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The EU Directive 2000/84/EC has been responsible for regulating the time change that takes place between winter and summer time across EU member states since 2002, making the clocks move forward by an hour on the last weekend in March as well as making the clocks go back on the last weekend in October the times when this change is implemented. However, over the next coming years, we may see an end to this practice across Europe.
This is because the European Commission has announced that the twice-yearly clock change will be scrapped from October 2019. Consequently, all member states will have to make a decision by April 2019 as to whether or not they want to choose to permanently have summer or winter time.
But what has led to this being implemented? The announcement by the European Commission follows an EU survey that was carried out which triggered a massive 4.6 million responses, with an overwhelming majority (84 percent of those who participated) stating that they opposed these seasonal clock changes.
Why are so many against the time switches? Some argue that extra daylight in the morning during the winter months ( as well as the longer evenings in summer) can help to improve energy efficiency as well as the potential to reduce traffic accidents. Whilst other critics have pointed out to evidence that the time changes could be responsible for long-term health problems. Meanwhile, the Commission has expressed that it feels these time shifts are outdated, having only been implemented during World War On and Two, as well as the 1980s oil crisis as a means of reducing energy consumption.
- Anglmayer, I. 2017. EU summer-time arrangements under Directive 2000/84/EC. European Parliamentary Research Service [online: here], retrieved on 31/10/2018.
- Belam, M. 2018. When do the clocks go back and could 2018 be the last time they change?. [online: here], retrieved on 31/10/2018.
- Blenkinsop, P. 2018. EU seeks to scrap seasonal clock changes in 2019. [online: here], retrieved on 31/10/2018.
Written by Mairead Finlay – Communication Trainee at the Terminology Coordination Unit of the European Parliament (Luxembourg). She has studied Translation at the University of Geneva and holds a BA in Politics and French from the University of Bristol.


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Sutton & Epsom extended their lead at the summit of London One South to nine points after an impressive 22-46 bonus point win at Chiswick.
Enjoying a rare game in London on a bleak afternoon, the Black & Whites gave their Australian back Guy Stuckey-Clarke a victorious send off.
Sutton opened the scoring after 10 minutes following a bullocking run by Pete Matthews that ended five metres short.
The ball went wide for Aaron Phillip to muscle over the line to take a 5-0 lead.
However, Chiswick were on the scoreboard within minutes with Simon Hallett kicking a penalty.
Then following a period of pressure the hosts took the lead as scrum half, Adam Ross, sped through to score under the posts.
The home side, following Simon Hallett's conversion, were 10-5 up after 20 minutes.
The Middlesex side with their big pack and probing backs were testing the Sutton & Epsom defences.
For a while it looked like a solitary Hurley penalty was all that the visitors were going to have for their efforts in the second quarter.
Aaron Philip had a try disallowed, the Chiswick line stood firm despite the onslaught.
Eventually Steve Burton picking an excellent line scored under the posts to send Sutton into a 15-10 lead at the break.
From the restart, Sutton showed the form that has seen them rise to the top of the table.
A break by Kyren Ghumra put Sam Hurley in for his first try of the season, that he duly converted.
He followed this with a simple penalty to extend the lead to 25-10.
Five minutes later, a typical surging run by Matt Whitaker created a try for Steve Munford to secure the bonus point.
However, the spirited Chiswick were next to score before Guy Stuckey-Clarke decided to make his mark on his final game.
His first try extended the lead to 39-15, and just when he might have thought that his day may end on a low as the Chiswick scored a well worked try on the 80th minute, the best was still to come.
A wonderful break from Phillip released Ghumra, who was stopped close to the line but offloaded for the departing Antipodean to score. Hurley added the extras to close out the game 46-22.
This weekend promises to be a spectacular end of the year with Sutton visiting Sidcup (kick-off 3pm), who had a handsome win at Rugby Lane in September.

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With nearly 200,000 people in attendance this year, the question begs: Can Dreamforce really still be an effective event?
The short answer is no. If you approach the topic from an education standpoint, there is simply too much going on. Too few seats, too spread out, too little content with substance. That doesn't mean that you can't still catch some runoff value from attending. But where does the value really lie? And, can you skip the "ticket" and be more successful?
Signs point to yes.
Lack of focus
This year, Dreamforce seemed to lack any kind of focus around a product. The "Lightning Experience" was announced weeks earlier, and to me SalesforceIQ (the RelateIQ acquisition re-brand) falls flat. Predictive data modeling is all the rage and looms large on most marketing minds. But critical thinking on the matter will force you to confront the harsh fact that all CRM data is out of date the moment you place it into CRM — and therefore the problem is larger than analyzing data. The problem is data.
So really, what long-term value does this (fairly convoluted) product launch entail? The real focus has to be placed on the fact that sales is not using CRM as an enablement tool — they are going through required motions. This is a product with legs, but those legs are going to have to run hard to catch up to the vision.
Takeaway: Skip the product launch keynote and spend an hour improving your data process.
Dreamforce started out as a place for likeminded people who used SFDC to connect. But in the last few years it has become very siloed – with a range of characters that include developers, consultants, customers, partners, administrators, and executives (oh my) – all converging in the same place.
The result of so many people from different walks of Salesforce is that the whole thing has turned into a bit of an 8th grade dance, with everyone in their own area, afraid to venture out. I don't think this will ever change as the path to success is actually promoting these subject matter groups.
Takeaway: Leverage the silos and meet with practitioners who are focused your specific area.
Shattered Dreamforce
For Dreamforce to stay relevant, it will only make sense for it to eventually be split into two or more events to make it easier to navigate for people of different disciplines. And while San Francisco is a great location, an extra 200,000 people in an already crowded area makes for a lot of unneeded headaches when much more friendly areas are available.
Breaking Dreamforce up into smaller events would also allow the veil to be lifted and access to be granted to people beyond the stage. Greater access would mean that attendees would get more of what they are really asking for – what tactics actually work.
Strategy has its place, but attendees want practices that they can put into play. They've been fed strategy for too long. The "skits" of Dreamforce are corny, hokey, and wholly ineffective. Simply put, people want to know how they can implement things, not just what they can implement.
Takeaway: Birds of a feather…
Guerillas in the midst
As Dreamforce has grown in size, the Expo Hall has become little more than a glorified lobby. Vendors and partners have all abandoned it in favor of guerrilla marketing tactics, like our friends at Salesloft did this year.
Breaking up Dreamforce into smaller events doesn't mean that these fun stunts would go away. Quite the contrary – they would be much more visible. Creativity is the future.
Takeaway: The Expo Hall as it exists today should just kick rocks.
Where the actual Dreamforce can be found
The way to create buzz at Dreamforce is to essentially find your own venue and conduct your operations out of it. Folks like DOMO and Apptus killed it with this approach this year.
Parties are basically where most of the actual Dreamforce experience now lies. Those who capitalize on this reality, like DoubleDutch, stand head and shoulders above the rest. Relationships sell, sales pitches alienate. My first contract with Marketo was literally signed on the back of a napkin and for good reason — business gets done where people feel comfortable.
All in all, the only folks that are standing out are those who have already left traditional Dreamforce approach behind. It's time for Dreamforce to catch up to this reality and realize what every digital marketer and event manager already knows — personalization breeds engagement. It's time for the structure of this monster event to catch up with the nimble mentality Salesforce.com builds its brand on.
Meet Justin Gray
Justin is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of LeadMD, the world's largest revenue operations agency having implemented over half of the Marketo user base. Justin has made a career of launching successful companies and scaling them, with successful exits of over 200MM+ in the last decade. Justin's latest endeavor launched in 2016 when he co-founded Six Bricks an online learning startup designed to combat employee and customer churn through experience-based education. Over the past 10 years, Justin has emerged as a strong voice for entrepreneurship, marketing and culture. As a recognized speaker, Justin has been published over 350 times in industry publications and holds his own column, Tribal Knowledge in Inc., while writing for Entrepreneur, Tech Crunch and others. Justin and his wife Jennifer met over marketing and three years later welcomed their son, Grayson, into the world in April of 2017.


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6 April, 2018, 12:00 am
ISSUES faced by youths in the country top the agenda for Riddhi Damodar in this year's general election.
The businesswoman will be contesting this year's polls under a National Federation Party ticket.
Her name was announced in the second batch of provisional candidates released by the party early last month.
Ms Damodar, who is a former journalist with Zee Network in India, said she was inspired to take up politics from a young age.
"Since my school days, I used to participate in elections, we had elections for school monitor at that time and I used to stand for that election every year," she said.
"That grew into standing for leader representative in university, which I did as well."
She said she was usually engaged either directly or indirectly with politics which was where her love for politics also grew.
The single mother claimed not much had been done towards youth development in the country.
"I am a youth myself, I am a mother and a businesswoman and I feel what's being done is only focused on a certain part of the youth population and I feel we should not only focus on certain parts of youth development.
"What I want to do is empower youths to first become job creators; I think they should not only be job seekers."
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Mole crickets can be a problem in North Florida lawns spring through fall. The best window of opportunity to control them is in June and July.
Soap flush is a technique to survey for mole crickets. Mix two ounces of liquid dishwashing soap in two gallons of water and apply with a sprinkling can to four square feet of turf in several areas where mole crickets are suspected. If an average of two to four mole crickets surface within three minutes, then treatment is probably needed.
Chinch bugs only damage St. Augustinegrass. They are more likely to be found in open sunny areas of the yard as we move into warmer summer weather and on into fall, particularly if it�s dry.
Inspect a St. Augustine lawn weekly during spring, summer and fall. Look for off-color areas that quickly turn yellow and then straw brown. Part the grass at the margin of the yellowed areas and closely examine the soil surface and base of the turf for tiny insects.
Immature chinch bugs are pink to bright red and are about the size of a pinhead. The adults are only 1/5-inch long and black with white wings.
Sod webworms� favorite grass is Bermuda and their least favorite is bahia. They will also attack St. Augustinegrass and centipedegrass. Most years, they do not become a problem in North Florida until August and continue to feed on lawns until frost occurs.
The soap flush technique is a good way to identify sod webworms. They may also be found by parting the grass and looking for small green caterpillars (no larger than �-inch in length) curled up on the soil surface and for small green pellet-like droppings.
The grass blades will be notched from their chewing and heavily infested turf may appear mowed. Because they are nocturnal, a flashlight used at night will reveal the caterpillars feeding.
Spittlebugs attack all turfgrass species but centipedegrass seems to be their favorite host. The first generation of adult spittlebugs is abundant in June, and the peak population is usually in August to early September.
An early sign of spittlebug activity are masses of white, frothy spittle found in the turf. Each piece of spittle contains a single larva. Infested turf turns yellow and eventually brown. Damage resembles chinch bug injury but usually first appears in shady areas.
As you walk through or mow an infested area, numerous adult spittlebugs appear to hop when disturbed (actually, they fly for a short distance). Adults are black with two orange transverse stripes across their wings.
If a pesticide becomes necessary to control a lawn pest, be sure to follow the product�s label instructions and precautions.
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New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee tonight welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of demonetisation of Rs 1000 and 500 notes with effect from midnight.
He said Modi called on him this evening and briefed about the government's decision to declare that all Rs 1000 and 500 currency notes will cease to be legal tender from midnight tonight.
President Mukherjee welcomed the bold step taken by the government which will help unearth unaccounted money as well as counterfeit currency, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said
Mukherjee called upon people not to panic and to follow the government's guidelines for exchanging currency notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 denomination available with them.
He reminded that all currency notes below Rs 500 will continue as legal tender.
The president called upon all people to avail upon the opportunity provided by the government to exchange currency notes of 1000 and 500 denomination for new legal tender
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Beer Name: Jacaranda Rye IPA
Brewery: Claremont Craft Ales (Claremont, CA)
How sold: 16 oz tallboy cans; on draft
Where bought: Craft Shack (San Diego, CA) ****bought online
Price: $3.99(!) for 16 oz. tallboy can
Date Purchased: September 28, 2016
Date Opened/Drank: October 10, 2016
Best Enjoyed By: November 22, 2016
When brewed? Year-round beer. Claremont's flagship IPA.
IBUs: 64
Awards: Gold Medal, 2013 Los Angeles International Beer Competition; Silver Medal, 2015 Los Angeles International Beer Competition.
What's on the Can: "JACARANDA is our gold-medal-winning flagship beer. Wonderful citrus and floral aromas from the hops complement complex peppery flavors from the rye malt, resulting in a smooth and balanced brew."
What's on the Website: "Jacaranda is the flagship beer of Claremont Craft Ales. This wonderfully balanced beer appeals to drinkers of all stripes thanks to the complex malt character of the rye. The copious amounts of Centennial hops balance perfectly with the spiciness and pepperiness of the rye malt." Read more here!
Where distributed: As of October 2016, Claremont beers are only found in Southern California. Click here to see if Claremont beers are found near you!
REVIEW:Appearance (5%): Poured slightly hazy dark golden into a pint glass. Off-white head. 4/5
Smell (25%): Mostly tropical and berry-like aroma, slight floral notes. 4.25/5
Taste (40%): A combination of tropical, berry, floral, and rye/peppery flavors. Aftertaste gets a bit more citrusy, which was a plus. Fairly solid and balanced overall. 3.75/5
Mouthfeel (10%): Medium-bodied, some carbonation. Dry on the tongue, not overly bitter. 3.75/5
Overall (20%): A solid IPA. Claremont proclaims this as their flagship IPA. While I thought it was decent (especially for a rye IPA), I've had a handful of beers that I would honestly grab before getting this one again. Nothing bad, it's more the preference I have these days for having the tropical stand out in the IPA and the other components play the strong supporting role. At four bucks for a tallboy, it's on the pricey side. 3.75/5
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A movie about three American moms who decide to "take back" Christmas while getting drunk at a mall food court may not compare to some Oscar-winning films. But just as the world needs its Ruth Chris Steak Houses, it also needs its McDonald's. Watching "A Bad Moms Christmas" was like diving into a large cup of McDonald's french fries: It leaves you a little guilty and salty, but you still love every second of the experience.
The guilty and salty part alludes to the comedy in the movie. The three moms (Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn) want to enjoy Christmas again, just like when they were kids. They're done with being gift-giving machines. But the plan is derailed when their own moms pop in for surprise visits.
The characters' "liberated mom" image is conveyed through scenes played in slow motion to blaring party music. If someone made a sandwich in slow motion with Taylor Swift playing, they'd look 100 times more entertaining, too. So yes, it's a loud, debaucherous comedy filled with alcohol and penis-shaped gingerbread cookies. But in a witty era that's surpassed the Jim Carrey decade of slapstick humor that the 2000s loved, some of this is refreshing.
A scene involving the three moms stealing a shoe-ornamented Christmas tree from Foot Locker was a personal favorite. And seeing a grandma take a dodgeball to the crotch is strangely endearing. It should also be considered that this is a Christmas comedy, a subgenre that can sometimes be excused from harsh criticism because Christmas is magical.
On the Christmas note, Kunis's character said it herself: "I want a more chill Christmas this year." Instead of taking her kids to see the "The Nutcracker," she took them the Sky Zone Trampoline Park. It was like the director's wink to the audience: "A Bad Moms Christmas" is the Sky Zone Trampoline Park of movies during this season. Don't take it too seriously. Really, it's meant to be played in the background of your living room as you drink eggnog and chat with your visiting aunts during winter break. And there's something comforting about that.
But it was the focus on mother-daughter relationships that brought the tears. The first "Bad Moms" was more generalized about the relationship between a mother and her children. But I think mom and daughter duos, especially when the daughters are grown up, are extra special. If you're not a daughter and are looking for a more hard-hitting comedy, go watch "Thor: Ragnarok." But if you think you'd like watching Kunis's on-screen mother (Christine Baranski) make her dress up as Scrooge and go caroling, then go see "A Bad Moms Christmas."


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Top 10 Stories of the Week
It is Sunday today, which means I have to tell you about the most interesting posts of the past seven days. Most of the articles this week deal with the iPhone 6s, new Apple TV set-top box and the untethered jailbreak of iOS 9-iOS 9.0.2. There are also several posts that tell us about Apple's iPhone, iPad and Mac sales as well as about the 12.9-inch iPad Pro that is expected to hit the store shelves in November.
Below you will find the list of the most interesting articles of the week.
- Apple Starts Accepting Pre-Orders for Apple TV 4
- Apple Releases Three New iPhone 6s Ads [Video]
- Samsung to Produce OLED Displays for Apple Watch and Possibly Next-Gen iPhone?
- Pangu Team Updates Its Utility for iOS 9-iOS 9.0.2 Jailbreak with Minor Improvements
- Apple Announces Financial Results in Fiscal Q4 2015
- Here's How to Jailbreak Your Device Running iOS 9 Using New Pangu Utility for Mac
- Here's How iPad Sales Declined Since 2010 [Chart]
- Apple Stops Signing iOS 9.0.2, Downgrades Are Impossible Now
- Apple Watch Generates Nearly $1.7 Billion in Sales in About 5 Months
- iPad Pro to Go on Sale on Wednesday, November, 11th
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The salesman reportedly confused the clutch and brake pedals. That's not something you want to do with a 650 horsepower Corvette Z06 on the showroom floor.
Jalopnik reader NCDiesel sent these pictures in, explaining that the car was brand new, ordered for a customer. The full price? No less than $95,380.
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TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - If home is where the heart is, this heart and home were broken and missing a loving family piece.
Ever since her Yorkshire Terrier named Harley was reported stolen four years ago, Barbara Milburn had no idea how she could ever love another puppy again. She had owned Harley since just after she was born until the day she was stolen during a home break-in when the dog was about three years old.
"We put signs, flyers. I thought the worst," Milburn said during a FaceTime call with Tucson News Now from her new home in Mississippi. "I cried. It was horrible. It's like losing a child. All our animals are like our children. But nothing. She never surfaced."
Her daughter, Samantha Sandoval, still lives in Tucson. She remembers the heartache of her mother each year, as she posted her missing dog's picture on social media to mark the agonizing anniversary.
"I just didn't want to see it. She was so sad, every year," Sandoval said.
So imagine their feelings, all these years later, to get the flabbergasting phone call they received on Friday, December 21.
On the other end of the line was Pima Animal Care Center. According to PACC staff, volunteer Charly Van Den Burgh found the Yorkshire Terrier running in the road. Van Den Burgh picked her up, brought her to the shelter to scan for a microchip, and made the crucial connection.
"I was stunned. I even had to ask her to describe her for me. Because I just couldn't register it," Milburn said.
Sandoval heard the heartwarming news from her mother.
"When she called me, her voice, oh my god. She was like, 'Guess who's back? Guess who's back? I'm like, 'Who? Who is missing that we forgot?'" Sandoval said. "It's not that we forgot, it's just you kind of have to move on. There was no closure for it."
Sandoval went to pick up Harley at Pima Animal Care Center with heroic feelings of holiday joy.
Nikki Reck, a Pima Animal Care Center spokesperson, touted the technological success story.
"Microchips are so important, but even more important is registering the chip to a phone number that won't be changing. The family in this case had moved away but kept the same number so we were able to track them down. We were so happy to be able to make their holidays a bit brighter!" she said in a statement to Tucson News Now.
Microchipping is included in Pima Animal Care Center's adoption fee.
Thanks to the registration, a happy ending and reunion is forthcoming when mom comes home for the holidays. It'll be a journey to become a full, loving family once more and recover that loving family piece.
"I'm coming home to pick her up. I can't get there fast enough. I've already got a plane ticket," Milburn said. "I'll definitely be there and I cannot wait. Cannot wait."
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The inimitable visual genius H.R. Giger has passed away at the age of 74. Being one of many who'd found his work remarkable in its complexity, abstract and often-futurist vision and, at times, terrifying realism, the loss is felt. The man could bring truth to nightmares.
While he's best-known for designing the iconic Alien creature and for creating more than a few well-known album covers, Giger became an engaging figure for me once I'd discovered Dead Kennedys and begun to question terms like "morality" and "decency." His piece, Penis Landscape, (or Work 219: Landscape XX), had eventually led the Kennedys into a legal battle that would ultimately destroy the band, victims of then-Senator's wife Tipper Gore's reign of First Amendment assault with her Parents Music Resource Center, a group of "concerned" wives compelled to stigmatize artists for being less then sensitive when it came to their lyrical content.
The album was Frankenchrist. Giger's work, which had been inserted into the album as a poster, depicted a series of erect penises penetrating as many vaginas, a faceless, shapeless orgy of mid-coital activity that's provocative to say the least. Being a parent myself, it's not something I would want my 6 year-old to see. However, I'm not the sort of individual who would infringe on the personal rights and responsibilities of others because I can't be bothered to keep up with what my child is exposed to. That's pretty much the conclusion I arrived at once I'd read up on the subsequent obscenity trial the artwork sparked, the outraged mother of a teenaged girl who'd purchased a copy Frankenchrist shooting off a letter to the California Attorney General, which set off a chain of events that led to multiple arrests, near bankruptcy for the Kennedys' label, Alternative Tentacles, and what could've been a year-long jail sentence for members of the band had they been found guilty. The charge was distribution of harmful material to a minor.
I was absolutely fascinated by this whole controversy as a teenager. I'd become adamant in my stance against any form of censorship, (a belief that had also been informed by the three volumes of Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage), and saw much by way of hypocrisy in those that stood firmly for "morality." For all the damage that Giger's work had been purported to cause (or could have potentially caused), the actual price of speech had been paid by the band, its label and those who'd found themselves in the crosshairs of the lawsuit having either sold the album, pressed the album or distributed the album to record stores. Lead singer, Jello Biafra, eventually confronted Gore on the matter as guests on Oprah Winfrey as part of a panel discussion on censorship and obscenity in music.
So, in that I was an aspiring artist at the time I'd found Giger, the man's visual language enviably unique and, in many ways, unmatched, I remain a fan of his work. But, my true connection to Giger will always be that, from him, I learned something about the importance of free speech and that my own perceptions of right and wrong need not (should not) influence or inform those of other people, especially in the face of art, literature and, above all, music.
R.I.P., H.R. Giger.
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The IT Revolution and the Stock Market
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- Jeremy Greenwood & Boyan Jovanovic, 1999. "The IT Revolution and the Stock Market," NBER Working Papers 6931, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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We will take a quick look at all the tax planning that we can do. I will try to make this simple enough without taxing you too much!!, if you do intend to know everything from top to bottom go to Rediff->Getahead->Money
As per the new budget rule we can save upto 1,00,000 and show them for tax saving. Someone might ask, if I save 1,00,000 how much will I save on tax? For most of us the answer is 30000 in that year or 2500 per month. But truly that depends on how much you are earning per annum.(Tax Slabs).
The next question is where all can I save? You can take an LIC policy (Premiums you pay towards a Life Insurance policy), you can open a PPF account (Public Provident Fund,70000 max ) , NSS, Post Office Savings, Bonds, ELSS (Equity Linked Savings Scheme – Mutual Funds which offer tax benefits), Pension Plan (10000 max), the amount you pay towards your home loan principal, tution fees (24000 max) of your child and a few more. Please bear in mind that your contribution towards your PF account (If you didn't know, you and your employer contribute equal amount every month to your pension account) also falls in this 1,00,000 limit.
What else? Is that all? NO. There are a few more things. Over and above the 1,00,000 limit you can save the entire amount on your home loan interest part (principal falls in the 1,00,000 limit), Medical bills (15000 max), LTA, HRA, Conveyance, etc.
Since you have so many options don't fall prey to some intelligent agent attempting to push you to some schemes that gets his maximum benefit.


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The Recovery Hub Ipswich is now two years in operation. It's been an all consuming journey so I must thank my family for their patience and tolerance of the long hours, challenging times and lack of time off! That said it has been a tremendous and life affirming experience, supporting well over 350 people into meaningful recovery, learning about and maintaining our own recoveries and overseeing the flourishing of a residential treatment centre that sees over 90% of residents successfully complete treatment with us, and over 33% of people extend their time with us to gain a greater understanding about their own recoveries and how to live healthier and happier lives.
Our guiding principle was inspired by the words of Mark Gilman – "Everyone can recover, we don't know who will recover but everyone must be given every opportunity". Combined with the principles of healthy living by living with Respect for all things, Honesty in all you do, Gentleness – go with process don't fight it and Service – how can I help others? We have found that these principles have created an environment that accepts and nurtures the individual, improves health, spiritual growth and lifestyle change.
As we cross the two year line we are now firmly established with AA, NA and CA meetings every week at the Hub, with all welcome. We regularly have 30+ attendees to our meetings so the Recovery community is growing and the message of recovery is strong.
With the Spring comes new growth, and we have now gained a new Team Manager, and an additional Senior Recovery worker, alongside a new admissions coordinator.
You can keep up to date with all we do here at the Hub by connecting with us on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Instagram, or you can check out our website at www.recoveryhubipswich.com.
Wishing you all success in all you do ~ Simon Aalders (Director – Recovery Hub Ipswich)


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Russian air strikes in Syria "kill dozens of civilians" - media
At least 53 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes in the east Syrian village of Al-Shafah, the BBC reported citing a report by a UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
The monitoring group said 21 of those reportedly killed on Sunday morning were children, according to the BBC.
The village is in Deir al-Zour, one of the last provinces where Islamic State still holds territory.
Initially SOHR said 34 had been killed in strikes on residential buildings.
Read alsoIs Putin's Syria campaign really over?"The toll increased after removing the debris in a long day of rescue operation," Rami Abdel Rahman said.
Earlier Russia confirmed that six long-range bombers had carried out air strikes in the area, but said they had hit militants and their strongholds.
Read alsoPutin's proposal for Ukraine another trap for Trump - WPRussia is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the country's long-running civil war.
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The film starts with a flashback character called Naganika (Ramya) who is a big personality in her city. She and her forefathers have been saving an ancient monument since many 100s of years. Evil Tantrik Kapali (Rajesh Vivek Upadhayay) and his forefathers have been fighting with Naganika`s family since many years to occupy this Lord Shiva Monument.
This time Kapali kills Naganika and occupies the monument. While dying she takes an oath that she will come back to take revenge by Kapali. In the next birth, Naganika takes birth as Manasa, a snake woman to take revenge.
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Every business has a company culture; this culture could have been come into intentionally or unintentionally. If your company has a poor culture or it's been neglected entirely (also a company culture), it can cause a high turnover of staff as well as problems with recruiting.
A positive company culture has the potential to make your company stand out from your competitors which would in-turn increases the calibre of applications you're receiving when recruiting.
The online marketing industry can be a confusing for people on the outside looking in. For business owners that don't know their SEO from their SEM or CRO, how do they go about hiring the best SEO talent to help you meet your overall marketing goals?
This post is going to look at ways that businesses can retain the best SEO talent as well as recruiting new ones.
The first and most important step of this process is understanding the overall business goals and how the SEO role is going to help you achieve your goals.
- Retain
With regards to retaining talent, knowing that your employer understands your job, knows the impact of your SEO efforts and his expectations are realistic then both parties should be happy. There is the potential to be taken advantage of if you do not understand the role you hired an employee for.
- Attract
With regards to recruiting SEO talent, understanding the role you're recruiting for allows you to know exactly what you are looking for. The process of interviewing potential employees can be a daunting and stressful experience and when you don't understand elements of the role you're recruiting for interviewees can say the right things that could get them the job only for you to find out they don't know much once they start the job.
Employee wellbeing
Investing in the wellbeing of your employees not only contributes to reducing retention within the organisation, it is also a major factor when employees are considering joining your company.
- Retain
In order to retain current employees, they need to know that you as an employer cares about their health and wellbeing. Using employee benefits programmes allows you to show your staff that they are appreciated which could improve productivity, engagement and retention
- Attract
Introducing an employee benefit programme can help you attract high quality staff. Services like medical, dental or life insurance, having access to employee wellbeing experts or even discounts can make all the difference to potential employees. These benefits all contribute to setting you apart from your competition and making you more attractive to new employees.
Progression is a basic human instinct that applies to every aspect of life, nobody wants to remain stagnant in their personal lives or at their jobs.
- Retain
Because a job applicant becomes an employee doesn't mean you should neglect them and concentrate on incoming employees. To effectively retain your employees, they need to know that they are not stagnant in their position. When a role become available you should first try to recruit from within before going external. This way you give your current employees the chance to progress within the company before bringing someone in externally.
- Attract
Employers can attract potential applicants to their organisation by highlighting the possibility for progression within the company. They need to know that they'll be able to develop new skills, get more responsibilities and a higher pay.


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Not another iPhone review!!!
Ok I'm sure most of you have read about the iPhone, seen it on the news and no doubt many of you own one. I got mine just over a month ago and here's why I love it……
Internet access on the iPhone is my favourite thing. No matter where I go I have access to any site I want. Ok I use the usual; Facebook, twitter, emails – but I have the whole net in my pocket. And the quality of the screen is fantastic. I did wonder when I got it how much I would use the net because on my old phone I had access but even with WiFi it was slow and pointless.
The next thing I love are the variety of apps available. I've only used free ones to now but I am able to access networking sites and my blog ( this post. Is being written from my iPhone!). On top of all that I can access my mobile account, see cinema listings, shop on eBay and amazon, pretend my phone is a light saber and even track the planets of our solar system!!! I think I am a true geek at heart after all!
Now one of my big reasons for not getting an iPhone before was the camera. I love the fact that with camera phones I always have a camera on me and my last phones camera was 8.1 mega pixels which was great. But I decided not too long ago to save up for a decent camera and so my phone would just be a backup. I have the iPhone 3GS and the camera is a much lower spec with no flash. That said, I'm not disappointed at all. It is crystal clear and to be honest I don't notice much difference in quality, in fact I would say when zooming in the quality is better. What I really like though is that when I take pictures and then view them, there is also the added bonus that it knows where you were when you took the photo!! Like I said I am realising what a geek I actually am!
Oh yeah and it's an iPod too, which means all my music is in one place and it connects to all the stuff I already have!
On the down side, I'm not impressed with the battery life. I am generally having to charge it every day and that's not something I am used to having to do. In truth though that is most probably because I leave the WiFi switched on and use it a hell of alot. There are apps that claim to improve battery life but I have no idea if they are worth buying.
All in all I am really impressed which is good seeing as I am tied into my contract for 24 months. I'd love to hear from anyone who has found other brill app's or tips on how to improve battery life! I really do feel like the whole world is at my finger tips now………
………..BUT, on the flip side it's also got me thinking, is it all too much? Do we all rely on a virtual world too much now? If this much attention was put into "real life" would the world be a better place? What do you think?
Harlen Coben – Play Dead
"It should have been the happiest time of her life. But Laura Ayers' honeymoon turned into a nightmare when her sports superstar husband went for a swim – and never returned.
Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief, Laura is plagued by questions and doubts. Was it an accident? Or suicide? Or is it some terrible, ill-judged hoax? As events unfold, Laura starts to question David's mysterious disappearance. She begins to uncover a conspiracy which reaches deep into the past, and is now slowly beginning to destroy everyone involved. Someone will do anything to keep Laura away from the awful truth – and she has no idea who she can trust……."
This is the first Harlen Coben book I have read. I find it really hard to find books that I enjoy, I don't know why but it's always been the case. Romantic stories and Chic Lit don't appeal and after draining the Vampire fiction market I had to find something else!
I wasn't disappointed. This is one of Coben's early stories that hasn't until now been published and he hasn't edited from his original. This made me a little wary as his introduction starts with "Okay, if this is the first book of mine you're going to try, stop now. Return it. Grab another. It's okay, I'll wait." Oh dear, I thought! If a book doesn't grab me in it's opening 100 pages I don't finish it – an awful habit I know but life is too short!!! So I was prepared for this to be one of those.
How wrong could I have been. Coben's writing constantly has you guessing and there are twists, turns and somersaults throughout the book. I won't go into the plot more than the synopsis above, but right from word go there are questions you're dying to know the answers to. I have to say I got one of the twists early on, but once I'd finished the book I realised I was probably meant to! It was such an easy to read story that I got lost in it sometimes, but then isn't that how a good book should be?
I loved this story and it has everything, love, deceit, crime, trust, friendship……it even made me shed a tear a couple of times. Coben builds the characters well, even the ones we're not sure we should be feeling sympathy towards. They jump from the pages as people who could be real and I loved that. It's also written from many perspectives, so you get into the minds of everyone involved throughout the story and I liked that. The great thing was, there was no confusion. Coben's work flows in such a way that you really get to learn what makes each character tick.
So my recommendation is simple, whether you've read his work before or not give this one a go. If I managed to read it in under a week then that means it's good! Let me know what you think? Oh and if you've read any of his others I'd love to hear some recommendations of where to go next because I think I've just found a new author to add to my list of favourites!
Dead And Gone
No, no don't worry – no one has died, well, no one real anyway!!!
I'm talking about the book I last read! I finished it last night and Dead and Gone is the 9th Book in the True Blood series, the final one currently available. So I thought I would take some time to review the series so far…..
If you haven't read the books, you may know a bit about them from the TV series. Currently showing Season 2 on FX and approaching the release of Season 3 in the states it has been very popular! Why? Well it's more than Vampires in my opinion!
The title True Blood takes it's name from the synthetic blood that has made it possible for the Vampire community to "come out of the coffin" so to speak. The story follows Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress from Bon Temps. We start the story with Sookie, and the small town, receiving it's 1st Vampire since they came out 2 years previously. But Sookie is no ordinary waitress, she is also telepathic and is drawn towards Bill the Vampire because she realises she can't read his mind and relishes the silence that radiates from him.
As you can imagine, there are lots of twists and turns and Sookie and Bill form a friendship that turns to love and sees Sookie running for her life at the end of the 1st book, Dead Until Dark. But if you think this is just another Vampire Romance, think again. There is something in this series for everyone, although it's definitely not for the younger ones! A lot of comparisons are made between Sookie and Bella of Twilight, but I am not going to do that. I personally think both stories are fantastic but the ONLY comparison that can be made is that both contain Vampires and Shapeshifters. There the similarities end.
True Blood is currently 9 books, with Book 10 – Dead in The Family – released on June 11th 2010. The fact that the series is so long and has such avid followers is, in my opinion, down to the fact it contains a lot of details. The characters are developed right through the series and and there is always a new twist. But, the thing I love is that each of the books is a story in it's own right. I personally have read them all, in order. But if you wanted to dip in and out you could. I would recommend reading the lot though because that was the authors intention.
As with the TV series, these books contain action, romance, sex (a friend of mine referred to the TV series as "Vampire Porn"!), comedy and an underlying story of life. It covers the changing relationships between the whole community of Bon Temps and I for one am now counting down to the release of the next book! Oh and the arrival of Season 2 DVD which is released today and on it's way from Amazon!
If you're put off by the word Vampire, please don't be, I would recommend this series to everyone who enjoys a good dip into sheer escapism. The series even made my cousin ask me whether I thought in a few years the Vampires may really come out………….I love it on paper, but real life is good the way it is! Let me know what you think if you have read these!
Patience Grows with Age!
When I started my blog about 2 months ago, I also wrote my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days and I have been doing really well at crossing things off. I haven't mentioned it for a while because what with starting work time just hasn't been on my side. But don't worry I am still working towards them!!
So last weekend the girls were meant to be with Daddy for the weekend, but due to the Volcanic Ash Cloud, he didn't make it back in time. It meant however, that I had no plans as to what we would do with our weekend. I had to go to the local Warehouse store to get some craft bits and pieces for work and, wait for it, I bought paint! Oh no hang on, I mean for MY girls not for work!!! Yep, I decided the time had come that I would brave letting the girls do painting at home!!! Guess what, yep, they loved it. B was in shock that I was letting them do it and H spent the whole afternoon saying "painting"!!
The thing that really got me though, wasn't the fact that it made a mess, because it didn't. It wasn't the fact that I didn't have a clue how to help them to do it, because I let them both take the lead. The thing that was surprising was the amount of patience I had with the whole activity and it got me wondering if that's just an age thing or if it's another sign of how I have changed in a person over the years. To show what I mean, when B was the age H is now, I went to work part time and she went to nursery. This is no different with H, although my working pattern now is much more family friendly. I didn't work weekends, again that's the same now. We lived hundreds of miles away from family with mountains and the sea all within 10 minutes of us. However, when it came to doing kid things with B, like crafts and painting, I just had no patience at all.
Ok since then a lot has changed and I am not even going to begin to try and pinpoint why things have changed in this area, but we now play with playdough, moon sand, painting, drawing. We don't just do these activities but all three of us love it! Maybe it's because it is second time round too. I do feel guilty now when I pull out the craft stuff and B is trying things for the 1st time with H, yet H will grow up with these activities always having been in her life!!
As you can see from the pictures we had a few different things to use with the paints. Of course there were brushes, but as well we had sponges and some plastic cutlery. Now back when B was little I wouldn't have even had the imagination to use these different objects in a painting session! And the pictures the girls did now have pride of place on the kitchen door!
So anyone out there who shies away from doing such craft activities at home, give it a go. Honestly the negatives that put you off are nothing compared to the enjoyment you will get from it! Make sure you put down newspaper or a plastic sheet to protect the table, and if you have a carpet then maybe a plastic sheet to protect that too. If it's laminate flooring, well I took the risk and the few paint splashes washed off easily. Real worst case scenario the kids end up in the bath, so just make sure you allow time for this just in case!! If I can do it and enjoy it then so can you!!
New Moon Baby!!!
I can't quite believe it has taken me 4 days to get to writing this but better late than never! Monday saw the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon on DVD and BluRay. Now any Twihards reading this already know that this hit the cinemas back in November, and many like me will have been to see the film on the big screen for a few showings! I only managed 2 but some fans went 5 or 6 times! I have decided however to do this review for those of you who may not be hooked on the Saga, who haven't read the books and want to know what the film is like as a film rather than, dare I say it, a cult!
The film picks up from the first film Twilight, where in effect the scene is set and the main characters introduced. Set in Forks, WA, we meet Bella who is new to town after moving in with her Dad, Charlie. She falls in love with the gorgeous Edward Cullen and the first film is predominantly about her finding out Edward and his family are vegetarian Vampires.
New Moon opens with a dream scene, where Bella believes she is introducing her Grandma (who has passed), to her Vampire boyfriend Edward. This then transpires to be Bella looking in a mirror and, having reached old age, is clearly upset by the fact her Edward is still youthful and the same as when they first met. This leads in to the key theme that Bella wants to become a Vampire to enable her to no longer age and to spend eternity with her love. In fact, within 24 hours of this dream her world is turned upside down when Edward leaves and Bella has no contact with him and his family. Without giving too much away for those who don't know the story, she turns to her childhood friend, Jacob Black. Their friendship builds over the course of the film and Bella is in turmoil trying to work out if she should wait for her Vampire true love to return, or give in to the reliable and seemingly "normal" Jacob.
The story this time round is not about finding love, but about heartbreak and the difficulties that brings. It deals with friendship dynamics changing and having to face the future which had been clear-cut, yet now full of uncertainty. For anyone who is sceptical about the Vampires who can go out in the sunshine and just sparkle, I say look beyond that because underneath is a fantastic story about relationships in all shapes and sizes.
The film itself is full of fantastic special effects. We are introduced to the wolf pack in this film and I have to say, the transitions from man to wolf were convincing and the eyes of the wolves held true emotion. The fight scene with the Vampires is well choreographed and fast paced. For the die hard fans, this is what Twilight should have been like, but for anyone after a great film to watch, this fits the bill too. It's 2 hours long but it gets going early on and your not sat wondering when the action will start. Another plus is the script has stayed true to the book. I'm not going to pick apart anything that was missed out, or done wrong, because I am reviewing the film here – but with Twilight I found it made more sense having read the book. Not this time. My 7 year old daughter understood this film much better with no questions as to what was going on. I do think that was an important mistake from first time round that the new director has addressed well.
For anyone who watched the first film and were not convinced, I say give Twilight another shot because New Moon is action packed whilst still putting across the original message of the book.
And so the Hype Begins Again!!!
Ok, for those of you who know me you will know my main 2 passions in my life are my kids and my current fascination with Vampires! So I couldn't leave it unsaid that tomorrow the trailer for the next Twilight film "Eclipse" will be released, but we have been given a 10 second sneak peak today and I have to share it!!!
Anyone else excited about this new film coming out in the summer?
Our 1st Family Craft Day
I love crafting. I enjoy card making – just don't get as much time as I would like. Over the years I've done various different things. Crafting with the kids is something I've always had issues with though. Why? Because I get frustrated they don't do it "right". However, after conversations with other mum's and reading other blogs I realised that crafting can be fun even when letting the kids take the lead!
First up was playdough…..homemade at one of the workshops at the local Children's Centre, away we went!
The recipe was really simple :
2 Cups Flour, 1 Cup Salt, 2 Tablespoon Cream Of Tartar mixed together, then add 2 Cups Boiling Water, 1 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil and Food Colouring and mix well.
I'll be honest I had seen recipes before which involve boiling it all in a pan etc, but this was so simple I would definitley do it again. The girls both enjoyed it, H took her time to touch it, I plonked a piece in front of her and she poked at it with the chopsticks and spoons, but didn't hold it till I passed her a piece and then she was well away. B on the other hand was straight in their. Neither of them built anything, H was happy just to get used to the feel of it and poke at it while B tried to be creative and then just ended up squeezing it, breaking it up and squishing it back together. I grinned and beared the fact I hate the feel of the stuff and joined in a little, then when H started trying to eat it I knew it was time for lunch!!
After lunch was Easter bonnet time. H had a nice straw hat to decorate, B on the other hand decided she didn't want one of those but would use a polystyrine ring and decorate it. The only thing I did for H was put the glue on – I wasn't brave enough to let a 19 month old loose with PVA! Plus it meant I got my hands covered in glue!! Anyway, H picked her decorations, told me where to put the glue and then stuck each piece in place, which B was let loose. I gave her a bit of guidance when she realised what she was doing wasn't working how she wanted. But I tell you what we had so much fun! I am definitly glad I have finally done this. I have never seen them both involved in the same activity and playing really well together like they did today. And, the big one for me, the laptop has been switched off for most of the day! I'm already planning our next crafting activity – paints!!!! I'm in shock that I am actually really looking forward to it!
So, for anyone out there who is like I was and wary of letting the kids do "messy" things at home, go for it, if I can brave it and enjoy it so can you! And if you have any ideas for me to try with the girls I'm ready to give things a try now!!
My Book Addiction
I first read Twilight last year. Friends had told me to read it but the thought of Vampire fiction didn't appeal. It's not a genre I had ever read, or had any interest in but I bought the book with all good intentions of giving it a go. The book sat on the side in my bedroom. I moved house. The book came out of a box and sat in my living room. One night I remembered to take it to bed to start to read. Now this was strange, I hadn't read a book in bed for years. The only time I read fiction was on holiday by the pool. This book would have to be something special to get me hooked.
For anyone who hasn't heard of Twilight, where have you been? Even if you havn't read it, I guarentee you will have heard others talk about it. Many of my friends, real and "virtual" online friends talk about it many times a day. It's one of those books that triggers something inside, takes you back to your youth, makes you believe in fairy tales again.
What's it all about? The story is written through the eyes of 17 year old Bella Swann who is moving home to live with her Dad in Forks. Bella hates Forks. It rains. It's a small town. There are no decent shops. Her Dad Charlie is the Cheif of Police and everyone knows she is joining the school. The book is aimed at girls around Bella's age, so reading this is a 30 year old mum of 2 I was expecting to be unable to relate to Bella. Surprisingly though, within minutes of reading I was remembering how it felt to be at school, to be the new girl. To wonder who everyone is. It is such an easy book to read.
Just when you think the book is just another teen high school book, enter The Cullen's. Unknown to Bella, this is the local vegetarian Vampire family. From the moment she sees them, sat with food they don't eat and not interacting with anyone else, Bella is fascinated in them, in particular Edward, who she learns is the only single memeber of the family.
This is a true tale of forbidden love. Of first love. Unearthing secrets that are rarely spoken of. It's not just a Vampire book, you could take away the fact this a love stary between a human and an immortal, and it would still mean the same. It's about the power of love. But don't read this and think it's just a love story. This is the 1st book of 4 in The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer. This book introduces the main characters to us. We learn who Bella's family is, meet the Forks community, and also meet some of the Quileute tribe. We learn alot about how the Cullen's live and also enough to know that the love story we are there to witness will not have a smooth start. This book sets the perfect start point for what is to follow, giving us a bit of lust, a bit of action and leaves us wanting more.
My synopsis has by no means given the book justice. I don't think I have yet to read a synopsis that does. But in my whole life I have read at school and since leaving school I had probably read about 20 books in 12 years. I read Harry Potter and was hooked, but I never got hooked to reading. It was a one off thing. Twilight on the other hand was more. A year after my vision of love had been blown apart, I truely believed in love again. I remembered what it was like to feel that 1st love for someone. It sparked a sense of "life goes on" in me. Since reading this book, I have read 18 more, I am never without a book on the go! I can say 100% that I am now a book worm. Even after a night out I have to pick up my book before I go to sleep! It's not a bad thing I know, but I have to admit it's a shock. I have stuck to the vampire genre, its very popular at the moment and there is alot out there to choose from.
Twilight changed my life in a couple of ways, all good, but mainly I have found a new way to unwind and I believe in love again. What about you, what books have you read that have stuck with you and why?
For any of you who havn't read this book I highly recommend it. Whoever you are, wherever you are in life, this book will spark something within you. At least you will get an easy flowing read to give you that warm feeling inside.
Avatar 3D
Any one who knows me, knows I don't do films. There are classics that I haven't seen to the shock of others, so the mere fact that I have seen Avatar in 3D at the cinema is in itself amazing!
The phenomenal James Cameron film (Titanic & Terminator) was released in the UK on December 18th 2009. The sheer fact the film is still showing in cinemas after almost 2 months gives the "wow" factor, but last night I went to the 8pm screening of Avatar 3D and the queue to get in was as big as that of New Moon on opening night.
Within seconds of putting on those sexy 3D specs I knew I was in for a treat. I even had to remind myself at first to pay attention to the story and not just the things popping out of the screen. For anyone who hasn't seen the film, I'll give a quick synopsis – set in the future, the human race has travelled to Pandora and our hero Jake Sully takes on the role of Avatar pilot, his mission to be one of the Na'vi in the aim of getting them to move from Home Tree so the humans can knock it down and get to the valuable rock buried underneath. As a paraplegic ex marine, he not only has to get used to a new, blue body, but also having the use of his legs again. It's a story of war, fantasy lands, magic, love, trust and morality and it's safe to say there is something in there for everyone. To view the trailer and find out more about the story visit www.avatarmovie.com
Now we come to the big WOW factor for me. Like I said, the vast amount of people eager to see the film told me I must be in for a treat but nothing could prepare me for what was to come. When I was a kid, thoughts of movies that came out of the screen were that of the distant future. I've done the whole red and green glasses for comic relief and various other kids DVD's, only to get annoyed that it didn't even look 3D! I'll be honest, I was expecting to be disappointed. I really was getting annoyed with a fly that kept buzzing right in front of my face (nope, it was 20 meters away on the screen!), I really was flinching when leaves were being kicked up into my face. Having only seen this film in 3D I just know watching it when it comes out on DVD will be such a disappointment! But I have to say the proof of what a breath taking film this is, is the fact no one was giggling about jumping when it looked like you were getting an arrow in the head, because the story and the effects took you to Pandora, for two and a half hours I was there!
If I haven't convinced you, well go see for yourself! Even my Mum and Dad are planning to go and I last remember my mum going to the cinema about 10 years ago! This is the future of cinema, it's an amazing piece of history, but more than that it is a phenomenal film. More 3D projects are coming this year, all the trailers at last nights showing were for future 3D releases. This is the new normality, our kids and our grandkids will think it strange when we are sat in our 70's saying "back in my day films were flat!"
I would love to hear what you thought if you've been, or if reading this has encouraged you to go?
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President Donald Trump longs for the power to put drug dealers to death, according to a report from Axios citing unnamed sources close to the president.
"According to five sources who've spoken with Trump about the subject, he often leaps into a passionate speech about how drug dealers are as bad as serial killers and should all get the death penalty," the site reported Sunday night. Trump also frequently invokes the violent treatment of drug offenders in Singapore, China, and the Philippines, according to the report, and thinks the United States should emulate the approach.
Trump has fostered warm relations with Phillipines President Rodrigo Duterte despite — or perhaps because of — the latter man's bloody campaign of street executions of both dealers and users of narcotics. Duterte's soldiers and police have killed about 10,000 people in the past two years.
But while Trump reportedly acknowledges it would be all but impossible to get legal authority for mass executions of drug traffickers in the United States, other tidbits from the Axios report carry a whiff of plausibility. He believes "the government has got to teach children that they'll die if they take drugs" and "tells confidants a softer approach to drug reform — the kind where you show sympathy to the offenders and give them more lenient sentences — will never work," the site said.
The desire to link drugs to death in childrens' minds might get an outlet very soon. The White House's budget documents made much of plans to invest several billion dollars in various efforts to combat opioid abuse and addiction. That plan sets aside $50 million for an unspecified "media campaign" around the class of drugs. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spent much of 2017 calling for a return to the failed just-say-no ethos of the 1980s, '90s, and '00s, a more than 30-year PR offensive from the government that Congress ended half a decade ago after researchers found it had likely increased drug use.
Trump's opioid budget would also bestow hundreds of millions of dollars in funding on private drugmakers — potentially the same exact firms that invented the synthetic heroin substitutes plaguing U.S. society today. The plan calls for investing as much as half a billion dollars in public-private partnerships aimed at crafting alternative medications with less-addictive properties.
That resource dump belies Trump's tough-guy stance in private. He is interested in stringing up street pushers and cartel smugglers but not in giving the corporate death penalty to companies like Purdue Pharmaceutical, which lied to doctors and patients about the realities of oxycontin for years. Drugmakers and distributors have occasionally paid multi-million-dollar legal settlements to end court cases over their role in the overdose and addiction epidemic, but these payouts amount to a rounding error on their profits.
Trump would have a hard time getting away with the kind of total-war street killings Duterte has used in the Phillipines. But there are other, politer avenues to his desired outcome of putting dealers to death — and prosecutors in several states are already beginning to take them.
Law enforcement outfits in 20 states are authorized to pursue "drug-induced homicide" charges when a given overdose can be connected back to the point of sale, and other states provide slightly more roundabout ways to charge a dealer with a capital crime.
Such laws don't actually end up targeting the kinds of major traffickers that Trump seems interested in killing. Their crosshairs are much more likely to fall on people like James Linder, who turned to small-time heroin dealing after getting laid off from the bakery where he worked and got a 28-year sentence on drug-induced homicide charges after the girlfriend of a customer overdosed and died. Most drug sales that law enforcement can tie to a specific overdose involve this same kind of black-market entrepreneurship — often from users looking to support their own habit, such as Amy Shemberger. After Shemberger's boyfriend overdosed and died, she got convicted of drug-induced homicide and was sent to prison for seven years.
While the desire to avenge drug deaths in blood is perhaps viscerally understandable, it's an ineffective and roundabout approach to the goal of reducing such deaths. No criminal penalty has ever been shown strong enough an incentive to override the potent chemistry of heroin addiction.
There are more straightforward models of legal reform that do stem the death rate, however. Instead of Singapore or the Phillipines, Trump could look to Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, or Germany as his model. The countries have, to varying degrees, legalized heroin and brought drug transactions out of the shadows. When people addicted to drugs can go to a medical professional who is permitted to supply them with a modest, safe maintenance dose of heroin and counsel them toward recovery, they stand a far better chance of survival. When drug laws render their addiction a furtive back-alley thing, they tend to end up dead.


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The Flying Dragon Institute was established in the mid-1960s by a group of Dutch Indonesians to propagate the art of Indonesian Kuntao which they had learned from the late Paatje Carel Faulhaber (below).
Paatje1 Faulhaber was born on 2 November, 1923 in Semarang, Central Java. While growing up, he learned a form of Kuntao Matjan2 or Tiger-style Kuntao, from a one-eyed Chinese master. Faulhaber would go to this old master each day after school for his lessons, although he was a sometimes over-enthusiastic student and 'played hookey', skipping school, in order to slip away and train with his Guru and fellow students during the day. He also attributed much of his knowledge to an unidentified Dukun or traditional Indonesian spiritualist/healer. In 1954, Paatje Faulhaber left Indonesia for Holland, settling in Renkum where he served in the Dutch army as a regular soldier. In 1959/60, Paatje Faulhaber began teaching his Kuntao Macan outside his immediate family, choosing as his students the so-called 'Ring of Five', consisting of his eldest son Robert Faulhaber, Richard Kudding, Max Bax, and Eduard Lammerts van Bueren. In 1963, the fifth member, Theo Verschuur, met the other four and began training under Paatje Faulhaber. Paatje Faulhaber passed away from cancer in 1974, aged 50.
Paatje Richard Kudding was born in Tanggerang, West Java (nr. Jakarta), in 1938. From the age of five his father, Bernard Cornelius Kudding, taught him Sundanese tiger-style silat pamacan. The family lived briefly in Semarang, but were interned by the Japanese during their occupation of the region in World War II. After the war, the Kudding family settled in Makassar, Sulawesi where Paatje Richard studied both Silat Matjan Bugis under Nono Malonda as well as an unspecified kuntao style under Wong Hong Leong (patriarch of the successful peranakan Chinese business family). When his family left Indonesia in 1959, they settled in Holland. There, he met Rob Faulhaber, and was introduced to Paatje Faulhaber under whom he began training in 1959/60. Paatje Kudding continued to study under Paatje Faulhaber until he moved to Canada in 1970. During the mid-1960s, when Kuntao was organised in Holland under the Kempo Section of the Dutch Judokwai, Paatje Kudding served as Secretary of the Kempo Section.
During the mid-1960s, Paatje Kudding also studied Dragon-Style Kung Fu (longxingquan) from under Sigong Hoang Nam of Paris. Hoang Nam also exercised a profound influence of Paatje Kudding's philosophical approach to the martial arts. Besides these two systems of fighting, Richard Kudding also studied traditional massage therapy under Pencak Silat master N.J. Fischer. Paatje Kudding also holds a Nidan (Second Degree Black Belt) in Kodokan Judo and in Kyokushinkai Karate. In recent years, Paatje Kudding's work has taken him all over China and Southeast Asia where he has continued to search out traditional schools and masters, and enrich his knowledge of the martial arts.
In 1970, Richard Kudding emigrated to Canada to pursue his career as an engineer in the new world. Once established, Richard yielded to requests that he teach his art, and established the Flying Dragon Institute, first in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and then from 1979 in Calgary, Alberta. While living in Winnipeg, Paatje Kudding also furthered his martial arts experience studying Pai Mei (White Eyebrow) Kung-Fu from Sifu Tim Chang (Chang Shing-Shan).
In October 2000, Paatje Kudding formally entered into negotiations with the Jakarta-based International Pencak Silat Federation (PERSILAT) for Kuntao Matjan to be recognised by the Indonesian government as an authentic Indonesian martial arts through the auspices of UK Pencak Silat Federation president Aidinal Alrashid. Formal recognition and membership in PERSILAT were granted in autumn 2002 and publicly announced at the December 2002 World Pencak Silat Championships in Penang, Malaysia. In 2003 Paatje Kudding retired from active teaching in the Calgary branch of the Flying Dragon Institute in order to concentrate of growing the art of Kuntao Matjan internationally, and on building the Canadian Pencak Silat federation (PERKASA, Persekutuan Kanada Pencak Silat) on behalf of the International Pencak Silat Federation. Classes in Canada are currently headed by Guru Dan Brocklebank who heads the Calgary branch of the Flying Dragon Institute under the authority of Paatje Kudding.
Paatje Richard Kudding can be contacted on email, or at:
Dr. Philip H.J. Davies began studying under Paatje Kudding in 1981 and has trained in the art since. Dr. Davies' martial arts instruction began in 1977 in Tae Kwon Do. His first experience of Chinese martial arts was in Ninety Nine Step Tai Chi under Mannfred Rottman, a student of the famous Taiwan-based grandmaster Wang Shu-Chin, and between 1984 and 1987 he studied a form of Hung Kuen Kung Fu under one-time instructor to the Toronto Chinese Freemasons Sigong Jimmy Lore (Lore King-Hung) at the Jing-Mo school in Toronto's Old Chinatown. During this period,Dr. Davies also studied Dragon and Lion dance, becoming one of the very few westerners in Toronto's Old Chinatown to publicly perform the Lion's Head, and eventually became one of Jing Mo's junior instructors. Under Paatje Kudding, Dr. Davies has studied not only the empty hand fighting techniques of Kuntao, but also the traditional Indonesian weaponry, internal training (Latihan Pernafasan) and traditional manipulative healing (urut asli). Dr. Davies was certified to teach in 1987, and operated a school in Toronto, Canada, from 1987 to 1991. In 1991 he moved to Calgary to assist Paatje Kudding's main branch of the Institute, where Paatje Kudding appointed Dr. Davies his Assistant Chief Instructor to the Flying Dragon Institute.
In 1992 Dr. Davies moved to Reading, where he completed his Ph.D. at the University or Reading on the management of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, aka MI6), where he has operated a class in Kuntao from April of 1993. In January, 1998 Dr. Davies relocated to Singapore, where he spent nearly a year and a half teaching sociology for the University of London External Programme at the Stansfield School of Business. While in Singapore, Dr. Davies made an intensive study the 'cultural aspect' of Indonesian/Malay martial arts, in particular traditional gamelan silat under Jurulatih Utama Mohd. Khamin bin Said of the Bugis style Pencak Silat Titi Pinang and Pakcik Zaani Abdullah of the East Javanese art of Silat Banyuwangi, as well as the Indonesian martial arts music of kendang silat under Lek Supari Sumito . After two years teaching back at Reading and two and a half as an Associate Professor in International and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During his time at UM, Dr. Davies completed negotiations with the International Pencak Silat Association which resulted in PSKM being accepted as an 'authentic Indonesian martial art' and included within the international silat community.
In 2003, Dr. Davies returned to the UK, teaching at Brunel University in west London where he is deputy director of the Brunel University Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies. He currently teaches a small, handpicked class of students at Brunel University. The UK branch of PSKM has twice hosted visits from Paatje Kudding, once in October 2000 and most recently in December 2005.
Dr. Davies can be contacted on Email, or through the Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 2DD; tel.+44 (0)1895 266827.
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Ahead of his new EP Your Charizmatic Self, the Night Slugs co-founder meets Rory Gibb to discuss thirteen favourite albums, from pioneering R&B production to grime's sonic brutalism and the blossoming influence of labelmate Jam City
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I've been listening to this a lot while making 'Melba's Call' and the new record. It doesn't really sound like the stuff I've been referencing, 'cause what I've been doing a lot is actually using the same gear that would have been used for the tracks that have inspired me. Which I think is important, because where everyone's going wrong with this new house sound is that they're trying to recreate something but with new tools, and I think they're losing a lot of the essence of it though that. I'm really process driven, I think process is important, so I ended up using and sampling a lot of stuff that was actually mid-to-late 80s into early 90s.
It turns out the Janet album is mostly LinnDrum and a bit of [E-mu] SP-1200, which is similar tools to what I've been using. But it just sounds so fresh the way they did it - it must have been so crazy at the time. I remember reading that it wasn't one of her more commercially successful ones. That could have just been slander, I don't know, but I can believe it, because it's pretty out there in some cases. You know there's that genre new jack swing, that came after the Janet album I think, but the way Jam and Lewis produced it, they were doing proto new jack swing kind of stuff. You have all of these off-key stabs, it's so wrong, it's almost like fusion jazz in the way that it's wrong, but it's still totally pop music.
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Today's post isn't directly about music but anything you aspire to achieve in life.
In most pursuits, you'll probably start with nothing. Heck, if you're like me, you'll start with less than nothing.
Well no, I actually take that back because we ALL START WITH SOMETHING… so, I admit, the title of this post is a little misleading.
On the surface, it's easy to see "nothing." But there's always something there.
For me, growing up in the inner city of Long Beach, CA, most would say I started with nothing (and I've been guilty of this) but as I ponder it, I had MORE than enough.
I had a loving mother and grandma who sheltered me from the mean streets. I had a church community that loved and supported me. I had a gift to learn fast, which included teaching myself piano at 7 years old. And I had a knack for talking. I was always the one picked to represent the group in class.
It's not surprising that what I do today encompasses all those strengths. Purposefully or not, I found something that harnessed everything I was good at.
I think a lot of people find themselves in situations, careers, and endeavors that don't complement what they're already good at.
I subscribe to the "fix your weaknesses" ideology to some extent, but I'd far rather build up my strengths and team up with or have people around me who are strong where I am weak. That way, you get exponentially better at what you do great… and you let those around you get great at what they like doing.
When you have passion (what I call "The P Factor") for something, you'll never go wrong. (With that said, the endeavor has to be worthwhile but assuming it is, passion will keep you there trying and trying again until SOMETHING HAPPENS).
So when people ask me for advice, I always try to pinpoint what they are already good at and more so passionate about because where there is passion, everything else will fall in line.
But passion can't exist without ACTION. And if you're truly passionate about something, you'll take action to learn everything you can about it… to do everything in your power to get better at it… to strive for excellence… to live it, breathe it, daydream about it, envision yourself doing it at your best.
On another note, imagine if someone gave you $1,440.00 everyday. You don't have to ask for it. In many cases, you don't deserve it but it keeps coming anyway… everyday, none stop — $1,440.00 (…a lot of money right?)
The only kicker: You have to spend it because it won't "rollover" to the next day. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Would you find a way to spend it… give it away to someone who needs it… put it to [good] use?
Well, we do get 1,440 minutes a day but most squander it. And unfortunately, when it's gone, it's gone.
Yet if time were money (like many people say it is), why don't we treat it the same way?
When it comes to your dreams, goals, aspirations in relation to others, TIME is the common denominator. We all have the same amount — no more, no less. So if "they" can do it with the time they have, you can too!
So if you truly want to get "something" from "nothing," assessing your strengths, being passionate, taking action, and being cognizant of time is where it all starts.
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|Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:16:05 +0900
On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 02:14:52PM +0100, Peter Bex wrote:
> [long story about way too complex performance hacks]
> I'd have to seriously think about this and whether it's feasible at all.
> It may not be worth it, due to the disadvantages I mentioned.
Good news, everyone!
I had another look at the compiled C output for some of the worst
offenders in the chicken-benchmarks set. I noticed that the
scrutinizer misses a few opportunities to rewrite + into ##sys#+-2
due to fact that the rewrite was ((number number) (##sys#+-2 #(1) #(2))).
That meant if the scrutinizer was unable to deduce that the arguments
were both numbers, it would not rewrite at all, and fall back to the
vararg version of "+" for which it needs to cons up a rest list and so on.
But ##sys#+-2 is a generic procedure which needs to analyze its arguments
anyway, and it signals a condition when it receives non-numeric arguments.
So the rewrite can be changed to ((* *) (##sys#+-2 #(1) #(2))) without
this changing anything.
It turns out that the overhead of the generic vararg numeric operators is
so much bigger that the total runtime of all the benchmarks with this
small change in rewrites is only 30% slower than the non-numbers version
of CHICKEN 5 master, instead of 100% slower! See the attached performance
difference between chicken-5 master and the current numbers integration
version. In fact, a few benchmarks are even slightly faster with the new
code (but I can't really explain that)!
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