The specific characteristics of contingent convertible securities (activators, coupon rate, maturity, transformation mechanism) in connection with the financial soundness management of banking institutions, their impact on the stability of the negotiable financial instruments market, as well as the prospects for building the market of these securities in Ukraine were examined in the article.
The role of conditional convertible bonds in the international financial system is ambivalent – on the one hand, these instruments are issued to ensure banking system stability, and on the other there is the probability of a negative impact on the market stability and investors under the activation conditions on the conversion/principal writedown.
In Ukraine the construction of contingent convertible securities is premature, because for the market development of instruments with condition of probable principal writedown has no demand from investors, and the additional limiting factor for contingent convertible bonds with condition of conversion into shares is the almost complete absence of banking shares market.
contingent convertible securities, bank, lossabsorption, conversion, capital.
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McDonald, R. (2013). Contingent capital with a dual price trigger. Journal of Financial Stability, 9, 230–241.
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AFME. Prudential data report. EU GSIBs prudential capital and liquidity. Q4: 2016 / AFME. – 2017.
Allen L. Does systemic risk in the financial sector predict future economic downturns? / L. Allen, T. Bali, Y. Tang // The Review of Financial Studies. – 2012. – Vol. 25. – No. 10. – P. 3000–3036.
Allen L. What's the contingency? A proposal for bank contingent capital triggered by systemic risk / L. Allen, Y. Tang // Journal of Financial Stability. – 2016. – Vol. 26. – P. 1–14.
Ammann M. Announcement effects of contingent convertible securities: evidence from the global banking industry / M. Ammann, K. Blickle, K. Ehmann // European Financial Management. – 2017. – Vol. 23. – No. 1. – P. 127–152.
Avdjiev S. CoCo bond issuance and bank funding costs / S. Avdjiev, P. Bolton, W. Jiang, A. Kartasheva, B. Bogdanova [Електронний ресурс]. – Режим доступу : https://bfi.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/research/Bolton_CoCos2015-06-10%2C v2.pdf.
Avdjiev S. CoCos: a primer / S. Avdjiev, A. Kartasheva, B. Bogdanova // BIS Quarterly Review. – 2013. – September.
Berg T. Does contingent capital induce excessive risk-taking? / T. Berg, C. Kaserer // Journal of Financial Intermediation. – 2015. – Vol. 24. – P. 356–385.
Berle A. Participating preferred stock / A. Berle // Columbia Law Review. – 1926. – Vol. 26. – No. 3. – P. 303–317.
Buergi M. Pricing contingent convertibles: a general framework for application in practice / M. Buergi // Financial Markets and Portfolio Management. – 2013. – Vol. 27. – No. 1. – P. 31–63.
Calomiris C. How to design a contingent convertible debt requirement that helps solve our too-big-to-fail problem / C. Calomiris, R. J. Herring // Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. – 2013. – Vol. 25. – No. 2. – P. 39–62.
De Spiegeleer J. CoCo bonds with extension risk / J. De Spiegeleer, W. Schoutens // Wilmott. – 2014. – No. 71. – P. 78–91.
Distress-contingent convertible bonds: a proposed solution to the excess debt problem / Harvard Law Review. – 1991. – Vol. 104. – No. 8. – P. 1857–1877.
European Commission. European financial stability and integration report 2011 / European Commission. – 2012.
European Commission. High-level expert group on reforming the structure of the EU banking sector chaired by Erkki Liikanen. Final report // European Commission. – 2012.
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European Parliament and of the Council. Directive 2014/59/EU establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms (BRRD) // European Parliament and of the Council. – 2014.
Flannery M. No pain, no gain? effecting market discipline via «reverse convertible debenture» / M. Flannery // Technical report. Graduate School of Business Administration University of Florida. – 2002.
Greene R. Understanding CoCos: what operational concerns & global trends mean for U.S. policymakers / R. Greene // M-RCBG Associate Working Paper Series. – 2016. – No. 62.
McDonald R. Contingent capital with a dual price trigger / R. McDonald // Journal of Financial Stability. – 2013. – Vol. 9. – P. 230–241.
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Combet to head South Australia's automotive recovery
By Paul Hemsley After retiring from politics at the September 2013 federal election, former Minister for Industry and Innovation Greg Combet has found a new role right up his alley mitigating the predicted fallout from the planned closure of General Motors Holden's factory doors in South Australia by 2017. As the South Australian government continues […]
Holden's subsidy demand spells more doubt for fleet buyers
By Julian Bajkowski and Paul Hemsley Australian public sector fleet buyers are facing fresh uncertainty over the future of General Motors Holden's domestic manufacturing operations Australia after the carmaker reportedly demanded another $265 million from the federal government in addition to the $275 million that Canberra has already committed to keep the Aussie icon's factories […]
Prime Minister's protectors reverse over Ford
By Julian Bajkowski Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her erstwhile Industry Minister Greg Combet might want local governments to buy Australian-made vehicles to support the domestic manufacturing, but it's a very different story for the cars that closely tail the PM's official marque plated C*1. Less than a fortnight after top level pressure was […]
PM burns rubber on campaign for councils to buy Australian cars
By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Local governments have come under direct pressure from Prime Minister Julia Gillard to use ratepayer's money to buy Australian vehicles for their fleets to help keep the domestic car manufacturing alive – despite billions of dollars in government subsidies failing to keep factories at Ford and Mitsubishi operating. Ms […]
Combet blasts councils for buying too many foreign cars
By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Industry and Innovation Greg Combet has attacked state and local governments for not buying enough Australian-made cars for their vehicle fleets, suggesting that 70 per cent of local government purchases come from foreign manufacturers. Mr Combet's sharp criticism over the low purchasing rate of locally-made cars comes as Ford […]
Boeing Australia expands local R&D effort
By Paul Hemsley Federal Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation Greg Combet has officially opened a research and development centre in Port Melbourne, Victoria for aerospace company Boeing – the largest facility of its kind for the company outside the United States. The Australian subsidiary of the company which was once headed by former […]
Combet moves to measure fugitive CSG
By Julian Bajkowski The Federal Government has moved to start overhauling the way greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere from highly controversial coal seam gas (CSG) sites are measured and reported, a move that could reshape the economics of the financially cheap fuel. Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation, Greg Combet has released a […]
Businesses funded to reduce emissions
Australian businesses will receive federal government grants to find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The government will use the $200 million Clean Technology Innovation Program to distribute grants on a matching basis, providing 50 per cent of the project cost. Supported projects may include generating energy from wind, solar, wave, tidal, hydro and geothermal […]
Coastal communities land $3.2m adaptation
By Paul Hemsley "Long-lived assets" and infrastructure will be the focus to plan investment in sewerage and stormwater systems, roads and residential housing. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet said sea level rises increase the need for communities to build resilience to the impacts. "Climate change will lead to […]
Coasts Council extended
By Angela Dorizas Local government will continue to have its say on coastal adaptation with the reappointment of the Coasts and Climate Change Council. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, said the principal focus of the council would be on advising government on progressing coastal adaptation. Mr Combet said the Council would […]
Flannery to head Climate Commission
By Angela Dorizas The Federal Government has established an independent Climate Commission, chaired by leading environmentalist and author, Professor Tim Flannery. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, today announced the creation of the new Commission and the appointment of former Australian of the Year, Professor Flannery as Chief Commissioner. Mr Combet said […]
New tools to map sea-level rise
Coastal municipalities will be able to identify future impacts of climate change and sea level rise using new maps launched today by the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE). Developed in partnership with the Co-operative Research Centre for Spatial Information, the maps use the highest resolution elevation data currently available. The new tool […]
First wave of energy efficiency financing
Melbourne City Council is one of the six recipients of energy efficiency financing from the Australian Carbon Trust. Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, announced on Friday the signing of multi-million dollar financial agreements between the Trust and six major organisations. The Australia Carbon Trust was established to encourage and promote energy efficiency technology and practices. […]
Garnaut to update climate change review
The Australian Government has released the terms of reference commissioning Professor Ross Garnaut to update his 2008 Garnaut Climate Change Review. Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Greg Combet, said the review update delivers on the commitment made to the Member for New England, Tony Windsor, following the Federal election. "The updated Garnaut review will […]
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This is a secluded beach into the Sydney Harbour, northern headland opening to a path leading east to Chowder Bay and Taronga Zoo. Dogs are welcome all day off leash during the week and are also good to visit on weekends from 9am-4pm, while owners can enjoy the children's playground or visit the nearby barbecue area.
Dogs will find this beach to enjoy off-leash as there is exercise area to stretch legs. Of course there will be different families surrounding the animal kingdom and the Tallow Beach houses local birds, pippis, fish, and occasionally you can brush past the whales.
The northern end of Sunshine beach is prominent to its name. The lazy afternoons allow to enjoy evenings in the beer garden in the local surf and also to enjoy on the Sunshine Coast a quiet spot as your furry friend burns on the sand some energy.
Melbourne's, in Australia is well known for its beach welcomes and there are four-legged companions with their two-footed owners visiting alike. There is free place to roam off-leash areas across St Kildas and also to venture into the ocean so that the sandbars avert the water to go too deep.
Soft sand, clear water, and open stretch of ocean awaits at Peasholm all canines. Your Fido can swim in the stable conditions and also cool his paws. The Peasholm beach is a dog-friendly area extending into North Flore featuring surrounding freshwater taps that calls for a victorious drink.
This beach is the right choice if you wish to camp with your best mate on the beach. Bring your dog here and enjoy sharing a home with koalas, kangaroos, and few others the native wildlife.
This is a beach that is easily accessible. It is below the Devenport coastal city offering the dog's endless breadth to stay off-leash. The beach far western end has some restrictions and dogs are expected at all times to be on leash. In fact, from November to March dogs are restricted from entering between 9am to 8 pm.


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Parish of Woodbridge and Framlingham
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Safe Use of Places of Worship
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Government Guidance for Places of Worship from 4th January, 2021:
You can attend places of worship for a service. However, you must not mingle inside the church building with anyone outside of your household or support bubble. You should maintain strict social distancing at all times. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home
Communal worship and life events - You can leave home to attend or visit a place of worship for communal worship, a funeral or event related to a death, a burial ground or a remembrance garden, or to attend a wedding ceremony. You should follow the guidance on the safe use of places of worship and must not mingle with anyone outside of your household or support bubble when attending a place of worship. Weddings, funerals and religious, belief-based or commemorative events linked to someone's death are all subject to limits on the numbers that can attend, and weddings and civil ceremonies may only take place in exceptional circumstances.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. Please remember that it is the responsibility of us all, both as individuals and as a church community, to follow the Government's guidelines in this area and to ensure that we are respectful of the needs and concerns of others at all times. When inside the church building we are now asked not to mingle with other people unless they are from our own household or support bubble.
BAPTISMS. During the current national lock-down, baptism are not permitted, except in the case where the person to be baptised is in extremis, that is in danger of death.
FUNERALS. Attendance at funeral services in church is limited to thirty mourners by the Government. See: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-managing-a-funeral-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/covid-19-guidance-for-managing-a-funeral-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic
CONTACT TRACING. Having re-opened the church for public worship in July, we are now moving on to the next phase of managing the risk of the Covid-19 pandemic. From the beginning of October, in order to support the NHS Test and Trace programme, we are taking contact details (name and telephone number) for all parishioners and visitors to the parish, as well as recording the date and the time of the service you attended in St. Thomas's Church at Woodbridge or in St. Clare's Church at Framlingham. One name per family is sufficient. Please write these details on a piece of paper before you come to Mass, and bring it with you. Alternatively, you may give your name and contact detail to the Stewards on duty when you arrive. In line with guidance issued by the Department for Health and Social Care, we will keep your details safely and in compliance with GDPR legislation for 21 days before securely disposing of or deleting them. We will only share your details with NHS Test and Trace, if asked, in the event that it is needed to help stop the spread of Coronavirus. We will not use your details for any other purposes or pass them on to anyone else. However, giving contact details is optional and is not a condition of attending your place of worship.
Guidelines issued by the Government on 29th June, 2020, for the safe use of places of worship:
Individuals aged 70 years and over attending the place of worship
Certain groups of people may be at increased risk of severe disease from COVID-19, including people who are aged 70 or older, regardless of medical conditions.
Individuals who fall within this group are advised to stay at home as much as possible and, if they do go out, to take particular care to minimise contact with others outside of their household.
Churches should consider informing these groups in particular of the symptoms of COVID-19 and current stay alert and social distancing guidance.
Individuals who are extremely clinically vulnerable/shielding
The NHS has written to around 2.2. million who are considered to be extremely clinically vulnerable to COVID-19, advising them to shield. See the current guidance for this group. Shielded patients are currently advised not to meet more than one person from outside of their own household, and therefore currently advised not to attend places of worship.
From Monday 6 July, those shielding individuals may choose to gather in groups of up to 6 people outdoors and form a support bubble with another household, they will therefore still be advised not to attend places of worship indoors. Advice for both the clinically vulnerable and extremely clinically vulnerable is however advisory and they can choose how to manage their own risks.
To read the Government's full guidelines document, please click on this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-from-4-july/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places-of-worship-from-4-july#annex-a-risk-assessment-for-protective-security--factors-to-consider
The Catholic Bishops' Conference has issued detailed "Guidelines" which parishes are required to implement for the safe re-opening of churches for the public celebration of Holy Mass during the on-going Covid-19 pandemic. What is written below is taken from those "Guidelines".
To meet the requirement of 2 metre social distancing
Pews and chairs are spaced at two metre intervals in the church. A family from the same house can sit with each other. A couple from the same house can sit together, as can people in a social bubble.
Other people in the church must keep the 2 metres rule, which means only two people can sit on each pew.
Please note that these measures have significantly reduced the seating capacity of our churches at Woodbridge and at Framlingham. In St. Thomas's Church at Woodbridge we can now accommodate 25 people at a time and in St. Clare's Church at Framlingham we can accommodate 24 people at a time. These numbers are based on two people sitting on a pew, at 2 metres apart.
During the course of a week, Holy Mass is celebrated seven times. This gives a seating capacity for 173 people each week.
The above numbers can be increased when people from the same family household or social bubble sit together on the same pew.
However, please be prepared that the church may be full when you arrive for Mass, and you might need to return another day.
Our bishops have told us that the obligation to attend Sunday Mass remains suspended and that may mean attending Mass on a weekday rather than on a Sunday.
Other restrictions and requirements we are required to observe include:-
Two stewards will be on duty at each Mass, as with the recent opening of churches for private prayer, to direct people on the safe way to use our churches, to make sure that social distancing is maintained and, if necessary, to limit the number of people in the church.
Please use hand sanitiser upon entering the church and again when leaving the building.
No singing at Mass (and therefore no hymnbooks).
The usual printed Sunday Mass sheets will be available. However, parishioners are required to take them home with them, and not to leave them in the church at the end of Mass.
No altar servers or Lay Ministers of Holy Communion will be required at the present time.
There will be one reader at Mass.
The homily must be brief and there will be no Prayer of the Faithful (bidding prayers). This is to minimise the time during which the congregation is inside the church.
There must be no Offertory Procession, and collections are not to be taken during Mass. Parishioners are encouraged to give to the parish via on-line banking or a monthly Standing Order (and grateful thanks to those people who already support the parish in this way). For people who do not wish to do this, there will be a collection plate near the church door.
There will be no physical exchange of the Sign of Peace.
As the congregation approaches the altar to receive Holy Communion, great care should be taken to maintain 2 metres social distancing.
The priest will distribute Holy Communion on his own, in one kind. The chalice containing the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ will not be distributed to the faithful at this time.
Holy Communion will be administered in silence. When giving Holy Communion, the priest will not say "The Body of Christ" to each communicant, and the communicant will not say, "Amen". Instead, before the Holy Communion begins the priest will say to all collectively, "The Body of Christ", and all will reply together, "Amen".
A prie-dieu is to be placed between the priest and the communicant when Holy Communion is administered, to ensure social distancing.
As soon as the Mass has finished, the church must be closed whilst cleaning takes place.
The church toilets are locked and will not be available.
There must be no refreshments served after Mass.
The wearing of face coverings while inside places of worship is mandatory.
Fr. Edmund Eggleston.
Parish Priest.
Updated 8th January, 2021.


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COALITION CHALLENGES ROYAL SOCIETY OF NZ ABOUT UNSUBSTANTIATED CLIMATE ALARMISM
Our Coalition has challenged the country's premier scientific institution, the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ) about the Society's unsubstantiated alarmist claims of climate alarmism that have created a rift among scientists in New Zealand.
RSNZ Complaint.pdf
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TEXT OF OUR COMPLAINT TO ROYAL SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND
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U.S. PROFESSORS TUTORIAL FOR CALIFORNIA JUDGE
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SEVEN STATION SERIES NEW ZEALAND
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Dr Ian Flanigan, an Australian graduate in chemistry, explains why claims that carbon dioxide is a significant cause of global warming cannot be supported if the scientific method is applied. "Let us do the impermissible and look at the science behind the question of wheth...
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Yet MESA has launched self-righteous fulminations against the Times and Callimachi. Initially, it sent a letter to the paper criticizing it for referring to the documents in its articles, declaring that creating a public database of them is "unacceptable," and insisting the documents be returned immediately to "the appropriate Iraqi authorities." After the Times and GWU's Program on Extremism announced their partnership, MESA sent a letter to GWU dubbing the project "problematic" and repeating its opposition to an open access database.
MESA's narrative is simplistic and short-sighted and unjustly implies that the Times engaged in criminal activity. There have been no "legally designated representatives" of state entities in the field to authorize or reject the collection of ISIS documents by journalists. In Northern Iraq, the de facto authority was the Iraqi security forces with whom the Times's reporter was embedded. On occasion those forces granted permission to take papers simply because they did not deem them vital for intelligence efforts. Documents listing names of ISIS personnel, for instance, are of far more interest to security forces than those outlining the structure of a dismantled ISIS bureaucracy in a liberated area. Furthermore, some documents would have been destroyed had there been no third-party interest in collecting them. In other instances, documents were recovered from locales and buildings that had otherwise been overlooked. Were it not for the New York Times's efforts, those documents would likely have been lost forever.
In my case, I collected as many ISIS documents as possible from the group's former zone of control in the North Aleppo countryside in Northern Syria. That area is now controlled by local Syrian rebels under a Turkish occupation force. Should I give my collection to the Syrian government in Damascus, or perhaps the Turkish government in Ankara?
It is unclear how MESA thinks a repository accessible to all Iraqis will be created if there is no publicly accessible online database. Owing to the outcry from MESA and others, the paper is giving the original documents to the Iraqi government, at the latter's request. Yet we are not dealing with a government known for bureaucratic efficiency. Beset with problems such as reconstruction in liberated areas and protests in the south against poor public services, the Iraqi government is very unlikely to create a repository of ISIS documents accessible to all Iraqis.
MESA should drop its affectation of moral superiority and carefully examine the documents for itself so as to pose legitimate research questions. Did the Times, for instance, select certain documents to support favored conclusions? Was the paper taking the documents too much at face value? These and other important questions can be addressed only by a transparent and open debate. But MESA would rather restrict access to a privileged elite of researchers, as was the case with the Ba'ath Party documents taken from Iraq after 2003.
It is unlikely MESA would have protested had a regional Middle Eastern news outlet taken the ISIS documents from Iraq and reported on them. (Their failure to protest my own work also illustrates this selective outrage.) MESA's real objection is that a Western outlet tracked down the documents and published the reports—an intellectually vacuous form of identity politics reflecting MESA's biases that have gained far too much currency in academia. However MESA spins it, the Times and Callimachi have greatly contributed to our ability to research the history of ISIS. The planned public archive of documents will only strengthen that contribution.


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require "spec_helper"
require "ood_core/job/array_ids"

# Note that while all tests should pass not all passing inputs are valid for
# all Resource Managers

describe OodCore::Job::ArrayIds do
  context "when the spec is for a range" do
    it "returns the correct IDs" do
      expect( described_class.new('1-4').ids ).to eql([1, 2, 3, 4])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is for a range with a step" do
    it "returns the correct IDs" do
      expect( described_class.new('1-4:2').ids ).to eql([1, 3])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is for a compound range and single id" do
    it "returns the correct IDs" do
      expect( described_class.new('1-2,4').ids ).to eql([1, 2, 4])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is for a list of single ids" do
    it "returns the correct IDs" do
      expect( described_class.new('1,3,5,7,11').ids ).to eql([1, 3, 5, 7, 11])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is for multiple ranges" do
    it "returns the correct IDs" do
      expect( described_class.new('1-2,4-5,7-9').ids ).to eql([1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec contains a percent modifier" do
    it "returns the correct IDs" do
      expect( described_class.new('1-4%2').ids ).to eql([1, 2, 3, 4])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec contains a mix" do
    it "returns the correct IDs" do
      expect(
        described_class.new('1,3-6:3,7,9-11,13,15-17,20-30:2').ids
      ).to eql([1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is nil" do
    it "returns an empty array" do
      expect(described_class.new(nil).ids).to eq([])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is an empty string" do
    it "returns an empty array" do
      expect(described_class.new('').ids).to eq([])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is not numeric" do
    it "returns an empty array" do
      expect(described_class.new('In the merry month of may...').ids).to eq([])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is not valid and contains delimiters" do
    it "returns an empty array" do
      expect(described_class.new('2 - 1 = 1').ids).to eq([])
    end
  end

  context "when the spec is garbage" do
    it "returns an empty array" do
      expect(described_class.new('1!@-#$%^&*()DHKI%^&*(@)#@_!-=').ids).to eq([])
    end
  end
end

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Exigent helps Imperial Logistics
Due Diligence case study
With more than 30,000 employees working across 50 countries, Imperial Logistics provides outsourced logistics, supply chain management, warehousing and distribution to organizations across Europe and Africa. The firm has expertise across multiple verticals including Agriculture, Automotive, Consumer Packaged Goods and Healthcare. With such a diverse portfolio and large number of subsidiaries, the firm has a consistently high level of contracts, leases, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to manage, and limited capacity within its internal legal team. Exigent worked with Imperial Logistics to help fast-track the due diligence for a major deal, slashing the overall costs of the process by 75% and reducing the timelines by 50%.
reduced deal timeline
saved on overall cost of due diligence
As a giant in the logistics sector, Imperial Logistics is highly susceptible to market pressures such as the cost of fuel across its main hubs in Europe and Africa. With vulnerability to the global economic and socio-political environments, combined with operating in a highly competitive sector, the firm must be vigilant when managing the thousands of contracts surrounding its M&A strategy. Capacity across the business is limited and, with multiple deadlines approaching for a large deal, extra help was required. Imperial Logistics needed a partner who could accurately and efficiently conduct initial due diligence, manage the process and review in-scope target companies, all within a short timeline.
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Following on from the initial project, Exigent has been working with Imperial Logistics on its low risk, high volume commercial contracts strategy. The two companies run workshops to enable the Exigent experts to fully integrate and understand the Ts and Cs which Imperial Logistics prioritizes. This enables Exigent to quickly and efficiently review contracts and terms, especially around the insurance and risk elements in the context of Imperial Logistics' business. The two organizations have also identified some key strategic priorities to further develop their relationship and expand on the support already provided.
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Find a large sauce pot, and place it over medium high heat. Add your water to the pot and bring to a boil.
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After two hours your beans should be soft (as if they came out of a can). Drain any excess water and they are ready to use.
Find a very large stock pot.
Add all the ham stock ingredients into the pot, making sure there is enough water to cover the ingredients. It normally takes about 16 cups.
Crank the heat up to medium high heat and bring to a boil. Once it hits a boil, reduce the heat to medium or medium low (a gentle simmer) for about 90 minutes.
After 90 minutes place the lid on the stock pot and let the stock cool enough so you can handle it (30 minutes or so).
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We have finally come to the end where we put all these delicious ingredients together.
Find a large stock pot and place it over medium heat. Add olive oil to the pot.
While your olive oil is heating; dice up your onion, celery, carrot, and garlic.
Toss all the veggies into the pot and sauté for about 5 minutes or until the onions become translucent.
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Hulu Announces Strategic Reorganization; Hires Chief Technology Officer And Chief Data Officer
New Structure Aligns Company Around Subscriber Journey, Technology & Products,
Content and Advertising to Drive Hulu's Next Phase of Growth
Dan Phillips, Executive Behind TiVo's Transformation Into Complete Video Experience,
Will Lead Hulu Technology and Product Teams as CTO
Jaya Kolhatkar of Walmart Labs Joins Hulu in Newly-Created Chief Data Officer Role
SANTA MONICA, CA (June 1, 2018) – As Hulu continues to scale its subscriber base, add thousands of new hours of content, develop award-winning original series, increase its premium advertising offerings and expand its footprint in the live pay television space, Hulu is re-organizing its business to more effectively serve and delight consumers and drive overall growth.
The company announced today that it has hired a new Chief Technology Officer, as well as its first Chief Data Officer, and has put in place a new structure that aligns its executive management and teams around four strategic priorities: the subscriber journey, technology & products, content and advertising. The new structure, effective immediately, will bring more agility, technical stability and alignment on the customer throughout Hulu as it increases its pace of growth and innovation.
"As one of today's top direct-to-consumer entertainment brands, led by technology, innovation and data, Hulu has an enormous opportunity to lead the media and advertising industries into the future," said Hulu CEO Randy Freer. "By adding new expertise and capabilities to our executive ranks and creating greater alignment around our customers, we are positioning Hulu to grow more rapidly, innovate more quickly and connect consumers even more deeply with the content they love."
Technology & Product
Dan Phillips, former Chief Operating Officer at TiVo Inc., has joined Hulu's executive management team as Chief Technology Officer and will be responsible for aligning the company's technical and product strategy with its core business strategy to more effectively innovate and deliver on consumer and partner needs.
In this role, Phillips will oversee a newly-unified Technology & Product organization spanning engineering, data center operations, network and broadcast operations center, information technology and program management, as well as product management, user experience and product development. Hulu's technology and product teams across Santa Monica, Seattle, Marin, and Beijing will report to Phillips when he steps into his new role, based in Santa Monica, on June 4.
"Dan brings deep technical expertise, strategic business sensibilities and a proven track record of driving large technology and product organizations through massive industry transformation," said Freer. "He's a strong operator who has had a front row seat to changing TV consumer behaviors for many years, and is the right fit to lead our technology and product teams as we continue to innovate and build a complete entertainment experience for the future."
Previously, Phillips led TiVo's engineering, product and professional services workforce of more than 1,000 members and transformed the company's product from a DVR-centric offering to a cloud-based service delivering a complete video experience on an array of devices and connected TVs. Prior to that, he held senior executive roles at enterprise globalization application provider Uniscape, Inc. and e-business software company Crossworlds Software, Inc., and co-founded enterprise software company Metasystems, Inc.
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With the goal of super-serving Hulu viewers and creating more alignment across the company's consumer-facing teams, Chief Marketing Officer Kelly Campbell is expanding Hulu's marketing organization to assume responsibility for the subscriber journey – from acquisition, engagement and retention, to viewer experience and research – across all of Hulu's on-demand and Live TV plans. In addition, this group will now oversee Hulu's subscriber partnerships, including its current relationships with Spotify and Sprint.
Today's announcement also reflects the departure of Ben Smith, Senior Vice President, Experience, who will retire in July.
As the lines between live and on-demand viewing become increasingly blurred for consumers, Hulu is restructuring its content function to deliver the most robust, immersive programming experiences across all of its offerings – regardless of whether live or on demand. Moving forward, Hulu's content teams will be organized into two groups, aligned around two core capabilities: 1) acquired on-demand and live content partners, and 2) the creative community for Hulu Originals.
First, Hulu is combining its live TV and subscription video on demand (SVOD) content licensing, acquisition and business functions into a single group, Content Partnerships. This new structure allows Hulu to speak with one, unified voice to its current and potential content partners. In addition, this group will be responsible for expanding Hulu's content offering to include more premium add-ons and innovative new formats.
Second, the company's original programming, and its relationships with creators, producers and studios, will continue being managed by the Hulu Originals team, but will now operate as a dedicated business function, led by Senior Vice President of Content, Craig Erwich, who will report to Freer.
With this new structure and the related changes in scope, Senior Vice President of Partnerships & Distribution Tim Connolly and Chief Content Officer Joel Stillerman have decided to leave the company. Hulu is conducting a search for a head of the new Content Partnerships group and is eliminating the Chief Content Officer role.
"Ben, Tim and Joel have all played a significant role in getting Hulu to the strong position it is in today. They will forever be a part of Hulu's success story, and we wish them the very best in their next endeavors," said Freer.
Hulu's Advertising Sales group will continue reporting to Senior Vice President of Ad Sales Peter Naylor, as the team tracks toward its most successful Upfront yet, ramps up its focus on new advertising products and innovative integrations, and prepares to begin selling dynamically-inserted ads in Hulu's Live TV service.
Powering all of Hulu's core business areas is the company's vast repository of data. Hulu has appointed Jaya Kolhatkar, former Senior Vice President, Global Data and Analytics Platform for Walmart Inc., to the newly-created executive management role of Chief Data Officer, reporting to Freer. In this position, Kolhatkar will be responsible for elevating Hulu's customer intelligence, implementing strong data governance and driving a culture of objective, data-driven decision making across the company. She will officially join Hulu in its Santa Monica headquarters on July 2.
"The combination of powerful content and deep consumer insights is what will define the future of media and advertising. With her years of experience managing, analyzing and governing data for many of the world's largest companies, Jaya brings the strong leadership and expertise Hulu needs to deliver more meaningful experiences to consumers and more effective solutions to brands," said Freer.
In her prior role, Kolhatkar oversaw the large global team responsible for Walmart Inc.'s enterprise data warehouse, big data environment, real-time predictive analytics platform and business intelligence tools. She joined Walmart Inc. in June 2013 as part of the acquisition of predictive analytics firm Inkiru, Inc., where she was the co-founder and chief analytics officer. Kolhatkar has previously held senior positions at major Silicon Valley players including PayPal, eBay and Amazon.
All of Hulu's shared services functions – Finance, Legal, Corporate Communications and Talent & Organization – will continue operating as usual, reporting directly to Freer.
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Samsung Series 3 vs Lenovo ThinkPad 13 w/Touch Comparison
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Model Series 3 20GL0000US
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Processor Type Processor technology Processor also regarded as the brainchild of a computing system {as the CPU acronym literally translates} is responsible for instruction execution, core system calculations, and system efficiency. Chromebooks typically use power saving chipsets from the likes of Intel, AMD, and ARM-based units while Chromebases and Chromeboxes tend to feature higher-end systems on a chip. Exynos Intel Celeron
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Icons of Style…
July 27, 2013 Filed under:
…Or How Did Robert Pattinson Get So Stylish?
This article was first published with Parisian Gentleman.
Are league tables of Best Dressed male celebrities an accurate barometer of men's attitude towards style?
The ascendancy of Twilight star Robert Pattinson, who has remained in the top five of GQ's Best Dressed list since winning in 2010, makes me hope not; he's usually photographed wearing jeans, T-Shirts and baseball caps. But it's hard to tell.
It would be naive to think that Best Dressed lists were conceived in their various formats – …of a country, …of the world, …among celebrities, …among average Joes – as a purely journalistic endeavour, to record, for the present and posterity, an accurate, if chronologically specific, report on the state of men's fashion. But there are an increasing number of indications to suggest that Best Dressed lists are devised almost solely to boost magazine subscriptions, by creating a social media storm of commentary and debate. For starters, the presentation of Best Dressed lists has become much less serious in recent years. Some are even humorous, or try to be; Esquire's '75 Best Dressed Of All Time' was topped and tailed by two rib-tickling choices, the caveman and the magazine's iconographic hero, Esky. In 2010, GQ's annual Best Dressed list ranked the Fantastic Mr Fox fourth out of one hundred. The use of humour to make male fashion appear less foreboding to the sartorially scared gent might be helpful, but commentators (yes, the social media trick has worked) have been quick to argue that this makes the lists seem contrived. Or at least more contrived than they already are.
This comment is not as cynical as it seems. Within Best Dressed lists there is always a striking correlation between the media noise surrounding a particular celebrity and their position in the Best Dressed league; the greater the level of hype around the individual, the higher the position they are likely to attain in the year's list. The all-male British pop group Take That is a case in point. In 2010, they came out of nowhere to be ranked second in GQ's Best Dressed list. It is hardly coincidental that this was the same year in which they staged their fifteen-year reunion.[i] Nor is it really surprising that the middle-aged boy band came second in the list to Robert Pattinson. The British actor was riding high in the press following the release of the third film in the Twilight Saga series; the first and second films had been released in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Pattinson climbed a remarkable thirty-eight places from 2009's Best Dressed list to scoop the top prize in 2010.
To Boldy Pick
Pattinson's win also revealed the increasing importance of the silver screen to the sartorial league. In 2010, Pattinson was the only actor to feature in the top five. In the Best Dressed list for 2013, all bar one of the top five are movie stars. And they are a particular sort of movie star. Geeks. All of the Best Dressed actors have appeared in a major science fiction film or television series within the past couple of years: Tom Hiddleston (Avengers Assemble, 2012; Thor, 2011), Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga, 2008-2012), David Tennant (Dr Who (BBC TV), 2005-2013) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness, 2013). The predominance of sci-fi among this year's Best Dressed is actually not atypical. The three actors in last year's top five had also starred in a recent science fiction film or TV series: Matt Smith (Dr Who (BBC TV), 2010-2013), Robert Pattinson (again) and Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spiderman, 2012). The theme is also evident within the Best Dressed of 2011; Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick Ass, 2010), Nicholas Hoult (Clash of the Titans (2010), Fable III (video game) (2010) and Robert Pattinson (again!).
Mode à la Robert Pattinson
The complimentary connections between fashion and film have long been noted, but it does appear that movie stars have a greater likelihood of appearing in the upper echelons of Best Dressed lists than singers, sportsman and models.[ii] Again, Robert Pattinson's Best Dressed success might explain why. According to e-journalists Mary Fischer and Adam Fox, it was Pattinson's ability to dress up to the nines for red carpet events, where he was widely photographed in blue and burgundy suits, that assured his success.[iii] The media hype surrounding these events and the viral transmission of photographs and commentary recorded there, seems to have created a sort of flash-bulb blindness to Pattinson's normal sartorial indiscretions. Whilst musicians and models do have high visibility events, nothing quite competes with the launch of a million-dollar blockbuster. Moreover, clothing plays an integral role in the characterisation of actors. This is not so true of songs, sport or modelling.
As the star of a hugely successful science fiction movie franchise, Robert Pattinson appears to have had the wind beneath his wings. His three-year residency within GQ's top five Best Dressed seems almost inevitable. But there have been other science fiction films, many with more street and cinematic credibility between 2010 and 2013 than the Twilight films. There have also been scores of male actors who might, on the face of it, have had better, or at least more consistent, sartorial success than Pattinson over the same period; for example, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek), Jake Gyllenhaal (Prince of Persia, Source Code), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man, Avengers Assemble), Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight Rises, TRON: Legacy, Inception), to name but a few.
So why Robert Pattinson?
The Gosling Paradox
A possible answer is suggested by Adam Fox, who suggests that Pattinson is the Everyman, with 'his greasy untamed hairstyle, coupled with his love of low-key clothes – jeans and T-Shirts topped off with unbuttoned button-downs – is fitting for his laid back lifestyle.'[iv] At the same time, however, and as I have indicated above, Pattinson is able to turn things around and scrub up impressively for red carpet events. His style is versatile and probably reflects the way that many men (and women) dress; casual and comfortable for daily wear, elegant and erect for formal occasions. Sartorial versatility was also a hallmark of male icons from the past, perhaps most notably Steve McQueen. But even here there is problem because Pattinson's chameleon-like approach to dress is adopted by one other notable Hollywood A-Lister, Ryan Gosling, who has started to hit headlines for his casual and carefully disheveled look. Gosling has also received recognition in Best Dressed lists, although he has yet to rival Pattinson for longevity.
But if there is something that Pattinson has got over Gosling, it is vulnerability. And I think this is key to understanding his sartorial appeal. Gosling can adopt the geek chic look, but any man who has seen the trailer for Gangster Squad might sense that it is just that, a look. In contrast, the edgy, vulnerable, non-conformist and simple roles that Pattinson has hitherto played – even in Cosmopolis, Pattinson's wealthy and successful character is fragile – seems to fit with his character; this is a young man who does not appear particularly athletic and, as recent events have revealed, is unlucky in love. Pattinson's simple, almost uncaring, approach to dress truly does seem to reflect his widely reported circumstances in life. This is something that men appear to engage with, especially as similar traits are apparent among the other top five finalists in GQ's Best Dressed competition. The model David Gandy might seem like an exception, but he has blogged about dogs (he is the first ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats Home) and is known for his love of cars; he is, therefore, very much a 'man's model'.
A Suitable Model
That men should be interested in the character of their sartorial role models is not all that surprising when you consider that male dress is remarkably homogeneous. In work, male dress is based around the suit, and has been for the past 200 years; in leisure, male dress is based around jeans and T-Shirts or sweaters (there is some seasonal variation). As the majority of men look alike, their characters will almost invariably assume greater importance, if individual distinctions are to be made.[v] The majority of male style icons are remembered as much for their ebullient and jealousy-inducing characters as for their glad rags; think of Beau Brummell, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, the Duke of Windsor, David Bowie, David Beckham, to name but a few. Of the icons of yesteryear, many commentators remark on how 'genuine' or 'authentic' they appeared. In part, this is because the absence of social media meant that celebrity scandals of the past did not hit the press in the same way that they do today, but it is also because the character behind the clothing matters to men.
In his Icons of Men's Style, John Sims observes that much of the men's wardrobe – key looks, acceptable colours, standard silhouettes – has been largely the same for perhaps a century or more.' To talk of changes within male dress, is to refer to 'a ponderous, evolutionary advancement rather than … sweeping statements.'[vi] The majority of men are therefore anxious about stepping out and making a bold sartorial statement. If they do, it is usually because they have seen a friend or colleague do it first, and the chances are that this friend or colleague is adapting something that he saw a male actor wear on screen or in a photograph from Tumblr and Instagram. But if a male star is to be widely referenced for style – or anything else, for the matter – it is evidently important that he be trusted and understood first. Being in a sci-fi film also seems to help. The anxiety that men feel about their clothes is seemingly assuaged if they receive, or adapt, sartorial tips from somebody they think they can trust, and who better than somebody they perceive to be like them? This does not seem to be such an important factor in women's style, which tends to change more frequently.
All in all, then, it is not surprising that Robert Pattinson has lasted so long in GQ's Best Dressed league. It would also appear that, gimmicks aside, Best Dressed lists do reveal something quite significant – and telling – about the state of men's style. Even if I do not quite approve of jeans and T-Shirts.
[i] D. Batty, 'Take That reunion – Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow share stage'. www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/13/take-that-reunion-robbie-williams. Accessed: 19-vij-2013.
[ii] A. Hollander, Seeing Through Clothes (London, 1978), 304-310; Hollywood Costume, ed. D. Nadoolman Landis (London, 2012).
[iii] A. Fox, 'Style Icon. Robert Pattinson'. http://uk.askmen.com/fashion/style_icon_150/150_robert-pattinson-style-icon.html. Accessed: 18-vij-2013; M. Fischer, 'Robert Pattinson makes GQ's Best Dressed list thanks to Kirsten Stewart's cheating'. http://thestir.cafemom.com/beauty_style/14896/robert_pattinson_makes_gqs_. Accessed: 18-vij-2013.
[iv] Fox, 'Style Icon'.
[v] A. Hollander, Sex and Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress (New York, 1994), 98.
[vi] J. Sims, Icons of Men's Style (London, 2011), 6.
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If you suffer from sacroiliac (SI) joint pain, you know it's a problem that can't be ignored. Walking, sitting and even slight movements can amplify the discomfort.
While certain motions may exasperate the feeling, did you know exercise can be among the best ways to alleviate your sacroiliac joint pain symptoms? Specific exercises and stretches can help you achieve significant relief from your pain.
First, it's best to know why you're experiencing sacroiliac joint pain and where it came from in the first place. The joint pain is called SI joint dysfunction. The SI joints are located in the low back, where the sacrum and right and left iliac bones join.
Cartilage covers the SI joints, and when that is damaged or worn down, the bones rub together, leading to degenerative arthritis. That is the top cause of SI joint dysfunction. Another major cause of SI joint pain is pregnancy. Additional weight gain due to pregnancy leads to more pressure on the joints, and when ligaments relax and stretch to make room for the baby, it can alter the way a woman walks.
The extra weight plus a change in walking can irritate the SI joints.
Certain exercises promote movement in the SI joint area. These stretches and exercises can allow for more normal, painless motion if you find yourself limited by your SI joint pain. Click each exercise for additional instruction and video examples.
Beginning Stretches: These stretches are ideal for a workout warm-up or a daily stretch series.
Single knee to chest stretch: Pull one knee, then the other, to the chest one at a time. Pump each knee three or four times. Do 10 repetitions on each leg for a full set. This extends the range of motion within your joints and promotes movement and fluidity.
Press-up: This is a simple but effective stretch, and the intensity is simple to adjust. Lie on your belly and press up with your hands. Be sure to keep your pelvis on the floor. Hold that position for five seconds, and work up to 30 seconds when you are comfortable. Repeat that motion 10 times.
Lying Tailbone Twist: This a slightly deeper stretch to try after you are warmed up. Lie on your back with one leg straight. The other leg will be bent with your foot flat on the floor. Drop the bent knee over your opposite leg and turn the shoulder on the bent leg side away from the bent leg. Hold that stretch gently. Repeat this stretch on the other side of your body.
Lumbar Rotation: Lie on your back with both knees bent. Keep your feet flat on the floor and rock the knees side to side. This will be a very slight motion. Continue to rock the knees for 30 seconds.
SI Joint Exercises: These movements help to stretch the SI joint area, and bring more motion to the joints.
Walking Sacral Shift: This is an exercise that uses pressure to help pinpoint your pain as you alleviate it. Place your middle finger of the hand on the side of your SI joint pain and touch the bottom of your tailbone. Move your finger about an inch toward the painful side, and pull up on the tissue there.
Press the heel of your palm up and inward, in the direction of your belly button. As you do that motion, walk ten paces forward, turn, and walk back to the starting point. Repeat the exercise with the other hand to assess your level of pain relief.
Reverse Sacral Twist: Like the Walking Sacral Shift, this is an exercise that uses pressure along with a stretching movement for pain relief. Lie on your back and raise one knee, starting with whichever side is in pain. Keep your foot flat on the floor. Gently drop your raised knee over the opposite leg and let it rest. Place the hand that is on the same side as your bent leg on your tailbone. Use your index and middle finger of that hand to locate the bottom of your tailbone. Move your fingers about one inch toward the painful side and gently pull upward, pressing your palm in. Keeping that pressure, roll back onto your back and straighten your leg. Repeat this motion on the other side of your tailbone.
Tailbone Rocking: This exercise strengthens the glutes and back muscles, and brings focused motion to the SI joint area. Lie on your back, bend your knees and keep your feet flat on the floor. Alternately tuck your tailbone up and pull it back down by arching your back. Do this motion 20 times.
Resisted knees opening and closing: The resisting motion of this exercise really gets your thigh and hip muscles to work and release, which should bring relief to your SI joint pain. Lie on your back; bend your knees and pull knees up to be perpendicular with the floor. Hold your hands 4-6 inches apart and place them between your knees. Push your hands against your knees while resisting with your knees. Hold this for about 3 seconds. Then, you will do the opposite motion. Place hands on the outside of your knees. Try to push your knees together while resisting the motion. Do this motion for about 3 seconds. Repeat this process five times. Go through those same motions with your knees one foot apart.
Resisted Bicycle Motion: This motion, like the Resisted Knees Opening and Closing, uses resistance to help your muscles release. Lie on your back, bend your knees and raise them toward your chest until they are perpendicular to the floor. With hands 4-6 inches apart, hold one knee on the front of your leg, and the other knee from the back of the leg. Alternate pushing your knees into your hands. Do each rep for three seconds, switch hands to the opposite side of the knee and repeat. Do five sets. Then, repeat this set with knees one foot apart, then two feet apart.
Lying on a Wedge: Finish your stretching exercises with a relaxing position that uses your own bodyweight to stretch. Lie on your back with legs straight. Take a sneaker with a folded sock in the toe area, and place it below the SI joint. Relax in that position for five to 10 minutes. Repeat that position on the opposite side.
Practice different exercise and stretch series until you find a couple options that best alleviate your pain.


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Wominjeka. Welcome.
Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre respectfully acknowledges the traditional owners of Melbourne, the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung language groups of the greater Kulin nation.
The museum is on land where Aboriginal people have lived, laughed, fought, married, dreamed and died for thousands of years. Now, in Bunjilaka, we tell the story of survival against the odds and celebrate our vibrant cultures through performances, storytelling, artwork and more.
With the opening of First Peoples in 2013, Bunjilaka presents the Koorie experience with immense power, depth and respect in a major permanent exhibition entirely co-created with Aboriginal people. Bunjilaka's art space, Birrarung Gallery, holds three exhibitions a year of work by contemporary Koorie artists. Birrarung looks out to Milari Garden where we grow plants of significance to the First Peoples of Victoria. Kalaya is our performance space. Judy Watson's major artwork Wurreka adorns the wall outside First Peoples, which leads into a gallery for temporary and touring exhibitions about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle, the creator. Waa is the Ancestral Crow, the protector. Bunjil created much of south-eastern Australia and the features and animals within it. He also created people, by breathing life into figures moulded from clay.
Stories of Bunjil and Waa provide meaning to south-eastern Aboriginal people. A person's affinity with either Bunjil or Waa defines their kinship relationships, marriage partners and social responsibilities.
Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre was planned in collaboration with many Aboriginal people, including the traditional owners of Melbourne, the Boon Wurrung and the Woi Wurrung. The name Bunjilaka was chosen as it means 'the place of Bunjil', evoking a sense of ongoing creation.
Stories that help to explain the history and traditional beliefs held by First Peoples.
Birrarung is a Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung word for the Yarra River.
Milarri Garden, located within Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, is planted with native flora significant to the Aboriginal people of south-eastern Australia.
Eastern Kulin Seasonal Calendar
Melbourne is known for having four seasons in one day. But did you know there are seven seasons in the Kulin seasonal calendar.


Last week we discussed the third agreement: Don't Make Assumptions. Let's finish up the Four Agreements by breaking down the last Agreement: Always Do Your Best.
Here is the best part of this agreement, your best will change over time, you shouldn't judge the old you in the current you mindset, that would be unfair. This doesn't mean that you forget the first part…Always Do Your Best, which means that you will work harder, show up earlier and be more committed than ever before. Be committed to you and yourself first, become the person who makes you proud. Be the best spouse, parent, sibling, child, boss, and doctor. Commit greater with your family, show up fully and be present, make amazing memories and enjoy life to it's fullest. Invest in your spirituality, connect with the power greater than yourself and be reminded of your place in the universe and your responsibility to give back.
As a doctor you can always do better. Remember why you are called to be a chiropractor, what your purpose is. Your first job is to Get Sick People Well…do that, do that with integrity and high morals and conviction and passion. Your second job is to make this profession better, how are you making chiropractic better, how are you building up other chiropractors and our philosophy? How can you increase your reach in your community? How can you influence more people to know that healing comes from within and that our bodies are meant, are designed, to heal from within. Are you willing to get out of your comfort zone and tell the truth, to speak to the masses and show them a different way, another option.
Live your life to make yourself proud. Set your goals so high they make you uncomfortable. Create a life and legacy that you can enjoy now and stand for. Step into your light, step into your responsibility and become your potential!
If I can ever be of any help, reach out.


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Q: JPA query returns wrong result I have implement my custom CRUD repository, which adds some additional functionality, like getting the first next picture after some date (I am using this to find next picture after some other picture). But for some reason, it does not return result that I would expected. Sometimes the returned picture is the same as used for search (date of this picture). I am 100% sure, that all my pictures has unique dateCreated.
Anyone knows what is wrong with my code?
public class PictureRepositoryImpl implements CustomPictureRepository {

@PersistenceContext
private EntityManager em;

@Override
public Picture next(Date date) {

    TypedQuery<Picture> q = em.createQuery("select p from Picture p where p.dateCreated > :date order by p.dateCreated asc", Picture.class);
    q.setParameter("date",date, TemporalType.DATE);
    Picture picture = q.setFirstResult(0)
            .setMaxResults(1)
            .getSingleResult();

    if(picture == null)
    {
        return null;
    }

    LoggerFactory.getLogger(DemoApplication.class).info("Fetched nextpicture: " + picture.getId() + ")");

    return picture;
}
}

Update:
I am expecting to get the first picture after "2016-03-20", instead of it, I get the same picture.

A: I have resolved this issue, it seems that the main problem was not using Timestamp, see code below.
 TypedQuery<Picture> q = em.createQuery("select p from Picture p where p.dateCreated < :date order by p.dateCreated desc", Picture.class);
    q.setParameter("date", date, TemporalType.TIMESTAMP);

    List<Picture> pictures = q
            .setMaxResults(1)
            .getResultList();

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