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Steven Frayne Net Worth – Wondering how wealthy and rich are these celebrities and how much they worth? Or maybe you're curious about their height, weight, age, bio, wealth and salary (or how much money they made) this year?
|Full Name
|Steven Frayne
|Place of Birth
|Bradford, England
|December 17, 1982
|5′ 6″ (168 cm / 66 inches)
|Zodiac Sign
Steven Frayne is a very famous Magician and makes a pretty good living doing that. Steven Frayne was born on December 17, 1982 in Bradford, England under the lucky star sign of the Sagittarius.
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>Let's fantasize for a moment about what it must be like to be an enterprise architect/change agent.
Here we go.
Our stereotypical organization, let's call it ABC Company has a talented group of enterprise architects. They have worked hard, built partnerships, learnt the organization and its needs, and have done a remarkable job working with leadership, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders in identifying an accurate baseline, determining a promising target, and have helped the organization navigate a well thought out transition plan. The organization reaches its target—success—and the process continues.
Hooray for the architects. Praise and promotion be upon ABC company's enterprise architects.
Wait. Not so fast. Let's back up. Rewind and see what often really happens when architects or anyone else for that matter tries to change the status quo:
Research shows that change agents are often scorned by their organizations and their peers. In immature organizations that do not embrace constructive change, change agents like enterprise architects are often not looked upon favorably.
Remember what happened to Socrates more than two millennium ago (and countless others innovators, inventors, and thought leaders since)?
Strategy + Business Magazine, Issue 53, has an article called "Stand by Your Change Agent."
The article states: "research shows that most transformation leaders go unpromoted, unrecognized, and unrewarded. And their companies suffer in the long run."
In a study of 84 major change initiatives at Fortune 500 companies between 1995 and 2005, "some 70 percent of executives who led these major transformations went unrewarded or were sidelined, fired, or spurred to leave."
Why are change agents treated adversely?
The research shows that "deep down, a great many people and organizations fear change. People do not like to move out of their comfort zones. Powerful institutional forces help maintain the status quo. In such companies, change simply has no constituency."
In these change-averse organizations, change agents often "find their efforts impeded, undermined, or rejected outright. Change agents may also suffer from the delusion that others see the urgent need for action just as they do, and may be frustrated to discover how little key stakeholders care about the initiatives and outcomes they hold dear."
What is the impact to companies that treat their change agents this way?
Both the companies and people suffer. Change initiatives remain unfinished. Investments do not see their payback. Highly talented change agents are lost. And worse, other potential leaders will think many times over before taking on a change effort that "could derail their careers."
Well, which companies did best with change?
"Companies that scored highest in leadership development and embracing change were most likely to improve performance."
The lesson is clear: If companies want to grow, mature, and improve performance, then they need leaders who are visionaries and change agents to step up to the plate.
Those organizations that recognize this truth will embrace their change agents—encourage, recognize, reward, promote, and retain them.
Talented and motivated change agents (like enterprise architects) are an organization's best hope for innovation, energizing creative potential, and long-term organizational success.

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Family portraits ... some people get all giddy (ME!) when thinking about their family portrait session with a professional photographer. Moms will start the google search ... "best family photographer in Lee's Summit" hoping to find the magical memory capturer of her dreams. Someone to capture those sweet moments she has dreamt of since she first said yes when her spouse proposed engagement to her ... kids smiling and looking happily into their parents eyes ... kids hugging each other ... you know those Hallmark moments.
While others dread family portraits due to the stress it can cause - Will the kids behave? Will I look skinny in the pictures? Will it rain that day? Can I get everyone ready and looking their best at one time? While portrait sessions can have their challenges there are many benefits to taking the plunge and scheduling your family a photography session with a professional photographer. Here are 7 reasons why ...
1. The obvious ... NEW FAMILY MEMBER ... Are you adding a new family member to your household? What a great time to schedule family pictures. Having a portrait that includes everyone in the family is a great idea! New babies are so fresh and precious that scheduling a newborn photographer to capture the newest member of the family is a great way to show off your new little guy or gal. Some photographers offer a photojournalistic approach, while others offer longer sessions so that you can get baby posed in cute wraps, hats and outfits. If planning to do a newborn session please check with a photographer while baby is still in mommy's tummy; as I recommend doing newborn sessions within the first 10 days baby is born to take advantage of their great desire to sleep. (This helps when trying to pose baby.)
Another time you may have a new family member is when someone in the family gets engaged and married. Engagements are so exciting. You will want to get an updated family portrait so that he/she feels like they are now part of the family!
2. Displaying family portraits in your home gives your children a sense of unit, it gives them a sense of where they belong and it gives them self-esteem. (How Family Portraits Boost Your Child's Self-Esteem). Are you proud of your kids? Showcasing your family portrait on your wall where everyone can see let's them know you are excited to be a family. When your kids can see that your are proud to be a family, and that you are proud THEY are part of your family it lets your children know they are loved and part of something. It let's your children know they are important too. So schedule that family portrait session and then PRINT YOUR IMAGES!!! This is a great time for technology, one thing that we are slacking on however is that because we can take pictures any where we want and are often given a disk of images only, we do not take the time to actually print the images and hang them in our home. Please, PRINT YOUR IMAGES!!! Hang them, make an album, print some for your kids to put in their own rooms. It is important to not only schedule the portrait session but to also print the images. Even if you are given a disk or flash drive of your images you risk them being obsolete one day in the future. Who knows if in 20 or even 40 years from now you will know where that flash drive is, which flash drives has pictures on it, or even worse, maybe with new technology your flash drive will no longer work. No one uses floppy disk any more.
3. MEMORIES .... Schedule a professional photography session to save those memories! People always say kids grow fast. Now that I've had the opportunity to be a mom, I've realized how quickly the stages do go. When we decided to have a baby I didn't realize they are only a baby for 1 year. I know it sounds silly, but I imagined being a mom for so long and it didn't occur to me that the sweet, squishy time would only be about 12 months. After that, the fun begins in helping them learn to walk and run. Once they've mastered running we get to help them learn to talk. Oh those sweet times of innocence are so precious! Then they move on to be little kids, then big kids, then pre-teens, then teenagers and before you know it they are moving out and having their own babies. Whew!! (holding back the tears) So take the time now, I know life is busy, but make it a priority to schedule family portraits once a year or even every other year. When the kids are having kids it will be fun to look back and show their kids what mom and dad looked like when they were young.
Below is just 9 years of memories and in that short time she grew into a girl!!! A big girl! (tear)
(Photo Credit to EverAshley Photography on the antique session)
4. Christmas Cards ... It is always nice to get an updated family portrait to show off on your holiday card. I love thinking up new ideas to put on my Christmas Cards to send out to friends and family. This year I even got a 5x7 photo album as a gift from my mother-in-law so that I could put a copy of each card we've had over the years in it. Such a little thing, but I think that was my favorite gift I got this year. So fun to watch how our family has grown over the years. I also love getting photo cards from friends, family and clients. I find it so fun to see what people come up with and to see how their families have grown as well. I really enjoy a good Christmas newsletter from old friends too. It's a nice way to catch up on what has been going on in their lives even though we don't get together as often as we use to.
One of my favorite cards is below - photo credit goes to Melanie Jackel Photography
5. Update Your Decor with New Family Photos ... Are you looking to get a fresh look in your living room? Why not schedule a family photo and then plan your outfits around your living room color scheme!?! We did extended family photos a few years back for my mom and grandma. Purple is a favorite color for both ladies. So we dressed in purple and hung the portraits in my mom's living room. In my home I like blues. So almost all our family photos have been in blues.
Photo Credit for Image Below: Melanie Jackel Photography
6. Give Photos as a Gift ... Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas ... all great times to give a family photo. Last year my neighbor's 4 children gifted him a family photo for his 80th birthday present. Family means the world to him so he was surprised and honored to have everyone in the same place at the same time. All 22 family members were there. This is quite a task when everyone has social lives, jobs, gigs and one household lives in Egypt. It was such a joy to be able to see them all get together and celebrate their love for him. So next time you are googling ... "what to get mom for Mother's Day" remember you can always take the time to get everyone together for a family photo! This will make Mom's Day!
7. History in the Making ... All of my grandparents have now gone on to a better place. All we have left is what we can remember in our minds, stories family can still tell us and pictures they have left behind. What legacy will you leave your grandchildren and great grandchildren? Death is a sad part of life we will all be effected by it at some point, if we haven't already. Even the loss of a pet can be hard.
We loss our dog, Hank at the beginning of the summer unexpectedly. I was so glad we had a few family portraits where he was included.
I hope this never happens but if you ever have a fire in your home; after you get your family and pets out what will you go back for (if you can safely)? Many will grab pictures on the walls in a time of desperation to hold onto something.
Pictures are an insight into where we have been and who we are. Whether it is a picture of your current family or pictures of your ancestors. Take time to capture this time in history. Seize the day ... do the search, "photographers near me" and schedule your family's history making family portrait session.
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Jan 17, 2019 5:27:58 PM
Andrea - I love all of your ideas! It is so true that there are many reasons to make sure to schedule family portrait sessions for your loved ones. Your family will thank you in years to come!
Jan 17, 2019 5:09:02 PM
Michelle Robertson - Such great reminders! I wish everyone would realize how important it is to get professional portraits done so they have memories of all the wonderful times together!
Jan 16, 2019 1:44:00 PM
Adrianne O'Kane - Totally agree!
Jan 15, 2019 10:07:29 PM
seraphine wanami - great reminder to your clients. I schedule a portrait session for our family once a year though get some self portraits of us even so often. great tips. Its easy to let important things slip through the cracks but if you do it early its unlikely to be missed.
Jan 14, 2019 5:54:25 PM
Adrianne O'Kane - Thank you!
Jan 14, 2019 5:45:26 PM
Annie - What great advice! I need to schedule mine!
Jan 14, 2019 4:17:58 PM
Adrianne O'Kane - I agree!!
Jan 14, 2019 3:58:44 PM
Victoria Vasilyeva - Professional photography keeps the best and priceless moments forever!
Jan 14, 2019 1:24:34 PM
Adrianne O'Kane - Thanks for reading!!
Jan 14, 2019 1:05:43 PM
Isabelle Hesselberg - So, so important. I try to book a shoot for my own family each year but I wish we could do it even more often!
Jan 8, 2019 5:10:44 PM
Adrianne O'Kane - Thanks so much Heather!!! It was fun to look through them and reflect back on old family pictures too!!
Jan 8, 2019 5:08:35 PM
Heather Dressler - Great points! I especially love the family pictures!


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Our Life Groups are a great way to do life with others. Now, you may wonder, why would I want to meet with a bunch of people that I hardly know.
We are glad you asked.
The reason we encourage people to get involved in a life group is because we were never intended to do this life alone. Part of the gift of the church is that God uses the people of the church to love, serve, and minister to each other. And it is difficult to receive that blessing if we have isolated ourselves from those God desires to use.
Our Life Groups meet weekly throughout the year. And they are a great place to grow deeper in your study of God's Word, to fellowship over meals and real conversations, and to serve with others. Take a moment a check out our groups below. We hope to see you at one soon.
Nashville Group 1
Leader - Pat Baker
This group has a mixture of married couples and singles
They meet on Wednesday nights
Contact Pat for more information @ 618-534-7683
Men's Group
Leader - David Aussieker and Erich Kunnemann
This group is obviously for men only
They meet on Monday nights @ church 6-8 pm
Contact David Aussieker @ 618-267-1039 or Erich Kunnemann 618-464-0055 for more information.
Hoyelton Group
Leader - Spring Stovall
This group is a mixture of families from Hoyelton & Nashville
They meet on Tuesday nights
Contact Spring for more information @ 618/314.5048
Okawville Group
Leader - Cindy Hufker
This group is for anyone living in the Okawville area
This group meets on Tuesday nights
Contact Cindy for more information @ 618/972.0580
Martin Life Group
Young Adults, Okawville
Mondays, 6:30 pm


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A "blue tongue skink" is for sale in Shepherdsville. $125. Is that the going rate for skinks these days?
PC users over the age of 18 can win a $100 Visa gift card by taking a survey about sexual attitudes.
A 35-year-old man who describes himself as "a dynamo in the sack" is looking for "relations minus the relationship." Try not to fight over this one, ladies.
Yet another connection was missed at the Kroger on Goss Avenue. This time, a "bigger older man" seeks a "very handsome young bearded man" he made eye contact with.
Texas Roadhouse sure is getting a lot of missed connection action. A woman seeks the bald server she couldn't take her eyes off of. A man couldn't keep his eyes off a woman with a carry-out bag.
"$$$ WOOHOO!! FREE RENT!! $$$" "Apartments WILL NOT LAST!"
Get yourself a 3-way liquor license. Only $60,000.
If a liquor license isn't your style, how about 55 acres of perennial peanut hay?
"INVESTOR NEEDED NO GIMMICKS SOLID RETURN" . Seriously. Go give them your retirement fund. "These types of businesses will forever make money their track records speak for themselves".
Video gamers earn $800 weekly. "Not a "get rich scam". Work is required." The catch? "Low Startup Capital is required for Training."
A "servant leader" is wanted to earn income. 12 ways. "CRYBABIES" or the "UNMOTIVATED" need not apply. "This is not a day care or a mental health safe haven." And remember, kids: "Life is sales. Sales is life."
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Cantata No: 150 - Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
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|Classical Choral Cantata
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|Nach dir, Herr, dir, Herr, ver-lan-get mich,
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1. Sinfonia
2. Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich (Chorus)
3. Aria: Doch bin und bleibe ich vergnugt (Soprano)
4. Leite mich in deiner Wahrheit (Chorus)
5. Aria (Terzett): Zedern mussen von den Winden (Alto, Tenor, Bass)
6. Meine Augen sehen stets zu dem Herrn (Chorus)
7. Ciacona: Meine Tage in dem Leide (Chorus)


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I have been following the political mess in the US streets with a mix of entertainment, rage and bewilderment. I am challenging myself to emotionally assume the intellectual position that i already have: that I dont care for this rotten society and that it can burn to hell.
But it is not totally possible, I am still a rational person and I abhor the irrational speech that goes with the descent to hell. The barbaric, uncivilized, and subversive leftist behavior boils my blood. And it shouldn't, because i know it will be like this and worst until the whole thing implodes.
The reason for this implosion is simple, it happens when you stray from the basic principles that define civilization:
- somekind of meritocracy;
- a semblance of fairness and justice;
- a rational and free public speech.
The marxist/socialist principles that infected society for 100 years are based on the opposite of the principles stated above:
- they are based in an equality of outcomes that rewards the less able while punishes the more valuable members of society;
- they are arbitrary in their sense of justice(?) in a skewed support of their ideological goals;
- their speech is based of emotional manipulation, gasslighting, inconsequential rhetoric and the suppression of truth and free thinking.
The way I see it, we are heading for a leftist dystopia, or a fascist reaction dystopia.
But yesterday I watched a video that got me thinking: https://www.bitchute.com/video/TQLltZ1qQlnk/
I challenge others to look at the video and draw your own conclusions before reading the remaining of my post. I dont know the channel, neither I condone or condemn their messages. I have to say this because bitchute has been flooded with suspiciously extremist videos and comments; some should be legitimate but i believe many to be sabotage from the leftists/pro-censor cabal. Wait for the inevitable shutdown of that pseudo-free-speech site (I already have seen COVID videos banned with the message "deemed illegal in your country", that is bullshit because my government doesn't bulge fast enough to do anything of this sort).
After you seen the video, do you agree that we are looking more at female entitlement, lack of accountability, and irrational emotional outbursts than anything political?
What you have is a woman that is upset at something and believes that her feelings give her a free pass to do anything, including stealing and destroying other people's property, and essentially berate and harass people without consequences.
We know this behavior, this is the feral female nature that has been allowed in our times.
Please notice the contrast with the behavior of men in this video, that restrain themselves from defending their property, responding appropriately to the verbal and physical provocations, and essentially assert their rights by way of their disparate physical power and numeric superiority.
What we see here is how society empowers female feral oppression, while it represses legitimate male responses, ignoring rights, liberty and justice. All in the name of equality and special privileges (a cognitive dissonance in itself).
Then I realized that lots of these rioters are women, and most males are weirdos, chads and criminals. It is women that stoke the males to a frenzy with their hysteria. It is the women that step in front of the mob as a shield to take advantage of the white knight restrain and social bias, thus stopping the police or other men's efforts to resolve the issues.
I noticed that there is a woman in charge of the democrats, there is a woman in line to the presidency after a senile old guy, it was a woman that started the purple color revolution of the US after losing the election (https://www.popsugar.co.uk/fashion/k...-2020-47712910), and that the purple hair wierdos are the ones in the street.
I think that we are seeing is a gynocratic takeover, ushering not a socialist dystopia but a matriarchal nightmare dictatorship.


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Tips for Purchasing Hotel And Spa Structure Products
When selecting be it a vacation home or hotel to stay in for a while, we concentrate on the place, sights, the kitchen area, restrooms and also bedrooms. We hardly ever consider the structure products that entered the building and construction of these vacation destinations, besides the granite counter tops, wood flooring as well as various other noticeable attributes. When you develop a customized house or deal with a significant improvement job, you take even more time to find out more regarding structure products. This can be tested if you have never ever acquired lumber or ventured right into a pipes shop. I still bear in mind when we constructed a vacation guesthouse. Our home builder sent us to N&S Supply, a pipes supplier in Wappinger's Falls, NY. We needed to choose bathrooms and also he informed us that "Donna or Denise" was consisted of in the bargained agreement. If we selected something much pricier, we would certainly need to pay the distinction.
Choosing the Right Hotel Structure Products
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Sunday 14th of May 2017
Sweden's Johan Kristoffersson was fastest in Q3 this morning at the fourth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Belgium to maintain his position at the top of the Intermediate Classification.
Kristoffersson and Peugeot-Hansen's Sebastien Loeb passed Petter Solberg on the inside at the first corner of their Q3 race, the top three positions after Q2 remaining the same after Q3, Solberg second and Loeb third. Championship leader Mattias Ekstrom won his race in Q3, set the second fastest time and moves to fourth in the Intermediate Classification. Loeb's Team Peugeot-Hansen team mate Timmy Hansen finished second to Ekstrom on track and was fifth fastest. He holds the same position in the Intermediate Classification ahead of Q4.
The driver of the third Team Peugeot-Hansen run Peugeot 208 in the field, Kevin Hansen, rolled his car on the final lap of his race in Q3, at the entry to the second loose section. The incident caused heavy damaged to the car which has almost certainly put the reigning European Rallycross Champion out of the event. Russia's Timur Timerzyaov spun at the first corner of his race and Sweden's Kevin Eriksson picked up a left rear puncture on his MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta, but both are inside the semi-final qualifying positions, as is Finland's Niclas Gronholm.
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Michael Douglas caused a few ripples on Sunday night when he picked up an Emmy award for his performance as Liberace in the film, Behind the Candelabra. Aside from gently ribbing his co-star Matt Damon and thanking his estranged wife Catherine Zeta Jones, Douglas gave a shout out to his eldest son, Cameron, who is in currently being held in solitary confinement in a federal penitentiary.
"I'm hoping I'll be able and they'll allow me to see him soon," Douglas told the audience before explaining to reporters backstage that he has begun to question the system that is preventing him from even visiting his incarcerated son. You can hardly blame the veteran actor for his disenchantment with America's penal system as his son's case pretty much epitomizes the futility of sending a person who is addicted to drugs into a bleak and lonely institution where drugs are readily available and treatment is not.
In 2010, Cameron Douglas was sentenced to five years in prison for small time drug dealing and possession for personal use. At the time of his sentencing, Douglas had a five time a day heroin habit. Strangely enough, however, the addiction that plunged his life into chaos and then landed him in prison did not magically cure itself once he was incarcerated. A little over a year later, after falling foul to his addiction, Douglas was back before a judge who added an additional 4.5 years to his sentence – the harshest ever imposed on an inmate for taking drugs in prison, according to his lawyer.
As if doubling his sentence for this transgression was not enough, Douglas has also had to spend 2 out of the 4 years of his incarceration to date in solitary confinement, where he is locked down 23 hours a day and denied visits from his loved ones. This, apparently, is what passes for drug treatment in the US federal prison system. As treatment programs go, it's not just inhumane, but is also an outrageous waste of taxpayer dollars. Jesse Lava, campaign director for Beyond Bars, a prison reform advocacy group, puts it this way:
Prison doesn't cure addiction. The idea that intensifying the prison experience to cure addiction is simply wrong headed.
When it comes to US prison policy, however, and especially the war on drugs, wrong headedness seems to rule the day.
People may have little sympathy for Cameron Douglas, the poor little rich kid who had it all and couldn't handle any of it. He did break the law numerous times by dealing drugs to feed his habit and deserved to be sanctioned for that. It's reasonable to assume also that if he had come from a poor minority background, he may have received an even harsher initial sentence and no one would have been writing newspaper articles about him or calling out to him during high profile award ceremonies. Still his case deserves attention as it typifies the stupidity of the war on drugs that has caused America's prison population to explode while doing almost nothing to eradicate drug use in our society.
There are currently over 500,000 non-violent drug offenders serving time in America's correctional institutions, counting for nearly a quarter of the country's entire prison population. In the federal system, where Douglas is doing his time, over half of all inmates are incarcerated for drug offenses. In just over 30 years, the federal prison population has experienced a ten-fold increase, from around 21,000 in 1980 to over 218,000 today, an unprecedented rise that can be attributed directly to the war on drugs and the mandatory minimum sentencing laws that are its arsenal. Many cash strapped states have had to enact reforms in the recent past and turn to drug treatment alternatives to cope with their unsustainable prison populations. The more affluent federal system has been slower to catch on but at last there is some hope on the horizon.
Last month, speaking to the American Bar Association in San Francisco, Attorney General Eric Holder tacitly acknowledged that the situation has gotten out of control and unveiled a number of reforms. Prosecutors now have the discretion not to list the amount of drugs in cases involving low-level, non-violent offenders with no ties to gangs or large scale drug organizations so the indictment won't trigger the attendant mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction. This reform will also apply to offenders who have already been convicted but not yet sentenced. Holder said:
We must face the reality that, as it stands, our system is, in too many ways, broken. And with an outsized, unnecessarily large prison population, we need to ensure that incarceration is used to punish, to deter and to rehabilitate — not merely to warehouse and to forget.
Unfortunately, the reforms Holder announced so far do not have a retroactive component so hundreds of thousands of non-violent offenders like Cameron Douglas with drug addiction issues are still being warehoused and forgotten. "Federal prisons are full of people who don't need to be there," says Jeremy Haile, federal advocacy counsel for the Sentencing Project, "instead they need drug treatment and it's not clear how much treatment is available or if any of that treatment is adequate". Recidivism rates among drug offenders would suggest that whatever treatment is on offer is not remotely adequate and there is no evidence that the prison system plans to reform its treatment policies.
In on open letter published by the Huffington Post in June of this year, Cameron Douglas attempted to raise awareness of his own predicament and that of other non-violent offenders who have been left to rot in prison. He wrote:
Unfortunately, "whereas the effective remedy for relapse should be treatment, the penal system's 'answer' is to lock the door and throw away the key.
This may satisfy harsh punishment enthusiasts' notion of justice but all it does is waste billions of dollars, while destroying prisoners' lives and heaping pain and suffering on their families. No wonder after seeing what four years in one of America's so called correctional facilities has done for his drug addicted son, Michael Douglas is disillusioned with the system. US taxpayers, who are footing the bill for this fiasco, should be disillusioned too.


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This past week designer Hanh Merriman presented her first Holiday collection in New York City. The collection was inspired by elegant abstract influences, featuring modern, soft and bold details.
Hanh Merriman is a former style blogger, where she chronicled her global adventures and designer obsessions. A frequent street style subject, boasting photos from iconic photographers like Bill Cunningham, Merriman is no stranger within the fashion community.
For Hanh Merriman, fashion has always been a constant in her life. When Merriman was just twelve years old and living in rural Vietnam, she asked her mother for some fabric to create her own design. Though, she had no knowledge of pattern making or sewing, she was determined to create something. This became Hanh's first memory of fashion and a driving force to continue to create more, and she did! Armed with an innate sense of fashion and creative mind, Hanh ignited a lifelong love affair with fashion.


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There is now capacity for a Business Analyst to join the project team on an initial 6 month contract. The assignment will work across both initiative streams; the Contact Centre operating model and the Contact Centre Technology and Infrastructure.
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- Establish relationships with key stakeholders;
- Develop an understanding of current state, gaps, inefficiencies and pain points;
- Elicit, prioritise and clearly communicate requirements;
- Provide effective options analysis and recommendations to support a robust feasibility outcome and ultimately sound business case;
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WATCH: SHOULD WE WIDEBODY (RWB) RICK'S TURBO PORSCHE 911?Thursday, September 27, 2018 –
WATCH: These shows are always killer, our booth is only getting bigger and better event to event! We also keep seeing these sick RWB Porsche builds, should we do this to Ricks? Let us know in the comments!


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Re-admission Policies
Students wishing to return to Millikin after one or more terms of absence should complete an Application for Re-Admission.
Suspended students who wish to return to Millikin in a subsequent semester should submit an Application for Re-Admission to the University Registrar as well as a written petition to the Council on Student and Academic Standards. Written petitions should address how the student's ability to meet academic requirements has improved. Petitioning the Council does not assure reinstatement.


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Dracula is here to suck your blood! With a fierce air, the king of vampires is faithfully represented by Toctoc. His blood-red cape and black outfit inspire fear! Standing up with our fangs, our vampire goes hunting.
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Halliburton Company v Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd and Ors 2018 EWCA Civ 817 - 19 April 2018
This is the judgment of the Court.
This appeal raises issues of importance in relation to commercial arbitration law and practice. The specific issues upon which the judge gave permission to appeal may be summarised as follows:
- (1) Whether and to what extent an arbitrator may accept appointments in multiple references concerning the same or overlapping subject matter with only one common party without thereby giving rise to an appearance of bias.
- (2) Whether and to what extent he may do so without disclosure.
The second of those issues gives rise to the consideration of two further general issues, namely:
- (1) When should an arbitrator make disclosure of circumstances which may give rise to justifiable doubts as to his impartiality?
- (2) What are the consequences of failing to make disclosure of circumstances which should have been disclosed?


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Have you ever heard a word that 'triggered' you to sing a song? If so, then YOU are Spontuneous! One player says a word and the race is on for the others to sing a song containing that word. Don't worry though, talent is NOT required!
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It was the tale of two people. So obviously there were two stories. Two very different ones. One filled with whispers and secrets. The other of pride and anger. Because of the whispers and secrets, an outsider had to presume. But rumour has it, it was because there was no trust.
Don't believe everything you hear.
We tussled every morning. She leaned back and I waited; just like we had been told. But she never let go and fell.
'I will catch you,' I promised.
'It isn't about you,' she replied walking away.
'This isn't some miracle I am demanding,' I yelled, 'Just let go.'
She wouldn't listen.
You can never believe everything you are told.
But the story was actually simple. One had faith and wished for no secrets. The other didn't. Everything else seemed immaterial.


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Irish backstop for UK's Brexit withdrawal deal could last "indefinitely"
LONDON, Dec 5 - Britain cοuld be trapped "indefinitely" in a customs uniοn with the Eurοpean Uniοn if lawmakers back Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, accοrding to details of the gοvernment's full legal advice οn the deal published οn Wednesday.
"Despite statements in the Prοtocοl that it is nοt intended to be permanent and the clear intentiοn of the parties that it should be replaced by alternative, permanent arrangements, in internatiοnal law the Prοtocοl would endure indefinitely until a superseding agreement took its place," the advice said.
The Prοtocοl refers to the so-called Irish backstop agreement in May's withdrawal deal she has agreed with the EU to prevent the return of bοrder cοntrοls between Nοrthern Ireland and the Irish republic.
Saudi Crown Prince will visit Algeria from Sunday: APS
CAIRO - Saudi Arabia's Crοwn Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Algeria frοm Sunday οn a two-day official visit, Algeria's Press Service repοrted οn Saturday citing a statement frοm the Algerian presidency.
The statement said the visit would aim to cοnsolidate relatiοns between the two cοuntries and open oppοrtunities to expand trade.
Prince Mohammed, who was in Argentina οn Saturday attending a G20 summit of majοr ecοnοmies, toured Arab states last week building regiοnal suppοrt after cοming under internatiοnal criticism over the killing of a journalist in the Saudi cοnsulate in Istanbul.


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WSCC Launches New e-Business Services
WSCC Launches New e-Business Services
Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission Launches two NEW e-Business Services
Yellowknife, NT (March 7, 2016) – Today, the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) announces the release of two new e-Business services, added to WSCC Connect.
Report Unsafe Work is a unique service that the WSCC encourages everyone to use. It allows anyone to conveniently and anonymously report unsafe work. Judy Kainz, Director, Prevention Services added "Together, the WSCC working with employers, workers and the general public can use this tool to identify hazards and implement corrective actions before injuries occur."
Employers can also Register a Business online through WSCC Connect. All the information required can be completed online in approximately 15 minutes with five easy steps. It is recommended to review the information needed and have it prepared before you start the process.
WSCC Connect, launched in 2015, currently allows employers to Make a Payment, View Assessment Rates, and Request a Clearance. The two new additions to WSCC Connect are part of our ongoing commitment to providing Northerners with fast, easy access to important WSCC services.
To access all of the convenient WSCC Connect e-Business services, visit wscc.nt.ca or wscc.nu.ca and click on the WSCC Connect button located at the top of the page.
Ashley Makohoniuk
Acting Manager, Communications
TF: (800) 661-0792 ext. 4416


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"Envisioning the full potential
of a greener world"
Triton Green Energy is a provider of comprehensive waste management services as well as an investment company focusing on diversified environment protection industrial projects in Thailand and South East Asia. Triton Green Energy is 51% held by Triton Holding Public Company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and 49% held by Mercury Global International.
Mercury International is a subsidiary of Hangzhou Jinjiang Group – a diversified operations company mainly operating in environmental energy, non-ferrous metal and chemical business, including waste incineration power generation, alumina production and salt chemical production. Hangzhou Jinjiang also offers commerce and trade, EPC power generation services, and logistic services. Mercury International was initialized as part of the "Belt and Road" initiative to sought collaborations for high yield investments in offshore markets. The Jinjiang Group is a large private enterprise and a forerunner and leading waste-to-energy operator in China's waste-to-energy industry.


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¡RITMOCANO! is a dynamic Latin jazz group led by percussionist James Dreier (founding member of Orquesta Alto Maiz) and featuring some of the best jazz musicians in the Midwest.
¡RITMOCANO!plays Latin jazz from the Americas and the Caribbean to (as Latin music expert Bobby Sanabria puts it) "…excite the human organism to its maximum potential!"
James Dreier and ¡RITMOCANO!released their first CD, "Familia, A Latin Jazz Journey" on the RealTown Recordslabel in April of 2014to enthusiastic response. The group released their second album "Iowa Friends, Cuban Music"in November of 2019.
Besides playing in numerous clubs and concerts, ¡RITMOCANO!has performed on the Main Stage of the Iowa City Jazz Festival, played for a live radio broadcast (KCCK 88.3) at the Opus Concert Café in Cedar Rapids and were featured artists at the Iowa Band Masters Association Convention and the Des Moines Jazz Festival in Des Moines.
For Dreier, ¡RITMOCANO!is the realization of a dream to lead a unique, creative and entertaining Latin jazz group. Although born and raised in Iowa, Dreier has been a life-long student of Latin music, studying it at Berklee College of Music in Boston and traveling to Cuba and Brazil numerous times.
Members of ¡RITMOCANO!are drawn from the highest ranks of Iowa's jazz musicians, including Rich Medd(trombone), Dr. Damani Phillips(sax), Danny Oline(bass), Steve Shanley(piano), Ed Eastand Paul Cunliffe(percussion).
Want to learn more about Ritmocano, their music, and their performance dates? Don't hesitate to get in touch.


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Markets were waiting for a Federal Reserve policy statement at 1800 GMT for clues on when the U.S. central bank will start to taper its $85 billion monthly bond purchases.
Spot gold was up 0.5 percent at $1,332.86 an ounce by 0941 GMT, having reached a five-week high of $1,347.69 last week. U.S. gold futures for August gained $7.80 to $1,331.80 an ounce.
"Any mention of September as the timing for the central bank's tapering of QE3 would be dollar-positive and could still sink gold back below $1,300," VTB Capital analyst Andrey Kryuchenkov said.
"Prices could however remain volatile ahead of the U.S. labour data on Thursday and Friday." The dollar came under pressure against a basket of currencies as investors steered clear of big bets ahead of a series of U.S. labour data and the Fed statement.
Bullion has risen 8 percent in July, also helped by technical buying triggered after prices broke through the tight trading ranges of the last two sessions above $1,330, traders said.
The July gain was prompted by remarks from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that highly accommodative monetary policy would be needed for the foreseeable future and that any reduction in bond purchases depended on the strength of the economy.
U.S. GDP data for the second quarter will also be released on Wednesday, but investors were mostly waiting for the influential U.S. nonfarm p yrolls report for July due on Friday.
"On the basis that the Fed will know the U.S. second-quarter GDP figure, it may have some influence on tonight's statement," Marex said in a note.
The European Central Bank and the Bank of England also hold policy reviews on Thursday.
Gold premiums in Shanghai have eased from last week, indicating a slowdown in demand. Shanghai gold was about $16 more than London spot prices, down from more than $25 last week.
Gold imports by India have halted since July 22, when the central bank announced new rules tying imports to exports, sending premiums for scarce stocks soaring. Traders were quoting a premium of up to $45 an ounce over London spot prices.
Premiums in other parts of Asia were mostly stable, as dealers navigate a seasonally quiet period without any acute shortage of the metal.
Silver rose 1.2 percent to $19.95 an ounce.
Platinum was up 0.2 percent at $1,437.99 an ounce and palladium gained 1 percent to $734.25 an ounce. The platinum/palladium ratio stood at 1.96, up from its lowest in nearly 11 years in mid-July at 1.90.


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SBS | Felt + Fat
On this week's Small Business Saturday, we featured a first-rate, unique, and absolutely beautiful ceramic company, Felt + Fat.
Mac visited Felt + Fat's studio to talk with the founder, Nate Mell, about how he started his company here in Philadelphia. Mell discusses his background in art, his vision for his ceramics business, and why he named his company Felt+ Fat. And we even got Rufus the dog to hang out with us!
One of the many reasons Felt + Fat is so special is because they make their clay and glazes from raw material. This allows them to create more custom pieces for their clients, whether that be a restaurant seeking a specific product or an individual looking for a special set. These handmade pieces accent people's home, make delicious food stand out, and just give you something beautiful to look at.
If you're interested in buying some products visit Felt + Fat's website or check them out on Instagram or Facebook!
Make sure to subscribe to our Youtube channel to stay on top of all our Small Business Saturday vids!
If you have an interesting story and would like to share it with the city, don't hesitate to reach out to us!
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Born: 1976
Czech Republic
member since: 2019
Zbynek Sedlecký generally uses acrylic colours on canvas to create his compositions. His gesture is quick, brushstrokes giving life rapidly to cityscapes where the human presence is often only evoked. The result looks like a sketchbook, an agile collection of transient thoughts. Although large in scale, his images refuse to freeze the moment.They follow the flux and course of history. In fact, these works have the formal quality of a watercolour rather than retaining the 'material and temporal solidity' of a painting on canvas. Transparent and immediate, Sedlecký's ideas are crystallised in a water-diluted form.Massive silhouettes of brutal buildings (modernist evidence of a Socialist past) witness the transition to the uncertainty of the present and sceptically look at the future. The striking contrast between the harshness of the scenery and the gentleness of the palette generates the internal tension that characterises each painting. Suspended amid disillusion and regret, the artist comments on the role of the individual in a time when no room is left for ideological thinking.Mimicking the style formerly adopted by the Western bourgeoisie for documenting the marvels of nature and recalling evocative and 'exotic' journeys, Sedlecký's canvas-sized aquarelles are like a pictorial Grand Tour that reinterprets the landscape genre and renegotiates one's own understanding of beauty and the category of Romantic painting. The sense of alienation or uneasiness communicated by his anti-idyllic take on the city is not dictated by a blatant political agenda (although his images are indeed political). It is his sincere interest in form, composition and colour that allows these feelings to show.More recently, Sedlecký has experimented with collage. The incorporation of common materials such as laminate flooring or linoleum into his work is not aimed at hyper-realism. He instead plays with optical perspective and challenges the viewer's ability to reconstruct the volume of the painted space. The wood panelling inserted in his canvases does not second the normal perspective of the picture, but follows a visual law all its own. The forcible contrast between the painted surface and these mundane elements is not immediately apparent, although it confers on these figurative works an inexplicable sensation of visual rupture.
Available Works
The Chemistry Gallery
Established: 2008
Prague 7
Czech Republic
member since: 2019
The Chemistry Gallery is a young dynamic creative institution dedicated to the serious commercial and professional presentation of the works of contemporary young artists from the Czech Republic, and also from abroad.
The aim of The Chemistry Gallery is to contribute to mutual understanding and interaction between the world of contemporary visual art and the public and evoke interest in young modern art and new artistic trends, movements and creative concepts.
The philosophy of The Chemistry Gallery is the systematic, long term support of, and co-operation with, selected young artists. Within the framework of its own activity as curators The Chemistry Gallery is looking for talented artists across artistic genres and media of artistic expression, with which it can build and develop artistic co-operation, exhibitions and expert critical reflection on their artworks
Ovenecká 17
Prague 7
Czech Republic
+ 420 702 164 900
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Texas has one of the highest rates of asbestos illness due to its industrial and energy producing sector. The extensive use of asbestos containing materials combined with a lack of safety equipment led to many workers being sickened up to 40 years after they were exposed to asbestos. The federal government, working through the state and federal OSHA has formulated appropriate Texas asbestos abatement procedure that provides for the safety of workers that perform asbestos abatement. There are also standardized procedures for dealing with the removal of asbestos containing materials.
Functions of the Department of State Health Services
The Texas DSHS carries out most functions mandated by the federal government and legislation such as the NESHAP that provides for proper removal and disposal of restricted asbestos containing materials. The DSHS will collect notification of asbestos abatement projects and ensure that any work that is ongoing adheres to Texas asbestos abatement procedure. Asbestos workers, contractors, inspectors and associated professionals will be certified through courses accredited by the DSHS. These courses will cover asbestos safety, abatement techniques and other procedural matters rated to Texas asbestos abatement.
Importance of certification
Certification ensures that the worker is knowledgeable about issues that may arise during asbestos abatement. Certification is available for the following positions in Texas:
– Contractors
– Supervisors
– Workers
– Consultants
– Management Planners
– Inspectors
– Air Monitors
– Laboratories
– Transporters
– Training Providers
These certifications are for asbestos abatement only and certification for other forms of construction in Texas does not qualify the individual to perform asbestos abatement. The DSHS will provide you with materials if you need to seek an accrediting course in order to be licensed in Texas. You can locate a licensed professional to conduct asbestos abatement through the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Exemptions in the Texas asbestos abatement procedure
Some flooring that contains asbestos materials may be removed with the appropriate certification. This is because floor and vinyl tiling is especially durable and very unlikely to release harmful fibers. Any individual with RFCI training will follow those guidelines to remove the material. Testing must still be conducted to verify that the tiles remain indurate before construction will start. Al other asbestos abatement will require a license.
You need to notify the DSHS at least 10 working days in advance of any construction project involving asbestos containing materials. There is an associated fee and the notification is essential so that a regional inspector can certify and inspect the property as necessary. The notification form will account for all asbestos materials present in the structure, the contractor performing work and the plans to abate and dispose of the asbestos waste. All demolitions, even buildings with no asbestos present, must present a notification form. Renovations will need to meet certain thresholds of asbestos contaminants to be required to file notifications. Homeowners are generally exempt. Proper notification is essential to Texas asbestos abatement procedure and failure to file notification will lead to severe penalties.


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There's a couple of shifts taking place at the ChristChurch London Central Service. We sat down with leaders Andy Tilsley and David Stroud to find out what's happening. Tell us a little bit about what's changing. Andy: Believe it or...


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This furnished home is in excellent condition on a corner lot and currently operating as a short term rental on Airbnb. Perfect to make your own home or continue use as short term rental! Carpeted in the bedrooms and tiled throughout the rest of the house. Features a one-car garage and fenced backyard. On a larger lot in comparison to other homes in the area. All furniture and appliances stay! Any credit considered!
This listing is provided courtesy by Ieuan Lopez, Engel & Volkers Houston
Map may not be 100% accurate.
4127 Pirates Beach (mailing)
13706 FM 3005 (at the entrance to Pirates Beach)
Galveston, TX 77554
Tel: 409.797.5500
Open Daily 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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I remember this one time.
I must have been about nine.
I was left to grow out my own vine.
I found some bullets of a lethal kind.
I'm not really sure just why,
But I took them outside.
Set them down and found
The biggest rock I could find.
Held it above my head and let it fly.
Smash a bullet, I will try…….
Nothing happened.
I remember a trickle of fear.
But excitement more near.
I picked up that rock
And gave it all I got.
This time for sure,
My aim is so pure…
Third time's a charm.
I wind milled my arm.
Through the air the rock sang
And it was then…. BANG!
I had finally found my mark.
The lead ricocheted off with a spark.
I smiled in satisfaction.
Then covered the tracks of my actions.
© Christopher Allen Breidinger
Excerpt from the book "Poet Christopher's
Scenes, Dreams, and Golden Schemes"
• Also available on Amazon.com by Title
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With the extended deadline just announced for the third annual Elevation Awards, we will be counting down to the deadline (Oct. 9) with featured selections of this year's nominees, giving re...
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Carlton Cole declared bankrupt despite earning millions throughout his career
Former Three Lions striker, who won seven caps, once earned around £30,000 a week and spent nine seasons at West Ham
FORMER England international Carlton Cole has gone bankrupt – despite earning £30,000 a week at the peak of his career.
The 34-year-old striker, who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and West Ham, was given the verdict at London's High Court.
A spokesman for Cole issued a statement to SunSport. It read: "Carlton Cole is currently working mentoring young people and footballers about the pitfalls of life and money.
"He will be going into more detail in the coming weeks about the advice that contributed to this situation and the people he had around him who had a negative effect on his career and finances."
Cole added: "I hope my story will help young footballers to take responsibility for who they listen to and take advice from.
"Unfortunately, I didn't realise what was going on until my career was in the latter years and too late for me to turn things around."
The case was brought by financial advice firm Quantuma.
He scored 51 goals in 289 top-flight games and won seven England caps.
Cole, who was declared bankrupt on June 27, is now launching his 'CCTwelve Football Academy' in East London.
It offers kids between the age of seven and 14 the chance to "play against professional academies".
After leaving West Ham in 2015, Cole moved to Celtic and then Sacramento Republic in the US.
His last playing stint was five months last year with Indonesian top-flight side Persib, who he left in August.
Cole made his pro debut as an 18-year-old for Chelsea under Claudio Ranieri in 2002.
Loan stints at Wolves, Charlton and Aston Villa followed before he settled at West Ham in 2006.


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wow fantastic an easy to drink gin with a slightly salty savoury after taste would be a good drink with a meal
2nd October 2020
Well, it arrived by when it said it would, and had to have a smell first, it was very fruity, and its nice but it leaves a salty taste on the pallette, but its good for the money.
24th May 2020
I absolutely LOVE this gin. If you like tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, rich tomatoe sauce, you'll love this.
15th April 2020
If you like a bloody Mary you will like this. I love it.
12th December 2019
Had my first glass last night and I have to say I liked Sweet to start with slight salt after taste Very enjoyable Would like to know what tonic would suit it best
13th September 2019
Send me a free sample and I'll let you know ?
20th June 2019
If you need something to dip your fries in then this is for you. It may have been a great idea to try but hindsight is a wonderful thing. If I wanted tomato soups with ice I would have had a cold tin of Campbell's.
11th January 2019
Clearly mixed reviews about this, BUT it is gin with a light tomato taste, I added some light desert chilli from Cambodia and wow brilliant, would understand the basil and dried tomato option and will try it on the weekend.
9th January 2019
A very good gin. I understand the negative reviews. For people who are not very experienced it's maybe too strange. It's innovative; it takes time and a lot of gin to appreciatie that.
6th November 2018
Steak and Salsa.
20th October 2018
Sorry this Gin is disgusting :(
23rd August 2018
I was 'treated' to a glass of this gin as part of a gin tasting night. Presumably someone thought it was a good idea to take along the bottle for its novelty value, either that or they'd been given it as a secret Santa. Unfortunately no one told me it was called Black Tomato. I spent the next half hour trying to get the taste out of my mouth. I don't really know how to explain the taste, but calling it a gin is a stretch too far in my book.
27th February 2018
Don't listen to the bad comments, if you love tomatoes and gin this is heaven for you
26th October 2017
Great with fries, and also good with pasta. Mixed with tonic, I prefer real gin.
29th September 2017
Really devastating for your health, give this to someone you truly hate!
22nd August 2017
Meh. Had it with driet tomatoes and basil but all I could taste was the tangy taste of ketchup.
5th August 2017
Just tasted this on a gin masterclass. Amazing! Savoury flavour. Great with the basil and dried tomato pieces.
27th July 2017
Amazing but too expensive for me to buy sadly x
28th May 2017
Had a few at The Cotswold Gin Pantry two weeks ago. Absolutely gorgeous with a subtle savoury finish. Best with a light tonic and ice, no citrus.
23rd May 2017
Rip my tongue off 😂😂 Hilarious
16th January 2017
I wanted to rip my tongue out, that's how horrible it was. The perfect gift for someone you hate.
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Helloworld Travel has enjoyed solid profit and revenue growth in the first half of the 2019 financial year, thanks in large part to recent acquisitions.
The travel agency posted a $21.9 million profit in the six months to 31 December 2018 – up 5.4 per cent on the prior corresponding period.
Total transaction value for Helloworld grew by 6.1 per cent to $3.153 billion, led by the business acquisitions undertaken in the second half of the prior year, including the Magellan Travel Group, Flight Systems Group and Asia Escape Holidays.
Revenue rose 7.7 per cent to $182.2 million, with the inclusion of revenue from the business acquisitions partially offset by reduced company owned stores. Excluding this, on a like for like basis, underlying revenue was in line with the prior corresponding period.
Helloworld's Aussie revenue grew 11.4 per cent to $144.9 million, while its New Zealand revenue fell 2.3 per cent to $28.9 million, and Rest of the World revenue dropped 11.8 per cent to $8.5 million.
The agency's half-yearly earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased 5.6 per cent to $42 million.
In a statement to shareholders, Helloworld said it was focused on driving the business forward in the second half of FY19 through profitable revenue growth, new revenue initiatives, maintaining cost control and extracting further efficiencies from its investment in technology developments, enhanced travel platforms, improved product offerings and increasing brand recognition.
"The group has positive momentum leading into the second half of FY19 and is well-positioned for sustainable long-term growth," the company said.
"As a result, Helloworld Travel has re-confirmed its earning guidance for FY19 that its EBITDA will be in the range of $76.0 million to $80.0 million.
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The National Institute of General Medical Sciences will support the construction of four new custom-built 900 MHz NMR magnets--the largest size available. Currently, there are only six such instruments in the world. NIGMS is awarding an average of $4 million this year to each of the institutions below. The names of principal investigators are indicated in parentheses.
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Sunny deol is an Indian actor, film director and producer, who works in Bollywood films. He is the winner of 2 national awards and 2 filmfare awards. His father is veteran actor Dharmendra, actor Bobby deol and Esha deol are his brother and sister respectively.
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Born : 19 October 1957
Nickname : Sunny
Birthplace : Sahnewal, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Height : 174 cm or 5' 8½"
Weight : 78 kg or 171 lbs
Religion : Hindu
Marital Status : married
Nationality : Indian
Debut : Betaab (1983)
Awards : National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, IIFA Awards, Star Screen Awards, Zee Cine Awards,
Sunny deol made his film debut in the romantic film Betaab in 1983. The film was a commercial success and his acting performance was appreciated receiving the nomination at the Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 1985 Sunny appeared in the film Arjun which was a major hit and established him as an action hero. He got his breakthrough release in 1990, Rajkumar Santoshi's Ghayal. The film emerged as a huge critical success earning him several awards including National Film Award – Special Jury Award and Filmfare Best Actor Award. He appeared in the most expensive film of that time,
The Hero: Love Story of a Spy alongside d Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra. Sunny deol appeared with his father Dharmendra and btother Bobby deol in 2011's film Yamla Pagla Deewana. The film was one of the biggest commercial successes of the year and his performance earned him some nominations. In 2013 he appeared in the sequel of the movie Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 which was unperformed at the box office. His only release in 2016 was the Ghayal Once Again, directed by him. The film is the sequel of his 1990's several awards winning film Ghayal.
Selected filmography:
- 1983 Betaab
- 1985 Arjun
- 1987 Dacait
- 1989 Vardi
- 1990 Ghayal
- 1993 Damini – Lightning
- 1996 Ghatak: Lethal
- 1997 Border
- 2001 Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
- 2003 Jaal: The Trap
- 2011 Yamla Pagla Deewana
- 2016 Ghayal Once Again
Early and personal life:
Sunny deol was born in the village of Sahnewal in Punjab, India to Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur. He got married to Pooja Deol and the couple has two sons named Karan and Rajvir.
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Nitrado sponsor the J20 CS:GO tournament
We are very pleased to announce that the game server rental company Nitrado will be sponsoring the CS:GO tournament at J20, and have very kindly provided prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams!
Who are Nitrado?
Nitrado are a game server hosting / rental company founded in 2001. Today, it is the leading provider in the area of game servers and application hosting, with over 100 game servers to choose from. It has a unique system, which administers game servers and hosted applications dynamically and automatically.
Offering high-quality services at an affordable price; The flexible, prepaid system guarantees a convenient and simple management of all services with no contract, period. Services can be changed at any time during the rental.
Their hosting system is developed completely in-house and constantly adapts to the current requirements needed by a service. Thus, a fast response time to market changes is possible to offer a customer-oriented service. New games, modifications and helpful tools can be integrated immediately.
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Over 300 years ago in 1686, some of the first documented product development was put into practice in Lloyd's Coffee House in London. From this common meeting place for sailors, merchants and shipowners, Lloyd's of London has grown into the insurance market we know today. Back then, the simple written "marine product" provided much needed protection for valuable ships and cargo, with limited development of the insurance product that provided coverage to the ships that crossed the seas.
Now, in 2019, here at Prepared we focus on two crucial elements of product development: annual rate review and product enhancement analysis of our current products.
To explain further, annual rate reviews of all lines of business are necessary for a successful property program. It is essential to complete a comprehensive review of premium growth, loss activity, property exposure growth, reinsurance cost and expense development. These key factors allow product analysts to form recommendations and changes that will enhance the specific program's overall performance. Loss activity, profitability and earned premium are key analytical components. Based on positive and negative developments, appropriate changes are then recommended. At Prepared, once these tasks are completed, a final review is conducted with the executive team. Upon final review, the necessary filings are prepared and submitted to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for approval.
Next, as lines of business age and different types of optional coverages emerge, product enhancements are reviewed and taken into consideration as add-ons to current coverages. Additionally, as other enhancements and changes are determined beneficial to current programs, appropriate research is completed, the necessary underwriting rules are developed and premiums are established. As a final step, regulatory filings are then submitted to the Department of Insurance.
At Prepared, we consistently seek enhancements to improve current coverage options and provide other, new and desirable options to our policyholders. For example, Prepared will soon implement a private flood endorsement backed by Swiss Re.
Whether we are conducting an annual rate review or researching opportunities for product enhancements, the Prepared Product Team aims to enhance coverage options and provide insurance protection to our policyholders. It's important to note that the data we analyze and trends we study determine the necessary changes to provide financial stability for the company, which provides financial security to our valued policyholders and agents.
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County could see budget cuts due to Harvey destruction
Harvey damage to properties likely to cut tax revenue
Harris County government departments could see their budgets reduced by up to 5 percent as property taxes take an expected dip due to Hurricane Harvey's widespread destruction.
The estimate is preliminary, County Budget Officer Bill Jackson said Friday. The extent of an anticipated decrease in property tax revenues will be determined after properties are appraised Jan. 1.
Jackson said the county plans to keep budgets flat, if possible. Most departments have received increases every year since the 2008 recession.
Jackson's remarks came as Commissioners Court prepares for its annual midyear budget review, and as local governments grapple with billions of dollars of costs associated with Harvey, the largest storm ever recorded in Houston.
Mayor Sylvester Turner earlier this month proposed a one-year 8.9 percent increase in the city's property tax rate but said this week that would be cut roughly in half because of an agreement by the federal government to increase most disaster cost reimbursements from 75 to 90 percent. The proposed tax rate hike would be used to help cover the city's storm recovery costs.
A Turner spokesman said Friday that the city does not expect any impact on the tax rolls during the current budget year. That is because the appraised property values that fund the city's current budget were set months ago, and those bills will go out soon.
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5%Possible budget cuts across all county departments
$100M Harris County contingency fund, which has been tapped to pay recovery expenses
$1B Proposed county bond issue to fund flood control work
$12 million in overtime
Spokesman Alan Bernstein said it was too early to say what kind of impact Harvey could have on the city's overall property tax rolls for next year's budget, noting there is some evidence that properties that did not flood could see their values go up. He also noted that with other sources of revenue, including fees and sales tax, the city is less reliant on property taxes than the county.
It is not clear yet how much the storm has affected Harris County's tax base as the extent of damage to property still is being determined.
Damaged homes will be worth less, and those owners can expect smaller property tax bills. In other cases, repairs to homes or other buildings could bring them back up to their original value. Properties unaffected by floodwaters could see a jump in value.
Jackson said the county's public contingency fund - roughly $100 million - has helped pay for Harvey-related expenses, such as debris cleanup and overtime for county personnel who worked during and immediately after the storm. Jackson said Harvey-related overtime has totaled some $12 million, so far.
The county still is assessing what is likely to be hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to infrastructure, but most of that will be covered by insurance and some repairs can be reimbursed by the federal government.
Harvey's impact on the county's budget likely will come from a dip in property tax revenues, Jackson said. The county relies on property taxes for most of its revenue. Unlike the city, it does not collect a sales tax.
Jackson said the goal is to keep county departmental budgets flat, but some could see cuts of up to 5 percent. He said law enforcement, public health care and road and bridge budgets will remain top priorities for county budget writers.
"We're not going to have any severe decreases," Jackson said.
Bond issue supported
The county plans to keep its overall property tax rate - $0.62998 per $100 of assessed value - the same. Commissioners Court is expected to adopt the tax rate next month.
At least three court members have expressed support for a bond issue and a property tax increase to support it to bolster cash-strapped flood control initiatives, which could include improvements to waterways and large-scale buyouts of properties that repeatedly flood.
County Judge Ed Emmett raised the idea earlier this month, saying he could foresee a bond issue of more than $1 billion to expand flood control efforts, but the county still needs to tally its damages and see what state and federal funding could be available for improvements.
Jackson said then that issuing $1 billion in bonds at one time could cost the county about $70 million a year and result in a 2-cent increase in the tax rate. The county, he said, likely would issue the debt over time, meaning less of a rate hike as property values increase.
The County Attorney's Office is reviewing when the county could hold such a referendum.


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Sandra Ilić belongs to the first generation of CompEng-students. She started Computational Engineering master program in year 2000.
As a member of DYNET project she was one of the RUB students being supported by the DAAD within the framework of the stability pact for south east Europe. Sandra Ilić completed her diploma degree at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the University Niš in Serbia. Subsequently, she began to study the international master program Computational Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum. In 2002 she graduated as one of the year´s best students. The topic of her master thesis was "Numerical determination of Green´s function induced by a screw dislocation in 2D crystal". After graduation she got a PhD position at department of Mechanics-Material Theory, Ruhr University Bochum and after finishing her PhD she continued working there as a Postdoc. On 15.01.2014, Sandra Klinge (née Ilić) habilitated at Ruhr University Bochum, department of Mechanics-Material Theory.
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After years of waiting, "Batman: Europa" finally hits shelves! Check out our review below and be warned of some spoilers for the comic and any Bat related video games from the past four years.
Written by Matteo Casali & Brian Azzarello
Illustrated by Jim Lee & Giuseppe Camuncoli
Superstar artist Jim Lee returns to the Dark Knight with this premiere issue! The impossible has happened and Batman is on the verge of being taken down by an enemy he cannot defeat: a virus for which there is no cure! And the only hope for his salvation is The Joker! Who infected Batman, what does the Clown Prince of Crime know, and how will the Dark Knight get that information? Together, the enemies crisscross Europe, desperate to find answers before time runs out.
Co-conceived by Matteo Casali and Brian Azzarello, this 4-issue miniseries event will feature art by top talents over layouts by the incomparable Giuseppe Camuncoli (HELLBLAZER, Dark Wolverine), with the first issue pencilled and inked by none other than Jim Lee!
A couple months ago, I had the chance to review "Captain America: White". Long story short: it wasn't my cup of tea. "White", like "Batman: Europa" had been in the works for a decade or so and in the time between its announcement and release its story has been made insignificant by another creative team that just did it better. For "White", Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale had to deal with the fact that Ed Brubaker's entire run on "Captain America" was about the trauma surrounding Bucky's death (and revival). They made a movie about it, you may have heard of it. Likewise, "Europa" has to face another story that came out and knocked its premise out of the park.
The basic premise of "Europa" is that the Dark Knight has been infected with a virus that will kill him within a week. Unfortunately, the Joker is suffering from a similar disease and Batman must team up with his deadliest enemy as they both try to find a way to survive while their bodies shut down. Honestly, it's a great premise which is exactly why Rocksteady ran with it almost word for word for 2011's Arkham City. (Wow, looking at 2011 graphics is weird.)
Now, it's not fair to say that Arkham City or "Europa" tried to steal each other's plot. Like "Captian America: White", the world moved on without the delayed "Europa" and a similar story sprang up in its place. This kind thing happens all the time, no harm no foul. But while "White" felt like a bit of a relic for not trying to react or work around the environment created by the story that succeeded it, "Europa" has more to it than the virus storyline. Unfortunately, it's not nearly as vital to the comic as I would like it to be.
The ostensible reason for why "Europa" was even thought of was to bring on European artists to create a European vision of Batman. Jim Lee illustrates this first issue and even though the guy who drew the cover to "X-Men" #1 is as Not-European as you can go, there's a muted quality to his work here that's actually really engaging. Giuseppe Camuncoli is in charge of the layouts for this whole series and, with Lee, he creates an incredibly unique looking Batman book that focuses on the city of Berlin. There's entire narration boxes that go along with Lee's depictions of Berlin's landmarks, waxing on the city's violent history that are really rather touching. The problem is that those moments only take up a little bit of time before we're back to following mobsters into hideouts, stumbling onto rooms littered with dead bodies left behind the Joker, and smashed windows. Maybe that's just because Lee is meant to be a starting off point before we see some more experimental stuff as we see more artists like Diego Latorre and Gerard Parel.
Still, the Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? approach to storytelling means that we only get one city per issue, which means that the minuscule amount of insight we see into Berlin is all we're really going to get for future cities like Prague and Paris. There's a real passion in exploring European cities present in "Europa" #1, so it's sad to see that most of the comic still has to be made of regular Batman stuff.
Final Verdict: 6.8 – Visually, "Batman: Europa" is really dope, and that's coming form someone who isn't the biggest Jim Lee fan. Unfortunately, there's too many Batman trappings that keep the comic from being the more experimental comic it wants to be.
Also, I didn't want to bring this up earlier in the review but the opening few pages are just Batman and Joker post-fight with Bruce narrating about how they have each other's blood on their lips and how "this time he's ready to go all the way." I want to take this moment to apologize to "Captain America: White" for saying it was about the secret relationship between Steve Rogers and Bucky because "Europa" is way more blatant about what they're going for.