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George William "G.W." Bailey (ur. 27 sierpnia 1944 w Port Arthur) – amerykański aktor filmowy, teatralny i telewizyjny.

Życiorys
Urodził się i dorastał w Port Arthur w stanie Teksas. Uczęszczał do Thomas Jefferson High School z Janis Joplin. Uczył się w college'u przy Lamar University w Beaumont i Texas Tech University w Lubbock.

W latach 70. był członkiem Actors Theatre of Louisville z przyszłymi członkami rodziny Michaelem Grossem. W 1975 roku przeniósł się do Kalifornii, gdzie zadebiutował w telewizyjnym filmie sensacyjnym NBC The Runaway Barge u buku Nicka Nolte, Bo Hopkinsa i Tima Mathesona. Pojawiał się gościnnie w serialach telewizyjnych Aniołki Charliego (1976) i Starsky i Hutch (1976, 1978). Znalazł się w obsadzie filmu akcji Jednoosobowy oddział (A Force of One, 1979) z Chuckiem Norrisem i Jennifer O'Neill.

Największą popularność zyskał dzięki roli kapitana Harrisa w słynnej komediowej serii Akademia Policyjna (1984–1994; wystąpił w 5 z 7 części serii). W latach 1979–1983 grał w sitcomie CBS M*A*S*H. Wystąpił w komedii romantycznej Manekin (1987) jako kapitan Felix Maxwell i jednym z najwcześniejszych teledysków Richarda Marxa "Do not Mean Nothing" (1988).

Od początku lat 90. występuje głównie w produkcjach telewizyjnych, w tym jako detektyw porucznik Louie Provenza w serialu kryminalnym TNT Podkomisarz Brenda Johnson. Duże uznanie zdobył rolami w filmach biblijnych z końca lat 90: Salomon, Jezus, Paweł z Tarsu.

Białaczka chrześnicy zainspirowała go do rozpoczęcia pracy z fundacją Sunshine Kids Foundation; był wolontariuszem w latach 1986–2001, a następnie został mianowany dyrektorem wykonawczym.

2 kwietnia 1966 ożenił się z Eleanor June Goosby, lecz w roku 1999 doszło do rozwodu.

Wybrana filmografia
 M*A*S*H (1972–1983; serial telewizyjny) jako sierżant Luther Rizzo
 Jednoosobowy oddział (1979) jako Ervin
 Ucieczka (1984) jako szef policji
 Akademia Policyjna (1984) jako porucznik Harris
 Sygnał ostrzegawczy (1985) jako Tom Schmidt
 Ballada o koniokradzie (1985) jako Peter
 Krótkie spięcie (1986) jako Skroeder
 Manekin (1987) jako kpt. Felix Maxwell
 Włamywaczka (1987) jako Ray Kirschman
 Akademia Policyjna 4: Patrol obywatelski (1987) jako kapitan Harris
 Akademia Policyjna 5: Misja w Miami Beach (1988) jako kapitan Harris
 Akademia Policyjna 6: Operacja Chaos (1989) jako kapitan Harris
 Wszystko, co najlepsze/Szczęśliwe wydarzenie (Fine Things, TV, 1990) jako Grossman
 Umrzeć przed świtem (1993) jako Masterson
 Akademia Policyjna 7: Misja w Moskwie (1994) jako kapitan Harris
 Oblężenie Ruby Ridge (1996) jako Ralph Coulter
 Salomon (1997) jako Azarel
 Jezus (1999) jako Liwiusz
 Święty Paweł (2000) jako Barnaba
 Epicentrum (2002) jako gen. Timothy Moore
 Rogate ranczo (2004) - pies Rusty (głos)
 Podkomisarz Brenda Johnson (2005–2012; serial telewizyjny) jako porucznik detektyw Louie Provenza
 Mroczne zagadki Los Angeles (2012–2018) jako porucznik detektyw Louie Provenza

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Linki zewnętrzne

Amerykańscy aktorzy filmowi
Amerykańscy aktorzy teatralni
Amerykańscy aktorzy telewizyjni
Urodzeni w 1944
Ludzie urodzeni w Port Arthur (Teksas)

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Colcura (del mapudungún «Colicura», piedras pardas o coloradas) es una localidad chilena perteneciente a la comuna de Lota, ubicada en la Provincia de Concepción, Región del Bío-Bío. Se ubica a 5,1 km de la ciudad de Lota, y a 43,5 km de la capital provincial y regional, Concepción. Geográficamente se encuentra emplazada en el Valle de Colcura.

Historia

La historia de la ciudad es antecedida por la del Fuerte de Colcura, emplazado en sus inmediaciones en 1602 durante la época colonial del Imperio español. Se estableció por orden del Gobernador Alonso de Ribera (1601-1605) bajo el nombre de San Miguel Arcángel. La fortificación fue abandonada y repoblada en diversas ocasiones según cómo se iba desenvolviendo la Guerra de Arauco.

En febrero de 1662, el Gobernador Pedro Porter Casanate (1656-1662) alzó la fortificación San Miguel Arcángel de Colcura sobre los antiguos cimientos del antiguo fuerte. Allí muere el 27 de febrero de ese año, siendo sucedido brevemente por el interino Diego González Montero (27 de febrero-22 de mayo) y luego por Ángel de Peredo (1662-1664) quien marcha un poco hacia el sur con 700 soldados y funda la Playa de San Miguel Arcángel de Peredo, que más tarde pasaría a llamarse Colcura.

Fue la primera capital administrariva del antiguo Departamento de Lautaro hasta 1841, cuando fue trasladada a Santa Juana y pasó a ser una subdelegación hasta que el departamento fue rebautizado como Departamento de Coronel.

Atracciones turísticas

Desde 1977, el Fuerte de Colcura es considerado Monumento Histórico de Chile, siendo uno de los atractivos turísticos de Colcura.

En la actualidad la localidad es considerada un balneario de la comuna de Lota. La Playa de Colcura pose arenas blancas y en ella se permite realizar distintas actividades deportivas. En sus alrededores se encuentran algunos bosques y se han creado diversos restaurantes y servicios.

Acceso
Para llegar desde Concepción se puede tomar la Autorruta Concepción-Lota, tramo de la Ruta CH-160, hacia el sur, con destino a Lota, pasando por las comunas de San Pedro de la Paz y Coronel. Desde Lota se llega al Valle de Colcura tomando la carretera Fernando Maira (160). En cuanto al transporte público, existen buses rurales e interprovinciales de Arauco que dejan en el lugar, y desde el sector de Lagunillas, Coronel y Lota existen líneas de buses urbanos que transitan con alta frecuencia.

Véase también
 Fuerte de Colcura

Referencias

Lota
Localidades de la Provincia de Concepción
Balnearios de la Región del Biobío
Caletas pesqueras de Chile


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To become agile, people are more important than processes
By Dr. Robert Krottenthaler
German SMEs face a dilemma, that might sound familiar to companies in other European countries as well: the candidates and younger employees now flooding onto the job market have very different values and work attitudes than their superiors. This regularly leads to misunderstandings and conflicts. But without the next generation, no company has a future. More agility can help to integrate the younger employees and at the same time become more innovative and customer-oriented. But agility cannot be implemented at the push of a button but must be introduced step by step.
The Corona crisis and its consequences easily obscure the view of a development that is at least as important for the many medium-sized companies in Germany. The millennials, i.e. the generation born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, are about to enter their careers or are thinking about career plans and job changes in their mid-thirties. Their attitudes to life and work, especially with regard to the questions of when, where, how, what and, above all, for whom they want to work, are becoming a real game-changer with significant effects on the way of working in numerous companies and industries. In addition to the idea of new work, it is above all the increasing demand for a sense of purpose in their work that makes this generation a challenge for companies as employees. With their values, which also include the topic of sustainability, they vehemently question some business models and demand new ones. However, innovations can only be developed by employees whose skills and creative potential are fully utilised. However, rigid structures and processes often stand in the way.
Agility originally established itself as a concept for software development. With its iterative steps of continuous product and work process improvement, it is considered a model for shorter cycles of innovation to market-ready products and services. Smaller companies are usually agile per se. The larger the company and the more established the processes and structures, the less agile an organisation is. Agile does not necessarily mean faster but above all more customer-oriented. Thinking in terms of customer value and user-friendliness is the true paradigm shift behind agility. It is reinforced by the millennials and their search for a sense of purpose in their work. Whereby not only the customer but if possible also the environment and society should benefit from the company's products and services in terms of sustainability.
In a conversation with Dr Helmut Scherer, CTO at Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH, he gave me a deep insight into the introduction of agile methods in his company. The experiences made there can also be transferred to other companies. Agility for the entire company, according to one result of our conversation, is not a practicable goal. Not all areas of a company have to or can become agile in the same way, because the respective requirements are too different. There are areas where strict adherence to agreed standards is important, where deviation from the rules must be corrected and returned to the standard. Good examples of this are accounting or the precise work of machines in production. But man is not a machine, but a creative being that permanently strives for change and improvement. For Scherer, agility therefore also means that all those involved, both specialists and managers, accept changes as positive and adopt and integrate them into the projects. Agile methods are very project-oriented and are therefore easiest to implement in the research and development division, which is why Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH also introduced agile working in this division first.
Establish small teams as pioneers in the company
Every change in a company initially encounters some sort of resistance. Therefore, it is advisable to start with open-minded employees who voluntarily join together in a team. They can choose the right tools for their project from the toolbox of agile tools. The more departments and areas switch to agile methods, the more important it becomes to anchor agility as a management issue in the company.
Rethink your leadership style
Today, innovations can usually only be achieved by a team of specialists. Leading these teams on a long leash and asking employees for advice instead of giving instructions is an important component of a learning organisation. When selecting project leaders, it is therefore important to focus not only on organisational talent but also on teamwork and social skills. It is not necessarily the person with the best expertise who leads, but the one who can best coordinate the many experts and motivate them to work together.
Select, develop or recruit leaders with an agile mindset
Every project can be managed agilely, but not every employee can handle agility. For an agile project team, complete transparency is essential. This means that there are no "secret carriers" who keep their knowledge to themselves in order to be indispensable. Some people have a problem with this. With aptitude diagnostic procedures, companies can check which of their leaders are most likely to be suitable for leading agile teams. Where competencies and skills are lacking, gaps can be closed through training and education. Or recruit from outside through targeted selection procedures.
Share and increase knowledge and experience within the company by networking
With every development project in which agile working methods are established in the company, important experiences and insights are gained. To avoid repeating mistakes, companies must document projects and disseminate important lessons learned within the company. Organising this is also a management task.
Agility must be embraced and exemplified by the management because it is not based on a top-down approach, but on handing over decisions. Agile working cannot thrive in rigid hierarchical structures. Agility does not mean "laissez-faire", but on the contrary demands absolute discipline, commitment and acceptance of responsibility from those involved. This increases the impact of the individual employee and thus the awareness of having made a significant personal contribution to the whole. As a result, higher employee satisfaction is a significant additional benefit of agile methods. Further advantages from the company's point of view are the improvement of product fit and thus customer satisfaction as well as faster responsiveness to market changes.
Agile companies and structures are currently still the exception in most medium-sized companies in Germany. Traditional, hierarchical organisational structures mostly prevail. In addition to the consequences of the Corona pandemic, it is above all the upcoming generation change in many SMEs that will ensure that more and more agile working methods will find their way into company management.
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Loreen Arbus Accessibility is Fundamental Program
Stigmas About LGBTQ+ Disabled Women – A Closed-Minded Perspective
Over 46% of LGBTQ+ disabled female and trans female employees reported experiencing discrimination or harassment in the workplace.
Trelanda Lowe
While societal stigmas affect people on a daily basis, this is particularly true when a person is a member of two or more marginalized groups. For example, there is an estimated 20 million LGBTQ+ people in the US, and 39% of them report having a disability. This is particularly problematic since, according to Nami, LGBTQ+ females are twice as likely than heterosexual adults to experience mental challenges. For transgender women, it is four times more likely.
These stigmas impact everything from employment and poverty, to substance addiction. According to American Progress, 46% of LGBTQ+ disabled female and trans female employees reported experiencing discrimination or harassment in the workplace.
Further, Acil found that 24% of LGBTQ+ disabled women are unemployed, and 45% are living in poverty, while 59% of transgender disabled women are experiencing severe psychological distress.
Such obstacles can also result in homelessness. Trevor found that 28% of LGBTQ+ female and trans female youth are homeless. Unfortunately, many of these LGBTQ+ females and transgender females cannot return home.
Educationally, disabled LBGTQ+ female and trans women witness non-affirming school environments because of their sexuality and disabilities, which often begins in their teens. In a Nami research survey, 86% of LGBTQ+ youth reported being harassed or assaulted at school.
Struggles surrounding intimacy are also common among LGBTQ+ disabled females and transgender women. Intimate, intrusive inquiries like, "Can you have sex?" further undervalue LGBTQ+ disabled women and trans women's lifestyles.
Additionally, disabled and non-disabled bisexual women are often referred to as heterosexual or in sexually derogatory terms. An NCBI study found that bisexual women face both physical and sexual victimization due to to their sexual orientation, defined as "identity invalidation."
When it comes to substance abuse, LGBTQ+ women and transgender women's addictions are often associated with their sexual lifestyle. While it is true that and estimated 20-30% of LGBTQ+ women and trans women abuse substances, compared to 9% of the general population (according to the Addiction Center), it is often due to their lack of support and acceptance that they turn to drugs and alcohol to escape. Further, many LGBTQ+ women don't seek treatment due to the lack of LGBTQ+-specific treatment facilities.
Making matters worse, even under the current American with Disabilities Act (ADA) laws, disabled LGBTQ+ females and trans women have inadequate access to health and mental services. They are therefore overrepresented in every phase of the criminal justice system. According to a survey by LGBT People With Disabilities, over 40% of people currently in prison have a disability. Further, only 15 of 4,890 transgender prisoners are housed according to their lived gender in state prisons across the U.S., according to NBC News.
Medical discrimination against disabled LGBTQ+ women and trans women is also well documented. As reported by the Center for American Progress (CAP), 8% of LGBTQ+ females reported that doctors refused to see them due to their "perceived sexual orientation," while 29% of trans women experienced discrimination as a result of their gender identity.
What can be done? Educating the public about the stigma associated with LGBT+ disabled people is imperative, particularly since this community has grown to five million members. Advocate for those who have no voice, particularly by those organizations that can provide legal and medical services (i.e. Lambda Legal, the National Association for Law Placement, Inc. (NALP), and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is becoming increasingly important. Individually, we can all take a stand by bringing our concerns to local and state governments' attention, while also petitioning governmental leaders who show disrespect to LGBTQ+ females and trans women with disabilities.
About the Author: Trelanda Lowe is a fellow with The Loreen Arbus Accessibility is Fundamental Program, an inaugural fellowship created to train women with disabilities as professional journalists so that they may write, research and report on the most crucial issues impacting the disabilities community. Trelanda is also the mother of one child, a graduate student at Mount Saint Mary's University studying Visual Effects, and is a post-production supervisor with ADA30 Production, screenwriter, photographer, public speaker, disability advocate, and fitness fanatic.
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This question is from Avner Frieman book, Modern Analysis. Could you please give me a hint?

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Daniel A. Abrams
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsAutism spectrum disorders (ASD) are among the most pervasive neurodevelopmental disorders and are characterized by significant deficits in social communication. A common observation in children with ASD is that affected individuals often "tune out" from social interactions, which likely impacts the development of social, communication, and language skills. My primary research goals are to understand why children with ASD often tune out from the social world and how this impacts social skill and brain development, and to identify remediation strategies that motivate children with ASD to engage in social interactions. The theoretical framework that guides my work is that social impairments in ASD stem from a primary deficit in identifying social stimuli, such as human voices and faces, as rewarding and salient stimuli, thereby precluding children with ASD from engaging with these stimuli.
My program of research has provided important information regarding the brain circuits underlying social deficits in ASD. Importantly, these findings have consistently implicated key structures of the brain's reward and salience processing systems, and support the hypothesis that impaired reward attribution to social stimuli is a critical aspect of social difficulties in ASD. The first study produced by this program of research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and showed that children with ASD have weak brain connectivity between voice processing regions of cortex and the distributed reward circuit and amygdala. Moreover, the strength of these speech-reward brain connections predicted social communication abilities in these children. A second study, which was recently published in eLife, examined neural processing of mother's voice, a biologically salient and implicitly rewarding sound which is associated with cognitive and social development, in children with ASD. Results from this study identified a relationship between social communication abilities in children with ASD and brain activation in reward and salience processing regions during mother's voice processing. A third study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that mother's voice activates an extended voice processing network, including reward and salience processing regions, in typically developing children. Moreover, the strength of brain connectivity between voice-selective and reward and salience processing regions predicted social communication abilities in these neurotypical children. Together, results provide novel support for the hypothesis that deficits in representing the reward value of social stimuli, including the human voice, impede children with ASD from actively engaging with these stimuli and consequently impair social skill development.
My future research will leverage these findings by examining several important questions related to social information processing in children with ASD. First, we aim to study longitudinal development of social brain circuitry in minimally verbal children with ASD, a severely affected subpopulation that has been vastly underrepresented in the ASD literature. Second, we aim to examine the efficacy of naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions, such as Pivotal Response Treatment, for children with ASD and their relation to changes in social brain and reward circuitry. Third, we aim to examine distinct neural profiles in female children with ASD who, on average, have better social communication abilities compared to their male counterparts.
Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory
1070 Arastradero Rd. Suite 220
daa@stanford.edu
Dan Abrams
Ehsan Adeli
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy research lies in the intersection of Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Healthcare, and Computational Neuroscience.
eadeli@stanford.edu
Wenjie Bian
Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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Helen M. Blau
Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation Professor, Director, Baxter Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology and Professor, by courtesy, of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsProf. Helen Blau's research area is regenerative medicine with a focus on stem cells. Her research on nuclear reprogramming and demonstrating the plasticity of cell fate using cell fusion is well known and her laboratory has also pioneered the design of biomaterials to mimic the in vivo microenvironment and direct stem cell fate. Current findings are leading to more efficient iPS generation, cell based therapies by dedifferentiation a la newts, and discovery of novel molecules and therapies.
CCSR Room 4215
Mail code 5175
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Daniel Bowling, PhD
BioI am an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of medicine. My research aims to translate progress in the biological study of speech and music into improved diagnostics and treatments targeting social and affective dimensions of mental health, as well as anxiety, stress, motivation, and resiliance.
I have a PhD in Neurobiology from Duke University School of Medicine, where I studied the vocal basis of musical affect. I completed postdoctoral work at the University of Vienna, where I studied voice evolution, synchrony, and sociality. I have graduate certificates in Cognitive Neuroscience and Translational Medicine, and undergraduate degrees in Biological Psychology and Neurophilosophy.
I have authored over 30 scientific articles in journals such as Science, PNAS, Molecular Psychiatry, Trends in Cognitive Science, Scientific Reports, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, and PLoS Biology. My work has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (K01), the Austrian Science Foundation, the University of Vienna, and the Wu Tsai Neuroscience Institute at Stanford.
dbowling@stanford.edu
Weidong Cai
Victor G. Carrión
John A. Turner Endowed Professor for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsExamines the interplay between brain development and stress vulnerability via a multi-method approach that includes psychophysiology, neuroimaging, neuroendocrinology and phenomenology. Treatment development that focuses on individual and community-based interventions for stress related conditions in children and adolescents that experience traumatic stress.
vcarrion@stanford.edu
Luis de Lecea
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories and Clinical and Translational Neurosciences Incubator)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMy lab uses molecular, optogenetic, anatomical and behavioral methods to identify and manipulate the neuronal circuits underlying brain arousal, with particular attention to sleep and wakefulness transitions. We are also interested in the changes that occur in neuronal circuits in conditions of hyperarousal such as stress and drug addiction.
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Karl Deisseroth
D. H. Chen Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsKarl Deisseroth's laboratory created and developed optogenetics, hydrogel-tissue chemistry (beginning with CLARITY), and a broad range of enabling methods. He also has employed his technologies to discover the neural cell types and connections that cause adaptive and maladaptive behaviors.
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Laramie Duncan
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Laboratories and Clinical Translational Neurosciences Incubator)
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsWe study genetic and environmental effects on mental health. Much of our work is computational and it relies upon genetic data, collected from millions of individuals, from around the world. We use genetic approaches because the overall goal of the lab is to discover fundamental information about psychiatric disorders, and ultimately to build more rational approaches to classification, prevention, and treatment.
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Q: How to do a search method on a many2many model in odoo12? i have to browse a many2many model and fetch the datas in it.
Many2many model = model_model2_rel
i tried like self.env['model1.model2.rel'].search([('field', 'in', self.fields.id)])
But when i tried a key error on model name is coming,which is the proper way to do this?


"When unavoidably entering into places where there may be temptation, carry always with thee the thought of thy Divine Mother. She will protect thee from the many evils that may be lurking even in thy heart. Cannot the presence of thy mother shame thee away from evil deeds and evil thoughts?
"As the same sugar is made into various figures of birds and beasts, so one sweet Mother Divine is worshipped in various climes and ages under various names and forms. Different creeds are but different paths to reach the Almighty.
"The aim of life is to realize God and remain immersed in contemplation of Him. God alone is real and everything else is false. God is one's very own, and this is the eternal relationship between God and creatures. One realizes God in proportion to the intensity of one's feeling for Him. He who is really eager to cross the ocean of the world will somehow break his bonds. No one can entangle him.
"All perform this or that discipline because they think it their duty to do so. But how many seek God? No doubt you must do your duties. It keeps one's mind in good condition. But it is also very necessary to practice Japa, meditation and prayer. One must practice these disciplines at least in the morning and in the evening. Such practice is like the rudder of a boat. When one sits in the evening for prayer, one can discriminate whether he has done good or bad things in the course of the day. Then one should compare the mental state of that day with that of the previous one. Next, while performing Japa, one should meditate on one's Chosen ideal. In meditation one first sees the face of one's Chosen Deity, but one should try to meditate on the entire body from the feet upward. Unless you practice meditation, side by side with your work, how will you know whether you are doing the desirable or the undesirable thing?


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The number of international students continues to grow in the United States, especially students from the Asian continent. However, research continues to show that Asian international students tend to under-use therapeutic services, even though they experience many of the common problems that all students face entering college. Before mental health practitioners and therapists can effectively work with these students, they need to understand international students in terms of their attitudes toward seeking professional therapeutic help and various proximal variables that may influence their attitudes.;The present study examined the relationship between ethnic identity, spirituality, acculturation, and racism with attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. In addition, demographic variables such as age, gender, length of stay, and origins were also examined.;A total of 208 Asian international students from a large Midwestern university participated in this study. Participants completed a demographic information sheet and five measurement instruments: (a) Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM), (b) Spiritual Transcendence Scale (STS); (c) Suinn-Lew Asian Self-Identity Acculturation Scale-International (SL-ASIA-I); (d) Asian American Racism Related Stress Inventory; (e) the Attitude Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale (ATSPPHS). The demographic information sheet included information about age, gender, student classification, ethnicity, religion, country of origin, and length of stay in the United States. Four hypotheses were tested: (1) There was significant relationship between spirituality and attitudes towards seeking professional therapeutic help; (2) There was significant relationship between ethnic identity and attitudes towards seeking professional therapeutic help; (3) There was significant relationship between acculturation and attitudes towards seeking professional therapeutic help; and (4) There was significant relationship between experience of racism and attitudes toward seeking professional therapeutic help. In order to predict attitude toward seeking professional therapeutic help, multiple regression analysis was conducted.;As hypothesized, significant relationship were found between three independent variables, namely ethnic identity, racism related stress, and origin with attitude towards seeking therapeutic help, and between racism related stress and attitude towards seeking therapeutic help. The results of this study were discussed in terms of the limitations and implications, and recommendations for future research were also presented.
Santiago, Anthony D., "Asian international students' ethnic identity, spirituality, acculturation, and experience of racism: relationship with attitude toward seeking professional therapeutic help " (2005). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 1589.


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SMEs that utilise the business marketplace by Funding Options will now benefit from access to Wise Business thanks to the platform's recent partnership with the business account's creator Wise.
Wise built Wise Business to enable business owners to pay international invoices, vendors, and employees without subscription fees and without paying any hidden charges in international transfers, which are made at the mid-market rate; six times cheaper than those of traditional banks
Access to key services has been regularly identified by SMEs as a barrier to growth, not least in the last 18 months as many have faced a myriad of challenges.
Funding Options is addressing this problem by bringing together an ecosystem of providers who can champion SME growth in the UK. This collaboration with Wise follows on from its partnership with utility comparison provider Love Energy Savings earlier this year to offer SMEs unbiased comparisons on business energy tariffs from more than 17 providers.
To date, Funding Options has helped over 10,000 SMEs in the UK and the Netherlands to secure more than £570million in funding, and the marketplace launched its API-led and artificial intelligence-driven Funding Cloud platform earlier this year to further assist businesses in accessing funds.
The company also launched the UK's first green finance marketplace for SMEs in July. The record from application to approval through Funding Cloud is now just 20 seconds. Customers can now also receive cash in the bank in minutes, meaning vital growth decisions can be made almost instantaneously.
By teaming up with the likes of Wise, Funding Options continues to bring innovative partners onto the platform with a shared vision of giving SMEs access to the best options on the market.
Simon Cureton
Simon Cureton, Chief Executive Officer at Funding Options, comments: "As we continue on our mission to help SMEs grow and thrive, we are delighted to be partnering with Wise. Business owners need and expect frictionless and affordable digital financial services, with international payments a key component for many. This strategic partnership adds another layer of depth to our Funding Cloud ecosystem, which we believe has the power to transform the SME finance landscape."
Roisin Levine
Roisin Levine, Head of UK and Europe Partnerships at Wise, added: "We're thrilled to be working with Funding Options to bring a better international payments experience to SMEs. For too long, small businesses have been stuck with poor international payments services that are too expensive, mired in a lack of transparency, and slow and cumbersome processes. In fact, recent research has found that only two in 10 of all small businesses around the world believe their bank provides value for money. Like Funding Options, we believe small businesses deserve something better – an international payment service that is fast, transparent, convenient and affordable."
Tyler is a Fintech Junior Journalist with specific interests in Online Banking and emerging AI technologies. He began his career writing with a plethora of national and international publications.
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Two cases of rabid animals in York County is no reason to panic. It is, however, a reason to exercise some common sense.
York County traditionally has one of the highest rates of rabies cases in the state. While even those high numbers have fallen well short of an epidemic, they do call for caution.
In an unusual incident earlier this month, a calf was found to be rabid. Two Rock Hill men who had tended to the calf now are receiving preventive treatment for rabies. This is only the fourth reported case of rabies in a cow in the state since 1989.
In another case, a fox slain after harassing a dog at a Rock Hill home was found to be rabid. The dog was quarantined, but no people came into contact with the fox.


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The New SEC: Is It an Improvement?
Patrick Coughlin
DailyJournal
© 2009 PERSPECTIVES
President Barack Obama's win ushered in the era of the new Securities and Exchange Commission. The new label was meant to differentiate the current SEC from the SEC that had ultimately failed to protect investors, under Chris Cox and the Bush administration, from wild securitization of everything that touched the mortgage market, huge Ponzi schemes such as Madoff and Stanford and credit rating agencies run amok. While the new SEC has spent some time apologizing for its predecessor's failures, promising reforms were on their way, several recent actions would seem to indicate the new SEC may not be so different.
A recent illustration is Judge Jed S. Rakoff's rejection of the SEC's proposed settlement with Bank of America Corp. arising from Bank of America's misleading disclosures as to bonuses related to its takeover of Merrill Lynch. The $33 million proposed SEC settlement hardly covers the contracts that were barely dry for top Merrill executives brought over from Goldman Sachs, much less the billions of dollars in bonuses paid to other Merrill employees out of taxpayer dollars. Indeed, where is there any mention of punishment for those that actually wrote and/or approved the false and misleading disclosures? As Judge Rakoff aptly put, the proposed settlement "was a contrivance designed to provide the S.E.C. with the facade of enforcement and the management of the Bank with a quick resolution of an embarrassing inquiry - all at the expense of the sole alleged victims, the shareholders."
But a broader review of the SEC's recent enforcement actions and hirings reveals that the Bank of America settlement does not appear to be an isolated failure by the new SEC, but a trend of what is to come.
Just last year, prior to the Bank of America settlement by the new SEC, the old SEC entered into a similar walkaway with a large telecom company - UTStarcom Inc. The facts in the SEC's cease and desist order alone established that UTStarcom restated its financial results three times because they improperly recognized $50 million of international revenue, i.e., revenue on sales to customers outside of China; improperly recognized $366 million of revenue on China sales; improperly failed to record a $7.5 million inventory impairment charge on a related party transaction; and improperly failed to record stock compensation expenses on backdated stock options. In other words, UTStarcom's purported financials, as published to investors, were false to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
When these restatements were announced, investors lost nearly a billion dollars. UTStarcom is now but a $2 stock down from its class period high of over $45 a share. SoftBank, a controlling shareholder that at one time owned 60% of UTStarcom common stock, walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.
How did the SEC fail to charge UTStarcom, and its top officers, Hong Liang Lu and Michael J. Sophie, with violations of the federal securities laws' antifraud provisions? Instead, the SEC charged UTStarcom, Lu and Sophie with books and records violations and fined Lu and Sophie a paltry $175,000. That resolution does nothing for investors. Moreover, when Marc Fagel, the SEC's regional head, reported the settlement on May 1, 2008, he stated: "We did not sue them for fraud; this was more of a negligence-type case." Fagel's comment was irresponsible and contrary to the facts. Indeed, in our suit on behalf of investors against UTStarcom, defendants' counsel seized on Fagel's comments to argue that there was no merit to our fraud claims. Fortunately, the court rejected defendants' contentions and denied their motions to dismiss.
But, the SEC's giveaway regarding UTStarcomhad occurred under the watch of Cox and the prior regime. Those that represent investors to recover damages had come to expect little help from this quarter. With the Bank of America settlement, coupled with other recent SEC actions, we question whether there has been any change and fear that investors are in for the worst.
Fagel, who joined the SEC after a six-year stint as an associate at Morrison & Foerster, a big defense firm that specializes in representing defendants in securities fraud class actions, remains the regional head of the San Francisco SEC office. In a recent settlement with VeriFone Holdings Inc., a large public company that provides electronic payment security and solutions, the new SEC asked for less than its predecessor had from UTStarcom. VeriFone had admitted falsifying earnings for three quarters in 2007. The restatement was so severe that it literally erased all of VeriFone's profits in some quarters and revealed huge losses. VeriFone's shareholders took the hit, suffering a $1.8 billion loss in value as the stock price declined more than 46 percent.
The facts in the SEC's complaint alone establish that CEO Douglas Bergeron and former CFO Barry Zwarenstein received internal reports disclosing 1Q07, 2Q07 and 3Q07 gross margins that were substantially less than the guidance they provided to investors; told VeriFone's supply chain controller, Paul Periolat, and others that the preliminary results were an "unmitigated disaster" and to "figure it out;" provided Periolat with analyses that laid out the relationship between reductions in costs of goods sold and the corresponding increase in the gross margin; knew Periolat made journal entries that increased gross margins by increasing inventory and reducing costs of goods sold; and knew that no one reviewed the journal entries to determine whether they were proper.
The SEC's complaint fails to mention substantial sales of VeriFone stock by Bergeron, Zwarenstein and other VeriFone insiders as they reported false and misleading financial results licensing its stock to trade at artificially inflated prices. Between Aug. 31, 2006 and Dec. 3, 2007, Bergeron sold more than two million shares at prices as high as $46 per share and received proceeds of $74.7 million. Moreover, Bergeron acquired the shares for just $0.033 per share. Zwarenstein sold 160,585 shares – 98 percent of his VeriFone stock – and received proceeds of $5.8 million. Zwarenstein acquired the shares he sold at an average price of about $4 per share. Moreover, in December 2006, the second month of 1Q07, Zwarenstein amended his 10b5-1 trading plan and increased his monthly sales from 4,000 to 14,000.
In VeriFone's settlement with the SEC, without admitting or denying the allegations above, VeriFone consented not to do it again. The controller, Paul Periolat, also agreed not to do it again and paid a $25,000 civil penalty. That's it. No recovery of the nearly two billion dollars in investor losses.
On Sept. 9, 2009, NERA Economic Consulting, not the SEC, announced that Fred Dunbar, a NERA Senior Vice President, had been appointed as Economic Fellow in the SEC's Office of Economic Analysis. According to the announcement, Dunbar joined NERA in 1979 and founded the firm's securities and finance as well as the mass torts and product liability practices. NERA is one of the top economic firms on the defense side and Dunbar is its leading expert, put up in Enron and countless other cases, to argue investors suffered little or no loss due to defendants' fraudulent activities.
The stated mission of the SEC is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. Dunbar's 30-year career at NERA has largely focused on helping corporate wrongdoers avoid accountability in SEC or investor legal actions. How can hiring Dunbar be good for investor protection?
One of the more puzzling aspects of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 is the provision to limit damages to the difference between the purchase price and the average closing price following the "information correcting the [alleged] misstatement or omission." Several articles have noted the lack of any economic basis for this limitation. Nor is there any fairness to the "90-Day Bounce Back Rule" as it favors corporate wrongdoers at the expense of investors for no apparent reason. The discussion of the rationale for the Bounce Back Rule by NERA is particularly interesting because one of its senior people has privately taken credit for the inclusion of this provision in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act – Dunbar.
Next, let's see how Dunbar deals with investor's reliance on the market. In fraud on the market cases, an informationally efficient market is necessary to establish reliance. Specifically, because "the price of a company's stock is determined by the available material information regarding the company and its business... Misleading statements will therefore defraud purchasers of stock even if the purchasers do not directly rely on the misstatements." As such, does the market incorporate the information, specifically the false and misleading information, in the stock price? With few exceptions, there is little dispute among economists that the securities markets are informationally efficient, as exemplified by Jonathan R. Macey, Geoffrey P. Miller, Mark L. Mitchell and Jeffry M. Netter in Lessons from Financial Economics: Materiality, Reliance, and Extending the Reach of Basic v. Levinson.
Financial economists have shown repeatedly that stock prices react quickly to the release of important new information; though they may differ in their interpretations of this evidence, they do agree it exists. Even prominent financial economists with divergent interpretations of the evidence on market efficiency share similar views on how stock prices react to new information.
Dunbar, however, advocates a much stricter definition of an efficient market, one in which the price of a security has to correctly reflect all publicly available information, pointing to loss aversion, constraints on arbitrage, irrational investors and behavioral finance as evidence of market inefficiency. The benefit to defendants of Dunbar's definition is that it lowers or eliminates potential damages by accounting for non-quantifiable events. In effect, what Dunbar is really advocating is lack of market efficiency, without saying so, that destroys investor reliance.
In his latest article, Dunbar characterizes anything other than an event study as "junk science." This necessarily includes all fundamental analyses commonly used in business valuations. He then attacks the standard event study itself as just the starting point of the damage analysis, not the answer – and that in some cases it may be unnecessary altogether.
Dunbar's solution: response coefficients. The expert first figures out the relationship between earnings and share price (the response coefficient) using econometrics, and then simply multiplies the response coefficient by the earnings surprise to calculate the impact on the stock price. Dunbar's analysis ignores basic things such as the quality of earnings, the non-linear relationship between earnings and price, and the informational value of the earnings on future cash flows, among others. It is, however, classic Dunbar. Propose a self-serving "solution" to a litigation issue that NERA will stand ready to argue against (no plaintiff's expert will be able to employ their methodology "properly," and they should know – they came up with it). For some judges, the methodology from one of the world's largest litigation firms (albeit solely on the defense side in securities cases), may provide a false sense of sophistication. Turning the loss causation issue into a statistical black box no judge will understand at the expense of common sense greatly benefits defendants, particularly defendants in blatant fraud cases.
Where is the SEC on current enforcement? Why would the SEC appoint Dunbar? How "new" is the new SEC?
Patrick Coughlin is a co-founder of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP. The firm is lead counsel in Enron, VeriFone and UTStarcom for classes with investor losses arising from the above-cited actions.
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Sick and tired of potatoes? Don't know what to do with potatoes except bake them, fry them, put them in the oven or mash them? Well, today I am going to share one of my favourite authentic Chinese recipes, and we will make a cold dish with potato.
First of all, peel the potatoes. Prepare a big bowl with some water, a slicer/mandolin (with a protector will be the best). A bowl of water because you need to flush off most of the starch, so you get a better end result. Then you can start slicing the potatoes, if you can cut them in very thinly you can use a knife as well in this case. After slicing all the potatoes, flush them. Now, you can put on a pan of water, after the water is boiling, put all the sliced potatoes in. Just wait until it is boiling again, now you can get the potatoes out, flush them with cold water and make sure the potato is not warm any more. This is an essential part of preparing this dish, by flushing the potatoes, you make sure that they will not taste too soft or soggy later on.
Now you can get a bowl to mix some of the ingredients together. For two persons, I mixed 1 tsp of five-spice powder, 1 tsp curry powder, 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp sugar, ½ tsp chicken powder and a little bit of salt (depends on how salty you normally eat). Then you chop some garlic in the bowl to mix everything together.
The last step is to make the spicy dressing oil, you should put 1 piece of cinnamon, 1 piece of tsaoko, some dried chill, ginger and Sichuan pepper in the pan with some oil. You don't want to put too much Sichuan pepper in the oil if you never made any dish with Sichuan pepper. Simply because too much of these pepper can make your mouth feel numb and you probably can't feel anything for like 30 minutes or even longer haha. So my suggestions is to start with 10-15 of them, and if you think you can handle the taste you can put more in it next time.
An essential step in making the dressing is to add all ingredients to the oil before you start heating up the oil. Throughout the whole process the pan should be on the lowest fire you have on your stove otherwise the oil may turn bitter, something you want to avoid. In about 5 to 10 minutes, depending on the amount of oil you put in the pan, the dressing will be done. How can you tell the oil is done? You can see that the dried chilli and Sichuan pepper have changed colour and the cinnamon has opened up a little bit. You don't want to burn the chillies, you want to fry them to the moment that they are about to turn black not just yet.
Now you can pour the oil to the bowl of the powder mixture you just mixed. To finish the dish, you can just pour the dressing on the potatoes, then add 1-2 tbsp. of dark rice vinegar, and ½ tsp of sesame oil in the dish, stir and mix them well. Here you go, an easy but tasteful cold dish!


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Difference between Quartz and Granite
By: Editorial Staff | Updated: Nov-19, 2017
Most minerals like quartz are regarded to be precious natural materials. Some rocks, however, are deemed worthless. Nevertheless, certain rocks like granite are considered very valuable. Quartz and granite are formed from molten rock. They are also both deemed very useful and pricey. So how do you differentiate quartz from granite? Read on to examine the difference between the two.
3 Quartz vs Granite
Quartz Granite
A component of granite Made up of quartz, feldspar and other minerals
Fine-grained texture Coarse-grained texture
Colorless and translucent but also comes in light colored hues Marble-like appearance, comes in a spectrum of colors mostly with touches of red, pink, gray, black and white
Often used to make jewelry Used as kitchen countertops, exterior or interior building walls
A pure form of quartz, referred to as "rock crystal"
Quartz is a mineral found in the Earth's continental crust. It is noted to be the second most abundant mineral next to feldspar. The name was derived from the ancient Greek word kruos meaning "icy cold." Ancient philosophers believed that the mineral was a form of "supercooled ice." Quartz has a fine-grained texture. It has a sandy, waxy feel. In the present day, the purest form of quartz is referred to as "rock crystal." This pure form of quartz is colorless and translucent. There are also colored varieties of quartz such as amethyst (purple hues) and rose quartz (pink to red colors) among others. All these are considered semi-precious gemstones and are popular in jewelry-making.
A piece of granite
Granite is an igneous (or magmatic) rock, formed when magma cools and solidifies. Granite comes from the Latin word granum, which means "grain." The name is related to the coarse-grained texture of the rock. Granite is made up of a host of minerals, primarily quartz and feldspar. This combination makes it a hard and tough material. Granite comes in a spectrum of colors depending on its mineral composition. It is non-porous; hence, fluids cannot pass through it easily. Because of its physical properties, granite has gained widespread appeal for use as kitchen countertops, building facades or interior wall material.
Quartz vs Granite
So what's the difference between quartz and granite? Quartz is a component of granite, while granite is made up of quartz, feldspar and other minerals. Quartz has a fine-grained texture as opposed to granite's coarse-grained surface consistency. The pure form of quartz is colorless and translucent but it may also be various light colors. Granite, on the other hand, often has a marble-like appearance. It comes in a spectrum of colors, primarily with a touch of red, pink, gray, black or white. Quartz is considered to be a semi-precious stone and it is often used to make jewelry. Meanwhile, granite is a sought-after material used in the construction of homes and buildings.
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Titanic (1997 movie)
1997 American romantic disaster film directed by James Cameron
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster movie. It was directed, written, and co-produced by James Cameron. The movie is about the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. It stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. The two play characters who are of different social classes. They fall in love after meeting aboard the ship, but it was not good for a rich girl to fall in love with a poor boy in 1912. Titanic runned for 200 days in uae Production of the movie began in 1995. Cameron recorded footage of the real Titanic wreck. The reconstruction of the Titanic was created at Playas de Rosarito in Baja California. To create the sinking of the ship, scale models and computer-generated imagery were used. Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox helped with half of the funding for the movie. At the time when the movie was released, it was the most expensive movie ever made. It had a budget of $200 million.
Frances Fisher
Bernard Hill
Jonathan Hyde
Russell Carpenter
Richard A. Harris
20th Century Fox[1]
Paramount Pictures[1]
Lightstorm Entertainment[1]
Paramount Pictures (USA)
20th Century Fox (International)
November 1, 1997 (1997-11-01) (Tokyo International Film Festival)
December 19, 1997 (1997-12-19) (United States)
$200 million[2][3][4]
$1,843,201,268[5]
The movie was released on December 19, 1997. It received positive critical reviews. The movie won 11 Academy Awards, and was nominated for fourteen other Academy Awards. It was also a commercial success with a total worldwide gross of $1.84billion. It was the first movie to reach the billion-dollar mark. A 3D version of the movie was released in theaters on April 4, 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship. It earned $343.6 million worldwide. This made Titanic's worldwide total to be $2.18billion.
2 Main cast
5 3D and re-release
6 Release dates
6.1 3-D Version
StoryEdit
A 100-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells a story about her voyage on the famous ship Titanic. She is sharing the story with her granddaughter, Lizzy Calvert, and a crew of men who are interested in the Titanic shipwreck. The members of the crew are named Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell, and Anatoly Mikailavich. She tells the story while on the Keldysh. The men are on the Keldysh trying to find a famous necklace called "The Heart of the Ocean" that they think sank with the ship. She goes on to explain the whole story from the ship's departure to the sinking of Titanic on its first (and last) voyage at 2:20 in the morning on April 15, 1912. Most of the movie is not Old Rose telling the story, but Young Rose actually living the story.
On April 10th 1912, Young Rose boards a ship called Titanic with the upper-class passengers, her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon 'Cal' Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game.
After winning a trip on the RMS Titanic during a dockside card game, American Jack Dawson spots the society girl Rose DeWitt Bukater who is on her way to Philadelphia to marry her rich snob fiancé Cal Hockley. Rose feels helplessly trapped by her situation and makes her way to the aft deck and thinks of suicide until she is rescued by Jack. Cal is therefore obliged to invite Jack to dine at their first-class table where he suffers through the slights of his snobbish hosts. In return, he spirits Rose off to third class for an evening of dancing, giving her the time of her life. Deciding to forsake her intended future all together, Rose asks Jack, who has made his living making sketches on the streets of Paris, to draw her in the nude wearing the invaluable blue diamond Cal has given her. Cal finds out and has Jack locked away. Soon after wards, the ship hits an iceberg and Rose must find Jack while both must run from Cal even as the ship sinks deeper into the freezing water.
In 1996, treasure hunter Brock Lovett and his team has reached the most famous shipwreck of all - the RMS Titanic. Emerging with a safe believed to contain a famous diamond called the "Heart of the Ocean", he discovers that the safe does not hold the diamond, but a drawing of a beautiful young woman wearing it. When Lovett is later interviewed on television, he shows the drawing to the cameras, and Rose Dawson Calvert, now 101, recognizes the young woman in the drawing - herself. She and her granddaughter Lizzy visit Lovett on his research ship over the wrecksite, and tells her story of the Titanic and its ill-fated maiden voyage.
In 1912, 17-year-old society girl Rose DeWitt Bukater boards the ship's first class suites with her fiance, Pittsburgh Steel tycoon owner Caledon Hockley, and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, in Southampton. Also boarding are poor artist Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi, after a lucky poker game wins them in steerage. When Rose attempts suicide by jumping off the stern in third class, Jack pulls her back onto the ship... and a bond is forged between them as Jack is invited by her into first class the following day. Rose's mother and Cal try desperate measures to keep them apart as Jack and Rose fall in love, until the Titanic collides with an iceberg and is critically damaged. Now Jack and Rose must fight to stay alive, as their passionate romance becomes a struggle for survival, but Jack eventually freezes to death due to spending too much time in extremely cold water.
Main castEdit
Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet Rose DeWitt Bukater
Billy Zane Caledon Hockley
Kathy Bates Margaret Molly Brown
Frances Fisher Ruth DeWitt Bukater
Bernard Hill Captain Edward J. Smith
Victor Garber Thomas Andrews
Jonathan Hyde J. Bruce Ismay
David Warner Spicer Lovejoy
Michael Ensign Benjamin Guggenheim
Danny Nucci Fabrizio De Rossi
Jason Barry Tommy Ryan
Bill Paxton Brock Lovett
Gloria Stuart Old Rose (Rose Dawson Calvert)
Suzy Amis Lizzy Calvert
Lewis Abernathy Lewis Bodine
Eric Braeden Colonel John Jacob Astor IV
Bernard Fox Colonel Archibald Gracie IV
Ewan Stewart First Officer William Murdoch
Jonathan Phillips Second Officer Charles Lightoller
Ioan Gruffudd Fifth Officer Harold Lowe
The movie was based on the RMS Titanic (pictured in 1912).
The movie scenes of the ship's journey were taken on the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh in July 1996.[6] Principal photography for Titanic began in September 1996. The location was at the newly-built Fox Baja Studios.[6] The poop deck was built on a move-able machine. This allow it to rise from zero to ninety degrees in a few seconds. This was used during the sinking scene of the movie.[7] Many props were made of foam rubber. The material was used for the safety of the stuntmen.[8] On November 15, the boarding scenes were recorded.[7] Cameron decided to build his RMS Titanic on the starboard side. This was because weather data showed north-to-south winds. This caused the funnel smoke to move in one direction.[9]
A full-time etiquette coach was hired. He taught the cast on the manners of the upper class during the year 1912.[10] However, several critics noticed that some cast members were not very good. They also noticed the two main stars on the movie were not well trained.[11][12][13] Cameron sketched Jack's nude portrait of Rose for the nude scene.[14] He said "You know what it means for her, the freedom she must be feeling. It's kind of exhilarating (happy) for that reason."[15] The nude scene was DiCaprio and Winslet's first scene together. Cameron said, "It wasn't by any kind of design, although I couldn't have designed it better. There's a nervousness and an energy and a hesitance [unsure] in them." This was the first scene to be recorded. Cameron said that the "big set" was not yet ready. The crew members had to record something so they decided to do the nude scene first.[15]
An angry crew member put the dissociative drug PCP into the soup that Cameron and other members ate one night. This caused more than 50 people to be rushed to the hospital.[14] "There were people just rolling around, completely out of it. Some of them said they were seeing streaks and psychedelics," said actor Lewis Abernathy.[14] Cameron had vomited before the drug began working. Abernathy was shocked at the way he looked. "One eye was completely red, like the Terminator eye. A pupil, no iris, beet red. The other eye looked like he'd been sniffing glue since he was four."[14][16] The person who poisoned the cast members was never found.[17][18]
Filming was scheduled to last 138 days. However, it grew to 160. Many cast members came down with colds, flu, or kidney infections. This happened during the many hours they spent in the cold water. Winslet, who also had these symptoms, decided she would not work with Cameron again unless she earned "a lot of money".[18] Several other cast members left the movie. Three stuntmen broke their bones. The Screen Actors Guild decided to begin an investigation. They concluded that there was nothing unsafe going on on the set.[18]
The movie's budget reached $200 million.[2][3][4] Fox executives were worrying. They suggested an hour of different scenes to be removed from the three-hour movie. Cameron did not accept this. He told Fox that if they want to remove some scenes out that they would need to fire him.[14] The executives did not want to start over. This would mean they will loose their entire investment.[14]
The soundtrack of the movie was written, orchestrated and conducted by James Horner. The soundtrack was released by Sony Classical on November 18, 1997. When the movie was released, the soundtrack topped the charts in two-dozen countries.[19] It sold over 30 million copies. It then became one of the best-selling albums of all time. It was also the highest-selling orchestral soundtracks ever.[20] Horner wrote the song "My Heart Will Go On". He wrote the song in secrecy because Cameron did not want any songs with singing in the movie.[21] Céline Dion agreed to record a demonstration. Her husband, René Angélil, asked Dion many times to do it, since she did not want to record it at first. Horner waited until Cameron was in a happy mood. After playing it several times, Cameron approved of the song. However, Cameron feared that he might be criticized for "going commercial at the end of the movie".[21]
3D and re-releaseEdit
James Cameron announced that Titanic was being converted to 3D.[22] The 3D version came out on April 6, 2012. This was the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. It took $18 million to produce it.[23] The 3D conversion was done by Stereo D.[24] Sony Music with Slam Content's Panther Records, re-worked the soundtrack.[25] The movie grossed $4.7 million on the first day of its re-release in North America. It went on to make $17.3 million during the weekend. It then became the third most-watched movie for that week.[26][27] The movie earned $35.2 million worldwide. It then became the second most-watched movie for that week.[28] The following week saw an increase of the movie's earnings. It became the number one movie for that week with $98.9 million.[29] It was more successful in China. It earned $11.6 million on its opening day in that country.[30] It then earned a record-breaking $67 million for that week.[29] The re-release earned a total of $343.4 million worldwide. In China the total was at $145 million. In Canada and the United States, it made $57.8 million from those countries.[31]
Release datesEdit
Australia 18 December 1997
Hong Kong 18 December 1997
Malaysia 18 December 1997
New Zealand 18 December 1997
Singapore 18 December 1997
Canada 19 December 1997
Puerto Rico 19 December 1997
United States 19 December 1997
Japan 20 December 1997
Taiwan 20 December 1997
South Africa 20 December 1997
Thailand 26 December 1997
Iceland 1 January 1998
Mexico 1 January 1998
Panama 1 January 1998
Indonesia 5 January 1998
Belgium 7 January 1998
Switzerland 7 January 1998 (French speaking region)
France 7 January 1998
Slovenia 7 January 1998
Germany 8 January 1998
Austria 9 January 1998
Switzerland 9 January 1998 (German speaking region)
Switzerland 9 January 1998 (Italian speaking region)
Spain 9 January 1998
Israel 9 January 1998
Uruguay 9 January 1998
Brazil 16 January 1998
Finland 16 January 1998
Greece 16 January 1998
Italy 16 January 1998
Portugal 16 January 1998
Sweden 16 January 1998
Bolivia 20 January 1998
Hungary 22 January 1998
Denmark 23 January 1998
United Kingdom 23 January 1998
Ireland 23 January 1998
Peru 23 January 1998
Kuwait 29 January 1998
Netherlands 29 January 1998
Lebanon February 1998
Philippines 4 February 1998
Argentina 5 February 1998
Chile 5 February 1998
Czech Republic 5 February 1998
Slovakia 5 February 1998
Colombia 13 February 1998
Norway 13 February 1998
Poland 13 February 1998
Venezuela 18 February 1998
South Korea 20 February 1998
Russia 20 February 1998
Turkey 20 February 1998
Egypt March 1998
Yugoslavia 5 March 1998
Bulgaria 6 March 1998
Estonia 6 March 1998
Lithuania 6 March 1998
Latvia 6 March 1998
Romania 6 March 1998
Croatia 12 March 1998
India 13 March 1998
China 3 April 1998
Pakistan 14 August 1998
3-D VersionEdit
Cambodia 12 March 2012
Taiwan 3 April 2012
Belgium 4 April 2012
Canada 4 April 2012
Spain 4 April 2012
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Hong Kong 4 April 2012
Iceland 4 April 2012
Sweden 4 April 2012
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Germany 5 April 2012
Greece 5 April 2012
Croatia 5 April 2012
Hungary 5 April 2012
Israel 5 April 2012
Kuwait 5 April 2012
Netherlands 5 April 2012
New Zealand 5 April 2012
Portugal 5 April 2012
Serbia 5 April 2012
Russia 5 April 2012
Singapore 5 April 2012
Ukraine 5 April 2012
Armenia 6 April 2012
Estonia 6 April 2012
Finland 6 April 2012
United Kingdom 6 April 2012
Ireland 6 April 2012
India 6 April 2012
Italy 6 April 2012
Pakistan 6 April 2012
Romania 6 April 2012
Thailand 6 April 2012
Turkey 6 April 2012
Japan 7 April 2012
Philippines 7 April 2012
China 10 April 2012
Argentina 12 April 2012
Lithuania 12 April 2012
Peru 12 April 2012
Brazil 13 April 2012
Colombia 13 April 2012
Mexico 13 April 2012
Norway 13 April 2012
Poland 13 April 2012
Paraguay 20 April 2012
Vietnam 18 May 2012
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BooksEdit
Frakes, Randall (1998). Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay. New York: Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-095307-2.
Cameron, Stephen (1998). Titanic: Belfast's Own. Ireland: Wolfhound Press. ISBN 978-0-86327-685-9.
Mireille Majoor; James Cameron (2003). Titanic: Ghosts of the Abyss. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 978-1-895892-31-4.
Molony, Senan (2005). Titanic: A Primary Source History. Canada: Gareth Stevens. ISBN 978-0-8368-5980-5.
Marsh, Ed W.; Kirkland, Douglas (1998). James Cameron's Titanic. London: Boxtree. ISBN 978-0-7522-2404-6.
Parisi, Paula (1998). Titanic and the Making of James Cameron. London: Orion. ISBN 978-0-7528-1799-6.
Sandler, Kevin S.; Studlar, Gaylyn, eds. (1999). Titanic: Anatomy of a Blockbuster. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-2669-0.
Ballard, Robert (1987). The Discovery of the Titanic. Canada: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0-446-67174-3.
Lynch, Donald (1992). Titanic: An Illustrated History. New York: Madison Press Books. ISBN 978-0-7868-6401-0.
Lubin, David M. (1999). "Titanic" (BFI Modern Classics. London: BFI Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85170-760-0.
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Zug 94 is een Zwitserse voetbalclub uit Zug in het gelijknamige Duitstalige kanton. De fusievereniging speelt op amateurniveau. De clubkleuren zijn blauw en wit.

Geschiedenis

SC Zug
Op 19 april 1915 werd FC Excelsior opgericht. Tussen 1939 en 1953 speelde het op het tweede niveau, daarna bij de amateurs. In 1976 werd de eindronde verloren van SC Kriens, waardoor promotie naar het profvoetbal werd misgelopen.

In het seizoen 1982/83 werd Ottmar Hitzfeld aangesteld als coach. Voor de latere trainer van het Zwitsers voetbalelftal was het de eerste trainersopdracht. Onder zijn leiding promoveerde SC Zug meteen naar de Nationalliga B (huidige Challenge League) en stootte het seizoen erop meteen door naar de Nationalliga A (huidige Super League). De club verbleef slechts één seizoen (1984/85) bij de elite, want het eindigde op de vijftiende plaats.

FC Zug
FC Zug werd opgericht op 17 juli 1923. Het heeft altijd als amateurclub gespeeld, maar het speelde twee seizoenen (1985/86 en 1989/90) in de Nationalliga B. In beide seizoenen speelde het de derby met SC Zug. Tussen 1990 en 1993 was de Nederlander Johan Neeskens trainer bij de club.

Fusie
Een fusie tussen SC Zug en FC Zug vond plaats in 1994. Zug 94 kwam tot nu toe altijd in de amateurreeksen uit, maar de infrastructuur is wel aanwezig om te promoveren naar een hoger niveau. Zug 94 is de grootste club uit het kanton.

Een van de hoogtepunten uit de geschiedenis is de wedstrijd tegen Grasshopper Club Zürich in de Zwitserse voetbalbeker. De thuiswedstrijd in 2005 werd met 2-6 verloren. Op 18 september 2016 speelde het in de tweede ronde tegen FC Basel. Voor meer dan 4.000 toeschouwers verloor Zug 94 slechts met 0-1.

Resultaten

Bekende (ex-)trainers
 Ottmar Hitzfeld
 Johan Neeskens (ook als speler)

Externe links
 Officiële website

Zug
Sport in Zug


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My Own Hard Brexit
Last week on Thursday the 3rd of November, the Tory rang me to say we should 'knock it on the head' because he didn't want me to be his girlfriend. 5 years' ago on the exact SAME DATE the guy I was seeing at the time came over to tell me that he didn't want us to date anymore. That's WEIRD right?! I mean WHAT ARE THE ODDS?! I don't know. Even google doesn't have an answer. Also this blog has basically taken almost as long to write as the whole 'relationship', but I think that's because I had a lot to say.
I knew this was going to happen. This is why I didn't want to date. I just wanted to stay in my single little bubble occasionally having sex while getting on with my life. And then I met the Tory twat and he ruined it just like the Tories ruin everything. I only wanted to have sex with him at first, because it was so wrong it turned me on, but then I ended up actually liking him as a person, and that's when it all went downhill from there, and I learnt that you should never date someone who voted leave because they will just end up leaving you.
So after our bowling 'date', he went a bit quiet on me and 'forgot' that we had made plans to see each other the next week, and the more I tried to see him, the more he backed away. To cut a long story short, we did arrange to meet again, initially on 4th November, which I then changed to 5th November so we wouldn't have to get up early the next day, but he wasn't really texting me that much, so I kind of sensed that he wasn't into it anymore but I was basically too much of a pussy to end it myself.
He said on the phone that we shouldn't keep seeing each other because he already knew he didn't want me to be his girlfriend and it was unfair to carry it on, especially not to meet up on Fireworks night because it's such a couply thing to do. When I asked him why basically kept saying that we were too different, and I was too into sex(!), and some other reasons I didn't really understand like apparently sometimes I don't seem interested in stuff he's saying, which I totally disagreed with. He hadn't thought that we were dating until I said we were on our bowling date, despite the fact that we were clearly ON A DATE. He just thought that it was a casual arrangement. You can be casually dating!
Anyway I was out, and it was totally the wrong time to talk, and I couldn't hear everything he was saying, but basically may have slightly pleaded with him to still see me on the Saturday because 'I really liked him and wanted us to have fun together'. HEAD DESK.
He insisted that it was over, but he also said I could call him again if I wanted to talk about anything which really confused me. WHY DID HE WANT ME TO CALL HIM?! I left the conversation not really understanding what had happened and thinking that maybe he had got scared the way men do sometimes when you get a bit too close to them.
I've had lots of casual sex in the past and probably would have been okay with it being a casual thing if I had known from the start that's all it could ever be, but the problem was from my perspective it had the feeling of the beginning of a relationship due to things that he did and said, and this it what confused me.
He gave so many mixed messages that made me think that he did like me in that way and see us maybe dating. For example, talking about things we could do together in the future, even if it was just jokey like how we were gonna tidy my flat together, or how he was gonna turn me soppy, or that we should go out for dinner before we had sex the first time so we're 'more invested' (I ended up cooking dinner instead). He was also very physically affectionate and we held hands on the street.
Also he once walked 10 MILES to see me. I thought this was really romantic but then I remembered this was before we had sex and if Peep Show has taught me anything it's that men will do and say ANYTHING to get laid.
But all this meant that I mistook certain things that he said for typical male commitment-phobia, because I've seen that happen so many times before. So when he said he thought we were fuck buddies, or when he said he didn't like making firm plans I misinterpreted this as fear. Of course a leave supporter wouldn't be into making a plan.*
Anyway, like an optimistic remain voter hoping for a second referendum, I thought that maybe if I just said the right things that he would stop freaking out. I even texted my long term ex for advice and he said, 'Just tell him to think of your relationship like austerity and that it's a relationship with cut backs'.
On Sunday 6th November I decided to call him. I didn't tell any of my friends I was going to do this as I knew that they would say it was a bad idea. But I'm so glad that I did.
I guess the main idea of the call was to undo all the stuff I did on Thursday when I had been really needy and still trying to get him to see me. I thought if I called him out on the freak out then told him I would give him some space to come back to me when he was ready then maybe there was still a chance that he would date me.
This is the opposite of what happened, but now at least I understand that it was doomed from the beginning. Which is both frustrating and oddly freeing at the same time.
I got him to explain more about why he feels we are too different and I realised the more we talked that I think he has a bit of Madonna/Whore Complex going on in that basically I'm too sexual to be girlfriend material.
I think that when we first met he was intrigued by me and liked the idea of exploring some kinky stuff and acted a bit more sexually confident/adventurous than he actually is, maybe to impress me or whatever.
I also think that sometimes when he reacted with nonchalance to certain things that I told him it was more that he didn't want to tell me he wasn't into that or cool with it. But really he's the sort of guy who pays the stripper not to take her clothes off (I think he has actually done this), and I'm the first woman to ever send him a picture of my tits.
He said that when he does have a girlfriend that he wants to be able to bring them into his whole life with his friends and family etc and he couldn't do that with me. I pushed him to explain why…'Am I too loud? Or is it because I'm not posh?'
'No, it's not really that, it's more that you're a bit… coarse.'
Well I've never been called that before.
It also turns out he thought me sucking that straw when I was flirting with him when we first met was a bit vulgar. Not too vulgar to fuck me of course, but too vulgar to date me.
At least he didn't give me that bullshit cliched 'I just don't want a girlfriend right now' excuse that I hate when some men do. No, he was very clear about the fact he didn't want ME as his girlfriend. No sugar-coating here.
I wish that he didn't think or feel like this, but ultimately I don't want to be with someone who still has these old-fashioned views of women. The thing is I find a lot of men are not totally comfortable with women's sexuality, and I can't help but feel there is some ingrained sexism going on here.
For example, my long term ex really didn't like the fact that I had slept with other male comedians he knew on the circuit before we met, yet I was totally fine with the fact he had had sex with a female comedian that I know and get along really well with.
I feel like so many men feel like this though and I wonder whether I will ever meet a man who totally gets me and is not threatened by this side of me. Maybe after 16 long years of dating men it's time to finally start dating women? Either that or just be alone forever.
I told him about how I had got mixed messages from him and I felt that he had messed me around (you know like not texting me for a week), and he said he was sorry about leading me on. I told him he shouldn't be allowed to date again. But seriously, I hope that he does learn from this and is a bit more aware in future about other people's feelings, and not acting in such a relationshippy way if a relationship is totally off the table.
I said that at least I didn't have to change his name in my phone because from the first night I met him it was already saved as (First name) Tory Dickhead (Last Name). He thought this was funny and we laughed about it for a bit. Oh how we laughed. DICKHEAD.
I don't even know why I liked him that much. He's not even that cool. He likes Robbie Williams. SERIOUSLY. And he can't eat gluten. So now every time I eat gluten now I think about how he doesn't deserve gluten and it makes me smile. And I made a list of 10 things I hate about him to make myself feel better. Well it was supposed to be 10 like the film, but it ended up being 19. Wait, 20. I mean it just keeps getting longer and longer. My favourite is number 18 which is 'he really knows how to drag out a joke'…(I'm well aware this blog post is half the length of my University dissertation). Another plus point is this will give me more material for my Edinburgh show. I was wavering about whether to still do a solo show or not. But pain is a great inspiration for creativity. And of course the comedy's more important…
It was interesting (and at times frustrating) to spend time with someone whose political views were so different from mine, because whenever I tried to question him on a Conservative policy he wouldn't give me a good enough answer. For example, after he went to see 'I, Daniel Blake' I asked him if he felt bad now for voting Tory but he said no because claiming JSA under a Labour government was just as nightmarish, and that it has always been a 'ghastly system', but I don't think he realises how much worse it is now.
I think a lot of people, including him are not informed enough or just don't see or refuse to see how different it is now, and how many more unfair changes have happened since we have had a Tory government, such as the bedroom tax, DLA cuts, and now the housing benefit rent cap.
I'm not a politician so I don't necessarily know how I would save the money that we need because it's not my job to (although here's an idea -getting companies to actually pay corporation tax would be a start), but I certainly don't think that it should come from the poorest in society. That doesn't make any sense. But I think that a lot of people ignore all these facts and/or just don't care, because they are so convinced that the Tories will make the country better overall. And yes, it's true I didn't know the name of the leader of the EU until he told me, so maybe we all need to learn a bit more about who and what we are voting for.
Towards the end of our phone call I also told him that in no universe ever should it be him who doesn't want to date me – it should be the other way round – because I'm better than him at EVERYTHING. He laughed and said this was arrogant. But it's probably true. Except cunnilingus. He was surprisingly good at that…Damn, just stroked his ego one last time. Well at least now I don't have to pretend I'm interested in everything he is saying…
It's really hard when someone rejects you, especially when you thought it was going somewhere. But I should just get used to disappointment. 48% of me is still a bit annoyed and upset, but 52% of me knows that it's for the best. I guess we'll always have The Lion and The Unicorn, Kentish Town…and whenever I hear this song I will think of him, not fondly. But I'll think of him.
*credit to Tara Molineux for this joke
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How to create a bench press bench that works
By Mark Berman – 3 minutes agoWhat are the tools you need to build a bench that feels good?
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The answer to those questions is a bench with a craftsman hydraulic press, a bench made with a small hydraulic platform.
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Today, the BenchPress is among the most widely used bench presses in the world.
The Press has become the standard for people of all skill levels and abilities.
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Here are five things you need for your BenchPress:The Bench Press has been the most popular bench press in the U.S. since the introduction of the bench in 1985.
It has been popular for more than a decade, with over 1.6 million bench presses sold.
BenchPress.com estimates the Benchpress to be one of five most popular presses worldwide, and the Bench is the most expensive bench press on BenchPress and BenchPressShop.com.
The first BenchPress began as a hobby for Dave Gebhart, who was building a bench from scratch for his son.
Since then, it has become a staple for most people.
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The bench can also be used for a wide range of activities.
The use of the Bench for sports has become so popular, that the Bench now has its own set of guidelines that are specific to its use.
BenchPress.org explains: The Bench is an excellent way to start bench pressing.
It is also an excellent bench for a number of different types of training, and a great addition to any athletic program.
There are many types of bench press, but the most common are the Craftsman, which are small hydraulic platforms that can be made to fit into a large bench.
The Craftsmans were originally developed by the Japanese in the 1950s.
They were made for the same purpose as the Bench, but they had a slightly different design, using an aluminum platform that was smaller and lighter.
The Craftsms were a lot easier to work with, and they could be made with just about any type of hardware.
The benches were lighter than a bench built from a bench and were also easier to assemble and maintain.
The most popular BenchPress in the BenchWorld is the BenchWorks, which is a different bench design that can handle a lot more weight and has been sold for over a decade.
The best BenchPress you can buy is probably the BenchPower, which costs about $2,000.
The most expensive BenchPress on BenchWorld sells for $3,000 or more.
There are many more BenchPress types on BenchPower.com, like the CraftSmasher, which can handle up to 20 pounds of weight and the CraftSpike, which will take 20 pounds.
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The craftsman bench is not the only bench you can use for weight training, but that's where you need the most help.
The best bench for training strength is probably one built from the craftsmasher.
This is a very strong bench that is very compact.
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Eleven Fun Facts about the Lottery
"Lottery Tickets, 9/2016, pics by Mike Mo" (CC BY 2.0) by JeepersMedia
It's a phenomenon that's enjoyed almost everywhere in the world – and when there's a big win it quite often hits the headlines. So it's not surprising that it also throws up some pretty amazing facts, including these eleven gems.
We always knew the history of the lottery was a long one but it was a real surprise to learn that it went back as far as Ancient Rome where Augustus Caesar introduced a competition for citizens to win treasure brought back from military campaigns.
When the very first lottery was introduced in England 450 years ago they went straight to the top for the person to announce the winning numbers none other than Queen Elizabeth I.
The word "lottery" in fact comes from the Dutch word 'lot' which means a share of something bigger.
You'd think that everyone would want to get hold of their winnings but, according to research in America, over $ 2 billion worth go unclaimed every year.
When a survey was done of British jackpot winners 48% of them said they were still working at their day job.
A group of players in Ireland once came up with a plan to win the £1.7 million jackpot that involved spending £820,000 to get every possible combination of numbers. Unfortunately, this didn't include the winning ticket and they ended up losing over £500,000.
"00300: ¡¡Esto es LOTERÍAAAAAAA!!" (CC BY 2.0) by Alvy
It's great to share, so imagine how delighted the whole town of Sodeto was when every resident won in the Spanish Christmas lottery. Well, not quite every resident. A Greek man who hadn't wanted to play was left to regret his decision.
After a lifetime of incident including being involved in seven potentially fatal car, train and plane crashes, Frane Selak from Croatia's luck finally turned when, at the age of 73, he won €800,000 on the lottery.
Even luckier still was Australian truck driver Bill Morgan. He had been pronounced dead following a crash but miraculously came round. To celebrate, he bought himself a lottery scratch-card and won a car worth $27,000. When a TV news programme filmed him buying another scratchcard it turned out that the new ticket had won him $250,000!
In Sweden they have used the lottery to help improve people's driving skills. That's because all the cars that are spotted keeping to the speed limit go into a draw to win some of the money raised through the fines imposed on law-breaking motorists.
Taiwan has also run an unusual lottery ever since 1951. Every time you buy something the receipt doubles up as a lottery ticket it's a scheme to ensure that every customer gets a receipt.
Of course, there are lots more fascinating facts that we just haven't had space to go into here, including many truly incredible wins. So next time you're wondering whether it's really worth it, perhaps these stories will inspire you and then just keep your fingers crossed!
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