Before we go any further, let's get the easy stuff out of the way. If you are just beginning your research and are looking to get a basic understanding of the differences between the two, let me save you some time. There are dozens of articles out there that compare Wordpress with Hubspot, but Hubspot has an excellent and comprehensive article that goes into detail about the differences between the CMS platforms.
Is your organization committed to marketing and selling according to how people make purchasing decisions today?
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If you are looking to grow your company's revenue, you need to understand how buyers today make their purchasing decisions. This process is called the buyer's journey, and there are three major steps in their decision-making process.
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Because the majority of their research is done online, your prospects will be interacting with your website, reading your blogs and case studies and learning more about why you are the right solution for them. This means that your website can't be just a static brochure or a pretty "award-winning website." Your website is the keystone to your marketing and sales strategy.
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Free online jigsaw puzzle for adults and kids of a wild giraffe. The hungry giraffe is busy eating the green grass.
Happy Thanksgiving! Tomorrow is the big day, so I'm off today to Prescott (AZ) to meet with my big family for the thankful meal. There's usually around 35-40 people there, and this year we have a newborn baby. Always a delight. Interesting way the Lord works, this newborn babe is the great grandson of my brother who died last year, just before Thanksgiving. The circle of life goes on.
That was fun in bricks. Didn't break any records but it was fun.
God bless you all and may you find fun amidst all the harsh realities of life - even if it is only here at c4j.
What a sweet blessing, thank you, and may you also find plenty to smile about, as well as a good ol' belly laugh once in a while.
Decided to do this one again since I watched April for a while and then saw the birth of her baby boy giraffe. Very interesting. Puzzle took longer than I thought it would.
Greetings! My girlfriend used to work at the Providence Zoo in charge of giraffes--remember Grriffy? He used to french kiss her after a treat!
Elijah- where did you see the birth? I live across the Bay from the Zoo--Do u know if the public can see the Baby Boy? If so, I'll take the grandkids. They are having a name contest at the Zoo. Should be fun.
Just saw on the computer 2 employees weighing the little guy. So cute. The guy got on the scale holding the giraffe. They didn't say how much he weighed. I clicked on the web site from a news letter. You are lucky to be that close to the Zoo. Just call them and ask.
I watched on our TV local news...we use a Zoo camera here & they show things on my favorite channel here also for our zoo's camera. They have been following your giraffe for us.
They had a live cam on today and they weighed the little giraffe. The guy got on the scales holding the giraffe. Quite a site.
I read that they are either on the endangered list or about to be put on it. Not too hard a puzzle to do. Enjoyed it.
Would you rather have live ones?
Maybe their poop would be good garden fertilizer - look at the bright side Jamie hehehe. Hugs.
Well, that grass seems to be doing pretty good.
Jamie..........if I were wealthy I would have my own rescue world for all animals.
Aussie.....poop and all. But I don't think my neighbors would like them peeking over the fence.
If I were very wealthy I'd want to buy up the rain forest to protect it.
Pixi.....I don't think we could ever have enough wealth to buy up the rain forest however, it's a wonderful wish.
There are too many people in the world that do not realize that animals feel sadness, deprivation and pain just as do we humans.
Retirenow14.....humans know it....they just don't care.
A sad observation of the human race, isn't it? True, though. I think the compassion gene was left out of some people.
Kids need to be taught at any early age to respect animals......especially in schools.....their should be a class on environment for plants and animals.


My thoughts do not naturally go towards developing projects for students who are very very young. But, when I wrote about using an unending accordion for number lines John Golden left a comment saying " Ooh! It'd be fun for young learners to put pictures of things in that pocket that come in a number on that page. Could make a guessing game out of it, or just a way to record number observations." I liked the suggestion and I thought that I could develop a response in just one day, but nothing happens fast with me. TEN days later I finally got it worked out in a way that I like.
You may notice that I used dots, not pictures. I like dots. Everyone likes dots. Granted, dots can get kind of, well, repetitive after a while, so it's a good thing that there's a one side and another side and that dots are malleable.
Here's the thought behind this project. First, it's a pockets project. Students seem to like pockets even more than they like dots. Anything at all that would benefit from a peek-a-boo kind of experience would be fine subject matter for the pages. I just happen to be on a numbers kick at the moment. I have gleaned from the #MTBoS math people who I follow on Twitter that associating numbers with groupings can be a good foundation skill: creating groupings of, say, three things could help support the understand that the symbol for three is an abstraction representing three somethings.
As usual, the challenge I set out for myself was to make this out of standard copy paper. This structure is similar in many ways to the structure in my previous post, the one difference being that I'm not linking the papers together as I don't see an advantage to this being a continuous number line, though it certainly could be.
Dots are filled in here if that 's what you need.
Simple Pocket Template. Print several.
I haven't included directions on how these pieces fold, but if you fold on the dotted lines and look at the pictures, I think it's decipherable (?).
Maybe the next step after this is, well, dice….which, in a few years could lead you to fedricomath's Weird Dice. (which I link to here so that I can keep track of it).
Just for the record, this is what's been keeping me distracted lately.
It's a magnificent autumn in Upstate New York.
There are other shapes for flexagon. I also make ones that are hexagon-flexagons, which I like like because its structure can be decorated to mimic fractals. But that's another story.
As this is the beginning of the new school year, I am dedicating some posts on how to make an origami pocket. This is a great first project to make with students. It is a crowd pleaser, which is important to me because it can get a classroom of students happy to be readily on board with paper and book arts. When I begin with paper that is about 15 inch square the resulting pocket can be a handy storage folder for on-going projects.
Before I go any further with this I want to clarify that this is not the traditional origami cup that one often sees. For great directions on how to make an origami cup I recommend looking at the Kids Web Japan/Cup site. The noteworthy difference between the classic cup and my pocket is the width of the base of the structure. I prefer the wider base as it is more suitable for storing books than the narrower, taller origami cup. Just for the record, I was introduced to the origami pocket about a decade ago by a young boy, who learned it from a TV program called Zoom.
I have have available a black and white copy of directions on how to make an Origami Pocket.


Two of Britain's lenders with big global footprints both announced disappointing results last week. HSBC announced a 1% rise in profits to $18.8bn in 2015, but fell into the red in the fourth quarter owing to losses on oil and gas sector loans.
Regulatory battles also remain far from resolved. Standard Chartered posted its first annual loss in over 25 years. Provisions for bad loans almost doubled to $4bn as it sank to a loss of $2.4bn. The share price has slid from £17 to around £3.90 in three years.
Robert Lea in the Times reported that the "most entertaining" part of HSBC's annual report is always the one on legal proceedings and regulatory matters. To the horror show of the past few years, which allegedly encompassed money laundering, funding Mexican drug cartels and fixing Libor, can now be added an investigation by America's Securities and Exchange Commission into cronyism in China. The bank appears to have recruited "princelings" – relatives of rich and well-connected local officials. This is not "the greatest crime", given the bank was founded on "preferment and patronage", concluded Lea, but "it does indicate that as a class of bankers, HSBC still does not get it".
Meanwhile, the dent from oil and gas loans late last year will raise fears of worse to come – not just at HSBC, but at all banks. The upshot, according to Alex Brummer in the Daily Mail is that HSBC "is too large, too complicated and operates in too many markets".
Standard Chartered, meanwhile, is also overstretched. It has discovered that riding the China, commodities and emerging-market boom was "the easy bit", as Brummer noted. And while the worst of the downswing may be over, the bank will keep struggling in a sluggish global economy and a low interest-rate environment. It will also take time to deal with the "clean-up job on the sort of loan book typically found in struggling Asian casinos", said Alistair Osborne in The Times. No wonder virtually nobody, including the bank's Chief Executive Officer, Bill Winters, thinks the shares have troughed yet.


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David Hackston is a British translator of Finnish and Swedish literature and drama. He graduated from University College London with a degree in Scandinavian Studies and now lives in Helsinki where he works as a freelance translator. Notable publications include the Anna Fekete trilogy by Kati Hiekkapelto, Katja Kettu's wartime epic The Midwife, four novels by 'Helsinki noir' author Antti Tuomainen, and Pajtim Statovci's enigmatic My Cat Yugoslavia and Crossing.
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David Hackston is a British translator of Finnish and Swedish literature and drama. He graduated from University College London with a degree in Scandinavian Studies and now lives in Helsinki where he works as a freelance translator. Notable recent publications include the Anna Fekete trilogy by Kati Hiekkapelto, Katja Kettu's wartime epic The Midwife, four novels by 'Helsinki noir' author Antti Tuomainen, and Pajtim Statovci's enigmatic My Cat Yugoslavia and Crossing. His drama translations include three plays by Heini Junkkaala, most recently Play it, Billy! (2012) about the life and times of jazz pianist Billy Tipton. David was a regular contributor to Books from Finland until its discontinuation in 2015. In 2007, he was awarded the Finnish State Prize for Translation. David is also a professional countertenor and has studied early music and performance practice in Helsinki and Portugal. He is a founding member of the English Vocal Consort of Helsinki.
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Title: Michael Gough
Subject: Trog, Batman (1989 film), British Academy Television Award for Best Actor, Dracula (1958 film), The Dresser
Collection: 1916 Births, 2011 Deaths, Bafta Winners (People), British Conscientious Objectors, Drama Desk Award Winners, English Male Film Actors, English Male Stage Actors, English Male Television Actors, English Male Voice Actors, People Educated at Durham School, People from Kuala Lumpur, Personnel of the Non-Combatant Corps, Tony Award Winners
Michael Gough as Alfred Pennyworth in
Batman Returns (1992)
Francis Michael Gough
(1916-11-23)23 November 1916
Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States
17 March 2011(2011-03-17) (aged 94)
London, England, UK
Durham School
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Diana Graves (1940-?) (divorced)
Anne Leon (1950–1964) (divorced)
Anneke Wills (1962–1979) (divorced)
Henrietta Lawrence
(1980–2011, his death)
Rachel Gurney (In-law)
Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916[1] – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who made over 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four films of the Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman series.
Later roles 3
Awards and nominations 3.1
Selected filmography 6
Francis Michael Gough was born in Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States (now Malaysia), the son of British parents Francis Berkeley Gough and Frances Atkins (née Bailie).[2][3][4] Gough was educated at Rose Hill School, Tunbridge Wells, and at Durham School, he moved onto Wye Agricultural College which he left to go to the Old Vic.[5][6] During World War II Gough was a conscientious objector, like his friend Frith Banbury, although he was obliged to serve in the Non-Combatant Corps,[7] a member of 6 Northern Company, in Liverpool.[8]
Gough made his film debut in 1948 in Blanche Fury, and thereafter appeared extensively on British television. In 1955, he portrayed one of the two murderers who kill the Duke of Clarence (John Gielgud) as well as the Princes in the Tower in Laurence Olivier's Richard III.
Gough became known for appearances in horror films including Dracula (1958), Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), Black Zoo (1963), Trog (1970), The Corpse (1971), Horror Hospital (1973) and Norman J. Warren's stockbroker-Satanism debut Satan's Slave (1976). He also appeared in the comedy film Top Secret! (1984), alongside Val Kilmer (the latter's first feature film), with whom he would also work later in the Batman franchise.
Gough guest-starred on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, as the villain in the serial The Celestial Toymaker (1966) and also as Councillor Hedin in Arc of Infinity (1983). He also played the automation-obsessed, wheelchair-bound Dr. Armstrong in "The Cybernauts", one of the best remembered episodes of The Avengers (1965), returning the following season as the Russian spymaster Nutski in "The Correct Way to Kill". He was introduced in the first season episode "Maximum Security" of Colditz as Major "Willi" Schaeffer, the alcoholic second-in-command of the Kommandant (Bernard Hepton). In the Ian Curteis television play Suez 1956 (1979) he played Prime Minister Anthony Eden. In 1981 he was reunited with Laurence Olivier in Granada Television's Brideshead Revisited playing the doctor to Olivier's dying Lord Marchmain. He also appeared in The Citadel (1983) as Sir Jenner Halliday, in 1985's Out of Africa as Lord Delamere and as the fictional deposed KGB spymaster, Andrei Zorin, in the 1991 BBC three-part series, Sleepers.
Later roles
His later roles included Alfred Pennyworth for director Tim Burton, including Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992). He also reprised his role as Alfred in the 1994 BBC radio adaptation of Batman: Knightfall and in Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997) for director Joel Schumacher. Gough was one of two actors to have appeared in the four Batman films in the Burton/Schumacher series; the other actor was Pat Hingle (as Commissioner Gordon). Gough worked for Burton again in 1999's Sleepy Hollow and 2005's Corpse Bride. He also briefly reprised his Alfred role in six 2001 television commercials for the OnStar automobile tracking system, informing Batman of the system's installation in the Batmobile. Other commercial appearances famously included Gough as Alfred in a 1989 advertisement for Diet Coke.
Gough retired in 1999, after appearing in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow. He would emerge from retirement twice more, both as a favor to Burton, to voice Elder Gutknecht in 2005's Corpse Bride and The Dodo in 2010's Alice in Wonderland.[9]
Gough won Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role – Play) for Bedroom Farce. He was also nominated in the same category in 1988 for Breaking the Code.
He won a BAFTA TV Award in 1957 and was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in 1971 for his work in The Go-Between.
He was nominated for a Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play in 1979 for Bedroom Farce and again in 1988 for Breaking the Code.
Gough was married four times—one of his ex-wives is Anne Elizabeth Leon (born 1925). They married in 1950, their daughter Emma Frances was born in 1953 and they divorced in 1964.[4] Another ex-wife is Doctor Who actress Anneke Wills, who played the Doctor's companion Polly. Wills had encountered him at various times during her life—firstly during a theatre trip with her mother in 1952—but they first met formally, on the set of Candidate for Murder and the attraction was instant. Gough adopted Wills's daughter Polly, and in 1965 their son Jasper was born. Gough was close friends with actor Alan Napier, who played Alfred Pennyworth in the 1960s Batman series. Actress Rachel Gurney was the mother of Gough's daughter-in-law, Sharon Gurney.
Michael Gough died on 17 March 2011, in London, after a short illness.[10] He was cremated, a memorial service was held and his ashes were scattered at sea. He was survived by his fourth wife, Henrietta, daughter Emma and sons Simon (who is married to actress Sharon Gurney, the daughter of the Upstairs, Downstairs actress Rachel Gurney) and Jasper.[11] Michael Keaton, his co-star in the first two theatrical Batman films, said that Gough was sweet and charming, and wrote, "To Mick – my butler, my confidant, my friend, my Alfred. I love you. God bless. Michael (Mr Wayne) Keaton."[12] Gough was added in In Memoriam at the 18th Screen Actors Guild Awards.
1948 Anna Karenina Nicholai
1948 Blanche Fury Laurence Fury
1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers Prince Charles
1949 Small Back Room, TheThe Small Back Room Capt. Dick Stuart
1951 Blackmailed Maurice Edwards
1951 Man in the White Suit, TheThe Man in the White Suit Michael Corland
1951 Night Was Our Friend Martin Raynor
1953 Twice Upon a Time Mr. Lloyd
1953 Sword and the Rose, TheThe Sword and the Rose Duke of Buckingham
1953 Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue Duke of Montrose
1955 Richard III Dighton, the first murderer
1956 Reach for the Sky Flying Instructor Pearson
1957 Ill Met by Moonlight Andoni Zoidakis
1958 Dracula Arthur Holmwood
1958 Horse's Mouth, TheThe Horse's Mouth Abel
1959 Model for Murder Kingsley Beauchamp
1959 Horrors of the Black Museum Edmond Bancroft
1961 What a Carve Up! Fisk, the butler
1961 Konga Dr. Charles Decker
1962 Phantom of the Opera, TheThe Phantom of the Opera Ambrose D'Arcy
1963 Black Zoo Michael Conrad
1963 Tamahine Cartwright
1965 Dr. Terror's House of Horrors Eric Landor Segment four: "Disembodied Hand"
1965 Skull, TheThe Skull Auctioneer
1966 Alice in Wonderland March Hare
1966 Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker Celestial Toymaker
1967 Berserk! Albert Dorando
1967 They Came from Beyond Space Master of the Moon
1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar Elder Also known as The Crimson Cult
1968 One Night... A Train Jeremiah
1969 Women in Love Tom Brangwen
1969 Walk with Love and Death, AA Walk with Love and Death Mad Monk
1970 Julius Caesar Metellus Cimber
1970 Trog Sam Murdock
1970 The Corpse Walter Eastwood Also known as Crucible of Horror
1971 Go-Between, TheThe Go-Between Mr. Maudsley
1972 Henry VIII and His Six Wives Norfolk
1972 Savage Messiah M. Gaudier
1973 Horror Hospital Dr. Christian Storm
1973 Legend of Hell House, TheThe Legend of Hell House Emeric Belasco Uncredited
1974 Galileo Sagredo
1974 QB VII Dr. Fletcher
1976 Satan's Slave Uncle Alexander Yorke
1978 Boys from Brazil, TheThe Boys from Brazil Mr. Harrington
1981 Venom David Ball
1982 Smiley's People Mikhel
1982 Inside the Third Reich Dr. Rust
1983 Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity Councillor Hedin
1983 Dresser, TheThe Dresser Frank Carrington
1984 Memed My Hawk Kerimoglu
1984 Oxford Blues Doctor Ambrose
1984 Top Secret! Dr. Paul Flammond
1984 Christmas Carol, AA Christmas Carol Mr. Poole
1985 Out of Africa Baron Delamere
1986 Caravaggio Cardinal Del Monte
1986 Little Vampire, TheThe Little Vampire Uncle Ludwig
1987 Maschenka Father
1987 Inspector Morse: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn Philip Ogleby
1987 Fourth Protocol, TheThe Fourth Protocol Sir Bernard Hemmings
1988 Serpent and the Rainbow, TheThe Serpent and the Rainbow Schoonbacher
1989 Strapless Douglas Brodie
1989 Batman Alfred Pennyworth
1989 Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome Voice
1991 Let Him Have It Lord Goddard
1992 Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Russia 1910, TheThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Russia 1910 Leo Tolstoy
1992 Batman Returns Alfred Pennyworth
1993 Age of Innocence, TheThe Age of Innocence Henry van der Luyden
1993 Hour of the Pig, TheThe Hour of the Pig Magistrate Boniface
1993 Wittgenstein Bertrand Russell
1994 Nostradamus Jean de Remy
1994 Uncovered Don Manuel
1995 Batman Forever Alfred Pennyworth
1997 Batman & Robin
1998 St. Ives Comte de Saint-Yves
1999 Cherry Orchard, TheThe Cherry Orchard Feers
1999 Sleepy Hollow Notary Hardenbrook
2005 Corpse Bride Elder Gutknecht Voice
2010 Alice in Wonderland Uilleam the Dodo Bird Voice
^ Gough in the London Times, 23 June 1997: "There was some indecision as to when I was born. My sister said it was 1916. I'd lost my birth certificate." Gough's wife Henrietta confirmed 1916 (and not 1915) as her husband's birth year in 2010 (see Christian Heger: Mondbeglänzte Zaubernächte. Das Kino von Tim Burton. Marburg 2010).
^ "Michael Gough Biography (1916?-)". filmreference.com.
^ Michael Gough Biography – Yahoo! Movies
^ a b "- Person Page 18350". thepeerage.com.
^ "Michael Gough". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2009. Education: Wye Agricultural College, England; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England, Major – drama; Durham School, England; Rose Hill School, Kent, England
^ Eric Shorter (17 March 2011). "Michael Gough obituary". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2011. Michael Gough, actor, born 23 November 1916; died 17 March 2011 ... He was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, where his father was a rubber planter. After attending Rose Hill School, Tunbridge Wells, and Durham School, he dropped out of Wye Agricultural College in
^ Read, Piers Paul (2005). Alec Guinness: the authorised biography. Simon and Schuster.
^ Starkey, Pat (1992). I will not fight: conscientious objectors and pacifists in the North West during the Second World War. Liverpool Historical Studies. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
^ "Michael Gough, 94, was butler Alfred in "Batman"". bcdb.com, March 17, 2011
^ Eric Shorter Obituary: Michael Gough, The Guardian, 17 March 2011
^ "Michael Gough, Batman's Alfred, dies aged 94". BBC News. 17 March 2011.
^ Mike Moody. "Michael Keaton praises Michael Gough". Digital Spy.
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BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor
Paul Rogers (1955)
Peter Cushing (1956)
Michael Gough (1957)
Michael Hordern (1958)
Donald Pleasence (1959)
Patrick McGoohan (1960)
Lee Montague (1961)
Rupert Davies (1962)
Harry H. Corbett (1963)
Alan Badel (1964)
Patrick Wymark (1965)
Warren Mitchell (1967)
Eric Porter (1968)
Roy Dotrice (1969)
Edward Woodward (1970)
Keith Michell (1971)
John Le Mesurier (1972)
Anthony Hopkins (1973)
Frank Finlay (1974)
Peter Barkworth (1975)
John Hurt (1976)
Derek Jacobi (1977)
Edward Fox (1979)
Alec Guinness (1980)
Denholm Elliott (1981)
Anthony Andrews (1982)
Alan Bates (1984)
Tim Pigott-Smith (1985)
Bob Peck (1986)
Michael Gambon (1987)
David Jason (1988)
Ray McAnally (1989)
John Thaw (1990)
Ian Richardson (1991)
Robert Lindsay (1992)
Robbie Coltrane (1994)
Nigel Hawthorne (1997)
Simon Russell Beale (1998)
Tom Courtenay (1999)
Albert Finney (2003)
Bill Nighy (2004)
Rhys Ifans (2005)
Mark Rylance (2006)
Jim Broadbent (2007)
Andrew Garfield (2008)
Stephen Dillane (2009)
Kenneth Branagh (2010)
Daniel Rigby (2011)
Dominic West (2012)
Ben Whishaw (2013)
Sean Harris (2014)
Jason Watkins (2015)
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
Arthur Kennedy (1949)
Eli Wallach (1951)
John Cromwell (1952)
John Williams (1953)
John Kerr (1954)
Francis L. Sullivan (1955)
Ed Begley (1956)
Frank Conroy (1957)
Henry Jones (1958)
Charlie Ruggles (1959)
Roddy McDowall (1960)
Martin Gabel (1961)
Walter Matthau (1962)
Alan Arkin (1963)
Hume Cronyn (1964)
Jack Albertson (1965)
Patrick Magee (1966)
Ian Holm (1967)
James Patterson (1968)
Al Pacino (1969)
Ken Howard (1970)
Paul Sand (1971)
Vincent Gardenia (1972)
John Lithgow (1973)
Ed Flanders (1974)
Frank Langella (1975)
Edward Herrmann (1976)
Jonathan Pryce (1977)
Lester Rawlins (1978)
David Rounds (1980)
Brian Backer (1981)
Zakes Mokae (1982)
Matthew Broderick (1983)
Joe Mantegna (1984)
Barry Miller (1985)
John Mahoney (1986)
John Randolph (1987)
B. D. Wong (1988)
Boyd Gaines (1989)
Charles Durning (1990)
Kevin Spacey (1991)
Laurence Fishburne (1992)
Stephen Spinella (1993)
Jeffrey Wright (1994)
John Glover (1995)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (1996)
Owen Teale (1997)
Tom Murphy (1998)
Frank Wood (1999)
Robert Sean Leonard (2001)
Denis O'Hare (2003)
Brían F. O'Byrne (2004)
Liev Schreiber (2005)
Ian McDiarmid (2006)
Billy Crudup (2007)
Jim Norton (2008)
Roger Robinson (2009)
Eddie Redmayne (2010)
John Benjamin Hickey (2011)
Christian Borle (2012)
Courtney B. Vance (2013)
Richard McCabe (2015)
Alan Napier Alfred Pennyworth Actor
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British conscientious objectors
Drama Desk Award winners
English male film actors
English male television actors
English male stage actors
English male voice actors
People educated at Durham School
People from Kuala Lumpur
Personnel of the Non-Combatant Corps
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Free water reconnection to cost Windhoek millions
The free reconnection of unpaid water for Windhoek residents will cost the city N$8.9 million, City of Windhoek Chief Executive Officer Robert Kahimise announced on Monday.
Kahimise made the announcement during a media briefing that took place at the council chambers to update the public, mostly residents in the informal settlements, on the latest measures the city undertook to help the public fight Covid-19.
He said the Windhoek Municipality Council approved an emergency response plan to help mitigate the risks associated with coronavirus, and the plan was submitted to central government through the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development for funding.
Kahimise said the council resolved to provide free water to residents in the informal settlements for the duration of the lockdown, and the process of erecting standpipes to discharge free water to communities in the informal settlements has started and is progressing well.
So far, 1 122 standpipes, or 70%, have been opened and 1 200 taps for clients that were disconnected due to non-payment have been reconnected and the process will not stop until all clients' water supply is back on.
"Around 18 water tanks have been placed at strategic locations to provide free water in informal settlements. These are being re-filled every day. Additional tanks are being erected as quickly as possible following the necessary engineering and safety requirements," said Kahimise.
He added that various companies have come on board with sponsorships and donations to allow the city to respond effectively to the fight against Covid-19. The donations include N$3.3 million from the Social Security Commission which will be used for the provision of water, sanitation and other needed essentials during the challenging time. "Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) donated N$100 000 for water provision in the informal settlements during the lockdown and the City of Windhoek Mayoral Relief Fund donated N$300 000," noted Kahimise. He added that NamPower also donated 80 mobile toilets, while Namibia Media Holdings offered live streaming of media conferences, and the City will keep updating the public as more donations keep coming in. - Nampa
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On Monday night, the Canadian national women's team rained goal after goal down upon their Cuban opposition in their group-stage match at the CONCACAF Women's Championship.
But, essentially, we all see it as a World Cup qualifier — as the top three out of this tournament punch their tickets for the big tournament in France in 2019.
The game was held in a USL stadium in Edinburg, Tex. — capacity 9,700. There may have been hundreds in attendance, though. Canada vs. Cuba is not going to be a big sell in the Rio Grande Valley.
Just hours after Canada scored its 12th goal, FIFA released its "Women's Football Strategy." As in: How can soccer associations around the world — and FIFA itself, do better to grow the women's game? The fact that it was released after one of the top-ranked teams in the world played in an almost-empty second-division stadium, well, we can't see the irony in that at all, can we?
Goals: Optimize regional qualifying for FIFA competitions and develop those events to build top-level players at a young age. Advance and launch new international competitions and improve the professional club framework. Have one billion broadcast viewers watch the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019.
"Optimize regional qualifying for FIFA competitions." Hmm.
Here's a suggestion. What would be a hell of a lot better than streaming a World Cup qualifying match from a mostly empty 9,700-seat USL stadium in Edinburg, Tex.? Seeing Canada playing World Cup qualifiers in Ottawa or in Toronto or in Vancouver or in Winnipeg or in Edmonton. Or Victoria. Or Moncton. Heck, there's a decent stadium in Fort Mac. I streamed the game last night with my daughter sitting next to me. She cheered extra loudly when Diana Matheson scored, because Diana Matheson is one of her favourite players. But she asked why no one was watching the game in the stadium. And, for a young girl who dreams of maybe, just maybe, wearing a Canada shirt, it was kinda disheartening to see the lack of atmosphere or interest in the host city.
We've talked a lot over the years when it comes to the inequalities that exist between the men's and women's games. Pay. Playing surfaces. And, recently, news that the Women's World Cup final in 2019 is scheduled to be played on the same day as the Gold Cup and Copa America championship games.
But, to me, where I see a massive gap is how we qualify for World Cups. The men play a full qualifying schedule. The process takes years, and sees Canada play home and away against its CONCACAF rivals. There are chances for Canada to play meaningful games at home.
The women, though, still qualify in the same sort of tournament format CONCACAF uses for youth soccer. The biggest teams in the region all travel to one CONCACAF nation — it's the United States, this time — and play a quick tournament, with only a couple of days off between matches. The only team the home fans care about is the host nation. Everyone else plays in front of empty stadiums. There are no chances to grow the game by having the national sides all playing for-keeps home and away matches. Basically, the way it's done now is antithetical to FIFA wanting to "optimize" tournaments.
So, even though Canada hosted the most recent Women's World Cup, even though games filled cavernous venues like BC Place and Commonwealth Stadium, the mainstream attention placed on qualifying for the next World Cup is basically nil. Canada women's team has disappeared off the radar.
Sure, Canada Soccer brings in top-flight opposition such as Brazil and Germany to play our women's national team in this country. But, well, friendlies are friendlies. In the end, home fans need to see matches that mean something.
To me, the greatest inequality between the men's and women's games in North America is how both qualify for World Cups. The men's program is built to maximize attention, the women's system is about getting it done in a hurry. Sure, women's soccer is structured differently; women's national sides get together for extended camps, then play a slew of games. Men get together for half a week, play one match (maybe two), then go back to their clubs.
Sure, spreading out the women's calendar would cost more. A lot more. And there's an argument that it might drive smaller federations away from women's soccer — as they simply can't justify the costs.
But isn't there a bigger benefit here? At some point we're going to need to say that "good enough" is just another excuse to spin our wheels. Sooner or later, we need to ask if we want to build the women's game, or keep things pretty much status quo.


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STEPPING UP - ISSUE 33 (31 October 2015)
COMMITTEE NEWS:
Chairperson's Message
The first quarter saw a good turn up for the joint presentations by EDB and Baker & McKenzie.Wong & L eow - Living and Investing through the Family Office in Singapore, which was held on 14 August 2015. The joint presentation by HMRC and Pinsent Masons - The Long Arm of UK Financial Crime Enforcement, which was held on 23 September 2015, also attracted a fairly large attendance. Based on the feedback that was collected from the attendees, we are pleased that both talks had provided good insights to all. For more information on each of these talks, please refer to the summary of the events.
On 11 and 12 November 2015, we will be hosting the STEP Asia Conference at the Marina Bay Sands. This event will see prominent speakers and many members from all over the world converging in Singapore to share knowledge, to network and possibly to conduct business. The program that has been set up for this conference covers a wide range of interesting matters relating to Asia - from increased Compliance, to Government Automatic Exchange of Information, to Philanthropy and many more. To those who have not yet register, please do so quickly to secure your seat. We look forward to seeing you there.
We are sure you would have seen a flyer that we sent out last month regarding the branch's partnership with Special Needs Trust Company Limited (SNTC). SNTC's focus is to enhance the financial security and well-being of those with special needs in Singapore. The branch would like to assist SNTC to bring awareness to the Trust industry in Singapore of the good work that SNTC carries out as well as to appeal to members to offer assistance. Your generosity is very much appreciated.
We have also launched a new look branch website. The re-vamped website aims to be much more up to date and user-friendly.
Last but not least, I want to congratulate the graduates of the STEP Certificate for Financial Services for successfully completing the course.
Linda Wong
Chairperson, STEP Singapore Branch
INDUSTRY NEWS & UPDATES:
"Up Close & Personal" – Interview with Mr. Ashley Ong
This section offers members an opportunity to become better acquainted with a STEP member affiliated with the Singapore Branch. Any member interested in being interviewed should contact the STEP (Singapore) Secretariat.
Ashley Ong
Designation & Role in Organisation: Executive Director of Lion Trust (Singapore) Limited
Years in Trust Industry: 20 years
Getting to know Ashley Ong
The book(s) I am currently reading is:
None at the moment but recently completed reading the book titled "Alex Ferguson - My Autobiography" where the author shares his thoughts on managing one of the world's largest football club with young millionaires that comes with huge egos.
The person(s) who has been my biggest influence is:
My mum, who has a 'never-give-up learning attitude" even at current old age of 75.
What I like most about my job/experiences in the trust industry is:
Being able to assist client in meeting their objectives. I come to realise that, whatever background the client is from, many of them do faces similar problem in succession or inheritance planning. However a solution that works for one family may not be acceptable to another even with similar problem. Hence when a solution meeting the client objective can be found, it is very satisfying.
My golden rule is:
Be honest and truthful.
The expression I loathe the most is:
Please send me an email ……
UPDATES & DEVELOPMENTS:
Post Event Update: Living and Investing through the Family Office in Singapore (14th August 2015 ) 12.00 pm - 2.00 pm, Intellioffices, Level 3, 146 Robinson Road, S(068909).
We were fortunate to have Ms Davina Khoo, Head, Singapore Welcome Centre, Economic Development Board and Ms Dawn Quek, Principal, Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow to share their experience and expertise with us during the lunchtime talk "Living and Investing through the Family Office in Singapore". This lunchtime session chaired by Ms Cathryn Lau, Director, UBS AG explored how the global investor programme managed by the Economic Development Board (EDB) interacted with the family office, the legal and regulatory aspects of establishing family offices in Singapore, and how such family offices can navigate the tax and regulatory environment in Singapore. The event was very attended with over 68 delegates.
Contributed by: Chee Fang Theng - Pan Asia Law LLC
Post Event Update: STEP Singapore - The Long Arm of UK Financial Crime Enforcement (23 September 2015 )12.00 pm - 2.00 pm, Intellioffices, Level 3, 146 Robinson Road, S(068909).
Did you know that the UK government now has a dedicated fiscal crimes officer based in Singapore as part of the UK's clamp down on aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion? Participants at this well-attended seminar had the pleasure of meeting Mr David James, HMRC Fiscal Crime Liaison Officer, British High Commission in Singapore, face-to-face as well as hearing from a veteran UK tax and corporate crimes litigation lawyer, Mr Neil McInnes who is a partner at Pinsent Masons MPillay, Singapore.
Mr McInnes spoke on the continuing directional trend of increased fiscal transparency in the UK, especially in this new era of automatic information exchange. In particular, he highlighted the rising use of deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in the UK, following the success of the US Department of Justice's use of DPAs in the Swiss Bank program. Two UK DPAs are expected to be announced shortly, which will feature some of the following:
Deferral of corporate criminal liability only, without any guarantee of settlement and requiring full disclosure
Implementation of a judge-supervised process which provides safeguards that the DPA is "in interest of justice" and is fair, reasonable and proportionate
Importantly, the increased use of DPAs signals a move away from the more onerous task of establishing corporate criminal liability in English law towards a conception closer to the US vicarious liability, where a company may more readily be found liable for the actions of its employees.
Mr McInnes also discussed the UK's recently proposed new tax offences and enhanced penalties for tax evasion which include:
Strict liability criminal offence for individuals with a possible imprisonment sentence
Corporate liability for actions of a company's employees and the company's failure to prevent tax evasion, or failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion
Application of the offence to any company whose agents (employees, contractors and authorised intermediaries) facilitate tax evasion overseas. This means that geographical location of the agent is irrelevant if the firm has a UK presence. However, having taken reasonable steps to prevent facilitation of tax evasion has been proposed as a corporate defence.
Providing the perspective of the UK HMRC, Mr James highlighted a noticeable and important shift of position in the UK regarding tax evasion. Whereas tax non-compliance cases in the past may have attracted mere civil liability, there was now keen political pressure to prosecute such cases to its fullest extent and to assign criminal liability, including imprisonment terms. This adds further impetus to the need for advisors to urge clients to regularise their UK financial affairs sooner rather than later.
Mr James noted that regularisation opportunities under the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) remained available, with the most favourable conditions available only until 31 Dec 2015. The most valuable feature of the current LDF regime was the ability to secure immunity from prosecution, especially given UK's shift towards prosecuting tax cases going forward. Between 2016 and Sept 2017, penalties under the revised LDF would increase, and immunity from prosecution would cease to become available. Post-Sept 2017, the LDF would cease entirely. Mr James encouraged all advisors to assist their clients to review and scrutinise existing structures that were set up at a time when "things were done differently" to ensure they remained fit for purpose and appropriateness in the new normal of fiscal transparency.
Indeed it remains to be seen if the long arm of Uncle Sam will be challenged by the possibly even longer arm of the UK HMRC going forward.
The seminar ended with a certificate presentation ceremony for the recent graduates of the STEP Certificate for Financial Services - Singapore (Trusts and Estate Planning) program. Congratulations to our graduates, especially the top three students for this cohort:
Mr John Sim Wei Tai
Ms Winny Sim
Mr Clarence Foo En Luen
Contributed by: Chan Ee Lin - Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business
UPCOMING EVENT(s)
STEP Asia Conference 2015: The Future of Wealth Management In Asia (11-12 November 2015, 9am-6.30pm), Marina Bay Sands Singapore
The award winning STEP Asia Conference returns this year to Singapore. As well as a topical programme to support your business needs the conference offers exceptional networking opportunities - last year the conference attracted 400+ leading practitioners from 32 jurisdictions worldwide. The conference will begin with a discussion of the macro issues that impact the operating environment for the wealth management industry and will examine the innovation from practitioners in a highly complained focused regulatory environment. The second day will focus on the anatomy of the trust where discussion will be around the advisory to the families including cross border issues, family dispute resolutions, family succession plans and mental capacity issues. The programme will also feature specialist topics and interactive panel sessions. This conference has sold out the past five years so be sure to register early to secure your place.
Charity and Music Collide@ The National Museum-Funding for special needs Co (13 Nov 2015,6:30pm-9:00pm), The National Museum, 93 Stamford Road, S178897
STEP Singapore Branch is partnering the Special Needs Trust Co. (SNTC), a registered charity and Institution of Public Character, in a fund-raising musical night on Friday, 13th November 2015. SNTC was established in 2008 to enhance the financial security and wellbeing of persons with special needs through the provision of Trust Services. The objective of this event is to create the awareness of SNTC and to seek participation from the trust professionals. As professionals, we can participate in monetary terms and in rolling up our sleeves to help.
We would like to invite you for an evening of music and networking. Be serenaded by the popular classics performed by a string quartet and learn about the good work of SNTC. For a minimum donation of S$200 to SNTC, you will be entitled to a ticket to attend the charity event. All net proceeds will go towards helping the financially deserving parents and caregivers with the initial capital required to set up the Trust for their loved ones with special needs. In addition, the funds raised will qualify for a dollar-for-dollar matching donation from Singapore's National Council of Social Services under the SG50 Care and Share Movement Grant.


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You are here: Parliament home page > Parliamentary business > Publications and Records > Committee Publications > All Select Committee Publications > Lords Select Committees > Constitution > Constitution
Judicial Appointments: follow-up Contents
1.In March 2012, we published a report on Judicial Appointments.1 It examined who should be responsible for the appointment of judges in England and Wales and Justices of the Supreme Court; and what should be the substantive criteria governing those appointments. It set out concerns about the lack of diversity on the bench and made a number of recommendations to improve the judicial appointments process.
2.Five years on, we have conducted a short follow-up inquiry to examine the progress that has been made. We were pleased to note that a number of our recommendations had been implemented, primarily through the Crime and Courts Act 2013,2 including:
the power to request reconsideration or reject nominations should be transferred from the Lord Chancellor to the Lord Chief Justice in relation to appointments below the High Court;3
the duty in section 64 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 to encourage diversity in the range of persons available for selection for appointments should be extended to the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice;4
there should be a greater emphasis within the judiciary on judicial careers, making it easier to move between different courts and tribunals and to seek promotions;5 and
the "tipping provision" in section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 should be used as part of the appointments process.6
These changes are discussed further in Chapter 4.
3.During this follow-up inquiry attention was drawn to a fresh problem of recruitment to the judiciary arising from diminished morale among serving judges and, for potential applicants, the reduced attractiveness of a judicial appointment. In particular, we heard alarming evidence that insufficient candidates of the requisite quality have been applying for appointment to the High Court. The issue of diversity on the judicial bench was addressed in our report in 2012, but remains a problem. This follow-up inquiry focused on these areas of concern.
4.As part of this short follow-up inquiry we held evidence sessions with the Judicial Appointments Commission, the Law Society, the Bar Council, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and a solicitor who had applied for judicial office, Anna Nice. We also took evidence on these issues from the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, and the President and Deputy President of Supreme Court as part of our annual evidence sessions.7 We are very grateful for their contributions to our work.
1	Constitution Committee, Judicial Appointments (25th Report, Session 2010–12, HL Paper 272)
2	Judicial Appointments Commission,' Changes under the Crime and Courts Act 2013 start to take effect', 30 October 2013: https://jac.judiciary.gov.uk/news/changes-under-crime-and-courts-act-2013-start-take-effect [accessed 26 October 2017]
3	Constitution Committee, Judicial Appointments, para 34
4	Ibid., para 111
7	The annual evidence sessions were held in March 2017. Since that time, the holders of all four of those offices have changed.


Why do days go by so fast and how is it May already?
But maybe I can't remember a lot about April because it's May and I'm too nervous to think about anything other than what is happening in May! We leave for our trip in a few weeks!
I mentioned this in the last Bits and Bobs post, but then forgot to tell you where we're going exactly. It is no secret, really, we are finally going to Amsterdam! I couldn't be more excited because I've been waiting for ages it seems. My head is filled with places I want to visit, I hope we get to most of them. Overall, I just want to have a good time, not put us on a tight schedule, I want to walk around relaxed and have a drink lying on the grass in Vondelpark. As Amsterdam is in the same time zone the traveling should be a breeze, so fingers crossed everything does go smoothly.
I'm most nervous because I don't want to leave the cats alone. They're my main concern and as excited as I am for leaving, my mama bear heart is struggling. But we got a great cat-sitter and she'll visit them twice every day, so I know they'll be well taken care of. I just have to keep reminding myself of this.
The blog won't go on a break, so you won't even know I'm gone (unless you follow me on Instagram, and you should, hehe, then you'll see when I'm on holiday) or that is the plan right now. I will hopefully schedule a few posts for that week. I like to cook as I write or write as I cook, I should say, so I never really schedule posts ahead of time, but I'll be testing myself on this in May.
Whatever happens the most important thing is that Amsterdam is finally happening!
I'm convinced that Jake Gyllenhaal is getting better with age in every aspect. This was an amazing movie and so brutally real, I get chills when I think about it. The way the media operate, what people would do for a story, for a sell. If you haven't seen it, you should.
Well, the show is finally back and as much as I love it, getting back into it hasn't been that easy. They've been on a break for too long. Seriously, why do certain shows do that?
I listen to his music pretty much all the time. The vocal, the lyrics, the melodies, everything, he's got it.
My excitement over reading fiction again is still there, somewhere. I fell into the vortex of library cookbooks in April and have been bringing home tons of books. And then I struggle with returning them all on time. Why do I always do this to myself?
Have tons of fun in Amsterdam!


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Obama, minister of China petitions?
A Chinese appeal for justice in a Beijing cold case, posted to the official website of the US White House, draws a wave of interest back in China.
One of the hottest topics on Sina Weibo today was a petition submitted through the official petition site of the US White House for action in the case of Zhu Ling (朱令), a Chinese national who was the victim of an unsolved poisoning case dating back to 1994.
The online petition, made through the Obama administration's "We the People" platform, alleges that Zhu Ling's former Tsinghua roommate, Sun Wei (possibly known now as "Jasmine Sun"), had both motive and opportunity to poison her roommate. It asks that Sun, who some believe now resides in the United States, be deported and face investigation.
The petition for the deportation of Sun Wei received more than 107,000 signatures by 8:30pm today. According to the terms and conditions of the service, the petition has now reached the required "signature threshold" (100,000 signatures within 30 days) and should receive a response from the White House.
Zhu Ling was a chemistry student at Beijing's Tsinghua University in 1994 when she was poisoned by thallium. She survived but remained paralyzed. Her case drew fresh attention in April this year following the poisoning death of Huang Yang, a graduate student at Shanghai's Fudan University.
With or without reason, the Zhu Ling case has fueled the sense among some Chinese that government officials are above the law. Users have alleged on social media that Sun Wei escaped prosecution in the 1990s because she had powerful family connections — but neither allegation (concerning Sun's role in the investigation or her family connections) has been substantiated.
The White House petition in the Zhu Ling case has drawn a great deal of interest on Chinese social media. As of Monday night, there were 1.46 million discussions involving the "Zhu Ling" hashtag on Sina Weibo, including 187,000 in the past week and 67,000 in the past 24 hours.
Users have predictably made light of the fact that Chinese have turned to an American petition site seeking justice that, some say, is impossible at home.
Luo Changping (罗昌平), an editor at Caijing magazine, wrote on Sina Weibo yesterday that "the White House website has become the official Bureau of Letters and Calls of the People's Republic of China."
Zhang Xian (张弦), a media professional in Hefei with more than 153,000 followers, wrote on Sina Weibo:
Hello, Comrade Obama, chairman of the National Office of Letters and Calls! Requests on the Zhu Ling case have already reached 100,000. We hope Chairman Obama answers the Chinese people for the sake of the autonomy of the Chinese people!
The post was accompanied by an image of Obama wearing the traditional Chinese revolutionary garb, with a red arm band reading "Guard." The US president is standing before a crowd of Chinese wielding copies of Mao's "little red book" in front of the Great Hall of the People.
A number of search terms, including "Zhu Ling" and "Sun Wei," were blocked on Weibo earlier today. They had been unblocked by afternoon, however.
In a post shared more than 4,000 times by Monday night, Wang Ran (王冉), the founder of China eCapital Corporation, with just under three million Weibo followers, wrote:
"Zhu Ling" can now be searched [on Weibo]. There is no way for us to know how exactly the winds changed. But one thing is clear: the screening of searches about her ran up against the basic threshold of conscience in our society. There are more and more cases in China of blockings and deletions drawing more fire, having exactly the opposite result of that intended. I hope we can move quickly from here along the long road to becoming a nation of rule of law.
UPDATE, May 8, 2013: The following image of Obama in the Oval Office, which has become the Chinese petitions office, was posted to Sina Weibo today.
The following is a screenshot of a post by former Google China chief Kaifu Lee (who has more than 40 million Weibo followers) sharing the above image. "Welcome, Chairman O!" Lee writes.


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41's Lying In State Ceremony
By US House Speaker Paul Ryan
President George Herbert Walker Bush became just the 12th president to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda yesterday—a solemn honor that brought his family, members of Congress, the Supreme Court, and military leaders together like no other service could. At 94 years of age and with 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, he lived a full life of service: to others and to his country. As Speaker Ryan said in his eulogy, President Bush was "a great leader and a good man...his memory will belong to glory."
1. The Bush family, Vice President and Second Lady Pence, and Speaker and Mrs. Ryan stand in respect as President Bush's casket enters the Capitol Rotunda.
2. Speaker Ryan offers his condolences to President George W. Bush.
3. America's military and political leaders bow their heads in prayer in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
4. President Bush's flag-draped casket sits atop a wooden box known as a catafalque—the same one that President Lincoln laid upon during his state funeral.
5. From high above in the Rotunda, a bird's eye view shows a steady stream of visitors who have traveled from all corners of the country to pay their last respects to President George Herbert Walker Bush. May God bless him.


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Cook the whole, unpeeled potatoes in boiling, salted water until a knife goes through easily (about 15 minutes).
Using a small knife, carefully scrape off the skin of the potato.
Using the back of a fork, crush the potatoes coarsely (do not mash them, just break them up).
In a pan, gently heat the olive oil and then add the potatoes.
Season with salt & pepper and, taking care not to break up the potatoes any further, fold in three teaspoons of the crème fraîche.
Cook gently for two minutes and then fold in the remaining teaspoon of crème fraîche and the chives.
Can it be prepared in advance? Yes, up to 2 day to stage 4.
- An alternative is to add a tablespoon of lemon juice when the crushed potatoes go back into the pan. This goes particularly well with fish.


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Lindsey Graham Says Congress Will "Follow [Bibi's] Lead"
Jim Lobe , last updated: December 28, 2014
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Lindsey Graham, who is not a stupid person, can be so embarrassing. Speaking at a press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Saturday, Graham said the following in response to Bibi's call for "more sanctions, and stronger sanctions" against Iran.
But you, above all others, have said that sanctions are what got Iran to the table, and it will be the only thing that brings them to a deal that we can all live with.
I'm here to tell you, Mr. Prime Minister, that the Congress will follow your lead. [Emphasis added.]
What a remarkable thing to say to a foreign leader when he's hosting you in his country, especially when the president of your own country is clearly not happy with that prime minister's approach to this particular problem.
But that's not all he said. He implied that people in the US intelligence community, which has insisted for more than seven years now that Iran has not made a decision to build a nuclear weapon, should have their driver's licenses revoked whenever they return from overseas assignments, meetings or vacations.
To those who believe the Iranians have not been trying to develop a nuclear weapon, if you come to America, you should not be allowed to drive on our highways. Clearly, this regime for years has been deceiving the international community, has been trying to pursuit [sic], in my view, a nuclear weapon.
And then there's this little gem offered to a leader who, as prime minister or the leader of the opposition, has steadfastly opposed the peace-making efforts of three US presidents, including George W. Bush, and who enthusiastically encouraged the United States to invade and occupy Iraq, among other incredibly stupid moves.
And what brings me here so many times, is common and shared values and common and shared enemies.
The fate of one country determines the fate of the other.
God bless the people of Israel, and you can count on the United States Congress, Republican and Democrat, to be there for you when you need us the most. [Emphasis added.]
Now, to be fair to Graham, he did not explicitly endorse Netanyahu's call for "more sanctions, and stronger sanctions" despite his promise that Congress will follow Bibi's "lead" in dealing with Iran. Instead, he promised that Congress will vote on the Kirk-Menendez bill, or what I originally called the "Wag the Dog Act of 2014," next month, the approval of which, according to virtually all knowledgeable observers, will result in the collapse not only of the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, but also of the international sanctions regime. (For a more specific analysis, you can examine Ed Levine's assessment of the bill after it was introduced last year.)
Graham, like Netanyahu himself, also insisted that he supports the administration's efforts to negotiate a deal. "I would love nothing better than a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear ambitions," he said. "I support the Administration's effort to try to bring this to a peaceful conclusion." But then he went on to insist that any final agreement must include the abandonment by Tehran of its uranium enrichment capabilities—a demand that all of the P5+1 (US, UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany) consider totally unrealistic.
Now, Graham often has had a problem with getting a little carried away in his public rhetoric. Reacting to President Obama's State of the Union Address last January, and particularly his remarks about imposing sanctions against Iran, the South Carolina senator warned that "the world is literally about to blow up." At the 2010 Halifax International Security Forum, Graham reportedly stunned the audience—and apparently embarrassed his hosts—by calling for a full-scale attack on Iran beyond its nuclear facilities.
So my view of military force would be not to just neutralize their nuclear program, which are probably dispersed and hardened, but to sink their navy, destroy their air force and deliver a decisive blow to the Revolutionary Guard. In other words, neuter that regime.
But then last June, Graham, while on the rounds of the Sunday talk shows and apparently freaked out about Islamic State's sweep in northern and western Iraq, called for Washington to work with Iran (and presumably with the hated Revolutionary Guard) to protect Baghdad. The US has to "have to have some dialogue with the Iranians that says, 'let's coordinate our efforts,' but has some red lines," he said on one show. "The Iranians can provide some assets to make sure Baghdad doesn't fall," he said on yet another. "We need to coordinate with the Iranians. To ignore Iran and not tell them, 'Don't take advantage of this situation,' would be a mistake."
More recently, Graham denounced the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee's report on Benghazi as "full of crap."
It's pretty clear that Graham can sometimes get excitable, especially when the TV cameras are rolling.
Assuming that the Kirk-Menendez bill does come to the floor next month, however, the big question is whether it will attract enough Senate Democrats to render its passage veto-proof (because there's no doubt whatsoever that Obama will veto it). That will take 33 Democrats and/or independents and/or Republicans. At this point, I think the president should not have too much trouble getting those votes, and the fact that Graham has now taken the lead on this while on foreign soil will likely make it easier for Obama to get the Democratic support he needs. But Graham's assurance that a Republican-led Congress will "follow [Netanyahu's] lead" (against a US president, if necessary) should prompt a few of his fellow-Republicans to reflect just a little on the implications of such deference by a powerful US senator to a foreign leader.
Graham also had a lot to say about Hamas and withholding funding for the United Nations if it becomes more involved in seeking an Israeli-Palestinian settlement. You can read the whole transcript of his appearance with Netanyahu here and judge for yourself.


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SESRIC launched the State of Children in OIC Countries report during the 5th Islamic Conference of Ministers in Charge of Childhood, held in Rabat, Morocco on 21-22 February 2018, under the theme: "Towards a Safe Childhood".
The main highlights of the report were presented by Mr Mazhar Hussain, Researcher at SESRIC, during the conference, which was organised to implement the resolution of the 4th Islamic Conference of Ministers in Charge of Childhood held in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2013.
The report offers a comprehensive analysis of the state of children in OIC countries by looking into the latest comparable data and trends on child health and well-being, child nutrition and food security, basic education and schooling and child protection and welfare.
According to the findings of the report the OIC countries are characterized by the youngest demographic distribution, with over one-third of the population below age 15. This underlines the huge demand for health care, schooling, food, recreation, and social protection and welfare services for the infants and young children.
"Over the years, many OIC countries have made significant progress in terms of fulfilling children's right to health, with more resources than ever been invested in the primary health care services," the report says.
There are important country success stories within the OIC group in implementing interventions like antenatal care, skilled attendance during birth, immunization, and early care seeking for pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria. These efforts paid off and child mortality has declined by 52% since 1990. However, despite this remarkable progress, the OIC countries as a group made the least progress in reducing child deaths.
Furthermore, the report emphasises the fact that child nutrition and food security is another major area of concern in the OIC countries. As a result, not only the risk of child death from common illness such as diarrhoea, pneumonia, and malaria remained quite elevated in OIC countries, but many children are also suffering from physical and cognitive impairments caused by the malnutrition and deficiencies of vital micronutrients like vitamin A, iodine and iron. In 2010-2015, around one-third of children in OIC countries were stunted, 18% were underweight, 9% were wasted and 6% were overweight.
"Though these complications are largely preventable and curable through proper child feeding practices recommended by the WHO and UNICEF, only 39% of infants in OIC countries were put to the breast within the first hour of birth, 33% were exclusively breastfed during the first six months of life, and 58% of infants were introduced to complementary foods at 6 to 8 months," the report says.
Since the 1990s, OIC member countries have made a significant improvement in terms of literacy, enrolment and completion rates. However, OIC member countries, on average, still have a long way to reach the level of developed countries in terms of literacy, enrolment and completion rates. In terms of adequacy of education services for children, OIC member countries, on average, are lagging behind non-OIC developing countries. For instance, in terms of government expenditures per pupil, OIC member countries, on average, spend $928 per pupil whereas the average of non-OIC developing countries is $1860 in the same year. In terms of quality of education for children, OIC member countries also encounter problems. One major problem is the existence of crowded classrooms in the OIC group where student-teacher ratios are remarkably higher than those seen in the developed countries.
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40 CRPF Men Killed In Blast In Kashmir's Pulwama, Worst Attack In Decades ... IED blast: Terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility for .with a car bomb at Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district today. ... According to news agency IANS, Jammu Kashmir,Terror Attack , Breaking News, Pulwama 40 CRPF Men Killed In Terrorist Attack Today
India - The Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government over the deadly attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, questioning the government's silence despite regular attacks from across the Line of Control. Nearly 40 men have died as the terrorists targeted a CRPF convoy on a national highway. Around 40 people are fighting for their lives.
The Congress pointed out that this was the "18th major terror attack under Modi rule".
"Pampore, Uri, Pathankot, Gurdaspore, Amarnath, Surjanpur... the list is endless. Every day there are attacks from Pakistan. Every day ceasefire violations take place, 400 jawans have been martyred in Jammu and Kashmir alone... Yet our government is quiet... The truth today is India is facing unprovoked terror attack from Pakistan," said party spokesperson Randeep Sigh Surjewala.
"This is the biggest attack since Uri, but Modi-ji has no time for expressing his disappointment. Where is his 56-inch chest now?" Mr Surjewala added.
PM Modi, who was in Uttarakhand's Rudrapur for a rally ahead of the coming national elections, is heading for Delhi.
Nineteen soldiers had died in September 2016, when four terrorists struck at an army base in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri.
Today, at least 20 men were killed as the terrorists drove a Scorpio laden with 350 kg of explosives into the huge 70-vehicle convoy. Fifteen of the injured are said to be in a critical condition.
Eleven days after the Uri attack, the army had launched surgical strikes on terror camps across the Line of Control.
But the strikes had added fuel to the political battle between the Congress and the BJP since, with each accusing the other of politicising the issue.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said he was deeply disturbed by the "cowardly attack" on the CRPF convoy. "My condolences to the families of our martyrs. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured," he tweeted.
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Qatar Airways Flies New Route To Langkawi, Malaysia
On Tuesday 15th October, the first-ever Qatar Airways flight landed in Langkawi International Airport from Doha. The airline's first flight was followed by a celebratory service to the archipelago with VIP members on board.
A Qatar Airways' Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight will operate four times a week and seats will be available to purchase in Economy or Business class.
The service landed with a plethora of dignitaries including Qatar Airways Group CEO, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, international media and other unnamed VIPs. The party was greeted with a celebratory ceremony at Langkawi International Airport complete with a water salute.
The welcoming party included a host of Langkawi's own VIPs, including the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Malaysia, Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy of Malaysia in Qatar and Qatar Airways Senior Vice President Asia Pacific.
In a press release from Qatar Airways, CEO of the group Mr Akbar Al Baker said: "I am thrilled to have been on today's special flight to Langkawi and to be here celebrating our arrival to this stunning archipelago. Langkawi marks the eighth new destination added to Qatar Airways' rapidly expanding network in 2019. "
Mr Akbar Al Baker added that the stunning natural beauty of Langkawi was the reason behind Qatar Airways' decision to launch the new route. That and the fact that it's becoming a more popular destination in South East Asia.
The move was also greeted with equal enthusiasm on the Langkawi side. Dato' Mohd Shukrie Mohd Salleh, the Chief Operating Officer of Malaysia Airports said: "I would like to welcome Qatar Airways to Langkawi International Airport, the first middle eastern airline to fly to this beautiful island. The inclusion of a new international airline to Langkawi will definitely spur our Visit Malaysia 2020 campaign by increasing the number of tourists into Langkawi."


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Star Wars Is Not Anti-Trump, But It Is Anti-Fascism
The Disney CEO is wrong when he says Rogue One is not political.
By Matt Miller
There's nothing worse than an alt-right protest, which 99.9 percent of the time is a meaningless and ineffectual plea for attention. Remember the Hamilton boycott, which invented controversy surrounding the cast's statement to Mike Pence? One week later, the Broadway play made historic box office revenue. Remember their still-unclear Starbucks protest, which essentially required the alt-right to spend money at Starbucks?
Last week, the alt-right called for a boycott of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story based off zero evidence and completely unhinged conspiracy theories. This pointless and stupid gesture should have caused zero concern on behalf of Disney, a multi-billion dollar international corporation. But this weekend, Disney CEO Bob Iger was forced to respond to the fringe movement.
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It all started with a tweet from Rogue One writer Chris Weitz in early November that compared President-elect Donald Trump to the Empire in Star Wars. "Please note that the Empire is a white supremacist (human) organization," he wrote. Then last week, a guy on Twitter, who claims to be a member of a group called Citizens for Trump, started the hashtag #DumpStarWars, which described the film as "anti-Donald Trump" and "feminist propaganda."
"I haven't seen the movie yet, but if the writers are so virulently anti-Trump, I would be surprised to not find that bias embedded in the film," the supporter, Jack Posobiec, told Esquire last week.
Parody posters of Donald Trump are seen in Hollywood, the day 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' premieres on Hollywood Blvd on December 10, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
It makes absolutely no sense, but that obviously doesn't stop the alt-right from jumping on any fake cause that makes them feel like victims. So, after the protest started getting some coverage—mostly by news sites pointing out the idiocy of its claims—Iger was asked about it at the Rogue One premiere.
"I think the whole story has been overblown and, quite frankly, it's silly," Iger told The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday. "I have no reaction to [this] story at all. Frankly, this is a film that the world should enjoy. It is not a film that is, in any way, a political film. There are no political statements in it, at all."
He's partially right. His movie about space fights and lasers and droids and aliens set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away has nothing to do with our modern political climate. Rather, it's a vague battle of good and evil, where the evil side is led by a violent, totalitarian overlord that was originally modeled after the Third Reich in 1930s Germany. If this image happens to resemble our current militaristic and xenophobic president-elect, then that's a fault of his movement rather than writers who used a cliche for "evil" that's been around since the mid-20th century.
Yes, Star Wars is not political in that it's not reacting to November's Presidential election. But, more broadly, Star Wars is political in reminding us that leaders who take power by capitalizing on hate, fear, and warmongering are, in fact, evil.
Matt Miller Culture Editor Matt is the Culture Editor at Esquire where he covers music, movies, books, and TV—with an emphasis on all things Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones.
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Honda and Acura Recall 1.6 Million Cars -- Because Safety Features Made Them Dangerous
30.7 million cars were recalled in the U.S. last year.
By Minda Zetlin@MindaZetlin
This 2019 Insight hybrid could have a faulty backup camera.
If you own a Honda or Acura car from 2001 or later, you should check right away to find out if you're affected by not one but two new recalls which together affect more than 1.6 million cars, one for faulty airbags on older vehicles, and another for faulty backup cameras on newer ones.
Honda, which owns the Acura brand, is recalling 1.4 million cars due to concerns over a faulty air bag inflator. If exposed to high heat and humidity over long periods of time, the air bags are at risk of exploding during a crash sending shrapnel into drivers and passengers. Drivers with affected cars should contact their dealerships immediately so that the airbags can be replaced for free.
The recall is part of a truly massive recall effort initiated by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to replace air bags made by the Japanese company Takata. Takata airbags are used in some 19 car brands--nearly every brand you can think of, including American and European cars as well as Asian ones. So far, at least 23 people have been killed worldwide by these exploding airbags, and at least 180 have been injured.
Overall, about 100 million cars worldwide will need to be recalled and have their airbags replaced by the end of 2019. Perhaps not surprisingly, Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in both Japan and the U.S. as a result of the prolonged recall.
The recall appears to affect some Honda and Acura cars sold between 2001 and 2014. You can check here to find out if theirs is one of them. For the most accurate information, have a VIN handy.
And then there are backup cameras.
If your Honda is newer than 2014, you likely don't have to worry about an exploding airbag, but you should be aware of another recall of 232,000 2018 Accord and 2019 Insight hybrid models due to faulty backup cameras. It turns out these cameras might not accurately show what's behind you, meaning that a driver could collide with an unseen obstacle. A free software update will fix the problem.
It seems ironic to say the least that airbags and backup cameras--two features that so greatly increase safety that both are required by law--could actually make driving more dangerous. Although you're still better off with a Takata airbag than no airbag at all, as the NHTSA makes sure to say on its website.
It's even more interesting to note that, over the past few decades, cars have gotten safer and safer, thanks to the growing use of backup cameras and airbags, but also sensors that tell drivers when they're drifting out of a lane, hands-free mobile phone use, and any number of other improvements. At the same time, the number of cars recalled has been mostly on the rise. That's because cars are getting more and more complicated as manufacturers add more options and--yes--safety features.
U.S. auto recalls hit their highest level (so far) in 2016 with 53 million vehicles recalled, thanks in large part to the Takata airbags. In 2017, recalls dropped to 30.7 million. That's still a very huge number, particularly when you consider that only 17.6 million new cars were sold that year. In other words, manufacturers are recalling nearly 75 percent more cars than they're selling. Which doesn't sound like any way to run a business.


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May 21,2020 By IndianTelevision Team
MUMBAI: Recent media reports have revealed shifts in consumers' viewing behaviours, with individuals and families spending more time at home due to the Covid2019 pandemic. This has resulted in a spike in linear TV viewing, in terms of penetration and time spent across multiple markets and all generations.
News channels and programmes have seen a surge in viewership as news updates and government announcements on new regulations and the pandemic development become profoundly important to the public. During this period of uncertainty, satellite continues to be a reliable and cost-effective means for content delivery, serving audiences nationally and abroad with critical and timely news and information.
As Asia's leading provider of broadcast platforms, AsiaSat strives to meet consumers' evolving demand for content and viewing quality. Among the 550 TV and radio channels originated from more than 30 countries and regions in 30 languages delivered by the AsiaSat fleet, more than 80 are news channels, with 60 per cent of them in local languages targeting local markets as well as expatriates and travellers who want to keep abreast of the happenings in their home countries.
Over the past year, the number of HDTV channels increased across AsiaSat's core video satellites AsiaSat 5 and AsiaSat 7, as well as its new video hotbird AsiaSat 9 at 122°E. These HDTV channels have included the Asian Action Channel, CTI Asia, ET Mall, PILI TV, Trace Sport Stars, Trace Urban, TVB Xing He and tvN Movies on AsiaSat 9, and a selection of WarnerMedia's bouquet of regional HD channels on AsiaSat 7 including CNN, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Warner TV, raising the share of HDTV services to 30% across the AsiaSat fleet.
"At AsiaSat, while committed to protecting the safety and health of our employees during this difficult period, we will continue supporting our customers to deliver high-quality and uninterrupted services to their audience even as demand for TV content surges unpredictably. With our growing HDTV services and wide-ranging news and entertainment programming, we are delighted to demonstrate satellite's ability to multicast high resolution content, particularly over a vast geographical area and with a growing population of receive antennas, which is more resilient in coping with unexpected soaring demand for services than streaming TV services that were required to lower streaming quality at times of network congestion," said Ina Lui, senior vice president, commercial, business development and strategy at AsiaSat.
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