The iPhone XS and XS Max will be available in the UK next week, while the XR will be here next month.
The XS Max – the premium model – features the largest screen and battery that Apple has ever used for an iPhone, which is reflected by a £1,099 starting price, which rises to £1,449 for the 512GB storage version.
The XR is the relative 'budget' version, with a starting price of £749. It features many of the same specifications as the two XS models, with some drawbacks, such as having only a single rear camera and an LCD screen – unlike the OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen of the XS.
Buying a new iPhone is never MoneySaving – but if you're determined to get one anyway, buying it in the right way could save you almost £600 over two years compared with the cost of a standard contract.
See below for a round-up of the different ways to buy an iPhone XS or XS Max.
For full info on cutting the cost of an iPhone, see our Cheap iPhones guide.
What features do the new iPhones have?
Apple has said its new iPhone XS and XS Max take the smartphone to the "next level".
iPhone XS – 5.8-inch Super Retina OLED display, dual 12-megapixel telephoto and wide-angle rear cameras, 7-megapixel front-facing camera, 4K video recording at up to 60 frames per second, up to 20 hours' talk-time battery life.
iPhone XS Max – 6.5-inch Super Retina OLED display, dual 12-megapixel telephoto and wide-angle rear cameras, 7-megapixel front-facing camera, 4K video recording at up to 60 frames per second, up to 25 hours' talk-time battery life.
iPhone XR – 6.1-inch Liquid Retina HD display, 12-megapixel rear camera, 7-megapixel front-facing camera, 4K video recording at up to 60 frames per second, up to 25 hours' talk-time battery life.
Buying a new handset on a traditional mobile contract from the major mobile networks can be £100s more expensive than buying the handset outright and pairing with a cheap Sim.
Yet reseller sites such as Mobiles.co.uk* (owned by Carphone Warehouse) or MobilePhonesDirect are almost always cheaper than going direct to the network. They can sometimes even undercut buying upfront – and right now we've found pre-order deals on EE, O2 and Vodafone that can save you up to £560 over the two-year contract for the same deal if bought direct, and up to £100 cheaper than a comparable handset and Sim combo.
Our top-pick iPhone XS deal with a high data allowance works out £598 less than O2's comparable standard two-year deal. Via Mobiles.co.uk* (part of Carphone Warehouse), if you're an O2 newbie, you'll get 15GB of data with unlimited minutes and texts for £34/month, though you'll have to stump up a hefty £410 upfront – so £1,226 over the two years. That's also about £60 cheaper over the two years than the cheapest alternative we found buying the phone upfront and pairing with an equivalent Sim.


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Lifebox Foundation was founded in 2011 by the surgeon and writer, Dr. Atul Gawande. Their focus is to develop safer surgery work within India and Apollo Hospitals has played a vital role in supporting and promulgating their work. Dr. Atul Gawande, MD, MPH – Lifebox Chairman said "Through our Safer Surgery India project, Lifebox plays a vital role in strengthening professional ties between continents, regions, healthcare providers and their patients – ultimately safeguarding thousands of lives. On a personal level, it gives me the opportunity to support and serve an extraordinary country that means so much to my family. Together we're going to make a lifelong – and life-saving – difference."
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Link:-Arjuna then puts the question about the illumined one whose intellect has crossed the mire of delusion and who has become steadfast and firm on God.
sthitaprajnasya ka bhasa samadhisthasya kesava
sthitadhih kim prabhaseta kimasita vrajeta kim
Arjuna said:
O Kesava, what is the mark of a person of steadfast wisdom, who realises (sthitaprajna) God? How does such a man of firm wisdom, speak, sit and how does he walk? 54
[Here Arjuna asks about the marks of a man of steadfast wisdom. Before he puts this question he had some doubt about the superiority of intellect or actions (2147—50). Lord Krsna, in fifty-second and fifty-third verses said, "After crossing the mire of delusion when your intellect has become steadfast and firm on God, you will attain Self-realization or union with God." Hearing this, Arjuna wants to know the mark of one who attains Self-realization viz., who becomes a man of steadfast wisdom. He had doubt about action and knowledge, which he will ask further (in 3/1-2). Had Arjuna put a question regarding his doubts about action and knowledge, in the fifty-fourth verse here, then his question regarding the mark of the man of steadfast wisdom, would have been much delayed.]
'Samadhisthasya[1]:- Here, this term has been used for the person who has attained God-realization.
Sthitaprajdasya:-This term has been used both for the enlightened (God-realized) soul, as well as the striver. The striver who is of a firm resolve and who never budges from his spiritual path, is also called a man of steadfast wisdom. The realized soul whose intellect is already steadfast, is also a man of steadfast wisdom.
Now, the question arises, while Arjuna put the question about the enlightened soul only, why Lord Krsna included the striver too. The answer is that, in the Discipline of Knowledge aspirants generally develop disinclination for activities. The perfect soul gets total disinclination. An aspirant of the Discipline of Devotion, has an inclination to the recitation of Divine name, meditation, association with holy men and study of the scriptures etc. These activities pervade in abundance, in hint. In the perfect state, only activities pertaining to God are performed. Thus there is a clear difference in the degree of activities, of aspirants and realized souls in both the Disciplines of Knowledge and Devotion. But in the Discipline of Action, the flow of activities goes on as usual, without any change, in both the stages—as a striver and a perfected soul. So, there is a description of strivers, from the forty-first verse to the forty-fifth verse, and also from the forty-seventh verse to the fifty-third verse. Thus, in the context, the means by which strivers, can be perfect souls' have been enunciated and the marks of the perfect soul, have also been described.
Ka bhasa:-What is the description or mark of an enlightened soul? (Lord Krsna answers this question in the next verse).
Sthitadhih kim prabhaseta:-How does the enlightened soul speak? (Lord Krsna will answer this question in fifty-sixth and fifty-seventh verses.)
Kimasita:-How does he sit viz., how does he become dispassionate? (Lord Krsna has answered these in verses from fifty-eighth to sixty-third.)
Vrajeta kim:-How does be walk viz., how does he behave? (Lord Krsna has answered this question in the verses sixty-fourth to seventy-first.)
↑ Here the word 'Samadhi has been used for God as it was also used in the forty-fourth verse of this chapter.
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Stone Barrington faces down a vengeful miscreant in this latest heart-stopping thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author
When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when this foe shows no signs of stopping until his deadly objective is realized in full, Stone is left with no choice but to face the problem head-on.
Armed and alert, Stone joins forces with his most savvy connections to catch the perpetrator before the next strike. But it turns out this scum is an expert at evasion in more ways than one, and the international cat-and-mouse hunt that ensues has Stone questioning if he has become the predator or the prey. . .
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Multilateral Reform: Rethinking Humanitarianism Episode 6
As we close out a year in which the UN marked its 75th anniversary, we're taking a hard look at whether reform of multilateral agencies has a chance. Two guests with extensive backgrounds in diplomacy and international service join co-hosts Heba Aly and Jeremy Konyndyk on this sixth episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism, the podcast series exploring the future of aid.
Jeremy Konyndyk and Heba Aly
Strengthening Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding at the UN and IFIs: Key Ideas and Recommendations
All three of the recent UN secretary-general reports on peacebuilding and sustaining peace (2018, 2019, and 2020) take note of the need to enhance collaboration between the UN—not only its development system but also its peace and security and humanitarian arms—with international financial institutions (IFIs), namely the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Reinvigorate Multilateralism by Replacing its Operating Principle
The global policy debate on multilateralism has taken an intriguing turn during recent months and its focus has been widene, raising the question of how, under the current global geopolitical realities, a reinvigoration of multilateralism could realistically be achieved.
Inge Kaul
Power, Money, and Influence: Broadening the Dialogue on Humanitarian Action at UNGA
At the 74th UN General Assembly meetings, Jeremy Konyndyk and I held a high-level side event at the Rockefeller Foundation headquarters focused on a vital but inadequately addressed aspect of the humanitarian system and humanitarian reform in particular: who has power, who lacks power, and how to change it.
Rose Worden
Eight Updates on Global Education from UNGA
World leaders and policymakers are in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to discuss key global issues, including global education. Here, we round up the big announcements at UNGA related to education.
Maryam Akmal and Lee Crawfurd
Financing Development: A "Common but Differentiated" Path to 0.7%
Ministers are gathering at the UN this week to discuss the financing needs to meet the Global Goals—with the challenge that resources will clearly fall short, not least because most high-income countries are still failing to meet their financial commitments. We reviewed the pathways taken by the countries that agreed to the UN 0.7 percent target on overseas development assistance as a share of national income, and find that—perhaps unsurprisingly—aid as a share of the economy rises with per capita income.
Ian Mitchell and Arthur Baker
UNGA 2019: A Development Dispatch from New York
On the sidelines of the 74th annual proceedings of the UN General Assembly, one recurring idea caught my attention: interconnectedness.
Sean Bartlett
The Elsie Fund: Good News for UN Peacekeeping
Today, the UN and Canada are launching the Elsie Initiative Fund for Uniformed Women in Peace Operations. The fund will accelerate the deployment of trained and qualified women in peacekeeping. It is a fantastic goal and the fund has an exciting design.
Addressing the Gender Gap in Senior Staffing at the United Nations
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said gender equality at the United Nations is "an urgent need – and a personal priority. It is a moral duty and an operational necessity." Guterres was quick to meet his goal of gender parity in UN senior management. But 18 years past an initial 2000 target date for gender parity in the UN system as a whole, there is still a long way to go. The organization remains off track to meet the new target for parity at all levels by 2030. There is also evidence that the rate of change will be hard to boost without a new approach.
UN Data Forum 2018: Signs of Insurrection but Still Waiting for a Data Revolution
Country efforts on the SDGs since 2015 are off-track, say Amanda Glassman and Liesl Schnabel. As the second UN Data Forum kicks off in Dubai, they call for a greater focus on the completeness, accuracy, and availability of data.
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Clare Jonas is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in psychology at the University of East London, where she does research on synaesthesia (a harmless neurological condition in which the senses become tangled together), multisensory perception, mental imagery and how people think about numbers and mathematics. Previously Claire did a PhD at the University of Sussex and then worked as a teaching fellow at the University of St Andrews. In her spare time, Claire does lot of knitting and sewing and a little creative writing.
Exploring what you can sense in the world around you is a great way to bring your attention and enjoyment to the present time and place – and personally I find it's a great way to calm down if I'm worried or stressed out.
I've explored these themes with my students before and I really enjoy how many different ways of experiencing the world people have, because it opens my eyes to the ways in which we are similar to and different from each other.
Most people don't normally think about the world in the way that I will be encouraging you to, so be curious and open-minded.
Participants in this session will begin by exploring what is coming in through the individual senses of sight, sound, touch and smell, and thinking about how they differ. Next, we'll talk about how information can be matched across the senses – for example, would a high-pitched sound be yellow or purple if it had a colour, or does a sharp object make you think of the smell of bread or the smell of lemons? Using these associations between the senses, we will explore what Deptford would be like if it smelled how it looked, or felt like what it sounds like, and finally try to redesign Deptford so that it is pleasing to all the senses.


Tell you which two players have scored most runs for Australia over the last ten or fifteen years: Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. Stick with us on this.
We have this belief that Australian Test batting averages have been deceptive for a good few years now. We're not big on gauging a player solely by his average at the best of times. Some people do and those people think that Matthew Hayden is one of the all-time great Test batsmen.
Matthew Hayden is not one of the all-time great Test batsmen.
He's a good one – we're not so irreparably prejudiced that we can't admit that – but his Test average of 52.43 flatters him. Michael Clarke averages 45, Ricky Ponting 58, Andrew Symonds 44, Mike Hussey 67 and all their predecessors in the top six all average comfortably over 40 as well.
Do Australia produce more top quality batsmen than other nations? Yes, they probably do, but are they all THAT good?
Australia's batsmen have had it easy for years. They knew that in Warne and McGrath they had the bowlers to defend any total and this affected their approach. They were relaxed in the first innings and in the second innings they tended to have a lead. They batted for declarations with the field spread and even when things didn't go according to plan, they could convince themselves that a lead of 150 might be enough.
But it's not like that now. Witness Australia's collective failure at Mohali. India make 469 and Australia reply with 268. At this point, without any magic bowlers, Australia have to watch as India calmly set them a target.
Australia have to chase 500-and-odd and batting seems harder than it did for India. That's because it is.
India were setting a target. It didn't take long before Australia were effectively complicit in that. India were batting with a 200 run lead and if they'd been bowled out for 100, it would have still been a stiff target. Once they'd got a good start it was pretty much plain sailing.
In contrast, for Australia's innings, India's bowlers were fired up. Australia's batsmen won't admit it, but they will have been feeling a bit pessimistic. It's a different situation and while runs are harder to score, they only contribute to the batsmen's averages the same amount.
So how many runs do you have to subtract?
It really is a team game and you can't just go off the numbers. Australia had two of the best bowlers of all time and they created situations where batsmen could cash in.
It's impossible to quantify something like this as there are so many factors involved. However, at a conservative estimate, it makes Matthew Hayden a worse batsman than Alan Mullally.
You can use that as a rule of thumb.
I wrote a post on related topics earlier this year (see especially Kartikeya's comment).
If you wanted to use the boldest possible interpretation of those graphs, then you could say that Warne and McGrath being replaced by bowlers who average 45 and 35 cost the Australian batsmen about 10 runs each in terms of average.
That's a really wild estimate though.
Now there's a man who knows that a batting average doesn't tell the whole story; that it's but the tip of the iceberg.
My head hurts with all these stats and figures! I read this for light banter and ridicule of the cricketing world. Though i do like stats, when i was a lad, i used to play Graham Gooch's Test Cricket on the commadore 64 and keep the averages!
Another "read more" link! they are flourishing like the green bay tree!
I think Hayden's one of the all-time great Test batsmen. Certainly among bear-like, orphan-eating fuckheads, anyway.
so the fact that I'm not the world's greatest batsman is all because I don't play in the same team as the worlds greatest bowler. Interesting. I always thought it was because I've got the coordination and grace of a beached manatee.
Excellent point – if Alan Mullally had been able to bowl, perhaps he would have had a decent batting average too.
Surely another important factor with Aussie batsmen is that they play half their tests in Australia which are far easier to bat on than English pitches.
A while back, when the NZ-Eng series was on, I stated (elsewhere) that it would be a really good thing if Daniel Flynn had his head knocked off. This sort of happened. A tooth, at least. Sadly it never, ever happens with Hayden, which just makes me hate him more and more and more. I don't think this blog hates Hayden enough, actually.
Watch out for Andrew Symonds, The Librarian.
Who the hell writes this crap!? Is there a cricketing nation that wouldn't have liked to have Matthew Hayden in the opening position for them in the past ten years? I don't think so! He's sadly out of touch at the moment and may not ever regain his dominance over bowlers, but in his prime he was murderous against opposition bowlers and breathtaking to watch – unless you were one of the said bowlers.
What a funny article, saying that Ponting & Hayden's averages aren't a true reflection. Perhaps Andrew Strauss (who has an a current Test average of around 43) average is really worth 60 because England's bowlers aren't that great. Let's reduce all Australian batting averages & increase English batting averages, therefore obviously England has better batters. Let's adjust averages to "pressure".
Conversely you could say that Australia's good batters make their bowlers look good, because if Australia gets a first inning score of 450 – 500 this takes the pressure off the Aussie bowlers who can bowl more relaxed, therefore maybe Warne & McGrath's averages aren't a true reflection because the batters with their big first innings lead took the pressure off them. On top of that the opposition batters would have been in a pessimistic frame of mind chasing such a big total & therefore got out because of the pressure or hopelessness of the situation. So Warne & McGrath's real test bowling average should be about 35-40.
Thanks for the laugh, you must be Irish. Obviously you're right both Australian batting & bowling averages are very deceptive.


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Tokyo is home to attractions that allow tourists to live out their video game and anime dreams. You can visit a Detective Conan real escape game, eat at a Monster Hunter café, and spend the night at a Pretty Cure hotel room.
In recent years, one of the more iconic attractions is MariCar. You may have seen videos on social media showcasing Super Mario cosplayer racing through the bustling streets in go-karts. MariCar rents out the vehicles and costumes, which can be eye-grabbing when you see a dozen cosplayers racing down the street.
Turns out, the Tokyo District Court agreed with Nintendo's argument. As a result, MariCar is barred from renting out Mario costumes and they must pay Nintendo an undisclosed fee for infringing their copyright.
This may seem draconian, but Nintendo's fears aren't too unfounded. Many of MariCar's customers are foreign tourists and they may misinterpret it as an official Nintendo entity.
It doesn't help that there has been a pair of high profile accidents have happened this — a foreign driver struck a Japanese bicyclist in a hit-and-run accident and another driver crashed into a building in Roppongi.
However, the good news is that MariCar can still operate and rent out go-karts to tourists. It just won't have the Mario schtick anymore.


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Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica
Between perception and reality:...
November 2019 , pp. 229-244
Between perception and reality: the economy and trust in Latin American political institutions
Vincenzo Memoli (a1) and Maria Pina Di Pastena (a2)
1Università degli Studi di Catania, Department of Political and Social Science, Catania, Italy
2Università degli Studi del Molise, Department of Economy, Campobasso, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2018.19
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 November 2018
What is the effect of the economy on political trust among Latin American countries? The few studies that have examined the causal link between the economy and trust in institutions have observed the phenomenon in a synchronic way, adopting information collected at the individual or at the aggregate level. The results shown by these works reveal a citizenry that is dissatisfied, less tolerant towards the political class, and oriented to de-legitimize the political system. In this work, which analyses the political attitudes of citizens in 18 Latin American countries from a longitudinal perspective (1996–2013), the conjoint effect that economic perceptions and the real economy have on political trust is estimated. In particular, by using data from the Latinobarómetro, we show that in contexts where the political regime continues to alternate between democracy and authoritarianism, citizens' sociotropic understanding of the economy contributes to strengthening the relationship between citizens and political institutions.
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Spas have made a huge comeback in the past decade, and our destination of choice today is Wai Ora Lakeside Spa at Hell's Gate, home to New Zealand's first mud spa complex. It's a gloriously relaxing place where you can cake yourself with detoxifying mud, bake in the sun, and then take a long, hot soak in a warm thermal pool.
Hell's Gate – a 'violent acidic sulphate geothermal park' its other descriptor – is the perfect place for a gentle stroll before succumbing to the temptations of the spa. Highlights include an accessible mud volcano and the beautiful Kakahi Falls, the largest hot waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere. My guide, Patrick Tamati, tells me that, unlike many of the other local spas, this park is owned and managed by the sub-tribe, Ngati Rangi Teaorere, which has always appreciated the extraordinary healing powers of the springs.
These days, to spa here is a much grander affair – and in my case a highly anticipated treat. I slip into a hot private mud bath. It feels wonderful and as I begin to rub thick mud over my face and limbs, it's strangely reminiscent of playing in mud puddles as a kid. Its oozing warmth is the ultimate decadence.
Hell's Gate has always naturally pumped excess water and mud into Lake Rotorua. To create the mud baths, a dam was built to allow the purifying mud to settle, so in effect nothing is taken out of the park that wasn't already on its way out. The mud, which I've caked on thickly, and which is now beginning to dry and crack, is totally natural and untreated, although the pH levels are monitored to ensure they remain at a steady 5.0 to 5.5. To create a comfortable temperature, geothermal water is diluted with water from freshwater springs located on site, or if heating is required, steam from the park is used.
After 20 minutes wallowing, my spa attendant and masseuse, Deborah, advises that it's time to wash off. This is achieved using cold spring water – excruciating and liberating all at once. Immediately after this, with skin tingling from the mud's moisturising minerals and whole-body exfoliation, it's straight into a toasty non-chlorinated sulphur pool to unwind while listening to the soothing splash of a hot-spring waterfall. Then, just when you think it can't get any better, it's on to a relaxing full-body massage with aromatic manuka oil, followed by a refreshing cup of pure manuka tea.


John Masters was a noteworthy British author and army officer, who used to serve in the Indian Army during the pre-independence era of India and later became a novelist. The novels written by Masters are well known for the treatment of British Empire while ruling India. Author Masters was born to a regular soldier serving in the post of lieutenant colonel. His family had a vast tradition of serving in Indian Army. Masters had completed his education from the Royal Military College in Sandhurt and from Wellington. Immediately after his graduation, he had joined the Light Infantry of Cornwall Duke. After serving for one year, he applied to join the 4th Gorkha Rifles of Prince of Wales. Masters served with the regiment's 2nd battalion on the North West Frontier. He was given a number of appointments inside the regimental depot and the battalion. Author Masters was born on October 26, 1914, in Calcutta, India; and died on May 7, 1983, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, The United States. In 1938, Masters had organized a leopard hunt around the Bakloh depot as a leopard was suspected to be roaming in the nearby areas. He ended up coming across a huge tiger and killed it with his rifle. After this incident, Masters was called as the Saab who killed the Bakloh tiger. The following year, author Masters was appointed as 2nd battalion's Adjutant. At the time of the 2nd World War, Masters' battalion was ordered to go to Basra, Iraq to participate in the small Anglo-Iraqi battle. Subsequently, Masters served in Persia, Iraq, and Syria with his battalion. Later, he was seconded to the post of staff officer in Communications Line headquarter. In 1942, Masters visited Quetta to attend the Staff College of Indian Army. There, he met and fell in love with a fellow officer's wife. His affair had become a scandal at was the talking point of every officer gatherings at that time, even though the two had entered into marriage.
After Masters passed Staff College, he became a brigade major, first joining the 114th Infantry and then the 111th Infantry due to poaching from another officer named Joe Lentaigne. Starting from 1944, Masters' brigade served in Burma behind the Japanese army. Later in the year, the brigade was given the order of holding a position having the code name as Blackpool, in northern Burma's Mogaung region. This position was attacked with a heavy force for a period of 17 days continuously. Eventually, Masters had to withdraw his brigade. On seeing no hope of recovery for the brutally injured 19 soldiers, Masters was obliged to order the shooting of all the men by the medical orderlies. Later in his life, Masters mentioned his incident in his autobiography's second volume. After some time, author Masters became the commander of 3rd battalion and subsequently became the Chief of the 19th Infantry Division of India. This infantry was mainly involved in the remainder of the campaign in Burma. Masters was awarded with an OBE in 1946 for his service. Following a short spell in Delhi as staff officer, he went on to serve as instructor at the Staff College in Camberley. After the end of this posting, Masters left army and shifted to United States. He tried to set up a business that promoted Himalayan walking tours, which was also one of the hobbies of author Masters. However, the business could not succeed and this forced Masters to start writing about his experiences during his service days. And when the books became successful, Masters decided to write on the full time basis. During the later stages of life, author Masters settled in Santa Fe along with his wife named Barbara. His death occurred in 1983 due to the complication arising from a heart surgery. As requested by Masters, his friends and family members scattered his ashes over a mountain where he liked to go hiking.
A popular novel series written by John Masters is known as The Savage Family Chronicles. This series is comprised of a total of 8 books, which were released between the years 1951 an 1972. All the books of this series take place in India and involve a few generations of a fictional family. Author Masters has covered approximately 320 years from 1627 to the 1950s. The first book of this series is entitled 'Nightrunners of Bengal'. It was released by the Souvenir Press in the year 2014 after its initial release in 1951. The main characters mentioned in the book include Captain Rodney Savage of the Savage family. At the start of the book's story, it is shown that Rodney Savage serves in the 13th Rifles and is stationed in an isolated town called Bhowani. As he celebrates the beginning of 1857 in Bhowani, he comes to know that there is an unrest stirring up in the nearby town Kishanpur state. Captain Rodney is given the order of visiting Kishanpur for protecting the ruler of the state and her son. Soon, the tension takes the form of violence. The situation becomes so much worse that the British are not able to identify who all are loyal and who are not. They witness the full horror as the Indian Mutiny emerges. The critics praised this book by saying that it is one of the greatest novels and combines the storytelling mastery of author Masters with history's intuitive sense.
Another excellent book written by Masters in the series is called 'The Lotus and the Wind'. The Ballantine Books published it in 1969 following its first release in 1953. Author Masters as described the story as having taken place in Afghanistan during the time of the year 1879, and has depicted the main character as Robin Savage. At the beginning of the story of the book, it is depicted that Lieutenant Robin Savage serves in the 2nd Anglo-Afghan war. The Russian and British Empires engage in a great fight that is expected to decide the future of Afghanistan. When Robin Savage gets wrongly accused of being a coward, Lieutenant Savage decides to join the Secret Service with the intention of proving his loyalty. He begins by trying to unravel the Altar's mystery, which is the word that an Afghan soldier had written in his blood. He even intends to thwart the Tsarist Russia's ambitions. It seems that Robin Savage's love for the vacant spaces in the Afghan plains and his courage could keep him safe during the journey that he begins along with a trustworthy Gurkha elder. Savage travels to the farthest frontier of the empire of Britain in India. In this novel, author Masters has captured the strangeness, splendor, and beauty of the British rule at that time.


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We only ever eat "fast food" as an absolute last resort. Which means, we hardly ever eat fast food anywhere!
However, if that very rare moment ever presents itself – Chick-fil-A would be an acceptable choice for us.
About the only truly healthy thing on the menu is the grilled chicken nuggets. If we're feeling naughty (or mildly mentally ill), maybe the breaded chicken strips or breaded chicken nuggets. Never the sandwiches and never the fries. We'd only eat those if we wanted to become hungry again in 30 minutes. Which is what we don't want, so we never do.
However, be forewarned. ALL Chick-fil-A breaded chicken products contain MSG. Yes. Monosodium glutamate. Kind of disappointing, to be honest. Hopefully, at some point in the future, they decide to ditch that horrible ingredient.
They're located at 1194 Route 22 East – just outside the Phillipsburg Mall. Phone: (908) 859-4000. You can also download some sort of app for your phone. Seems like a lot of people enjoy bypassing human experience these days.
While we stay away from all fast food – Chick-fil-A is a friendly place that has at least one healthy menu item.
Hot Air Balloons – a flight risk?


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Ken Lavigne's Christmas Musical Roadshow is making a stop in Parksville on Dec. 16.
Ken Lavigne Christmas show in Parksville, Nanaimo
Lavigne is performing at Knox United Church, which is now sold out, but tickets are still available for the Dec. 20 show at the Port Theatre
Vancouver Island artist Ken Lavigne said he's bringing the great crooner classics of Christmases gone by to Parksville once again.
Lavigne had his Parksville Christmas show last year, and he said it was a huge success, so he decided to bring it back again for the 2016 season.
Lavigne said that the program incldues a lot of family Christmas tunes that people will enjoy. Some of the songs on the program include Bing Crosby's White Christmas, It's a Marshmallow World and other great crooner classics of Christmases gone by, he said. Other songs also include Jingle Bells, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Silent Night.
This year, Lavigne said, he released two albums Closer Than Ever with some original music and a Christmas album, which Lavigne said is very much in keeping with the style of his Christmas Roadshow.
The CDs will be available at his upcoming shows.
Lavigne described it as an old timey radio Christmas show. He said the show is almost like a variety show with singing, dancing and acting as well as some really funny and sincere moments.
In a press release, it says that the Ken Lavigne's Christmas Musical Roadshow is a throwback to the golden age of live radio, evoking the sounds of radio drama with special sound effects presenting a Christmas story, but they will be putting their own modern spin on it.
Lavigne said there will be some audience engagement, adding that they will be recreating the indoor snowball fight from last year.
"The audience can delight in getting revenge on all the people that snowballed them last year," Lavigne said.
Lavigne is a founding member of The Canadian Tenors and co-founder of the tenor trio Romanza. He has been touring and recording as a solo artist since 2008. He has performed at Carnegie Hall and worked extensively with famed producer David Foster.
Lavigne is performing at Knox United Church on Dec. 16, which is now sold out, but tickets are still available for the Dec. 20 show at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo. For more information, visit www.kenlavigne.com.
Tribute to Leonard Cohen in Qualicum Beach
Last-minute concert at the MAC in Parksville


❶To do qualitative research, your question should explore reasons for why people do things or believe in something. However, it has been always so hard to find that many of us had to write papers for academia by ourselves and get poor.
Coding can be done by hand on a hard copy of the transcript, by making notes in the margin or by highlighting and naming sections of text.
More commonly, researchers use qualitative research software e. It is advised that researchers undertake a formal course in the use of such software or seek supervision from a researcher experienced in these tools. If we read a little more deeply, we can ask ourselves how the participant might have come to feel that the doctor assumed he or she was aware of the diagnosis or indeed that they had only just been told the diagnosis.
There are a number of pauses in the narrative that might suggest the participant is finding it difficult to recall that experience. At the end of this excerpt, the participant just trails off, recalling that no-one showed any interest, which makes for very moving reading. There are no statistical tests that can be used to check reliability and validity as there are in quantitative research. This simple act can result in revisions to the codes and can help to clarify and confirm the research findings.
Theming refers to the drawing together of codes from one or more transcripts to present the findings of qualitative research in a coherent and meaningful way. Thus, when the findings are organized for presentation, each theme can become the heading of a section in the report or presentation. Implications for real life e. This synthesis is the aim of the final stage of qualitative research.
There are a number of ways in which researchers can synthesize and present their findings, but any conclusions drawn by the researchers must be supported by direct quotations from the participants.
The work of Latif and others 12 gives an example of how qualitative research findings might be presented. As has been suggested above, if researchers code and theme their material appropriately, they will naturally find the headings for sections of their report.
The final presentation of the research will usually be in the form of a report or a paper and so should follow accepted academic guidelines. In particular, the article should begin with an introduction, including a literature review and rationale for the research. There should be a section on the chosen methodology and a brief discussion about why qualitative methodology was most appropriate for the study question and why one particular methodology e.
The method itself should then be described, including ethics approval, choice of participants, mode of recruitment, and method of data collection e. The findings should be written as if a story is being told; as such, it is not necessary to have a lengthy discussion section at the end.
As stated earlier, it is not the intention of qualitative research to allow the findings to be generalized, and therefore this is not, in itself, a limitation.
Planning out the way that findings are to be presented is helpful. It is useful to insert the headings of the sections the themes and then make a note of the codes that exemplify the thoughts and feelings of your participants. It is generally advisable to put in the quotations that you want to use for each theme, using each quotation only once.
After all this is done, the telling of the story can begin as you give your voice to the experiences of the participants, writing around their quotations. Finally, as appropriate, it is possible to include examples from literature or policy documents that add support for your findings.
It can be used in pharmacy practice research to explore how patients feel about their health and their treatment. An understanding of these issues can help pharmacists and other health care professionals to tailor health care to match the individual needs of patients and to develop a concordant relationship.
Doing qualitative research is not easy and may require a complete rethink of how research is conducted, particularly for researchers who are more familiar with quantitative approaches.
There are many ways of conducting qualitative research, and this paper has covered some of the practical issues regarding data collection, analysis, and management. The participant age late 50s had suffered from a chronic mental health illness for 30 years. As the participant talked about past experiences, the researcher asked:. The planned 2-year series is intended to appeal to relatively inexperienced researchers, with the goal of building research capacity among practising pharmacists.
The articles, presenting simple but rigorous guidance to encourage and support novice researchers, are being solicited from authors with appropriate expertise. Can J Hosp Pharm. Ethical issues in pharmacy practice research: Designing pharmacy practice research trials.
An introduction to developing surveys for pharmacy practice research. An introduction to the fundamentals of cohort and case—control studies. Austin Z, Sutton J. C an J Hosp Pharm. An introduction to the fundamentals of randomized controlled trials in pharmacy research. What do you need to know to get started? National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Copyright Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. In submitting their manuscripts, the authors transfer, assign, and otherwise convey all copyright ownership to CSHP.
This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Interpretation of Data Interpretation of the data will depend on the theoretical standpoint taken by researchers. Transcribing and Checking For the purposes of this paper it is assumed that interviews or focus groups have been audio-recorded.
Coding Once all of the research interviews have been transcribed and checked, it is time to begin coding. Theming Theming refers to the drawing together of codes from one or more transcripts to present the findings of qualitative research in a coherent and meaningful way. Planning and Writing the Report As has been suggested above, if researchers code and theme their material appropriately, they will naturally find the headings for sections of their report.
Excerpt from a sample transcript The participant age late 50s had suffered from a chronic mental health illness for 30 years. As the participant talked about past experiences, the researcher asked: What was treatment like 30 years ago?
Umm—well it was pretty much they could do what they wanted with you because I was put into the er, the er kind of system er, I was just on. He had a book this thick [gestures] and on each page it was like three questions and he went through. Previous articles in this series: Austin ZA, Sutton J. Hammersley M, Atkinson P. Taylor and Francis; What is grounded theory? Grounded Theory Institute; The A—Z of social research. Strauss AL, Corbin J. Basics of qualitative research: Doing interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Murray M, Chamberlain K, editors. Discordant indigenous and provider frames explain challenges in improving access to arthritis care: Int J Equity Health. A short introduction to transcribing with ELAN. University of Pennsylvania Linguistics Lab; Beyond the divide between cognition and discourse: Giving voice and making sense in interpretative phenomenological analysis. A qualitative study exploring the impact and consequence of the medicines use review service on pharmacy support-staff.
Quantitative data collection methods include various forms of surveys — online surveys, paper surveys , mobile surveys and kiosk surveys, face-to-face interviews, telephone interviews, longitudinal studies, website interceptors, online polls, and systematic observations. Snap has many robust features that will help your organization effectively gather and analyze quantitative data. While defining quantitative and qualitative research based on their uses and purposes may be considered a practical approach for researcher, the difference actually lies on their roots: Procedures, designs, concepts, purposes and uses emanate from there.
Thank you for making me to understand the difference between qualitative Research and quantitative research. Thanks a lot for the insightful distinction between Qualitative and Quantitative research. However, the differences as you enumerated did not factor in the advantages and disadvantages of both research tools. My special thanks goes to Camilo Tabinas for suggesting that the difference between quantitative and qualitative research method stems from the roots of quantity and quality.
Use these tips to help you find quality topics for your qualitative research paper. Learn how to create ideas for writing based on what you know.
Qualitative research paper is a paper in the field of social sciences based on qualitative research method. In opposite to quantitative methods qualitative ones mean descriptive research such as historical and ethnographic, communities' exploration and other research connected with social life. How to write a qualitative research paper to help in writing essay online. How to write a qualitative research paper. This is accompanied by the other at a description of paper qualitative to how write a research what they ve done during the experi ence. At the head teacher, can have certain individuals in four areas two areas appears to.
We can help with writing your qualitative research paper online! Qualitative research addresses these differences as indicators of relative power and as likely explanatory aspects . In an earlier paper, 1 we presented an introduction to using qualitative research methods in pharmacy practice. In this article, we review some principles of the collection, analysis, and management of qualitative data to help pharmacists interested in doing research in their practice to continue their learning in this area.


Let us be the first ones to say: being a business owner isn't a piece of cake. At times, it can be stressful and chaotic. You might even sit down somedays and ask yourself, "Have I bitten off more than I can chew?" Now the next question is, how do you avoid this feeling? How do you minimize a constant feeling of anxiety? Well, here's our solution. Start off every day with these four mantras.
You have to be patient. Focus on daily progress. Even if it's small accomplishments, you want to look back on every 8 hour day and pick out something that helped you move forward. Whatever you do, don't rush the process. Don't force the results, they will come.
Small, daily, focused action is better than the occasional one off, grandiose project. You need to be doing something every day to better and build your business. For example, maybe every day you focus on creating one positive customer interaction. At first, that seems like a small undertaking. But, over time, one new happy customer a day equals 30 happy customers a month, which builds brand loyalty and enhances CRM efforts.
You're no stranger to this advice, but that doesn't mean it's not true. If you have a bad apple, they will damage the entire bunch. If you have a complainer, gossiper, or all around unmotivated employee, you won't get very far.
Make mistakes – tons of them. Just don't make the same one twice.
It's ok to make mistakes. In fact, it's encouraged. Make a TON of mistakes. But, vow to learn from those errors. Ask yourself, "What have I learned from this situation? What can I do differently next time around?" If you can easily answer these questions, then you're on the right track. If you can learn from these mistakes, you have the potential to be in business for a very long time.
Focus on valuing these four principles, and your small business success might not be far in sight.


Like most other superhero movies and big-budget films, Deadpool concludes after the credits with Ryan Reynolds confirming that the inevitable sequel will feature the introduction of Cable. Since that point, everyone has given their suggestions as to who should play the character, but almost a year later there is still no actor attached to the role. He will however absolutely be in Deadpool 2, as will Deadpool's mutant friends Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Colossus. Even Dopinder is returning for the sequel, but it is Cable that has the attention of most comic readers.
No matter how passionate and big the fan base is for Cable, that number is minimal in comparison to the total number of people that will see the Deadpool sequel. This ultimately will mean there is a large number of moviegoers who are unfamiliar with Cable beforehand, which has put the film's writers in a difficult spot thanks to the character's complicated history. However, they say this will not stop them from delivering an authentic portrayal of him.
Collider had the chance to interview Deadpool 1 & 2 screenwriters Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese about Cable and their vision for him. They understand that even to those that know the comics, Cable is a tricky character to fully understand. For the film, they are going to make sure he looks, acts, and feels like the character, but may leave some of his origin purposefully murky.
Wernick: It's intimidating because we have to find his voice, and we don't have an actor yet so we don't know who we're writing for. Most screenwriting happens without cast in place, but sequels it's a little bit different and it's likely that part will get cast, and we'll get to continue writing it and honing it for that actor, which I think is a good thing. There's been so many diverse people that have been brought up as possibilities for Cable, and who have not been brought up but we're considering. And that, much like with Ryan [Reynolds], that decision will greatly impact his cadences, his rhythms. And we'll certainly make him like he is in the comics, and we'll certainly be faithful, but I do think that voice will inform us quite a bit.
Reese: I think authenticity is so important. I think part of what made Deadpool such a success, I think we're going to continue that authenticity.
Wenrick: So with Cable, he's got such a convoluted past, and such a convoluted origin story that I think we're going to try to leave that, not mysterious, but there are a lot of twists and turns, cloning and all this stuff where you go, "Oh my God. How do we get that across in a two hour movie?" I think we're going to distill him down to his essence. It will be authentic and faithful, but it's not going to include the 18,000 details if you were going to read a Wikipedia page about Cable you'd roll your eyes.
Comic book faithful may be against the idea that they will could not fully embrace or explain Cable's backstory, but Wernick and Reese proved with Deadpool that they know these characters and how to write them. There are a number of ways they could go about simplifying Cable's history to make it easier to grasp for general audiences, and it is important to remember this isn't Cable's movie. As long as things go according to the reported plan, whoever is cast as Cable should have plenty of time to flesh him out in the future. Cable could eventually be the lead of an X-Force movie, so that (potential) film could wind up answering any questions that Deadpool 2 doesn't answer, regarding the Cable character.
Similarly to how the writers are having a difficult time writing the character because there is no actor attached yet, it is just as difficult to figure out how Deadpool 2 will approach him. For instance, Stephen Lang would inherently bring a different voice to Cable than someone like Kyle Chandler would. Once an actor for the role has been found, it will not only make things easier for the film's writers, but also easier for fans to begin to understand what type of Cable they will be getting. In either instance, Wernick and Reese should be able to make those both familiar and unfamiliar with Cable happy in the long run.


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People don't go to theme parks for the food. We go there for the rides, or because we've just won the Super Bowl. Food at these places is usually terrible and overpriced, but that's to be expected. The same holds true for theme restaurants: if there's an animatronic lemur lecturing you on the rainforest, the meal probably isn't going to be very good. And unfortunately, BLVD is a West Loop theme restaurant that's masquerading as an upscale dining destination.
The theme at BLVD is "Old Hollywood" circa 1950's Sunset Strip. And they go hard on the glamour here. The space is over the top in an attempt to transport you to the era of Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly. A sweeping staircase dominates the restaurant, gigantic glass chandeliers loom overhead, and the space is full of huge circular booths.
The menu is designed to call back to that era as well, with a bunch of classic dishes that have been given a modern-day upgrade. Unfortunately, most of the upgrades are ill-conceived, and don't even succeed in distracting from the fact that the food simply doesn't taste very good. Take the chicken pot pie, which is basically flavorless chicken soup served in a small crockpot, modernized by having diners ladle it into a tasteless mini pie shells. They aren't quite small enough to be one bite, and thanks to gravity, eating soup out of a tiny edible bowl doesn't really work. The shrimp cocktail doesn't benefit from BLVD's upgrading either - shrimp is room temperature, and served on a terrible horseradish "panna cotta" with an overly sweet "tomato gastrique" that tastes like ketchup. Even basic dishes that have no discernable twist manage to fail: the cacio e' pepe pasta is bland, and overcooked to the point where noodles disintegrate the moment they're touched by the fork.
BLVD's idea of 1950's American cuisine is also pretty unfocused, with items swinging between caviar and shrimp cocktail, to chicken pot pie and griddled burgers. It might be charming to eat a fast-food style burger in a luxurious setting, but when the burger is as dry and gamy as this one, we just wish we'd gone to a drive-through.
BLVD's theme is successful, but probably not in the way it's intended. While the interior design is impressive, the food is not, and has more in common with a 1950's T.V. dinner than anything from a glamorous Old-Hollywood restaurant. And it succeeds in channelling Sunset Boulevard, but only in a delusional and desperate Norma Desmond way. This restaurant has terrible, overpriced food, and should be avoided at all costs.
Shaved ham is served with flatbread crackers and a "tomato fondue," which is a bland salsa. The crackers taste like nothing, and the ham is fine.
It's pretty hard to mess up shrimp cocktail, but BLVD does. The shrimp taste like a dirty aquarium, the horseradish panna cotta is gelatinous, and the tomato gastrique is overly sweet.
The pasta here is allegedly made in-house, but it's hard to tell because the noodles are so overcooked, and it tastes like an MRE.
In this dish, chicken soup is served in a crockpot, and ladled into mini pie shells. Both the soup and the pie shells are completely flavorless.
Grain Salad
This dish is OK. A pile of warm quinoa, rice, dates, goat cheese and almonds. It's a warm salad, so the large chunks of goat cheese clump up the whole thing making it difficult to eat.
Roasted brussels sprouts are served on a red pepper sauce, which is sweetened beyond anything good or holy in this world.
This is really terrible. The meat is overcooked and gamy, and unintentionally tastes like the worst version of McDonald's.
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Top 5 Cryptocurrencies Of The Week – 1 (Cryptoticker)
Cryptocurrencies had a bad year in 2022. As a result, now is an excellent time to invest. The first week of 2023 just finished and this article will discuss the top five cryptocurrencies of the week, which performed well despite the bear market. Let's go over it in more detail.
5. Top 5 Cryptocurrencies: Frax Share (FXS) +24.14%
— Llanero (@iamllanero)
Frax, according to its website, is a permissionless and open-source fractional-algorithmic stablecoin protocol. It is also an Ethereum-based platform to transform and improve the industry. This system's initial goal is to provide decentralization, scalability, and quick transaction payment. FXS price has risen by nearly +24.14% in the last seven days, putting it on our list of the top cryptocurrencies.
4. Top 5 Cryptocurrencies: NEAR Protocol (NEAR) +25.14%
— NEAR Protocol | Create Without Limits (@NEARProtocol)
The Near Protocol (NEAR) is an easy-to-use and scalable blockchain protocol. It is a layer 1 blockchain that conducts business in a CO2-neutral sort of way. NEAR is a community-driven cloud-based computing platform that aims to fix the limitations of other blockchains, such as slow transaction speeds and a lack of interoperability. NEAR price has risen by nearly +25.14% in the last seven days, putting it on our list of the top cryptocurrencies.
3. Top 5 Cryptocurrencies: Ethereum Classic (ETC) +26.48%
— Ethereum Classic (@eth_classic)
As the name implies, the Ethereum classic arose as a result of disagreements among developers about how the Ethereum blockchain operated at the time. These programmers used Ethereum to create "The DAO," a venture capital fund (Decentralized Autonomous Organization). This VC raised $100 million by allowing individuals to contribute ETH and guaranteeing them profit sharing as a return on investment. In addition to returns, investors have the authority to decide how to allocate assets. ETC price has risen by nearly +26.48% in the last seven days, putting it on our list of the top cryptocurrencies.
2. Top 5 Cryptocurrencies: Solana (SOL) +35.95%
A blockchain platform that is decentralized Solana plans to provide decentralized apps (dApps) and smart contracts on a rapid, secure, and scalable infrastructure. It was designed to process thousands of transactions per second at a low cost, making it ideal for high-throughput applications such as decentralized exchanges, gambling, and prediction markets. The proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism secures Solana's network, allowing network users (also known as "validators") to receive money for validating transactions and adding them to the blockchain. SOL price has risen by nearly +35.95% in the last seven days, putting it on our list of the top cryptocurrencies.
1. Top 5 Cryptocurrencies: Lido DAO (LDO) +53.44%
Lido is a protocol that aims to provide users with the ability to stake on multiple blockchains. Many people are unfamiliar with the advantages of staking their assets because staking is still a novel phenomenon in the digital asset area. Blockchain conditions allow investors to make money in a wide range of different manners, one of which is by staking your asset over time. Lido intends to establish the staking economic system, according to the protocol's official web page. While it is still a new protocol, it has the possibility of altering how easily users can stake it. The additional benefit of using Lido is that you keep receiving rewards on your staked tokens, and you can stake as much as you would like. LDO price has risen by nearly +53.44% in the last seven days, putting it on our list of the top cryptocurrencies.
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