Nick Bollea, Hulk Hogan's son, has been sentenced to eight months in jail for reckless driving, Florida's Pinellas County Court ruled Friday.
The 17-year-old pleaded "no contest" for the August 2007 car crash that rendered his friend and passenger John Graziano comatose.
In addition to the prison term, to commence immediately, Judge Phillip Federico sentenced Nick to 500 hours of community service, five years probation (during which he must remain alcohol-free), three-year license suspension and mandatory DUI classes to be completed during the first year of probation.
Nick, who was joined in court by his father, mother, Linda, and sister Brooke, could have faced up to five years behind bars, but thanks to the plea agreement, that number was reduced. The Graziano family did ask the court for no less than one year in jail for Nick for having "destroyed my son's future," as John's father, Edward, put it.
Both families spoke before the court, with Nick asking the Grazianos for forgiveness and mercy.
"Everyday I miss being with John," Nick said. "I feel terrible. There is no court punishment that will make-up for what happened to John."
Still, "you can't undo what happened to John," Judge Federico said.
Nick was driving a Toyota Supra with John, 22, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, in the passenger seat on Aug. 26 in Clearwater, Fla., when the car crashed into a palm tree. According to police reports, the vehicle was traveling at 60 mph – 20 above the speed limit. He was charged with reckless driving with serious bodily injury in connection.


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Home » Student Matinees
We have pivoted to serve classrooms virtually during this unprecedented time. While we are unable to invite schools to the Paramount this school year, we can bring the Paramount to you! We will offer digital field trips for K-12 schools during the spring 2021 semester.
Our digital field trip experience includes:
free access for all schools in Central Texas
asynchronous streaming access over several weeks or the entire semester
TEKS connections
student Discovery Guides designed for each field trip filled with interactive and educational activities
a brand-new virtual tour of the Paramount Theatre. Students and teachers will experience the Paramount like never before, getting up close to the ornate proscenium, going backstage, and into the film booth.
Thirst for Power
Best for 7th–12th Grade
Available asynchronously NOW through May 31, 2021
Water and energy are the two fundamental components of a society, and they are interconnected. Thirst for Power, shot on location across France, California, and Texas, explores the history of civilization's quest to procure water and energy — from ancient Roman aqueducts in Europe to modern America's vast hydroelectric infrastructure. The documentary combines anecdotes and personal stories with insights into the latest science of energy and water, and identifies a hopeful path toward wise long-range water-energy decisions and a more reliable and abundant future for humanity.
The Thirst for Power Digital Field Trip Experience includes access to the documentary film Thirst for Power and a pre-recorded question and answer panel discussion, featuring director Mat Hames, author Dr. Michael E. Webber with The University of Texas at Austin and ENGIE, Dr. Kelly T. Sanders, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California, film producer Juan Garcia from Disco Learning Media, and moderator Erin Hardick, Senior Researcher and Content Strategist at Zpryme.
TEKS Connections: STEM, Global Studies, Social Studies, Philanthropy, Film & Fine Arts
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Building Hope
Best for 6th Grade
Available asynchronously February 1 – May 31, 2021
We're bringing back Building Hope for the sixth year in a row – as a digital field trip with all new interactive content! Building Hope is a documentary from the Nobelity Project that chronicles the construction of Mahiga Hope High, the first high school for a remote African community, and the connection between a thousand people in the U.S. and an African community working to create a better future for their children. To accompany the documentary, students will have access to a Q&A conversation between Austin middle schoolers and students in Kenya. Participants will experience global bridge-building as we explore the importance of education for all.
Thursday, February 25, 10AM: Screening and Live Q&A hosted by Austin PBS
Available asynchronously March 1 – May 31, 2021
In this documentary a gifted black music student at the University of Texas is thrust into a civil-rights storm that changes her life forever. Barbara Smith Conrad is cast in an opera to co-star with a white male classmate, fueling a racist backlash from members of the Texas legislature. When Barbara is expelled from the cast, the incident escalates to national news, prompting unexpected support from a pop superstar. This small-town girl, whose voice and spirit stem from her roots in East Texas, emerges as an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and headlines on stages around the world. When I Rise is a testament to finding forgiveness within oneself.
TEKS Connections: Social Studies, Social-Emotional Learning, Fine Arts
Bill Blagg's Magic Science Lab
Best for 2nd–5th Grade
Students join Bill Blagg inside The Magic Science Lab where they will explore how magicians use science to create the impossible! Through interactive videos, students will learn the "secret" 5 step process (The Scientific Method) magicians use to develop the illusions they perform. Together with Bill, they will use the "secret" 5 steps to make a person magically float mid-air! As a bonus, Bill teaches a science-based magic trick students can do at home or in class – how to make a pencil float in the palm of their hand!
TEKS Connections: STEM, Social-Emotional Learning, Fine Arts
Best for PreK–3rd Grade
Available asynchronously April 1 – April 30, 2021
From Tall Stories, the popular London based theatre company that last visited the Paramount in 2015 with Room on the Broom, comes a new adaptation of another popular Julia Donaldson / Axel Sheffler children's book, The Snail and the Whale. Filmed in November 2020 specifically for a digital presentation, The Snail and the Whale tells the story of an unlikely friendship. Longing to see the world, the tiny sea snail hitches a lift on the tail of a great, grey-blue humpback whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, told through live cello music and singing, storytelling and lots of laughs… but when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him?
TEKS Connections: Language Arts, STEM, Social Emotional Learning, Fine Arts

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Past Commencements
Past Commencements Department Pages
Rebecca Chopp
Introduction of Romane Paul
Romane Paul '10
Introduction of Bonnie Bassler
Bonnie Bassler
Introduction of John Braxton '70
John Braxton '70
Introduction of Robert Michael Franklin
Robert Michael Franklin
Introduction of Stephen Lang '73
Stephen Lang '73
Diane Anderson
Past Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
President Chopp's Introduction of Stephen Lang '73
Stephen Lang, you are a brilliant and accomplished actor known for strong, dynamic, and riveting performances in the many plays, films, and television productions that define your career. Your commitment to making art both for entertainment and social value is evident in many of the roles you've played, most notably in Beyond Glory, the one-man play based on the war experiences of seven Medal of Honor recipients.
You were born and raised in New York City, the son of Teresa and Eugene Lang '38, who have long loved, guided, and supported the College. At the age of seven, after attending a Gilbert and Sullivan production, you decided to become an actor. At Swarthmore, you majored in English literature and performed in productions both on and off campus. Here, you also wrote and produced student Hamburg Show productions and acted in your first professional role at the Hedgerow Theater in nearby Rose Valley.
You made your first mark as a stage actor in your Broadway debut playing Happy alongside Dustin Hoffman's Willie Loman in the 1985 revival of Death of a Salesman. Many roles followed, among them Lt. Colonel Nathan Jessup in A Few Good Men; the homeless Vietnam War Veteran Lou in The Speed of Darkness; which earned you a Tony nomination; Hamlet at the Roundabout Theatre; Mike Talman in the Broadway revival of Wait Until Dark with Marissa Tomei and Quentin Tarantino;, and Colonel Littlefield in John Patrick Shanley's Defiance.
You have also written for the stage and in 2004 performed your one-man play Beyond Glory, which opened at the theater at Arlington National Cemetery to great critical acclaim, later garnering nominations for both a Lucille Lortel Award and a Drama Desk award for outstanding solo performance.
Your career in film and television has been equally sterling. In over 70 productions, you have played significant roles in Crime Story, Babe Ruth, Manhunter, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Gettysburg, Tombstone, and Gods and Generals, among others. Most recently, you have received critical and popular praise for playing key roles in Law & Order and The Men Who Stare at Goats as well as Colonel Miles Quaritch in Avatar.
As co-artistic director of New York's fabled Actor's Studio, you have also mentored young actors. Alvin Klein in The New York Times has called you "an actor's actor... and more often than not, a critic's actor."
Stephen Lang, actor of great range and singular talent, a playwright of power and inspiration, a dedicated and empathic teacher, your commitment to acting, to inhabiting the minds and hearts of a wide range of characters and revealing the essence of each of them, has shown us the full range of human emotion and possibility.
Upon the recommendation of the faculty and by the power vested in me by the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I have the honor to bestow upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
Read Stephen Lang's address.


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Q: $n! =$ the product of consecutive integers. Can $n!$ be the product of $k$ consecutive integers for $k > 1$? (Not including the degenerate cases such as when $k = 2$, then $1\cdot2 = 2!$ and $2\cdot 3 = 3!$, and so on.)
I am asking not for $n!$ to be divisible by $n$ consecutive integers, I am asking for $n!$ to equal the product of $k$ consecutive integers, implying that $n$ is not necessarily equal to $k$ (And when $n = k$, then clearly there exists an answer, namely $n! = (1)(2)(3)...(k)$)

A: The formula $$(n!-1)!=\frac{(n!)!}{n!}=\prod_{k=n+1}^{n!} k$$ gives an infinite family of examples.

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October 20, 2010 • 9:04 am 0
Prestigious TED Prize Goes to Graffiti Artist
"Women Are Heroes in Kibera Slum," J R's sprawling installation in Nairobi, Kenya, in early 2009.
$100,000 to a street artist?
The celebrated TED Prize, previously awarded to humanitarians like Bill Clinton and Bono, was awarded to Parisian artist J R, who paints elaborate, king-sized murals of local people in the world's poorest slums. Like many street artists, J R remains anonymous because of the illegal nature of his work.
According to the New York Times, the award is prized just as much for the publicity it raises as the cash:
For most recipients, the value of the six-year-old award has less to do with the money than with the opportunity it grants the winner to make a "wish": to devote the funds to a humanitarian project that will almost inevitably draw donations and other help from the organization's corporate partners and influential supporters. The chef Jamie Oliver, the 2010 prize winner, recently proposed setting up an international effort to further his campaign against obesity; Mr. Clinton's wish has channeled significant resources toward the creation of a rural health system in Rwanda.
"Portrait of a generation," Paris, 2006.
Banksy and Shepard Fairey are household names, with commercial work and museum retrospectives. Now, J R joins Bill Clinton in an award for humanitarian work.
Is mainstream acceptance toward street artists changing, or are the artists themselves forcing change?
Filed under: africa, art, politics, racism, social justice, world, anonymous, art, banksy, bill clinton, bono, graffiti, j r, mural, prize, shepard fairey, ted
McDonald's is Scary and Intoxicating
Frightening photos, one per day, of a McDonald's Happy Meal over the course of six months.
Artist Sally Davies tried a little experiment from the coffee table of her Manhattan apartment in April of this year. No mold or signs of life blemishing this food during the entire time-lapse project. Scary to watch. Makes you think twice before enjoying that addictive slab of factory-processed meat and genetically-modified potato.
Filed under: food, health, pop culture, art, fast, food, mcdonald's, sally davies
Look Up: Objects of Beauty, Stylized Graffiti, Social Commentary
Above, an ingenious street artist whose iconic image is an arrow pointing towards the sky, has hit Los Angeles with his art. The video above is a nice introduction to his work and influences (growing up in apartment buildings, saving money to go to Paris at 19), while the video below (titled "Movie Star Arrow Mobiles") is less a tutorial and more an art object itself.
The artist's new self-described project includes images of 100 Hollywood celebrities, dangling from electrical wires throughout the famous city:
Above flew to Los Angeles for 12 days and hung his new revised "Movie star arrow mobiles" in the heart of Hollywood giving Los Angeles a large dose of exactly what it obsesses about; movies and the actors that make the city of Los Angeles so uniquely scandalous.
Happening upon one of his mobiles, created from wood and stenciled with one or two-word directives, is a thing of beauty. Catching the shadows of these spinning art objects or watching people's faces as they engage with the eponymous work is just as intoxicating.
Filed under: art, consumerism, culture, above, arrow, arrow mobile, art, artist, graffiti, hollywood, movie star, public, street
May 27, 2010 • 2:24 pm 0
Art and Lists
What can you decipher about a person from their to-do list?
Liza Kirwin selects her favorite lists by American artists and architects. What's fun to note is the variety of expression: not only straightforward to-do items, but watercolors, collages, and the poetic interspersed with the mundane. Kirwin is a curator at The Smithsonian, and knows her stuff. Among my favorite bits here is a list by the architect Eero Saarinen, who designed the iconic St. Louis Arch. I remember first encountering his spiritual, earthly architect in a small chapel at MIT my freshman year in college.
Another artist, James Penney, can be seen trying to manage his life as a young artist in New York:
In his 1932 sketchbook he made a list of survival tips, including "spend what you have on materials" and "don't go back to Kansas." On the opposite page he sketched the steel joints, lifting hooks, and pulleys in the construction of Radio City Music Hall.
That fortitude and desire to make it in the Big City reminds me of Joan Didion's famous farewell to the artist's Manhattan life in "Goodbye to All That" (as well as the subsequent ode by another essayist who I'm gaga about–Eula Biss–in her collection No Man's Land). I'd love to see what Didion or Biss have on their to-do lists, and what it reveals about the writer at work.
Filed under: art, writing, art, artifact, artist, eero saarinen, eula biss, history, joan didion, list, liza kerwin, smithsonian, to-do list, writer, writing
A Short Film about Child Soldiers
So I'm a bit obsessed with Marina Abramovic these days.
Not so much the stalker-type obsessed, but definitely willing to read about her work, the details of her retrospective at MOMA, or pointers to her long career. Two bits from today's reading about Abramovic: a long, thoughtful account of waiting in line to sit with the artist on Jezebel, and a short film she did for the UN's "Stories on Human Rights" in 2008.
The film is visually beautiful, of course: children playing with toy guns, a juxtaposition of clean lines in a white shelter, and sudden, jarring images of young pre-pubescent girl soldiers lying in bed under a pink comforter, cradling their guns.
What's most striking to me about the video, however, is the unsuppressable joy of the child actors. This does not seem accidental: the artist's inclusion of their play-fighting could easily have been left on the editing room floor. Yet the children's ecstatic faces when playing with guns is evident, and jars us from losing ourselves completely in the pure aesthetics of the film.
According to Amnesty International, 250,000 children function as soldiers in wars around the globe (including in Uganda, where I recently visited). This is the point of the film. After witnessing the beauty in Abramovic's work, you'll understand why this statistic (250,000!) resonates so soundly.
Filed under: art, war, art, artist is present, child soldier, human rights, jezebel, marina abramovic, moma, performance, united nations


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Saving for your down payment has just become a bit more difficult. With todays announcement from the Federal Government, it could make it a bit trickier to get into your first home.
The Federal Government has handed down new down payment rules Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced on December 11th there is a policy change regarding the new minimum down payment requirement, which will take effect on February 15, 2016.
You can read more details on the Canadian Mortgage Trends Website at CanadianMortgagetrends.com or click on the link for the article.
Here is a small sample of the article regarding how the changes affect the amount required and at what threshold the changes will affect the most.
As always its good to have a team of professionals on your side when considering buying your first home or moving up in the market. With so many industry changes and hidden fees added to many processes in recent years, it is more important than ever to have the right people helping you avoid some of the hidden pitfalls. Make sure you have a well informed Mortgage Professional, Real Estate Agent and Residential Real Estate Lawyer on your side.


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Форт-Сент-Джон () — місто в Канаді, у провінції Британська Колумбія, у складі регіонального округу Піс-Ривер.

Населення
За даними перепису 2016 року, місто нараховувало 20155 осіб, показавши зростання на 8,3%, порівняно з 2011-м роком. Середня густина населення становила 767,3 осіб/км².

З офіційних мов обидвома одночасно володіли 1 015 жителів, тільки англійською — 18 885, тільки французькою — 5, а 65 — жодною з них. Усього 2175 осіб вважали рідною мовою не одну з офіційних, з них 45 — одну з корінних мов, а 40 — українську.

Працездатне населення становило 79% усього населення, рівень безробіття — 10,8% (12,6% серед чоловіків та 8,6% серед жінок). 91% осіб були найманими працівниками, а 7,9% — самозайнятими.

Середній дохід на особу становив $60 186 (медіана $48 851), при цьому для чоловіків — $78 425, а для жінок $40 266 (медіани — $70 377 та $34 044 відповідно).

33% мешканців мали закінчену шкільну освіту, не мали закінченої шкільної освіти — 18,9%, 48% мали післяшкільну освіту, з яких 29,6% мали диплом бакалавра, або вищий, 45 осіб мали вчений ступінь.

Клімат
Місто знаходиться у зоні, котра характеризується континентальним субарктичним кліматом. Найтепліший місяць — липень із середньою температурою 16.2 °C (61.1 °F). Найхолодніший місяць — січень, із середньою температурою -12.8 °С (8.9 °F).

Примітки

Міста Британської Колумбії
Національні історичні місця Канади

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Elżbieta Koburg (fr. Élisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène; nid. Elisabeth Theresia Maria Helena; ur. 25 października 2001 w Anderlechcie) – następczyni tronu Belgii jako księżna Brabancji. Jest najstarszym dzieckiem króla Belgów, Filipa I Koburga, oraz jego żony, Matyldy d'Udekem d'Acoz.

Biografia

Narodziny i chrzest
Urodziła się 25 października 2001 roku o godz. 21:58 w szpitalu Erasmus w Anderlechcie jako pierworodne dziecko ówczesnego następcy tronu belgijskiego, księcia Filipa (obecnie króla Belgów, Filipa I Koburga), oraz jego żony, Matyldy d'Udekem d'Acoz. Po narodzeniu ważyła 2930 gramów i miała 49,5 centymetrów.

Otrzymała imiona Elżbieta Teresa Maria Helena (nid. Elisabeth Theresia Maria Helena; fr. Élisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène). Pierwsze imię, Elżbieta, nosiła jej praprababka, Elżbieta Gabriela Bawarska, imię Helena, otrzymała po swojej ciotce i matce chrzestnej, Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz.

Księżniczka została ochrzczona 9 grudnia 2001 roku przez arcybiskupa Brukseli – kardynała Godfrieda Danneelsa. Jej rodzicami chrzestnymi byli: brat cioteczny, książę Amadeusz, a także ciotka ze strony matki, Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz, po której otrzymała swoje czwarte imię.

Ma troje rodzeństwa – Gabriela (ur. 20 sierpnia 2003), Emmanuela (ur. 4 października 2005) i Eleonorę (ur. 16 kwietnia 2008).

Młodość
We wrześniu 2011 roku otworzyła Szpital Dziecięcy im. Księżnej Elżbiety, który jest oddziałem pediatrycznym Szpitala Uniwersyteckiego w Gandawie. Jest także patronką okrętu patrolowego marynarki wojennej P902 Pollux.

W 2013 roku, po abdykacji swojego dziadka, króla Alberta II, została księżną Brabancji, a zarazem następczynią tronu Belgii.

Uczęszczała do Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege w Brukseli, a także brała w programie Yale Young Global Scholars na Uniwersytecie Yale. W 2020 roku ukończyła dwuletni kurs na UWC Atlantic College w Walii, następnie uzyskała maturę w trybie międzynarodowym.

W czerwcu 2018 roku, wraz ze swoją matką – królową Matyldą, brała udział w misji humanitarnej w Kenii, organizowanej przez UNICEF.

W 2020 roku rozpoczęła studia na Royal Military Academy w Brukseli. Podczas studiów posługuje się nazwiskiem van België. 23 października 2020 roku ukończyła wstępne szkolenie kadetów w obozie Elsenborn, tym samym uzyskując, z rąk swojego ojca, błękitny beret. W ramach szkolenia wojskowego w 2022 roku uczestniczyła również w ćwiczeniach w gminie Leopoldsburg w Limburgii.

31 sierpnia 2021 roku ogłoszono, że Elżbieta od jesieni będzie studiowała historię i politykę na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim.

Życie prywatne
Biegle włada językami: niderlandzkim, francuskim, niemieckim i angielskim. Poprzez matkę jest spokrewniona z Bronisławem Komorowskim, prezydentem Polski w latach 2010-2015.

Tytulatura
2001-2013: Jej Królewska Wysokość księżniczka Elżbieta

Od 2013: Jej Królewska Wysokość księżna Brabancji

Wyróżnienia i odznaczenia
 Order Leopolda – 2019

Upamiętnienie
W 2009 roku jej imieniem nazwano stację polarną Princesse-Élisabeth na Antarktydzie.

Genealogia

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Elżbieta na oficjalnej stronie belgijskiej rodziny królewskiej

Koburgowie
Belgijska rodzina królewska
Urodzeni w 2001
Belgowie pochodzenia niemieckiego
Belgowie pochodzenia polskiego
Następcy tronu
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ITy Bytes 16 May
Ray Shaw May 16, 2019
ITy Bytes 16 May are regular new updates on things you need to know.
WhatsApp hacked;
Apple has to face a potentially crippling App Store monopoly lawsuit;
Apple may be a casualty of the US-China Trade Wars;
Epson Australia joins Energy Efficiency Council;
Lenovo folds on its PC;
Microsoft pioneers blockchain to enable decentralised ID (DID);
WhatsApp hacked
The Financial Times reports that a WhatsApp hack allows cybercriminals to place spyware on both iOS and Android smartphones. The attack vector has been closed in the latest version today.
Digital attackers can use the vulnerability to insert malicious code and steal data from an iPhone or Android by placing a WhatsApp call, even if the victim did not pick up the call. Sloppy software from a sloppy company!
The FT cited a spyware dealer as saying the tool was developed by a shadowy Israel-based firm called the NSO Group, a company that licenses its software to governments for 'fighting crime and terror'. WhatsApp (Facebook) would not comment on how many of its 1.5 billion users have been affected.
This really places a very dark cloud over WhatsApp's so-called end-to-end encryption and security. All hackers had to do was access the phone's OS to read or hear inwards and outwards messages in plain text.
Apple has to face App Store monopoly lawsuit
The US Supreme Court has opened the way for Apple owners and app developers to sue Apple for operating a monopoly Ppp store. The Verge has great commentary here and here.
The case Apple v. Pepper claims that by requiring iOS users to buy apps through its App Store and charging developers a 30% commission, Apple is adding a mandatory fee that developers must pass on to customers. Under US law (and Australian Consumer Law) the company you buy things from and make payments to is the supplier.
Verge says if Apple loses this case, it will have to repay anyone who was 'overcharged' since the App Store started in 2007 – that percentage amount will be another bun fight over whether its 30% commission is a fair price for operating the curated App Store. No one is arguing that a curated and hopefully malware free App store is good. It is just that it is a monopoly – there is no other curated store!
Google's app store is not a monopoly as it allows Android apps to be loaded without rooting (Apple equivalent is Jail Break). Whatever the outcome this is going to take years to get a decision and action.
Apple may be a casualty of the US-China Trade Wars
The Guardian has reported that the Apple iPhones – all made in China will face a 25% tariff when imported into the US adding US$160 to its $999 iPhone XS. Apples share price took another hit as well valuing the company at 868 billion although not as low as the massive January slump.
On top of the tariff issues, Apple has been having a torrid time with iPhone sales. It was down 19% in the US in Q1, 2019 and a spectacular 25% drop in the Chinese market in Q3/4 2018 despite heavy discounting there.
Apple's supply chain for iOS and macOS products is 100% Chinese. Its only alternative is a long, costly and logistically difficult move from China to other non-tariff nations and changes its componentry 100%. The most likely move is to India, but that has logistical issues, transport cost issues and India is considering tariffs for non-Indian produced components as well.
Unlike Samsung that plants in Vietnam, India, Brazil, Indonesia and Korea and has closed one of its China plants and looking closely at the other.
Other US-China trade impacts
Australia is insulated as it has an Australia/China Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) covering most Chinese imports. So, prices of Chinese goods here should be unaffected. The US-China Trade War may affect global GDP, slowing the global economy, and share markets. The real issue, however, is that the trade war is not over and US/China could reach an accommodation that could impact us.
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Driver Licensing Fees
P ublic Consultation on proposed changes to driver licensing fees announced. The Department of the Environment has announced the launch of public consultation on proposed changes to driver licensing fees in Northern Ireland.
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Environment Minister Alex Attwood said: "I fully acknowledge the costs of running a car, given the level of fuel prices, higher insurance and other costs. To recognise this, I am keeping many licences free, increasing some a small amount and others significantly, where there are strong reasons to do so.
"The biggest fee increase is for reissuing licences for people who have been disqualified from driving for such as drink related offences. A severe penalty of the courts should be followed by higher renewal fees. Fee increases here will be 60%.
"There will continue to be free licences for people over 70 and those requiring medically restricted licences.
"The fee increase for example, for a 10 year renewal will only be around £1 a year for each year of the licence. This is a small amount, deliberately set to keep costs down for the average driver.
"I will continue also to subsidise licence fees with direct DOE financial assistance – a direct effort to recognise the high costs of driving a vehicle."
Under the proposals published by the Department today:
the fee for a provisional licence or a non-UK exchange licence would increase from £50 to £62.50;
the fee for a renewal or replacement licence would go up from £20 to £30;
the fees for licences issued after revocation or disqualification would increase by 60% from £50 and £65 to £80 and £104 respectively and fees for the reissue of a licence to a high risk offender will also increase by 60% to £144.
a new fee of £20 would be introduced for vocational (bus and lorry) provisional and renewal licences; and
the charge for a certificate of entitlement would rise from £5 to £7.50.
The public consultation will run from 14 May 2012.
Subject to the outcome of the consultation and Assembly approval, the new fees will become effective in October 2012.
At Right To Ride we will bring you further details of the consultation when it is published by DOE!
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There are approximately 1.3 million driving licence holders in Northern Ireland, and approximately 33 million in Britain.
DVA issues over 200,000 driving licences annually, approximately 50% of which are currently issued free of charge.
There is no charge for medically restricted licences, licences issued when a driver changes name or address or for licences issued to drivers over 70 years of age.
Under the current fees, driver licensing income for 2012-13 is estimated to be £3.17 million whereas expenditure is estimated to be £5.62 million.
Driving licence fees are contained in Schedule 2 to the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (SR 1996 No. 542).
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RBNZ do project that inflation will move higher this year, they've said recently that inflation will move into the band on current rate settings. Their projections on inflation have not been to accurate, though, and there is government pressure for more cuts to rates given the super low inflation rate.
At the very least from the RBNZ tomorrow you can expect very dovish language, which will pre-empt action likely at the next meeting.
I'm going out on a limb and looking for an OCR cut from the RBNZ tomorrow. My confidence level isn't high, I reckon it'll be a close call ... but there you go.


Lialiai was born in the UK where her father was completing his PhD in agriculture. Both her parents are Samoan and she completed all her schooling back home on the country's main island of Upolu. When she left school, she came to New Zealand to study management at university in Dunedin.
Half way through her degree, the financial pressure was too much and she needed to earn some cash.
"At the time I was a poor student. Bills were starting to pile up and I just needed a job," says Lialiai.
You might think that this was the end of her management aspirations but in fact when she got a role at Ziera shoe store in Dunedin, it was a step in the right direction.
She was lucky enough to work for inspirational manager Anna Bellamy, who Lialiai says is the main reason she's got to where she is today – managing the Ziera store at St Lukes in Auckland.
Early on, she says she was surprised to realise that she enjoyed working in retail.
"Before I got into it, I saw it as a bump in the road and just something to get me by. But that all changed when I started working at Ziera.
Several years later Lialiai decided to move Auckland to be a bit closer to family in Samoa.
She had made such a great impression with Ziera that over a year ago she was made store manager, leading a team of five staff. At the same time, the company's national manager gave her the opportunity to advance her knowledge for the new role by completing a management qualification, the NZ Certificate in Business (Introduction to team leadership) – Level 3.
The on-job training programme taught her many things about the wider business but the problem-solving module really opened her eyes.
"I now know how to work things through in a methodical way to find the most appropriate solution for the situation. Figures and reports I can do, but people aren't as predictable. This is one of the ways that management training on-job has been extremely helpful," she says.
Everyday Lialiai's responsibilities involve driving sales, motivating the team, taking care of customers and making sure the daily processes are running as smoothly as possible.
She has also found that her Samoan background is an advantage in her role.
Samoan culture and values have given her other skills.
Not completing her management degree at university has turned out to be no disadvantage at all.
With her new qualification, Lialia is keen to get her foot into other roles with the company and one day she plans to step up to become an area manager.


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Classical Hits, Liszt - Piano Concerto No.1 Les Préludes / Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 / Liebestraum Funeraille
Hanae Nakajima, Mariano Pivka, Dieter Goldman, Rato Tschupp, Alfred Scholz, Nurnberg Symphony Orchestra, London Festival Orchestra
7 songs (1 hour and 3 minutes) Released on October 17, 1992
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: I. Allegro maestoso
Nurnberg Symphony Orchestra, Rato Tschupp, Hanae Nakajima
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: II. Quasi Adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124: III. Allegro marziale animato
Symphonic Poem No. 3, S. 97
London Festival Orchestra, Alfred Scholz
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor, S. 244/1
Liebesträume in A-Flat Major, S. 541
Mariano Pivka
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173: VII. Funérailles
Dieter Goldman
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Groover offers artists direct access to curators, radio, and music professionals
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Groover is a music promotion platform that started in October 2018. The company offers independent and emerging artists direct access to media outlets, record labels, radio stations, playlist curators, and other music professionals.
How did Groover start?
Groover was started by Romain Palmieri, Dorian Perron, and Rafael Cohen. They met at UC Berkeley, where they developed the idea of an online platform to connect artists with media and music professionals in the U.S. and Europe. Currently, Groover is composed of over 20 people based in Paris and New York City. Also, they have more than 10 country ambassadors all around the world.
Team PhotoPhoto by Laurie BiscegliaHow does it work?
Artists (or their representatives) can create an account on Groover. Then they can add the tracks they would like to promote and choose which curator or music professional they would like to submit their music to. If the curator doesn't provide feedback within seven days, the artist gets their credits back. They can use their returned credits to submit their track to someone else.
Groover, made by musicians for musicians, has a 90% reply rate. Therefore, artists can rest assured that their music will be listened to. And possibly be added to a playlist, secure a feature on a blog, or receive quality feedback. Also, Groover is organizing frequent workshops to introduce new users to their platform by giving them tips.
Who uses Groover and what curators and pros are on the platform?
Over 70,000 artists from North America, Europe, and Brazil currently use Groover to promote their music. Also, 1,500 curators and pros have provided over one million feedbacks to artists on the platform.
What budget should an artist invest in their Groover campaign?
We have found that the most successful campaigns on the platform include more than 50 contacts (study available here). Groover has set up special packs with discounts called, Grooviz, which artists can choose to optimize their budget. To determine what works best for you, here's an article on the blog that describes each option in detail.
Why should an artist use Groover?
Over one million feedbacks have been provided on Groover with an average 20% approval rate (meaning around 200k shares!). Also, the platform has generated at least 500 signatures with record labels, publishers, and managers.
On top of that, the music curators and pros are based in different countries, with strong communities in France, Brazil, Italy, Canada, Mexico, and the U.K. The community of US-based curators is also growing. Therefore, Groover is a great way to try out new markets for your music!
What makes Groover stand out?
Groover connects artists with the best media outlets, record labels, and radio stations. Also, they provide artists with the opportunity to network within the music industry. There are a bunch of success stories up on the Groover Blog, where artists have secured amazing press publications, got signed, or secured management.
Another unique feature is Groover Obsessions, which launched in 2021. Groover Obsessions is an accelerator program for the most promising independent artists on the platform. This program is built to support artists' careers and help them to monetize their projects.
Want direct access to curators, radio, and music professionals?
Want to try Groover out?
Sign up today and enjoy a special 10% discount over your first campaign with this special code: BONGMINESVIPGROOVER (here's how to apply it). Also, let us know how you feel in the comment section below. Mel Blanc's famous catchphrase, "That's All Folks!" Thanks for reading another great article on Bong Mines Entertainment – the hot spot for new music. Furthermore, always remember that (P) Positive, (E) Energy, (A) Always, (C) Creates, (E) Elevation (P.E.A.C.E).
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School Science Fair Sponsors must fill out and submit an Affiliation Form in order for that school to be eligible to send students to the GNOSEF. This provides information for important future correspondence and for facility planning for the GNOSEF event. By affiliating, the school agrees to follow all of the rules of the Greater New Orleans Science and Engineering Fair. This form must be submitted by October 8, 2018. Please email gnosef@tulane.edu if you have any questions.


The following documents contain important information you will need to know to get the most out of the SDK tools.
These tools are the foundation of the Java 2 SDK. They are the tools you use to create and build applications.
Utilities for use in conjunction with the Java Plug-inTM product.
unregbean Unregisters a packaged JavaBeans component over ActiveX. Unregbean is described on the Java Plug-in Scripting document on the Java Software web site.


There are a host of incredible things to do in Paris. If you're visiting the city, book a hotel near the attractions. Paris is home to some of the best hotels. If you have already made a list of things to do in Paris, choose a hotel that offers transport to those tourist attractions. The sooner you book a hotel, the sooner you can go down the list of things to do in Paris.


Please note: depending on which option you selected registration is for lodging, meals, training, and extra goodies! You are responsible for booking your own travel arrangments.
Travel to Tucson is not included. Please plan to fly in the morning of April 29th and fly home May 5th.
Choose a package based on your membership with TTR. Complete the information below to continue with the registration process.
Selecting this option secures your spot for an individual twin bed.
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This option does not include lodging or transportation. You will be responsible for lodging and transportation to and from all training events during the week.


"The Millenial generation -- young adults between 18 and 29 years of age -- has made headlines as both a victim of its own apathy and the current state of the world. But the generation as a whole remains enigmatic. Millenials can't find jobs. They get married later than earlier generations. They live with their parents. They don't vote. They're not religious. They wait to have kids. So what actually matters to Millenials?"
I thought the comments at the newspaper site were pretty interesting, too.


Here are a few images of a project that involved creating raised beds around a tank.
The tank is situated in the middle of the garden and the top section above ground needs constant access.
A decision was made to extend the gravel around the tank so that pots of plants can be grown around it and, in time, disguise the area. This also meant that should access be needed, the pots can be moved easily.
Stage Two involved erecting a Closeboard Fence around the newly reclaimed land.
As well as letting more light into the property, the occupier has also gained a much larger garden space.
This is a landscaping and clearance job in Wellow and is being done in several stages. Stage One involved taking down the large conifer trees and removing the hedgerow and old fence.
The conifers were taken down and chipped and the stups removed, then the whole area was rotivated and flattend ready for Stage Two. This stage was a total of 5 days work.


Home » Culture » Digital Innovation Competition- Game On!
Digital Innovation Competition- Game On!
If there's one market whose duty it is to stay at the cutting edge of innovations in digital technology its the gaming industry. Those of you who are familiar will know that the key international players in this sector are engaged in an unending technological arms race which drives innovation and development forward at an astonishing pace.
But even with their impressive manpower and near inexhaustible funds the giants of the gaming world sometimes find themselves scratching their heads in bewilderment at some of the problems they face... and that is where you come in!
IC tomorrow has just launched its `Digital Innovations Contest for Games` which tasks digital businesses, start-ups and innovative individuals with the worthy challenge of finding solutions to some of the gaming industry's most prolific challenges.
The UK's biggest tech and gaming brands including Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Crytek UK, Intel, Google Chrome, ODEON Cinemas and Pinewood Studios have put their heads together and identified 5 challenge categories to test the brainpower of the industries most promising up-and-comers. The challenge areas are; second-screen use in a game, new markets and perceptual computing, wider games distribution on mobile web, open street-map data and games and cinema.
The 5 smart cookies who manage to put forward the best solutions to these challenges will be given an award of up to £25,000 for the development of a prototype service or application to try and bring their great idea to life. What's more all winners will retain the intellectual property rights to their idea and receive continuing support from IC tomorrow and their tech partners through the development of their product or service.
Prototype proposals can be submitted via the innovateuk.org website where you can also find detailed summaries of the 5 challenge areas and the terms and conditions of entry.
The deadline for applications is the 16th October so there's still plenty of time to get on your thinking cap, or scarf, or glove or any other intellectually stimulating item of clothing you wish and put forward an inventive idea.
For the information you need check out the website. Best of luck!


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Want to write something fresh for the CEO? Scratching your head over how to make the CFO seem more multi-dimensional? Tired of having legal eviscerate your press releases?
Communicating for the C-suite can be challenging. Corner offices tend to be populated by strong minded, fast thinking, hard driving professionals who don't have a lot of time for rewrites or coming up with just the right word.
That's our jobs as professional communicators. But it doesn't take many emails from the C-suite to realize there is a big difference between writing well and writing well for a particular person.
I hope to do several posts in the coming weeks looking at how to communicate for the C-suite, which can be a place of very varied personalities and tastes. We'll start with the CEO.
First, it's important to consider the person in the corner office - and the character as well. Typically, chief executives are the visionary of the organization: proactive thinkers and, often, charismatic entrepreneurs. Consider what your CEO is like as a person and a professional, and seek to understand his or her voice and priorities.
Next, think about their main audiences. This can be tricky, because chief executives are often the face of the organization and the lead spokesperson to many - if not most - stakeholders. Focusing on a CEO's main external audiences, you'll likely want to consider customers (not necessarily end users), investors, competitors and media on the list; for CEOs of publicly traded companies, add analysts, shareholders, regulators and the financial media.
Lastly, consider the primary concerns for a chief executive and you'll have the topics about which he or she will most need to communicate. (And if a topic is not a primary concern, consider if the CEO should speak to it all: CEOs are strategists, so keep their communications well above mundane tactical matters). Company heads are generally focused on "big picture" matters like growth, strategic opportunity and performance. And more so than others in the executive suite, they are sensitive to reputation and perception issues, and often more attentive to the company's relationships and strategic partners.
On the quirky side, that focus on relationships can sometimes make CEOs the more emotional members of the executive team. Unlike the uber-analytical CFO or legalistic general counsel, CEOs often approach their jobs more personally and can be sensitive to criticism. They are prone to middle of the night revelations (and emails) and are more likely to be hurt (or infuriated) by a headline they find disagreeable.
So if the phone rings at 5:30am with a last minute edit to a press release, just remember: writing for a chief executive is an honor. It provides the professional communicator an opportunity to see into the mastermind behind a company, and it allows you to contribute at a very high level. But never try to make them fit your style or voice. Approach your writing assignment for a CEO with his or her personality, concerns and audiences in mind, and you'll find yourself on the way to a fantastic final piece.


Is It Really Possible For An Amateur Woman To Ride With Fluidity Without Years of Stretching, Fitness, Effort or Practice?
Why is it that some riders float effortlessly on their horse, while others are tense and crooked year after year - or worse - get stuck on the same riding plateau forever.
If you've ever struggled to ride with excellence and flow, this will be the most important letter you ever read.
Is there a part of you that remembers the ease of riding as a youth, but are frustrated because you no longer have the brain-body connection for flow and timing?
Is your horse happy when someone else rides him, but unhappy when you do?
Do you ever feel old from stiff and creaky joints and muscles, and it takes the whole ride to loosen up if you do at all?
Do you ever wish you could stop overthinking and ride with relaxed attention so you can improve your scores?
Are mounting and dismounting painful and worrisome that you may actually fall?
Have you ever felt discouraged because you feel that the years have taken their toll on you so riding with fluidity just simply isn't possible?
Do you want to know how to ride with excellence, ease, and flow so you can enjoy a sense of accomplishment each and every ride?
Can Riding with Fluidity Really Be Taught???
The short answer: yes. For the past 7 years, I've been helping women riders master the invisible and highly prized riding qualities such as fluidity, ease, and flow. Plus, skills like relaxed attention, relaxed action, and balance. As a Guild Certified Feldenkrais PractitionerCM I've been able to help women move effortlessly without additional exercise regimens, stretching, or trainings.
Like many women riders, I returned to the saddle after years away. I rode as a young girl and when I took riding back up as an adult I quickly realized that the girl of my youth was now a mature woman in a very, very different body. Years of sitting at a desk, surgeries, sprained ankles, a broken arm... had me making compensations in my movement that made my riding awkward and crooked.
I signed up for more riding lessons. I gave my all, but my riding remained mechanical and stiff to the point that riding really just became an exercise in frustration. I was ready to quit again!
I learned there is a whole world beyond fitness and bio-mechanics when it comes to riding, I discovered a step-by-step system for effortless movement.
I went from complete inability to sit the trot to thinking nothing of it at all! All of a sudden I had quiet hands so my horse could soften and round. I could hardly believe it!
Other instructors wanted to know who I was riding with, some implied that I was an instructor (even though I wasn't yet!) and they all wanted to know what my secret was.
Now, after helping hundreds of women over the past 7 years capture ease and flow on their horse, I can confidently tell you that if you're feeling frustrated and stunted in your riding, you're not alone. It's completely normal.
In fact, from my work with women riders I know that there are 3 stages and 1 secret to be a flowing rider, when you don't have them, keep you from fulfilling your dream of riding in a way that your horse loves and helps him do the job you are asking him to do.
Watching kids on any playground in the world shows how effortless we all moved at one time - going from running to skipping to hopping without a thought.
So what happened, where'd that girl go?
The trouble comes in when this awkward way of moving becomes habit…. then we get into the saddle with this unproductive and undesirable habit and struggle to understand why there is such a huge gap between the way you ride and the way you want to ride.
Effort, fitness and practice are the common approaches to riding, but here's why they are so ineffective, they do not get to the root cause of the problem, they do not teach how to create a way of riding that is effective and elegant. Doubt it? Check every book, watch every DVD, ask any instructor for a lesson in fluidity - I'm positive that you'll not find a one, that you'll be looked at like you're crazy, and that told that it takes years and years to develop.
So decades go by, effort, time and money invested, but here's the thing, fluidity can be taught…. and there are no more decades to wait.
That's when I knew I couldn't keep this to myself. I had to share it. People clearly wanted and needed my help. So I decided to create "The Flowing Rider Program," to support women riders and help them effortlessly ride with ease and fluidity.
If you want to master fluidity, I have a special invitation for you.
I'm so committed to helping women horseback riders have effective skills with the highest level of quality that I've created a program specifically designed to teach you how to ride with fluidity.
This is your DEEP DIVE into Fluidity. You're going to walk away from this program with the rare ability to create lasting ease and flow in your body and fluidity in the saddle so you can ride with a greater grace and joy that your horse will value and appreciate.
Why Most Riders Stay Crooked In The Saddle… And The Small, Simple "Shift" That Completely Turns Your Ride Around!
In this unmounted and mounted program, you learn what the common denominator is between Balance, Calm and Fluidity, and how to turn this knowledge into skill so you can have the deepest confidence and create a rewarding, meaningful ride with your horse each and every time.
In the "Creating Ease" module, you'll discover the connection between balance, calm and flow; and the 2 simple steps to create lasting ease and flow on your horse no matter how old you are!
In the "Lasting Calm" module, you'll find out why common strategies used by most riders for calm can actually increase anxiety, and demystify calm and make it your forever.
In the "Effortless Balance" module, you'll discover what ancient structures have to teach about being centered and soft in the saddle, and how to easily create a truly balanced seat without stretching, building strength, grit or determination.
In the "Art of Fluidity" module, you'll discover the #1 myth most every rider has heard that actually makes you stiff and rigid, and how to turn that around to be the elegant rider you have always dreamed of.
In the "Long Swinging Strides" module, you'll discover the #1 fastest way make your horse tense and crooked and how to turn it around, and learn how to replace hours of practice with efficient learning curves so your horse can carry you with ease as you cover the ground together.
In the "Sit Quietly" module, learn #1 secret to a flowing seat to enjoy excellence in your riding for higher higher scores and faster times.
Book your sessions anytime during 2018, and get a downloadable recording of each so you have them in your library of valuable resources forever.
OR 6 payments of $269!
As I mentioned already, this Program is extremely powerful. Even more so right now because this is the first time and perhaps the last time I will offer this Flowing Rider Program live. You can come to the live calls and ask me any question, I'll work with you live to help you around creating fluidity and taking it into the saddle with you, and anything else that comes up for you while we're working together over the course of the next 12 months.
This is a rare opportunity, it is the only program available in the world to teach you fluidity in riding, and it may not come around again for a very long time, if ever again. We begin in January.
Frankly, if that's you, I want you in the program. You are my kind of woman and you'll be an amazing addition to the group. The bonds and friendship you create inside the program will last a lifetime. When you ready, click the payment option that works best for you and let's get you in the group!
Your investment today is just...one payment of $1497 OR 6 payments of $269!
If you're really serious about balance, calm and fluidity in your riding, and becoming a skilled rider that your horse can look to with trust, and you don't want to look back in a year and think "Gosh, I wish I had taken a chance last December when I almost registered for The Flowing Rider Program...I can't do this stiff, jerky, working hard and not getting anywhere thing anymore...I'm just so frustrated." The time is now. What would you think about you if you hadn't made this change?
I want for you what you want for you. If riding with complete ease and flow in all the gaits is what you want, I encourage you to join me inside The Flowing Rider Program. We'll go through the steps together.
I look forward to getting to knowing more about you and supporting you along this beautiful, amazing journey.
2 hours per month. This allows you to fully participate in each of the 24 masterclasses.
3 hours (3, 1 hour sessions) over the year for your 1-1 private sessions with Heather.
You can watch the masterclass recording as often as you want to over 2018.
You have lifetime access to the recordings of your private session with Heather to revisit whenever you want to.
You have lifetime access to your bonus program "Balance, Calm and Fluidity" to go through at your own pace.
What if I can't come to the live classes?
I'm dealing with pain from arthritis...I'm not flexible...I'm not in shape...can I really do The Flowing Rider Program?YES! In fact, this program is perfect for you because it will bring you the best functioning possible for your situation, and may very possibly get rid of you pain entirely - I can say this because it has for dozens upon dozens of women riders just like you!
I have knee replacement, hip replacement, various plates and screws...can The Flowing Rider Program really help me?
YES! Bring your hardware because many, many riders before you already have. You will walk away with the best possible outcome of mobility and stability from the program. Below you can read about Judi Qualls, who had ankle replacement, and hear what she gained from working with me.
You'll receive an email from me with all the details for your Flowing Rider Program...the masterclass schedule, the links to join the classes in person, how to access the recordings and class materials, how to schedule your private sessions with me, join our private Facebook group...all the juicy stuff.
You'll also receive a second email from Active Membership 360 to provide you with your login credentials.From there, all you have to do is enjoy your classes and what your horse has to say about the new you!
Will this be offered live again?
I am not planning at this time to ever offer this live again.
"Before I starting working with Heather, I was dealing with an old ankle injury and the surgery that came with that. I have done physical therapy, but I was still weak, and rode crooked in my saddle.
"I got my first 'flowing, forward and round!'"
"I was so surprised with how quickly my riding changed!"
"Before I started Heather's program I was dealing with several horse-related injuries, an ankle replacement, and some fear issues around cantering. I have a wonderful horse who takes such good care of me and I knew my issues were with me and not her.
My instructor would tell me that being relaxed was my biggest problem, and I would try so hard to be that way without much success, and would get so discouraged.
When Heather offered a balanced and relaxed course I decided to try it and see if I could find some help. I discovered that there so many places to hold tension in your body, some I just never realized.
At first I was skeptical of some of the exercises. I thought they'd never work, but they did!
The changes in my riding happened quickly, and my instructor was so thrilled I was being more centered in my saddle and that my hands were getting more quiet. I found myself not worrying so much and instead I could focus on where I was holding tension and release it.
I just did an obstacle competition and it was so great to just stop at each place and know exactly how my weight was balanced in my seat, where my legs were, my feet in the stirrups and where my hands were. We got great scores!And I never felt rushed. I plan to ride a lot this spring and summer and will be listening to my mounted sessions as I go along in my riding. Thank you, Heather!"
"Before working with Heather, I was not confident and had not been brave enough to canter at that time, felt stiff and wasn't moving with my horse at all unless I forced it, and I had a lot of back pain.
After one class with with Heather my back wasn't hurting, and rarely bothers me now.
And, much to my surprise, after a couple of weeks into the course, I melted into the saddle, moved with my horse and felt better than I ever remember in the saddle. It just happened. No thinking about it, or straining to do it.
"I have greater self-confidence and my horses are happy..."
"I'm cantering happily and making steady progress!"
"Before I started working with Heather, I was held back in my riding from tension trying to hold myself in place,holding my breath, and a fear of falling. I was taking lessons with excellent instructors, riding regularly,working on my physical fitness, particularly my core, but the improvements were minimal, at best.
Since I've been working with Heather, recognize how I've been fighting myself and not even knowing it, and Now, I'm cantering happily and a lovely circle!!!! I LOVE it! Also, I have rediscover balance and relaxation in the saddle, and with it, my joy of riding. My new accomplishments bring respect to my horse's body and mind, and we are now making steady progress together. Heather has helped me in a way no riding instructor ever has! Thank You Heather!"
"After just a few weeks I was able to sit the trot with a deep balanced seat!"
"Before working with Heather, the judge's comment was: "The basics of rhythm, relaxation, and contact are lacking."I realized that I needed to address my inability to relax in the saddle, before I could fix the other issues. Then Heather taught me how effortless movement is found and applied to my riding. After just a few weeks I rode for the same judge, and was able to sit the trot with a deep balanced seat! That allowed me to focus on developing a more supple connection over a rounder topline. Thank you Heather for helping me relax in the saddle and enjoy every ride!"


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In The Post: BlackJacks vs Honey Badgers
ByAlex Lough
Jul 23, 2021 #HopOn, Basketball, Blackjacks, CEBL, hamilton honey badgers, Honey Badgers, Ottawa Blackjacks
Another road game, another loss for the Ottawa BlackJacks. Despite coming in with all the momentum in the world after handing Edmonton their first loss of the season, they couldn't close out in Hamilton. The game was a tightly contested, back-and-forth one, right up until the fourth quarter.
The BlackJacks couldn't buy a bucket in the final frame, and they paid for it dearly to the tune of an 87-75 defeat.
Lindell Wigginton reminded everyone why he's in the MVP conversation, and the Honey Badgers were able to snap a two-game skid and get back to their winning ways.
Let's take a look at what went wrong and what Ottawa needs to do better against Niagara.
Definition of Insanity?
Probably my least favourite quote of all time is, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results'. Einstein never said it. It has no bearing on reality. And yet it's oddly applicable to this game.
At this point in the season, we know what the BlackJacks offense wants to do; get the ball to Nick Ward, let him work inside, then take advantage when the defense collapses inside. The problem is, it can become predictable and defenses can expect it, which leads to them hawking the ball when you try to pass it inside. That's exactly what the Honey Badgers did, and fair play to them for it. The issue was Ottawa just. Kept. Doing it.
It's not even as if the team wasn't having success otherwise. Despite being forced to play Hamilton's game, the BlackJacks were able to find a couple of hot hands in Tyrell Green and Earl Calloway to enter the fourth trailing only by one after the lead ping-ponged all game. Yet they constantly drove into the paint – which would then get congested with bodies – and try to force a pass down low which would either get knocked away or, usually, picked off and taken down the court.
Ward had easily his worst game of the season, which previously belonged to… his last game against Hamilton. He had just 8 points and 7 rebounds and was a -16 on the night. Kudos to Thomas Kennedy, Kenny Ejim and Coach Ryan Schmidt for finding a gameplan to shut down Ward and keep the ball out of his hands. They were able to frustrate Ward to the point that he took a technical foul at the worst possible time (if there were such a thing as BlackJacks bingo, Ward getting a tech would be the free space in the middle).
As the game entered Elam time, the Honey Badgers had already taken firm control and their victory seemed inevitable. All because the BlackJacks refused to adapt.
Forget About Me?
Lindell Wigginton had struggled mightily in his last two games. And make no mistake, there was a direct correlation between his poor play and the Honey Badger's losses. But playing in front of a home crowd for the first time this year – not to mention Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was in attendance – the Nova Scotia native went off like we had seen earlier in the season and carried his team to victory.
He finished with 32 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. It was the second most he's scored this season behind the 33 he put up against, you guessed it, the BlackJacks in their first meeting. This Hamilton team likes playing Ottawa, is what I'm getting at. He was also incredibly efficient, shooting 10-of-15 from the field and 8-for-10 from the charity stripe.
Wigginton was helped out by J.V. Mukama, who had 16 points with 9 rebounds and 4 assists of his own. The team captain has been off-and-on all season, but performances like this will be key for the Honey Badgers' success come playoff time.
Hamilton has relied on their offense to carry them for most of the season. After that aspect of their game struggled to get going in their past two, they obviously put an emphasis on defense coming into this game and it showed. Even when their shooting woes reappeared against Ottawa, they were able to prevent the BlackJacks from getting on any major run that they couldn't overcome.
It was a hard-fought victory, and one their fans should be happy to have witnessed.
This was a weird game throughout. Like I said, Ottawa was unable to get their game going, but Hamilton wasn't able to take advantage. The end result was a game where both teams had long dry spells and essentially traded scoring runs for the first 3 quarters. Both teams essentially only had two players really find their groove, but Hamilton was able to find consistency late and that ultimate proved to be enough.
Well, that combined with some poor decisions on the BlackJacks part. With that, let's talk about Nick Ward for a minute, shall we?
When you look at Ward's stats in college and at the pro level, you think to yourself, 'how is this guy not a star at the highest levels?' Afterall, this is the same guy who took minutes away from players like Jaren Jackson Jr, Miles Bridges, and Xavier Tillman while at Michigan State. He's second in points scored by a first-year player in school history, behind only some guy named Magic Johnson. He's starred in the G-League and overseas. And then you watch him play, and it starts to make sense.
For every bit as physically dominant he is, as great as his footwork might be, you see a guy who seems to be determined to get in his own way.
In Wednesday's game, Ward received another technical foul for arguing a call with a ref. Whatever foul he was looking for was by no means egregious, and whatever he was hoping would happen clearly wasn't going to. More importantly, the BlackJacks were trailing with Elam time approaching, and Ward's selfish argument gave Hamilton another point plus possession. On top of that, it put the Honey Badgers in the bonus situation, which would prove costly.
We've already seen Ward get technical fouls for arguing calls this season. We've also seen coach Charles Dube-Brais get one for arguing a call on Ward's behalf, and who could forget, we've seen him get a technical for kicking a chair.
At this point, I think the key to BlackJacks success this season will be in getting Ward a good sports psychologist. He must have some sort of subconscious need to self-sabotage that has to be addressed. It's the only logical reason I can think of as to why someone with the level of experience he has would continue to make such horrific basketball decisions.
Gah. Another loss means the BlackJacks failed to gain any ground on the two teams behind them in the standings. There were some things to build off of, however.
We saw that Ottawa can still generate offense even when plan A isn't working. It's really the first time we've seen that all season. Even more impressive, they did it without Johnny Berhanemeskel or Kadre Gray, who was presumably held out while he finished off the details in his new contract in the Spanish league (congrats, young man).
We also saw Green take over a game for the first time. He's struggled for most of the season, but this was the kind of game most knew he was capable of. Did he take some bad heat check shots in the middle quarters? Yes, but I would rather see him continue to trust himself than end the game with fewer than double-digits in shot attempts.
Next up for the BlackJacks is the Niagara River Lions. They met in the first game of the CEBL, and Niagara absolutely had their way with Ottawa. Don't think the BlackJacks have forgotten that.
On paper, they match up well; definitely much better than we saw in the last game. It will be another big game, as Ottawa tries to get their first road win of the season before coming home to welcome the league-worst Saskatchewan Rattlers.
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HomeINSIGHTEx-Sierra Leone VP Victor Foh and Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray invited to ACC over corruption charges
Ex-Sierra Leone VP Victor Foh and Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray invited to ACC over corruption charges
July 5, 2018 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU INSIGHT, Uncategorized 0
Sierra Leone's former Vice President Victor Foh and former Mines Minister Minkailu Mansaray were arrested on Thursday on charges of alleged corruption, a spokesman for the West African country's anti-corruption commission said.
The arrests come the day after a separate commission appointed by President Julius Bio alleged that corruption was "rampant" under his predecessor Ernest Koroma, including the theft of state property and the funneling of state contracts to officials' relatives and close friends.
President Bio's administration in a report released on Wednesday. said corruption under former Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma who stepped down in April took the economy to the brink of collapse.
"Corruption is at a level that can destroy this nation," Bio said in a televised speech after receiving the report in the capital Freetown.
"I consider the level of corruption that we have met as a national security issue."
Authorities should set up a judicial commission to recover stolen state assets including buildings, land and hundreds of government vehicles, said the report by a 12-member team.
In a statement, his APC party called the report a "witch hunt and political intimidation" intended to distract attention from Bio's first 100 days, which it said were a "complete failure".
Sierra Leone, recovering from a decade of civil war that ended in 2002, saw its economy wrecked by an Ebola epidemic that peaked in 2014 and a slump in global commodity prices. In March, Bio, then in opposition, defeated a candidate from the APC to win the presidency after campaigning to stamp out graft.
"The Governance Transition Team has uncovered evidence of the former government facilitating the inappropriate acquisition of state's assets and properties by relatives and close friends of the former president," the report said.
"There is also evidence of inflated government contracts being inappropriately awarded to such relatives and friends," government said, citing fiscal indiscipline as another problem.
The 82-page report accused Koroma's government of selling a 30 per cent government stake in a mining venture to his nephew John Sisay at an artificially low price of about 12 million dollars.
The shares were later sold on for 95 million dollars, the report said.
Sisay did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The report also accused the previous administration, which governed for a decade, of exploiting the Ebola outbreak to award contracts to companies with close ties to APC officials.
Cornelius Deveaux, the APC's press secretary, denied that.
Newly-elected governments in West Africa often accuse their predecessors of corruption.
Those accused in turn frequently say authorities use the judiciary for political ends.
The report recommended audits of the agencies in charge of telecommunications, energy and revenue and social security as well as the central bank and two state-owned commercial banks.
The commissioner of Sierra Leone's Anti-Corruption Commission, Francis Ben Kaifala, told Reuters it would take a few weeks to determine which accusations in the report would be worth pursuing but that some were already under investigation.
Bio pledged in May to follow through with campaign promises to review mining contracts and consider legislative changes to ensure that the country benefits from its reserves of diamonds, mineral sands and bauxite.
President Koroma outlines plans to restore Sierra Leone to the path to prosperity, as envisaged under the Agenda for Prosperity.
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Members of Congress have been clear that they will not act to address gun violence. Demonstrating, again, that they are unfit to lead, Republicans insist that the problem is unsolvable by government, despite widespread public support for reasonable , Constitutional measures to curb gun violence. Since their hearts won't change, we have to change Congress. We have to vote like our lives and our children's lives are on the line here.
I suspect if old people on cruise ships and member of Congress and people sitting on Fortune 500 company boards were gunned down as often as school children, our gun laws and our gun culture would look different. As long as its kids and black people and women being targeted, too many of those who have the most power to make change do nothing except stand in the way of those who are dying without it. Voting them out and voting in the people most at risk of death by gun violence is one strategy.
It's, as my 9th grader said recently, like insisting on which movie the whole family sees at the Cineplex, then walking out five minutes into it. Only instead of a movie theater, you've just voted for people to be exposed to the risk of being killed or traumatized by violence while you go back to the relatively safety of not being a teacher or coach or librarian or student.
Hell, if our military saw casualties like our schools, we'd do something differently, because the people in power fear that too many military deaths will undermine their base's support for them.
Above, a map of dots showing the location of gun violence in the US last January through October. Other nations' maps don't look like this. Ours doesn't either.
No words about family values matter if a politician won't value children enough to address gun violence. You can't be, I think, pro-family and also pro-gun; guns are the third leading cause of death in children today. 10,000 children in the US are killed or injured each year by guns. Most women murdered by their partners are gunshot victims; 95% of police officers killed when responding to domestic disputes are killed by guns.
*Yeah, I mean it. Gun violence isn't that difficult to solve. Every other advanced industrialized nation has done it. Saying we can't do it here is like saying that Japan or Switzerland is better than us. I don't accept that.


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