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If the pool and spa thermometer model 00617 is showing HH, an inaccurate temperature reading, or dash lines, Please confirm you are using a recommended battery and perform a hard reset.
Quality brand batteries are recommended, including Duracell Coppertops (Black and copper), Rayovac, Energizer, or Kirkland.
Verify batteries are fresh. The battery expiration date should be at least 6 years out. Batteries can lose 3% power or more every year in storage.
Heavy-duty, extra strength or generic / store brand batteries are not recommended for use with AcuRite products because they may cause performance irregularities due to the way these types of batteries disperse power. Each battery should not exceed 1.6 volts.
Rechargeable batteries are not recommended for use with AcuRite products because they may cause performance irregularities due to the voltage instability of these types of batteries.
Mixing different battery types (brands, old/new, etc.) is not recommended.
Bring both the sensor and display unit indoors and remove at least one battery from each.
- Make sure the A-B-C switch on both units match. Sometimes changing to a different channel can help.
- Reinstall the battery in the outdoor sensor.
- Reinstall the battery in the display unit.
- Let the units sit within a couple of feet of each other for about 20 minutes to gain a strong connection.
If the wireless signal indicator shows no bars:
• Relocate the display unit and/or the outdoor sensor. The units must be within 100 feet (30 meters) of each other.
• Make sure both units are placed at least 3 feet (.9 m) away from electronics that may interfere with wireless communication (such as TVs, microwaves, computers, etc).
• Use standard alkaline batteries (or lithium batteries in the sensor when the temperature is below -4ºF/-20ºC). Do not use heavy-duty or rechargeable batteries. NOTE: It may take up to 20 minutes for the display unit and sensor to synchronize after batteries are replaced.


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Our SEN Information Report – which is part of Durham County Council's Local Offer – provides details about how we support children and young people with Special Educational Needs in our school.
The SEN Information Report was reviewed and updated on 2nd April 2020.
At West Rainton Primary School, we recognise that all pupils are entitled to a quality of provision that will enable them to achieve their potential. We believe in positive intervention, removing barriers to learning, raising expectations and levels of achievement and working in partnership with other agencies in order to provide a positive educational experience for all our pupils, including those with a special educational need or disability. All pupils deserve this level of ambition, and it is part of the 'thread that runs through the cloth' of West Rainton Primary School.
Our dedication to this is proven through our 'Inclusion Quality Mark' award from July 2017, as well as our most recent Ofsted (November 2017) report which states that 'Disadvantaged pupils and pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities make good progress as a result of effective teaching, regular support and monitoring.'
Our school recognises that there are particular groups of pupils whose circumstances require additional consideration by those who work with them to support their SEN.
At West Rainton Primary School we have appointed a 'Designated Teacher for Looked after Children' who works closely with the SENDCO, to ensure that all teachers in school understand the implications for those children who are looked after and have SEN or/and disabilities.
This SEND Information report should be read alongside the school's SEND Policy, the Equalities Information and Objectives and the Accessibility Plan.
Key Contacts
- Mrs Alison McDonough – Headteacher
- Mrs Susan Firth – SENDCO/Deputy Headteacher 0191 5843805
- Rev. Michael Beck – SEN link governor
SEND Admissions
For information on the admission of pupils with a disability, please visit the School Admissions section of our website and view the Accessibility Plan in our School Policies section.
If you would like to discuss your child's SEN in more detail please contact the school to arrange an appointment.
The full range of local support available for children/ young people with SEND and their families within and outside of school can be found in the County Durham Local Offer

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Black Ops 4 Blackout – How To Unlock IX Diego
In Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Zombies mode, the crew of Bruno, Diego, Scarlette, and Shaw are thrust into an ancient Roman coliseum to fight… well, zombies. And tigers. And even elephants if you make it to the end of the main easter egg! As of the latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update, you can now obtain each of the IX characters in Blackout, as long as you complete their respective character missions. That's easier said than done though, especially since the missions are hidden in-game. Luckily for you, we've got everything you need if you're wondering how to unlock IX Diego in Black Ops 4 Blackout.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout – How To Unlock IX Diego
As with every IX character in Blackout, the first thing you need to do is obtain Diego's unique character item. This is the Mayan Crest, which you can find inside equipment stashes. It's not a guarantee though, so you're going to need to keep looting equipment stashes until you find it.
When you have the Mayan Crest in your inventory, you need to find a Bowie Knife and get a kill with it. This is easier said than done because for a melee kill, you obviously need to be right next to your opponent. We'd recommend sneaking around with Skulker and Dead Silence active or waiting in a corner for unsuspecting players to pass by.
After that, you merely have to finish the game with the Mayan Crest in your inventory. Don't drop it for any reason. Otherwise, this will make the challenge invalid, and you'll have to re-do it all again. It doesn't matter whether you die right after or go on to win the game, as long as you've completed both objectives, and you finish the game – don't leave via the menu – you'll have unlocked Diego when you go back to the lobby.
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The inquiry into the Grenfell Tower breaks for a week of reflection to mark one year since the tragedy (14 June). In this two-part feature, Joey Gardiner highlights some of the key issues to have emerged from 2,000 pages of expert reports
The official inquiry into last year's tragedy at Grenfell Tower began in earnest last week with Danny Friedman QC articulating the "calm rage" of the survivors and bereaved relatives of those in blaze. The inquiry is designed to answer how, in Friedman's words, a local authority in 21st-century London "instigated and oversaw the refurbishment of a social housing high-rise tower block in such a way as to render it a deathtrap".
To that end, a mountain of submissions from those affected and the companies and public bodies involved in the building and its refurbishment were published last week, along with more than 2,000 pages of expert reports into the fire.
While the counsel for the inquiry stressed that these reports should be regarded as works in progress rather than the inquiry's conclusions, they have brought a wealth of evidence into the public domain for the first time, and will clearly inform the direction that the inquiry will take.
For the first time, a detailed picture has emerged from the expert reports of how the fire spread, after starting within the kitchen of flat 16 on the fourth floor. Breaking out of the flat, the fire took hold in the cladding system, taking just nine minutes to spread up to the crown of the building. From here it quickly spread laterally, with burning debris from the crown setting other parts of the building's exterior on fire. The same weaknesses in the window surrounds that are likely to have allowed the fire to break out of flat 16 then allowed the exterior conflagration to break back into the building elsewhere.
So, beyond this general picture, what have we learned about the blaze and the likely direction of travel of the inquiry from the evidence so far?
"[The cladding panels were] the primary cause of upward vertical fire spread, downward vertical fire spread, and lateral fire spread"
Professor Luke Bisby, expert witness
The cladding system was the biggest contributing factor
Two points have become abundantly clear from the first week of deliberation and evidence: first, that the cladding system was, as many had already speculated, the principal contributing factor that turned a small fire in a single flat into an unprecedented whole-building inferno.
The expert report by Dr Barbara Lane, a chartered fire engineer and UK board director at engineer Arup, said that the "high degree of compartmentation" provided by the building internally, on which the advice for residents to "stay put" was based, was completely undermined by the rapid external spread of the fire in the rainscreen cladding system. "The assembly", she said, "became part of a successful combustion process. The process generated substantial fire spread over five distinct pathways." Meanwhile, the expert report by Luke Bisby, professor of fire and structures and head of the School of Engineering Research Institute at the University of Edinburgh, found that the evidence "strongly supports" the idea that the aluminium composite material (ACM) panels were the "primary cause" of fire spread.
"I have found no evidence yet that any member of the design [or] construction team ascertained the fire performance of the rainscreen cladding system materials"
Dr Barbara Lane, expert witness
The second point is that it appears unlikely anyone will attempt to argue that the system met building regulations. Lane's report concluded that both the Celotex RS5000 insulation panels and the Reynobond ACM cladding panels, as well as cavity barriers and material used in the window surrounds, failed to meet the stipulations in Building Regulations guidance in Approved Document B, which deals with fire safety. She stated that the assembly as a whole clearly failed to meet the overarching functional requirement in the Building Regulations, which is that external wall constructions adequately resist the spread of flame.
So far, this is not being disputed. Even the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, whose building control officers signed off the refurbishment, said in its opening statement "it seems likely that the inquiry will find that the cladding, as installed in the refurbishment, did not satisfy […] Building Regulations 2010".
Arconic, the manufacturer of the Reynobond cladding panels, said that while it disputed the notion ACM panels were the primary cause of the fire spreading, it would have been "obvious to anyone professionally involved in construction" that the products supplied were not of limited combustibility. It added that it had "seen no evidence" that scheme's designers followed any of the potential routes for achieving building regulation compliance.
Overall Lane's report stated she found "no evidence yet that any member of the design team or the construction team ascertained the fire performance of the rainscreen cladding system materials" and "no evidence that building control were either informed or understood how the assembly would perform in a fire".
All this implies that a primary focus of the inquiry will be how a patently non-compliant system came to be designed, approved and installed. And while very little of this evidence has yet been produced, largely because the companies and organisations involved have released little information, it is already possible to see where disputes will arise. The submission by the G4 group of Grenfell residents said the scheme architect, Studio E, had originally specified fire-resistant materials, but that the design and build contractor, Rydon, then "suggested that the specified zinc cladding could be replaced by an aluminium composite system". Rydon immediately published a letter making clear "it disputes this contention" and that it had been required in its tender process to put forward alternatives to the original cladding.
The meaning of building regulations guidance will be determined
Despite the fact that Lane found the Grenfell cladding system was non-compliant under any interpretation of building regulations, the inquiry now seems certain to have to determine the much disputed question of whether guidance at the time banned combustible cladding. The controversy comes from the fact that building regulations guidance in Approved Document B does not explicitly state that cladding panels must be of limited combustibility. However, the government claims a reference to "filler" material being of limited combustibility applied to the material within composite ACM panels and thus by definition the panels were covered.
The inquiry's experts are divided on this point. The reports from both Lane and Professor José Torero, director of the Center for Disaster Resilience at the University of Maryland, concluded that guidance did not stipulate cladding had to be of limited combustibility, whereas those by Bisby and Colin Todd (of fire safety consultant CS Todd & Associates) took the opposing view.
The G4 group of bereaved, survivors and relatives (the groupings refer to which solicitors' firms are representing them) made clear its insistence that a determination on this issue be reached by the public inquiry. Its opening statement said: "There is an issue as to whether the cladding panels were required to be of limited combustibility […] In order to discharge its functions, the inquiry will need to determine this issue."
Likewise, Grenfell contractor Rydon's submission makes clear this issue is vital in determining culpability for the system that was installed. It said: "The wider point is whether the industry generally, specialist fire consultants and building control understood whether cladding systems of the type specified at Grenfell Tower might potentially give rise to a significant risk of fire spread or that the building regulation guidance was to the effect suggested by Mr Todd."
On this point, the wider construction industry and landlords of other blocks with ACM cladding will be closely observing progress in the inquiry, with the promised government consultation on an explicit ban still awaited. While the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology has made clear in a submission to the select committee that the wider industry, until Grenfell, considered cladding panels did not have to be of limited combustibility, the government's position, accepted by the Hackitt review, is that the approved documents already made this stipulation.
Jonathan Evans, chief executive of cladding manufacturer Ash & Lacy, disputes the government's position and describes Lane's analysis of the issue as a "hugely significant" intervention.
He says: "The government have claimed that the combustible cladding on hundreds of tower blocks was not permissible under their guidance, but in fact it was never required to be limited combustibility.
"This lie has delayed justice and progress for thousands of tower block residents, and the government should have admitted responsibility months ago and coughed up for the recladding work."
The government has promised £400m of funding to pay for the recladding of affected social housing, taken from other affordable housing funding, but private landlords have so far not been offered any assistance.
The communities select committee's Betts says the implied financial liability if government guidance was at fault has delayed government action. "This is a very, very important point, and I think that's why government had been slow.
If the guidance didn't say cladding had to be of limited combustibility, then it's their [the government's] responsibility to pay for it," he says.


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Introduction: Knex Magazine
This is my Knex magazine, it is is spring loaded it holds 7 green rods and is no more than 5 or 10cm tall.
Step 1: Making the Bass
this is the bass of the magazine. just copy what is on the pictures.i apologise about the second picture but all you do is attach 2 yellow pieces on either side of the orange pieces.
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sorry about the picture again but you should be able to see everything I've done.
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just make the piece pictured and attach it like it is in the second picture.
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again sorry about the pictures but just make the firing pin in picture 1 (you can use different length of rods) and attach it as shown in picture 2. and there you have your magazine.
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Edward the Confessor dies, leaving behind an empty throne. Harold Godwinson's right to the English throne receives little support, and William the Bastard counters this claim and made ready to assail England.
William sets out with his navy, and arrives in England, for the most part, with his full fleet. He then advances inland but is met by Harold Godwinson and his army at Hastings.
The two armies fight, and it seems that William is about to win, but he is unhorsed by a stray Norman arrow; the horse rears and falls over backwards, landing on William. He is temporarily paralyzed, seeing this from afar, an English archer raises the cry: "The bastard is dead!" Some Normans see that this would appear to be so, and start running, quickly it turns into an all-out retreat. About ten minutes after the Norman army has fully retreated from Hasting, William gets up and tries to escape, but is captured by the English, who keep this very secret, lest the Normans become emboldened. It turns out that Harold Godwinson has been killed by a Norman archer, and Edgar the Æþeling is swiftly crowned in his place. He commands that William be held for ransom. The Norman army holes up on the eastern coast of England, and are driven to terms by the pursuing English troops; they are to retreat return to Normandy in France, but are to leave behind one tenth of their number as slaves, and are to deliver all their weapons and armour up as rightful spoil for the English.
After all this has been done, the Normans are offered William for a ransom, but they are unable to pay. The English promise to hold him until such a time as they are able to pay, but the French king, seeing his opportunity to seize full power over William's dukedom, declares that he will neither pay a ransom or allow a ransom to be paid within his power, and, thereafter, Edgar the Ever Young, new king of England, personally executed William. The majority of the Catholic Church disagreed with this move, and the Pope Leo IX openly called it "an act of the devil".
Edgar the Ever Young is convinced by Bishop Forþwulf, the fresh Abbot of Westminster Abbey, that, despite popular church usage of Latin, Latin and English should not be mixed. Edgar declares, much to the horror of the Catholic Church, that all Latin words are to be removed from usage in the English language, and that all publicly-spoken Latin was to be translated for the common people. The Pope Leo IX responds by calling Edgar "a son of Satan," and, in return, Edgar declares the Catholic Church void, and founds the Renewed Church of Christ (which upheld, chiefly, the Ten Commandments, the New Testament, selected commandments from the Old Testament, and a "healthy respect for the God-appointed king of England"), later to be know as the Renewed Church of England and later again the Church of England, or the Anglish Church. A great revolt, usually called the English-Catholic uprising, then takes place, mainly being supported by the Catholic church and a large number of nobles. The uprising is quelled, and Edgar declares that everyone who took part in it was to be executed. Rome declares war on England and exhorts his "brethren in the true faith" to do likewise. France, Germany and Spain all declare war against England. However, Edgar secures allies in Iceland and Sweden (mostly through money). The Pope formally excommunicates all people who support Edgar, but Sweden and Iceland stay firm, and war begins on the nineteenth of December when France sends two-hundred ships, each carrying an average of one-hundred men, to invade England. They land on the southern coast of England, and quickly defeat several rural villages, but are soon met by a large force (8000, about) of Swedish mercenaries. A great battle takes place known as the French-Swedish battle of Wessex. At first, the French overcome the Swedes, and the Swedes sustain almost one thousand losses, but the Swedes begin to gain ground, and eventually push the French force of almost 20,000 (reduced to 14,000) back to the shoreline, where the French retreat. Disheartened by this news, Germany pulls out of the war, but Spain, France, and Italy still make preparations against England.
4000 Icelandic mercenaries arrive in Cumbria, England. They are met by a herald from the king saying to meet at Oxfordshire, where they meet up with the complete Swedish force of 9000 and the English force of 9500.
On March the tenth Italian forces land on the south-western shore at Kent, and five days later French and Spanish forces arrive somewhat north of there at East Anglia. Soon, however, the the Italian force hears news of the French and Spanish, and meets them at Suffolk, moving across the land almost unchecked. The combined English, Swedish and Icelandic forces make rapid headway and attack the three armies the day after they meet, on March the eighteenth, creating general confusion among the French, Italian and Spanish Forces, but soon resistance is organized.
The Battle of St Edmunds (March 18, 1074) is remembered today as the most important battle fought in England during the 11th century. At stake was nothing less then an England and an English church ruled by Englishmen or a church run from Rome and an alien on the throne of England. The English army's surprise attack and it's initial success neutralised the superior numbers of the Allied army. Having recovered their guard, the Allies set forth to defend themselves against the onrushing Saxon and Vikings assaults. Attempts by the Allied horse to break the Saxon shield wall proved fruitless and very costly. The turning point in the battle occurred when a Swedish group of berserkers broke through the centre of the Allied line and killed the Allied commander. Having lost their commander and unable to rally an effective defence, Allied units were divided from each other as the gap in the center was exploited by the Saxon housecarls. Total disaster was averted by the Allied horse covering the retreat of the main army. Despite this brief respite, the defeat was a disaster for the Allies. 12,000 Allied troops lay down on the field and another 5000 were prisoners in English hands (the English lost 7000). The remaining 8000 Allied troops were scattered throughout the countryside in groups of fifties and hundreds, the largest group protector by cavalry amounted to just 1700 men. This second defeat ended forever the hopes of the Allies and the Catholic Church to conquer England and destroy the Church of England.
The English fleet successfully intercepted and destroyed many of the ships of the Allied fleet while they were still at anchor shortly after the battle, the result of which was that less than 1000 of the Allied troops ever actually escaping from the island of Britain unransomed.
Although peace will not formerly be declared for several years the war for all intensive purposes is over.
Normandy takes advantage of the war in England to rebel when William's son Robert leads a successful revolt and establishes himself as Duke of Normandy a title which is quickly recognised by the King of England as a way to divide the French against themselves.
Most of the Swedish and Icelandic mercenaries remain in England and are given very generous tracts of land by King Edgar.
Shortly after his victory at St Edmunds, King Edgar II marries Gytha, daughter of the late King Harold. Harold's memory is still very popular among the people and he will be canonised as a saint in 1086 by the synod of the Church of England. Edgar will have the work hard to escape Harold's shadow.
Edgar and Gytha's first child and first son Harold (named for his maternal grandfather) is born.
Edgar and Gytha's second child and first daughter Margaret (named for his aunt Queen Margaret of Scotland) is born.
Edgar and Gytha's third child and second son Edward (named for his paternal grandfather) is born.
Since the victory at St Edmunds, England has enjoyed peace and growing prosperity. The need for religious texts in English causes several monasteries develop a primitive form of movable type which, although limited in its uses, proves effective in the production of Bibles, and other religious works. By now one in ten English households has a Bible in English and every church and monastery.
By this time England, Ireland Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, and some other smaller states have joined forces in leaving the Church of Rome and forming their own churches which are loosely known as the "Protesting" or "Protestant" Church.
Edgar and Gytha's fourth child and third son Edgar (named for his father) is born.


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February 14, 2019
I spend a lot of my time hanging out at tech user groups and meetups. Being a frequent face, sharing career tips, giving job search advice… creating relationships over time, builds a lot of trust.
So, tech pros are not shy when they tell me their recruiting horror stories. They forward email, name recruiters and the companies they work for. And it is equal opportunity… it seems that search firm, consulting firm and corporate recruiters are all equal offenders.
A number of years ago while having a video glitch at Minnebar I was asked to not start my session yet. They wanted it all on video so to pass the time I ask, "So what do you want to know?" And the room was awkwardly quiet. Then an attendee from the back of the room says with a very loud voice, "Why do recruiters suck so bad?" The room erupts in laughter and of course… the video started recording and I have a blank look on my face.
While I share the frustration they have with poorly written job descriptions, being ghosted, doing "tell me about yourself" questions during every interview and a huge number of other offenses… I also share with them why some of this happens.
I explain that most of my corporate recruiter friends have an insane workload, frequently their teams are understaffed and underbudgeted, recruiting tends to be an "entry level" role to HR so experience can be lacking and more. When I finish and at least for a moment… I see some empathy.
I've always wanted to do a day or week in the life of a recruiter but as a consultant, my weeks rarely are the same.
I bumped into this amazing post on LinkedIn Adding Up Why Recruiters Suck from Terra Carbert a Minneapolis Recruiter who I have known for a long time. She's one of the good ones. Click => LinkedIn and @terracarbert to learn more about her and to say hello. I asked her if I could repost her article here and she said yes. She shows what it's like being one of us. So the next time you think, why do recruiters suck so bad? You'll know that much of it is not our fault and most of us really are doing the best we can.
Thank you Terra!!!
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Adding Up Why Recruiters Suck
Over the past year, I've spent a lot more time on social media. Recruiters sure do take a beating around here. The image from google search completion says it all.
Today, I felt compelled to provide a glimpse inside a week in the life of a corporate recruiter at large organizations. I apologize for the length of this post in advance, but recruiters do A LOT in a week. I'm sure you do too.
Here's the why behind the two most common complaints I hear:
"I haven't heard anything on my application and I applied three weeks ago"
"I haven't heard anything on my opening and it's been open for a week"
The recruiter is working on anywhere from 15 (dream world) to 50, 60, 70 openings at a time. In my experience leading teams, partnering with clients, and as a corporate recruiter the average runs somewhere in the 20-30 range for most. Let's take the average and do the math. Let's assume about ½ of those jobs (call it 12) are in the phone interview stage.
Okay, I'm the corporate recruiter and I've got 10 hours left (assuming a 40-hour workweek) to take care of all this other stuff:
1. Writing and posting job descriptions. This takes about 30 minutes each if you have an ATS that works well for this & and an up to date library of job descriptions used for posting. It could take up to 2 hours if you have to manually post on every job board or social channel along with a full rewrite of the job description (because you were given an old template). I have 2 new jobs ready to post this week (assuming I have an awesome ATS that never ever shows a spinning loading wheel and is lightning fast) so 30 minutes each! Another hour gone…9 hours left.
2. Reading resumes of applicants on posted jobs. I have an average of 20 applicants per job and 10 jobs that need resumes reviewed this week, that's 200 resumes! Let's take 30 seconds to read those resumes. Oh wait 30 seconds isn't long enough to actually READ THE RESUME I need a minute average. 30 seconds to review on the obvious "no" and at least a minute and a half on those worth a full review. 200 minutes gone. Why touch all of them? Doesn't the ATS handle this? We recruiters must at least scan a resume or review the pre-screen answers from the person who has absolutely no relevant experience and change their status in the system because….COMPLIANCE! 3 hours and 40 minutes left
3. Sending emails to all my hiring manager(s) providing them updates on their positions and presenting any candidates I recommend move forward – call it another hour gone. 4 hours 40 minutes left
4. Chasing down the hiring manager to get the feedback on who they want to interview because they DIDN'T RESPOND TO THE EMAIL – 5 more minutes follow up call/email both methods tried this time per manager. It's a good week only 2 managers didn't respond. 10 minutes. 4 hours 30 minutes left
5. Filling out the interview request form for the coordinator to schedule face to face interviews with the hiring team or scheduling myself – I have to schedule 6 face to face interviews this week. Those forms are cumbersome 5 minutes each at least so another 30 minutes gone. 4 hours left
6. Chasing down the interview participants to ANSWER THE DAMN INTERVIEW INVITE – 2 minutes per 5 people who think outlook scheduling is dumb and still use their desk calendar. 10 more minutes 3 hours 50 minutes left.
7. Notifying candidates of the next steps in the process or making sure my coordinator was able to do this. I have 6 who are interviewing onsite, 4 headed to offer and I need to make sure I know what they'll accept, 2 I need to complete background check paperwork and aren't getting back to the coordinator. This is 12 candidates I have to call them all. I'm either leaving a voicemail (1 minute each or talking to them 4-10 minutes each). So, say I reach ½ by phone and keep it quick, 4 minutes that's 24 minutes on calls and another 6 minutes leaving some messages. 3 hours 20 minutes left
8. Scheduling and conducting feedback sessions with hiring teams from interview five of these meetings will take me 30 minutes each. I'm fortunate, these people know how to hire and NEVER disagree; these meetings ALWAYS end on time. 5 x 30 =150 minutes = 2 hours and 20 minutes. One hour left
9. Chasing down the interview panelists about the feedback session because they didn't ANSWER THE DAMN INVITE – 55 minutes left
10. Getting into the applicant tracking system and closing out candidates, moving them to the right "step" in the software, making sure their applications are signed, offer letters are signed and of course that it's all compliant in the event of an audit or and EEO or OFCCP lawsuit. There is no way this is less than 30 applicants often way more. Call it a minute a piece because I've got that awesome ATS….25 minutes left
11. Rescheduling the interview (or delegating the rescheduling) that's scheduled for tomorrow at 8:00 AM when Janet who ACCEPTED THE INVITE lied and she is a required participant – of course, it's 4:30 PM and I'm supposed to attend a baseball game tonight with my kid, but I've got this. I call the candidate and apologize that we need to cancel, grovel, get availability, and fill out that interview request form again, send an email to notify the rest of the interview panel that the interview is canceled because my coordinator actually owns the invite and well….left the office at 4 and someone has to do it. 25 minutes work week is done. ZERO hours left
12. Meet with hiring managers to learn about the new positions put on desk this week (3) 45 minutes each. Negative 2.25 hours
13. Attend that training session on the new law related to fair pay in several states and learn how we are supposed to implement this at the company and what our approach will be. Negative 2.75 hours
14. Notify talent sourcing about those three obscure positions that aren't getting any qualified applications and I need help – 15 minutes Negative 3 hours
15. Find appropriate headhunter to help with the one opening my sourcing department can't help with because they are supporting 25 other recruiters who all have needs too. Interview 3 of them to make sure they know this area 15 minutes each Negative 4.25 hours
16. Research the career fair the Joe asked me if we thought attending would be beneficial for that job he's hiring for next week – 15 minutes Negative 4.5 hours
17. Contact the two job boards that Annie is convinced has all the right talent we need and get the pricing for posting a job there…wait on hold, jam out to some Billy Joel learn it's $585 for a single job posting on one and $395 for the other Negative 5 hours
18. Okay, let's get real. Those phone interviews, if they are 30 minutes, take at least another 10 minutes to clean up my notes and attach them to the system. They actually deserve 40 minutes and if we're being completely honest almost NEVER end on time. It should be 45 minutes each. Technically, I started the week with 45 hours of phone interviews activity not 30….negative 10 hours. Never mind, I'm an excellent recruiter and will recognize the candidates who aren't a fit quickly and get that 5 hours back by cutting phone interviews short. Negative 5 hours. Besides, this is America! No one works 40 hours a week. It's okay, I'll just bring lunch everyday and eat at my desk. I'll somehow find the time to:
19. Call Abby and keep her warm because the hiring manager "loves her" but still wants to see "a few more candidates" No one is counting anymore
20. Tell Jim that the candidate he just offered a job got a counteroffer for 10k more to stay at his current employer and though he really wants to come work for us it's to tempting to refuse unless we can at least meet in the middle.
21. Contact the background company and ask why in the heck Andrea's background isn't cleared yet and she's supposed to start on Monday only to find out that the drug testing company labeled the sample as diluted and she needs to retest.
22. Contact Andrea and ask her to get the drug test done today or her start date might slip only to learn she's out of town taking a vacation prior to starting on Monday so she can't.
23. Notify Andrea's hiring manager that there's no way on God's green earth that she can start on Monday.
24. Follow up with my coordinator to ask why 2 of the 6 interviews I have in queue to be scheduled are still not on my calendar.
25. Track down that missing payment for the recruiter who helped me fill a job 4 months ago and their invoice is 60 days past due.
26. Track down the hiring manager to get the cost center information so that recruiter can get paid.
27. Conduct the market research on mechanical engineers to support the 2019 diversity hiring strategy aiming to hire at least 20% females into the role only to learn just 7% of all mechanical engineers are female. Shit, there goes my bonus.
28. Contact compensation and present my business case for why I need permission to go $2,000 outside of range on that job that's been open for 145 days so Jim can get that candidate with the counter offer on board.
29. Contact legal to kickoff the legal posting requirements needed to bring on that H1B candidate
30. Build rapport with my coworkers, attend the team meeting, have the one on one with my boss, meet with my mentor, meet with my mentee and attend that "must see" webinar on the latest video interview technology we are piloting, go to the bathroom, workout, spend time with family, contact my friends, PLAN MY VACATION
Dear corporate recruiters, It's not hard to see why things slip. More people need to know why. I know your boss tells you not the tell the hiring managers or candidates how many jobs you are working at once. It's okay. You're doing your best and probably doing a kick-ass job! I'll help if I can.
Dear applicants, it's usually not the recruiter's fault.
Dear hiring managers, answer the emails, answer the invites and please send Janet a note that if she ever backs out of an interview the night before again she won't be part of the hiring process anymore - that's a start.
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I'm really excited to announce the new project that Stephen Waddington and I started. Comms School — a community created to learn how to build communities, create content and get ahead in your career. We hope you'll join us.
Stephen and I currently work together at Metia, where he's MD of our London office. But we first connected in the summer of 2016. We grabbed lunch in London's Bankside and I asked what should I be doing in order to have a successful career. There was no hesitation in his answer — he told me I should start blogging.
A few months later I launched my blog MK and within a year I was named one of top 10 PR bloggers in the UK. Stephen and I kept in touch, met for a few breakfasts, exchanged a few messages. He also helped me explore personal branding for the purpose of my undergraduate dissertation.
A year after we first met, we found ourselves at a glitzy event. Blog awards — the industry's Oscars. We were both nominated for the top award for a PR blog. And yes, I might've won that one. It was an early highlight of my still short career.
Because of Stephen's mentorship, I managed to meet a lot of exceptional people in the industry, I landed my first job after graduating and I got much further than I would have if I hadn't eaten that chicken salad with him in summer 2016.
Practical skills are not always taught at university. Hence Comms School. Stephen and I will be running a series of webinars on our Facebook group and exploring blogging and building networks for students, and anyone else who might find it useful.
🔴 List of webinars
- Blogging 101: How to start a blog, how to find your niche, what platform to use;
- Blogging 102: Finding inspiration, how to make writing a habit, distribution and finding your community;
- Social presence and personal branding online: Tips on how to make a standout social profiles that will help landing a top role;
- Finding your community: Tapping into your niche, creating lists, joining conversations, and exploring the benefits of community;
- Content creation: Finding your "thing", why creating content and getting "out there" matters, where to begin and how to keep getting inspired;
- Finding job and getting ahead: Summary of top lessons from the series, how to find the right role and how to succeed in it.
Make sure to follow @wadds and @marcelkl on Twitter for the updates. Lessons will start in early March. You will be set with homework. Do let us know if you've any feedback or suggestions.
Please join our Facebook community here: facebook.com/groups/CommsSchool
If you have any suggestions, would like to guest post or give me a feedback, feel free to email me at kl.marcel [at] gmail.com, tweet me @marcelkl or connect with me on LinkedIn. Thanks for stopping by, have a splendid day!


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Who says winter is a quiet time for museums? Yikes! Student applications, the new director search, grant and project proposals, 2010 final reports and on top of that the fiscal year end!
In the midst of all the administrative craziness, we ran across the following object from 169 years ago when things were probably a bit quieter in Queens County. This sampler was made by Sarah E. Tuck (28 February 1832-30 December 1906), a second cousin of Samuel Leonard Tilley, and is dated 9 March 1842. Sarah was the youngest daughter of Levi Tuck (27 October 1795 – 25 July 1878), a local carpenter and Elizabeth Tilley (27 December 1799 – 6 March 1875), Gagetown. On 18 January 1855, Sarah married David Berry (10 October 1809-3 January 1865) of Greenwich, Kings County and had seven children, including two by a second marriage on 17 October 1866, to her first husband's youngest brother, Michael Berry (16 April 1824-31 May 1904). Sarah's Loyalist grandfather, Jacob Tilley (1775-1862) and Samuel Leonard Tilley's Loyalist grandfather, James Tilley (1773-1850), were brothers, both sons of Loyalist Samuel Tilley (c. 1740-1814) and Elizabeth Morgan (c. 1751-1835).
Samplers were usually made by 9 or 10 year old girls to show their developing needlework skills. The standard design is well illustrated in this work consisting of letters, upper and lower case, sometimes numbers (missing in this case), little poems or limericks and all done with a variety of plain and fancy stitches. The works were always signed and dated: on the right is Sarah's name, age (10 years), Gage Town, and the date March 9th 1842. How many ten year olds do you know who can do this type of work?
As with any object of this age, condition is always a concern. This piece is very good with some minor loss in stitching around the perimeter and some fading of the brightly coloured threads for the letters. Losses often occur around the name and date; we are fortunate this is not the case here with Sarah's name and date in near perfect condition. Over time, movement and handling, folding and unfolding, light damage and so on can destroy many of these types of textiles making them relatively rare objects. The preservation of this work is thanks to Sarah Tuck Berry's great-granddaughter, the donor, Gracie Webb Mealey. Mrs. Mealey also donated a small document box that possibly belonged to Sarah's mother, Elizabeth Tilley Tuck, and a Berry Family record.
Queens County Heritage also possesses the marriage certificate of Sarah's sister, Mary Ann Tuck (born 1822) who married Nathaniel Vail, 19 October 1837.
For more information about this sampler, visit the Tilley House this summer or contact us at email@example.com.


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This Grommet Sheer With Insulated Blackout Lining Curtain Panel Set gives you multiple looks in one set. The blackout panels block the light and also help to filter outside noise. The sheer panels allow lots of natural light to enter your space while still providing some privacy from onlookers.
Available in your choice of six colors and lengths of 63, 84, 95, 108 or 120 inches, this Grommet Sheer With Insulated Blackout Lining Curtain Panel Set is the best of both worlds because you have the option of complete blackout or sheer within just this one affordable curtain panel set.
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The Grommet Sheer With Insulated Blackout Lining Curtain Panel Set is sold by the pair. Each panel measures 38 inches wide and is available in your choice of 63-inch, 84-inch, 95-inch, 108-inch, or 120-inch lengths (note: not all colors will be available in all sizes). With multiple colors to choose from, you are sure to find the perfect match for your space.
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The Duchess- Margaret Gregson
The Duchess – Margaret Gregson
Perhaps no one person has been responsible for more prisoners of Boggo Road Gaol than The Duchess of Montague Road – Margaret Gregson.
Native Place: Ireland
Age: 50 years
Height: 5 ft 3 inches (152cm)
Build: Stout
Complexion: Sallow
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Weight: 13 stone 7 oz (83kg)
Previous Convictions: 9
Remarks: Ears Pierced; Scar first finger left hand and left arm; Burn mark right arm.
Born Margaret Ellena McAuliffe in 1850 in Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland; she emigrated on the ship General Caulfield with her mother and older brothers. Arriving in September 1864 the family taking up land at Mount Walker.
Five short years later aged just seventeen, Margaret met and married William Alexander Fraser Gregson in the Leyburn courthouse. Gregson a bushman was ten years her senior.
They would start a family the following year, settling in booming tin town of Stanthorpe on the Darling Downs, where William Gregson would open a store 'Gregson and Prebble'. There they would begin to raise their family. Unfortunately, William Gregson was not a successful shopkeeper and would file for insolvency in 1873. There after he would find himself in trouble with the law for embezzlement. Indeed Gregson would do whatever it takes to care for his growing family.
Over the next ten years, the family would expand to twelve. The pressure of this large family and the financial difficulties had taken its toll. Margaret and William would separate but never divorce. He would return to his home state of New South Wales and she would carry on back in the big smoke with the children.
Turn to Prostitution
Margaret had a large family to raise and while her husband still supported them financially she was determined to make her own way. Taking over a boarding house in Margaret Street, Brisbane; she found herself a career and a way to make a fast buck. "Boarding House" is a very loose term; the house quickly became known for its bawdy behaviour, sly grog and ladies of the evening.
For the next ten years, Margaret would manage the ladies of Margaret Street and expanded her empire to the newly available "Killarney" another notorious house on North Quay.
Margaret appeared before the court regularly on charges of breaching the licencing act, selling sly grog and managing a "disorderly house". Somehow, she managed to stay for the most part free from gaol, only serving a few short hours in the lock up each time before appearing in court. She was imposed some hefty fines, however, in the lucrative "trade" money was never a problem.
Montague Road
Early in 1907, Margaret with her band of "lovely ladies" opened her very own 'Maison De Joie' a series of houses and outbuildings on the block surrounded by Montague Road, Musgrave and Anthony Streets, West End.
The buildings each having their own name and "functions" or theme. It was a remarkable achievement of its time and was perhaps the largest complex of "disorderly houses" in Queensland.
The houses 'Botany Villa, SanToy, Bleak House, The Laundry, Marooka, Musgrave Villa and the Wine Shop' would be the downfall of many a young fallen lady. Equally, it would be the downfall of many a customer; some would leave without their wallets some would barely escape with their lives.
This vast expansion of her empire led Margaret only down one road. Wealth and lots of it. She quickly became known as "The Duchess of Montague Road" but to her girls she was simply known as "Ma or Mother"
Of course, this expansion attracted quite a bit of attention by the licencing men, the police and the courts. Before she knew it The Duchess herself was before the court. Dressed in her finest silk gown, her fur coat, broad hat and wearing all of her jewels. Margaret knew how to make the right impression in public. After all she was an innocent proprietor of a "boarding house".
The magistrate, who she had appeared before numerous times, had had just about enough of The Duchess and her innate ability to avoid gaol time. Either by legal representation or lack of evidence. This time she was found guilty of selling sly grog at Montague and for harbouring girls for the purposes of a disorderly house. Margaret "The Duchess" Gregson was sentenced to two months imprisonment and a whopping fifty pound fine plus costs. Or in default an additional four months with hard labour.
The Duchess was whisked off in the Black Maria to Her Majesty's prison for females later known as Boggo Road Gaol. When she arrived, she was admitted just like all the others. However, when she entered the yard, it was like she had walked into her home. You see, the Maison De Joie at Montague was responsible for over thirty-five of the frequent fliers in Boggo Road Gaol at this time, and many, many more in years to come.
Margaret Gregson would only serve her two months imprisonment after paying her fifty-pound fine. This of course would not be the last time the court would see her, nor would it be the last fine that she would pay.
The Duchess – Margaret Gregson would continue working at Montague with a new generation of 'Lovelies' and many of the older girls until she retired due to ill health in 1924.
She would linger on for the next two years, eventually passing away in October 1926 at her home at Ascot. Her £25,000 plus estate was left to her seven surviving children and grandchildren. The estate was one of the largest of its time, certainly one of the largest ever seen in her profession. Her remarkable fortune would be worth close to two million dollars in today's currency.
The only condition placed on the inheritance was that the money was not be spent on anything immoral or illegal. Perhaps, Margaret saw the errors of her ways. Or perhaps she thought herself innocent all along. Either way, the estate would sadly be argued over until the end of 1929.
No other female prisoner in this era had such a profound impact on the story of Boggo Road Gaol. The ladies of Montague would be around the prison for the next twenty years before the houses were demolished to make way for modern commercial buildings.
This story is simply too long, and too wonderful to tell in one go. So, follow along with us over the coming months where we will talk more about the ladies of Montague and the remarkable Margaret Gregson.
This Sunday why not escape the 21st century; leave behind the cars, air conditioning, electricity and modern technology. Bring along the family and show them what life was like before all of the modern conveniences and even some of the things we see as basics to everyday. Click here to secure your tickets.
This article was contributed by Research Coordinator Sue Olsen as part of the ongoing research program for Boggo Road Gaol Pty Ltd. The aim of the program is to bring to light and share articles relating to Boggo Road for the purposes of review and study. Do you have a story to share or something you would like us to know about? You can contact the research team here.


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Good Samaritan Society presents $2,000 check Mesilla Valley Community of Hope
Community Snapshot: Good Samaritan Society – Las Cruces Village Executive Director Bob McDonald, Senior Living Manager Marty Hart and resident Judy Waite presented a check for $2,000 to Nicole Martinez of Mesilla Valley Community of Hope to go toward its "Tents to Rent" program to benefit homeless veterans. To submit an item for community snapshot, email photo and information to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Growing Green Schools: Making the Green Schools Movement a District-Wide Initiative and USGBC Green Schools Conference Kick Off Party!
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Timber + Carbon: the PAE Living Building and the Story Behind Mass Timber
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Come learn about the world's most energy efficient building certification! This presentation will cover the basics of Passive House design and construction and will cover the history of Passive House,…Find out more »
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Join us for the 5th Annual ABC Craft Championships! While college debt is rising, the construction industry in Oregon and SW Washington is booming! Apprenticeship allows recent graduates to enter…Find out more »
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The fully-featured disc spinner can be yours for £170, down from its £400 original price when we gave it top marks back in 2017. Despite the passage of time, its specs and picture quality still stand up to scrutiny. It supports HDR, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X sound, and the images it produces are crisp, detailed and suitably vibrant.
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Film execs vote on favourite scripts
The Black List is a list of scripts from one hundred and fifty film executives and their assistants in Hollywood. Really it means little, for this voting is how much these people liked the scripts when they read them, not whether the film is a viable concern, a good business proposition, a profit returner, and so on.
However there are some interesting moments in the list, and worth looking at.
Recount, for example, is top of the list, and that's the inside story of the 2000 Presidential campaign that was so obviously manipulated to ensure that Bush won. That is the favourite script and the one that's being made right now as a television film.
With it being top of the list I would have thought it would have been a fill blown film, but no it's a television production but it's going to star some really big names such as Kevin Spacey, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, George Bush, Al Gore, and so on.
You can see the full list over at IESB who have plot outlines and everything, but I'm going to keep going just picking out some talking points.
In second place is another political thriller called Farragut North, about a Communications Director for a Politician who his hit by the backstabbing and trickery associated with a Presidential campaign. That had forty three votes, just one short of Recount.
Next up is Passengers which is about a passenger prematurely thawed out from cryogenic sleep during a long space voyage with everyone else remaining on board - this reminds me of the latest Richard Morgan novel Black Man.
Then there's another political thriller, Infiltrator is about the British intelligence campaign to undermine the Irish Republican Army (IRA) by planting spies in the organisation and rising them to the top. This helped the British intelligence services put a stop to many terrorist attacks.
Selma will tell the story of Martin Luther King Jr.'s campaign to persuade President Lyndon Johnson to change the voting rights as well as the resulting march from Selma to Montgomery.
Curveball tells the story of an Iraqi informant called Curveball on which those in charge can conveniently blame the biological weapons justification of war on. The informant is allegedly responsible for giving the "flawed" information to the intelligence community.
Dubai is a thriller which I think is being made and tells the story of a young economist who is used by Iranian operatives as part of a plot to destroy the U.S. economy. He is forced to go on the run and try and prove his innocence after it is revealed he was behind the attack.
Here's an interesting idea, Source Code is the story of an experimental governmental project which is used in order to try and find the source of a terrorist attack, an attack that has already happened. A soldier is at the centre of it and he finds himself reliving a series of events that took place on the train prior to the explosion. Now that does sound like it could be interesting, revealing different information each time and piecing together the plot? Could be good.
Union Station is based on the graphic novel by Ande Parks where a federal agent is trying to solve the 1933 Union Station massacre while fighting the criminal underworld and a young J. Edgar Hoover who is trying to use the case for his own political gains.
Lion Man of Tuscany is the story of Gino Bartali, a Tour de France winner who helped save the lives of over eight hundred Jewish people during World War II by smuggling them out of Italy.
Never Let Me Go is about a group of boarding school students in an isolated school in the English countryside who realise that they are clones bred for the purpose of organ donation. No matter how human they really are, it seems the are to be killed for others.
There's an untitled script that is going to tell the story of Bill Carter who documents the seige of Sarajevo while he delivers food to Muslims in Bosnia, and how he enlists the rock band U2 to publicise the cause and interview him live during their European concerts. I'm not sure what to think of that idea, whether it's going to turn into promotion or really tell the story of what went on in Bosnia.
There are a couple of holocaust stories coming. The Book of Eli is about a man fighting his way across postapocalyptic America to find a sacred book which could save humanity. Shelter is a smaller tale with survivors of a nuclear attack stuck in a bomb shelter who begin to turn on each other.
Michael Mann is going to be bringing us a film about the practice of the old Hollywood studios of keeping staff on their books who clean up and hide possible scandals with their stars.
Now here's another bizarre musical tale. Get Back will see two Beatles fans find a time machine (how convenient) and head back in time to stop Yoko Ono and John Lennon meeting as they blame her for the failure of the Beatles.
Five votes are all that World War Z and Valkyrie get on the list, and surprisingly far down. World War Z is an excellent book by Max Brooks that interviews survivors of a World War against a rising zombie population.
Zombieland is another zombie film that focuses on America and a couple who survive a country wide infestation. Together they find purpose in fighting the zombies.
Interestingly the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea only gets four votes, and the Clash of the Titans remake script gets three.
Is the Brothers in Arms (Hill 427) videogame coming to the big screen? Might seem that way as this script appears with the story of an American rescue mission along the same lines of Saving Private Ryan which sees soldiers head sixty miles behind enemy lines to free General Patton's son in law from a prisoner of war camp.
Tehran will tell the story of an American professor who is hired by the federal government to observe the events in the city during 1978 prior to the coup.
The Wedding Party carries a rather unusual plot idea, there's a Wedding Party during the war in Afghanistan and the party is told from the perspective of an English officer, a Russian and an American, all of whom are the same person...now that is strange.
Arcadia Disinherited will look to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the story of three brothers who are fighting for survival in a refugee camp after one of them commits crime, albeit accidentally.
Alfred Hitchcock is going to feature in another film in Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, which does what it says on the tin.
Deep Throat will chronicle the life of the man who was recently revealed as the informant who gave out all the information on the Watergate scandal to the reporters.
Enron is another real life story which will tell the story of the corruption behind the scandal that bankrupt the company in named some big names during 2001.
Let it Fall will look at the L.A. riots of 1992 after a jury acquitted four police officers of beating Rodney King.
No Man's Land sounds like a less friendly Alien Nation. Fifty years after an alien race takes over Earth, a human detective investigating a rape and murder case comes across their true intentions.
Of Every Wickedness tells the story of the first American recorded serial killings, some three years before Jack the Ripper was lose in London. The killings happened in Austin, Texas.
Get this story, Unique sounds just like Stephen King's The Talisman as it tells the story of parallel worlds where twins exist on both Earth's. However there are a few unique people who only exist in one world and can swap back and forth. The hero of the piece is such a man but he is soon hunted by others for his very ability.
Then there's Somebody to Love, the script of Freddie Mercury's life, the great performer and lead singer of Queen.
There are some surprises on the list down in the two vote area, and this is why I say that this list isn't really an indication of anything. Films are being made with bigger cast and budget that are in the two vote area than anywhere else, with the exception of the highest voted script, showing that a well liked script is not always the bankable property that the studios need.
That or the people voting just can't decide on which they really like. Of course the people contributing to the list might not have any say in the actual process of film production either, there is that to it!
36 is the story of cops on the trailer of armoured car robbers to be directed by Martin Campbell. Burn After Reading is the latest Coen brothers film about a CIA agent who lets lose an important CD by accident and stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand. Eagle Eye tells of two people associated with a terrorist cell by the government (heaven forbid that would ever happen) and is to be directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosario Dawson, Michelle Monaghan and Billy Bob Thornton, as well as Yes Man starring Jim Carrey.
There's even Justice League of America being directed by George Miller and already gaining a strong cast.
A few surprises, and some very interesting titles and ideas in there. One thing that is clear, there's a fair list of political stories to be told. Any scripts that grab your attention in that list?


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Ferrari have announced that they will not be competing in the Formula 1 World Championship in 2010.
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Ferrari Quit
Ferrari have announced that they will not be competing in the Formula 1 World Championship in 2010.
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3 comments:
- Fidothedog said...
Theres a bloke around my way got one of them motors, bald an about 5 foot nothing. Probably has a small cock as well.
- 12 May 2009 at 18:13
- Houdini said...
Good, about time someone stood up to the threats of this bunch of cunts anyway. They have been threatening to leave if they don't get their own way for years.
I am not an obnoxious twat either.
- 12 May 2009 at 19:19
- CrazyDaisy said...
Typical Italian attitude, if I'm not in goals then I'm not playing!
They'd have you believe that Enzo created the sport - having been to the museum in Maranello - all the shite they sell is massively overpriced too - rip off gits.
They all wear the same outfits as pitcrew, yes even the fat chix, it's all a con a brand image like Coke or Maccy Ds!
Good to see the field mixin it up tho - need more high speed crashes more exciting, let's hope Monaco doesn't disappoint.
Crazy D
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The road through the mountains was a bit curvy and drivers should be careful of icy roads when there is fresh snow. I suggest also bringing along some chains for your tires just in case. When we finally reached the lodging area, we stopped by the general store to pick up some refreshments and headed on our way to the trails. That day we decided to take the Pacific Crest Trail to Garnet Peak, which came highly recommended by reviewers on Yelp. There's a clearing on the side of the road to accomodate about 5 or 6 cars at the beginning of the trail. Here's a fun fact I discovered; the Pacific Crest Trail connects from Mexico all the way to Canada! Now that would be an epic hiking adventure! 😉
Tip: Some items to bring include: sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, gloves, scarves, a thick jacket, chapstick, water, and a map.
The trail was fairly flat for about the first half, then it gradually began to steepen. Rocks of various sizes and colors were scattered about and we paid extra attention to them while navigating up the peak. (Tip: A lot of the rocks are loose and can easily trip any hiker.) Once at the top, the view was AMAZING! We could see the Anza Borrego Dessert and all of its peaks and valleys. Every now and then, strong gusts of wind would blow across Garnet Peak, and I had to sit down to prevent myself from falling over.
After hiking along the trail, we returned to the main road and continued our trip through the wooded area. Some visitors were sledding down the slopes while others spent some time building snowmen. I definitely recommend coming here after a snow day. Did I mention this was my first time actually seeing snow?! This trip was filled with lots of memories and I know I'll be returning again in the near future. 🙂


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Next up are the recently beaten down commodity plays. Here we'll pick up the JJA (iPath Dow Jones-AIG Agriculture Total Return ETN), KOL (Market Vectors Coal ETF) & GAZ (iPath Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Total Return ETN) while they are on sale. While KOL is an ETF comprised of stocks, that provides targeted exposure to companies worldwide that are engaged in the coal industry; both JJA & GAZ are Exchange Traded Notes based directly on the commodities. GAZ tracks the Henry Hub Natural Gas futures contract traded on the NYMEX. JJA includes Soybeans, Corn, Wheat, Soybean Oil, Sugar, Coffee & Cotton with Soybeans & Corn comprising half of the weighting while the Softs (Sugar, Coffee & Cotton) only hold barely a quarter all together with Wheat & Soybean Oil roughly sharing the final 22.5%. To balance out this mix, consider adding JJS (iPath Dow Jones-AIG Softs Total Return ETN) which includes roughly a third each of Sugar, Coffee & Cotton. Finally, another Soft totally missed by the larger ETNs, yet available alone, is NIB (iPath Dow Jones-AIG Cocoa Total Return ETN).
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Hey all 🙂
For the last two months, I've had a good balance of things across my life. Work, research, teaching have all come along nicely. But the main things have been finally writing my first paper, taking more control over my project by doing some of the ordering of lab materials, and developing multiple education projects.
Drafting My First Paper
I've done it. I've finally reached that point in my career where I was ready to write my first paper. I've designed the experiment, collected the data, analysed the data, and now have an idea of what is going on. So I put this paper together…and I felt a little blank. I've written blog posts and essays and guided many students with writing reports. But my own paper seemed different. I over-thought the process a bit. But I followed my own advice and got there in the end. The process was actually quite fun as it was me talking about my stuff for once. I paper went to my supervisor at the end of January and I'm hoping to get some feedback by the start of April; perhaps I'l submit it by the end of June 🙂
Ordering Stuff For the Lab
The other thing I've levelled up with is managing a budget and supplies for my research. My supervisor and I obtained a grant last year to cover my last stint of lab work and I have been getting to work on this since January. I've been looking through protocols, liasing with outside companies, and ordering stock to make sure I have everything I need for when my samples are needed. Feels good but it's been a lot of responsibility. I've also made a few calculation errors which made me panic about being waaaaay over-budget. Thankfully, my supervisor is great and caught the errors. Overall, it's been nice to get some experience with the stock and financial management of a project (even in a very minor capacity).
Education, Education, Education
I really can't say no HAHAHA. I've been taking on my fair share of educational projects this Spring. Firstly, my regular biology teaching. I work on a first year module whereby I get the same 12 students for the whole semester. I support their practical, analytical, and confidence skills across a wide variety of biological topics. By the end of the semester, you really get to know each student and their particular strengths and weaknesses. I am also still a study skills tutoring, taking on usually 2-6 hours of one-to-one sessions a week. I have also continued to organise and co-run skills workshops in psychology covering topics such as writing, statistics, and resilience. We have had 2 so far and 1 more this semester. I had my first experience as a lead demonstrator/marker when I took on marking a piece of course work, coordinated and moderated the feedback, then delivered a Q&A feedback session for the students. Lastly, I am working on a curriculum for a summer school. The one i've worked for the past two years has closed so I'm hoping to transfer to their New York branch this summer. I'll be switching from Molecular Biology to Psychology which is really exciting.
So that's me for the last two months. The next two will be spent continuing my last stint of lab work, revising my paper, and giving my first talk at a conference!
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She said Send me
your huddled masses yearning to be free.
He said Lend me
your immigrant asses yearning to work for me.
She calls out for all mankind
have a little compassion willya cuz they need some time
to get their act together, find some opportunity–
to make it on their own, juz like you and me.
He insists they play by the rules
cuz our ancestors were no fools–
they broke the ground, forged their own tools!
She said yeah but that was then and this is now
they just got off the boat–they don't know how–
not yet.
Just get
me some productivity he said,
while masses toiled and earnings fed.
But then the Great Recession changed all that;
by n bye entitlements got fat;
while jobs went stale, wages flat.
All that pie in the sky we be been dreaming of
went splat in the face when push came to shove.
So now them huddled masses yearning to be free
dun scooped them jobs from you an me,
or so they say.
But hey,
it's all good in the 'burbs, it's hunky-dory in the 'hood,
them doin' what them could, we doin' what we should,
raisin' upward mobilitators, squeezin' out them couch potatoes,
'til black swans fly o'er white doves' gains,
and burnin' wood doth move against more-of-the-same.


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Opinion: Did Clive Lewis' remark go too far, or have we lost our sense of humour?
PUBLISHED: 16:14 24 October 2017 | UPDATED: 16:14 24 October 2017
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The word 'bitch' is not a nice one in 2017, even when applied to a dog.
Indeed, I feel certain that a party of female dogs is already on the verge of bringing a class action against anyone who calls them anything other than 'female canine'. Certainly, I can think of contexts where, if I were to be called a bitch, I would be unhappy.
If I were unsupportive of a colleague, spiteful, self-serving, cruel or unkind, then I would feel the insult smarting on my face for hours afterwards, partly because it is a horrible word, but much more so because I would be feeling ashamed of my behaviour.
If it were used by a man whose arguments I had destroyed with my superior intellect, however, I might, while feeling extremely sorry for someone who is only able to battle a woman by using derogatory terms, nonetheless feel I had won a kind of victory.
Joan Collins as Alexis in Dynasty made 'the bitch' something to be admired, I might argue. But equally it is depressing when 'bitch' is used against women who are merely confident, clever and determined to get what they want; qualities that in a man would lead to a very different 'b' word – brilliant, bright, brainy, ballsy…take your pick.
Essentially what I'm trying to say is that with any difficult word, context is key.
READ MORE: Norwich MP Clive Lewis condemned after making 'filthy, sexist' comment at event
The Labour MP Clive Lewis has taken a bashing this week because in a joking context he used the term 'bitch' towards a male actor at a Labour Party event.
Apparently he used to the phrase 'get on your knees, bitch' towards Sam Swann in a situation Mr Swann told the Guardian was 'jovial and nothing vicious'.
Lewis has apologised unreservedly after being roundly criticised, particularly by female colleagues, including fellow Norwich MP Chloe Smith who said 'his words are filthy' and 'he has let Norwich down'. She even suggested that his comments meant he was someone 'not fit to do their job' and said it demonstrated that he thought women 'should be on their knees'.
I wasn't there and don't know the context but from what I've seen it suggests nothing of the sort. He used the term towards a man. He used it jokingly. Possibly in the same tone as a friend in the pub – and Lewis did have a lager in his hand - might call their friend an 'arse' or any other derogatory remark which tends to be the British way of talking to one's friends in my experience.
If Clive Lewis turns out to be a man who regularly talks to women in this way without a sense of humour in sight, then he deserves all the abuse he may get and should be forced to eat humble pie daily.
But I don't think he has.
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The Ian Fleming Estate is behind a forthcoming book that will feature 10 classic cocktails from the pages of the James Bond novels, plus a host of brand-new recipes inspired by 007.
Titled "Shaken: Drinking with James Bond and Ian Fleming", the book promises to explore Bond creator Ian Fleming's writings on the pleasures of drinking and the stories behind the Bond phenomenon, while sharing some classic 007 libations, including the Vesper made famous in first Bond novel "Casino Royale" and the spy's favored "shaken, not stirred" martini.
The book's 40 brand-new recipes, meanwhile, will include inventions such as Smersh, Moneypenny, That Old Devil M and Diamonds are Forever. They were created by the co-founders of the London bar Swift: Edmund Weil (who is related to Fleming) and his wife Rosie Stimpson plus London bar industry stars Bobby Hiddleston and Mia Johansson.
Each recipe will be accompanied by related extracts from Fleming's writing, while Ian Fleming's nephew, Fergus Fleming, will pen the book's introduction.
"Shaken: Drinking with James Bond and Ian Fleming" will get an international release on Sept. 6. JB
Roger Moore's best quotes as James Bond
Daniel Craig returning as James Bond for fifth movie


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Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Thank you. In life, I am confronted by things that I do not like or appreciate. These matters many times surround people, places and things that are out of my control. In addition to being out of my control, many times I feel powerless over changing the things that I do not like. In my experience, I have found when I surrender to the reality that I am powerless over what I do not like, I am empowered. I am empowered because I realize that I am not helpless.
"If you do not like some thing, change it. If you can not change it, change the way you think about it." Mary Englebreit
In my experience and through my recovery process, I discovered what has come to be know as the three "A's". The first A is for awareness. As I become aware of that which is out of my control and over which I am powerless, I can begin to ask for help. I can begin to examine my motives to see what is frustrating me. By examining my motives, I am able to grow in my awareness. In my experience, I have found that as I grow in awareness I find that I grow in my ability to accept what I can not change. By accepting what I can not change, I am able to shift my focus from what I do not like.
Through growing in the first "A" awareness, I am able to begin to practice the second "A" acceptance.
By shifting my focus away from — what I do not like, is out of my control and what I am powerless over — I am able to take steps to change the way that I think about the person, place or thing. By doing so, I am able to incorporate the third "A" into my experience, as I take action. By taking action, I am able to move from feeling powerless over what I can not change and is out of my control to being empowered by that I can not change and is out of my control. Although I may not like some thing or some one, I no longer need to feel like a victim because of what I do not like.
In my experience, I have found that by incorporating the principle of the 3 "A's" into my life, I am able to become an actor, instead of a reactor to what occurs in my life. By incorporating the 3 "A's" into my life, I am able to be empowered by what occurs in my life, instead of feeling defeated because of what occurs in my life. By incorporating the 3 "A'" into my life I am able to remember that I have choices. By incorporating the 3 "A's" into my life I am able to practice the principle of live and let live. By practicing the 3 "A's" in my life, I am able to mind my own business.
By practicing the 3 "A's" in my life, I am able to let go and let God.
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Dana Jablonski will begin July 1 as director of the Student Success Center. A USC HESA alumna, Jablonski previously has worked in the center as a graduate assistant and a full-time employee. She's currently director of academic support at Auburn University.
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