To see a list of burial insurance prices from multiple companies in Tennessee, just fill out the quote form on this page.
Securing truly low cost burial insurance in Tennessee is a cinch when you know what to look for. Over the years, we have helped tons of Tennessee residents with their final expense needs.
It's not complicated, and we will show you just how easy it is. Honestly, finding affordable burial insurance in the volunteer state is about as difficult as it is finding a country music bar here.
Today, we are going to show you some important facts about Tennessee, and teach you precisely how you can find the best funeral insurance policy for you and your family.
We are happy to report that no condition on that list will prevent you from securing affordable coverage. In fact, we can almost certain get your protection that goes into full effect immediately.
We work with so many different burial insurance companies specifically so that we can find you one that will accept all your health issues. That's how we can ensure we find you a plan that comes at a rock bottom rate and at a low price even if you have some of the conditions on that list.
Presently, Tennessee ranks 44th in the nation for life expectancy. The average resident lives to be 76.3 years old.
The free look provision is a period of time where any purchaser of life insurance is entitled to refuse the contract for any reason, and receive a full refund of any monies paid. In Tennessee, you have 10 days if you are purchasing a new policy. If you are replacing a life insurance policy, you have 20 days.
You can still cancel a life insurance policy at any time even outside of the free look period. The only difference is, you won't receive a refund of any money paid.
No insurer can lock you into a life insurance contract for any period of time. You are always free to cancel anytime you please.
Visit the Tennessee Department Of Insurance for more information on this subject.
We actually get asked a lot what burial insurance is. For starters, burial insurance is life insurance. It's just a specific type of life insurance.
Just so you know, burial insurance will very often be called "final expense insurance" or "funeral insurance". They are refer to the same thing.
Burial insurance plans are smaller face value whole life insurance. In addition, they have a simplified underwriting process. This merely means that you won't be required to take a physical or medical exam to qualify.
In general, you answer some general questions about your health. In addition, the insurance company will electronically analyze your medication history. This will give them the data they need to determine if you are eligible for coverage.
In most cases, a decision regarding your eligibility is nearly instant. Most companies will give you an approval within 15 minutes.
Since they are whole life policies, they are incredibly simple to understand. When you have final expense life insurance, you will enjoy the following benefits.
Locked in premiums for life. Your payments will never increase.
Guaranteed to never expire. No matter how old you live to be, it will always be there.
The death benefit can't decrease.
Policy options are super low. You can buy as little as $1,000 coverage. This is perfect for folks who wish to be cremated because they don't need a lot of coverage.
The underwriting is unbelievably relaxed so most everyone qualifies in spite of serious health issues.
Life insurance is simple in the sense that it pays out cold hard cash directly to your beneficiary (tax free). Once you funeral insurance policy is in place, you are protected assuming you qualified for immediate coverage (which most do).
Whenever that day comes for you, the insurance company will cut a tax free check to your beneficiary(s). This gives them the needed funds to pay for your funeral expenses. If there is any money left over, the money stays with your family.
We could write an entire book about this subject. However, to keep it relatively short, there's a few things you need to remember.
The most competitive life insurance products are not sold direct from the insurance companies. They are sold through agencies and agents. You don't save money by dealing with a carrier directly. In fact, most carriers mandate that you buy from an agency.
It does not cost you any money to work with an agency or agent. Furthermore, the monthly price you pay for your insurance is not higher because you went through a "middle man".
There are tons of very reliable life insurance companies in the USA that you have never once heard of. They don't advertise on a mass scale which is why you don't know their names. This doesn't make them less credible or untrustworthy. They just sell their products through agencies like us instead of spending millions on advertising. These companies have very competitive prices and underwriting. There's a good chance your best policy is with one of these companies.
The best burial insurance plan is simply the one that costs the least, protects you the soonest, and is provided by a reliable insurer.
Don't be fooled by some of these online articles that suggest you go with a company based solely on annual revenue or notoriety. Those are factors to consider, but the price and coverage are far more important.
To find the best final expense policy, you need to work with an independent agency that represents many (at least 10) insurance companies. This way they can shop around for you to determine which company would give you the best deal.
It's very simple to get burial insurance. There is no shortage of companies eager to sell you a policy. However, not everyone company is created equally. In all honestly, most companies exist to make it easier on them and their agents at the expense of the consumer (YOU).
We are different. We structure out company and process to serve your interests. Below are three biggest reasons why Choice Mutual is best equipped to help you with your burial insurance needs in Tennessee.
Our agency is and will always be independent. This means we represents lots of insurance companies. There is no one life insurance company that can be the best fit for everyone. This is why its critically important to have choices. We are free to match you with whichever final expense company best suits your individual situation.
For years this is all we have been doing. We don't sell any other product or service. We believe in being masters at the final expense business. You can feel confident that we know everything there is to know about final expense life insurance.
We put your needs as our focus. When we make recommendations, our decision is guided by whatever plan is consistent with the best outcome for you. Jim Rohn said it best- " You can have everything you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want out of life.".


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--What is the best time to offer a workshop?
--Who is attending consultation sessions, presentations, and workshops at the Indiana University Libraries?
--What tools and technologies could be taught more frequently in workshops due to high interest in consultation sessions?
This builds upon previous analyses by Michelle Dalmau, Head of Digital Collections Services, that compare local digital scholarship activities with data from a 2014 Ithaka S+R report on digital humanities at four research institutions, including Indiana University. This presentation will also detail how all of this analysis can be used to inform future programming development and approaches to consultations in the Scholars' Commons.
Presented by Nick Homenda (Digital Collections Services) as part of the Digital Libraries Brown Bag Series.


KABUL (Pajhwok): Dozens of people staged a protest demonstration in capital Kabul on Wednesday, accused a lawmaker's bodyguards of harassing people.
The protest was held on the 1st road of Kat-i-Char area where the demonstrators chanted slogans against Parliament member Shaista Baza Nasiri.
"We don't want a bullying neighbor lawmaker; our area is not a military base and we urge the government to solve their problem," they chanted.
Mohammad Abbas, 15, who was allegedly beaten by Nasari's bodyguards: "Over the past one year since the MP has come to reside in our street both sides of the street are closed against area people".
Two-days back Abbas said he was crossing the street when the MP guards stopped him and insulted and beat him and asked him not to come anymore via this way.
He further added area people were unhappy from the MP bodyguards and the situation was no more acceptable to them.
Roman, another protester, said: "So far three police personnel and seven other individuals have been beaten by the lawmaker's gunmen and they once held captive a man captive for several hours in a container and later released him with mediation of local elders".
He said local residents had many time complained about the problem to the Ministry of interior affairs (MoI) and other security organizations but so far unfortunately no one paid attention.
On the other hand, Ajmal Hotak, a resident of the area and a senior advisor to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on social affairs, also confirmed the protesters' allegations against the parliament member.
He said: "I would inform the president about all problems and tensions of the protestors".
A Pajhwok reporter and a photographer tried to take pictures of the area closed by the MP guards but Nasari's guards did not allow them to take pictures in the area.
Meanwhile, Shaista Bas Nasari told Pajhwok over the telephone that the issue might be between his children and area children and termed it a trivial matter.


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CES 2016 Focuses on the IoT
By Noreen Seebacher | Jan 7, 2016
CHANNEL: Internet of Things
The first thing you're likely to ask when you arrive at CES 2016 in Las Vegas is whether the event is simply one, big unending line.
It isn't. But it can feel that way.
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With 2.4 million net square feet of exhibit space and more than 3,600 companies, including a record 500 startups, the show attracts a lot of people. And there's a lot to see. In fact, this year is the biggest show in the event's 49-year history.
Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), CES 2016 runs through Jan. 9.
The show kicked off yesterday with keynotes from executives at Netflix, GM and IBM. Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the CTA, opened IBM's keynote by announcing a research partnership between the CTA Foundation and IBM. The partnership will study how cognitive computing will transform our lives as we age and transform the lives of those living with disabilities.
"You know, for nearly half a century, CES has been mostly about cutting-edge consumer products and during most of its more than 100-year history, IBM has been the preeminent leader in the business to business IT," Shapiro said.
"But that's changing for both of us … The massive convergence going on around the world, thanks to big data and the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving two distinct trends. First, CES is no longer totally consumer product centric. It's increasingly about technologies driven by the IoT.
"And IBM is today leveraging its advantages with data and the Internet of Things to enter spaces it has never even been in before, appealing to totally new audiences as a result."
Ginni Rometty, chairman, president and CEO of IBM, said the challenge of IoT today is making sense of all the data we're creating and capturing. "The future of the Internet of Things is cognitive — the cognitive IoT," Rometty said.
"This is an era of systems you do not program; they understand, they reason and they learn."
Cognitive computing "will change what you make, it will change how you operate, and the IoT will change who you are," she added.
Rometty said the IoT is all part of the phenomena of digitization of products, of services, of companies. "So, if I ask you to raise your hands and ask how many of you either work for a digital company or you are trying to become a digital company … almost everyone's hand goes up," whether you're B2B, B2C, public or private.
"But I want to ask you a question. When everybody becomes digital, then what? Who wins? I like to say digital is not a destination. It's a foundation.
"I just looked around this whole conference — wearables, sensors, cars, data everywhere. But what will differentiate you is understanding that data."
CMSWire Staffer Casey Scheld ventured into the crowds, camera in hand, to share a glimpse of some of the data-driven devices capturing imaginations at one of the biggest consumer product shows on the planet.
All photos by Casey Scheld
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Millennials are the most underinsured generationand that presents big opportunity to brokers.
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February is here and Valentine's Day is just around the corner! We are all about those tricky teens and using color words in my preschool classroom, so my little learners are doing a great job with our Valentine's Day color by number printable freebie. It is a great learning center to practice number recognition, visual discrimination, colors, pencil grip, and controlled fine motor skills. And the color by number sheets are perfect for Valentine's Day!
The Valentine's Day color by number printable activity includes 2 options to fit the learning levels of your preschoolers and even kindergarteners. The cupcake page includes numbers 1-6 and 6 color words. The heart balloons page includes numbers 11-16 and 6 color words.
Print the page (from the pink button below) that works with your learning level, or print both to use with different kids in your classroom. I know that I have certain kiddos who insist on doing both when we do these color by code pages. It is nice to have this option!
After putting our names on the Valentine's Day color by code, we go through and color the crayons at the top of the page with the correct color.
Sometimes I only have out the colors used on the page, and sometimes I have all of our crayons out. When I put all of our crayons out, it takes longer for the kids to find the correct color (especially because red and red violet are so similar!), but I like to watch their step-by-step thought process.
After coloring in the crayons, we will all find one number together. I will tell the kids at my table to "put their finger on the number 11." After I do a quick scan to make sure they all have the number correct, we will go through to decide which color that number should be colored.
When we first began using these color by code pages, I had to definitely explain how we needed to color the entire area where the number was. A bunch of my preschoolers would color over the spot where the number was and move on. At the beginning of the year that was ok to do, but not anymore.
With these pages, I now insist that the preschoolers color the entire area so that at the end the entire page is colored in. This is hard work for some, but those small, controlled movements with their crayon not only strengthen fine motor skills, but will make writing letters and words easier in kindergarten. And with practice, it gets much easier over time!
By this time of year, almost all of my preschoolers can sit down and complete a color by code page by themselves. We've been using them throughout our themes in our literacy and math centers and it has made a huge difference in their high frequency words, letter recognition, numbers, and direction following skills!
Valentine's Day just may be my very favorite time of year with preschoolers! Christmas is a close second, but February is a calmer month overall which makes more time for out of the box kind of learning.
I love adding super simple Valentine printable activities to our morning in preschool because I can prep them once and use them over and over again for years!
And our Valentine heart themed fine motor busy bins are life savers in the morning as the kiddos come into the classroom! Some mornings I have an assistant teacher with me, but some mornings she is outside helping kids get out of cars in the drop off line. So having something for the kids to play (and learn!) right away when they enter the classroom has made the start to our mornings much smoother.
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We start off this week with another installment of our interview series with open geo thought leaders. Today we chat with Simon Poole, long time OSM community member and current chairman of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.
Like so many OpenStreetMap contributors I have no formal background at all in geo. My OpenStreetMap adventure started off with the training log program I use to document my outdoor activities having a rather empty map of the trails around here. But having a slight technical bent I've learnt a lot about the field in the last couple of years.
2. One of the criticisms leveled at OSM is that it the hobby of geeks from the developed world. Indeed a recent study showed 58% of mapping is in just five countries. On a recent OSMF email thread you mentioned you'd like to see OSM develop editing functionality for low or no bandwidth environments, something akin to Wikipedia Zero. Can you expand on your idea?
Outside of our core developed countries we have lots of barriers to contribution. The major one is, naturally, that you can't expect people just on the brink of survival to have the time, resources and inclination to contribute to a volunteer project.
HOT (the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team) has done lots of good work, besides direct disaster response, in educating authorities, agencies and other groups and contributing in some of these regions. These groups are however not necessarily the source of the core contributors, the dedicated hobbyists that make OSM the most detailed source of geo-information in some areas.
We can't remove all the issues that face somebody not living in a first world country from becoming such a major contributor, but there are some that we can.
One of my observations is that we still seem to be propagating a contribution model that involves dedicated GPS devices, people sitting at real (desktop) computers and editing the data with programs with slightly obscure user interfaces.
Now there are clearly some things were that remains the best way to add and edit data in OSM, but a large part of it can just as well be accomplished with a mobile phone. And given that there is a global trend towards having a mobile device as the main, if not sole computing device, we should be embracing other ways of contributing.
This particularly because that trend is strongest in developing countries, be it 2nd or 3rd world.
Now the software is already there. Editors for both major mobile device camps are available and there are services like Mapillary that allow you to take geo-referenced photos for use as reference by all OpenStreetMap contributors. We really simply need to take a good look at the messages we are sending.
A further aspect is that while the world is moving rapidly to mobile devices, using mobile Internet access is still a costly proposition in a great many countries, and following the lead of the Wikimedia Foundation maybe we should investigate a "OpenStreetMap - zero", getting at least those costs from the table.
Disclosure: I am a large contributor to vespucci, an OpenStreetMap editor for Android.
3. With a massive community spanning the globe, OSM has become many different things to many different people. Is it possible (or needed) to coordinate such a diverse group?
The OSMF should seen more as the OpenStreetMap service organisation than as a governing body. Or differently put: we provide the infrastructure that is needed to keep the project running and on the other hand support in situations which are outside of what the community can, or wants, to handle, for example dispute resolution, licensing issues and more.
Further we are the focus point for outside groups that want to contact an official representative of OpenStreetMap, very often this will simply result in us redirecting such queries to the community, but at least we can soften the culture shock a bit. I expect local OSMF chapters to play a similar role going forward as we take them on board starting this year.
4. One of the specific challenges the community has wrestled with in the past years is managing the needs and interests of individual mappers with those of organizations, be they non- or for-profit. How do you see the situation?
The OpenStreetMap ecosystem works best when there is alignment of goals, but obviously this cannot always be the case. I don't consider the resulting tensions necessarily bad, they can be one of the driving forces for development and improvement of the project. But profiting from it requires all that participate to have an open mind and not go off in a huff if they don't "win".
5. OSM just turned 10 years old. where do you see the project in 10 year's time?
OpenStreetMap has shown an extremely constant development since it __really got off the ground in 2007, making some predictions really easy, __others not so.
Easy: we will have lots more of everything, which in turn implies that __some issues that cause heart burn right now, for example addressing, or __missing meta data in our core countries, will have vanished out of sight.
More difficult: our place in a global market with one player with a __monopolized, geo-product independent source of income, OpenStreetMap at __the other extreme, and two desperate players caught in the middle with __no real way out. Throw in more government open data becoming available __and things become interesting. But I think it is safe to predict that we __will be the default choice for aggregated global geo-data in 2024.
Easy again: I'm sure that we will have re-visited our licence at least __once in the upcoming decade, but I'm just as sure that it will still be __a hot topic.
6. As a long time contributor to OSM, what is the most unexpected use case you have come across?
That clearly has to be the "Motorville" animation by Patrick Jean.
Thanks Simon, for your answers and also all your work on OpenStreetMap. Lots to chew on here. We look forward to the realization of your prediction that OSM becomes the default choice for global geo-data.
You can see all the Open Geo interviews here.


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LGDT's 2019 CASTS
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
"THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES"
adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson
*SHAYNE DAVID CAMERIS (Sir Henry Baskerville & others…) is beyond thrilled that he is making his debut with Lake George Dinner Theatre! Shayne is a local boy and a member of the Resident Acting Company at Troy Foundry Theatre. Credits include: Troy Foundry Theatre's The Prohibition Project: Ilium Was, Catastrophe Carnivale, and New World Order; Capital Repertory Theatre's Sleepy Hollow: On the GO! ("Brom Bones"), Camelot ("Guilliam/Percussionist"), and Blue Sky Boys ("CJ Caldwell"); Saratoga Shakespeare's Henry IV - Parts 1 & 2 ("Mistress Quickly", et al.), The Winter's Tale ("Clown"), and Love's Labour's Lost ("Dull"); Theatre Voices' The Birthday Party ("Stanley"); and Siena College's Endgame ("Hamm"), Measure for Measure ("Duke"), and Spike Heels ("Edward"), among others. He would like to thank his family and friends, old and new, for their continuous support. Especially JSC. Proud member of AEA.
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*JOHN MICHAEL DECKER (Dr. Watson & others…) is extremely honored to be appearing for the first time at the Lake George Dinner Theatre! In his 20+ years of performing, John has enjoyed an eclectic and varied career. His main bread & butter has been interactive performance in such venues as the Sterling Renaissance Festival (where he had a 9-season stint as the evil sheriff, "Damian Spector"), Walt Disney World-MGM Studios' Streetmosphere Acting Troupe (playing talent agent, "Max Craven"), and Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles (where he still portrays "Ebenezer Scrooge" every winter). For six years, John and his good friend Joe Petrolawicz toured the country in two interactive comedy sword fighting shows: Nature of Mercy and Honour for Hyre (he played "Duke Monique" and "Sir Roland Wolfe", respectively). John has been "George Bailey" in It's a Wonderful Life and "Van Helsing" in Dracula for Scarlett Rat Entertainment. At the Steamer #10 Theatre in Albany, he's played "Wilber" in Charlotte's Web and "Geppetto" in Pinocchio. More recently, John had the opportunity to work on two wonderful short films for Dirty Sweater Productions, stepping into the shoes of an unscrupulous criminal in Bedtime and an unlucky English lit professor in On the Line (both of these shorts will soon be available for viewing on Amazon Prime). John would like to thank his mother, Pat Decker, for her unwavering love and support and for keeping him fed when times were lean. John is appearing in this production courtesy of the Actor's Equity Association (AEA).
*JAN-PETER PEDROSS (Sherlock Holmes & others…) Appeared last season in LGDT's The Long Weekend, has also appeared locally for nine summer seasons with Mettawee River Theatre Company. NYC theater credits include: Reckless, Chess (2003/2018), Tommy, Man of La Mancha, Urinetown, The Drowsy Chaperone, Violet (Gallery Players); Allegro, Blood Brothers, The Secret Garden, The Human Comedy (Astoria Performing Arts Center); Urinetown (Secret Theatre); The Nightmare Dream (NYC Fringe); Coriolanus, Richard III, and the marathon reading of the eight "history" plays (Judith Shakespeare Company). Much additional downtown/experimental theater, some film/TV/commercials, and too much costume character work to mention. Also proprietor of SALO FARM, an arts/health/vacation retreat and event venue in Hebron, NY - visit salofarm.com for info.
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OPENING September 12th!
Sam Bobrick's
"LUNCH with MRS. BASKIN"
*OSBORN FOCHT (John Haskell) BROADWAY: Paul Simon's The Capeman. OFF-BROADWAY: The Magdalene; Kristina, the Musical (Carnegie and Royal Albert Halls: recorded on the Decca label). REGIONAL: The Sound of Music (Paper Mill Playhouse); The Music Man (North Shore Music Theater); Sweeney Todd (Center Stage Baltimore); Eleanore: An American Love Story (Ford's Theater); A Tale of Two Cities, Oklahoma!, and Moby Dick: the Musical (Seaside Music Theater); A Christmas Carol, Oliver!, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, Rounding Third, Tartuffe, and The School for Wives (Centenary Stage Co.); Spring Awakening and Porcelain (The Garage Theater Group). FILM: "Verne" in Bad Parents (Caytha Jentis, writer/director). OTHER: "Bass" for The Mervtones with Merv Griffin and his orchestra, under the direction of Mort Lindsey; "Late Show Carolers" on Late Show with David Letterman; five seasons with The Opera Co. of Philadelphia. RECENTLY: "Adult Men" in Spring Awakening, with his wife, Mikaela Kafka, as "Adult Women".
DEVIN FUNNYE (Wendell Sash) is delighted to be a part of LGDT's 2019 season. He has been with the company for the past 3 years as Assistant Stage Manager, and this is his first year on stage as a company actor. His other recent roles include: "Giles Ralston" in The Mousetrap (Home Made Theater), and "King Charles of France" in Hudson River Shakespeare Company's Henry VI - Part I. As always, he'd like to thank his parents for their continuous love and support.
*TOM PATTERSON (Terry Winters) is originally from South Bend, IN. Credits include: BROADWAY: 1984. REGIONAL: Delmonico (Bay Street Theatre); Constellations (Studio Theatre: HELEN HAYES AWARD - "Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play"); Hand to God, Cherry Docs, Shotgun, and The Hound of the Baskervilles (Florida Studio Theatre); Ether Dome (Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company); Sideways (La Jolla Playhouse); Of Mice and Men (Northern Stage); Murder on the Nile, and Bedroom Farce (The Barnstormers). FILM: Thorp. TRAINING: MFA (UCSD) AEA.
Instagram: @tommustbestopped
ELIZABETH PIETRANGELO (Kira Haskell) thanks her lucky stars she is back on stage with one of her favorite theaters and favorite directors! She was last seen with LGDT as "Melanie Morningside" in The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby. Beth, a NYC-based actor, has performed with numerous theaters in the Capital region. Most recently she performed Off-Off (way-off) Broadway in a play about Edgar Allan Poe. She studied acting at Ithaca College and the National Theater Institute's Eugene O'Neill Theater. Beth lives in Brooklyn, but calls the Adirondacks home. Thanks M&D.
CAMILLE WEST WODICKA (Mrs. Eva Baskin) is delighted to be making her Lake George Dinner Theatre debut. She has often been seen on area stages with the Glens Falls Community Theater (GFCT) and Saratoga's Home Made Theater (HMT), as well as the small screen in a local TV commercial. Favorite performances include: GFCT's Young Frankenstein ("Frau Blucher"), and Sweeney Todd ("Mrs. Lovett"), and HMT's Calendar Girls ("Cora"). In past years, Camille toured nationally and recorded several CDs as a member of the musical group, The Four Bitchin' Babes, and has performed her original comedic songs as the "Suburban Mother from Hell". She is honored to have had her songs included in the off-Broadway revue Sex: The Musical, and her work published in Life's A Stitch —The Best of Contemporary Women's Humor. Ever and always, she sends her undying love to her husband, Scott, and sons, Jason and Justin, for their unwavering support.
* Professional Member of Actor's Equity Association


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This is one of the most scenic routes in all of Ontario though not recommended during winter months. Take Hwy #417 West from the city which turns into Hwy #17 West. Take Hwy #132 South to Renfrew. Proceed through Dacre and then take Hwy #41 South to Denbigh. Then take Hwy #28 to Bancroft. Once in Bancroft, go straight through the lights, then immediately turn left at Hwy #62 South. Follow this for 2 kms to Bay Lake Road an turn right. Follow Bay Lake Road for 2 kms and you've arrived.
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Sunday Shuttle departs from Grail Springs at 11 am to return to Toronto Airport. Ensure your international flight departs no earlier than 4pm to allow for traffic, security and customs.
Our reservation desk requires the name of the airline, flight # and cell #.
Once you are through customs and come outside your gate proceed to the Ground Transportation Desk at Arrival Level at either Terminal 1 or Terminal 3.
If you are running a bit late, please call Grail Springs to inform them with updates at 1-877-553-5772.
MISSED OR DELAYED FLIGHTS: Unfortunatley Grail Springs is not responsible for shuttle costs related to missed or delayed flights. Airport shuttle will not wait for flights with more than a 45 minute delay. Alternatively, go directly to the 'Ground Transportation Desk' and pay for a ticket to Peterborough on Century Transport (approx $100) and then you can arrange for a local taxi to pick you up from there.
Flying from the West Coast? As all flights from the West coast arrive late in the afternoon most clients fly in on Saturday and stay overnight at our recommended hotel The Sheraton Gateway Hotel at Toronto International Airport. Make the most of it and do a night on the town in Toronto using the Pearson Express Train to Downtown Toronto Union Station connecting you within walking distance of the theatre district, concerts halls, sports arena's and fabulous restaurants. Catch the express back to the Sheraton, have a liesurely late check-out and jump on our Sunday Shuttle right there at the arrivals level just two-minute walk from the Sheraton Gateway Hotel.
What if I cannot catch the group Shuttle?
If you have booked a stay that does not arrive or leave on a Sunday, we can arrange private transportation for approximately $250 plus tax each way depending on location. Please inquire with our Guest Services @ 613-332-0154.
Greyhound Bus: We offer complimentary pick up from the Greyhound bus depot located in the town of Bancroft.


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New Indian citizenship law 'discriminatory' against Muslims
by Virginia Carter
in World Media
Canada has asked its citizens to avoid "non-essential travel to the northeast" in view of the ongoing protests.
However, Assam residents are divided on the issue, and many against further migration. "Protests have also been reported in other parts of the country".
Canadian and British governments have also issued similar advisories.
Two people were killed during the protests in Guwahati on Thursday.
The petition said after the coming into force of the CAA an illegal migrant, prosecuted under the Passports (Entry into India) Act, 1920 or the Foreigners Order, 1949, would be prosecuted for being an illegal migrant because he/she didn't belong to one of the exempted religions.
The protests Friday spread to India's eastern state of West Bengal, where protesters torched railway property.
The protesters clashed with police and resorted to arson at several places.
The spokesperson reiterated that this Indian legislation is premised on a falsehood, both with regard to the alleged decline in the non-Muslim population in Pakistan as well as their alleged persecution in the country.
"The Act is unconstitutional.Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) will have no place in Kerala and it will not be implemented in the State", Vijayan told reporters.
Many in the far-flung, resource-rich region fear the new legislation will grant citizenship to large numbers of immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh, who they accuse of stealing jobs and diluting the region's cultural identity.
Opposition parties and civil society members in India criticize the bill as contrary to secular principles enshrined in India's constitution as it excludes Muslims.
Modi and Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe postponed a summit that reportedly was due to be held in Guwahati from Sunday, and the United States and Britain warned their nationals to "exercise caution" if travelling to the wider northeast region.
The organisations equated the CAA with the two-nation theory for introducing a distinction between Muslims and non-Muslims for the purposes of granting exemption for citizenship by naturalisation.
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Apple moves to stop 'screen recording' apps
Published On: February 11, 2019 |
Apple has confirmed it will look to crack down on potentially privacy-invading apps that have the ability to record every action a user takes on their screen.
It was reported last week by TechCrunch that many popular iOS apps have 'screen recording' technology that takes note of every swipe and tap a user makes when using them. This can later be used to create 'session replays' that allow developers to see exactly how people are interacting with their software.
The publication noted that companies across multiple sectors make use of this technology, including retailers, hotels, airlines and financial services providers.
Air Canada, Abercrombie and Fitch, and Expedia are among the familiar names that use solutions from data analytics firm Glassbox to do this, often without the user's knowledge or consent.
Although such tools are intended to offer developers insight into how their app is used and are supposed to block out any potentially-sensitive personal information, the report noted this does not always work as it is supposed to.
For instance, mobile expert App Analyst found that Air Canada's iPhone app was not properly masking session replays when they were sent back.
"This lets Air Canada employees – and anyone else capable of accessing the screenshot database – see unencrypted credit card and password information," App Analyst said.
In response, Apple has reminded developers that they must disclose the use of such technology clearly to consumers, or remove any screen recording code from their apps.
A spokesperson for the tech firm told TechCrunch: "Our App Store Review Guidelines require that apps request explicit user consent and provide a clear visual indication when recording, logging, or otherwise making a record of user activity."
They added the company has notified developers that have been identified as violating these privacy terms. Indeed, TechCrunch noted that one developer was given less than a day to remove the code and resubmit their app, or face the prospect of it being banned from the App Store.


Mobile payment is completely a different domain and generally refers to payment of services operated under financial regulation and performed from or via a mobile device. It is also referred to as mobile money, mobile banking, mobile money transfer and mobile wallet.
Music, videos, ringtones, online game subscription or items, wallpapers and other digital goods.
Books, magazines, tickets and other hard goods.
The primary benefit of mobile money is the empowerment of such segments of people who doesn't have their bank accounts. They can start using this facility by registering with the entity by fulfilling the KYC (Know your customer) norms.
The key obstacles faced for full deployment of mobile money in India is the Consumer awareness.
Because of adjustment with the current ecosystem as it is not ready to accept such changes.
Also mainly due to the Regulatory restrictions of the Government. Though these restrictions has been removed to some extent but that too on conditional basis.
There is one more hurdle that the other party to whom the payment is to be made doesn't have this mobile facility.
According to current figures, around 90% of people in India make cash payments for their purchases. All business and finance people is looking it as a positive sign because they believe these transactions can be made with the help of mobile phones as many people don't have debit cards, credit cards or even bank accounts. Current figures also reveal that 240 million people in India have bank accounts and on the other hand 990 million people have mobile phones. So, it's a good opportunity for the business and finance people.
Nowadays approximately around 3% of the population of India uses mobile as a wallet but it is expected that this percentage of people using mobile as a wallet facility will grow to 20-25% in next 2-3 years.
In India, a partnership model is evolving where banks, telecom operators and other service providers are expected to work together that will help in proliferation of mobile money services. This model is expected to tie in technology, distribution, and other pieces and enable the ecosystem to grow that will ultimately benefit the consumer.
Further, from a technology standpoint, Near Field Communication (NFC) in which a mobile and a merchant (where the customer has to pay) device can talk in a closed area of network where there is no need for internet facility. This NFC is expected to revolutionize the way proximity payments are conducted. Consumers can make payments with the simple tap of their mobile phones, very much like a credit/debit card. Consumers will no longer be required to carry their wallet for making payments. Another way is that this facility can be used with the help of SMS (short messaging service) so here also there is no need for internet facility.
One should not set mPin's which can be guessed easily (like your house number/ year of birth/ 1111 etc) since every transaction in one's account is authenticated by this mPin.
Best part of recharging mobile by Airtel money is that one gets 5% cash back. Many other companies are offering discount on paying bills by Airtel Money.
One can easily pay Airtel Bill, recharge the friend's airtel mobile, and pay BSNL and MTNL bills and purchase tickets for movies. Also one can even deposit money to any bank account. It takes only 1 business day to get cash into Bank account for which money is deposited.
To register a account for Airtel Money one should be 18 years old .One person can have only one Airtel Money account.
a) Airtel prepaid mobile and digital TV recharge.
b) Airtel mobile and fixed line bills.
c) Electricity, gas, insurance etc.
*Airtel customers all over India except Jammu and Kashmir can register for express account.
c) Restaurants, spas and shopping.
*Transactions done by dialing *400# have a limit of Rs 5,000 per transaction.
*Airtel customers all over India (except Jammu and Kashmir) can register for power account.
a) Send and receive money from other airtel money super account customers.
b) Withdraw money from any airtel money- super account outlet.
c) Earn interest on balance amount @ 4% p.a.
This account will be available only in Mumbai, Delhi, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.


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The object in question was a Man Overboard (MOB) crane used in the deployment of emergency lifeboats on seagoing vessels.
As a part of the IMO* Life-Saving Appliance Code, the bearing load in the telescopic boom required a specific analysis for its certification.
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Last year I lived with a man who fancied himself as a 90s supermodel. All long hair flips, wife-beater vests with leather jackets and an obsession with Brett Anderson. Despite this, he had a consummate knowledge of 80s New Romantic music. He was something of a Spandeau Ballet James Dean. This has somehow rubbed off on my own listening habits. Whenever I need to tap into that period of my life, I hit up an 80s playlist on Spotify and remember the man with a killer fringe dancing alone with a towel wrapped around his head holding a telescope in one hand and talking to a stuffed badger called Lucy.
So, it is a shame that I don't get to share this new track with him. As the 80s revival continues towards 2020, Wyldest drop one of the best tracks within this current trend. Hitchhiker, their latest single, taps into the darkness that pervaded a lot of pop music in the 1980s. A lot of the time, we cast our eyes back through the glittered nostalgia lens to think that music all hit a hedonistic line of enjoyment, but Wyldest rearrange the sound of synths, alongside misanthropic guitar lines, to create a moody narrative that surrounds the tracks eponymous hitchhiker.
The track will be dropped on their new EP, coming out September 29th via Hand in Hive.


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This code is a example from "Dart in action"
I don't know what is the error.
Best regards

A: You can either use
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You should prefer the first option. The second is for custom events where 'dart:html' doesn't offer explicit access methods.
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> Announcements > National Bank of Kenya partners with WorldRemit to offer instant money transfers to Kenya
National Bank of Kenya partners with WorldRemit to offer instant money transfers to Kenya
New partnership expands remittance options for the Kenyan diaspora
Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit and the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) have launched a major partnership to enable Kenyans living abroad to make instant transfers home. WorldRemit users can now make instant bank deposits to NBK accounts held in both Kenyan Shillings and US Dollars, as well as send funds for cash pickup in KES across NBK's extensive branch network.
NBK is one of the largest commercial banks in the country. To meet the dynamic needs of its customers, NBK rolled out diaspora banking in 2016 to let customers bank in multiple currencies and create a financial base back home.
According to the Central Bank of Kenya, Kenyans living abroad sent home over Kshs 177.34 billion (USD 1.71 billion) in 2016, up from Kshs 159.82 (USD 1.54 billion) in 2015, an 11% Year on Year increase. This makes diaspora remittances Kenya's largest source of foreign exchange – ahead of key industries such as tea and horticulture.
Since the start of operations in Kenya, WorldRemit customers have completed almost 2 million money transfers to the country. They now send more than 80,000 transactions every month from the WorldRemit app and website.
Globally, WorldRemit customers send almost 700,000 transfers every month to over 140 destinations. The company is currently processing 74% of all transfers to mobile money accounts coming from money transfer operators, according to 2016 GSMA data. WorldRemit makes sending money as easy as sending an instant message.
Wilfred Musau, National Bank Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, said: "Our new partnership with WorldRemit is part of the bank's commitment to increasing banking convenience for bank for our customers abroad. We understand that speed and convenience are key to our diaspora customers, and we are providing these options at a low price through our new partnership with WorldRemit."
Ismail Ahmed, founder and CEO at WorldRemit, comments: "We're proud to work in partnership with the National Bank of Kenya, a trusted and dependable financial institution with a wide network of branches across the country."
"We are delighted that this partnership will enable us to offer an enhanced service to our Kenyan customers. They can now transfer funds to NBK accounts quickly, to be paid out in shillings or dollars. It's a welcome expansion of our fast, safe and lower cost online service which has already proved so popular with Kenyans."
National Bank is a fully fledged Commercial Bank listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange and established in 1968 to provide Kenyans access to finance. It has since grown to be one of the largest commercial banks in the country with a growing network of 80 branch outlets across the country, over 124 ATMs and electronic channels of Mobile and Internet Banking. National Bank participates in Corporate Banking, Business Banking, Retail Banking and Islamic Banking with an extensive portfolio of products and financial solutions tailored for the requirements of a broad spectrum of customer segments it serves.
WorldRemit is changing the way people send money.
It's easy – just open the app or visit the website – no more agents.
Transfers to most countries are instant – send money like an instant message.
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Backed by Accel Partners and TCV – investors in Facebook, Spotify, Netflix and Slack.
WorldRemit's global headquarters are in London, UK with regional offices in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Singapore, the Philippines, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.


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1214 Pere Ubu
It is rare that true pioneers grace the Sound Opinions studio, but this week Jim and Greg are joined by punk progenitors Pere Ubu. Many credit the famous (and often infamous) Cleveland band for being on the ground floor of the punk movement, but band leader David Thomas doesn't really buy into that label. In pure Thomas form, the singer/songwriter grouses about punk's corporate co-opting, and prefers to think of himself as a folk singer. Whatever you want to call it, Sound Opinions thinks it rocks. Check out their performances of songs "Babylonian Warehouses" and "Caroleen," off their new album Why I Hate Women.
The title of Pere Ubu's new album, Why I Hate Women, is certainly a conversation starter. But, as discussed, these views don't represent those of David Thomas or Pere Ubu. Like many of Thomas' songs, the tracks on this album are written from the perspective of a character, in this case inspired by the fictional writings of pulp novelist Jim Thompson. Thomas explains that most songs are just stories, defying the notion that 20-year-old rock stars have any true angst.
Go to episode 51
1680 Jon Langford
Next up, Jim and Greg sit down with Jon Langford of The Mekons, and his current band, Ship and Pilot. Many of the band members will be familiar to music fans, including fellow Mekons singer Sally Timms and punk rock pioneer Tony Maimone of Pere Ubu. In addition to playing with The Mekons and Ship and Pilot, Jon is a member of the Waco Brothers and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts. In addition, he is a painter and author and recently put on a multi-media performance at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art based on his three-volume set The Executioner's Last Songs. Those albums raised money for the Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
If that wasn't enough, Jon Langford also has a new album coming out in March. Hear live performances of some songs off that album on the show. In addition, Gold Brick features a cover of the Procol Harem song "Salty Dog." Like Jon, Greg is a big Procol Harem fan and wonders why aside from their hit "Whiter Shade of Pale," they were so underappreciated. Perhaps they just needed to be on more soundtracks.
Go to episode 8
Receivers available on iTunes
2677 Parts and Labor Receivers
Parts & Labor also has a new album out called Receivers. The band, who visited the show as a trio, is now a quartet. And, as Jim and Greg explain,"Evolver"is a more apt title for their album. For Jim it's as if their sound went from black and white to Technicolor. He calls the record"amazingly tuneful,"and says they are now up in the realm of great noise-rock bands like Pere Ubu. Greg thinks the lineup change is responsible for the expanding sound. The drumming is less chaotic and more trancelike. And the melodies are amazing. Greg calls Parts & Labor one of the best bands working today, and their album gets two Buy Its.
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3091 Greg
"Final Solution"Pere Ubu
The Breeders' home state of Ohio inspired Greg's Desert Island Jukebox song choice this week. One of his favorite bands to emerge from the"fly-over territory"is Pere Ubu. Greg describes their unique sound as avant garage — art rock combined with garage rock. But, the band created their own scene and didn't care what categories they did or did not belong to. In fact, even though they set a template for punk and post punk music, front man David Thomas denies the band has any relationship to punk. According to Greg, the best example of their sound is in the song "Final Solution," this week's DIJ addition. When the band was on Sound Opinions they also performed"Final Solution"live. You can listen to that performance and their entire interview here.
3085 Jim
"Sylvia Plath"Peter Laughner
Recently, our own Jim's mood was descending into Bell Jar territory, so his wife told him to "Snap out of it, Sylvia Plath!" So, he looked to another "Sylvia Plath," to cheer himself up. That would be the 1982 track by Peter Laughner. The Cleveland singer/songwriter worked in the same scene as Pere Ubu, and it's a welcome addition to the Desert Island Jukebox.
"Down At the Bar"Peter Laughner
This week, Greg is taking a trip to the desert island jukebox to share the track "Down At the Bar" by Peter Laughner. Laughner was an influential figure in the 1970s for bands like Rocket From The Tombs and Pere Ubu. Along with making music, he also contributed writing to music magazines like Creem. He died young at age 24 as a result of drugs and alcohol abuse, but left behind a lot of recorded music. Recently the label Smog Veil put out a box set of his songs, which got Greg on a Peter Laughner kick."Down At the Bar"is a perfect snap shot of Laughner's Cleveland crafted by the man himself.
110 Halloween Scary Songs
Let's face it. Rock 'n' roll can be plain scary to a lot of folks. But there are some songs and artists that go above and beyond and give even our hosts the creeps. Here are some of their favorite Scary Rock Songs to set the mood this Halloween.
Salem, "King Night"
Pere Ubu, "Dub Housing"
Apocalyptica featuring Nina Hagen, "Seemann"
Ween, "Spinal Meningitis (Got me Down)"
Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor, "Insane Asylum"
Hüsker Dü, "Diane"
Handsome Family, "My Ghost"
Sunn O))) featuring Julian Cope, "My Wall"
Listener Picks
Pat from St. Paul, MN: Tom Waits, "What's He Building?"
Margaret from Manhattan, KS: Old Time Relijun,"Cold Water"
Scott from Chicago, IL: Bobby"Boris"Pickett, "Monster Mash"
Jon from Cincinnati, OH: Black Sabbath, "Black Sabbath"
Jill Sobule, I Kissed a Girl, Jill Sobule, Lava/Atlantic, 1995
Neu!, Hallogallo, Neu!, Brain, 1972
Tim Fite, The Barber, Fair Ain't Fair, Anti-, 2008
Little T and One Track Mike, Shaniqua, Fome is Dape, Atlantic, 2001
Tim Fite"I Hope You're (Live on Sound Opinions),"Gone Ain't Gone, Anti-, 2005
Tim Fite, Motorcade, Fair Ain't Fair, Anti, 2008
Tim Fite, Trouble, Fair Ain't Fair, Anti-, 2008
Tim Fite, Big Mistake (Live on Sound Opinions), Fair Ain't Fair, Anti-, 2008
Tim Fite"Sing Along,"Fair Ain't Fair, Anti-, 2008
Disfear, The Cage, Live the Storm, Relapse, 2008
Disfear, Get It Off, Live the Storm, Relapse, 2008
Melchior Productions, Her Majesty, No Disco Future, Perlon, 2007
The Breeders, Overglazed, Mountain Battles, 4AD, 2008
The Breeders, It's the Love, Mountain Battles, 4AD, 2008
The Breeders, Here No More, Mountain Battles, 4AD, 2008
Pere Ubu, Final Solution, Why I Hate Women, Smog Veil, 2006
Abba, Ring Ring, Ring Ring, Polar, 1973
The Pixies, Where is My Mind, Surfer Rosa, 4AD, 1988
Moby, Disco Lies, Last Night, Mute, 2008
Elvis Costello, High Fidelity, Get Happy!!, Columbia, 1980
Salem, King Night, King Night, I Am Sound, 2010
Willie Dixon & Koko Taylor, Insane Asylum, The Chess Box, MCA, 1988
Pere Ubu, Dub Housing, Dub Housing, Rough Trade, 1989
Tom Waits, What's He Building, Mule Variations, Anti-, 1999
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Halloween, Juju, Geffen, 1981
Apocalyptica feat. Nina Hagen, Seemann, single, Mercury, 2003
The Handsome Family, My Ghost, Through The Trees, Carrot Top, 1997
Bobby"Boris"Pickett, Monster Mash, The Original Monster Mash, Garpax, 1962
Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath, Vertigo, 1970
Ween, Spinal Meningitus (Got Me Down), Chocolate and Cheese, Elektra, 1994
Sunn O))) and Julian Cope, My Wall, White1, Southern Lord, 2003
Belle & Sebastian, I Didn't See It Coming, Write About Love, Matador, 2010
Belle & Sebastian, I Want The World To Stop, Write About Love, Matador, 2010
Belle & Sebastian, Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John, Write About Love, Matador, 2010
Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells Pt. 1, Tubular Bells, Virgin, 1973
Wolf Parade, Language City, At Mount Zoomer, Sub Pop, 2008
Kings of Leon, Radioactive, Come Around Sundown, RCA, 2010
Weezer, Undone (The Sweater Song), Weezer, DGC, 1994


Unless your business is staffed entirely by family members, you will need to hire clerks. If you are not going to be there every hour that the business is open every day, you will need to hire a manager or an assistant manager.
One of the problems of a retail business is that someone must be there the entire time it is open. If you are the owner, that means you -- with no excuses. If you are puking your guts out with the worst bout of flu ever seen in the Western Hemisphere, the store must still be opened on time, or you are out of business.
Because of security issues and other concerns you will be better off if at least two people are there at all times. Remember that people generally only work 40 hours a week and many businesses are open more hours than that. Therefore, you will probably need multiple clerks and you will need to arrange them on a work schedule that is agreeable to all. Sometimes that can be more difficult than it sounds.
If you ever want a vacation, that means that you will need someone there in your absence who knows how to run things, and has the authority to do what needs to be done while you are off lounging on the beach in Tahiti. That means a manager, or an assistant manager.
Managers must be smarter than clerks, and more responsible. If your clerk doesn't show up for work when you are off in Tahiti, that is a minor nuisance. If your manager does not show up and unlock the doors, then you are completely out of business. Managers also need more training and they need to get practice in doing all the required functions of the business. Then need to be you when you can't be there.
Good employees who show up on time every day, do the work correctly, and don't rob you blind can be hard to find. In addition, finding new replacements for people you have fired can be expensive, both in terms of dollars, and in terms of your personal time. Therefore, if you get good employees, it will benefit you in the long run to treat them fairly and give them good wages and benefits. Remember that your best interests, both with clients and employees, lies in good, long-term relationships.


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Rodrigo Ferrante Taddei (São Paulo, 6 de março de 1980) é um ex-futebolista brasileiro nacionalizado italiano. Taddei começou a sua promissora carreira no Palmeiras, em 1999. Se mudou para a Itália em setembro de 2002 e jogou no Siena e na Roma.

No fim de 2003, Taddei lutou por sua vida, depois que sofreu um acidente automobilístico. Seu irmão do meio, Leonardo Ferrante Taddei, morreu no acidente e seu companheiro de time Pinga também se machucou. Depois de se recuperar do acidente, Taddei voltou a jogar pelo Siena.

Depois de outra temporada com o Siena, Taddei deixou o time e se transferiu para a Roma em 2005.

Taddei, que tem cidadania italiana, nunca jogou pela Seleção Brasileira. Poderia inclusive ter defendido a Seleção Italiana, assim como Camoranesi, mas preferiu aguardar uma possível convocação para a Seleção Brasileira.

Seu contrato com a Roma se encerrou em Junho de 2014 e não foi renovado, o jogador ficou livre para negociar com outro clube. Assim como De Rossi e Francesco Totti, Taddei é tratado como ídolo pela torcida romanista.
No começo da temporada 2014/2015 transferiu-se sem custo para o Perugia da Serie B, onde permaneceu até o fim da sua carreira.

Títulos
Palmeiras
Copa do Brasil: 1998
Torneio Rio-São Paulo:2000
Copa dos Campeões: 2000

Roma
Coppa Italia: 2006–07 e 2007-08
Supercoppa Italiana 2007

Vice-Artilharias
 Palmeiras
 Copa dos Campeões: 2000 (2 gols)

Nascidos em 1980
Naturais da cidade de São Paulo
Futebolistas do estado de São Paulo
Brasileiros de ascendência italiana
Futebolistas da Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
Futebolistas da Associazione Sportiva Roma
Futebolistas da Società Sportiva Robur Siena
Futebolistas da Associazione Calcistica Perugia Calcio

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At Monkey Haven: Come and see our handsome pair, Whistler and Clicky – they're named after the funny noises they make. Whistler came to us from a private owner and Clicky was rescued by the Haven's founder, Don Walser, before we even opened.
The lowdown: These big beauties are also known as Indian or Rock Eagle Owls. In the wild, they're found in the forests and mountains of South East Asia. These majestic birds have big bodies and a loud booming call that can be heard at dusk and dawn. Many superstitions surround this owl, including the belief that if the bird is tortured, it will start to speak in a human voice and predict the future – this has led to cruel persecution in the wild.
Diet: They like eating other birds including partridges and doves. They also enjoy tucking into reptiles, such as lizards, and small mammals like mice – eek!.
They've got a big wingspan of nearly half a metre.
Unlike most other owls, they hunt in the day and sleep at night.
They don't fly much when it's cold, to conserve their energy.


ATLETICO MADRID have warned Chelsea they will resist any approach for their French international Antoine Griezmann.
According to reports, the Spanish outfit have told the Blues they will have to trigger his £46m release clause if they are to prise him away from the Vicente Calderon.
Atletico are fully prepared to reject any nominal offers from the Premier League champions to keep hold of the former Real Sociedad winger.
Manchester United are also known to be interested in the 24-year-old, but already have Memphis Depay, Angel di Maria, Ashley Young and Adnan Januzaj in advanced positions.
It has been claimed Jose Mourinho would be willing to sell Brazilian star Oscar to finance any transfer dealings.
Juventus and Paris St-Germain are open to signing Oscar, but will need to spend in excess of £30m to tempt Chelsea to sell.
Chelsea have already raided Atletico for Diego Costa and Filipe Luis, as well as recalling Thibaut Courtois last year.


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Lego Lee (李國毅) est un acteur et chanteur taïwanais né le .
il a fait ses débuts d'acteur en 2006 dans le film  The Road in the Air et dans le drame télévisé Extreme Ironing. Il a depuis joué dans de nombreux films et drames populaires, dont In a Good Way (2013),  Aim High (2014) et Love Cuisine (2015).

Drama (série TV)
Brave to Love (TTV, 2019)
Meet Me @1006 (IQIYi, 2018)
Wake Up 2 (2017)
The King of Romance (TTV, 2016)
Rock Records In Love (PTS, 2016, ep5)
Love @ Seventeen (TTV, 2016)
Love Cuisine (SETTV, 2015)
Aim High (SETTV, 2014)
In A Good Way (SETTV, 2013)
Hui Jia (JZTV, 2012)
Yong Shi Men (TTV, 2011)
Because Of You (CTS, 2010)
Play Ball (TTV / SETTV, 2009)
Honey and Clover (CTS, 2008)
Extreme Ironing 極限燙衣板 (PTS, 2006)

Films
All You Need Is Love (2015)
27°C – Loaf Rock (2013)
My So Called Love (2008)
South Night (2008)
The Road in the Air (2006)

Notes et références

Liens externes

Naissance en janvier 1986
Acteur taïwanais de cinéma
Acteur taïwanais de télévision
Chanteur taïwanais


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OpinionSocial media
My golden rule for social media: talk trash to your heart's content, but do it in private
James Greig
The impulse to vent about others is hard to resist. The trick is to do it without hurting anyone
'The internet is suffering from a surfeit of people saying exactly what they think, and often to strangers over trivial slights' Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Sat 28 Nov 2020 03.00 EST
Last modified on Sat 28 Nov 2020 11.21 EST
Some friends of mine, a couple working from home together, have reacted to the boredom of lockdown by turning their hairless cat into a workplace antagonist, muttering darkly about his behaviour from the other side of the room. The impulse to invent enemies runs deep. And now that our entire social lives have been reduced to the domestic and online spheres, there's a lot of dark energy going around. And it has to find an outlet somewhere.
Saying what you want without fear of offence sounds good... until you do it | Andrew Hankinson
For the most part, this has taken the form of being unpleasant to people on social media. Twitter, especially now that there's a new feature that allows you to see if you've been retweeted by a private account, has never felt more rancorous and fogged in paranoia. This is fuelled by a lack of real-world gossip, as well as the way in which social media functions as a kind of public-private forum where intensely personal and confessional material (which can be grating) lives alongside endless discourse about politics (which can be objectionable).
But the hidden backstory to these unedifying disputes on the timeline is what's going on in private chats such as those enabled by WhatsApp: where stupid opinions and embarrassing disclosures are screenshotted and sent to friends or taken apart on locked accounts. I'm talking about bitching. It's a practice that's as old as time itself, but I've recently been considering it anew. And it may be something that is far more healthy and social than you might think.
The idea that bitching, something that necessarily takes place behind the subject's back, is cowardly and unpleasant is deeply ingrained in our culture, from Shakespeare (Iago was the original "fake friend") through to hip-hop and reality TV. If you have a problem with someone, we are told, you should tell them to their face. And certainly this may be true if the person is someone you know well, and whatever fault you've assigned to them is serious. But the internet is suffering from a surfeit of people saying exactly what they think, and often to strangers over trivial slights. It is awash with pointless drama and petty beefs.
Perhaps we need to embrace the idea that, rather than being cowardly, bitching – an ideal way to let off steam – can be considerate. If someone on the internet says something embarrassing, choosing to mock them in private is an act of great mercy.
There's a narcissistic pleasure to imagining you have "haters", but social media, like the world at large, is mostly indifferent to all of us. That said, I know there are people who dislike me. It would be affecting a bravado I don't possess to say that I don't care when I get slagged off. In fact, I care so much that I would rather not read it or hear about it (while acknowledging that, as a writer, my work is fair game for public criticism). What people say about me in private, I've realised, is none of my business. So to anyone who's ever made fun of me in a group chat, thank you for being so considerate of my feelings. If you've ever quote-tweeted me on a locked account, on the other hand …
But what about the idea that bitching is bad for yourself and the culture at large? That it is unhealthy for the ego and corrosive to the soul? It's true that bitching can be motivated by bitterness and jealousy (I'm sure, for instance, this has been the case every single time someone has criticised me behind my back). It may also be the case that bitching about someone's online "brand" can make you dislike them without really knowing them. It can encourage a kind of prejudice based on limited evidence. This is where it can play into more tangibly harmful behaviours, such as shunning, ostracism, or the formation of exclusionary, gate-keeping cliques.
But it's possible to separate disliking someone's social media presence and disliking them personally. Of course, one can bleed into the other, but it's possible to bitch at the level of abstraction, in such a way where it isn't really about the subject at all.
And besides, even if we are to accept that bitching is a moral crime, it's still better to do it in a way that doesn't hurt anyone. In a culture where we are increasingly prone to react to what we see on the internet, bitching behind people's backs is a form of harm reduction. The goal is to bitch without being a bitch about it.
The "say it to my face" school does have one thing right: if you have a genuine problem with someone, the best course of action is to approach them directly. But if your only issue is that you find their social media output embarrassing, then going out of your way to tell them this would be bizarre: "Hi, I thought I should let you know I thought the risotto you posted earlier looked absolutely disgusting. Anyway, hope you're well! Xx" If your sole issue with someone is that they post too many twee photos of quarantine baking on Instagram, it's probably better to text a friend.
Bitching in private starts to look much more palatable if viewed as an alternative to the kind of harassment that social media encourages, acting as a release of the same energies – a kind of cultural criticism among friends, where the material under review is everyday life. There is, these days, often a conflation between thinking someone is irritating and thinking they're fundamentally toxic. We should be more accepting of the idea that it's fine to dislike someone, not because you've decided they embody some profound problem, but simply because you find them annoying, or even because you're jealous.
If we were more honest about our motivations, we'd be likelier to opt for the kinder option – bitching about someone in private – instead of feeling the compulsion to denounce them in public. Ethical bitching is about acknowledging when you're being a bad person, rather than trying to convince yourself that you're leading a moral crusade.
To use social media today is to feel constantly surveilled. As such, there is a libidinal pleasure to being catty in private. It's not noble or productive, but unless you're indulging in slander, it's difficult to see what harm there is in taking the piss out of someone. The kind thing is to ensure they never find out.
• James Greig is a London-based journalist who writes for Vice, i-D and Huck


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Château de Garnerot
Domaine Gautheron
Cyril Gautheron is the sixth generation in his family to cultivate vines in Fleys, a village of 160 inhabitants. The winery and family home are located directly across from the 1er Cru "Côte des Pres Girots" vineyard. At one time, the inhabitants of Fleys were called "Gougueys" from the dialect word for the fossilized snails that are prevalent in the area and in fact the Gautherons have some extraordinary examples exhibited in their tasting room. The Gautheron domain is 22 hectares divided among 40 parcels which include a small parcel in Petit-Chablis, 14 hectares in Chablis, 7.5 hectares in 1er Cru Chablis (Les Fourneaux, Mont de Milieu, Vaucoupin, Vaillons, Montmains, L'Homme Mort) and a small parcel in Grand Cru "Valmur".
Harvesting is done mostly by machine except where the terrain does not permit, in which case the grapes are picked by hand. Cyril has two modern "bladder" presses so that he can limit oxidation by avoiding any wait time for the harvested grapes and allow the grapes to be very slowly and gently pressed. He moves the juice from the presses to the tanks by gravity and throughout the entire winemaking process, he tries to minimize the use of pumps.
Except for the Grand Cru "Valmur", all grapes are fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel vats. Cyril does his cellar work and bottling in accordance with atmospheric pressure and moon cycles. The wines stay in contact with the lees for four to nine months after which they are fined, lightly filtered, and then bottled. Despite all of the investment in modern equipment, Cyril takes a traditional approach to making Chablis as exemplified in the simplicity of his methods and the maturing of the wine before bottling. In 2016, he was recognized as the best young winemaker in the Yonne by the C.I.V.B.
Wine has been produced around Chablis since at least the ninth century. For the last hundred years the area of cultivation authorized to use the name Chablis has had controversial and shifting boundaries. The controversy centers around the area's two geological formations of limestone deposits; the Kimmeridgian and the Portlandian.The Kimmeridgian soils which are soft and marly, are found mostly on the slopes while the Portlandian soils are hard and rocky and are found mostly on top of the hills. The question is whether to restrict the appellation to vineyards on Kimmeridgian soils. There are many opinions on the subject, but no two seem to agree. There is great overlapping of the soils and thus a geological answer is not clear cut and there is also the historical record of where vineyards have been cultivated which further confuses matters.
Today, the basic organization of the appellation gives Grand Cru status to seven vineyards which are contiguous and comprise a total of 112 hectares. It gives Premier Cru status to 40 vineyards comprising 742 hectares which are spread throughout the appellation. These vineyards are on Kimmeridgian soils. The far greater portion of the appellation is divided into Chablis Villages (4420 hectares), largely on Kimmeridgian soils and labeled simply as Chablis and Petit Chablis (1562 hectares) which are largely on Portlandian soils.
Established in 1970, the Domaine d'Elise is located just outside the town of Chablis in the commune of Milly. It was purchased by the current owner Frédéric Prain in 1982. The domaine's vineyard is situated directly above the south/southeastern facing Premier Cru Côte de Lechet vineyard. It is unusual in that its entire 13 hectares are in one parcel with Frédéric's house and winery situated in the middle. Interestingly, the appellation laws have divided the vineyard into two equal plots of Chablis Villages and Petit Chablis.The soils are quite poor with an abundance of surface stones, particularly on the top of the hill. A great deal of pruning is done throughout the growing season to limit yields to 45/50 hl per ha. Harvesting is done as late as possible.
Marcel Giraudon
Chitry-Le-Fort, as the name suggests, was once a fortified town and in the Middle Ages the main road, La Grande Rue, formed the boundary between the lands of the Count of Tonnerre in Champagne and the Count of Auxerre in Burgundy. In the 19th century wines of Chitry were sold under the name of Chablis and more recently in 1929 the wines were accorded the name of Bourgogne des Environs de Chablis. Today Chitry is one of four viticultural communes of the Auxerrois and wines are labeled as Bourgogne or Bourgogne Chitry.
The Giraudon family has been farming and making wine in Chitry for centuries, and the current proprietor, Marcel Giraudon, follows very traditional methods in his work. Their vineyards are on hillsides of Kimmeridgian chalky marl as one finds in Grand Cru Chablis. Yields in the vineyard are kept modest and harvesting is done by hand. For the white wines, fermentation is carried out in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks and for the pinot noir mainly fiberglass vats are used with a "drapeau d'eau" for temperature control.
Patrick Maroiller & Fils
Patrick Maroiller was an early proponent of organic farming in Burgundy. He worked for the Domaine Henri Martin beginning in 1992 and transitioned their vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin from conventional to organic in 2001. At the same time, he developed his minimalist approach to winemaking. After two decades with Henri Richard, Patrick began working for other domains that wanted to farm organically while producing his own wines in his cramped cellar in Gevrey-Chambertin from his family's vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin and Marsannay. His son, Stephane, took over with the 2019 vintage and has followed very much in Patrick's footsteps. Stephane produces certified organic wines from Uchizy (Bourgogne Blanc), Nuits Saint Georges (Bourgogne Pinot Noir), Marsannay "Potey", Marsannay "Aux Grands Bandeaux", and Gevrey-Chambertin.
Because the quantities are so limited, between 600 and 1,200 bottles per wine, Stephane also works as a contract farmer specializing in organic farming. He has continued his father's approach to winemaking and relies on indigenous yeasts and adds only 20 mg/L of SO2 when the wine is racked before bottling.
Stephane tries to do as much work as possible without a tractor, preferring an atomizer on his back. The "Aux Grands Bandeaux" vineyard has not seen a chemical spray since 1960. In the cellar he rarely uses a pump. The simple techniques produce stunningly delicious wines.
Domaine Paul Garaudet
Paul Garaudet is the 4th generation in his family to make wine in Monthelie. His 10 hectares of vineyards are made up of many small parcels that are spread throughout the appellations of Bourgogne, Monthelie, Monthelie 1er Cru, Volnay, Pommard, Meursault and Puligny Montrachet. Paul has served as the President of the Wine Growers Syndicate of Monthelie. He is a great champion of Burgundy's wines and carries on in the long tradition of Burgundy vinegrowers who put observation and stewardship of their vineyards at the core of their work. The harvest is made by hand.
Read Paul's comments in the Burgundy Vintage Reports
Domaine Billard has approximately 26 hectares of vineyards in different appellations throughout the Cotes de Beaune. Their largest holdings are in the Hautes Cotes de Beaune with other small plots located in Saint Aubin 1er Cru, Saint Romain, Auxey Duresses, Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru, Chassagne-Montrachet, Santenay, and Pommard.
When the domaine passed from father to son, Jérôme Billard brought a new philosophy with him. The farming practices changed to eliminate chemicals, rebalance the soils and follow the principles of organic farming. Jerome hired a specialist to work a few of their vineyards with a horse, and in 2019, after seeing the results, the Billards purchased their own horse, which enabled them to expand the number of vineyards they work without a tractor.
In contrast to his father, who sold his wine to the local cooperative, Jérôme developed a market for his wines, and estate bottles his entire production. Yields are kept low by severe pruning and the use of cover crops. The vines are harvested by hand and Jérôme likes to harvest on the "late side," to give good concentration to his wines. Fermentations utilize indigenous yeasts and a modest amount of SO2 is added before bottling; 25mg/L for whites and 15mg/L for reds.
There are about 20 villages included in the Hautes Côtes de Beaune appellation. These old villages, many of which are barely inhabited, are secluded in the hills and their vineyards are interspersed with woodlands and farms that grow a variety of crops. The Billard family home and winery are located in one of these, La Rochepot, a small village noted for its elaborate 13th century chateau which is set into a rocky hillside.
Anne-Sophie Debavelaere, of Burgundian roots, began her domaine in 1984 with one hectare of land. Over the years, the estate has expanded and now includes 11 hectares divided among seven "climats". The parcels are mostly in Rully but include small plots in Bouzeron and Beaune. In Rully they have vineyards in four "climats": the 1er Cru "Les Pierres" and the three lieux dits "Les Cailloux", "Moulin A Vent" and "Chaponnière."
In 2014, Anne-Sophie's son, Felix joined her at the domain. Their vineyards are all worked with respect for the environment. No insecticides or herbacides are used, the ground is plowed but otherwise the use of a tractor is restricted. The winery or "cave de vinification" is a vaulted cellar which was dug from the Rully hillside in 1850. It was originally built by a local negociant who wanted to have a cellar for sparkling wine similar to those in Champagne. Today, it offers Anne-Sophie and Felix a wonderful environment in which to mature their wines.
Read Anne-Sophie's comments in the Burgundy Vintage Reports
Le Chai Duchet was created in 2013 by Alexis Duchet and his parents. Alexis is the seventh generation to work his family's land in the village of Viré which is situated in the Haut-Maconnais, 18km north of Macon. In 1928 Alexis' great grandparents joined with other wine growers of Viré to create a cooperative which enabled them to both vinify and commercialize their wines. Alexis' parents were working with this same cooperative until they decided to build a small winery, "le chai duchet" so that Alexis could produce estate bottled wines. Before rejoining his parents, Alexis travelled extensively doing winemaking stints in unusual places such as Margaret River and Ontario Lake as well as closer to home in Meursault and the Savoie. He has inherited 9.5 hectares from his parents; 7ha in Viré-Clessé and 2.5ha in Macon-Villages. Additionally Alexis rents 1.5h of old vines in Viré-Clessé. Alexis'father stopped using chemicals in the vineyard during the 1980's when he saw problems of erosion and for the last ten years he has farmed his land organically despite the fact that the cooperative offered him no extra money for his grapes. Alexis is continuing in the same philosophy although does not want to apply for certification.
In 1937 the wines of Viré sold for the same price as those of Pouilly-Fuisse and when the Appellation D'Origine Controlée was offered to the wine producers of Viré in that year, they refused because they didn't want to pay the extra tax that came along with the upgraded status. The thinking was that they already sold all the wine they produced at a good price, so why pay the government more money just to have official recognition. In 1963, having regretted their earlier decision they applied to the INAO for recognition and were denied, a decision based primarily on the small size of Viré's vineyards which totaled 120 hectares. Finally, after many years of pressing their case with the INAO the growers of Viré decided to join forces with the growers in the neighboring village of Clessé to create a joined appellation. In 1997 the INAO voted to accept their proposal and the appellation of Viré-Clessé was born.
At Le Chai Duchet all harvesting is done early in the morning by machine. The wines are fermented with their indigenous yeast and the total SO2 is 50 to 70 mg/L.
Domaine Romuald Petit
Romuald Petit farms 7 hectares in the Maconnais and 5 hectares in Beaujolais. His Burgundy parcels are primarily in Saint-Verand with a small parcel in neighboring Pruzilly. The Beaujolais parcels are primarily in Morgon with smaller holdings in Chiroubles and Saint-Amour. Romuald's parcels in the Maconnais are typically Burgundian, in that they differ with regards to their soils, rootstocks and the age of the vines. There are young vines (aged 5-15 years) planted by Romuald, and others that are over a hundred years old, planted just after the Phylloxera crisis. Because each parcel produces grapes with very different qualities, Romuald vinifies each separately, only assembling the wines (or not) before bottling. His aim is to create a wine that is both balanced and expressive. Romuald has always farmed without chemical fertilizers, herbicides, or pesticides. In 2019, he officially began his conversion toward organic certification. All wines are harvested by hand and fermented with indigenous yeast.
Read Romuald's comments in the Burgundy Vintage Reports


Search and Rescue workers from New York rescue a man from flooding caused by Hurricane Florence in River Bend, North Carolina, U.S. in this Sept. 14, 2018 handout photo.
As Florence makes landfall in the Carolinas, the White House said that President Donald Trump plans to travel to areas affected by the hurricane.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement Friday that Trump would head to storm-damaged regions "early to middle next week" once conditions improve and it is determined his travel will not disrupt any rescue or recovery efforts.
On Friday, Trump tweeted his support for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), first responders and law enforcement, stating that they are doing an "incredible job."
President Donald Trump (L) listens as FEMA Administrator Brock Long, center, talks about Hurricane Florence in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sept. 11, 2018, as Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen listens at right.
Fooded streets are pictured as Hurricane Florence moves into the Carolinas in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S., Sept.14, 2018.
At a news conference to discuss hurricane response and recovery early Friday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi responded to Trump's tweet.