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Please join the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University for a panel discussion featuring Hayek Program Senior Fellow Virgil Storr and his new book Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster: Lessons in Local Entrepreneurship.
In this book, Storr and his co-authors Stefanie Haeffele-Balch and Laura Grube argue that entrepreneurs, conceived broadly as individuals who recognize and act on opportunities to promote social change, fill the critical role of helping communities overcome the obstacles to rebound after disaster. Using examples of recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Hurricane Sandy in Rockaway, New York, the authors demonstrate how entrepreneurs promote community recovery by providing necessary goods and services, restoring and replacing disrupted social networks, and signaling that community rebound is likely and, in fact, underway. They argue that creating space for entrepreneurs to act after disasters is essential for promoting recovery and fostering resilient communities.
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The gorgeous Virginia Park Lodge is our Venue of the Month for the month of August. We asked their wedding sales manager, Deirdre Corrigan for her best advice on planning the perfect shindig. Here, she'll cover everything from questions to as your venue, trends, and timelines.
How should couples approach their wedding venue search?
"I think couples should refine their search by focusing on venues that specialise in weddings. This way, they know that A: they will be looked after very well and B: the expertise that this type of venue will add to the overall experience is invaluable. Planning a wedding should be hassle-free and as exciting for the couple as it is for the wedding team in the venue."
When should they begin looking for a wedding venue? Why should they start then?
"I highly recommend taking a month or two to just enjoy the moment following the engagement - this gives the couple time to adjust to their new status. On saying that, the venue search should start soon after as demand far outweighs supply in terms of finding the perfect wedding venue."
What questions should couples be asking when viewing a wedding venue?
What experience do they have in the industry?
What numbers can they cater for?
Who is the wedding coordinator and will he/she be present on the wedding day?
What is the ratio of staff to guests on the wedding day?
Is there a safe place for cards and gifts?
Does the venue have public liability?
Are there any other events/weddings on in the venue on the same day?
What are the benefits of getting married at Virginia Park Lodge?
"Our unique selling point is food, as well as being able to celebrate your very special day in one of Ireland's most unique country houses. Virginia Park Lodge is owned by my brother, Richard Corrigan, who is a Michelin star chef who has cooked for the Queen and the Obamas, amongst many others. We bring our couples to London for the menu tasting and this is a huge highlight for them as they will get to eat in our flagship restaurant, Bentleys in Picadilly. We can cater for up to 300 guests in our purpose-built Pavilion and we can sleep up to 125 guests on the estate, which you have full exclusivity of on the day.
When available, we can offer rehearsal dinner and BBQ events for our weddings which make the experience even more special for the families who come here. We are a family business who care about our couples and we love what we do. In most cases, we stay in touch with our couples afterwards and welcome them back to our dinner and lunch events both in Virginia and in London."
Is there a formula for planning the perfect wedding once you've booked your venue?
"Be organised and methodical in the planning process. Get the main suppliers booked immediately to avoid disappointment. Let your venue guide you but ultimately, you need to be in the driving seat. Communicate, and communicate some more with all vendors to ensure your wedding day runs smoothly."
Are there any wedding trends you're seeing emerging in terms of how couples are using your venue?
"When we started our business back in 2014, most of our weddings had church ceremonies. There has been a massive shift in preference for onsite ceremonies, which now account for over 50% of our weddings. Couples are opting for more intimate and bespoke ceremonies that reflect their personalities more. I am seeing a lot of American trends currently such as trestle tables for the banquet and very plain chairs. Floral décor is just getting better all the time and our in-house florist, Hilary Keegan has 19 years experience and is on hand for all our couples to help them create that wow factor for their wedding day."
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Mohammad Ghassan Al-Basha () (born February 5, 1988) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Jazeera and the Jordan national football team.

International career
He was one of the participants of the 2007 U-20 World Cup that was offered to play on the national team for seniors.

His first international game with the Jordan national team was between Jordan and Iraq in a friendly on September 16, 2010 in Amman, and Jordan won that match 4-1.

Honors and participation in international tournaments

In WAFF Championships
2010 WAFF Championship

References

External links

Profile at kooora.com

1988 births
Association football midfielders
Jordanian footballers
Jordan international footballers
Living people
Jordanian Pro League players
Al-Taawoun FC players
Al-Jazeera (Jordan) players
Al-Wehdat SC players
Al-Ramtha SC players
Shabab Al-Ordon Club players
Jordanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
Jordanian expatriate footballers
Saudi Professional League players
2019 AFC Asian Cup players

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The Good News: Charles Dale makes this healthy club sandwich with omega-3-rich salmon grilled in a lightly sweet, tangy tamarind sauce. The extra sauce here can be refrigerated for up to 1 week and is delicious on chicken or pork chops.
In a saucepan, heat the oil. Add the onion and cook over moderate heat until softened. Add the tamarind, garlic, chipotles, raisins, tomato paste, agave and chile powder. Bring to a boil and simmer over low heat until thick, 20 minutes. Let cool, then puree in a blender. Season with salt and pepper.
Set the salmon in a large, shallow dish and season with salt and pepper. Coat with 1/2 cup of the sauce; refrigerate for 1 hour.
Light a grill and oil the grates. Grill the salmon over high heat, turning once and basting with another 1/2 cup of the sauce, until just cooked through, 4 minutes.
For each club, use 3 slices of toast; spread each with 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise and layer with the arugula, tomato and fish.


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Talking to various members of my family I asked them if they could remember the way that the youth dressed in the nineteen- fifties. The responses were all similar. The popular man role wore tight white T- shirts which were described to me (I hate this expression)as 'Guinea T's.' These are white T- shirts in which the manufacturer cut- off the sleeves. Also regular white T- shirts were worn with one sleeve rolled up with a pack of cigarettes. When I talked to a man in my neighborhood, John Braggs, he explained to me that the modern style of wearing your pants low on your hips actually began in the fifties. He said that they wore tight jeans that were pulled down low at the waist with of course a tight white T- shirt tucked in. "I don't know where y'all started wearen' 'em so baggy from, but I don't like it," he shouted in his southern accent. The females were not as revealing as the modern women are. Longer dresses and dressier shirts were their style. The 'Beatnik'!
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In December 2014, the Secretary of State for Transport announced that £6 billion will be made available between 2015/16 and 2020/21 for local highways maintenance capital funding. In November 2015 a further £250 million was announced for a dedicated Pothole Action Fund.
From this funding, £578 million has been set aside for an Incentive Fund scheme, to reward councils who demonstrate they're delivering value for money in carrying out cost effective improvements.
Each local highway authority in England (excluding London) is invited to complete an annual self-assessment questionnaire, in order to establish their share of the Incentive fund they will be eligible for between 2015/16 and 2020/21.
The Department for Transport has made it clear that local authorities aren't competing with each other for funding, but are demonstrating that efficiency measures are being pursued in order to receive their full share of the funding.
The incentive funding awarded to each local highway authority will be based on their score in this questionnaire, and will be relative to the amount currently received through the needs-based funding formula.
Each authority scores themselves against 22 questions, and place themselves into one of 3 bands on the basis of the available evidence. From 2017/18 authorities in Band 3 will receive their full 100% share of the £578 million, whilst authorities in Band 1 and 2 will receive a reduced percentage of their share. These percentages for Bands 1 and 2 decrease in each subsequent year, with only authorities in Band 3 being awarded their full share of the funding.
The questions are designed to enable authorities to assess their progress on the journey to the implementation of good practice, which will create an environment for effective and efficient delivery and enable capital funding to maximise its return. Underpinning this are the needs of stakeholders and the communication of the importance of the highway service and the needs for well-maintained highways.
Each authority needs to complete each of the 22 questions.
The Government's Autumn Statement 2016 announced a new National Productivity Investment Fund to provide £23 billion of additional spending, ensuring the UK's economy is fit for the future. The fund will provide major additional spending in areas that are key to boosting productivity: transport, digital communications, research and development, and housing.
The funding allocated to each local highway authority in England outside London in 2017/18 is based on a formula using data provided by each authority regarding the assets for which they are responsible.
We have worked with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to determine distribution of the grant which is in two broad areas and totals £0.97m for schemes to be implemented through Kirklees highways.
"Asset Management is a strategic approach that identifies the optimal allocation of resources for the management, operation, preservation and enhancement of the highway infrastructure to meet the needs of current and future customers."
What type of asset is it, for example, road, bridge, street light?
Why is it there, how does it assist the network management and operation?
When will it need to be inspected, maintained or replaced?
How long will it last? How much will it cost to replace or repair, now and over its life?
Who will is responsible for it and who will be carrying out any necessary work?
This Highway Infrastructure Asset Management Policy and Strategy sets out how the Council will best manage the highway network taking into consideration customer needs, local priorities, asset condition and best use of available resources.
Policy outlining the winter maintenance service for Kirklees. This service is carried out in order to allow all road users to move about as safely as possible and to help minimise the disruptive effect of severe weather.
The Highway Maintenance Plan sets out the operational requirements to maintain the network and identifies the resource requirements to deliver the maintenance service.
There is a need for local engagement mechanisms to ensure the asset management approach is understood. Engaging with stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations provides the information needed to determine and review the service provided by highway infrastructure assets hence the asset management activities.
We commission annual surveys of customer satisfaction and analyses trends to benchmark and diagnose performance and identify potential for improvement.
We have a scheme prioritisation process for all major assets, aligned to the asset management strategy. A programme of works for all assets is approved for one to two years and looking forward there is an indicative programme for three to five years.
In total, the government is spending a record £6.1 billion on local highways maintenance between 2015/16 and 2020/21, giving councils long-term certainty for the first time to plan future work with the aim of preventing potholes and improving local roads, bridges and street lighting.
As part of this investment, the Pothole Action Fund will give local authorities in England an average £50 million a year to help them tackle more than 4 million potholes. Funding is calculated according to the size of the local road network in the area and the Kirklees allocation was £941,000 in 2018/19. Each year a summary report shows where this sum was invested.
In the Budget 2018 the Chancellor announced £420 million additional capital funding in 2018/19 for Highway Authorities to tackle potholes, repair damaged roads, and invest in keeping bridges open and safe.
The Kirklees allocation was £2,711,000. It was a condition of the funding that it was used by the end of March 2019. The additional funding was allocated where condition surveys show the greatest need and that was to our Local Community Roads (the unclassified road network).


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Fans can relive the excitement and catch up on all ten episodes of the sixth season of Vikings along with new bonus features when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Vikings: Season 6 Vol. 1 on Blu-rayTM and DVD October 13, 2020 for $29.98 / $24.98 SRP. In its sixth season, Vikings garnered an average of 34 million Total Viewers per episode as the series continues to be one of the top five dramas across ad-supported cable in the United States, garnering an average approval rating of 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Season six returns following the battle between brothers, which has left Bjorn victorious and a hero to the people who have been under the tyrannical rule of Ivar for so long. As the new leader of Kattegat, Bjorn struggles to fill his late father's shoes as king, while facing several dilemmas and wrestling with the idea that power overshadows morals. Meanwhile, Ivar, searching for a new path to separate him from his past, is seen traveling along The Silk Road, eventually leading him to Russia. He meets his match in Prince Oleg (Danila Kozlovsky), a ruthless and unpredictable Russian ruler, who shocks even Ivar with his merciless actions. While Lagertha has her own agenda – to live a quieter and less public life on her own farm, but new dangers lurk close to home. This season, the Vikings continue to take over Scandinavia as Ubbe (Jordan Patrick Smith), and Torvi (Georgia Hirst) travel to Iceland to uncover the mystery circling Floki's (Gustaf Skarsgård) disappearance and Hvitserk (Marco Ilsø) pursues his personal vendetta against Ivar.
Created and executive produced by Michael Hirst (The Tudors), Vikings is also executive produced in conjunction with a list of other heavy-hitting producers including Morgan O'Sullivan of TM Productions (The Count of Monte Cristo), Sheila Hockins (The Tudors, The Borgias), John Weber of Take 5 Productions (The Handmaid's Tale ), Sherry Marsh (Pose), Alan Gasmer (Fahrenheit 451), and James Flynn.
Vikings is an international Irish/Canadian co-production by TM Productions and Take 5 Productions. MGM Television serves as the worldwide distributor outside of Ireland and Canada. Vikings is produced in association with Corus Entertainment.
"Fans have grown to love the historical drama and intensity of Vikings," said Rosemary Markson, WBHE Senior Vice President, Television Marketing. "We are excited to release Vikings: Season 6 Vol. 1 so fans can continue the journey."
Vikings: Season 6 Vol 1. includes 10 one-hour episodes:
Ghosts, Gods and Running Dogs
All the Prisoners
Death and the Serpent
The Ice Maiden
Valhalla Can Wait
Includes All-New Special Features:
The Legacy of Lagertha (Featurette)
The Creator's Audio Commentary – "The Best Laid Plans"
Street Date: October 13, 2020
Order Due Date: September 8, 2020
Running Time: Feature: Approx. 440 min
Enhanced Content: Approx. 15 mins.
Configuration: 3 DVD-9s
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You've probably heard this story before, the one about how Eagles quarterback Nick Foles nearly retired from football after the 2015 NFL season. Ultimately, he was convinced to return, and two years later, the majority of which was spent on the bench, he's now a Super Bowl MVP – and a legend in Philadelphia.
When Carson Wentz tore his ACL in Week 14, the hopes of this rabid fanbase were heaped on the 29-year-old's shoulders. But by the time January arrived, Foles looked more like the guy we saw during the team's last postseason run, not the guy we saw in St. Louis the season before he considered retiring.
Unlike in that 2014 wild-card loss to the Saints, however, the underdog Eagles just kept winning. And Foles, well, he just kept getting better, finishing the 2018 playoffs with a 115.7 passer rating (6 TD, 1 INT, 323 yards/game, 72.6 comp. pct.). In Sunday night's Super Bowl win, Foles threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns (and added another receiving touchdown to become the first player in Super Bowl history with a passing TD and a receiving TD in the same game).
Few on the outside, no matter how optimistic, envisioned Foles playing this well after being forced into action so late in the season. But the former third-round pick wasn't worried.
"I'm not surprised [by my performance]," Foles said Monday. "Everyone wants to point out one individual – and I'm fortunate to be MVP of this game – but as you've seen this year, we've had so many MVPs throughout the course of this season, different guys stepping up... I'm fortunate to be a part of a great team, great players, great coaching staff. And I think the last couple weeks, it's been kind of a team thing. We kept working, kept game planning. I kept talking to Doug [Pederson] about what I liked and he and the rest of the coaching staff kept building that around what we were [already] doing.
"It's just a reflection of the execution on the field and playing for one another, just like we have been all year. So, it wasn't necessarily me, it was everyone around me that did an amazing job and we were successful. And now we're world champions."
That's a mantra that Foles used throughout the playoffs. But when it comes to his own personal journey, the one that started long before he was drafted by the Eagles, Foles had a slightly different message for those listening.
"The big thing is don't be afraid to fail," said Foles. "In our society today, with Instagram, Twitter, it's a highlight reel. It's all the good things. When you look at it, you think, wow, when you have a rough day you're life isn't as good as that, you're failing.
"Failure is a part of life – that's the part of building character and growing. Without failure who would you be? I wouldn't be up here if I hadn't fallen thousands of times, made mistakes. We all are human, we all have weaknesses. I think throughout this, just being able to share that and be transparent, I know when I listen to peoples speak, and they share their weaknesses, I listen because I can resonate."
I'm not perfect; I'm not Superman. I might be in the NFL, we might've just won the Super Bowl, but, hey, we still have daily mistakes.
For Foles, the importance of this perseverance was learned at a young age, although he wouldn't fully understand it until he gained some more perspective on life. That came from watching his father, Larry, work long hours trying to make it in the restaurant business while also starting a family.
Following the win at Super Bowl LII, Foles and his dad shared an emotional embrace on the field. And on Monday, the Eagles quarterback talked about what that moment meant to him.
"My dad's always been one of my heroes, him and my mom. Just to embrace him – we didn't have the easiest life growing up. And for him and my mom to give me an opportunity to play this game, to provide for us as kids, to watch him go through adversity throughout his entire life and overcome it – you know, he didn't even graduate high school. And he's been very successful in his career path and I got to watch him as a young kid come home at midnight, smelling like a kitchen because he was working in a kitchen. Trying to get into the restaurant business isn't easy. Trying to get it up, he lost everything.
"But to watch him as a kid just continue to give me an opportunity to play and never really realize it until I got older how much he worked, how much him and my mom sacrificed for me and my two younger sisters. To share that embrace, to share those emotions, that's just something you cherish forever. So happy that – I know that his emotions are crazy, cause he lives or dies by every play I play, probably more than I do. I was pretty relaxed; I know he was a little stressed. But it was a really special moment."
That special moment, however, wouldn't have been possible had it not been for the lessons Larry Foles taught his son through his own example.
And even though Foles has now reached the pinnacle of the football world, he's not about to change.
"I'm not perfect, I'm not Superman," he added. "I might be in the NFL, we might've just won the Super Bowl, but, hey, we still have daily mistakes. I still have daily struggles. But that's where my faith comes in, that's where my family comes in. And I think when you look at a struggle in your life just know that's just an opportunity for your character to grow.


Dad took Dr. Doo-Be-Doo down to the optical place at the Downtown Mall today to get his eyes checked and a new pair of glasses. I was in court, so Little Miss rode along with them. The Doctor finished his exam, and he and his dad ducked around a wall display to choose some frames. Dad apparently told Little Miss to wait on a chair inside the optical shop while they looked.
So I come home from court and Little Miss is walking up to our driveway.
Yes. Walking. Up to our driveway.
Besides being blown away that she even knows how to get to our house on foot from the mall (thank heaven we always emphasize 'which way do we go now?' when we're driving!), I'm now putting myself in Dad's shoes at the mall with a missing autistic child. Holy cow.
I call his cell but he's apparently on it, calling my office. So I call the optical place, and they track him down, practically delirious, at the mall, where he and the Doctor have been up and down the halls 18 times. So they come home and he's growling and angry and amazed and grateful all at the same time.
What's Little Miss's response to him? Tearfully, SHE APOLOGIZES for making him worry.
I kept reflecting on this the whole time we were at our appointment an hour later, our first family therapy session with her big brother, who's been in therapeutic foster care for three months for making us all crazy because he only thinks of himself, can't take care of anyone, let alone himself, and wouldn't know an empathetic thought if it landed on his head and split it open. Even in that session, he still couldn't seem to understand what he did that set the household on its edge. And an apology for all the angst and tears? Forget it.
I guess that's why they call it a spectrum. We sure seem to roll from one end to the other. We have now explained to Little Miss that better practice is to go back to the last place she saw the parent she was with, instead of leaving the facility. Hopefully, it'll stick. But how can you argue with the safest place in the world being right back at home?


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If you're getting ready to graduate and are concerned about finding a job, you should be, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
The survey, conducted for NACE's Job Outlook 2002 report, revealed that employers expect a 20 percent decrease in their college hiring. Along with the decrease in hiring comes an increase in competition and lower starting salaries.
NACE surveyed 1,803 of its employer members. Four hundred fifty-seven, or 25 percent, responded.
The Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University published similar results in their executive summary of Recruiting Trends 2001-2002. According to the report, employers are expressing a high level of uncertainty regarding the hiring of new graduates due to the sluggish economy.
Betsy John Jennings, director of the Career Development Center at Northern Kentucky University, said in this area, there are some fields that still look very promising. Those fields are accounting, sales and marketing, health care and education.
The area that is the least promising right now is information technology.
As for starting salaries, Jennings said most bachelor's degree graduates can expect to make between $26,000 and $29,000 a year, depending on the company, the field and the location. Accounting and computer science graduates' starting wages are even higher. But, said Karen Chinetti, who is also with the Career Development Center at NKU, computer science jobs are hard to find right now.
There are things students can do to increase their chances of finding employment. One of which is to consider relocating. According to Jennings, 98 percent of NKU graduates are not open to relocating.
"It's the perfect opportunity while you're foot loose and fancy free and you don't have any of the have-to ties," said Jennings.
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West Papua mine workers on strike
Over 9,000 workers at Freeport McMoRan's Grasberg gold and copper mine in the Indonesian province of West Irian Jaya (West Papua) walked off the job on September 15 to begin a one-month strike for a wage rise.
The Freeport Indonesia's Labor Union ended a nine-day strike in July after the company agreed to offer a pay increase and meet with the union over allegations of mistreatment by some managers. The mine workers want a rise of between $US17.50 and $43 an hour, up from the current $1.50 to $3.50 hour rate, to bring them into line with Freeport mine workers in other countries. The company, according to the union, has only offered an 11 percent rise.
A spokesman for the strikers said conditions at the high-altitude mine were extreme: "It's so hard to breathe because the oxygen is not normal, the temperature is very cold and then our work area is very, very dangerous." About 700 paramilitary police have been mobilised to support the company, which has threatened to use outsourced workers to break the strike.
Operating since the 1960s, the Freeport mine has some of the world's richest gold reserves. The US company's Indonesian subsidiary is the highest single taxpayer to the Indonesian government.
India: Mumbai civic workers strike
On September 20, 80,000 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) workers defied a court order and walked off the job for 24 hours affecting road cleaning, garbage collection, water supply and health services. The Municipal Mazdoor Union (MZU), which covers 70 percent of BMC employees, called the strike to oppose cuts in leave days from 15 to 8 per year, and a 45-minute increase in the work day. The changed conditions are part of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations that have been accepted by other BMC unions.
Strikers have been docked a day's pay and BMC has issued a de-recognition notice to the MZU and sacked seven employees for allegedly obstructing non-striking workers. BMC has told the media that striking workers and their union will have to pay compensation for the walk-out. The BMC, which governs Mumbai city, is India's richest municipal organisation with a massive annual budget.
Philippines university and college staff and students strike
Thousands of students, academics and administrators at 110 state universities and colleges (SUCs) across the Philippines began a week of protests and strikes on September 19 against the Aquino government's cuts to education.
Demonstrating students were addressed by academics and administrators. In Metro Manila protesters called for funds to be "rechannelled from the military, corruption and dole-outs, to schools and hospitals."
According to education administrators, the 2012 National Expenditure Program allocated 21.8 billion pesos ($US512 million) for the SUCs, far below the 45 billion pesos requested and lower than the 2011 budget of 22.03 billion. No funds were provided for building and land maintenance, new structures or office equipment.
Cambodian hotel workers demonstrate
Over 70 employees of the Angkor Village Hotel and Resort in Siem Reap, in northwestern Cambodia, protested at the hotel on September 16 to demand management follow an August 30 arbitration council directive to reinstate 67 workers fired in July.
The workers were sacked on trumped-up offences including allegations that they tried to poison management, after staff began unionising early this year. Management refused to meet the protesters and issued a note stating that the dismissed workers would not be reinstated.
Cambodian garment workers end strike
Nearly 400 employees of Zhen Yun factory in Phnom Penh's Russei Keo district returned to work on September 19 after management met some of their demands. The workers walked out three days earlier over 12 demands, including payment of annual bonuses and adequate overtime payments. Zhen Yun management told a meeting with Free Trade Union representatives and the Cambodian Ministry of Labour that the company would pay annual bonuses on October 10. Management also agreed to begin paying legal overtime rates and that factory supervisors using inappropriate language against workers would be disciplined. A union representative said workers would resume their strike if the company did not implement the agreement.
Strikes continue at Toyota
Over 3,000 Toyota Australia workers walked off the job on Thursday for 48 hours stopping production at the company's car assembly plant in Altona and closing its parts distribution centres in Melbourne and Sydney.
The strike was called after pay talks between the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) and Toyota reached deadlock on Tuesday evening. The union wants a 12 percent pay rise over 36 months, with four percent each year. The company has offered 11 percent over 39 months.
A Toyota executive told the media that the company would bypass the union and organise a secret ballot of workers on its latest offer. The auto workers have not had a pay increase since April last year. The current enterprise agreement expired in July.
Toyota Australia claims the strikes are costing it $10 million a day in lost sales. The company produces 119,000 cars a year and exports 70 percent of them, making it the biggest car exporter in Australia.
Australian Capital Territory teachers to strike
Over 2,000 Australian Education Union (AEU) members plan to hold a three-hour stoppage and rally in Canberra next Tuesday after negotiations deadlocked with the education department for a new work place agreement. Teachers want wage parity with their New South Wales colleagues. The territory Labor government has capped public sector wage increases at 2.5 percent.
The AEU suspended four days of rolling stoppages last week claiming sufficient progress was being made in negotiations. The AEU this week rejected the education department's latest offer, claiming casual relief teachers would be paid $21 a day less than those interstate and all teachers would be worse off by the end of the three-year agreement. The consumer price index (CPI) annual increase for Canberra is 3.6 percent.
Queensland meat processing workers on strike
At least 22 maintenance workers at the JBS Australia meat-processing plant in Townsville, far north Queensland, walked off the job last Saturday to demand a pay rise. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and the Electrical Trades Union said their members have not had a pay rise for two years.
The unions claim they have been negotiating for a 3.8 percent pay rise for over 18 months. The maintenance workers are picketing the plant and have said that they will remain on strike until their demand is met.
Victorian airport cleaners maintain rolling stoppages
Cleaners employed by Spotless at the Tullamarine and Avalon airports in Melbourne are maintaining rolling stoppages. United Voice (UV) members want Spotless to reinstate a $1,600 annual allowance paid by other airport contractors. The allowance is for parking fees and car maintenance costs to compensate for the lack of public transport to the airports.
Spotless cleaners at Avalon began rolling stoppages on September 16 while cleaners at Tullamarine continued similar action begun a week earlier, including a 24-hour strike on September 12. Spotless has been able to circumvent the union's limited industrial action by hiring additional temporary workers.
Victorian government workers to vote on industrial action
Over 12,000 Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members in Victoria will vote on industrial action following the collapse of pay negotiations with the state Liberal government. The CPSU covers a third of the state's public servants.
The union has demanded a 6 percent annual pay rise for public servants, a 35-hour basic working week, six weeks' annual leave and a 1.75 percentage increase to superannuation contributions. The Baillieu government has offered a 2.5 percent annual pay rise cap, with any additional amounts to be offset by "bankable" savings.
The CPSU has listed 63 separate actions, which it claims will "frustrate" the state government's ability to function. All action, however, is limited to bans, such as collecting fines and processing data, and does not include strike action. The ballot closes on October 28 with industrial action planned for November.
New Zealand: Fisher & Paykel workers reject union negotiated pay deal
On September 21, over 900 production, maintenance and distribution workers at the Fisher & Paykel Healthcare plant in Highbrook, south Auckland overwhelmingly rejected the latest pay deal negotiated by their two unions.
The Engineering, Printing, and Manufacturing Union and the National Distribution Union responded by cancelling planned industrial action, telling workers they had to consider an "improved" union-management offer. Apart from the addition of a one-off, sign-on $300 payment ($US245), the deal failed to increase the company's previous offer of a 3 percent pay rise, followed by an additional 3.2 percent the next year. This is far below the 5.7 percent demanded by workers when they voted for strike action two weeks ago.
The two unions have been negotiating with Healthcare since May and will resume talks with the company on Monday. The plant is covered under the essential services provision of the Employment Relations Act because it makes systems for respiratory care. This requires employees give 14 days' notice and the exact details of any planned industrial action.


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Rafael Martínez-Durbán (n. Almería; 11 de julio de 1944) es un periodista, profesor de derecho mercantil y técnico de radiodifusión español.

Trayectoria
Ingresó en RTVE el 18 de febrero de 1967. Durante los
44 años que estuvo en la casa, realizó labores de redacción y fue responsable de diferentes programas y departamentos en los Servicios Informativos. Dirigió Informe semanal entre 1978 y 1981. Más tarde, en 1983, creó y dirigió el espacio Esta es mi tierra. Posteriormente, hasta 1990, fue jefe de Programas Institucionales y responsable de la información de la Casa Real. En cooperación internacional, estuvo comisionado por RTVE y el ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores para poner en marcha en Marruecos un telediario en español y, en Mauritania, para dirigir las campañas institucionales en la televisión de ese país de las primeras elecciones democráticas.

También fue responsable de la información de Defensa en los Servicios Informativos de TVE y enviado especial durante la guerra en la antigua Yugoslavia. Entre 1996 y 1997 fue jefe de informativos y director del Centro Territorial de TVE en Madrid. En noviembre de 1997 fue nombrado director de Programas Culturales, Educativos y Documentales de TVE; cargo que desempeñó hasta inicios de 2002. Entre abril de 2002 y principios de 2003 fue director del programa Parlamento, de los Servicios Informativos de TVE.

El 11 de julio de 2011, finalizó su trayectoria profesional, tras 44 años en RTVE.

Vida privada
Está casado y tiene tres hijos.

Obras
 Puente verde (2005).
 En la sombra del rey (1990).

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Presentadores de televisión de España
Directores y realizadores de televisión de España


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Enhancing student support internationally
Heriot-Watt University develops professional development programme with Tianjin University of Finance & Economics
Friday 3 March 2017
Back L-R: Hailong LIANG (Deputy Head of Dept for Student Affairs, TUFE), Prof Xiuying Wen, (Co-Director of Confucius Institute), Prof Ian Baxter (Director of Confucius Institute, Heriot-Watt), Dr Isabel Liu Hui (Deputy Director Confucius Institute), Mr Jared Philippi (International Development Manager, Heriot-Watt)Bottom L-R: Ruth Moir (Assistant Principal International, Heriot-Watt), Mr Quansheng SUN (Vice President, TUFE)
Last week, the Vice-President and Director of Student Services from our Confucius Institute partner University, Tianjin University of Finance & Economics (TUFE), visited Edinburgh to sign an agreement to establish a professional development programme for TUFE staff to learn from and collaborate with Heriot-Watt in the fields of student support, tutoring and pastoral care.
From later this year, a pilot programme developed by the Scottish Confucius Institute for Business & Communication (SCIBC) and the School of Social Sciences (SoSS) will enable three TUFE staff to undertake a structured programme at Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh campus. The staff will learn from and collaborate with different aspects of the student journey through the University and the support functions that are provided to assist students 'outside' the classroom. Heriot-Watt University will benefit from deepening its understanding of international student needs and potential support enhancements, focused in the first instance on the large group of Chinese students which the University attracts.
In signing the agreement with Mr Quansheng SUN (TUFE Vice President), Ms Ruth Moir (Heriot-Watt's Assistant Principal International), commented:
"We are delighted to see this further development in our partnership with Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. We have a deep and longstanding partnership which is benefiting our staff and students through the Confucius Institute and through programmes of study in business, actuarial science and interpreting and translation. This agreement will be fundamental to increasing understanding of our international students and we will work together to improve services and advice which help our students succeed in their university studies."
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A ritmusjáték olyan videójáték, amely a játékosok ritmusérzékét teszi próbára. Az ilyen típusú játékok általában vagy a táncra összpontosítanak, vagy pedig a képernyő által jelölt gombok lenyomására. Pontosságunkkal befolyásoljuk az általunk irányított karaktert a játékban, hogy helyesen játszik-e hangszerén, növelve a játékos pontszámait. Sok ritmusjáték rendelkezik többjátékos móddal, amiben a legmagasabb pontszámért kell küzdeni, vagy csapatban kell különböző hangszereken játszani (ilyen például a Rock Band). Habár hagyományos kontrollerrel is játszhatóak, a ritmusjátékok gyakran rendelkeznek egyedi kontrollerekkel, melyek egy adott hangszerre hasonlítanak. Bizonyos táncalapú játékoknál nyomásérzékelős szőnyeg a beviteli eszköz, itt a játékosok fizikai mozgás segítségével tudják lenyomni a képernyőn jelölt gombokat.

Az 1996-ban megjelent PaRappa the Rapper volt az első felkapott ritmusjáték, melynek alapjai a későbbi, hasonló játékokban is megjelennek. 1997-ben a Konami Beatmania nevű ritmusjátéka aratott óriási sikert Japánban. Ezt követően a cég zenei részlege, a Bemani, számos zenealapú játékot dobott a piacra, melyek közül a legsikeresebb a Dance Dance Revolution volt, ami még Japánon kívül is jelentős eladásokat ért el. A piacot ezután a Dance Dance Revolution-klónok árasztották el, míg a Harmonix Guitar Hero-ja megjelent. A Guitar Hero zenei stílusa a rock volt, mellyel a nyugati piacot célozta meg. A játék újjáélesztette a műfaj piacát, és létrehozott két rendkívül sikeres franchise-t: a Guitar Hero-t és a Rock Bandet. Az egyik fejlettebb játék, a Rocksmith már igazi gitár használatát is támogatta.

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Macromolecular Chemistry
Chemoinformatics
Unit Operations
Chemical Measurement Technique
Polymer Reaction Engineering
Laboratory experiment: Residence Time Distribution (Cascade)
Introduction to the Residence Time Distribution Experiment
In the experiment, the residence time distribution is to be determined for different reactors. The terms hydrodynamic residence time or mean residence time are of central importance for the understanding of residence time function t. It is defined as the relationship of the reaction volume (of a tank reaktor, of a cascade of a tank reaktor or a flow reactor) to the volume flow of the reaction mixture at the input of the respective reactors:
τ = V R V A . V E . = V A . Volume Flow ( Input = Output ) V R Reaction Volume of Tank or Cascade/Reactor Volume in Flow Reactor τ Hydrodynamic or Mean Residence Time
The definition is valid requiring that a density change does not occur during transit through the reactor, meaningthat possible chemical reactions are volume constant and no back-mixing beyond the feed occurs and no product returns into the tank.
Regarding the actual residence time distribution of the molecules or dispersed particles, the mean residence time is of great importance only can only in an ideal plug flow reactor because it is only in the plug flow reactor that all particles are moving through the whole reactor at the same speed. Therefore, the actual residence time in the ideal plug flow reactor is the same for all particles and identical to the mean residence time (assuming volume constancy). In a continuously stirred tank reactor or a cascade of continuously stirred tanks, the residence times of the individual particles are not identical. This is because the residence time of the individual particles that enter the reactor are distributed across a more or less wide residence time distribution in these reactor forms.
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Residence Time Distribution in an Ideal Stirred Tank Reactor
Residence Time Distribution in a Flow Reactor
Different Residence Time Definitions
Several possibilities exist to define residence time. The inflow or outflow of the reactor can be chosen as a reference point. However, the outflow is the widespread reference. The individual residence times can be defined as follows:
Residence time distribution E(t) or w(t): fraction of the outflow that resided in the reactor between the times t and t + dt (exit age distribution curve). Residence time summation function F(t) or W(t): fraction of the outflow that resided in the reactor between the times (0 to t). For the case that t=infinite then F(t)=1 which means that no volume element should reside in the reactor infinitely. The residence time summation function can be obtained by integrating the residence time spectrum. Internal age distribution I(t): portion of the reactor contents (not the outflow) that resided in the reactor between the times t and t + dt.
Residence Time Function E ( t ) ∫ 0 ∞ E ( t ) d t = ∫ 0 ∞ I (t) dt = 1 Sum Function F ( t ) F (t) = ∫ 0 t E ( t ′ ) d t ′ , E ( t ) = d F ( t ) d t Mean Residence Time τ = ∫ 0 ∞ t ⋅ E ( t ) d t
The mean residence time t is based on the definition of the residence time distribution. In order to compare reactors of differing size and differing throughput, the residence time distribution will be referred to the standardized mean residence time. A dimensionless standardized time is usually introduced in this case.
Θ = t τ t = Measured Time τ = Mean Residence Time
Further Readings
Denbigh, K.G.;Turner, J.C.R. ; Einführung in die Reaktionstechnik, Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1973 Baerns, M.; Hofmann, A.; Renken, A.; Chemische Reaktionstechnik, 2. durchgesehene Auflage, G. Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York 1992 Patat, Kirchner; Praktikum der Technischen Chemie; 4.Auflage; W.de Gruyter Berlin, New York 1986, S.185/186 Pippel, W., Iseke, K.; Technisch-chemisches Praktikum, VEB Deutscher Verlag für Grundstoffindustrie, Leipzig 1977
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Ideal Reactors
Non-ideal Reactors
Residence Time Distribution
Experimental Realization
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Addicted to Overwatch or Overwatch 2?
Overwatch is a competitive first-person shooter game by Blizzard. The original version was launched in 2016 and its sequel, Overwatch 2, released in late 2022. The video game has a popular global esports league with teams in cities around the world. Most people play with no negative consequences, but a small percentage of gamers are addicted to Overwatch or Overwatch 2.
Hector is one of these gamers who has a problem with Overwatch. Here's what he shared:
Billion dollar companies, getting players addicted to their game and predatory monetization techniques. Yeah, Overwatch 2 is no different.
George is Addicted to Overwatch
George is awake, it's 3am. He's just finished another six-hour session on Overwatch. He bought the game at 14 years old after months of saving for it. He quickly fell in love with the competitive team-based style and strategies.
Compared to Call of Duty, which never required much brain power, Overwatch was a hurdle to climb. The Skill Rating (SR) system was a totally new idea to George and gave him a metric to see how good he was compared to other players.
It began as a simple contest to see if he could beat his friend's SR score. He started in Bronze at 1300 as a PS4 Tracer main, fighting to get better and better in order to rank up. He climbed into Plat, switched to Support, watched XQC, a popular Twitch streamer, day after day, and continued to strive and prove to himself that he really was good at Overwatch.
And that was the root of George's problem. He stopped playing to enjoy the game, but instead to prove something. He hated it. For years he just played to get better and raise his SR, but the fun had gone a long time ago. He was addicted to Overwatch. Not the game, but the system.
The constant need to prove to himself and others through a meaningless point system that he was good at some video game had taken too much of his life. His free time was dedicated to the game. Time which he could have spent spending getting fit, studying, hanging out with friends in person, or working and earning money.
Overwatch became a constant losing fight against himself. The toxic players, the throwers and the smurfs. George finally had enough and gave up. He uninstalled the game and got on with his life.
George was able to quit because he recognized his behavior was becoming a problem. He had started moving along the gaming continuum – a spectrum from healthy at one end to harmful at the other. To see where you are on the gaming continuum and whether your gameplay is a cause for concern, take our video game addiction quiz.
The Overwatch battle pass monetization model
Although the original version of Overwatch has rewards and features that are designed to hook players like George, Overwatch 2 is potentially more addictive. Let's look at why people play Overwatch and Overwatch 2, and how it can become compulsive.
For the 60 million people who enjoyed its predecessor, Overwatch 2 is a free upgrade to a sensational game that promises steadier updates and new content, but this free upgrade comes at a cost. Blizzard has released a battle pass monetization model for Overwatch 2, similar to games like Fortnite, Valorant and Apex Legends.
Battle passes, loot boxes and other micro-transactions are controversial, but despite complaints from the public, they are still here. Why? Because they work. Every time a new season of Fortnite or another game that uses these types of transactions is released, the game experiences a massive number of players flocking to play. And who benefits? The company's bottom line.
Video games are not created to be bought, played and enjoyed anymore, but to make gamers keep playing, keep coming back and keep spending money. Because of this it's important to maintain safe in-game spending habits. This can be demonstrated by the Overwatch 2 beta version of the game.
Overwatch 2 beta controversy
After the initial reveal of Overwatch 2 in 2019, some gamers experienced the beta version of the game in 2022 and the majority of players had the same response: it was disappointing. Not much fresh content was added apart from a few new characters, one new game mode and some new maps. Overwatch 2 beta felt like Overwatch 1 with a fresh coat of paint, but no actual depth beyond its surface.
It might seem picky to analyze a beta version of the game. However, the actual game was supposed to be released a few months later and usually, a beta version is a unique and somewhat polished representation of the actual game. Overwatch 2 beta seemed more like Overwatch 1.1.
This appears to be a go-to strategy for many game companies nowadays. Make a few changes, add a new look, market the game as revolutionary, a must-buy pre-order and then release a disappointing title full of microtransactions.
Although many gamers are starting to notice this ploy, the majority of players are still hooked to the addictive nature of today's games and gaming companies know this. Their aim is to study what keeps players gaming for long periods of time and what keeps players coming back. This knowledge allows them to spend as little time and effort on the actual creation of the game and to fully focus on making an addictive design that's as profitable as possible.
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Torrent Bay is for the discerning enthusiast. The Drummond family pioneered horticulture and agriculture on Motueka Hills in the late 1800s. Today they capitalize on their prodigious local knowledge to produce the region's finest Sauvignon Blanc. Crafted from the choicest parcels of fruit with ongoing attention to detail throughout vinification, Torrent Bay stands out from the rest, just like it's scenic namesake on the coast of Abel Tasman National Park. A clean and dry Sauvignon Blanc in new world world styling with true varietal character and regional charm.
The softly rolling Moutere Hills are part of the greater Nelson winegrowing region. Soils were formed from the weathered gravels of an ancient river system, which originally reached from St Arnaud to the coast. These gravel threaded clays are renowned for producing wines of richness and texture. The first vines were planted on rich river loam beside the mouth of the Motueka River. Vibrant, fertile river flats with loamy, sandy soils, in conjunction with careful vineyard management ensure vigourous growth in the Motueka and Riwaka vineyards, while the heavier but no less fertile soils of the Moutere are coupled with incredibly hot temperatures. These climes produce mouthfilling wines with an array of aromas and flavours.
Light straw in colour. Torrent Bay is a clean, fresh and approachable wine initially delivering hay and straw aromas with secondary stone fruit characters. A nicely rounded middle palate introduces a citrus note with lemon and grapefruit flavours, leading into a slightly tropical finish with peach and nectarine overtones.


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Q: Get property from a Func<> I'm trying to return the property that has been passed to a Func<> so I can then use this property with a DbSet. See below code for this.
Calling code:
_exampleRepository.CountByField(x => x.Status)
Receiving method in a generic repository:
        public Dictionary<string, int> CountByField(Expression<Func<TEntity, string>> field)
        {
            var whichField = ((MemberExpression) field.Body).Member.Name;
            var data = _dbSet.Select(x => whichField).GroupBy(y => y);

            var returnData = new Dictionary<string, int>();
            foreach (var item in data)
            {
                returnData.Add(item.Key, item.Count());
            }

            return returnData;
        }

At the moment I'm able to return the name of the property passed, but I need to use the actual property instead to complete the _dbSet.Select() line properly.
Any ideas? I feel like I'm not a million miles away! Just need a point in the right direction.
Cheers.

A: You're overcomplicating things; your field argument is already fit to be passed directly to Select :) You should probably also aggregate the data in the query, rather than issuing a new query for each group you get:
public Dictionary<string, int> CountByField(Expression<Func<TEntity, string>> field)
  =>
     _dbSet
       .Select(field)
       .GroupBy(i => i)
       .Select(i => new { Key = i.Key, Count = i.Count() })
       .ToDictionary(i => i.Key, i => i.Count);

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Do you focus on your sales process?
Some people think selling is easy. If it were really so easy then everyone could do it. Selling is not easy. Your job is to reduce your sales frustrations and make your selling easier. That's why you should focus on the sales process, not sales results.
Accept that you cannot control what other people do.
What makes selling so hard is that you can only accomplish your sales objectives through other people. You can't buy. You have to get appointments with people who either can buy or lead to those people who can buy from you. You are not in control of those people.
All the great technology that exists today to help you sell more is also there to make it harder for you to reach prospects. Prospects are busy just like everyone else. Prospects don't reply to emails. They screen their calls. They don't return voicemails. You can't make prospects do what they choose not to do.
Learn to control what you can control in sales.
I still find some salespeople who let their frustrations overtake them as they sell.
They focus on thinking, "I'm not making my sales." Instead, they should focus on their sales process, not the results.
Here's what I mean. If you keep focusing on selling $X you will be frustrated if you don't make that number. $X is the result. Instead, why not set a goal of making X qualified prospecting calls each day? You can control that you set the time to make those calls. You can identify the ideal prospects who you are looking to sell. You can create an effective telephone introduction that gives a prospect a reason to listen. Making those calls is in your control. Selling $X is not.
Pay attention to what is working and change what is not.
Notice what's working as you focus on your sales process. How many appointments are you getting if you are making X prospecting calls each day? Your message needs improvement if you are not reaching the number you want. You can control the process improvement of crafting a more effective message. You can't control whether the prospect is sitting at his desk to pick up the phone.
You have to pay attention to what's working and what's not working by thinking about process improvement. By focusing on improving a process you put yourself in a different place that allows you to avoid beating yourself up if a prospect doesn't respond the way you want him to.
You will reduce your sales frustrations when you work on sales process improvement. I'll also predict that you'll increase your sales.


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Don't give a hoot - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/don%27t+give+a+hoot
not give a hoot (about something)
(redirected from don't give a hoot)
Related to don't give a hoot: outlined, reinvigorated, took over, misattributed, overhyped, scrutinised
To not care in the slightest (about something); to attach no importance to something. I don't give a hoot about making money, I just want to do something with my life that helps other people. I haven't given a hoot for the show ever since they killed off my favorite character.
See also: give, hoot, not
not give a hoot
not give two hoots
If you say that you don't give a hoot or don't give two hoots about something, you mean that you do not care about it at all. I don't give a hoot about what they think. These politicians don't give two hoots about the ordinary people.
(one) doesn't give a hoot (about something)
(one) doesn't give a rip (about something)
(I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
a/the feel of (something)
a whack at (something)
a straw will show which way the wind blows
a crack at (someone or something)
(you) wanna make something of it?
a fast talker
not give a hoot (about something)
The owl song is called "Don't Give a Hoot" and pre-schoolers might also want to rock along to "Mr.
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New York dance audiences don't give a hoot about good choreography; it's great dancing that floats their boats.
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Prospective students don't give a hoot about the school's internal organization.
Does this Web site work? Schreiner University (www.schreiner.edu). (First Click)
This wonderful council of ours just don't give a hoot.
'Don't worry, it's only Riverside'
The rest of us, generally speaking, don't give a hoot.
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don't cry over spilled milk
don't cry stinking fish
don't cut no ice
don't cut off your nose to spite your face
don't dip your pen in (the) company ink
don't do anything I wouldn't do
don't drop the soap!
don't eat (the) yellow snow
don't even go there
Don't even look like
don't even look like (something)
don't even think about it
don't feed the troll(s)
don't forget to write
don't fret
don't get (one) started
don't get mad, get even
don't get me started
don't get me wrong
don't get up
don't get your bowels in an uproar
Don't get your bowels in an uproar!
don't get your panties in a bunch
don't give (something) a second thought
don't give (something) another thought
don't give a hoot
don't give me any of your lip
Don't give me any of your lip!
don't give me that
don't give me that line
don't give me that story
don't give me that!
don't give up the day job
don't give up your day job
don't give/care a rap for
don't go (doing something)
don't go doing something
don't go near the water until you learn how to swim
don't go there
don't halloo before you are out of the woods
don't halloo till you are out of the woods
don't halloo until you are out of the woods
don't hand me that line
don't hand me that story
don't have a cow
Don't have a cow!
don't have a pot to piss in
don't have a pot to piss in (or a window to throw it out of)
don't hide your light under a bushel
don't get somebody started
don't get someone started
don't get started
don't get their hopes up
don't get them started
don't get us started
don't get you started
don't get your hopes up
don't give a damn
don't give a fig
Don't Give A Flip
don't give a hang
don't give a monkey's
don't give a rap about
don't give a rap about her
don't give a rap about him
don't give a rap about it
don't give a rap about me
don't give a rap about someone
don't give a rap about something
don't give a rap about them
don't give a rap about us
don't give a rap about you
don't give a second thought
Don't Give A Shoot
Don't Give A Shoot Meter
don't give a stuff
don't give a tinker's curse
don't give a tinker's cuss
don't give a tinker's damn
don't give a toss
don't give a tuppence
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As a teenage girl, there is always something making you feel insecure. For me, I grew up hating my nose. It was unfitting to my face and had a large bump. I never liked it, and with age my nose grew larger, along with my insecurity. Because my insecurity was in the middle of my face, I found it impossible to ignore. With my comedic personality, I tried to lighten the mood and make jokes. I even showed off my "party-trick." (When I inhaled, only one nostril would move.) With my jokes, people would join in on the fun, giving me nicknames like Nosy and Owen Wilson. Although I brushed off the jokes, they just brought more attention to my giant schnoz.
One night, I showed my mom the trick and she dismissed it telling me it was probably congestion. A few weeks later, I went to my doctor for a checkup. While we were there, my mom mentioned that I may have congestion because my breathing was odd. The instant he took a look up my nose, he said that the issue was not congestion, rather a breathing problem caused by a structural deformity. He referred us to an Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) doctor, and we booked an appointment.
The ENT took one look and said, "That's not normal," emphasizing that my airway was severely blocked. He explained that I had a deviated septum, giving me only ten percent breathing in my left nostril. He told us about a doctor who could correct the septum and also repair the deformity in the bone. After reading many positive reviews, my mother and I booked a consultation with Dr. Michael Carlisle, a certified ENT and plastic surgeon.
Dr. Carlisle explained that he could possibly perform a septoplasty surgery to fix my breathing issues, along with a rhinoplasty to repair the cosmetics at the same time. After, he examined my nose and asked me about my growth. He stated that he would be willing to operate on me once I turned 15. So, with what we had seen and heard, we put our trust in Dr. Carlisle and set a surgery date.
For months before the surgery I watched YouTube videos about rhinoplasty surgeries and what to expect. I also discovered the TV show Botched which highlighted plastic surgery errors. That definitely didn't help with the nerves. The night before my surgery, I was restless. I kept having doubts and fears and didn't get much sleep.
On May 9th at 5:00 AM, I headed to the surgery center. Of course, I was nervous considering my whole face was in the hands of Dr. Carlisle, but my family and I had prayed the weeks leading up to the surgery and I was able to find myself at peace knowing that the outcome was in God's hands. Once we checked in, I was given my hospital gown and an I.V. I waited in the hospital bed with my family surrounding me. Although, they appeared anxious, I tried to calm their nerves by cracking jokes and kept them laughing. Finally, my plastic surgeon came in and greeted my family, along with my anesthesiologist, Dr. Purdy.
After a while, I was taken into a recovery room where I greeted my family and was given pudding to eat, along with painkillers. I didn't feel any pain, I just felt pressure in my sinuses from where the doctor had put my splints. After an hour, they cleared me to go home. A nurse wheeled me out to the car and I was driven home to where I would spend the next week recovering.
By far, recovery was the worst part of the experience. I spent nine days laying around with a bulky cast on my face. I had splints and stitches up my nose so I was only able to breathe out of my mouth, which made it extremely dry. I also found it difficult to shower without getting the cast wet. Within the week, I developed black eyes because my nose was broken during surgery in order to reshape. With all of those annoyances taken into account, the pain was very minimal. With the painkillers, I was able to keep it at a manageable level.
Nine days after the surgery, I went back to Dr. Carlisle to see my new nose. He first took the big long splints out, which gave me the ability to breathe again. Unlike most would imagine, my breathing didn't magically improve. With the trauma of the surgery, I was left with swelling which I was told about, but not quite prepared for. What I saw when the cast came off, scared me. I didn't see the perfect nose I had dreamt of. I saw a bulbous nose that was even bigger than before. Although I had heard about swelling, I still went straight into panic mode. When I returned to work, one of my coworkers made a comment saying, "Oh no, you ruined your pretty face." I was so insecure and scared of the outcome, but I had to develop patience and wait for the swelling to go down.
Now, it has been seven months from my surgery and I couldn't be happier. The doctor was right, the swelling did go down. After about two months, I began looking normal again. Now, my nose fits my face perfectly and I am able to breathe so much better. The whole experience was pretty insane for a 15 year old to go through, but I am so happy I did. The results are even better than I had hoped and I am so blessed to have had such an amazing experience. Thank you, Dr. Carlisle.


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People who do not get the vaccine are not "moochers"
Posted on March 30, 2021 by Marissa
A recent editorial in the L.A. Times claims that people who choose not to receive the Covid-19 vaccine are "mooching off the rest of us." I strongly disagree with this idea.
First of all, the editorial repeatedly uses the verb "refuse" to characterize the decision not to get a vaccine. I disagree with this word choice, as it implies that the decision not to get a vaccine is a bad thing. In my opinion, it is not. People have a fundamental right to decide for themselves whether or not to get a vaccine (or any medical procedure, for that matter). Both options are equally valid and acceptable.
The editorial criticizes Rep. Madison Cawthorn and Sen. Rand Paul, who have (in the author's words) "defended the right not to be immunized as an exercise in individual freedom" and are "casting themselves as courageous individualists." These two gentlemen are 100% correct. The right not to be immunized is an exercise in individual freedom, and those who defend this right are courageous individualists.
The editorial tries to debunk Cawthorn's and Paul's arguments as follows: "The hazards of refusing the vaccine don't confine themselves to the individual refuser. Vaccine resisters are putting the rest of us in danger, too. Unvaccinated people who contract COVID-19, even if they don't become seriously ill, can pass the virus to family and friends."
It is true that not getting a vaccine can have indirect effects on other people. But this is no reason to take away people's freedom to choice. Every decision that a person makes has the potential to indirectly affect other people, but no sane person would argue that people shouldn't have the freedom to decide on anything. The deciding factor is not whether a decision carries risks for other people but whether a decision violates others' rights. In aggregate, the choice not to get the vaccine does increase the odds of catching Covid-19 for everyone in the community. But this choice does not violate the rights of anyone. There is no right to live in a world without infections diseases, or a world where one's risk of catching any particular disease is below any particular threshold. The demand that the vaccine be made mandatory does violate people's rights, however. Those who make this demand are essentially attempting to force medical procedures on other people, something that blatantly and unquestionably violates rights. They are arguing that the ability to live in a community with low rates of Covid transmission is more important than the ability to make one's own medical decisions. I vehemently disagree with this claim. People have the right to make their own medical decisions regardless of what effect this has on the community's risk level. In other words, no one has the right to demand that people be made to get medical procedures against their will for the sake of reducing their own risk or that of others.
The editorial goes on to insult Cawthorn, Paul, and others who think like them (including myself): "In fact, they're acting as epidemiological moochers. They're free riders, relying on the rest of us to protect them by helping the country reach herd immunity. Their relatives and friends, especially those 65 or older, should give them a wide berth. And their voters should treat them as what they are: dangerous to the health of their communities."
I disagree with this characterization as well. No one is morally obligated to undergo any medical procedure, even if doing so would have indirect benefits to others, and no one who opts out of a medical procedure is a "moocher." It is true that Covid-19 vaccination has what is called "positive externalities" – meaning that in aggregate it does tend to benefit society as a whole by reducing the overall amount Covid transmission. But there is no rule that if an activity has positive externalities, then everyone should be required to do it. I would be perfectly happy to live in a world where no one got the vaccine, but given that a lot of people are choosing to get it, there is no way for me to avoid the positive externalities. A moocher is someone who deliberately obtains a benefit without paying for it; therefore it is not accurate to describe people who do not get the vaccine as "moochers."
Additionally, although each person has the right to make his or her own decisions about who to associate with, it is intolerant, mean-spirited, controlling, and nosy to take another person's medical decisions into account when deciding whether or not to spend time with them. I would never make a friend or relative's vaccination status a factor in whether or not to associate with them, because it is none of my business.
It may be true that Cawthorn and Paul are infinitesimally contributing to their communities' virus risk. They are also bravely standing up for individual rights at a time when doing so is unpopular, and therefore desperately needed. That is far more important.
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Charlie Newton's Art Classes Make a 'SPLASH' with Underprivileged Kids
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Published August 4, 2014 at 11:48 AM EDT
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It's three p.m. on a sunny July afternoon, and even though it's summer, the children inside the old James A. Henry school building look thrilled to be inside a classroom. Some of them are grinning as if they were on a trip to Disneyworld.
Charlie Newton has them excited about art. He's a prominent local artist teaching classes for the kids who live in College Hill Courts, an area on Chattanooga's Westside that has high violence and poverty rates.
"There's about six gangs in this neighborhood," Newton says. "There's been about three murders this summer of young women, young ladies by their boyfriends."
But these classes keep the kids off the streets, under a different type of influence, Newton says.
He gives these lessons for free, and learning about art can also help the children learn about math, culture and history.
In this segment, we visit a class and find out more about how he is inspiring and educating these children.
He's formed a nonprofit called SPLASH to help pay for the art supplies and other costs of these classes.
Why is it called SPLASH?
"Because we're splashing paint around!" he laughs.
From SPLASH's Web site:
"SPLASH" is a Young Artist Community Workshop with a dominant arts apprenticeship component. The motivation behind SPLASH comes from the ancient Proverb that says: "Your gift will make room for you". SPLASH creates a safe place housed in a professional studio environment for young artists, urban, rural, low-income and disadvantaged at-risk youth to grow and express themselves through fine arts. SPLASH will impact kids of all ages through its open-door art appreciation and enrichment workshops which will serve as a bridge to the apprenticeship program for those displaying an art aptitude and desire for specific instruction and guidance.
Newton, a professional artist who has had exhibits in Italy, England and the Hunter Museum of American Art, has a special connection to this community. He grew up in the area and went to school in the James A. Henry building. When he was a child, his parents couldn't always afford to pay for his art lessons. Now he's giving these kids opportunities he was sometimes denied.
SPLASH has received funding from ArtsBuild through their Community Cultural Connections grants. Newton also hopes to partner with other organizations and people in Chattanooga to keep bringing art to underserved youth.
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The Gallery at TCC is a place where students and the surrounding community can find artistic expression in all mediums, and from all world cultures and historic eras.
With an exterior that seems to change from every angle and naturally lit, unique display spaces, The Gallery is a perfect venue for special exhibitions, lectures, readings, and our rotating collections.
Reception April 11, 2019, 4-6 p.m.
Take a look at Gallery Talks by several artists participating in the Culture exhibition.
Art Historian, Jennifer Olson, Ph.D., will give a short introduction of the artists and lead the discussion.
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Bomb Squad Disables Pipe Bombs At Rodeo Grounds
The Shasta County Bomb Squad was called to the Redding Rodeo Grounds Thursday afternoon. At around 4 O'clock Redding Police were called on a report of a man with a gun in the boat launch parking lot. They spoke with 46-year-old Arnut Tungsununt of Washington State. He was standing at the back of his car near a shotgun that turned out to be a replica. Inside the car was 29-year-old Kierra Bowman. While talking to them officers noticed some items in the back of the car that looked a lot like pipe bombs. Tungsununt at first refused to say anything about them but eventually he reportedly acknowledged they were, in fact, pipe bombs. The immediate area was evacuated and the bomb squad came. With the use of their robot, they rendered the bombs safe. While searching the car officers reported finding a zip gun and an illegal edged weapon. Tungsununt was arrested for the weapons. Bowman was arrested for allegedly being on drugs.


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Melt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down: Round 51, Nick's choice
And so back to normal proceedings, and Rob's house, where we haven't been for a while due to babies and things.
Sans theme I thought I'd take along something new from 2013 – it's been a pretty good year thus far, with plenty of records I've really enjoyed, but I feel like I've barely played anything from the current crop at Record Club. Most of them are quite long though – These New Puritans is 53 minutes, Holden is 75, John Hopkins is 60, Boards Of Canada is 62 – and with all four of us bringing albums again, and a baby in the house, I wanted to take something relatively brief. Luckily the debut album by Melt Yourself Down is only 36 minutes… (Even if those minutes are extraordinarily rambunctious.)
I reviewed this record for The Quietus the other week, so I shan't repeat myself too much by going into the make-up of the band or how individual songs work; suffice to say that Melt Yourself Down is, at heart, a dance record, a party record – despite liking a lot of 'dance' records this year (like the aforementioned Hopkins and Holden), it's this group of live-action (if you will) postpunk afrobeat jazzers who make me want to dance the most, who seem to have the most physically compelling batch of beats.
Good as those beats are, they're not quite the stars of the show. Partly this is because Pete Wareham is in this band, and thus hyperactive, riffing-not-soloing saxophone is upfront and centre, twisting down audaciously catchy routes, and partly it's because of Kushal Gaya's frankly nuts vocals, which take in French, English, Creole, and made-up-stuff. But mostly it's because of Ruth Goller's outrageous basslines, which drive Melt Yourself Down with irresistible momentum, oftentimes forcing Wareham's saxophone to merely mimic their own rhythmic patterns.
You can hear all sorts in Melt Yourself Down's DNA – no-wave sax punk, Morphine, Acoustic Ladyland, Mulatu Astatke, Fela Kuti, electric Miles, and far more besides – so much that one could almost dismiss them as just being an amalgamation of their (admittedly myriad, and awesome) influences. Except that Melt Yourself Down also have the tunes. Boy, have they got the tunes. Amazing fun.
Graham listened: I must admit the first few minutes of this had me wondering if Nick had come across an album from the CIA's Psycholigical Warfare program, as it sounded frenetic, to say the least. But it must have made an impression as it is now the only album released this year that I have bought for myself. The wife doesn't seem to like it which is generally a sign that it is good. There are moments when it does sound like a Moroccan wedding band (if such exists?), a Madness tribute band and a hip-hop outfit have all booked the same rehearsal room, and that's what makes it great!
Tom Listened: A new one to me, somehow Melt Yourself Down slipped under my radar and I had never heard of it (or them) before Nick played it to us. I liked Melt Yourself Down well enough and sensed that it is one of those records that would benefit from familiarity as it is so busy and energetic. However, after one listen it gave me the impression that it would be one of those albums that, should I ever own it, would rarely find its way onto my turntable despite being a perfectly enjoyable listen once there.
Author sickmouthyPosted on July 9, 2013 July 17, 2013 Categories Pop musicTags acoustic ladyland, jazz, melt yourself down, pete wareham3 Comments on Melt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down: Round 51, Nick's choice


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Turning legislation into action
The Water Framework Directive is a well-designed piece of legislation. However, without proper implementation it will remain ineffective in delivering water protection, writes Grace O'Sullivan.
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By Grace O'Sullivan
Grace O'Sullivan (IE, Greens/EFA) is a shadow rapporteur on Parliament's report on Fisheries Control
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As a Green politician and environmental activist, I usually find myself in the role of criticising inadequate environmental legislation.
There are countless examples in EU and national law throughout Europe of environmental protection laws that do not provide sufficient safeguards for European citizens and for the ecosystems on which we all depend.
When it comes to the EU's laws on water protection, however, I am obliged to acknowledge that they are indeed largely fit for purpose.
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You don't have to take my word for it; a two-year review of the Water Framework Directive by the European Commission recently concluded that it has set up a robust governance framework for the integrated water management of Europe's 110,000 rivers, lakes and wetlands.
This has helped slow the rate at which water quality is deteriorating. Sadly, however, this hasn't been enough to stop the decline of Europe's freshwater ecosystems.
The European Environment Agency has found that 60 percent of the EU's water bodies are not in a good ecological state, five years after the deadline for this. Europe's wetlands and flood plains are also suffering from serious degradation.
"All of this comes with a price tag; our failure to achieve the goals of the Water Framework Directive costs the EU up to €20bn every year"
This decline is the result of myriad pressures, from water pollutants such as nitrogen, to over-extraction as well as physical changes such as the construction of dams.
The implications of this for Europe's ecosystems, at a time when we face a biodiversity crisis, is worrying.
The conservation status of most freshwater species listed under the Birds and Habitats Directives remains mostly unfavourable or bad. A third of European freshwater fish species are now threatened with extinction.
All of this comes with a price tag; our failure to achieve the goals of the Water Framework Directive costs the EU up to €20bn every year.
Again, those are the Commission's figures. Scientists expect the climate crisis to increase pressure on Europe's freshwater resources. Rises in global temperature will further exacerbate water shortages and droughts, particularly in Southern Europe.
Approximately 100 million European citizens already experience water shortages. At the same time, scientists predict higher rainfall in Northern Europe, which will make flooding events more frequent and more severe.
Many parts of my own country, Ireland, recently experienced the wettest February since records began.
In light of this, the degradation and destruction of some of our freshwater habitats, which are some of our best allies in the fight against the climate and biodiversity crises, is nothing less than reckless. Europe needs healthy rivers, lakes and wetlands.
We need them to ensure citizens have access to clean water, to halt biodiversity loss, to tackle the climate crisis (and prepare for it) and to grow food.
"The implications of this for Europe's ecosystems, at a time when we face a biodiversity crisis, is worrying"
Fortunately, we do not have to waste months and years in devising a set of EU policies to protect European water quality: it already exists.
The Water Framework Directive and other related policies like the Environmental Quality Standards Directive and the Groundwater Directive, are strong because of their cross-references with other EU policies, the monitoring requirements, the list of priority substances, the non-deterioration principle and EU funding.
Yet if these Directives are so superlative, why is water quality still declining? The short answer is slow implementation, a lack of funding and a lack of sectoral integration in other policies. Member States have faced difficulties in setting up their specific governance frameworks nationally.
Perhaps one of the biggest issues is that those policy areas that are not aligned with the objectives of the Water Framework Directive include agriculture, energy and transport.
Europe needs good water protection laws, but it also needs those laws to be fully funded, implemented and enforced.
That means ensuring Member States' third River Basin Management Plans, due by the end of 2021, are robust. It also means ensuring the Water Framework Directive's implementation measures are fully funded and that there is a phase-out of harmful subsidies.
It also means agreeing on legally-binding targets for the protection of 30 percent of Europe's ecosystems and the restoration of 30 percent of Europe's degraded ecosystems, including water and wetland ecosystems.
This must include the restoration of crucial floodplains and the rewetting of drained peatlands, which are absolutely crucial measures for restoring biodiversity, cutting carbon emissions and boosting our resilience to floods, droughts and rising sea levels.
Only by tackling Europe's water crisis will we achieve the goals of the European Green Deal.
Only by protecting and restoring Europe's rivers, lakes and wetlands will we halt biodiversity loss, prevent the worst impacts of the climate crisis, help make Europe more climate resilient and ensure citizens have access to clean water.
Now, let's focus our efforts on ensuring full and robust implementation, funding and enforcement of the EU's water protection laws. We cannot afford to wait.
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