Look to the wisdom of your grandparents–and great grandparents–and revive some of these old-fashioned habits that still deserve a place in our modern society. These habits may be old fashioned, but they're worth preserving!
Do you want to pull out of the fast lane?
To take a slower, more intentional approach in your day-to-day?
In our technology-seeped, drive-through culture we've lost a few things that used to make us slow down, connect with each other on a more personal level, and put our own best self forward.
It's high time we revive these old customs that made life better–and made us take our time.
Like many of you, I grew up in a flurry of stationary and stickers with half a dozen pen-pals and no such thing as an email until junior high. When a letter arrived for me I'd abscond with it to my bunk bed or a tree to pour over the contents. Writing–by hand–was daily life. Besides letters to pen-pals there were the notes my mom made me write to our college-bound babysitters, and thank you cards galore: to our elderly friend from church who gave us Milky Way bars, to our grandparents after every birthday, to the museum where we'd gone on a homeschool field trip.
Why don't we write letters and notes any more?
Letters take longer than a phone call or an email, both to compose and to receive. They require more out of us and cost a little more…stamps, stationary, and writer's cramp. There are more efficient ways to get a message across. But nothing can beat the intimacy of a hand-written letter, or the pleasure you get when you receive one!
Do you want to look instantly polished with very little effort? Put on a wristwatch. Your grandmother probably wore a watch. It didn't make her look stodgy, it made her look like a lady. And you probably wanted one or looked forward to owning your first watch.
A watch is a classy accessory that conveys your personal style and will save you from being rude on more than one occasion. Like me, you might be a compulsive phone-checker. Not necessarily to see the latest social media update, but because you've gotten so used to using your phone as a clock that now it's the only way you check the time. The trouble is, it's almost impossible to be discreet about checking your phone for anything–even something as innocuous as the time of day. Ask anyone who's taught high school: no, you're not being subtle when you "glance" at your phone.
But when there's a pretty watch on your wrist? You know the time instantly, without having to appear rude in a meeting, at a restaurant, or anywhere where your phone ought to be out of sight.
All of the Victorians in the novels I read as a little girl got "dressed for dinner," and I was fascinated by the ritual. I'm not sure when we stopped this practice, because even in Agatha Christie novels (which go deep into the 20th century), people still dress up for dinner, even when they don't have servants to help them.
Dressing for dinner shows respect for the ritual of sharing a meal with other human beings. It's a small way of slowing down and being intentional. Of savoring time around the table with your people, and showing them that they're worth dressing up for (because if you were expecting company, you'd definitely put more time into your appearance, right?).
Now, I don't mean we should all wear elbow-length gloves like Lady Mary from Downton Abbey. Although as a thirteen-year-old, I probably would've liked that. All I'm talking about is taking a moment to freshen up before sitting down to eat. If you're anything like me, you probably feel a bit frazzled after dinner preparation, and taking a few minutes to reset can save you from being grumpy woman when you sit down. Put on a fresh, pretty top, and brush your hair. That's all it takes!
Dress for dinner when you go out to eat, too. It's uncommon these days; most of the people in a restaurant (even a "fancier" one), look like they've been at Disney World all day. Be different and put some effort into your appearance. It will ensure that going out to eat still feels special, which it should!
Take a page out of a Jane Austen story and infuse your home with fresh flowers. You don't have to be a master florist, just gather the flowers that are available from the garden or the wood's edge. Trim the stems at an angle and put them in a vase for the kitchen table, the entry way, or the bathroom. If you can't find anything blooming outside, it's money well spent to buy an occasional bouquet from the grocery store. Flowers brighten your home and lift your spirit, and it's a simple way to add beauty and color when you have zero decorating skills.
I think I first learned how happy flowers can make me when I was 15 and living in Chile. Nearly every week, my parents (usually my Dad, I believe), bought a large bouquet to break up and spread throughout the house. Nearly every room had a vase tucked onto a window sill or counter top; there were flowers everywhere you looked.
Serialized stories were the TV of the day in the mid-1800s. Many of the Victorian novels we know today originally appeared chapter by chapter in literary magazines such as Household Words and the Cornhill. The public eagerly awaited each new installment of the latest novel by Charles Dickens or George Eliot, reading them aloud in the evenings with the whole family gathered in.
Watching your favourite TV show with your family can certainly be a time for bonding, too, but a book read aloud is a more deeply engaging experience. I've found that the stories we read aloud as a family live far longer in memory than any sitcom or drama we've watched through.
Now, I'm not suggesting you pull a Mr. Collins and bore everyone with Fordyce's sermons. Read a novel, or a poem that tells a story (like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight). If you have children, you can introduce them to stories that might be difficult for them to read on their own. My siblings and I fell in love with Robinson Crusoe and The Lord of the Rings long before we would've been able to tackle those stories solo.
You can be honest with me: am I being too nostalgic? Are these or other "old-fashioned" customs worth bringing back? Do you do them already? I'd like to know.
And those letters will be keepsakes for years to come! It's not like we save texts or Facebook messages, but when someone takes the time to write a hand-written letter, it feels more special and save-worthy…because it is!
Thanks for reminding me to write letters again . There is something so beautiful about snuggling up with a hot drink, with a blanket and a unopened letter from a precious friend. I loved the rest of your suggestions. Every evening my family come together and we read the Bible together out loud.
We did the same! My dad would read a chapter from the current read-aloud, and then do devotions before bed.
Hey there! I totally agree! Especially with writing letters..; ) And, I am sooo gonna go buy a watch!
Spot on post! We have our children write thank you notes and people respond with appreciation as if it's unheard of anymore. I guess sadly it is. It seems many kids aren't even responding with verbal thank you's anymore.
I'd agree with that. My nieces/nephews on my husband's side of the family never even send so much as a facebook post of thank you. Even when I've poured heart & soul into handmade gifts I think they will really like. We hardly ever see them, so christmas/birthday cards are about the only way we get to communicate with them..
That is too bad! They probably have no idea how much their thank yous are missed. I really want to guide my son to send thank you cards, even if it takes prompting from me!
C: I have nieces and nephews (grown now) and I never received thanks, even a phone call from across the country. Others say same thing about their relatives. Solution: don't put them on the will, and if you don't get a thank you, don't send them any more gifts. I have changed my will several times over this. Put a ministry or favorite charity on a will instead. A friend died awhile back, and like me, no children, but the nieces were on the will, she took them off when her health declined because they didn't drop by to see her (too busy) or in the hospital. Gave it all to charity, local animal shelter and/or best friend. Young people in my time were taught common courtesy, to write thank you notes, show appreciation. People today -many born in the 70's decade onward are thankless, apathetic, and show zero common courtesy. One couple I know disinherited their two adult children.
Yes, I've gotten responses like that! Sending a thank you note is really such a small token, but it means a lot to the recipient!
I agree! Plus, it's fun to decorate your home (doorframes, mantle, etc.) with the cards you get!
Reading this felt like talking with my grandma, I loved getting tips from her and hearing her stories. She recently moved out of her house and we all got the letters back that we sent her when we were little, mine were full of drawings and horrible handwriting, but they are so precious. It makes me realize how much I miss getting letters in the mail, I am going to go write some this afternoon to send to friends and family.
My daughters are only 2 and 4, but already every evening they look forward to story time, right now we are reading "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and they love it! I started when my oldest was a newborn, hopefully they will grow up loving books like I did.
Thank you for putting these together, it makes me realize I need to slow down and stick to the simple things, even if they take more time.
Yes for simple things! That's our hope for our son, too–that he will grow up loving books! We started reading to him as a newborn, and at 14 months he already loves flipping through his board books on his own.
Awesome! I'm soon to be 26 and crave the things of a much simpler time, and wish the same for my children. Loved this, thank you!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I've been finding, to my pleasant surprise, that there are a lot of us out there who feel this way!


Until 1959 St Christopher's Convent at Manuka was the only secondary school in Canberra for Catholic girls. In 1959 St Christopher's Secondary School was closed and was replaced by Catholic Girls' High School, Braddon.
This school was intended to accommodate all Catholic Secondary girls in Canberra, however by 1961 the demand for enrolments was so high that a new Catholic Girls' High School was built in order to cater for the demand.
When the College opened on 2 February 1965 there was 183 girls in First and Second Forms (Years 7 & 8).
Catholic Girls' High School Griffith (as St Clare's College was originally known) was blessed by His Grace, Archbishop O'Brien on Sunday 30 May 1965 at 2.30pm and was officially opened by Senator Gorton, the Minister-in-Charge of Commonwealth Activities in Research and Education.
The staff at Catholic Girls' High School Griffith was provided on a regional basis in the same way as the enrolment was drawn from the Southside suburbs of Canberra. The founding Principal was Sister Clare Slattery, a Good Samaritan Sister.
The Religious Orders staffing the primary schools, from which pupils proceeded to the new High School, also provided staff for the new regional High School at Griffith.
This arrangement was first effected at Catholic Girls' High Braddon and was unique in Catholic schools in Australia as it maintained contact between the Order, the girl, and the Parish.
The Sisters of Charity joined the community two years later.
They were later joined by the Sisters of Charity. The first lay staff members joined the four Religious Orders during 1965.
Sister Clare Slattery, the founding Principal of the College.
Providing excellence in girls' education since 1965 the College is now the largest Catholic girls' secondary school in Canberra with a wide variety of subjects, a high academic standard and a commitment to the Gospel message.
Tom Bass, a Canberra sculptor, was commissioned to design the logo. Tom Bass is well known for his statue of Ethos which stands in Civic Square. Ethos holds the sun aloft and this symbol is incorporated into the logo which represents the light and life of the Holy Spirit. The central part of the logo design represents the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit. The colours chosen were aqua and gold on a maroon background with the motto "Seek Wisdom".
Our Crest represents the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The shape of St Clare's crest is derived from the flames of the Holy Spirit and the Fruit of the Spirit described by St Paul.
St Clare's mother broke with convention by giving her the unusual name of Clare. The name "Clare" means light. St Clare lived at a time of great social change when the feudal system was declining and the new urban classes were coming into existence.
St Francis addressed the issue that the Church was still locked into the feudal, monastic world by leading a group of followers who brought the human Jesus to the urban poor.
In the year 1212 Clare of Assisi, then a girl of 17 or 18 responded to the urging of the Spirit and to the preaching of St Francis by choosing to follow his radical Gospel way of life.
Noblewomen born during the Middle Ages were allowed few choices about their life. Even though the law permitted them to inherit land, they were expected to marry well and expand the family wealth. Some noblewomen escaped these arranged marriages by joining a religious order, their dowries gaining them admittance into a monastery and an assurance of lifelong security. Clare of Assisi broke with convention; she walked away from both marriage and the traditional monastic life.
Under God's guidance, Clare made her own choices and created a new path. She refused to keep her inheritance of land, for she wanted to live unencumbered. She crossed social boundaries and gave to the lower class what she received from her family. In this act of dis-inheritance, Clare opened a new path for women.
She renounced her privileged position in the nobility, for she believed that having more than she needed denied food and basic necessities to poor people. She refused to follow the old monastic way, for it spoke to her of wealth and security. Because Clare was not afraid to say no, she was able to be an agent of change in a rigidly stratified, oppressive social system. Clare embraced poverty, humility and charity as companions for her spiritual journey.
One of her sayings was "Praise God by your Life" especially in the little services you can do for those you live and work with. At the age of 21, Clare agreed to accept the role of abbess, but she never used the term. Until she died, at about sixty years of age, she lived among her sisters as one who served. The sisters who lived with her said that she never asked them to do anything she would not do herself. Clare exhorted her sisters to live as examples and mirrors of God, especially for those with whom they lived.
Clare attended to, honoured, and acted upon her inner experience. She refused to be defined by culture or the church in traditional roles for women. She held fast to her inner truth despite misunderstandings and setbacks.
Clare believed in what she did, and she wanted to preserve this new way for women to lead consecrated lives in the church. Against Francis' wishes, she also refused to adopt one of the rules already in existence for religious life. She became the first woman to incorporate her experience, and that of her sisters, into the formulation of a rule.
Clare was a woman of great courage and tenacity. This tenacity enabled her to wait forty years for her Rule, finally obtained on her death bed and this, in spite of the interdict of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) against the composition of new rules!
Clare of Assisi persisted so that her spiritual descendants could live as she had lived, in the spirit of the Gospels. What she really wanted to adopt and she fought long and hard to get approval from the Pope to do so, was the privilege of poverty – a detachment from material goods that was total. Throughout these years, there is not a trace of revolt or bitterness, but rather a tender and patient waiting.
Among medieval feminine figures, Clare's personality is unique. She is the first woman in Church history to write a Rule for other women (which is still being followed today) – all other Rules for women had been written by men. For this she needed initiative, courage, tenacity, as well as, life experience and a sense of balance.
She introduced a democratic element into the functioning of her community: every sister was given the right to vote and to contribute to community decisions. St Clare is a woman who has much to teach about the skills of living together.
After Francis' death, she was the expert on his vision as well – all came to consult her. She was one of only four women whose writings from the early 13th Century have survived. During her life people referred to Clare as someone who shone like a radiant star, was a flame of love and the essence of kindness.
Each Principal has contributed richly to the history of the College.


"Most Users Online: 454 (Sep 6, 2013 at 7:17am)"
What was the monumental event that happened on this important day in GPK history!?
That was when tommy4ya did his Buffalo Bill "tuck" dance on live cam.
That is really sad as I remember this place being very active and that probably represents the last of days. I remember the MP started around that time and a lot of folks started to make that place a go to for gpk...leaving this place behind. Hopefully the UG can make a comeback!
Oh man, that is kinda sad. I actually thought it was some type of error, as I can't imagine that many people on this website. Now it seems like there's 10 at most!
So....I'm only on the UG and eBay and don't even have a Facebook account. Am I missing out on some action?
Do people still go on Facebook? That place is shady as hell. I'll stick with the UG, thank you. And I'll welcome everyone who returns when the MP dries up.
What happened on camera after that would answer why we've never come close to 454 users online since then. I'm still having nightmares and attending counseling because of that day.
Fb has become the new place to pick up gpk. There has been drama in the FB gpk groups so they have divided into a bunch of small groups, these smaller groups really look out for scammers and try to keep the groups safe. I have noticed this with a couple groups such as the MP, Collective, GPK live, GPK art all are always protecting from scammer's.
I have noticed on the MP that the group has become very large and I'm only assuming hard to monitor(the feed always gives me problems when I post). For the most part it's all trustworthy people.
I wasn't a UG member then, but I have heard tell of it causing darkness to creep back into the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the east. Whispers of a nameless fear. Also, his sack looked weird.
Well, I'm probably missing out on a lot, but I will not join FB. Hopefully those groups will one day find a new home so that I can join them. Until then I'll just buy everyone's scraps.
One of my biggest beefs with fb vs a forum is there is no real archival of discussion, or structure. I get that stuff can be pinned but its typically just one or two things. Its constantly similar discussions because searching on fb is useless. I still search stuff on here from years ago, but have a hard time finding something i listed for sale a week ago on fb .
The messageboard was most likely getting hit with a wave of bots. That total also includes guests, as well.
Yeah, it does sound a bit suspicious having that many people on here...at 7:17 in the morning!
But that's 7:17 AM on the east coast. It was only 4:17 AM in California. So maybe there were hundreds of west coast tweaker scumbags online, trippin' balls on the UG after the rave let out.
This is definitely what it was. We've never had more than 100 people online at one time. We used to have a few hundred visitors a day, now it's down to like 60 or so. People like the convenience of facebook, but I don't like talking GPK there because conversations are dead in hours and off the feed.
That's interesting. Why would there have been bots accessing the UG?
Probably something related to proboards or maybe a keyword drove it. It's a mystery.
Hmm...on that same date, September 6, 2013, the elusive Australian Central Rock Rat, not seen since 1960, was rediscovered in Central Australia.
Coincidence? I think not. The mystery deepens!
Also, it's 12:30 AM and I have work in the morning.


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Q: Перетаскивание картинок с ListBox на Canvas Есть listbox который содержит изображения, и canvas в качестве поля для перетаскивания, объясните мне, как добавить drag and drop  для картинок,чтобы разместить их на canvas и слепить из них одно изображение по нажатию кнопки.
Заполнение listbox:
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A: Можно сделать так:
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Code:
    private void canvas_main_DragEnter(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
    {
        // Если пользователь копирует объект перетаскиванием и это список файлов и это не перетаскивание из listBox в него же
        if (e.Data.GetDataPresent("MyappformatBitmapSource") &&
            (e.AllowedEffects & DragDropEffects.Copy) != 0)
        {
            // Разрешить копирование
            e.Effects = DragDropEffects.Copy;
        }
    }

    private void canvas_main_Drop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
    {
        // Если перетаскивается картинка
        if (e.Data.GetDataPresent("MyappformatBitmapSource"))
        {
            foreach (BitmapSource bSource in (BitmapSource[])e.Data.GetData("MyappformatBitmapSource"))
            {                    // Показать картинку
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                    Source=bSource,
                    Stretch = Stretch.Uniform,
                    Width=100,
                    Height=100
                };
                canvas_main.Children.Add(new_image);
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                Canvas.SetTop(new_image, 100);
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    }

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    {

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        for(int i=0;i< listBox_main.SelectedItems.Count;i++)
        {
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        };

        // Добавить признак пользовательского формата в контейнер
        data.SetData("MyappformatBitmapSource",col);

        // НАЧАТЬ перетаскивание программно
        DragDropEffects dde = DragDrop.DoDragDrop(this, data, DragDropEffects.Copy);
    }

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"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "The League" and "Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell" will all return on said date.
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Nate Silver - Renowned Statistician, Author and Founder of FiveThirtyEight - Joins ESPN in Multi-Faceted Role
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TLC Spotlights Hollywood Hopefuls in "Raising Fame"
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BBC America to Co-Produce New Series "Atlantis" for Supernatural Saturday
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New Custom Motorcycle Series "Let It Ride" Raises Hell on Two Wheels, Premieres 8/14, 9 PM
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"Would You Fall for That?" Premieres Friday, July 26 on ABC
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NBC Entertainment Names Kahli Small, Senior Vice President, Drama Development
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"Come Dine with Me" Series Premiere - Thursday, August 22 at 10:30PM on Lifetime!
Todd Pettengill hosts the import of the U.K. reality series, which was originally developed by BBC America.
TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress" Enters Into 10th Season on Friday, August 16 at 9/8c
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"Crossing Lines" Is Currently Up Versus Last Week in Adults 18-49 as Well as #1 in Men 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54
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WE tv Hosts a "Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas" Bonus Night on Friday, July 26
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Sunday's Broadcast Ratings: CBS Tops Viewers, Splits Demos with FOX
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Destination America Snares a Second Season of Monstrous Hit "Mountain Monsters"
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Entertainment Studios Renews "Justice for All with Cristina Perez" for Seasons 2 and 3
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Nintendo is still adding new content into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, keeping fans invested in one of the Switch's best games. The newest update brings over some content from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's DLC. The Master Cycle Zero can now be used as a bike in races, and the Champion's Tunic can now be worn by Link in the game. Thankfully, it's much easier to acquire the content in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe than it was in Breath of the Wild. Here's everything you need to know to get the Breath of the Wild Bike and Champion's Tunic in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
The Breath of the Wild Bike is simply included as part of the new update that has come to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. When you go to start the game up, it will prompt you to begin downloading the update. You can also update the game by pressing the plus button on your Switch and choosing Software Update. You won't be able to get the bike if you don't, but it shouldn't take too long.
Once you're in the game and you begin the process of starting an event, you should see a small red exclamation mark next to Link's icon when choosing a character. You'll then be able to choose which version of Link you want to be and select the Breath of the Wild Bike. Pick the bike itself, the correct wheels, and the matching paraglider, and you'll be all set. If you want to check the stats of the new bike, simply press the plus button on your Switch.
That's all you need to know about how to get the Breath of the Wild Bike in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. For more tips and tricks on the game, be sure to search for Twinfinite.


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Experts say coal development in the Galilee Basin would displace production in other coal regions, leading to thousands of job losses.
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Top 10 Sri Lankan Hot Models List 2020
Social Media has opened the door for the young models to get into the film industry or become a Television Star. Often, the young models do not get enough recognition from the big agencies like Television director, but thanks to the social media, Young models get a chance to show their beauty and talent in front of the people. Today we picked 10 glamorous but talented Sri Lankan hot models from Instagram.
Though almost every Lankan model is hot and sexy, we had to list the top 10 hot Sri Lankan models, so we listed some of the most gorgeous models from Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan Hot Models List
Amanda Silva
Udari Warnakulasuriya
Shaakya Karunasena
Tanasha Hatharasingha
Yureni Noshika
Maria Yusefovna Al-Kasas
Nathasha Perera
Anjali Himaya Bandara
Nilakshi Thilakarathne
Shehani Kahandawala
Conclusion about Sri lankan Hot Models
Who is the most pretty and hot models from Sri Lanka?
Why Sri Lankan Girls Are Too Beautiful?
Here are the top 10 most sexiest hot models who belongs to Sri Lanka. All of them are equally talented and beautiful at the same time.
The pretty lady can easily draw your attention by her beautiful looks and curved body. In Sri Lanka, she was born on January 3, 1991, under Capricorn's sun sign. She has over 300K followers on Instagram. She mostly uploads lifestyle, fashion, and her photoshoot photos.
Instagram Handle: @amandasilva.amy
The television model and the Bonda Meedum star also has a great demand on Instagram. Mostly young youth follows her on Instagram. The 32 years old Udari has already won many awards, from Mrs. Globe 2015 title to Sumathi Award for Best Actress in 2011. She mainly uploads her lifestyle and fitness related photos and videos on Instagram.
Instagram Handle: @udari_warnakulasuriya
Don't Know about this Instagram hot model from Sri Lanka? Shaakya is a Fashion model and Fitness Consultant. Yes, she is very conscious about her fitness.
Now you know how she got great physic. She has more than 80K followers on Instagram and already got many awards for her works. Shaakya is also counted as one of the most mature Sri Lankan hot models. The hotty has already appeared in many magazines. One notable name is GO Magazine. She is also quite active on her Facebook Page.
Instagram Handle: @gymsoulfitness
With almost 20K followers, Willis is our #4 picks. Don't judge her because of the tiny amount of followers listed. After seeing her glamour and talent, you will be fascinated by her model looks. The German and Lankan race mixed diva is a model, musician, and the brand ambassador of Supplement Factory Sri Lanka.
Instagram Handle: @shermainewillis
By having more than 500K followers on Instagram, Tanasha is one of the leading social media influencers and Sri Lankan models. However, she is hot but cute at the same time. The Sri Lankan Hot Model mainly uploads aesthetic Lifestyle and Photoshoots photos.
Instagram Handle: @tanasha_hatharasingha
Continues with another superstar model from Sri Lanka, Yureni Noshika. Yureni is also a very popular actress in the Television serials industry. The 33 years old diva began her career winning the Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World contest. Mostly uploads her photoshoots and sometimes uploads a motivational quote as well to keep positive her following base.
Instagram Handle: @yureninoshika
Having over 115K followers on Instagram, Maria is one of the rising Sri Lankan Hot Models. The model is the mixed-race of Sri Lanka, Russia, and Arab. She is not only beautiful but also talented as well, a perfect example of Beauty with Brain.
She has already earned many titles and awards by showing her glamour and talent, such as Seri Miss Sri Lanka 2012 and MTQI-SL 2015. She is now working for WPDO India as a Peace Ambassador. She appeared in a Punjabi Songs by T-Series, named Milan: Deep Money.
Instagram Handle: @maria.yusefovna
Who was thinking that an Attorney will become a leading model in the Television industry and Social Media? That's what Natasha Perera is. Former Attorney transformed her passion into the modeling career. Often, She mostly uploads beautiful photos of her hot physics.
Besides a Model, Natasha is also a Singer and Actress. The Lankan Hot Shots recently started uploading videos on Youtube.
Instagram Handle: @nathashaperera05
Anjali is a social media influencer and actress mostly known for Saama Kumaru Kathawa (2019) and Deweni Inima (2017). More than 500K people follow her on Instagram. The engagement ratio of her Instagram account also good, gets at least 5K like on her every single Instagram photo. As like Natasha, Anjali also loves to sing.
Instagram Handle: @himaya_bandara
Nilakshi has over 250K followers on Instagram. She mainly shoot for bridal photography and for any fashion show. She claims herself as a freelance models. the diva recently gave birth of a little beautiful baby, and it's a baby girl. She is a pet lover and loves to travel in the beach side.
Instagram Handle: @nilakshi.thilakarathne
Our Final Pick for the Sri Lankan Hot Models is Shehani Kahandawala. The Hot Shots often get compliments from her following base for getting over hotness. Over half a million people follow her on Instagram that shows how popular she is in Sri Lanka.
The hottest model of Sri Lanka is very strict at her diet and gym. Thanks to her healthy diet and exercises that give her a curved shape body. The Sri Lankan diva is also active on TikTok. Besides acting and modeling, she also loves to practice songs, dance, and Yoga.
Instagram Handle: @theshehani
Everyone has their own beauty. We have just tried to find some famous and non-popular hot models from Instagram. The above list is not either sorted like 1 – 10 or 10 -1. They all are equally beautiful and full of hotness. Now it's up to you who you will find the hottest and sexiest models from the list. Let us know via comment below.
There are plenty but according to our articles some of the Sri Lanka hot models are Amanda Silva, Shaakya Karunasena, Nilakshi Thilakarathne, Nathasha Perera, etc.
Most of models and actress who belongs to Sri Lanka are generally very beautiful and hot. Because most Sri Lankan girls loves to be simple, particularly in their dressing & attitude. Even, weather, environment and society also play a role.


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Q: How to read part of a txt file I have the following basket.txt file
Center
defence=45
training=95

Shooter
points=34
Rebounds=7

Shooter
points=8
Rebounds=5

Forward
points=8
Rebounds=5

I want to get and display only the Shooter values. To return something like this:
Shooter
points=34
Rebounds=7

Shooter
points=8
Rebounds=5

My thought is to read the file line by line and with the usage of strstr when it finds the string shooter then to print everything above it. But with the following code
int main()
{
  static const char filename[] = "basket.txt";
  FILE *file = fopen (filename, "r");
if (file!= NULL)
{
    char line[128];
    while (fgets (line, sizeof line, file)!= NULL)
    {
        char *line1 = strstr(line,"Shooter");
        if (line1)
        {
        while (fgets (line, sizeof line, file)!= NULL)
        fputs(line,stdout);
        }
    }
fclose(file);
}
else
{
    perror(filename);
}
return 0;
}

it returns me
Shooter
points=34
Rebounds=7

Shooter
points=8
Rebounds=5

Forward
points=8
Rebounds=5

So how can I change my code to have the result which I want?
UPDATE
I changed the while loop
while (fgets (line, sizeof line, file)!= NULL)
    {
        char *line1 = strstr(line,"Shooter");
        if (line1)
        {
            fgets (line, sizeof line, file);
            while (line[0] != '\n')
            {
                fputs(line,stdout);
                fgets (line, sizeof line, file);
                break;
            }

but the results are now
points=34
points=8

It does not return me the rebounds of the Shooters.

A: if (line1)
{
    while (fgets (line, sizeof line, file)!= NULL)
    fputs(line,stdout);
}

This is wrong, since fgets() doesn't return NULL until the end-of file. You want to read until an empty line is encountered:
if (line1) {
    fgets(line, sizeof line, file);
    while (line[0] != '\n') {
        fputs(line, stdout);
        fgets(line, sizeof line, file);
    }
}

A: Your inner loops finds the first Shooter and then prints the rest of the file.
The inner loop must stop at the first blank line. Something like:
while ( line[0] != '\n' )
{
    fputs...
    if ( fgets(...) == NULL )
        break;
}
This is well behaved on EOF conditions.


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The incident was initially reported to police as an hunting accident.
VINELAND – Detectives charged two Salem County teens after an investigation into a Jan. 27 shooting along the Vineland/Buena border, initially reported to investigators as a hunting accident.
An 18-year-old Monroeville man, along with two friends, was reportedly hunting waterfowl in a wooded area in the 3400 block of East Oak Road, near Central Avenue, when he was struck in the elbow with bird shot. He was flown to Cooper University Hospital in Camden where he underwent surgery and was later released.
During their follow-up investigation, detectives said they learned the 15-year-old Mullica Hill youth was allegedly handling a shotgun "recklessly," which caused it to discharge. The teen was charged with aggravated assault by recklessly causing bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
The other teen, a 15-year-old of Elmer, allegedly gave police false information during a formal police interview, said detectives, who charged him with hindering an apprehension/prosecution on another.
Detective David Hendershott is the lead investigator.


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Phelps breaks 100 fly world record
By Associated Press and Beth Harris |
PUBLISHED: July 10, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: September 11, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.
INDIANAPOLIS — Four months after deciding to keep swimming, Michael Phelps took ownership of a world record that had eluded him for years.
He won the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. national championships Thursday night in 50.22 seconds, lowering Ian Crocker"s mark of 50.40 set at the 2005 world championships in Montreal.
Phelps" feat came just two months after returning from a suspension that was part of the longest layoff of his career, which he considered ending when a photograph of him using a marijuana pipe surfaced.
"It really shows anything can happen if you put your mind to it," Phelps said. "It feels good to get a best time."
Wearing his usual Speedo LZR suit, Phelps led at 50 meters with a split of 23.83, just three-tenths off world-record pace. Known for his strong finishes, the 14-time Olympic gold medalist pulled clear down the stretch to beat Tyler McGill, who touched in 51.06. Aaron Peirsol was third in 51.30.
"Crock had a ton more first 50 speed than I did. That"s something I"ve really been working on," Phelps said. "I"ve always been able to come home pretty strong. I finally got the front half a little bit faster. If I can get that even faster, I"ll be in better shape."
Phelps currently holds individual world records in the 100 and 200 flys, 200 and 400 individual medleys, and the 200 free.
"They"ve all been absolutely incredible," he said.
Phelps had owned the 100 fly mark for a day at the 2003 world meet in Barcelona. But Crocker took it from him a day later, then lowered it twice more, something that has bugged Phelps ever since.
"To finally be able to get it tonight means a lot," he said.
Phelps was in the 100 fly final when Crocker broke the record in Montreal.
"That is the worst Michael has ever gotten beat," his coach Bob Bowman said.
Last month, Phelps came close to claiming the mark when he won the event at a meet in Montreal with a then-personal-best of 50.48.
"Crock actually texted me after and wished me all the luck and telling me that was my record," he said. "That meant a lot, from a competitor and a friend and a classy guy. We had amazing battles back and forth. Those are something I definitely miss."
Crocker hasn"t swum competitively since losing the 100 fly to Phelps at the Bejing Olympics, where Phelps won a record eight gold medals.
Phelps" victory gave him a spot in the event at the world championships later this month in Rome. He already qualified in the 200 fly and 200 freestyle as he continues his transformation from swimming middle distances to sprints.
"We"ve been trying to get his stroke a little flatter and with maybe a slightly higher tempo," Bowman said. "He sensed he was in condition to break the record."
His success comes after a rocky post-Olympic period in which the 24-year-old superstar took a six-month break, gained 20 pounds, and the marijuana pipe photo surfaced, resulting in a three-month suspension by USA Swimming. That ended in early May and then Phelps lost some races while preparing for nationals.
"I wasn"t sure he would break any records this year," Bowman said.
Dara Torres is also going to Rome, having won the 50 free at age 42 despite an ailing left knee that has a torn tendon and arthritis. She plans to have surgery later this summer.
Wearing a Jaked suit, Torres clocked 24.43, well off her American record of 24.07 set at the Beijing Olympics, where she won three silver medals as a hero to weekend warriors everywhere. It will be her first appearance at world championships since 1986.
"It"s a great feeling to be able to come out here and still race, but that time won"t medal at the world championships," she said.
She beat a field of women who weren"t yet born when Torres competed in the first of five Olympics in 1984. Olympian Amanda Weir took the second spot in 24.70.
Olympian Nathan Adrian won the men"s 50 in 21.52, but he wasn"t the fastest man in the pool.
Cesar Cielo of Brazil clocked 21.14 to win the "B" final, where he and Fred Bousquet of France were relegated because only Americans are allowed in the "A" final. Bousquet, the world recordholder, finished second in 21.36. Their times — the fastest ever on American soil — would have put them 1-2 in the event.
Olympic teammates Cullen Jones, who qualified fastest, and Garrett Weber-Gale tied for second in 21.55 in the "A" final, setting up a swim-off on Saturday.
Elizabeth Beisel qualified for her first world championships at 16 with a victory in the 400 individual medley. She finished in 4:36.31 and Julia Smit, already on the U.S. team, was second.
Dagny Knutson, a promising 17-year-old from North Dakota, came up short with a third-place finish. She has one more chance at making the world championships in the 100 free.
Rebecca Soni, the Olympic silver medalist, won the 100 breaststroke in an American-record time of 1:05.34. She erased the mark of 1:06.20 set by Jessica Hardy at the 2005 world championships.
Beth Harris


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class ManagementSegments extends \Google\Service\Resource
{
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Update on John Hennigan's journey on CBS' Survivor
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Impact Wrestling champion John Hennigan is currently participating in the 37th season of Survivor: David vs Goliath on CBS.
But his time on the show as a player ended yesterday after he got blindsided in one of the most exciting tribal councils ever. Hennigan was not even on the chopping block but when the two alliances played a hidden immunity idol to save their own members, two other players from the David tribe gambled big, writing John's name, and it paid off.
"That was off the top rope, bro!" said one of the players as Hennigan's torch was snuffed by host Jeff Probst. But the Impact star took it in good stride, admitting the awesome blindside. "Ironically I was talking about a Brochacho blindside tonight, but I was talking about Christian…and it ended up being me!"
Earlier in the show in one of the one-on-one interviews with players, Hennigan told cameras that Christian, an "honorary Brochacho member" would get the axe tonight in a blindside, and told the camera "hashtag Brochacho Blindside"
Hennigan will still be part of the rest of the show as a jury member.
In post-show comments to Entertainment Weekly, Jeff Probst said that the producers really wanted John on the Goliath tribe but there was a scheduling issue and they were notified that he couldn't make it, calling the decision a major disappointment.
"Then one day, I got a call — "His schedule changed, he can do it!" It was one of the best days in casting because we knew John would bring the physical representation of a Goliath but also many more layers that would surprise people," Probst said. "John's a deep thinker and a smart guy. We hated to lose him. I think if he played again, he might play a bit more aggressively, but I really enjoyed having him on the island."
Hennigan then explained the problem with going to the show saying that he left for Fiji just 36 hours after he finished Lucha Underground season 4. "The producers of Lucha Underground had to bend over backwards to get me wrapped out of the season to leave for Survivor," John said. "And then certainly I am the Impact Wrestling world champion and I had just signed a deal with Impact Wrestling at the time, and they had to bend over backwards to agree to let me miss two months of wrestling bookings based on a contract that I had just signed recently. So two wrestling organizations both bent over backwards to make the schedule work."
The champ added that he lost around 25 pounds while he was on the island but said he regained them in just three days…although it wasn't muscle!
"I didn't feel like regular Slamtown for a couple of months. More than just muscle mass, it was the athletic functional ability and cardio and muscle and balance and endurance. The fatigue and starvation actually affected me more physically than I anticipated," he told EW.COM.
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John Hennigan, the artist known as Johnny Mundo, Johnny Impact, and John Morrison, has been cast in the new season of CBS' Survivor which starts airing this fall. Titled Survivor: David vs Goliath, this will be the 37th season of the popular reality television…
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Mr. Chair, I am going to continue to repeat that you can examine the five members of the board and their qualifications and their experience and their track record. It's one of success.
I do this because of my admiration and my joy in helping develop and promote Montreal and Quebec. This is why I accepted to be a member of this board. I am fully involved in daytime activity that is way beyond anybody's expectation. I think this has given me the experience and the expertise. All of us know how to read a balance sheet. All of us are being very vigilant in what's taking place, and as I said, in 2009 we put in the travel guidelines. Any trip of 1,000 kilometres or over has to be authorized by the president. I can tell you that any activity is going to be very carefully screened.
I'm not the day-to-day manager. These are operational expenses. The budget is prepared, we have an audit committee that goes over that budget very carefully, and once approved by that committee it's then approved by the board. That is then submitted to the government and the minister responsible for the developed plan with a vision, and only then, when that is accepted, are we free to carry on and have the operation run by the CEO and monitored constantly by the audit committees.


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Home Property Standards and availability in the private rental sector have come into sharp focus with growing calls for the government to do more
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Standards and availability in the private rental sector have come into sharp focus with growing calls for the government to do more
by Mark Channer Political Journalist November 28, 2022
written by Mark Channer Political Journalist 28th Nov 22 4:25 pm
New analysis from one of the largest independent estate agents in the UK, has shown that rent combined with utility bills now stands at close to two-thirds of the average income, outside of London.
Although energy prices have been capped, a toxic combination of rising costs for landlords through inflation, increasing demand as would-be buyers are priced out of the mortgage market and a lack of available stock has created a perfect storm in the rental market, which could see rents rise even further in the New Year.
This is set against a backdrop of worrying standards of accommodation, where even the former Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has warned this week that "evidence suggests" that the private rental sector has an average of "lower standards than the social rented sector," which is coming under increasing scrutiny following the tragic death of Awaab Ishak.
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Antony Antoniou, Managing Director of RIB, argued, "The Government should be doing more to ease the housing shortage and improve the quality of our housing stock. One way to do this is to simplify the planning process and encourage the long-term investment or holding of property by developers.
"The creation of planning classes or Government assistance for properties which are built to let rather than sale, would de-risk and encourage investment into this sector.
"Housebuilders are ready and able to address this challenge, but this is the first time in decades where Government assistance in that sector has been taken away. The industry could grind to a halt as more and more developers go into administration (up 75% year on year) – due to skyrocketing material and energy costs, planning delays and fiscal uncertainty. The time to act is now before we see the rise in homelessness and further tragedies unfold."
Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark added, "The biggest problem facing tenants right now is a lack of choice. They don't have a choice of property to choose from and many are finding themselves offering higher rents in order to secure a home over fierce competition.
"We desperately need more housing of all tenures, but we need investment into the private rental market perhaps the most, it is the second biggest tenure and is also pitted against a back drop of an underfunded social housing system meaning many private landlords actually support those who would otherwise be on the housing list."
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A sales process is a step by step guide for your sales team that helps them convert your leads into members of your gym.
Why do I need a sales process for my gym?
Maintaining quality customer service for your gym.
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Have clear calls to action for your lead at every step of the sales process.
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For over four days, the world and its affairs are debated, reviewed and scrutinised while the international media capture ponderous soundbytes and entertaining sights.
World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual January meeting in Davos-Klosters, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland is a much awaited coming together of over 2,500 international business and political leaders, economists, celebrities and eager beaver journalists.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is based in Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland, and was founded in 1971 as a not-for-profit organization and subsequently, it evolved into an International Institution for Public-Private Cooperation "committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas."
Every year, it also convenes six to eight regional meetings in locations across Africa, East Asia, Latin America, China, India, and the United Arab Emirates. Basically, the idea is to synergise stakeholders from business, government and civil society and find solutions to some of the most pressing issues the world is facing right now.
This year, the news coverage of the summit has already informed us that the super rich at Davos are scared of American Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tax hike idea for the moneyed. We have also been told that naturalist Sir David Attenborough has categorically stated at Davos that the world as we once knew as the 'The Garden of Eden' is no more. And it is becoming increasingly clear that this time at Davos, there will be a few discomforting facts that even the world's most powerful men and women will find it hard to ignore.
But there is also trivia to make you smile. As CNBC reported recently, at Davos, attendees habitually hitch a ride across snow-covered pathways in electric golf carts, proudly wear knitted blue bobble hats, attend innovative virtual reality workshops where they can pretend to be trees, and arrive at meetings swishing their colour-coded passes. So yes, this is a spectacle much like any other but also like no other. Ironic too, considering all the noise about climate change, and how Davos is expecting the highest number of private jets landing this year.
But on this edition of Digging Deeper with Moneycontrol with me Rakesh Sharma, we will focus on the India story at Davos and what multiple growth projections are prognosticating. This India story at the Swiss Alps, not the Yash Raj kind, is our topic today.
Let us begin with the International Monetary Fund's first woman chief economist Gita Gopinath, who on January 21, as Bloomberg Quint reported, flagged in Davos the risks associated with India's "high" fiscal deficit while refusing to comment on specific government policies.
Gopinath stated and we quote, "In the case of India what we flag is the fact that the overall consolidated fiscal deficit remains high and it has been the case for the last five years. We certainly need to fix that."
Her comments came at a time when the India government in the run up to the elections, is said to be planning a cash handout to distressed farmers. Bloomberg reported that the plan to give cash to farmers instead of subsidies will come at an additional cost of roughly Rs 70,000 crore to the exchequer annually. However, India has already exceeded its fiscal deficit target. This means the government would have very limited fiscal space to boost spending in an election year.
Another cautionary voice was that of International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde at Davos. In an interview to India Today TV, Lagarde said that given the demographic conditions, Indian economy should be growing faster than the rate at which it is growing now. She conceded that while multiple reforms have been undertaken by the government, there is still a lot left to be done.
Earlier this week, you will remember that IMF had projected India to grow at 7.5 percent in 2019 and 7.7 percent in 2020 and had said that the country would be the fastest among the major growing economies of the world. Lagarde further told India Today that while it is a good sign that the projected growth is high, still the government needs to address the crisis in the agriculture sector as a large number of people depend on this sector. She further stated that the creation of activity and economic value that leads to employment generation is critical for the country to grow.
One of the most contentious issues faced by the current government is growing unemployment and International Labour Organisation (ILO), has pegged India's unemployment rate at 3.5 percent in 2018, and says India Today, it is most likely to continue in 2019.
We quote, "According to the data, there will be 18.9 million jobless people in India in 2019, a little more than 18.6 million in 2018. Economic crisis, unemployment and farm loan crisis has been some of the critical issues over which the government is being targeted by the Opposition and will continue to dominate the headlines in the coming days as the country enters the election phase. Giving thumbs down to the loan waiving tendencies of the Indian government, the IMF chief said that "such policies need to be revisited."
Let us not forget though the happy projections according to which, India's growth in 2018 is expected to be at 7.3 percent, which is 10 basis points higher than the government's own estimate. As IMF put it, India's economy is poised to pick up in 2019, benefiting from lower oil prices and a slower pace of monetary tightening than previously expected, as inflation pressures ease. These projections are reassuring that India's economy stumbled significantly post demonetisation and the reconfiguration of its indirect tax structure.
As Bloomberg Quint pointed out, it would be prudent though to weigh the risks inherent in the IMF's outlook. Cross-border trade tensions are escalating and global trade, investment and output remains under threat. For that reason, multilateral and domestic policies must prevent additional deceleration and also strengthen resilience, says the piece.
IMF has cautioned not just India but all countries of escalating trade tensions, and public and private debt affecting growth and has also urged policymakers to cooperate and work towards resolving these issues and also to acknowledge the clear and present danger of climate change. Other potential triggers that could slow down global economy, says CNBC, include a "no-deal" Brexit for the UK and a deeper-than-envisaged slowdown in China.
In a significant move, IMF revised down its estimates for global growth earlier this week and now projects a 3.5 percent growth rate worldwide for 2019 and 3.6 percent for 2020. CNBC reports that these are 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points below its last forecasts in October — making it the second downturn revision in three months.
India would do well to heed Lagarde's advice to policy makers at Davos that government debt must be reduced, monetary policy should be data dependent and economic reforms should aim to lift growth, including in the labour market.
Yahoo Finance chose to touch upon the downside of the global elite coming together to serve their own interests. The organisers of the WEF meet claim that for almost 50 years, the Forum has been the catalyst for global initiatives, historic shifts, industry breakthroughs, economic ideas, and tens of thousands of projects and collaborations.
Yet, as Yahoo points out, critics of the summit have often feared more dangerous consequences from the global elite coming together in one place, sceptical about whose interests it serves and how much participants really want to improve the planet.
As multiple news sources have reported, Davos will host more than 350 official sessions, over 900 civil society and 1,700 business leaders during the event.
The event would also be attended by CEOs of a large number of MNCs, including Adidas, Rio Tinto, Embraer, AXA, Societe Generale, Total, Allianz, Bayer, Deutsche Bank, Lufthansa, KPMG, Siemens, Generali, Hitachi, Nomura, Sumitomo, IKEA, Royal Dutch Shell, Telenor, Alibaba, Credit Suisse, Nestle, Novartis, UBS, Barclays, BP, Standard Chartered, Unilever, Bank of America, Cargill, Citi, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Morgan Stanley, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Coca-Cola and Visa.
Oxfam's damning annual report just before the Davos meet highlights the unequal distribution of wealth across the globe and as Yahoo says, for some the summit has come to symbolise the failures of globalisation and free market economics.
Is the 2019 summit addressing these issues?
Well, the theme of this year's summit is 'Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.' While the summit addresses the impact of technological changes like automation, digitisation and artificial intelligence on human life, it is also conceding that this is a time of "unprecedented uncertainty, fragility and controversy." Yahoo adds issues like increased global tensions, nationalistic politics and sluggish global growth in the mix to complicate the debate further.
Press Trust of India captured a moment of national pride on January 23, 2019, when it recounted a statement made by the former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan who said in Davos that India will eventually surpass China in economic size and will be in a better position to create infrastructure.
Addressing a session on Strategic Outlook for South Asia at Davos, Rajan also said that the Indian economy would continue to grow.
Rajan said, "Historically, India had a bigger role in the region but China has now grown much bigger than India and has presented itself as a counter balance to India in the region. India will become bigger than China eventually as China would slow down and India would continue to grow. So India will be in a better position to create the infrastructure in the region which China is promising today. But this competition is good for the region and it will benefit for sure."
The comments assume significance, according to PTI, with China working on a lot of infrastructure projects across the region, including in Nepal and in Pakistan.
In 2017, India became the sixth largest economy with a GDP of $2.59 trillion while China was the second largest with a GDP of $12.23 trillion, as per World Bank data.
Rajan also said that said there is an opportunity to create regional companies, initiate free trade, student exchange et al for better understanding among Asian countries.
On 23 January, 2019, India Today brought another important Indian voice to light and reported what Bharti Enterprises chief Sunil Mittal said at Davos.
Mittal said, "Foreign investors certainly look for stability and if they look at...a lot of loose arrangements...in the government, people may start to hold back investment. Stability...in any nation is important -- and especially for a country as diverse as India, stability is always good."
The Indian presence at Davos is substantial. NDTV reported on January 20, 2019 that among the Indian political leaders attending the summit are Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu, Andhra Pradesh minister Lokesh Nara and Punjab minister Manpreet Badal.
The Indian corporate presence at Davos is significant too and includes names like Gautam Adani, Mukesh Ambani (with wife Neeta and children Akash and Isha), Sanjiv Bajaj, N Chandrasekaran, Sajjan Jindal, Anand Mahindra, Pawan Goenka (with wife Mamta), Sunil Mittal, Nandan Nilekani, Salil Parekh, Azim Premji and son Rishad, Ravi Ruia, and Ajay Singh.
The ever-ubiquitous Karan Johar is there too and so is New Development Bank President K V Kamath.
Members of the media will be eagerly rubber necking from the sidelines to catch a glimpse of Microsoft's Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella who is expected to make his appearance as well.
The summit says NDTV, will have several India-focussed sessions though the impetus is upon identifying new models for peace, inclusiveness and sustainability and addressing global risks including rising geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions.
Another session, reports NDTV, would focus on "India and the World", which would cover the country's emergence as a compelling growth story and the questions being raised about its long-term sustainability due to a falling rupee, volatile external financial markets, worsening current account deficit and stress in the banking sector.
Possibly the most important statement was made by WEF's Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab who said and we quote, "This fourth wave of globalisation needs to be human-centred, inclusive and sustainable. We are entering a period of profound global instability brought on by the technological disruption of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the realignment of geo-economics and geopolitical forces.
We need principals from all stakeholder groups in Davos to summon the imagination and commitment necessary to tackle it."
Beyond press pieces critiquing jet setting global elite fretting about climate as the Straits Times put it or the puff paste profiles celebrating six millennials including Nadella co-chairing WEF, there is something to be said about the optimism that a gathering like this generates in the possibility of a planet better equipped to deal with economical, political and environmental challenges.
Every year Davos rekindles the hope that the world can be fixed if enough people decide to fix it. So we wait and watch. Till next year. And the next.


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MOVIE REVIEW: SEEING, NOT BELIEVING, IN "BIRD BOX"
Sunday, December 30, 2018 | Review
BIRD BOX (2018)
Starring Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Danielle Macdonald and John Malkovich
Directed by Susanne Bier
Written by Eric Heisserer
Netflix Distribution
Based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Josh Malerman, BIRD BOX is a recent offering that frustrates as much as it engages. As we all sit and watch our screens, waiting for the apocalypse in whatever form it arrives, there must be some comfort in seeing stories about the end of the world (and struggling to survive it) play out across those same screens. In this day and age, everyone wants reassurance that even if the inevitable happens, they'll survive if they are just capable enough in the moment. Of such thoughts are films made. And here we are again…
Malorie (Bullock), an expectant single mother, sees the rapid collapse of civilization occur as a wave of mysterious suicides sweep the globe, causing chaos. Sheltering in a home with a rag-tag group of other survivors – including equally pregnant Olympia (Danielle Macdonald), kind and courageous Tom (Trevante Rhodes), and Trumpian misanthrope Douglas (John Malkovich) – they eventually realize that the mere sight of some strange, invisible creatures triggers an overwhelming suicidal urge, and so take to blindfolding themselves as they venture outside to explore for supplies. But danger comes not just from the enigmatic beings themselves, but from other people who (having seen the things and survived) seem converted to their apocalyptic cause. In a parallel narrative set 5 years in the future, Malorie attempts to travel downriver to a safe haven with two children, Boy (Julian Edwards) and Girl (Vivien Lyra Blair).
"…the scenario is immediately engaging and disturbing in the way that "watching the apocalypse ramp up to speed" can be. But the film, as a whole, feels like an empty exercise."
BIRD BOX has been getting some good reactions, and so I checked it out despite my general dislike for post-apocalyptic settings (which, in this case, constitute about half of the narrative). And no doubt there are things to like – the scenario is immediately engaging (although more on this in a moment) and disturbing in the way that "watching the apocalypse ramp up to speed" can be. The invisible creatures (whose arrival is heralded by panicked reactions from birds – hence the title – in "canary in a coal mine" fashion) are intriguing for a while. The acting is generally solid. But the film, as a whole, feels like an empty exercise.
The film unerringly recreates a key scene from RICK AND MORTY!
One could approach that emptiness from a historical perspective – the glib reduction is A QUIET PLACE (2018) and THE HAPPENING (2008) mashed together with elements from THE MIST (2007), DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978/2004) and, heck, why not DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (1962)? The "raiding the supermarket" scene easily resonates with the "at play in fields of commerce" elements of DAWN and MIST, while the worldwide irresistible urge for self-annihilation is right out of the Shyamalan film's playbook. And the "limited senses" aspect speaks to both QUIET PLACE and TRIFFIDS. But recent readings of online criticism have led me to believe that comparisons to predecessors – in an age in which BRAINSTORM (1983) is considered "lost" and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002) is "underrated" (it made 6 times its budget at the box office!) – only gets you opprobrium and accusations of "gatekeeping," so lets abandon the "unsatisfying genre mix and match" critique.
Besides, a film borrowing from other films is not inherently a *bad* thing just, lacking a more solid structure on which to hang the borrowings, a lazy one. And that's really where my problems with this film lay: the creatures, by plot conceit, are unknown and unknowable. Fine. But this then leaves the central threat of the film ambiguous and so our characters' attempts to resist them, without any concept – on their or the viewer's part – of the parameters this entails seemed either realistically doomed or unrealistically "writer-lucky." And believing in the central threat to our characters, and their ability to overcome it, is key to such a plot working effectively. When the survivors (unrealistically) use GPS to blindly navigate to the Supermarket, why is there no assumption that one of these invisible things may have slipped into the garage as they pull away, or into the supermarket itself through some unknown access (being blindfolded, they have no ability to "case" the building beforehand)? In fact, seeing that these beings seem immaterial (we never know for sure), why does hiding in a house even work? And are they roaming around like lions, able to physically attack people, or is it just that their proximity will drive even the strongest individual, even when blindfolded, to kill themselves? What purpose does it serve the plot to know that they can't be viewed safely over a camera (and why does everyone go downstairs during the experiment)? The screenplay doesn't really care or think its important (perhaps the novel did) – what's most important is moving from one immediate suspense/engagement generating scenario (the world falling apart, opening the front door, getting to the supermarket, letting in the stranger, etc.) to the next such scenario, with sometimes inexplicable success (the difference between this film and A QUIET PLACE is that the latter convinced me that people could actually survive for an extended period of time in such a situation, whereas BIRD BOX does not).
Without a solid plot narrative (the "5-years-later" frame succeeds at both enervating the immediate situation of tension and providing an unsatisfying coda) or compelling characters (so much snarky quipping at the end of the world! So much "assholes are people too!" sentiment as well), one need only take a step back to suddenly feel as if the viewer is being jerked around from one threat to another (and the movie does that perception no favors by instinctively sliding downhill into menacing newborn babies, post-birth mothers and small children). All of which may sound like I thought BIRD BOX was awful, which I didn't – it's just a very good example of how engaging surfaces, threats and scenarios lifted from other films can hide a hollow, mediocre movie – all glitter covering an empty box. Those who are easily satisfied can walk away saying "well, it filled two hours." And there's no arguing with that.
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Shawn Garrett
Shawn M. Garrett is the co-editor of PSEUDOPOD, the premiere horror fiction podcast, and is either the dumbest smart man or the smartest dumb man you ever met. Thanks to a youth spent in the company of Richard Matheson, Vincent Price, Carl Kolchak & Jupiter Jones, he has pursued a life-long interest in the thrilling, the horrific and the mysterious – be it in print, film, art or audio. He has worked as a sewerage groundskeeper, audio transcription editor, pornography enabler, insurance letter writer – he was once paid by Marvel Comics to pastiche the voice of Stan Lee in promotional materials and he spends his days converting old pulp fiction into digital form for minimal pay. He now lives near the ocean in a small metal box and he hopes that becoming a Yuggothian brain-in-a-jar is a viable future, as there is NO WAY he will ever read all the books he has on his lists, or listen to all the music he wants to hear. Everything that he is he owes to his late sister Susan, a shining star in the pre-internet world of fan-fiction, who left this world unexpectedly in 2010. He spends an inordinate amount of time reading, writing and watching movies.


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