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The Kwangju Uprising, the Struggle of All People
Today is May 18, the 20th anniversary of the May 18 Kwangju Uprising. In Kwangju, various events, including an international academic meeting, will be held. The leaders of both the ruling and opposition parties will pay reverance at the Mangwaldong Cemetery where many of the victims are buried. The attention given to the Kwangju Uprising shows the importance that the Korean people have placed on the resistance of authoritarianism in Korea's short history of democracy. This can also be seen in the April 19 Revolution.
The Kwangju Uprising 20 years ago made us so ashamed and was so very painful. At that time, journalists could not report all the facts because of the military authorities' censorship, and so the Korean people were prevented from learning all the facts, with the truth distorted or hidden. The memory of that time reminds intellectuals, politicians, and civilians of their sense of guilt over how they submitted to an unjust authority and turned their heads from the truth.
It is no exaggeration to say that the democratization struggle in the 1980s, with its triumphs, was brought forth by the Kwangju Uprising. The uprising not only become a driving force for the democratization struggle against the new military authority, but it also created the ideology for the overthrow of patriarchal and authoritarian ideas, customs, and cultures, leading to the June 10 Struggle and an end to the 30-year-old military rule.
Today should be a day for recollection and rumination on such things. The Kwangju Uprising should not be of significance to only a certain region, a certain class, nor a certain political party. It should be recognized by all people as an event that sparked the push for democratization and a start for democratic thought.
However, the significance of the Kwangju Uprising is not accepted by all as part of the nationwide struggle for democratization, but is discussed only in regional aspects. There are some who think that the Kwangju Uprising is only receiving attention because of Kim Dae-jung's relationship to the area. If the Kwangju Uprising is viewed through the interests of a certain region or a certain political party, its historial significance will fade away.
In order for the significance of the May 18 Kwangju Uprising to be recognized nationwide and perpetually, it should be understood for its effects on the democratization movement in the 1980s. Like the April 19 Revolution, the Kwangju Uprising must be regarded as a nationwide struggle of people against military authority.
In addition, the citizens of Kwangju must stop concentrating on the persecution they suffered. Now that the truth has been revealed and their honor restored, they have to take an open and amicable attitude. It is also important that the Mangwaldong Cemetery be declared a national cemetry and the victims treated as men of the highest merit. Most importantly the struggle of Kwangju's citizens must be raise to the status of the struggle of all people.
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Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Kendrick Lamar Top ACL Fest Lineup
Mumford and Sons, Major Lazer, Willie Nelson, Haim to play 15th annual Austin blowout
Radiohead will headline the 15th Austin City Limits Festival this fall alongside Mumford & Sons, Kendrick Lamar and LCD Soundsystem.
ACL Fest will take place over two weekends: September 30th through October 2nd and October 7th through 9th at Austin's Zilker Park. Three-day general admission tickets are priced at $255 and go on sale today, Wednesday, at 10 a.m. CT (11 a.m. ET). VIP packages and single-day tickets will also be available.
This year's ACL lineup also boasts Major Lazer, Kygo, Willie Nelson (weekend two), Chris Stapleton (weekend one), Kacey Musgraves (weekend one), M83, Haim, LL Cool J, Flume, Anderson Paak and the Free Nationals, the Chainsmokers, Margo Price, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, St. Lucia (weekend one), Band of Horses, Schoolboy Q, Young the Giant, Two Door Cinema Club, Die Antwoord, Local Natives, Miike Snow, Cold War Kids, Flying Lotus, DJ Mustard and Conor Oberst (weekend two). A complete lineup is available on the ACL Fest website.
For Radiohead, the Austin dates mean the group will play at least twice more in the U.S. during their stretch of dates this year. So far, the band is also set for gigs in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as appearances at Lollapalooza in Chicago and Outside Lands in San Francisco.
Earlier this week, Radiohead released their first new single in five years, "Burn the Witch," with an eerie, animated video inspired by the refugee crisis in Europe. The song is expected to appear on their upcoming LP, though Radiohead have not announced any details about the follow-up to 2011's The King of Limbs.
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Can we train our brains to work harder?
Instead of chucking it all in and hiking up Everest in a huff, he managed to change everything and do what he really wanted to do. How did he get there? He hacked his own brain.
solve our problems, become more productive and creative, and generally less frustrated by the day-to-day slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that cause anxiety, or just plain annoy us.
The book proffers 45 pithy, focused hacks that provide a different perspective on many of things we do daily (dare I say, unconsciously) and suggests ways to break out of the habits and create new behaviours. "One of the things that is hard to get out of is, if you do something the same way over and over again, it starts to get into a neural motorway," Neil explains. "To start doing things in a more interesting way or come up with interesting ideas, you want to take the scenic route.
"While I was still in advertising I was taking time off to run creativity workshops and I realised this is what I really wanted to do," he says. "I had also always wanted to write a book. I had no problem in having ideas for books, it was getting down to writing it, that was the hard part for me." So, basically, once his unconscious desire—to leave advertising and pursue his dream of writing books and helping others unlock their creativity—became fully conscious, he was more than halfway towards making that dream a reality. Once he'd gotten beyond what he didn't want, which was taking up a shedload of space in his conscious mind, and really hooked into what had been lurking in the depths on his noggin, he was able to move forward and change his life. His creativity consultancy, Lightbulb, works with people to help them do that too.
Brainhacking: Tips and Tricks to Unleash Your Brain's Full Potential, €22, is available now at all good bookshops.
The full feature appears in the June issue of XPOSÉ Magazine, on sale now.


Waiting times for a GP appointment are set to surge towards three weeks because of a shortage of family doctors, a new survey warns.
Patients are currently waiting an average of around 13 days to see their doctor, with the time having jumped by three days since 2015 alone.
Those delays are now predicted to "rocket" further over the next Parliament, as GPs are forced to spend an extra four hours each week seeing patients to keep up with demand according to Pulse magazine.
The findings come amid warnings that growing waits for appointments are fuelling the A&E crisis.
Without urgent action, waits will quickly soar to "several weeks" the British Medical Association (BMA) warned..


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ABSTRACT: In trypanosomes the first part of glycolysis takes place in specialized microbodies, the glycosomes. Most glycolytic enzymes of Trypanosoma brucei have been purified and characterized kinetically. In this paper a mathematical model of glycolysis in the bloodstream form of this organism is developed on the basis of all available kinetic data. The fluxes and the cytosolic metabolite concentrations as predicted by the model were in accordance with available data as measured in non-growing trypanosomes, both under aerobic and under anaerobic conditions. The model also reproduced the inhibition of anaerobic glycolysis by glycerol, although the amount of glycerol needed to inhibit glycolysis completely was lower than experimentally determined. At low extracellular glucose concentrations the intracellular glucose concentration remained very low, and only at 5 mM of extracellular glucose, free glucose started to accumulate intracellularly, in close agreement with experimental observations. This biphasic relation could be related to the large difference between the affinities of the glucose transporter and hexokinase for intracellular glucose. The calculated intraglycosomal metabolite concentrations demonstrated that enzymes that have been shown to be near-equilibrium in the cytosol must work far from equilibrium in the glycosome in order to maintain the high glycolytic flux in the latter.
The stoichiometric scheme of the model of glycolysis in the bloodstream form of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei.
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Novel chemical process a first step to making nuclear fuel with fire
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., November 24, 2020 -- Developing safe and sustainable fuels for nuclear energy is an integral part of Los Alamos National Laboratory's energy security mission. Uranium dioxide, a radioactive actinide oxide, is the most widely used nuclear fuel in today's nuclear power plants. A new "combustion synthesis" process recently established for lanthanide metals -- non-radioactive and positioned one row above actinides on the periodic table -- could be a guide for the production of safe, sustainable nuclear fuels.
"Actinide nitride fuels are potentially a safer and more economical option in current power-generating systems," said Bi Nguyen, Los Alamos National Laboratory Agnew postdoc and lead author of research recently published in the journal Inorganic Chemistry, which was selected as an American Chemical Society Editors' Choice Featured Article.
"Nitride fuels are also well suited to future Generation IV nuclear power systems, which focus on safety, and feature a sustainable closed reactor fuel cycle. Actinide nitrides have superior thermal conductivity compared to the oxides and are significantly more energy dense," said Nguyen. Nitrides are a class of chemical compounds that contain nitrogen, versus oxides, which contain oxygen.
Actinide nitride fuels would provide more safety and sustainability because of their energy density, offering up more energy from less material, as well as better thermal conductivity -- allowing for lower temperature operations, giving them a larger margin to meltdown under abnormal conditions.
Actinide nitrides, however, are very challenging to make and the production of large amounts of high purity actinide nitrides continues to be a major impediment to their application. Both actinides and lanthanides are at the bottom of the periodic table and potential methods to make actinide materials are typically first tested with the lanthanides because they behave similarly, but are not radioactive.
Los Alamos National Laboratory and Naval Research Laboratory scientists discovered that LnBTA [lanthanide bis(tetrazolato)amine] compounds can be burned to produce high-purity lanthanide nitride foams in a unique technique called combustion synthesis. This method uses a laser pulse to initiate dehydrated LnBTA complexes, which then undergo a self-sustained combustion reaction in an inert atmosphere to yield nanostructured lanthanide nitride foams. This work was funded by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program.
LnBTA compounds are easily prepared in bulk and their combustion is readily scalable. There is an ongoing collaboration between the Laboratory's Weapons Modernization and Chemistry divisions to examine actinide analogues for combustion synthesis of actinide nitride fuels.
The research team includes Nguyen, David Chavez, Bryce Tappan, and Alexander Mueller of the Explosives Science and Shock Physics group, Jacqueline Veauthier and Jaqueline Kiplinger of the Inorganic Isotope and Actinide group, Brian Scott of Materials Synthesis and Integrated Devices group, and Damon Parrish of the Naval Research Laboratory.
Research paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02480
About Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is managed by Triad, a public service oriented, national security science organization equally owned by its three founding members: Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle), the Texas A&M University System (TAMUS), and the Regents of the University of California (UC) for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.
Los Alamos enhances national security by ensuring the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile, developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment, infrastructure, health, and global security concerns.
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Q: How do I create a table with merged rows in R Is there an R package that lets me produce tables such as this -

I am using excel to show my desired output. I'm using the mtcars dataset as an example. Here I group Carb sizes into small, medium and large and show the count and mean mpg by those sizes. I've been exploring the gt package but still struggling to produce something like this exactly. What I can see from this tutorial is that gt table can add summary lines below each group, however I would like to add the summaries (count, mean etc) as columns, and not rows below each group.
Lastly when I try to replicate the the tutorial in the link above using the mtcars dataset, I get the following error -
Error in rlang::eval_tidy(expr = var_expr, data = data_tbl, env = emptyenv()) : object mean.mpg not found

Here is my code -
mtcars %>%
  select(mpg, carb) %>%
  mutate(size = case_when(
    carb %in% c(1, 2) ~ "Large",
    carb %in% c(4, 4) ~ "Medium",
    TRUE ~ "Small"
  )) %>%
  group_by(carb, size) %>%
  summarise(count = n(),
            mean.mpg = mean(mpg)) %>%
  ungroup() %>%
  gt(groupname_col = "size") %>%
  summary_rows(groups = T,
               columns = mean.mpg,
               fns = list(
                 average = "mean"
               ))

I appreciate any help.

A: If you put quotes around the new column name you don't get an error in R 4.04 running gt Version: 0.2.2 , so try: columns = 'mean.mpg'. From the @lag_rat_kid comment, and our joint experience, I'm guessing this infelicity was remedied in the more recent version of pkg:gt.
 #quit current session; restart
 install.packages("gt")
 library(gt); library(dplyr)
 # your code now succeeds

Although I modified it a bit to fix the error  in the definition of the "medium" case
I used the Rstudio Export as PNG file and was agast at the size it created ... 1.8 MB, so I then saved as a jpg file and then resaved as a PNG file before including it here). I then adopted the practice of saving as a jpg file and then converting it with an image viewing program for upload here.
If you drop the 'card' column from the grouping, do some different labeling and don't include the summary rows (which you've already caluclated)  you get much closer to your desires:
my_gt_tbl <- mtcars %>%
select(mpg, carb) %>%
mutate(size = case_when(
carb %in% c(1, 2) ~ "Large = 1,2",
carb %in% c(3, 4) ~ "Medium = 3,4",
TRUE ~ "Small = 6,8"
)) %>%
group_by(size) %>%
summarise(count = n(),
mean.mpg = mean(mpg))  %>%
gt(groupname_col = "size")
my_gt_tbl

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Ultraman X's Theme Song Single "Ultraman X" has also be announced. This single will contain OP, ED & some Sound Tracks. This single will be released under the artist name "voyager feat. Daichi Oozora". The release date is July 24. It is not known under what label it will be released. It could be columbia. As a bonus track it will consist a track (probably opening sequence) from Ultra Fight Victory.


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The UN needs... /
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You are here: Talking points: is the UN fit for purpose?
MagazineSummer 2014: The UN needs...
Adam LeBor and Mark Seddon debate this fundamental question.
Adam: The UN was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War to protect human rights and prevent genocide. It has failed to do so. During the 1990s, peacekeepers were present at the site of two genocides, in Rwanda and in Srebrenica, Bosnia, where the "blue helmets" failed to prevent mass slaughter. This happened for several reasons: the peacekeepers' lack of political support in the Security Council; their weak and ambivalent mandates, but perhaps most of all, because of the UN's then-obsession with neutrality and impartiality. The fear of being seen to take sides led to a grotesque failure of leadership at the highest reaches of the Secretariat. However, there are some signs that lessons have been learnt from those failures. Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan have taken a more proactive and interventionist approach. There the UN flag means sanctuary. So the UN may be moving towards becoming fit for purpose.
Mark: The UN was actually founded to "promote peace, security and economic development" and has accounted for itself pretty well in the intervening years. The spread of international conventions govern everything from chemical weapons to internationally binding commitments on aid spending and efforts to tackle climate change. For millions across the developing world, the UN is vitally important for their health and well-being. As you've said, the lessons of Rwanda and Srebrenica have been well learned. In their aftermath, we have the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), an International Criminal Court and peacekeeping operations backed up by stronger mandates. More recently, opening up a UN camp to internally displaced people in South Sudan is estimated to have saved 80,000 lives; the citizens of Benghazi, Libya, were saved from a terrible fate through UN intervention and peace and reconciliation has been facilitated after dreadful violence in Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste. When member states enable the UN to act, it very amply lives up to the vision of its founders.
Adam: I don't dispute that the UN has done valuable and important work in crises and disaster zones. There is no doubt that UN staff have saved and improved countless lives. And we can agree that the new, more muscular peacekeeping is a vast improvement. However the doctrine of R2P, that member states have a responsibility to prevent mass slaughter and genocide, has proved hollow: witness the continuing carnage in the Central African Republic. You also mention the international legal conventions on the use of chemical weapons. Syria, as is well known, has used chemical weapons against its own civilians, with hideous results. Yet Syria remains a member state of the UN in good standing, protected by its patron Russia, who can block any critical resolution on the Security Council. Until there is drastic reform in the way the UN is structured and operates, many of its stated commitments to human rights will seem empty.
Mark: The UN has now succeeded in destroying upwards of 93 per cent of Syria's chemical weapons, has provided humanitarian aid and stands prepared to do a great deal more if the warring sides allow it to do so. It's also set to despatch 16,000 peacekeepers to the Central African Republic. But the UN and its agencies are active in so many different, life-saving ways it is often easy to forget how important it is – especially to people in the developing world. It promotes maternal health, saving the lives of 30 million women a year; it vaccinates 58 per cent of the world's children, saving 2.5 million children a year; it assists over 34 million refugees and people fleeing war, famine or persecution and it fights poverty, helping 370 million rural poor achieve better lives. From sexual health, to fighting sexual discrimination, from campaigning against female genital mutilation and for a moratorium on the death penalty, here is the UN at work, showing a very real commitment to human rights. Just where would we be without the UN agencies that make such a great difference?
Adam: Yes, the UN does important work saving and improving lives. The parts of the Organization dealing with health, refugees and humanitarian crises are indeed vital. However, the UN was primarily founded to work for international peace and security. I must return once again to Syria, which has faced very few consequences despite having gassed and slaughtered its own civilians. This is the clearest illustration that the Security Council at least is no longer fit for purpose. It is now 2014, almost 70 years since the UN was established at the end of the Second World War. It is absurd that the five victors of that war – Britain, the US, Russia, France and China – retain the veto and permanent membership at the Council. This set-up ignores the reality of the world in the 21st century. Why is there no permanent member of the Security Council from Africa, South America or other parts of Asia? India, Brazil and South Africa, for example, would all be logical candidates. Until this is remedied and the structure of the Council is reformed, the UN will continue to lack both credibility and power.
Mark: Just because at least three members of the Security Council are supplying weaponry to different sides in the Syria conflict – and in doing so ignoring the pleas of the UN Secretary-General – does not invalidate the organisation of which they are all members. The United Nations' Geneva 2 peace process has offered the best way forward so far, but has stalled because neither side is prepared to give any ground. Your question about membership of the Security Council is therefore probably better addressed to the governments of France and Britain rather than the United Nations. There is no lack of appetite for reform within the Organization – just the opposite under the current Secretary-General. From Haiti to the Golan Heights to South Sudan, the UN is working to prevent conflict and help rebuild nations. And at a time of enormous change – environmentally, economically and politically – the UN is arguably needed now more than ever before. As has been said before, if the world didn't have the United Nations it would have to invent it.
Adam LeBor is the author of Complicity with Evil: The United Nations in the Age of Modern Genocide. He is currently writing a series of thrillers set in and around the UN. The first volume, The Geneva Option, is out now.
Mark Seddon is Speechwriter for the UN Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General. Prior to this, he had a journalistic career spanning 20 years, including as the first UN correspondent for Al Jazeera.
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Bands Abusing Kickstarter Are Exploiting Fans
by Jessica Hopper
Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you stop doing it wrong. Send your problems to her — confidentiality is assured, unless you want to use your drama as a ticket to Internet microfame.
Howdy Fan,
Over the past five years my band has built up a modest fan base that largely includes all the wonderful people we have met in the process, and is bankrolled mostly by our three day jobs.
We just released our second album on vinyl. To pay for the pressing, we started a Kickstarter campaign. With only 73 backers, we were able to raise about $4,000. As I crunched the numbers (I'm a sixth grade math teacher on the side), I realized that a good portion of our fans were willing to pay much larger sums of money than what their package was actually worth–and it sparked an idea.
If our families, friends and fans were willing to pay tens and hundreds of dollars on a promised cd or vinyl package for a Kickstarter, then why wouldn't they be willing to pay a small amount each month for guaranteed weekly content? The more fans who subscribed, the more advanced content we could give them. Also with this model, rather than hap hazardly booking shows whenever we can get them, and trying to make something out of nothing, we can have set deadlines, with set goals to accomplish each week, and a set budget to accomplish them with. We would still play live shows, of course, but this time fans would know about them weeks in advance because they would have been receiving our awesome content each week. The content could include recorded music, stories, graphic novels (I dabble),and videos. We would have a more interactive relationship with subscribers each week so we would be able to easily find out what they wanted. At the end of a year, we could scoop up all the songs we released to our subscribers and put them on a vinyl to sell at stores and on tours. Finally, it would have the added bonus of making us feel like legitimate artists. Having to deliver something to our fans weekly would push our creativity, and force us to ask ourselves what we could do to keep fans coming back?
So there's the idea…but now comes the questions. How do we ask our fans who already do so much to pay us $4.99 a month? How many other bands are doing something like this? Where do we start?
You don't, because this is a bad idea. While doing a no-middleman business model is usually something I encourage, you have so much expectation about how it would happen and how it would make you feel that you need to stop right here.
I cannot think of a single act that I would like to get a new song (or "content") from every week save for a circa 1989 De La Soul, direct from their time machine, or pre-'72 Zeppelin. I doubt I would want to pay $60 a year for that, certainly not a small local band I was partial to. What you have is a business plan, that is straight up milking a cow dry, especially considering that some of your fan-donors are blood relations. The $4,000 your crowdsourced was due to the extreme generosity of fewer than 100 people (congrats)–but the number you should be looking at at is 73, not the 4,000. Forgive me for this harsh toke, but don't mistake that kindness and generosity for interest or fandom. To me, 73 doesn't scream that there is demand, it says that you have some exceptionally nice friends.
The model you are relying for your plan is people paying for more than they are getting–which is messed up, though very American. Just because you could bilk them doesn't mean you should; that's a horrible precedent. Looking at it from a logistical standpoint: Even if your band is super awesome, dedicated, and has all sorts of multimedia skills for these sundry videos/podcasts/ bits o' "content"–you better be some entertaining motherfuckers if you expect anyone to care after week six.
It sounds like you want this band to be your life and this is your way of getting really busy with your band so that it feels like it is something that it is not. There's a really good chance that this whole enterprise, if you got it off the ground, wouldn't change much of anything because the problem you are describing is a spiritual malady, not one that is going to be solved by your college roommate throwing $5 a month at it. If you do not feel like a real or legitimate artist, that is on you, all the adulation in the world is not going to fill that hole.
Do some meditation on this: it's very, very unlikely rock stardom or even popularity will come to you. Whatever feelings or thoughts come up, just sit with them–don't try to band-aid them. Just sit there with it and get real with the fact you may never get the validation you want, when and where and how you want it. Think (and write some) about what legitimate means and what it means to be an artist. You also need to read Lewis Hyde's The Gift; Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World–it will inspire you to think deeply about some of these issues and help you untangle this thinking you have about money and success.
We grow up listening to records and jumping around our bedrooms air-guitaring and dreaming stadium-sized dreams. Through no fault of our own that dream stays in our hearts like a spark, way on up into the lives of our adult-bands, and it can cause confusion and sadness–not because it exists, but because it never evolved and grew up with us. And clenching on to that dream can even keep us from growing up. Let that not be the case here. It's time to grow your dream up, friend.
After you do this meditation and read The Gift, you are going to get busy with a new plan: You are going to think of something as ambitious and creative as this $4.99 plan, with the caveat that 1) it is all going to be free and 2) it's not going to be based on what other people can do for you, but how can this band be a vehicle for help and sowing goodness.
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I am talking playing any and all benefits; getting in touch with places like KEEN Chicago, who need bands to play parties for Autistic kids and young adults; putting word out to these industry contacts you have amassed that you are that band that's game for whatever fundraising events that have. You are going to play acoustic at an old folks home and do some children's birthday parties, maybe a school fundraiser. Stop laser-focusing on your courtship of cool, moneyed fans or the "right people." Throw a treasure hunt that ends at your flash-mob style show in a parking garage. Connect with an organization like Intonation and have your whole band volunteer mentoring young musicians in underserved communities in lieu of a band practice. You must also help one person move using your band van–to repay a gratitude to the universe that just floated you $4,000 for an album.
If you can write 12 new songs for pay, you can go into Bob Pollard productive mode for free. There is never a shortage of folks putting together benefit comps–volunteer yourself. Make your Bandcamp page donation optional. Make buttons (they are cheap and have a high profit margin) and you are going to donate each dollar you make off them to some cause that your band feels strongly about, and you can make a little sign for your mech table about it. Make a band zine with some mini comics in them and sell them at cost at shows. Since you have all this fire and energy to do band stuff, here you go–here is your opportunity to feel important, to stay busy, to know your band means something to people and to play a lot of shows.
Looking expectantly at the rest of the world to validate your interests, hobbies or art is a set-up to feel bad, to brood and be jaded that you are not understood. You need to reprogram you relationship with money as a creative person, because the one you have is like a hex. You need to grow-up your success dream and stop this focus on how it'll make you feel better. Start figuring out how you can be useful and how to make your 73 friends proud, pass on their kindness and faith, rather than how you can just get more money from them. The term of this assignment is one year, after which time you can revisit the idea of for-profit bandhood.
This is your chance to get free from this trap and as you've wished, "make something out of nothing".
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In a bid to ensure continued excellence in culinary experience for its customers, Sunbird Hotels & Resorts has hired one of the experienced Chef Heinz Brunner. Chef Heinz has over 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry, having worked with some of the leading establishments in Europe and Africa ranging from 5 star Hotels, Restaurants, Contract and Events Catering.
Most recently he did some work at The Michelangelo South Africa (5 star) and Isalo Rock Lodge, Rohanira (4 star) Madagascar.
Speaking in an interview Sunbird Deputy Chief Executive Officer Patrick Lisilira said Brunner joins the Group as a consultant as they are trying to reposition sunbird and enhance its Food & Beverage offer to ensure unrivalled guest experience across its hotels & resorts.
"As a leading hotel chain we have embarked on enhancement of guest experience through various product improvements in both our accommodation and food in order to ensure that guest's expectations are exceeded in the various hotels & resorts," He said
Lisilira said the culinary experience is set to be aligned with the different demographics and market segments of customers and that the exercise will also ensure process and menu re-engineering to deliver efficiencies in food production as well as new and improved menus across the Group.
"Our efforts are geared towards achieving culinary experience that is aligned with the current and emerging trends, as well as ensuring that our product development and improvement is implemented across the Group to meet the ever changing needs and expectations of our most discerning customers that are looking for trendy, experiential and lifestyle culinary experience," he added.
Lisilira further commented, 'Chef Brunner saying he is passionate about development of local talent and that he is going to be working with local chefs for the sake of capacity building to position Sunbird Hotels and Resort as a food experience destination.
In a separate interview Chef Heinz said she is excited to be part of Sunbird and as someone who enjoys use of fresh local ingredients combined with world-class techniques he is ready to make the difference.
" I believe that Simplicity and taste are the art of cooking, and I look forward to this exciting endeavour in the Sunbird Group," He said
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Apart from that, Sunbird also owns two popular beach resorts along Lake Malawi namely; Sunbird Nkopola and Sunbird Livingstonia, an iconic mountain resort in the former capital city of Zomba; Sunbird Kuchawe and a beachside Inn on the northern lakeshore, Sunbird Chintheche.
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Seeker~ Don't get me wrong. Edward and Jacob's relationship got a lot easier with his imprinting on Ness and Jacob's assistance with both the newborn and Volturi battles. Edward, I believe, feels a genuine respect for Jacob now. However, had Bella died (even if Ness lived) Edward was not staying alive long after her and things between he and Jacob would be very different.
If Bella died AND Jacob hadn't imprinted, there was no way Jacob was not going to fight Edward. That was pretty much a guarantee. Jacob would blame Edward for Bella's death and Edward would accept that blame readily and fully and would welcome any punishment Jacob felt he deserved. He would not even have faught back. And, in my mind, Jacob would have obliged. He said as much, didn't he? He outright stated that he would be more than happy to kill Edward if Bella died and he wouldn't wait long to do it either.
There has been debate about whether Edward would have wanted to die if Bella had died but Ness had lived. I'm torn on that. A part of me says that Edward woud see in Ness his beautiful Bella and would see Ness as a part of her, would love her and nurture her despite his pain because Bella died to save her. He would love her enough for both of them and when Ness was grown and on her own, then he would follow Bella. But, another part of me doesn't accept that. He knows that Ness will be taken care of by his family. He knows that she will be loved beyond reason, doted on, nurtured and taught everything she needs to know, given everything in the world. And, he knows the yawing, gaping blackhole his life is without Bella. I just don't think he can go back to that. No, he would still seek to die if Bella had.
Jazz Girl wrote: There has been debate about whether Edward would have wanted to die if Bella had died but Ness had lived. I'm torn on that. A part of me says that Edward woud see in Ness his beautiful Bella and would see Ness as a part of her, would love her and nurture her despite his pain because Bella died to save her. He would love her enough for both of them and when Ness was grown and on her own, then he would follow Bella. But, another part of me doesn't accept that. He knows that Ness will be taken care of by his family. He knows that she will be loved beyond reason, doted on, nurtured and taught everything she needs to know, given everything in the world. And, he knows the yawing, gaping blackhole his life is without Bella. I just don't think he can go back to that. No, he would still seek to die if Bella had.
I tend to think that Edward has so much self control that he might be able to live for Renesmee. Since he started loving her in the womb once he could hear her. I agree with you that his heart would be a black hole. It would pose a strange problem for him. Stay with his immortal child for always or try to die to join his wife.
This topic is making me sad now. I'm glad none of this happened!
Wishing our wonderful Edward a happy birthday and the happiest of Father's Days. Party like you earned it, love. Gods know you did.
Hope you and Bella have a wonderful day.
Who would ever have thought that after more than a hundred birthdays, it could still feel like something to celebrate? Amazing. But then, you all know how I feel about Bella. And Renesmee.
And who would have thought that I'd be celebrating Father's Day? It seems that miracles do happen.
Happy Birthday Edward. You have made me so happy and you deserve the best on your birthday and Father's Day. Renesmee and I have a little something waiting for you at the cottage after the party. Don't you wish you could read my mind? I'm so glad you can't!
I hope you can enjoy a nice juicy mountain lion .
The Real Bella Cullen wrote: Don't you wish you could read my mind? I'm so glad you can't!
Now that is totally unfair, and you know it!
Thank you for the good wishes, bac, December. Bella and I are having an excellent day.
That's right Alice, you keep quiet.
Edward, you will get your present LATER, after all the festivities.


A beer born of disruption. Liquid gold in anincendiary casing. Tropical fruit on the nose, tangerine and grapefruit fuse with white grape and subtle spiced orange. Followed by a bitter triple hop hit of lazer guided precision. A warming alcohol afterburner to finish.
Anarchist Alchemist - Incendiary ale.


A heart-stopping story of love, death, technology, and art set amid the tropics of a futuristic Brazil. The lush city of Palmares Tres shimmers with tech and tradition, with screaming gossip casters and practiced politicians. In the midst of this vibrant metropolis, June Costa creates art that's sure to make her legendary. But her dreams of fame become something more when she meets Enki, the bold new Summer King. The whole city falls in love with him (including June's best friend, Gil). But June sees more to Enki than amber eyes and a lethal samba. She sees a fellow artist.
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Recommended to me by a friend with excellent taste in books, this book had a high bar to meet and it truly accomplished that feat. I waded into this world and within just a paragraph or two I was fully open to it, excited to see all the ways it might develop, where it might take me.
As a queer person of color, I profoundly appreciated that not only the characters, but also the context and the culture were diverse and nuanced. It even provides a setting in which gender roles weren't taken for granted and sexuaulity was fluid and unencumbered by irrelevant moral trappings. And words didn't just sit on the page! They sang and danced, their rhythm staying with me a long time after I closed the book, whether for a moment or finally at the end.
I would love to see this as a film or miniseries, but I would fear no one could do it justice. It is just GORGEOUS! I honestly don't understand the low star reviews!
The way the story is done is very different than anyway I could have imagined it. It gives layers to the story and characters. It was refreshing to read. I enjoyed it very much.
This is by far one of my favorite YA/speculative fiction novels. Set in post-apocolyptic Brazil, the world is Rich with culture. The characters are well lived and the love triangle is the best I've ever seen written.


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Swimming is one of the best loved family activities – many children say it is their favorite family pastime. So, one of the benefits of baby swimming is that it starts building water confidence early.
Swimming helps to improve coordination and balance. Because much of your baby's body is supported by water, the main focus for them is on maintaining balance. On the whole, babies who swim have a much better balance out of the pool.
Swimming strengthens your baby on the inside. While swimming will help to develop their muscles and joints, it also improves the strength of their heart and lungs, and helps to develop their brain.
Swimming can improve their sleeping pattern. While it isn't going to make them sleep through the night every night, the extra exercise will help to make your baby sleepier.
Swimming builds water confidence. Many parents pass on an uneasiness of water to their children because they themselves are not confident swimmers. Going in the water with your baby will not only make them more assured about being in and around water, it can build your confidence too!


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Coach to acquire Hong Kong Retail Biz from ImagineX
Coach Inc, a leading American design house of modern luxury accessories announced that it had completed agreements to acquire the Coach domestic retail businesses in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China from its current distributor, the ImagineX group.
This acquisition will allow Coach to directly manage the significant growth opportunity with the Chinese consumer by gaining control of its distribution in this region. The agreements provide for a phased buyout of the current Coach retail businesses in Hong Kong, Macau and China over the next year. Thibault Villet, Coach's President, Greater China, will lead the operations of these businesses.
Lew Frankfort, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Coach, Inc., said, "We are extremely pleased to announce the acquisition of these businesses. Over the past several years, we have enjoyed an excellent partnership with the ImagineX group.
They have been instrumental in the initial development of the Coach brand in this region, including the opening of several important locations in key retail venues in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. In addition, under the leadership of Mr. Villet, we're now building an on-the-ground team and deepening our insights into the Chinese consumer.
This experience, together with our capital strength and international brand recognition, provide a solid foundation for Coach's expansion in the Chinese market. The opening today of our new Hong Kong Global Flagship Store on Queen's Road Central, combined with our agreement to assume direct operation of our retail business in Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, mark the commencement of the next phase of Coach's growth in this critical region. We are now poised to build the third leg of our business in China, following our successes in North America and Japan."
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In the run up to the general election, the question of what will happen to our human rights law, and the protection it provides to us all, loomed large. Although the new Government stopped short of saying it would "scrap" the Human Rights Act immediately, it was made clear in the Queen's speech that they 'will bring forward proposals for a British Bill of Rights' to replace the Act.
As we await further details from the Government, it is important to take stock, reflect on the Human Rights Act and assess the information available about the Government's plans.
What human rights are we talking about?
This debate matters because it is about the protection of everyone's rights, including children, to hold the government and public officials to account. Human rights are about our ability to live dignified, equal and respectful lives.
Human rights are the basic freedoms and protections that every person has; they are not privileges to be earned or gifts that governments can give or take away at will. It is important to bear this in mind when unpicking proposals about changing our laws – human rights protections by their definition protect everyone no matter who they are or what they may or may not have done. Laws which seek to provide rights only to certain people are not human rights law.
What does the Human Rights Act do?
The Human Rights Act is bring 16 human rights from the European Convention of Human Rights into our law, rights such as freedom from inhuman treatment, the right to life, to a fair trial and to respect for family life. These rights were written down when the international community, including the UK, came together after the horrors of World War II to say there must be minimum standards for all people.
The Human Rights Act makes these 16 rights accessible here at home by placing legal duties on public authorities to respect them in their decisions and action. This empowers children, strengthening their protections when they go to the doctor, are at school, interacting with the local council, involved in the legal system, or when their parents may be deported to another country. The Human Rights Act also means that all other laws should be applied in a way that respects our human rights, and new law proposals should be assessed for their compatibility with human rights. Finally, if necessary, children can also access UK courts and ask them to make a decision about whether their rights are at risk or have been breached.
Children and the Human Rights Act
Through legal cases, the Human Rights Act has empowered children to:
protect their right to privacy in receiving confidential advice and treatment about contraception and sexual health
make sure they are protected from abuse and harm when in trouble with the criminal justice system
ensure special children's rights in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) are considered by the courts when deciding whether deporting a child's mum was a breach of the child's right to a family life. (The CRC is not part of UK law).
Perhaps more important, is the many ways the Human Rights Act can be used without court action, to make sure children's rights are properly considered by public officials. At BIHR our work has shown how simply knowing when and how to talk about the Human Rights Act has supported children, for example:
enabling a disabled girl get access transport to get to school
preventing a new born baby and her mum from being made homeless
giving a young person a voice to be rehoused following abuse
getting the right support for a boy with Down's syndrome and his family
Isn't a Bill of Rights a good thing?
The new Government has been clear that it wants to 'scrap' the Human Rights Act and replace it with a new British Bill of Rights. A law that sets out our rights and enables us to hold the government to account may sound like an appealing idea but that is exactly what the Human Rights Act does.
It's also important to be aware that this is not an opportunity for expanding human rights, as the Government 'will not introduce new basic rights through this reform.' In fact, the whole direction of travel is worrying. Never mind using language such as "scrapping", the policy paper produced by the Conservative party explaining its plans for government, makes it clear that a new bill would restrict people's rights depending on whether they belong to certain groups or behave in certain ways. In contrast our Human Rights Act is based on our universal human rights, not on a DIY version of rights decided on by a government.
So what next?
There has been much discussion about what format a British Bill of Rights will take and what rights it will contain. This detail will obviously be important, but those of us who value universal human rights must not get so caught up in the technicalities that we are (inadvertently) co-opted into the cause for getting rid of our protections. Right now we have a great opportunity to talk about our human rights on our own terms. And for organisations and individuals who believe in universal human rights to join together to make the case currently for strong, effective and universal human rights protections, as set out in the Human Rights Act.
Now is the time to stand Together for Human Rights, individuals can join in here: www.bihr.org.uk/together and organisations can join BIHR's Human Rights Alliance www.bihr.org.uk/alliance.
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How do you reset your EHR password? I need to request time off, and I completely forgot it.
just pickup the phone at the ehr kiosk at work, the phone will auto dial the reset system, then you can reset password.
they are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week 612-304-4357 Client Support Center. I will tell you that usually when you get your eHR password reset, you do have to wait about 20 minutes before you try to use that new password, then you have to immediately change it to a password that only you know and remember between 7 to 13 digits with numbers, upper and lower case letters, symbols. Also it's best to do the reset from a work computer, then start using it from home, don't forget the password is only good for 90 days.
Doing it at the store, is much faster. Its changed before you hang up the red phone, in the breakroom ehr station.
The ehr won't let me log in at all. I set it up and went to put in the password and it said I had to call on the phone. I called on the phone and it reset the password and still never work. How do I get my self on it.
If resetting your password didn't help, talk to your HR. They may be able to help you.
Make sure you are doing it the store. Try the phone again.
you can change it up a bit - but that is the easiest way to get it to work. Log on at least once a month or so to keep it active.
I just tried this number at home and it worked instantly, didn't take any longer than it would have at the store. Thank you!


Nickie Jean Moore, age 19 of Cloverdale passed away February 8th, 2019.
Born October 1st, 1999 in Tulsa, OK to Brian Scott Curry and Norma Jean (Briley) Ward.
She enjoyed horseback riding, boating, corn-hole, and hanging out with family/friends.
Nickie is survived by her father Brian Curry and his wife Kathy; mother Norma Ward and her husband Michael; brothers Jordan(Kelli) Curry, Richard Curry, Ryan Teza; sister Connie Moore; step brothers Edson Eugene Westgate, Michael Ward, John Ward, Thomas Ward; step sister, Mary (Jared) Fundersol; nephew Jack Fundersol; niece Audrey Fundersol; many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Any floral arrangements, please send to the American Legion at: 501 South Main Street, Cloverdale, IN 46120 on Thursday February 14th, 2019 between 9am-12pm.


I hope you are well. Thank you for all your help and support in during the entire training course with New Leaf. I have passed my Fact Find as well.
I simply cannot thank you enough for all your help! I will send some sweets with my colleague Gemma Chapman on her next visit!
If this story has motivated you to become a mortgage, protection or financial adviser, or a Will Writer, please contact Mark and his team on 01702 431130 or email us today.
Thanks for the tuition. I have passed the results below.
FYI, 2 of the distinctions were 100% and 3 were 98%.
I enjoyed the courses; you took what could be a very 'dry' subject and made it interesting.
When I found a tricky question, I simply pictured you talking it through and the results speak for themselves.
I joined New Leaf in 2006 as a Trainee for their CeMAP course just after 4 years since n e moving into the UK. I had no industry experience and though my English was good enough for everyday use, CeMAP for me felt like it was written in Chinese! Since then and with the help and support I have had from the New Leaf team I took my business from working as a Mortgage Adviser in my spare bedroom in North London to being a fully qualified IFA running a small business in the City of London. Working in the Financial Services sector is not easy and as Advisers we are constantly faced with challenges. Having people around you who you can trust, who you can learn from and get all the support you need is an essential part of your success. There are many networks out there but I have no doubt that I would have never achieved as much as I have if I had not joined the New Leaf family.
I truly wouldn't be where I am today with my career and business without the Newleaf team. I joined as an unqualified will writer and am now a fully qualified IFA. Newleaf are more like a family than a training and compliance provider. Integral to the day to day running of my business, our relationship with them feels like an extension to our office rather than an obstacle to trading, as a lot of networks make compliance feel. I have been with Newleaf for over 4 years now and can highly recommend them - in fact I have to other people who have joined too. If you are serious about starting a career or business in Financial Services they will fast track that while maintaining the highest of compliance standards while working with you and not against you.
As a Financial Services company we have worked with NewLeaf since 2006. When we decided to offer a Will Writing Service I trained them as a Will Writer. I have been a great advocate of Newleaf since the first training course I attended with them. Their training is second to none and this has given me a depth of knowledge over and above that needed in purely writing Wills. This extra knowledge has given me a full and rounded picture of the other important and related areas. Newleaf have helped me every step of the way and have kept me up to-date with regular training both online and face-to-face with theory as well as practical work. Their service and support are outstanding and I would not be where I am today without them.
I joined New Leaf in 2016 because I saw them as a safe supportive home for me as an adviser. New leaf are always improving their proposition which has grown to a great commercial proposition since I joined. Partner this with the support, training and personal development it's a great place to grow a business. New Leaf gave me the confidence to build a team and business is booming. Thank you New Leaf!
Just wanted to say "thank you" for your time yesterday, I found it absolutely invaluable & inspiring & well worth the 300 mile round trip. You and New Leaf have changed my life & that of my family. I have been able to set up & establish my own company and now following your inspirational Blue print day I'm ready to pass through the gateway to even greater success.
I wanted to thank you for the training and support I received during my study of the CeMap 1,2 & 3 course. The fact I could study around my current job meant I was able to pass within a sensible time frame and feel confident when I walked in to the exam room. The study material seemed daunting at first but learning with a group helped no end. The class was a comfortable size with a great selection of people (some of which I am still in contact with), the various people that delivered the course, all had their own style making it both entertaining and engaging.
Anyone that expresses interest in their CeMap I will point them in the direction of you guys!
The SPS Training Programme offered by New Leaf is without doubt one of the best methods I know of obtaining the relevant CPD that we advisers require to remain legal and regulated.
Congratulations to you on passing CeMAP 1.
I am very pleased to inform you that I am now in receipt of course material for CeMap2/3 and here is the outcome of my recent exam.
I personally had reservations about the timeframe in which I had to learn and sit the exam prior to the November deadline. Like anything in life, you only get out what you put in. With the aid of Phil Dockerill, our trainer at the University of Westminster in London, who's wealth of knowledge and experience I believe was an absolute asset, the deadline was met and objective achieved. I hope to improve on my results for the next stage of CeMAP and look forward to the December training sessions with Phil.
I hope that everyone who attended our class was successful in their exams and are able to progress to the next stage.
Having never worked in the financial sector during my career I found this course interesting, well taught and engaging. The fact I passed I think is testament to New Leaf's professionalism and expertise in their field. The staff are friendly and willing to help.
I wanted to share my testimonial for Sam's top tips with you all really.
I wanted to let you and the team know how I appreciated Sam's Will Writing Course and I am sure the other members would agree.
I thoroughly enjoyed the 3 days of learning due to his ability to convey and relay the main crux of Will Writing.
His structure, knowledge, clear explanations and interaction with us all was very well absorbed, remembered, and affective.
He made simple a very complex system.
We had fun, yet the depth of his training I felt was more than enough without over complicating, to start us off immediately as professional Will Writers with confidence.
A really well all-round formulated and presented 3 days.
I cannot thank Sam enough for his support, extensive knowledge and great training.
So thanks guys from me. Your efforts are not missed.
I was looking to change career after spending 6 years in the Education sector as a Secondary School teacher. I have always had an interest in finance after studying Chemistry with option modules in Economics but decided not to peruse at the time. I decided last year that I was going to retrain in the hope to become a financial advisor and started to look for training providers to help me pass DipFA and I decided to go with New Leaf as they seemed the most professional and helpful when I spoke to them with a good structured approach to the training programme, so good that I was willing to travel from Northumberland to Southend to undertake the training.
On the first day of training I was not disappointed. The trainer, John, was excellent and delivered content with clarity and pace that allowed me to make outstanding progress considering I am new to the finance sector. His knowledge of the content is first class and always questioned the class to check for understanding and iron out misconceptions. As qualified teacher I can honestly say he is an outstanding practitioner!
I sat FSRE and AFA and passed first time which I would not have done without the help of John and the team at New Leaf and I owe a debt of gratitude to him for helping me change my life by perusing a new career. In fact I am that confident in New Leaf in their training and development that I would like to continue to work with them in the hope that I will become a full IFA!
New Leaf offered excellent advice and guidance throughout my completion of the DipFA course. The training, equally suited to an experienced individual or a novice new to the industry like myself was expertly delivered in and vital in my completion of the course. I would highly recommend anyone undertaking the DipFA course regardless of their knowledge level to undertake the training course and I will almost certainly be undertaking further training courses with New Leaf in the future.
I would like to say a very big thank you to yourself, Mark and Daniel, as well as all the other members of your team for the very warm welcome you all gave me last week into the New Leaf family!!
I had only heard good things of New Leaf prior to applying for the Will writing course, after having spoken to several of your Appointed Representatives, but you always have reservations until you are able to experience for yourself.
I must admit that after having spoken to you initially when I first enquired about the course, and the long telephone conversations I subsequently had with Mark and Daniel, I felt happy that New Leaf would be a good choice.
Having attended the course last week I am completely reassured that my choice was correct. You were all very welcoming, and nothing was too much trouble.
The actual course was both relaxed yet extremely informative. The knowledge of Alan together with the many illustrative experiences he shared with us was of great help. The motivational talk by Mark was wonderful. I only wish I had heard it well before now. I was also very impressed with the extra day of coaching given by Theresa. The experience she has gained in the last 12 months starting her business will undoubtedly be of great benefit to me.
I must admit the whole course was very uplifting, mainly due the enthusiasm of the whole team. Everybody in your office seemed enthusiastic and happy, which is a very good sign.
I have spoken to an accountant with regard to running the business as a limited company, which is the way I am hoping to go. I have yet to decide on the name, and will need to sort out a website/letterheads/logo and business cards. I will confirm with Daniel that he is happy with them in due course. Hopefully I will be up and running early January.
I am very much looking forward to working with you all.
Many thanks for the information provided yesterday which is extremely beneficial to myself. I thought it was an excellent course on a area we all require more knowledge.
I have just received my Pass result.
I can categorically state that I would not have achieved this without the Course and guidance I received from John Band.
Happy Christmas to you and all your staff.
I am pleased to let you know that I passed the IFS fact find exam on 6th September with 90/150 which means that I am able to apply for my Statement of Professional standing.
I have continued my membership of the IFS and will speak with you in due course about maintaining the CPD through IFS.
Please express my sincere thanks to John and Phil, without their help I would not have passed, and thank you, Sarah and everyone at New Leaf for your kindness and help, it was a pleasure to study at southend.
I just wanted to send a quick letter of appreciation for the training I received by New Leaf.
John Band was well informed with the examiners remit and what he was looking for, his experience of the subject matter was very good and his knowledge on the topics was excellent.
After the training I received, I achieved a pass mark of 70% and have no shame in admitting that this would have most likely been a fail without taking this course.
I will definitely be using John in the future and am happy to recommend him to anyone who needs his services.
I would like to express my sincerest thanks to John Band for supporting me through the Dip FA examination. John's excellent communication skills coupled with his patience, good nature and exceptional grasp of the examination syllabus were all invaluable in helping me achieve success in this exam.
I am very grateful to John!
Sorry to have missed you 2 weeks ago due to being on annual leave. It was great to return this morning to learn that everyone has passed the Course Work Assignment.
Very many thanks for all your hard work with our people ensuring that they have been expertly prepared for both elements of the AFA part of Diploma - your support has been invaluable.
Best wishes for the future and hopefully we will see you again at the Northern some time in the future.
I write to advise you that we are very happy to let you know that of the 11 Advisers who sat the recent examinations, I can report a 100% pass rate.
To say that we are pleased is an understatement.
Whilst I acknowledge the hard work undertaken by all the Advisers who took the exams, I must say that the help and advice given by John Band during the courses run at our office was invaluable.
I really think that the courses that John ran were crucial to the overall positive result.
After looking at the options available for Advisers to achieve Level 4 qualifications, I can say that I can fully endorse the Dipfa route.
I wanted to email you as I have just completed part 2 of DIP FA, last week. I have used Newleaf on 3 occasions, for CeFA 2 years ago and for FSRE and AFA. I am so pleased with the way the course was set out and run and cant compliment John Band enough. The way John explains things and nothing is too much trouble. Please feel free to use me as a testimonial and I look forward to seeing you for Part 3 in July.
Just checked my final result for Diploma.
I have passed and now have reached Level 4, I would like to thank you very much for all your help, as your training was the best I have received in the industry.
I have 20 years in this industry and John, as a trainer, is first class and the best I have encountered. I would have no hesitation in recommending New Leaf to fellow IFA's trying to reach Diploma Level.
Any information you have on the CPD requirements for the future would be greatly appreciated.
I will see you at some time in the new year when I attend one of the Newleaf courses.
I wish to express my gratitude, to all at New Leaf, particularly John Band for last weeks course.
Naturally, I am hugely pleased to have passed the 2 exams, and look forward to completing the computer based training 15/ 16 April.
Please forward to John, who I felt delivered one of the most dynamic, intensive, and totally relevant training courses I have ever attended. A likeable, personable, and highly knowledgeable man, who must accept some of the credit in view of me passing.
Also, he was easy going, and more than supportive in terms of clarifying and answering specific questions i kept posing, about my ideas to set up business.
Finally, my I ask he emails me with the scores on each exam, and any areas i need to refresh on.
A separate email confirming that i passed, and what the qualification is would be helpful, so i can forward to any prospective interviews, (and i have several firms lined up).
A massive thank you for a wonderful course, genuinely the best I have been on in the last 25 years.
I would appreciate if you could send me a copy of the widows pack, and look forward to working with you in future.
Many thanks to John Band and to you all for your continued support.
Will do my CeMAP 2/3 next week and hope to pass those too.
As you know , I attended the first Will course a couple of weeks ago with the view of adding another string to the bow.
As i see it , it has given me a great opportunity of developing that relationship and build confidence with clients I would not have had. Furthermore at least 2 and possibly 3 are going to lead to some protection business over the next month.
So I look forward to the future add-ons like Power of Attorney..January would be nice !
Just wanted to let you know that I passed CeMAP 1 today. I got distinctions in both units (49/50 and 48/50 respectively), so I am very happy indeed!
Looking forward to getting started on Modules 2 and 3 now.
Thanks a lot for your help so far, and see you on the 26th!
I just wanted to thank you both for all your help and support through CeMap 2 and 3. I feel that you both helped me to start my life again!
Not only did you extend yourselves in every way possible, you showed me I can even start my own business!!
Look forward to working with you all in 2008!
Just a quick note to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
Many thanks to Mark and Chris for believing in me as a successful (stubborn) Mortgage Broker; Kim and Tony for being patient; Sarah and Tina for being hyper even when the weather is grey and dull and Jenny for being able to cope with all of us. Thanks for all your help and support. That was the most challenging year I have ever had in my life and you are the best team I could ever work with.
To all brokers: it was a great pleasure to meet all of you and be part of the team, I am really looking forward to working together next year. Sue and Sherrill: many thanks for you help.
Thank goodness I've got through those exams - I've been a nervous wreck! Please do thank John for all his hard efforts with me - his patience paid off as I passed Module 2 with 2 passes: 1 merit and 1 distinction. I passed Module 3 too with a merit. Would never have done it without him helping me during breakfast and indeed at every other time I bothered him!!!
Now the fun begins eh! Hope you are all well and not working too hard! See you soon during 'Stepping Stones'.


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Henderson coroner: Funeral homes hike rates, then stop moving bodies
HENDERSON, Ky. - Corpses and issues related to them aren't frequently discussed at fiscal court meetings, but Tuesday's session was different.
Henderson County Coroner Bruce Farmer told county magistrates that his office is facing a new challenge.
"As of Jan. 30 local funeral homes stopped transporting bodies for the coroner's office like they've been doing for years," he said. "We've got a temporary fix going on, and we're talking to some people trying to come up with something. We're looking at everything from us transporting them to other divisions transporting them or contracting it out.
"It's something we're working on," he said.
Magistrate Butch Puttman asked why funeral homes are no longer transporting for the coroner's office. "What happened? Is it the cost?"
"Cost is the biggest issue," Farmer said. "In my roughly 25 years with the coroner's office, we went about 20 of those years and never paid the funeral homes (for body transportation). If a family didn't know which funeral home they wanted to use, the funeral homes would still come out day or night and transport bodies where we needed them to.
"A couple of years ago, they came to us and said staff is being called out in the middle of the night to transport bodies so we started paying them $100 a body. Then it went to $200 a body," Farmer said. "After they said they wouldn't do it anymore, they then said they'd do it for $600 a body, and I said that cost was unreasonable ... I've got a temporary fix for the moment, but it's a day-to-day thing."
"What's the temporary fix?" Puttman asked.
"We've struck a deal with one funeral home," Farmer said. "He will come out alone in a van. We have to help load the body into the van, and unload it. In Union County, a vehicle was purchased for the coroner (to transport bodies). In Webster County, the coroner runs a funeral home so they use his vehicle, and in Daviess County, the ambulance service hauls the bodies for the coroner. I've talked to the counties around us, and I'm talking to others, trying to figure out what's going to be the better route to go."
Unclaimed bodies
Another issue involves indigent burials, Farmer said.
"There's a joint city-county committee is working on it" to standardize guidelines for indigent burials for both city and the county. The city has certain stipulations in place for people to qualify for an indigent burial, but Farmer said, the committee is updating those.
The coroner said he hopes the county will consider adopting the same guidelines as the city once they are completed.
"Just as a warning," Henderson County Judge-executive Brad Schneider said to magistrates, "you may have read a recent story about (indigent burials), and for a couple or three years we didn't set any money aside for helping indigent folks get a proper burial.
"With Bruce's advice, we've put that back in the budget because we've noticed an uptick in the situation. We've also been advised by the state that merely cremating these folks isn't necessarily legal," Schneider said. "There are instances when we aren't allowed to cremate even though it's less expensive than burying them. But we have to follow the law."
Farmer said finding family members in an effort to meet all the legal requirements for cremation and/or indigent burial is a significant drain on staffing resources.
Magistrate Charlie McCollom suggested that the coroner's office check into using software used by the Property Valuations office. He said as a district judge the PVA office helped him track down some people he needed to get in touch with for court-related situation.
"They found people in Colorado for me. The PVA office paid quite a bit of money for that software ..." he said.
"And you can track families with it?" Farmer said.
"Yes sir," McCollom said.
County Attorney Steve Gold confirmed that there is software available that the coroner's office could use for tracking relatives.
"One thing I'd like to make clear," Schneider said, "is we don't want to get into the habit of letting people think that merely leaving Uncle Joe for the county to take care of is unacceptable if the family truly has the means to take care of their loved ones.
"Our resources are only to be used in last, worst case scenarios where we simply can't find any relatives," he said. "I'd hate to set a precedent that if a family doesn't want to worry about the expense then it's put on us because that's not what it's for."


You won't soon forget this voice.
The "Britain's Got Talent" judges have just rejected a group of kids auditioning for the 2011 series and now Ronan Parke has to walk out onto the empty stage, alone. With an audience of thousands and three intimidating judges, it is his first public performance. "He's a boy of 12, and it's a big experience, so it takes a lot of courage," says his mother, Maggie, in a pre-audition interview. "When he gets on stage, I'll just be really pleased that he's doing something that he wants to do and hope that people like him."
People didn't like him, they loved him. Parke is less than a minute into his cover of Michael Bublé's "Feeling Good" when the entire audience stands up, applauding. Parke seems to gain confidence from the audience's reaction and by the end of the song, his clear voice has the judges on their feet and cheering. After Parke receives high praise and three yes votes, judge Louis Walsh declares that Parke "is the one to beat."
Parke actually finished "Britain's Got Talent" as the runner up by a very narrow margin, but the show did land him a recording contract. His debut album, "Ronan Parke," reached 22 on the UK Albums Chart just a few months after the show aired.
Now 17, Parke has finished school and is focusing on writing his own music and developing a new sound. "I've never been involved with songwriting heavily, however I'm really enjoying working on MY music," he writes at RonanParke.com. "I'm making it my own and can't wait to be in the studio working with some incredibly talented people to help develop that sound."
His most recent release is a cover of "Purple Rain," a tribute to the late Prince.


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Trust in civil service grows fastest among top professions
Written by Beckie Smith on 20 November 2018 in News
The trust gap between officials and ministers is the widest it has been in the survey's history
Civil servants have seen the biggest rise in public trust of any profession in Britain over the last 35 years, according to an Ipsos Mori poll that shows Labour voters put more faith in officials than Conservative supporters.
The 2018 Veracity Index also shows the trust gap between civil servants and government ministers is wider than it has been at any point since the ranking launched in 1983. Sixty-two per cent of survey respondents said they trusted civil servants to tell the truth, up from 59% in 2017 and 56% in 2016 – compared with 22% who said the same of government ministers, and just 19% said they trusted "politicians generally.
The polling company asked 1,001 British adults to say whether they thought people in 24 professions told the truth or not.
Public confidence in civil servants drops, poll finds – but they're still more trusted than ministers
#Trust in civil servants rises again — poll
Levels of trust in civil servants has doubled since 1983
Trust in civil servants has risen for the past two consecutive years, up from 59% in 2017 and 56% in 2016. It shot up by 37 percentage points since the survey was first introduced, Ipsos Mori said – more than any other profession. Trust in trade union officials has risen by 27 points over the same period, and scientists have seen a 22-point bump since 1997.
The poll also showed trust in civil servants was higher among Labour supporters than Conservative supporters – 70% said they believed civil servants told the truth, compared with 56% who aligned themselves with the Tory party.
And more people who voted to remain in the EU in the Brexit referendum said they trusted officials than people who voted leave – 67% compared with 55%.
Nursing is the most highly-trusted profession in Britain, according to the survey, in which 96% of respondents said they would believe nurses were telling the truth. Doctors followed, at 92%, with teachers, engineers and professors making up the top five.
Civil servants were also outranked in the survey by judges, members of the armed forces and the police, but came ahead of pollsters, charity chief executives and bankers.
They also scored much more favourably than ministers and other politicians, who are both in the bottom five, along with estate agents, journalists and advertising executives.
The survey findings show "simplistic narratives that 'trust is in crisis' need to be unpacked", said Gideon Skinner, research director at Ipsos Mori.
The data shows trust in many professions has risen over time, as it has for civil servants, he said.
"Trust is a huge topic with implications for society, government and business and it cannot be reduced to a single figure," he added.
Ipsos Mori will publish a report examining what the data says about public attitudes on trust next spring, it said.
Beckie Smith
Beckie Smith is a reporter for CSW who tweets Beckie__Smith.
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