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Visit the Chapel
The Chapel is open to the public during Oxford Preservation Trust's annual Open Doors event in September. If you would like to arrange a visit to the Chapel, or have any queries, please email chapel@nuffield.ox.ac.uk, call +44 (0)1865 278 500, or write to The Chapel Committee, Nuffield College, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1NF.
You can find out more about the College Chapel in the links below or in the Chapel Booklet.
Chapel History and Architecture
Nuffield College Chapel was completed in 1961 under the direction of the artist John Piper and was subsequently dedicated on 13 December 1961 by the then Bishop of Oxford, Dr Harry Carpenter. Piper was also responsible for the design of the stained glass windows, the altar table and the original pair of candlesticks. The stained glass windows are the most striking features of the Chapel and were made by Patrick Reyntiens. The largest of these, the North Window, depicts the Five Wounds of Christ. The sculptor John Hoskin made the reredos and the cross, and the golden curtain behind the altar was woven by students at the Royal College of Art.
Regular services are held in the Chapel at noon on Fridays during term-time, with at least one service per term and special services to celebrate the important events in the Christian calendar.
Nuptial blessings, christenings, funerals and memorial services for people associated with the College have all taken place in the Chapel.
Following the retirement of the last Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Margaret Yee, a Chapel Committee was established in 2007. The Committee's remit includes the organising of termly religious services and cultural events which take place in the Chapel.
Chapel Events
See what's on and browse past Chapel events.
Chapel Committee
Find out more about the Chapel Committee, its responsibilities, and its members.
Read about the charities the Chapel has supported in recent years.
Click here to see the Orders of Service from previous services held in the Chapel.


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Spending Valentine's Day with your special someone doesn't have to break the bank. After all, the most important thing is being with the one you love. There are plenty of things to do in Thurston County for Valentine's Day that won't cost you much. With a little bit of creative, you can even find things to do that don't cost anything. No matter who you spend February 14 with, here are some free date night ideas that you are both sure to enjoy.
Nothing beats getting out of the city for a while and exploring on of our fun smaller towns in Thurston County. For Valentine's Day, head down there and use the free bikes provided by the T90 Yellow Bike Project to take a tour of the town. If you don't mind spending a little "green," Sandstone Distillery offers tours and tasting for just $5 a person, making your Valentine's Day plans special without breaking the bank.
If your special someone is into history, why not take a free tour through the romantic Governor's Mansion? This free tour lets you view the splendor of the mansion's antique décor, most from the English Regency and American Federal periods. Fans of Jane Austin will squeal with delight as you step back in time. Take a stroll around the Capitol grounds before or after for the perfect outing. Reservations must be made at least 24-hours in advance, you can do by calling 360-902-8880 or emailing tours@des.wa.gov.
The romantic decor and history for the Governor's Mansion makes it a great place to tour on a date. Photo credit: Diane Waiste.
If your sweetheart is an animal lover, a visit to the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is a perfect Valentine's Day date, and it's free. The refuge is home to more than 275 migratory bird species, so you just never know what you will encounter on your journey. The Boardwalk Trail reopens just in time for Valentine's Day, which means you can fully enjoy the park.
Don't let the fact that it's winter dissuade you, the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is gorgeous in all seasons and perfect for a romantic date.
You may think it's just for kids, but the WET Science Center is fun for all ages and it's always free. They have lots of fun exhibits and games – it's the perfect place to take a Valentine whose into science or conservation. They are open Monday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Those looking for more a fun and friendly-type Valentine's Day excursion, should head to the free WET Science Center Photo courtesy: WET Science Center.
Sand Man Tug Tours are a great free activity for a Valentine's Day date, especially if your valentine likes boats, history or just enjoys doing something different. Tours are on the weekends only, so you won't be able to go on February 14 this year, but you can definitely celebrate the weekend before or after. The Tug makes a great place to take a few photos with your Valentine, against the beautiful scenic background. Following your tour, stroll down the waterfront and enjoy each other's company. If you wish, grab a bite to eat at one of the many delicious places down town, or pack a picnic and enjoy it at the port.
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The July Roundup
by Ilana Lever on Jul 24, 2019
The weather and Boris Johnson have been the only two hot topics of conversation in a sweltering July in London. So to broaden my mind and expand the conversation, I've been looking at what's going on in the world of start-ups this month. Here's my round up.
Razors for womankind
There's been talk of razors since Harry's and the Wet Shave Club came from nowhere, smashed an unimaginative category out of the park, and challenged that what the market offered was 'the best a man can get.' But women's razors have lagged behind – still see the inflation of prices for a pink product. Well, Billie's, the New York based razor subscription service has entered the market with a bank, raising $25m earlier this year.
Not only do they donate 1% of revenue to female causes worldwide plus offer a 'pink tax' rebate, but their adverts have caused massive waves – by showing women actually removing body hair. Put aside the preposterous concept that an advert which demonstrates how to use a product is radical but still. Check out their Project Body Hair here.
From oceans to labs
Long gone are the days when the veggie burger meant unidentifiable mushed legumes. Lab grown meat has become a mainstream conversation - Silicon Valley's investing in companies like Beyond Meat like there's no tomorrow, restaurants like Honest Burger are presenting it on their menu and carnivores are begrudgingly admitting that it really does 'taste quite good'. But in a world where we're increasingly cognisant of our consumer pressure on ever limited world resources, let's not forget the seas and fishing, a more commercially fragmented and opaque industry.
A third of the world's fisheries are beyond their biological limits; bycatch (catching other species of fish by accident) causes the needless loss of many marine creatures; and some species have been commercially fished to extinction. So interesting to see here the innovation in lab-grown fish. Blue Nalu's a Californian company working to make that a possibility, while Finless Food grows fish out of water, reducing waste and toxins. However, it's still to be proven whether the taste and texture of fish can be fully replicated – and of course, how this can be scaled. (Couldn't resist that one).
Diversity VC
Venture capital, or VC to those in the know - that's the organisations and individual that invest in early stage businesses to help them grow. And this world is not without its problems. The organisation Diversity VC has just released its second study examining the diversity of the UK VC Scene – and the figures don't look too inspiring. While the proportion of participation in more junior roles is increasing, representation at senior levels has stayed flat, and 63% of funds have no senior women.
You can't help but correlate this to the investment in female run businesses – just £1 in every £100 in the UK (and $1 in every $100 Stateside). It's even tougher for female founders operating in female-oriented industries - something we experienced first hand. A seasoned angel investor once said to us, "I just don't believe women buy jewellery for themselves." Insert eye roll.
So how do you fix it? Well, proactive recruitment strategies are an obvious fix, but there's still an absence of senior women at the top of the early stage investment organisations. Getting more women investing is something that could really change that. Historically, the gender pay gap means that women have less access to capital for personal investment, and there's a disproportionate gap of women in investment banking, one of the big feeders to venture capital, so fundamentally shifting the spectrum will take some time. But it's somewhere to start.
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Fantasy Grounds Message Boards > General > The Commons > No love for the nWoD?
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Aww, uner, no love for the nWoD? That's a shame. I hated the old WoD, and it was a long time before I gave the new one a try, but when I did, I felt like I found gamer-mecca.
What did you dislike, just for my own curiosity's sake?
I read all the rules for the first edition of Exalted and loved it, although I couldn't get my D&D group to switch at that time. The second edition, though, seems to have reached even greater heights. I can't wait to try and play it.
In order to not hijack the other thread I moved this conversation here.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the rule system for the NWoD. It is much cleaner and easier to use than the old system. I just don't like the restructuring of the clans, and I wish they would add some of the old settings back in.... cough Wraith cough.
Do you mean the Vampire clans? I suppose that would make someone who loved the old game mad, but I never liked the way the old clans worked. When I read the rulebook and tried to make a character that was in line with the way the game world was presented, I thought that there was no real way that my Gangrel would ever get along with any other vampire. My group tried to play twice and just couldn't get a group of characters to 'gel' because we were all trying to be faithful to the source material.
What I actually like about the new game is the base rulebook. Making everything about horror was an awesome move. I love playing a game of weakling humans who practically all die in a one-shot horror-movie type game. I also really love the new Hunter: The Vigil, since that is the former idea with tougher characters and a longer chronicle.
I look forward to one day trying Mage, Werewolf, and Changeling, since all of those games have some dang cool thematic features.
As far as the system mechanics go, I have to say that they are something resembling zen perfection. Once you get the basic ideas, everything flows as smooth as butter. I can't believe this thing was out since '04 and it took me 4 years to find it!
I do like the human aspect of the base rules. I tried to run a 13th Precinct game at one point, but my players didnt like the new rules and the game didnt make it 20 minutes past character creation. Who knows maybe one of these days I will find the time and a group of players to give it a shot again.
As for the old clans, there was no reason for them to get along in the traditional sense, however there was plenty of reason for them to work together against a common enemy, while trying to keep their "friends" from out shinning them. But to that end, I see no reason why they had to get rid of more than half of the clans when they made the switch to the new rules. They could have just redefined them as they did others.
Beyond that they changed the entire story of "Origin" and (atleast from what I could tell) there is no definitive "First Vampire", and no one common source for the affliction.
As far as the number of clans goes, it looks like with everything White Wolf these days, five is the magic number - even in Exalted. There sure are a ton of bloodlines, though.
It looks like with all the different lines they have opted for the 'mysterious-multiply-possible-beginnings' idea. Their whole idea with this iteration of the WoD is to make it a toolbox for telling your stories, rather than a railed system for telling theirs. I think they still include the Cain myth as one of the possibilities though. I actually kind of like the reason that they give as to why no one really knows the origin of the first vampire: all the oldest ones spend so much time in torpor, that they start having real trouble differentiating authentic memory from nightmares. That leaves it up to the Storyteller to decide what the actual origin is. I appreciate that freedom, since I would change it if it didn't suit me anyway.
It works out awesome for me, though, since I didn't care anything about the old stories, I look at the new content with fresh eyes and I love it.
The fun idea I'm wanting to try next in WoD is to have my players make children characters using the 'Innocents' rules, and I want to take them through an old haunted house or carnival or something. That would be straight awesome.
Currently, our group of Hunters is chasing an awful serial killer slasher, and the kinds of choices our characters have had to make in order to catch him have sent them into a dark spiral that may leave them just as much monsters as the one they chase. This is great stuff!
I am not a big fan of the nWoD but am not against playing it. I think with some of their simplifying comabt they made things a bit too streamlined where it doesn't make as much sense (for example, combining attack and damage dice into one roll).
The thing I really don't like is the new Mage system. The old system where freeform use of the magic was encouraged and the rotes were just examples was completely flipped around. Now its all about memorizing tons of rotes ala D&D and casting magic on-the-fly is discouraged by the rules. Also, eviscerating the cool background of the old Mage where the traditions battled to shift the paradigm of reality to their values to everything now being a part of "Atlantis" kinda stinks.
What I have just noticed myself automatically doing in combat is using the results of the roll as a guide to describing the attack and injury however I want to as a Storyteller. When I first read the rules, I thought, "This system is a lot less detailed than D&D in terms of combat," and it is, but now that I have got the hang of being totally in charge of the dramatic descriptions of damage, etc., I have actually enjoyed the change.
I never played the old Mage game. In fact, I've never played the new Mage game, but I have read the rules. Even though I cannot comment on the differences in the system for casting spells, I can say that as I read the book, I got the notion that the magic system was extremely free-form and that rotes really weren't that important at all. In fact, I really didn't understand what their purpose was. So, when you described a departure from that as a problem for the new Mage, I can't follow.
I am not complaining necessarily of the level of detail more than the combining of multiple resolution effects of the old system into one roll. While it does streamline things it can create some wonky situations. Since your total roll now is skill + damage in one single roll you can get the case where a grandma with a great axe had a better chance to hurt someone than a navy seal with a lt pistol.
From what I see in the new Mage you CAN cast spells on-the-fly still but its harder than casting them through a rote which is the opposite of the old Mage. The old Mage had a handful of example rotes for each sphere while the new one has 15+ pages of rotes for each sphere now. It just seems to me they went from encouraging thinking of ways to casts magic creatively (while making it seem coincidental) in the old Mage to having you just choose a spell to cast in the new system and penalizing you if want to go outside the box.
That being said, I think the nWod core rules does do a lot for the system as far as making things standard between the systems and that is greatly appreciated. I played the old Vampire and Werewolf as well as Mage and while those also got changed they are thing I can live with as a lot of the old clans/tribes got rolled into various sub-components of the new respective systems with slight twists.
Also, I have always wanted to try out Exalted and with the free PDF offer by White Wolf this week I am itching to read it and get my anime/wuxia thing going. My daughter loves watching Avatar on Nickelodeon and its one of those kid shows that I don't mind watching with her and Exalted reminds me a lot of that.
Dude, Avatar is like the best show of all time, hands down!
I'm flipping through the Mage book right now and looking at the various spell effects. I see what you're calling rotes. Each one of the possible spell effects also contains some example rotes that are known using that effect and are taught by the different orders.
It seems, though, that the casting by rote is an expensive process and not at all the standard for the system. It costs experience points to purchase the rote, and the only benefit is lowered mana cost and a decreased chance of paradox. The drawback is of course that that particular spell effect must be cast the exact same way each time to get the benefit - you can't get too creative with it.
The standard way of casting seems to still be by improvisation, however. I certainly get from this that massive amounts of combining spell effects of various arcana at different levels is greatly encouraged. They have a great number of example combinations (and yes, each example also includes a sample rote), but these seem to be illustrations of what you can do, not straight-jackets that limit your creativity.
I think it all depends on the Grandma and the Navy Seal..
For instance My grandma with a great axe, Vs. Steven Seagal with a pistol, My grandmother is gonna kick his *** every time. But my grandmother is a spirited German Woman set in her ways.
Okay, assuming we are not talking about the Experimental Grannies of the Third Reich (EGoTR), let's start the experiment with a normal granny. She would be able to pick up 40 pounds (Strength 1) and MIGHT be able to pick up a 100 pound dog (Strength 2), but definitely NOT a 250 pound mailbox (Strength 3). So, giving her the big time benefit of the doubt, we'll give her a Strength 2.
She would not have any previous training in melee close combat (again, she's not the EGoTR), so she'll be swinging her troll greataxe untrained.
The greataxe has a damage rating of 5(L) with the 9-again rule and a strength requirement of 4. Granny's strength + weaponry roll is going to be 2 dice (Strength) - 1 die (untrained Weaponry) + 5 dice (greataxe damage) - 2 dice (Strength is 2 less than the greataxe requirement) for a total roll of 4 dice with the 9-again rule for rerolls. But this is the total before factoring in the Defense of the Seal.
Our Navy Seal (not Steven Segal, who would probably prefer Akido over a pistol, but a normal Navy Seal) will be using his Dexterity + Firearms. If we make him the most lousy Navy Seal on the planet, he will have at least 2 Dexterity and at least 2 in Firearms. If he fires the standard Glock 17 9mm light pistol, he will add 2 dice to the roll for the pistol's damage. So, in total for Pee Wee Herman turned Navy Seal, we're looking at 6 dice.
Now, the granny does not get to subtract her defense from the Firearms roll, and she's certainly not wearing kevlar, so the Seal's attack will remain 6 dice. Granny will have to subtract 2 dice for the Seal's Defense, however, although, again, we will try to help her out by making him naked, so he has no armor. That will bring her final dice pool down to 2.
Granny, in a very lucky swing, actually rolled a 9 and a 10, rerolling both, but getting no further successes. Unable to actually lift the axe, she starts trying to drag it in a circle until it develops some momentum and begins to lift off the ground for a second. The naked Navy Seal, seeing the hunchbacked granny about to hurt herself, moves in to put a stop to this nonsense, trying to grab the axe and takes a nasty cut from the lumbering thing in his ankle (2 levels of lethal damage). He's now really ticked off so he steps back out of range and decides to blow granny away with his 9mm.
He fires a single shot, which strikes the old hag in the right shoulder (3 levels of lethal damage). She immediately drops the axe, which slides off the concrete into the grass, and falls over from dizziness and pain. She clutches at the rapidly growing red stain in her night-gown.
So, the naked Navy Seal is definitely going to waste granny first, and if he has any sense at all, he's not going to even get close enough to get hit by the axe. He has to fight smart.
Also, if we gave granny her proper Strength of 1, she would be reduced to rolling a chance die when she swung the axe, chancing dramatic failure and self-injury each time she swung it. Also, if we properly outfitted the Navy Seal, he would probably be able to put ol' granny down in a single shot. But even in the above test, it was fun that granny did SOME damage. It made the combat more fun, and it let that perverted Seal know that he couldn't just molest an old granny when she had a great troll axe within reach. I think he's learned his lesson.
Ah, but you've forgotten that it's a German granny he's talking about. The thing with European old women* is that they can carry a sack of potatoes around all day, lift five bags of shopping to carry home 3 miles away, and still then be out digging the garden after dark. They also, do not stop ... ever! You're talking average Strength but an EXTREMELY high Endurance rating here. Give the granny at least three soak damage levels before you start her on the damage track.
* You see the breed throughout Europe (from Spain all the way over to Russia). They are usually dressed in black, have their hair in a bun, and carrying at least two shopping bags.
I'm reminded of the granny in the Madagascar movies that beats the crap out of the lion.
OK.. I have been sold on it. I am gonna go out and get the nWoD books tomorrow, and try to learn the system. Anyone have any interest in running some crash course training sessions for me?
Welcome to the dark side! I wouldn't mind messing around with it with you. We just have to find the proper time.
I absolutely love the World of Darkness core rulebook, by the way. It is everything I ever wanted D20 Modern with the Dark Matter campaign setting to be. It also reminds me a lot of the old game Dark Conspiracy. I think the base game is at least as good as all of the supernatural 'modules' for it.
Flexibility of time is one luxury I have in abundance. I can clear any time slot in my schedule needed (one of the few actual perks to owning your own company). So just let me know when, and I will make sure to set a digital reminder.
What time zone are you in? I can usually snag some free time after my girls go to bed at 8PM CST. Also, our weekly game is on Thursday at 8PM CST - 10PM CST if you wanted to just hang out. We're pretty laid back though and might not invoke the mechanics very often.
I'm in Indiana so EST. However, between work and insomnia I can be awake pretty much anytime.
Okay, well I've got church tonight, our game is tomorrow night (which you are welcome to sit in on - just let me know and I'll give you the server names), and I spend Friday nights with my family. So, if you're not up for hangin' with us tomorrow night, we could try to do something Saturday.
I thank you for the offer, but actually after reading over the books, I think I've got this. The rules have changed, but they didn't change so much as to make them unfamiliar. I am going to attempt to round up a small group of players for a quick session in the next day or two.
Alright, that's cool. Hope you like it!
As far as the number of clans goes, it looks like with everything White Wolf these days, five is the magic number - even in Exalted. There sure are a ton of bloodlines, though.5 has always been a sweet spot in WW's games - with the exception of extremely powerful/old characters, stats are generally limited to either 5 or 10, for example.
It'll be interesting to see them break the 5 in the Compass of Celestial Directions when they decide to add Autochthonia by popular demand. All of the first 5 books say right on the back that "These five books..." Well, that's what planning too tight gets ya.
Compass of Elsewhere Directions, Volume I?


The San Francisco Business Times is reporting that California wine sales accounted for nearly 64 percent of all wine sales in the U.S. last year. That adds up to a retail value of $23.1 billion.
In terms of volume, they report that the state's wines accounted for 57 percent of all wine shipped in or to the U.S. last year. That accounts for about 215 million out of 375 million cases.
U.S. wine sales grew at a three percent pace overall, with virtually every state in the nation now producing wine.


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Ethan and John discuss the role of improvisation in music, creativity, teaching, and learning.
Ethan Rubin is a "recovering violinist" and an English teacher at Roxbury Prep High School. He has played in bands and ensembles across multiple genres, including punk, soul, metal, jazz, and Middle Eastern folk. Ethan graduated from Boston University with an undergraduate degree in philosophy and Spanish and went on to work at YouthBuild Just-A-Start, where he taught construction and employment skills to at-risk urban youth. He attended the University of Cambridge on a Gates Scholarship, where he obtained an MPhil in Educational Leadership and School Improvement. Ethan also has a passion for the outdoors, and recently spent a summer backpacking and rock climbing in the Wind River Mountains with the National Outdoor Leadership School. He now teaches in a charter network dedicated to social justice and racial equality, and plays his fiddle at every opportunity.
John Polit is a Data Scientist and Musician based in Cambridge, MA.
Jeremy Rubin
Jeremy Rubin is the Technical Director & one of the creators of the MIT Bitcoin Project, an initiative which is giving every MIT Undergrad $100 in Bitcoin, in addition to running many other efforts. Jeremy first came on to the Bitcoin scene with his development of Tidbit, a system to replace web advertisements with cryptocurrency mining (currently fighting NJ). He is a Junior in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at MIT and a researcher at the MIT Media Lab.


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Q: How to print out a byte variable in Rust I am currently working on a cryptography project and I am new to Rust, and I am pretty confused on how to print out these public and private keys right now.
Goal: Print out the private and public key so I can see it.
Rust Code
pub use pqcrypto_dilithium::dilithium5::{
    public_key_bytes as public_key_bytes,
    secret_key_bytes as secret_key_bytes,
    signature_bytes as signature_bytes,
    verify_detached_signature as verify_detached_signature,
    detached_sign as detached_sign,
    keypair as keypair,
    open as open,
    sign as sign,
};

fn main () {
    let (public_key, private_key) = keypair();
    // Print variable here...
}

Cargo.toml
[package]
name = "project"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"

# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html

[dependencies]
pqcrypto-dilithium = "0.4.5"

Error
    error[E0277]: `pqcrypto_dilithium::dilithium5::PublicKey` doesn't implement `Debug`
  --> src\main.rs:14:23
   |
14 |     println!("{:#?}", public_key)
   |                       ^^^^^^^^^^ `pqcrypto_dilithium::dilithium5::PublicKey` cannot be formatted using `{:?}` because it doesn't implement `Debug`
   |
   = help: the trait `Debug` is not implemented for `pqcrypto_dilithium::dilithium5::PublicKey`
   = note: this error originates in the macro `$crate::format_args_nl` (in Nightly builds, run with -Z macro-backtrace for more info)

For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0277`.

Run this code using cargo run

A: In order to print an instance of any type with the {:?} formatting placeholder, the type has to implement the Debug trait. This trait tells rust how to display the contents of the instance.
Neither PublicKey nor SecretKey types directly implement Debug. However, both of them have methods that expose slices of u8 containing the keys: the as_bytes method.
Note that the as_bytes() method is part of a trait, pqcrypto_traits::sign::PublicKey. In order to use trait methods you need to have the trait in scope, so you have to use it in your source file.
Slices implement Debug as long as the slice elements implement Debug, which u8 does, so you can print a u8 slice.
use pqcrypto_traits::sign::PublicKey;

//...

println!("Public key: {:#?}", public_key.as_bytes());

A: The solution for me was the following

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*Adding pqcrypto-traits = "0.3.4" to Cargo.toml, and saving the .toml file.

*Using pub use pqcrypto_traits::sign::PublicKey;, and saving the .rs file.

If you get problems with Sha256::new(), put pub use pqcrypto_traits::sign::PublicKey; under that line. This is what worked for me.

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Mannochmore has a short unromantic history compared to other Speyside distilleries. Built in 1971 on the same property as the Glenlossie distillery, Mannochmore's original purpose was to supply malt whisky for the Haig blends. For more than three decades the two distilleries even shared employees. Shut down in the second half of the '80s when rough times hit the Scotch industry, Mannochmore's distillery was shut down again in 1995, then reopened the following year. Diageo currently uses 100% of the distillery's output in blends.
Connoisseurs Choice is one of Gordon & Macphail's longest running brands. What has made Connoisseurs (no apostrophe) Choice great is that it has allowed whisky fans to try single malts from nearly every single distillery, especially those distilleries that do not have their own official releases. On the other hand, all of the CCs are bottled at reduced ABVs. It seems as if they were mostly (or entirely) bottled at 40%abv for a couple decades. Then some were bottled at 43% and others at 46%. Those 46ers are the ones I look to snap up, especially if they're priced reasonably. And that's just what I did with this 16 year old Mannochmore from 1990.
The nose has an entertaining mix of fruit and industrial stuff. Pears, peaches, canned fruit cocktail, and lychee candy meet plaster, paint VOC, and a hint of moldy basement. There are also some small notes of caramel and balsamic vinegar.
The palate has a bit of heat to it, but it's also big on fruits and fruit candy. Lime, pineapple, pears, and fresh ginger. Steady sweetness throughout and also that cayenne-like burn.
There's a hint of coffee in the otherwise sweet finish. Gummy bears, lemons, limes, in-season apples, and ginger read loudest.
The nose gets maltier and picks up more caramel and vanilla bean action. New notes of bubblegum and lavender flowers. Still a lot of pears in there.
The palate cools off a bit. There's vanilla, cream soda, limes, ginger, and black pepper.
The finish is similar to the palate with its lime and cream soda character. But it also has the nose's caramel sauce and malt.
I enjoyed this whisky more at home (with a much larger pour) than I did at the Malt Nuts event. The quirkiness of the nose became clearer, and actually worked despite what sound like clashing characteristics. The fruits appear consistently throughout the experience and I liked them despite the occasionally aggressive sweetness. It swims pretty well too, to the point where I might experiment with adding water whenever I drink what's left of the whisky.
There's a 15 year old 1990-2006 CC Mannochmore floating around out there too. That one was from refill sherry casks. Whatever "oak casks" this one came from, I'm going to guess they were refill (2nd or 3rd) too because aside from the little bit of caramel and vanilla, this was mostly spirit forward. While this one won't win an excess of superlatives, it is a decent whisky and goes to show there's no need to fear the Mannochmore.


The Founding Associates (Ken Blanchard, Fred Finch, Pat Zigarmi, Don Carew, Drea Zigarmi, Eunice Parisi-Carew, Margie Blanchard and Laurie Hawkins) are formally named and acknowledged for the creation of the company and its intellectual property starting in 1979 and before. It was a bond of friendship, wanting to work with people we loved to make a difference, an idealistic sense that we could challenge conventional business wisdom by working with friends and relatives with a goal to make a more just and equitable world.
Blanchard incorporates formally as Blanchard Training and Development, Inc.


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Time to take basic income seriously?
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GLEANER: Partnerships between the Government, corporate Jamaica, and the Diaspora will be the most effective way of producing quality, early childhood educational facilities, Ruel Reid, education minister, has said.
"Corporate and Diaspora support is very important as, unfortunately, Government alone cannot do it, and the best model is this kind of partnership and partnership with the community," said Reid.
Reid was among a small touring group, including members of the Diaspora, who visited the Union Gardens Infant School in South St Andrew, yesterday.
The school was developed out of an initiative of the Union Gardens Foundation, which was established in 2014 by Glen Christian, chairman of the Cari-Med and Kirk Distributors Group, and Gary 'Butch' Hendrickson, chairman of National Baking Company Ltd.
The two-year-old institution was constructed at a cost of approximately $174 million through public-private partnership.
Reid, who told the diaspora Conference on Monday that 17 new schools were needed to be built across the island to adequately account for the number of spaces necessary, said that the public private partnership arrangement at Union Gardens Infant would be replicated across the island.
"This is the perfect model. If the private sector can come and we establish new institutions like this, particularly the decommissioning of basic schools that are not up to standard, build bigger institutions, which this one is, and we have more capacity and the best facilities, this is going to meet the quality standard that we require at the early childhood level," he said.
International Gonation Consolation Group representative for the Diaspora Dr Conrad Ingram told The Gleaner that he took the tour to ascertain what assistance the school still needs in order to fast-track assistance by providing funding.
"We are on tour of this wonderful infant school, just looking at what we can do here, to see what the needs are for some of these schools - this one and others - and then we go back to our base in Atlanta and use that as a springboard to raise additional funds to meet these kinds of needs.
He said that the school represented a model of what private partnership and the Diaspora can do to uplift the quality of institutions across Jamaica.
CAPTION: Tevin Carr (foreground) showing off his skills at making a corned beef sandwich to Ruel Reid (left), minister of education; Keisha Cordoza (second left), marketing manager, Kirk Distributors; Gail Dunwell, an overseas donor consultant; and Conrad Ingram, professor of chemistry at Clark Atlanta University in the United States, yesterday.


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Isle de France Infanterie
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Private of Isle de France Infanterie in 1760 - Courtesy of The New York Public Library
The regiment was created on September 20, 1684 and took the name of the Province of Isle de France. Indeed, expecting a Coalition to soon form against France, Louis XIV raised 30 new regiments from September 1 to 30 for the defence of the various places of the realm. By raising one regiment a day, he avoided any problem of precedence among these new regiments. The regiment was given to Antoine-Louis de Paillardan de Gondrin, Marquis d'Antin.
In 1688, during the Nine Years' War (1688-97), the regiment took part in the conquest of Palatinate; in 1690, in the Battle of Fleurus; and in 1691, in the siege of Mons. In 1692, it garrisoned Saint-Ghislain. In 1693, it served on the coasts of Normandie before being transferred to Italy where it fought in the Battle of Marsaglia. In 1695, it was allocated to the Army of Catalonia. In 1697, it took part in the siege of Barcelona.
In 1701, at the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-13),the regiment was allocated to the Army of Italy. In 1702, it took part in the Battle of Luzzara; in 1703, in the expedition in South Tyrol; in 1704, in the sieges of Vercelli, Ivrea and Verrua; in 1705, in the siege of Chivasso, in the Battle of Cassano and in in the siege of Soncino; in 1706, in the Battle of Calcinato and in the siege of Turin; in 1707, in the defence of Toulon; and in 1708, in the attack of Sésanne. From 1709 to 1713, it served in the Alps
In 1733, during the War of the Polish Succession (1733-35), the regiment joined the Army of the Rhine. In 1734, it took part in the siege of Philisbourg.
From 1739 to 1741, the regiment was stationed in Corsica.
From 1743 to 1746, during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48), the regiment served with the Army of the Alps. In 1747, it was transferred to Provence and stationed at Nice where it remained until 1748.
The regiment counted only one battalion.
During the Seven Years' War, the regiment ranked 89th and was under the command of:
from January 1, 1748: Louis-Anne-Alexandre de Montmorency, Marquis de Morbecque
from February 20, 1761 to November 25, 1762: Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay
The regiment was disbanded on November 25, 1762.
From 1756 to 1762, the regiment was stationed on the coasts of Flanders to prevent any British amphibious operation.
By August 1 1757, the regiment was garrisoning Ostende in Flanders.
On November 25, 1762, the regiment was disbanded.
Uniform in 1758 - Source: Kronoskaf
Uniform Details as per
Liste Générale des Troupes de France 1754,
and Etat militaire 1761
Musketeer black tricorne laced gold with a black cockade
Grenadier black tricorne laced gold with a black cockade
Neck stock black
Coat grey-white
Collar none (blue in 1761)
Shoulder Straps n/a
Lapels none
Pockets double vertical pockets (3 copper buttons on each single pocket)
N.B.: pewter buttons in 1761
Cuffs blue with 3 copper buttons
Turnbacks none
Waistcoat grey-white (blue in 1761)
Breeches grey-white
Gaiters white
Bayonet Scabbard n/a
Scabbard n/a
Armaments consisted of a musket and a bayonet. Fusiliers carried a sword (brass hilt) while the grenadiers had a sabre.
The colonel flag was white with a white cross. Ordonnance flags had a white cross and four isabelle (coffee) cantons, each containing a black vertical triangle pointing towards the edges.
Colonel Colour - Source: Kronoskaf
Ordonnance Colour - Source: Kronoskaf
This article incorporates texts from the following books which are now in the public domain:
Susane, Louis: Histoire de l'ancienne infanterie française, J. Corréard, Paris, 1849-1856, Tome 8, pp. 235-236
Menguy, Patrice: Les Sujets du Bien Aimé (an interesting website which has unfortunately disappeared from the web)
Pajol, Charles P. V.: Les Guerres sous Louis XV, vol. VII, Paris, 1891
Rogge, Christian: The French & Allied Armies in Germany during the Seven Years War, Frankfurt, 2006
Sommaire des forces armées Françaises à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur de la France - 1er Août 1757, Service Historique de l'Armée de Terre
Retrieved from "http://kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Isle_de_France_Infanterie&oldid=20261"
French Land Unit


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Darryl Rice
Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Central Florida (2015)
M.B.A., Leadership, Jacksonville University (2010)
B.S., Finance/Multinational Business, Florida State University (2005)
Prior to academia, Dr. Rice was an Investment Manager Analyst for Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (2006-2010). While working in the financial services industry, he obtained his Series 7 and Series 66 securities licenses.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES (* = doctoral student; # = master-level student; = undergraduate student)
Aguinis, H. A., Beltran J., R.,* Archibold, E. E.,^ Jean, E. L.,^ & Rice D. B.^ (in press). Thought experiments: A review and recommendations. Journal of Organizational Behavior. (^ equal contribution; order is alphabetized). Note: This is a focal article to be published together with commentaries by Drs. Denise Rousseau, Dov Eden, Gary Latham, and Bill Gardner.
Rice, D. B., Taylor, R. M., Wei, S., Wang., Y., & Ge, V#. (2022). My company cares about my success...I think: Clarifying why and when a firm's ethical reputation impacts employees' subjective career success. Journal of Business Ethics.
Aguinis, H. A., Archibold, E. E.,*^ & Rice D. B.^ (2022). Let's fix our own problem: Quelling the irresponsible perfect research storm. Journal of Management Studies. (^ equal contribution; order is alphabetized).
Rice, D. B. (2022). The word on the street: Science is not advocacy, but publishing research is. Group & Organization Management.
Rice, D. B. & Cotton-Nessler, N (2022). I want to achieve my goals, when I can. The interactive effect of leader organization-based self-esteem and political skill on goal-focused leadership. Current Psychology.
Rice, D. B. & Day, S. W. (2022). The impact of hindrance appraisals on leader bottom-line mentality: Implications for leadership drawbacks and the amplification effect of leader neuroticism. International Journal of Stress Management.
Rice, D. B. & Luse, W (2022). How organizational justice impacts supervisor bottom-line mentality: The role of the institutionalization of ethics. Current Psychology.
Rice, D. B., Massey, M.*, & Mchiri, A.* (2022). A trickle-down model of organizational embodiment and the role of supervisor neuroticism. Journal of Management & Organization.
Rice, D. B. & Busby, A. D. (2022). How and when challenging supervisors impact employee bottom-line mentality? The roles of supervisor duty orientation and employee positive affectivity. Current Psychology.
Rice, D. B., Young, N., & Sheridan, S. (2021). Improving employee emotional and behavioral investments via the trickle-down effect of organizational inclusiveness. The role of supervisory moral identity. Journal of Business and Psychology, 36(2), 267-282.
Ambrose, M. L., Rice, D. B., & Mayer, D. M. (2021). Justice climate and workgroup outcomes: The role of coworker fair behavior and workgroup structure. Journal of Business Ethics, 172(1), 79-99.
Wesley, C. L., Martin, G. W., Rice, D. B., & Lubojacky, C. J*. (2021). Do the right thing: The imprinting of deonance at the upper echelons. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-27.
Rice, D. B., & Young, N. (2021). Integrating ethics and inclusion: How and when upper-level managerial leadership impact supervisory inclusiveness. Current Psychology
Rice, D. B., Massey, M.*, Roberts, A*. & Sterzenbach, N . (2021). A social exchange examination of upper-level management and supervisor organizational embodiment: The roles of supervisor psychological contract fulfillment and conscientiousness. Journal of Social Psychology.
Rice, D. B., Letwin, C., Taylor, R., & Wo, X (2021). Extending the trickle-down model of abusive supervision. The role of moral disengagement. Journal of Social Psychology, 161(1), 40-46.
Rice, D. B. & Reed, N. D*. (2021). Supervisor emotional exhaustion and goal-focused leader behavior: The roles of supervisor bottom-line mentality and conscientiousness. Current Psychology, 1-16.
Rice, D. B., Taylor, R., & Forrester, J. (2020). The unwelcoming experience of abusive supervision and the impact of leader characteristics: Turning employees into poor organizational citizens and future quitters. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 29(4), 601-618.
Rice, D. B., Young, N., Johnson D. , Walton, R.#, & Stacy, S. (2020). Overall justice and supervisor conscientiousness: Implications for ethical leadership and employee self-esteem. Business Ethics: A European Review, 29(4), 856-869.
Letwin, C., Wo, D. X., Folger, R. G., Rice, D. B., Taylor, R., Richards, B., & Taylor, S. G (2016). The "Right" and the "Good" in ethical leadership: Implications for supervisors' performance and promotability evaluations. Journal of Business Ethics.
Folger, R., Ganegoda, D., Rice, D. B., Taylor, R., & Wo, D. X. (2013). Bounded autonomy and behavioral ethics: Deonance and reactance as competing motives. Human Relations.
Rice, D. B. Institutional resentment (2018): A socio-psychological process of marginalization, retribution, and suppression. In M. Gerhardt and J. Peluchette (Eds.) Millennials: Characteristics, Trends, and Perspectives. Nova Science Publishers.
Schminke, M., Johnson, M^., & Rice, D. B^. (2015). Justice and organizational structure: A review. In R. Cropanzano and M. Ambrose (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Justice. New York: Oxford University Press. (^ equal contribution; order is alphabetized).
Academy of Management (AOM) Best Paper Award: Social Issues in Management track (2022)
President, Management Faculty of Color Association (2019-present)
Board member, Southern Management Association (2021-present)
Vice President, Miami University Association of Black Faculty and Staff (2021-present)
Miami University, Presidential Proclamation and Medallion: University-level Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Taskforce (2020)
Miami University, Center for Teaching Excellence: Faculty Commendation (2020)
Southern Management Association Best Paper: Ethics, Social, & Diversity Issues Track (2015)
University of Central Florida College of Business Administration Ph.D Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2014)
University of Central Florida Presidential Fellowship Award (2014)
Southern Management Association Best Doctoral Student Paper: Ethics, Social, & Diversity Issues Track (2013)
University of Notre Dame Excellence in Ethics Research Scholarship (2013)
Darryl B. Rice, Ph.D. or "Dr. Ice" to his colleagues and students, is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University and current President of the Management Faculty of Color Association. Dr. Rice earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management at the University of Central Florida, his M.B.A with a concentration in Leadership from Jacksonville University, and his B.S. in Finance/Multinational Business Operations from Florida State University. He is an award-winning scholar and teacher. His research examines the relationship between leadership and fairness in three areas: organizational justice, behavioral ethics, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. His work has been published in leading academic journals such as Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business and Psychology, and Group and Organization Management. His work also appears in the Oxford Handbook of Organizational Justice. His research has been presented and featured at conferences such as the Academy of Management, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and Southern Management Association. He primarily teaches Introduction to Management and Leadership and Cross Cultural Management. He has also been an invited guest to organizational justice and behavioral ethics themed conferences. Additionally, Dr. Rice is involved with The PhD Project. Prior to academia, Dr. Rice was an Investment Manager Analyst for Bank of America/Merrill Lynch. While working in the financial services industry, he obtained his Series 7 and Series 66 securities licenses.
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Linux News Today: LibreOffice 5.2 Launches in August, First Bug Hunting Session Starts April 22
On March 31, 2016, The Document Foundation Co-Founder Italo Vignoli announced the release plan for the upcoming major release of the world's popular free office suite, LibreOffice 5.2.
Now that everyone is happily using LibreOffice 5.1 on their GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows computers, the time has come for the LibreOffice developers and hackers to concentrate their efforts on improving the acclaimed office software and add new features.
Therefore, we report today that there will be a few bug hunting session this Spring to fix any annoyances before the final LibreOffice 5.2 release comes out, and the first one, for the LibreOffice 5.2 Alpha, is taking place later this month, on April 22, 2016, and the Alpha builds of LibreOffice 5.2 will be available for download by the end of April.
"Mentors will be available on April 22, 2016, from 8AM UTC to 10PM UTC. Of course, hunting bugs will be possible also on other days, as the builds of this particular Alpha release (LibreOffice 5.2.0 Alpha) will be available until the end of May," said Italo Vignoli in today's announcement.
LibreOffice 5.2 is set to arrive in the first week of August 2016
If you want to help the LibreOffice team hunt bugs for the upcoming LibreOffice 5.2 office suite, you need to read the dedicated wiki page for all the juicy details regarding the exact dates and hours of the bug hunting session for LibreOffice 5.2.0 Alpha.
According to the current release plan, it looks like LibreOffice 5.2 is set to arrive in the first week of August 2016, and will have no less than six maintenance releases. The end of life for LibreOffice 5.2 has been set for June 4, 2017. In the meantime, we'll get the LibreOffice 5.3 upgrade around February 2017.
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The Photo Review has published a 64-page full-color catalogue entitled "Camera Work: A Centennial Celebration," with essays by Peter C. Bunnell, Lucy Bowditch, Stephen Perloff, Barbara L. Michaels, and Luis Nadeau. Camera Work (1903-1917) was Alfred Stieglitz's pioneering publication that fought for the acceptance of photography as a fine art and also introduced modern art to Americans. The catalogue is $20 Plus $4 shipping and is available from The Photo Review, 140 East Richardson Avenue, Suite 301, Langhorne, PA 19047. Phone is 1-215-891-0214. A special expanded limited edition of the catalogue with an essay on 21st - The Journal of Contemporary Photography, by Jean Dykstra and a portfolio by Carl Corey, director of the digital atelier GalleryPrint, including a tipped-in archival pigment print by Corey, is available for $50 plus $4 postage.
Peter Bunnell is represented by two classic essays: "A Photographic Vision / Pictorial Photography, 1889-1923" and "Alfred Stieglitz & Camera Work."
Lucy Bowditch's contribution, "Steichen and Camera Work," describes Steichen's many roles at the journal as an inspiration, designer, talent scout, advertiser, writer, and photographer.
Stephen Perloff's essay "Pictorialism into Modernism" investigates the roots of Pictorialism and the role that Stieglitz, Coburn, and Strand played in moving photographic practice from Pictorialism to Modernism.
Barbara L. Michaels's "On Charles Sheeler, the Camera Work that Wasn't, and Others that Might Have Been" examines the unpublished issue 51 of Camera Work, which Stieglitz had planned to feature the photographs of Charles Sheeler.
Luis Nadeau's "Reproduction Processes Used in Camera Work, 1903-1917" explains the various techniques used to make the plates that were tipped-in to Camera Work.


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Q: refreshing a partial's variables with ajax Rails 3.2
jQuery-Rails
I've searched all over and I've only found js ways to update a partial or add a partial via JS. I've had no luck with this one. Here is the issue:
I have a list of referrals on a page, the referrals are posted on the index page as partials. The referral box has a reply button and a count of how many replies per referral. Statically I had it working but I'm getting no luck with updating the referral box with the new count and replacing the reply button with an icon. The is getting to the database but I'm screwing something up with the refresh of the box. Help please!

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*Do I use locals to render the new variables?

*Should I remove my if statements from the partial and just use the js.erb file to determine what to show?

Reply controller:
class RepliesController < ApplicationController
  respond_to :html, :js
  def new
    @referral = Referral.find(params[:referral_id])
    @reply = @referral.replies.new(:user_id => params[:user_id], :referral_id => params[:referral_id])
    if @reply.save
      format.html { notice: 'Replied' }
      respond_with(@referral, :location => referrals_path)
    end
  end
end

_referral partial:
.referralBox.cornerShadow{:id => "Referral#{referral.id}"}
  - if current_user == referral.user or current_user.role == 'administrator'
    = link_to ''.html_safe, edit_referral_path(referral), class: "referralEdit"
    = link_to ''.html_safe, referral, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' }, class: "referralClose"
  .referralProfile
    = link_to "#{image_tag(referral.user.image.url, :class => "img-circle img-border border-white", :style => "thumb")}".html_safe, referral.user

  %ul.unstyled.inline
    %li
      = referral.description
  - unless referral.replies.count == 0
    - if referral.user == current_user
      %i.icon-comments.icon-large{"rel" => "tooltip", "title" => "Replies"}
        = referral.replies.count
    - else
      %i.icon-comments.icon-large.orange{"rel" => "tooltip", "title" => "Replies"}
        = referral.replies.count
  - unless current_user == referral.user
    - if referral.replies.any?
      %i.icon-ok.icon-large.pull-right.orange{"rel" => "tooltip", "title" => "Replied"}
    - else
      = link_to ' Reply'.html_safe, new_referral_reply_path(:referral_id => referral.id, :user_id => current_user.id), :id => "ReplySubmit", :remote => true

new.js.erb view
$(".referralBox").html("<%= j(render(:partial => "@referral")) %>");

application.js
jQuery.ajaxSetup({
    'beforeSend': function (xhr) {xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/javascript")}
});


Rezeda Akhmetshina was born in 1982 in Tashkent. In 1999 she graduated from the Art College, the Faculty of Painting. Now she is the 4th year student of the National Institute of Painting and Design of K. Behzad, the Faculty of Monumental Painting. She participated in several republican (the Day of Independence (1999), Navruz (2000) and foreign exhibitions including in Japan and Italy. In 1994 at the International Child Competition of G. Neru in Shankara (India) she was awarded the gold medal. In 1995 at the same competition she got the silver medal.
"The beauty is catching me. It enriches me and makes to by kinder towards the world around. I am interested in the heart world of a person, his individuality and originality: mystery and frankness of a woman, naivety and purity of a child, wisdom of the old man. Harmony of spiritual world of a person and the world around him - this is just the beginning of the endless way to perfection and I try to express this idea in my works. Only the beauty, a symbol of nature, saving the true, can fill you up, catch and carries beyond the imagination".


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Gracie Elite Jiu Jitsu Cranbourne
Rilion Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Affiliate Academy
Gracie Elite Cranbourne, located in Cranbourne VIC NSW is run by head Professor Jhunior Guarnido. Qualified instructors are black belts who's roots and craft of their techniques come straight from the source of the pure traditional Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; Brazil.
About Rilion Gracie Academy:
Rilion Gracie is the youngest male son of the Grand Master Carlos Gracie Sr. (the founder of Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and the creator of MMA ). He has been involved in his father's tradition since he was born. He has grown up in the world of mats, healthy living, improved life skills and philosophic concepts of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. Rilion is proud to have had his father Carlos Sr. and his brother Rolls (the forefather of modern Jiu Jitsu) as his mentors and professors.
He is recognized in the Jiu Jitsu world for his mastery of the art and has become known for being "100% technical".'
In the early 1980's besides teaching at the Gracie Ipanema academy, he was a founding member of the Gracie JJ School in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, along with his older brothers Crolin and Carlos Jr. In 1988, he was one of the instructors at the first Gracie Jiu Jitsu Seminar in the United States hosted by the actor and Martial Arts enthusiast Chuck Norris.
11 Whitefield Boulevard, Cranbourne West VIC, Australia
City of Casey
Cranbourne is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 43 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Casey. At the 2016 Census, Cranbourne had a population of 20,094 and the greater Cranbourne area 51,340. The ever expanding greater Cranbourne area consists of Cranbourne, Cranbourne North, Cranbourne East and Cranbourne West.
Rilion Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy


I wanted to write this week about a topic that is pretty much always in the forefront of my mind, and that is my team. While this is going to sound like a total cliché, it is true that you are only as good as your team. If one member is underperforming, then you are underperforming. This is especially true when you are selling your business!
When beginning the process of selling your company, one thing that should not be missed is aligning your team to the desire of the exiting. It goes without saying that your potential buyer will need to feel confident that things are not going to crumble when they become the new owner.
I have seen a number of people sell their companies and within 12 months everything has fallen to pieces! A very common reason for this is that the leadership team lose faith. The reality is that they are now part of a bigger entity, and they have just seen 'the owners cash out'. So it's not unreasonable that they will feel somewhat disheartened. Well, luckily for you, this does not need to be the case. In fact, it is very possible to create an environment that will ensure everyone is not only aligned for the sale, but remain used for years 'Post Sale'.
Let's start with sharing the love (Shares)! Giving away shares is very complicated. If you decide just to give shares away to anyone who works for you, you will be in for a big surprise. Owning shares comes with lots of different rights and these rights don't end with employment. So, if you decide to give a percentage of your company's shares to someone, they will own these until the end of time. This is not a great methodology to motivate staff as your headcount will change, and if you can't claim the shares back, you won't have many left after a few years. So what is the solution?
In the UK, you can use what is called an EMI scheme. This essentially grants key staff a certain amount of shares. Then at the point the company is sold, they can realise the value. If they leave before this happens, then they cannot claim access to the shares. This means only the guys at the finish line get the medals!
Also, they are only required to pay tax based on the share price at the point the shares were granted. So if they work for five years and the shares become worth millions, they will only pay tax on the value of the shares when they received them. If the shares are granted when the company is new, or not making profit, I suggest applying to HMRC to get a certificate to confirm they are worth nothing. This will prevent a potentially ugly tax debate later on.
This may all sound great, but these shares need to make enough money to motivate the team to share your desired outcome. This means some frank discussions need to take place. Start by agreeing on what the expected valuation is and make sure the shares 'Make Sense'. If your Sales Director made 100K in his last year and he has 1% of the shares. Then you decide to sell for 1m. They will make 10k! Hardly enough to make him motivated to sell. In fact this is more likely to demotivate them.
As a rule of thumb, I would be aiming to achieve two years of salary as a payout. This amount will always be life changing and motivate that individual to help the company sale go through. Also, keep in mind that if they qualify, they are likely to only pay 10% tax under entrepreneur's tax relief. In summary, agree on a compelling percentage and the price you are willing to sell for.
One of the key reasons you need your teams alignment throughout the sale process is how intense DD is likely to be. Unless you are and have been an absolute saint, you are going to need to locate important documents, answer difficult question and attend meeting with your potential buyers. This will be very tough if your team would rather you didn't sell!
Presuming that all goes well, what about once the company has been sold? In Addition to your team's normal compensation plan, the ideal situation is to have some kind of performance based bonus structure. Typically, this will be linked to the post sale financial targets. Again, this figure needs to be compelling and ensure that the team will not leave when they are tempted away. Remember that once you sell, this will become public information and your team will be hot property. Headhunters from near and far will be approaching them, and it's likely they will be able to command a premium now that have been part of a successful acquisition.
In addition, they will have just been given a fair sum of money. This means they are also prime candidates to leave and set up their own businesses, and this presents a huge risk to you.
My guess is that your team are a critical part of your success, so if you plan to continue that success into the acquisition, you will need them by your side.
It is also a good idea to dedicate time to speak with your team post sale on a regular basis to discuss how happy they are and how they feel the integration is going. I know that our team remain extremely tight and communicate almost daily.
Finally, I have learned that life is about sharing success. Nothing is more rewarding than seeing a loyal team buying their new houses, new cars or even just going on a well deserved break. These type of life changing events are what make it all worthwhile. If that wasn't enough to convince you, think about any future teams that you will want to build. A history of helping others is far more likely to encourage others to join you on your journey, than a track record of only looking after number one!
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Vicious is a book I honestly hadn't heard a lot about before I met the book blogger community. I know that at one point, I saw the cover and summary on tor.com, and I probably spotted it a few times while at the bookstore. But I never really had a strong urge to pick it up. I'm not entirely sure why—maybe it was the fact that the setting was neither high fantasy nor sci-fi. Maybe it was because the cover isn't to my tastes (I know lots of people love it. It's just not for me.). I'm not sure. Regardless, it took me a while to get around to really wanting to read this book.
But as soon as I met some of my book blogger friends, they started pushing this book on me. Relentlessly. It's something we do, something we enjoy, and, I've found, something we (I think of myself as part of the community now, whether I really am or not.) are quite good at. Vicious was one of the books most heavily pushed on me. The main culprits were Nikki, Angie, and Jessie, but there were plenty more of them. Finally, I broke down and asked for the book for my birthday, received it, and I made it my first read of 2015.
And I'm glad I did. I tore through the book in only a few days and utterly loved it. I'm rather annoyed at myself for not picking it up earlier, and if you're just hearing about it now, don't make the mistake I did. Get it immediately, and go read it. NOW.
Oh, alright. I'll write the rest of the review. But my opinion isn't going to change.
Vicious is the story of two college boys, Victor and Eli, their relationship as roommates, and an experiment gone horribly wrong. It's a chilling, disturbing tale that is utterly gripping, and simultaneously horrifying and amazing. I really enjoyed reading it.
Setting is incredibly important to any novel, and while I may have initially been reluctant to pick up this novel because it's not a setting I'm familiar with, the college atmosphere was perfectly done. I'm a college student, and I read this book while on break. It gave me shivers purely from the accuracy of the descriptions and their clarity. And while the college is not the entirety of the setting, it plays a large part, and the rest is equally well done. It's not a new world, built from the ground up, but that doesn't make it any less perfect. It's the setting this story demanded, and it was handed with amazing skill.
The structure is handled in a way I've never seen before. Every chapter happens at a different place in time, and it's not even remotely linear. The chapters jump from the present, to ten years ago at the university, to the weeks leading up to the main events of the novel. This main thread of events, which happens over a period of a day and a half, from the first chapter to the last (excluding the epilogue), focuses on Victor and Eli's impending first meeting in a 10 years. While this structure had the opportunity to be incredibly confusing, Schwab has instead crafted a narrative that is unbelievably tense and gripping. It demands that you keep reading, and it's always ratcheting up the tension until the final scenes, at which point everything comes together with an incredible bang. It's so well crafted, and it makes me wish other authors would use unconventional structures more often, though I doubt many have the skill to reproduce the magic that Schwab wrought here.
But even the best setting and plot fall flat without good characters. I'm happy to report that Schwab's cast, kept elegantly small, is filled with utterly fascinating characters with fascinating quirks—and abilities. Victor's past, his problems with his family, and the way he treats those around him paint him as an incredibly engaging, complex character. And while he's not someone I would ever want to hug—or even be close to—I feel like I understand him. As I do with the other main characters, Eli, Sydney, and Serena. Eli, in particular, I loved to hate as a villain. I'm going to put that down to Schawb's writing skills and not the fact that I know someone IRL with the name Eliot whom I particularly dislike.
In summary, this book has it all. Utterly realistic setting, amazing plot with a cool structure, and utterly enthralling, complex, creepy characters. I'm telling you without reserve to go pick this book up and read it, right now. Five of five stars, and a place on my lifetime favorites shelf without a doubt.
Great review! I can't wait for you to read ADSOM!
Almost there! ~150 pages to go in LotR, and I'm jumping in ASAP.


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Abiodun Agbele, a close ally of Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State who was arrested on August 3rd has been granted bail by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja. According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Agbele was arrested for allegedly laundering N1.2billion from the Office of the National Security Adviser under Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki's (rtd) leadership.
EFCC states that the offence is "contrary to Section 18(a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended in 2012) and punishable under Section 15 (3) of the same Act."
According to EFCC report, Justice Dimgba granted the defendant bail on the sum of N500million "which will be forfeited to the Federal Government in the event he absconds. The defendant must provide two sureties in the sum of N250million each. The sureties can be a private businessman, professional or civil servant of the rank of a director. The sureties must also have landed properties either in Abuja Metropolis, or Victoria Island, Lagos State.
The judge further ruled that the defendant must deposit his international passport with the registrar of the court, and must not travel without the court's permission. He added that, the case would be given accelerated hearing."
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Welcome to the Tutoring Center! Here you will find information regarding the Center's hours, subjects available and the link to request an appointment with a peer tutor!
Our Peer Tutor's must have two recommendations from faculty, an A or B in the subject they are tutoring, complete an interview process and complete a College Reading and Learning Association certified training program.
Monday - Thursday: 7:30a.m. - 8:00p.m.
When is the Tutoring Center open?
Tutoring Center hours are 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Monday – Thursday and 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Fridays.
Are the peer tutors trained or just students that took classes at ICC?
All ICC peer tutors complete a training program certified by the College Reading and Learning Association and must meet specific requirements to tutor. They are evaluated at mid-semester and at the end of each term.
How do I know if someone is in the Tutoring Center to help with a specific subject?
Peer tutors hours are posted by subject in the Academic Building. These subject hours are also on an Outlook calendar that can be shared with facuty and staff.
Students can receive tutoring in the Tutoring Center, online using skype, zoom, etc. or access Net Tutor 24/7 using Canvas. Questions regarding NetTutor should be directed to the Online Director, Jared Wheeler.
Students can walk in to the Tutoring Center to use computers and study, for a peer tutoring session or for a place to be between classes.
Students can request a scheduled appointment on this page or in person.
What subjects are tutors typically available to help with?
If you need help in another subject please ASK! Tutors can also assist with creating flash cards and study guides, reviewing notes and test preperation!
What if all the Tutoring Center computers are full?
There are Chromebooks students can check out to use while in the Tutoring Center. Instructors can also check out Chromebooks to use in smaller classrooms – there are 12 available.
If you would like to host a study hall in the Tutoring Center or schedule a study group for a specific course please let me know!
Will my instructors know if I attended a tutoring session?
During/after a tutoring session, peer tutors and tutoring clients complete a "Tutor Contact Form." The Tutoring Center collects data from these forms and then provides a copy of the form to each instructor. Student Support Services also collects and maintains copies of forms for program participants.
Why isn't the Tutoring Center open on weekends or later in the evening?
The Tutoring Center is staffed by the Associate Dean for Tutoring and Accessibility and peer tutors. Student Support Services (a federal TRIO grant) and the Tutoring center are co-located. This co-location allows the Tutoring Center to be open for around 60 hours a week – more hours than any other department on campus. The Tutoring Center and SSS program work hard to maintain this level of service to students and additional hours are not feasible at this time.
Each semester during "dead week" or the week before finals, the Tutoring Center is open until 9:00 p.m. to provide services to students.
To further assist students, the Tutoring Center began staying open until midnight once a month. The date chosen is coordinated with faculty members.
What programming does the Tutoring Center offer?
Monthly seminars are also hosted in AC 132 or in other areas of campus. Topics include: notes, reading textbooks, memory, using visualization in notes and more! Seminars are scheduled at various times to try and accommodate students but any department, activity or sport can request a seminar for study hall or as an activity for students.