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While every professional resume needs to begin with a well-articulated professional brand, it's especially critical for those in marketing. Resumes for marketing professionals must market the marketer; in other words, demonstrate the candidate's value proposition for employers.
Just as you would emphasize the benefits over the features of a product you've sold, your resume should do the same. Is it clear why an employer would benefit from having you on board? Does your resume include a list of achievements? All the adjectives in the dictionary are useless unless you have solid evidence that demonstrates your value. Employers have seen "results-driven," and other hackneyed phrases on so many resumes that the expression has ceased to mean anything. Quantify the value you represent in a well-curated list of accomplishments.
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You can learn a lot from a 12-year-old
November 01, 2011 by Don Spetner
A few weeks ago I was trapped in off-site hell: a two-day series of meetings consisting mostly of PowerPoint presentations.
I'm continually shocked at how bad most of these are. The notion that a series of slides depicting texted bullet points presented in a dimly lit, oxygen-deprived conference room can enhance delivery of a complex message is truly ludicrous. And yet the tradition plods on.
One of the most cogent communicators I ever met was a shirtless 12-year-old boy from Alabama. He taught me that effective communications does not depend on eloquence or detailed content. Instead, he reinforced that it is vital to hone a core message and, once you do, reinforce it at every opportunity. And finally, he made it clear how effective it can be to incorporate drama, entertainment, and compelling visuals.
We were at a family reunion in Gulf Shores, AL, with two dozen or so cousins, siblings, nephews, and nieces. After a few days of mini golf, go-karts, schlocky souvenir shops, and family drama, we went fishing off one of the big stone piers that jutted into the Atlantic.
We rented rods, reels, and foul-smelling bait, and sauntered out to the edge of the pier where the fish were biting. All was going well until my niece hooked a scary-looking stingray, about 12 inches long, and asked me to take it off the hook. I, of course, had neither the desire, the capacity, nor the inclination to touch the slimy thing, partly because of the creepiness factor, but mostly because I was worried about the dreaded stinger.
That's when Cody appeared. Skinny, barefoot, and wearing overalls, he had clearly spent many hours plying the ocean piers and seemed keenly adept in all the attendant arts, including hook removal.
"Hey mister," Cody said with a deep Southern twang, "y'all need some help with that ray?"
I immediately handed him the rod, squirming stingray still attached. He quickly got down to business. I quickly noted his remarkable presentation skills.
Cody immediately engaged his audience by addressing our urgent concerns and fears.
"If you're worried about gettin' stung, the first thing you gotta do is stun-slap the fish," he said immediately before swinging the poor ray face down on the concrete pier with a big splat.
"Then," he paused for dramatic effect, "you gotta step on it and cut the tail off." He motioned to his administrative assistant (his little brother) to step on the stunned ray and immobilize it. With dramatic flair, Cody pulled a knife from his back pocket and gruesomely began to saw off the ray's tail.
I was horrified, but enthralled as he detached the tail from the ray while a small crowd gathered to admire his work. He then held up the bloody tail and pointed to a large barb sticking out of its slimy underside.
"You see that stinger?" Cody inquired. We nodded in awe.
"You know what happens when you touch that thing," he went on. "Automatic hospital."
With two words, Cody captured his core message and created a catch phrase my family has used ever since.
I think about the concept of Automatic Hospital in corporate life all the time.
If you're thinking about cheating a little bit on your expense report: Automatic Hospital.
If you're tempted to interrupt the CEO in the middle of a rant: Automatic Hospital.
If you're inclined to ignore the repeated paperwork requests from corporate accounting: Automatic Hospital.
Perhaps Cody is available for our next off-site gathering.
Don Spetner is EVP, corporate affairs at executive recruitment firm Korn/Ferry International.
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Bible book should be read and believed. Avoid reading too many versions for it may end you up confused. Read line by line and try to understand every word of it. You can ask your teachers, masters, elders about something which you don't understand. But don't take anything for granted. A message understood wrong can be dangerous.
As a Protestant, you better believe I wholeheartedly disagree with you. There is just so much you do NOT say! Does it not seem remarkable to you that without exception, everywhere Mary appears during the course of Jesus' ministry, He is at pains to establish distance between them??? (Matt 12:48, Luke 2:48-9, 8:19-21, Mk 3:31-35, John 2:4). I say he knew very well what the future held in elevating this woman's reputation beyond that which was intended, and thus, Jesus acts accordingly. The first order of business is that your statement that her faith was as perfect as a human's could be, falls flat from the get-go when Jesus tells her at age 12 that she ought to have known that he was going about his Father's business.
Next, if you truly want to arrive at a balanced and biblical Mariology, I would suggest that the passages I listed offer compelling evidence that weighs AGAINST the belief that Mary's status is higher than any other believer. If you reject this advice, I can only say to you as Jesus said to them, "you do greatly err, not knowing the Scriptures."(Matt 22:29).
In Matt 13:55, we are confronted with a line-up of the family: "Joseph, his mother called Mary, and His brethren, James, Joses, Simon and Judas...and His sisters..." Thus, Mary had 4 sons and at least 2 daughters. Might I remind you that if Luke had known of any decision by Mary to remain a virgin, (and by the time Luke wrote his gospel, Mary was WELL past child-bearing age, so he would know just exactly what the familial situation was) it seems indisputable that he would have used the word "ONLY BORN" son, as he did elsewhere, if an only child was indeed the case. I direct your attention to the statement that, instead, "she brought forth her FIRSTBORN son." (Luke 2:7). This is deliberately different from where we read later in Luke's gospel. Witness: three times we read of someone's ONLY child...."the only son of His mother" (7:12)....."his only daughter" (8:41)....and "he is my only child" (9:38). I say it to you again, if the Holy Spirit wanted it to be known that Jesus was an "ONLY" in chapter 2, it would have been made abundantly clear as it was in chapters 7, 8 and 9! ("For God is not the author of confusion" ...1 Cor 14:3). But "only" was intentionally NOT used precisely because Jesus had other siblings! Face it.
In addition, if the picture painted of Mary within RCism is true, we should have expected a different response from Jesus when one person shouts out from the crowd: "Blessed is the womb that bare thee!" (Luke 11:27). If Jesus wished to emphasize what this voice from the crowd had said, we might expect Him to say, "Indeed, she is even more blessed because of our biological ties." But He does not. Instead, when the crowd-seeker suggests that the mother of Jesus must be blessed because of her biological connection to Him, He emphatically points away from the "womb" (singular) that bare Him, to... "those" (plural) who hear the word of God and keep it. It definitely appears that this passage serves as a warning for all subsequent interpretations of the greatness of Mary. Certainly, if Jesus rebuffs this woman's comparitively minimalistic praise of her, then He would much more forcefully rebuff the inherent praise and unique status in such titles as Co-Redemptress, Co-Mediatrix, Dispensatrix of all graces, Divine Aquaduct, Celestial Ocean, Ladder to Paradise, ad nauseum, or the most popular, "Queen of Heaven" (a title and entity, by the way, utterly condemned in Jeremiah 7:18, and 44:17-25). Or how about the equally obnoxious prayer said after each Rosary declaring Mary to be "our life, our sweetness and our hope"? This is in DIRECT contradiction to the word of God which says Christ is our life (Col 3:4), our sweetness (Ps 34:8) and our hope (Col 1:27, Titus 2:13). The catechism's advice to bring "ALL" our cares to Mary ALSO flatly contradicts Scripture which tells us to do exactly the opposite (Phil 4:6-7,1 Peter 5:7, Heb 4:15-16).
The answer Jesus gave to the person in the crowd is a distinct warning to the perceptive reader that He knew very well in the years to come her whole person would be blown out of proportion. It is a fact that the status of Mary is never elevated above the level of any other disciple and the notion of honoring her in any RC dogmatic sense, is entirely foreign to the N.T. writers, nor do they give her any sort of primacy in the early N.T. church.
This same "polite downgrading" is also seen at the wedding of Cana, "Woman, what have I to do with thee?" While it is true that speculation abounds as to Jesus' intent in using this term, what most agree on is that it is not exactly the most flattering thing to be said. A Catholic commentator, making the most sense in my opinion, does rightly observe that, "Neither in antiquity nor today does the usage prevail of a son addressing his mother as "woman"....however, this would seem to indicate that Jesus did not wish the relationship of natural motherhood and authority to be the basis of Mary's dealings with Him in His public life and ministry of salvation." Well said! ("The Marian Significance at Cana" by S. Hartdegen, p. 91-2).
As demonstrated above, the carefully chosen responses of Christ to His mother shatter any "unique relationship" between the two. By Mary saying, "They have no more wine", the RCC ALSO reads into this an entirely unwarranted theology of intercession, that, to the Protestant, strains the bounds of credulity. This statement implies nothing more than Mary's anxiety over the embarrassing situation for the bridal couple; she did not, in point of fact, ask anything of Jesus. Need I remind you that the miracle of the water into wine was "the FIRST of His miraculous signs" (John 2:11), so she could not have been expecting any sort of miracle. Therefore, it seems more likely her statement was simply a concerned observation, and not a request for anything, for to portray Mary as expecting Jesus to perform a miracle---something that until now He had never done---is completely anachronistic.
"WHO IS MY MOTHER? AND WHO ARE MY BRETHREN? And he stretched forth His hand towards His disciples and said, "Behold my mother, and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, the same is my brother, and sister and mother." The import of these words cannot be underestimated in contradistinction to the "mary" of Catholicisim. Note well that His mother and brethren that came to see Him are seen as a unit, as though they are of the same household, and to posit that these "brethren" are in reality, "cousins" or "distant relatives" as some RC apologists desperately try to imagine, severly weakens the "punch line" (if you will) that Jesus delivers at the end. The intended effect of His answer is to direct his audience away from any notion of special status with Him through biological ties---indeed, and to sever those biological ties to establish a new family based on obedience to the will of God. His meaning is effecively, "She who bore me and grew up with me are not my mother and brothers; rather it is they who are doers of the Word. If that happens to include those who were part of my biological family, well and good."


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Fire guts Curly's bar and Papa Mancino's restaurant in Colon, damages neighboring businesses
Updated Mar 8, 2013 ; Posted Mar 8, 2013
By Kayla Hampton | khampton@mlive.com
Fire at Curly's in Colon
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COLON, MI — A slice of life in this rural St. Joseph County town is in ruins, after a fire ripped through a bar and restaurant and damaged neighboring businesses.
Roads leading to East State Street in downtown Colon were blocked off Friday as firefighters worked to put out a blaze that started at about 10 a.m. in the building housing Curly's bar and Papa Mancino's restaurant.
The fire began in the kitchen of the restaurant/bar, but firefighters are unsure of what started it, Matt Overholt, chief of Colon's volunteer fire department, said from the scene Friday afternoon. The fire spread to two neighboring buildings that house a Prudential Realty office and Five Star Pizza.
"We got in right away," Overholt said of firefighters. "The first crew went in through Papa Mancino's front door and the second crew went into Five Star Pizza. We had another crew go into the Prudential building and they found a small fire in the attic."
The fire investigator was on the scene, but will not be able to search the buildings and determine the cause of the fire until Monday, according to Overholt.
Jason Wagner, vice president of Colon Banking Center, located across the street from where the fire took place, said he was sitting at his desk when he saw smoke coming coming from the kitchen area of the restaurant.
"At first, I couldn't tell if it was just something burning or something more serious, Wagner said. "Soon, the whole building was engulfed."
Wagner said that Kathy Earl, who owns the bar and restaurant with her husband Dan Earl, was in the building doing paperwork with her son at the time the fire started.
"(After she rushed outside), she kept saying '29 years, 29 years,' " Wagner said. "She's very hardworking and has dedicated her life to the business. I feel terrible for her."
Curly's has been a family-owned business for more than 75 years, with the original owners operating it for more than 54 years before the Earls took over, according to its website.
Dave Alli, a sheriff's deputy for St. Joseph County, said he hopes the bar and restaurant will be rebuilt.
"Curly's was a little hole in the wall with really good food and cold beer where everyone knows everyone," Alli said. "You could sit in there and talk to your buddies or anyone from a farmer to a lawyer from Chicago."
"It's really sad," he said. "I'll miss it."


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Verizon announces three grant recipients for its $10 million commitment to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
Aug 30, 2017, 15:07 ET
HOUSTON, Aug. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon today announced three organizations that will receive grants as part of its $10 million pledge to fund Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
The recipients are:
The Greater Houston Community Foundation-Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund for Houston (https://ghcf.org)
The One Star Foundation (http://onestarfoundation.org) and
Salvation Army Southern Territory (http://salvationarmysouth.org)
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Offering emergency financial assistance to employees who have been affected by this tragedy though both its employee assistance program and its VtoV program where employees can donate funds to help fellow employees affected by a natural or personal disaster. In addition, to reinforce our long- term commitment to the communities we serve, Verizon will be offering its more than 10,000 employees who work in the states of Texas and Louisiana the opportunity to volunteer for the Harvey recovery effort over the coming months and receive up to a week of paid volunteer time.
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This paper, prepared for the 30th anniversary conference of the School of International Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London, highlights some empirical studies on international commercial arbitration that have been published during the past ten years. Part 1 offers some comments on surveys and simulations as a source of quantitative data on international arbitration. Part 2 then highlights some non-survey studies of particular interest. It examines empirical research on (1) the use of arbitration clauses; (2) court enforcement of international arbitration awards; and (3) macroeconomic effects of international commercial arbitration.
Drahozal, Christopher R., The State of Empirical Research on International Commercial Arbitration: 10 Years Later, in The Evolution and Future of International Arbitration: The Next 30 Years, (Kluwer Law International, 2016, Forthcoming).


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that He loves them, and that He has expressed that love through Jesus Christ.
AWANA night starts with check-in (5:45pm - 6:00pm). Children earn points for wearing their uniform, attending church, and having their Bible and AWANA book with them. After check-in, the night is broken into three 30-minute blocks of time, with children in age-appropriate groups.
HANDBOOK TIME: This is the time that kids get to say their memory verses from the sections in their handbooks. The handbooks are geared toward different age groups, with the younger children getting the basics and the older children learning verses that help them to understand deeper concepts. Verses must be memorized "word perfect", which means staying true to what God's word says, and must include where it is found in the Bible. Children are allowed tow "helps" if they run into problems. They are encouraged to know not only what the verse says, but also what the verse means. Children earn points for verses passed, and when they pass an entire section they receive a reward.
GAME TIME: This is the time to let loose and really have some fun. Dividing the group into teams, the kids compete in some heart-pumping games. Teams earn points for coming in first, second, and third, as well as for following the rules. Extra points can also be awarded for good sportsmanship and listening to directions.
GROUP TIME: Each evening during group time, a leader will teach about a way to apply the Bible to daily life. Then the lesson gets interactive, with question and answer time, games that test what they have learned, or letting the kids give examples of how they would apply the concept being taught.
EXTRA FUN: Don't forget that many AWANA nights have themes so make sure you check with the schedule so you don't miss CRAZY HAIR NIGHT!


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Sequim man faces charges of repeated child rape
Anthony Ward, released in January 2018 on $30,000 bail, is not allowed to communicate with minors
by Paul Gottlieb
Friday, April 5, 2019 10:28am
CrimeClallam County
SEQUIM — A Clallam County man faces seven charges of repeatedly raping a girl from when she was at least 9 years old until she was 15.
Anthony Ward, 37, was charged June 27, 2017, in Whatcom County Superior Court with one count of first-degree child rape, two counts of second-degree child rape and four counts of third-degree child rape.
Ward, released in January 2018 on $30,000 bail, is living in Sequim and is not allowed to communicate with minors, according to court records.
His trial confirmation hearing is April 17.
A two-week jury trial is scheduled to begin April 22.
The standard sentencing range for the charges is at least 20 to 26.5 years, with a maximum of life in prison, said Evan Jones, Whatcom County deputy prosecuting attorney, on Wednesday.
Each charge contains the aggravating circumstance that Ward's behavior "was part of an ongoing pattern of sexual abuse of the same victim under the age of 18 years manifested by multiple incidents over a prolonged period of time," according to the charges.
Jones said the aggravating factors allow a judge to go beyond the standard sentencing range.
"The allegations as charged are horrific, and we are taking the case very seriously," he said. "I expect either a trial or a resolution of the case this spring."
Jones said he is not aware of Ward having any prior criminal history in Washington.
He said court documents do not contain a middle name for Ward.
The girl, now 17, told authorities in June 2017 that Ward began sexually abusing her in 2009 when she was a 7-year-old second-grader living in another state, according to the probable cause statement.
It continued after she moved to Sequim in 2010 and to Blaine in 2015, according to a probable cause statement.
After the attacks, "Ward would ask her to pray for him because he was trying to get better," according to the statement.
The girl said the last time she was raped was June 16, before her high school graduation.
Child Protective Services reported the abuse to Whatcom County authorities six days later.
"She stated that she had been reluctant to report the sexual abuse in the past because she did not want [Ward] to go to jail and she was worried about what others might think," according to the probable cause statement.
The girl currently is doing well, Jones said.
"I met with her," he said. "She's affected by the abuse that occurred, but she's a strong young lady, I would say."
Senior Staff Writer Paul Gottlieb can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 55650, or at [email protected].
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Forks woman taken to Jefferson County jail during sentencing hearing
Judge revokes conditions of release; hearing now July 19
$150,000 bail set for Port Angeles man suspected of pointing gun at couple
Charges expected Tuesday for Toka John Lavacca
Prosecutors seek phone records in case involving drug death
Trial for controlled substances homicide now Aug. 12
Man charged with animal cruelty has his request denied
Judge denies request; new trial dates set for October
Sheriff's Office: Port Angeles woman jailed after high-speed chase
Vehicle went airborne after striking stump
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Hearing set over with attorney recovering from surgery
Quadruple murder suspect charged in deaths of wife, her three children
Matthew Timothy Wetherington faces four counts of murder, one count of arson
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Female victim treated at hospital, released


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If you're familiar with Vision Boards, you may have also made a Gratitude Board, but have you thought of the children you know?
My first thought was wow, how refreshing!
Then it occurred to me what a beautiful place this child is in. At the ripe old age of four, she has pretty much nailed the law of attraction.
I can't think of a more perfect example of how gratitude fits into the law of attraction. Doubtless, this is much easier when you are four years old with loving parents who provide you a secure environment. Immediately I realized that I can do something to help reinforce her marvelous attitude and hopefully maintain it throughout life – I can give her a Gratitude Board for Christmas!
I've selected a flower shaped magnetic board and little heart magnets. To start with I'll include photos of her parents, grandparents and other relatives, and over time we can add other people in her life such as friends and teachers from her preschool.
At her age I'll keep the concepts simple and add some pictures from magazines to represent all the things she has to be thankful for – a sunny day, a nice home to live in, a great vacation, a trip to the zoo, favorite (healthy!) foods, etc. I can even add simple words and short phrases that she can already read or recognize.
Another fun way to get the photos you'll need is to take a little outing together. You can use your smart phone to take photos, and Walgreens will develop them in as little as an hour. Children will sometimes have ideas of specific people or things they want you to photograph, or you can just enjoy the outing, notice whatever delights them, and take quick snapshots as you go.
What you place on a gratitude board for a child will of course depend on age. I recommend using a cork or magnetic board so that the child can select things that he or she is particularly grateful for each day or week. Such a versatile gratitude board can be easily updated over time to reflect the child's growing awareness and appreciation of the wonderful things in his or her life.
It will be great fun to help her choose new pictures to add to her gratitude board, and I look forward to helping her. Most importantly, I'll be helping her learn about positive thinking. Even at four, life has its ups and downs, and if she learns now how to retain her joy through it all, what an amazing and abundant life is in store for her!
For Older Kids — Make Your Own Gratitude Board!
The awesome gratitude board above was created by a 9 year old. Look at what a wonderful job she did!
In fact, she has included some great positive affirmations, so you might call this a combination gratitude and vision board. All by herself, she has created a board that expresses her gratitude for where she is plus her vision of a bright, happy future. What a perfect way to do it!
We all know the importance of positive reinforcement for children, and affirmations work for kids too! For more ideas, see this article about making an Affirmation Board.
Obviously, the amount of adult supervision required will depend on the age and skill levels of the kids involved. Plan ahead to be sure your project will be safe and workable for the child who's going to do the work.
I happen to know the little girl who made this gratitude board, and she can be trusted with scary things like scissors and glue. All her mom had to do was furnish some old magazines and a few supplies.
Canvas Board – The one at right measures 16 x 20, but you'll find canvas boards in a variety of sizes.
If you don't have a lot of old magazines lying around, ask friends and family. You might even check with your family dentist or doctor offices to see if they have old issues they are ready to toss.
As for instructions to the child, the less, the better! Trust me, they "get" this far better than we do. As they work or when they are finished, get them to tell you about the items they chose to include. Gratitude is a wonderful feeling, so don't miss the opportunity to share it with them!


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Nashville City council proposes change to marijuana law
Published: Monday, August 15th, 2016
Written by: Amanda Gentry
Under TN Law currently, possession of a half ounce or less of marijuana is punished by up to 1 year in jail and up to a $2500 dollar fine, but a recently sponsored bill in the Metro City Council of Nashville is looking to change that.
The new proposal puts the penalty at a $50 fine maximum for up to one half ounce (14 grams), which can be suspended and given up to 10 hours community service. The bill isn't perfect, local police actually complained that it took away an officers discretion to not charge someone if they chose not to, which if reworded to "may charge with $50" it might be better in some ways, but also might be a route to try to circumvent the will of the Metro City Council and charge with a much more difficult set of rules under the state law rather than the local if they choose to. The Tennessean has more coverage here on the Metro Nashville proposed change to Marijuana Law.
Other rules such as this exist and are currently in force, a good example would be that the state law on littering is more strict than the local ordinance, and the Metro Nashville Police are under city rules.
This could create some confusing circumstances where people are given different rules based on who pulls them over also, depending on if it was a Metro Nashville Police officer or if it was a TN State Highway patrol officer.
A change statewide overall could help to focus police workloads on other criminal activities, and reduce workloads so that situations like the one in Manchester TN the other day where 270 out of town cases were heard in one day would be less common. (more on this later here's a link to the DNJ story)
TL;DR: Nashville may reduce penalties for simple possession of Marijuana from 1 year and a 2500 dollar maximum to $50 and 10 hours maximum, but it's still being worked out.
If you or someone you know has been arrested for a Marijuana possession in Nashville, at Bonaroo or surrounding areas and you're in need of a free consultation with a qualified attorney, contact the Law Office of Amanda J. Gentry at (615) 604-6263, or fill our out contact form.
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All you need to Know about Servicing Your Car
Mink Moh
Cars are the reflection of the lifestyle of some of their owners while others might see it just as a mode of transport that pick up and drop people from point-to-point. But in whichever perspective you look at it, it is no lesser an investment than an entire home, and for most of the mass buyers, this kind of investments are lifetime investments. Hence, maintaining the car is you valuing your own investment, while the car makes the drudgery of transportation easier for you and your family.
In this entire story of car ownership and its usage, the most monotonous, time consuming and costly thing is car-servicing that very few people really enjoy. But skipping the maintenance schedule can lead to still worse circumstances involving life risks, more money an more inconvenience. So to make you well-prepared in advance, in case you are a novice in this field, here we have made an attempt to describe everything about car servicing in a nutshell.
Advantages of Timely Servicing your Car
Learning it from the most experienced mechanic serving at the Nampa Toyota service, we were convinced enough that a timely car service will surely bring you the following benefits:
Only a thorough servicing can detect the faults of the latest safety features and hence keep the car in a safe to drive condition.
Increase its reliability by minimizing the probability of sudden breakdowns.
Lowering down the overall cost of its ownership.
Keep the car eligible for much higher resale value during a trade in deal.
What are Included in a Regular Car Service?
A regular car service starts with a test drive to identify the symptoms of any issues coming up in its major and minor systems and mechanisms.
Checking the engine oil, the oil filter and air filter and address the issues if any by wither topping the level of car fluids, and replacing the filters, in case any of them has worn out or gone excessively dirty.
Checking the level of coolant and top it up or replace it as and when required as coolants are responsible for preventing the car engine from getting overheated.
Complete Inspection and a thorough process of internal as well as external cleaning. It might include any repair or replacement of parts like brake pads or discs. If they are worn out beyond their recommended levels, the experts will advise you for an immediate replacement.
Inspection and cleaning of important parts like spark plugs, car AC, fused bulbs.
The experts will test for the proper functioning of gear and clutch, look for any wear in the tires, scan for even minute body damages, clean and refill the windshield washer fluid and so on.
At the Toyota service in Nampa, they inspect the car battery as well, for proper voltage, while all its terminals and vents are cleaned and distilled with water topped up to its optimum level.
Finally a complete car wash and interior cleaning will round up the session, while suggesting the owner to do all the needful, at the right time, to keep the car in its original state.
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Hockey win
In honor of its 104th anniversary, "Electrostal" metallurgical plant has held a hockey match again. The team of the enterprise met on the ice of the Kristall Sports Palace with the team of Rusinox LLC.
The match started with congratulations to "Electrostal" Metallurgical Plant" JSC. The opening speech was made by Deputy CEO - Production Director of Eleсtrostal plant Alexander Nikolayevich Korolev and the captain of the rival team, Director General and Head of the City District Ice Hockey Federation Sergey Valerievich Shkedin. After the last chords of the anthem of the Russian Federation were played, A.N. Korolev, together with the captains of the hockey teams, made a symbolic throw-in of the puck.
At the beginning the game was cautious, the rivals seemed to be feeling each other out. For quite a long time the scoreboard showed zeros. But when the metallurgists threw the first puck into the opponents' goal, they could not be stopped. With a score of 7:1, the team of Electrostal plant won a convincing victory.
At the end of the match individual awards were presented. Ivan Shcherbakov received the best goalkeeper prize, Maxim Kovalenko became the most efficient player of the match, and the titles of the best forward and the best defender went to the Rusinox hockey players Andrei Leonov and Ivan Korenkov. Also, the team of metallurgists was awarded a commemorative prize for winning the match timed to the 104th anniversary of the plant. The awarding ceremony was held by Sergei Valerievich Shkedin and the chairman of the Youth Council of "Electrostal" Metallurgical Plant" JSC, deputy of the City Council of Deputies Anastasia Olegovna Kuzmina.
The hockey club of "Electrostal" Metallurgical Plant" JSC would like to thank its fans for their loyalty and support. In December, the team is planning to hold sports meetings with the teams "AKM" (Electrostal), "Vereya" (Orekhovo-Zuevo) and the national team of the Electrostal Association of Referees in ice hockey.


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Parker, Ann
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Theia smiled. "Antonia. Lovely name. Do you know, there is an Antonia, a young girl, in a new opera by Monsieur Jacques Offenbach, Les Contes d'Hoffmann—The Tales of Hoffmann. Mr. Drake and I were fortunate to see it at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Now, extend your arm and hand, so."
Antonia copied Theia's raised arm and pointing finger. Theia unclasped her bracelet, which glinted as if made of rust-red wire, and wrapped it around Antonia's wrist. She refastened the intricate gold clasp before encouraging the little bird onto the girl's finger. After some flapping about, Aria regained his equilibrium. "There!" exclaimed Theia. "Now, all you must do is stay just like that, as still as can be, until I am done."
A delighted smile spread across Antonia's face as Aria began preening. Other than the curving of her lips, the girl remained motionless.
Theia turned to Inez. "Begin when ready."
Inez lowered herself onto the bench, her stomach clenched as tightly as at her first recital in her parents' New York City salon more than two decades ago. She took as deep a breath as her corseted lungs would allow, let it out slowly, and positioned her hands on the keyboard. Then she looked up into Theia's expectant face, nodded once, and moved into the first chord.
The introductory notes opened the door to Mrs. Drake's soaring soprano. Inez eased her touch, allowing the singer's voice to take precedence. Like the movement of the tide, piano and vocals flowed back and forth, passing from one to the other in a circling dance of sound. As the last notes faded away, Inez heard Antonia exhale a breathy "Wow."
Inez pushed back the bench and rose, lightheaded. Applause erupted from the nearby wing and she saw Thackery and Mrs. Drake's accompanist. A soft swish of cloth against wood and Mrs. Drake pirouetted to face them, hands pressed prayerfully to her breast, and offered a modest bow. She turned and gestured to Inez to come stand beside her. As Inez approached, she realized she stood nearly eye to eye with the singer—an unusual sensation since she was accustomed to towering over women and even many men.
"Bravissima, Madame Drake," said the pianist. "Extraordinary, as usual."
"Thank you, Señor Rubio," she replied, the melody from music carrying over to her speaking voice. She then turned to Inez and grasped her hands. The color of the diva's pale-brown, almost amber-colored eyes, tinged with gold, reminded Inez of weak tea. "However, the applause belongs to Mrs. Stannert."
Those eyes—anything but weak in character—bore into her in a way Inez found uncomfortably intimate.
Mrs. Drake gave her hands a squeeze. Inez gasped a little, surprised at the strength in the grip, and gently extracted herself. "Thank you, Mrs. Drake."
One gloved hand flew to her lips. "Forgive me. A pianist's hands are like a singer's voice and must be treated with great care and reverence, yes?"
Thackery and Rubio approached, with Thackery saying, "Mrs. Drake, I didn't mention, we rented the Broadwood from Mrs. Stannert's store, the D & S House of Music and Curiosities. Over on Pine and Kearney."
Theia seemed to brighten even more, if that were possible. "Then, I owe you a debt of gratitude, Mrs. Stannert, for I could not sing without a proper instrument to accompany me."
"I am glad we could help," said Inez.
"The D is for Donato," interjected Rubio. "A most distinguished violinist in the city. It is his store, as I recall." He offered a short bow to Inez, adding, "Please tell him, Señor Luis Rubio offers his salutations and will come by the store and provide them in person, when time permits."
Inez caught her breath at this and said quickly, "Mr. Donato is no longer part of the business. His sister, Miss Donato, has taken his place."
"Is that so." Mrs. Drake's response was indifferent, as if the change in conversation were a speck of lint to be brushed from her sparkling skirt.
It was definitely so.
In counterpoint to the diva's disinterest, Rubio's dark-eyed gaze narrowed. Inez fancied she saw his nose twitch. In that moment, he reminded her uncomfortably of one of those sleek, dangerous panthers she'd seen in majestic paintings of California's mountain wildernesses.
She decided it was best to change the subject. "Mrs. Drake, I must give credit where credit is due. The prompt and timely delivery of the Broadwood is all due to the diligence of my store manager, Mr. Thomas Welles. Mr. Welles is also a pianist of considerable talent."
"Welles," muttered Rubio under his breath. Inez thought she detected a disdainful sniff.
"He certainly can be no more talented than you, Mrs. Stannert," said Mrs. Drake. "Please call me Theia, and I shall call you Inez. I believe we shall come to know each other better in the coming days." Theia seized Inez's hands again, but gently. "You see, Inez, I have decided. I am scheduled for a number of very important appearances, and you will be my accompanist. You will be compensated accordingly."
Startled by the request—which had the tenor of a command—Inez tore her attention away from the diva as she debated how to respond.
Her gaze landed on Rubio. He stood behind Theia, a murderous look on his face.
A shiver chilled Inez as she registered that his ire was directed not at Theia, but at her.
This excerpt ends on page 14 of the hardcover edition.
Monday, January 27th, we begin the book The Leonardo Gulag by Kevin Doherty.


during alpha testing some people have reported bugs. Now the first beta version is available and real testing and bug reporting has started.
Could people that have reported bugs in alpha 1 please verify whether their bug still exists in beta1? Then please add a note in your original bug report and moderators will move it to "New/Open" otherwise we will move it to "Close/Solved".
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There's still quite a number of alpha bugs that need retesting. Ideally, the original poster verifies whether the bug still exits or has been resolved in beta1, but other people can test and verify, too. The best verification is to first reproduce the problem using the old version (1.90 alpha1) and then reproduce using the new version (1.90 beta1).
I've started retesting bugs in this group but soon found that I don't have the alpha 1 version, anymore. So reproducing the bug with alpha 1 and then checking whether it has been fixed is not possible for me.
@Pierre: Could you please provide a link to the alpha 1? Actually it would be good to have links to all test version - sure enough not for testing but for reproducing the problems.
helmut wrote: @Pierre: Could you please provide a link to the alpha 1? Actually it would be good to have links to all test version - sure enough not for testing but for reproducing the problems.
That is no good. Please keep all the test packages for future retesting. Otherwise there will be no way to reproduce a problem in one version and then verify the bug fixing in the next test version.
Does anyone still have the 1.90 alpha1 archive?
¤ I've the first Alpha dated 08/08/2006. You can get it now from the link in the helmut's message further.
• Shame on you !
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Clo wrote: ¤ I've the first Alpha dated 08/08/2006. You can get it HERE - 1.5 MiB.
Thank you Clo! This will make reproducing bugs in alpha1 much easier -aehm - possible.
@Clo: The alpha1 helped me to reproduce various problems. Do you have the packed versions of alpha2 and alpha3, too?
please see the helmut's message below.
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Personal Skills: Requires very strong interpersonal, communication, presentation, time management and organizational skills. Requires the ability to work independently and be detailed oriented.
Company/Ministry: Paradisus Dei is a rapidly expanding national lay ministry dedicated to the new evangelization. It is guided by Pope John Paul II's vision of the family's importance to the Church and greater society and Pope Benedict XVI's challenge to integrate faith and reason. It produces multimedia, interactive programs that are recognized for their excellence and ability to impact modern audiences.


There's a reason major device updates tend to roll out in stages. Some of the earlier recipients of the OnePlus One's big July OTA were hit with a bug where the PIN unlock screen did not display properly. OnePlus hasn't wasted any time hopping on this issue, and they're now pushing out a hotfix to the limited people who received the first OTA already and those who have flashed manually.
The fashionably late July over-the-air update for the OnePlus One that bumps the handset up to Android 4.4.4 is beginning to roll out as of now and will continue through the end of the week (it's staged, with 10% rolling out first). In addition to new versions of Google apps, the update contains a cooler calibration for its screen and fixes that stop the phone from activating off-screen gestures while in your pocket.
It's still nigh on impossible to get your hands on a OnePlus One, even more than a month after it was "released." Sure, some units have been trickling out via the invite system, but interested customers are beginning to get steamed. A new tidbit dropped by @evleaks yesterday claimed the OnePlus "Two" was already in the works, and it was codenamed Lettuce. The One Plus One, by the way, was Bacon.
People who have received a OnePlus One through one means or another are now receiving an over-the-air software update that addresses a charging issue affecting the device. Sometimes the phone would think it's plugged into USB when it's actually plugged into AC power and, as a result, charge only half as fast, if not slower. The handset would display Charging (USB) instead of Charging (AC). This information is available in the Status screen under settings, which is visible at the top of the third screenshot below.
The 'OnePlus Tab' rumors are false. We have no plans to make a tablet in 2014.
Look, let's keep this one short and sweet, shall we? OnePlus One purchase invites are hard to come by, and lots of people want them. It's unsurprising, really, as even our own Michael Crider objectively loved the phone. Hell, even Artem said it's all he's ever wanted in a phone. And he also loves its packaging.
The folks at Cyanogen Inc. are busy with more than the OnePlus One launch, if that's what you call this. There are also a pair of new apps in the Play Store. Theme Showcast pretties up your CM11-based device, and Gallery Next is live, but only for the OnePlus One right now.
Maybe it's the months-long PR buildup, maybe it's the extreme scarcity, or maybe it's just the manifested hopes of thousands of overeager Android fans, but the OnePlus One sure seems to be attracting more than its fair share of rumor and misinformation. Just over a month ago we needed to clarify that the powerful unlocked phone does not, in fact, have a MicroSD card slot, and here we are again. So, just to be clear: the OnePlus One is not waterproof in any way, shape, or form, and giving your shiny new phone a baptism is a very bad idea.
The folks at CyanogenMod are on a roll with Chinese hardware. After adding official support for the Xiaomi Mi2, they've now published the first nightly ROMs for the OnePlus One and the very similar Oppo Find 7A. You can find the One download and forthcoming builds under the "bacon" codename, while the Find 7A is available under the Find7 label. Team WIN Recovery Project is already available for both phones.
Most flagship phones are announced with a particular street date when you'll be able to buy them, or at the very least get in a pre-order. Not the OnePlus One. Oh no, this phone is in such short supply that the company has an invite system in place. After a short delay, the first wave of lucky invitees are about to get their phones.


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Here Are 5 Things To Know About The Police Shooting Of Amir Locke
The shooting is prompting the nation to revisit the issue of no-knock warrants.
by Tomas Kassahun
Protesters continue to rally in Minneapolis to demand justice for Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who died on Wednesday after being shot by police during the execution of a no-knock warrant. The shooting is also prompting the nation to revisit the issue of no-knock warrants, a topic that was widely discussed when police killed Breonna Taylor in her Louisville home in 2020.
Here are five things to know about the police killing of Locke.
Locke was not named in the warrant.
Locke, who was sleeping at his cousin's Minneapolis apartment when police raided the home, was not named in the original warrant, as Blavity previously reported. Police said the search warrant, which was related to a homicide investigation in St. Paul, remains under seal. According to Steve Linders, the public information officer with the St. Paul Police Department, the warrants are sealed to "protect the integrity of the investigation" and "until the court directs otherwise."
The 22-year-old was licensed to carry.
Police said Locke was holding a gun when officer Mark Hanneman fired three shots, killing the young man as he was removing his blanket and standing up from the couch he was sleeping on. Locke's family said their loved one was licensed to carry.
"Of course, he had his gun by his side, because where else is he going to put it? He was sleeping at somebody else's house," Amir's aunt, Linda Tyler, said, according to KSTP.
Attorney Ben Crump also released a statement to support the family. According to the Cut, Crump said Locke "legally possessed a firearm at the time of his death."
Karen Wells, Locke's mother, spoke to CNN, saying her son "made sure that he did his research, everything was going to be legal."
His father, Andre Locke, said his son "did what any reasonable law-abiding citizen would do."
"He never even got the chance to get the cover off his head. He was startled," Andre said at a press conference, according to the Cut. "We're not against police officers. We just want accountability."
Judge in the Derek Chauvin trial signed off on the no-knock warrant.
Judge Peter Cahill, who was thrusted into the national spotlight during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, signed off on the no-knock search warrant that led to the death of Amir, WCCO reports. A source who spoke to WCCO-TV said St. Paul police initially asked the Minneapolis Police Department to serve a "knock-and-announce" warrant. However, the plans changed after MPD refused to grant the original request, the source said.
According to St. Paul police, it's common to ask outside agencies to assist with the execution of a search warrant.
Amir didn't have a criminal record.
Amir's family said their loved one was a young man who had big dreams, not somebody with a criminal record. Wells said her son recently filed paperwork to start a music business. He was planning to move to Dallas to be closer with his mother and build a career as a hip-hop artist, following in the footsteps of his father, ABC News reports.
The tragedy is drawing comparison to the case of Breonna Taylor.
The nation is once again focusing on the issue of no-knock warrants following the death of Amir. It was a similar case when police raided the home of Taylor in 2020 and killed the 26-year-old Louisville woman.
"Like the case of Breonna Taylor, the tragic killing of Amir Locke shows a pattern of no-knock warrants having deadly consequences for Black Americans," Crump said in a statement.
Amid the outrage that followed the death of Taylor and George Floyd in the summer of 2020, Minneapolis announced a new policy that required officers to announce their presence and purpose before entering a house.
"The City of Minneapolis told the public that it was limiting the use of no-knock warrants to 'limit the likelihood of bad outcomes.' Less than two years later, Amir Locke and his family needlessly suffered the worst possible outcome," attorney Jeff Storms said, according to CNN. "The police department says they announced (their presence) at the threshold … but you've all seen the video, there is no announcement prior to entering that threshold. They barge in before they identify themselves and they give Amir no time to save his own life."
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has now ordered a temporary ban on no-knock warrants.
"No matter what information comes to light, it won't change the fact that Amir Locke's life was cut short," Frey said in a news release, according to the Cut. "To ensure safety of both the public and officers until a new policy is crafted, I'm issuing a moratorium on both the request and execution of such warrants in Minneapolis."
The mayor also said there is an exception to the temporary ban.
"To execute a no-knock warrant under the moratorium, there must be an imminent threat of harm to an individual or the public and then the warrant must be approved by the Chief," Frey said.
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South Korea's New Anti-Corruption Law Could Have Economic Ramifications
May 27, 2016• South Korea• by EW News Desk Team
The South Korean government will implement a new law known as the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act in September, which bans pricey gift exchanges during business transactions, according to Bloomberg.
Critics contend that the law will affect an economy already suffering from low consumption and lackluster GDP growth. Under the mandate, officials cannot receive meals over 30,000 won and gifts over 50,000 won, but journalists and teachers would be subject to the same rules.
Opponents argue that South Korea retains a culture of corruption, but the government is attempting to crackdown on criminal activity through indictments and anti-graft laws. South Korea ranks high in terms of corruption, and many South Koreans hold little faith in their institutions and public officials.
Powerful firms are often caught in scandals, but face few repercussions. While these companies play a heavy role in economic advancement, corruption and dirty dealing hurts the economy in the long run. Authorities lose revenue from tax evasion and other underhanded dealings, while tarnishing South Korea's image in the eyes of the world community.
Furthermore, such illicit activity has real-world consequences that could lead to lost lives. For instance, the sinking of a ferry that killed over 300 people in 2014 stemmed from corruption, negligence, and loose regulations, notes BBC.
The men involved in the disaster were arrested and jailed, but the incident traumatized the nation while solidifying the public's distrust of authority. The government recognizes this, which is why they are banking on the new anti-corruption law, but the measure is not without its flaws.
Citizens could inadvertently violate the law when exchanging gifts during holidays or social occasions. The details could change before the law takes effect, but supporters argue that the new measure would clean up South Korea's business culture, while reducing the amount of lobbying within government.
The restrictions will also impact certain industries such as beef, fishing, and agriculture, however. The fishing industry alone expects a 1.1-trillion-won decline in sales, as delicacy gifts would fall out of favor. Another problem is that the law doesn't take inflation into account, which does not bode well for an economy with a history of inflationary spikes.
South Korean President Park Geun Hye assured the public that prices would be adjusted accordingly. While the president acknowledges the inherent risks in passing such a law, she has launched an all-out crusade against corruption in wake of numerous high-profile scandals plaguing the government.
Analysts believe the new law will affect 9.0% of the workforce, and it is considered the harshest anti-corruption law in the country's history.
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Beware the nutri-washers
Stuart Gillespie
The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) has just wrapped up a three-day pre-summit – a hybrid conference involving participants in Rome and thousands more online.
The goal of the summit is to transform the global food system.
The UNFSS has been heavily criticized for months and many movements, organizations and individuals have boycotted it. A counter mobilization of hundreds of grassroots organizations has emerged. Several multi-signatory open letters and statements have elaborated on its shortcomings – including opaque governance, weak or absent principles of engagement with the private sector, an inability to address (or even acknowledge) conflicts of interest, the sidelining of existing UN institutions, the marginalisation of human rights (this is a United Nations conference remember!) and the silence of UNFSS leaders in the face of this criticism.
In this blog, I focus on one core concern – the Summit's approach to engaging with multinationals whose products and practices have been shown to drive malnutrition (e.g. Nestle, PepsiCo, Coca Cola).
A few days ago, Carlos Monteiro and colleagues published A Call to the UN Food Systems Summit to reshape global food processing. Carlos is a legend in nutrition, with whom I was lucky to work thirty years ago when he contributed a case study on child stunting in Brazil to a UN Standing Committee on Nutrition initiative: How Nutrition Improves. As the Brazilian malnutrition challenge shifted from under to over, Carlos switched gears. He has since pioneered the NOVA classification and contributed to many studies that have shown how ultra-processed foods (UPFs) generate malnutrition, various non-communicable diseases and premature mortality. Scarcely a week goes by now without more studies emerging highlighting the damage UPFs cause. It's not only papers — Dr Chris van Tulleken followed his groundbreaking BBC documentary with this podcast on UPFs.
Many of us hoped that the Summit would take the challenge of ultra-processed foods head-on — if not now, then when?
So, what's happening?
Well, not much. It's not as if the glass is half-full, or half-empty – the problem is the glass is cracked and the water's leaking out. We really need a new glass.
Jeff Sachs made this point in this barnstorming speech the other day — "we have a system but we need a different system" – reminding us that we turned food systems over to the private sector a hundred years ago.
Private sector involvement in the Summit is managed by the Private Sector Guiding Group (PSGG) run by World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The WBCSD is an association that prides itself on its open membership – a group that includes tobacco giant Philip Morris among its members. It invited two of these companies – Nestle and PepsiCo to speak the other day in a 50-minute session on "private sector priorities for the UNFSS". I naively tuned in thinking there would be a discussion of private sector priorities for the UNFSS. There wasn't. Instead there were 10 presentations by individual companies and organizations on their own priorities. Better to email promotional flyers next time.
Yesterday, WBCSD ran another session in which a speaker from EUFIC suggested that ultra-processing of food was an ambiguous and hotly debated notion. EUFIC count Coca Cola, Cargill and Bunge among their Board members.
Way back in the mists of time, I raised a question in a UNFSS pre-consultation about the involvement of malnutrition-causing behemoths in a global conference aimed at reducing malnutrition. I've worked on principles of engagement while at IFPRI (including IFPRI's own), and I wanted to hear about the Summit's principles of engagement. I was told that no single company is in a position of influence in steering the UNFSS process and outcomes. On asking why PepsiCo was invited to speak at these consultations, I was blocked on twitter by a UNFSS leader who then accused me of spreading malicious lies (not sure how a question can be a lie, but anyway…). Many other commentators with similar questions have had similar responses.
The fact is that the Summit principles remain as they were at the start. There is no "do no harm" principle. Instead we get vague exhortations to "recognize complexity" and — irony of ironies — to "build trust".
Looking back, a day after the pre-summit, and two months before the main Summit, the only reasonable conclusion is that the UNFSS is operating under a similar set of engagement principles as the organization who runs its Private Sector Guiding Group (PSGG) – WBCSD — and therefore anyone can join up.
This dovetails with the inclusion rhetoric – that this is a "people's summit" open to all. Power asymmetries don't exist in this world — all voices are equal, everyone's welcome to the party….all we need to do is keep talking to each other.
Over two years ago, Nick Nisbett and I wrote about principles of engagement and the need for clarity on red lines. We were concerned about companies doing "minor goods" with their left hand, while continuing to do "major bads" with their right hand. Minor goods include small-scale boutique corporate social responsibility initiatives and projects. Major bads are the core business practices that generate huge profits from selling junk food and drinks.
Anand Giridharadas wrote about this too here cautioning us to be wary of side salads!
José Graziano da Silva – former FAO Director General and architect of Fome Zero, launched 20 years ago — tweeted his concern yesterday about sugary drinks companies being part of Zero Hunger, Nourish the Future Pledge.
In this session, I asked whether there was a "do no harm" principle for the Pledge. The response (min 33.50) was "yes, there will be". I guess this means that PepsiCo are not perceived as being harmful to nutrition, or they will be relegated once the principle shows up.
This is not trivial. It opens up a whole new can of worms that could be described as 'nutri-washing' – when companies play off one form of malnutrition for another.
Companies whose ultra-processed foods, drinks and marketing practices generate obesogenic environments now have a new 'get out of jail' card to play.
They can now gain kudos, profile and acceptability by pledging to fight hunger and undernutrition while continuing to drive overweight and obesity.
Big step backwards.
Of course, there's a different way. Why not employ clear principles, including "do no harm", from the start? Why not determine eligibility to pledge by using independent benchmarking and monitoring tools — such as the new FACT transparency index developed by Feed the Truth?
Meanwhile, in all this corporate carousing, the most successful public-private partnership of all time – taxation — has been relatively sidelined. Jeff Sachs again: "To private sector leaders — behave, pay your taxes, follow the rules — that's what you should do".
The UNFSS may, or may not, take on board some of these concerns proactively and transparently – there's still time. But whatever happens the level and type of discourse has changed this year.
In the midst of a pandemic that has highlighted the imperative for transparency, leadership and trust – big issues affecting people and planet, hitherto shrouded or back-burnered, have been surfaced and debated.
That has to be a step forward.
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Brad Pitt sets off in search of a father in mesmerizing "Ad Astra"
The universe is big, lest we forget
Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones and Ruth Negga
Directed by James Gray
Saïdeh Pakravan October 31, 2019
"Ad astra," the new film by James Gray, is more meditation than story. The title (one half of the latin phrase "per aspera ad astra" or "through hardships to the stars") is apt given the amount of time travel and the fascinating hardware that allows it, though the tale meanders, causing some confusion. With various stellar transportation modes, it takes us from one distant planet to the next without a clear mission statement. Basically, the quest unfurling in those galaxies and constellations is the never-ending one of a son reclaiming his father's love or at least attempting to glean an understanding of why he didn't have it in the first place. Briefly, astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) is sent on a mission to Neptune where it is suspected that his father, Clifford McBride (Tommy Lee Jones), a legendary space hero, disappeared some thirty years ago. The intel agencies now know that it was apparently by choice and that he passed himself off for dead in order to hatch some nefarious plot that even now submits earth to dangerous surges certain to wreak havoc with our civilization if not stopped. They seem to believe that the son will make the father see reason. The thing is, as a child, the younger McBride worshipped his father and, believing him dead, has since worshipped his memory. So, realizing that this father abandoned him and never looked back is not easy to digest. How much of this back story turned him into this taciturn man whose heartbeat never rises above 80 and whose life on earth is as much a mess as that of many men his age, what with divorce, etc. is not delved into. The psychological aspect remains vague, as does the father's plans for humanity, of which we know they are evil but to what extent and what brought them to fruition is not defined either. But then, this is a man's movie, with heroes as laconic as in a western, so we don't learn much about project and motive.
What makes "ad astra" stand out is the vision of the future. At the unspecified date in which the film takes place, planets, stars and distant worlds are, if not quite a jaunt away, explored and familiar enough. It is now as common for various vessels to stop on Mars on their way to Neptune or an even more distant destination as it is for the regular American flight to refuel at whatever location it has landed in. Routes can be as long as several million miles and trips take years, but who's counting? Set to an appropriately cosmic musical score by Max Richter, "ad astra" invites us to just go and revel in being an infinitesimal part of our extraordinary universe.
Saïdeh Pakravan is our France-based contributor. She is a film historian and the author of "100 Years of Must-See Movies," a Screen Comment publication. She pens political and social critique on her blog, The Counter Argument.
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The Sun crosses the equator at the vernal equinox appearing to move backwards from year to year. So unlike sun-sign astrology where the first sign is Aries, followed by Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces, whereupon the cycle returns to Aries and through the zodiacal signs again, the astrological ages proceed in the opposite direction or order – normally termed retrograde. Therefore, the Age of Aquarius follows the Age of Pisces.
When does the Aquarian Age begin? Esteemed astrologers have given their opinions for decades and some of the times range from the late 1900s all the way toward the year 2500 and beyond.