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April 1, 2017 · 12:59 pm
Bridges and LGBTQ+
"Over our 22 years of service to this campus we have been privileged to work with community leaders, alumni, administrators, students of all sorts and, with some regularity, parents who appreciate the way in which we try to build bridges in a world where walls are still too common." Doug Bauder, Director LGBTQ+ Culture Center, Indiana University, Bloomington
My LGBTQ+ friends are scared and I'm angry. If you're going to target my friends, you go through me. I'm under no delusions of my own grandeur — 5'4", small boned, late 50s, gray hair, not the person you dread meeting in a dark alley. But my laptop is my sword and I'm committed.
It's been a terrible few months, filled with betrayal, and my friends are afraid. They're afraid that laws will pronounce them lesser. They feel unsafe doing something as simple as holding hands. They're frightened that "equality" will no longer apply. They're afraid to be themselves.
Hatred, rage and fear are reaching epidemic proportions in the United States. It's a dangerous combination, fire and oil, flaring out of control. The beast is unleashed.
With hostility running rampant, I decided to donate 50% of my April book sale profits to an organization supporting the LGBTQ+ community. I needed to choose among several worthy organizations, and I thought long and hard. At first, I had no idea how to begin my search. Then I realized I needed to begin at the beginning: hatred, rage and fear.
As hatred, rage and fear skyrocket on college campuses, during this crucial developmental stage when values solidify, I decided to focus on that age group. I then narrowed my choices to state universities, because those institutions are accessible to more students than private institutions. I wanted to find an LGBTQ+ center that modeled decency and acceptance towards everyone, all of us. I was looking for a safe environment, empowering people to become their full selves. I wanted a place that stands tall to protect people from the worst of human nature, pack mentality, the primitive urge to exert power by hurting others. I wanted a place where people can relax and simply be. I also wanted an environment inclusive to the larger community, inviting people of all demographics to form a team against violence, bigotry, marginalization. Finally, I wanted a place committed not only to ongoing teaching, but also to ongoing learning.
I chose Indiana University's LGBTQ+ Culture Center (Bloomington campus).
With Doug Bauder (Director) at the helm, The LGBTQ+ Culture Center offers a banquet of exemplary support — personal, community, artistic, medical, educational, emotional. They've built a culture (and yes, I love their name) where people feel safe questioning, admitting they don't understand, searching. They welcome allies, including those who want to be allies but need guidance. Their community, within the larger university community, exemplifies educational ideals — an emotionally Safe Space, with a commitment to the No Safe Spaces perspective vital to the free exchange of ideas.
As I said, I'm angry — which distinguishes me not in the slightest. But the next step matters; now I have to choose how to handle my anger. I can pitch a fit, lash out, throw an Olympic caliber tantrum. But then I'd be feeding the culture of hatred, rage and fear. So I'm choosing a different culture. Instead, I'm going to look to Indiana University's LGBTQ+ Culture Center as my role model. When I feel weary, discouraged, consumed with anger, I'll remember Doug Bauder's words: "We try to build bridges in a world where walls are still too common."
Then I'll regroup, focus, and write with heart and fire. ___
To learn more about IU LGBTQ+ Culture Center, click on the link. http://glbt.indiana.edu/home.php.
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Hollywood High: Achieve The Honorable Caroline Black, 15 years old, leaves her wealthy prep school for the local public high school, which opens her world. At Hollywood High, she finds gangs, over 40 native languages, and terrible violence targeting the gay students. The story tracks a group of diverse high school friends as they confront homophobia in themselves and others, and follows one girl's journey after she comes out to her family. This novel was written in reaction to seeing gay teens bullied in high school.
Tightwire Caroline Black, 10 years later, navigates her first year of clinical training as a psychologist. Chapters in her treatment of a talented but stormy young man are interspersed with chapters of her own personal history. The story includes a strong friendship between two men, one gay and one straight. Two other key characters are a lesbian couple (raising two children) who become role model parents to the main character. This is a story of the importance of becoming your full self.
Amy's Author Page — read reviews, check out recent blog posts, purchase a book. https://www.amazon.com/Amy-Kaufman-Burk/e/B00R0S66Y4
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« Newcastle Sports Direct Franchise XI vs The Arsenal: The match screening event (part 2*)
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Onwards and Upwards: what will happen to Arsenal this summer
By Walter Broeckx
Some pundits couldn't understand the rather high level of celebration that could be seen amongst Gooners and Gunners after the final game, with even the manager joining in, in his own laid back way.
I do think that had more to do with the fact that they couldn't believe we did it again. I've read a list of those pundits who said (before the season started, and even half way through the season) that the spuds would take our place in the top 4.
And in case you are wondering these are the names: Hansen, Redknapp, Shearer, Piers, Bale, Smith, Hoddle, Wilkins, Quinn, Stelling, Thompson, Souness.
So if you see their names in the future you know what they actually know: nothing.
I also think that if Newcastle had scored (as the crowd at the lane thought for a moment had happened) the celebrations at the lane would still have been going on right now. The DVD would be up for sale around this time of the day and the pundits would maybe even be seen there amongst the celebrating crowd.
And then not one of those pundits would have raised the questions: why are they celebrating 4th place? No, they wouldn't have stopped praising them and talk about the spuds being the re-invention of the wheel and pushing mankind forward in to a new prosperity.
The away Gooners who once again did us proud, celebrated like mad. As they should do and usually do after each win. And the players joining them? Well hell yeah they did and they should! I always thought this was one of the wrong things at Arsenal. After winning a game the players usually shook hands with the opponent and the ref and just walked off.
But where I live, in continental Europe, this is not done in fact. Over here most teams after each game have the habit of applauding the fans and when they win and try to join in the celebrations of the fans. Not just at the end of the season but after each game.
I think in Germany this is also business as usual and I have noticed that our BFG Per Mertesacker really likes that interaction between the supporters and players. Just give him one more season and he will orchestrate the Emirates and the players when we win the title. You've heard it here first.
I think that interaction between players and supporters is good for both. They will appreciate each other and for the supporters feeling that the players appreciated your efforts during the game will be a good way to do even better the next time.
It was an important win, the last game of the season, getting in the top 4. So the players and supporters had every right to celebrate it. Even more as it was St. Totterhinghamsday at the same time. So each Gooner should have been celebrating. And the real ones did. And the players on the pitch showed it also.
And I think that this 4th place might be the most important 4th place ever in our history. During the season I had the pleasure to exchange a few words with a rather important person in our club. I considered his words off the record so I never used them before. And even now I will not use them. But now the season is done and we are in the CL qualifying round and are seeded and thus will play one of the smaller teams in that round I think I can report a summary of what he told me.
He said that the club would do all they could to land a top player in January but they would not and could not afford to throw all their budget at one player at the time. The let us say the "£30M player" was on the cards. But the selling club didn't want to sell and the deal was called off.
The Monreal deal was on the cards for this summer but because of the Santos crisis and the Gibbs injury that was brought forward.
And he also told me that the present core of the team would be the one they would build on and that they would add in the summer to this group. Not the Messi, Ronaldo signing of course. But the Cazorla, Podolski signings. Top players for affordable prices. And if a real opportunity arises they could break a transfer record this summer.
But the most important thing for this to make it possible was CL qualification. Missing out could have thrown us a few years back. I don't say this summer would have been complete disaster but it sure would have make some top signings a bit more difficult.
And my contact person said that after the careful years we would enter a new era this summer. One of Arsenal building the team and not rebuilding the team. Building on the foundations that have been put in the ground the last years and that we have seen come together in the second half of the season.
I think all people involved in the heart of the club were and are aware of this. And that is why the inner circle of the club (players and managers) celebrated this 4th spot so openly.
Somehow this past season and CL qualification and the coming summer might be the one that brings us back to where we all want Arsenal to be: to the top. Onwards and Upwards!
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May 22nd, 2013 | Category: Arsenal stories | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)
32 comments to Onwards and Upwards: what will happen to Arsenal this summer
Good Post, but i think you can add Tony Gale to that list of pundits, with reference to the most recent game we had against Norwich, I was listening to the commentry in disbelief at how biased he was, so for me he is another anti-arsenal agenda muppet.
FunGunner
Very true – it's the start of a new era. Also good to have confirmed that we are going to continue to look for value. That is always the right approach, whatever your price range. The front-loaded part of the funds from the new deal is a one-off, so we have to use it wisely.
Are you allowed to say who the £30m player was? Was it David Villa, or was the decision to go for him made later in the season?
Incidentally, it's been reported (with actual quotes from Fiorentina) that we are NOT interested in Jovetic, or at least have not yet made any inquiry, much less a bid. So that'll be the papers making things up again, surprise, surprise.
Great post! Why shouldnt we celebrate – this just shows the level of bitterness against our club by the media and unfortunately some of our supporters on talk radio- or at least those masking as our supporters. we see John Terry donning kits and celebrating after games he did not even play in so why shouldnt we celebrated? Has the Imperial Command of the UK media now deemed we are only allowed to celebrate actual silverware and not the process of getting there? Worth remembering, as pointed out in many blogs, those who had a go at us celebrating would be our most vicious critics had we failed. You are correct, if the spuds had got there, they would be dining out on that for the next decade.
As you say, onwards and upwards. There are some we cannot compete with financially but we are now moving far ahead of more immediate rivals, we have to start to make this show. We can now afford to be maybe less conservative over bringing players in. Hopefully, the era of WTF!!! transfers is over. Things have changed recently, this team in the run in were not playing wengerball. Not sure if it was wenger, bould or the tea lady who bought this in, nor do I care, but I am convinced this change of approach and the confidence it bought in saved our season. We had to stop leaking goals and making so many mistakes, Wenger took some tough decisions. I think coaching and maybe organisational and tactical tweaking may prove as effective as bringing players in, this team have been amazing lately. We will clearly need to score more, maybe be a but more creative but hopefully not sacrifice this new found defensive resiliance….and this team will go a long way
soglorious
add Piers Morgan to that list would you? then make sure the "NOTHING" that they know about Arsenal and football in general is written in CAPITAL letters, underlined and BOLDENED. please do that for me. you would make my day. Pundits my foot.
bjtgooner
Excellent post Walter. After the start we had this season we have every right to celebrate – to again qualify for the CL, to maintain the streak in the face of many trying to prevent that happening, to improve our bargaining position over the summer, helping AW build on an already good squad – and, oh yes, putting the Spuds in their place.
I am still celebrating & my favourite malt has been hard hit!
There is an air of optimism around based on a number of points – the core of the squad looks as if they are staying with us this summer, so no enforced rebuilds, we have a good base going forward and the manager has more funds to use. In addition we should remember that a number of players have grown in confidence and stature during the season.
There are plenty of reasons to celebrate – although the AAA seem unusually muted!
@Mandy
Good post – agree fully.
Look, these so-called pundits are no better placed to forecast how things will turn out than the rest of us. They react to each and every result in a way that they think their wider audience (not just Arsenal fans) will want. And then they will forecast (or rather guess) on what that means for the future. So they sway with the prevailing mood.
After the Spurs result, they were down on us to a man. Gradually after Munich they started to soften it bit. In recent weeks I've heard both Souness and Hoddle be much more positive towards us. A couple of weeks ago on MOTD Hansen swopped horses and said we would qualify for the CL while Shearer disagreed. I actually think Shearer is the most anti-Arsenal of them them all, probably because we spoiled his cup final when at Newcastle.
As for Piers Morgan, the biggest self-promoting glory-hunting plastic 'fan' of them all … let him twitter himself away from across the pond for all I care.
I saw Piers Morgan tweeted today that next season we wont make champions league tagged with #wengerout.
The guy has a serious problem. How did someone so negative have the success he has enjoyed?
Arsenal FC, my inspiration and motivation for everything I do! Studying, Gym, even making love to my girl, I prepare for them with the same intensity I'd want from Wenger's boys the week before a game at Old Trafford.
@Stuart: By knowing what to do and say in order to get people talking.
I agree with Mandy Dodd (even if she does tempt fate regarding Carlton Cole) and further would like to mention that had we not celebrated 4th, we would surely have been taking it for granted in a rather arrogant way.
rantetta
Walter, beautiful.
I'm still for WTF signings, because so many of Mr Wenger's signing's fall into this category: Henry, Vierra, Kos, Fab, Song, Tourre, etc. Sure, some didn't work out – A Bischoff, Sqillachi, Park, etc. Many clubs have these.
And then there are the "ready made" players that failed. I'm thinking of Richard Wright and 'fox in the box', Jeffers.
I get excited thinking about how unknown players will develop within the Arsenal set-up. And to then watch them grow into the team – is great. Yep, let us have a name or 2 but I'd like those players to really get into the Arsenal way, in terms of being good, hard working, intelligent human beings (so there's no room in my fantasies for Wayne Rooney, sorry).
We must celebrate our 4th place all Summer, because there are people out there who've spent the last Summers plotting Arsenal's demise, in one way or another, and we can't assume it's gonna stop now. These Arsenal haters will come with their crap – over and over and over. Arsenal lovers will be par-protected from the oncoming bile by continued celebration of our amazing achievements over the years we've been at the Em's.
I like this article about St. Tott:
http://arsenalarsenal.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/hundredth-anniversary-of-st-totteringham%E2%80%99s-day-and-its-origins/
WalterBroeckx
Great and funny link Rantetta 😉
Why shouldn't we celebrate??? That fool shearer came out with this on motd and I just couldn't understand it at all. Spuds fans were going wild at the thought Newcastle had equalized alone, what more would they have done had they qualified at our expense? I like the idea of the players celebrating together with the fans, have seen Dortmund do it countless times and anyone can see there's a special bond there between Dortmund fans and their players. I'm envious of that and want it at Arsenal too. Screw the so-called pundits, or is it idiots. We will do as we please and if they don't like it they can go and do something-that-I-shall-not-dare-mention on a respectable blog as this one.
We have a wage bill of £143 million a year which we all contribute to so finishing 4th was nothing really to celebrate.
Funny how i have been to nearly every home game for ages and have never got any inside information. Walter turns up for an ice cream and people are spilling the club secrets to him. Top fella !!
Maybe if you started a blog and worked hard on writing material for it instead of dropping snide comments you might get some inside track too. However, you shouldn't take comments of inside knowledge at face value. Take it as an opinion and decide for yourself if it makes sense. Of course how much you trust a person comes into it too.
As for our wage bill. It includes ALL employees, not just players. Arsenal employs nearly 500 people.
Maybe I'm just a reliable guy 🙂 😉 But I have noticed in my life that people do tell me things hey sometimes don't tell to others. Maybe because they know I don't talk too much? Because they think I can keep a secret?
I honestly don't know why but a lot of times people told me something that started with: I will tell you this but please don't tell it any further. And then I confirm this and then I will not tell it any further.
I could write a book about secrets I know 🙂 LOL 🙂
Dont talk to much? If your writing is anything to go by you never shut up.
Tell us a secret Walter, please!!
The point being the Spuds is £50 million less and i am sure they have lots of Employess also.
Most football clubs, I think, separate their players wages from the employees wages. Arsenal don't. But even if this is the same with Spurs, I am certain Arsenal employ many more people than Spurs do. ManU employ the most. They had a team of something like 70 people working on the commercial side alone.
But also, our wage bill is a function of our stability at the top level. We pay our players on the basis of having 16 years in the CL. Spurs pay on the basis of hoping to get into the CL. They can only maintain their level for a certain amount of time, which is the same argument for Arsenal, unless we increase our spend on transfers. Wages have a high correlation with league finish, but you can't concentrate only on wages, just like you can't concentrate only on transfers.
The point is, wages are a reflection of a long term basis. In the long term, we are way ahead of Spurs, even if they've come close to overhauling us (or even if they would have done one year) It can happen one or two years. But it is a lot tougher to do it regularly. We've done it, including finishing higher than Chelsea (and higher than ManU in the early 2000s) Spurs, so far, have not done it to us. And that consistency is what is toughest to achieve.
I'm excited about next season, feel this team is ready for big things now. I can already see another angle from the media; with all these noises in the media about how ready we are for a summer splurge, if we start winning things the story will change to Arsenal are now tasting success after their policy of not buying world class players failed. The idea will be to portray AW a failure, even in success. Anyway, its a better problem to have, they are always going to come up with some negative bs anyway.
KampalaGun
@matt sorry but the world is not fair that's why you will never know some of the secrets but let me tell you one secret sshhhhhhh Arsene is going no where and Fergus is going to QPR. hahahahahaha
There is a difference between giving my own opinion and what others tell me and pass it on.
I think fans should stop reading the media narrative with old cliches about Arsenal. This team is different – it is good and not far away from becoming exceptionally good. They are perhaps not as stylish as Invincibles but they are better in terms of grit and resilience. The way Arsenal were able grind 1-0 wins at the end of this season was in the best traditions of Mourinho's Chelsea. It is definitely not joga bonito but stuff like this wins you EPL titles.
What teams home games do u attend, because I doubt it's Arsenal?
The wage bill is high, what has that got to do with this article? In fact, finishing 4th with the added CL money will come in well handy to pay our astronomical wage bill! 🙂
It's funny how when ever the media use Arsenals season ticket prices, they never mention the fact they it includes all cup games (tbh I wish it didn't and reduced the price accordingly) and likewise with the wage bill that the hacks portray as being only players wages.
Wonder why that happens?
Well it's obvious some of us have hope and can see the path the club wish to tread. I cannot wait for next season to get underway, lots of players playing for their international place at the Brazilian World cup, our club wanting to make a serious statement of intent, let the anticipation build to the point of getting carried away.
Walter, say hello to the Vermaelen's from all at Untold.
Andrei, nice to see your back and hope your well.
This team or squad is still finding their feet and will develop their own style soon enough. Time, stability and working with a smile on their faces will see to that.
Micro-analysing the club wage bill from the outside and then making comparisons with the Spuds is really a discussion leading nowhere. The 4th place achievement was a sprint between ourselves and them over the last phase of the season to make the CL, which we won. The margin is largely irrelevent, other than the fact that they had a 7 point start. So sure we can celebrate and why not? It wasn't a celebration of the season as a whole, but simply getting one over our nearest rivals. That's what the local rivalry is about, and their fans would have reacted exactly the same.
When the final whistle went at Newcastle the away fans who travelled to back our lads were hardly worrying about wage bills.
the joy and celebration after the win really wasn't about securing 4th, its all about fighting to the end knowing there's no other help except picking themselves up and played for each other. What we witnessed its the relieve, and thus joy, after the final battle had been won.
Rupert Cook
Yes we had a great end to the season. That style of football isn't particularly pleasant to watch but it can win you trophies. But also a little perspective is needed, we had an easier run in than Spuds and we still couldn't get the better of Manu or Everton during that run in. Of our big rivals for the top 4 we only beat Spuds. That record has to be improved.
I don't know why people get upset by what tv pundits say. They usually play it safe and declaring their faith in Spuds securing fourth looked the most likely outcome. Some of them probably do hate Arsenal. So what? The more they get it wrong the more people refuse to take them seriously.
Interestingly I glanced at the Mirror a couple of days ago and one of their journalists was praising Wenger and the amazing job he's done considering the restraints he's had to work under. He was scathing of any supporter doubting him. So maybe the media isn't all bad?
There isn't too much the team needs but a small injection of world class additions. With that a trophy or two could be secured. And trophies tempt confidence from its hiding place.
I note it has taken the rupert (negative AAA sewer rat) four days to acknowledge our success. One could be tempted to comment "better late than never" – but in reality we have had four very pleasant days.
While we're naming the no-mark pundits, lets remember the no-mark hacks, who on a daily basis couldn't help themselves in slagging Arsenal at every opportunity. Does anyone really read papers any more? Much better to get to the truth in a blog. I can say that every single journo on the Sunday Supplement (why do I watch this garbage?) had it in for us. 'Oh, no chance of CL, not even halfway PL finish.' I loathe them (Lord Snooty, the fat hairy Hammers one, the Custis twins, Dracula Smith, Martin Ratface, Sweaty Richo,and many more – hahahaha!) They have one agenda: talking rubbish. I'm glad the players celebrated, we did in our house when we got back. This run of ours was good enough to win the title, if it can be replicated with a great start next season. 3 or 4 good quality signings, completed early, would be awesome.
Andy Mack
Spuds wage bill needs to be as small as possible as they are desperately saving towards the cost of a new stadium.
Having said that, the new TV deal will really put them in a better position than we were when the emirates construction started. Plus the local council is scared spudless that they'll move and the council will have to raise a shedload of money to regenerate the 3rd world area that is WHL, so they allow Levy much more finance from the public purse than we ever got. I'll be interested to see if they can keep their europa cup qualifying record whilst all this goes on.


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Lyf Earth 1, Water 1, Water 2 Price, Specifications Revealed by Reliance
By Ketan Pratap | Updated: 27 January 2016 16:43 IST
Reliance Retail's Lyf branded smartphones have now been listed by the company's online store ahead of an official announcement. Reliance Digital has listed the Lyf Earth 1 (seen above), Water 1, and Water 2 smartphones with pricing details. Unfortunately, there is no word on the availability of the handsets as of now.
The Lyf Earth 1, which was revealed by the company earlier this month, has been listed at Rs. 23,990. The Lyf Water 1 has been priced at Rs. 14,999 and Lyf Water 2 at Rs. 14,690. A report earlier this week claimed that Reliance's much-anticipated Lyf series of smartphones would go on sale in the first week of February and will be available in at least 13 cities.
For specifications, the Lyf Water 1 (seen above) and Lyf Water 2 smartphones come with a lot of similar innards such as both feature 5-inch LCD display; 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939); 2GB of RAM; 16GB of storage, and expandable storage support via microSD card (up to 32GB). Both the handsets sport 13-megapixel rear as well as 5-megapixel front-facing cameras. Both dual-SIM smartphones support 4G LTE bands in India. Connectivity options include GPRS/ EDGE, GPS, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Micro-USB.
There are few differences as well as Water 2 sports HD (720x1280 pixels) screen resolution while the Water 1 sports full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) screen resolution. The Lyf Water 1 runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box. The Lyf Water 2, on the other hand, runs Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. The Water 1 packs a 2600mAh battery while the Water 2 packs 2400mAh battery.
According to the Reliance Digital listing, the Water 2 (seen above) packs a 7.7mm unibody design and sport dual tone silver matte finish. The 135 gram device is also listed to include "retina scan access"; though there are no further details about the feature. The 6.8mm measuring Water 1 smartphone sports unibody design with dual glass finish. The handset sport LED flash on both front and rear panels.
Lastly, the Lyf Earth 1, as reported earlier, features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) AMOLED display. Much like the Water 1 and Water 2 smartphones, the Earth 1 also packs octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) processor clocked at 1.5GHz clubbed with 3GB of RAM. The handset packs 32GB of storage and supports an additional 32GB of storage via microSD card. The Earth 1 smartphone sports dual rear cameras, with one 13-megapixel sensor and one 2-megapixel sensor. It also packs a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS. The Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based Lyf Earth 1 runs on a 3500mAh battery. Weighing 162.5 grams, it measures in at 154x76.6x7.25mm.
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Professional networking opportunities are often cited as an important part of what you stand to gain by attending one of the world's leading business schools. The chance not only to get to know fellow classmates of high potential but also to gain access to an extensive and global alumni network consistently lies among the main motivations for MBA study, according to QS's annual survey of MBA applicants.
But, is it possible to go one step further than a business school's alumni network? The organizers of an annual event known as the MBA World Summit believe it is and are currently in the middle of visiting 30 business schools around the world to explain why.
The summit, launched in 2014, is built around the concept of bringing together some of the world's leading MBA students under one roof. There, participants get a chance to discuss the latest hot business topics and trends over the course of three or four days, exchanging ideas with those from cultures far removed from their own in the process. Attendees at these events, which have taken place in Hong Kong and Barcelona so far, with a date set for Miami in 2016, are then invited to join an additional alumni network, known as the Global Leadership Community, (GLC).
To aid the atmosphere in this respect, the summit runs a selection process akin to an MBA admissions process and limits annual attendance to approximately 100 MBA students: "It shouldn't be too anonymous," Reiss reasons. Certainly, this line of thinking is supported by business schools with smaller MBA class sizes, where the virtues of joining a close-knit community conducive to forming stronger bonds and, therefore, longer-lasting relationships are often accentuated.
A key facet of the summit's selection process is an asynchronous video interview that the organizers use to get an indication of an applicant's personality – as is the case among a handful of business schools that also use videos as a portion of their MBA application. The principal idea behind it is to enable decision makers to select candidates they feel will represent a good fit for the program or, in this case, event.
The current whistlestop tour of 30 business schools is being made in preparation for the upcoming summit in Miami, and has allowed Reiss and his team to meet with schools' career centers as well as current students and club presidents.
Due to the scale of ambition Reiss has for the summit and GLC – long-term, he wants it to develop into a forum for ideas and projects that attracts the attention of key influencers in the economy, politics and media – attracting the very best MBA students is clearly the clinching factor.
With this in mind, the event draws on the existing connections and experience of its organizing company, QX–Quarterly Crossing – a membership network for career and leadership development that has a particular focus on talent management. QX, which has its origins in an institute that sought to help students find internships overseas, provides the mechanism that allows Reiss and his colleagues to whittle down applications to the summit. It also allows them to offer those selected the option of talking to recruiters, in the shape of partner companies, while they're in attendance.
Even so, the event is first and foremost about giving its participants a platform on which they can discuss thoughts and ideas that are important to them. Indeed, part of the application asks students if there's a particular topic they'd like to see included at the summit.
"It does not have to be an 100% perfect application where you must come from one of the best MBA schools and where you have to have been with one of the best companies beforehand, it also can be something in your CV and application that creates interest." The summit's 2016 edition in Miami takes place in the second week of March.


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July 19, 2012, - 1:28 pm
Mehdi Ghezali: Bush Freed Bulgaria Bus Bomber of Jews From Gitmo, Fake Mich Driver's License No Coincidence
President Bush released Mehdi Ghezali to freedom to bomb a bus of Israelis in Bulgaria. His catch-and-release-Islamic-terrorists approach has now resulted in more murders of innocent civilians in Islamic terrorist acts. And Bush released Ghezali, despite his strong ties to convicted Millennium Bomber Ahmed Ressam. To those saying they "miss Bush," is that one of many boneheaded Pan-Islamic things he did that you miss?
News reports are now confirming that the suicide bomber who murdered five people in yesterday's bus bombing is Ghezali, a Swedish citizen of Algerian and Finnish descent, known as "Cuba-Swede." He was a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay from 2002-2004, at which point he was released to freedom to kill more innocent people. An Al-Qaeda member, Ghezali was responsible for a prison uprising which killed 17 people, and yet President Bush chose to release him into the great abyss. Ghezali grew up in Sweden, committed crimes in Portugal (where he tried and failed to become a star soccer player), and was educated in mosques and Muslim schools in the West (in Great Britain) and, later, in Saudi Arabia. He was also caught trying to sneak into Afghanistan from Pakistan in 2009 after fighting with over 100 Al-Qaeda fighters in the Tora Bora Mountains, and yet he was released again. Oh, and when Ghezali was released by the Bush Administration, he was sent to Sweden, where the Swedish government–now quick to pander to that country's growing population of Islamic immigrants–could have tried him for a number of war crimes and terrorist acts, and yet, they chose to let him live free. Now, we see the results. A bus full of people injured, a good number of them dead. Was this not predictable, given Ghezali's history and the fact that before he came to Gitmo, Ghezali lived at the Jalalabad hideout of Millennium Bomber Ahmed Ressam, something we knew after we captured Ressam years earlier?
A number of people are pointing to the phony Michigan driver's license that Ghezali had on him. And, make no mistake, Michigan was picked for a reason, as it has a high number of Shi'ite Muslims and it is Hezbollah central. Although Mehdi Ghazali was a Sunni Muslim, his bombing in Bulgaria, yesterday, is yet more evidence that Sunni Al-Qaeda operatives are doing Shi'ite Iran's and Hezbollah's work, something that the know-it-alls, who actually know nothing, seem to miss. Yesterday's bombing was done on behalf of the Shi'ites of Iran and Hezbollah. And their most concentrated mass of supporters in America is in Dearbornistan and Dearbornistan Heights, Michigan. As I noted yesterday, not only was the Bulgaria bus bombing done on the 18th anniversary of the 1994 Iran/Hezbollah bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but the family of the man who did that bombing, Ibrahim Hussein Berro, live in Dearborn and proudly gave DNA to identify him. I would not be surprised if the reason that Ghezali had a fake Michigan driver's license is that someone in Dearborn's Shi'ite Muslim community made it for him and had the Michigan template easily available.
Some schmuck named Andy Worthington wrote an anti-Gitmo book alleging the "innocence" of Ghezali: "The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison ." And before he bombed the bus and took other lives with his own in Bulgaria yesterday, Ghezali wrote a book against the U.S., detailing his stay at Hotel Gitmo and was planning a class-action lawsuit against America. But I guess there are no dead and injured Jews plus 72-revirginized in those pipe dreams. So, he sought richer jihadist pasture because George W. Bush and the Swedes gave him the chance.
By the way, Swedish intelligence agents were supposed to monitor Ghezali after his release from Gitmo. Hey, how did that monitoring work out? Ask his victims from yesterday. The ones who still have a pulse.
News outlets in Bulgaria name suspected terrorist who blew up Israeli tour bus as Mehdi Ghezali, who spent two years in Guantanamo Bay. Security camera footage shows suspected bomber wandering in and out of terminal.
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Bulgarian media named the suspected suicide bomber who blew up a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Burgas airport on Wednesday as Mehdi Ghezali, an Algerian-Swedish Islamist who spent two years in Guantanamo Bay.
ABC News has published a photo of a fake Michigan driver's license that belonged to the man who was identified by Bulgarian authorities as the suicide bomber who blew up a tour us carrying Israelis at Sarafovo Airport in Burgas on Wednesday.
According to the image obtained by ABC, the "Michigan Operator's License" with the name "Jacque Felipe Martin" showed that the suspect included a fake Louisiana address as his permanent residence. The address is actually that of a Baton Rouge, La., casino called the Belle of Baton Rouge. . . .
Bulgarian television aired security camera footage Thursday showing the suspected bomber wandering in and out of the terminal shortly before the blast. He was dressed as a tourist himself, wearing a baseball cap, T-shirt, plaid shorts and sneakers with short white socks. He carried a large backpack with wheels. . . .
The body of the man seen in the video sustained the most severe damage in the blast, leading investigators to believe he was the suicide bomber. An American passport (Michigan), which was apparently fake, and other personal documents were found in his belongings.
Officials were using DNA samples to try to establish his identity. Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov told reporters that a Michigan driver's license was retrieved, but he said US officials reported that "there was no such person in their database."
That's irrelevant. I guarantee you there are several people in that database who helped him get the fake Michigan ID. And the fact is that this cretin was, in fact, in our database when he lived at Gitmo, where he should have remained.
This is what happens when you send terrorists to freedom. They kill again. It's not Einstein stuff to figure that out.
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baz, you take the muslim scum cowardly murderers and feed them while alive to live pigs, pigs are carnivors and will eat single cell humans. Take the pig's shit, in other words the dead scum remains, and send it to their mosque
shitemus on July 21, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Poor Baz! He tries all the usual Muslim tricks, but nobody is impressed.
Ultimately, our goal must be — as I've said several times before — to free the world from Islam. It is possible to deal with most groups of people rationally given capitalism. Muslims, though, just as Jefferson pointed out, are an exception.
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What is the Gorosei in One Piece? This is all that is known about the enigmatic Five Elders
December 26, 2022 by Nadine Lewis
What is the great antagonist of one piece? Answering this question is not as simple as it seems. Throughout the entire story devised by Eiichiro Oda, various characters and groups have appeared that with their actions have proven to be true villains who oppose Luffy and his family. blackbeard seems to be the direct rival of the protagonist, however we cannot forget other important figures such as Akainu or the Gorosei.
Of these three possibilities, the last one should be highlighted because it is the one about which we know the least information. The Five Elders They have been with us for a long time but today not much is known about them. What are their goals? Are they really powerful? Are they immortal? Time to analyze all the data we have on this group.
What is Gorosei?
The Gorosei is a group of five people who, in addition to being World Nobles, are above all others and are responsible for making all the important decisions of the World Government🤝✅
They are directly responsible for the Navy, the Cipher Pol and the Three Powers system in the world⭐⭐⭐
They only take orders from one person: Im❗❗
Identities of the Five Elders
Today the names and ages of each are unknown of the members of the Gorosei, and since nothing has changed in 22 years, there are One Piece fans who believe that they could be immortals. Therefore, to talk about each of them I will use nicknames based on their appearances:
The one with the big scar: is the most talkative. He wanted to keep Shanks under control so that he wouldn't do anything to alter the order of the world, he was worried about Luffy and Garp's relationship, he wanted to keep an eye on Blackbeard and was the one who ordered CP0 to kill Luffy on Onigashima⚡
The tall guy with the long beard: He was the one who ordered Spandam to shoot Professor Clover when he tried to say the name of the Lost Kingdom. He also branded the Nefertari as traitors and showed interest in the connection between Luffy and Rayleigh.🧍♂
The one with the mustache and the spot on his forehead: After Crocodile's defeat, he was concerned about Luffy's threat, he was upset by Jinbe's defection as a member of the Shichibukai, and he highlighted Blackbeard's ability to possess two devil fruits at the same time👴🏼
the bald man with the sword: He is the only one who wears white (the others are in black) and who carries a weapon. He always worried about the stability of the Shichibukai system and ensures that the D are synonymous with "danger" for the rest of the world👨🦲🤺
The blond: this seems to be the youngest of all. He really hadn't done much until the Onigashima War, where revealed the true nature of the Gomu Gomu no Mi.one of the biggest revelations in all of One Piece👱🏼♂
The goals of the Gorosei
The Gorosei kneeling before Im
The main function of this group is ensure that order prevails in all the world's oceansand this is achieved maintaining the balance between the Three Great Powers (World Government-Yonkos-Shichibukai)✅
Additionally also they keep everything related to the Void Century a secretand they are capable of "erasing" any element of history that could uncover something that happened 800 years ago✅
Also they have a very close eye on those who have a D in their namessince they consider them a danger to humanity✅
And as a great final objective is the pay homage and carry out all the orders of Imthe true King of the World in One Piece✅
The mysteries we don't know yet
Fan art with the possible powers of the Gorosei created by newworldartur
Almost everything I have mentioned so far is what is officially known about the Gorosei, however there are still many unknowns to be resolved. What kind of power does each of these elders have? Will they ever fight the mugiwara in the Final War? Are they truly immortal? Why don't they want it to be known what happened in the Void Century?
They will undoubtedly play a key role in the final One Piece saga.
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published proposals following a rigorous classification scheme.
the problems that represent major adoption obstacles.
a founding principle of MDE.
lems (Winkler et al., 2012; Yue and Ali, 2012).
Batot, E., Sahraoui, H., Syriani, E., Molins, P. and Sboui, W.
Systematic Mapping Study of Model Transformations for Concrete Problems.
Figure 1: Flow of information during the selection process.
tributions, or if they respond to a practical need.
models, and the relation to industry.
in Section 4 and finally conclude in Section 5.
to discover the trends in model transformation.
nets (Syriani and Ergin, 2012).
this study: ICMT, ECMFA, MODELS, and SOSYM.
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The complete list is available online geodes.
interest in order to answer our research questions.
research questions stated in Section 2.
Figure 2: Evolution of concrete model transformations.
development task rather than a research endeavor.
Figure 3: Distribution of intent category.
10% of the classified papers, as depicted in Fig. 3.
by means of model transformation.
analyze software evolution and perform simulations.
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target, again to favor reuse of existing technologies.
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menting it in a one-time use tool (Yue and Ali, 2012).
is being recognized as a paradigm in itself.
toy examples, often made up for the particular work.
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Figure 6: Evolution of validation, model kind and orientation, and their influences.
transformation is itself described formally.
exploited to solve practical problems.
reached by model transformation, as stated for RQ1.
proach against a code-centric approach.
of web applications developed in an MDE process.
which empirical evaluations have been reported.
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Acher, M., Lahire, P., Moisan, S., and Rigault, J.-P. (2009).
Anastasakis, K., Bordbar, B., Georg, G., and Ray, I. (2007).
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Ikarbus Beograd (code BELEX : IKRB) est une entreprise serbe qui a son siège social à Zemun, un quartier de Belgrade. Elle travaille dans le secteur de l'industrie manufacturière et, plus particulièrement, dans la construction d'autobus.

Histoire

La société Ikarbus a été créée à Novi Sad le  par Dimitrije Konjović, un pilote et un officier de marine né à Stanišić, près de Sombor ; son frère aîné était le compositeur Petar Konjović et il était cousin du peintre Milan Konjović ; à cette époque, l'entreprise, nommée Ikarus, était un avionneur, qui, en 1927, commença la production d'avions militaires. En 1932, le siège social d'Ikarus fut transféré à Zemun. En 1941, la société fut confisquée par les nazis et, après avoir été bombardée par les Alliés en avril 1944, elle reprit ses activités au début du mois de novembre de la même année. En 1946, Dimitrije Konjović fut jugé pour collaboration et, à la suite de ce procès, Ikarus fut confisqué par le gouvernement de la République fédérale socialiste de Yougoslavie. Le , Ikarus devint une entreprise d'État. De 1948 à 1954, la société sortit un certain nombre d'avions comme le bombardier Ikarus 214, conçu par Sima Milutinović ou encore l'avion de combat Ikarus S-49, le planeur Hawk 1, l'avion à réaction Ikarus 451, ou encore le planeur Ikarus Košava.

La société Ikarus sortit son premier autobus en 1954, tout en poursuivant sa carrière d'avionneur militaire. C'est ainsi que la firme créa le S-451MM Matica et le  S-451M Zolja. En revanche, en 1961, lui fut retiré son statut d'entreprise d'armement d'État. La société se consacra alors à la production d'autobus mais l'activité aéronautique est transférée à la nouvelle société SOKO. Le , Ikarus fut transformée en société par actions et, le , l'entreprise fut rebaptisée Ikarbus.

Ikarbus Beograd, sous le nom de Ikarbus Zemun, a été admise au libre marché de la Bourse de Belgrade le .

Activités
La société Ikarbus produit des autobus, à des fins commerciales et touristiques, notamment des bus roulant au gaz naturel, ainsi que des pièces servant à leur maintenance ; la société fournit également un service de maintenance pour les véhicules issus de sa propre chaîne de production.

Données boursières
Le , l'action de Ikarbus Beograd valait  RSD (). Elle a connu son cours le plus élevé, soit  (), le  et son cours le plus bas, soit  (), le .

Le capital de Ikarbus Beograd est détenu à hauteur de 74,80 % par des entités juridiques, dont 49,39 % par l'Agence de privatisation de la République de Serbie ; les personnes physiques en détiennent 23,22 %.

Notes et références

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Articles connexes
 Liste d'entreprises serbes
 Économie de la Serbie

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Search giant Google confirmed that when the news first broke it feared it as under attack.
Millions of people who searched for the star's name on Google News were greeted with an error page.
It warned users "your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application".
"It's true that between approximately 2.40PM Pacific and 3.15PM Pacific, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson and saw the error page," said Google spokesman Gabriel Stricker.
It was around this time that the singer was officially pronounced dead.
Google's trends page showed that searches for Michael Jackson had reached such a volume that in its so called "hotness" gauge the topic was rated "volcanic".
Google was not the only company overwhelmed by the public's clamour for information.
The micro blogging service Twitter crashed with the sheer volume of people using the service.
Queries about the star soon rocketed to the top of its updates and searches. But the amount of traffic meant it suffered one of its well-known outages.
Before the company's servers crashed, TweetVolume noted that "Michael Jackson" appeared in more than 66,500 Twitter updates.
According to initial data from Trendrr, a Web service that tracks activity on social media sites, the number of Twitter posts Thursday afternoon containing "Michael Jackson" totalled more than 100,000 per hour.
That put news of Jackson's death at least on par with the Iran protests, as Twitter posts about Iran topped 100,000 per hour on June 16 and eventually climbed to 220,000 per hour.
TMZ, the popular celebrity gossip site that broke the story following a tip-off that a paramedic had visited the singers home also crashed.
There was a domino effect as users then fled to other sites. With Hollywood gossip writer Perez Hilton's site was among those to flame out and also problems for the web sites of AOL, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and Yahoo.
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Major Facelift For Philly's Ritz Carlton
BY Brittany Trevick
Photo credit: Courtesy of The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia
The Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia will undergo a complete transformation later this year.
Architect and interior designer Wimberly Interiors is leading the project for the Avenue of the Arts-located hotel. Renovations include new guest rooms and meeting spaces a refreshed lobby experience and public spaces, and a new restaurant, bar and lounge. The project is slated begin this month and finish in spring 2016.
The facelift will focus on the hotel's history—it was originally built as a reproduction of the Pantheon when it opened in 1908 as The Girard Trust Company. The design will feature neutral colors, textures and materials of money and currency, with pops of metallic and bronze and will bring a fresh and sophisticated feel to the hotel. Artwork and guest amenities will reflect the heart and soul of Philadelphia.
Guest rooms will be updated with brand-new spaces for work and relaxation with luxurious fabrics in a neutral color palate. Green and blue along with bronze and nickel will finish of the space.
Meeting areas will be designed with neutral colors that flow through each function room. The hotel's history will again be reflected here with motifs from the building in the furniture details.
Updates to the lobby, lounge, restaurant and bar will come at the end of the renovation cycle; more details will be shared when available. The hotel will remain open throughout the renovation.
Working from Hotels: The New "WFH"
Remote working has become mainstream with the continued presence of COVID-19. While many people have welcomed the new normal of working from home, others miss the separation of spaces, as many corporate offices have remained closed since March. Without the daily obligation to go into the office, professionals have the ability to travel more freely. Hotels across the country are creating "work from hotel" deals–a play on "work from home"–so people can explore new places while still fitting in their 9 to 5.
DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia-Valley Forge Reopens After $18.5M Renovation
After several months of renovations, the DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia-Valley Forge is now open as the Alloy – King of Prussia, a DoubleTree by Hilton.
AHLA Launches #TakeMeBack Campaign To Create Nostalgia Around Travel
Due to COVID-19, non-essential travel was, or has been, banned for months. Long anticipated trips and in-person gatherings were canceled and people have adjusted to the new normal: staying at home and meeting over Zoom. However, states have been slowly lifting restrictions, and non-essential travel will soon be happening across the country again. However, some may not be as comfortable with the thought of traveling as they were before the pandemic.
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News • Sep 30, 2019
Annual Employee Benefits Summit covers wide-ranging topics for behind-the-scenes church, ministry employees.
Look around the ministry landscape today, and you will likely see a lot of new — and younger — faces. That's a good thing for churches and ministries with a vision to bring younger people into their fellowship. The millennial generation, born between 1980 and 1996, makes up half of today's workforce, and the up-and-coming Generation Z, those born after 1996, are trickling in, too. The future of the church and ministry workforce is here, and ministries nimble enough to respond, change and adapt to these changing demographics in both the pews and the church office are most likely to flourish.
Discussing generations in the modern-ministry workforce was one of the overriding themes featured in several of the more than 35 sessions at GuideStone's third Employee Benefits Summit September 16–17 in Dallas. The agenda's keynote and breakout sessions focused on workplace culture, employee engagement, benefit strategies and legal issues — all of which provided practical guidance for those managing behind-the-scenes work at churches and ministries. More than 25 speakers from the financial, legal, human resources and nonprofit world shared their knowledge with the nearly 200 attendees, representing churches and ministries from 20 states.
Amy Tracy, senior talent development specialist at GuideStone®, led one of the most popular sessions, where she discussed the various generations in the workplace and how they can best work together. Tracy provided historical context to explain the characteristics and traits of the four generations that make up today's workforce. She also provided tools to help employees of each generation respect the others and find common ground to achieve ministry goals.
"Our ministries can be stronger by drawing on the strengths and the unique experiences of each generation, rather than letting it be something that divides — 'us' versus 'them'," Tracy said.
"Every pastor is an interim pastor," William Vanderbloemen, founder and CEO of Vanderbloemen, said as he quoted the opening line of his book on succession (Next: Pastoral Succession That Works, Baker Books, 2014). Vanderbloemen serves the church by helping Christian organizations with staffing, compensation, succession and workplace culture consulting solutions.
In his talk, Vanderbloemen encouraged employers to be deliberate in providing a quality workplace culture. He defined "culture" as how an organization behaves while they are working to achieve their vision.
Summit attendees also spent time learning from the U.S. Secret Service on how to prevent their churches and ministries from falling victim to the rampant spread of cybercrime; MinistrySafe on what strategies to put in place to protect children from sexual predators; and the First Liberty Institute on why it's important to have detailed policies that outline your church's beliefs in the event that they are ever challenged in court.
"Managing the day-to-day business of running a church requires ministry leaders to be grounded in the Word of God and to stay on top of the pressing issues threatening to derail that work," said GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins. "We are so thankful for those who took time to attend. We are hopeful that what they learned will aid them as they continue serving in their ministries."
Shelly Moon is senior content specialist at GuideStone®.
Roy Hayhurst
Director of Denominational and Public Relations Services
GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention®
Roy.Hayhurst@GuideStone.org | (214) 720-2141


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Strop Joins Morrow On Sidelines As Maddon Ponders Closer
Filed Under:Brandon Morrow, Chicago Cubs, Joe Maddon, MLB, Pedro Strop
(AP) — Chicago Cubs reliever Pedro Strop has a strained right hamstring, eliminating the likely candidate to close at the start of the season as Brandon Morrow recovers from elbow surgery.
Strop, a 33-year-old right-hander, felt a hamstring issue on his last pitch on Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels, his second appearance of spring training.
An MRI on Monday revealed a mild strain. The Cubs said Strop is able to play catch but will not participate in game-related drills during the next week.
Morrow, a 34-year-old right-hander, had arthroscopic surgery on Nov. 6. He did not pitch last season after July 15.
If Strop isn't available to close, the Cubs' options include Steve Cishek, Carl Edwards Jr. and Brad Brach.


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Maybe you are planning a flight back home soon and dreading the LONG….lonnng flight back?
There is no easy way to fly back to Ireland without of course paying a million dollars for first or business class tickets.
But this week the team have some epic all inclusive deals available for Bali or Singapore!
But they are the real deal!
You literally can eat as much and drink as much as you please while chilling on your private sun lounger.
The food has everything from fresh seafood to juicy steaks. And of course plenty of vegetarian options.
You can't put a price taking a break from adding up your spending money to just put your feet up and enjoying the holiday.
Drinks – Water, fruit juice, fizzy drinks, coffee, tea, chocolate, beer, wines, aperitifs, cocktails, rum, whisky, gin and more both local and international brands. There is an extra charge for the Champagne and VSOP spirits.
Entertainment – Throughout the day, events are organised based on themes like sport, music or even the culture of the country. Performers and top-level sports players sometimes come and share their experience with you.
These are also great for families as children under four stay free.
So how much will the flights cost with these packages?
You can fly from anywhere in Australia and the price above is just for the flight.
You can see an estimate of all the return flights from Australia to Ireland on this blog post.
I had wanted to list out the the fares + the cost of the all inclusive as we normally do in our emails but because we are adding in the stopover the price can fluctuate a bit between each month and week.
I didn't want to give you a quote only for you to get another price when you contacted the team.
If you are interested in these packages(which by now you should be haha) email the team [email protected] to get a quote or give them a call on (02) 8512 9600.
These flights are mostly Qatar, Etihad and Emirates.
For Adelaide, they are just Emirates and Darwin is a two-stop option.
All fares have baggage, meals and Etihad fares can be Lay By(just pay a deposit, and you can pay off your fare over a few months).
Some of the fares are sale fares, and we will need full payment.
You do not have to be a student to use this service.
Every month we break down the cheapest fares over a two week period in that month.
We have been partners since 2015, and thousands of Irish people living in Australia have booked their flights home with our team.
Any questions about the place, accomodation be sure to let the team know.
Enjoy the cocktails and the beach!


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FRANCES KOZIAR
Print Re-Publications
FICTION PUBLICATIONS
Print publications that are no longer available for viewing/purchase can be read under the "Print Re-Publications" tab.
-- Upcoming "Sacrifice", Historical Fiction (Aztec child sacrifice), 5660w. February 2022 in White Wall Review.
-- Upcoming "Finding Dad", Contemporary Fiction, 2100w. Jan 2022 in Cardinal Sins.
-- Upcoming "Admirer", Contemporary Thriller, 1340w. Jan 2022 in Cardinal Sins. [I will have 3 fiction pieces in this issue]
-- Upcoming "The Monster", Horror, 350w. 2022 in Cardinal Sins.
-- Upcoming "For Esnan", High Fantasy (loss, oppression), 3280w. Feb 2022 in the (queer speculative) anthology Prismatic Dreams, by All Worlds Wayfarer.
-- Upcoming "Circles of Return", dark contemporary, 1820w (depression, oppression). 2022 in Sheepshead Review.
-- Upcoming "Sister", Contemporary Fiction (racism), 1900w. 2022 in Wards, Issue 7 ("Resist" Theme). [Free access] https://www.wardslitmag.com/issues
-- "Wishes", High Fantasy (loss), 310w. Published January 2022 in Breath and Shadow. [Free access] https://www.abilitymaine.org/bs2022winter-1/%22wishes%22
-- "The Lights of Passing", High Fantasy (funeral), 2040w. Published January 2022 in Orca, Issue 9. [Free access] https://orcalit.com/issue-9-winter-2022/
-- "Three Deaths and a Life", High Fantasy (meaning of life), 3520w. Published December 2021 in All Worlds Wayfarer, issue 11. [Free access] http://www.allworldswayfarer.com/currentissue/
-- "Hero", High Fantasy (ageing), 1130w. Published December 2021 in Daily Science Fiction. [Free access] https://dailysciencefiction.com/fantasy/high-fantasy/frances-koziar/hero_fantasy
-- "Dinner", YA Contemporary (abuse), 580w. Published November 2021 in The Helix. [Free access] https://helixmagazine.org/fall-2021/
-- "Hard Years", Nanofiction (twitter fiction). Published November 2021 in Nanoism. [Free access] https://nanoism.net/writer/frances-koziar/
-- "Lost to the Dark", High Fantasy (trauma, captivity), 4000w. Published November 2021 in Wyldblood, Issue 6. [Paid access] https://wyldblood.com/magazine/
-- "Anniversaries", Contemporary Fiction, 95w (loss). Published August 2021 in The Aurora Journal. [Free access] https://www.theaurorajournal.org/summer-2021-volume/anniversaries
-- "Dust", Contemporary Fiction (regret), 90w. Published July 2021 in Microfiction Monday Magazine [Free access] https://microfictionmondaymagazine.com/2021/07/05/microfiction-monday-109th-edition/
-- "Werewolves", Dark Contemporary (sexual assault trauma), 360w. Published June 2021 in Flare, Issue 5 [Free access] https://www.flarejournal.com/issue-five-prose
-- "Water", Dark Contemporary (trauma), 1140w. Published May 2021 in Coffin Bell, Issue 4.2 [Free access] https://coffinbell.com/water/
-- "Flame in the Night", Historical Fiction (Aztec), 1700w. Published March 2021 in Wild Roof Journal, Issue 7. [Free access] https://wildroofjournal.com/issue-7-frances-koziar/
-- "Unchained", Contemporary (kidnapping), 7500w. Published November 2020 in Scarlet Leaf Review. [Free access] https://www.scarletleafreview.com/short-stories39/category/frances-koziar
The link keeps changing on this site: if it brings up a blank page beneath the website header, try adding one to the number in it (e.g. short-stories40 or short-stories41)
-- "The Years of My Life", Contemporary (terminal illness), 1320w. Published October 2020 in Evening Street Press, Issue 26. [Print, paid access] https://eveningstreetpress.com/all-issues.html
-- "The Sea of Grass", Magical Realism (surreal), 400w. [Republication]
- October 2020 in Fresh Ink [free access] https://fresh.ink/magazine/8226
- November 2021 in Abstract: Contemporary Expressions [Free access]
-- "Unwanted", Contemporary (foster kid), 100w. Published August 2020 in Fabula Argentea, Issue 31. [Free access] https://fabulaargentea.com/index.php/article/unwanted-by-frances-koziar/
-- "One Way or the Other", Contemporary (kidnapping, Stockholm Syndrome), 270w. Published August 2020 in Bookends Review [Free access] http://thebookendsreview.com/2020/08/31/one-way-or-the-other/
-- "Ace", Contemporary (ace) Romance, 1210w. Published August 2020 in LitroNY Online [Free access] https://www.litromagazine.com/usa/2020/08/ace/
-- "The Kahia", Anthropological Fiction (rite of passage), 2630w. Published August 2020 in Qwerty, Issue 41 (Ecology issue). [Paid access, print] https://www.qwertyunb.com/issues
-- "The Cabin", Snow White retelling (social justice), 8000w. Published May 2020 in Scarlet Leaf Review. [Free access] https://www.scarletleafreview.com/short-stories9/category/frances-koziar
The link keeps changing on this site: if it brings up a blank page beneath the website header, try adding one to the number in it (e.g. short-stories10 or short-stories11)
-- "Cast Away", Contemporary (queer-phobia), 60w. Published April 2020 in Centifictionist. [Free access] https://thecentifictionist.home.blog/2020/04/21/cast-away/
-- "Diagnosis", Nanofiction (twitter-fiction). Published February 2020 in Nanoism. [Free access] https://nanoism.net/writer/frances-koziar/
-- "The Wishing Tree", Sci-Fi/Fantasy (end of the world), 200w, and "The Photograph" (trauma), Contemporary, 100w. Published January 2020 in Breath and Shadow. [Free Access] https://www.abilitymaine.org/bs2020winter/%22The-Wishing-Tree%22-and-%22The-Photograph%22
-- "Protected", Magical Realism (child abuse), 300w. Published August 2019 in Panoplyzine, Issue 13. [Free Access] https://panoplyzine.com/2019/08/23/issue-13-summer-autumn-2019/
-- "The Light", YA fiction (abusive parents), 500w. Published April 2019 in DASH Literary Journal. [Print but no longer available. See "Print Re-Publications" tab for story]
-- "To Be an Aclla" , Historical Fiction (Inca), 1400w. Published March 2019 in Copperfield Review. [Free access] https://copperfieldreview.com/?p=4124
-- "The Polovokai", Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Dangerous Cultures series part 3/3), 800w. Published February 2019 in Litro Online. [Free access] https://www.litro.co.uk/2019/02/the-polovakai/
-- "Survivor", 10-word story. Published February 2019 in Dime Show Review. [Free access] https://www.dimeshowreview.com/survivor-by-frances-koziar/
-- "I am I", Anthropological Fiction (personhood), 500w. Published February 2019 in Dodging the Rain. [Free access] https://dodgingtherain.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/frances-koziar-i-am-i/
OLDER FICTION (2012-2018)
-- "The Storm" (trauma, c-PTSD), Contemporary Fiction, 2000w. Published October 2018 in The Passed Note, Issue 8. [Free access] https://thepassednotereview.com/archive/
-- "The Filira", Sci-Fi/Fantasy (Dangerous Cultures series part 2/3), 800w. Published September 2018 in Dragon Poet Review, Summer/Fall Issue, pp. 118-119. [Free access] https://dragonpoetreview.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/summer-fall-2018-issue-dragon-poet-review1.pdf
-- "Cinderella's Hope", Cinderella Retelling/Historical, 15 000w. Published May 2018 in Scarlet Leaf Review. [Free access] https://www.scarletleafreview.com/short-stories42/category/frances-koziar
Note: This link keeps changing -- if it brings up a blank page beneath the website header, try adding one to the number in it (e.g. short-stories43 or 44)
-- "The Karakari", Fantasy (Dangerous Cultures series part 1/3), 700w. Published March 2018 in Gathering Storm Magazine. [Paid access, print] https://www.amazon.ca/Gathering-Storm-Magazine-Year-Issue/dp/0692089764
-- "Hope", Contemporary Fiction (abusive relationships), 1300w. Published October 2016 in Romance Magazine, vol. 4, no.9. [Paid access, print] https://www.amazon.com/Romance-Magazine-Vol-04-No/dp/B01M5IZSYD
-- "Foster Kid", YA Contemporary, 7000w. Published March 2016 in Yarn Review. [Free access] http://yareview.net/2016/03/foster-kid/
-- "The Sea of Grass", Magical Realism (surreal), 400w. Published in Spring's Gentle Rain anthology by the Poetry Institute of Canada. Award of Excellence. [Print; No longer available, but republished in 2020 (see 2020 Fiction)]
-- "The Gate", Dark Fantasy (grief), 2000w. Published in 2014 in Romance Magazine, vol.2, no.7. [Print but no longer available: See "Print Re-Publications" tab for full story.]
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[US-NK Summit] Singapore: multicultural 'little red dot' with S. Korea, NK ties
By Cheryl Faith Wee
How much do S. Koreans know about the island nation?
The outcome of the US-North Korea summit on June 12 remains to be seen, but Singaporeans have offered their own cheeky take on the matter with memes that poke fun at the two leaders.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hobnob in the rooftop infinity pool of Marina Bay Sands against a backdrop of the Singapore skyline. They pose awkwardly for a picture together near a statue of the Merlion -- a creature with the head of a lion and body of a fish.
Such edited images have been making the rounds on social media since the announcement the country would host the summit.
The waterfront Merlion Park is located opposite the Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore. (Singapore Tourism Board)
Singapore's residents are no strangers to world leaders descending upon the city-state for significant events, including the first meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in 2015.
On the other hand, outsiders -- including Trump -- might not be as familiar with the island nation.
In 2017, Trump confused Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong with Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in a caption on his Instagram account, though the mistake was quickly corrected.
Despite the blunder, Lee has welcomed the US-North Korea summit.
With South Korea and other countries highly anticipating the event, Singapore has suddenly found itself on the radar of onlookers worldwide.
But how much do people on this side of Asia know about the city-state? The Korea Herald has put together a list of 10 things that South Koreans may not have known about the country.
1. Little red dot
Singapore is so small that it is often identified on maps with just a red dot. In the late 1990s an Indonesian politician described the nation as a "little red dot," referring to its small size in comparison to his own country. The phrase has since become often used in media.
Located near the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore's total land area is around 720 square kilometers -- some 115 square kilometers bigger than Seoul -- including the main island and 62 other smaller islands considered part of its territory.
2. Winter in Singapore?
As a Singaporean living in Seoul, this reporter has been asked by South Koreans whether Singapore experiences winter. The answer is no -- not unless you consider January this year when an unusual cold spell of around 21 degrees Celsius sent a handful of Singaporeans reaching for their winter gear.
Temperatures are usually between 23 and 33 C all year round. Situated near the equator, the country has two monsoon seasons that bring moderate to heavy rainfall, from December to early March and June to September, according to the Meteorological Service Singapore.
A row of shophouses in Singapore's Little India (Singapore Tourism Board)
3. Cultural hodgepodge
Whether strolling along the streets or taking the subway, it is easy to spot people of different races in Singapore.
Ethnic Chinese make up around three-quarters of the citizen population, with the remainder consisting of Malays (13 percent), Indians, (9 percent) and others such as Caucasians, according to government statistics.
The diversity can be traced back to the 1800s, when migrants from China, India and the Malay Archipelago began to come in droves to the island after the British established a trading post. Ethnic enclaves such as Chinatown, Little India and Kampong Glam still exist.
4. Former British colony
Singapore became a British crown colony in 1867 as part of a group of British territories in Southeast Asia. It was occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945 but came back under British control after World War II. It became a self-governing state in 1959 and separated from Malaysia to become an independent state in 1965.
Buildings dating back to the colonial period remain, though they now mostly house museums, restaurants and hotels. For instance, there is the Fullerton Hotel Singapore building, named after the first governor of the Straits Settlements.
5. English or Singlish
Although English is the main language used in schools and at workplaces, most Singaporeans are bilingual, as the Education Ministry requires students to learn an additional language, usually either Chinese, Malay or Tamil, depending on the ethnic group.
Influenced by the mix of languages, Singaporeans have come up with their own form of colloquial English, referred to as Singlish, which borrows words from the three languages as well as dialects. A single sentence spoken by a Singaporean could be peppered with words from different languages.
Critics have denounced Singlish as "bad English," but many Singaporeans say it is an intrinsic part of their identity.
Buildings in Boat Quay along the Singapore River (Singapore Tourism Board)
6. Drinking rules
Enjoying a couple of drinks next to the Han River is a popular activity in Seoul, but be careful doing the same in Singapore -- it is against the law to consume alcohol in public places such as parks and beaches between 10:30 p.m. and 7 a.m. Retailers are also not allowed to sell takeaway alcohol during that duration.
However, people are allowed to drink at pubs, restaurants, coffee shops and other licensed premises during that time frame. Those caught drinking illegally could be fined up to 1,000 Singapore dollars ($749). Repeat offenders could be fined up to SG$2000 and jailed up to three months. There are stricter rules in the Geylang and Little India areas.
7. Swept up by Korean Wave
Hallyu has swept across the country in the past decade, from K-beauty cosmetics to K-pop to Korean food invading the daily lives of Singaporeans. Many Korean celebrities have held performances or fan meetings in the city-state, including EXO, BTS and actor Song Joong-ki.
In a nation obsessed with food, Korean restaurants have sprouted up in areas such as Tanjong Pagar in the central business district, where you can find Korean-style fried chicken.
Korean instant noodles and snacks are also widely sold at convenience stores and supermarkets in the country.
8. NK-Singapore links
The North Korean Embassy in Singapore sits on the 15th floor of the High Street Center building that overlooks the winding Singapore River, just a stone's throw from the Parliament of Singapore.
Diplomatic relations between the two countries date back to the mid-1970s. The embassy currently has eight representatives and spouses registered with Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to a Bloomberg report. Until 2016, North Koreans were even allowed to visit the country visa-free.
Singaporeans are able to visit North Korea with visas, though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an advisory against traveling there in 2017.
Some have done more than just tour the country, leaving a mark in North Korea. For instance, the first fast-food restaurant in Pyongyang was opened by Singaporeans in 2009, according to the Straits Times newspaper.
An aerial view of buildings in Singapore's Chinatown with skyscrapers in the background (Singapore Tourism board)
9. Top attractions for S. Koreans
Koreans flock to Singapore's Chinatown, integrated resorts and Merlion Park -- the top three most popular attractions among Korean tourists, according to a 2015 report by the Singapore Tourism Board, which cited national pride as a possible reason for the popularity of the Marina Bay Sands resort near the central business district. The hotel was built by South Korean construction company SsangYong Engineering & Construction.
Singapore saw more than 630,000 visitor arrivals from South Korea in 2017, up 11 percent from the previous year, showed statistics from the tourism board.
10. Tall buildings, no mountains
Singapore has no mountains to boast of. Bukit Timah Hill stands highest at just 164 meters. On the other hand, the country has no shortage of skyscrapers, with the tallest being the 64-story, 290-meter Tanjong Pagar Center in the central business district. Furthermore, more than 80 percent of the population live in public housing, which mostly comprises high-rise buildings.
By Cheryl Faith Wee (cherylw@heraldcorp.com)


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