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The Future of History
Common Courage Press
Who will control the past—and the future? In these panoramic interviews (1989-1998), Howard Zinn makes sense of the last century as only he can, tying together themes as diverse as the rise and fall (and rise again?) of the labor movement and the role of arts in American politics. He creates a platform from which to fight for the future and a funny, fast-paced read. [Publisher's description.]
Published by Common Courage Press, 1999.
Introduction • p. v
Reflections on History • Oct. 25, 1989 • p. 1
One Step Ahead of the Landlord • Nov. 11, 1992 • p. 11
How Social Change Happens • Dec. 16, 1996 • p. 27
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train • Feb. 3 and 5, 1997 • p. 47
LaGuardia, Upton Sinclair, and the Death Penalty • Oct. 4, 1997 • p. 77
The Future of History • July 27 and 28, 1998 • p. 93
Index • p. 156
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Entertainment Showdown: The Best Streaming Services for Your Lifestyle
by Emily Crews December 12, 2016
written by Emily Crews December 12, 2016
When your only TV and movie options were Netflix, cable, and Blockbuster, you didn't have much choice in how you got your entertainment. Now, streaming services and apps mean that you can watch what you want from anywhere. The trick is figuring out which streaming service has the shows and movies you want when you want to watch them. How you prefer to watch informs which streaming service will fit best with your lifestyle so that you can make sure you pay only for what you want.
Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services for a reason. Their vast library of content and lots of new stuff every month attracts subscribers left and right. The basic plan costs $7.99 per month, which is a fantastic price for so much content. Netflix is perfect for TV show bingers, but it isn't right for everyone. You have to wait a few months after the season finale of a TV show to stream the episodes. Movies appear and disappear seemingly without warning. Sometimes the size of the available library makes browsing overwhelming.
Hulu Plus offers the newest TV episodes, usually within a day of their airing. They have a host of great original shows, too, like The Path and 11.22.63. The service offers a limited commercial plan for $7.99 per month, or $11.99 per month for no-commercial streaming. Hulu Plus has a limited selection of movies; the service is geared toward people who like to watch TV.
Like Netflix and Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime has its own list of original content that you can stream with a subscription. Amazon Prime is a hybrid service: you pay $99 per year for Prime services, which extend beyond streaming to free shipping and e-book borrowing. Some TV and movie content is available to stream without an extra charge. Otherwise, you can rent movies or episodes for 24 hours, usually for only a few dollars. Because of Prime's price tag, it's the best investment only if you plan to use the other services as well.
For $29.99 per month you can subscribe to a PlayStation Vue account. You get major live channels like NBC, Cartoon Network, and Fox Sports. Several upgrades offer more extensive lists of channels. Check what's available in your specific area, because content varies by region. Despite the name, a PlayStation Vue account doesn't require you to have a PlayStation. You can stream on a smartphone like the LG G5 with the Android app. The LG G5's 5.3-inch Quad HD display with daylight mode lets you enjoy movies anytime, anyplace. You can also stream via your computer. This service is great for people who want something similar to cable without paying cable's high prices.
Movie fans who aren't into subscription services will love Vudu. If you've ever browsed your streaming subscriptions and the web in frustration looking for a specific movie, you need a Vudu account. Vudu streams lots of movies the same day they're released on DVD, and it has a selection of TV shows as well. Movies typically cost between $2 and $6 to rent for two days. Buy electronic copies of movies you can't watch enough. Vudu recently released free streaming with ads for certain content, so you'll be able to find free stuff to watch if you don't mind ads.
Sling TV is another streaming service that allows you to watch live programming from your preferred device. For $20 per month you get 25 channels, including AMC, Comedy Central, and CNN. For $25 per month you get 45 channels, and for $40 per month you get all the channels Sling streams, which includes specialty channels like FreeForm and Disney. Sling is designed for people who like to watch programs that are best seen live, like sporting events and the news; if you're into binge-streaming, it's probably not the best service for you.
Streaming to your TV is no big deal. Plenty of sticks and devices, like Roku and Blu-ray players, connect to the internet and to the services you want. Otherwise, use these services to watch in bed or on your daily commute using your phone or tablet.
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Irish sailor Annalise Murphy made it a debut to remember at the Olympic Games as she won both races on her first day of competition to take control of the Laser Radial class.
The 22-year-old led throughout the first race in Weymouth Bay and finished 15 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.
Murphy starred again later in the afternoon, following up her previous result with another bullet to go clear at the top of the standings.
'It couldn't really get much better, but there is still a long regatta to go,' she said. 'I am just going to keep doing it one race at a time and see how things work out.
'I got a good start to the first race and was leading at the windward mark and led the rest of the way around.
'I managed to catch up with her, got a few good little shifts on the second upwind and once I got ahead I pulled away quite a lot.
Reigning Star gold medallists Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson shone as they moved joint top of the overall standings.
Percy and Simpson picked up third and second-place finishes to put them at the top of the fleet alongside Norway's Eivind Melleby and Petter Morland Pedersen.
'There is a long way to go but we did a bit better today on the results card,' Simpson said, having picked up an 11th and second yesterday.
In the other highlights, Tom Slingsby of Australia finished the day top of the overall Laser table after coming first and second in the day's two races.
In the 49er class, Australians Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen recovered from an eighth-place finish to win the next race.
Allan Norregaard and Peter Lang of Denmark are in the lead, 18 points ahead of British pair Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes.
Three-time gold medallist Ben Ainslie could only finish the first Finn race in sixth place as Denmark's Jonas Hogh-Christensen proved he was no one-day wonder.


Police enquiries are continuing into the death of a woman in Torquay.
Emergency services were called to Temperance Street at 10.30pm on Tuesday night following reports of concern for welfare of a woman.
The 45-year-old woman from Torquay was treated by paramedics and later confirmed deceased at the scene. Her next of kin have now been informed.
A 47-year-old man from Torquay was arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into police custody where he assisted officer with enquires. He was later released under investigation pending further enquires.
Enquires remain ongoing into the death, which is currently being treated as unexplained.
Police are appealing for witnesses into the incident, and anyone with information relating to the incident is asked to contact police on 101 quoting CR/114501/18.
Temperance Street was cordoned off on Wednesday by police which included a back street shop doorway opposite the entrance to the multi-storey car park.
He said police officers had closed off the road alongside the Castle pub leading to the Factory Row homeless hostel. The small road leading down from the main high street into Lower Union Lane and Temperance Street was also cordoned off.


In 2010, the City of Pinole and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (CCCFCD) constructed the Pinole Creek Demonstration Project (PCD) in Pinole, California. The PCD restored tidal marsh and riparian vegetation and reduced flood risk along approximately 1,000 feet of lower Pinole Creek. Friends of Pinole Creek collected vegetation and cross section data in the ensuing 5 years for monitoring purposes.


What's in the news? What does it have to do with math, Bible, or history class? Melvin encourages teachers to consider the ways that current events might contribute to their goals for their students. Whether your students are in elementary or high school, the news presents opportunities to teach geography, encourage discernment, and stimulate interest in missions. He offers guidelines for selecting news sources, evaluating their bias, and guarding against the dangers of the news business.
Because some of this could be very class-specific. I don't teach a homeroom anymore, but when I did teach a homeroom—you all know if you've done this that every year is a different set of students and they bring a different set of issues. There might be a few things that you want to correct. But think about it, what is my purpose? What do I actually want to accomplish this year?
I'll give you a few here.
And I left the blank here because… missions? I just give that as one. Maybe even a specific mission? Maybe, Africa. That's not particularly a mission, but a continent. But, is there something that I would really like to focus on? That helps you to sort through the news right to begin with: if you know, "Here's my purpose. Here's where I'm pushing toward." Then you don't have to look at all the stuff, you could just get a couple of the pieces together and "Oh, okay, there's something on South Africa," or whatever and I pull that right in here and use it.
To develop skills of discernment.
Underscore this 15 times because this is desperately, desperately, desperately needed. You can help students to sort through—and again, I'm sorry that Donald Trump has made fake news popular, but the truth of the matter is, all these years there's been a lot of stuff put out there that—I don't know if it's so inaccurate as it left so much unsaid that it turns out that you can interpret it very inaccurately.
The third here, to aid in teaching geography or economics.
That might be a particular purpose, and is a build-up of knowledge and information that is useful downstream. Again, just ask yourself that question and then direct your accumulation of news stories or current events and move them forward from there.
To indirectly affect media habits.
That's a little bit related to what I just got done saying. I'll have more to say about that here in a few moments.
Seriously, with Donald Trump era, we're seeing an entire different approach to civics here in America. It's a civics of chaos from what I can tell. Some people think it's a brilliant chaos and some people think it's a foolish chaos, but it is chaos from what I can tell. You don't want to spend all of your time with it but it's a great teaching moment to ask yourselves, "Why is Donald Trump leading the nation, why is he using the office of the presidency, in the way he is?" Without being improperly derogatory toward a political official and so forth and so on but still raising the questions.
To offer soft exposure to pop culture.
What do I mean by that? Most of us have a concern about—I'm old enough to have concern about how much exposure my grandchildren have, but I'm not stupid, they need some. They have to have an awareness. If you're a parent here, one of the goals that Shelia and I always worked at was actually deliberate planned exposure. In other words, I would rather not just let it happen. I would rather actually choose the moments and choose the platform where the exposure to pop culture is actually going to happen. Well, here's a good place. But if you wanted to just point at a couple of things, now and then, you could in pop culture. What's the terminology today? Back in my day, it was, "what's groovy." Today it's, "what's cool" and I don't know what other terminologies used but those terms get at the pieces of pop culture that matter to most people.
To give students a working vocabulary of relevant terms for the times.
One of the easiest ways to prepare and teach current events is to focus on vocabulary. I just simply look at the news and choose out ten words, five words, four words, that are relatively—they're either not understood well or they need a little development. Just use those four vocabulary words, five vocabulary words. You can quiz them easily. You can talk about them easily. Rather than try really hard to get this really, really, really deep insight into this piece of news, well, just pick out some words that are applicable, trace it down a little bit and use that. Ask the students, "Do you know what—have you ever heard this?" Put the term out there and then they'll work on it a little bit.
My main point is if you want to get somewhere with current events this year, think about purpose. What is it that you want to do?
Now, sources is probably a question that might come up in your mind. What are your sources? Here's just a couple of guidelines.
Is the source credible, and do they have integrity?
In what ways is the source biased?
Notice I do not suggest here saying, "Is it biased?" because it is. Some of you are at CLP. A CLP printing is going to be biased, I hope in a good direction. I'm just saying when I write, I have a bias. I know it. I'm going to tend—that means I will almost automatically emphasis certain things and ignore some other things.Now, it's good to know that up front. Since I know that, I can tell you what my biases generally are. Since if you know your biases, and if you will confess them and admit them, you're in much better shoes to balance it off when you're writing or when you're talking, or whatever because you know, "I'm biased that way." Just know that there is bias there. And it's a good idea to know what direction and we'll take a look at an example in just a moment.
Does the source provide adequate context?
I have really, really become, wary of blurbs and tweets; very, very, very wary of this very short paragraph that gives this piece of news or says such and such,, gives no context. It's like, well, okay. What does that mean?
Fourth, does the source adequately and accurately interpret data?
Be very, very, wary of data that just comes at you. I mean, the popular one right now is selling coffee: if you drink 40 cups of coffee that you'll live, I don't know, five years longer, something like that. Well, that's not what I was told over the years. Howard, I have lived long enough, and you have too, to see some of these change so often and it's like well… I have become cynical, I'll just admit. When I see it, I say, "Well, give it five years." That thing will change.
I've been talking to you about that. Don't forget something, the news people have a product. They're making money from it. They have a product that they want to promote. They want to sell it to you, to begin with, and then second of all, they certainly have an agenda. Sensationalism sells. It intrigues. It draws you in. Just resist it, is the point here.
Push away from image-based info, pull towards text-based info.
You want to do an interesting study sometimes, study—and some of you have probably studied this is depth—if you're into photography, if you study imaging deeply, those men and women who are taking those pictures for Google News or whoever it is, are very highly trained about how to take a picture to create a certain emotional feel. They are really good at it. You study up on it just a little bit and a picture can carry a freight load of stuff that really… it may be true, but it may be well not be true as well.
Take time to read the other side of the story.
That's a point to be made on the bias since I know that every article I read has a certain bias to it, particularly on something very critical, I might pick up a magazine or something, an article on the same issue, but from a different perspective—from the left side instead of the right side. Well, what did they say about it? What is actually their view?
This obviously calls for some maturity. I would not say that you should take that kind of thing, give it to an eighth grader, say here, "Could you read this article and read this article and make some sense?" You might do that if your goal is for discernment, but you still would want to choose that sort of carefully. What stories are you using here, or what accounts, and why are you using them? You don't want to do damage here, but you do want to help them to see the value here.
Do not be consumed by news.
I can be consumed by news very easily. For me, I have to deliberately choose. You see all of these magazines that I like to read in and like to look at the news. I'm just naturally curious about such things, but I curb it.
I try to direct it into some good channels. And if you could pass that along to your students.
This is an excerpt from a presentation at Teachers' Week 2018. To purchase the full recording, visit Christian Learning Resource.


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String Symphony No. I in A minor, II. Adagio
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String Symphony No. 1 in A minor has four movements: I. Andante, II. Adagio, III. Scherzo and Adagio, and IV. Allegro. Suggested fingerings are written in all of the scores.
Allegro Giocoso for String Orchestra, String Symphony No. 2 IV. Allegro, String Symphony No. 2 III. Andante, String Symphony No. 2 II. Adagio, String Symphony No. 2 I. Moderato, Suite for Classical Orchestra IV. Gigue, Suite for Classical Orchestra III. Sarabande, Suite for Classical Orchestra II. Corrente, Suite for Classical Orchestra I. Allemande, Piano Trio No. 2 in A III. Adagio, Piano Trio No. 2 in A I. Largo, Symphony No. 5 in F IV. Allegro non troppo, Concerto for Orchestra III. Andante, Symphony No. 5 in F III. Adagio, Symphony No. 5 in F I. Allegro, Rondo Variations for String Orchestra, Arr. for H.S. Orchestra, Rondo Variations for String Orchestra, The Cowboy for String Orchestra, Country Serenade for H S Orchestra, Symphony No. 4 for Strings, Percussion, and Keyboard IV. Allegro rondo, Symphony No. 4 for Strings, Percussion, and Keyboard I. Moderato, Symphony No. 4 for Strings, Percussion, and Keyboard II. Andante, Fanfare and Variations for Orchestra, String Quartet No. 4 in Bb IV. Allegro, String Quartet No. 4 in Bb II. Allegretto, String Quartet No. 4 in Bb III. Moderato, String Quartet No. 4 in Bb I. Largo, String Quartet No. 3 in D IV. Lesto, String Quartet No. 3 in D III. Moderato, String Quartet No. 3 in D II. Adagio, String Quartet No. 3 in D I. Allegro, The Mountains, Symphony No. 3, "The Big Sky Symphony", The Prairie, Symphony No. 3, "The Big Sky Symphony", Prayer Arranged for Clarinet Choir, Symphony No. 4 for Strings, Percussion, and Keyboard III. Largo tranquillo, The River (Extended Version) Symphony No. 3, "The Big Sky Symphony", Concerto for Orchestra IV. Largo, Concerto for Orchestra V. Allegro Finale, Modal Dance Suite Arr. for Orchestra, Concerto for Orchestra I. Allegro non troppo, Concerto for Orchestra II. Adagio, Beyond Now, Symphony No. 1 in D Major, I. Adagio-Andante, String Quartet No. 2 in G minor I. Allegro, String Symphony No. 1 in A minor, III. Scherzo and Adagio, String Symphony No. 1 in A minor, I. Andante, Symphony No. 1 in D Major, II. Allegro moderato-Andante, Prayer for String Orchestra Arr. for H.S. Orchestra, The River (Original Version) Symphony No. 3, "The Big Sky Symphony", String Symphony No. 1 in A minor, IV. Allegro, String Trio No. 1 in A, IV. Allegro, Suite for Classical Orchestra V. Chaconne, String Trio No. 1 in A, II. Andante, String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, IV. Moderato, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings II. Andante, String Trio No. 1 in A, I. Moderato and Allegro, Quintet for Clarinet and Strings III. Minuet and Scherzo, Symphony No. 2 in C minor III. Adagio, String Quartet No. 2 in G minor III. Minuet allegro giusto, Symphony No. 2 in C minor IV. Allegro con brio, Symphony No. 2 in C minor I. Andante, Along the Columbia, A Musical Landscape, Country Serenade, Symphony No. 7 IV. Adagio, Symphony No. 7 III. Allegro, String Symphony No. 3 I. Moderato, String Symphony No. 3 II. Adagio, String Symphony No. 3 III. Allegro and Largo, String Symphony No. 3 IV. Andante, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor for Guitar and String Orchestra II. Largo, Little Pieces for Young String Orchestra Waltz Gioioso, Orchestral Variations on the Theme of A Cold Winter Day, Prelude, Passacaglia, and Fugue for String Orchestra, Harmonic Tango Arr. for String Orchestra, Cannons and Interludes for Young String Orchestra, Prayer for String Orchestra, Concerto No. 1 in A Minor for Guitar and String Orchestra III. Allegro Rondo, String Symphony No. 4 I. Andante, String Symphony No. 4 II. Largo and Andante, String Symphony No. 4 III. Allegro Minuetto and Scherzo, String Symphony No. 4 IV. Allegro and Adagio Rondo, Divertimento No. 1 II. Adagio, Symphony No. 14 IV. Adagio and Adagio, Arranged for String Symphony with Percussion
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Ludvig IV Bayraren (som tysk kung: Ludvig V), född 1 april 1282 i München, död 11 oktober 1347 i Fürstenfeldbruck, var hertig av Bayern från 1294, tysk-romersk kung från 1314 och tysk-romersk kejsare från 1328 till 1347.

Biografi
Ludvig var son till hertig Ludvig II av Bayern och Mechtild, dotter till kung Rudolf av Habsburg. Han uppfostrades i Wien, och anslöt sig tidigt till habsburgarna och bekämpade sin äldre bror Rudolf I av Bayern. Efter brytning med habsburgarna besegrade han dem i slaget vid Gammelsdorf 1313.

Året därpå valdes Ludvig till tysk kung, medan en mindre del av kurfurstarna hyllade Fredrik av Österrike. Dubbelvalet ledde till inbördesstrider, tills Ludvig genom sin seger i slaget vid Mühldorf 1322 definitivt tryggade sin krona. Ludvig ingrep i den norditalienska politiken, kom i strid med påven och bannlystes 1324.

1328 drog han till Rom och lät det romerska folket tilldela honom kejsarvärdigheten. Han vann dock inte något varaktigt stöd i Italien. I Tyskland hade han att kämpa mot påvligt sinnade länsfurstar. Som rival uppträdde Johan av Böhmen, senare dennes son Karl av Mähren. Medan en avgörande strid mot den sistnämnde hotade, dog plötsligt Ludvig 1347.

Ludvigs kamp med påven blev av stor betydelse för den medeltida statsteorin, då under hans beskydd de radikala konstitutionalisterna gick till angrepp mot den påvliga autokratin.

Ludvig IV dog av en hjärtattack under björnjakt.

Familj
Gift 1) med Beatrix av Glogau

Barn:
 Ludvig V av Bayern (1315-1361), markgreve av Brandenburg, hertig av Bayern, greve av Tyrolen
 Stephan II av Bayern, född 1317

Gift 2) med Margareta II av Hainault

Barn:
 Ludvig VI av Bayern (1328/1330-1365), hertig av Bayern, markgreve av Brandenburg
 Vilhelm I av Bayern, (Vilhelm V av Holland) född 1332
 Albrecht av Holland och Bayern, född 1336
 Beatrix av Bayern (1344-1359), gift med kung Erik Magnusson av Sverige (död 1359)
 Otto V av Bayern, markgreve av Brandenburg, född 1346
 Agnes av Bayern

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Födda 1282
Avlidna 1347
Tysk-romerska kejsare
Hertigar av Bayern
Huset Wittelsbach
Män
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International schools by mission, serve diverse communities, and in turn, strive to prepare students for their place in a diverse world. How are our school leaders modelling perspectives to address this diversity? This very pursuit is the foundation of your missions, the essence of your dialogues, whether in the board room with trustees seeking exemplary education for students, with teachers developing effective learning strategies, or in personal conversations with parents and students about their hopes for the future.
How do you build a strong school culture focused on the development of interculturally competent global citizens? As a leader, you know the importance of successfully navigating the complexity that comes with leadership of a diverse international community. What are the hidden - but critical - aspects of school leadership that can strengthen your effectiveness? Do you have the skills to lead your school interculturally?
As with any successful initiative, the whole community must be behind it. Building a shared understanding of what international education is, and what global citizenship looks like in practice, is essential. And as an educational leader, your own perspectives and understandings must also be developed so that we can model the attributes and behaviours of global citizenship that we are striving to develop in our students.
Leaders who successfully manage conversations and foster relationships in a diverse cultural community use specific skills developed over time. They understand there can be multiple pathways to a decision. They work intentionally to achieve shared understanding and listen to multiple perspectives along the way.
How can you become more aware of cultural difference?
Would you recognize intercultural learning when it happens in your community?
How can you develop your own perception skills most effectively?
At CIS, we hold global citizenship at our core when working with schools throughout the world. The development of interculturally competent global citizens begins with a commitment from you as a school's leader to develop intercultural leadership skills and to strategically craft the development of global citizenship in your school.
To this end, I helped develop an interactive online course, Leading Schools Interculturally along with Dr Eeqbal Hassim, Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Graduate School of Education. The learning modules were designed by the award-winning Chang School at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. You can now take part in a process to explore and evaluate the leadership skills necessary to enable a meaningful international education.
Three modules have been developed to support school leaders to view intercultural relationships, connections and processes in their schools as a given, not just an aspirational end goal. CIS views leading schools interculturally as leadership that supports individuals and groups within the school community to recognize, manage, and navigate the intricacies and outcomes of these relationships, connections and processes.
Identify successful leadership of intercultural learning.
Identify intercultural leadership capabilities in yourself and others.
Integrate intercultural leadership into a distributed leadership approach.
Apply intercultural leadership knowledge and skills and in your own school context.
Create a strategic action plan to develop global citizenship in your school.
Connect intercultural leadership to CIS International Accreditation standards.
The leadership team at your school can complete the course together to enhance your professional learning and help your school take action based on what you discover. You can also take this course individually as part of your own professional learning. If your school is ready to begin the CIS International Accreditation cycle or the CIS Global Citizenship Certification process, this course will serve as an ideal companion resource. Facilitation and mentoring by a CIS International Advisor are available upon request as an add-on service. For additional Information you may send your inquiries to globalcitizenship@cois.org.


One of the things I love most about working in the technology industry is that many, if not most, of the practices deployed are based on science. Working from a place of evidence-based practice makes choices much easier in many instances than going from your gut.
It's coming from this perspective that it is so interesting to understand why high-tech companies use nap pods and meditation rooms. While some companies use these practices because they value their employees and just want to make them happy, most companies know that tired and stressed people do not do their best work. Optimizing humans requires a certain degree of care, and sleep is certainly required. The founders of these companies know that a 20 minute nap in a comfortable silence place yields a much better result than someone nodding off at their desk.
This Wired story gets into the debate about work-life balance in the valley and at tech companies. For sure, an interesting debate but one that seems to have forgotten some of the lessons that we learned along the way through data driven experimentation and learning. As with all such data, there can be outliers/exceptions that seem to disprove the rule, but ultimately, the sage and sane person follows the data which on this topic states that working much more than 50 hours per week does not meaningfully increase productivity. When pushed beyond that, people burn out and productivity and culture suffer. Ironically, these hours are still a badge of honor in many industries. Medicine actually was so bad at self-regulation about this, the legislative bodies had to regulate it through laws. The same is true for long-haul trucking.
At my company, we recently created a set of core values, one of which is work-life balance. We are each only on this planet for a relatively short period of time, and to my knowledge, there is no law of the universe that states that work is the only meaningful thing that should be completed during that time. In fact, as a husband, parent and serial philanthropist, I can tell you I derive at least as much joy from those areas of my life along with some hobbies as I do from work. And I actually love my work.
It would also be remiss in this conversation to not acknowledge that in the next decade or so, we are going to need to re-imagine our lives for a post-employment civilization. As we continue to improve automation and artificial intelligence, we will increasingly no longer have employment in the way that we have in the past. What will life look like for a workaholic when they don't need to work anymore?
How we keep people out of poverty.
What people do with their time, talent and energy when they no longer have jobs.
Putting in the hours to make a billion dollars is wonderful, but if our society doesn't answer those two questions, you won't be able to enjoy the fruits of your labor because people who are starving and have starving children will have no qualms about taking what you have to keep themselves alive.
Fortunately, most of those who have entered the billionaire club from technology companies understand this and are working towards solutions. Now we need everyone else to get in and join them.


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Pierre-Edouard Bellemare is the ultimate teammate the Golden Knights need
The Frenchman gives Vegas a reliable penalty-killing presence and an unquestioned leader in the locker room.
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Editor's note: Vegas finally has a roster. It's time to get excited. Over the next couple of weeks, we will be introducing you to these new Golden Knights players.
From the Philadelphia Flyers, the Vegas Golden Knights selected 32-year-old forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare in the expansion draft.
Bellemare, who was born and raised in France, had quite a unique road to the NHL. As you can imagine, hockey is not popular in France, so he faced an uphill battle to get to where he is now.
His hockey career began in the Ligue Magnus, France's highest level of men's hockey. To get more international exposure, he relocated to Sweden and played in the Swedish Elite League, one of the top leagues in the world. With the SHL's Skellefteå AIK, Bellemare adjusted well to the competition, scoring 64 goals in five seasons. That got the Flyers' attention.
Philadelphia signed him to a one-year contract prior to the 2014-15 season, where he played in 81 games, scored six goals and became a stable presence on the team's penalty-killing unit as a 29-year-old rookie. The Flyers signed him to a contract extension later that season and regularly used him specifically for that role.
Bellemare, who was named one of the Flyers' alternate captains last season, is exactly what a general manager looks for in a hockey player — tough, gritty, works hard and loves the game. He fits that criteria, so much so that Philly gave him another two-year extension in March.
After all, anyone who one-punches Bobby Farnham is clearly a winner.
Bellemare just clocked Farnham. pic.twitter.com/M4vv02rkgx
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) January 21, 2015
Unfortunately, though, grit, toughness and a hard-working attitude doesn't always translate to on-ice results.
Of the 262 forwards to play at least 750 minutes last year, Bellemare ranked No. 261 in even-strength point production, averaging 0.38 points-per-60. And despite the fact that killing penalties is Bellemare's strong suit, the Flyers' PK percentage ranked just 21st in the league. At best, Bellemare is an average fourth-liner with above average potential.
There is definitely a place for a guy like Bellemare on this team in terms of leadership. While he never was (and likely never will be) much of a scorer, Bellemare was beloved in Philadelphia's locker room. He was the Flyers' Masterton Trophy nominee last year, given to the player "who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to ice hockey."
Bellemare is not a flashy player, which can be frustrating at times. But he is a phenomenal teammate, leader and person and could be an early candidate to wear a letter on his chest in Vegas' inaugural season.
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Fresh basil paired with mozzarella, a sliced tomato (still warm from the sun) topped with a smoked salt, pepper and sprinkle of a thick rich balsamic vinegar? Hello gorgeous and delicious. Propel your culinary favours to the next level and grow basil inside your home. Whether you plan to grow basil from seed or from a seedling, follow these tips for indoor basil growing success.
Disclaimer! If it's summer and you have outdoor growing space: a stoop, a ledge, a balcony, grow your basil outside! It will always do best when grown outdoors.
Often overlooked, this point can't be stressed enough. Every container that has a plant inside needs a drainage hole. Why? Well, if you overwater and there is nowhere for the water to escape, you will essentially drown your plant. Ever heard of root rot? Most plants do not like "wet feet," which means they don't like their roots to sit in water.
Use a small plate or saucer underneath the pot if you plan on watering it where it's placed versus moving it to the sink to water and allow to drain.
Fill your container up with fresh, healthy and happy soil. New soil ensures your plant will get the required nutrients it needs.
Basil needs warmth and sun. To grow successful basil indoors, its growing location needs to have a very good amount of sunlight. If you are relying on natural sunlight for your basil growing – six hours is good but eight hours is better.
If you don't have a sunny spot in your home and want nothing more than to grow fresh basil inside a good option is to buy an indoor garden system with artifical light. There are many options available at all different price points.
Basil doesn't mind living in moist (not, wet and soaking) soil. Best practice in watering plants is to slowly water, all the way through, until water drips out of the bottom drainage hole. Watering deeply but infrequently helps to grow a strong root system because the roots stretch down and look for water.
Allow your plant to mature before harvesting. Try to give it several weeks to grow and develop many leaves before you start to trim it. Being patient here will allow for a strong and healthy plant to grow that will in turn, produce more basil for you in the coming months. When you do start to pick the leaves, pick from the top to encourage lateral growth. This will help your basil grow bushier instead of taller.


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What is Hanukah and how is it celebrated in Britain?
This article by Nathan Abrams Professor of Film Studies, at Bangor University, is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
The festive season is upon us with the start of the eight-day festival of Hanukah. What it is and how it is celebrated is not so well known in the UK, and in an attempt to make Jewish traditions more intelligible to the mainstream, we generally use Christian analogues. So, Purim is mardi gras, Passover is Easter, and you guessed it, Hanukah is Christmas.
The truth is that Hanukah is nothing like Christmas. It's not based on a solstice or the birth of a messiah. Instead, it commemorates the victory of the Maccabees in ancient Israel over a Syrian Greek army, and the subsequent miracle of a small bottle of oil that remained lit for eight days (Hanukah is also known as the festival of light), in 167BC. But because it simply occasionally coincides with Christmas, owing to a quirk in the Jewish lunar calendar, it becomes a useful parallel.
Hanukah, though, has not entered the popular consciousness here and is still a minority festival overlooked in mainstream culture. This is exacerbated by the fact that most people in Britain have probably not met a Jewish person in real life (television celebrities and others don't count here).
Even by the most generous assessment (Jews who qualify for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return, which is every Jew, child and grandchild of a Jew as well as their spouse and children), only constitute 0.62% of the total population in the UK and most of us are concentrated in a few urban, metropolitan centres like London and Manchester.
This means that the non-Jewish population in Britain has very little exposure to Jews and Judaism in general and Hanukah in particular. What they do see, though, comes primarily through popular culture – mainly films from the US like Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights or The Hebrew Hammer or television. The Hanukah Armadillo episode in Friends and Chrismukkah in The OC did much for religious education in this country.
When British television wants to code Jewishness, the shorthand way if they are not ultra-orthodox and hence obvious, is to place the eight-branched candelabra – known as the Hannukiah or menorah – in shot whenever there is a Jewish character as if we are all sitting around with one in every room all the time. But there is so much more to this holiday that should be better known.
Why the confusion?
So to begin with, how do we spell it? Is it Hannukah (with two Ns) or Hanukkah (two Ks) or Hannukkah (two Ns and two Ks)? Come to think of it, is the final H strictly necessary? As it's a Hebrew word, meaning "dedication" because the Holy Temple in Jerusalem was rededicated and its menorah restored and lit, rendered into English, there's a great no agreement or consistency. Because there is so much room for interpretation, you'll see read many variants.
On that note, how do we even pronounce it? Although not precise, haa - nuh - kuh is a good guide.
Whatever the spelling or the pronunciation, it's fair to say that Hanukah is an overlooked Jewish festival in mainstream Britain. Although the UK is a secular country, 86% or almost nine in ten Britons say they celebrate Christmas.
Tchotchkes and latkes
So, how do we celebrate Hanukah in Britain? Well, the small Jewish population (albeit the second largest in Europe), sits somewhere between the much larger and dominant Jewish populations in the US and Israel whose traditions we have now absorbed into our own.
From the US, we have adopted the commercialisation. Hanukah is a means to consume: festive cards, gift wrapping, gifts, decorations and other tchotchkes are now very much a part of the festival (although look closely, much of this stuff comes from abroad).
Sufganiyot and other foods fried in oil are enjoyed.
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We exchange gifts over eight nights. This doesn't mean Christmas times eight, though (despite the stereotype that all Jews are rich, we would be bankrupted every year if this was the case), but rather a sliding scale of big presents on the first night, descending in size and cost until the final night.
From Israel, because of the tradition of eating food fried in oil, we eat doughnuts, or sufganiyot, as they are known there. These are generally smaller, jam-filled balls rather than the flatter, larger types we typically get here. Alongside the doughnuts, we prepare and eat latkes, which are deep-fried potato pancakes (think rostis or hash browns, but much better).
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We gather as families to light the Hannukiah, recite the blessings and sing Maoz Tsur (Rock of Ages). Each family member may take a turn to light the candles and then we exchange gifts and Hanukah gelt (chocolate money). In my family, we hide the money around the room and the children hunt for it. My mum would hide an entire bag (but that was the 1970s), whereas I'm a bit meaner with my own children. And that's basically it.
There will also be communal gatherings organised by synagogues and other groups. One newish development on this front is the entry of Chabad onto the scene. Chabad is a sort of outreach organisation seeking to assist Jews on their Jewish journey. They give out Hanukah kits and light the Hannukiah in public, often travelling around the country to do so. A mark of where they have been is the presence of a giant Hannukiah in a publicly visible place.
One thing is true, though, just as Christmas has become something for everyone, Jews – religious or otherwise – will partake in this light (pun intended), non-onerous reminder of their ethnic, cultural and religious heritage.
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This Black Friday iPhone SE deal is the cheapest around…but stock is limited
iPhone SE deals were always going to be a big battleground for Black Friday discounts. It's cheap, a 2020 release and well…already a hugely popular iPhone. But some of the prices we've seen have been absolutely spectacular.
And now, we've just seen the cheapest ever iPhone SE deal appear. It costs just £20 a month and through the use of the EXCLUSIVE TechRadar code TRBF79, only £20 upfront.
While you won't get any cheaper than that without committing to a three year contract, you are only getting 2GB of data on the EE network. If that's too low, there's a second option.
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Whichever deal fits your data needs better, you're not going to find a better value Black Friday iPhone SE deal than this, especially on the EE network!
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The iPhone SE (2020) is exciting for one single reason – it's a cheap iPhone. It's been years since Apple offered us a budget handset, but the SE 2020 is clearly that. It comes at almost half the price of the iPhone 12 while offering some solid 2020 specs.
4K video, Apple's A13 Bionic processor, wireless charging, increased battery size and an IP67 rating are among the more impressive features of this device. To lower the price, however, Apple has gone back to the design of the iPhone 8, brought the number camera lenses down to just one and dropped the screen quality.
This isn't something to snub, though. The iPhone SE's camera functionality includes Portrait Mode – a feature only seen in the 'Plus' variant of the iPhone 8 – as well as Depth Control. Many will also be pleased for the resurgence of the 'Home' button, including Touch ID. If you've tried to unlock using Face ID in the dark, you'll understand why many mourned the use of a fingerprint to unlock their phone…
Up until the recent launch of iPhone 12 mini deals, the iPhone SE also had the unique selling point of being the smallest available iPhone on the market, showcasing a 4.7-inch display. Even with the aforementioned launch, it still sits as the most affordable handset in Apple's current line-up.
Overall, this falls in place as the best budget device Apple has right now, coming way under its more recent devices in price, while still offering some impressive specs to outdo the iPhone 8, 7 and other such devices.
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use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerAware;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\SecurityContext;
use FOS\UserBundle\Controller\SecurityController as Controller;

class SecurityController extends Controller
{
	public function loginAction()
	{
		$this->myloginAction(false);
	}

	public function myloginAction($isWidget) {
		/** @var $session \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session */
        $request = $this->container->get('request');
		$session = $request->getSession();

		// get the error if any (works with forward and redirect -- see below)
		if ($request->attributes->has(SecurityContext::AUTHENTICATION_ERROR)) {
			$error = $request->attributes->get(SecurityContext::AUTHENTICATION_ERROR);
		} elseif (null !== $session && $session->has(SecurityContext::AUTHENTICATION_ERROR)) {
			$error = $session->get(SecurityContext::AUTHENTICATION_ERROR);
			$session->remove(SecurityContext::AUTHENTICATION_ERROR);
		} else {
			$error = '';
		}

		if ($error) {
			// TODO: this is a potential security risk (see http://trac.symfony-project.org/ticket/9523)
			$error = $error->getMessage();
		}
		// last username entered by the user
		$lastUsername = (null === $session) ? '' : $session->get(SecurityContext::LAST_USERNAME);

		$csrfToken = $this->container->get('form.csrf_provider')->generateCsrfToken('authenticate');

		$data = array(
			'last_username' => $lastUsername,
			'error' => $error,
			'csrf_token' => $csrfToken,
		);

		if($isWidget){
			return $this->container->get('templating')->renderResponse('VSUserBundle:Security:_login.html.twig', $data);
		}
		return $this->renderLogin($data);
	}

	/**
	 * Renders the login template with the given parameters. Overwrite this function in
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	protected function renderLogin(array $data) {
		$template = sprintf('FOSUserBundle:Security:login.html.%s', $this->container->getParameter('fos_user.template.engine'));

		return $this->container->get('templating')->renderResponse($template, $data);
	}

	public function checkAction() {
		throw new \RuntimeException('You must configure the check path to be handled by the firewall using form_login in your security firewall configuration.');
	}

	public function logoutAction() {
		throw new \RuntimeException('You must activate the logout in your security firewall configuration.');
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State media say 'Comrade Trump' should consider asylum in Russia
The outgoing president is facing multiple investigations by prosecutors, and has voiced his concern at the prospect of being indicted.
Russian state media are suggesting that President Donald Trump should seek asylum in their country to avoid getting prosecuted when he leaves the White House, The Daily Beast reported.
Trump, who is to leave office on January 20, 2021, and his organisation are the subject of multiple active investigations by prosecutors in New York and Washington, DC, that span potential tax fraud and alleged sexual assault.
Olga Skabeeva, who hosts the "60 Minutes" show on the state-owned Russia-1 network, said on December 3 that Trump's predicament was "very serious" and therefore he should consider asylum in Russia.
Igor Korotchenko, a Russian military expert who sits on the defence ministry's public council, said on the same show: "Russia can offer political asylum to the persecuted former president of the United States, Donald Trump."
"But let him not simply arrive to Rostov or elsewhere, but also transfer his capital here and finally build his famous Trump City somewhere in our New Moscow," he added.
Trump is popular in Russia and is often referred to by state media as "our Donald," "Trumpusha," and "Comrade Trump," according to The Daily Beast.
To that end, several prominent state media outlets have sympathised with the president's plight, and even blamed Democrats for it.
The impending lawsuits are the Democratic Party's way of "spitting at Trump on his way out," the state-run RIA Novosti news agency said on December 5.
Dmitry Kiselyov, one of Russia's most prominent Kremlin-aligned TV hosts, said on December 6 that to survive Trump must pardon himself.
The president is reportedly considering going on a pardoning spree and late last month, he retweeted a post from a Republican ally that called on him to self-pardon. The move is possible, but it is a risky move that does not protect him from all prosecutions that he may face.
It is not entirely clear if the Russian media is serious about their calls on Trump to seek asylum in the country, but it is a "reliable barometer of the mood at the Kremlin," according to The Daily Beast.
Indeed, some members of Russia's state media elite previously floated the idea of offering Trump a new home during the 2019 impeachment saga.
Vladimir Soloviev, a prominent host on Russia-1, asked in a December 2019 episode of his show: "Should we get another flat in Rostov ready?" – in a reference to Russia's rehoming of former Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovich, who fled his country in 2014.
Trump has expressed concern at the prospect of being indicted in New York after he leaves office.
"Now I hear that these same people that failed to get me in Washington have sent every piece of information to New York so that they can try to get me there," he said on December 2.
A man walks past cardboard images depicting (from left) US President Donald Trump, Soviet leaders Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin at the touristic Arbat street in Moscow.
Though Biden won the US election, the Kremlin has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not congratulate him until all existing legal challenges to the US election result have been resolved.
The Kremlin was referring to the string of lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign and its allies that sought to overturn counts in several states. Many have failed.
Edward Snowden, the US whistle-blower who leaked information about National Security Agency operations, was also granted political asylum in Russia in 2013. He reportedly applied for Russian citizenship last month.
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Speakeasy – THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE vs. THE LOBSTER CHARLESTON
Posted on January 24, 2016 by dannyashkenasi
Introducing the latest dance craze from the Roaring Twenties: The Lobster Charleston!
The Lobster Charleston
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Yes, it's a novelty dance, like the Turkey Trot, or the Chicken Dance, or the Macarena, the Mashed Potato and Gangnam Style.
But it's imaginary, existing as a popular pastime in the fictional Wonderland nightclub in the musical "Speakeasy". Imaginary, so far. I just witnessed our choreographer Alan Hanna teach it to the cast of Speakeasy. This could catch on!
It is during this goofy novelty number that our heroes, John and Jane Allison let down their guards a bit and agree to dance with Julian Carnation and Duchess Bentley. That is, John dances with Julian, and Jane dances with Duchess.
The Lobster Charleston is directly inspired by a chapter in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland called "The Lobster Quadrille", wherein the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon show Alice a strange dance called the Lobster Quadrille while reciting a slow mournful song.
The Lobster Charleston is a more happy tune of nonsense, befitting the happy-go-lucky ethos of Roaring Twenties Speakeasy culture. It is also the one song in "Speakeasy" most closely aligned lyrically with Lewis Carroll's original writing. There are many poems and pieces of verse in the Alice books, including "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter". I hoped at least one song in "Speakeasy" would include lyrics that directly referenced Lewis Carroll's verse. Thus The Lobster Quadrille inspired The Lobster Charleston, the silly novelty tune and dance craze that becomes the unlikely catalyst for John and Jane to separately and simultaneously take a few crucial dance steps closer to homosexual infidelity.
Compare The Lobster Charleston and The Lobster Quadrille below:
The Lobster Charleston lyrics:
WILL YOU WON'T YOU WILL YOU WON'T YOU
WILL YOU JOIN THE DANCE
WON'T YOU JOIN THE DANCE
BIB AND BOB AND HOB AND NOB
WITH LOBSTERS IN THE SWELLS
CLICK YOUR CLAWS AND GIVE APPLAUSE
TO TURTLES IN BAND SHELLS
WOULD NOT COULD NOT WOULD NOT COULD NOT
WOULD NOT JOIN THE DANCE
COULD NOT JOIN THE DANCE
NO SHE CRIED OUT
WOE BETIDE THE CRAB WHO DOESN'T SEE
JUST HOW WET A SOUL CAN GET
WHEN TOSSED INTO THE SEA
Excerpt from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter X: The Lobster Quadrille:
At last the Mock Turtle recovered his voice, and, with tears running down his cheeks, he went on again:
"You may not have lived much under the sea—" ("I haven't," said Alice)—"and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster—" (Alice began to say, "I once tasted—" but checked herself hastily, and said, "No, never") "—so you can have no idea what a delightful thing a Lobster-Quadrille is!"
"No, indeed," said Alice. "What sort of a dance is it?"
"Why," said the Gryphon, "you first form into a line along the sea-shore—"
"Two lines!" cried the Mock Turtle. "Seals, turtles, salmon, and so on: then, when you've cleared all the jelly-fish out of the way—"
"That generally takes some time," interrupted the Gryphon.
"—you advance twice—"
"Each with a lobster as a partner!" cried the Gryphon.
"Of course," the Mock Turtle said: "advance twice, set to partners—"
"—change lobsters, and retire in same order," continued the Gryphon.
"Then, you know," the Mock Turtle went on, "you throw the—"
"The lobsters!" shouted the Gryphon, with a bound into the air.
"—as far out to sea as you can—"
"Swim after them!" screamed the Gryphon.
"Turn a somersault in the sea!" cried the Mock Turtle, capering wildly about.
"Change lobsters again!" yelled the Gryphon at the top of its voice.
"Back to land again, and—that's all the first figure," said the Mock Turtle, suddenly dropping his voice; and the two creatures, who had been jumping about like mad things all this time, sat down again very sadly and quietly and looked at Alice.
"It must be a very pretty dance," said Alice timidly.
"Would you like to see a little of it?" said the Mock Turtle.
"Very much indeed," said Alice.
"Come, let's try the first figure!" said the Mock Turtle to the Gryphon. "We can do it without lobsters, you know. Which shall sing?"
"Oh, you sing," said the Gryphon. "I've forgotten the words."
So they began solemnly dancing round and round Alice, every now and then treading on her toes when they passed too close, and waving their fore-paws to mark the time, while the Mock Turtle sang this, very slowly and sadly:
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my
tail.
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!
They are waiting on the shingle—will you come and join the
dance?
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the
Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, won't you join the
"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be
When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out
to sea!"
But the snail replied, "Too far, too far!" and gave a look
askance—
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join
the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join
Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join
"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied.
"There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.
The further off from England the nearer is to France—
Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the
dance.
"Thank you, it's a very interesting dance to watch," said Alice, feeling very glad that it was over at last: "and I do so like that curious song about the whiting!"
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Ellisfield Parish Council has been asked to publicise this Mid Examination Local Plan Re-Consultation. In that Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council (BDBC) have proposed significant modifications to its original submission of their proposed Local Plan (2011-2029).
After initial submission for examination in October 2014, the Inspector, confirming that all prior submissions had been considered, required BDBC to enhance their plans. Thus Main Modifications to this Submission, some of which the Full Council (BDBC) have upheld, have been scrutinised and are now for public review prior to further approval/amendment or whatever.
The deadline for this mid examination and re-consultation is 4pm on Monday, 22 June 2015.
an increased annual housing requirement for 2011-2029 from 748 to 850 per year; effectively doubling building total to 15,300 dwellings with an additional 7,600 homes.
the allocation of an additional housing site of 750 dwellings at Hounsome Fields; southwest of Basingstoke along the Winchester Road, and involving Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Show People accommodation sites.
the inclusion of a job target of 450-700 jobs per year across various sectors including; -specialist/advanced manufacturing (with R&D); – enhanced offices for financial & business services in Basingstoke town (many offices still considered poor quality); – plus distribution and logistics business enhancement with extra warehousing facilities.
all economic growth being supported by enhanced fibre optic broadband and mobile telecommunications and increased social infrastructure in education and training to obtain the necessary skills, knowledge and competencies. Unemployment being only 2.4% in Basingstoke and recruitment often seeking migration to fulfil, as recently publicised.
loss of leisure facilities at Basingstoke Municipal Golf Course, for example.
all extra building being proposed on 12 greenfield sites, although two additional brownfield sites added previously seemingly of lesser significance within this enhanced plan.
Although Ellisfield is not marked on the BDBC map, it is being fully consulted. Without doubt, it can be concluded that this enhanced Local Plan brings urbanisation closer to the rural villages around Basingstoke, which may or may not be to residents desires. Certainly nearby roads such as A339 and Cliddesden to Preston Candover Road, via Axford, will possibly/likely be affected with potentially 10,000 or more local vehicles. To say nothing of other commercial centres having an outlying affect. However economic growth does bring many advantages too.
For your assistance; research can be found at http://southwestactiongroup.wix.com/swag from its extensive activities, recent public response and meeting.
its apparent assumption that building will include Affordable Housing as mixed housing developments but that parish needs will likely flow from this Local Plan in Neighbourhood Plans, once, or if, it is fully approved.
These documents are available for public inspection at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Offices between hours 8.30am to 5.00pm on Mondays to Thursdays, and 6.30am to 4.30pm on Fridays, and at all public libraries.
for further information and advice please contact Planning Policy Team – 01256 845450.
With much regret, the swings on Lower Common are still out of use today, 1st July 2015!
Unfortunately the four new bearings required, though now enroute from Finland, are essential for attaching the chains and seats for the two swings. Hopefully these parts will be delivered direct to Ellisfield in about 2 weeks from now.
Naturally Ellisfield Parish Clerk has chased their arrival as possible but no-one keeps these parts in stock in UK, apparently.
Am sure that with the kind services of Tony Matthews and Cllr David Richards, these two engineers will mastermind the repairs and get the swings up and swinging as soon as possible.
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The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is reviewing the Hampshire County Councillors (currently 78 and likely to stay the same number) electoral divisions. They want evidence to help decide on a possible new pattern of divisions in future.
Your views will make a difference and they ask for you to have your say.


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La Red Jacqui Lambie (abreviado JLN) es un partido político que se fundó en Australia en 2015 por la exsenadora por Tasmania Jacqui Lambie.

Posiciones políticas

Al anunciar la formación del partido, Lambie reveló las 12 "creencias fundamentales" de la colectividad:

Los miembros siempre deben poner su estado primero en todas las decisiones que toman.

Siempre tendrá un interés especial en todos los asuntos relacionados con veteranos, sirviendo a miembros de la fuerza de defensa australiana y sus familias.

Lucharán para establecer un sistema nacional de aprendices, comercio y prácticas que incorpore tanto la Fuerza de Defensa Australiana como la TAFE.

Apoyaran el establecimiento de un Impuesto a las Transacciones Financieras para garantizar ingresos gubernamentales adicionales para la protección de las pensiones y los derechos de los australianos retirados y los veteranos de Defensa.

Se oponen a que la Ley Sharia se imponga en Australia, ya sea formal o informalmente, y promoverá una política de lealtad indivisa a la Constitución y al pueblo de Australia.

Apoyarán la regulación adecuada de Halal y otros sistemas de certificación de alimentos.

Apoyarán los asientos indígenas dedicados que se establecen para los parlamentos australianos.

Apoya los votos de conciencia sobre todos los asuntos morales y éticos.

Apoyan la reducción a la mitad del Presupuesto de Ayuda Exterior para ayudar a impulsar la inversión del gobierno federal en Educación Superior del 0.6% al 1% del PIB.

Apoyan la creación de Zonas Económicas Especiales en áreas regionales y rurales para ayudar a impulsar la rentabilidad empresarial y la creación de empleo.

Apoya la introducción de un impuesto al carbono, solo después de que nuestros principales socios comerciales introducen un impuesto similar en sus centrales eléctricas de carbón.

Respaldan un sistema de monitoreo y regulación que garantiza que nuestros precios de energía y combustible para los consumidores y empresas australianos no sean más caros que nuestros competidores en el extranjero.

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Elecciones federales (solo Senado)

Elecciones en Tasmania

Partidos políticos de Australia
Partidos políticos fundados en 2015
Partidos regionalistas


Following in the footsteps of his late mother Princess Diana, Prince Harry is continuing to prove himself a people's prince this week at the 2018 International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam….
Le'veon Bell may be sitting out for the first half of the season Amidst another contract dispute, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell may sit out the first half of the 2018 season, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.
Elon Musk possibly facing charges after calling one of the Thailand Cave divers a "pedo guy" on twitter A diver who helped rescue boys trapped in a Thailand cave may sue Elon Musk after the tech billionaire called the rescuer a "pedo guy."
Man with worlds longest nails gets a much needed manicure Shridhar Chillal, 82, let his nails grow for over six decades. He cut them off this month. They are now on display in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum in New York City.


The ladies head back down south to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (near Charleston) for the inaugural Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika. The Tribute is one of the Winner Events in the LPGA Playoffs (as they call it), meaning the winner earns automatic entry into the ADT Championship. The event gets underway Thursday with TGC providing tape-delayed coverage Thursday and Friday and NBC broadcasting live on Saturday and Sunday.
RiverTowne Country Club is the site, with a course layout of 6588 yards and par-72. The course reportedly has thick rough, much like the last two courses they've played. Presumably there are fewer trees, but there will definitely be more heat, humidity and mosquitoes. Lots of marshland in the Charleston area.
With the jump in purse – the Tribute has the third-largest on Tour - the field-strength also jumps. Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie both make their returns to action, along with everybody else who skipped Corning. 35 of the top 36 players in my current statistical rankings are here (the very-pregnant Hee-Won Han is missing), so for at least the next two weeks we'll be seeing the best against the best.
Yes, Lorena Ochoa is in the field. Yes, Lorena Ochoa is my pick to win. The very tough CYA choices are Paula Creamer and Juli Inkster.
Stats: Winners 1-11 (2-11 with CYAs), Top Tens 17-33.


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WarSeer > Painting and Modelling > Project Logs > Random Project Logs > Sparks tries his hand at sculpting too!
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Hello everyone, I've been lurking on here for ages as I haven't been able to paint for the last 8 months or so. I've been keeping up with the hobby thanks to Warseer and seeing many great logs. I don't expect this to unfold into one of those, but just to show people how I'm progressing at sculpting. I got into sculpting because I can't afford to buy a full set of paints where I'm living at the mo (especially because I wouldn't be able to take them home,and I have a full set at home anyway!)!
Like many others, I've done a little bit with greenstuff before (fur, hair, the odd piece of chainmail and gap filling), but with nothing except greenstuff to hand I have had to bite the bullet and attempt scratch builds!
I started off with some nurglings and a plaguebearer, mainly because I think Nurgle is the most forgiving GW 'race' for a fledgling sculptor. And because my only tool is a pin, lots of smooth areas would be quite hard to achieve!
Anyway, onto the pics. The models are a lot smoother than they seem to have come out here, and I hope this will show up when I get around to painting them up in the summer. I have tried 3 nurglings so far, each for different types of practice. The first one (the smily chap with the horn) was an attempt to do an open stomach and sculpt 'normal' eyes.
Number 3 was basically a blob to practice sculpting strange folds and 'nurgley' bits, and then the head was just an experiment. The teeth were done seperately and placed into the open mouth. I was very happy with the way it turned out!
Right, pics of the plaguebearer and of the rubbish nurgling to follow! I know it's not a lot but please feel free to give any C&C!
This is my first ever proper sculpt from scratch. I used paperclips to make a bit of a frame, not really realising how big he was going to be (not having other models around for scale and being too lazy to get a ruler out didn't help!). So since starting the guy, I decided he will have to be a herald for the upcoming daemon book(s).
The second pic shows off his belly a bit better. I'm having big problems with the shoulder and arm joins at the moment, but I'm taking it all on board as a learning curve and realise it's a bit ambitious but hey! Enjoy!
This is practically Threadmancy I know, but I have finally got around to getting some pics for an update!
The plaguebearer is nearing completion. Here he is with one nearly finished arm, both legs nearly done and a scythe added. I'm not too happy with the blade just yet but it is WIP. Got a bit stuck on the shoulders, so on shoulder he's had an armour pad sculpted on and on the other I went for something a bit weird (more as a means to cover up an anatomical error). I have tried to make it look like a larva or maggot has burst out of his shoulder. The maggot was intended to be nurgling number 4 but ended up being plaguebearer's mate instead.
More to come including my next full model WIP!
I was happy with the way this progressed. It actually inspired me to make a whole model around him. I thought the face looked pretty old and wisened, so he is going to become a portly orc shaman. Pics to follow of that too!
Well, for a start it's pretty good.
Each time i've tried scuplting something with greenstuff it ended in an infamous rubbish pile, so congrats !
The plaguebearer head is almost as cool as V1 plaguebearer's head, and i like the nurgling too.
Cheers Napalm! I'm pretty pleased with his head too. The ears were possibly the hardest part, despite the teeth being individual pieces!
Anyway, more pics. This time of the shaman I promised in my last post. I envisaged this guy to be quite a chunky old shaman. So far I've bulked out the areas I intend to add the detail too. On this model I'm going for robes(partly as an homage to Brian Nelson's first Shaman fig, one of my favourites to this day) which are much quicker and more satisfying than detailing every last bit of the body!
and a couple more shots for that 360 degree feel!
I'm not too sure on the hand, but had no ideas what to put in instead. If anyone has a good idea I can easily chop the hand off and start again!
I have created another Nurgling to accompany him. This one I call Jabba after his Star Wars lookalike!
and I haven't forgotten Mr. Orc either, he's nearing completion too. I do need some audience participation on this log though to help me finish him!
A) what do I put in his right hand? a scroll? an effigy of Mork? petting a squig?
B) what about the top of his staff? I'm currently thinking just a big glyph but made to look wooden.
C) This is more a reminder for me, but he needs more detailing around the belt area. what things do you want to see hanging from his belt?