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Members of the London Practice Forum have vowed to end working hours of more than 40 hours per week as part of the network's drive to make the profession fairer and to tackle wider social issues
The pledge is one of a number of commitments outlined in the network's new Principles & Ethical Charter which aims to tackle the problems of 'long hours and poor pay' and counter the impacts on physical and mental health within the industry.
The forum – the brainchild of RCKa founding director Russell Curtis – is an informal collective of 21 London-based, smaller-scale architectural practices employing, in total, around 300 people who share knowledge, experience and resources.
Among the member firms are alma-nac, Cousins & Cousins, DRDH, Gort Scott , IF_DO, vPPR, Stitch, ZCD Architects and Pitman Tozer (see full list at bottom). The group also includes Bell Phillips Architects whose director Hari Phillips and associate Jay Morton helped draw up the charter following 12 months of discussions with members.
The wide-ranging principles in the charter – which forum member practices must sign up to – are split into five sections: who we work for; valuing people; addressing inequality; addressing the climate crisis; and promoting good design.
As a first step, firms in the collective said they would not accept commissions without considering the social value of any scheme as well as its environmental impact, provenance of the finance and the destination of the profits.
In terms of valuing staff, the charter says: 'Member practices will … commit to standard working hours of no more than 40 hours per week and monitor compliance; not ask staff to opt out of the EU Working Time Directive; and have a written overtime and time-off-in-lieu policy which compensates staff appropriately.'
It continues: '[Firms] will pay all staff at least the London Living Wage/Living Wage and require that all subcontractors do the same [and they will] not use unpaid interns'.
The 'promoting good design' section adds that practices will only competitively bid 'for work where the [tender] assessment of quality is valued more highly than that of fee'. It also says firms will 'share research and best practice through wider public forums, research papers, building visits, design review panels and teaching'.
Launching the charter, Curtis said: 'When we first sat down together in late 2018 we'd only a vague idea of what our nascent group might achieve. We were painfully aware of many of the challenges faced by small practices working today, but also of the problems facing the wider industry: long hours, low pay, a lack of diversity and declining design and construction quality, among many others.
'[We] soon wondered how we might use our collective influence to campaign for wider reform. A product of this discussion was the 'ethical charter'.
This is the beginning of a journey rather than the conclusion
He added: 'We know [the charter] is not perfect: it is the product of much discussion and compromise. Many interesting and provocative ideas were put forward and discarded along the way. But collectively we believe this is the beginning of a journey rather than the conclusion, and this charter presents an idea of how, as we enter a new decade, we might act together to address some of the challenges faced by small practices and wider society.'
Curtis concluded: 'It is not carved in stone. We expect to revise and update this regularly so it remains both relevant and aspirational. The environment in which we work is changing constantly – our commitments to each other, and the communities in which we operate, should adapt accordingly.'
London Practice Forum - members
- alma-nac
- Bell Phillips Architects
- Cousins & Cousins
- David Kohn Architects
- Gort Scott
- Haptic
- Hayhurst & Co
- Mæ
- Mikhail Riches
- Morris + Company
- pH+
- Pitman Tozer
- RCKa
- Stitch
- Studio Octopi
- Turner Works
- vPPR
- We Made That
- ZCD Architects
Pleased to be involved in the formation of our collective charter.— Fiona Scott (@FiScott) January 1, 2020
So much more to do in the new year. https://t.co/tHV7na2IhH
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In fact you can do more actual work in 32 hours and 4 days. On top of that BIM has at least doubled productivity. Why are LONDON practice so keen on underpaying staff such that only the already rich can afford to be in the BEST profession? Real salaries have fallen consistently for a decade, this is nearly the only profession to have that inflicted upon it.
You don't need to work long hours if you use your time correctly and stick to your default diary. Less social media, less email and less procrastinating = Deep Work.
You're both missing the point somewhat. The problem is not one of time management—it's that there exists an unhealthy expectation for staff to work long hours regardless of how efficiently they spend their time. The profession's lack of diversity (including socio-economic) is exactly what we're attempting to address with this initiative.
I applaud LPF's founders, this is an excellent initiative. But can the Forum really achieve both its inward-looking aspiration – better working practices – and outward-looking aspiration – to lobby for change in wider society? Already the long working hours culture is the aspect that's been picked up on, both here and in social media.
To be effective in bringing about social change we need to understand and value the social context in which we work; and to do that we need to define clearly the social purpose of our profession – and then commit to applying it.
What constitutes 'high ethical standards', for example? And how, precisely, are member practices to 'actively support clients who want to help create a more equitable and sustainable society'?
Also, by combining in a single 'principle' the aspiration to 'maintain high ethical and sustainable standards' there's a risk that the social aspects of sustainability are subsumed by the environmental aspects. It's important to separate these out, so as to give them equal weight.
if you're only working 40 hours you're shirking...
also, some of us LOVE working as architecture isn't really work... go on site and watch people grafting compared to coffees at the breakout space...
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Tony Hawk is a hero to a lot of American kids.But,they are not the only children who admire him. Mr. Hawk is an inspiration to a group of South African kids as well. He just gifted the Indigo Youth Movement with a brand new portable Half-Pipe to practice their skateboarding skills on.
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What a blast! Went with Lee, Colleen H., and met a new friend Terri.
Must say, it was weird going to the bathroom and seeing wanted posters all over of me …
Attended classes by Lara Brooks (Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine), Kelly Pannacci (her own line of scrapbooking products) and Sue Sykes (Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine).
Lisa had a bling fashion show on Friday night, here are the four of us dressed up for it. Terri's costume was awesome. Here's some photos of us:


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This is a BUG then. Delayed start sounds like a good option. Also, always PLEASE always tell someone details, like "Restarting this AD Topology" service also restarts 15 MILLION OTHER EXCHANGE SERVICES, so you might want to do that "after hours." Also, if you have other CAS servers, be sure and restart it on all of them. And, last but not least, HOW CAN WE VERIFY IT'S FIXED? Sure, we can wait for the log entry and see if, every 15 minutes, we still get that error; but, wouldn't it be nice to run whatever "AD toplogy verification tool" or whatever, and verify "Okay, now it's finding the site."
Click Start, click Run, type Regedit, and then press OK. Locate the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netlogon\Parameters On the Edit menu, click New, and then click String Value. Type SiteName, and then press Enter. Right-click SiteName, click Modify, type the name of the Active Directory Site that the Exchange server belongs to in the Value data box, and then click OK. Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer to apply the change. the SiteName value that worked for me was my default domain site name ex: Contoso.local then after restarting the AD topology service(and the other million services with it) it stopped giving me the error. I have not yet rebooted the server. however i did change the that service to delayed start.
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Ah Norway. The big brother of the Scandinavian siblings. To me, Norway is like the tall, athletic hulky older brother who braves Arctic temperatures and winters without light while running up mountains with kids on his back to all ski down; he believes that every problem can be solved simply by going outside.
For me, beautiful rugged Norway might be one of the beautiful countries in the world. Mountains plunge into cold, clear waters where orcas swim and cod are plenty. There are fjords to find and fjells to follow. Get ready to be awed. It's truly awesome.


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Italy bus fire – Senegalese 'paedo' pictured after trying to burn 51 kids alive on Milan school bus in 'migrant drowning protest'
According to reports, the 47-year-old had sexually assaulted a minor prior to the attack
A CRAZED protester who hijacked a school bus and threatened to kill 51 kids on board was a known paedophile.
He rammed cars and set the bus threatened to douse the terrified children with petrol on a terror drive through Milan.
The driver, Ousseynou Sy, a 47-year-old Italian citizen of Senegalese origin had been previously caught driving while drunk and had sexually assaulted a minor, reports La Repubblica.
Armed with a canister of gasoline and restraints, he posted a video on YouTube to explain that he "wanted the whole world talking about this story" and raise awareness of the migrant crisis.
He used the phrase "Africa -arise" in the video, which he directed at family and friends in Crema but also in Senegal.
He had told the petrified children that "no one would survive" as he set the vehicle on fire.
The bus was engulfed in flames at a police roadblock, where officers smashed the windows to let all 51 children escape.
He was taking pupils from Vailati di Crema school to the gym when he went on a rampage in an apparent protest against migrant drownings in the Mediterranean.
He tied us up and took all the telephones so we could not call the police.One of the students on the bus
One boy said the driver was holding two kids next to him hostage with a lighter.
The pupil said: "He wanted to kill us. He said he lost three daughters at sea."
In an interview with La Repubblica TV, one of the students on the bus said: "We were all very afraid because the driver had emptied the gas canister onto the floor (of the bus.)
"He tied us up and took all the telephones so we could not call the police.
"One of the telephones, belonging to a classmate, fell to the ground, so I pulled off the handcuffs, hurting myself a bit, and went and picked it up. We called the Carabinieri and the police."
Police spokesman Marco Palmieri said: "He shouted, 'Stop the deaths at sea, I'll carry out a massacre'." during the attack
A video posted on Italian news sites showed the driver ramming the bus into cars on a motorway before the fire took hold.
Children can be seen running away from the burning bus screaming and shouting "escape".
One of the children told reporters the driver had threatened to pour petrol over them and set them alight.
He also ordered the kids chaperones to bind their hands, according to reports.
One of the group managed to call the police, who rushed to the scene and broke the bus windows to get everyone to safety.
Twelve children were reportedly taken to hospital as a precautionary measure because they had bruises or were in a state of shock, but none suffered serious injuries.
Stop the deaths at sea, I'll carry out a massacreOusseynou Sy
A teacher who was with the children told Ansa news agency the driver said he wanted to get to the runway at Milan's Linate airport.
An unnamed girl was also quoted as saying that Sy blamed deputy prime ministers Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio for the deaths of African migrants at sea.
Sy, who has been an Italian citizen since 2004 was treated for burns and was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, intention to commit mass murder, arson and resisting law enforcement.
Sky TG24 said he has worked for the bus company for 15 years without any problems.
Milan provincial security official Riccardo De Corato said: "Investigators must clarify how the transport company permitted such a delinquent to drive a bus, especially one carrying children."
The United Nations estimates 2,297 migrants drowned or went missing in the Mediterranean in 2018 as they tried to reach Europe.
Only yesterday a Libyan security official said at least ten migrants died when their boat sank off the Libyan coast near the western town of Sabratha.
The Italian government has closed its ports to charity rescue ships that pick up migrants off the Libyan coast.
Salvini says this has helped reduce deaths because far fewer people are now attempting the crossing.
Human rights groups say deaths might have increased with hardly any boats now searching for the would-be refugees.
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City of Yachts Mixed-Use Complex is not just a residential complex but an opportunity to enjoy the countryside atmosphere without leaving Moscow. Silence, glittering water, clean air, apartments with magnificent views of the river, proximity to the Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo forest park — that is what makes a new "town" in just a 15-minute drive from the center of Moscow.
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Forbes described mixed-use complexes City of Capitals, City of Yachts, and Aerobus as "making the city more interesting."
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Medicare Supplements
Medicare Supplements were created to supplement benefits. Only 80% of your medical expenses have coverage after deductibles. Supplemental plans fill in the gap between Medicare's payments and the actual amount. These gaps include co-pays, deductibles, and coinsurance. With many policy options, the best Medicare Supplement for you depends on the level of coverage you need.
What are Medicare Supplement Plans
To be eligible for a supplement plan, you must be at least 65 years of age and have Part B. These plans are also available to those on Medicare due to a disability, but not in all states.
You can enroll in a Medigap Plan at any time during the year, as long as your Part B is in effect.
Upon your enrollment in Part B, your Medicare Supplement Open Enrollment Period will start. This window only happens once and can't be changed.
Your OEP is six months long. During this period, you can buy Supplement insurance with Guaranteed Issue.
After this six month period, you'll no longer have GI, but you can still enroll.
However, without GI you'll have to answer medical questions that could impact your approval odds. You could also end up paying more due to pre-existing conditions.
If you're over the age of 65 and don't enroll in Part B when you're first eligible, your OEP doesn't start until you do enroll in Part B and it becomes effective.
Important to note, if you don't enroll in Part B when you're first eligible, you could be penalized for each year you went without it.
The General Enrollment Period for Parts A & B is yearly between January 1st and March 31st. If you didn't sign up during your Initial Enrollment Period, you can sign up during this time period.
How Medicare Supplement Insurance Benefits Work
Supplement coverage is dependent on the letter plan you choose. These plans are standardized by the government.
The benefits are going to be the same per letter plan, regardless of the carrier. The only difference is the cost, it's up to the carrier to decide how much they want to charge for each letter plan.
A carrier can choose between three Medigap pricing methods to determine your premium.
Each plan covers basic benefits, starting with Plan A, and adds further levels of coverage.
This way, everyone can get the personal healthcare benefits necessary to cover out of pocket costs. It's important to note that these plans only cover one individual.
If your spouse needs coverage, they must buy a separate policy.
Benefits All Medicare Supplement Plans Will Include
- Remaining 20% of your Part B medical costs left over after Medicare pays
- Coverage for Part A coinsurance and hospital costs up to an additional 365 days after benefits
- Part B coinsurance and co-payments
- Any hospice care coinsurance and co-payments
- First 3 pints of blood
Benefits Some Medicare Supplement Insurance Plans Will Include
- Part A deductible
- Part B deductible
- Excess charges
- Foreign travel emergency
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What Medicare Supplement Plans Do Not Cover
- Routine vision care
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List of Medicare Supplement Plans
The plans are listed in order from most popular to least popular:
- Plan F is a first-dollar coverage plan that leaves you with $0 out of pocket costs.
- High-Deductible Plan F covers the same benefits as Plan F. The difference is it requires you to meet the deductible before any coverage starts.
- Plan G is the second most popular plan, as it covers almost all benefits. It comes with a much lower premium than Plan F.
- High-Deductible Plan G covers just like Plan G. The main difference is the deductible is met before coverage begins.
- Plan N has low premiums compared to other plans. It requires a small co-payment for some office and hospital visits.
- Plan C is also a first-dollar coverage plan. The only out of pocket cost you're responsible for is excess charges. Don't confuse Plan C with Part C, they're two different plans.
- Plan D is extensive as well and covers everything except for the Part B deductible and excess charges. Don't confuse Plan D with Part D, they're also two different Plans.
- Plan K is a cost-sharing plan. It pays half of your out of pocket co-insurance costs.
- Plan L is also a cost-sharing plan. It pays 75% of your out of pocket co-insurance costs.
- Plan M provides extensive coverage, similar to Plan G. Except it only covers half of your Part A deductible for hospitalization.
- Plan A helps fill in the gaps with co-payments, deductibles, and coinsurance, but includes the least amount of benefits.
- Plan B will cover all the same benefits Plan A does, in addition, it will cover your Part A deductible.
Plans G, K, L, M, and N tend to have lower premiums, but higher out-of-pocket costs.
Important Facts to Know About Medicare Supplement Plans
- Supplements do NOT include coverage for drugs. You would enroll in a Part D plan to cover your drug costs.
- Policies only give coverage to the policyholder. If you want coverage for your spouse or family member, they need to buy their own policy.
- It's only available for people who have both Part A and Part B.
- By law, policies must be renewable even for people with health conditions. In other words, you can never lose your policy as long as you pay your premiums.
- Policy premiums are in addition to any Part B premiums.
- You cannot enroll in a Supplement Plan if you have an Advantage Plan.
- It's illegal to sell someone a policy if they have a Medical Savings Account (MSA) plan.
- All first-dollar coverage plans will be discontinued for all beneficiaries who become Medicare eligible after 2020.
- Depending on where you live, you may be eligible to buy a certain kind of policy called Medicare SELECT. These SELECT policies provide a built-in escape clause to allow you to change your policy within the first year with no penalties.
What Companies Sell Medicare Supplements
Many companies sell Supplements. These companies include UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Mutual of Omaha, Anthem, Central States Indemnity, and many more.
Don't Confuse These Types of Coverage for Medigap Plans
- Veterans' benefits (VA)
- Tribal and/or Indian Health Service coverage
- Part D
- Medicaid
- State-level aid
- Medicare Advantage Plans (including HMOs, PPOs, and fee-for-service plans)
- Long-term care insurance
- Employer/union plans, including FEHBP (Federal Employees Health Benefits Program)
Medicare Supplements Costs
It's important to note that prices and premiums vary by the insurance company, as well as by state. The same plan may cost more in one state than another. Depending on the letter plan you choose, the average premium can range between $50-$300.
When shopping for a policy, be careful to assess "apples to apples." In other words, make sure that the price you've been quoted for one type of coverage is equivalent to the same type of coverage by another company.
Beneficiaries should take their time when selecting a policy.
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Share Your World – Week 39September 30, 2014 at 9:14 pm | Posted in Australia, Nature, Reading | 4 Comments
Tags: camping in the bush, friends, history, relaxation, TV shows
These are the latest questions from Cee Neuner – getting to know each other on Share Your World.
Did you ever get lost?
Nope, never been lost – not that I remember, anyway.
Who was your best friend in elementary school?
I don't remember even having a particular friend in primary (elementary) school. I guess I was rather a loner when I was young.
Since the new television season has started in the US, list three favorite TV shows.
I rarely watch TV, though there are a few programmes I will watch when they come on. Most of them relate to historical aspects. I love the British Time Team with Tony Robinson, though we are several years behind on getting them here in Australia. I also love the Australian and British Who Do You Think You Are? which trace back the antecedents of well known people. That's pretty well all I watch on a regular basis – when they are on free to air TV. We don't have pay TV.
If you were a mouse in your house in the evening, what would you see your family doing?
My hubby will be watching TV –either war histories or aeroplane crash investigations usually. I will be either working at my writing on my computer, doing some scrapbooking, or reading.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
We have had the last few days away, camping at a place where there was no mobile (cell) phone reception or internet reception. It has been a time of relaxation and enjoying the country and wildlife.
In the next week, I will be getting into my writing group activities again.
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Terry McKenna enjoys playing music composed for the "Guitar Family" of instruments and has a special fondness for the older members. Today, he'll play tunes that were written for the guitar as it was back in the mid 16th century. He has performed and recorded with many groups such as The Toronto Consort, Ensemble Polaris, Puirt a Baroque and The Stratford Festival. Terry teaches guitar and lute at Wilfrid Laurier University. Enjoy!


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Dear President Trump,
Today I saw a couple of in-the-back-window car stickers that are worth telling you about. The first one read "Keep Seattle Hostile." I had to read it three times before I could accept that it really said that. The other one had a silhouette of President Obama to one side and words something like "When you are low on hope, get out and DO something." Going back to the first one, who would want to make a sticker about keeping a place hostile, even as a joke? And who would want to put it in their window and drive it around the city it is referencing? It's baffling and I am at a loss as to how to think about it.
As I write to you, Laura and I are hanging out and she's reading me different bits from Twitter. There was one a few minutes ago that feels germane to the two window stickers. Someone posted a note saying that the family of Scott Beigel, the geography teacher from MSD in Parkland who was killed last month in the massacre, has not heard from you, but that they have received condolences from President Obama. It would be nice to have evidence of behavior of yours that would allow me to question this statement, but you are not someone who operates in the realm of decency and compassion. You just aren't. I could more easily see you saying Mr. Beigel failed, that you wouldn't have been so lame as to get yourself killed in that situation. As far as the believability of President Obama having reached out to Mr. Beigel's family and expressed his sorrow at their loss, well, this is consistent with what I observed of his behavior so I have no reason not to believe it.
And so here we are. We have you who thrives on hostility and would probably like to invest in whatever company is making those sick little stickers, and we have to contend with the loss of a president who will DO something to help a bad situation be a little less bad by showing up and caring for people who are hurting. I am so grateful we have President Obama's example of integrity, dignity, and compassion to keep reminding us that what we have now, in you and your administration, is patently not normal and not ok.
May we be safe from hostility, including our own when are tempted to foist it onto someone else.
May we be happy to insist on integrity, dignity, and compassion from our leadership.
May we have the wherewithal to step up and DO something constructive when hope is flagging.
May we be the change we want to see; may we be the peacemakers.
Tracy Simpson


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Hands up if you remember Overpower? Yes? No? Well, let me tell you about it…
It didn't do very well in Europe, but in the mid 90s Fleer entertainment created a Collectable Card Game based on the Marvel world. I loved it, and it did have a loyal fan base, but just not a big enough one. With the universal love for all things Marvel at the moment, is it time to have another look at this cracking little game.
Seriously, they should re-release the game; it would make a big impact now.
Overpower was a collectable card battle game revolving around a team of four heroes or villains, trying to eliminate each other through a series of attack rounds. The original game had six starter decks with expansions through booster packs, and special rarer cards being included with some Marvel Comics.
You could make your team from any of the huge amount of heroes and villains available, but the knack was getting a balanced deck of power cards that worked well with a balanced team of heroes. Each hero had a set of statistics in their Power Grid covering Energy, Strength and Fighting abilities. These were used to determine which power cards the hero could use to make an attack on an opposing team member. It really was as simple as that to start with.
There were special attack and defence abilities that heroes and villains possessed, as well as equipment and location cards that could boost an attack or a character's defence, with rounds of play moving very quickly to increase the excitement and speed of play. You eliminate opposing heroes by inflicting 20 points of cumulative damage on them, when all four of your team is down, you lose.
A full game can include betting on missions cards, which essentially tell a story, and the nice aspect of this ante system is that it does not change the style or overall objective of the game. Everyone's favourite heroes and villains are included, and you can make a team from any combination of each, the trick is getting a team that works well and compliments each other.
The game mechanic includes a simple method of eliminating duplicate cards drawn each game turn, so no player can load their decks with only huge high power attacks as all duplicates must be discarded before the turn commences.
The game was originally launched in 1995, and produced until 1997. It had a couple of expansion sets called Mission Control and Powersurge, but its main change was when DC Overpower was introduced in 1996. As you can imagine it included DC heroes and villains, but it also introduced the forth statistic in the power grid, Intellect.
This was deemed necessary due to a lot of villains actually having low level or no discernable super powers so relied on their genius to roll out their evil plans. But, adding this fourth part of the grid showed a lack of pre-planning during its development stages, also inherent hero abilities crept in on hero cards and this again shifted the balance of the game slightly.
Mainstream Overpower then needed a reprint in late '96 to include the Intellect stat to all the marvel heroes and villains, and a few new ones; this is where the game really collapsed in Europe. It became too hard to keep up with over such a short space of time (even worse than MTG at its height and that is saying something) but the expansions kept coming, including a Justice League set and an official X-Men set, which was strange because all the X-Men were included in the original and the reprinted sets.
But I digress; the game in its simplicity was superb. The actual original concept was great and easy to manage with the expansions. The producers just lost control. I still have a nice little collection that we have dusted off and enjoy playing at our local club, and this is where the game shines, in its standard form. The back ground is timeless; nearly everyone loves the heroes and villains it is based on, so this could be resurrected with little complications. The original sets are very few and far between, so finding players may seem tough, but we are out there! Just keep looking!
Do any of our followers remember this game? Anyone actually play it? Let us know if you do… if you fancy a game and if you are local to me, get in touch.
A great game, slightly marred by the support it didn't really receive.
A respectable three out of five nerds!
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THE INDUSTRIALIST TRACKLISTING: 01. The Industrialist 02. Recharger 03. New Messiah 04. God Eater 05. Depraved Mind Murder 06. Virus of Faith 07. Difference Engine 08. Dissemble 09. Religion is Flawed Because Man is Flawed 10. Human Augmentation 11. Blush Response (Difference Engine) * 12. Landfill * * Available on deluxe digibook only Fear Factory has released a special trailer that is a visual preview into the story behind their forthcoming new album, The Industrialist. Set for release June 5, The Industrialist is the second album written by vocalist Burton C. Bell and guitarist Dino Cazares since reuniting in 2009 after a seven year split. An audio snippet for the album's lead single, "Recharger," is now available at the band's official YouTube page; the single available via ITunes, Amazon and other online retailers beginning April 24. As previously announced, The Industrialist is a conceptual record based around a short fiction written by Bell; lyrics to the album's ten songs divulge the narrative as discussed recently by Bell with Decibel Magazine. The album will be available on three formats -- standard CD, a limited edition deluxe digi-book (featuring two additional songs), and 180-gram double vinyl. Pre-orders for the album in all formats will be available shortly via Candlelight Records' official webstore. Bell notes, "the protagonist (The Industrialist) is the incarnation of all industries in the form of an automaton. The mechanical, technological, and scientific advances through the industrial age led to the creation of The Industrialist. In the story, the automaton becomes sentient as it collects memories with each passing day. Through observation and learning, it gains the will to exist. What was meant to help man, will eventually be man's demise." The Industrialist follows the 2010 release of Mechanize. Widely regarded, the album was the first release from Fear Factory in six years. Mechanize debuted on Billboard's Top 100 album chart week of release and topped CMJ's Loud Rock radio chart as programmers embraced the band's triumphant return. Sirius XM and Headbangers Ball's host Jose Mangin noted, "after Mechanize dominated 2010 as Liquid Metal's Album Of The Year, North America is chompin' at the bit to get an ear full of new Fear Factory. I have no doubt that Fear Factory are going to kick our collective asses in 2012." Members of Fear Factory are currently in Los Angeles rehearsing for upcoming performances in South America followed by their first US tour since late 2010. Bell and Cazares presented the Comeback of the Year Award last night at the 4th Annual Revolver Golden God Awards; an award they were nominated for in 2010. The band looks to film a video for the album in the coming weeks; details to be announced shortly. Dates on the band's upcoming American tour are noted below. 5/01/2012 Backstage Live -- San Antonio, TX 5/02/2012 Trees -- Dallas, TX 5/03/2012 Scout Bar -- Houston, TX 5/05/2012 State Theater -- St. Petersburg, FL 5/06/2012 Culture Room -- Ft. Lauderdale, FL 5/07/2012 Masquerade -- Altanta, GA 5/09/2012 Ziggy's -- Winston-Salem, NC 5/10/2012 Theater of Living Arts -- Philadelphia, PA 5/11/2012 Wally's Pub -- Hamton Beach, NH 5/12/2012 Sonar -- Baltimore, MD 5/13/2012 Gramercy Theatre -- New York, NY 5/15/2012 McGuffy's House of Rock -- Dayton, OH 5/16/2012 The Crofoot Ballroom -- Pontiac, MI 5/17/2012 Bottom Lounge -- Chicago, IL 5/19/2012 Summit Music Hall -- Denver, CO 5/21/2012 Ace of Spade -- Sacramento, CA 5/22/2012 Regency Ballroom -- San Francisco, CA 5/23/2012 Yost Theater -- Santa Ana, CA
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I've had a lot of Marie Kondo discussions, both in the past and recently with her new show, and I've found that most of the conversations I have end up getting pretty personal; cleaning and how we arrange our space are deeply intrinsic things that are impacted a lot by our internal baggage. The article below touches on this in a way that I've really wished someone would, and it was a great read. Konmari has some lovely things in it, but it is essentially a one size fits all solution, so that regardless of any underlying issues of why your house is the way it is, konmari believes that the answer is the same and that their process addresses everything. This article does a great job of basically saying that our spaces are the way they are for a reason, and that while cleaning them can help , it isn't necessarily an effective way of fixing our actual problems.
So WHY is your living space, GT? How is your house and what is comfortable for you? Is it clean, messy? Do you like minimalist Scandinavian furniture or is your house filled with overstuffed random vintage chairs you found at a thrift store and painted bright colors? Do you have trouble throwing things out? What "sparks joy" for you and when are you most content?
Marie Kondo sparked a ton of debate between two friends and I and after about 20 minutes of superficial debate (I just like clean spaces! blah blah) the real truth started coming out. I don't care for Marie Kondo because I grew up poor and am terrified of being poor again and having things around me was comforting; it told me I was not poor and that if I got poor again I'd have these things still (I truly have a concept in my mind that throwing things out is like something only rich people do haha). My friend loves Marie Kondo and realized a large part of the reason was that her mom is a hoarder, and so she loves the idea of throwing all the things out, because she's terrified keeping something will mean she will turn into her mom. A third friend deals with anxiety and self doubt; keeping old things, things associated with memories comforts her. It reminds her of people loving her or that she can have good times and memories when she goes out into the world.
I know it was an epiphany when I realized that I tend to have a messy bedroom and find comfort in it because it's a way of marking my territory and rebelling. This sounds so crazy and weird, but when you grow up in a house with 7 kids and not much space, territory is actually important. And it was the only space in the house I could control, because it was mine - so when my dad get in a temper would scream about the house being dirty or physically abuse us when it wasn't, keeping my room dirty became an important act of rebellion and control.
There are a lot of societal and cultural things that come into play too - we are taught that cleanliness is next to godliness to the point that somehow it is actually easier for me to stop believing in god than to stop believing that having a messy room says something fundamentally bad about me as a person. And right now I don't know if any fellow maximalists out there constantly feel judged for not having a midcentury/Scandinavian minimalist clean lines but I'm real tired of it. But trying to break down what I actually like and what is empirically true (I am not a bad person if I have clothes on the floor of my closet instead of in a bin. There is actually no logical reason why it is bad for my clothes to be there. They're not spreading germs, they're not getting dirty, they're not a safety hazard, etc. That is a cultural response when I feel bad about it. ) its really mentally difficult.
So I am hear to hear all your thoughts! Discuss with me! All feelings welcome positive or negative here :) What might be more effective to tackle than just killing yourself tidying all the time?


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The new Data Protection law known as GDPR comes into force today. You can read more about it below.
What is GDPR?
The General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR for short, brings the current Data Protection Act 1998 into the 21st century and expands on the rights of individuals to control their personal data.
In short, GDPR is a new EU approved regulation that will ensure businesses are collecting, using and holding your data securely.
Why is GDPR important?
GDPR is the largest piece of data regulation ever passed by the EU. For businesses large or small, GDPR means keeping tighter boundaries on information they hold, improving security awareness for protecting that data and ensuring any data shared is done appropriately.
Individual Rights
Under the new regulations, there is a greater emphasis on ensuring that individuals are informed about how their data may be used and controlled.
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• Individuals have the right to have inaccurate information corrected.
The period for responding to a subject access request is 40 days.
Legitimate reason for holding a person's data.
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We continue to have a legitimate interest in holding that data for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
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• Opt-outs and pre-checked boxes are not allowed – pre-checked boxes do not qualify as consent;
• Companies must give the individual a clear way to withdraw consent;
• Organizations must be able to clearly show evidence of consent.
So, what do we mean by personal data?
The GDPR applies to 'personal data' meaning any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified, in particular by reference to an identifier.
Whilst a name is probably not enough to identify an individual, once it is combined with other information (such as address, date of birth, place of work or telephone number) this will usually be sufficient to identify an individual.
A few examples of personal data:
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• Regimental/Service Details
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• Nationality
• Date of birth
Examples of sensitive personal data:
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• Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to individuals Collected only for specific and legitimate purposes and not further process in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes
• Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purpose for which they are processed
• Accurate and where necessary, kept up to date
• Data is only stored for as long as is necessary
• Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of personal data
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Under Article 33 of GDPR there is a legal obligation for charities to report significant data breaches to the Regulator. Personal data must be secured against accidental loss and unauthorised processing, and reported to the regulator within the set timescales.
• A charity must report a data breach to the Information Commissioners Office within 72 hours of discovery.
• Anyone impacted by a data breach must be told if there is a high risk to their rights of freedom e.g. their identity could be cloned.
How will GDPR change the way we work?
In order to comply with GDPR we have introduced new procedures for storing information, and updated our internal and external policies. A full schedule of policies can be found on the HighGround website.
Further GDPR information can be found at the Information Commissioners Office website
HighGround Data Protection Officer: Eunice Learmont.
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"Once more unto the breach," cries King Henry V to encourage his troops in the Battle of Agincourt, but it could also be the cry of the unified audience at DruidShakespeare as we begin our fourth play and our sixth hour of this theatrical marathon. For their 40th birthday, Druid Theatre Company have taken on their most ambitious project, to re-imagine Shakespeare's Henriad, his four history plays spanning the period 1380-1415, as one play spread out over almost seven hours.
Playwright Mark O'Rowe has shaped his own cohesive line to unite these four plays into a single dramatic behemoth. We are engaged, we are moved, we are unexpectedly amused. We witness betrayal, cruelty, slaughter, redemption. We are splattered with rain, vomit, peaty mud, blood against Francis O'Connor's deceptively simple pared back set. It is visceral, it is alive. It is also, crucially, gender blind. For as much as Shakespeare enjoyed putting his men in frocks, director Garry Hynes taps into huge power in casting her three kings. Unrecognisable as Richard II, Marty Rea is as if hovering between this world and the next. He is overthrown by his cousin Bolingbroke, a most effectively Derbhle Crotty, who becomes a bloodstained King Henry IV. While Henry reigns, his young son Hal enjoys life inhabiting taverns. But Hal must inherit the weight of the crown and become Henry V, and a stunning Aisling O'Sullivan gives the true powerhouse performance of this very tight ensemble cast of 13.
What is remarkable is how there is such energy and colour about the production that it rarely feels cumbersome, though sometimes this is at a cost of substance being sacrificed to frivolous levity. But this production is a huge achievement, Shakespeare is brought to life in a brazenly Irish way that gives the lines fresh meaning and relevance.
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Hi all,
I am trying to read the audio data from the sai_edma_record_playback example where the program records and plays back audio data from the on-board MIC and process 16 bit samples of the data at 8khz (30 millisecond audio frames).
I have looked at the xfer.data buffer however it doesn't seem to contain the correct data.
Could anyone help me with this? (attached is the code, sourced from the SDK)
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Bethlehem of Judea, where Jesus was born. Or perhaps not. We learn of these events within the canonical books of the Christian 'New Testament', implausibly credited with authorship by early followers of Jesus called Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
These Gospels are biographical works on Jesus; written not less than half a century after his departure. They are collectively called the Gospels, the etymological root of the word being "good news" in Greek.
Yet, this care to find a special name for the four books reflects their peculiar nature. Biographical works were not so rare in the ancient world and the Canonical Gospels do have many features in common with non-Christian examples. The Gospels are an unusually duff variety of biography, in their relation of events, in which ordinary people reflect on their experience of Jesus, where it is often the miskeen, the ill-educated, and the louche who lead the narrative and whose account with Jesus are often vividly described.
It is important to note that the book of good news is not the same as straightforward and structured reported news.
This nativity narrative is commemorated through an annual rendition of the events, which would obviously suggest to a layman that the details enshrouded in this celebration of the 'nativity' are reliable and authentic. Hence why laymen Christians are so accepting of the plot, without even consulting the account in their scripture, and are disposed to accept the portrayal as an incontrovertible accurate retelling.
Only two out of four Gospels, Matthew and Luke, have narratives of this birth in Bethlehem at the end of the reign of King Herod the Great [73 – 4 BCE], and outside those narratives, there is much to direct the alert reader to a contrary story.
John's Gospel is most explicit when it records arguments among people in Jerusalem, once Jesus had grown up and his teaching was making a stir; some sceptics pointed out that Jesus came from the northern district of Galilee, whereas the prophet they were told to expect, foretold by Micah, would come from Bethlehem in Judea, in the South.
The other three Gospels – even the Gospels with narrations about the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem – repeatedly refer to Jesus as coming from Galilee, or more precisely from the village of Nazareth in Galilee. In fact, outside the text of the two birth narratives, the Gospels do not refer to Jesus being born in Bethlehem, nor does any other book of the New Testament.
Luke's birth narrative, the more elaborate, explains that Maryam [Jesus's Mother – peace be upon them both], travelled from Nazareth to Bethlehem at the time of Jesus's birth because they had to comply with the residence terms of a Roman imperial census for tax purposes. "Census" for those who are unfamiliar with the term, is an official count of the population.
Implausible. The idea is based on Luke's ancestor list for Jesus, designed to show that Jesus was linked to King David a thousand years before, which was a matter of no concern whatsoever to Roman bureaucrats. Implausibilities multiply: the Roman authorities would not have held a census in a client kingdom of the empire such as Herod's, and in any case there really is no record elsewhere of such an empire-wide census.
Numerous difficulties attend Luke's reference to the first census ordered by Caesar Augustus. The difficulties may be summarised as follows:
- According to Matthew 2:1 – Jesus was born "in the days of Herod"; if this is Herod the great, the dude whom I briefly mentioned earlier, it is an established fact that he died in 4 B.C. [Yes, i'm obliged to stick with the dating terms. We're arguably still in 2014.]
- There is no record of a census ordered by Augustus at this time. [It's acceptable to assert that of course not everything in history has been preserved, but…] It is hard to imagine that in all of the ancient histories, there is not even a single reference found to an empire-wide census.
- You would not be required to travel in order to register for tax purposes. It would be taxation officers who would travel (because they had to link the property to their owners).
- Joseph mentioned here, resident of Galilee and not Judea, would NOT have been affected by the census in any case.
There is, however, record of a census ordered during the time when Quirinius was governor of the Levant [Bilad ash-Sham], but this was in 6–7 CE / AD.
Apologists can argue: that Luke's usage of the term "Protos", translated in the excerpt I shared above as "First", literally implies "Before" – and that is a valid argument, because it is a legitimate and acceptable meaning of 'Protos'.
…and because there is some evidence to suggest that because of strained relations between Augustus and Herod in the latter's years the Roman Emperor demanded that Herod's subjects swear an oath of allegiance to him, and during the relatively brief and incompetent rule of Herod's son, a census was ordered. It may be that Luke viewed the entire sequence as a single episode.
In the sense of "this was the census before the one issued when Quirinius was governor of Syria" in an effort to differentiate between the census to which he refers in 2:1-2 and the better known census taken in 6–7 CE / AD.
But this just doesn't quite cut it. Why? because this entire suggestion and retort is challenged and troubled by Luke implying no such differentiation when he explicitly refers to one census in Acts 5:37, and by the proposed translation of 2:2 in the argument which renders the term "Protos" in an unusual way.
What does this establish?
The story seems to embody a confusion with a well-attested Roman imperial census which did happen, but in 6 CE / AD, far too late for the birth of Jesus, and long remembered as a traumatic event because it was the first real taste of what direct Roman rule meant for Judea.
The suspicion then arises that someone writing a good deal later, rather hazy about the chronology of decades before, has been fairly cavalier with the story of Jesus's birth, for reasons other than retrieving events as they actually happened. The suspicion grows more when one observes how little the birth and infancy narratives have to do with the later story of Jesus's life, which occupies all four Gospels; nowhere do these Gospels refer back to the tales of birth or infancy, which suggest that the bulk of their texts were written before the infancy narratives. Remember these are written accounts, penned decades after, by humans with deep convictions.
What would motivate these particular unknown authors to add these strange details into their accounts? One motive for locating the birth in Bethlehem might be precisely to settle the argument noted in John's Gospel about Jesus's status as Messiah of his people Israel. It answered the sceptics who pointed out the problem with Micah's prophecy [in the excerpt above].
But there is much else to these stories. We must conclude, though, that beside the likelihood that Christmas did not happen at Christmas [deserving of a separate article], it probably didn't happen in Bethlehem.
Allaah knows best.
→ Abu Dawūd [Mustafa b. Saalih] al-Hushayshi


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Onboard of our spacious and modern sailing catamaran in Lisbon, we will take you for a sightseeing tour in Lisbon. This catamaran charter in Lisbon can be done from 2 to 8 hours and the boat has space for up to 18 people. While enjoying your time on board, we'll show you the city from a unique perspective, from the Tagus River! Join us with your family and friends and explore the city in the most enjoyable way!
This private sailing experience in Lisbon is ideal to celebrate special events. We've organized successful networking and other events aboard. And even the fanciest sunset boat parties! There's plenty of space to dance! Talking about dancing… You can bring your own music and tune into the sound system via a mini-jack cable or we can put on our playlist, according to the mood of the event. And of course, on the calm waters of the Tagus River, you can be as loud as you like!
Regarding the itinerary of this boat trip in Lisbon, you can choose and we always have our preferred tour along the main historical icons of Lisbon. This cruise along the Tagus River starts near the 25 de Abril bridge and sails by the Torre de Belém (Belém Tower), Praça do Comércio, Cais do Sodré, Cristo Rei and Lisbon Cathedral in Alfama. You'll get the best views of Lisbon, that's for sure!
Details about this catamaran in Lisbon:
- Maximum capacity: 18 passengers
- Length: 15 m (50 foot)
- Crew: 2 or 3 pax
- Number of WC's: 1
- Marina: Doca do Bom Sucesso, Belém, Lisbon
Rates of this catamaran charter in Lisbon:
- 2 hours cruise: from € 500 - Lisbon tour
- 3 hours cruise: from € 600 - time to swim at Caxias Beach
- 4 hours cruise: from € 700 - time to swim at Oeiras Beach
- 5 hours cruise: from € 800 - time to swim at Oeiras Beach
- 6 hours cruise: from € 900 - time to go to Cascais and back
- 8 hours cruise: from € 1100 - time to go to Cascais and back
Catering on this catamaran in Lisbon:
- Light BBQ with chicken, crisps, salad and a drink - 10 € per person
- Picnic box with local savoury pastry, club sandwich, fruit salad, pastel de nata and a drink - 15 € per person
- Local snack with olives, bread, butter, cheese, ham, savoury pastries, fruit, pastel de nata and wine - 30 € per person
- Sushi - around 20 pieces - 25 € per person
- Vegetarian - sweet potato crisps, mixed salad, veggie wrap, açaí and a drink - 20 € per person
Drinks (1 welcome drink per person is included):
- Beer or soda - 2€
- Bottle of white or rosé wine - 10€
- Bottle of sparkling wine - 20€
Regarding catering, for safety reasons, it's not permitted to bring your own drinks on this boat rental in Lisbon. All private tours include a skipper, fuel, insurance and taxes. Schedules are flexible. Let us know if you prefer a morning, afternoon or sunset trip. You can rent a boat in Lisbon in the morning, to wake up with a refreshing experience. You can have lunch on the boat, or maybe dinner while enjoying a special sunset. Or how about a day-trip? It's up to you!
If you're up for organizing your event on our sailing catamaran in Lisbon, let us know. We're happy to help you customize it to your needs to make it truly unforgettable! If you visit Lisbon, a boat tour is a must!
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From the RiverLink site:
Both the event and its title are inspired by Thomas Wolfe's 1935 fictionalized autobiography that examines the the passing of time and the evolution of the creative process. It's that theme, says RiverLink founder and executive director Karen Cragnolin, that closely parallels the recovery and growth of the French Broad alongside Asheville's arts scene.
One of the other inspirations for the show is Wilma Dykeman, and her renowned book The French Broad. It's a book that traverses time, covering the early settler days of the French Broad Valley through Civil War days and beyond, giving the reader insight into just how large a part the river played in our local history.


text: Last Thursday saw the return of the Careers Convention with a whole host of employers, training providers and further education establishments getting involved in this careers information evening. Employers were extremely positive with their feedback on the high quality questions they were asked from parents and pupils alike. Also in attendance and promoting the use of The My World of Work platform to parents and pupils were the My WOW Ambassadors. The Ambassadors did an exemplary job of sharing this resource and highlighting its' benefits. Special thanks must go to The DYW Employability class for their contributions to the set up and running of the event, as well as the S6 Prefect team who ensured all parents and pupils were made to feel welcome and that evaluations were completed on the night.


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Banner explains Browns' dilemma, Bert Bell's son recalls 1st NFL draft
The 80th anniversary of the NFL Draft is being held this week in Philadelphia, where the original draft was staged on February 8-9, 1936. To celebrate, the Talk of Fame Network brings a unique view of how it all began through the eyes of the son of its creator, Hall of Famer and former NFL commissioner Bert Bell.
Upton Bell, a former NFL general manager and World Football League franchise owner, provides the anecdotal history of the how the draft came to be on this week's show, while ex-Eagles' and Cleveland Browns' president Joe Banner supplies an insider's view of what the Browns went through making the draft's No. 1 pick in their search for their quarterback of the future.
"You can't be a serious competitor without a quarterback,'' Banner explained. "That said, you cannot force a pick. You've got to be very careful. You cannot take a first-round pick because you're trying to build a tam and force it.
"You don't have to pick, in my opinion, your highest-graded guy if the guy is a little bit below is a quarterback you think is good enough to win with but they've got to be very, very careful here. Last year they bypassed a quarterback (the Eagles' Carson Wentz) who looks like he's going to be excellent. They cannot do a flip of that now because they get too anxious.''
And Cleveland did not as three quarterbacks came off the board in the first round ... with none to the Browns. The hysteria and frivolity that comes with a crowd of over 200,000 witnessing this year's draft contrasted greatly with what happened at the first draft.
"Everything changed in pro football (because of the draft Bert Bell created),'' his son said. "My father came to believe there was no way the NFL would survive without a common draft.
"At the time people looked down on pro football. Most did not sign … but (that draft) was the great beginning. Without Bert Bell's draft, no league would have made it.''
Only 32 of the original 81 players drafted signed with NFL teams in 1936, and none of the nine Bert Bell selected agreed to contracts. When it was over, Bell recalled, there were NO stories written about the event in the Philadelphia papers. Contrast that with the months-long debate and analysis that goes on with today's draft.
Speaking of the mania, Eagles' cult hero Vince Papale, who was never drafted but came out from behind a bar to become the "Invincible'' walk-on special teams captain during the time Dick Vermeil was head coach, also visits to describe how excited the city is this week and recall how he went from former semi-pro unknown to Eagles' legend without the help of the draft.
There's much more draft talk, but our Ron Borges also argues the Hall of Fame case for ex-Patriots' All-Pro defensive lineman Richard Seymour and Rick Gosselin, our Dr. Data, breaks down the sad recent history of Cleveland's pursuit of a quarterback, a quest that in the 18 drafts since the franchise returned to Cleveland in 1999 has led to nine quarterbacks being drafted, including four first-round busts.
There's all that and more on our weekly two hour show. You can listen in on SB Nation Radio, on 77 stations around the country or by downloading our free podcast at iTunes. You can also listen to this show and past ones on our website, talkoffamenetwork.com.


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A lot of football has yet to be played in the Under 19s A league and 2017 will bring a lot of interesting games. The Scottish Cup doesn't have a North region team left in the competition so all the focus will be on domestic silverware.
Inverurie Locos currently sit top of the league with Cove 2nd who have 3 games in hand. If Ludie Barracks side win all of their games they will go top. Banks O'Dee Albion, Culter Boys and Stonehaven could also have a part to play who have all played 4 league games winning 2 and losing 2.
Turriff United, Formartine United and West End FC could be battling it out for relegation although Turriff know how to compete with the top teams after winning against Albion in the Murray Cup Group stages and also drawing against the Aberdeen outfit away from home this season.
It will be between North Star, Kemnay and Ellon Meadows in the race for the B league championship. North Star will be in pole position come Christmas time with Ellon just a point behind the Aberdeen outfit and Kemnay in 3rd who are still undefeated with 6 wins and 2 draws.
The bottom end of the league sees Huntly, Culter Rovers, Stoneywood and Dee battling it out to avoid the wooden spoon. This will be another interesting league heading into 2017. North Star are looking like favourites to win the league.


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Staats Superstock Mini BMX Race Bike - 17.5" TT, Black
COVID-19: We ask for your understanding as you may experience delivery delays.
Frame: Superstock Mini
Fork: Full Chromo Mini Fork, 1"
Headset: Aluminum, 1" Threadless Sealed Bearing
Stem: Mini Aluminum 1" 40mm Topload
Bars: Alloy 2.5"
Cranks: 3 Piece Aluminum, Forged 5-arm, 135mm
Bottom Bracket: Euro
Pedals: Platform
Chain: 1/2" x 3/32"
Sprocket: 38T, Alloy 110BCD
Front Hub: Aluminum Sealed Bearing 28H
Rear Hub: Aluminum Sealed Bearing 28H
Rims: Aluminum Double Wall 1-1/8"
Spokes: Stainless Black Spokes, 14G
Tires: Kenda
Seat: Velo Seat
Seat Post: Alloy Post 22.2mm x 150mm
Seat Clamp: 25.4mm
Lever: Aluminum
Brakes: Aluminum
Weight: 15.45 lb
Frame Specs
Toptube: 17.5"
Headtube Angle: 70°
Seattube Angle: 70°
Stand Over Height: TBA
BB Height: 11"
Chainstays: 12.75"
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NOTE: To ensure that every component on your bicycle is working properly, Dans Comp recommends that all bikes be assembled by a qualified mechanic. Improper assembly of your bicycle may lead to premature wear or failure of individual components such as headsets, crank assembly and wheels. Failure to do so may void the manufacturer warranty.
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fully air-conditioned, for sale in the Caribbean!
Asking price 597.000 USD
We delivered this immaculate Fountaine Pajot Helia 44 Maestro to her owners in 2016.
This is a great opportunity for you to buy a well equipped Helia 44 Maestro (owner cabin), with all warranty work done, packed with options, and ready to go!
- Never chartered
- Volvo 55HP engines with 750h each
- Oceanic package
- Full AC
- Full electronics, with GPS, radar, autopilot...
- Watermaker
- Washer/dryer
- Solar panels
- 18HP large outboard
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Bubble Gum Panda
by Feliz$45.00
Canvas Print - Bubble Gum Panda- 50 cm x 70 cm
Your child will laugh out loud at our cute 'Bubble Gum Panda' print created just for them. Hang it on a wall in a nursery, bedroom or playroom to inspire your little one to have fun and laugh each and every day. Further the playful mood with similar prints
- Canvas print stretched on a timber frame
- Lightweight & versatile; Change your artwork with your style
- Ready to Hang
- Sawtooth hooks
- Artwork Measures 50 cm x 70 cm


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When Aston Martin first gave the world a glimpse of the Vulcan, everyone felt shock and awe. This happened considering that this track-only model was equipped with the V12 engine that could offer 820 hp (611 kW).
Well, be prepared for another surprise as the brand's talented team of engineers appears to be at it again with a new V12 hypercar that is also street-legal. Hidden under the codename AM-RB 001, Aston Martin revealed that it will be called the Valkyrie, the name given to the female warriors of Norse lore.
Making this hypercar even more impressive is that while it is slated to become what may be the fastest production car there is, it is the result of a collaboration of a number of big names in the industry. In the lead, we recognize Red Bull Advanced Technologies and the Chief Technical Officer of the Red Bull Racing F1 Adrian Newey. Meanwhile, the naturally-aspirated customized 6.5-liter V12 engine was worked on by Cosworth together with Rimac, who will be responsible for the hybrid configuration. Rimac is well-known to many as the one who created the electric Concept One hypercar.
Aston Martin expects that the Valkyrie with have a power-to-weight ratio of 1:1 and this will be transmitted to the road using the seven-speed gearbox that Ricardo will be specifically developing for this model. It will have magnesium alloy wheels measuring 20 inches on the front and 21 inches on the rear. The wheels will then be fitted with the Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires from Michelin sized 265/35 ZR20 for the front and 325/30 ZR21 on the rear.
The big names do not stop there as the carbon fiber MonoCell with be supplied by none other than Multimatic. To make sure that the Valkyrie has the needed stopping power, the carbon discs and the high-performance brake calipers were put in, courtesy of Alcon and Surface Transforms. Bosch will be on hand as well to share its knowledge in software and will be providing the one needed for the engine control unit, or ECU, as well as that of the ESP and traction control.
With these well-known companies helping together with the ultimate hypercar, it won't be surprising that its already spectacular spaceship-like design will have the performance to match it. A batch of 150 units is scheduled to be manufactured with customer deliveries expected to begin by 2019. However, Aston Martin will also be coming out with 25 units geared specifically for the racetrack.
So what's the price tag on this magnificent model, you may want to ask? Chances are if you needed to ask that question, then it may well be beyond your range. Even if Aston Martin does reveal the price, it has no bearing since everything has been pre-sold.


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Product Description
Spider Ice Pop Mould
An ice pop or chocolate lolly mould with a creepy surprise! Definitely not appropriate for an arachnaphobic but kids will love them.
Simply fill the mould with water and pop them in the freezer if making ice pops. Alternatively, pour melted chocolate into them and leave to set to make a chocolate lolly with a difference.
Made from 100% silicone, each contains two moulds which have a temperature tolerance of -58 degrees to 446 degrees F (-50 degrees to 230 degrees C).
(spider stick) w4 x h12 x d1.5cm


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Israeli forces invade Bili'n, detain Popular Committee organizer
According to reports from the popular committee, about 25 soldiers with painted faces entered the village, and threw sound bombs at international activists who have remained in the village to witness the night raids. Internationals attempted to intervene and demand Abu Rahmeh's release, but were physically assaulted as they approached. Reports said soldiers knocked one woman to the ground and pulled the hair of another.
For full article, visit http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=220427
Palestinian security forces arrest three Hamas members in Tulkarem
The Center added that this is the second time the security forces arrest Abu Tharifa, and that he was released from a Palestinian detention facility two weeks ago after spending a month and a half in detention.
Also, the security forces arrested Hazim Al Noury, who was released from a Palestinian detention facility several days ago after spending two weeks in detention.
On Sunday, the security forces arrested Hasan Srouji, from Tulkarem refugee camp, less than twenty-four hours after he was released from an Israeli detention facility. Srouji was imprisoned by Israel for 26 months.
For full article, visit http://www.imemc.org/article/59852
Rights group: Gaza inmate tortured to death by Hamas security
"At approximately 09:00am on Sunday 8 March 2009, members of the General Intelligence Service arrested my son, Jamil, from his house. They accused him of theft and led him to an unknown destination. On 12 March 2009 we heard that Jamil was detained at al-Tufah police station on theft charges. The following day, 13 March 2009, Jamil was transferred to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. He was unconscious. After medical checks, it was found that he suffered severe kidney failure after he had been severely beaten and tortured by members of the Security Services. He was immediately admitted to the intensive care unit due to the seriousness of his health condition. He died of his injuries on Tuesday, 24 March 2009."
Source: http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2008/42-2009.html
"The Hamas-run police force in the Gaza Strip said on Wednesday it was investigating the death of a prisoner after a Palestinian human rights group said the inmate was tortured and beaten to death during interrogation"


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The Beauties You Might Have Missed
Actress: Simone Griffeth Project: ONLY WITH MARRIED MEN Year: 1974 Genre: Comedy TV Movie Character: Tina Traits: Tina walks on and off this television production, literally. NAG RATING: 10… And that's the entire point: she screams at David Birney as he's spending time romancing Michelle Lee. BEST PART: Finding a few good shots of Simone, which was very hard: it's obvious she's so pretty that, if we caught a good, solid glimpse, it'd be a mystery why the womanizer didn't stay with one woman: her! YOU MISSED: Simone plays a twenty-something here, and the year before the title character in SIXTEEN: And at any age, she's perfect!
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In October 2018, the SOS Charity fund took hands with the entertainment industry in Durban, to raise funds for a fallen soldier who had an enormous hospital bill when his leg was amputated after being diagnosed with sugar diabetes.
René Pennington comes from the Durban Jazz music scene where he began his career in the live sound reinforcement industry. Having worked for three and a half years in the managing and hire department of a Durban based rental company, he was prompted to become a freelancer in 1997 with the arrival of larger international production companies setting up shop in South Africa's major cities. With 25 years in the industry, René has developed his skill as a front of house live mix audio engineer, has designed various audio systems for churches and local productions and is respected in the music industry.
Belinda Saville, an events and projects manager, has fond memories of René who has always been part of the Durban Audio Scene, from mixing bands to doing installs. "He is somewhat of a character to say the least," smiles Belinda. "I first met him when I was at Gearhouse in 1997. I was all new and shiny, when in walked René doing an impersonation of someone (can't remember who) and I thought, 'this guys is stark raving mad!' – That was the beginning of a good friendship."
René is a good audio engineer and continually has something to contribute. "In our industry he is always putting other people in front of himself, helping techies get jobs, training youngsters and is forever on hand to help when anyone is in trouble," said Belinda. "He has mixed many merging bands in Durban – mostly for free. He is just an all-round good guy. When we heard that he was in hospital, we all went to see him. We realised that a simple infection was diabetes and he had had an amputation. Everyone was in shock, because as with every freelance technician that I know, income is from the last job and hardly anyone has savings or medical aid."
That afternoon, Belinda, Roy and Kerry Wood from Rigology, Donna and Colin Peddie and Luke Brookes had a quick meeting and decided that the only way forward was to form a group called "Friends of René" and ask people in the industry to help out.
And they did. "People and companies alike have all contributed to his recovery, which is not over yet as he has a long way to go," said Belinda. "But suffice to say, a quick call to SOS, even when Duncan Riley of DWR and the SOS Charity Fund was in the midst of dealing with his own personal tragedy, stepped in to help. To say that an organisation like the SOS is sorely needed and appreciated, is an understatement. And I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart."
The "Friends of René" group collected R100 000, of which R25 000 was contributed by the SOS Charity Fund. There is also a back a buddy page for René and anyone is welcome to contribute as he still has a long way to go.
"We need to find a way of making it a rule that freelancers have a basic medical aid, as they do in the UK," said Belinda. "I'm all for us, as a collective , to approach a medical insurance company and ask to have medical cover that is designed and tailored to suit our profession, because unfortunately accidents happen and as technicians, we always seem to put the job before our own personal needs. Just a thought."
René is resting and recovering at home and is extremely grateful to the generous friends and colleagues who have helped him.


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Posted: Nov 29, 2018
SCORE: Wheaton 90 - Regis 67
RECORDS: Wheaton (6-1, 0-0 NEWMAC) - Regis (4-3, 0-0 GNAC)
LOCATION: Weston, Mass. (Higgins Court)
- The Wheaton College men's basketball team rolled to their 6th win of the season and a 6-1 overall record as they defeated the Pride of Regis College, 90-67, this evening in Weston.
- The Lyons were led by David Carbonello with 24 points, 5 steals and 3 assists. The senior went 9-16 from field goal range and 5-6 from the charity stripe.
- Nick Geremia knocked down 16 points in 31 minutes, while Duaka Ekwensi registered 15 points and 9 rebounds.
- Niles Cohen came off the bench to contribute 15 points after shooting 100% during his 16 minutes on the court. Cohen shot 5-5 from the field, including 3-3 from beyond the arc in addition to his 2-2 from the line.
- Ademola Afonja paced the Pride with 18 points and 5 boards to go along with 12 points from Dimitri Rosa and 10 points from Shawn Wedderburn.
- Wheaton entered the locker room with a 46-39 advantage at halftime after leading by as many as 9 points in the period. The Pride pulled within three points, 30-27, with a Jordan Seldon free throw with 4:15 minutes on the clock, but a 10-4 run sparked by a Carbonello three helped the Lyons widen the gap before halftime.
- The Lyons continued to add to their lead over the course of the second half. Ekwensi drained a pair of free throws for a 20-point Lyons lead before Afonja of Regis dunked to stop the run and put the Pride back on the board.
- Zach Dagan entered the game to hit a free-throw for a new largest lead, 87-65, with 1:40 left to play. Jordan Wiggins and Skyye Brathwaite combined for the final points for Wheaton as the Lyons came away with the 90-67 win.
- Field Goals: Wheaton 32-70 / Regis 26-63
- 3-Point FG: Wheaton 6-18 / Regis 6-22
- Free Throw: Wheaton 20-23 / Regis 9-18
- Points off Turnovers: Wheaton 23 / Regis 11
- Rebounds: Wheaton 50 / Regis 31
- Assists: Wheaton 9 / Regis 11
UP NEXT: The Lyons pick back up again on Saturday, December 1 as they take on Dean College at Emerson Gymnasium at 1:00 p.m. VIDEO / LIVE STATS


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Joint Iron caretaker manager Andy Dawson has heaped praise on the team following Saturday afternoon's 1-0 victory over Southend United.Paddy Madden's early header proved to be the difference between the two sides as Scunthorpe recorded their third win on the bounce.
Keen to applaud the players, Dawson told The Iron PlayerHD: "They put a real shift in against a team that we were expecting to have a right go at us.
"We knew what they were all about and I thought we matched them and were better from minute one.
"When we won it back, we got into areas where we could hurt them and created chance after chance.
"There are loads of positives and I'm just delighted for the lads because of the hard work that they've put in for each other.
"I know (Southend manager) Phil Brown really well and it's very rare that his teams are out battled but I thought we out ran and out fought them so credit to the lads.
"They're putting a real shift in and you get your rewards when you work hard."
Andy Dawson and Nick Daws congratulate scorer Paddy Madden at full-time.
Madden's goal was his 17th of the 2015-16 season, equalling his tally for the entirety of the last campaign.
It came from a set piece, one area where United have looked strong in recent matches, and Dawson admitted it is something they work hard on in training.
"It's always nice to score from a set piece, which we've been really hard on," he continued.
"The lads put a real shift in for each other in and out of possession to create options, get balls into the box and put them under pressure.
"The only disappointment is that we didn't get two or three goals to make it a little more comfortable but there were a lot of quality performances out there.
"We could have scored more from our set pieces – we hit the bar and saw a couple of free headers go wide that we probably should have done better with.
"It's pleasing to see all the hard work come out on a Saturday afternoon, the players are becoming better and we're seeing that in their performances."
One other big plus point to come out of the fixture was the solid defensive display and subsequent clean sheet.
The win means it's also three wins on the spin but Dawson believes that this isn't a time for the squad to rest on their laurels.
He continued: "If you're scoring goals but letting them in at the other end then you're going to be struggling.
"There were two or three big blocks late on and that just shows how hard they're all working for each other.
"I'm delighted for every single one of them because they've got exactly what they deserved today.
"You should never rest on your laurels and if you work hard then you've got a great chance.
"It's very pleasing but we'll be looking at Millwall now and preparing for a big game on Tuesday."
See much more from Andy Dawson and Murray Wallace on The Iron PlayerHD.
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