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"The Festival of Earthly Delights," by Matt Dojny
Reviewed By Elizabeth Word Gutting
When asked by Necessary Fiction to describe the research for his debut novel, The Festival of Earthly Delights, Matt Dojny hand-wrote a scrawling response filled with oddities, doodles, and this moment of witty insight: "But, you're asking, what kind of research went into the creation of this novel? I just wrote the thing. I lived it, then wrote it. That's what you gotta do. Got up early. Wrote on the subway. Wrote at work. Wrote late at night. Suck it up, people! Do the research. Do the work. Finish your novels."
The Festival of Earthly Delights takes on a couple of conventional narrative forms and then slants and distorts them. It's an epistolary novel, but the letters are unsent and go in only one direction – written by Boyd Darrow, a well-meaning and clueless twenty-something to a mysterious recipient named Hap. From the way Boyd writes the letters, it's clear that he hasn't seen Hap in quite some time, though the two once shared a strong bond. Boyd writes while sitting on a trashcan outside his new home, "Home Kwan Home," in Puchai, a fictional Southeast Asian country. Each letter details, in a wandering and unhurried way, the hilarious adventures and predicaments Boyd finds himself getting into in Puchai.
A stranger in a strange land: the novel hints of a standard ex-pat story – the kind of tale where a Westerner immerses himself in the East and in the process steps on cultural toes and meets fascinating characters. But because Puchai is a made-up place, Dojny takes extreme liberties, exaggerating and poking fun. Boyd accidentally consumes a year's worth of fried moths; steps on and kills a turtle, an animal hailed as a deity; and learns that a wink can have countless meanings (from "You're fired" to "I just realized that, one day, I will be dead, my body rotting in the ground. I can't believe it. It's horrible.").
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Puchai stands in for Thailand, where Dojny lived with a girlfriend fourteen years ago. Boyd, too, has traveled to Puchai with a girlfriend, Ulla. The couple moves to Puchai because Ulla has a job at the Faculty of Theatre Drama, where she is charged with organizing the talent show for the yearly Festival of Earthly Delights. But the real reason they've made the move together stems from vague hopes of repairing their waning relationship. In his first letter, Boyd admits that a half an hour after he decides to accompany Ulla, he has to ask her, "Where's Puchai?"
Though Boyd and Ulla purchase fake wedding rings for the equivalent of ten dollars to legitimize living together in "Home Kwan Home," their relationship continues its downward spiral in this unfamiliar place. Boyd takes a job as a teacher at an English academy, Y.E.S., and falls in love with his Vietnam vet boss's daughter, Shiney. Her know-it-all American boyfriend accompanies Shiney everywhere, and Boyd despises him, but none of this stops him from following Shiney to bizarre underground concerts or participating in flirty Puchanese rituals with her.
In the meantime, Ulla admits to past infidelities, and she also has a wandering eye. All efforts at reconnection seem to be failing, and it becomes heart-breakingly clear that Boyd will need to say goodbye to Hap before he can let anyone into his heart.
And here is Dojny's surprising strong suit: though the book is often slapstick funny, the characters also convey real depth and emotion. At the end, when it seems that things will never look up for sweet-tempered Boyd, you want to curse the holy turtle he squashed earlier in the novel, possibly dooming him for a lifetime of ill-fated luck.
There's also no comparison to reading a novel that it's clear a writer had a ton of fun writing. Dojny admits, "Crafting a fictional universe gives me a satisfying god-like sensation and I recommend that everybody give it a try." Dojny has worked as an illustrator and graphic designer, and he intersperses comic drawings throughout the book; anyone who has lived in Asia will also appreciate the nonsensical English on the notebook covers he designed and included as full-page illustrations. For a light-hearted book, there's a lot of heart in The Festival of Earthly Delights.
Elizabeth Word Gutting is a writer living in Washington, D.C. Her fiction, book reviews, and nonfiction have been published in The Rumpus, The Washington Post, The Quotable and Treehouse, among others. More from this author →
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Attivo sin dall'età di 5 anni nel cinema e soprattutto in televisione, a 9 anni diede la voce a Lucky nel lungometraggio della Walt Disney La carica dei cento e uno e a 13 anni divenne noto al grande pubblico impersonando il giovane David Copperfield nell'omonimo sceneggiato televisivo della Rai.

Ha doppiato molti attori internazionali, tra cui Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Andy García, Dennis Quaid, John Travolta, Kurt Russell e molti altri. Nel 1986, con il doppiaggio di Top Gun, Chevalier cominciò a doppiare Tom Cruise.

Chevalier è anche direttore di doppiaggio e dialoghista di tanti film e serie tv, tra cui CSI - Scena del crimine, CSI: Miami e CSI: NY e ha partecipato, come attore, alla terza e alla quarta stagione di Distretto di Polizia.

È stato direttore di doppiaggio di circa 400 film, tra i quali Moulin Rouge!, La cena dei cretini, Ma mère, L'apparenza inganna, Juno, Transamerica, Little Miss Sunshine, The Core, Blade e Il grande match.

Nel luglio 2006 ha vinto il premio Leggio d'oro per la miglior interpretazione maschile dell'anno per il doppiaggio di Tom Hanks ne Il codice da Vinci. E numerosi altri premi.

Anche suo figlio, David Chevalier, è un doppiatore. Anche una delle sue figlie, Fiore, è doppiatrice.

Filmografia

Cinema

 Giovani mariti, regia di Mauro Bolognini (1958)
 La maja desnuda (The Naked Maja), regia di Henry Koster e Mario Russo (1958)
 Il nemico di mia moglie, regia di Gianni Puccini (1959)
 Rapina al quartiere Ovest, regia di Filippo Walter Ratti (1960)
 La vendetta di Ursus, regia di Luigi Capuano (1961)
 Pulcinella cetrulo d'Acerra, regia di Alberto Attanasio (1961)
 Scandali al mare, regia di Marino Girolami (1961)
 I terribili 7, regia di Raffaello Matarazzo (1963)
 La ragazza di nome Giulio, regia di Tonino Valerii (1970)
 Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato, regia di Italo Zingarelli (1970)
 Amore mio non farmi male, regia di Vittorio Sindoni (1974)
 Son tornate a fiorire le rose, regia di Vittorio Sindoni (1975)
 Per amore di Cesarina, regia di Vittorio Sindoni (1976)

Televisione
 Il romanzo di un maestro, regia di Mario Landi - miniserie TV (1959)
 Ore disperate, di Joseph Hayes, regia di Anton Giulio Majano, trasmessa il 20 gennaio 1963
 La cocuzza, regia di Carlo Lodovici (1963)
 Atalia, tragedia di Jean Racine, regia di Mario Ferrero, trasmessa il 13 maggio 1964
 Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca, regia di Lina Wertmüller, trasmessa dal 19 dicembre 1964 al 6 febbraio 1965.
 Il vecchio e il faro, regia di Angelo D'Alessandro (1965)
 David Copperfield , regia di Anton Giulio Majano, trasmessa dal 26 dicembre 1965 al 13 febbraio 1966.
 I racconti del faro, regia di Angelo D'Alessandro (1967)
 E le stelle stanno a guardare, regia di Anton Giulio Majano (1971)
 I killer, regia di Gian Pietro Calasso (1975)
 Le ali della vita, regia di Stefano Reali - miniserie TV (2000)
 Padre Pio, regia di Carlo Carlei - miniserie TV (2000)
 Non lasciamoci più - serie TV (2001)
 Distretto di Polizia 3 - serie TV (2002)
 Un medico in famiglia - serie TV (2004)
 R.I.S. Roma 2 - Delitti imperfetti, episodio 2x10 (2011)
 Il confine - miniserie TV (2018)

Prosa televisiva Rai
 Processo a Maria Antonietta, di Belisario Randone, regia di Carlo Lodovici trasmessa il 18 gennaio 1962.
 Una tragedia americana, sceneggiato televisivo del 1962.
 Abele, ovvero, molti si chiamano Caino, regia di Giuseppe Di Martino, trasmessa il 19 marzo 1962.
 Tempo in prestito, regia di Anton Giulio Majano, trasmessa il 22 giugno 1962.
 Grandezza naturale, regia di Carlo Lodovici, 1963.
 La bella addormentata di Charles Perrault, regia di Eros Macchi, trasmessa il 2 agosto 1963.
 Pel di carota di Jules Renard, regia di Silverio Blasi, trasmessa il 29 agosto 1963.
 Pasqua, regia di Giacomo Colli, trasmessa il 28 marzo 1964.
 Le avventure della squadra di stoppa, regia di Aldo Grimaldi, 1964.
 La donna di fiori, regia di Anton Giulio Majano, 1965.
 Vita col padre, regia di Sandro Bolchi trasmessa il 24 agosto 1969.
 E le stelle stanno a guardare, regia di Anton Giulio Majano, 1971.

Doppiaggio

Film cinema
 Tom Cruise in Top Gun, Rain Man - L'uomo della pioggia, Nato il quattro luglio, Giorni di tuono, Cuori ribelli, Codice d'onore, Il socio, Intervista col vampiro, Mission: Impossible, Jerry Maguire, Magnolia, Mission: Impossible II, Vanilla Sky, Minority Report, Austin Powers in Goldmember, L'ultimo samurai, Collateral, Leoni per agnelli, Tropic Thunder, Operazione Valchiria, Innocenti bugie, Mission: Impossible - Protocollo fantasma, Rock of Ages, Jack Reacher - La prova decisiva, Oblivion, Edge of Tomorrow - Senza domani, Going Clear - Scientology e la prigione della fede, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Jack Reacher - Punto di non ritorno, La mummia, Barry Seal - Una storia americana, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Top Gun: Maverick
 Tom Hanks in L'erba del vicino, Un ponte di guai, Il falò delle vanità, Philadelphia, Insonnia d'amore, Apollo 13, L'ultima battuta, Il grande volo, Ragazze vincenti, C'è posta per te, Il miglio verde, Il codice da Vinci, Angeli e demoni, L'amore all'improvviso - Larry Crowne, Aspettando il re, Inferno, Notizie dal mondo
 Andy García in Il padrino - Parte III, Eroe per caso, Prove apparenti, Soluzione estrema, Ai confini della giustizia, The Unsaid - Sotto silenzio, L'ultima porta, La tela dell'assassino, The Lost City, The Air I Breathe, La Pantera Rosa 2, Bastardi in divisa
 Dennis Quaid in Suspect - Presunto colpevole, Salto nel buio, D.O.A. - Cadavere in arrivo, Cartoline dall'inferno, Coppia d'azione, Triangolo di fuoco, Qualcosa di cui... sparlare, Traffic, I tuoi, i miei e i nostri
 Greg Kinnear in Qualcosa è cambiato, Da che pianeta vieni?, American School, Auto Focus, Identità sospette, Little Miss Sunshine, Feast of Love, Ma come fa a far tutto?
 John Travolta in Perfect, Gli esperti americani, Nella tana del serpente, Teneramente in tre, Shout, Senti chi parla, Senti chi parla 2, Senti chi parla adesso!, Nella valle della violenza, Squadra 49, Fat Actress
 Tony Goldwyn in Poliziotto in blue jeans, Il rapporto Pelican, Il collezionista, Abandon - Misteriosi omicidi, The Belko Experiment
 Michael Keaton in Mi sdoppio in 4, Quicksand - Accusato di omicidio, The Last Time - L'ultima occasione, I poliziotti di riserva
 James Woods in Insieme per forza, Nemici per la pelle, Verdetto finale
 Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, Due metri di allergia, Due cuori e una provetta
 Bill Pullman in Scappatella con il morto, Un marito... quasi perfetto, Un labirinto pieno di guai, The Grudge
 Jeff Daniels in Aracnofobia, L'incredibile volo, Imaginary Heroes
 David Bowie in L'uomo che cadde sulla Terra, Labyrinth - Dove tutto è possibile, The Prestige
 Michael Biehn in Navy Seals - Pagati per morire, Clockstoppers
 Judge Reinhold in Beethoven 3, Beethoven 4
 Eric Roberts in Lo specialista
 Philip Seymour Hoffman in Truman Capote - A sangue freddo, Il primo dei bugiardi
 Christopher Reeve in Ovunque nel tempo, Cambio marito, La grande fuga II - Capitolo finale
 Owen Wilson in Un colpo da dilettanti, Il rompiscatole
 Jeremy Northam in The Net - Intrappolata nella rete, L'uomo che vide l'infinito
 Sacha Baron Cohen in Ricky Bobby - La storia di un uomo che sapeva contare fino a uno
 Richard Dreyfuss in Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo (ridoppiaggio)
 Neill Berry in Black Jack
 Tim Gunn in I Puffi
 Billy Connolly in I Muppet nell'isola del tesoro
 Marc McClure in Ritorno al futuro
 Mark Harmon in Magia nel lago, Il presidio - Scena di un crimine
 Vincent Spano in Alive - Sopravvissuti
 Woody Harrelson in Proposta indecente
 Jon Favreau in Deep Impact
 Sting in Plenty
 Arsène Mosca in Dream Team
 Alastair Duncan in Detective Stone
 William Baldwin in Fuoco assassino
 Matt Dillon in In & Out
 Kurt Russell in Silkwood, Tango & Cash
 Alex Hyde-White in Pretty Woman
 Joe Regalbuto in Missing - Scomparso
 Jon Korkes in Prima pagina
 Christian Clemenson in J. Edgar
 Joe Pantoliano in U.S. Marshals - Caccia senza tregua
 Michele Soavi in Phenomena
 Leigh McCloskey in Inferno
 Noah Wyle in Via dall'incubo
 Barry Atsma in Come ti ammazzo il bodyguard
 Tom Schanley in Sotto il vestito niente
 Jonathan Silverman in Weekend con il morto
 Richard Burgi in Dick & Jane - Operazione furto

Film d'animazione
 Lucky in La carica dei cento e uno
 Bambi adulto in Bambi (ed. 1968)
 Dr. Gouache in South Park - Il film: più grosso, più lungo & tutto intero
 Tony Belinksy in American Pop
 Whis in Dragon Ball Z - La battaglia degli dei e Dragon Ball Z - La resurrezione di 'F'
 Lei Wu Long in Tekken - The Animation
 Gen. Hein in Final Fantasy
 Prof. Hesse in Parva e il principe Shiva
 David in Steamboy
 Zaccaria ne Gli eroi del Natale
 Lenny in L'arancia di Natale

Serie TV
 Tom Hanks in Fallen Angels, The Pacific
 Michael Winslow in Detective Extralarge
 James Woods in Fallen Angels
 Jack Scalia in Tequila e Bonetti
 Dermot Mulroney in Friends, Shameless
 Ben Lemon in Star Trek: The Next Generation
 Bryan Cranston in Malcolm
 Bruno Madinier in Il commissario Cordier
 Anthony Ruivivar in Squadra emergenza
 Wallace Langham in CSI - Scena del crimine
 Robert Carlyle in Stargate Universe
 Matt Letscher in The Flash
 Robert Diamond in Furia (alcuni episodi)
 Andy García in Rebel
 Roger Coma in Grand Hotel
 Dave Annable in What/If
 Ben Miles in Andor

Telenovelas
 Kadu Moliterno in Agua Viva, Fiore selvaggio
 Gabriel Corrado in La donna del mistero, La donna del mistero 2, Manuela, Perla nera, Primo amore, Principessa
 Víctor Cámara in Topazio, Ines, una segretaria d'amare, Io e papà
 Ivo Cutzarida in Lasciati amare

Serie animate
 Hisoka in Hunter × Hunter
 Mr. Hankey, Leonard Maltin, Steve Irwin e Tom Hanks in South Park
 Tetsuya/Kyashan in Kyashan il ragazzo androide.
 Vicious in Cowboy Bebop
 Robot diavolo in Futurama

Note

Pubblicità
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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Attori televisivi italiani
Attori bambini italiani

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Mr. and Mrs. Brown had two sons. One was named Mind Your Own Business & the other was named Trouble.
One day the two boys decided to play hide and seek.
Trouble hid while Mind Your Own Business counted to one hundred.
Mind Your Own Business began looking for his brother behind garbage cans and bushes.
Then he started looking in and under cars until a police man approached him and asked, "What are you doing?" "Playing a game," the boy replied.
"What is your name?" the officer questioned.
"Mind Your Own Business." Furious the policeman inquired, "Are you looking for trouble?!"
The boy replied, "Why, yes." How'd you know?
Content marketing is still a prevalent,as well as,effective marketing technique.
Social media has significantly expanded the reach of content marketing,so a compelling headline,becomes more important,as content marketers' articles are becoming more pervasive.
Click-baiting is still very much alive.
This is not to mention the dangerous scams.
Where are the serious value-add marketers? Definitely right here at IBOtoolbox.
Some marketers become more gimmick than substance.
It's difficult sometimes to identify the legitimate online marketer, who has something of value to say, something of value to offer.
The good piece about IBO is that our marketers are valid hardworking IMers.
But based on click-baiting and redundant,and scam emails,you can see why the OR or,open rate, and clicks have steadily declined.
Email marketers have to pay attention to developing a headline,a subject,the authenticity of which, drives a higher OR or CTR.
Be careful of scammers who congratulate you for winning something. Also, those who offer unrealistic things like money.
Date oriented emails as well.
These emails can carry trojan horses containing ransomware.
How can you set your headline, your subject line apart,and let people know that you have indeed got someting beneficial and important to offer?
How do you make sure that your offer has been thoroughly researched and is a valuable,welcomed,and appreciated offer?
Experienced marketers study and know the fundamentals of accepted internet marketing headline writing.
Compelling without being unrealistic or weird.
The difference from the email and the blog, is that you need to insert keywords into the blog headline.
So what has changed since the email marketers initially learned subject writing rules?
The audience to which you target your headlines has become blasé, to the steady tide of meaningless subjects and headlines.
The trivial pursuits and scams as I'd mentioned above.
Serious marketers make sure that their subject is relevant and compelling,so that enquirers will open and read the material.
And how do they do that? Self-Interest!
Here it is again, you speak to a specific benefit the enquirer will gain by opening the email.
Self-interest subject lines also help pre-qualify enquirers by giving them info about your email's body content.
This is an implied "here's why...." statement. Here's why you'll earn money online with a simple blog.... because the free video will teach you.
Success of marketers or customers who've used your products and/or services.
We're talking about initial email offerings here, and not personal-list oriented emails.
You need to be straight to the point.
Here's why you need to open the mail or click the link,and you're very specific on what they'll get,and the time it will take to get it.
Now you've come up with an excellent headline for your content, you'll need to deliver on the promised goods.
Your headline and your content must be consistent, and especially congruent with your LP, or your chances of getting a click from that enquirer again will be marginal.
This is equivalent to having a congruous optin and landing page on your blog.
When a reader clicks on your headline they have expectations,and it is necessary for you to live up to those expectations.
Last, don't forget about getting emails through to the actual customers, and the business email,and best email to use, is gmail.


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Can Tho International Airport (VCA)
February 5, 2019 By // by Anh Ho
Can Tho International Airport (VCA) is one of the lesser-known entry points to Vietnam but offers a unique way to access the Mekong delta and avoids many of the overcrowding issues found at major Vietnam airports.
History of VCA
Originally built in 1965 by the US forces, the airport served as an air force facility for the 4th Air Division of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force. However, after the war ended in a loss for the south, the airfield fell into disrepair and was not really used apart from the occasional regional flight to Can Tho.
Can Tho International Airport. Photo: Genghiskhan
In 2006 the government made moves to open up the region to foreign travelers and increase development. The airport saw two major waves of investment. The first was a grant of 370 billion Dong ($23 million USD) to increase the runways' length to 2400 meters for modern jet aircraft like the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.
A further extension was funded to supported medium-haul aircraft like an Airbus A330 or Boeing 767, completed in 2008. Then the second wave of investment of around 500 billion Dong ($31 million USD) was made available to build a cargo hub, expand marshaling facilities and upgrade the terminal to a capacity of two million passengers a year. The airport was officially opened in 2011.
There is a further $100 million USD earmarked for the airport to serve the great Can Tho region and to increase the capacity of the terminal up to 5 million passengers a year, but these plans have been put on the back burner for now.
These investments have not really paid off just yet and the projected passengers have yet to arrive. In 2018, the airport only served 830,000 passengers, under half of its total capacity and only 20% of its projected capacity.
An empty terminal in Can Tho Airport. Photo: Genghiskhan
But that doesn't mean that you should not consider flying to Can Tho. The airport is the gateway to the famous Mekong Delta city of Can Tho (known for its canals and floating markets) and might offer an easier entry and exit point from the country than the bigger metropolitan airports.
Airlines at VCA
Only seven airlines fly into this international airport.
Air Asia flies up from Kuala Lumpur
Bamboo Airways from Hanoi and Da Nang
Vietnam Airlines from Hanoi and Da Nang
Thai Air Asia from Bangkok
Vietjet Air from Da Lat, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Nha Trang, Seoul, Taipei, Vinh and Thahn Hao
Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO) operates to Con Dao and Phu Quoc
Terminal at VCA
The airport itself is fairly new, clean, and rather empty. The lack of crowds due to its under capacity means that you will rarely have to line up to pass through immigration or during security (only when several flights arrive/depart at once).
However, the underwhelming demand does mean that there are few services in the terminal (lacking a sim card store, money changes, car rental, etc) and passengers might be frustrated by the few food options.
Transportation at VCA
As the airport is very close to the city center of Can Tho (around 10 km / 6.2 miles as the crow flies), transport is incredibly quick. There are three major options, taxi, airport shuttle bus, and a local grab motorbike.
The first option, a taxi, will take around 10-20 minutes (depending on traffic) to reach the city center and cost about 270,000 Dong (~$12 USD). The 2nd option, the airport bus will take around 55 minutes and operates between 5.30 AM and 6.30 PM, costing 5,000 Dong (~$2 USD).
The last option, a grab motorbike, is bookable via the grab app and will cost around 170,000 Dong (~$7 USD). You will need to leave the airport properly, however, as the drivers are not allowed to pick you up from the departure area.
Address: 179B Lê Hồng Phong, Bình Thủy, Cần Thơ, Vietnam
Code: VCA
Elevation: 3 m
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Back before the wins, all 249 of them. Before the touchdowns, all 614 of them. Before the Super Bowl titles, all six of them. Before the MVP awards, all seven of them – three of them in the regular season and four for the Super Bowl. Before the famous actresses and supermodels and fashion statements. Before he went to Tampa and added significantly to those totals with another title.
Back before Tom Brady was Tom Brady the GOAT.
Back in 2000 there was a skinny rookie sixth-round pick out of Michigan who arrived at Bryant College with a simple goal in mind: find a way to make the coaches realize he was worth keeping around.
As strange as it sounds now, that was no easy task. The Patriots had three other quarterbacks on the roster when training camp rolled around. Drew Bledsoe was the franchise at the time, but John Friesz and Michael Bishop were also ahead of Brady on the depth chart, and Brady knew it wouldn't be easy to prove his worth.
As part of our camp coverage back then we used to include a feature we called our "Rookie Diary" where we'd speak to one player and have him recount each day's events. In 1999 that player was Marcus Washington, a cornerback who was also a sixth-round pick but failed to achieve much notoriety.
As surreal as it seems now, Brady was our subject back in 2000.
Shane Donaldson and I were tasked with chatting with Brady every day, and while neither us will pretend that we knew what was going to happen, we both came away quite impressed with the youngster's demeanor and poise. We enjoyed the daily briefings and watched him during practice a little more closely in order to help our conversations afterward.
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We both felt he was far superior to Bishop (nothing gets by us!) and should make the team over him. Turns out the scrambling young quarterback, who briefly became a sensation in New England with his ability to freelance, stuck around, too, as all four were on the roster for the entire season.
As camp continued the first game of the Bill Belichick era arrived – a trip to Canton, Ohio, to take on the 49ers in the Hall of Fame Game. How fitting that Brady's career began in the same place it will end – at the Hall of Fame.
In looking back over some of those diary entries, Brady unwittingly offered a glimpse of the future. In describing his first professional road trip, Brady explained his thoughts on the visit to Pro Football's shrine.
"It was neat walking through the Hall of Fame and seeing the history of the game," he said. "We're part of the NFL now, and someday we'll be part of the tradition of the game."
If only he knew just how much he and his teammates would indeed become a part of the tradition of the game. Or maybe he did.
Much has been made of Brady's famous first meeting with Robert Kraft, when the rookie introduced himself to his new boss and told him he was the best decision the team ever made. Now 22 years have passed, and somehow calling Brady the best decision the Patriots ever made seems like an understatement.
So, perhaps Brady did envision the magic he was about to sprinkle throughout New England over the following two decades. After all, the kid led a game-winning drive to a last-minute Adam Vinatieri field goal in the very next game, a 13-10 win over Detroit in Week 2 of the preseason. That was the first of many victories he would secure.
Last-minute heroics and historic success would become commonplace. All because of Brady's presence at the center of the greatest modern-day dynasty in sports history.
As impressive as the numbers are, they don't begin to tell the story of what the Patriots have become in his tenure. It's true that the franchise's metamorphosis began nearly a decade earlier with the arrivals of Bledsoe, Bill Parcells and Kraft, but the massive heights attained since would come under Brady.
Brady simultaneously became the game's most iconic figure and in a true testament to his immense popularity, one of the most reviled among opposing fans. That kind of juxtaposition can only be achieved by pure greatness. While there are some lingering detractors out there, he is now widely considered the greatest quarterback to ever play.
All of which is remarkably impressive on its own, but perhaps equally so is the reputation he's earned off the field. Through two decades, most of which has been spent under the bright spotlight of fame at the highest level, Brady has barely ever had a misstep let alone made any egregious mistakes. He's always been able to avoid the controversy that many other celebrities manage to find regularly.
Much has changed since that skinny kid from San Mateo by way of Ann Arbor found his way to Foxborough. The golly-gee-shucks persona he wore then is long gone. The boy next door has morphed into that rare celebrity who transcends sports, with his every move monitored everywhere.
The idea of chatting with him one-on-one every day nowadays seems as likely as seeing him no longer wearing a Patriots jersey. But that's the reality of where we are today.
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Hungary's operative board coordinating efforts against the new coronavirus has recommended that hospitals and nursing homes introduce visiting bans as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country rose to seven over the weekend.
Tibor Lakatos, head of the board's emergency centre, told a news conference on Sunday that Hungary has so far only identified individual cases of the virus and that the aim was to prevent an epidemic. Of the seven people diagnosed with the new virus so far, four are Iranian citizens, one is British and two are Hungarian nationals, he said.
The first two to be infected were Iranian students, one of whom attends Budapest's Semmelweis University and the other Godollo's Szent Istvan University, he noted. The third patient is a British national who lives in Debrecen, often commuting to Milan for work. The fourth person to test positive for the virus was the Iranian girlfriend of one of the students. The fifth patient is a 70-year-old Hungarian man with underlying illnesses and the sixth a 22-year-old Iranian man who had attended a birthday party with the first Iranian student who tested positive. The seventh person to have tested positive for the virus is the 59-year-old Hungarian wife of the British patient, Lakatos said.
According to the government website providing updates about the coronavirus outbreak, there are an additional 67 people in quarantine in Hungary and 362 people have been tested.
Tamas Schanda, a state secretary of the innovation and technology ministry, said the government has ordered nationwide consumer protection inspections with a view to catching any retailers looking to take advantage of consumers concerned about the virus. He added that retailers were constantly restocking their supplies and there was "no reason to panic". The government will also mandate lab tests on sanitisers, he added. Schanda said the high share of students among those infected with the virus demonstrated the need for discipline in the matter from higher education institutions, students and professors. Universities and colleges are asked to inform their students both in Hungarian and English about health and safety procedures, he said.
State secretary for communications and international representation Tamas Menczer said there were seven Hungarian citizens quarantined in four foreign countries, including one who has tested positive for the virus in Japan. He warned Hungarians travelling abroad to consider the possibility of being placed in quarantine during their travels and advised that they should register for consular protection.
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has suspended its flights to Milan, Treviso, and Bergamo. The company said it would inform passengers with bookings for the cancelled flights, adding that they could choose between a full refund or 120 percent of the price they paid credited to their WIZZ accounts. Meanwhile, operator Budapest Airport announced that Liszt Ferenc International Airport would not receive flights from Milan, Bergamo, or Treviso from Monday on.
On Saturday, Hungary's government has decided to cancel next week's state celebrations of the March 15 national holiday. Later the opposition Momentum Movement announced on Facebook that the leftist Democratic Coalition, conservative Jobbik, the Socialist Party, Parbeszed, green LMP and the Liberal Party had also decided to cancel their joint March 15 event.
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require 'spec_helper'

module Aws
  module Api
    module Docs

      include Seahorse::Model
      include Seahorse::Model::Shapes

      describe RequestSyntaxExample do

        let(:operation) { Operation.new }

        let(:example) {
          RequestSyntaxExample.new('operation_name', operation).to_str
        }

        it 'supports operations that does not accept input' do
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name()
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports operations that accept hashes of scalars' do
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:param_name, ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new))
          input.add_member(:other_param, ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)

          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  param_name: "string",
  other_param: "string",
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'comments on required entries' do
          ref = ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new, required: true)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:param_name, ref)
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  param_name: "string", # required
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'comments on accepted values for enums' do
          string = StringShape.new
          string.enum = %w(abc mno xyz)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:param_name, ShapeRef.new(shape: string))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  param_name: "abc", # accepts abc, mno, xyz
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'combines required and enum comments' do
          string = StringShape.new
          string.enum = %w(abc mno xyz)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:param_name, ShapeRef.new(shape: string, required: true))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  param_name: "abc", # required, accepts abc, mno, xyz
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports nested structures' do
          nested = StructureShape.new
          nested.add_member(:param, ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new, required: true))
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:nested, ShapeRef.new(shape: nested, required: true))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  nested: { # required
    param: "string", # required
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports recursive structures' do
          recursive = StructureShape.new
          recursive.name = 'RecursiveData'
          recursive.add_member(:recursive, ShapeRef.new(shape: recursive))
          recursive.add_member(:value, ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new))
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:nested, ShapeRef.new(shape: recursive))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  nested: {
    recursive: {
      # recursive RecursiveData
    },
    value: "string",
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports lists of scalars' do
          list = ListShape.new
          list.member = ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:items, ShapeRef.new(shape: list))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  items: ["string"],
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports list of scalars with enums' do
          string = StringShape.new
          string.enum = Set.new(%w(abc mno xyz))
          list = ListShape.new
          list.member = ShapeRef.new(shape: string)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:items, ShapeRef.new(shape: list))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  items: ["abc"], # accepts abc, mno, xyz
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports required list of scalars with enums' do
          string = StringShape.new
          string.enum = Set.new(%w(abc mno xyz))
          list = ListShape.new
          list.member = ShapeRef.new(shape: string)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:items, ShapeRef.new(shape: list, required: true))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  items: ["abc"], # required, accepts abc, mno, xyz
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports lists of structures' do
          struct = StructureShape.new
          struct.add_member(:value, ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new))
          struct.add_member(:count, ShapeRef.new(shape: IntegerShape.new))
          list = ListShape.new
          list.member = ShapeRef.new(shape: struct)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:items, ShapeRef.new(shape: list, required: true))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  items: [ # required
    {
      value: "string",
      count: 1,
    },
  ],
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports maps of scalars' do
          key = StringShape.new
          key.name = 'KeyName'
          value = StringShape.new
          value.name = 'ValueName'
          map = MapShape.new
          map.key = ShapeRef.new(shape: key)
          map.value = ShapeRef.new(shape: value)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:attributes, ShapeRef.new(shape: map))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  attributes: {
    "KeyName" => "ValueName",
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports maps of scalars with enums' do
          key = StringShape.new
          key.name = 'KeyName'
          value = StringShape.new
          value.name = 'ValueName'
          value.enum = Set.new(%w(abc mno xyz))
          map = MapShape.new
          map.key = ShapeRef.new(shape: key)
          map.value = ShapeRef.new(shape: value)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:attributes, ShapeRef.new(shape: map, required: true))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  attributes: { # required
    "KeyName" => "abc", # accepts abc, mno, xyz
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports maps of list' do
          string = StringShape.new
          string.enum = Set.new(%w(abc mno xyz))
          key = StringShape.new
          key.name = 'KeyName'
          value = ListShape.new
          value.member = ShapeRef.new(shape: string)
          map = MapShape.new
          map.key = ShapeRef.new(shape: key)
          map.value = ShapeRef.new(shape: value)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:attributes, ShapeRef.new(shape: map, required: true))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  attributes: { # required
    "KeyName" => ["abc"], # accepts abc, mno, xyz
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports maps of list' do
          struct = StructureShape.new
          struct.add_member(:value, ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new))
          key = StringShape.new
          key.name = 'KeyName'
          value = ListShape.new
          value.member = ShapeRef.new(shape: struct)
          map = MapShape.new
          map.key = ShapeRef.new(shape: key)
          map.value = ShapeRef.new(shape: value)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:attributes, ShapeRef.new(shape: map, required: true))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  attributes: { # required
    "KeyName" => [
      {
        value: "string",
      },
    ],
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports maps of structures' do
          struct = StructureShape.new
          struct.add_member(:value, ShapeRef.new(shape: StringShape.new))
          struct.add_member(:count, ShapeRef.new(shape: IntegerShape.new))
          key = StringShape.new
          key.name = 'KeyName'
          map = MapShape.new
          map.key = ShapeRef.new(shape: key)
          map.value = ShapeRef.new(shape: struct)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:attributes, ShapeRef.new(shape: map, required: true))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  attributes: { # required
    "KeyName" => {
      value: "string",
      count: 1,
    },
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'supports complex structures' do
          shapes = ShapeMap.new(ApiHelper.sample_shapes)
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:recursive, shapes.shape_ref('shape' => 'StructureShape'))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape: input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  recursive: {
    nested: {
      # recursive StructureShape
    },
    nested_list: [
      {
        # recursive StructureShape
      },
    ],
    nested_map: {
      "StringShape" => {
        # recursive StructureShape
      },
    },
    number_list: [1],
    string_map: {
      "StringShape" => "StringShape",
    },
    blob: "data",
    byte: "ByteShape",
    boolean: false,
    character: "CharacterShape",
    double: 1.0,
    float: 1.0,
    integer: 1,
    long: 1,
    string: "StringShape",
    timestamp: Time.now,
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

        it 'documents the simplified dynamodb attribute values' do
          attr_value = StructureShape.new
          attr_value.name = 'AttributeValue'
          list = ListShape.new
          list.member = ShapeRef.new(shape:attr_value)
          map = MapShape.new
          map.key = ShapeRef.new(shape:StringShape.new)
          map.value = ShapeRef.new(shape:attr_value)
          recursive = StructureShape.new
          recursive.add_member(:list, ShapeRef.new(shape:list))
          recursive.add_member(:map, ShapeRef.new(shape:map))
          recursive.add_member(:member, ShapeRef.new(shape:attr_value))
          input = StructureShape.new
          input.add_member(:recursive, ShapeRef.new(shape:recursive))
          operation.input = ShapeRef.new(shape:input)
          expect(example).to match_example(<<-EXAMPLE)
resp = client.operation_name({
  recursive: {
    list: ["value"], # value <Hash,Array,String,Numeric,Boolean,IO,Set,nil>
    map: {
      "string" => "value", # value <Hash,Array,String,Numeric,Boolean,IO,Set,nil>
    },
    member: "value", # value <Hash,Array,String,Numeric,Boolean,IO,Set,nil>
  },
})
          EXAMPLE
        end

      end
    end
  end
end

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Kamala Harris Calls for End to Private Health Insurance
This is bad, really bad.
Kamala Harris appeared at a town hall on Monday night at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
The event was sponsored by CNN and broadcast live. She was charismatic, engaging with the live audience and came across as competent and commanding of the facts to the television audience. She couldn't have had a better performance.
That said, her positions were horrific.
The audience questions were mostly of the form "What are you going to do for me?" And her basic answer to each question was "I am going to do a lot for you." She did not add to each answer, but she should have,"in a socialist, central planning fashion."
Most remarkable, she called for the end to private health insurance and says she wants to put everyone on Medicare.
She said she favored universal pre-kindergarten care for all children and, of course, paid parental leave. And on top of that, she says she is in favor of a $500 monthly "tax credit"---which is really a monthly handout to those who are paying less than $6,000 a year in taxes.
She said she is in favor of additional taxes for those who earn over $10 million and a tax on those who have more than $50 million--suggesting that she is leaning toward some form of new tax plan that include both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's progressive tax and Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax.
Although she is from the Bay Area, I had never heard her speak before. I don't generally follow the extremely wacky local and state politics. The only thing I knew about her was the whispers that for a while she was sleeping with former SF mayor Willie Brown (84). Brown this past week confirmed the rumors.
That said, my first impression was that, at least in the format of a town hall, they don't get much smoother. I thought she had a better presence than Obama ever had. Which means she is real trouble.
During the 2016 presidential race, I stated many times that from a libertarian perspective Hillary Clinton would be better for strategic reasons then Donald Trump. I felt that Trump would suck out of the country all libertarian type protest about big government and that has occurred.
I wrote more than once that Hillary wouldn't be able to get the wave going at a baseball game. She is an uncharismatic crony. The idea that she would have gotten us into a nuclear war with Russia is absurd. She would be working every angle to get payoffs from Russia. But most important she would be a great punching bag for libertarians.
The real danger was that a Trump victory would drive the kids toward socialism and it has. The game is now changed.
Harris is different than Hillary. Whereas Clinton wouldn't be able to rally the masses, it appears that Harris could get a hometown crowd to cheer for the opposing team.
If they aren't for liberty, I am always against charismatic politicians. And Harris has tanker ships full of charisma. She would march this country even further down the socialist hellhole. A lot further.
If Harris gets the Democratic nomination, I would much prefer having to endure 4 more years of Mr. Comb Over. That's how dangerous I see Harris. I would rather have a bumbling, immigrant-hating president influenced by neocons, then a competent socialist who will also carry out neocon orders without question and efficiently.
What can I say, other than "Go Joe!"
Robert What? January 29, 2019 at 3:58 AM
Politicians have Cadillac health care so what do they care what happens to us?
David T January 29, 2019 at 12:35 PM
I hope the insurance companies who backed Obamacare realize the can of worms they've unleashed.


In addition to performing, Jeremy also enjoys building large original K'NEX structures. He began as a kid with lego models, and more recently has also started building large sand castles. From 1993 to 2000 he won 5 High School Science Fairs with various K'nex and Lego models. Since 2010 he has been building K'nex displays at Word of Life, and occasionally large public displays, most recently a new record size ferris Wheel at The Marketplace At Steamtown.


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Five die as helicopter crashes in S. Korea
Politics, Accident, International, , November 28, 2022, 02:46 am Daily World
Yangyang, Nov 27 : Five people were killed in a helicopter crash near a Buddhist temple in South Korea's Yangyang on Sunday, fire officials said. Identification of the victims was underway, as officials had initially presumed only the two people on board -- a 71-year-old pilot and a 54-year-old mechanic -- had been killed, Yonhap News Agency reported. The chopper, an S-58T on lease by the local governments of Yangyang, Sokcho and Goseong, crashed on a hill around 10:50 a.m. while surveying the area against forest fires, officials said. The helicopter made by US helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky was smashed into pieces and burst into flames, but the fire is unlikely to spread, as it has mostly been put out, they said. "We can see that the two passengers were killed in the helicopter's body, but it's difficult to reach them because the fire is being put out and the possibility of additional explosions exists," said one fire official. The fire authorities have deployed one chopper, 28 pieces of equipment and 114 personnel, including first responders, to the scene. /IANS
German breweries still lagging behind pre pandemic sales
Berlin, Feb 2 : Germany's breweries and beer warehouses increased their beer sales slightly in 2022 to around 8.8 billion litre, the Federal Statistic
Yangon, Feb 2 : Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) on Wednesday extended the state of emergency in the Southeast Asian country for
Eurozone inflation slows to 8.5% in Jan Eurostat
Brussels, Feb 2 : Annual inflation in the eurozone is projected to fall to 8.5 per cent in January from 9.2 per cent in December 2022, according to a
Berlin, Feb 2 : Germany's breweries and beer warehouses increased their beer sales slightly in 2022 to around 8.8 billion litre, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said. Although domestic […]
Yangon, Feb 2 : Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council (NDSC) on Wednesday extended the state of emergency in the Southeast Asian country for six more months. According to a statement s […]
Brussels, Feb 2 : Annual inflation in the eurozone is projected to fall to 8.5 per cent in January from 9.2 per cent in December 2022, according to a flash estimate published on Wednesday by Eurostat, […]
Istanbul, Feb 2 : Germany and Italy have joined the growing list of Western countries having their consulates in Istanbul temporarily closed over security concerns, as Turkey is on high alert against […]


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Flos Greig Annual Lecture in Law
Flos Greig, the first Australian woman to be admitted to legal practice and a Melbourne Law School alumna, was a pioneer whose determination to practice as a solicitor advanced gender equality in the legal profession in Australia in the early twentieth century.
To celebrate the achievements of Greig, Melbourne Law School is honoured to establish the annual Flos Greig Lecture, presented in partnership with Cornwalls. Upon graduating from Melbourne Law School in 1903, Greig undertook her articles with Frank Cornwall, later continuing her career with Cornwalls. Cornwalls' involvement in this new lecture series recognises Greig's tenacious spirit which transformed the basis of admission to the Australian legal profession.
The inaugural lecture on 19 August 2022 is presented by Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp titled The new wave of women in politics: Extraordinary women shaping the future, exploring the rise of female voices in Australian politics and leadership.
Our ambition is to establish this lecture in the long term through philanthropic support, and we warmly invite gifts of any size to make this possible. To make a contribution, please visit the giving page of our website or contact Kim Brockett, Development Manager, at kim.brockett@unimelb.edu.au or on +61 3 8344 6021.


There are many great reasons to have a self-managed super fund (SMSF) – financial freedom, autonomy, lower fees, tax benefits and the satisfaction of controlling your own future.
Over one million Australians have made the switch from industry funds to an SMSF in the past decade. But an SMSF isn't a one-size-fits-all solution. Before you switch from a retail or industry superannuation fund to an SMSF you need to be sure that you're making the right decision based on your own personal circumstances, expertise and skills.
Managing your own SMSF is an ongoing commitment and you'll need to invest the time to regularly review the strategy and performance of your SMSF. You'll also need to keep accurate records, meet your legal obligations and make sure your SMSF is on track to provide for the retirement needs of its members.
What is your investment strategy? How will you diversify and spread your investment risk? If you're not confident you have the skills and time to do this yourself, you can pay for professional investment advice from a financial advisor or seek additional support or education, but as a trustee all responsibility still legally rests with you. Alternatively, you may be best off sticking with a retail or industry superannuation fund.
One of the main benefits of running your own SMSF is flexibility over where and how you invest your retirement savings. From shares to pensions and property, the choices – and benefits – are all yours. But this autonomy comes at a price.
SMSFs are a kind of trust, and as a trustee or corporate director of an SMSF you are personally responsible for complying with the superannuation and tax laws, which are regulated by the ATO. You need to keep accurate records, and complete several annual duties, such as appointing an auditor, preparing member statements and submitting an annual report to the ATO. Harsh penalties apply for contravening these laws.
You'll also need to consider and arrange any insurance yourself, and SMSFs are excluded from applying for financial assistance or compensation for things like fraud under the super laws.
Establishing an SMSF is a big financial decision that will have an impact on your retirement plans. The plans of close family members should be considered alongside your own, regardless of whether you decide to go it alone or set up a family retirement fund.
An SMSF requires a minimum of two individual trustees, but can have up to four adult members aged 18 or older. Depending on your stage of life you may wish to establish a joint SMSF with your partner or add adult children to your SMSF. You'll need to explore the pros and cons of each approach and the long term implications for all members as well as the fund.
In theory it's possible to start an SMSF with any monetary amount, but you need to ensure you have enough to make it viable. At the very least, the balance of your SMSF needs to cover the costs involved in running it. Then there are the investments you intend to make plus associated costs like brokerage fees for share trading and the annual ATO supervisory levy.
Will you have sufficient money to take advantage of the cost savings (such as tax breaks) associated with running an SMSF?
In contrast to retail and industry superannuation funds, SMSF members are able to make contributions of either cash or assets (in specie contributions) in the form of listed shares, managed funds and commercial property. Consolidating assets under an SMSF can be beneficial, but you should first investigate any stamp duty, tax or capital gains tax ramifications, and be aware you cannot access the funds until you reach preservation age.
In addition, an SMSF can operate as both a pension and accumulation fund in one. You may be able to draw a pension and still contribute to the SMSF, while other types of funds require these to be separate.
An SMSF can give you financial control and the freedom to invest your retirement savings in a wide range of options, from term deposits and shares to residential and commercial property. There are also providers that offer you a low annual fee to administer your SMSF's compliance obligations.
"I enjoy the process of investing my super by myself, which is very simple and guided all the way by ESUPERFUND."


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FireWorks off of Lahaina Maui!
Replaced lost light switch. Saving $45, 18 minutes not 1 hour.
Moon Setting into the ocean at Tiki's Grill & Bar - Independence Reggae Bash till 4am
Moon setting into the ocean at Tiki's Grill & Bar. It's a wonderful site to see and the Reggae music setting the night on fire!
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The common centre of mass of the system (the barycentre) is located about 1,700 km—a quarter the Earth's radius—beneath the surface of the Earth. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 days[6] (the orbital period), and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are responsible for the phases of the moon, which repeat every 29.5 days[7] (the synodic period).
The Moon's diameter is 3,474 km,[8] a little more than a quarter of that of the Earth. Thus, the Moon's surface area is less than a tenth that of the Earth (about a quarter the Earth's land area, approximately as large as Russia, Canada, and the United States combined), and its volume is about 2 percent that of Earth. The pull of gravity at its surface is about 17 percent of that at the Earth's surface.
The Moon is the only celestial body to which humans have traveled and upon which humans have performed a manned landing. The first artificial object to pass near the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 1, the first artificial object to impact the lunar surface was Luna 2, and the first photographs of the normally occluded far side of the Moon were made by Luna 3, all in 1959. The first spacecraft to perform a successful lunar soft landing was Luna 9, and the first unmanned vehicle to orbit the Moon was Luna 10, both in 1966.[8] The United States (U.S.) Apollo program achieved the only manned missions to date, resulting in six landings between 1969 and 1972. Human exploration of the Moon ceased with the conclusion of the Apollo program, although a few robotic landers and orbiters have been sent to the Moon since that time. Nonetheless, several countries have announced plans to return humans to the surface of the Moon in the 2020s.
Human understanding
See also: The Moon in mythology, Moon in art and literature, Lunar effect, and Lunar deity
Map of the Moon by Johannes Hevelius from his Selenographia (1647)
The Moon has been the subject of many works of art and literature and the inspiration for countless others. It is a motif in the visual arts, the performing arts, poetry, prose and music. A 5000-year-old rock carving at Knowth, Ireland may represent the Moon, which would be the earliest depiction discovered.[76] In many prehistoric and ancient cultures, the Moon was thought to be a deity or other supernatural phenomenon, and astrological views of the Moon continue to be propagated today.
Among the first in the Western world to offer a scientific explanation for the Moon was the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras (d. 428 BC), who reasoned that the Sun and Moon were both giant spherical rocks, and that the latter reflected the light of the former. His atheistic view of the heavens was one cause for his imprisonment and eventual exile.[77]
In Aristotle's (384–322 BC) description of the universe, the Moon marked the boundary between the spheres of the mutable elements (earth, water, air and fire), and the imperishable stars of aether. This separation was held to be part of physics for many centuries after.[78]
Moon against the Belt of Venus
During the Warring States of China, astronomer Shi Shen (fl. 4th century BC) gave instructions for predicting solar and lunar eclipses based on the relative positions of the moon and sun.[79] Although the Chinese of the Han Dynasty (202 BC–202 AD) believed the moon to be energy equated to qi, their 'radiating influence' theory recognized that the light of the moon was merely a reflection of the sun (mentioned by Anaxagoras above).[80] This was supported by mainstream thinkers such as Jing Fang (78–37 BC) and Zhang Heng (78–139 AD), but it was also opposed by the influential philosopher Wang Chong (27–97 AD).[80] Jing Fang noted the sphericity of the moon, while Zhang Heng accurately described a lunar eclipse and solar eclipse.[80][81] These assertions were supported by Shen Kuo (1031–1095) of the Song Dynasty (960–1279) who created an allegory equating the waxing and waning of the moon to a round ball of reflective silver that, when doused with white powder and viewed from the side, would appear to be a crescent.[82] He also noted that the reason for the sun and moon not eclipsing every time their paths met was because of a small obliquity in their orbital paths.[82]
By the Middle Ages, before the invention of the telescope, more and more people began to recognise the Moon as a sphere, though they believed that it was "perfectly smooth".[83] In 1609, Galileo Galilei drew one of the first telescopic drawings of the Moon in his book Sidereus Nuncius and noted that it was not smooth but had mountains and craters. Later in the 17th century, Giovanni Battista Riccioli and Francesco Maria Grimaldi drew a map of the Moon and gave many craters the names they still have today.
On maps, the dark parts of the Moon's surface were called maria (singular mare) or seas, and the light parts were called terrae or continents. The possibility that the Moon contains vegetation and is inhabited by selenites was seriously considered by major astronomers even into the first decades of the 19th century. The contrast between the brighter highlands and darker maria create the patterns seen by different cultures as the Man in the Moon, the rabbit and the buffalo, among others.
In 1835, the Great Moon Hoax fooled some people into thinking that there were exotic animals living on the Moon.[84] Almost at the same time however (during 1834–1836), Wilhelm Beer and Johann Heinrich Mädler were publishing their four-volume Mappa Selenographica and the book Der Mond in 1837, which firmly established the conclusion that the Moon has no bodies of water nor any appreciable atmosphere.
The far side of the Moon remained completely unknown until the Luna 3 probe was launched in 1959, and it was extensively mapped by the Lunar Orbiter program in the 1960s.
Main article: Space law
Although several pennants of the Soviet Union were scattered by Luna 2 in 1959 and by later landing missions, and U.S. flags have been symbolically planted on the Moon, no nation currently claims ownership of any part of the Moon's surface. Russia and the U.S. are party to the Outer Space Treaty, which places the Moon under the same jurisdiction as international waters (res communis). This treaty also restricts the use of the Moon to peaceful purposes, explicitly banning military installations and weapons of mass destruction (including nuclear weapons).[85]
A second treaty, the Moon Treaty, was proposed to restrict the exploitation of the Moon's resources by any single nation, but it has not been signed by any of the space-faring nations. Several individuals have made claims to the Moon in whole or in part, although none of these are generally considered credible.[86]
Bacardi Mojtio Bar with Independent Mojito Girls Reggae Bash @Tikisgrill till 4am
Independence Reggae Bash Bar Action Video @Tikisgrill till 4am
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Big Start for Independence Reggae Bash tonight @Tikisgrill till 4am
Independece reggae bash tonight at Tikis from 10-4am
Email me before 9:30 to get on the guest list!
Events@tikisgrill.com
Open Mic Night at @tikisgrill 6pm! New Talent -100 Beers
Open Mic Night at Tiki's Grill & Bar every Wednesday!
Johnny Helm the host buys the first 100 Bud Light for guests.
If your visiting or live on Oahu we want to see you perform.
Free Valet for 3 Hours every night.
Tonight the sun slips in to the ocean at 7:17 PM.
Come & say HI to Danny. He won the Skyy Bartender Challenge a few weeks ago. If your lucky you might even get a Skyy Blue Tee.
71 Lahaina Grown Limes and fixing a broken irrigation pipe
This lime tree is in front of the studio in Lahaina we are still trying to rent. I planted this tree about 9 years ago. We gave away limes to family and friends on Maui. The plan is to give more and still take a bunch in to Tiki's.
Our bartenders love it when we bring in island grown fruits.
My dad came down two days in a row to help trim it up the lime tree and he also gave us 12 two foot square cenment pavers that we carried and set in the back. Next step will be to build a ground box around them and fill with gravel.


Antique Hawkes Crystal Trumpet Vase 14, American Brilliant Period, Cut Glass. Acquired from a local estate in Louisville, Kentucky. Please don't be afraid to inquire about our services or advice on when, where, and what to do next when considering how to liquidate yours or your inherited estate. One man's trash is another man's treasure. Your parents and grandparents things are not garbage , worthless, don't throw them away!
To preserve authenticity and original condition we do not make ANY attempts to clean or restore the items we sell. We are not professional graders. Our descriptions are subjective and based on a critical look at overall condition including wear, age of item, coloration (faded or not), presence of rust, and "eyefeel". We try to include hi-res shots of details and are happy to send additional photographs or field questions to serious buyers. The item "Antique Hawkes Crystal Trumpet Vase 14, American Brilliant Period, Cut Glass" is in sale since Tuesday, November 13, 2018. This item is in the category "Pottery & Glass\Glass\Glassware\Cut Glass\American Brilliant". The seller is "compassion_matters502" and is located in Louisville, Kentucky. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.


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Taking off the Checkmark allows you again to activate "File and Printer Sharing".
Are you connecting to a Windows NT Domain server ?
a System Policy on you, please contact your network administrator to discuss the issue.


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Tarrus Riley Resume North American Tour and Collabs with Pop Star Estelle
New York, New York June 19, 2017. Over the past few months Tarrus Riley have been busy making his rounds on his North American tour.
With a break in the tour, Tarrus Riley was off to the Caribbean where he was scheduled for several major shows. Now back in North America he resumes his tour, which kicked off in Seattle, Washington, where he performed to a packed house igniting his fans with each song performed.
During his performance it was evident that Tarrus Riley newly released single Just the Way You Are was an infectious and powerful song. 'Just the Way You Are' seems to have started a movement, which has persons making the extra effort to acknowledge their beauty just the way they are. "With social media I tend to feel the urge to do surgery to fix my nose and enhance my butt, but the only reason is because of what I continuously see being promoted and liked on the gram. I must say hearing the single by Tarrus Riley, 'Just the Way You Are' made me feel as if I'm okay just as I am.
What changed my view of myself is seeing all the short posts on IG of persons singing 'I Love You Just the Way You Are' sparking something within myself that nothing is wrong with me, why am I trying to be someone else" says Marsha Wyatt of Newark, New Jersey.
mmediately after his performance in Seattle, Tarrus was off to Vancouver, British Columbia where he delivered a solid set and had the fans in a frenzy as he
performed numerous hits. The next day he was off to Victoria, British Columbia and then immediately after that he was headlining the Sierra Nevada Music Festival.
While on tour, Tarrus Riley's single with Grammy Award winner Estelle, 'Love Like Ours' was released and is currently gaining momentum on all major streaming outlets. To exciting and positive reviews from fans worldwide, VP Records recently premiered Love Like Ours , taking social media by storm.
Its is evident that Tarrus Riley enjoys performing for his fans, whether in a club or major festivals like Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival, which he performed at yesterday in Washington DC. Tarrus Riley makes a conscious effort in between songs, to let patrons fee apart of his show and know they are experiencing Tarrus Riley live in concert. Reminding them this is not a stage show, where he sings a few songs and run off but instead he performs his catalogue get the audience involved and showcase sweet reggae music.
"His enthusiasm for singing is obvious and infectious, Singy Singy was just amazing and I will see him perform over and over again in concert" says Thomas McCleod of Washington, DC.
Next up for Tarrus Riley is Norfolk, Virginia followed by a week long of shows, ending in Queens New York, where he co-headlines with international superstar R.Kelly at Roy Wilkins Park.
Tarrus Riley Remaining Tour Dates
June 20th - Norfolk Virginia
June 21st - New Haven Connecticut
June 22nd - Salisbury, Massachusetts
June 23rd - Rhode Island
June 24th - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
June 25th - Queens, New York
READ MORE ABOUT TARRUS RILEY HERE


Dr. Richard Henry cares about family health and wellness and the well-being of parents and kids. He is friendly and outgoing, and easily creates personal relationships in all his activities.
Dr. Henry and the Chiropractic Natural Care Center specialize in Chiropractic treatment for children and families. He is very knowledgeable in the treatment and management of sports-related injuries and has treated professional, college, and high school athletes.
For many years Dr. Henry has treated members of the National Football League. His patients include track-and-field stars Carl Lewis, Olympic Gold Medal-winning sprinter, and Bob Beamon, Olympic Gold Medal-winning long jumper. In addition, Dr. Henry treats many high school and college athletes in the Greater Fort Lauderdale region.
Dr. Henry has extensive experience in treating families, young people, and seniors. His expertise, easy-going personal style, and strong communication skills create strong loyalties among his numerous satisfied patients.
Dr. Henry loves to work with young people, and treating children and adolescents is a large part of his practice. He and his wife have four kids, ranging in age from 1 to 9 years. Dr. Henry coaches his boys' football team, and also coaches local Fort Lauderdale baseball and basketball teams.


Although Chris Evans has left Top Gear he's still one of the most listened to radio DJs in the country. Despite this, like many men, Evans suffers from male pattern baldness. Here's a closer look at how BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans treats hair loss.
Chris Evans has rather publically admitted that he has started to go bald. He has amusingly discussed the issue in a number of segments on his BBC Radio 2 show. For a man in his 50s, beginning to lose your hair is something to be expected. Male pattern baldness affects around 50% of men over the age of fifty and is the most common cause of hair loss. However, Chris Evans has also admitted to taking hair loss pills to try and combat this.
On his radio show, Chris Evans the presenter said that he had been taking hair thickening pills to help his hair grow. However, he suggested that they were working a little bit too well, saying that "I'm taking these pills to help my hair grow but it's not only the hair on my head that's growing". He went on to compare himself the notoriously hairy ex-Radio 1 DJ Dave Lee Travis.
Although the specific type of hair regrowth pill Chris Evans is taking is not known, it's most probably Propecia. Male pattern baldness is most usually caused by an increase in a derivative of testosterone called DHT (dihydrotestosterone). DHT prevents vital nutrients and vitamins from reaching the hair follicle and therefore restricts hair growth.
Propecia works by blocking the amount of DHT that reaches the hair follicles and allowing a better blood flow to reach the scalp. Interestingly, although Propecia helps regrow hair on the top of your head it usually has an opposite effect on other areas of your body. This, therefore, doesn't explain Chris Evan's hair growth in other places around his body.
This anomaly could be explained if Evans was also using Minoxidil. Although this product also helps men re-grow hair, it doesn't block DHT. This can, therefore, mean that men will grow hair on other parts of their body as well.
It's not very often that you see a man talk so openly about his struggles with hair loss. Chris Evans' open and frank discussion about his own experiences with men's hair loss products can hopefully allow other men get the help they need. If you're looking for safe products then stick with Propecia and Minoxidil. These are the only medically tested medications that are seen to officially increase hair growth.


Update 2 – 1/9/09 8:02 am PT – In response to SageCircle request, Gartner PR declines to expand official statement.
Unlike the current AMR layoffs and the August Yankee Group restructuring, the Gartner layoffs appear to be minor with little impact on Gartner's ability to conduct research. While we do no have exact details this move appears to aimed mainly at triming costs, which is common in recessions.
If it is true that no analysts or sales reps have been laid off – which is implied in the official statement – then analyst relations (AR) professionals could inform their executives that this is a non-event when it comes to Gartner's influence over technology purchases. Reports are coming in that Gartner analysts have been laid off (see list below). Depending on the eventual number and whether any particular research coverage is impacted, then might or might not signal a diminishment of influence on vendor sales deals.
The Spring Symposium cancelation is consistent with recent Gartner CEO Gene Hall decisions to sell off certain events businesses or shut down underperforming theme conferences in order to invest in new theme conferences. However, a Gartner Symposium is not an aging theme conference for a faded research topic. Enterprise travel restrictions (eliminating IT manager ticket sales) and vendors canceling sponsorships must have made the expense of keeping it going worst than the marketing hit Gartner is going to take.
SageCircle has received credible reports from vendors that they are hearing that the Web Innovation Summit has been canceled.
Source: Reuters SAYS AFFECTED POSITIONS SPREAD ACROSS VARIOUS FUNCTIONS AND GEOGRAPHIES, AND consisted primarily of non-quota bearing and non-client facing functions. SAYS AS A RESULT WILL INCUR PRE-TAX EXPENSES OF APPROX $8.5 MILLION IN Q4 . 2008 SAYS DESPITE THESE EXPENSES, IT EXPECTS TO ACHIEVE ITS MOST RECENT FULL YEAR 2008 projections for revenue.
117 is approximately 3% of total workforce according to headcount information on Gartner's Investor Relations page.
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2 VPs of research in software and data center (key topics in 09) sound pretty quota bearing to me. Very saddened by these events. This is a group of very intelligent individuals and will no doubt end up on their feet.
Pretty fast response to the markets. One has to assume that Gartner is a belle weather for the IT space in general. Not good, not good at all.
IDC let 16 go just before xmas and are planning more for this month. Forrester is expected to follow suit with a retenchment shortly. Most the analyst firms were geared for double-digit growth and are now retrenching for profitability in anticipation of a very tough year.
I'd be surprised if any pivotal analysts are impacted in the near-term, with the analyst firms looking at cost-reductions in their non-core coverage areas, low-performing sales, and some costly management overhead.
If things continue to deteriorate, then we may start seeing more impactful layoffs, but for now most the firms are picking off staff which are not having a major impact on their core businesses. Most the analyst firm leaderships remember the 2001 bust only too well and are being far more proactive in preventing similarly bad situations that impact their financial health.
Dreadful news! But not a huge surprise – Gartner is an expert at 'stealth' redundancies. I was made redundant a couple of years ago along with 4 others. Over the intervening years it has made more people redundant, but never more than one or two at a time. That way they avoid the 'Gartner makes massive redundancies' news stories.
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