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Anthony and Graham just miss podium in Tremblant
NSWIS mogul skiing athletes Jakara Anthony and Matt Graham have finished so close yet again to achieving their first podiums of the season, finishing in fourth and fifth places respectively in Mont Tremblant, Canada.
Both skiers had strong qualifying runs, advancing to the first round of finals in the top three. In finals Anthony advanced to the super final in second place, with Graham in fifth.
Anthony was very unlucky not to make the podium in the super final, missing out on third place by just 0.70 points. Unfortunately Graham had a few mistakes in his super final run ending up in fifth place.
Olympian Brodie Summers also performed well, just missing the six man super final in seventh place.
The women's event was won by Olympic Champion Perrine Laffont of France, with Yuliya Galysheva of Kazakhstan in second, with Russian Anastasiia Smirnova in third. Taking out the men's event was Canadian Olympic Champion Mikael Kingsbury, with Ikuma Horishima in second and Ben Cavet of France placing third.
"The course was rather challenging this past weekend in Mont Tremblant and a lot of men were making mistakes across the board on the jumps and turns," Graham commented after the event.
"I trained quite well leading into the event, but in my super final run I got little caught up in the middle section which cost me."
"Mikael, Ikuma and Ben skied really well in the super final which was impressive to see. That will be the key for me moving forward into the next couple of weeks of competition. Putting down a clean package run that I am happy with will be the focus and hopefully the results will come with that."
After four World Cup events, Anthony is ranked number three on the World Cup standings, Graham fourth, and Summers in tenth.
Other results for Australia in Tremblant included Sophie Ash in 18th, Cooper Woods-Topalovic in a personal best 20th, Claudia Gueli 24th, and James Matheson in 25th.
The mogul skiing athletes will next be in action in Calgary, Canada, on February 1.

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Welcome to the website of Oak Field School and Sports College in Nottingham
"Summer is a coming in", says the old song and this term heralds in longer and hopefully brighter days. This will be my last message as head teacher as I will retire this July. I am delighted to say that Patricia Lewis, current deputy, has been appointed the new head teacher of Oak Field School. After 39 years at Shepherd and now Oak Field School, it seems the right time for me to retire. I was delighted to have a tram named in my honour. Do look out for it – it is number 222. I shall still be In Nottingham to support the school.
The students are busy as ever and with the competition for Nottingham in Bloom not far off, they are busy in the grounds making sure that everything will be looking perfect for the judges. We were delighted to achieve the Quality Mark for English and Maths for the fourth time and well done to everyone for their hard work. The moderator was very impressed.
Reflecting on nearly 50 years in working with children and young people with severe learning difficulties – I was volunteering in a junior training centre when the law was changed in 1970 – it has been a privilege to see how much has been achieved by our young people. It is all about expectation and opportunity. I would like to thank all the many people that have supported me and the school over the years.
All good wishes,
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Okay, this week marks the first in a series I currently anticipate will last for three weeks. So, if you hate part one, you might as well swear off the site until January (though, note, I may not do all three back-to-back, just to keep you guessing). I feature these guys for a variety of reasons, including the usual ones (cute, smart, sexy), but primarily for a purely selfish purpose. I am hereby attempting to coerce you into watching a television show that I love, but which I fear is going to be canceled soon despite my affections. And I figured a good way to get your attention would be to have a MENAGE A TROIS this week.
Kinky, shocking, totally inappropriate. Perfect.
The show, by the way, is "Crossing Jordan" and it runs Monday nights at 10pm. The reason I fear its cancellation is twofold. First there's the obvious -- it's currently on opposite the new hit series "CSI: Miami" (which both I and ex-Boyfriend William Petersen both think kinda stinks). For some reason, everybody LOVES CSI:Miami, even though it's (and why mince words here?) boring as hell. And nobody's watching Jordan anymore, even though that show is packed with tons of cute guys (including ex-Boyfriend Jerry O'Connell, who just looks better and better every time I see him), loaded with cool science, and rarin' with great plots. Plots that touch not only on forensics, but on people. And it's the people element that I think CSI:Miami is completely lacking. I think that's what really bothers me about it. The original CSI is probably my favorite show on television right now -- but CSI:Miami doesn't have the spark the original has. I don't care about the investigators and they don't seem to care about, well, anything. None of them has any passion. Not for their work, not for the science, not for each other, not for nuthin'. It's CSI:Yawn City, not CSI:Miami.
But this is no time or place for a detailed criticism of CSI:Miami's shortcomings, except in the ways that said shortcomings relate to Crossing Jordan. Jordan is full of interesting, three-dimensional, funny characters like, say, the two goofballs I made Boyfriends this week, Nigel and Bug (played by Steve Valentine and Ravi Kapoor, respectively). Nigel and Bug are extremely passionate about their work -- when they find something out using a cool science trick, they get as giddy as I do when my VBA program finally does what I want it to. As giddy as most passionate people get when something they think is totally nifty actually works. It's a giddiness only nerds can truly appreciate, I think. And, as the most popular nerd on my block, I can tell you that when you see it happen to a fellow geek before you, there is no happier sight to behold.
Incidentally, this giddiness has been witnessed numerous times on the original CSI -- Gil Grissom is the king of nerdy giddiness. You know that gleam he gets in his eye when he whips out that cool chemical stuff and the blood just reveals itself even though the bad guy painted over it with three layers of acrylic paint? That's one form of Nerd Gidditude. But I have yet to see Horatio Caine (ptew!) demonstrate even the most restrained type of NG about anything. And his partners are all blah and sigh too. So, why aren't you watching Crossing Jordan?
Now, be honest, Is it because you watched a few episodes its first season and thought it was cheesy and dull? It kinda was, I'll admit. But it's gotten a LOT better. And this improvement is in no small way because of Steve and Ravi, who are the behind-the-scenes scientists who usually crack the important clues for Jordan, and always have a good time while doing it.
Nigel (Steve) is a complete wacko goof, full of dirty jokes, big grins, and a true appreciation for all things kitsch. Bug (Ravi), on the other hand, is more laid back. Quiet, smart, and a total sweetheart (did you see this week's episode? I can't wait for Lily to wake up and realize what she's missing!). And plus, Bug is just as cute as a, well, as a BUG! Jordan schmordan, I say. She's the least important character on that show. So if what's holding you back is the fact you can't stand Jill Hennessey, just do what I do -- ignore her! Really, the rest of the cast gets almost as much screen time, it'll be easy for you to fall as hard for them as I have.
Plus, as if that news wasn't enough to get you to watch, this season they finally made Jerry O'Connell's terrific character, Woody, a regular cast member (well, for the most part -- he still shows up in the "guest star" list, but he's been in nearly every episode so far). I love Woody. He's irresistible. In fact, so irresistible that I'm speechless. Go read his write-up if you want to learn more.
Now, you may actually recognize both Steve and Ravi from other TV work. Steve, in particular, has been showing up a lot lately in M&Ms commercials, including my personal favorite: a guy checks into a hotel and is told by desk clerk Steve that the hotel offers free turn-down service, including a complimentary chocolate on your pillow (though, of course, Steve is a Brit, so he actually says it more like this, "Cohmplimentahry choc-late on your pil-low"). Cut to a shot of the man in bed, with one of the little M&M guys on the pillow next to him. The M&M guy sighs with heavy boredom and says, "Can I watch TV?" Bah ha ha hahhaahhaah! I'm sorry. I know it's stupid. But it cracks me up. No, like, EVERY TIME I SEE IT. (Note: it really doesn't take much to get me to laugh. It's why I make such a great date for dinner parties.)
As for Ravi, you might have seen him in that old TV flop "Gideon's Crossing," where he played a young medical resident. I never watched the show myself, so for me Ravi is brand spankin' new material. A novelty. A shiny new penny. But, honestly, had I known GC had cuties like Bug on it, I might've written about Ravi sooner -- you know, in an attempt to keep THAT show from ending up under TV hospice care, where doomed shows go to die relatively peaceful, "slip-away" kinds of deaths.
TV hospice care usually begins the way Crossing Jordan has been headed lately. A few episodes air, and then we get a few weeks with nothing, not even a rerun. Thus virtually ensuring that the few people who still were watching it get so tired of waiting for it to return they finally give up and let themselves get hooked on CSI:Miami. I have never understood why networks consistently do this, and yet also consistently seemed totally surprised when a formerly popular show suddenly takes a dive down the tubes. GREAT MOVE there, NBC! What's it going to take to teach those dumb television executives this lesson? Zeesh!
Anyway, after a season where they do that every now and then, you usually end up with a summer where they never show any reruns either (think last summer and "Providence"). And then the next thing you know, the network is shocked to discover that their show is barely being watched by anyone anymore, so they yank the contract and kill the show off mid-season (think December and "Providence," and then get me a hanky, cuz I'm starting to tear up).
It's really quite depressing. And I swear to you now, if Crossing Jordan dies this same slow tortured death, I will only have YOU to blame. And yes, I do hold a grudge, my friends. I hold fast. I hold tight. I hold FOREVER.
Okay, now that we've gotten the threats out of the way, let's move on to the educational portion of this segment. Here's a little biography on Steve and Ravi, our two intrepid scientific heroes. To begin with, let's just get this out of the way -- neither one of them actually knows thing one about science. Never worked in a scientific field. Never majored in Biology. Never aspired to medical school.
But for this I forgive them. They can leave all the science stuff to me when we get together. After all, I almost majored in Biochemistry, before I wussed out during a quarter of P-Chem and switched to English instead. This must score me a few points on the science geek scale. Also, I subscribe to "Discover" magazine. And the articles about space usually make me exclaim "COOL!" really loudly, even if I'm in public. I can't help it. No amount of embarrassment can deter me from thinking that it's REALLY COOL that space is curved and expanding and infinite.
Where was I? Oh yes. Steve hails from London, England, but that's about all I could find out about his formative years. He's been in television for a decade and has had guest starring roles in numerous comedy series like "Just Shoot Me," "Will and Grace," and "Dharma and Greg." He's also played the comic relief in such dramas as "Providence" and "Diagnosis Murder," two shows that also got sent to TV hospice far too soon. Hmm, let's hope this isn't some kind of sign.
Steve has had a few small roles in a few feature films, most notably "The Muse" with ex-Boyfriends Albert Brooks and Jeff Bridges, and "Mars Attacks." His performances on stage in London have ranged from Shakespeare to stand-up comedy acts. But now he's finally hit a role with some serious staying power -- and maybe it will be the role that finally makes him a real commodity in the world of TV and silliness. It's a world I'm quite fond of, personally. So, go Stevie go!
As for trivia, Steve currently lives in LA with his wife and their "two weird cats." In his spare time, he likes to ride horses, dance, and take roller coasters out for a screamin' good time.
Ravi Kapoor was also born in England, in Liverpool. But he spent a number of years training to be an actor in the East 15 Drama School in London before he took to the stage. He followed that professional training up with an admirable theater career in England that lasted for ten years before he packed his family and stuff up and moved to LA to try for something bigger.
He too has been in a number of television shows, including a critically acclaimed 10-part miniseries called "Land of Plenty" which recently aired on BBC America. He has also written and directed his own play, called "Oh Sweet Sita," which had lengthy runs in both London and Toronto.
After he moved to the U.S., Ravi worked with a touring children's theater company. He then moved on to television, where he scored his first major part in "Gideon's Crossing." And while he says his mother is proud he's playing a doctor who specializes in bugs, he himself admits to a lack of hobbies. Well, I guess that's true, Ravi, as long as you don't count, say, film, drama, literature, music, and the visual arts as "hobbies." Ahem.
Anyway, these two guys are up-and-comers, mark my words. But this prediction will only come true with your help. So, go ahead, make my day! Stop watching CSI:Miami and start tuning into Crossing Jordan (or at least tape CSI:Miami and watch it later -- just don't tell anyone you're doing it). Here's your chance to finally thank me for all the hard work I do for you. Save my show! I beg you!
MacGyver Factor Score: 91.245%. Points off for Steve because of his hair, which is just NOT GOOD. Points off for Ravi because he's a little on the short side for me. But hey, nobody's perfect. I myself am in dire need of a haircut right now and, to top it all off, I have a snotty cold. Points off for me this week too. So, now that we're even, boys, gimmie a call?
Boyfriend-Related Links
The Official Crossing Jordan Site
Steve's IMDB Page
Ravi's IMDB Page


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Q: Method open of object _connection failed I am trying to connect to an SQL ce database within Excel. It keeps giving me the:
Method Open of object _connection failed

Error message whenever it gets to Conn.Open.
I've never used ADO before so I'm not sure what's going wrong.
Below is my connection script.
Sub SQLCeConnect()
Dim Conn As New ADODB.Connection
Dim Query As New ADODB.Command
Dim ConnStr As String
Dim RecordSet As New ADODB.RecordSet
Dim i As Integer

'the connection string
ConnStr = "Provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLEDB.3.5;Data Source=X:\ADOTEST\MYDB.sdf;"

'Open ADO Connection
Conn.ConnectionString = ConnStr
Conn.Open
Query.ActiveConnection = Conn
Query.CommandText = "SELECT * From DoorLayers"

Set RecordSet = Query.Execute
RecordSet.Close
Conn.Close
Conn.ConnectionString = ""

Do While Not RecordSet.EOF
    For i = 0 To RecordSet.Fields.Count - 1
        Debug.Print RecordSet.Fields(i).Name, RecordSet.Fields(i).Value
    Next
    RecordSet.MoveNext
Loop
RecordSet.Close

End Sub

A: The is usually a bad connection string, but yours looks fine.  The next most common cause is that you don't have the OLEDB provider drivers on your desktop.  You can download it here
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5821

A: Are you closing the connection before use it on WHILE.
You must close it after use the while instruction.

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Times of the Signs
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(8 programs on 2 DVDs) Myles and Katharine Weiss encourage Believers to look beyond the troubling prophetic signs of our day and live in growing expectation of our Messiah's return.
"On the Prophetic Horizons"
The first program reviews the major prophetic signs that point to the return of Yeshua (Jesus). Myles and Katharine lay out an overview of the series and the quickening pace of prophecy.
"Government on Whose Shoulders?"
Just as prideful Nimrod built the tower in Babel, Satan attempts to install a man-based government over Earth. Witness the United Nations, which claims to seek world peace but stands against Israel and, thusly, against the God of Israel and the Prince of Peace. The King of the Jews will return in all His glory. Mankind's only hope lies in humbly accepting Yeshua's sacrifice on the cross. Only then will we be lifted up to rule with Him.
"Green to the Extreme"
Extreme elements in the environmental movement want to move away from Judeo-Christian teachings and toward animal rights, glorifying nature as "Mother Earth." This type of idolatry (also seen in many Bible stories) formed part of Hitler's Nazi party philosophy. Elevating the environment by and for the elite tends to diminish the value of human life. As Believers, we don't worship creation but rather the Creator. This extremism is a sign that points to our Messiah's eminent return. We hear from Mark Musser.
"Bethlehem Rewritten"
Far from the romantic view of "O Little Town," the city of Bethlehem today is a site of great tension. The few Arab Christians who remain here are caught between God's Scriptural covenants with the Jewish people and replacement theologies powered by Islamic doctrine and the Marxist Liberation Theology. Too many people seek peaceful solutions while excluding the Prince of Peace. God calls people of all races to believe in His Son and join the household of faith, God's household. Guests include Andy Woods, Randall Price, Jim Fletcher, Tim LaHaye, Jimmy DeYoung, and Bill Koenig.
"Rebuilding the Temple"
We review the history of the Temple Mount from the threshing floor of David's day up to the present. Some people in Jerusalem actively seek to build the Third Temple, which could be the one desecrated by the antiChrist, ushering in the End Times. We hear from noted archaeological writer Randall Price, radio personality Jeremy Gimpel, and respected Christian newsman Bill Koenig. Myles interviews Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who miraculously survived four point-blank bullet wounds from a terrorist in order to continue to advocate for the rights of Jews and Christians to pray on the Temple Mount. Well-known prophecy teacher Jimmy DeYoung inspires viewers with the reason for his hope, and our friend David Rubin recounts the Bible's history of Shiloh and his personal brush with Islamic terror: David and his 3-year-old son were miraculously spared after being attacked while driving home through the Biblical heartland.
The Lord uses heavenly signs to show humans what He is doing, where He is going, and what He asks of us. Elijah was victorious over the prophets of Baal, but there are still high places (altars to idols) in the Land, just as there are in our lives. Believers don't follow signs but only our Messiah. We hear from Mark Hitchcock, a leading prophecy authority and prolific author of over 20 books.
"The Sword of Allah"
The spread of radical Islam belies the claim that Islam is an ideology of peace. The god of conquest and submission differs greatly from the God of Love who "leaves the 99 to find the one who is lost" (Luke 15:4). This spiritual battle is worrisome; but the Lord wants none to perish (2 Peter 3:9) and will return for His own. We hear from Bill Salus, an expert on the prophetic role of Iran in the coming days. We also see interviews with end-times experts Jim Fletcher and Carl Teichrib. Jerusalem resident Avi Lipkin, who for decades has been teaching the Church about the threat of radical Islam, makes some powerful statements about the days in which we live. Randall Price and Jimmy DeYoung also weigh in on the differences between the god of the Koran and the God of the Bible.
"New Heaven, New Earth"
Many signs point toward the return of the Messiah: Knowledge has increased, technology is changing rapidly, exiles from the Diaspora are returning to their ancestral homeland, and Messianic congregations multiply throughout the world. Though the Tribulation and Armageddon are coming, so is Yeshua coming for His bride, and we want no one to miss out! We hear from many of our previous guests, including Carl Teichrib, Wilfred Hahn, Avi Lipkin, David Rubin, Bill Koenig, Jimmy DeYoung, Jim Fletcher, Andy Woods, and Randall Price.


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Junior Chills – Salmons' Dream
Salmons' Dream
Very random title. Very random song. I think I have always been fascinated with the bullshit theory that fish have only a three second memory…I think this could have been spawned from a fishing trip where I caught a fish with a hook in the eye, took it off, threw it back in and then caught the same dumb ass mutilated fish again…which I then brought home because being Irish I thought there was an old proverb somewhere that said 'Catch a fish and give it to the sea, catch it again and you'll get cash money moneeeeee'…I made that up…
I don't think that they do have three second memories. But do they dream? What if they did dream? Would a salmon dream about walking down the road…this reminds me of Billy Connolly's joke about how Wildebeast don't know that they're wildebeasts because there are no mirrors in the Serengeti Plain…this salmon in the story doesn't think he's a fish…he thinks he's one of those walking things dandering about on the shore line!!
Again it is just a wee song that I put together…I have never dreamt that I have been a salmon so it's unrealistic that the salmon would dream of being us…why would they? Christ, it's just a song!!


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The Poetry In Between: South-South / 2015
Goodmann Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
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Exploring the connections and disconnections between Africa and Latin America from an artistic perspective is the subject of South-South – a new annual initiative launching at Goodman Gallery Cape Town in January. The project borrows its title from Brazil's foreign policy aimed at reinforcing integration between major powers of the developing world. Emerging from this contemporary environment of integration trends, South-South confronts the complex notion of a connected "geopolitical south" through contemporary art.
To kick-start this annual event Goodman Gallery invited curator Carolyn H. Drake for the first exhibition – The Poetry In Between: South-South. The show brings together a cross-section of intergenerational artists from southern Africa and Brazil. Through existing and newly commissioned works, the exhibition discusses the multifarious issues that connect these two regions within the discourse of the geopolitical south, by addressing universal questions through a southern lens. The point of departure of the exhibition is rooted in poetic manifestations as a way to understand the addressed issues as open ended and varied in meaning.
A core consideration within The Poetry In Between: South-South is to explore the elements that compose the intricate path of our existence – a topic that is more about condition than place, more about subtext than context. Artists reflect on poetic elements of the everyday, in which personal narratives feed into collective histories through utterances and gestures of otherwise unspoken, unrecorded moments, all originating in a global south. The Poetry In Between: South-South ultimately traverses the development of a supposed identity of the South that is being reconsidered within contemporary visual art. Or, in the words of art historian Felipe Scovino: "Brazil's visual arts sees the postmodern subject not as something or someone whose identity is unified and stable, but rather as something fragmented and […] comprising multiple identities that may at times be contradictory or unresolved." Cultural theorist, Kwame Anthony Appiah discerns a similar development in South Africa, namely that "the South African identity is a work in progress. Its meaning will repose in an archive that remains to be written." While Africa and Brazil have a long history often centrally linked to slavery, more recently South Africa and Brazil have grown to share many other connections, as young democracies with a similar political and cultural ethos and a comparable economic and urban fabric. Inescapable factors that occur within these connections include overlapping extremes such as the combination of underdevelopment and overdevelopment within one economic system and the ever-present inequality between marginalised and well-off communities. If we look within the subtext of the clear contrasts and schizophrenic characteristics that mark these southern territories, we might find a new sense of what connects these places. It is the space in between the extremes that this exhibition aims to evoke.
Within this framework, artists from both countries reveal similar approaches. The works of Igshaan Adams, Nuno Ramos, Turiya Magadlela, Sonia Gomes, Haroon Gunn-Salie and Ariel Reichman transform domestic and everyday elements into poetic moments, evoking an existence that is both joined and separated. Others urge us to think about how to position ourselves within a larger urban context, such as Marcelo Cidade, Kendell Geers and Mikhael Subotzky. Moshekwa Langa and Paulo Nazareth employ found materials in order to rewrite collective histories of identity based on the personal experiences from their travels. Capturing or retelling histories that have either not been recorded – or in the minds of many do not exist – manifests in the work of Kudzanai Chiurai, Thiago Martins de Melo, Rosângela Rennó and David Goldblatt's In Boksburg series. Having followed a slightly longer path, Ramos, Rennó and Goldblatt as well as two of the most renowned artists from either region, Cildo Meireles and William Kentridge, carry the weight of (art) history and yet remain fresh, timely and relevant in their work. They challenge existing systems and structures by creating new ones out of materials that are embedded with a multitude of meanings and references that are often cryptic and ambivalent yet resonant.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication that incorporates a catalogue of the show as well as a critical reader edited by Clare Butcher and Carolyn H. Drake, entitled A Heteronymous Reader. The reader is inspired by the poet Fernando Pessoa's approach to writing, which he developed in South Africa and Portugal in the first half of the 20th century and will include short, existing and newly commissioned texts by artists, writers and poets. Specific texts in the reader are generously supported by the Goethe-Institut.
Curated by Carolyn H. Drake
IGSHAAN ADAMS | MARCELO CIDADE | KUDZANAI CHIURAI | KENDELL GEERS | DAVID GOLDBLATT | SONIA GOMES | HAROON GUNN-SALIE | WILLIAM KENTRIDGE | MOSHEKWA LANGA | TURIYA MAGADLELA | THIAGO MARTINS DE MELO | CILDO MEIRELES | PAULO NAZARETH | NUNO RAMOS | ARIEL REICHMAN | ROSÂNGELA RENNÓ | MIKHAEL SUBOTZKY & PATRICK WATERHOUSE | JEREMY WAFER
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The lender stopped accepting new mortgage applications from existing customers during its move to a new platform, but had expected to accept switching requests from the end of May.
However, the lender's battle with wider IT issues has delayed the return of its direct product transfer service.
There is now no date for the return of the service.
Customers forced to stay on the lender's Standard Variable Rate (SVR) will be refunded the difference in interest payments, TSB has pledged.
The lender hopes to have the service back as soon as possible, and to also offer the service to brokers as quick as it can, a spokeswoman confirmed.
She said: "We would like to apologise for the delay in turning our mortgage product transfer capability back on.
"We know how frustrating this must be but we would like to reassure our customers we are working as hard as we can to reinstate this, and no customer will be left out of pocket as a result.
"We would encourage any customers who are looking to complete a product transfer with TSB to contact us to discuss their circumstances as soon as possible.
It comes on top of a torrid couple of months for TSB, with the lender suffering mortgage service issues related to the weather and high demand, alongside the systems meltdown that left millions of customers unable to access their current accounts.
The lender last week admitted more than 1,300 customers had money stolen as result of IT problems.
MPs have called for TSB chief executive Paul Pester to quit over his role in overseeing the systems failures.


There is one summary for H.R.2632. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.
Provides that in any case during FY 1996 in which appropriations are not otherwise available for the payment of veterans' disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall nevertheless ensure that such payments are made in accordance with regular procedures and schedules. Appropriates necessary amounts for such purpose.
Requires applicable accounts to be charged for such payments when regular appropriations become available.


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The Flash — "Elongated Journey Into Night" — Image Number: FLA404b_0129b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon and Jessica Camacho as Gypsy — Photo: Katie Yu/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
Tonight on an all new episode of 'The Flash' titled, 'Elongated Journey Into Night', as you probably guessed, we are going to see the first appearance of Barry's new friend, 'Elongated Man' in this episode. Check out the promo for tonight's episode and sound off with your thoughts AFTER THE JUMP! The Flash airs Tuesday evenings at 7pm Central on The CW.
TOM CAVANAGH DIRECTS; DANNY TREJO GUEST STARS AS BREACHER – Cisco (Carlos Valdes) is shocked when Gypsy's (guest star Jessica Camacho) father, Breacher (guest star Danny Trejo), shows up on Earth-1. Breacher takes an immediate disliking to Cisco and decides to hunt him. Meanwhile, Barry (Grant Gustin) runs into his old nemesis, Ralph Dibny (guest star Hartley Sawyer). Tom Cavanagh directed the episode written by Sterling Gates & Thomas Pound (#404). Original airdate 10/31/2017.
The Flash — Image Number: FLA404a_S4_NovSwp.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Grant Gustin as The Flash and Carlos Valdes as Vibe — Photo: Cate Cameron/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
The Flash — "Elongated Journey Into Night" — Image Number: FLA404a_0019b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Hartley Sawyer as Dibney and Grant Gustin as The Flash — Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
The Flash — "Elongated Journey Into Night" — Image Number: FLA404a_0227b.jpg — Pictured: Hartley Sawyer as Dibney — Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
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The Flash — "Elongated Journey Into Night" — Image Number: FLA404a_BTS_0730b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Behind the scenes with Grant Gustin as The Flash and Tom Cavanagh — Photo: Jack Rowand/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
The Flash — "Elongated Journey Into Night" — Image Number: FLA404b_0010b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon and Jessica Camacho as Gypsy — Photo: Katie Yu/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
The Flash — "Elongated Journey Into Night" — Image Number: FLA404b_0028b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon and Tom Cavanagh as Harrison Wells — Photo: Katie Yu/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
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The Flash — "Elongated Journey Into Night" — Image Number: FLA404b_0061b.jpg — Pictured (L-R): Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon and Jessica Camacho as Gypsy — Photo: Katie Yu/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
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The Flash — "Elongated Journey Into Night" — Image Number: FLA404b_0169b.jpg — Pictured: Danny Trejo as Breacher — Photo: Katie Yu/The CW — © 2017 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Exceptions would allow easier investigation into fraud and market manipulation.
EU regulators are under increasing pressure from their peers in other parts of the world due to how GDPR (mis)handles cross-border investigations, Reuters is reporting this Monday.
According to the extensive report, the problem with GDPR is that it is tough on exemptions which can sometimes be necessary, when law enforcement agencies look to investigate cases of market manipulation and fraud.
Previous law allowed regulators to use the exemption to share vital information. As of May 25, doing so puts them into 'legally ambiguous territory', because GDPR 'leaves room for interpretation'.
The premise is simple: Without explicit guidance, US probes into fraud and market manipulation can be interpreted by some countries as a violation of privacy. Now, regulators are pressing the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to sign-off on an "administrative arrangement" which would clarify how the exemption for the interest of the general public can be applied to cross-border information sharing.
GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, came into force on May 25, 2018. It is an EU-wide regulation that dictates how companies collect, store, save and share user data. It also dictates how businesses should behave in case of a data breach. Those companies that fail to comply with the new regulation face hefty fines, going up to 4 per cent of their global annual turnover, or €20 million, depending on which figure is greater.


There are two different ideas on why door stoppers were ever manufactured. First, is to prevent your door from damaging your wall whenever it hits it. And second, is to hold your door from closing whenever your door hits the door stopper. It's quite splendid to see that a little piece of a product can solve two major problems of every homeowner not just in the United States of America but all over the globe.
As a homeowner myself, I have been frustrated by how I can prevent the doors at my house to leave scratches on my wall or how can I keep a door open without always putting something to stop it from closing. It's a common problem of a homeowner but we don't actually pay attention to it unless we actually get to see the damage that's been done.
But I'm way over it. I no longer get frustrated nor think of it as a problem. And I think it's your turn to end your problem with your door which is why you are reading this right? Let me give you a bit of information that might help you solve your door issues and become a happy homeowner.
Before I give you different door stoppers to choose from, you need to consider which type of door stoppers you will you in your house. This will save you time and will help you decide which one is gonna actually work for you when you start looking for a door stopper.
All these types of door stoppers need to be installed but it won't take you longer and I'll walk you through how to install a door stopper later in this post, so read on for more details.
Now that you have an idea about different types of door stoppers, you need to know also if your door needs a stopper or not. Typically, a door that needs stopper was built with a door hinge or sliding door because when you open these doors, might actually hit something and that's what we are trying to prevent and resolve.
Doorstopper magnetics are metal, easy to install, cheap and available in wall or floor mounted. It's very durable door stopper so whenever you slam your door, you're never gonna have to worry that your door might hit your wall. Their magnetic feature serves as door holder as well so when you need to keep your door open, there's a solution for that.
Easy to install and you can do it yourself in less than 5 mins.
You need to mount it onto your door and onto the wall/floor.
The magnet isn't always holding the door open.
The adhesive door stopper is very convenient to install and reliable to use. You don't need to use a drill or screwdriver in order to mount the door stopper because it has a sticky feature that attaches your door stopper onto the wall and onto the door which is a good thing because it won't leave a mark on your floor and door. You can also detach your door stopper and change its location whenever needed.
No need to screw onto your wall and door.
Children might think of it as a toy and try to detach it themselves.
Fantom door stopper is a brand with a good, unique and artistic quality product of its own. This door stopper was a floor mounted designed, created purposely to prevent your door from hitting the wall with a magnet solution and that doesn't degrade the style of your house. In fact, when it's in use, it won't be visible to your eye because your door will totally conceal it and you can install it on hardwood, carpet, tile and even concrete flooring.
However, the problem you'll encounter with this door stopper is quite outrageous because when you install it, you need to remove your door in order to screw the striker plate underneath lower part of your door and you need to drill a hole into your flooring to receive the sleeve for permanent placement.
You need to remove your door from the door frame in order to install the striker plate.
If you don't prefer to install anything on your floor or wall but you would love to resolve your problem with door slam also, rubber stopper might be the ideal for you. Rubber or decorative door stopper doesn't require you to mount it onto anything because you just need to place it between your door and your wall. Simple as that.
The rubber was designed to prevent the door from moving further when it meets your rubber stopper because of its multiple layered humps that will halt the movement of your door. However, since there's no installation required, someone might move it elsewhere leaving your wall unprotected.
This door stopper only needs to be mounted onto your door. No need to bother with your floor or door because the door alone is enough to prevent your door from closing. Yes, kickdown door stopper only prevents your door from closing and it doesn't protect your wall from getting damaged when you slam your door so it's not a dual purpose door stopper and you might need to install another stopper.
Another thing you must take note of is that when the rubber from door stopper gets detached or removed, you might need to replace the rubber or else it won't hold your door from closing and it might scratch your floor.
Easy to install and can hold your door from closing.
Requires you to install on the frontside of your door.
It's not dual purpose door stopper.
Last but not least, if you don't want to screw your door stopper onto your wall or floor, you can use wall door stopper that protects your wall from getting damaged when your door hits it. There are sticky wall stoppers that allows you to attach a small rubber that protects your wall from the impact whenever you slam your door.
Easy to use and reliable from keeping your wall safe.
Children might play with it.
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Press release calling for a demonstration on August 13, 1991 at the Indian consulate in San Francisco to alert the Indian government of health and social issues caused by the AIDS epidemic.
"India's General Elections are a Fraud"
This eight-page pamphlet detailing the effects of Emergency rule in India urges Indians both in America to boycott the upcoming elections.
Six-page issue of India Today magazine published by the Alliance Against Fascist Dictatorship in India. The issue begins by detailing the ways in which the Emergency has proved ineffective. It also includes minutes from a successful meeting, three demands opposing "Indira's Fascism" and a detailed description of the Santhal Uprising in the states of Bihar and West Bengal.
This volume of Sunrise newsletter, subtitled "News and Views on Bangladesh," covers Indira Gandhi's re-election and its implications for the Indian subcontinent. The issue also includes a letter from the daughter of the assassinated Sheikh Mujib of Bangladesh.
This bulletin, published by India Forum, provides a detailed description of a demonstration that occurred during a celebration of India's Republic Day (January 26th) in the San Francisco Bay Area. The demonstration was organized by the New India Coalition, which had the support of several groups in the Bay Area.
This 97-page issue of India Forum magazine, published in Oakland, contains writing from Gail Omvedt, Sarvohara Shikshan Mala, Sharat G. Lin, and S. Ghosh. The issue also includes political documents from the Ad Hoc Committee for Inquiry into Kanpur Massacre, the Kerala State Committee of CPI (M-L), and the South Asia People's Organisation.
The November/December 1992 newsletter of the Gadar Memorial Center, located in San Francisco. The newsletter contains short announcements about events at the center, as well as an original essay about Gadar leader Kartar Singh Saraba and a republished essay from a 1920 issue of Gadar.


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Jazzercized
Fullerton's view of musicianship was functional, not artistic: he played instruments to make the songs sound good and enjoyed playing them, but he never particularly strove toward virtuosity. About jazz, he said: "Too many useless notes. Too many useless chords. I just pick up a guitar to make music."
Nonetheless, many jazz artists have included his music in their repertoires, thanks to the many rhythm and blues tunes that served as good launchpads for the improvisation that makes jazz jazz.
Mose Allison said, "Fullerton's words rhyme with the music and his notes harmonize with the words. That's song, man. Just give me that, and I can take it from there."
Nina Simone put it more concretely: "There are a million songs I could play. But I have to feel it to want to play it. Leon puts feelings first. Leaves the embellishment to the embellishers. That's cool. I can work with that."
Here's a sampling of Fullerton's R&B work, as recorded for the demo albums on this website by his nephews Raphael Gunn and Delmont Fullerton and son Jasper "Jazz" Jones.
> See "B-17" lyrics and notes at Mercury.
> See "Did You See Her?" lyrics and notes at Tales of the Enchanted Mesa.
> See "Bad B Movie" lyrics and notes at Tales of the Enchanted Mesa.
> See "Stop Me" lyrics and notes at Mercury.
> See "Moody On Me" lyrics and notes at Mercury.
> See "This Ain't the Life" lyrics and notes at Mercury.
> See "Zeet Street" lyrics and notes at Mercury.
Paducah, Paducah,
If you wanna you can rhyme it with bazooka,
but you can't pooh-pooh Paducah,
that's another name for Paradise.
Leo Robin


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In May 2013 21st Century Leaders sponsored Justin Clark who completed a half ironman (1.2 mile swim / 56 mile cycle / 13 miles run) in Majorca for Dreams Come True, which helps terminally ill kids to fulfil a dream.
Dreams Come True is a children's charity serving the England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Island. Their mission is quite simply, to make dreams come true for seriously and terminally ill children across the country. Over the last 24 years they have brought happiness and joy to more than five thousand children as well as their friends, family and carers.
Dreams Come True helps children that are terminally ill, or have a life limiting illness. They operate with complete integrity and dependability – liaising, coordinating, organising, funding and often accompanying the Dream Children – to ensure that each child has an unforgettable experience fulfilling their dream, with long lasting memories to share with families, loved ones and friends.
Dream Children often have very little to look forward to apart from endless rounds of hospital visits, painful treatments and the prospect of living with a long term debilitating disease. These very brave youngsters can become depressed and frustrated, yet they all dream of things they want to do and achieve.
Fulfilling a dream provides a positive focus empowering both them and their families with new enthusiasm and strength to deal with ongoing daily struggles of illness, gruelling hospital treatment and sometimes sad loss. It is a legacy of hope and well being that is poignantly expressed in many hundreds of thank you letters they receive from Dream Children and their families.


The Isuzu D-Max is built tough, and built to handle everything you could possibly throw at it!
Built tough, and built to take 7 on real adventures - both on road and off. There is only one Mu-X because it has everything you need built right in.
The Isuzu Mu-X boasts an interior that can honestly seat 7, with a third row layout built for real world use.
The Isuzu D-Max is built tough, can tow a whopping 3.5 tonne fully loaded, & can play as hard as it works.
Isuzu have vehicles that will add a new dimension to your lifestyle with true towing capacities you can use in the real world to tow that fully loaded massive caravan, or full horse float.
Aug 27 Bowater Isuzu - home of some serious utes!
The Only light trucks made by actual truckmakers. And now creators of a truck tough SUV. Let the team at Bowater Isuzu show you why so many are raving about the D-Max.
Isuzu is a powerful market leader in truck sales worldwide. It is the world's largest diesel engine manufacturer, the largest truck builder and Japan's oldest vehicle manufacturer.
That is one of the reasons the Bowater Motor Group obtained this franchise.
Isuzu have made solid and dependable light trucks like the Isuzu D-MAX for generations, and the D-MAX range is the perfect 'rugged' option for farmers, trades people, hunters and weekend warriors.
The emergence of a proper 7 seater option built tough and built for the whole team!
New in 2014 was the Isuzu Mu-X: a true 7 seater SUV that is built tough, and built to handle a real adventure. These signalled the start of a new trend in New Zealand. The start of a new class of vehicle. The true 7 seater. For adults. For far to long the only options provided a third row of seats that were at best suited to transporting young kids. You put a larger than normal teenager in that row for a long road trip and be prepared for several hours worth of teenage angst!!!
Not only will it perform like a trooper off the road, but the journey to the start of your adventure will be comfortable and quiet, with all of the modern conveniences at your fingertips, and a state of the art media system in the back to keep all of the troops entertained.
The importing company and the entire nationwide dealer network are 100% New Zealand owned and operated. Isuzu is very much a Kiwi story. The brand is well-known here and has a strong reputation on farms, throughout rural districts and, in town, among contractors and service trades. The double-cab D-Max is a great truck for private owners with a taste for adventure also, that is why Swazi have teamed up with D-MAX as they recognise the potential of this rugged ute.
If you are in the market for a serious utility vehicle / light truck the team at Bowater Isuzu are keen to explain the benefits of the Isuzu range.
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The Isuzu D-Max is built tough, and built to take verything you can possibly throw at it. It is old fashioned tough and built to last. Built by the world's largest truck maker and winner of numerous awards, the D-Max si the ute to look at if you are serious about a workhorse, or serious about takign it off road.
The Isuzu D-Max starts at $43,390 (+orc), comes in a multitude of configurations such as 2WD / 4WD, space cab, double cab or good old chuck the dog on the back single cab!
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LinkedIn gets physical, debuts Events hub for people to plan in-person networking events
Ingrid Lunden	@ingridlunden / 3 months
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social network for the working world with around 650 million users, is known best as a place where people connect with each other online either to build work connections, for recruitment, or for professional development. Now, the company is taking a step to bring its networking features into the physical world: the company is launching a new feature called Events, a (currently free) tool for people to plan, announce and invite people to meetups and other get-togethers, in the physical world.
The feature — which will appear as a menu item in LinkedIn's website and mobile app — is rolling out first in English-speaking countries starting October 17, with the aim to expand it to further non-English markets soon after that.
Ajay Datta, the head of product for LinkedIn India (where the app was developed; more on that below), believes that there is a clear gap in the market for a feature like this, much like you could argue Facebook's events feature has served a role in the out-of-work world to plan casual events.
"I think there is a massive whitespace for events today," he said. "People don't have a single place to organise [work-related] offline meetups specific to an industry or a neighborhood. People want to find other people."
You may recall a limited trial of the Events feature about a year ago in New York and San Francisco: the kinds of events that LinkedIn said were created with the pilot included meetups, training sessions, offsites, sales events and happy hours, so expect to see these popping up in the live product, too.
Events is also important because it is the first major, global feature to be built out of the company's R&D office in Bangalore, India — a significant milestone for the team of engineers and others that are based there. Up to now, much of the work that they have done has been focused on regional tools or those specifically targeting emerging markets.
LinkedIn Lite, the company's pared-down Android app for users in bandwidth-constrained markets, has probably been the Bangalore office's biggest win so far: it has now passed 10 million downloads in the 70+ countries where it is available.
To be clear, right now, Events is free to use and is fairly limited in its first iteration. You can create an announcement and invite first-person contacts, but you have no way to promote the event beyond your own organic reach on the platform (and wherever you might want to share the link outside it).
"Targeting is not the focus right now," said Ajay Datta, the head of product at LinkedIn India. "Organic adoption is what we are looking for first before we look at anything else."
You can lay out your plans, but there are no links to services to find and book out available spaces. You can't create any ticketing or other limitations on attendance numbers, but you can include links to places where you might be able to manage such things, such as Eventbrite or any of its many competitors.
But if this starts to see traction — and I suspect that it will, because of its natural proximity to the social network to amplify an event, and the fact that most of the people who are hanging out on LinkedIn are likely to already be predisposed to engaging on it — you could imagine how LinkedIn might start to add on all of the above, and more. It says that other areas where it's continuing to experiment to facilitate better in-person connections using include QR codes, business cards, and proximity-based beacons.
This could help LinkedIn create another revenue stream in its business — or at least provide another way to boost existing revenue streams such as premium memberships (access to a wider circle of people to invite), advertising and recruitment solutions. Potentially, this could help pave the way to positioning LinkedIn (and by association, Microsoft) as an Eventbrite competitor.
From the Events menu bar, you will be able to create events yourself and also invite others. It looks like it's already live on my own account, so here is how it looks from there:
And here's how the event-creation window looks. As you can see, you post links through to other sites for ticketing, and potentially further details about agendas and more. Each box has a limit on
LinkedIn is also being cognisant of its reputation for how the platform can be used for over-aggressive contacting, and so it's also including security features for people to report and block suspicious events or conversations related to them. It's also applying AI algorithms to the events that do get listed to screen them for bad actors and bogus content, which then get assessed by human reviewers for further action.
The move into Events is one of the bigger moves that LinkedIn has made over the last several years — another big one has been its efforts in educational content — to open itself up to a new area of business by leveraging how it uses the professional graph that it has built up over time. It sometimes feels to me that under Microsoft (which bought the company for $26 billion in 2016) the company has been less productive in terms of launching new services and generally making noise, so this move is interesting in that sense too.
Still, the synergy between online networking and physical networking is so close that it's a surprise that the company hadn't launched an Events feature before now. All the more because Linked has dabbled in building tools to help people make better connections with each other when they are in the same physical space before.
Years ago it launched a Connected app to help people maximise the kinds of connections they make in the physical world. It has since been sunset and integrated into the main LinkedIn app, which has a "find nearby" feature that you can use to see if people who are your connections are, say, at the same conference as you are, or if you're meeting a contact for coffee and don't know what the person looks like.
It's also been over the last three months seeding the idea of associating actual events with LinkedIn the platform by encouraging the organising of "LinkedIn Local" events, which apparently have created more feedback from users to build an Events too, too.
It's not clear why it's taken so long — LinkedIn sometimes does take its time, as it did with video — but in this period when some of us are beginning to pause and ponder what being online too much does for our ability to relate to each other, collaborate and progress not just in the working world, but in the wider world, it's an interesting moment to choose to launch Events. We'll see if LinkedInners agree.


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White House, North Korea discuss possible second Trump-Kim meeting
President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore.(Photo: AP)
WASHINGTON – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has formally asked President Donald Trump for a second meeting regarding his nation's nuclear weapons program, and the White House said it is open to the idea.
The request came in a "very warm, very positive letter" from Kim to Trump, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters.
"The primary purpose of the letter was to request and look to schedule another meeting with the president, which we are open to and are already in the process of coordinating that," Sanders said. There is no date or location set, she said.
Trump last month canceled a visit to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, expressing concern that there had not been enough progress on denuclearization.
Sanders said Trump was pleased with the fact that North Korea's recent military parade did not include displays of its intercontinental ballistic missiles, as it has in the past. Those missiles are designed to deliver nuclear warheads.
"The recent parade in North Korea, for once, was not about their nuclear arsenal," Sanders said. "The president has achieved tremendous success with his policies so far. And this letter was further evidence of progress in that relationship."
As evidence of the improved relations, Sanders noted that North Korea has not conducted further nuclear or missile tests and the government returned what it said were the remains of some U.S. troops killed in the Korean War.
Trump and Kim met June 12 in Singapore, and they signed aloosely worded agreement in which Kim pledged to work toward "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
In the months since, foreign policy analysts have criticized the agreement for lacking specifics on exactly when and how Kim might relinquish his nuclear arsenal , and some have suggested the North Korean leader is playing Trump.
In August, a United Nations watchdog organization said there were no signs that Kim's government had stopped its nuclear weapons activities. The International Atomic Energy Agency said "the continuation and further development" of North Korea's nuclear program is "cause for grave concern," according to the IAEA's Aug. 20 report.
Trump has defended the agreement and praised Kim, even as he has questioned the pace of denuclearization in recent weeks.
In tweeting Aug. 24 that he had canceled a Pompeo trip to Pyongyang, Trump said "I feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula."
The North Koreans have reportedly asked the U.S. to issue a peace declaration officially ending the Korean War. Trump has signaled his openness to such a move. But other officials in his administration have resisted, saying the Kim regime needed to take concrete steps toward denuclearization first.
"That's what we're waiting for," John Bolton, Trump's national security adviser, told reporters on Monday when asked about the North Korea talks.
I have asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not to go to North Korea, at this time, because I feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula…
Trump has placed more of the blame on China than on North Korea for the stalled negotiations, citing ongoing U.S. trade disputes with Beijing.
In a follow-up tweet, Trump said that "Pompeo looks forward to going to North Korea in the near future, most likely after our Trading relationship with China is resolved."
This past weekend, after the North Korean military parade that did not include nuclear weapons, Trump tweeted that "this is a big and very positive statement from North Korea. Thank you To Chairman Kim. We will both prove everyone wrong!"
Olivia Enos, policy analyst with the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, said she is skeptical about the prospects of a second Trump-Kim meeting.
"The first Trump-Kim summit could hardly be called a success," Enos said, and a repeat could "serve as yet another publicity stunt for the Kim regime – an opportunity to paper over ongoing human rights abuses, including prison camps that hold between 80,000 and 120,000 individuals – and to garner legitimacy in the eyes of the international community."
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BT Financial Group's chief executive, Brad Cooper, has come out in favour of the much-questioned Productivity Commission's (PC's) superannuation report, supporting its key recommendation to have a panel select the 10 "best in show" funds and saying that strong funds should embrace the competition it would enable.
Cooper argued that while BT had originally supported an open market model to defaulting funds, the super system's "deep design flaws that have serious consequences for consumers" that were highlighted in the report meant that the panel was now a good idea.
He pointed to the PC's finding that 1.7 million accounts had been defaulted by industrial awards into poorly performing funds as such a flaw.
"The PC's report … provides compelling analysis and has led BT to conclude that a different model [to the open market] is necessary to protect consumers from account duplication, underperforming funds and balance erosion," Cooper said.
"The PC has confirmed that not only is the current default process ill-conceived, but that by design it is inefficient and directs many consumers into the around one-in-three default funds that perform poorly.
Cooper said that funds that believed they performed strongly, had good governance and delivered good member outcomes should not be afraid of competition, and thus by extension should welcome the PC's recommendation.
BT estimated that the best-in-show reform would benefit consumers $3.9 billion per year.


Want to Make a Real Difference? UX Scout Is Where It's At!
I don't know about you but I'm completely over arguing with developers about correctly implementing the company's branding. This is coming from someone who used to be a creative director and responsible for creating and enforcing the company's brand standards. Don't get me wrong, those arguments still need to happen. I just don't want to be the one having them anymore.
I'm frustrated at trying to fix issues too late in the project. I've moved beyond design to a more strategic focus in a software project. So, forget about mythical creatures for a moment. I've discovered that the most powerful position in UX is the UX Researcher—or, as I like to refer to it as, the UX Scout.
The UX Scout is the first responder on a new project. The scout first talks to the product owner and/or stakeholders and discusses what problem they're trying to solve with this new project. You'd be surprised how often the problem is vaguely stated and misunderstood at this stage.
The UX Scout then gets to research the user's current processes that will be impacted by the project. I do this by having a screen sharing session with each user I interview and have them walk me through their process. This can be accomplished directly in the tool we'll be enhancing with the project or whatever tools they now use, if the project will result in a brand new tool. With consumers as users, this would usually be a preliminary usability test on an existing product.
In the case of employees as users, I have seen way too many processes that involve macro-ed to the hilt spreadsheets and email templates. I'm continuously awed and amazed at the work some of my past users have managed with something that seems just a couple of steps above a hammer and a chisel!
This is the time to discover any defects in existing software, any user workarounds, and existing pain points in UI and/or process. So often the product owners and stakeholders are unaware of these issues.
Involvement at the beginning of the project offers UX the most strategic advantage in shaping the project to make sure it's well framed in user experience terms. By raising awareness of discovered problems early in the project, we can collaborate with the decision makers to address them in the project solution.
I'm all grown up now. Forget about mythical unicorns, I'm proud to be a UX Scout!


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The country will be in a dangerous situation in September – Government Medical Officers' Association
According to the Government Medical Officers' Association, the country would have been inundated by September if the country had not been isolated in the face of the current pandemic.
Its chairman Dr Rukshan Bellana says that due to the current epidemic situation, strict travel restrictions should be imposed in the country for at least another three weeks.
He says it is a wrong precedent that some trade unions are trying to extend their terms under the guise of spreading the pandemic demic.
He said these while he was addressing a media briefing at the Narahenpita Abhayaramaya.
A large number of people qued in front of liquor shops.
The banking system is in Sri Lanka in danger of collapsing


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Bayou Cook Book reveals the secrets of traditional South Louisiana Creole cooking. A compilation of family recipes and favorites, this unique cook book is a must for those who love Creole dishes. Spiral.
Following in the successful footsteps of Audubon Plantation Country Cookbook, named best new cookbook of the year by Louisiana Life magazine, Anne Butler has written Bayou Plantation Country Cookbook. Recipes drawn from life on the bayou and the rich alluvial fields abound with the fresh catch of the day and the newly picked harvest of the garden. Crossing economic lines, Butler introduces the historical people and places of south Louisiana, from the exiled Acadians and their laissez faire way of life to the cotton kings evoking the Gone with the Wind era.
Women of every century have struggled with maintaining fulfillment and balance through their personal relationship with God. In this eight-week lesson plan, nine women of biblical times are examined in relation to their roles in God's overall design. Each lesson provides insight into issues of transformation, commitment, wisdom, submission to commandments, victory through spiritual strength, devotion, leadership, and consecration.
When he was living in a humble home in the village of Um-Jang Ni in North Korea, Woo Jun Hong had no idea what sweet and bitter roads lay ahead. He would experience imprisonment and persecution at the hands of the North Korean Communists; a daring escape to freedom in South Korea; trials and successes in starting a new life; the desire to help all the hungry, war-orphaned children; and the need to share his belief in Christ with all who would listen.
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno comes alive in this book from an insider who describes the show's inner workings from the monologue to the guest bookings and appearances. Leno was the late-night ratings leader for almost two decades, which is unprecedented in the modern era of television. He and his producers made the show number one by recasting Johnny Carson's Tonight Show into Jay Leno's Tonight Show. Behind the Curtain takes an exclusive look at how they achieved it.
Set in the Cajun Country of Louisiana's Vermilion Parish during the 1850s, this historical novel, based on the 1987 motion picture, recounts the exploits of Belizaire Breaux, a Cajun herbalist and traiteur (faith healer). Paperback.
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Al Bowlly
Watched part of a fascinating profile of Al Bowlly on BBC 4 last night and this remined me of a couple of the novelty songs he sang before he became more well known as a "crooner".
Wikipedia says-
"In the 1930s, he was to sign two contracts which were to change his fortunes - one in May 1931 with Roy Fox, singing in his live band for the Monseigneur Restaurant in London, the other a record contract with Ray Noble's orchestra in November 1930. During the next four years, he recorded over 500 songs. He also found time to occasionally record with other orchestras such as Lew Stone's ; however, he was inundated with demands in this period, and made the bulk of his recordings with Noble. There was considerable competition between Noble and Fox for Bowlly's time, as for much of the year, Bowlly would spend all day in the recording studio with Noble's band, rehearsing and recording, only to then spend the evening playing live at the Monseigneur with Fox's band. A visit to New York in 1934 with Noble resulted in more success and their recordings first achieved popularity in the USA; he appeared at the head of an orchestra hand-picked for him and Noble by Glenn Miller (the band included Claude Thornhill, Charlie Spivak, and Bud Freeman, among others).
During the early-mid 1930s, such songs as "Blue Moon", "Easy to Love", "I've Got You Under My Skin", and "My Melancholy Baby" were sizable American successes — so much so that Bowlly gained his own radio series on NBC and travelled to Hollywood to co-star in The Big Broadcast in 1936, which also starred one of his biggest competitors, Bing Crosby. Al Bowlly often worked with Ray Noble and His Orchestra.
In December 1931, Bowlly had married Freda Roberts, but the marriage proved a disaster, with Bowlly discovering his new wife in bed with another man on their wedding night. The couple separated after two weeks, and sought a rapid divorce. He remarried in December 1934, this time to Marjie Fairless, the marriage lasting until his death."
Discover more about Al Bowlly HERE.
Al Bowlly - Making Wickey Wackey
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spice-the-cat said...
Not forgetting Richard Thompson's tribute song Al Bowley's In Heaven - from his album Daring Adventures.
Wastedpapiers said...
Yes, a great song - tghanks for reminding us spice!
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NICOSIA, Cyprus, Jan. 26 (Reuters)—A Greek Cypriot journalist, Eleftherios Papadopoulos, was charged today with having supported the 1974 coup attempt against Archbishop Makarios.
The Cyprus press agency said he was charged before the Nicosia District Court on suspicion of involvement in the coup attempt that drove President Makarios into temporary exile and led to a Turkish invasion.
The news agency said Mr. Papadopoulos was charged with having encouraged violence conspiracy, participating in an illegal organization, preparing warlike activities and using armed force against the Government. A .preliminary hearing was set for Feb. 14.
The only other person charged in connection with the coup attempt was Nicos Sampson, who was president of Cyprus for eight days. He was sentenced to 20 years last August.


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Grahame Francis "Spike" Cheney (born 27 April 1969) is a retired Australian boxer, who won a light welterweight (63.5 kg) silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Cheney also won a bronze medal in the welterweight (67 kg) division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Olympic results
1st round bye
Defeated Miguel González (Paraguay) RSC 2
Defeated Ike Quartey (Ghana) 5-0
Defeated Todd Foster (United States) 3-2
Defeated Lars Myrberg (Sweden) 5-0
Lost to Vyacheslav Yanovski (Soviet Union) 0-5

Pro career
Cheney turned pro in 1991, winning the WBC International Welterweight title. He retired in 1996 with a professional record of 17-3-0.

Personal life
Since 1998, Cheney has suffered from bipolar disorder.

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External links

1969 births
Living people
Australian male boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Olympic boxers of Australia
Olympic medalists in boxing
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

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Editor's Picks – Miami Art Week
All / Contemporary Art / Design / Featured / News / See & Be Seen / December 5, 2017
Slick and Gritty – Pajama Party, Screening, and Panel @ Performance is Alive, Satellite Art Fair (Friday, 7pm-10pm)
Last year, the performance artist Ayana Evans, your editor-at-large, performed in Miami. This year she returns with a different agenda; to give voice to to her community of performance artists. Part of Performance is Alive's four day performance program, Evan's program titled "Slick and Gritty" features a panel discussion followed by a screening of performance works and video art by 17 performance artists. Since performance art at art fairs is a recently new phenomenon, panels, like this one, are a fantastic opportunity for fair-goers to learn more about performance art and its practitioners. Oh and, mimosas will be served during the panel discussion and everyone is encouraged to wear pajamas. Why? Because performance art is disruptive, in a good way.
Satellite Art Show, Room 102, (December 8th, 7pm-10pm) The Ocean Terrace Hotel | 7410 Ocean Terrace, Miami, FL 33141.
Previous: Ayana Evans. Photograph courtesy of the artist. Above: Tsedaye Makonnen, "African Body Snatchers" performance, 7th Annual Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Accra, Ghana, 2017. Photographed by Seun Adatsi.
Prizm Perform @ Prizm (Thursday 5-8pm)
Now in its fifth year, Prizm was founded with the goal to expand the spectrum of international artists of the African Diaspora during Miami Art Week and to give voice to Miami's artists of African descent. Prizm Perform presents three performances that fall within the scope of "Universal Belonging," the fair's annual theme that explores global diasporic experiences. Tsedaye Makonnen's piece "When Drowning is the Best Option" focuses on the African refugee crisis. By telling contradictory migrant stories, in "Gatekeepers," Helina Metaferia speaks to the complexity of migration and national borders. Nyugen Smith and Marvin Fabien present a multi-sensory performance derived from their on-going dialog related to the impacts of hurricanes and climate change in the Caribbean and parts of the United States.
Prizm, December 7th, 5 pm – 8pm, 145 East Flagler Street Miami, FL 3313.
Cynthia Talmadge, "Formerly Pi Beta Phi," 2017. Sand on board, 27×21. Photograph courtesy of the gallery.
Cynthia Talmadge @ 56 Henry (Booth 8.14), NADA
56 Henry presents a solo booth featuring a selection of Cynthia Talmagde's sand paintings. In her melodramatic works, the artist employs a version of pointillism, traditionally used to render landscapes and the effects of light on bucolic subject matter, but she repurposes the technique with sand instead of paint. In "Leaves of Absence," the artist's last show with the gallery, she presented the viewer with what she imagined to be a patient's room at Harvard Medical School's psychiatric facility. Perversely, she recreated a pristine bedroom that resembled a dormitory belonging to a sorority girl – pink details and a tote bag on the floor. In Miami, instead of sharing her imagination her canvases show renderings of existing street corners, architectural details, and pop culture. It is their pristine characteristic that makes them ironic. I'd choose a sand painting over a sand castle any day.
NADA Miami Beach, December 7 – 10, 2017, Ice Palace studios, 59 NW 14th St, Miami, FL 33136.
Ridley Howard, "Dream Painting, Pink, Red, Blue," 2017, 60×48 in. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
Ridley Howard @ Fredric Snitzer, Art Basel Miami and Marinaro Gallery, NADA
Ridley Howard's scenes of people and places have a surreal quality to them, their flattened appearance is reminiscent of film stills, photographs, or dreamscapes. Despite his use of soft colors and gentle lines his subject matters are often serious. And, all his works are distilled versions of reality, both people and places. In a sense, they are the personal made impersonal. Adding to the mystery in his work, two of the paintings that Howard will have on view in Miami are in dialogue with each other, at different fairs. Howard was studied in Athens Georgia and is now based in Brooklyn where he lives with his wife, fellow painter, Holly Coulis.
Art Basel Miami Beach, 1901 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139. NADA Miami Beach, December 7 – 10, 2017, Ice Palace studios, 59 NW 14th St, Miami, FL 33136
Peter Tunney, "The Sinking of Taj Mahal," Faena Beach. Photographed by @olive_allen.
"The Sinking of Taj Mahal" Peter Tunney @ Faena Hotel
Earlier this year, Peter Tunney picked up monumental pieces from the demolition site and bankruptcy sale of the infamous Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. The casino, first names Trump Taj Mahal, was opened by Donald Trump in 1990. Tunney has collected monumental pieces from the façade and rooftop of the building, giant chandeliers, a two-ton ornate concrete elephant, and towering letters that will all emerge out of the sand. Tunney's installation of gold-colored plastic, glass, concrete, and steel in ruins is a bold statement on our contemporary time.
Faena Beach, 24 hours. 3201 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140. The second part of the exhibition, "Excerpts from the Taj Mahal (The Truth Always Happens)" is on view at Peter Tunney's studio. 2520 NW 2nd Avenue (Enter through the Wynwood Walls).
Jacob Felländer, Installation view. Photograph courtesy of MoCA.
Jacob Felländer: How to Unlock a Portal @ MoCA
Using a combination of virtual reality, paintings, sculpture, and photography the Swedish artist Jacob Felländer challenges the perspective of his viewers. His manipulation of photography also challenges the medium itself. The exhibition marks the artist's U.S. debut.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Artist Reception Dec. 6, North Miami, 770 NE 125th St., North Miami.
John Dunkley, "Banana Planation," ca. 1945. Mixed media on plywood, 28 x 16 1/2 in. Image courtesy of PAMM.
John Dunkley: Neither Day nor Night @ PAMM
This exhibition presents paintings from the 1930s and '40s alongside a smaller selection of carved-wood and stone sculptures by John Dunkley. The artists is widely considered to be one of Jamaica's most important historical artists. Dunkley's paintings are defined by their distinctive dark palette, detailed imagery—often landscapes––and psychologically suggestive underpinnings.
Pérez Art Museum Miami, Tuesday, December 5, 10am–6pm; Wednesday, December 6, 10am–5pm; Thursday, December 7, 10am–5pm (Free admission); Friday, December 8, 10am–6pm; Saturday, December 9, 10am–6pm (Free admission); Sunday, December 10 – 10am–6pm. 1103 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132.
Kelsey Montague creates wings for charity. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
Kelsey Montague x Gran Centario present #GCPutWingsOn
Gran Centenario, a Mexican tequila producer, has commissioned two murals by the street artist Kelsey Montague . For each Social Media post hashtagged #GCPutWingsOn, they will donate $10 to benefit charities supporting victims impacted by the earthquake in Mexico City. By creating interactive murals of wings: butterfly wings, bird's wings, angel's wings, and sometimes, winged insects, the street artist allows people to, through interaction, become a part of her art works. Don't forget, #GCPutWingsOn.
Nautilus South Beach hotel, 1825 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139. Art Basel Miami Beach (under the tent), 1901 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139.
Design – Experience New Things
Es Devlin, Maze. Photograph courtesy of the artist.
Es Devlin "Room 202" @ The Miami Beach EDITION
Featuring a series of mirror mazes, soundscapes, and videos spread across 7,000 square feet the immersive installation, at The Miami Beach Edition hotel, will be one of Miami's largest. As the award-winning British set designer Es Devlin has worked with Beyoncé, Kanye West, and Jay Z, it is an impressive commission. For Louis Vuitton, in Rio de Janeiro, she created a meandering catwalk – she specializes in kinetic sculptures. Not sure if checking in or checking out will be the best option, but definitely looking forward to seeing the installation.
The Miami Beach EDITION, 2901 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33140.
"New Spring," COS x Studio Swine. Photograph courtesy of Studio Swine.
COS x Studio Swine present "New Spring"
"New Spring" was first conceived for Milan Design Week in April and became an instant hit. Its creators' the Japanese architect Azusa Murakami and the British artist Alexander Groves, who together form the London-based design firm Studio Swine, are known for innovative experimentation with materials. The interactive sculpture was shaped like a tree and emitted mist-filled blossoms. Fittingly, as the piece was commissioned by the fast-fashion brand COS (part of the H&M family), the blossoms temporarily lived on when they met with textiles (special gloves were supplied) but burst and evaporated upon contact with skin. Inspired by Miami and the everglades, a brighter and bigger re-imagined version of the piece will be housed in the historic art deco building Temple House. I want to touch those blossoms, don't you?
Temple House (official satellite of Design/Miami), 1415 Euclid Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139.
Pierre Yovanovitch from his OOPS series. Photograph courtesy of the gallery.
Pierre Yovanovitch @ R & Company, Design/Miami
The interior designer Pierre Yovanovitch is celebrated for restructuring historic spaces to fit contemporary lifestyles by blending art works, architectural elements, vintage furniture, and his own designs. Before he founded his Paris-based interior design firm he worked as a menswear designer for Pierre Cardin. Earlier this fall R & Company premiered Yovanovitch's first publicly available line of furniture – OOPS. With a commitment to craftsmanship and eclecticism, the pieces incorporate wood, painted steel, enameled ceramic, stone, lacquer, glass, leather, cotton, flax and hemp in decoratively appealing ways.
Design/Miami, Meridian Avenue & 19th Street
Miami Beach, USA.
Outlier Fair – The Matriarchy Rises
Yoko Ono, "Wish Tree."
Fair.
Fair., an attempt to bring intellectual fodder to counter Miami Art Week's market-driven frenzy. The curators of Fair. Zoe Lukov, the director of exhibitions at Faena Art in Miami, and Anthony Spinello, founder of Spinello projects describe the projects three organizing principles as "fair market, fair play, and fair trade." To challenge the commercial art fair model, nothing is for sale and the admission is free. More interestingly, the fair features only women and, in a statement, Lukov called the fair "just one more step forward in the dismantling of the patriarchy." Four monumental billboards by the Guerilla Girls, Yoko Ono's "Wish Tree," and a performance by Nathalie Alfonso headline the exhibition. Down with the patriarchy.
Fair. Dec 7-10, 11am – 7pm. Admission is free. Brickell City Centre 701 S Miami Ave. Miami FL 33131.
Parties – Shake it Like an Art Star
Andy Warhol: The Impossible Collection, published by Assouline books. Photograph courtesy of the publisher.
A Warholian Factory Style Full Extravaganza
The release party for Andy Warhol: The Impossible Collection published by Assouline at the Surf Lodge Pop-up at W Hotel will be a star-studded blow-out. The book is priced at $845, so expect the party to be equally lavish. The evening consists of a dinner and after-party with a special performance by Young Paris and DJ set by Mia Moretti.
PAMM Presents Amanda Bradley. Photograph courtesy of the museum.
Miami Museums Do the Best Parties (Thursday 9pm-midnight)
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) celebrates Miami Art Week with its signature Thursday night event. Taking over PAMM's terrace overlooking Biscayne Bay, DJ Maseo of De La Soul will headline a one-night-only performance. The evening will also feature a performance by Afrobeats musician Young Paris, music by heavy band Holly Hunt, and spoken word by poet Aja Monet.
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