I'm never one to say "never." But I've said it.
At the end of this month's Epic Career Tale (subscribe HERE for the monthly podcast), coming out this week (get on the mailing list now!), I make the claim that you are never too old to find and pursue a new passion. It does not have to be a political career.
The main reason that I interviewed a state senator this month was because I was concerned that kids may decide NOT to pursue a political career due to all of the negative ad campaigns and hate-charged dialogue from both sides of the conversation. Kids know they are going to make mistakes, so what they may learn is that you cannot be someone who makes mistakes and be a successful politician. Or they may learn that when you are a politician and you make mistakes, the world will watch.
Really, it takes a special breed of human to be able to shrug off the naysayers while still actively listening to the needs of the community he or she serves.
I had been focused on kids with political aspirations, but wanted to assure the audience, who most assuredly would not be kids, that no matter what age you are, it is never too late to identify and pursue a new passion.
95-year-old James Nedley ran for mayor after serving as a motorcycle policeman and spending 26 years as a contractor. His reasons? "This town is going to hell." That might put a little spark back in your plug.
I have received a lot of feedback and many of you found the sample schedule to be very helpful. As a result, I decided to outline five major components of a successful job search activity that you can integrate into your schedule every day or, at least, every week. This will help build competencies toward your expertise in job searching.
Why would you want to be an expert in job searching? I know most people find it rather dreadful. However, when job searching is done right you can feel as much like a rock star in the flow, or in a groove, as you did when you were on top of your game in your job. The major benefit of gaining this critical life skill is reclaiming power over your destiny.
The research you will be conducting every day or every week will be to identify new target companies, find out what major initiatives, challenges, and potential setbacks your target companies are experiencing. Discover how you can add direct value, and identify people who can either be internal sponsors for you or be your next potential boss. If you are really adept at research, you can even find out some personal things about these people that will enable you to build rapport and hit their hot buttons.
The resources that you will use to conduct this research include the obvious search engines like Google or Bing, as well as local business journals and newspapers, niche authority sites, business directories and databases such as leadferret.com and zoominfo.com, and your network.
If you are really bold and adventurous, you will try feet-on-the-street research. This means that you attend events or "stake out" the location of various popular breakfast, lunch or dinner spots in the vicinity with the intention of procuring intelligence from strangers.
The above can be considered bold action. I encourage you to experiment with this approach, if not for the adrenaline rush, for the fact that it can get you further faster than waiting for friends and acquaintances to take action on your behalf.
The activities that fall in this category very well might be outside your comfort zone, and thinking about them as experiments may help you detach from an investment in the outcome. I encourage you to celebrate everything that you try, whether it turns into an opportunity or not. Do keep track of your results so that you can repeat the experiments that produce great results such as pivotal introductions and interviews.
Everyone has a different comfort zone threshold. You know yourself best. If incremental progress works best for you, then take baby steps. A good example is trying out a new social media platform that you recognize some of your potential bosses are using and sending them a direct message. Some of you may thrive on taking a big leap and testing your limits. This could look like a creative gesture such as sending an unusual gift with a hidden meaning.
An example of a successful gift attempt that led to an interview and a job offer was a candidate who was demonstrating his attention to detail by creating and sending intricate origami eagles. I heard a story once about a candidate who sent a shoe with a note that he was hoping to get a "foot in the door." I'm not sure how that went over, but the results of any of these attempts are going to vary from person to person. This is where it is critical to know your audience.
Being bold can also look like attending a keynote where an executive leader is speaking and asking the best question. The key, really, is to garner POSITIVE attention that you can use as an opening to create intrigue, build rapport, discover needs, and promote yourself as a solution.
I saw Ellen Weber of Robin Hood Ventures speak at a TedX event in Philadelphia and she forever changed the way I advise my clients to offer help to their networks. The eye-opening insight she shared was that when we ask someone generally, "How can I help you?" we put a burden on them to figure out how we can help them. She talked about a very personally challenging time in her life, and how her closest friends made that time easier simply by taking the initiative to find ways to help, as opposed to waiting for her to direct them, which felt uncomfortable. One friend would drop off meals, the other would help fold and put away laundry, and another even cleaned her bathroom while some friends whisked her away to get a pedicure.
Think of consultative sales, where you are not pushing a product, but asking really great questions and listening earnestly to what the client's actual needs are so that the solution that you propose sells itself. In a podcast interview between Larry Benet, CEO of the Speakers and Authors Networking Group (SANG), and Vishen Lakhiani of MindValley, I learned some really great questions that are simple to ask and easily uncover some of these needs, such as, "What is the project you are working on right now that excites you the most?" followed up by "What would help you complete it sooner or better?" Another question, which can be quite personal, is "What keeps you up at night?" or "What wakes you up in the morning?" Vishen actually starts all of his interviews with this question, and, of course, he already has a good rapport with guests and relates to them on a personal level prior to the interview.
Once you know what you can do to help, the next thing to do is to follow through. If you cannot identify a need, the next best thing you can do is to share some relevant news, resources, or tools that you think may be of assistance. If you have ever wondered when and how to follow up, now you know.
I considered putting this before network nurturing, as we have all heard the analogy of putting the oxygen mask on yourself before you assist others. What good are we unconscious? Well, similarly, as we have written before, science has proven that you are at your best when you are taking care of yourself. Do not skip the workout, but get at least a couple minutes in to increase your oxygen levels. You will actually work faster and more productively. What you produce will be better with fewer errors, meaning you won't have to re-do that work. Have a cover letter to write? Go for a brisk 10-minute walk or do some jumping jacks. Eat a diet rich in the healthy fats your brain needs to be at its best. Cut out the carbs that cause brain fog and sluggishness. Once you start to treat yourself better, you will perceive yourself as more valuable and be better able to promote yourself as such.
There is a lot more to these start-ups with their ping pong tables and video games than just hoping to attract elusive millennials. Fun is known for increasing creativity, building more cohesive teams, making employees more receptive to bad news or constructive criticism, and, if you believe in the law of attraction, it is apparently responsible for bringing good things into our lives.
You can leverage fun activities for your job search such as organizing a happy hour or bowling night with your friends so that you can catch them up on how they can help you. Moreover, you can also just have a good old-fashioned good time and still reap the benefits in your job search. As we wrote last week, happy people tend to achieve higher levels of success than people who simply work hard. Really! Harvard says so.
If you are in a full-time job search mode, I recommend doing each of these daily. If you are working full-time while searching, I recommend that you designate a day of the week for each of these activities.
As an experiment, try these activities for four weeks. Then share with us how intentionally integrating these critical components into your transition helps you build momentum and opens new doors of opportunity.
The Chicken or Egg Quandary: Happiness or Success?
What comes first? Happiness or success?
I have a client who is unhappy at his job (hence why he engaged me, obviously). He makes great money, when he is performing, but his compensation is highly commission based. When he's not performing, he's not making great money.
Due to life changes, he NEEDS to catch up financially and find a new job that pays the same or more to what he was making when he was at the top of his game. He also really wants to make sure that his next step is the RIGHT next step, or he will find himself at square one.
There are also personal priorities in his life that he rated highly, but is willing to delay them for years, if necessary, in order to land and succeed in a new, high-paying job.
In essence, he is delaying happiness for success.
However, what I learned this weekend from a Consciousness Engineering class is that Harvard studies prove that happiness increases success, and not just by a little bit. A quality annual vacation time of 11 days or more away from home leads to GREATER performance.
The main takeaway from this class was that using happiness as a means rather than an end increases productive energy by 31%, sales by 37%, and the likelihood of promotion by 40%. Additionally, you are more likely to live longer and stave off sickness and disease. You raise your intelligence and improve your memory. Your creativity and problem solving abilities receive a boost. There is also the link between your wellness and performance to consider.
I understand. It is not as easy as it sounds, so Shawn Achor shared four practices that, when done daily for a period of 30 to 90 days will improve your happiness and gives you all of the benefits previously mentioned. None of them take longer than two minutes and you can use the strategy of habit pairing. An example would be doing these while you brush your teeth, to increase your likelihood of making them true habits.
At work your first item of the day is to spend two minutes expressing your gratitude in writing to a colleague, boss, or vendor.
Every night think about three new things that you are grateful for and WHY– the WHY is most important.
Think about a single positive experience you had in the past 24 hours and write four bullet points recording the details you remember about it, such as the clothes you were wearing.
Spend ten minutes focusing on your breath moving in and out, or whatever time you can make. Yes, this is meditation. Think you don't have time? Investing this time has produced 62 more minutes of productivity. So, in essence, it creates more time.
Ironically, I listened to this class while driving down to the shore in an effort to make myself happy after an unusually challenging day with my youngest daughter. It did not work, but the next day we got to bike ride on the boardwalk, play in the ocean, and go on rides before heading back home for her first day of Pre-K. Today, even though I am still exhausted, I feel calmer, happier, and even more patient.
Try experimenting with happiness in your life and share with us the results you find.
Is There Still a Social Division of Labor?
True story: last week a guy named Pat walks into Wawa to buy a cup of coffee and stands behind two men wearing suits. The two men were discussing why people wearing fluorescent vests should have their own line.
Looking down at his own florescent vest, Pat inferred that these men were insinuating that blue-collar workers should be treated differently. He asked these two gentlemen if they built the house they live in, if they manicure their own yard, and if they repair their own car.
I don't know if Pat's interpretation of the conversation was accurate, but his sense of separation from these two men is real.
I was watching Harley and the Davidsons on Labor Day evening and became attached to the story of the Davidson son, Arthur. He had grown up, but had not started a career like his older brothers and his father begged Author to do something respectable. By respectable, he meant taking on a skilled trade or anything at which he had to physically work hard. Meanwhile, Author was hustling to get a new venture off the ground. It was so interesting to see how entrepreneurship was perceived as not real work, and business men were known for shiftiness. They were also not trusted or respected because they did not physically create anything with their own hands.
Of course a lot has changed in America since the turn of the last century, or so we'd like to think. Certainly a divide still exists, but is it smaller or bigger, and has it flipped upside down or is it just as equal on both sides?
There is a lot of talk about the talent gap, and there are many efforts nationwide to insure that America breeds a skilled domestic workforce to fill that gap. But while people are talking about STEM careers and making it possible for more people to go to college, a very necessary population of skilled laborers is shrinking.
I certainly understand the inclination of many parents to want their child to go to college. I also understand that jobs requiring physical labor may not last as long as a desk job.
My brother, a mechanic turned educator, cannot make a career underneath the hood anymore because of a bad back. My husband has had his fair share of back issues, too. While he has a college degree, a second job as a coach, and he enjoys his work as a certified gas fireplace installer, we both have to face the fact that coaching will eventually be his main gig. Coaching is his true passion and his gift, but it does not pay as well, so we have to plan accordingly now. Really, a back injury could happen any moment.
I had one client who was an accountant and when he was laid off he went back to the job that gave him a lot of pleasure, detailing cars. It was a very cathartic change, but one he could not sustain as he aged. He had enjoyed being an accountant, but he became very disenchanted with corporate careers for a while. When he decided to return to accounting, you can imagine he faced some challenges.
I'm looking at these two different career paths, skilled labor versus corporate. I have noticed that both attract a fair amount of talent, passion, and sense of contribution while at the same time there are drawbacks, concerns, and career mine fields that need strategic navigation. I would like to believe that in the 100 years since Harley-Davidson's creation the divide between business professionals and working class citizens has diminished. However, there is obviously still a fair amount of misunderstanding, distrust, and even resentment on both sides.
Though the Labor Day holiday was founded to celebrate the effort of unionized labor, it has evolved to celebrate the "contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country." I don't find anything exclusive about that statement.
Not only do we need more youth to pursue careers in skilled labor, but we need to accommodate more flexibility in shifting careers. More importantly, we need to show skilled labors acceptance and appreciation because without them, we would not have roads or houses. Some of us would not be able to find our keys or be in compliance with home owners association standards.
Without business people, contractors could not finance materials they need to build homes, your local landscaping company would not know how to advertise, make revenue, or hire people. Furthermore, that grant would never have funded that new highway.


The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission have released a "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU) detailing their agreement to share market data between one another.
The MOU was put in place in early January, and the CFTC and FERC began more freely transmitting market data to one another just last week.
As it turns out, getting the two regulators to share market data has been a long time coming, with the need for an agreement being first discussed over three years ago.
The MOU will ensure that market data needed by either regulator will be quickly and easily shared between them. Previously, requests for market data had be placed and reviewed on a case-specific basis.
The announcement of a more free flowing form of data sharing between the regulators was announced on March 5th, along with an Interagency Surveillance and Data Analytics Working Group that will coordinate the sharing of data and help focus on, among other things, data security and data sharing infrastructure.
The sharing of data between the CFTC and the FERC marks progress, and should certainly help to create a safer and more transparent market.


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Steve Bannon is under the bus, and then the bus backed up. But no one is saying that the absence of the former chief strategist is the reason for President Donald Trump's sudden change of tone on the subject of immigration. If the objective is strategic ambiguity, it is succeeding.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer praised Trump and his administration for opening up a Jan. 9 immigration reform meeting with lawmakers to the press.
Blitzer, speaking with his colleague Jim Acosta, said he had to give Trump "a lot of credit" for allowing press cameras to cover a nearly hour-long discussion during a "really remarkable meeting" with Republicans and Democrats.
Later in the day, capping an interview with White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short, Blitzer again heaped praise on the administration.
"We'll keep doing it, Wolf," Short replied.
Blitzer's praise for Trump occurred just two days after a tense exchange on CNN between Jake Tapper and White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, after which Miller was escorted off the set.
On his Jan. 9 show on Fox, Carlson said: "In 2016, Donald Trump ran on the premise that America's borders ought to be real. That the repeated amnesties of the past have betrayed voters and that this country deserves immigration policy that looks out for American interests rather than those of foreign countries. Almost nobody in Washington agreed with him at the time. Almost nobody in Washington agrees with him now.
"Congress is full of people from both parties who believe that the point of our immigration policy is to provide cheap labor to their donors and to atone for America's imaginary sins against the world. They couldn't care less about immigration's effect on you or your family. Yet, these are the same people the president now says he trusts to write the immigration bills — the one he will sign no matter what it says. So, what was the point of running for president?


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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF), will offer 10 grants totaling up to $32 million for research on the design of safer chemicals. Two Requests for Applications (RFAs), which focus on sustainable chemical design and assessment of the life cycle impacts of chemicals from production to disposal, are now open for submissions.
The RFAs will support research to create chemicals that are safer for people and the environment, according to the EPA.
The research resulting from these two solicitations, "Networks for Sustainable Molecular Design and Synthesis" and "Networks for Characterizing Chemical Life Cycle" are designed to enhance cooperation among the chemical sciences, materials research, geosciences, engineering, and biomedical and public health communities.
The Networks for Sustainable Molecular Design and Synthesis solicitation requests applications from trans-disciplinary research teams who want to replace toxic and expensive chemicals with greener, safer alternatives. These safer chemical design processes could, for example, consume less water, generate less waste, or use less energy than current practices.
RELATED: A Demise of New Molecules for Chemical Manufacturing?
The Networks for Characterizing Chemical Life Cycle solicitation seeks research to further the understanding of chemicals (including nanomaterials, materials produced at the nano-scale) throughout the life cycle at the systems and molecular levels. As chemicals are manufactured and used, they may be altered through their interactions with people and the environment, potentially resulting in unforeseen health and environmental impacts. The EPA believes this research has the potential to provide tools to characterize and predict these health and environmental effects.
For more information on the RFAs, visit http://epa.gov/ncer/rfa/.


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Biografia
Figlio di Oswald Schulte e di Antonetta Schlünder, fu cresimato il 24 luglio 1887. In seguito studiò presso il Seminario di Essen e successivamente presso l'Università di Tubinga, dove completò gli studi e si laureò in teologia il 5 marzo 1903.

Papa Benedetto XV lo elevò al rango di cardinale nel concistoro del 7 marzo 1921.

Genealogia episcopale e successione apostolica
La genealogia episcopale è:
 Cardinale Scipione Rebiba
 Cardinale Giulio Antonio Santori
 Cardinale Girolamo Bernerio, O.P.
 Arcivescovo Galeazzo Sanvitale
 Cardinale Ludovico Ludovisi
 Cardinale Luigi Caetani
 Cardinale Ulderico Carpegna
 Cardinale Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni
 Papa Benedetto XIII
 Papa Benedetto XIV
 Papa Clemente XIII
 Cardinale Giovanni Carlo Boschi
 Cardinale Bartolomeo Pacca
 Cardinale Francesco Serra Cassano
 Arcivescovo Joseph Maria Johann Nepomuk von Fraunberg
 Cardinale Johannes von Geissel
 Vescovo Eduard Jakob Wedekin
 Cardinale Paul Ludolf Melchers, S.I.
 Cardinale Philipp Krementz
 Cardinale Anton Hubert Fischer
 Cardinale Karl Joseph Schulte

La successione apostolica è:
 Vescovo Heinrich Hähling von Lanzenauer (1912)
 Arcivescovo Kaspar Klein (1920)
 Arcivescovo Franz Rudolf Bornewasser (1921)
 Vescovo Hermann Joseph Sträter (1922)
 Vescovo Josef Stoffels (1922)
 Vescovo Josef Hammels (1924)
 Vescovo Joseph Vogt (1931)
 Vescovo Wilhelm Stockums (1932)
 Cardinale Clemens August von Galen (1933)
 Vescovo Joseph Lörks, S.V.D. (1933)

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Schulte, Karl Joseph
Vescovi e arcivescovi di Colonia

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Ernest Rocco Infelise (Infelice)-Cicero Mob Boss
Ernest Rocco Infelise (Infelice)
Cicero Mob Boss
Profile & Background information
Infelise was born on March 16, 1921. He became an associate of James V. "The Turk" Torello, who was also known as "The Butcher," and a mob hitman.
In April 1956, Chicago police were conducting a surveillance of a garage at the rear of 5037 W. Oakdale in Chicago. The garage contained more than $100,000 worth of stolen drugs. The owner had rented space to Thomas Gateo, who was actually Torello. On April 26, Torello, Infelise and two other men, entered the garage and were arrested but later released.
Later, Infelise would hangout at a restaurant at 8500 North Avenue, Melrose Park, using the address as the one he used to get his driver's license.
In 1964, he was called as a witness in the arson fire at Pedicone's Restaurant in Lyons. His wife at that time was Rosemarie. He had an ownership interest in the Guest House Restaurant, which had been burned down in 1962., and in the Lido Motel on Mannheim Road.
Infelise was subpoenaed to testify in the trial of Sam "Momo" Giancana, and he was identified as one of 15 men considered hitmen by the FBI.
In 1966, Infelise was indicted with Vincent "The Saint" Inserro on charges of failing to file his income taxes. He had come back to Chicago after operating a bookmaking office in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
He was convicted and sentenced for hijacking and sent to Leavenworth where he spent several years until he was parolled in 1972. He was given a job at McCormick Place as a laborer for Teamsters Union 714.
After another stay in the penitentiary, Infelise was released in 1975 and returned to work at JEP Trucking, which also allegedly had been partially owned by Torello. Torello died in 1979, and he was succeeded by Joseph "Joe Nagal" Ferriola.
Infelise was a constant companion with reputed mob hitman and former Chicago Cardinal Lineman Wayne Bock and Ferriola.
50 % partner with Sam Carlisi (Bartlet) in J.E.P. Leasing. Former member of Teamsters Local 714 at McCormick Place. Associate of Sam Carlisi and Americo DePietto. Convicted in 1992. WIfe Ann Infelise (Also Infelice).
Real estate included a condominium at 1535 Forest Ave., River Forest; and residential property in Hollywood, Florida. Worked as a Teamster at McCormick Place in the 70s. DOB: March 16, 1921.
Prior Home: 1407 LeMoyne Ave, Melrose Park. Dec. 1989, friends held a $100-a-person fundraiser at the Carlisle Banquet Hall to raise $100,000 for an Infelise defense fund. Patrick Tuite was his attorney.
Infelise was indicted on Feb. 7, 1990 and convicted of 20 counts of raketeering on March 10, 1992, but the jury split on charges that he was involved in the conspiracy to murder bookie Hal Smith. Infelise was sentenced to 63 years on August 19, 1993.
Fines he paid neared $1 million and included his Hollywood, Florida mansion, his half-interest in his Riverforest condominium (co-owned with his wife, Ann) his Paine Webber investment account, JEP trucking that he co-owned with Sam Carlisis and a diamond ring and gold coins found in a bank safe-deposit box.
He was allowed to keep his individual retirement account valued at $134,229, because statutes specifically barred its forfeiture. Infelise was also ordered to repay $3 million in illegal gambling profits, and to forfeit his home at 1535 Forest Avenue. The home consists of 2 condominiums combined into one that he and his wife, Ann, purchased in 1981. Infelise was 69 at the time of the conviction handed down by US District Judge Ann C. Williams.
Infelise governed a mob betting ring based in Cicero.
In 1983 and 1984, profits from lost wages exceeded $570,000, from more than $900,000 collected. Expenses included bribes to police and judges and continued legal fees to keep FBI agents and police snoops at bay. In 1983, the gross profits had reached $1.2 million.
Infelise contended on undercover tapes collected by FBI mole William BJ Jahoda that he paid $5,000 a month to an unnamed law enforcement person Infelise refered to as "Whiskers" who provided information on police investigations into gambling and the West Side mob's activities. Infelise never divulged the name of "Whiskers," but implied that he got the name from refering to the white beard of Uncle Sam. Jahoda testified that he beleived the source was someone in the Cook County Sheriff's Office who routinely turned over information to Infelise, tipping him off to planned raids.
He also said that Infelise paid $500 a week in 1985 to a Forest Park patrol officer to perform errands. That officer was identified as Gary Doss, who left the force at the time of the Infelise trial in 1992. Jahoda said Infelise spent as much as $35,000 a month buying protection.
Infelise also maintained a "Christmas Fund" to dole out money to politicians and the wives and girlfriends of crew members who were jailed.
Prior to the 1992 trial, Infelise was arested in November 1972 and charged as a crime syndicate terrorist and commercial gambler. he lived at 1407 Lemoyne Ave in Melrose Park.
That trial focussed on links between the Infelise mob and black street narcotics peddlers.
He was convicted and sentenced to 10 years, serving several years, for heroin trafficking.
As a reward for remaining silent in prison, Infelise was given a job at McCormick Place, ostensibly to shielf illegal activities there.
A subsequent hiring scandal there forced him and other mob associates out of their McCormick place union jobs.
Infelise was a former World War II paratroop veteran. Indicted inApril, 1966 for failing to pay income taxes for 1959, 60 and 62.
More than a dozen arrests for murder, burglary and a prime suspect in several arsons.

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Chapter 7 is considered debt liquidation. It has been called "total bankruptcy" or "straight bankruptcy" but it simply means that you are asking the bankruptcy court eliminate all your liability to your unsecured debts such as credit cards, medical bills, and personal loans. You can also get rid of your liability on a secured debt by surrendering the asset (e.g. home, auto, furniture) that the secured lien is attached to. Alternatively, you may be able to keep your assets by agreeing to continue making the payments to the lienholder. Finally, certain debts can not be eliminated in Chapter 7 (e.g. student loans, money owed to any government, child support).
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Sir Cliff Richard lived the Grand Life in Malta
VALLETTA, MALTA, May 2011 - On the occasion of his 53rd anniversary in the music business, Sir Cliff Richard graced the Grand Hotel Excelsior with his presence this weekend where he gave a performance during a Gala Dinner organised by Mega Music Malta. The event was an instant sell out and many of his ardent fans enjoyed his timeless music while dining in the Grand Ballroom of the Excelsior.
During his stay in Malta, Sir Cliff Richard also honoured a number of fans at the opening of an exhibition also held at the Excelsior Hotel. Memorabilia to include photos, albums, singles, dvds, paintings and signed objects were showcased for his loyal followers to admire.
Sir Cliff Richard was born in Lucknow/India on 14th October 1940 but his family moved to England when he was eight. People often say that together with his band The Shadows, he invented British Rock'n'Roll when they released their first hit single "Move It" in 1958. Their first number one was "Living Doll" in 1959. Since then, he spent a large part of his life in the charts. In fact, he is the only artist to have had a number one hit in five consecutive decades. Having sold 260 million records over the years means that he is the most successful U.K. recording artist of all time. His biggest hit was "We Don't Talk Anymore" in 1979. When he received his knighthood from the Queen in 1995 however, it was for the charity work he has been involved in since he became a Christian in the early 60s.
Sir Cliff Richard took time to sign the Excelsior's visitor book where he left a note reading 'Many thanks for your hospitality. Here's to next time!' The hotel team is honoured that the well known British music legend and Cultural Ambassador for Valletta will return and eagerly looks forward to this.
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Seen from the Landslide in Lishui City about the Difficulties in Dealing with the Accidents of Mudslides
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At 17:28 on September 28, 2016, Suichang Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, the northern boundary of the town of Su Village, a major area of landslides, resulting in 49 houses were buried in the red, 28 thousand people lost contact . After receiving the alert, the Lishui Fire Brigade sent seven large squadrons, 18 fire engines, and 9 2 officers to the scene. Zhejiang province Corps Command Center launch of major natural disaster emergency response plans immediately deployed five Detachment 60 fire engines, three unmanned aerial vehicles, five rescue dogs reinforcements. After struggling to rescue 28 days and nights, a total of four people to rescue stranded people, searching people killed 26 people.
The natural disaster caused a huge loss to the people's life and property safety in Lishui City. However, the fighting style demonstrated by the fire brigade in the rescue is "the call to come, the battle to come, and the battle to win", especially the "Four Ones" left a deep impression on the leaders at all levels and the people. It is the first rescue force to reach the scene of the disaster, the only rescue team that rescues survivors, a unique professional soldier who has unique skills, and is a people team that does everything possible to search and save the people. As the frontline commander of the rescue, the author conducted in-depth analysis and discussion on the characteristics, difficulties and future countermeasures of the rescue accident.
First, the characteristics of the disaster
The debris flow disaster caused by this landslide was an unprecedented accident since the founding of the country in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province. It is also the rescue disaster squad in Lishui City since the founding of the People's Republic of China with the largest difficulty, largest scale of operations, longest combat time, and maximum combat strength. action.
( I) Sudden attack, heavy casualties, and difficulty in rescue
At the time of the disaster, all of them were rural rest periods. A large number of villagers were at home. Before the collapse of the mountains, township officials were also evacuating the masses. But some villagers eager love at home, Not enough attention for landslide disaster harm, resulting in about 83 million cubic meters of stonework from the steep slopes of 40 pouring elevation of 0 meters down, burying 49 houses destroyed, resulting in 28 People are killed. Coupled with the heavy rainfall on the day, the relief site has a wide gap, the road twists and turns, heavy rescue machinery can not advance in the early stage, and rescue equipment is difficult to carry.
( B) The environment is complex, the road is far from narrow, and the combat time is long
As the landslide area is large and steep and soft, and there is a loose slope near one 12 thousand cubic meters, there is a danger that once again there will be a large area of landslides, which directly threatens the personal safety of the rescue workers on site. Coupled with 25 meters of lake reserves formed up to 120 a million cubic meters, can easily cause the overall collapse weir dam operation area, a serious threat to the scene rescue workers and social safety of the masses. The accident site is far away from the county town and about 16 kilometers away from the high-speed road. The road is winding and has a width of only 8 meters . The large-scale mechanical vehicles cannot cross the road. There are many kinds of rescue forces, and it is difficult to command and coordinate. The rescue operation takes a long time.
( III) Huge influence, social concern and high comprehensive requirements
The accident occurred at the frontline of reform and opening up. It was highly valued by the leaders of the party and the country. The media at home and abroad are highly concerned. Live coverage is reported using aerial photography, connection, and visits. The scientific and effective rescue has received great attention. . High demands have been made on various aspects such as coordination and command of the firefighting forces, field operations, disciplinary practices, warfare security, political agitation, and news propaganda.
Second, problems and directions
( I) Emergency rescue command system needs to be improved
The social forces and resources that need to be mobilized like " 9·28 " are beyond imagination. Due to the lack of a comprehensive emergency rescue command platform, in the rescue process, the multi-aid rescue forces participating in the war have different organizational affiliations due to differences in their leadership systems. In the course of the operation, there are not enough organizational disciplinary and disciplinary constraints. The pattern of individual battles exists to a certain extent, and coordination is difficult, which affects the effective performance of emergency rescue efforts . In the next step, it is suggested that the municipal government take the lead to further improve the disaster accident rescue command system, fully integrate various resources, and achieve efficient command and rapid operation.
( II) The foundation of emergency rescue plan needs to be consolidated
There are a large number of existing types of emergency rescue plans, but "there are more than sufficient quantities and the quality is insufficient." The plan system is incomplete, the content is unscientific, the department's plan is divided, the level of information sharing is low, and the operation is not strong. Firefighting forces have failed to establish relevant rescue plans for such risk points as the geological hazards in the village of Su Village, and they have not established information sharing mechanisms with relevant departments, leaving a blank space for relevant information, so that the situation could not be cleared at the initial stage of rescue. Ming, has affected the progress of rescue operations. In the next step, it is recommended that the municipal government establish a sound information sharing mechanism to improve the rescue plan to ensure that the plan is scientific and operational; training bases need to vigorously promote "simulation training facility construction projects" and build sophisticated mountain rescue facilities. Strengthen rescue training for disasters such as the officers and soldiers and mountain rescue, and enhance the ability of the city's fire-fighting forces to rescue and rescue disasters.
( III) Warfare support ability needs to be improved
The city combat service support construction in its infancy, more limited personnel and equipment, combat service support capability is very limited, but the face of the province's 308 troops Ming war
The protection of officers and soldiers for food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and operations (vehicles, fuels, combat equipment, and equipment) in the past January was very difficult to secure at the initial stage, and the security was very difficult. It was not like the system of transportation and hydropower. First, there is a phenomenon of heavy firefighting and light rescue in combat reserves. The current reserve of combat protection equipment is mainly based on fire-fighting equipment, but there are few backups for rescue equipment. The second is the fact that there is a phenomenon of heavy equipment and light materials in the warfighting and protection reserve. Mainly to reserve all kinds of fire-fighting and rescue equipment and equipment, mainly for the protection of officers and soldiers to perform the task of loading and living material stock is very small. In the next step, the detachment will conscientiously sum up the experiences and lessons of the two rescue efforts, and strive to strengthen the construction of the war security system from the aspects of staffing, equipment and equipment, and material reserves, and establish and improve the war-security mechanism that meets the needs of the sudden emergency rescue operations within the jurisdiction.
Third, experience and inspiration
( I) Dare to shine swords to highlight the status of rescue and relief
The rescue operation lasted for 28 days. It was the rescue operation with the longest time for the firefighting force in recent years and the most complex task for combat support. Fire forces continue to carry forward the 2015 "1 1.1 3" Dongshan landslide rescue "the courage Sword" spirit, the first time deployed effectively enough strength to attend the war, a clear team, squad, as well as the entire organizational team The staff of the full-time division headquarters divided the work and carried the equipment standards, established and perfected the modular operations such as combat command, battlefield security, political work propaganda, communication guarantee, and comprehensive coordination, and effectively achieved fixed, fixed, fixed, and positioning tasks, and efficient rescue missions. operation; the first time the fire brigade arrived at the scene, among the first rescue, the first time to save lives, whether it is pre-rescue operations, safety or integrity analysis later judged search, on-site disposal of the victims, have demonstrated superb and fire brigade Detailed rescue and rescue capabilities.
( b) Government-led and closely united the rescue forces
The landslide accident rescue long span of time, the power of war and more (6 troops, more than 1 0 of civil rescue forces, a total of more than 4000 people), to coordinate the rescue difficult. In the initial stage of the rescue, with the strong leadership and support of the government, the fire brigade played the role of the main force of rescue; in the latter stage of the search for the victims, the fire brigade took the initiative to change the role from the main battle to the coordinated search, ensuring that the search work was normal and orderly in the later period. .
( III) Information Support for Scientific and Technological Operations and Modern Technology Support
In response to the long-term and long-lasting needs of on-site rescue, the Communication Security Group established the communication network architecture at the first time, and started the China Telecom satellite communication system, 4G. The image transmission system is set up to dispatch and direct the cable network. In real time, the command center of the corps will be regarded as the 鹆 ǎ ? ? ? 趾 鹿 鹿 鹿 椭 椭 椭 椭 椭 椭 椭 椭 椭 椭 (6) ≌ 敝 敝 又 又 又 . . . . . . . . . . Aiming for white maggots, rich, and well-behaved models? 畲笙薅 畲笙薅 迪 迪 枷褡 枷褡 枷褡 垂 垂 恚 斓 斓 斓 斓 斓 span span span/span>
( IV) Closer protection and good logistic support for local conditions
In the village of Su, a village-run enterprise and a farmer's residence camp were rented to effectively ensure the rotation of all officers and soldiers. According to the geographical situation of the rescue scene, as appropriate, the coordination of the deployment of camping vehicles or field tents, seeking the best camping protection measures. The first time, field emergency kits, portable multi-function shovels and other rescue tools were assembled to upgrade the individual outdoor rescue equipment. Strengthen the modularization of combat support, integrate the officers and soldiers into the "clothing, food, housing, transportation, and use" sub-blocks in the rescue, insist on emergency rescue materials and equipment and rescue forces simultaneously to enhance the rescue and combat support at this level and the unit " Modular "level.
The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.
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b. 17/05/1914 Urchfont, Wiltshire. d. 12/05/1940 Maastricht, Holland.
Thomas Gray (1914-1940) was born in Urchfont, Wiltshire on 17th May 1914 and was from a large family. He was the fourth born of seven brothers, and was one of five Gray boys to join the RAF. Three of the boys becam aircraft apprentices at RAF Halton. By 1946 three of these Gray brothers had been killed flying with the RAF. Educated at Warminster Secondary School, he enlisted as an apprentice of the 20th (Halton) Entry on 27th August 1929, and for the next three years trained to become an aero engine fitter II.
On leaving Halton in August 1932, his first posting was to 40 Squadron, servicing the unit's Fairey Gordon bombers. Whilst with 40 Squadron Gray volunteered eagerly for "part-time" flying duties as an air gunner – an air crew category usually filled at that period by ground tradesmen on a voluntary basis additional to normal duties, and carried extra pay. He caught the bug and ultimately wanted to beome a full time air crew one day.
In 1933, he passed his qualifying trade tests for upgrading to Leading Aircraftman (LAC) and in June was posted to 15 Squadron, equipped with Hawker Hind flying bombers. In 1936, he joined 58 Squadron at Driffield, and finally in February 1938, he moved to 12 Squadron at Andover, and was promoted to Corporal.
He then took a short course at No 1 Observers School and remustered as an air observer and he was promoted to Sergeant in January 1939. On 2nd September 1939, the Squadron was posted to France as part of Operation Panther. When Thomas climbed into his Fairey Battle on 12th May 1940 for the attack on Veldwezelt bridge, it was in fact his first and only operational sortie.
On 12th May 1940, over the Albert Canal, Belgium, one bridge in particular was being used by the invading army, with protection from fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft and machine-guns. The RAF was ordered to demolish this vital bridge, and five Fairey Battle bombers were despatched with Sergeant Gray as the navigator in the plane leading the bombing attack. They met an inferno of anti-aircraft fire, but the mission was accomplished, much of the success being due to the coolness and resource of the pilot (Donald Edward Garland) of the leading aircraft and the navigation of Sergeant Gray. Unfortunately the leading aircraft and three others did not return.
Local civilians discovered the bodies of Garland, Gray and Reynolds and they were buried in Lanaken Cemetery. They were later re-interred at the Heverlee War Cemetery, Leuven, Belgium. On 24th June 1941, Thomas' parents were presented with his VC by King George VI at Buckingham Palace. His medal is privately held.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: NOT PUBLICLY HELD.
BURIAL PLACE: HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY, LEUVEN, BELGIUM.
Thomas Gray VC
Cemetery Plan courtesy of Kevin Brazier
PLOT VI, ROW F, GRAVE 14-16
Gray's memorial at National Memorial Arboretum
Frank Ernest Beresford painting
Bomber Command, Lincoln (Brian Drummond)


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Estate stamp lower right: Berthe Morisot
Bequest of Estelle McCormick
M.-L. Bataille and G. Wildenstein, Berthe Morisot (Paris, 1961), p. 35, no. 183, fig. 191.
Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Parke Burnet Galleries, New York, auction cat., April 17, 1969, under lot 125.
A. Clairet, D. Montalant, and Y. Rouart, Berthe Morisot 1841 - 1895 Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint (Paris, 1997), no. 187.
Marianne Mathieu, Berthe Morisot: 1841-1895, exh. cat. (Yale UP, 2012), p, 168, cat. 58.
Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Berthe Morisot, 1896, cat. 135.
Geneva, Galerie Motte, Exposition Berthe Morisot, June 12 - 30, 1951, cat. 12.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art / Kimbell Art Museum / Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Berthe Morisot: Impressionist, September 6 - November 29, 1987 / December 12, 1987 - February 21, 1988 / March 14 - May 9, 1988, cat. 61 (ill.).
Paris, France, Marmottan-Monet Museum, Berthe Morisot: 1841-1895, March 7- July 1, 2012. cat. 58.
Mme Ernest Rouart (née Julie Manet, the artist's daughter, died 1966), Paris. E. and A. Silberman Galleries, Inc., New York; sold Sotheby's Parke & Bernet, New York, April 17, 1969, lot 125 (ill.) to Estelle P. McCormick, Philadelphia; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1978.
Woman in a Garden, 1882/83
Roses in a Bowl, 1881
The Arcueil Aqueduct at Sceaux Railroad Crossing, 1874
Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin
Watering Place at Marly, 1875
Landscape at Chailly, 1865
Frédéric Bazille
The Banks of the Marne in Winter, 1866
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884/86
The Crystal Palace, 1871
Self-Portrait, 1865/66
Tight-Rope Walker, c. 1885
Jean Louis Forain


Twenty thousand cheering students filling an NFL area, all-dawning their embossed blazers while Grammy award winner, Andy Grammar serenades the crowd with one of his chart toppers. It looks like the scene out of a movie. A preppy version of Harry Potter maybe but this is DECA ICDC's opening ceremony.
Every year thousands of students from across the country compete for a coveted spot at DECA's International Career Development Conference. Four days of competition, networking and an experience that will transform a high school student into a young adult ready to take on college and their future career with veracity. How does one even prepare for such an event and how can you be sure to get the most out of a whirlwind event like ICDC?
Rachel will be making her final ICDC appearance this year and plans on "leaving the most #gNARly legacy" as she completes her term for DECA. The lifelong friendships and memories that she has made will certainly make moving on from DECA bittersweet.
"Spend as little time possible in your hotel room and get outside or in the conference center networking." The exhibitor hall is filled with colleges, university and company representatives looking to recruit the sharpest students in the country. Vector Marketing has been a member of DECA's National Advisory Board for over 10 years. Each year they host a fun an interactive exhibitor booth. Stop by our booth to grab everyone's favorite Chapstick and to gain more information on how to stand out as a career candidate by applying your DECA skills in the real world.


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Lê Nhân Tông (黎仁宗, 28 May 1441 – 25 October 1459), birth name Lê Bang Cơ (黎邦基) was the third emperor of the Later Lê dynasty from 1453 until his murder in a coup in 1459. He was a grandson of the emperor Lê Lợi. During nearly all of his reign, the real power behind the throne was his mother, Empress Dowager Tuyên Từ, a royal consort of Lê Thái Tông.

Biography
With the sudden death of Lê Thái Tông, his heir was an infant son named Bang Co, mothered by Royal Consort Nguyen Thi Anh. He was the third son of his father, but the elder son (Le Nghi Dân) had been officially passed over due to his mother's low social status.

The government was actually under the control of Trinh Kha. Trịnh Khả was a long-time aide, friend, and counselor of Lê Lợi. By 1442, he was the first among the surviving top aides of Lê Lợi, the others had been killed or were second rank. Despite the dangers of having an infant on the throne, the government seems to have run well with no serious problems. The mother of the emperor, Empress Dowager Tuyên Từ was around 21 years old when her son was appointed the future emperor, over time she assumed more power in the government.

The next 17 years were good years for Vietnam. While some disputes surfaced between the Confucian scholars and the noble families, by and large things were fairly peaceful and prosperous for the country.

The king of Champa, Maha Vijaya, raided Hoa-chau in 1444 and 1445. The Court of Annam sent messages to the Zhengtong Emperor of Ming China protesting these raids. The Ming did nothing other than rebuke Champa, so in 1446 the Vietnamese sent an army under the command of Le Kha and Le Tho to enter Cham territory. The campaign was successful, with the capture of the Cham capital Vijaya.  "Maha Vijaya was made prisoner with his wives and concubines, elephants, horses, and weapons."

The Vietnamese were driven out a year later. However, the Cham did not mount another offensive against the Vietnamese for the next twenty years.

In 1451, for reasons that are unclear, Anh ordered the execution of Trịnh Khả and his eldest son. Two years later, Trịnh Khả was officially pardoned along with several other close advisors to Le Loi who had been killed (like Lê Sát). The pardon occurred in conjunction with the official ascension to power of Lê Nhân Tông, though he was only 12 years old at the time.

It is unknown why a 12-year-old boy was formally given the power of government since ancient Vietnamese custom stated that power could only be given at the age of 16. It may have been done to remove the Empress Nguyen Thi Anh from power, but if that was the reason, it failed, the young emperor's mother still controlled the government up until the 1459 coup.

In 1459, Lê Nhân Tông's older brother, Lê Nghi Dân, plotted with a group of officials to kill the emperor. On October 28, the plotters with some 100 "shiftless men" entered into the palace and killed the emperor (he was just 18). The next day, facing certain execution, his mother, Empress Dowager Tuyên Từ, was killed by a loyal servant.

This ended the nearly 20-year period when Vietnam was essentially ruled by a woman. Later Vietnamese historians offered two different pictures of this time, one court historian said this was a period of benevolent rule, with harmony in the court and idyllic peace in the land. Another historian says the court was in chaos and that having a woman rule the state was as unnatural as "a hen crowing at daybreak". Good counselors like Trịnh Khả had been removed from office and inept men had been elevated, bringing oppression and calamity to Vietnam.

Lê Nghi Dân would not long enjoy his rule; he was removed from power and killed in a counter-coup just 9 months later. The next emperor of Vietnam was the last son of Lê Thái Tông: Lê Thánh Tông, perhaps the greatest emperor in Vietnamese history.

See also
 List of Vietnamese dynasties

References

This history is based on the doctoral thesis of John K. Whitmore "The Development of the Le Government in Fifteenth Century Vietnam" (Cornell University, 1968). The thesis is mostly concerned with the structure and make-up of the Le government from 1427 to 1471.

1441 births
1459 deaths
Nhan Tong
Murdered royalty
Child monarchs from Asia
15th-century Vietnamese monarchs
Vietnamese murder victims
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Qantas announces winning names for new Dreamliners
Davey the quokka from WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo shares a laugh with Qantas flight attendant Kersha Johnson. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied
21st Jun 2017 7:45 AM
AUSTRALIA'S most famous bush kangaroo will grow wings next year - when Qantas sends Skippy into the sky on the side of a new 787 Dreamliner.
The cute star of the long-running television series has been revealed as one of the eight "Australian icons" to be honoured as the names of the latest Qantas fleet.
Travellers can also look forward to boarding the flying "quokka", taking off on the "boomerang" or getting airborne with "Waltzing Matilda".
More than 60,000 name suggestions were received by the airline, which will start taking delivery of the 787-9s later this year.
The subsequent shortlist of 24 names was then presented to the public, and 45,000 votes cast.
In addition to Skippy, quokka, boomerang and Waltzing Matilda, other winners were The Great Barrier Reef and Uluru, along with Dreamtime and Great Southern Land.
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said the public response to the challenge of naming the aircraft after things that captured the spirit of Australia was fantastic.
"We had so many worthwhile entries, we could have probably renamed our entire fleet of 208 aircraft," Mr Joyce said.
"There were some clear favourites and it's given us a good mix of names for our eight Dreamliners, from landmarks to native animals, literature and Indigenous heritage."
Those that did not make the final cut included Vegemite, Evonne Goolagong and Donald Bradman, while Qantas discounted the more humorous "yeah nah", "chiko roll" and "Kingswood" at an earlier stage.
The names will be painted beneath the cockpit window on each aircraft but we won't find out which name the first 787 will be branded with until it arrives down under in October.
"We know people get a real sense of home when they see the flying kangaroo at airports around the world, and hopefully they'll enjoy seeing these uniquely Australian names as well," said Mr Joyce.
Tourism Australia Managing Director John O'Sullivan congratulated Qantas on the name choices.
"The Reef and the Rock, our native animals and Indigenous heritage play such an important part in the promotion of Australia overseas, I think it's great that Qantas has decided to feature so many great examples in naming their new Dreamliner fleet," said Mr O'Sullivan.
"These are all names that connect with and capture what is so unique and distinctive about our country."
The tradition of naming aircraft dates back to 1926 when Qantas christened its De Havilland fleet with figures from Greek mythology.
Today, Qantas aircraft bear much more patriotic titles including Australian capital cities, towns and major centres, aviation pioneers and native birds.
Qantas and Vegemite, name a more iconic duo...
How you could help name Qantas' new fleet of aircrafts
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Cyprus News Agency: News in English (AM), 00-09-29
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By Nikos Markides Strasbourg, Sep 29 (CNA) -- Turkey's refusal to comply with a European Court of Human Rights decision in the case of Greek Cypriot Titina Loizidou was raised at the Council of Europe (CoE) Parliamentary Assembly session, where it was announced yesterday that the issue will be taken up by the Council of Ministers in December.
Asked by MPs what measures the Council will take so that the decision is implemented, Italian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri said it is yet early to say, but noted the Ministers are relying on the Turkish government's cooperation.
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Meadow Rain Walker was only 13 years old when her father, Fast & Furious star Paul Walker, was killed in a fatal car accident. In the almost seven years that have followed, Meadow has grown up, and she's barely recognizable. The stunning 20-year-old (who was also adorable as a little girl, we should add!) is now a model.
Meadow occasionally shares snippets from her life on social media, and we can't get enough.
The death of a parent at a young age can be a devastating event for a child. But only child Meadow, who grew close to her father before his passing, has harnessed an amazing inner strength for such a young woman and has put her talent and ambition to extremely good use. Meadow lived with her mother in Hawaii as a child, but moved to California to live with Walker in 2011, two years before his death. The father and daughter developed a wonderful relationship.
Meadow is now causing a stir on Instagram with her ethereal good looks, and in the fashion industry with a burgeoning modeling career.
But the achievements don't stop there. In 2015, Meadow started The Paul Walker Foundation in honor of one of her father's greatest passions: marine biology. And it wasn't just a passive interest. Walker joined the board of directors of The Billfish Foundation in 2006, and even starred in a National Geographic Channel series called Expedition Great White four years later. Walker spent a week and a half as part of the boat's crew, who caught and tagged seven great white sharks off the coast of Mexico. It was a dream fulfilled for the young actor.
Walker was also part of a humanitarian aid team, Reach Out Worldwide. Incidentally, it was this charity's fundraiser that Walker attended immediately before driving away in his Carrera GT Porsche and suffering the now infamous car accident that killed him. Walker was very active with ROWW, even traveling to Haiti after the earthquake of 2010 to help victims of the devastating aftermath.
The Paul Walker Foundation's manifesto claims to "serve as an enduring light of Paul's unique spirit." Meadow herself explained on Instagram: "I found myself reflecting on his passions. His passion for the ocean, his passion for rescuing animals, his passion for helping people and his passion for spontaneous goodwill." Among other projects, the foundation offers grants and scholarships to researchers working on advancements in the field of marine conservation.
Walker's loyal daughter went on to explain that she wanted to share her father's passion with the world: "I want to share that part of him with others," she wrote.
In a documentary about Walker's life, I Am Paul Walker, Walker's brother Cody recognized the tight father-daughter bond between Walker and Meadow: "He loved being a dad. He was so proud of her," Cody said.
Meadow is making a name for herself, not only with her stunning good looks, but also with her huge heart and loyalty to her beloved late father. She wears the Walker name as a badge of pride, and she certainly wears it well.
The ties that bind us together are stronger than those that would tear us apart. Show your enduring love for Paul Walker by sharing this article!


There were at least three cases where there was a delayed diagnosis of cancer at University Hospital Kerry in the summer.
A HELPLINE FOR patients concerned over a mass review of scans at University Hospital Kerry opened at 9am this morning.
Yesterday, the hospital confirmed that a review is being carried out on 46,000 x-rays, cat scans and ultrasounds after a number of concerns were raised during the summer.
That helpline will be open from 9am to 5am, and will operate from Monday to Friday. It can be reached on 1800 742 900.
In those cases during the summer it involved a delayed diagnosis of cancer, the hospital's clinical director Dr Claire O'Brien told RTÉ's Morning Ireland.
She did add, however, that of the 18,000 images they've reviewed so far, no other cases of cancer had been missed.
"The full review began in October," Dr O'Brien said. "We didn't want to cause unnecessary concern for patients.
Our feeling was the numbers that would require recall were going to be quite small. It was decided we didn't want to cause undue alarm for patients that needn't worry.
She said that the radiology department was safe, and that the failures identified were not a resource issue but related to one staff member who has since left the hospital.
Speaking earlier on Morning Ireland, however, Siptu health division organiser Paul Bell said that radiographers had raised concerns about the department to management in November 2016.
Bell also said that staffing levels were inadequate in the department.
He said: "The concerns of our members are being ignored, even though there's now an independent report that confirms a number of these concerns are bona fide and need to be addressed.
Management have chosen, for the last 12 months, to ignore the fact that they need to engage. This requires urgent action.
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Many of you have heard about all that eXp Realty has to offer their agents – from powerful lead gen tools to dozens of weekly training classes – but you also want to make sure that the broker splits and fees are better (or similar to) your current real estate brokerage. In the following video, we do a deep dive into the eXp Realty commission splits, annual cap and any monthly or annual fees. There are also comparison charts, based on your level of production each year. The best part of this video…. find out how you can create multiple revenue streams that will allow you to earn more so you can keep 100% of your hard-earned commissions each year!
If you have any questions after watching the video, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! Call Kerry Lucasse at 404-432-1844 or 404-205-8801.
eXp has a $99 start-up fee, which includes your business cards, presentation folders, website set up and your first monthly fee. On an annual basis, there is a $420 University Tuition fee that is taking out of your first eXp Realty commission check and includes 20-25 hours of live classes each week, guest speakers, workshops and on demand training. Every month, it is just $50 to be an agent at eXp Realty!
There is an 80/20 commission split until you hit your $16,000 annual cap. For those of you that aren't familiar with a "commission cap", that just means that once you've paid the brokerage $16K, you keep 100% of your commissions for the remainder of your anniversary year. Once you've reached the cap, there is just a $250 transaction fee for the next 20 transactions and $75 after that. In order to keep your monthly costs down, eXp elected to charge your E&O (Errors and Omissions) Insurance by transaction. You just pay $30 per sale until you reach $500 (17 sales). The remainder of the year is no cost. There is also a $25 broker review fee.
In the video, we also looked at what real estate agents would take home at the end of the year versus a typical brokerage. For the typical agent with $80K GCI, they would save about $4,400 per year with eXp. For top producing agents in the $300K GCI range, the savings averaged about $54,000. See the full example of the eXp Realty commission / fee breakdown in the video above.
eXp Realty offers some fantastic opportunities to earn additional income that will help you recoup any splits or fees you paid to the brokerage over the year. The first option is the EXPI Stock Awards where you can receive stock awards for your first transaction, hitting your commission cap and introducing someone to the company. There is also an ICON Agent Program that allows top producers to receive their $16,000 cap back in EXPI stock. You just have to sell 20 homes after capping or earn at least $500K in GCI annually. The third way that you can earn additional income is by attracting other agents to the brokerage and participating in the revenue share program. You'll not only receive 150 shares of stock*, you can also earn 3.5% of whatever your sponsored agent sells until they hit their $16K cap. If you bring 6 cappers to the company, you would earn $16,000 in revenue share… every year. This program creates an environment where everyone wants to help one another succeed… and it's working!
Have questions about the eXp Commission Plan or awards?
Call Kerry Lucasse anytime at 404-205-8801 or 404-432-1844.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not an official eXp communication and the information is subject to change. EXPI stock awards can vary based on the number of agents at the company (per chart in the video) and the stock price fluctuates daily. The ICON Agent Award qualifications may also change from year to year, so before joining our brokerage, please ask for the latest copy of the offerings, awards, and benefits!