The second day of the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale is filled with several interesting and attractive offers on smartphones. Here we bring some of the important ones.
The Flipkart Big Diwali Sale is now in its second day, and the deals are just getting better. The five day sale will end on November 5. Hence, buyers have a limited window to grab the phones of their choice. Incidentally, the Indian e-commerce platform appears to be focusing on smartphones and other mobile communication devices during the sale.
After the successful completion of the Flipkart Big Billion Days and the Flipkart Festive Dhamaka Days, Flipkart is back with yet another festive sale. The Big Diwali Sale offers exclusive deals and discount offers on smartphones, tablets, TVs, laptops, electronics, fashion accessories, home appliances, furniture, and more. Incidentally, Amazon India has a concurrent sale. If that's not exciting enough, Paytm Mall's Maha cashback sale also began yesterday, and smartphone deals on Tata Cliq are still on.
We recently reported on some of the offers that are applicable to almost all deals, and had promised information on individual deals. Accordingly, we have been brining usable information about important deals that interested buyers simply must not miss. In this article, we present details about deals on Oppo F9 Pro, Vivo V11, Vivo X21, Moto G6 Play, Vivo Y83 and other popular Android smartphones on sale during the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale.
Deal: Instant Cash Discount of INR 2,000 on 6GB/64GB variant of Oppo F9 Pro.
The Oppo F9 Pro features a large 6.3-inch IPS LCD screen with a 2340 x 1080 pixels resolution. The smartphone has a capable MediaTek Helio P60 chipset, which is paired with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable internal storage. The Oppo handset features a 16MP+2MP dual-camera set up at the rear and a 25MP camera at the front. It packs a 3500mAh battery that has Oppo's VOOC Fast Charging support.
During the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale, the smartphone is available at an instant cash discount of INR 2,000. Moreover, there's an additional 10 percent discount on MasterCard for first online payment. Axis Bank Buzz Credit Card users get 5 percent off. There's an exciting exchange bonus of up to INR 16,990 on select old smartphones.
During the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale, the smartphone is available at an instant cash discount of INR 4,000. Axis Bank Buzz Credit Card users and SBI Credit Card users get an additional 10 percent off. Buyers using PhonePe get 10 percent cashback. Flipkart is also throwing in a one-time screen replacement offer. No Cost EMI options begin at just INR 875 per month with a 25 percent down payment. Select old smartphones can earn a substantial exchange bonus of INR 16,900.
The Vivo X21 features a 6.28 Full HD+ IPS LCD display. A powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor works with 6GB RAM and 128GB internal memory. In-display fingerprint scanner, and a dual camera setup on the front and back, are some of the highlights of the capable mid-range Vivo smartphone.
During the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale, the smartphone is available at an instant cash discount of INR 5,000. This means the Vivo X21 that usually retails at INR 36,990, is available for just INR 31,990. Axis Bank Buzz Credit Card users and SBI Credit Card users get an additional 10 percent off. Buyers using PhonePe get 10 percent cash-back. No Cost EMI options begin at just INR 2,000 per month with a 25 percent down payment. Select old smartphones can earn a substantial exchange bonus of INR 20,900. There's an additional INR 6,000 off over regular exchange value.
The Moto G6 Play is a capable yet affordable Android smartphone. A 5.7-inch HD+ display, Snapdragon 430 processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, and a large 4000mAh battery are some of the highlights of the Moto smartphone. Incidentally, buyers get pure Android 8.1 Oreo OS.
During the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale, the smartphone is available at an instant cash discount of INR 1,000. Axis Bank Buzz Credit Card users and SBI Credit Card users get an additional 10 percent off. Buyers using PhonePe get 10 percent cash-back. No Cost EMI options begin at just INR 1,834 per month. Select old smartphones can earn a substantial exchange bonus of INR 10,200. There's an additional INR 2,000 off over regular exchange value.
The Vivo Y83 is another affordable Android smartphone from Vivo. The device packs 4GB RAM 32GB internal storage, a capable Mediatek Helio P22 Processor, and large 6.22-inch HD+ display.
During the Flipkart Big Diwali Sale, the smartphone is available at an instant cash discount of INR 2,000. Axis Bank Buzz Credit Card users and SBI Credit Card users get an additional 10 percent off. Buyers using PhonePe get 10 percent cash-back. No Cost EMI options begin at just INR 4,664 per month. Select old smartphones can earn a substantial exchange bonus of INR 13,000. There's an additional INR 3,000 off over regular exchange value.
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Q: Chord Join DHT - join protocol for second node I have a distributed hash table (DHT) which is running on multiple instances of the same program, either on multiple machines or for testing on different ports on the same machine. These instances are started after each other. First, the base node is started, then the other nodes join it.
I am a little bit troubled how I should implement the join of the second node, in a way that it works with all the other nodes as well (all have of course the same program) without defining all border cases.
For a node to join, it sends a join message first, which gets passed to the correct node (here it's just the base node) and then answered with a notify message.
With these two messages the predecessor of the base node and the successor of the existing nodes get set. But how does the other property get set? I know, that occasionally the nodes send a stabilise message to their successor, which compares it to its predecessor and returns it with a notify message and the predecessor in case it varies from the sender of the message.
Now, the base node can't send a message, because it doesn't know its successor, the new node can send one, but the predecessor is already valid.
I am guessing, both properties should point to the other node in the end, to be fully joined.
Here another diagram what I think should be the sequence i the third node joins. But again, when do I update the properties based on a stabilise message, when do I send a notify message back? In the diagram it is easy to see, but in code it is hard to decide.

A: Th trick is here to set the successor to the same value as the predecessor if it is NULL after the join-message has been received. Everything else gets handled nicely by the rest of the protocol.

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SS Islander, Green Cove
by CoastView | Jul 3, 2021
The remains of SS Islander and the salvage barge Griffson are in Green Cove on Stephens Passage, a waterway that separates the north shore of the Glass Peninsula on Admiralty Island from Douglas Island, about 86 miles (138 km) northeast of Sitka and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. The Glass Peninsula is about 43 miles (69 km) long and attached to Admiralty Island by a narrow isthmus with a portage trail 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long connecting Seymour Canal and Oliver Inlet. The peninsula was named by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for Commander Henry Glass of the U.S. Navy and who surveyed the area on the SS Wachusett in 1881. Stephens Passage is about 80 miles (129 km) long from Portland Island to Frederick Sound and was named in 1794 by Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy probably for Sir Philip Stephens.
SS Islander was a steel-hulled schooner-rigged steamship, 240 feet (73 m) long with twin propellers, built by Napier, Shanks, and Bell of Glasgow, Scotland in 1888 and owned and operated by the Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company. She was built specifically for the Inside Passage route to Alaska and was regarded as the most luxurious steamer engaged on that run. As a consequence, a passage to Alaska on Islander was favored by many wealthy businessmen, speculators, bankers, railroad tycoons, and later by those with a stake in Klondike goldfields. On 14 August 1901, Islander departed Skagway, Alaska for Victoria, British Columbia with 107 passengers and 61 crew. A large shipment of gold was also onboard sent as registered mail and owned by the Canadian Bank of Commerce. At about 2:00 am on 15 August, the ship was steaming at about 15 knots in fog between Douglas Island and Admiralty Island and struck a drifting iceberg that had probably calved from a glacier in Taku Inlet. The impact tore a large hole in the forward port quarter of the ship. The vessel stayed afloat for about 20 minutes, drifting in a strong southerly current, and then sank. About 40 people went down with the ship, including the captain, although that number may be higher due to a reported 11 stowaways on board who weren't accounted for. Some survivors rowed lifeboats to Douglas Island, walking to the mining community of Treadwell to inform the world of the tragedy.
Almost immediately after the sinking, the amount of gold reportedly onboard led to recovery efforts. Within a few weeks of the sinking, the Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company sent the SS Haling to try and locate the wreck of the ship but was not successful. In 1902, the company hired Henry Finch and Sons, a diving and salvage business, who located the wreck by dragging a steel cable over the bottom of Stephens Passage. The wreck was at a depth of over 300 feet which exceeded the capability of available diving equipment. Finch came back in 1904 with a diving bell and a custom-made barge, and again was unsuccessful in recovering any gold, although he did note a large gaping hole in the bow of the ship. In 1934, Captain Wiley of Seattle teamed up with Frank Curtis, a professional house mover, and formed a salvage company. The sailing cargo ship Forest Pride was converted to a salvage barge, and in tandem with another barge called Griffson, were positioned on each side of the Islander. Cables were passed between them and under the sunken vessel and using extreme tide cycles for lifting, the vessel was moved to a beach in Green Cove, however, 60 feet (18 m) of the vessel's forward section remained on the ocean floor. Griffson was abandoned at Green Cove, and the wreckage is visible at low tide along with what little is left of Islander. In 1993 and 1994, Ocean Mar Inc. determined the location of the bow section using side-scan sonar and executed a salvage contract in 1995, but got involved in a legal battle with Yukon Recovery which had also been planning for a recovery expedition. Eventually, Ocean Mar Inc. received a favorable court judgment to conduct the salvage, and in 2012 they recovered the contents of one box containing 1200 ounces (34 kg) of gold which was auctioned for $4 million to pay off expenses. Islander reportedly was carrying 10 to 12 boxes of gold which remain on the bottom of Stephens Passage. Read more here and here. Explore more of Green Cove here:
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I have just had the great fortune of finishing up a three-week trip to Australia, where I have been teaching some yoga workshops and visiting friends and family. It has been an exciting opportunity to revisit the country that formed me – I lived there for almost 20 years – and to bring the first LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood workshop to Melbourne.
After riding high from the workshop experience and hanging out with my "besties," I had some down time to roam, reflect, do my own practice and simply breathe. In my journaling time, I had an epiphany of sorts: being an advocate for mental health and wellbeing is my life's work and calling – I can't not do it. That said, everywhere I go, people reveal their stories to me, sometimes within moments of meeting me (even when I am not on the clock) that reveal challenging personal circumstances that often include serious mental health issues. Since I don't have a neon sign on my forehead announcing my profession (social worker + yoga therapist), I think these revelations have more to do with being present to people, and that many folks are looking for someone they can safely share their burdens with.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.—43.7 million, or 18.6%—experiences mental illness in a given year. In addition, approximately 1 in 5 youth aged 13–18 (21.4%) experiences a severe mental disorder in a given year. For children aged 8–15, the estimate is 13%.
Clearly, problems are on the rise. We all have mental health, just like we all have physical health. My take is that our mental health, just like our physical health, changes with time and circumstance. It comes and goes, or rather, moves along a continuum. Some months and years we enjoy robust physical health, other times we deal with broken bones, minor or major illness, disease or simply the common cold. Some of us experience cyclical mental health and find the sunless winters a trigger to the very real Seasonal Affective Disorder. Or, a tragic life event may precipitate grief or trauma and look a lot like depression and anxiety.
As I have sat and visited with friends and family, I am once again face to face with the fragility of our collective mental health challenges as I listen to the stories of others. I am not simply talking about feeling blue or a little nervous. I am talking about suicide attempts, potential suicide, addiction, depression, anxiety, overwork and restlessness. We may live 12,000 miles apart, but culturally, Australians are not that different from Americans.
I am soberly reminded that the practices I teach every day in yoga and yoga therapy may be a key, a lifesaver and/or a way to "keep calm and carry on." Maybe you are teaching these simple truths too. Yoga has a lot to offer our sanity. I feel extremely grateful to now have a solid practice that has helped me weather my own mental health ups and downs.
I plan on talking and teaching more about mental health and yoga at the Yoga Service Conference, May 14-17 at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. Read more about the conference schedule by Clicking Here.
I hope you will join in this conversation and very practical training opportunity. I have the good fortune of seeing shifts happen every day with a very basic chair practice in an inpatient psychiatric setting, with yoga groups at a juvenile detention center, and in alternative school settings. I will share with you the nuances of this mindful movement-based practice. Come and learn, practice and discuss with a group of like-minded colleagues. We will all learn from each other.
To prepare for our time together, will you join me in this pledge #I Will Listen? Please visit www.nami.org for more information. In the meantime, my name is Joanne Spence, and I will listen!
Joanne Spence will be presenting at the 2015 Yoga Service Conference, May 14-17, at the Omega Institute. Joanne is a social worker, yoga teacher, and an international speaker/trainer for health and wellness. She works primarily in schools and hospitals and is known for her ability and passion to empower, encourage and motivate teachers. Self-care and self-awareness are the hall- marks of her trainings. Joanne brings 20 years of social work experience to her work. She is the director of Yoga on the Square, a state-of-the art yoga studio in Pittsburgh's East End and the founder and Executive Director of Yoga in Schools, a non-profit organization that currently reaches over 20,000 children with innovative children's yoga programming as part of Physical Education to schools both locally and nationally. She also works part-time at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic teaching yoga and staff developer.


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Sixty Miles Ahead sign with Eclipse Records, prepare new album for release this Fall
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Eclipse Records is excited to announce the signing of SIXTY MILES AHEAD to an exclusive, worldwide deal. Sixty Miles Ahead are a hard rock band hailing from the suburbs of Milan, Italy. Formed in 2011, the quartet has proven to be one of the most interesting outfits in their country, thanks to their impactful, captivating sound. Their ability to hybridize hard rock canons with heavy metal and a hint of contemporary rock makes them a unique addition to the Eclipse Records roster.
Listen to the song 'Used to Believe', taken from the upcoming album 'Insanity' right here…
In 2012, the band released their debut full-length album "Millions of Burning Flames" via German label, Antstreet Records. After parting ways with Antstreet in early 2015, the band began recording new material. Shortly after the album was finished, Sixty Miles Ahead was signed to Eclipse Records (Mushroomhead, Bobaflex, A Breach of Silence).
Guitarist Fulvio Carlini said of the signing, "We've been in touch with Eclipse Records for many years, and now we're excited to finally be working together." Vocalist Sandro Casali added, "It's always been a dream to be heard all around the world, especially in the United States, and that dream is finally coming true!""
Sixty Miles Ahead recently finished mixing and mastering a new full-length album entitled 'Insanity'. The album consists of twelve brand new songs, and is currently slated for release on October 21, 2016. At this point the four-piece seems unstoppable and the band is ready to meet and shake the global rock scene with their new full-length album. Stand up and get ready to rock, because your ears are in for a treat!
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Therapy – Tomorrow Is Lost
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Watch Sydney Fate overcome hard times and get themselves back on track in their 'Sound Alive' music video new album 'Silicon Nitride' out April 3, 2020!
Magg Dylan – Naked Alone in the Tub
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Hadn't walked around that area in quite some time.
First time visiting since this historical building since the spot changed hands from its Deco days, place looks great and it is one of the cleanest restrooms I've seen at a bar. Got to chat with MK. The bartending crew & the VG are super cool on an early quiet Sunday afternoon. Perhaps becoming a good time of day to get a cold pint around town.


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Q: No sound after resizing partition with gparted I needed to reinstall my Ubuntu, after that I used gparted to resize my partition. Everything went well but after reboot I don't have any sound. I tried using spotify etc. - It does not work. I used the lspci coommand, here is the log:
konrad@konrad-MS-7823:~$ lspci -v
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: hsw_uncore

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    DeviceName:  Onboard IGD
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 27
    Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
    Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: i915
    Kernel modules: i915

00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller (rev 06)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
    Memory at f7d14000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel

As we can see there is sound device avaible. Should I reinstall the driver?

A: konrad@konrad-MS-7823:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -A2 Audio
00:03.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller [8086:0c0c] (rev 06)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller [1462:7823]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
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00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller [8086:8c20] (rev 05)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset High Definition Audio Controller [1462:d823]
    Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
    Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
konrad@konrad-MS-7823:~$

 konrad@konrad-MS-7823:~$ aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: HDMI [HDA Intel HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC892 Digital [ALC892 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
konrad@konrad-MS-7823:~$

konrad@konrad-MS-7823:~$ pactl list short sinks
0   alsa_output.pci-0000_00_03.0.hdmi-stereo    module-alsa-card.c  s16le 2ch 44100Hz   SUSPENDED
1   alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo  module-alsa-card.c  s16le 2ch 44100Hz   SUSPENDED
konrad@konrad-MS-7823:~$

Sound isn't muted.


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Rated 3 out of 5 by Raks from Review Design of the bottle is very elegant. I think in this price range it is a good smell. But not too sophisticated.


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Quantum computers with DNA and atom scale storage systems will rule the future
New smartphone app lets users detect fatal heart conditions at home
31st March 2018 1
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Being able to detect fatal heart conditions before they kill you is a good thing… enough said. The most common type of Arrhythmia, a form of atrial fibrillation, is an irregular beating of the heart that can lead to stroke, blood clots, or...
Being able to detect fatal heart conditions before they kill you is a good thing… enough said.
The most common type of Arrhythmia, a form of atrial fibrillation, is an irregular beating of the heart that can lead to stroke, blood clots, or heart failure if left unchecked, and it's often deadly. Furthermore, unless you're using an electrocardiogram it can be very difficult to detect but soon all that could change and all you'll need to detect one of the world's deadliest heart conditions is a smartphone app.
World first as scientists re-grow a frogs amputated leg using a "silk bioreactor"
Back in 2011 scientists from the University of Turku in Finland collaborated with colleagues at Turku University Hospital to see if small accelerometers could be used to detect the tell tale tiny chest movements associated with Arrhythmia and it turned out that they could. In turn this then got them wondering if they could use the tiny accelerometers in a standard smartphone to detect the condition.
Now, six years on from that early research, the team, which is led by researcher Tero Koivisto, have created an app that requires the smartphone to simply be placed upon the patient's chest, where it detects and analyses the micromovements caused by their heartbeat in order to detect the condition.
In a blind study conducted on 300 patients from the hospital, half of whom had Arrhythmia, the app was 96 percent accurate at detecting the condition, and even more impressively it was able to do it even though many of the patients also had other pre-existing heart conditions.
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The app is now being developed further and it's hoped it will soon be commercialised by a spinoff company called Precordior and, just like some of the other breakthroughs recently that are also helping democratise access to healthcare, such as ultrasound on a smartphone, and being able to use your voice to detect and diagnose disease, or your smartphone's camera to diagnose dangerous cancers, the new technology will give patients around the world yet another powerful tool that they can use to check and monitor their own health with.
A paper on the research was recently published in the Circulation Journal.
Meanwhile elsewhere scientists from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have also developed an atrial fibrillation detection app, but rather than detecting micromovements it uses the smartphone's camera to analyse subtle change in the patients facial skin colour that are often another indicator of a fluctuating heart rate. Let the democratisation of healthcare continue!
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Is There A Site Where I Can Create A Serious Blog And Get Comments?
I have always wanted to do a blog where i can share my thoughts with people and where they can share their opinions too. I have no particular subject i want to talk about just random things.
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I just created my first blog and set it to only be viewed by my friends. Two of my friends have left a comment and told me it said it had to be approved by me.
Where do I go to approve blog comments??
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Hey Guys ! Help me out here . I am going to create a new blog , but i dont want ppl to know I have just made it .
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What Can I give up in Order to Afford my Loan Repayments?
If you are struggling to meet your loan repayments then you may wonder what you can do. Obviously, finding a better lender with more competitive rates such as Cobra is one option. Alternatively, you could look at ways to save money. You will be aware that you will have to reduce your spending so that you have enough money left to be able to cover those loan repayments. It can be difficult though knowing what to do and where to start.
It is good to start by seeing whether you can switch your suppliers or providers. This means those companies that take regular payments form you. It could be a bank where you pay for loans or insurance or an electricity supplier, broadband or phone supplier or a company you pay for a television or streaming service from. All of these regular payments have to be paid, but it may be that you can get them cheaper. It is therefore worth looking at other companies to see whether you can switch and save money. You may be tied into contracts with some, but once those end you can look around for cheaper options. You will hopefully not really notice a change in the service you are getting but you will pay less for it. You could use comparison websites to check if you are paying more than necessary. There will be companies that are not on comparison websites though so they might be cheaper still, so make sure that you check all of the options that you can.
When you are shopping it is wise to compare prices. Both within the shop you are in as well as between shops. It is very easy to just buy all of the things we normally do without thinking about looking to see whether there are any alternatives. We may even not bother to look at the prices. Therefore, it is a good idea to make sure that you start looking at the prices and thinking about whether you should switch to cheaper items. You may also be wise to compare retailers as there will be some that are cheaper than others and you will need to find the ones that offer the best value for money. You may not want to go with the cheapest one each time, but it may be wise to try cheaper items and see if you like them. Also checking prices and just being aware of how much things cost is worthwhile and could lead to savings. You might find that while looking for cheaper items you find things that you prefer to what you regularly buy.
The first two suggestions will not really make a big difference as you will get the same things but at a lower price. However, this might not make enough difference financially and so may need to cut down the amount of things that you buy as well. A good place to start is to think about whether you really need the items that you are buying. If you ask yourself every time that you buy an item, whether you really need it then that could reduce what you buy. It is worth bearing in mind that you will be able to afford more once your loan is paid off so you may also ask yourself whether you can wait for the item until the loan is repaid. It will not be easy but as you get used to it, you might find that you enjoy the items that you are buying more because they are occasional treats compared with before when you were buying more things and spending more money.
If you have things that you do not need then you could consider selling them. This could raise some lump sums of money which could help you out. Although these will be one off payments, you will then be able to use them to help you manage in the month or you could pay off a chunk of debt so that the loan is repaid more quickly.
It can be difficult to give up on things that we like, whether that is buying new things or getting rid of things we already own. However, it can make a big difference financially and can help us to get out of debt. If you try to reduce the cost of things without giving them up, by paying less for them, this can really help and then if you sell things you do not need then this will help as well. Then you may not have to give up as much. If you do need to give up things then make sure that they are luxury items that you do not need to have. You can save up for those items, buy them once the loan is repaid or just go without them. You need to ask yourself whether you really need them and want them, if you would be happy waiting to get them or if you can go without them.
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Positive Impact in Action
THINKING IS GOOD. TALKING IS GREAT. DOING IS BEST.
A Manifesto powered by CLO PR and Mac&Moore
CLO PR and Mac&Moore have teamed up to turn words into actions and to alter the landscape for the next generation of women in work. We have created a manifesto and an action plan based on three pillars of doing things properly, doing things differently and creating a platform for people on their way up.
If every journey begins with a single step, this manifesto is ours. We've thought about the route, planned the journey, talked about how we'll get there, so there's nothing left for us to do except for getting started. We want to create long-lasting, impactful and infrastructural change across both traditional workplace structures and the new but rapidly developing freelance economy.
A united front
Why bother teaming up at all? We're both established businesses working in the worlds of marketing and PR, why not just get on with it ourselves? CLO PR creates positive impact through targeted and award-winning PR, allowing businesses to be kick-started and reach their target audiences in a long-lasting, memorable way. Mac&Moore currently provide creative and strategic marketing to businesses of all sizes who want to create strong foundations and truly stand out from their competitors. We feel that through the complementary skill sets of the two businesses, alongside a matching mind-set, our efforts will be far more powerful united. We're hoping it won't stop there, with several other tactical partnerships in the pipeline.
We must start somewhere
We've chosen to create an action plan in distinct, specific areas where we feel like we can make the biggest difference. No one can do everything, but everyone can do something, and that's where we want to start. By recognising the individual areas in which we can create the biggest ripples of change, we're striving for those ripples to reach out and connect with others to create waves.
Creating positive action
The core function of both Mac&Moore and CLO PR is to work closely alongside businesses who are looking to build something great. We are never afraid to challenge the status quo, confront the thought process behind certain 'norms' and tackle the potential issues blocking brands from achieving explosive growth and success. It, therefore, made absolute sense for the focus of our actions to be in this space. We're working closely with some incredible businesses looking to create supportive, successful and inclusive cultures that allow all people to thrive and contribute. To do that, we've had to recognise and identify the problem areas and work together to resolve them. This can be difficult and uncomfortable at times, but no real change started without a little discomfort. By confronting issues head on and engaging people, rather than isolating them, we can create sustainable impact.
We need to ensure these businesses are built on solid foundations, and here to last, so that this better way of working can benefit future generations, not just our own. As three individuals we are also incredibly experienced in our separate but connected fields, and that's why we're stepping in as a trusted voice with the right tools to share our knowledge. We aim to build a bridge to allow others to succeed in this present and precarious climate.
Our manifesto is built on the following three pillars:
DOING THINGS PROPERLY
- There is so much choice out there now that the working world is changing and evolving. Our extensive experience can help build trust in clients and partners.
- The value of partnerships. We curate strong teams with the right skills to do the job properly.
- We're always learning. The traditional training/career paths offer learning and development but where do you go to advance your knowledge when you work for yourself? We can help both each other and acting as a trusted source of information for juniors stepping into the field. We've been inspired by so many others creating specific, positive change in their own fields already such as The Other Box, 72 and Sunny and many more.
DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY
- Always challenging our own bias and echo chambers by listening and opening ourselves up to the experiences of others
- Stepping out of the London bubble, we recognise that successful businesses and people thrive outside it. We want to support those who are looking to take their business to the next level
- Engaging and including men in the conversation, not isolating them. We recognise the reality of the current state of play and by working together to educate, inspire and empower, we can make the best progress towards real, tangible and sustainable change
A PLATFORM FOR PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY UP
- Providing workshops, resources, mentorship and events to those working in the freelance or small business community
- Offering the social stop gap that is currently missing when you work for yourself (watch this space for a very exciting festive event coming soon where we'll be partnering with the glorious Jess Sims at The Doers to make some serious magic!)
- Championing and hero'ing people who are doing incredible things in their field but who might be on the tipping point of achieving amazing success and need a bit of help to get them there.
We are really excited to get cracking, please get in touch and let us know if you want to be involved or have any thoughts … there'll be plenty of opportunities to connect and collaborate along the way.
In the meantime, make sure you're following both @weareclopr and @macandmoore on all the socials to make sure you don't miss a minute… and while you're there you should 100% follow @thedoersUK as well!
Love and all the good vibes,
Claudia, Nat & Jess
Tagged: positiveimpact, goals, startup, entrepreneurs
5 MINUTES WITH...RICHARD SINCLAIR, FOUNDER OF SNO
Richard Sinclair is more than ambitious, he's a daredevil. A former Executive Producer of the BBC, he's constantly pushing boundaries and his latest expedition is turning over millions. He is the founder of SNO, the ski holidays provider with the goal of making travel more accessible to more people. That's no mean feat. This guy is inspiring in bucketloads.
1. What's the biggest lesson you've learnt from starting up SNO?
Always be recruiting. Truly great people are hard to find, but they change your business, and your life. Constantly seek them out, to come and join the mission. In my former life as Executive Producer at the BBC, incredibly ambitious and motivated talent was literally on tap because everyone wants to work there. If I had a new cunning plan, I could speak to HR and find a small cadre of experienced film makers and Oxbridge grads to grab it by the scruff and go make it happen. The real world is not populated with over-achievers, so the trick is to be constantly searching for SNO men and women. We're always looking for people "like us".
Hire A-players, then enable them to get on with it themselves. I see why the likes of Jobs and Musk constantly looked for amazing people to join the mission. If you lead well, these great people don't need to be managed, so you can focus instead on removing barriers and being an enabler for them… these A-players can achieve goals creatively and autonomously, and they'll feel much more fulfilled having created their own solutions.
These people also constantly have a growth mindset and, like me, take great pleasure in constantly learning. They love figuring out how to do new things, or do the same things better… working hard on the business but working hardest on themselves. There's nothing more powerful than striving for mastery, to make you stand out in a crowded world, filled mostly with the ordinary.
At SNO we're always looking for people who are fun to work with, but also very ambitious and switched-on. Culture is so important so I'm always quietly trying to figure out if this person is a SNO man or woman.
No. Never. I should qualify that. There have been times when I thought I should carefully consider if it was the right thing to do, when the extremes of work-volume and financial-stress were too much for loved ones around me, or risked being damaging to my most important relationships… but I never wanted to quit, I just took time to consider on a few occasions whether I ought to.
Probably passing the £5m revenue mark. It's an abstract goal, but signifies much more to us, as we've reached the ability to do many more exciting things.
We were in profit by year 1, but only just, and with little more than cash for very meagre growth-funding and self-sustenance. Fortunately, I was happy to live in penury for the first 3 years, to liberate those extra few per cent for growth projects. My better-half was less enthusiastic about watching our car and clothes and house slowly age and wear, but utterly supportive, first taking on the role of FD and later COO. While I'm pimping the engine, she keeps the wheels on!
Business coaching tries to help you delineate working on the business versus working in the business and it's dead right. My first job at SNO (after initial setup) was to quickly engineer myself out of the day to day operations, which has allowed me to work almost entirely on growth. This approach is essential if you want to scale, and goes back to your first questions, because the answer is to hire A-players and then also create processes, so that the day to day functioning doesn't rely on the founder in any way.
I think, like most people I have many, but I learned a lot about what a human is really capable of, on a month-long expedition to the Magnetic North Pole with the remarkable Dr Mike Stroud. He was partner to Sir Ranulph Fiennes on their famous unsupported expeditions to the South Pole and many other epic endeavours. I found great strength after being tested beyond a level which I'd have considered breaking point.
I was 4 weeks away from land, out on the frozen ocean, having lost over a stone in weight and struggling to lead a film crew who were also far out of their comfort zone. Taking the battery we wore in our underwear (to keep at body temperature and ready to work in an emergency) I turned on the satellite phone for a rare call home. I vividly recall in mid-conversation, beginning to weep, for no good reason other than mental and physical exhaustion. My partner later said she was quite afraid for me, having recently seen pictures come back of the polar bear who came to eat us, and the team members with frostbite. I think that was awakening for me, from which I draw strength even now. To feel so utterly spent, and then find will, we can still go on. It's powerful. Afterwards I put those lessons to the test by completing Ironman on six months of training and a few swimming lessons. I take huge strength from those learnings, that our limits are actually much greater than we know, if only we can steel the mind to go on.
In my day to day life I have to say it's probably my boys Jimmy (9) and Charles (7). Their amazing combination of naïve joyfulness and a constant thirst to learn and know more, is a kind of nirvana to me, and a lofty goal for adults with more complex lives. My ideal is to combine that growth mindset with the imperative to recognise and grasp those moments of joy whenever they present themselves (often with those boys).
I'm not sure how to pin it down to one thing. It's all incredibly exciting. I think what really floats-my-boat is the knowledge that, when we have 10 times our current spare-profit (to use as growth funding), I can immerse myself almost entirely in growth projects. We still have more than 90 per cent of our ideas still in the tank, waiting to go. That will move things forward enormously. It's exciting because it's a compounding effect. I can feel the curve steepening, as our profits increase and we get our hands on more growth money, to fund more and more ambitious projects.
I like the approach of the Virgin group, in focussing on a great brand (customer experience and brand marketing), and not being industry-specific. I'm not from "travel" which means that, while we want to be successful in this industry first, I think a memorable brand like SNO can do almost anything, if it's careful to be about a promise of a particular kind of experience. Beyond that, we'll make SNO itself a brand to look up to, as we work on our mission to democratise travel. After universal access to healthcare and education, I think travel is the third great boon of our age. If we can make travel easy and ubiquitous for the world (not just the wealthy part) I believe that is our best chance of fixing the horrible disconnect and misunderstanding that plagues mankind. Technology, well-combined with people, is the way to genuinely disintermediate the travel industry, and we're working on something that I think will change the world. How we're going to do that, I'll have to let you wait and see.
I might return to my university passions, where reading Cognitive Science gave the thrill of learning fundamentals in AI, neuroscience and psychology. This influence will feed directly into SNO in our upcoming machine-learning projects. Or possibly still making TV. The BBC was central to my formative years, where I gained my consumer-centric instincts at Watchdog, slaked my thirst for science and tech at Tomorrow's World, and then found my passion for travel while running Holiday. These great influences and more from Auntie and its incredible people, can be found now at the heart of SNO.
http://sno.co.uk
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Tagged: startup, entrepreneur, ski, holidays, ambition, goals, interview, motivation, founder stories, founder, business


Since 2014, more than 400,000 people have committed to "Dining In" on Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Day! AAFCS honors Founder Ellen Swallow Richards by celebrating FCS Day on her birthday (see the Top Ten Facts about Ellen Richards). Through the FCS Day initiative, AAFCS provides information, tools, and research on the benefits of families preparing and eating healthy meals together. In 2018, the initiative will have a special focus on the emotional and social aspects of family mealtime. Be sure to check this website for updates and new resources!
Join the Seminole family in the month of December, and enjoy a meal at home with your family.
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PSX plummets ahead of monetary policy meeting
Stockbrokers react as they read values on a trading screen in dismay. Reuters/File
Investors lose morale as IMF loan impasse lingers.
Market braces for an increase in SBP policy rate.
Benchmark index hits intraday low of 539.88 points.
KARACHI: stocks Friday had a hard landing as investors hedged their bets by ridding themselves of risky holdings, bracing for up to 200 basis points (bps) hike in the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) policy rate — scheduled to be announced Monday.
The Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 Shares Index lost 423.60 points or 1.09% to close at 38,407.98 points. During the intraday trade, the index went as high as 38,982.77 points and as low as 38,291.70 points.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday, January 23, to discuss the policy rate.
Governor SBP Jameel Ahmed will announce the monetary policy decision at a press conference on the same day after the MPC meeting.
In its last policy meeting in November 2022, the MPC hiked the rate by 100 basis points to 16%. It has pushed the rates higher by a total of 625 bps since January last year.
Topline Securities, in a note, said range-bound activity was observed in the first half of the trading session; however, the market came under pressure in the second half.
"This decline can be attributed to further increase in T-Bill and PIB (Pakistan Investment Bonds) yield in the secondary market ahead of the monetary policy announcement on Monday, where market expects policy rate to increase in the range of 100-200bps," the report said.
The brokerage said the TRG Pakistan, Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Lucky Cement, Bank Al-Habib Limited, and Engro Fertilizers, lost value to weigh down on the index by 147 points.
"Participation declined on day-on-day basis as investors preferred to remain on the sidelines before the monetary policy," the Topline report said.
The KSE-30 index also shed 176.82 points or 1.23% to 14,222.78 points compared with 14,399.60 points recorded in the last session.
Arif Habib Limited (AHL), in its daily market report, said the market opened in the green but bears drove it into the red in the first session as investor participation was low due to the uncertainty surrounding the talks for the revival of the IMF program,
Pakistan's economy has crumbled alongside a simmering political crisis, with the rupee plummeting and inflation at decades-high levels, but devastating floods and a global energy crisis have piled on further pressure.
The reserves, which hit their lowest level since February 2014, will now only provide import cover worth 0.82 months, as the country tries to lessen imports amid a greenback shortage.
Foreign exchange reserves held by the SBP increased by $258 million to $4.601 billion, the central bank said, without specifying the source of the inflows.
According to an SBP statement, total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $10.44 billion, whereas net foreign reserves with commercial banks stood at $5.84 billion.
The SBP reserves have finally bucked the trend after a decline of $3.6 billion during the last 8 weeks, Arif Habib Ltd said in a note.
SBP-held forex reserves have plunged to the lowest level since February 2014 after a decline of 22.11%.
Pakistan is in dire need of foreign aid to reduce its current account deficit as well as ensure enough reserves to pay its debt obligations for the ongoing financial year.
"The second session began with the same negative sentiments, but due to the weekend, investor-booked profit that led the market to make an intraday low of 539.88 points," the AHL report said.
It said volumes on the mainboard remained reasonable, with third-tier companies dominating the volume board.
Sectors contributing to the performance include commercial banks (-82.1pts), technology & communication (-60.8pts), cement (-58.8pts), exploration and production (-53.4pts), and oil marketing companies (-41.0pts).
Volumes shrank by a whopping 64 million shares to 93.450 million shares from 157.822 million, while value dropped to Rs3.508 billion from Rs6.406 billion.
Out of 314 companies active in the session, 103 closed in green, 194 in red and 17 remained unchanged.
Pakistan Petroleum Limited led the volume chart with 8.309 million shares with a decline of Rs1.16 to Rs72.92 per share. It was followed by WorldCall Telecom with 5.645 million shares that closed lower by two paise to Rs1.11 per share.
JS Research said the bourse remained under pressure throughout the day where selloff was witnessed across the board.
"Going forward, we expect the selloff to continue and recommend investors to avail any downside as an opportunity to buy in the technology, cement and exploration and production sectors," the brokerage said.
Experts suspect how symptoms might change in the future.
'Whale-shaped' world's largest cargo plane Airbus Beluga lands at Mumbai Airport: WATCH Video | aviation news
'Whale-shaped' world's largest cargo plane Airbus Beluga lands at Mumbai Airport: WATCH Video | aviation news


As a bit of fun in the build to the FA Cup tie at Ipswich, over the next five days we will have a look back at some stories and facts from our previous ties in the world's oldest cup competition.
We may never have come close to winning it but we do have a long history of competing for it with this season being our 122nd entry.
The game on Saturday will be City's 300th match in the FA Cup including a game that was ordered to be replayed by the FA and a game abandoned in extra time due to bad light but excluding a game abandoned after only 66 minutes again due to bad light.
Of the previous 299 games we have played 137 at home, 155 away and seven on a neutral ground. Of course that doesn't mean we have been drawn at home/away that many times as the figures are higher as a result of replays.
On several occasions we have originally been drawn away but have switched the tie to a home game for either a guarantee of money eg Sheffield FC in 1893 or on police advice as was the case with Brigg in 1987 and Gainsborough in 1997 and whilst in 1902 the City directors refused an offer of £450 from Derby County to switch a tie from Sincil Bank the temptation to switch proved too great in 1920 and supporters were angered when a guarantee of just under £1,000 from Middlesbrough to switch from Sincil Bank to Ayresome Park was accepted.
How much money the Club actually made isn't known but having travelled on the Friday the match was called off on the Saturday morning and the players remained in the north east at Redcar until the Wednesday when the match was played and resulted in a 4-1 defeat.
Of the 137 home games we have won 69 drawn 30 and lost 38 scoring 273 goals and conceding 167 whilst away we have won 38, drawn 33 and lost 84 with 215 goals scored and 308 conceded. On neutral grounds five wins have been recorded with just two defeats and goals of 14 for and 9 against. Away from home one win is as a result of a penalty shoot out against Bury whilst one of the defeats on a neutral ground is for the penalty shoot out loss to Emley.
With this, as mentioned previously, our 122nd entry into the competition and never having won it you would expect our number of defeats to equal 122 but we have actually lost 124 times. This is due to the fact that in 1945/46 from the First Round proper until the semi finals ties were played over two legs and we managed to lose one leg of the First Round game with Yorkshire Amateurs and both legs of the Second Round game with Rotherham United.
Our first dismissal in the FA Cup was in November 1901 when Wally Smith kicked Doncaster's Jack Price who retaliated, both men came to blows and were dismissed by the referee, Mr Black. At the subsequent disciplinary hearing both Smith and Price admitted to kicking each other but both denied striking each other with their fists as reported by Mr Black. As the referee wasn't present at the initial hearing it was rearranged for later so he could give his version of events and after due consideration Smith was suspended for seven days whilst Price received a 14 day ban.
Since Smith's dismissal another 14 City players have been sent for an early bath namely: Harry Sillito at Chesterfield in 1922, Dennis Leigh at Port Vale in 1974, George Shipley at Hartlepool in 1982, Trevor Matthewson at Mansfield in 1987, Grant Brown at Stockport in 1991, Graham Bressington at Stafford in 1992, Matt Carbon at home to Huddersfield in 1994, Terry Fleming at Burnley in 1996, Mark Hone at home to Gainsborough in 1997, Dean Keates at home to MK Dons in 2005, Clark Keltie at home to Nuneaton in 2010, Joe Anyon at Alfreton in 2011, David Morgan at home to FC Halifax Town in 2012 and Alan Power at Whitehawk last season.
The current numbering of rounds was introduced in 1925/26 with the last 16 being the Fifth Round and that equivalent is the furthest City have ever progressed in the competition.
The first occasion came in 1886/87 when we got a bye in Round 1, defeated Middlesbrough and Gainsborough Trinity both after replays in the next two rounds then received another bye in Round 4 before we lost 3-0 at Glasgow Rangers in ironically what was the Fifth Round.
Three years later we entered the competition at the Second Qualifying Round stage and after defeating Notts Olympic, Notts Rangers and Gainsborough we then beat Chester in the First Round Proper before losing 4-0 at holders Preston North End in Round 2.
Our most recent appearance in the last 16 came in 1901/02 when we again entered in the qualifying rounds beating Worksop Town, Doncaster Rovers and Barnsley to enter the short lived Intermediate Round where we beat Newton Heath (nowadays better known as Manchester United) and then Oxford City in the First Round Proper before losing 3-1 at home to Derby County despite leading at half-time.
Since 1925/26 we have only managed to reach the Fourth Round three times despite on 12 occasions entering the competition at the Third Round stage!
The 1953/54 season saw us lose 2-0 at Sincil Bank against Preston, 1960/61 saw a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield United whilst our most recent appearance saw defeat at West Bromwich Albion 3-2 in 1975/76.


52 MANTLE!!! The manner in which the Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps subject achieved its current mystique may never achieve full resolution, but it is surely "here to stay", with only the T206 Honus Wagner "Holy Grail" arguably surpassing "The Mick's" inaugural '52 Topps iconic stature. This cardboard marvel's sudden rise to stardom in the late 80's and early 90's ably assisted the overall market stature, with its incredible pricing points redefining one's perspective for utilizing cardboard heirlooms as viable investment options. For quite some time and before 2013, price tags for the 1952 Topps Mantle subject had remained relatively "flat", and while not diminishing in value, its pricing points had moved somewhat "sideways".
Typical with any market commodity, the investment values of valuable baseball cards likewise run in cycles, and the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card, dubbed the post-WWII "Holy Grail", is now experiencing an amazing pricing surge for all grade levels that have re-written its overall value. Synonymous with an uncontrollable brush fire, since mid-year 2013, the Topps Mantle rookie value has risen to an unprecedented level, with mid-grade specimens now fetching 300% - 400% pricing upticks. The outstanding eye appeal of this PSA 6 EX-MT offered specimen is synonymous with Mantle's magnificent legacy, starting with the classic bat over shoulder pose portraying a gorgeous aqua-marine blue background that atypically reveals no "snow" whatsoever.
One of the cleanest "EX-MT" '52 Mantles you will ever come across, you can virtually feel Mickey's curious nature as he gazes into the future with a youthful innocence that would eventually lead to his immortal Yankee standing. The crystal clear clarity, sparkling facial hues, relatively clean white borders, and a clean verso all contribute to the EX-MT assessment. There is a very small white scuff next to his left ear. No obtrusive surface creases are evident and only some even corner wear prevents the card from achieving a higher grade.


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Home Sports Diego Maradona's Lengthy Shadow
Diego Maradona's Lengthy Shadow
It was nothing extra, actually, than a ruffle of the hair and a kiss on the cheek. There was no pomp or circumstance that day in 1994, no phrases of knowledge whispered within the ear or sweeping gesture made for the gang. Diego Maradona left the sphere, and Ariel Ortega changed him on it. However that was all it took. The torch, it was determined, had been handed.
Ortega was not the primary participant to be labeled the brand new Maradona. That honor, in keeping with frequent consensus, fell to the previous Boca Juniors ahead Diego Latorre, and he definitely wouldn't be the final. For a few many years, not less than, a brand new pretender got here to Maradona's throne seemingly yearly.
There can be brief Maradonas and tall Maradonas, slender ones and squat ones, fast ones and sluggish ones. Generally the parallels had been apparent: Pablo Aimar and Juan Román Riquelme and Andrés D'Alessandro performed in the identical place as him, in the identical means as him, on the identical group or bearing the identical jersey quantity as him.
And typically they weren't. There have been new Maradonas who turned out to be jet-heeled wingers or elegant, deep-lying midfielders or languid target-men or elfin goal-poachers.
Typically, Maradona himself would anoint his successor, although his favor was unsure, shifting. For some time, it was Javier Saviola, although it pained Maradona to say it, "as a result of he performs for River Plate," the nice rival of Maradona's beloved Boca Juniors. A number of years later, Maradona decreed that D'Alessandro was the "solely participant who amuses me." He solid Carlos Tevez as "an Argentine prophet for the twenty first century."
Principally, the brand new Maradonas had been Argentines, although under no circumstances completely. There have been Maradonas everywhere in the world, on each continent, in each mountain vary. There was a Maradona of the Carpathians (Gheorghe Hagi), a Maradona of the Caucasus (Georgi Kinkladze), a Maradona of the Alps (Andi Herzog) and a Maradona of the Andes (Roberto Merino).
Some got a complete nation: Krishanu Dey was the Indian Maradona, Ali Karimi the Iranian model. Others needed to share their territory. There have been, in keeping with some lists, not less than 4 Maradonas of the Balkans.
Some got a way more exact geographical location. Fabrizio Miccoli was the Maradona of the Salento, the realm within the south of Italy from which he hailed. Turkey's Emre Belozoglu was the Maradona of the Bosporus. At one level, there was even a Maradona of Basingstoke, an unremarkable commuter city southwest of London, although that one, not less than, was a understanding joke.
Some gamers leaned in to the comparability: Miccoli, a gifted however mercurial ahead with Juventus, Fiorentina and Palermo, purchased a pair of Maradona's earrings at public sale and would later purchase a tattoo of Che Guevara's face, similar to the one on his idol's shoulder. Tevez acknowledged that he had primarily based his type of play on his idol; they'd go on to turn out to be shut mates.
Others discovered the strain implicit within the comparability suffocating. When Saviola signed with Barcelona in 2001, twenty years after Maradona had achieved so, he was requested what he product of the parallels. "As I by no means tire of claiming, there won't be one other participant like Maradona," Saviola stated. He was 19, and he already felt like he was repeating himself.
There have been some who got here near residing as much as the title, in the identical means as boarding a industrial flight is shut, in some respects, to going to the moon. Aimar, Riquelme and Tevez loved lengthy and profitable careers during which they performed in World Cups, lifted league title trophies and outlined their very own legacies reasonably than being condemned to the coda of one other participant's.
Hagi carried Romania to a World Cup quarterfinal and stays a logo of his nation's soccer tradition in the identical means Maradona, greater than anybody, represents Argentina's. Dejan Savicevic, one in every of Maradona's many Balkan apostles, grew to become one of many best gamers in Europe, an inspirational a part of the nice A.C. Milan groups of the early Nineteen Nineties.
Others by no means did fairly sufficient to flee Maradona's shadow, Ortega prime amongst them. Maybe that was unavoidable: no person, not even Riquelme and Tevez — the 2 gamers tasked, willingly or not, with residing as much as Maradona's title at Boca Juniors — felt the white warmth of expectation fairly a lot because the boy who took the sphere to interchange him that day in Salta in 1994.
That recreation — a 2-1 win towards Morocco — had been a warm-up for the World Cup set to start out just a few months later. At Argentina's base that summer season in Wellesley, Mass., Ortega shared a room with Maradona, the group captain. When Maradona was thrown out of the event after testing optimistic for ephedrine, Ortega can be tasked with changing him for Argentina's remaining video games.
It made sense. Each had been stronger than their stature would recommend. Each had a low middle of gravity, nearly flawless method and a burst of acceleration that carried them previous opponents. They even shared a passing bodily resemblance, proper right down to the shock of raven-black hair.
Their similarities didn't finish there. Ortega had a flash of his mentor's mood; one of many issues Maradona most admired about him was his defiant, self-possessed, renegade streak. Ortega was despatched off in a World Cup quarterfinal, and later punished with a worldwide switch ban after strolling out on his contract on the Turkish membership Fenerbahce.
To an extent, too, his destiny and Maradona's had been entwined. Ortega struggled with an alcohol dependancy — Maradona himself would, at one level, advise that his previous good friend "wanted assist" — that first derailed after which curtailed his profession. It's harmful to psychoanalyze from a distance, however it's exhausting to not surprise if, maybe, the torch he was handed that day in Salta was too sizzling for him, for anybody, to deal with.
Argentina has not anointed a brand new Maradona for greater than a decade now. The remainder of the world has moved on, too. The hunt to seek out an inheritor had grown too quixotic to be taken critically by the center of the final decade. When the tag was bestowed on Lionel Messi someday round 2005, it now not felt fairly so onerous.
Messi did what none of his predecessors ever may: He managed not solely to construct his personal profession, to determine his personal title, however to take action emphatically sufficient to boring the urge to check. He neither embraced nor rejected the parallels with Maradona; he merely rendered them irrelevant.
Whether or not his greatness matches or exceeds Maradona's won't ever be simply quantified. For all of the similarities between them — small, left-footed, Argentine — the variations are stark. Messi doesn't possess Maradona's penchant for self-destruction. Maradona by no means benefited from the rigorous professionalism of the sport Messi has identified.
Maybe we are going to discover out solely with time. Greater than a decade elapsed between that second in Salta, when Ortega stepped onto the sphere and Maradona walked off it, and the emergence of Messi. The seek for Maradona's inheritor had spanned each nook of the globe, each nation, each mountain vary.
Maybe, then, we are going to know the size of Messi's greatness by the point it takes to seek out his successor. There may be already a Thai Messi and an Indonesian Messi and a Japanese Messi. There's a new Messi yearly in Argentina. And there might be, simply as there was with Maradona, till somebody who could be identified by their very own title comes alongside.
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We are at both Car-fests this year.
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Club Holiday " The Belgium Tour " !!
dates are 7th to the 13th August we will be at a show on the 9/10 /11 August.
More info in the next magazine.
We have a club stand at car-fest again this year please send pictures of your van this year they do need to be in the vintage village so pre 1980.
Club stand at the NEC if you would like your van on the stand and are a members we need vans for this year.
We are at the NEC again in March and November and have a some of the best Ford Transits in the country on show along with a display of 54 years of Transit memorabilia. Come and see us well worth a visit to what is the best indoor classic show in the UK.


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A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992)
Drama, TV Movie
Claudia Weill
Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Ivey, Michael McGrady, Max Gail, Hank Stratton, Annabella Price, Brent Jennings, Mackenzie Astin, Will Patton
Abuse on Different Layers
As a teenage ward of the state Jerry Sherwood (Beverly D'Angelo - Christmas Vacation) fell pregnant by her boyfriend Dennis (Michael McGrady) but despite wanting to keep her son when he was born was forced by her father and the state to put the baby up for adoption. Despite this every year after having more children with Dennis and setting up home together Jerry remembered her lost son's birthday. Then 18 years later Jerry decides to try and track down her son and her search leads to a grave as he had died many years earlier. Having managed to get in contact with her sons foster parents the Jurgens, Jerry becomes suspicious of Lois Jurgen (Dana Ivey - Legally Blonde 2) leading to a trial for suspected murder as her abuse is brought to light.
Anyone who knows their TV movies will know that movies which feature "the .... story" in the title normally means based on a true story and "A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story" is no different. Here we have a story which not only features the emotive subject of a teen mum being forced to put her child up for adoption but also one which features child abuse. Now those two things along with the fact we are talking a true story should make for a powerful storyline but unfortunately the power of the story is missing in this made for TV story.
Now it is hard to pin point what is actually wrong with "A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story" because the opening shows us the harshness which Jerry faced when she was forced to put up her son for adoption. And then we see the abuse as her adopted son is forced to kneel on broom whilst saying his prayers over and over again because of Lois Jurgens victimization of the little boy. But the movie seems to get lost in dramatizing almost insignificant events from an early scene of Jerry sneaking out of the children's home to a scene immediately after child birth where Jerry wanted to breast feed her son. By this focus on what to me is insignificant it sort of takes away the power of the story.
Despite this "A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story" still has a certain amount of power and of course is interesting and unsettling. In truth much of that comes from the performance of Dana Ivey as Lois Jurgen rather than Beverly D'Angelo as Jerry as Ivey brings to life the evilness of her character especially when we see her fly off the handle at the small child. That doesn't mean that Beverly D'Angelo's performance is bad, it is easy to feel for her but it doesn't stand out in the same way that Ivey's does, it doesn't always feel very real.
What this all boils down to is that "A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story" could have been a lot better as whilst it covers a very powerful storyline it is only solid.
Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012)
Karen (Moira Kelly - Chaplin) and her daughter Haley were having a fun day out together with Karen taking photos as Haley rode on the merry-go-round, but in a split second when Karen took her eyes off of Haley she was gone, abducted ...
There Was a Little Boy (1993)
As a young married couple with a baby Julie (Cybill Shepherd - The Lady Vanishes) and Gregg (John Heard - Home Alone 2) didn't have much but one night their world is ripped apart when whilst Julie is having a bath someone sneaks int ...
Find My Child (1983)
Whilst on a shopping trip to the mall Reve Walsh (JoBeth Williams - Poltergeist) leaves her son Adam (John Boston) at the computer game section of a shop like she has done before with him knowing not to go anywhere whilst she just p ...
Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story (2008)
A few weeks after the birth of their daughter Delimar, Luz (Judy Reyes - Our House) and Pedro (Hector Luis Bustamante) are holding a Christmas party in their home when a fire breaks out and in the midst of the panic their daughter d ...
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story (2003)
For their daughter's 13th birthday Julie (Annie Potts - Ghostbusters II) and Jerry Posey (Carl Marotte) by her a computer for her bedroom and are totally unaware that late at night she is chatting to people online. When Julie discov ...
TOP TEN DORIS DAY MOVIES
1) Pillow Talk (1959)
2) With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)
3) Young Man with a Horn (1950)
4) Calamity Jane (1953)
5) Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
6) On Moonlight Bay (1951)
7) By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
8) Young at Heart (1954)
9) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
10) Move Over Darling (1963)
Terry (2005)


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June 13/16 14:09 pm - Miller Third, Iles Second at Leogang DH World Cup
Both the Women's and Men's Downhill World Cup leaders extended their leads in the Mountain Bike World Cup, on Sunday, by winning the fourth round in Leogang, Austria. Rachel Atherton (Trek Factory Racing DH) won the 30th World Cup of her career in the women's competition and, equally significant, her tenth consecutive World Cup victory, setting a new record for consecutive wins, and breaking the previous mark set by the legendary Anne-Caroline Chausson of France. In the men's competition, Aaron Gwin (YT Mob) took the 16th World Cup win of his career, now only three wins behind the record of Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate).
Canadians finished on the podium in both the Women and the Junior Men, with Miranda Miller finishing third in the women - a career high - and Finnley Iles (Specialized Gravity p/b SRAM) second in Junior Men, to add to his lead in the overall standings.
Rachel Atherton
Miranda Miller
Podium: Hannah, Seagrave, Atherton, Miller, Carpenter
Atherton beat Tahnee Seagrave (Transition Factory Racing/FMD) by over five seconds for her fourth victory of the season, with Canada's Miranda Miller finishing third and Australian champion Tracey Hannah (Polygon UR) fourth. Atherton now holds a 300 point lead over Manon Carpenter (Madison Saracen), with Hannah a further 30 points back. Miller, taking her first points of the season, sits 12th after her third place.
"Yeah, ten wins in a row ... it feels amazing," said Atherton. "That was the best I rode the course all week. I had such a loose run, it was really wild. I knew I had to pull out all the stops. I felt the pressure today, and the nerves a little bit ... I'm pretty relieved."
"It's my best World Cup result ever," confirmed Miller. "I felt during my run that I was either going too hard or then holding back a bit, but I was consistent, so it was good, I'm happy. This morning [the track] was kinda of shitty, then it got way better. We got lucky, I think. It reminds me of riding at home."
World Cup leader Aaron Gwin was the final starter for the men after qualifying fastest. Gwin was the only rider to go under three and a half minutes, and 3.131 seconds ahead of Loris Vergier (Specialized Gravity p/b SRAM), who had the best result of his career. Australian's Troy Brosnan (Specialized Racing) took third, a further second back. the top Canadian was Mark Wallace (Devinci Global Racing), in 40th, followed by Forrest Riesco in 62nd. In the overall standings, Gwin padded his lead, and now has 810 points, 160 ahead of Brosnan, with Danny Hart (MS Mondraker) in third at 518 points. Wallace is 27th and Riesco 62nd.
Aaron Gwin
podium: Hart, Vergier, Gwinn, Brosnan, Minnaar
"The track was amazing," said Gwin. "It was so good that last run ... I like this place. I've had a few years of rough luck, but everything stayed together today, so it's pretty awesome. I finally feel like I laid down a good one. I just really want to win races, that's why we race. That's what it's all about, and I'll just let the overall figure itself out at the end of the year."
Finnley Iles
Gaetan Vige (Commencal/Valnord) won the Junior Men's competition, 0.625 seconds ahead of World Cup leader Finnley Iles. Canada's Henry Fitzgerald (Steve Peat Syndicate) was 15th. Iles continues to lead the standings with 160 points, followed by Vige at 135. Fitzgerald is 26th.
Results from Final
Women and Junior Men
Leogang World Cup June 11/16 - June 12/16, Leogang, Austria
Women, Jr and Elite Men


The Institute of Communication Agencies (ICA) has called for a boycott of an advertising agency services RFP issued by Canada Post until significant changes have been made.
The ICA pointed out four main areas of concern with Canada Post's RFP. First, it did not provide a clear budget, despite having done so in previous RFPs. Second, there is no pre-qualification process to create an agency shortlist, which Scott Knox, president and CEO of the ICA, says will result in an "open cattle call" that will cause an unnecessary amount of agencies to bear the cost of preparing a full pitch and client references to participate.
Third, the amount of paperwork required at this early stage of an agency review process further serves to drain agency resources. Finally, the ICA points out that the process will also be needlessly onerous and time-consuming for Canada Post, which it says would be "a bad use of taxpayers' dollars." While the public postal service is a Crown corporation, Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton pointed out in an email to strategy that it is mandated to be financially self-sufficient, meaning its operations and activities must be funded only by the revenue it generates through its products and services.
The process, as outlined by Hamilton, gives any proposer the ability to ask anonymized questions, which are posted to anyone that has downloaded the RFP to ensure information is shared. The selection methodology was pre-determined prior to release of the RFP, which included instructions on how agencies are to participate throughout the various stages and phases of the RFP process. While not creating a shortlist through a pre-qualification process, Canada Post claims any agency proposing can submit a phased response to the RFP as they meet qualifications to proceed to each stage as a shortlisted proposer.
The RFP also allows for the ability to propose on one or more of the four service areas so agencies can "not be bound to an 'all-in-one' solution, according to Hamilton. Knox says, however, that this division could result in up to 16 agencies committing resources to participate in the absence of a pre-qualification process.
The ICA first issued an alert about the RFP through its Pitch Watchdog program on Friday, April 5, informing member agencies that information about the RFP could potentially change ahead of the deadline, which was set for Wednesday, April 10. Knox and Leah Power, EVP of agency operations, had discussed with Canada Post its concerns about the RFP last Friday. According to the ICA, Canada Post had requested having the weekend to consider the concerns, but declined to pause the RFP process in the meantime, leading to the ICA's initial alert.
Knox tells strategy that a call scheduled for Monday, April 8, was cancelled. When reached by email, Canada Post told strategy it would "entirely inappropriate to insert changes from an external party at this point in our RFP process" and "unfair to the many organizations who have been working on their submissions." Canada Post first posted the RFP on the MERX tendering system on Feb. 27 and says it was contacted by the ICA on March 29. Canada Post says it has offered to speak with ICA after the current RFP is concluded to discuss any potential changes while also maintaining "the corporation's high standards and provide the openness and transparency expected of a Canadian Crown Corporation." As a Crown Corp, Canada Post is subject to rules on inclusion for its RFP process, which may not be within its power to change.
Knox admits that the boycott being called the day before the deadline is a tight timeline logistically, but feels it was still important to do. Firstly, it helps to validate the concerns of member agencies who had expressed concern about the RFP on their own. But it also sends a message to Canada Post and other clients in Canada about what the ICA is prepared to do when what it deems to be fair RFP processes aren't followed.


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