Did you catch that? His hope for Jacob's future is that he would come to take possession of the land as a foreigner. You see, Abraham didn't grow up in the land. He moved their and took possession, as a gift from God. God, through providence and provision, gave the land to him. Isaac again settled in the land as a foreigner. However, Jacob grew up there. In that sense, he would be the heir to it. He would receive it through his birthright.
The problem is that the promised land would become the symbol for the ultimate riches that God will deliver to all his sons and daughters. The promised land, was indeed received through "promise" and not property rights. Jacob would become one of the 3 partriarchs most often mentioned when referring to the God who would make good on his promise. The "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" had promised and delivered the land to both Abraham and Isaac, but if Jacob was to be the standard-bearer for the God who fulfills his promises, he too needed to have his own experience of this.
God uses this time in Jacob's life in a mighty way, and we can learn a lot about how we ought to live from it. True, we can learn that God delivers on his promises and in fact wants us to live a life where we actually experience what it means to live by faith. For Jacob, God has him abandon the land that would be rightfully his so that he will recognize God's provision when he reclaims the land. This experience will grow Jacob's faith immeasurably.
God promised the land to Abraham and his seed. However, they recognized that for a time, many generations in fact, they would prosper but not truly possess the land. They were in a period of waiting and relying on God, constantly looking forward and having faith that he would deliver them. During that time they lived in tents or tabernacles which is really to say that they lived in temporary shelters, awaiting a time when their permanent residency would be fulfilled.
Living "called out" lives, different from the world around us, glorifies God. It signals to both the world and to each other (in the church) that another kingdom exists, the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is at hand, and the proof of that is found in the foreigners, the sojourners who live in this world, but are not of this world.


While renting a vehicle you will choose the one that you want based on economical rates that the rental agencies give. However, there are times that you still get landed with a hefty bill because the car rental company had failed to enlighten you about certain additional costs. Some of the most common "hidden" costs are the following.
Taxes are not the same everywhere and the VAT (Value Added Tax) is 25% higher elsewhere, although in some places you are eligible for a partial refund.
You can avoid paying airport surcharges for concession fee and customer facility fees by hiring the car from a location away from the airport. However, you will still need transportation to the agency and so, it is better to consider which will be the cheaper option. Even if you were to go to your hotel directly from the airport and return at a later time to pick your car from the airport, you will still have to pay concession fees. As these fees can vary from airport to airport, you might want to check out cheaper rentals from other parts of the city or agencies which are nearer your place of stay.
While some car hire companies offer unlimited mileage, you cannot take for granted that it is the same for all companies. When you exceed their limit, the extra charge will be automatically added to your final bill.
Most of the time, your regular car insurance will cover for collision damages and loss damages. However, Collision Damage Insurance Waiver and Loss Damage Waiver are charges that the rental agency will automatically put on your bill. Also, there are countries which insist on having insurance while it is optional in other places.
Travelers will usually like to travel in comfort and so they take GPS, child seat and other things that will make their drive easier. However, you may have to pay extra and so ask them beforehand the rates.
Check whether the rental company offers full-full tank or a full-empty tank before renting the car. Sometimes when it is full-empty, you might have to pay a heavy price, but when you return the car with a full tank you will not have to pay the fuel charges to the company. Also, sometimes, when the policy says that you can return the car with an empty tank and there is still some fuel left over, you will most probably not get refunded.
Some companies will charge extra if there is an additional driver, but companies like Avis and Budget will not charge anything if the other driver is the spouse or partner.
You might be required to pay extra charges if you were to return the car in a different location. The fee will vary based upon the distance and also be careful not to return the car late. Usually there will be a grace period but if you exceed that you might be required to pay for another day rather than for an extra hour.
If the person is under 25 years, then there will be an extra charge of 25 to 30 dollars a day and if the driver is younger than 21, the charge will be even higher.
To prevent the rental company from giving you a nasty surprise later on, ask them to give you the final rate which is inclusive of all the above charges.


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DUNCAN (AFP) -- Three people were killed in a shooting early Monday outside a Walmart store in Oklahoma, including the assailant, police said -- the latest in a string of deadly gun attacks at the popular supermarket chain.
Danny Ford, the police chief in the town of Duncan, said the shooting -- an apparent domestic dispute -- took place shortly before 10:00 am (1600 GMT) in a parking lot in front of the store.
"We have three individuals that are deceased. We have two white males and a white female. Two of the victims are inside the vehicle, one is outside the vehicle," said Ford.
A handgun was also found at the scene, police said.
Witnesses told local news channels that the shooter approached his victims while they were inside the vehicle, opening fire on them.
He then turned his weapon on himself when a fourth man reportedly pulled out a firearm and challenged the shooter, they said.
Family members at the scene said the shooting was a domestic dispute between a husband and his wife, a local Fox news affiliate reported.
A Walmart spokeswoman told Fox that no staff members were involved in the incident in Duncan, a town of 22,000 inhabitants some 75 miles (120 kilometers) south of Oklahoma City, the state capital.
Schools in the area had been placed on lockdown temporarily before being given an "all clear" by local police, the local school district said in a statement.
At the start of this month, a new permitless carry law came into effect in the central US state, allowing anyone over 21 and without a felony conviction to carry a gun without a permit or a license.
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Steve Lawrence has succeeded at just about everything in life – especially importing and distributing European wines in Texas
By Wes Marshall, Fri., Aug. 13, 2004
Photo By John Anderson
My buddy Mick Vann (a frequent Chronicle contributor) and his writing partner, Art Meyer, were cooking a special Spanish dinner to celebrate receiving the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for their book The Appetizer Atlas: A World of Small Bites (John Wiley & Sons), as well as Art's retirement from UT. All of the guests were asked to bring a Spanish wine and, as usual, I started poking about to see which wines people brought. With hundreds of Spanish wines to choose from locally, I was amazed to see that 80% of the wines were from Terra Verus, a wine distributor in Austin. The only way there could be such an unbelievable number from one distributor is if a lot of Austin stores were taking customers by the hand and telling them to buy these wines. That rarely happens.
I was already aware of Terra Verus. About six weeks before, I had gotten a phone call from Michael McGovern, manager at Mezzaluna. "Man, you have got to taste these Terra Verus wines," he said. "The wines rock, plus this guy is just starting, and he's local. And he used to be this big corporate dude, but he's really cool." McGovern was so excited about the wines and the owner, Steve Lawrence, that he could barely contain himself. Since McGovern has one of the best wine palates in town, I paid attention and called to set up a Terra Verus tasting.
Lawrence showed up driving a panel van with a "WINE 4 U" license plate. He didn't look like a "big corporate dude." He wore jeans, had a buzz cut, and appeared to be about 50 years old. He didn't act like one either: He was very self-effacing and as interested in listening as talking. We went through about 20 wines that afternoon, and in between his telling me the stories about his small portfolio of wines, I learned that he had lived in Europe as well as Central and South America. We talked about travel and the problems and allure of foreign living. Lawrence turned out to have both a fascinating background and a great group of wines (see Terra Verus Wines).
Later that week, my wife and I went to a benefit dinner at Mirabelle Restaurant for volunteers working on the Guess Who's Coming to Dinner benefit for Project Transitions. I spied the wine table and, again, went over to check out what was there and, again, found several wines from Terra Verus. I also found Steve Lawrence, who, as it turned out, had donated all of the wines for the hundred thirsty people attending. At this point, I wanted some answers.
Why does this guy who sells great wines care enough about the community to give something back? I was also curious about what, aside from the quality of the wines, made normally jaded folks like restaurant managers and store salespeople get passionate enough about Terra Verus wines to go out of their way to entice customers to buy them. Finally, I wanted to know what made Lawrence take the entrepreneurial leap of faith and risk his money and time to sell wine. The story ended up being even more interesting than I imagined.
Lawrence grew up in Illinois, spending every hour he wasn't in school working for his father and uncles in their construction business. After college, he went straight into the Navy, spending time in Washington and on a submarine stationed in Hawaii. After more schooling, he joined Pepsi, crunching numbers and trying to figure out which ads worked best. Just about the time he got tired of being a desk jockey, a management job that no one else wanted opened up in East L.A. At the time, very few companies seemed interested in marketing to Latinos. Lawrence decided to go out with the delivery personnel, to meet the people in the stores and see what he could do to make Pepsi the favored drink. He started watching the checkout stands and noticed that nearly every cart that left the stores had tortillas in it, so he started offering a free bag of tortillas with every 12-pack of Pepsi. Suddenly, a geographical market that Pepsi had ignored sprang to life, and Lawrence became a hero.
He moved rapidly up the ladder, mostly because his gentle style and his willingness to work in the trenches made his operations successful. Those characteristics also made him popular with both his workers and management. He was promoted several times, and Pepsi even sent him to an immersion school in Cuernavaca to learn Spanish. Lawrence ended up running most of Western Europe, including Italy and Spain, which would come in handy later in life. When Pepsi purchased the franchise from the Mexico City owner, they needed someone with a cool head who could speak Spanish and create some good feelings among the workers, so they moved Lawrence to Mexico City, where he was president of Pepsi Cola and in charge of 16,000 employees. But there was a problem. The air in Mexico City made Lawrence sick.
About that time, Dell called and asked Lawrence if he would like to run their South American operations. High tech seemed to have a bright future, and at least he'd be able to get out of Mexico City, so he took the job. He decided to buy a house in Austin (since the city served as Dell headquarters) and headed to an office in Porto Alegre, a huge industrial city in the southern tip of Brazil. There he met his wife, Silvana, a pediatric cardiologist, and everything was going well. But, after 15 years of living outside of the U.S., Lawrence was starting to realize he wanted to come home. He called Dell and asked for a transfer, but they wouldn't oblige him. After working his heart out for every company, sacrificing any kind of family or social life, he had a decision to make: remain a big fish in a big pond making big bucks, or chuck it all and go home. He and Silvana moved to Austin.
There were some roadblocks. Silvana found out she wouldn't be able to practice medicine. Despite being a respected physician in Brazil, she would have to live through a full residency program all over again and seek American licensing and board certification. Lawrence had to figure out something to do for a living. Luckily, he had saved some money and decided to enroll in the LBJ School.
In the meantime, Lawrence's love of wine had grown. One night, he attended a wine dinner at Sullivan's and met a man who was selling Italian wines. In casual conversation, Lawrence asked him how he got into the business. It sounded pretty easy. "That," he said, "was the day I started changing careers." After a year at the LBJ School, he quit and started preparing to be a wine importer.
It was much harder than he anticipated. He spent a few months just getting together the paperwork; then the background check for his import license took more than six months. All the while, there was no money coming in, Silvana was back in training, and Lawrence started questioning whether he had done the right thing.
"I was really depressed," he said. "I kept thinking I would never find any good wines and, even if I could, I wouldn't be able to compete." Then he decided to call some of the people he had worked with in Spain and Italy and ask for help. His friends rushed to his rescue.
"Luis Alcacer used to work for me, and he had also left Pepsi," Lawrence said. "But he lived in a beautiful part of Spain and had decided to start a little winery. He told me that if I would come over, he would help me meet some people." Lawrence also sent a note to the Italian Trade Commission and told them he was looking for wines that he could import. Two wineries contacted him, but then a great stroke of luck hit: A friend of Silvana's from Brazil met Giuseppe Quintarelli, one of the most respected winemakers in Italy, a man whose Amarones, when they can be found, sell for more than $300. He had a young friend, Luca Fedrigo, who was trying to establish an export relationship with an American firm and needed some help. Good enough, but there was more.
"Quintarelli really cared about Luca," Lawrence told me, shaking his head as if he still couldn't believe the luck. "He said I should import the wines and he would help Luca make them." In the wine world, that's like having Larry Brown offer to help coach your college team. But this also taught Lawrence a valuable lesson. Wine in Spain and Italy is handled as a friends-and-family business. The credo is that if you need help, I'll help you; if I need help, you are there for me. Vicious competition is frowned upon; friendly compatibility is rewarded. "Over there, wine is not a commodity," Lawrence explains. "When I go over there, I don't stay in hotels. I stay with the families of the people I deal with. I know their kids' birthdays. Allesandro Romana always takes me to his mama's for dinner, and she makes this wonderful six-course meal that she knows makes me so happy. I love them and I love helping them sell their stuff in the U.S."
In all, Lawrence drove 4,200 miles around Italy and Spain, searching for great wines that weren't being exported. He put together a small portfolio of wines, arranged for them to be shipped over in refrigerated containers, and headed back to Texas. He found an inexpensive warehouse not far from the airport and went to Office Depot to buy some cheap furniture. I wondered how it felt to go from the CEO of Pepsi Mexico to sitting cross-legged on the floor assembling office furniture.
"I love it because it's mine," he says. "It's funny. I do everything myself – unload the trucks, stack the wines, fill orders, sell, sweep the floors, and turn out the lights. And I've never had so much fun in my life." All this is pretty different from the multinational soft-drink business, but he clearly loves the change.
Sales also turned out a little tougher than he imagined. One big chain told him they wouldn't take his wines because they were too tied in to the two giant distributors in Texas. Another lowballed him on his wines while demanding they be the exclusive store for Terra Verus. After a lot of work, Lawrence finally found three places willing to take a chance on his wines: Wiggy's, Mezzaluna, and Vespaio. He feels some affection for these places because "not only did they give me a chance, but they recommended me to others. I mean, like Michael McGovern calling you. If I just called you out of the blue, would you have given me the same reception?" I had to admit, my response probably would have been more courteous than enthusiastic.
"Next, I tried to get into Central Market," he told me. "[Wine buyer] Seth Pollard was excited about my wines, but Central Market makes you show liability insurance and workman's comp. That's pretty funny, workman's comp – I'm the only employee. Do they think I'm going to sue myself? Anyway, I did what they asked and then I got into Central Market, where both the staff and the customers love my wine." From there, word of mouth, good will, and good wine opened a lot of doors.
In the 10 hours I spent with Lawrence, I did get all of my answers. He took the entrepreneurial leap of faith partly from necessity but also because he felt excited about wine. I think his kindheartedness and respect for other people has always helped him, but the answer to why salespeople and restaurant managers take the time and trouble to push his wine is a little more complicated, but it's an important lesson. Chalk it up to the school of "what goes around comes around" or karma or whatever you want to call it. People want to help Lawrence because he is doing it right – he's treating his customers and his community as if he wants to be a part of the family. And when you've spent some time with him, you can't miss how much he loves to share the excitement he feels about his wine and his life. He might not be making the money he used to, but he has a happier existence, with time for Silvana, his three Labradors, and his new friends. Above all, he loves finding wines that make people happy.
At one point during our interview, Lawrence leaned forward, excited and happy. "The other night, we sat down for dinner at Vespaio. I was looking around and – I just love this – all three of the tables around us had a bottle of my wine. That made me feel about as good as I can feel."
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The content and format for many pages in this section were derived directly from Kodak publications and my intention was and remains to give visitors a feel for the kinds of documentation about Kodak lenses that was available to users of Kodak optical products when they were produced. In this attempt at bibliographic correctness, site visitors may find navigation less than modern. The links below and internal page links attempt to bridge that gap.
Additional information about Ektar lenses is available at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Instructions for access.
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Drones, essentially unmanned aircraft, can be used in a myriad of ways. From controversial remote-controlled bombing platforms and police surveillance to monitoring crops on large farms and delivering medicines to remote locations, drones have found a wide range of uses.
One area of drone success is well proven. They make excellent camera platforms for aerial photography. Viewers can look at the dozens of excellent point of view shots with inexpensive GoPro cameras on YouTube to see that. From wedding videos to television commercials to full blown motion pictures, drones are now being used in productions all over the world.
Drones vary in size, but pro models often rely on six or even eight propellers.
This fall, drones got a major foothold in Hollywood filmmaking. In late September, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted permission to six filmmaking companies to use camera-equipped drones on film and television production sets.
The companies got some help from the powerful Motion Picture Association of America, who endorsed the move. Prior to the FAA action, very limited drone use was restricted to wilderness areas of Alaska.
Plenty of drones have been reliably flying around taking video and stills quasi-legally, but the FAA for the first time put its seal of approval on a policy that allows drones with film and video cameras to legally fly over the heads of people.
Assuming no major accidents, expect to see a lot more government action on drones in the near future. Google has filed a plan to test broadcast drones in the skies over New Mexico.
It filed an application with the FCC, one of the agencies that needs to be involved with such an endeavor. Google wants to use a test site south of Santa Fe, New Mexico and south of Las Vegas, Nevada. The company has already acknowledged it has done "self-flying vehicle" tests in the Australian outback.
The Google drones will be broadcasting at frequencies between 910 MHz and 927 MHz, with a second round of testing evaluating broadcasts in the 2.4 GHz to 2.414 GHz bands. Both bands overlap with some existing commercial equipment, with the former covering inexpensive transmitter and receiver pairs like cordless home phones and baby monitors. The latter frequency covers some Wi-Fi bandwidth, but the remoteness of the test area should prevent any interference with residents.
The FAA's Hollywood decision has implications for a broad range of industries, including the news media, agriculture, energy, real estate and online retailing.
"While the approval for Hollywood is very limited in scope, it's a message to everyone that this ball is rolling," Greg Cirillo, chairman of the aviation practice at Wiley Rein, a communications law firm in Washington, D.C., told the New York Times.
This drone is used for construction surveillance. Note each of the six props is protected by a plastic encasement.
Motion picture studios including Sony Pictures Entertainment and Paramount Pictures have already been using drones in overseas shoots for movies like Transformers: Age of Extinction and Skyfall. Millennium Films and Lionsgate recently used a drone-mounted camera for portions of The Expendables 3 in Bulgaria. The studios gained valuable experience from those productions, but were not under the jurisdiction of the federal government.
Michael P. Huerta, the administrator of the FAA, told the newspaper that at least 40 similar applications are pending from companies beyond Hollywood. One is Amazon, which wants permission to move forward with a drone-delivery service.
Under the six waivers granted in September, the production companies can use camera-equipped drones on outdoor movie and television sets that are closed to the public. The equipment must be inspected before each flight, fly no higher than 400 feet and be operated by a technician with a pilot's license. The FAA must be notified of filming. Night use is prohibited, at least for now.
The six film companies receiving FAA approval are Aerial Mob, Astraeus Aerial, HeliVideo Productions, Pictorvision, Snaproll Media and Vortex Aerial. The agency is still reviewing the application for a seventh company — Flying-Cam — for permission to use drones for production work.
The payload capability for many 'copters is sufficient for a small pro camera. Note the Canon camera mounted center.
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Yet, there has been a lot of industry pressure on the government to allow drone imagery. The footage is more compelling, the cost savings over manned helicopters is dramatically lower and more production is fleeing the United States in order to use the new technology. It's also safer. For example, three people were killed last year when a helicopter crashed while filming a Discovery Channel production.
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Q: weird placement of sub-index when color is used Could anyone explain why the sub-indexes were placed not at their correct positions when color is used?
With some further experiments I found that the problem can be fixed by surrounding the sub-indexes with more {}, but why without the extra {} the code does not produce correct output?
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\newcommand{\dint}{\displaystyle \int}
\begin{document}
\[
\dint_1^e \frac{\ln x}{x} dx =
\dint^{\color{red} \ln e}_{\color{red} \ln 1} u ~du       %buggy
=\dint_{\color{cyan}{\ln 1}}^{\color{cyan}{\ln e}} u ~du  %buggy
= \dint^{\ln e}_{\ln 1} u ~du           %without using color, it works fine
\]
\end{document}

A: \color works by setting a node which inserts the color using a backend-specific code. It then inserts via \aftergroup a node which restores the color. If you have
X^{\color{red} abc} _x

Then this ends up being
X^{\special{red} abc}\special{restore color} _x

and the subscript ends up subscripting the color restore node rather than the intended base.
Conversely with an extra group
X^{{\color{red} abc}} _x

The color restore stays in the superscript
    X^{{\special{red} abc}\special{restore color}} _x

so the subscript acts on the intended base.

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The game revolves around RPG story elements but concentrates mostly on players trying to increase their Combat Power (CP) in a variety of ways, from increasing their level by gaining XP, improving skills, enhancing gear, acquiring companions and various other methods that will ultimately make them stronger in combat and able to take on greater challenges. Players control a single character but are able to create multiple characters providing they are on different servers, but levelling up is relatively easy and the game provides numerous AFK/automated features. With these features can have the game automatically move them around from place, automatically interacting with NPCs and picking up quests, heading to quest areas and automatically killing the enemy targets, loot any drops and even automatically sell items if their bag becomes too heavy, players can choose to turn these AFK features off and manually control their character and fight.
There are three playable characters in the game: Warrior, Mage and Archer. The Warrior is a melee focused combatant, brave and fearsome and makes an ideal frontline fighter to protect their teammates and companions with their high defense, hitpoints and dodge abilities. The Mage is able to control the natural forces of the world, summoning the elements they can call down lightning, freeze their enemies with ice or burn them with fire in man AOE damage dealing attacks. The Archer is an accurate ranged fighter able to deal out swift and deadly critical strikes whilst keeping themselves at a safe distance and their enemies at bay.
Combat is generally quite fast paced with the player using a variety of spells and attacks to fight their opponents, typically huge groups of enemies gathered together or much strong boss mobs for special events of story content. Players have a selection of attacks to choose from, which will benefit them in different situations, and the AI/Automated player character will use the players best attacks when in battle.
Players character power is primarily affected by the gear that they have equipped, generally received from loot drops, quest rewards, event prizes or purchased in the game shop for premium currency, these items will boost a characters stats to make them stronger. Every piece of equipment can be further refined using the Forge System, using Refine Stones each refine will directly increase the items stats, the Transfer feature allows players to spend gold to transfer the refine level from an old outdated piece of equipment to a newly acquired piece so that they do not lose the efforts they have put into refining. Boosts also increase Combat Power but require an Obsidian material that is acquired from killing monster level 150 or higher and will greatly improve a piece of equipment.
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Is construction thinking clearer on mental health?
Mental illness has emerged as one of construction's biggest health and safety concerns. Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, CM looks at the actions leading contractors are taking – and the result.
Construction workers are more likely to take their own lives than any other profession, according to the Office for National Statistics. In 2016, the figure was 454. The rate is more than three times the national average for men. Faced with these grim statistics, contractors have begun taking action to improve their workers' mental health (see below).
Charles Egbu, president of the CIOB, has made the issue a central theme of his term. The institute is currently running a survey on mental health and Egbu, pro vice-chancellor at the University of East London, hopes the data will point towards practical solutions.
CM reader panel views on mental health
"An improving area but still lacking. Mental health support initiatives should be made mandatory via the Health and Safety at Work Act and CDM process."
Paul Bussey, AHMM
"Remove the stigma. My current role involves working with the fire authority. Their work recognises camaraderie is essential for their wellbeing as well as their safety. The firefighters are encouraged to discuss their experiences and are offered counselling or further help."
Sue Hanford, Surrey Council
"Recognise the stresses imposed on the professional team: the consultant who has been committed to deliver by a hierarchy with inadequate supporting resources, within unrealistic timelines. This is likely to impact mental wellbeing through unrealistic expectations."
Christine Gausden RD, University of Salford
"There is an inability to assess mental health in the workplace. It should be possible to have closed door consultations within a business that would remain anonymous if the individual wanted it."
Scott Usher, Spie UK
"Mental health issues are compounded by the industry being fragmented. Large organisations have resources to support their employees but the SMEs rely on the NHS so mental health issues go unidentified and treated."
Peter Egan, project engineer, Royal Engineers
"I've had the displeasure of having three very close friends in the industry who have lost their lives and committed suicide," he says. "When you are close to this and see how it affects families, communities, and impacts on the dreams and promise of the children of those who live with mental health conditions, you can't help but feel impacted."
Egbu has researched mental health over the past 20 years and says there is no doubt about the scale of the problem and that it is "complex".
"I believe effective leadership should create an environment where people are open and allowed to air their views, where there is a culture of taking responsibility," he says. "There's no one solution that addresses these issues but those who share their stories do help. What's most important is the support; that's what individuals need and cry out for."
Charity Mates in Mind has worked with the CIOB to raise awareness of mental health. Managing director James Rudoni agrees with Egbu that allowing people to feel comfortable speaking out is crucial.
"Getting people to open up about mental health continues to be the most immediate and effective starting point," he says. "We cannot underestimate this important first step – helping to provide clear language, create general awareness and help people to recognise that everyone has mental health the same way that they have physical health.
"Enabling workers to recognise the signs in themselves, while simultaneously enabling them to recognise changes in behaviour in others, is at the heart of many stories we've heard about the unexpected positive response organisations have had when engaging their staff with this issue."
Rudoni says it is also important workers are involved in shaping a company's approach.
"Training is an important component, but this needs to be hand-in-hand with creating safe physical spaces to have conversations," he says. "That may mean a breakout area so a conversation can happen in the margins."
Mates in Mind has worked with over 300 construction organisations but Rudoni wants to reach three-quarters of the industry by 2025. While there has been welcome progress, clearly construction still has some way to go.
Laing O'Rourke energises crane operators
Successful Select trial to be rolled out across business.
Laing O'Rourke recently ran an "energy" pilot in its Select plant business after identifying a high trend of mental health incidence in tower crane operators, due to long working hours, rigid shift patterns, isolation and living away from home.
One operator, Nicky Fitzgerald, "was concerned about the impact of my job on my family". Another, Casey Elsby, said she "would get stressed and was quick to argue", while aware that "operating the crane is safety critical".
During the six-week study, which started with an energy "audit" questionnaire, workers wore an activity tracker, which also measured heart rate, blood oxygen, stress levels and sleep.
"Some workers recognised physical issues they wanted to address, including feeling unfit, bad eating habits and body pain due to constant sitting and bending," explains Silvana Martin, health and wellbeing leader at Laing O'Rourke. "They realised 'what you take up the crane is what you will eat', so took healthier foods to work. New exercise regimes were introduced such as yoga stretches before a shift and a "crane workout" using resistance bands.
"The wearable device helped the team identify and manage factors causing stress, with lifting technicians using breathing exercises and taking breaks to reduce stress and emotion."
The results have been impressive. Fitzgerald says: "Now I do a full body workout of stretches for 10 minutes daily to improve physical health, which has made a huge improvement in how I feel. Small changes have made a big difference, I have much more energy in myself, and more time for my family."
Elsby adds: "The project has made a big difference to my energy levels."
Martin reports a 15% energy improvement in the six workers. "Their time spent in 'high stress' went from 75 minutes per day in week one to an average of eight minutes per day by the end of the intervention," she says.
Insights from the pilot are now being shared across Laing O'Rourke.
Kier addresses highways stresses
Safety videos show how 'easy it is to slip into a dark place'.
Kier has recognised the stresses its highways workers can face and this year produced a series of hard-hitting safety videos looking at the impact of workplace incidents.
Maintenance operative Gary Hodgson, who says he used to be known as "the hard man around the depot", struggled with mental health after an accident in 2017. His impact protection vehicle was struck by a vehicle travelling at 69mph, injuring his neck, shoulder and lower spine. He was off for a year.
Hodgson says he felt "fine" on returning but, after undertaking routine maintenance work, "started to feel anxious and panicked – I felt like I couldn't breathe, and I started crying – I learned afterwards that I was having a panic attack". He saw a counsellor who diagnosed anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is back at work and feeling "much better".
"I still have worries about getting back in an IPV and haven't been in one since, but my managers and colleagues have been really supportive and I'm so grateful to them," he adds.
Kier Highways now has 151 mental health first aiders (MHFAs) and runs "walk and talk" clinics and mental health first aid drop-in sessions. Its Smart Motorway M23 project, with 10 MHFAs and a 24/7 helpline, won a Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS) Ultra Site Award for Workforce Wellbeing.
"Attitudes to poor mental health have traditionally been negative," says Steve Crofts, its head of SHE. "In male-dominated environments, this stigma can be especially pronounced, with men not wanting to appear weak or vulnerable."
"The Safety in Mind videos show everyone how easy it can be to slip into a dark place. We hope these films make people pause and think, and be more open and understanding to others that may going through a bad time."
Seddon steps up after tragedy
Jordan's Conversation initiative launched after worker suicide.
Seddon knows about mental illness all too well, after being shocked when Jordan Bibby, one of the contractor's painters and decorators, took his own life in 2017.
"He never told anyone how he was feeling; mental health is still massively stigmatised, meaning that many of those who suffer do so in silence," says Liz Groundland, head of SHEQ at Seddon. "We knew we had to do something to change this."
"We aimed to introduce a new way of thinking about health and safety – vitally, that physical and mental wellbeing should be treated with parity."
Liz Groundland
Seddon consulted with its staff and asked how the firm could help. It realised that simply asking someone if they are okay can have a massive impact, as it encourages people to talk and ask for support, says Groundland.
"This is at the heart of Jordan's Conversation, our mental health toolbox initiative we started a year ago," she says. "During workshops people said they wanted to protect things in their lives such as 'walking my daughter down the aisle at her wedding' and 'playing football with my children'."
Seddon asked workers to consider these factors when managing risks and looking after each other on site. It simplified its health and safety approach to cover three imperatives:
Have you read and understood the Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS)? If not, don't start work.
Housekeeping: a clean, tidy workplace is a safe one.
Changing behaviours: take five seconds before you start work and if it doesn't look or feel safe, it probably isn't.
"We aimed to introduce a new way of thinking about health and safety – vitally, that physical and mental wellbeing should be treated with parity," says Groundland
Seddon has seen encouraging results. It reported 12 RIDDORs and 97 non-reportable accidents in 2017. One year later, this had reduced to four RIDDORs and 73 non-reportable accidents.
Jordan's Conversation toolbox sessions were delivered to more than 400 people employed by Seddon and in the supply chain.
"Improvements can always be made, and as we embrace mental health awareness alongside physical care, we hope to see a lasting shift," says Groundland.
A CIOB CPD, Taking a look at Mental Health, will run on Thursday 10 October 2019, at The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT. For more information and to register, visit: https://events.ciob.org/ehome/200192691.
2 million workers on zero rated contracts and self employed
How can you improve the working conditions under this form of employment
I'm coming to the end of my career thank god I am not starting
Sean, 10 March 2020
I have been through hell the last 3 years. Lived in a mental healt facility for 9 months and done with 20 electroconvulsion therapies (using live electric current passing through my brain). I am going through the recovery units both in NHS and Mind right now. So I think I am qualified to talk about my experience and root cause of the problem in construction. Forgive me, my English is not good.
I became a 'model' patient in the ward. Ward round discussion with my Doctor became a knowledge or backed to school for me. I believe what my Doctor told me that I had been bullied severely and for too long when he heard my story. I believe the root cause or a catalyst for someone mental health deterioration is the nature or the norms that is and always be, bullying and harassment exist in the construction industry. I have been practising my profession for over 35 years,both in my home country and England, I have not came across any company that do not practise bullying. The boss bully the seniors in turn the juniors and so on and so forth. Yet these companies putting up wonderful facades in front of their customers and clients without any of their due consideration of humane treatment towards their employees; at most, provide minimum safety and health required by law. We, the patients in the mental health facility used to have discussions and we came to conclusion the construction and kitchen/chef trades top ranked in bullying and harassment at work. Look we were not some crazy men, damn right in our thinking
There isn't many Laing O'Rourke, Kier and Seddon and similar in the industry; thumbs up for them. Hi, guys, I opine we need to take a look at bullying and harassment at work as well.
Last and not least, I like to thank CIOB Benevolent Fund directors and Frank MacDonald for making my recovery becoming more realistic. I used your fund to buy air ticket to go to see my parents and inlaws in my home country, coming November, exactly what I asked for.
Kaw Chong MCIOB, 10 March 2020
Kaw Chong is absolutely right. I can relate absolutely. I worked about 7years in the industry, the bullying and harassment is so gross especially in small and medium construction firms with poor organizational structure or just the pyramidal structure. I had to run to academics even though the industry had more pay than academia. All the mentioned stressors along others cause gross job satisfaction and the questioning of purpose which made me develop depression. I almost committed suicide, as a matter of fact, I had suicide ideation. I used the little hope in me to resort to religious coping because I couldn't tell anyone, I was scared they will say I had spiritual problems (trust African myth). I am presently researching this because I passed that corridor and I want to help find a solution. Though it is indeed complex, I believe that if we make this survey international in the built environment, the solution will surface. This is indeed timely. I also appeal that industry practitioners should respond to surveys in this area, it would help the quality of research findings.
Janet Nwaogu, 10 March 2020
**job dissatisfaction
Janet Nwaogu MNIOB, 10 March 2020
One of the challenges is some employers e.g. consultancies. Do not allow their employees to record more than 37.5 hours per week (7.5 hours a day).
Therefore not recording their actual hours without them trying to obtain authorisation from a Board Director.
These hours that mount up will include travelling to different client offices and project sites around the country. Where they are doing in excess of 60 hours weekly.
Without any proper monitoring to identify whether they are fatigued / tired.
stephen coppin, 10 March 2020
Having been in the construction industry for 40 years, bricklayer, Surveyor, Manager etc. I began suffering from depression and work related stress in the last 10 years. Unfortunately my line manager at that time had no idea what my issues were and seemed embarrassed about the subject. There was no help, everything I did was off my own back. I eventually attempted to commit suicide due to the pressures. The help I received was demotion, reduction in salary, threat of redundancy. I look at myself now and can not believe it was me. I kept all my issues to myself thinking it was an embarrassment to admit to being ill. I am now 18months from retirement and can not wait for that day. You must talk to someone about the issue of depression especially your family. Take it from someone who nearly lost everything.
Michael Day, 10 March 2020
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Conor McGregor says that he is set to fight Manny Pacquiao in Middle East next
By LockerRoom Team September 25, 2020
Conor McGregor could be on his way back to the boxing ring. The Irish MMA star noted in a tweet last day that he is boxing Manny Pacquiao in the Middle East next.
"I'm boxing Manny Pacquiao next in the Middle East." He tweeted.
McGregor also revealed on Twitter that he had requested Dana White for a fight against Diego Sanchez back in February before the COVID-19 Pandemic hit.
"To Diego Sanchez... I seen your recent comments about your final bout and I am in! After you fought Pereira, I had requested for myself and you to compete in Dublin. This was back in February when I was working on opposition for my season, pre covid. Good luck this weekend!," he added on twitter.
The former UFC champion added screenshots of his chat with Dana White as well along with the above tweet. McGregor went onto further add that he never turned down an offer to fight Tony Ferguson as well.
"Pre covid. Pre retirement. Never turned down offer of Tony as was suggested at the time. I stated months in advance (early February) that I was not interested in being an alternate for two consistent pullouts. Pushed for my own scheduled bouts," he stated further on Twitter.
McGregor's last outing in boxing came against Floyd Mayweather in a blockbuster showdown which broke multiple records. It would be interesting to see whether his fight with Manny Pacquiao materializes or whether this will go down as just another tweet from the former champion.
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So, you must have realized by now that I was away for a few days last week. I packed my bags, and travelled all the to Bengaluru to attend a training/seminar. I never expected to be received with open arms, the city had changed here and there from last time I saw it and it was hard to believe that almost 10 months had passed since I packed my bags and bid adieu to corporate life in Bangalore.
I packed official wears (Kurthas+leggings) and casual wears for evening parties.I picked up flats and heels, took necessary makeup and laptop. The journey to Bengaluru was eventful all thanks to my mom who nearly made me sweat by being late in bringing my laptop to the bus station. The 12 hour torturous journey didn't give me enough room to catch a quick nap as I had to report at office at 8:30. In my worst avatar I landed up for the meeting. Until 5:45 I was waggling my tongue and typing away in the laptop. Before I could go back to the dorm and change, I was greeted by you-know-who at the campus. We went in to select the cards for the wedding, and by that time V was going on ringing the phone. Went in for a dinner wearing my same old boring kurta and returned back to guest house to catch some sleep.
Friday was no good either, I was greeted by Mosterlillaz at work and then before I woke up (Qick nap between all the corporate drama) it was already time to pack up for the day. Out we went for dinner again and this time wearing the same kurta I wore to office.
Saturday after my work I was quite determined to dress differently for a visit to in laws place. I quickly changed to something really comfy for an evening of food, fun and fight. Meantime I went n for some quick shopping at Central mall belandur, Oasis mall Koramangala and picked up some lovelies.
Sunday was spend watching film, catching up with old friends and gorging on good food.
You look lovely in both the pics . Do more OOTD posts from now on :D I loved your kurta. And that multi strand neck piece is really nice,so finally you bought one!!
u luk lovely and dat shopping is WOW!
The necklaces you bought are really cool!! And I liked both your looks, especially the second one!! Looking forward for closer-up pics!!
nice read.....you look nice in both the looks!!
You look really sweet in both. Also it is so nice to get away.
My sincere apologies honey..I missed seeing you amongst my followers..
Hope the new city is treating you really well..
I've tagged you and passed on an award!! Please check the link http://shocksandshoes.blogspot.in/2012/03/another-blog-award-and-tag.html.
@Vanu Thank you for your lovely comment....and more shopping pics in drafts .I am too lazy to post any..
yay! so much loved what u shopped!


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Worldwide Sales of Toyota Hybrids Top 6 Million Units
Friday, January 17, 2014 — Toyota Motor Corporation announces that cumulative global sales of its hybrid vehicles topped the 6 million unit mark as of December 31, 2013, reaching 6.072 million units. The latest million-unit milestone was achieved in the fastest time yet for Toyota, taking just nine months.
Helping mitigate the environmental effects of vehicles is a priority at Toyota. Based on its belief that environment-friendly vehicles can only truly have a positive impact if they are widely used, Toyota has endeavored to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles.
As of this month, Toyota sells 24 hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid model in approximately 80 countries and regions around the world. Furthermore, within the next two years, Toyota will launch a total of 15 new hybrid vehicles worldwide, including the new "Harrier Hybrid" in Japan on January 15 and the new "Highlander Hybrid" in the United States in the near future. Toyota will continue augmenting its product lineup even further and increasing the number of countries and regions where it sells hybrid vehicles.
Toyota calculates that as of December 31, 2013, Toyota hybrid vehicles have resulted in approximately 41 million fewer tons of CO2 emissions—believed to be a cause of global warming—than would have been emitted by gasoline-powered vehicles of similar size and driving performance. Toyota also estimates that its hybrid vehicles have saved approximately 15 million kiloliters of gasoline compared to the amount used by gasoline-powered vehicles of similar size.
In August 1997 in Japan, Toyota launched the "Coaster Hybrid EV" and launched the "Prius"—the world's first mass-produced hybrid passenger vehicle—in December. Since then, Toyota hybrid vehicles have received tremendous support from consumers around the world.
Toyota has positioned hybrid technologies that enable the use of different fuel combinations, including the component technologies necessary for development of various environment-friendly cars, as core environmental technologies for the twenty-first century. Toyota therefore plans to continue working to raise performance, reduce costs, and expand its product lineup—including that of non-hybrid environment-friendly vehicles—to create vehicles that are popular with consumers.
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Pastel paisley dress with ruffled neckline. Vintage Moon tea and cake.
Newly opened vintage store and tea room, Vintage Moon (46 Commerce St., Asheville, 225-2767) serves up retro and antique decor, art, clothing, accessories and stylish afternoon tea services. What goes with a coconut-flavored infusion and petits fours? According to Vintage Moon creator Gigi Renee, anything from hippie-psychedelic maxi-gowns to somber Jackie-O sheaths. Here, Kate Matthews models the possibilities.
• [left] '60s-era mod dress in pink print.
• [right] Early 1960s ethnic-style dress with gold embroidery, hemp macramé tote bag.
• Black 1950s short-sleeved evening dress, short gloves, black rattan hat with ostrich feather, vintage journal.


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'Charlie's Angels' Sets China Release Date
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"Charlie's Angels" is set to land in China on Nov. 15.
The new movie iteration of the 1970s TV show stars Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinksa as the three gun-toting, karate-chopping investigators sent on dangerous missions by the mysterious Charles Townsend, whose private detection firm now has branches around the world. Elizabeth Banks directs.
The Sony Pictures movie will hit mainland Chinese theaters day and date with its U.S. release.
The last "Angels" film, 2003's "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," grossed a little more than $2 million in China. There are now tens of thousands more screens in the Middle Kingdom, which has become the world's second-largest movie market.
However, none of the new film's three main stars is of Chinese descent, as was Lucy Liu. Whether that will have any effect on its reception in China remains to be seen.
Banks is the first woman to take charge of the "Charlie's Angels" IP, whether on the small or big screens. In addition to directing, she wrote the screenplay, based on a story by Evan Spiliotopoulos and David Auburn. She also appears in the film, alongside actors Djimon Hounsou, Sam Claflin, Noah Centineo and Patrick Stewart.
The film is produced by Banks, Doug Belgrad, Elizabeth Cantillon and Max Handelman. Executive Producers are Matthew Hirsch, Leonard Goldberg, Nancy Juvonen and Drew Barrymore, who starred in the previous "Charlie's Angels" movies.
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Муніципалітет розташований на відстані близько 180 км на південний схід від Мадрида, 70 км на південь від Куенки.

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Kim Kardashian looked like a waxwork as she donned yet another very revealing outfit as she attended Tiffany party in New York Tuesday night.
The 37 year old reality star commanded attention as she attended a party in New York on Tuesday night in a very revealing outfit.
She went bra-less in a very low-cut white dress that featured a sleeveless top and floor-length skirt as she made her appearance at the Tiffany Blue Book Collection launch.
But it was her face that grabbed the attention with its extremely smooth skin and plumped up lips.
Kim wore her long black wig and was made up with lashings of mascara and dark blush over her heavy foundation.
She colored in her pout with glossy red color.
She was also very blinged out with a stunning diamond choker and several diamond rings.
The wife of Kanye West, who robbed of jewelry worth millions of dollars in Paris in October 2017, explained on her social media that the jewels were borrowed and she had heavy security.


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Enes Kanter wants wins, not development. The Knicks are trying to do both
Chris Iseman
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Enes Kanter still wants to win games.
The Knicks are in rebuilding mode and have placed an emphasis on developing their younger players, but Kanter isn't satisfied sacrificing victories now with the goal of preparing players for later.
"Let me tell you something, man: They can develop guys in the G League," Kanter said after the Knicks' practiced on Friday. "This is not the time to develop young guys or whatever because we're trying to win games here."
The Knicks are trying to do both.
They're attempting to develop young players while also playing to win. It's why coach Jeff Hornacek placed his starters back in the game late in the fourth quarter in Thursday's 118-110 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. That group, filled with veterans with the exception of point guard Emmanuel Mudiay, had gotten the lead and Hornacek believed that rotation gave the Knicks their best chance to win.
Only they coughed up the lead and the Knicks' losing streak ultimately extended to nine games.
The Knicks, losers of 17 of their last 18 games, aren't going to the playoffs. They're nearing the end of their fifth straight losing season. Developing the young players is one of the priorities they can still accomplish in their remaining games.
They have to determine what role Frank Ntilikina can play moving forward, whether he fits more as a point guard or shooting guard, which he's played the most since the All-Star break. Emmanuel Mudiay has had a rocky first 13 games, but the Knicks need to figure out if he can be someone they can count on in the future.
Then there are other players like Trey Burke, Troy Williams, Damyean Dotson and Isaiah Hicks who have been getting minutes as part of the Knicks' evaluation process.
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But playing young players means some struggles will follow. And that's why when it comes to trying to close out victories, Hornacek goes back to his veteran players.
Although that didn't work against the Sixers.
When asked about Kanter's belief that development should be done in the G League, Hornacek said it's a philosophy he can understand.
But the dueling goals of trying to win while developing makes the process more complex.
"We're trying to win every game," Hornacek said. "We go out there and you work hard. It's not like you're just going out there and throwing all the young guys out there at one time. One guy may be playing here and there. We've got to try and develop them, that's part of the process we're going through."
But for Kanter, fans are paying to see wins. Not development.
"This team is paying us a lot of money, everybody, and all the fans are paying a lot money to watch the games and they're paying a lot of money for tickets so they're not just coming here watching, 'Oh, this guy's getting better. This guy's developing,'" Kanter said. "No, we're trying to win games here. I think that's how our mindset should be. And if they want to develop somebody, they can send him to the G League and we can see some development."
Hornacek might also be coaching for his job. Rumors and speculation have swirled all season about a possible change at the end of the season. That talk has heated up during the Knicks' spiral.
While his current roster doesn't have the right mix of talent or experience to be a winning team, the losses that are piling up are still going on his record.
During a film session on Thursday, Hornacek challenged his players by asking them if they love to win or hate to lose.
Hornacek wants them to have the mentality that they hate to lose.
"I think when you talk to some of the coaches and the mentality of a Kobe Bryant, a Michael Jordan, a LeBron James, I think they hate to lose more than they love to win," Hornacek said. "When you hate to lose, you'll do anything it takes."
Hornacek said he has gotten no assurances that he will be back next season, which would be the final year of his contract. Until he knows one way or another, his job is to develop players — while he also tries to win.
"Obviously as a coach you'd like to know that," Hornacek said of an assurance that he'll return. "But our job right now is to take the guys that we have on this team, try to get them better, make them work, and try to do the best we can."
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The LBr lets you control the powerful sound and thunderous bass coming from your speakers. With the LBr's bass control you can optimize to your specific likings. Hopefully your neighbors are acquainted to your likings too!
The SonaVERSE LBr offers impressive clarity & fullness with its powerful setup. Dual 3W stereo drivers deliver rich mid-range & high frequencies, while the 5W subwoofer powers deep, resonating bass. Integrated volume & bass level equalizer knobs allow you to find the perfect audio mix!
With the option to power via USB port or included AC adapter, you can setup the LBr virtually anywhere. Simply plug the USB power cable into your laptop or desktop, insert the 3.5mm cable into your audio jack, and start jamming to your favorite tunes! The design is perfect for the office, classroom, bedroom, living room, or a home entertainment center. SonaVERSE LBr is the perfect multimedia speaker for any computer!


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import org.apache.oodt.cas.filemgr.structs.Product;

/**
 * API for generating a unique identifier for a CAS Product.
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public interface ProductIdGenerator {

	public String generateId(Product product);

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 Schröding (Kirchberg), Ortsteil der Gemeinde Kirchberg, Landkreis Erding, Bayern
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A beautiful, sandy colour neutral to wear alone or stacked up in multiples. You'll be reaching for this easy to wear bracelet all summer.
The faceted, round riverstone beads are a neutral light beige. Accented with a gorgeous 6mm and tiny sterling silver beads with a shiny finish to add an elegant detail.
**Please note each stone is unique in it's natural goodness and therefore each bracelet and earring is unique. Your bracelet will be similar to the one pictured but will be your own, varying in colour and placement.