Papa By Chance is an Indian series produced by Full House Media Production, and the show was first premiered on 20th August 2018. The show airs on Star Bharat. The leads of the show are Priya Tandon, Sana Sayyada, and Zebby Singh. The producers of the show are Sonali Jaffer, and Amir Raza Gulam Jaffer. The show revolves around rich person Yuvaan who fell for the plot about his dead father, Harman Battra, and by chance kills a couple after his breaks fail.
To repent for his mistakes, and also in greed of Samrat's property, he takes custody of three children, Gungun, Ullu, Dhoni Chatwal, on the advice of his lawyer, Kashvi. He was fighting for his father's inheritance, and had no house. He was let down by all around but his servant Bantoo helps to manage a roof. The kids were very troublesome.
Later, he took shelter in his father's old home with the three kids. The house was not owned by Amrit, Yuvaans's friend, and she denies him but Yuvaan tells that this house is legally his and she has no choice but to let him, and his kids stay. Meanwhile, Bela, Amrit's mother is making plans about Amrit, and Yuvaan's marriage.
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Reflections on 40 years as a doctor in Women's Health
Tag Archives: shaming
August 12, 2020 by gozzter
Let shame say what it will
Call me overly sensitive, but I don't like to be shamed. There, I've said it. I suspect it is because shaming causes me to think less of myself: to feel humiliated, demeaned. And yet, there is another side to humiliation that seems to hide in the shadows: the feeling of humility – 'This amounts not to thinking less of yourself but to thinking of yourself less. The person so 'humiliated' becomes less self-centred: her ethical concerns bear witness to a kind of revolution through which her own private and peculiar desires lose credence and authority, a diminution that finally allows her to take notice of what is positively owed to others.'- so writes Louise Chapman, a PhD candidate at the time in Philosophy at Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge in an essay on shaming in Aeon. https://aeon.co/essays/on-immanuel-kants-hydraulic-model-of-moral-education
'Has the behaviour of another person ever made you feel ashamed? Not because they set out to shame you but because they acted so virtuously that it made you feel inadequate by comparison. If so, then it is likely that, at least for a brief moment in time, you felt motivated to improve as a person.'
Perhaps, in the embarrassing circumstances of the moment of humiliation, I never stopped to think about it very deeply, but operating behind the scenes was a type of hydraulic system whereby 'the elevation of one desire in a closed system causes a proportional diminution in another… the 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant presents it as a useful metaphor for capturing the seesawing nature of real psychological forces. In his view, the subordination of self-interest removes, or at least diminishes, hindrances to willing the good. For Kant, the denigration of one's pathological interests is thus tantamount to removing barriers to acting well. This pivotal mechanism of moral education could be classed as a form of sublimation or diversion, whereby inappropriate desires are channelled into higher pursuits.'
In more recent times, it was Sigmund Freud 'who claimed that psychic energy can be redirected from lower aims to higher ones, at least when the patient herself recognises that the desiderative drive imperils her.'
This is where exemplary individuals come into the picture. 'These are people who have the ability to cause profound shifts in the motivational landscapes of their spectators.' But the exemplars should not serve as a model but only as proof that it really is possible to act in a better way.
Social Media nowadays provides an instructive example. It is tempting to rid ourselves –unfollow– those who continually post their successes, and yet 'while they can stir up the pains of comparative humiliation, in so doing they strike down our tendency towards intellectual and physical torpor, thereby inspiring us to action.' This could be termed a form of 'appraisal respect'. We don't have to engage with them, only to bear witness -and appreciate that we are not being manipulated if we see some merit in their success as an example for ourselves. In theory, at least, 'Once the spectator has been shamed by the exemplar's behaviour, external examples of morality are no longer necessary for continuing moral progress.' Moral hydraulics.
Comparisons with others merely remind us of what we ourselves are capable of, and with continuing practice, can find ourselves achieving. But we do need reminders from time to time.
Take the old man I saw leaning against a lamppost on a main street in downtown Vancouver. It was a typically cool, wet, and windy day in autumn and I was snuggling into my umbrella trying to make the best of it. I almost bumped into him, but when a gust of rain suddenly tore at the umbrella, I jumped to the side in time. Dressed in a dirty brown baseball cap, a torn cloth jacket, and -judging by the cuffs that were rolled up many times- jeans that were obviously too large for him, he still managed a smile at the near collision.
It's sometimes hard to judge the age of people who frequent the streets, but he looked old, and frail -someone who would have been sitting in a warm room somewhere, had Life not been so harsh on him. He did not have the look of a dissipated life -just an unfortunate one that had dealt him all the wrong cards.
"Spare some change…?" he rasped with an old man's voice, then coughed as if the effort involved in speaking was too much for him. He sent his eyes to inspect my face, and they hovered over my cheeks like hopeful sparrows looking for a roost, then flittered away when they saw my expression.
I suppose his words caught me off-guard -embarrassed me, perhaps- and I merely pretended to listen, shook my head, and fought another gust of wind as I walked away. My first impression was distrust of the neighbourhood, and yet when I turned, warily -and, in truth, with guilt- to check behind me a few moments later, he was still there, the smile clinging to his face: a default expression – hoping, like its owner, for a reason to survive.
He looked so delicate, and elderly that I stopped, uncertain what to do. I was ashamed I had brushed him off so quickly, to tell the truth. His smile, I think, was what had disarmed me -that and the fleeting hope I'd seen written on his face at our chance encounter: an unexpected gift on a cold and blustery day on the street.
Something -perhaps his eyes, still heavy on my shoulders- made me turn to face him. His smile grew and his face crinkled happily at my change of heart. And when I reached him, his hand did not extend as if he expected a reward- just his eyes: two souls searching for my own to touch; two minds joining, if only for a moment in greeting.
I struggled for words, and all I could manage was an apology for being so insensitive. "I'm so ashamed," I mumbled, reaching into my pocket. "It can't be easy on the street…" I felt myself blushing as I pulled out the only bill I had -a crumpled ten- and handing it to him. I didn't want him to think I was just expiating my guilt.
"Don't be ashamed," he said, evidently also embarrassed. "You came back… Most people don't." And he reached out and shook my hand like a long lost friend.
Looking back, I think he was what we all fear we might become some day. He was my face, in another's mirror.
Tagged Aeon.co, appraisal respect, ethics, exemplary individuals, humiliation, humility, Immanuel Kant, Louise Chapman, moral education, moral hydraulics, Pembroke College, shame, shaming, Sigmund Freud, social media, sublimation, University of Cambridge
June 28, 2017 by gozzter
Weight and See
Obesity and dietary issues have been seen as major contributors to diabetes and cardiovascular health for some time now. No longer regarded as outward manifestations of status or wealth in most societies, they are now often subjects of disparagement, and those carrying extra weight frequently stigmatized and derided. As if the very fact of being overweight was an act of moral depravity, or at the very least, a manifestation of weakness. Self-neglect.
Smoking –especially in North America- suffered a similar fall from grace when it became evident that it was a cause of major health problems. But it is much easier to hide a smoking habit than an overweight or frankly obese body. And whereas public measures to stigmatize smoking and outline the health risks may have some effect on smoking behaviours or smoking persistence, they seem to be counterproductive in successfully encouraging exercise for weight loss according to a large study from Britain: http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/3/e014592
This was a long term study starting in 2002 of 5480 participants of both sexes, all at or over 50 years of age, and carried out by Dr. Sarah Jackson from University College London. 'In summary, these results provide evidence that weight discrimination may be associated with lower participation in regular physical activity and higher rates of sedentary behaviour. Through this mechanism, weight discrimination may be implicated in the perpetuation of weight gain, onset of obesity related comorbidities and even premature mortality.'
The BBC News also reported a perhaps more easily assimilable summary of the study: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39191100. The point being, evidently, that shaming or drawing attention to the weight a person is carrying is less likely to get them to exercise than a welcoming and supportive attitude. And environment -'Exercising when you are overweight can be daunting, and the fat-shaming attitudes of others do not help.'
I suppose this study is much like carrying coal to Newcastle, but nonetheless it is important to hold a mirror to societal attitudes and prejudices. It's often not so much that we mean to denigrate people who hold different values, or who do not seem to espouse the image we find attractive but rather that we hold ourselves apart. Withholding approval can be as devastating as active discrimination and, at least in this case, seldom leads to positive changes.
Unfortunately the problem of excessive weight sometimes slips by in a gynaecology office as well –noticed, but unmentioned- because of fear of upsetting the patient. Occasionally, an opportunity will present itself, however. One has to be alert –and sensitive.
Janina was a new patient to me. I first saw her in the waiting room sitting in the corner seat which was partially obscured by a large, leafy Areca palm. Her head and face were further hidden behind a magazine whose pages never seemed to turn. A large lady by any estimation, she attempted to camouflage it as best she could with an extra-large, loose fitting brightly patterned sweat shirt and bulky jeans. The effect was really quite beautiful –and so was Janina when she finally lowered the magazine. Her large, brown eyes were captive birds that fluttered delicately behind the bars of exquisite eyelashes. Her face was soft and her smile, although timid and infrequently offered, was captivating. She wore her hair long and auburn waves flowed slowly and gently over her shoulders like water on a beach whenever she moved.
She made a show of being nice in the waiting room, but I could tell that she was uncomfortable as she followed behind me to my office. She closed the door quietly behind her but before she sat she moved the chair as far away from the desk as the room allowed.
I smiled at her in an attempt to put her at her ease, but she had already dropped her eyes onto her lap and refused to retrieve them.
"Dr. Blackstock says you are having some problems with your birth control pills," I said, when it became evident that she was not going to volunteer any information.
She sat perfectly still, her hands clasped motionlessly where her eyes still lay. Finally, she took a long, slow breath, looked at me, then slowly nodded her head. It was a sad movement, and for a moment, I wondered if she was going to break into tears. But she remained silent.
"What kind of problem are you having, Janina?" I asked, after another sepulchral moment.
She sighed again, but her face changed. "Isn't it obvious, doctor?"
I raised an eyebrow to indicate that it wasn't.
"Ever since I started on the pill, I've continued to gain weight," she started. "I was never this heavy before…" She paused briefly to let that sink in. "Never…" She let her eyes drift around the room for a moment, finally settling them on a terra cotta statuette of a seated woman with a begging bowl that I'd placed on a little oak stand in the corner. "I don't want to end up like her," she said, pointing at the woman. She sent her eyes back to perch briefly on my face. "But even she isn't as fat as me…"
As the words sank slowly into silence, a tear began to run down her now quivering cheek. I rose from my desk and walked across the room to hand her some tissues. She seemed to appreciate the gesture and her face softened for a moment. In fact, she used the opportunity to examine me as I walked back to my desk.
"You have no idea how people look at a fat person like me…" she finally volunteered and then her eyes focused on a wooden figurine on my desk behind a plant; it was a woman holding a child and peering out as if she were hiding. "I feel like that woman," she said, nodding at the plant with her eyes.
I must have let a worried expression escape onto my face, because Janina seemed to focus on it. "It's a different world when you're fat, doctor. That's all people see…"
I sighed. I couldn't help it; she seemed so sad. "I see beauty," I said –it just escaped from my lips. I hadn't planned it…
Suddenly she smiled, and her hair danced once again over her shoulders. She straightened herself on the chair, and then with a gentle shrug stood and moved it closer to the desk.
Tagged BBC news, Beauty, being fat, birth control pill, BMJ open, cardiovascular health, diabetes, discrimination, exercise, extra weight, fat, Gynaecology, obesity, Sarah Jackson, self image, shaming, smoking, societal expectations, stigma, University College London
March 22, 2017 by gozzter
Trust in the Tameness of a Wolf?
Okay, enough is enough! All these years I have been an advocate of cultural relativism. Ethical parity when societal mores and folkways are accounted for. I still am a staunch defender of freedom of belief and societally derived variations from what might be seen as a Western norm, but there are times when I must step back and shake my head. Some things beggar all tenets of humane behaviour. Beggar belief, for that matter… Beggar all conceptions of canon, doctrine, creed… They are ethically and philosophical bereft!
The example -the proximate cause of this jeremiad- is one that was reported in a BBC News article entitled The WhatsApp Suicide: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37735370 'A 40-year-old woman from northern India killed herself in January after a video of her being raped was circulated on WhatsApp.' And, as if this madness itself weren't sufficient to turn the country inside out, the article goes on to say 'At village level, many are more bothered about women using mobile phones at all than they are about men using them to intimidate rape victims or to share videos of sexual assaults. A number of local councils in Uttar Pradesh, concerned with what they see as technology's corrupting effect on traditional moral values, have prohibited girls from owning mobile phones.' This follows from what seems to exist in some villages -at least in the region of northern India: '[…]in the patriarchal and honour-bound culture of the village, she could be blamed for "inviting" the sexual advances of a man – even if those advances were unwelcome, intimidating, or violent.'
It's a two-edged sword, really, isn't it? The women are able to use the phone and its network both for business and, presumably, to call for help, but the same phone can be used to shame and intimidate her. Blackmail her.
'In August 2016, the Times of India found that hundreds – perhaps thousands – of video clips of sexual assault were being sold in shops across Uttar Pradesh every day. One shopkeeper in Agra told the newspaper, "Porn is passé. These real life crimes are the rage." Another, according to the same report, was overheard telling customers that they might even know the girl in the "latest, hottest" video.'
But lest we delude ourselves into thinking that India is somehow unique in this regard, consider the case of a young woman in Egypt named Ghadeer: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37735368 She shared the enthusiasm of youth throughout the world –they are, after all, young and although as privy to the social constraints as their elders, not necessarily as wedded to them. She was 18 and videoed herself dancing –fully clothed, mind you, but too clearly enjoying the freedom. It ended up being shared on YouTube by a former boyfriend in an attempt to shame her in 'a society in which women were required to cover their bodies and behave with modesty.' But, unlike many, Ghadeer decided to fight back.
'[…] in the years since she had sent the video, Ghadeer had also taken part in the Egyptian revolution, taken off her hijab, and started to speak out about the rights of women. Outraged that a man had attempted to publicly shame her, she took legal action. Although she succeeded in having him convicted for defamation, the video remained on YouTube – and Ghadeer found herself attacked on social media by men who sought to discredit her by posting links to it. In 2014, sick of the abuse and tired of worrying about who might see the film, Ghadeer made a brave decision: she posted the video on her own Facebook page. In an accompanying comment, she argued that it was time to stop using women's bodies to shame and silence them. Watch the video, she said. I'm a good dancer. I have no reason to feel ashamed.'
But as the article goes on to note, 'Most cases of this form of abuse go unreported because the same forces that make women vulnerable also ensure they remain silent.' Just being photographed in defiance of the prevailing dress code –a hijab, for example- could be used by the unscrupulous for blackmail or intimidation.
Or another example –one of too many, unfortunately: 'the 16-year-old victim of a gang rape in Morocco, set herself on fire in July this year, after her rapists threatened to share images of the attack online. The eight accused were trying to intimidate the girl's family into dropping the charges against them but instead drove her to suicide, as she suffered third-degree burns and died in hospital.'
Enough examples! That anyone would disparage the ebullience of youth is in itself despicable, but to turn that same scorn on the most vulnerable of that demographic –the culturally disadvantaged status of females in many countries- smacks of almost terminal insecurity on the part of the (largely male) perpetrators. It's still unclear to me what it is that renders them so fearful. Surely our very identity as males derives from our difference from –not inferiority to- females. Much as 'up' is only so, in relation to 'down', there is an 'inside' only if an 'outside' exists. These are not value-laden; not better or worse –they merely mark a difference. We are mutually needful of the contrast.
And yet, the two have come to be pitted in an almost eternal battle within both myth and reality alike -the Givers of Life against the beneficiaries… As if Oedipus had turned on his mother or sided with the Sphinx rather than killing his father -all equally pointless. Meaningless.
In a way, I'm reminded of the Fool in Shakespeare's King Lear: 'He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf…' –or the excuses so readily proffered by those who, in any sane world, should have none.
A question might well be asked about the state of our domestication.
Tagged blackmail, cultural relativism, ethical relativism, honour-bound cultures, Jeremiad, mobile phones, rape, sexual violence, shaming, social media, the Times of India, WhatsApp, youth, Youtube
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I've AI divided into 3 types. After Snowden, I conjecture an AI can amass a military win by hacking. Type 2 is able to enact the standard futurist conjecture of seed-AI where it makes better hardware and software. Type 3 is smart enough to attempt attack like synthetic AI and mantle replicators that might be tough to defend against even next century. Much of the discussion is classified. For example, homes of the future with engineering books will require acoustic robot sensors. The easiest #1 attack appears to be to launch a rocket to space. Similar is to hack NASA space assets. The idea being to blot out the Sun, or hit us with a rock, or just come back from the Oort cloud with a superior fleet.
For this reason NASA's interconnectivity should be cancelled. Fibre optics are harder to hack, especially with a new coating. The best optical computer appears to use a phase change wafer as the switch; plastic holographic memory is cheaper but glass is better. Eventually you'd have all PLCs made optical but at first basic controls like ventilation fans and on-off engines would be easier.
VTOL aircraft mitigate a first strike. Rail guns and lasers are all useful munitions. Bad weather makes GEO lasers, balloon lasers, captured ice NEO lasers, L-point and Lunar lasers necessary. A safe lunar bunker of spaceships can reinforce airforces; it may be necessary to keep NPP in reserve here.
I see electric ships with a VTOL fighter jet travelling between dielectric elastomer wave power floating islands. Entangled microwaves sent from aircraft can look for bunkers. Jeep's Hurricane protoype is able to mount a rail gun and swivel to track a robot. First responders will need vehicles able to find and kill robots and climb over cars before military assistance arrives. Neuro imaging will be able to pick and pick off leaders who aren't rational and honourable.
3d printing shouldn't be in space. Neither should assembly wires, or Robonaut 2. NASA will need a rotating (two crafts tethered) space station at Earth gravity and with enough reality programming interior content and neuro imaging to keep astronauts sane enough to staff Lunar lasers with the right stuff. Displays will need to be now light pipe, and soon head mounted and directional holographic, to avoid fly-spy hacking. Neuro-imaging will ensure the internet is used by good humans. Fibre-optics or quantum ghost imaging needs to be used around critical infrastructures. Robots should not have hands. Robotics, materials science and AI researchers may already be tracked.


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Patrick Conlon is clearly a trusted contributor to the Fort Smith Symphony: He was accorded 23 minutes of the season's final concert to premiere a new piece of music.
"Patrick is our principal second violin, which means he leads the second violin section of the symphony," explains John Jeter, the symphony's music director. "We have known him for years. We have collaborated with him in the past as a composer. His background in incredibly varied as a violinist, composer, film music composer/producer, sound technology, etc."
And, Jeter adds, Conlon's "new piece is terrific — lots of fun and much musical variety. The 'classics' have stood the test of time but at one point were all 'new' pieces. Performing new music is so important! This is an extremely accessible piece."
Conlon, whose day job is as assistant director of the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma, answered these questions for What's Up! prior to the debut May 11 of "Wubwubwub."
Q. What inspired this piece of music?
A. "Wubwubwub" was sort of a culmination of all of the things that I am into day to day as a performer/composer/producer. As a performer, I really love genre bending, so there are influences from fiddle techniques, hip-hop, trap, reggaeton, dubstep and a bunch of other electronic dance music and EDM adjacent genres. It's also a duo-concerto for myself and my partner-in-crime, Christina Giacona, so that's such a cool thing to get to put together.
As a composer, I'm really a big nerd when it comes to classical music history and having my compositions be part of that repertoire, so it's a pretty standard four-movement big romantic concerto structure. I'm also doing an homage to Luciano Berio's "Sinfonia" in the third movement where we quote a ton of different classical pieces by sampling my own set of influences.
As a producer, I'm really into the actual physics and music theory of what's happening with guitar pedals, reverbs, EQs, etc., and so this piece really tries to emulate electronic and analog production techniques through purely acoustic orchestrations.
Q. What's it been like working with John and the symphony to bring it to its first performance?
A. I cannot say enough about how my relationship with John has grown my artistic career and voice. This is the sort of supportive and collaborative relationship with a music director that you dream of having as a composer. An orchestra letting you write a full 23 minute piece is really an incredible honor, investment and risk that they're taking in your work.
Q. What do you hope it says to audiences?
A. One of my favorite things to do as a composer is have different levels of interest for different listeners. So I think about the zoomed-out version of the concerto — the first movement is really big and orchestral, the second movement is pretty and interesting, the third is groovy and then has cadenzas and all sorts of pyrotechnics, and the fourth is a blast — so even a kid who doesn't know anything about classical music should be caught by the big colors and feel changes and pacing. But if you zoom in, you get all the little quotes, and production technique emulations, what I hope are really interesting orchestral sounds, and a sort of deep-level insider interest as well. I like my music to always play to both of those audiences.
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WHEN — 7:30 p.m. May 11
WHERE — ArcBest Performing Arts Center in Fort Smith
COST — $20-$50
INFO — 452-7575
BONUS — The performance also includes Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 featuring Irish pianist Michael McHale & Mussorgsky/Ravel's "Pictures at an Exhibition."
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KFC India puts chicken back in the centre of the menu; posts 13% rise in sales: Rahul Shinde, MD
The focus has been to offer value to consumers through the week, not linked to coupons or free offers, so that the expectation is consistent.
Ratna Bhushan
As any other business, we have gone through softness, as did the category. The positive momentum we're seeing now makes us bullish on the business.
Rahul Shinde, managing director at KFC India, attributes the fast food chain's turnaround after eight quarters of slump largely to a revival of its business strategy over the last 12-15 months when it shut 30 stores, tweaked its menu to bring focus back on chicken, and consolidated operations with the help of its partners. In September last year, a consortium of four private equity funds led by Samara Capital bought out over 300 stores of Pizza Hut and KFC — both owned by the world's largest restaurant company Yum Brands — that were earlier split up between various small independent franchisee partners. Samara formed a new entity, Sapphire Foods, under which these outlets were consolidated. KFC posted 13% increase in sales for the July-September quarter in India, perhaps the highest among western style quick service restaurants. Shinde spoke to Economic Times in his first interview after moving from KFC UK in January 2015 to head the India operations. Edited excerpts:
When was the last time KFC reported such positive numbers as in the July-September quarter?
We were doing healthy numbers in 2014. The following year was soft and so was the early part of this year. As any other business, we have gone through softness, as did the category. The positive momentum we're seeing now makes us bullish on the business.
Has consolidation with Sapphire Foods and Devyani International paid off?
Consolidation with two deeppocketed partners, with backing from well-capitalised private equity funds who can invest in the brand, assets and talent, has brought back confidence in the category and brand. It was necessary to bring back confidence of the team and we've jointly invested on that front. Around the time we went through the refranchising process last year, when we brought in the Samara Capital-backed company Sapphire Foods, is when we also re-examined the business. We have closed about 30 stores over the last 12-15 months. Some of those have been closures for relocation. In some locations, we felt the area wasn't right or the business in that location had moved on. It's part of a cyclical business where we continuously evaluate restaurants locations. For the size of opportunity we have in India, we want to have two growth engines — one equity-led and the other, partner-led. Of the 320 restaurants, 95 are equity stores. In the foreseeable future, we will continue to operate with this model. The new store will largely be through franchisee partnerships. From an equity perspective, we are not looking at building stores in the near future. Yum globally has started to look at the strategy of growing with partners more aggressively. Just yesterday (Tuesday), we had an investors' meet where our global CEO made the commitment that we are going to be 98% franchise globally and in only a handful of strategic markets where we can have our own equity. We are also adopting the same approach in India.
But novelty of western fast foods is waning. What are you doing to get consumers interested?
What we needed is to give consumers reasons to come back to KFC. The one big change has been that we-'ve brought chicken back to the forefront — that's what we have been famous for across the world. That has been one of our biggest catalysts over the past 12-15 months. Innovation, formats and flavours, conversation… all that is now centred on chicken and we've got a lot more serious about it than we were in 2014 and early 2015. Nearly three-fourths of our menu is now based on chicken. We've also dialled up our focus on meals. To go after chicken in a big way, we had to make choices. We have rationalised our menu and delisted some egg-based products and the paneer zinger, for example.
Consumers are cutting back on or downsizing discretionary spending; why is KFC not visible on promotions to bring in volumes?
We don't want to offer value based on a coupon or a text message which the consumer got that morning. We took a decision that we are not going to engage in any type of couponing or 'buy one, get one free' offers. Instead, the focus has been to offer value to consumers through the week, not linked to coupons or free offers, so that the expectation of the consumer from us is consistent.
Will you maintain or scale down expansion targets?
Over the last 10 years, we've had solid expansion. We remain bullish for the next 10 years as well. We're taking a long-term view on how we establish the brand in the country in a meaningful way. We are not necessarily pegging a number in terms of how many restaurants we want physically. But we're looking at how we want to continue growing the brand without slowing the pace down. It's a tough forecast to make.
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Odin Sphere Leifthrasir: Vanillaware's Perfectly Imperfect Game
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir is a wonderfully warm game despite its flaws (and occasionally because of them).
Article by Nadia Oxford, Staff Writer
If you ask me to describe the appeal of Odin Sphere Leifthrasir using one word, I'd choose "warm." Even though Vanillaware's beat-em-up RPG hybrid is surrounded by a story about war, strife, betrayal, and the literal Apocalypse, it's so comfortable and personable that engaging with it is like curling up with a mug of milk tea and a favorite novel.
Here at USGamer, we talk about "comfort food games" a lot: Games that we return to when we're feeling down and we need a digital hug. I'm sure more than a few people consider the original 2007 release of Odin Sphere a comfort food game, but it's not on my personal menu just yet. That's because Odin Sphere Leifthrasir is my first run with anything related to Odin Sphere – or related to Vanillware in general. Regardless, even though my Odin Sphere experience hasn't had time to age, it has all the necessary ingredients to ensure it'll stay nestled in my heart for years to come.
Wagner the dragon: Mad about everything.
It's a weird realization because outside of Leifthrasir's stunning graphics, I can't point to a single element of the game and say, "This is brilliant. This is what makes it for me." It's not a flawless title, even though Leifthrasir makes substantial improvements over the original Odin Sphere. It's far longer than it needs to be, the voice acting is a bit on the silly side (switch to the Japanese voices), and you wind up fighting the same enemies and bosses over and over across the forty-some hours you spend in the mystic world of Erion.
The action itself, though intense and tons of fun, expects you to button-mash far more than strategize. If you have tireless fingers and a couple of health potions, you can power through just about any of Leifthrasir's challenges.
But Leifthrasir binds together so wonderfully because it squeezes fun times from its flaws. Is the story over-dramatic and over-the-top? Heck yes, but since it's being "read" by Alice, a little girl nestled in an overstuffed chair in a library attic, it's fine. In fact, Leifthrasir's storybook presentation makes it impossible to avoid getting wrapped up in the story yourself. Dramatics or not, there's something inherently compelling about stories involving prophecies, dragons, and bastard heirs inadvertently screwing up monarchs' best-laid plans.
"I said 'feed me,' but ... yeah, I guess 'set me on fire' is close enough. Thanks."
It's also hard not to get dragged into a story that tells the same narrative through the eyes of several characters. Yes, it's the same story-telling technique that makes Leifthrasir so repetitive – you're essentially exploring the same locales with different protagonists – but the opportunity to fill in blank paragraphs is a strong motivator.
Re-visiting old battlegrounds is also made easier by each characters' separate agendas and fighting styles. Cornelius, a prince turned into an adorable bunny-critter via a curse, flings himself through conflicts with his sword and super-speed as he tries to save his kingdom. Oswald, the sad anime demon-boy, tries to find love and light in between savaging enemies at close-range with his blades and shadow-claws. Velvet Valentine is driven to stop her twin brother's mad ambitions with her chains, which she uses to swing to and fro like a certain web-slinging superhero.
(Incidentally, there's a definite Targaryen vibe going on with the Valentine family, as in some of the family members within seem, er, "close." Alice, honey, are you sure these books are suitable for a little girl?)
Keep rockin' those pinstripe pants, Oswald. They'll come back in fashion someday.
Another substantial ingredient that makes Leifthrasir hard to put down for long is the fun of hunting for meal recipes in each level. In this game, food is life. The savory meals and delectable desserts you cook up with the aid of the chef Maury restore your health, grant you experience, and permanently increase your hit points. You actually gain comparatively little experience through fights. In Erion, the sword alone will not save you. The sword coupled with a plate of roasted herb shrimp and chocolate fondant for dessert, though? Yeah. Probably.
And man, every single meal looks amazing. Artist George Kamitani sure enjoys drawing cheesecake – the food-kind as well as the pin-up kind. He's good at both, though only the latter tends to have watermelon-sized breasts (thankfully).
If Leifthrasir's addictive gameplay is its crust and its story its filling, then all its lovely little touches are the scoop of ice cream that tops things off. I never get tired of observing the small additions that don't need to exist, but still do because Vanillaware cared that much. How can you get bored of watching Maury set up his travelling restaurant with a single flip of his tablecloth, or seeing the ghostly Halja form out of shadowy, screaming faces? How can you not appreciate the work that went into the dragons' iridescent scales, or marvel at how each beast's posture and body language reflects its personality?
If you like the idea of playing through a game that does in fact feel like it belongs in a sunny attic in the company of overstuffed chairs and sleepy black cats, Odin Sphere Leifthrasir is an easy recommendation. I expect I won't play another perfectly imperfect game like it anytime soon.
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Johnny Paris samples the lively nightlife in the compact but culturally and religiously diverse Lebanese capital
Life in Lebanon's compact but culturally and religiously diverse capital has always been exciting, sometimes perilously so. Now, three years since the last Israeli offensive, even our Foreign Office thinks it is safe to visit. And Beirut's nightlife has never been livelier. In summer it sizzles and year-round there is no shortage of places to see and be seen. Some of the venues have a habit of changing their location, so keep your ear to the ground.
Monot Street in the Ashrafieh district set itself up as party central some years back and bars such as 37° and Hole in the Wall have maintained that reputation, serving iced shots and hot sounds from early evening (by which I mean around 9pm). The nearby Ice Bar has live music several nights a week.
Monot's star has been eclipsed recently by the development of Gemmayzeh, a predominantly Christian area where the action began a few years back at Torino Express, a small place along Gouraud Street, which still has some of the best DJs in town.
Now the cutting edge places are beginning to move to an area called Mar Mikhael. One of the torch-bearers is a small, perfectly formed and very happening bar, Behind the Green Door, designed more like a boudoir and serving piscines (champagne and ice), a drink that only a Beiruti would fully understand.
You could happily spend a whole night in these areas, spending from £3 for a beer, £9 for a cocktail. But come the witching hour, Beirut's serious party people and their friends and relations, many of them from Dubai and the Gulf, prefer to move on. If it's summer, there is only one place to be. Sky Bar is regularly voted the world's best bar/club and for good reason. Perched on a rooftop overlooking the Mediterranean, this is where the rich meet the beautiful in an irresistible glam-dance love-in that can cost the average table hundreds of pounds. If you can't slip past the Sky Bar bouncers (and you'll need a reservation to do so), head for White, another rooftop summer club full of beautiful people, overlooking Martyrs' Square.
White and Sky Bar close for the winter, when the party moves indoors to places such as Palais on Monot Street. Occasionally it even goes underground, as at the Basement and BO18, the serious player's favourite after-club club, dark, loud and strangely compelling.
Beirut is a city given over to visible excess and cheap is not a word currently in use. Some clubs have a minimum £20-£30 a head charge and the Basement takes £15 a head at the door including a couple of drinks (no, not champagne); some let women in free. But expect to pay at least £60 a head for a night on the town, up to £100 if you want food with your drinks.
Following the free-spending party people, British hotelier Gordon Campbell Gray has launched his latest venture in the city's central Martyrs' Square. Le Gray is Beirut's first luxury hotel opening in many years and one of its most idiosyncratic (campbellgrayhotels.com; doubles from £210 per night including tax). Le Gray is chic and super-sexy, an elegant six-storey building where restrained lines and materials (plenty of white walls and walnut woodwork) are mixed with exuberant art and flamboyant furnishings. Gold taps and acres of marble, those bywords of Arab luxe, have been ditched: luxury here is in the quality of service and produce, in the materials and size of the 87 spacious rooms. There is a top-floor see-through infinity pool, so you can see shoppers at the new downtown boutiques, while being seen by friends at the bar.
Food has always been a reason to head for Beirut, and never more so than now. At Tawlet II (00 961 1448 129), a whitewashed industrial space due to open this month, Sunni, Shi'ite and Christian food producers will take turns to produce dining from 9am to 6pm and a buffet lunch expected to cost about £12 a head. A multicultural triumph.
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Francis said...
Me and some friends would like to run the Beirut marathon this year. It's the 6th of december. Is it warm that time of the year? Our wifes will run the 10km, but they enjoy warm temperature at most. So they can chill in the sun.
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On the Cuban black market, and buying Serrano ham It was moment I felt like I meant something to someone in Cuba, when a friend of mine, an artist friend, gave me the phone number of his black-market food provider. Because it's kind of a dangerous thing: The black market food providers are obviously functioning illegally. And it meant he trusted me, first of all. It also meant he cared about me enough to provide more demand for the thing he also wanted, which could potentially drive up the prices of these items on the island.
So I called him and I was like, "What do you have?" And he was like, "I've got blue cheese, I've got parmesan, I've got Serrano ham, I've got smoke salmon, " and he rattled off this list. And I was like, "I want Serrano ham, I want parmesan cheese and I want smoked salmon." And he just showed up the next day with this big bag full of stuff, and I paid him.
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You can get a CarProg clone for about 68GBP(Will post a link at the bottom of the page with trusted sources where you can purchase one). I remember about two years ago they cost about 200GBP and were a lot worse. Basically what I am saying is that at the current prices a CarProg can pay for itself in about one use. Let's say you need to clear some airbag crash data, it will cost you about 50GBP to send it out and have it cleared or you can do it yourself and have a gadget that can do a few other nifty things. With that being said I would also want to mention that with the clone some things you want to do may not work. I would say that only about 70% of the clones features actually work. Its definitely a hit or miss situation. Personally I deal a lot with Acura RSX's and Volvos and I had great success. If you look at the pictures below you can see the build quality is very poor. None of the sides seem to go together, but it works.
Here is my opinion, if you are not a car savvy guy and only plan on using this once to repair your airbag module or odometer then just send it into a service center since it will cost about the same. If you plan on using it a few times I would definitely suggest the clone so you can get a feel for what what it does and if its something you might want to use. If you are planning on starting a service center that deals with airbag resets and what not I would NOT recommend the clone.
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Junk food has created a serious nutritional problem worldwide for adults as for kids, leading to mental and physical growth complications and disease. The importance of vitamins for children is vital during the different growth stages since they are more likely than the ones that like to east such kinds of food instead of a healthy diet rich in vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.
Understanding childhood ages and stages it is possible to establish the required vitamin intake of your children. The general, but not universal definitions of ages and stages is as follow: newborns or neonates from birth to 28 days, infants from 1 to 12 months, toddlers from 1 to 3 years, preschooler from 3 to 5 years, school age from 5 to 11 years, preteen or teen from 11 to 12 years and teens starting from 13 and older. Vitamins for children requirements vary according to your kids' age.
A child eating nutritious diets usually gets the vitamins and minerals needed from the same diet and only needs a periodical support dose of vitamins or dietary supplements if any. However, those kids who love junk food, are more picky eaters, come from a poor household or live in environments where the meals come mainly from the stores' freezers or the nearest pizzeria do not get enough vitamins and minerals. For these kids vitamins for children must be added to their diets.
Ironically, most children hate taking their vitamins with just the mention of the word or because the vitamins taste. Fortunately now, it is possible to find good tasting vitamins with funny shapes to supply children the proper nutrients. As a note the fact is that even in those homes where healthy food is served every day but children are going through a growth spurt or decide to start an early vegetarian diet, vitamins may be necessary.
Those children may not be getting enough B vitamins, and in the case of kids with chronic illnesses a missed meal may affect their organism and not be able to meet their nutritional requirements. Child's vitamins and blood sugar levels will be affected after 10 hours of sleep and the daily routine of dressing and going to school, and they must be dropped if breakfast is not eaten even if only just for one day.
Distracted, cranky children without the ability to concentrate and learn are common among those not eating balanced diets or taking additional vitamins supplements. Cereals and grains are important in every child's breakfast since that is where they get a lot of the fiber intake, and they are added with essential vitamins along with complex carbohydrates. Serve fruit or a glass of fresh fruit juice in the breakfast, and do not forget the milk, important for its protein as well as for the fat that may help kids get through to the next meal.
Vitamins for children are a powerful aid if you see your children's requirements are not fulfilled with their regular diet since it is hard to get the five servings of fruits and vegetables that children need. 3 meals a day may not meet the needs of children going through a growth spurt, they need to eat more frequently and healthy snacks as mid meals the same as those who suffers from fatigue. Snacks dense in nutrition, but not in sugar, salt or fat may not be considered junk food.
The better choices include yogurt, fruit, pretzels, carrot sticks or other vegetable snacks, and dry cereal, even those processed bars available in the market, as long as they are not highly sugared or sweetened. These snacks along with vitamins for children and the skip of sodas in favor of fruit juice, milk or water may be significant in your kids growing.


Grab your pearls, your tea hats, and the ladies you love most!
Afternoon Tea at The Opera House is an event for ladies of all ages. This is a perfect Mother/Daughter event, but is great for Sisters, Aunts, Grandmothers, and Friends too!
Come enjoy each other's company and a variety of hot and cold teas as well as light refreshments.


I see the aid industry a lot like a piano recital. It's kind of boring and it's tedious and most of the people are wasting their time. But every now and again by God we make a difference and when we do make a difference it really transforms economies and lives for a very long time….
That is Lant Pritchett on the unexpected consequences of aid and development.
See the summary, the slides, and listen to the lecture on Aid Watch.


Many people dismiss the cool down as a waste of time, or simply unimportant. In reality the cool down is just as important as the warm up, and if you want to stay injury free, it's vital.
Although the warm up and cool down are just as important as each other, they are important for different reasons. While the main purpose of warming up is to prepare the body and mind for strenuous activity, cooling down plays a very different role.
The main aim of the cool down is to promote recovery and return the body to a pre exercise, or pre work out level. During a strenuous work out your body goes through a number of stressful processes. Muscle fibers, tendons and ligaments get damaged, and waste products build up within your body.
The cool down, performed properly, will assist your body in its repair process. One area the cool down will help with, is "post exercise muscle soreness." This is the soreness that is usually experienced the day after a tough work out. Most people experience this after having a lay-off from exercise, or at the beginning of their sports season.
This soreness is caused by a number of things. Firstly, during exercise, tiny tears called micro tears develop within the muscle fibers. These micro tears cause swelling of the muscle tissues which in turn puts pressure on the nerve endings and results in pain.
All three parts are equally important and any one part should not be neglected or thought of as not necessary. All three elements work together to repair and replenish the body after exercise. Fuel up. Eat a light snack at least 30-60 minutes after your workout to help your body replace its energy stores and start repairing the body. Experts generally recommend something with both carbohydrates and protein such as yogurt, a smoothie or a half of a turkey sandwich. You should also make sure you drink plenty of water after your workout as well.
PNF stretching (or proprioceptive muscular facilitation) is one of the most effective forms of flexibility training for increasing range of motion.
PNF techniques can be both passive (no associated muscular contraction) or active (voluntary muscle contraction). While there are several variations of PNF stretching, they all have one thing in common - they facilitate muscular inhibition. It is believed that this is why PNF is superior to other forms of flexibility training.
Both isometric and concentric muscle actions completed immediately before the passive stretch help to achieve autogenic inhibition - a reflex relaxation that occurs in the same muscle where the golgi tendon organ is stimulated. Often the isometric contraction is referred to as 'hold' and the concentric muscle contraction is referred to as 'contract'.
A similar technique involves concentrically contracting the opposing muscle group to that being stretched in order to achieve reciprocal inhibition - a reflex muscular relaxation that occurs in the muscle that is opposite the muscle where the golgi tendon organ is stimulated.
Using these techniques of 'contracting', 'holding' and passive stretching (often referred to as 'relax') results in three PNF stretching techniques. Each technique, although slightly different, involves starting with a passive stretch held for about 10 seconds.
For clarity and to compare each technique, think of a hamstring stretch in the supine (on back, face up) position for each example. The athlete places one leg extended, flat on the floor and the other extended in the air as close to right angles to the body as possible.
A partner moves the athlete's extended leg to a point of mild discomfort. This passive stretch is held for 10 seconds.
On instruction, the athlete isometrically contracts the hamstrings by pushing their extended leg against their partner's hand. The partner should apply just enough force so that the leg remains static. This is the 'hold' phase and lasts for 6 seconds.
The athlete is then instructed to 'relax' and the partner completes a second passive stretch held for 30 seconds. The athlete's extended leg should move further than before (greater hip flexion) due to autogenic inhibition activated in the hamstrings.
On instruction, the athlete concentrically contracts the hamstrings by pushing their extended leg against their partner's hand. The partner should apply enough force so that there is resistance while allowing the athlete to push their leg to the floor (i.e. through the full range of motion). This is the 'contract' phase.
On instruction, the athlete isometrically contracts the hamstrings by pushing their extended leg against their partner's hand. The partner should apply just enough force so that the leg remains static. This is the 'hold' phase and lasts for 6 seconds. This initiates autogenic inhibition.
The partner completes a second passive stretch held for 30 seconds, however the athlete is instructed to flex the hip (i.e. pull the leg in the same direction as it is being pushed). This initiates reciprocal inhibition allowing the final stretch to be greater.
1. Leave 48 hours between PNF stretching routines.
2. Perform only one exercise per muscle group in a session.
3. For each muscle group complete 2-5 sets of the chosen exercise.
4. Each set should consist of one stretch held for up to 30 seconds after the contracting phase.
5. PNF stretching is not recommended for anyone under the age of 18.
6. If PNF stretching is to be performed as a separate exercise session, a thorough warm up consisting of 5-10 minutes of light aerobic exercise and some dynamic stretches must precede it.
7. Avoid PNF immediately before, or on the morning of competition.


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Our speaker, Angela Davis, wife of Associate Pastor Jim Davis of Grace Bible Church will be sharing her testimony and insights serving as a missionary, pastor's wife and cancer survivor.
Neely Sha Spencer, Stacy & Phil Harrison, Kaitlyn Shepard, Carter Herrington To Marcie & Aaron Sherman on the birth of a daughter, Sibyl Linnaeus Sherman. Proud grandparents are Cascielle and Nelson Little. To Rebecca & William Barnes on the birth of a son, Samuel Dalton Barnes. Big sister is Brianna and proud grandparents are Bonnie and Bruce Mize. To Valerie & Alex Sires on the birth of twin boys, Kyson Alexander and Ryker Sky-Lynn Sires. Proud grandmother is Pam-Allen Abbott.
To Mrs. Charlotte Propes & family in the loss of her aunt. To Mrs. Penny Nelson & family in the loss of her husband, Mr. Jimmy Nelson. Mr. Jim Pryor & family in the loss of his sister, Mrs. Penny Pynkaka. To Meredith Meurrier & family in the loss of her grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Kelly Miller.
There are a group of volunteers that are vital to our logistics on Sunday mornings. They greet you with a smile and "Good Morning," and patiently wait for you and your family to load and unload the shuttle bus. "With limited parking on Sunday mornings, our shuttle drivers are faithful to serve each week so people can attend Sunday School and worship," said Robert Allen, administrative pastor. "I'm thankful for all who are serving and have served over the past 12 years. In all that time, not one has failed to drive on their assigned Sunday!" Special thanks to our current drivers on Sunday mornings: Jared Brownlee, Jeff Busby, Hal Davis, Jonothan Etheridge, Jamie Hopson, Patrick Mooney, Bubba Robinson and Alan Smith! Your faithfulness to serve is just one more thing to love about First!
Lunch at FBC: Serving will begin at 11 a.m.
Program on the south lawn of the Courthouse on the Square from 12:15 p.m.
May 4 : General church membership: 3-4 a.m. and 9-10 a.m.
Dr. Gaines is the senior pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, TN and current president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Volunteers and Kids: Register at gotofirst.org Are you telling me some people don't want to help in the nursery? Are they crazy?
Have they seen how CUTE I am?
FBC is hosting the baby bassinet in May to benefit Sav-a-Life. Needs include diapers sizes 1, 2, 3, wipes, onesies, bottles, bottle brushes, diaper bags, clothes, pacifiers, thermometers, sippy cups, powder, lotion, body wash, diaper cream, baby socks, infant fever medication, bibs, baby nail clippers, brush and comb sets.
Bassinet will be in the atrium.
Open Sundays 9:30-11 a.m. and Wednesdays 5-7 p.m. We have a large selection of family night DVDs!
TO U C H OX F O R D Come help us reach Oxford, one touch at a time. Light meal at 5:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall, followed by outreach. Join us in making phone calls, writing letters, and visiting. Preschool care begins at 5:45.
Training will be offered to new participants each week at 6 p.m.
Evening Neighborhood Sports Camps in/around Oxford.
My wife, Jessica, and I have been married almost six years now. We This is our USA Missions Partner. Pray for Adam and Jessica Bourne who as church moved to New Orleans and the Elmwood area serve about four years ago. God has added to our family in many ways since being here. We have planters with the North American Mission Board. You can church findfamily, more prayer requests for an incredible some great friends who are more like family than friends and who double as aunts and uncles to our daughter, Molly (almost 1 year old). I work full time outside the church as does my wife, Live Oak Church at liveoaknola.com. PRAY. –For our friends, neighbors and coworkers. Some of them are Christians and some aren't. –For time and resources. We need more of both. –For our church family. More than half of us haven't been in church long or haven't really been discipled.
We are originally from Hattiesburg, Miss., just a couple hours north of New Orleans. And much to the dismay of many people whom we love, we are both graduates of Ole Miss. Jessica has a master's degree in Accountancy, and I have a bachelor's degree. I also squeaked through a master's program at NOBTS.
OAXACA Missions Partnership PARTICIPATE. –Come worship with us! Meet Live Oak Church and catch the vision for what God is doing in our area. –Pray for us. We've stretched ourselves beyond our means, but the power of God can do all He has set out to do.
We love our city and are excited to raise and grow our family here in the NOLA Metro. We thank God for calling us to such a great city, and we look forward to seeing how He will continue to use us.
About theairfare. Church Plant $520 (includes food and lodging) plus Live Oak Church is in its infancy, but God began this work a long time ago. Combined, our team children's of seven has lived in the Metro Area for about Discipleship with women, cooking classes, prayer walking, ministry. 150 years, and five of us grew up here. Over that time, God has given PROVIDE. There are numerous ways to help a church plant. Please visit sendnetwork.com/planterfunding for NAMB's policy on providing for church plants.
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introduce them to Jesus. Our goal is to be a vibrant church focused on reaching the unchurched in our community and throughout the world.
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May 8 11th/12th grade Bible Study will celebrate our graduates! May 9 Memory Table Set up in the Atrium. 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
St. Louis, MO. For all youth entering and finishing 7th grade. Registration continues. $100 per student.
Beach Camp 2017June 25-30 Panama City Beach, FL. For 7-12 graders. Registration continues until all spaces are filled $175 per person.
8 a.m. - shotgun start • University Golf Course Don't forget to sign up (or invite a friend to sign up)!
$16 cart fee for course members / $46 cart fee for course non-members Register at the church office or contact Timothy Gibson at [email protected] The cut-off date to sign up is Sunday, June 4th.
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Jul 17, 2016 - Singing hymns led by Tom Barrett. Following will be a program given by Judge Henry Lackey, ... Dan Reed, Chris Riley, Brodie Burns. Aug. 6.
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Bethany Prayer Wall. •. Bethany's Annual Stanford Baseball. Family Night. •. Parents' Night Out (5/20). •. Lifetree Café Calendar. •. Breakfast Bible Studies (5/6).
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May 30, 2018 - ... loving others and evidencing our faith and life in Christ through our works (James 2:18-26) is the heartbeat and spiritual. DNA of Faith Baptist.
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Another popular ban chan dish from my Korean Restaurant days.
Wash garlic stems in cold water and drain well.
Cut stems into one inch lengths.
Heat a pan over high heat then add oil.
Add garlic stems and stir fry until tender, three to four minutes.
Add soy sauce, sugar, rice wine, and salt and cook for an additional one to two minutes.
Add sliced garlic and sesame oil and cook for 30 seconds to one minute.
Transfer to serving dish and garnish with sesame seeds.


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Violet Evergarden: The Movie anime celebrates its 3rd week with the new PV
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A new promotional video was released for Kyoto Animation's Violet Evergarden: The Movie celebrating its success and upcoming 3rd week of screening in theaters. The movie earned 810 million yen and sold over 566,000 tickets after 10 days in the box office as of Sunday.
The film opened in Japan on September 18, and it ranked at #2 in its opening weekend. The film sold 390,000 tickets to earn 559 million yen (about US$5.31 million) by September 22, and had a per-screen average of 1.64 million yen (about US$15,600), ANN reported.
Theatergoers will be offered a new short text story titled "Gilbert Bougainvillea to Hakanai Yume" written by original author Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase by participating theaters starting Friday. Takase drew the illustrations for the original novels and was also the character designer and chief animation director throughout all of the Violet Evergarden anime thus far.
Violet Evergarden: The movie began screening in Japan from September 18, 2020. The movie was set to premiere on April 24, 2020, but got delayed when a nationwide emergency was declared in Japan by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was the second time the movie got delayed, after its initially slated release date of January 10, 2020.
A separate movie, titled Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memories Doll (based on Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidō Shuki Ningyō) was released last September in Japan and ran for five weeks, earning more than 640 million yen. The movie was released on Netflix on April 2nd.
Violet Evergarden is a light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. It has won the grand prize in the fifth Kyoto Animation Award's novel category in 2014. A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Kyoto Animation aired between January and April 2018 with several advance screenings taking place in 2017. The series was awarded Best Animation at the 2019 Crunchyroll Anime Awards. An original video animation episode was released in July 2018.
The story follows Violet Evergarden's journey of reintegrating back into society after the war is over and her search for her life's purpose now that she is no longer a soldier in order to understand the last words her major, Gilbert, had told her: "I love you."
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The Kickstart Scheme- What is it? and what's in it for me?
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Can I hire less than 30 people?
What's my commitment?
The Kickstart Scheme is a new type of government scheme aiming to help encourage the employment of young people (specifically those aged between 16 to 24) currently on Universal Credit.
The scheme is a part of the government's Plan for Jobs, aiming to create new jobs by funding employers for the purpose of hiring workers within this bracket, and helping keep young people in employment
The Government is paying 100 per cent of the age-relevant National Minimum Wage, National Insurance and pension contributions provided young people aged 16-24 are given quality positions with a minimum of 25 hours a week.
Employers can top up this wage if they want to, but this will have to be from their own funds.
In addition to this a sum of £1,500 is available per job placement for costs relating to support, training and the overall setup of the placement.
After young people within this age bracket have completed the Kickstart scheme, extra funding will be provided to help them build up experience, of which is aimed to help in subsequently achieving sustained employment.
Yes, you can because our partner The Learning and Skills Academy CIC is a recognised gateway on the kickstart scheme.
They represent employers who will not employ more than 30 people through this scheme.
They will support you whether you want to hire just one young person or many.
You can apply online via their website
Please note there are other recognised gateways available on the Kickstart scheme.
Young people will be referred into the new roles through their Jobcentre Plus work coach with the first Kickstarts expected to begin at the start of November.
Companies will still have to supply a job description.
Once participants have started working within the new job placements, and this has been confirmed, only then will the initial costs for setups be paid in by the Government.
Information acquired through HMRC will be used to help the
government check that people are still employed in these job placements.
When these job roles are actively filled, the grant for this scheme will be paid in arrears.
Funding for the Kickstart scheme is available to employers only if and when their application is successful. Any type of organisation can apply, however there is criteria that employers will have to meet in order to be eligible for approval, this includes the following:
The job placements must not be replacing planned/existing vacancies
These placements must not result in existing employees/contractors reducing their role in the business, or losing employment entirely
The new job placements must offer a minimum of 25 hours per week throughout a 6 month period
The placements must offer at the very least the National Minimum Wage relative to the age of the employee
The placements should not need employees to undergo extensive training before the placement begins
The placements must be exclusively for people between the ages of 16 – 24 who are on Universal Credit facing the risk of long-term unemployment
The application must be for 30 job placements as a minimum
While applications are required to offer a minimum of 30 job placements, if unable to offer this, there is the option to partner with another organisation (or multiple) until this minimum amount is met.
In addition to meeting the requirements listed above, applications for this funding should also detail how employers will help the young people who fill them to develop and grow on their experience and skill set.
This can include the following support:
Helping the participating young people look for long-term work, e.g. careers advice
Offering help with their CV and preparations for interviews
Supporting participants with such essential skills such as timekeeping, teamwork and attendance
If the criteria is met and an employer's application is approved, they will then receive a grant agreement in a letter.
In this agreement will be detailed both what the employer's organisation has agreed and what they will provide, as well as the amount of funding they will be given from the scheme. The employer must sign the grant agreement, and return it as instructed in the letter before the job placements can commence.
We specialise in providing access to Government programs to help you grow your business and the region bounce back.
Digital Future First is a part funded EU project; it's partners (Supplaynt, DBFB and The Learning & Skills Academy) have access to many projects across the SEMLEP region and are here to support you and your business.
Contact us to check your eligibility now.
Find out more about Government Support
Although, we have access to a range of Government programs and incentives, you may want to look at the Government website.
See guidance and resources on good work experience including:
work experience placements that work guide from CIPD
The Kickstart Scheme
employer case studies from Skills Training UK
why they work videos from the Learning and Work Institute
work experience quality standard accreditation from Fair Train
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