives
- Jordan: Assembly of Senators & Assembly of Deputies
- Kazakhstan: Senate & Assembly
- Kyrgyzstan: Legislative Assembly & Assembly of People's Representatives
- Lesotho: Senate & National Assembly
- Madagascar: Senate & National Assembly
- Malaysia: Senate & House of Representatives
- Mauritania: Assembly of Senators & National Assembly
- Morocco: Assembly of Councilors & Assembly of Representatives
- Netherlands: First Chamber & Second Chamber
- Poland: Senate & Diet
- Romania: Senate & Chamber of Deputies
- Russia: Federation Council & State Assembly
- Saint Lucia: Senate & House of Assembly
- Slovenia: National Council & National Assembly
- South Africa: National Council of Provinces & National Assembly
- Spain: Senate & Congress of Deputies
- Switzerland: Council of States & National Council
- Tajikistan: National Assembly & Assembly of Representatives
- Thailand: Senate & House of Representatives
- Trinidad and Tobago: Senate & House of Representatives
- United Kingdom: House of Lords & House of Commons
- Uzbekistan: Senate & Legislative Chamber
To be fair, there are also economically-advanced countries that have a unicameral parliamentary system:
- China
- Denmark
- Finland
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Israel
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Portugal
- Singapore
- Sweden
- Turkey
- Ukraine
But please note the Asian examples. China is a totalitarian state while Singapore is such a small city state that perhaps there is logic to having just a unicameral body.
* * * * *
Congratulations to the winners of the HSBC Young Entrepreneurs Awards for 2007-08, an annual business plan writing competition which aims to cultivate and inspire young people's interest in entrepreneurship. I told HSBC President and CEO Mark Watkinson that this was one of the best competitions I have judged with very good teams presenting. Two teams from Ateneo won the first and second place and third place went to the students from UP Diliman. I did vote for the Ateneo team since they wore green ties. Kidding aside, they deserved to win and were honest with the originators of the ideas. The complete winners are the Flexisound team (Gold and Eco-Business Innovation Award) Menard Dacono, Katrina Gracia Macaraig and Klaire Aldyn King, the Portalis Team (Silver) Fay Irene Gurrea, Missy Cheah and Kamille Patricia Carlos and the Gaia Team (Bronze) Dindi Peralta and Mark Rome Race. Aside from myself, the judges for this competition were Mark Watkinson as Chair, Lorenzo Tan of WWF Philippines, Andrew Tan of Megaworld Corporation, Wilfred Uytengsu Jr. of Alaska, Hans Schwab of SICPA and one of our Go Negosyo mentors Johnlu Koa of French Baker.
* * * * *
Be the first NOKIA MOBILE ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR! The Nokia Mobile Entrepreneur Award is a nationwide awards program for innovative Filipino entrepreneurs that use mobile technology products and services in their business operations. Download the participation form at www.nokia.com.ph or www.gonegosyo.net and send via fax (+632) 637-7873 or e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Deadline is on April 14, 2008. For more info call or text (+632) 637-9229, (+63919) 685-7079 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Happy EasterThursday, March 20th, 2008
I don't know how many people will be in town to read this column as I am sure the beaches from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be full of people especially in Boracay. Almost everyone will probably out of town focusing more on the three R's (relaxation, recreation and reflection) and would probably return to their homes and daily routines at the end of Holy Week. This is why I would prefer to greet you on the day when you might probably have the chance to read this column, which is on Easter Sunday.
I normally hear mass in Urdaneta and sit in front so as not to be distracted. The sermon I heard during mass was basically a well-written pastoral letter. The letter talked about a timely topic for all Filipinos which is to reflect on the changes that really need to happen in order for our country to move forward. While a number of Filipinos want to remove PGMA for corruption, I always tell them that every Filipino has the right to due process. The proper venue for all these investigations is the courts. The pastoral letter calls on everyone to reflect on how corruption has been part of the whole system. We have lived with it for so many generations and if we really want to eradicate corruption, one has to look at our values system. The temptation to corrupt has always been there and this is why you see the tax amnesty coming back every now and then. The pastoral letter also talked about corruption that has gone down to local government and how we can get rid of it. We need to look at the system that brings greater temptation and correct it. This is not to say that this is all what is needed to get it done since the people that are part of the system are also important. We also need to elect good leaders and people who have high moral values. If you put people in the wrong system, it takes a person with high moral values to not be sucked into the wrong system. We need to elect good people who are capable and we need a good system that prevents corruption.
In recent weeks, I have carried the proposition in this column the idea of 2010.2016, as our way to have a lasting systemic change that will bring more stability in the country. This has become very important especially for me and some of our colleagues in the business sector if we are to make the country move forward.
What we propose in concept, which can be fine tuned by the legal luminaries of the land, is to have a 2010.2016 approach. What does it mean? It simply means proposing for the election of the concon together with the Presidential election in 2010, wherein the concon shall be tasked to review the constitution and study thoroughly the feasibility of having a shift in the form of government towards Parliamentary form. Any proposed changes shall be ratified, and the necessary implementation and election of new set of officials shall take place in 2016.
However, we all know that any talk in the past of amending the constitution invite objections and accusations on any incumbent administration that it is supposedly using that as a ploy to prolong one's stay in power. I believe that if we remove all these concerns and focus on the rationale of reviewing the constitution and even the form of government, we could find a solution on how we can approach a more systemic change. Like entrepreneurs, if we set our minds and heart to it, we can find a better way.
Setting the longer timetable allows a more thorough review by the concon. It should also remove any doubt that any incumbent leadership is behind the move and has a vested interest on it since a clearly defined timetable is set. In fact, what I have been attempting to do in recent days is to bounce off the proposal to as many sectors as possible and even to what I can consider anti- or critical to the current government. Many groups have understood the rationale and it seems there is a good level of acceptance. They see objectivity in the process and one that cannot be used by the incumbent or whoever will win in the 2010 election as the change in the system will not apply to them.
Basic views have been expressed towards the benefit of having a broader representation in the Parliament. We can expect more dynamic sectoral interest groups that will have their respective agenda for development. We can see greater teamwork as well as the executive and legislative will come from the same chamber, and that the Prime Minister's team will come from the members who are also elected officials.
We have so far generated support to the idea and hopefully reach out to other sectors in the society so that we can improve on the proposal as we go along. I guess the bottomline is to have a better system that will bring in more stability and a better negosyo climate for the Filipinos.
* * * * *
Let me share with you other comments that came in on this topic:
I agree 100% about this proposal although for me I prefer it with a ceremonial (or unifying?) President but the Prime Minister will of course run the government. This is more realistic with regards to Filipino mindset of electing a President.
Arvin Bagang
Dear Mr. Joey Concepcion;
I do agree with your statement regarding the ZTE controversies, I think the senators have no knowledge making nor passing the important laws the country needs. We are all paying our income tax and those taxes went only to those Senate Imbestigador. I agree to have a parliamentary form of government and abolish the Senate and the Congress too much overhead and expenses. I also wonder why there is no Audit Report regarding their Pork Barrel or Countryside Development Fund. While Senator Pimentel are asking to audit the League City Fund. We, the tax paying citizen need an Audit Report of all the funds they used not only the President, all the politicians who spend our taxes. Thanks and God Bless.
I'm an avid reader and fan to your column. I agree with your suggestion that we should have a parliamentary form of government. Definitely bureaucracy in the government will surely be eliminated and we will see government officials more focused on their jobs. What we see right now in the government is full of power-grabber and hungry-for-money type of people.
As a citizen, I don't want to see my country going down because of these people. Changes should be made as well as sacrifice ourselves for a better Philippines. I wish to see a new Philippines with a new hope and a brighter future to look forward to.
Right now, every election is something that I can't help but think of how much as spent just to get the position they wanted. Sana darating ang panahon that when I go to the precinct to cast my vote I will be doing it with hi hopes and be proud of exercising my right as a Filipino.
Mabuhay! Good luck to us all!
Paulo Uy
Thanks to all who have expressed their views and gave suggestions. All of your comments/suggestions will be considered in future deliberations. Please continue to send your responses via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or thru sms at 09175591245.
* * * * *
We are still open for entries on the search for the Nokia Mobile Entrepreneur Awards. The award is open to all Filipino citizens who are at least 18 years of age, use a mobile technology product or service as the primary component of their business, have a business license to operate and utilize legal mobile product or service and engaged in that business for at least a year. For more information, log on to www.nokia.com.ph or call (632) 637-9229. Deadline for submission of entries is on March 31,2008.
2010.2016 (Part 2)Thursday, March 13th, 2008
The topic on a real change in our political system elicited the greatest response including from no less than former president FVR. We shall present some of the responses below. It also generated same interest during a speaking engagement I attended last Saturday. I was invited to speak before the Rotary 3780 District Conference where close to 500 members attended at the Subic Convention Center. My topic for that morning was poverty alleviation and I also shared with them my 2010.2016 proposal.
While I feel searching for the truth is very important, we should do this with the proper body which are the courts. Our legislators should focus on new ideas that could become laws which will lead to the minimization of corruption in the country. It cannot be done overnight but we should start right away if we want to see real changes in the long run.
During my talk, I mentioned that the way to fight poverty is thru NEGOSYO, either the person himself getting the right mindset and determination to succeed in business and in life, or thru job generation by entrepreneurs who will hire between one to thousands of people. The multiplier effect in creating more entrepreneurs is huge and if we can make everyone an enterprising Filipino, then poverty alleviation can definitely be attained.
Also, as we point a finger to this administration for corruption, we should also internalize what the CBCP mentioned in their statement that every Filipino should have a transformation from within. Most of us are guilty of the same wrongdoing and frankly, the temptation in this country to expedite things can be seen all over and has become part of the system. In the long term, we need to find a real solution and it starts from a change in the system. We need a system that is much simpler and would bring about greater unity which I see in the parliamentary form of government. As I have mentioned in the previous column, it is cheaper for people to get elected in a parliamentary form and give chance to a truly deserving Filipino with not much wealth to become prime minister.
The 2010.2016 movement is for a con con in 2010 which will review both economic and political issues. Whatever comes out from that political change will only be implemented in 2016. We are the only country in Asia with this bicameral set up, isn't that already saying something? So if most countries are already in a parliamentary form or modified form, they must be doing the right thing.
The proposal had an overwhelming positive response that the mobile phone almost got jammed with sms messages. The emails keep on coming up to now especially from very supportive Filipinos who live outside the country.
Let me also share with you part of the hundreds of respondents who commented on last week's article:
Please tell Joeycon it's a good idea. Unfortunately, our elected leaders did not listen to me in July 2005 when PGMA was in a similar – maybe worse (because of the ensuing impeachment resolution) crisis. Sana kayong mga kabataan ay makinig sa inyong mga lolo. Mabuhay!!!
Fidel V. Ramos
Joey's next crusade
March 7, 2008
After the success of his Go-Negosyo movement, RFM's Jose Concepcion III has started a signature campaign among Filipinos who are plain sick and tired of religious and political charlatans and the uncivil society calling for yet another people power. Concepcion's proposal: Elect delegates to a constitutional convention in 2010, along with a six-year-term president with a specific mandate to preside over the switch to a parliamentary government by 2016.
In addition to providing a venue for ousting the country's leader even on a weekly basis, depending on the moods, or tantrums, of the legislators, the single assembly would hopefully break the legislative gridlock between the Senate and House that now hobbles the passage of vital economic measures.
Those who would like to sign up or are plain curious may e-mail Concepcion at: email@example.com.
We would not be surprised if a Web site is also forthcoming.
Vic Agustin
I support a constituent assembly to revise the constitution and change our current system of government into a parliament style.
Dan Pornel, P.E.
Hi Joey,
I agree with you. Having lived in Canada under a parliamentary government, I can certainly attest to the system's efficiency. This is in fact the reason why Canada has continuously expanded its economy while its big brother, the USA, has lagged behind. I like your articles. Hope to meet you one of these days!
Sounds like a good plan. If only we could change the players in politics.
Richard Ong
Dear Joey,
I fully support your proposal for a parliamentary form of government to be established in our country by 2016. Keep me in and posted for any form of support that you need to make this possible for our country's future.
Thanks and regards,
Rene V. Cabrera
Mr. Concepcion:
I, too, am sick and tired of this utter breakdown of civility and rationality in our government. Your movement to have a convention in 2010 sounds very promising. Do send me more information. I have an AV production company that could help disseminate information on this matter. Do let me know how I can be of service.
Jose Mari "Ayi" Magpayo
Hi Joey,
I agree with the idea to shift to parliamentary. No choice…it's too bumpy a ride with the present set up. Perhaps you can start a drive to really push for this. It will do us small businessmen a lot of good.
Toto Lopez
Dear Joey,
I support the 2010.2016 proposal but before that timeline the most important system component that should go live is the full computerization of the electoral process. As of today there is no published program and commitment from our government.
Best regards,
I saw your article at Star calling for support for the 2010.2016 proposal. I am open to supporting the proposal in whatever way I can.
Jun Umali, Parañaque.
Expensive election is one cause of corruption so I support the parliamentary system. We will start from that system and improve justice system to minimize corruption.
Ben Durias of Isulan, SK
Your 2010.2016 proposal is brilliant, many of our institutional orientations/practices need major restructurings, and in hind sight, your views on how to go about it are very instructive, I go with your proposal.
Alexi Magday
Mr. Joey C., you are really correct in saying that ours is a defective system. I for one is supporting your call to change our system. The earlier the better for our country. Count me in. Thanks and God Bless our country.
Engr. P. Fiel Jr., Ormoc City
Good morning Joey. I am a 61 year old senior citizen. I'm in if I am still alive by that time. But yes, yours is a very good proposal. Count me in.
Fr. Santiago T. Cubos , Bulacan
I am Citong Carpio of Meycauayan, Bulacan. I am 67 years old. I will support your plan together with my CLAN.
* * * * *
The Nokia Mobile Entrepreneur Awards search is still ongoing and I encourage everyone to join. The award is open to all Filipino citizens who are at least 18 years of age, use a mobile technology product or service as the primary component of their business, have a business license to operate and utilize legal mobile product or service and engaged in that business for at least a year. For more information, log on to www.nokia.com.ph or call (632) 637-9229.
2010.2016Thursday, March 6th, 2008
It's been weeks now that the ZTE controversy has been grabbing the headlines on TV and the newspapers. There seems to be no end to it and the investigations will continue as everyone wants a piece of Lozada, the new super hero, and ride on to his popularity. A lot of time is wasted here as the investigations should start with a case being filed against the accused and if there is merit, then the case can proceed. I believe that the best thing happened when Jamby Madrigal filed the case and let the courts decide who is guilty or not and let the guilty ones be punished. What we should look into is the systemic problems our political system has. The proposal is that in the 2010 presidential elections, we should also have a con-con and have the newly elected president lead the transition into a Parliament system by 2016. We seem to be one of the very few nations in the world that runs on a bi-cameral system and almost all Asian countries run on a parliamentary system today. In fact, we are the only country in Southeast Asia that has a presidential bicameral form of government.
The parliamentary form definitely has a lot of benefits vs. the current system. First, it will definitely be cheaper to become a prime minister as all you need to do is win a seat in the parliament. From thereon, you should be able to win the confidence of your party and the greater majority of the members of the parliament for you to be elected. Spending billions of pesos just to become president will be eliminated and patronage politics where people will donate to your campaign in a big way due to the cost to run will somehow be minimized.
Second, the prime minister must choose from the assembly who he would put as part of his minister's office. The teamwork is tighter since all those who will be part of the Prime Minister's team are elected officials and there is greater teamwork between the Assembly and the Executive Department. And also since there is only one house, no senate and no congress, it's now one law-making body. Third and maybe the most important is by a simple loss of confidence, the prime minister and his team can be changed as we see this happen frequently in Japan. MY PROPOSAL is let's do it the right way this time. A concon in 2010 and a Parliament in 2016. The new President serves his/her term together with the elected official of the Senate and Congress till the year 2016 and new president sees the implementation of a parliament. This will take a long time but this will remove the suspicion that the President wants to extend her term. This will further motivate those running in 2010 to support this plan and allow a transition of change. Better to be slow but sure. It is time we change the system changing presidents thru a people power which in the end is not correct. Making it expensive to run for office will just foster corruption and patronage politics. Let's fix the system and give chance to any ordinary Filipino who has the vision and passion to serve this country be elected even if he does not have the wealth. A number of fellow columnists have shared this view and we hope to get the support of the business community and hopefully the PGMA administration to support this initiative as this will clearly show that she wants to see what is best for this country. Those willing to support the 2010-2016 proposal please email me at email@example.com or thru sms at 09175591245.
* * * * *
Go Negosyo had a super book launch wherein close to 40 celebrity entrepreneurs attended as well as the other entrepreneurs from the first book as everyone joined in to sign the books. The President dropped in to sign a few books and have a picture taken with the celebrity entreps. Despite the crisis she is facing right now, she is still determined to support a negosyo climate. The vision before her term ended is to have 3M entreps. We hope that for every book sold, it will inspire one person to start a business and hopefully that person will employ himself at the least and possibly thousands. Negosyo is our answer to poverty. Thank you to the thousands of people who went to SM Mall of Asia. Big thanks to Harley Sy who I jokingly said welcomed the President to his sari-sari store, MSME Council Chair and PMS Director General Sec. Cerge Remonde, PCE Trustee and Entrepreneurs School of Asia Founder Vivienne Tan who also wrote the "Lessons Learned" section of the Go Negosyo celebrity book, Johnlu Koa of French Baker who provided yummy pastries and canapes for our guests, Ronald Pineda of Folded and Hung, Ray Gapuz of R.A. Gapuz Review Center, Dra. Vicki Belo who came with her entrepreneurial children Quark and Cristalle, Henry Lim Bon Liong of Sterling Paper Group of Companies, Joel Santos of ESA and to all the other entreps who joined the event, I won't be able to mention your names as I will run out of space in this column. The book signing tour will continue in the different malls in the Metro and the provinces. Continue to watch Go Negosyo Bigtime in QTV at 8:00am every Saturday and Sunday with replays in NBN4 every Sunday at 9:30pm. The show is rating very well since we moved to QTV and soon to come at the end of the year is a Go Negosyo challenge reality TV show.


text:
About us
Meet the team
Ipswich: 01473 214481
Norwich: 01603 617351
Chelmsford: 01245 215660
Contact us
Services for Solicitors
Services for Individuals
Services for Business
Services for Solicitors
Civil Litigation
Personal Injury
Civil Litigation
Contract & Commercial
Personal Injury
Planning & Environmental
Professional Negligence
Property - General
Wills, Trusts & Probate
Personal Injury
The personal injury team at EA Law - East Anglian Chambers can ease the pressures of a busy solicitor's practice.
It goes without saying that the
personal injury
team can help over the full range from simple runners to catastrophic injury - and, where the case calls for silk, suggest a leader suited to the job. In addition the
EA Law - East Anglian Chambers
team is acutely aware of the importance to solicitors of turn-around: the perfect pleading and the most magisterial advice both lose their shine if they hold up the entire case.
Solicitors want a quick, practical, cost-effective solution to the obstacles that are holding up their own workflow: working as a team, our personal injury barristers provide that.
Please contact
EA Law - East Anglian Chambers
clerking team today on
01473 214481
to discuss your client's
personal injury
matter further.
Our Personal Injury team
Shona Harvey
Shona undertakes most civil work but specialises in personal injury cases and is recommended by Legal 500 for her handling of personal injury claims of all types.
View my profile
John Hamey
Joanna Bradbury
Shona Harvey
April Plant
Nicholas Michael
Amrik Wahiwala
Rupert Myers
Rachel Scarrott
Jonathan Taylor
Selina Bungsraz
Recent Articles
The Seduction of Justice
26 June 2014
Vicarious Liability on the Move Again
26 June 2014
Precedent H - Unrealistic figures?
26 June 2014
Related news
Coming soon
07 February 2019
New printer for Law Centre
06 February 2019
ECHR rules against home schooling parents
10 January 2019
Contact us
Legal services
Contact us
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Animal Welfare
Care and Supervision Orders
Care Home Funding
Child Abduction and...
Child Contact
Civil Litigation
Consumer Credit
Contract and Commercial
Coroner's Inquest
Court Martial
Court of Protection
Criminal Law
Divorce and Finance
Domestic Abuse
Drugs and Violence
Education Law
Family Law
Family Mediation
Food Hygiene
Fraud & Theft
Health and Safety
Insolvency Law
Landlord & Tenant
Mediation / ADR
Medical Fitness to Practice
Mental Health
Motoring Law
Personal Injury
Planning & Environmental
Prison Law
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Professional Negligence
Property Law
Public Administration
Public Inquiries
Residence Disputes
Services For The Employer
Sexual Offences
Trading Standards
Wills, Trusts and Probate
© 2019 East Anglian Chambers.
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
East Anglian Chambers is authorised by the SRA under SRA. No 369175 to provide accredited CPD courses.


text:
share:Remind Me
powered by AFI
In Women in the Wind (1939), Kay Francis enters a transcontinental air race for women fliers, determined to win so she can use the prize money for her brother's operation. (The race is based on the real-life "Powder Puff Derby," which ran for many years.) The picture is just a simple 63-minute programmer which caused no great shakes critically or commercially, but it's notable as Kay Francis' last movie under her Warner Brothers contract.
The once high-flying star had become frustrated with the undemanding roles Warner Brothers gave her as the decade wore on. With Francis now considered box-office poison, Warners tried to settle her contract but Francis refused, and as a result the studio tried to force her to quit by having her feed lines for other actors' screen tests and the like, even going so far as to deny her requests for lunch guests to come onto the lot. Eventually, the studio simply assigned her to ordinary B pictures. The last of these was Women in the Wind.
Finishing the film and leaving Warner Brothers was a melancholy experience for Francis, who said, "This is the first picture I've finished out here that I haven't had a party for the cast or crew afterward. But this time is different. I knew I'd start crying and so would some of the others. I didn't want to say good-bye that way. I want to remember all these people as friends with whom I used to kid - with whom I had swell times. I don't want to remember them - or have them remember me - with long faces and red eyes. I want to saunter off the lot and out of their lives as casually as though the picture weren't finished and we'd be meeting again in the morning."
During production, Francis gave one of her most famous interviews, telling Photoplay, "I can't wait to be forgotten." She added, "I don't say I'll never make another picture because if I should happen to be in Hollywood and some producer offered me a good part I'd jump at it. But as far as another contract or making a career of pictures any more is concerned, I'm through!"
Indeed, she never got another studio contract, though she did make several more movies. He next job was a good supporting role in RKO's In Name Only (1939), starring Cary Grant and Carole Lombard. Lombard, in fact, lobbied RKO intensely to hire Francis. Afterward, Francis mostly headlined B films (including three for Monogram) or played supporting roles in A films (for various studios) until she retired in 1946.
Women in the Wind also provided an early role for Eve Arden, here playing the showy part of flier Kit Campbell. She later recalled in her autobiography: "I had a very dramatic scene in the plane, struggling with the controls, oil spurting in my face, and then the plane crashed. Finally, I was carried on a stretcher past Kay Francis and urged her to 'go on and win one for me.'
"It was one of the few premieres I was 'requested' to attend and, to my horror, after the oil-in-the-face scene, I saw them cut to a plane in a completely vertical dive, flames shooting from every angle, ending in a crash to forecast the atom bomb. A little fanciful work by the special-effects man who had not watched the rest of the scene! As they carried me on a litter across the screen, virtually untouched and every hair in place, the audience howled!"
The character of Denny Corson (Eddie Foy, Jr.) was loosely inspired by Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, who in 1938 famously flew from New York to Ireland instead of to California. Corrigan himself starred in an RKO film about his flight entitled The Flying Irishman (1939), which ironically opened just one week before Women in the Wind.
The New York Times compared this picture somewhat unfavorably to Tail Spin (1939), Twentieth Century-Fox's own women's air-racing drama starring Alice Faye which had opened less than three months earlier. "Everything happens according to formula," said the Times critic, adding teasingly, "Although Francis Walton wrote the book, we suspect a few changes: he never would have sanctioned stunting over an airport, even by so charming a flier as Miss Francis."
Producer: Bryan Foy
Director: John Farrow
Screenplay: Lee Katz, Albert DeMond; Francis Walton (novel); George Bricker (contributing writer uncredited), Lawrence Kimble (contributor to treatment uncredited)
Cinematography: Sid Hickox
Art Direction: Carl Jules Weyl
Music: Leo F. Forbstein
Film Editing: Thomas Pratt
Cast: Kay Francis (Janet Steele), William Gargan (Ace Boreman), Victor Jory (Dr. Tom 'Doc' Wilson), Maxie Rosenbloom ('Stuffy' McInnes), Eddie Foy, Jr. (Denny Corson), Sheila Bromley (Frieda Boreman), Eve Arden (Kit Campbell), Charles Anthony Hughes (Bill Steele), Frankie Burke (Johnnie), Spencer Charters (Henry Dickens), Vera Lewis (Henry Dickens' wife).
by Jeremy Arnold
Eve Arden, Three Phases of Eve: An Autobiography
Lynn Kear and John Rossman, Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career


text:
tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post3113386495869980360..comments2019-02-12T14:36:35.687-05:00Comments on The Post Modern Pulp Blog: REVENANTS: ASSAULT ON ABBEVILLE is on Sale Now!Jack Badelairehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-81923741341553508082017-07-08T14:16:55.293-04:002017-07-08T14:16:55.293-04:00We Offer Loan At A Very Low Rate Of 3%. If Interes...We Offer Loan At A Very Low Rate Of 3%. If Interested, Kindly Contact Us via email now (firstname.lastname@example.com)Dr Purva Piushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-79475787573155956242017-07-08T14:16:49.768-04:002017-07-08T14:16:49.768-04:00My name is.Mrs.Anna Daniel. I live in Ukraine i am...My name is.Mrs.Anna Daniel. I live in Ukraine i am a happy woman today? i need to use this time to tell all people how i got my loan from this honest and God fearing man loan lender that help me with a loan of $84,000 please contact him. if you also need a loan without any problem he name is Dr Purva Pius email {firstname.lastname@example.com} tell him that is Mrs.Anna Daniel that refer you to he contact Email {email@example.com}Dr Purva Piushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-52184236553851920112017-07-08T14:15:32.285-04:002017-07-08T14:15:32.285-04:00DO YOU NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE? Contact PCM FINA...DO YOU NEED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE? Contact PCM FINANCE GROUP! for any kind of financial needs! Are you an investor, business minded, worker, student or do you need startup funds? We offer low interest rate (3%) annual, 1 to 25 years duration and easy access of loan funds within 24 to 48 hours. Minimum amount $10,000.00 to $100,000,000.00 maximum (USD, EUR, GBP). E-mail {firstname.lastname@example.com}We Offer Loan At A Very Low Rate Of 3%. If Interested, Kindly Contact Us Now.email us now reply to email {email@example.com}Dr Purva Piushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-58860447009169925192017-03-11T20:38:33.001-05:002017-03-11T20:38:33.001-05:00@phillb29: I do in fact have the RESISTANCE series...@phillb29: I do in fact have the RESISTANCE series, and while I haven't read beyond a few chapters of the first book (I confess, the printing and font size are really hard for me to read), the idea definitely fueled the design, so to speak, of the REVENANTS team. In truth, Gold Eagle Books' PHOENIX FORCE was also a very strong influence, as was the DESTROYERS/DIRTY DEVILS series.

@Ryan: Revenants stories exist in the same "universe" as Lynch and the other Commandos, so there are references to the adventures of 3 Commando in Assault on Abbeville, and there are some AoA references in the sixth Commando book, which I'm writing now. I hope the series will be less DAKKA DAKKA BOOM BANG PEW PEW, mostly because with only five protagonists, they simply can never fight the sorts of battles a score or more of Commandos with LMGs, mortars, and other weapons can hope to win. Other books, like the MATT HELM novels, are a strong influence, trying to blend in more spy/crime drama into the stories is one of my hopes as the series continues. Everything you pondered above is great idea fodder!Jack Badelairehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-21520292111384838652017-03-09T17:32:15.542-05:002017-03-09T17:32:15.542-05:00I enjoyed this first book and see lots of potentia...I enjoyed this first book and see lots of potential. Was this an intentional attempt to bridge the gaps between your cash cow WWII action series and your vigilante passion projects? Intentional or not, it's an interesting maneuver from both a creative and business perspective.

I think this is a great avenue to deliver a great villain into your WW2 book-a-verse. One of the potential pitfalls, I think, of military fiction series, is that "THE MISSION" is effectively the antagonist and that could grow dry after a while. But with the asymmetrical warfare and the shadier operations these guys have to go through, you could circumvent that comfortably and maybe the events brush up against the more standard and straight faced action books.

 What if these aren't the first Revenants that Wormwood has assembled? A feud with an Ace German Sniper? A rogue British or American Tank crew? What was organized crime up to in Europe? I'm not saying give them a superstar "Fu Manchu" mastermind, but it'd be pretty aces.
Ryan Dempseyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-75812802002953067642017-02-01T14:16:30.511-05:002017-02-01T14:16:30.511-05:00I just finished reading this and I really enjoyed ...I just finished reading this and I really enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to the next book. It reminded me of the short-lived "Resistance" series from the 80's, supposedly penned by "Gregory St. Germain". I'm curious if this old series was in any way an inspiration for "Revenants"?phillb29https://email@example.com


text:
Milwaukee Man Sentenced for Gun Charge
BISMARCK – U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Feb. 19, 2013, Shawn R. Larkin, 30, Milwaukee, Wis., who was living in Minot, N.D., at the time of this incident, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of possession of firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Larkin pleaded guilty to the charge on Oct. 12, 2012.
Judge Hovland sentenced Larkin to serve two years and seven months in federal prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. Larkin was ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim's Fund.
On July 14, 2012, officers from the Minot Police Department responded to the report of a fight at Rooster's Bar in Minot, N.D. While investigating the report, a witness indicated that a man, later identified as Larkin, had a gun in his possession. Officers found that Larkin had a loaded .40 caliber handgun in his waistband.
Larkin was prohibited from possessing either a firearm or ammunition by virtue of his previous felony convictions for theft, Milwaukee County, Wis., in 2001, and simple assault on a peace officer, Ward County, N.D., in 2012.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and the Minot Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Hagler prosecuted the case.


text:
Jackson Hole Getaway Giveaway
Enter for your chance to win a Jackson Hole Getaway!
PRIZESGrand Prize is a trip to Jackson Hole including airfare, hotel accommodations, rental car, sleigh tour, a SierraTradingPost.com shopping spree, and more!
NOTESOpen to residents of the United States excluding New York, Florida, and Rhode Island.
Your Comment Here:


text:
Baby Blocks Quilt Stationery Letterhead
Item# 4615
This baby blocks letterhead stationery features pastel baby blocks and a rattle on a baby quilt backdrop. Whatever upcoming occasion you may be celebrating this baby blocks letter sheet is perfect for a variety of celebrations. Great letter sheet to use for baby shower invitations, first birthday invitations or baby announcements.
8.5" x 11", 24 lb. bond, acid and lignin free letterhead
Laser and inkjet printable.
Sold in pack of 100 sheets, shrink-wrapped.


text:
Mankind in general has maintained a belief in the existence of the Creator of the Universe since time immemorial. The duty of the prophets of Allah was not so much to inform their people of Allah's existence as to warn them against associating others with
Him, and to teach them how to serve Him.
"Their messengers said, 'Is there any doubt concerning Allah, the originator of the Heavens and the Earth?'" [Qur'an, 14:10]
The early Muslim scholars did not even have to address the issue of the Existence of God, for it was a blatantly obvious fact which nobody questioned. It was only around the fourth century after hijrah, when people's doctrine started being infiltrated with atheism and permeated by unbelief, that the scholars had to address the issue.
Human beings acquire knowledge through four different channels: credible reports, intuition (or instinct), deduction and sense perception. Each of these channels can lead us to knowledge of the existence of Allah. Continue reading "1a – The Existence Of Allah"


text:
Third Eye
An output device that uses the skin of the user. (Read the full article)
Leave a comment:
Tediously, spammers have returned. So, send me your comments to bill at the site name (be sure to mention the page) and I'll post them. Thanks!
Current News Articles
Purdue Pharma Ready To Profit From OxyContin Use Or Addiction Recovery
BloxVox Mutes Cellphone Convos
Superfast Replicator: Volumetric Additive Manufacturing
DNA May Contain Malware
I Can't Resist Worm Robots
Rplate Digital License Plates Now Legal In Michigan
Can Musk Starship Astronauts Use Magnetic Boots?
Giant Dolphin Spotted On Jupiter!
Musk's Starship An SF Fan's Dream Come True
TinyMobileRobots Are Sewer Sentinels
Fishy Facial Recognition Now Possible
Spicy Tomatoes Created With Genetic Engineering
|Home | Glossary
| Invention Timeline | Category | New | Contact
Us | FAQ | Advertise |
Technovelgy.com - where science meets fiction™
Copyright© Technovelgy LLC; all rights reserved.


text:
AT Service Provider Certifications
In the field of Assistive Technolgoy there are three nationally recognized certification programs. These three certifications are all conferred by RESNA, the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. Information on the requirements and the testing for the Certification Program of RESNA is found here. Exam schedules and information packets are available on this page.
The three certifications are as follows:
- Assistive Technology Practitioner (ATP) Certifies providers who perform clinical assessment of consumers with disabilities, assist in selection of appropriate assistive technology for the consumer's needs, and provide training in the use of AT devices.
- Assistive Technology Supplier (ATS) Certifies providers who are vendors of rehabilitation equipment and AT devices and services.
- Rehabilitation Engineering Technologist (RET) Certifies providers who design, modify, cusomize and fabricate AT.
In addition to these three certifications there are other Certificates in AT that are not nationally recongized credentials.
The Center on Disabilities at California State University Northridge offers a 100 hour training program that results in the ATACP, the Assistive Technology Applications Certificate Program. The typical program is 60 hours online, 32 hours live at regional training locations and an 8 hour project. There is no exam.
For more information, go to the CSUN ATACP information site.
There are a number of universities around the country that offer a Certificate in Assistive Technology that usually is offered as an adjunct requirement in a Masters or PhD. program in Biomedical Engineering. I was able to take four graduate courses offered by Louisiana Tech University at Ruston, LA. This taining was provided by staff from the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science (CyBERS). The training involved online and on-site instruction. The result of these courses was a Certificate in Assistive Technology. At present this training is not available at CyBERS.
Here are some representative examples of some University based Assistive Technology Certification Programs.
California State University Dominquez Hills
Coppin State University
East Carolina University
George Mason University
Northern Arizona University
University of Buffalo
University of Illinois at Chicago


text:
GENEVA — The United Nations expressed alarm on Thursday about a surge of fighting and destruction in the Idlib Province of northwestern Syria, the last major area of the country held by insurgents, where assaults by Russian-backed Syrian forces have put tens of thousands of civilians at risk.
United Nations relief officials also called on Thursday for an urgent humanitarian pause in fighting around Eastern Ghouta, the rebel-held Damascus suburb where roughly 400,000 civilians have long been trapped without access to emergency aid.
The assault on Idlib, including areas near the Turkish border, has forced more than 100,000 people to flee for safety since the start of December, Jan Egeland, the United Nations adviser on humanitarian affairs in Syria, said after a meeting of a humanitarian task force in Geneva on Thursday.
The United Nations estimates Idlib's population at 2.5 million, including more than a million who fled or were evacuated to the province to escape offensives elsewhere in the country, and who are packed into camps scattered across the province.
Mr. Egeland did not confirm reports by some human rights investigators that government forces and their allies had targeted civilians and hospitals in Idlib, but he said no measures appeared to have been taken to avoid casualties among noncombatants.
"You are as exposed to attack if you go to a hospital as anywhere else. Some would say more so," Mr. Egeland said.
Both the Syrian and Russian governments have said their forces are attacking only militants.
But at least two medical facilities serving thousands of patients in Idlib were struck in nine attacks on medical centers or medical workers in Idlib and Eastern Ghouta in the last eight days, Mr. Egeland said. These attacks followed more than 100 attacks on medical facilities recorded by international agencies in 2017, he added.
Mr. Egeland said the proposed humanitarian pause in intense fighting around Eastern Ghouta would allow delivery of food for a population that has been cut off from relief for years and is suffering acute malnutrition.
Bombing and shelling of Eastern Ghouta have killed at least 85 civilians and wounded 183 since the start of the year, the top United Nations human rights official, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, said on Wednesday. Aircraft bombed two medical facilities, killing a medical worker in that period, he said.
Opposition forces in Eastern Ghouta have fired on residential areas of Damascus since Jan. 1, inflicting civilian casualties, Mr. al-Hussein added, citing a rocket attack last week.
"The situation is screaming for a humanitarian pause in the extremely intense fighting so that humanitarian agencies can do their work and civilians can get relief," Mr. Egeland said.
The appeal came as Mark Lowcock, the United Nations emergency relief coordinator, visited Damascus to press the case for unfettered access by relief agencies to millions of civilians in need of aid and for the evacuation of civilians who require urgent medical treatment.
A temporary deal struck between the government and rebels in Eastern Ghouta led to the evacuation of 30 critically ill patients between Christmas and New Year's Day, and international agencies have confirmed that they are receiving medical care in Damascus hospitals, Mr. Egeland said.
But the Syrian government has not responded to repeated appeals by the United Nations since September for evacuation of other Eastern Ghouta civilians in need of medical attention. Mr. Egeland said more than 500 people required urgent evacuation.
After two days of talks in Damascus, Mr. Lowcock said on Thursday that he hoped for a number of positive developments "soon" on measures to relieve humanitarian suffering, but that more discussions would be needed.
Russia, the main ally of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, has repeatedly said in recent months that it is winding down military activities in the country's nearly seven-year-old war. But the offensive aimed at insurgents in Idlib appeared to suggest otherwise.
Part of Russia's aggressive response in Idlib may reflect anger over an attempted armed drone assault on Russian bases in Syria last weekend. The Russian Defense Ministry said the 13 drones, which were either shot down or crashed before reaching their targets, had been launched by insurgents in Idlib.
At a Defense Ministry briefing in Moscow on Thursday, officials suggested that the explosives carried by the drones may have been manufactured in Ukraine. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian officials about that assertion.
The increased fighting in Idlib has put at risk an effort by Russia to convene a meeting of Syrian adversaries in the Russian city of Sochi at the end of this month.
Turkey, which backs some insurgent groups fighting Mr. Assad but has been collaborating with his allies, Russia and Iran, on efforts to stop the fighting, insisted this week that the bombing attacks in Idlib must stop, the Turkish news media reported.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, said Mr. Assad's forces were responsible for most of the fighting in Idlib, and could "negatively affect efforts to launch a process for a political settlement."


text:
Related videos
Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 ENDING Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1 and until the last part will include the full story of Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 on PS4. This Call Of Duty Black Ops 3 Gameplay will include my review of the game, most likely in the last video which should be the ending.
Playlist - http://bit.ly/1Pd0LkR
If you liked the video please remember to leave a Like & Comment, I appreciate it a lot!
Welcome to Call of Duty: Black Ops III, a dark, twisted future where a new breed of Black Ops soldier emerges and the lines are blurred between our own humanity and the technology we created to stay ahead, in a world where cutting-edge military robotics define warfare.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 combines three unique game modes: Campaign, Multiplayer and Zombies, providing fans with the deepest and most ambitious Call of Duty ever. The Campaign has been designed as a co-op game that can be played with up to 4 players online or as a solo cinematic thrill-ride. Multiplayer will be the franchise's deepest, most rewarding and most engaging to date, with new ways to rank up, customize, and gear up for battle. And Zombies delivers an all-new mind-blowing experience with its own dedicated narrative. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 can be played entirely online, and for the first time each of the offerings has its own unique player XP and progression systems
Genre: FPS
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Treyarch
Release Date: November 6th, 2015
Follow me on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MKIceAndFire1
SUBSCRIBE - http://bit.ly/1NKTMfz


text:
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)
At home with Krystle as part of our weekly movie watching.
Despite my general dislike for Altman - Gosford Park is a masterpiece, Nashville bored me and The Player was ok but nothing to get excited about - it was the one and only Pauline Kael who made this film a must see for me. An interviewer once joked that given Kael's strong opinions on film, who in their right mind would ever dare disagree with her? Kael laughed and replied that in reality she wasn't all that bad, but then in her typical fashion went on to say that she wasn't sure if she could ever be friends with anyone who didn't love McCabe & Mrs. Miller. And that was that.
A lot of love and devotion has gone into every aspect of the production of Robert Altman's McCabe & Mrs. Miller: the costumes, the cinematography with its beautiful soft filters, the construction of the Presbyterian Church town etc. All too often accolades for production value of period pieces are mistaken for refinement or simple beauty when they should be given for the degree to which they allow the viewer to truly inhabit the time and place being depicted.
The look of M&M versus traditional Westerns is about as close as that of Blade Runner and traditional slick science fiction, which is to say, not at all. It certainly isn't beautiful by any traditional standards: the picture is too dark and soft, and the characters themselves seem to always be bundled up in strictly functional – and as such, unflattering – clothing. The men are greasy and unkempt while even the harlots in the whorehouse are, well, nothing special to look at. But M&M does not merely look different, but brilliantly – if not "beautifully" – so. It's hard to describe how effectively this is all done. Hollywood is certainly full of many able craftsmen whom are able to reproduce depressingly blue overcast skies or muddy streets, but these intangibles are captured to such a degree here that we not only see but experience these unrefined elements weighing on and trying us as they do the characters in the film.
It's a shame that none of this devotion is translated to the treatment of the actual storytelling elements of the film.
At a tribute for the recently deceased Altman, his son Rick described him as "not so much a lover of truth as a hater of lies." A more succinct summary of his approach in telling M&M there never was. Its ending and numerous threads within the film seem devoted to countering the conventions of the traditional western, and even Altman himself described it as an "anti-western". That's all great and original, but the next question is, to what effect?
The film seems to exist for no other reason than to be iconoclastic. It may be called "McCabe & Mrs. Miller", but Altman isn't able to resist his auteur-ish callings and ends up dividing his time equally between the eponymous couple and his typical menagerie of characters. The difference here is that unlike say Gosford Park or Nashville, M&M is not your typical ensemble piece. The pros of the ensemble film are by definition mutually exclusive to those of the protagonist-driven film, and yet Altman tries to have his cake and eat it too. This results in an overall weakening effect on both. The relationship between McCabe & Mrs. Miller seems, well, non-existent to tell you the truth. Some critics may choose to use the word 'subtle', but I certainly don't see it. The quantum leap transition in the dynamics of their relationship from screwball to repressed longing is so sudden and seemingly forced that it's almost laughable.
No filmmaker in history from past to present has yet come up with a technique to quickly yet subtly depict a blossoming relationship, and thank goodness for that. This is of course why masters like Ozu and Hou are still relevant to this day. Altman knows these rules (having learnt that from the master himself, Renoir). And having said that, one has to wonder what he was thinking in trying to tell such a subtle love story – of sorts – while splitting equal screen time with scenes that are so emotionally and tonally different in their utter nihilism: Shelly Duvall stabbing her client, her husband being killed, the entire thread involving the young cowboy, the hitman etc. And it's the inclusion of all these nihilistic elements that is troubling to me, not simply because they disrupt any sort of continuity that might have existed in the McCabe & Mrs. Miller thread, but because of their seeming existence for no other reason than to cynically oppose the traditional image of the Western.
The interesting thing about this stance is how "unfair" it is. Altman isn't attempting to "say" anything morally reprehensible in the film by making an anti-western. One might even make the argument that he's doing a service by setting the record straight about the "real" west. But this is film and art, not a historical document, and M&M is certainly not a documentary.
This brings up an interesting issue regarding morality and art. Moral arguments are not "fair" insofar as they say that there is really nothing wrong with a film whose only purpose is to entertain and bring joy (trite and excessive manipulation aside) but a film whose only intent is mean-spirited nihilism is bad. Despite its relative lack of any excessive profanity, sex, or violence, M&M seems to fit the latter. A few moments aside, it seems to not simply document but revel in Altman's immorally revised West. Unlike some of his other ensemble pieces where his technique of the floating camera allows him to subtly get away with tangentially showing immoral things without any subconscious moral retribution on that part of the viewer – and thus giving the impression of documenting rather than propagandizing – M&M is completely unmasked because of its aforementioned split focus on Beatty and Christie's characters. There is no logical preceding action to things like Shelley Duvall's stabbing of the patron, her old husband being killed and most reprehensibly, the young cowboy being shot in cold blood etc. They feel expressly invented and we cut to them for the explicit reason of seeing their actions so that we might be left with a revisionist idea of the west. In reality, I found them to be more masochistic than informative, more mind-numbing than thought-provoking.
This nihilism is made ever more clear by the ending which is only redeemed by Altman's fantastic visual storytelling. The unconventionality of the film up to that point adds to the suspense of every sequence. Unlike a regular Western where – deep down inside – we know that good will triumph over evil, in M&M our expectations are circumvented at every bend that it seems anything really could be possible.
M&M may still look and feel like a maverick film by one of the most well-known maverick filmmakers, but it seems to me that when one finds themselves as the lone dissenter for the sake of being different rather than for the love of truth, "curmudgeon" becomes the more appropriate word.
Labels: Altman, Pauline Kael, Reviews, Western


text:
Kiteboarding Banned at Padre Island National Seashore
Here is the link to the article in Outside magazine
I took my Trainer kite down to the park the other day. The Geese there that usually aren't scared of anything, made a quick depart after I launched the kite. The trainer was 2m, so it would be interesting if a bigger kite made less of a difference (my guess is no.)hello_world wrote:This is really bad news. Saying that kiteboarding is a threat to nesting birds is completely speculation. No one knows whether or not kites scare birds more than airplanes or any other "thing". Birds are nervous by nature. Remember that a kite is WAY bigger than a preditory bird. They do not resemble each other in the air.
The problem that we will be facing is that every ranger in the US will decide whether or not they should ban kiteboarding based on this and the other examples we will soon see. I can see spots from Oregon to Florida being closed by this. A psuedo-environmental action like this is super hard to defend against. It will be like, "beach closed to kiteboarding until you can prove it's safe for birds". Not one bird will be killed, but kiteboarding still banned.
I'm not going to start my rant about rangers here but, rangers, I'm watching you


text:
The font at St. Mary's
Normally, the font is placed near the West door, close to the main door and the start of the aisle, representing the Christian's journey through life towards God. At St Mary's the font was moved to the North wall to allow the building of the Church Hall. This explains why the south porch is now the main entrance to the church. The font was removed from the church during Cromwell's Commonwealth but replaced in 1660. It is suggested that it dates from pre-13th century. It is lidded and lead lined. The ornate font is of a typical Early English octagonal pattern found in many early parish churches. An interesting detail on the corners is the eight tiny carved heads of kings, bishops and and angels.
Traditionally the water was blessed on Easter Sunday and left for later use so the font had to be impermeable. Did you know that in 1236 the Archbishop of Canterbury ordered fonts to be covered and locked so that the superstitious could not steal holy water? The lettering was added in 1852 when the plinth was placed as a memorial to Martha Romaine. Martha founded a Sunday school here. It met in the original Church Hall that is now the Chinese Restaurant in Bridge Street. Have you noticed the delightful brass bound barrel used to carry water to the font?


text:
This is largest public health study you've probably never heard of
++ Promise me this one thing –
that you'll watch this video in
the next 24 hours ++
What is it?
It's a tribute to Dr. Vincent Felitti.
He uncovered one of the most important findings in medical history: the link between early childhood adversity/abuse and chronic illness later in life.
The study is called The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, or […]


text:
Let the beat rock.
So I'm still watching everyone's fav reality dance comp and this Boys Noize mix of BEP's Let The Beat Rock drops. I initially cocked my head and awkwardly said, whah??? Partially because the sounds seem to deviate from what both BEP and BN typically produce, and partially because I totally liked it. This unlikely marriage bouts quite well with my ears. Give it a shot for your self.
Black Eyed Peas – Let the Beat Rock feat. 50 Cent (Boys Noize Rmx)


text:
Search Results
You stand firm and block incoming attacks at the cost of Stamina. Each block adds to your guard. You move much more slowly while sustaining this ability.
- Requires a Shield
- Guard provided protection from incoming attacks by granting additional health. Guard must be broken before a target will take damage.
- Unlocks: Chevalier's Step, Warrior's Resolve & Bear Mauls the Wolves
Shield Wall can be modified by Chevalier's Step, increasing your movement speed and raising the Armor of allies nearby.


text:
Museum "Tula antiquity" will soon introduce a new exhibit
One of the oldest museum exhibitions Tula said goodbye to their visitors. To celebrate the 634 anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo in "Tula Antiquities" opens a new interactive exhibition.
Amazing stories of chests and boxes
A new exhibition in the Museum "Tula Antiquity".
June 29-October 29, 2014
Tula, Lenin Avenue, 47, +7 (4872) 36-16-63
June 29-October 29, 2014
Tula, Lenin Avenue, 47, +7 (4872) 36-16-63
The 11th European Dry Grassland Meeting
European Steppes and Semi-natural Dry Grasslands: Ecology, Transformation and Restoration
5-9th June 2014, Kulikovo Field (Tula region, Russia)
5-9th June 2014, Kulikovo Field (Tula region, Russia)
Spring Fair "Sad-Palisad" in the village of Epifan
The village of Epifan invites you for the spring fair – festival "Sad-Palisad in ancient traditions".
The Sled Dog Races on the Field of Russian Glory
For the first time in history, the Dog Sled Racing occurred on the Kulikovo Field.
Archaeological conference on the Kulikovo Field
November 13-17, 2012, the 4th international conference took place on the Kulikovo Field. The theme was "Forest and forest-steppe zones of the East Europe in the epoch of Rome influence and the great migration of people".
The new mini-exhibition in the Museum and Exhibition Center "Tula Antiquities"
September 25 the new mini-exhibition of "Russian headdresses" was opened in the Museum and Exhibition Center "Tula Antiquities"
632 Anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo will be celebrated September 15, 2012
Celebration of the anniversary is the main event in the museum's life. Thousands of people will come to the place of the biggest medieval battle of Russia to celebrate the victory, and to take part in street festivities.
The Taste of the Kulikovo Field
Do you want to try the taste of the Kulikovo Field? Today you can do it!
A unique artifact from the 14th century has been found at Kulikovo Field
The unique artifact was discovered by archeologists from the museum-preserve "The Kulikovo Field" during reconnaissance work at the site of an ancient Russian settlement on the Mokraya Tabola River.
Новости First | Prev. | 1 2 | Next | Last


text:
Star signs gift ideas
Leos are known for their fiercely warm hearts. They are led by their love of life, bringing positivity to others through laughter and joy. Leo's can harness their creative minds to solve even the most difficult problems, which makes them confident leathers with the ability to achieve anything they want in life.
- GIFT IDEAS FOR Leo
The Zodiac sign of Leo includes five stones: onyx, carnelian, sardonyx, golden topaz, and tourmaline. In addition to the Zodiac stones, rock crystal is listed as the Planetary stone for Leo and diamond as the Talismanic Stone.


text:
Akihiro Nakamura
((( tumblr )))
He is a collage and painting artist.
NOT PILLAR BOOKS (Kyoto) <website>
Open only Saturday and Sunday
Time 13:00 ~ 19:00
Access in Kamoyanagi apartment blog(in Japanese) / google map
(Kyoto-fu, Kyoto-shi, Sakyo-ku, Tanaka, Kamiyanagi-cho, 21)
Open FEB/// 28th MAR/// 5th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 21st, 26th and 27th.
Time around 15:00 ~ 20:00
(Kyoto-fu, Kyoto-shi, Sakyo-ku, Jodoji Shimominamidacho, 101-8)
If you come around in Kyoto, please check these places,
you might be able to have fun to see his works or other artists' works.
HOSTEL 64 Osaka


text:
"PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) ® credential is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers. Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP® demonstrates that you have the experience, education and competency to lead and direct projects.
The PMP® Exam Prep Course is comprehensive and focused on a single goal: Equip students with the knowledge and techniques they need to pass PMI's Project Management Professional certification exam. With live instructions, materials and post-class support, you'll have everything required for success.
This is an instructor led 4 day session using InActs presentation in conjunction with Velociteach 6th edition book "The PMP Exam: How to Pass on Your First Try". Additionally the class provides 35 hours of project management education required to sit for the PMP Exam."
information regarding the Live! September 2018 PMP Bootcamp.