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Thomas Harris was born in Chelmsford, one of nineteen children. He worked at Crompton's for nine years, married in January 1917 and joined the army. He was killed in action in October 1918. His family home was in South Primrose Hill. A brother also lost his life in the war.
HARRIS, THOMAS, Lance Corporal,
11th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment (formerly of the South Staffordshire Regiment)
There it was reinforced by a draft of 133 men from the North Staffordshire Regiment. The battalion then marched eastwards to the front Bellenglise on 4th October 1918. Two days later it was sent to trenches at the neighbouring village, Magny-la-Fosse, and entrenched the following day in a nearby valley to the rear of the 71st Brigade. On 10th October 1918 the battalion bivouacked around Jonnecourt Farm and on the following day orders came to move north-eastward and take up assembly positions east of Bohain, before taking over the front line late in that evening.
On the journey up to Bohain the battalion had passed a location near Brancoucourt which provided an example of the difficulty in using cavalry. A post-war history of Thomas' battalion revealed the event:
"A well-known regiment [probably the 19th Hussars] had evidently been in action and had been held up by barbed wire entanglements, where the enemy had shot them down at his convenience. A couple of machine guns might have done the whole business. The ground was strewn with dozens of splendid horses'.
The history then covered the events of the next day, the 12th October 1918:
"The [11th] Essex took part in the fighting on October 12th, when the objective was an enemy trench along the ridge. At 4.45 p.m. the barrage lifted after a quarter of an hour's duration and B and D companies went forward against a post held by 8th Regiment, 5th Division (German), which included men who were serving at the outbreak of the war. D Company (left) and a platoon of B Company got to the enemy's outposts lying in front of the wire. The latter was, however undamaged, and the hostile machine guns, which were estimated to number over a score, opened up with intensity. There was only one gap in the wire, through which the left platoon of B Company attempted to rush, but suffered heavily, as they were covered by a machine gun. On the right flank the right platoon of B Company also suffered severely fire and, later, with the remnants of the left platoons, was compelled to withdraw to the original line. D Company had maintained themselves in the position they had secured, but they were later ordered to withdraw to high ground in the rear and dig in, having advanced on the left to a depth from 100 to 400 yards. 2nd Lieut. D. W. Wiley and 13 other ranks were killed and one officer and 47 other ranks wounded, in addition to half a dozen missing."
Thomas was among those killed in action and today lies at Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Busigny, Nord, France (grave: IV. A. 13). 2nd Lieut. Donald William Wiley was also buried in the same cemetery.
Thomas was born in Chelmsford on 6th January 1894, the son of the leather dreser James Harris and Mary Elizabeth Harris (nee Adkins). He was baptised at St Mary's Church (today's Cathedral), Chelmsford on 1st April 1894. At the time his father was a leather dresser of Primrose Terrace.
His father had been born in 1851; his mother, in 1852, both in Birmingham, Warwickshire. They had married on 9th April 1871 at Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley, in Warwickshire. At the time his father was 20 years old, worked as a leather dresser and lived in Darwin Street. His mother was a year younger and also lived in Darwin Street.
Thomas' eldest siblings, born before the family arrived in Chelmsford around 1880 included Joseph Harris (born in 1872 in Birmingham, died in 1851), John Thomas Harris (born in 1875 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, died in 1906), Charles Harris (born in 1877 in Chesterfield, died in 1933), and Betsy Harris (born in 1880 in Birmingham, died in 1882).
His siblings born in Chelmsford included Eliza Harris (born in 1882), George Harris (1883-1936), Alfred Harris (1884-1915), Amelia Harris (1886-1965), Albert Harris (1877-1899), Eva Harris (1888-1890), Walter Harris (1890-1891), William Harris (1891-1927) and Harriet Harris (born in 1892). In all James and Mary had 17 children, of whom nine were to die by 1911.
The 1881 and 1891 censuses had listed the family at 18 Primrose Terrace, South Primrose Hill, Chelmsford.
The 1901 census found Thomas, aged seven, living with his parents, seven siblings and an infant boarder at 26 South Primrose Hill, (the same property as in 1891 and today's number 73). Thomas' father was a leather dresser. Of his siblings, John was an
electrical machine minder, Charles was a bricklayer's labourer, George was a coach merchant's labourer, and Alfred was a brickmaker's labourer.
A decade later Thomas was a 17 year-old office clerk for an electrical engineer's (Crompton & Co.of Writtle Road, Chelmsford) when recorded by the 1911 census. He was resident at 40 South Primrose Hill, still the same house as in1901 but renumbered, and accompanied his parents, five siblings and an 18 year-old boarder, Joseph Berry. Thomas' father was a retired leather dresser; his brother Charles was a bricklayer's labourer; brother George, a general labourer; sister Amelia, a laundress; brother William, a foundry labourer at the ball-bearing factory Hoffmanns; and sister Harriet, a packer in a factory. Joseph Berry was a machine hand at Hoffmann's.
Thomas' mother died in 1915, aged 62; his father died in 1916, aged 64. His brother Alfred Harris died from wounds in December 1915.
Aged 23, Thomas married Kate Emma Burton on 20th January 1917 at Chelmsford Cathedral. At the time he was a clerk, living at 52 South Primrose Hill (the same property as in 1901, but renumbered). His 20 year-old bride was the daughter of the moulder James Alfred Burton, and lived at 45 Townfield Street, Chelmsford.
Thomas lived and enlisted at Chelmsford and saw service as Private 235065 in the South Staffordshire Regiment, before transferring to the 11th (Service) Battalion of the Essex Regiment, where he served as Lance Corporal 42580. The latter battalion, which had landed in France in August 1915, was at Vraignes, north-west of St. Quentin in France, on 1st October 1918.
On 15th November 1918 the Essex County Chronicle published the following family announcement:
"Harris. - In loving memory of Lc.-Cpl. T. Harris, Essex Regt., who was killed in action Oct. 12th, 1918. We loved him in life, let
us not forget him in death. From his sorrowing sisters and brothers, 52 South Primrose Hill, Chelmsford."
The same edition also reported:
"Lc/-Cpl. T. Harris, Essex Regt., of 52 South Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, was killed in action on October 12th."
A week later the Essex County Chronicle published the another family announcement:
"Harris. - In ever-loving memory of my dear husband, L.-Cpl. T. Harris, who was killed in action, October 12th, 1918.
We little thought when he left home, He would no more return: That be so soon in death would sleep, And leave us here to mourn, His loving ways and pleasant face No one can fill the vacant place.
From his deeply sorrowing Wife - 45 Townfield Street, Chelmsford."
The same edition reported:
"Lc.-Cpl. T. Harris, Essex Regt., of 45 Townfield Street, Chelmsford, was killed in action on October 12th, 1918. He was 25 years of age, and for 9 years was at Crompton's."
Thomas is commemorated on the Civic Centre Memorial, Chelmsford. He was entitled to the Victory and British War medals. The 1918 register of electors listed Thomas' parents-in-law at 45 Townfield Street, Chelmsford.
Thomas' widow died in 1961, aged 74.
Thomas along with brother Alfred was one of the 'South Primrose Hill Boys'. Their brother William Harris served in the Royal Field Artillery during the war in India. Another brother, Geprge Harris, was taken prisoner during the war and suffered 'terrible hardships' that led to his early death after much suffering in 1936. Their nephew, Joseph Charles O'Shea died during the Second World War.


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October 22, 2021 / By Erika / Logistic • Shipping • Transport • Trucking / 0 Comments
What Shippers Should Expect in 2022
Currently, there are an incredible number of container ships waiting to be unloaded at the Ports of LA and Long Beach. To add to the congestion, there are more ships en route. Since these two ports account for the nation's largest trans-shipment centers, this provides insight into the trouble we face going forward. The sad truth is that the U.S. doesn't have the infrastructure to handle the tremendous flow of containers headed for our country. Clearing the backlog could take us into Q3 or Q4 of 2022.
A view of the parcel side is equally dismal. UPS and FedEx have more freight than they know what to do with as we enter Q4 of 2021 and approach the holiday shipping surge. Expect the parcel carriers to utilize and initiate accessorial charges to offset their increased costs. Moreover, expect transit time to suffer.
The LTL and Truckload sectors are having similar issues. In addition to their struggle to find drivers and dock workers, these carriers are unable to obtain enough equipment to service their current volume. Shippers are not releasing trailers fast enough and storage trailers are in extremely high demand which has created a significant trailer shortage. Meanwhile, manufactures of tractors and trailers are having difficulty fulfilling orders for new equipment. COVID shortages are only making this matter worse.
What to expect for 2022? Without question, HIGHER RATES.
How can a shipper combat these dire problems? Focus on internal processes, watch for opportunities to consolidate shipments and work closely with vendors regarding product availability and scheduling.
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Our Recap of Attending the TIA Policy Forum 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic completely turned the American economy, businesses, and the political world on its head. Because of this, 2020 was the first year that the TIA held the Policy Forum virtually, using Zoom to facilitate meetings between Members of Congress and the forum participants.
Even with the virtual adaptation, it was considered a great success for having enlisted ten sponsors (five from each political party) for the Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act. "This success was a direct result of your grassroots efforts and direct lobbying. The fact is your voice is the most prominent and meaningful for a Member of Congress and their legislative priorities," said TIA.
The TIA wanted "to build upon that success of getting back to the basics of grassroots advocacy efforts" with this year's 3PL Policy Forum. The hybrid event, which was held on September 28th and 29th, featured both in-person and virtual registration options.
This year's forum made more time for TIA Members to be able to meet with their entire Congressional delegation in order to present questions and comments, as well as ongoing high-level briefings from key officials from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
"I never miss this chance to speak on behalf of our industry about the issues the industry faces — now and in the future. The more we get in front of these people, the more we can guide the narrative about our industry and steer regulation to help us all," Mark Fiorini, president of Westgate Global Logistics.
Mark is dedicated to constantly improving processes for the industry as a whole. "The Policy Forum provides people and businesses an opportunity to sit down with the people who make decisions about our industry, and all of us here at Westgate strive to be at the forefront of these policy changes and trends."
TIA plans to continue to focus their energy and dedication to 3PL advocacy efforts moving forward, and Westgate will be directly in their wake making moves for a better tomorrow.
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September 30, 2021 / By Erika / Drivers • Logistic • Shipping • Tracking • Transport / 0 Comments
Driver Shortages Strictly Among Large Carriers
There was once a time when private fleets had a clear advantage in the pursuit of hiring truck drivers. But the COVID-19 pandemic caused many disruptions in nearly every segment of the supply chain that we're still feeling today.
Freight demand has been rising which means that equipment capacity and trained drivers are in high demand as well. But it's not just high demand stretching available drivers thin, the trucking industry has about 80,000 fewer available drivers today compared to a year ago.
Even before the pandemic caused many older truckers to retire for health concerns, trucking was already dealing with issues of drivers retiring. According to the National Transportation Institute (NTI), retirement accounts for 54% of the driver shortage we're facing today.
"These challenges aren't entirely new, but the pandemic accelerated them," said Jim VonAchen, director of transportation support for McLane Co., a major distributor of groceries and packaged goods based in Temple, Texas.
"There's just a lot more competition in every segment of the freight and transportation business," said Brian Johnston, senior director of transportation at Core-Mark International — one of the largest distributors of fresh food, snacks, and tobacco goods to the convenience retail industry.
The increased freight demand brought on by the pandemic isn't the only factor in the increasing shortage of available driver though. Other factors contributing to the shortage are:
Truckers are retiring
Other industries are poaching drivers
The FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse makes it harder for cited drivers to move from one carrier to another
Limited seating capacity due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements means driver schools are graduating 30% to 40% fewer drivers
This means that private fleets will have to fight even harder to recruit drivers moving forward. Companies need to be more creative in what they are offering to drivers in order to get them to sign on – and stay on. Some companies are offering:
Increasing pay rate
Safety bonuses and recognition
More flexible work schedules, including shorter shifts
Programs targeting military veterans that utilizes their military training experience
Apprenticeship programs for warehouse workers to transition to driver positions
"Drivers want to feel that they are heard and will have someone who will listen and act on their concern," said Jane Jazrawy, CEO of CarriersEdge, an Ontario, Canada-based company that develops compliance and safety training tools for fleets. "They just don't want to be referred to as a truck number." That's why, in the midst of this seemingly epic driver shortage, we're actually seeing a dramatic increase in truck driver hires in the smaller companies.
Sources: FMCSA, QualifiedCarriers.com, Tucker Company Worldwide, Inc.
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…Walking, Hiking, White-water Rafting or Climbing, the Grand Pyrénées are an absolute feast for the eyes (they're pretty good for the lungs as well!) and La Maison Vue Pyrénées is an excellent base for your travels up hill and down dale. There are simply dozens of walks you can go on for people of all abilities.
We, of course, have our favourite walks like, for example, La Petite Amazonie, (pictures 1, 2 & 3 at right) and we have plenty of information available for you during your stay, but one of the best sites you can use to prepare your desired itinerary/ies before your arrival is Route You.
Click on the map below to go to their site – you'll be spoilt for choice!
Whether you're a seasoned climber or an occasional rambler, the Pyrénées has it all.


Greek bank deposits fell again in March, with deposits by companies and households falling to 121.5 billion euros at the end of March, from 121.7 billion a month earlier, down around 12.3 pct compared with March 2015, the Bank of Greece said on Wednesday.
The central bank, in a monthly report, said that the monthly net flow of credit to corporations was positive at 224 million euros in March, compared with a negative net flow of 48 million in the previous month, while the annual growth rate of credit stood at -1.4 pct, against -1.9 pct in the previous month. In particular, the annual growth rate of credit to non-financial corporations stood at -0.9 pct, from -1.6 pct in February 2016, while the monthly net flow of credit to non-financial corporations was positive at 263 million euros, against a negative net flow of 49 million in the previous month. The annual growth rate of credit to insurance corporations and other financial intermediaries stood at -8.7 pct in March 2016, from -6.1 pct in the previous month, and the monthly net flow of credit was negative at 40 million, compared with a positive net flow of one million in the previous month.
In March 2016, the monthly net flow of credit to sole proprietors and unincorporated partnerships was negative at nine million, compared with a negative net flow of 20 million euros in the previous month, while its annual growth rate remained at -1.0 pct, unchanged from the previous month.
In March 2016, the monthly net flow of credit to individuals and private non-profit institutions was negative at 361 million euros, compared with a negative net flow of 226 million euros in the previous month, and its annual growth rate stood at -3.0 pct, from -2.9 pct in the previous month.


Abstract The paper presents an overview of recent work by the authors and their collaborators on multi--disciplinary optimization for conceptual design, based on the integrated modeling of structures, aerodynamics, and aeroelasticity. The motivation for the work is the design of innovative aircraft configurations, and is therefore first--principles based, since in this case the designer cannot rely upon past experience. The algorithms used and the philosophy behind the choices are discussed.


I have been going craft crazy!
I haven't had a lot of free time lately, hence my delay in delivering a new post but in the time that I have had, I have been very productive. Obviously there has been a bit of daydreaming in between!
My first achievement since I last posted was a reunion with my mixing bowl and wooden spoon. The result?Some lemon and white chocolate cupcakes for my Crafty B's Craft Group in Hardwick.
They seemed to go down quite well.
Obviously my love for all things crochet has led to some more hook hook hookin'. I have been crocheting little hearts and flowers, continuing with a couple of other projects and you may have seen the little heart that I crocheted as a birthday gift for a friend. I attached a keying in order to create a key pendant. She loved it! I was so pleased. That was definitely a highlight of my craftiness over the last couple of weeks. I love to see someone else enjoying the results of my crafting enthusiasm.
If you would like to own one of these lovely little hearts or would like to send a bit of love to someone special let me know! I have a choice of colours :). Contact me via e-mail or join me on Facebook and Twitter.
Along the same theme, I started to create my first 'Mrs Crafty B's Guide To...' I cannot tell you how excited I am! It was a step by step guide to crochet stitches and I used it for my first theme night at my Crafty B's Craft Group. It is currently incomplete as I need to add a few pics but as soon as I do, I will share it with you.
Perhaps you can offer me an idea of what crochet related subjects you find difficult to find. I would love to put together a really comprehensive guide with some easy to follow patterns. Join me on Facebook and Twitter to offer a few ideas and some inspiration.
In other crafty related news, last Saturday I headed to Cake International at ExCel in London. What a day! I have also started a very special cross stitch. I have lots to say on both of those fronts so I will share that with you next time.


Success! Naw December from Burma raised $1,500 to fund gallbladder surgery.
Naw December's treatment was fully funded on November 5, 2018.
Naw December underwent gallbladder surgery.
She is no longer in pain, and she is looking forward to returning home.
Naw December is a mother of eight children from Burma. She lives with her husband and eight children. Naw December and her husband are farmers.
In November 2017, Naw December noticed that she could not sit due to pain in her stomach and back. She went to the nearest clinic, where the doctor examined her and prescribed medication. The medication did not help, and the pain continued to worsen. The doctor then suggested that she visit Mae Tao Clinic (MTC), our medical partner's care center. Once there, she was referred to Mae Sot Hospital (MSH) for an x-ray. She was diagnosed with gallstones.
Naw December has been advised to undergo a cholecystectomy, the surgical removal of the gallbladder. If left untreated, Naw December's symptoms will continue to worsen and put her at risk for further health complications in the future.
After seeking treatment through our medical partner, Burma Children Medical Fund (BCMF), Naw December is scheduled to undergo her cholecystectomy on August 28. BCMF is requesting $1,500 to cover the total cost of Naw December's procedure and care.
Naw December's case was submitted by Bue Wah Say at Burma Children Medical Fund in Burma.
Naw December was submitted by Bue Wah Say, Project Officer at Burma Children Medical Fund, our medical partner in Burma.
Naw December's profile was published to start raising funds.
Naw December received treatment at Mae Sot General Hospital. Medical partners often provide care to patients accepted by Watsi before those patients are fully funded, operating under the guarantee that the cost of care will be paid for by donors.
Naw December's treatment was successful. Read the update.
Naw December's treatment was fully funded.
Patients experience abdominal pain, jaundice, fever, nausea, and bloating.
Patients are in a great deal of pain. They cannot work regularly or even sleep comfortably.
Ultrasound testing is the first diagnostic test. When the diagnosis is confirmed, surgery is scheduled. The gallbladder is removed through an incision on the right side under the rib cage. The patient usually spends 4-5 days in the hospital.
After the surgery, the patient will no longer be in pain, and his or her jaundice will reduce.
Potential side effects include bleeding, fever, pneumonia, heart complications, UTIs, blood clots, renal failure, bile duct injuries, retention of the bile duct stone, and death.
There are no alternatives. Without surgery, the stones may grow larger. The patient will live in discomfort and may risk death.
Simai is a teenager from Cambodia. He hopes to pursue a career in international technology after he completes his schooling. Three months ago, Simai was in a severe traffic accident and fractured his spine. This condition has made it difficult to sit in school for long periods and causes a lot of discomfort. Surgery can help correct the position of his spine, and prevent further worsening of the condition. Spinal surgery is scheduled for March 13 and will cost $930. He says, "I hope that after surgery I am able to walk normally and go back to school."
Chhea is a 56-year-old rice farmer from Cambodia. He has three children, four grandchildren, and enjoys watching Chinese and Khmer television shows in his free time. Four months ago, Chhea developed a cataract in each eye, causing him blurred vision, teary eyes, and irritation. He has difficulty seeing things clearly, recognizing faces, and going anywhere outside. When Chhea learned about our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre, he traveled for three hours seeking treatment. On February 13, doctors will perform a small incision cataract surgery and an intraocular lens implant in each eye. After recovery, he will be able to see clearly. Now, he needs help to fund this $398 procedure. He says, "I hope my eye surgery is successful so that I can see everything clearly again, continue my work at the farm fields, and go out independently."
Mi is a 47-year-old woman who lives with her husband and elderly mother in a village in Hpa-an Township, Karen State, Burma. While she looks after her mother and their house, her husband works as a subsistence farmer on their small piece of land. Mi also has a daughter who works in a textile factory in Bangkok. Around three years ago, Mi started to experience what she thought were muscles aches. Later, the muscle aches developed into back pain in the area around her left kidney. For one year, she took pain killers. Later, an x-ray indicated that she had a renal stone in her left kidney. Mi decided to visit our medical partner's care center. Now, she needs surgery to remove her kidney. Surgery is scheduled for February 4 and will cost $1,500. "I just want to recover, go back and look after my mom and the house," says Mi.


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Latest on 'the Greatest' by Ishmael Reed
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Few African-American writers, no, make that American writers, have been as productive and insightful in their literary careers as Ishmael Reed. Whether fiction or nonfiction, Reed's publications never fail to be provocative and provide a fresh perspective on our culture and history.
During a recent appearance at Quincy and Margaret Troupe's salon and gallery in Harlem, Reed discussed his latest book, "The Complete Muhammad Ali" (Baraka Books, 2015). Only a few days from their monthlong sojourn in Mississippi to participate in their Gloster Project, which provides cultural enrichment to the children of the area, the Troupes presented Reed with a platform and forum to showcase his assessment of Ali.
Reed, accompanied by his daughter Tennessee, began the session by reading briefly from a chapter in the book that focused on the ties between the Nation of Islam and organized crime. But Reed is a raconteur, a beguiling storyteller who is at his best reciting his encounters, and for nearly an hour he regaled the audience.
"The Nation of Islam sent a message to the Gambino family that if anything happened to Ali, they would kill all of the family members … including Frank Sinatra," Reed said, recounting what Agieb Bilal had told him about the tension between the NOI and the mafia.
This episode was just one of many that Reed discussed in wide-ranging comments about the book and the people he had interviewed over the past decade or so. At the beginning of the presentation, he had given the listeners some indication of the book's purpose, which was very similar to what he wrote:
"I call this book 'The Complete Muhammad Ali' because most of the 100 books about the champion, the majority of which are worshipful, are either too adoring or make excessively negative assertions, like Jack Cashill's blaming Ali and Gerald Ford for the loss of Vietnam. For Mark Kram, Ali is a malicious buffoon. For Thomas Hauser, he's a saint, though Hauser's opinion has changed."
And after reading this book, others will probably be changed in their opinions about Ali because Reed allows his interviewees a grand opportunity to express themselves in responding to Reed's probing questions and sometimes to his questionnaire, one of them asking if there's a feud between Ali and Minister Louis Farrakhan.
Of the many respondents, Bilal was among the most interesting and informative, particularly his remarks on the relationship between Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X. From his position as assistant national secretary in the NOI from 1972 to 1975, he was in the catbird seat to witness the inner workings of the organization. He explained that Muhammad sent Malcolm overseas in 1959, "to test the waters."
Bilal told Reed that there were three different things that led to Malcolm's disillusionment with the NOI. "He didn't feel the Nation of Islam was involving itself enough in the struggles of Black people on the frontlines," Bilal began. Another issue that bothered Malcolm, he continued, was the NOI's inadequate response to the police murder of Ronald Stokes, a NOI member, in Los Angeles in 1962. Then, of course, there were the revelations that Muhammad had fathered children with his secretaries. Even more telling was when Bilal said how Malcolm witnessed Muhammad "slapping a sister, which was totally out of character."
Malcolm X: The price of freedom is death
Sister Burnsteen Sharrieff Mohammed, secretary and reformer of NOI
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Do it yourself debt settlement is hard yet just due to the fact that you do not know exactly how to do it. There are numerous success stories of people who have reduced their debts by themselves as well as you could be one of them if you simply offer it a try. However, the key to doing well is to know what goes to stake. What you know of working out financial debts will certainly get you that financial liberty that you have been fantasizing around.
All debt circumstances are one-of-a-kind so there is no one formula to work out. In addition to the fact that you will certainly be dealing with financial institutions from different kinds of debts. There are, nonetheless, basic pointers that you can keep in mind to give the debt alleviation success that you are aiming for.
On top of the checklist is to constantly point out insolvency. When debt settlement or debt negotiation is taken into consideration, it also implies you are in dire economic situations. If you stop working at this, your only choice is insolvency. Lenders are scared of personal bankruptcy since this means there is a chance that they obtain nothing in all.
They will certainly be most likely to approve a settlement as it is an assurance that they will certainly obtain even a little portion of the debt owed. That is far better than getting nothing after a bankruptcy court guidelines it to occur. They will certainly be helpless ahead after the debtor once the court passes judgement. This is particularly true for unsafe financial institutions.
The next tip is to go for 50% or even more in regards to debt reduction. Start with an extremely low deal – like 20% or 25%. The lender will offer a greater portion for sure. Just be solid as well as do not accept a quantity that you can not manage to begin with. Keep discussing as well as discuss that you can not afford settlements if they are more than what you can pay for.
It is likewise essential that you have cash money on hand to provide your financial institutions. All debt settlement firms will ask you to quit paying your creditors and put that quantity in a secure account instead. As you experience the negotiation procedure, you will certainly grow that amount so you have something to provide when the negotiations are in full swing. To view more informative hints, look at this web-site via the link.
With all of this, keep your eye on the larger photo. Not all financial debts can be worked out as well as this is usually limited to unprotected financial debts. Protected debts might be harder to decrease yet here are ideas that you can make use of if you need to negotiate with different financial institutions.
Charge Card Companies. These are virtually the most convenient and most worked out debt among the others. They are more likely to approve a negotiation due to the fact that they are the initial to be discharged when the borrower apply for insolvency.
Various Other Unsecured Loans and Personal Loans. This can be come close to similarly as bank card debt.
Debts with Local Merchants. If you have financial debts with any seller, you can approach your financial debts similar to your charge card. These are among the initial financial debts to be discharged during insolvency.
Mortgage Lenders. While debt reduction is usually not feasible, you can bargain for a financing alteration. This will obtain you reduced regular monthly payments yet that is since you will certainly be expanding your term. If you have a finance with a small or neighborhood bank, your chances of obtaining an approval is more likely. A home refinancing can likewise be an alternative instead of selecting a repossession.
Other Guaranteed Loans. Comparable with home loan lenders, it is normally simpler to negotiate if you have a lending with a tiny financial institution. Larger financial institutions make it beside impossible to obtain a loan adjustment. However with a smaller sized financial institution, you can follow the common strategies as those finished with a credit card firm.
Pupil Loans. This is among the loans that can not be discharged by insolvency so a debt decrease arrangement may not be possible. There are government programs that can aid in decreasing their month-to-month repayments and occasionally, terminate the whole finance. You need to be qualified to obtain of that privilege.
When you remain in doubt, it is constantly best to get the aid of a debt professional. You might also get in touch with a bankruptcy attorney to offer you suggestions on the right course that you ought to take towards doing away with your debts.


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Golf is on the verge of a rules crisis, and there's plenty of blame to go around
By Michael Bamberger
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Spring break! Some of the players can't wait for Sunday night, to take off their polyester your-ad-here caps and let their foreheads breathe. But things were loose here before that. All week long, here at PGA National and on millions of screens across the world, there was an endless-loop showing of Golfers Gone Wild. That is, this ongoing 2019 rules debacle. In truth, this thing is edging toward a crisis. If not a crisis, then into a game that is different from the one we have known and loved. That game had a top-down order to it. Now it's a free-for-all. Golf Channel and Twitter has empowered the Tour player as never before.
Baseball was once an owner-driven game. Now it is a player-driven game. The NFL remains owner-driven. The NBA is player-driven. Things change. Managing change is life's ultimate challenge.
Golf needs a grownup who can step up and protect the game from its baser instincts. By far the best person for that role is Tiger Woods, even though he has contributed to the poor state of affairs. Still, tomorrow presents a new chance. What's clear is that golf needs a leader, a person who will reliably and persuasively put the game ahead of himself or herself.
Rickie Fowler's Three Stooges mock-drop on Thursday – from between his legs and without the aid of running water — he has to be better than that. It was beyond absurd. Awful. The USGA's we-need-to-talk weekend tweet to Justin Thomas was nearly worse, if that's possible. The false humor, the lack of dignity and gravitas, the we're-hurt act. Blech. Awful II. But if you really want to start counting by number, the timeline of this rules debacle begins in Maui, at the first event of the year.
There is so much blame to go around right now that eight fingers (the normal complement) is not enough. A short list in no particular order: Woods, Fred Ridley and Augusta National; Dustin Johnson and Lexi Thompson; Mike Davis and the USGA; Jay Monahan and the PGA Tour; Justin Thomas; various card-carrying members of the GWAA, including your correspondent; some of your favorite Golf Channel commentators.
Justin Thomas called out the USGA on Saturday, but the USGA didn't stay silent.
To get on this list all you need to do is fail to convince the public of the underpinning that makes all serious competitive golf possible:
Golf's rulebook, and strict, self-policed adherence to it (with help as needed), is the necessary starting point to all serious golf competitions.
That means you, the serious golfer, have to know, understand and respect the rules and those who make them.
Does that mean you abdicate your right to challenge the rules, or any rule? To question their logic and application? Of course not. But it's how you do it, and when you do it.
Here's a message to anybody with his or her name on a golf bag: Just learn the new rule and abide by it.
Just ask yourself, before you open your mouth or Twitter account: Are you about to make the game better? Are you putting the game first, or yourself? Fowler failed on Thursday. The USGA failed on Saturday. It was all so inane it makes you want to scream.
There's been a great deal of attention to a new rule this year about how to drop. There was a year-long review period before the new procedure, and the other rules changes, became golf law. Here's a message to anybody with his or her name on a golf bag: Just learn the new rule and abide by it.
Does the new drop look ridiculous? It does now, because it's new. A decade from now it won't. Was this a rule that really needed to be changed, from the old shoulder-height drop? Probably not, but the USGA and the R&A had sound reasons for making the change, and also a long review period where you or I or Rickie Fowler could have tried to convince them not to make it. So we failed.
By the way, nobody playing real-life golf is going to care about how a drop is made en-route to shooting a newspaper 93. There is and always has been two games, the elite game and the actual game, and the chasm between the two is only increasing. You wonder if the good folks in Liberty Corner, N.J., actually get that. The search for a lost ball continues until the group behind has caught up or your anger has faded, whichever comes first. Then we drop the ball roughly where it was lost and add one shot.
#welcometotherealworld
A real rules debacle is coming, courtesy of the new three-minute search rule. Nobody is ready for that. It may not come up at the Players or the Masters, but it almost surely will at Bethpage (PGA Championship) and Pebble Beach (U.S. Open) and Portrush (British Open). In other words, courses with rough.
Justin Thomas says he was shocked by 'upsetting' USGA tweet, calls it 'inaccurate'
Once golf had Joe Dey and Sandy Tatum (obscure names today) and Bobby Jones. They were giants of the USGA and their golfing values could be found all through the game. You can see their examples in the life and times of Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, Mickey Wright and Nancy Lopez. Tom Watson, Curtis Strange, Davis Love — and thousands of others who could honestly say they put the game ahead of themselves. Can you imagine Karrie Webb ever playing hockey on a U.S. Open green as Phil Mickelson did last year? Mickelson, in time, owned that moment of passing craziness. Yes, his action demeaned the game. But, tellingly, it had no impact on him.
Speaking of hockey: the late Dave Anderson of the New York Times used to say that the generations of NHLers who came after Gretzky — Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby and the rest — maintained a standard of grace, on the ice and off it even more – because they wanted to follow in Gretzky's example. Had The Great One acted as an ass, that would have opened the doors.
Who is golf's Gretzky? In golf who is setting that example now? Jack Nicklaus spent his long and great career doing almost everything the right way. (Well, his pace was glacial.) But at age 79 he doesn't want to be the game's high priest, particularly since golf never listened to him about what a crazy-long golf ball would do to courses, and the expense and time it takes to play.
In the meantime, golf's search for its Judge Landis (baseball's first and iron-fisted commissioner) continues. Twitter provides a voice to the voiceless, and that's an incredibly valuable thing. But you'll never find a Landis who can offer a decision, or set a course, in 280 characters, no matter how many times you hit the return key and drop in three dots.
Here's golf in two words: own it. Own it! Own your mistakes and your successes. Own your swing, your practice routine, your scorecard. Golf is supposed to be about taking responsibility. Leave the course better than you found it.
WATCH: Rickie Fowler trolls golf rule changes with suggestive drop
Woods, at the 2013 Masters, when he made that bad drop on 15, did not own that moment. Woods made an innocent mistake, but it was a mistake nonetheless. He could have done so much for the game right then and there by saying I am responsible for this mess and I will clean it up. All he had to do was withdraw. Woods felt he was entitled to keep playing because his error paved the way for another one.
You might remember it. Fred Ridley, then a Masters tournament official and now the club's chairman, should have asked Woods about the drop after the round and before he signed his card. Ridley had a moment where he could have stepped in and taken over, been the adult in the room, but he didn't and the residual effects are in evidence. Ever since, the us-against-them mentality has escalated.
Dustin Johnson, at the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont, could have said that he could not be 100 percent sure he did not cause that ball to move. He could have owned that moment and bent over backwards to be fair to others. He didn't. That ball moved and Johnson said he was not responsible for it.
Likewise, Mike Davis and various USGA officials could have said to Johnson, We take you at your word and you should play on, without penalty. In other words, be decisive and say the matter is over. They could have owned that moment, too. They didn't.
(How the public has lost faith in the USGA, by taking on anchored putting and going overboard on its U.S. Open course set-ups, is another discussion.)
Jay Monahan and the PVB Gang could be doing way more to help the players to see that it's in their interest to lodge their complaints with a decorum that has always separated golf from every other sport. Various commentators, on cable and network TV, at websites and in magazines, could have and should do the same.
Lexi Thompson did not own her poor ball-marking at the 2017 ANA Inspiration. She was not a victim there. All she did was mark incorrectly. She showed not the slightest inclination to own that moment.
Here's a bright spot. Adam Schenk, 27-year-old professional golfer, got a two-shot penalty on Saturday morning for breaking a rule, by mistake, on 17 in his Friday round. His caddie was directly behind him as he played his bunker shot. Schenk violated Rule 10.2b(4): "The player's caddie must not deliberately stand in a location on or close to an extension of the line of play behind the ball for any reason." It was of course not an intentional act of cheating. But that's not how the rules of golf work.
"The rule changes are what they are," Schenk said. "They're fine. Everybody has got to play by them, and I just unfortunately didn't."
Kid got it exactly correct. What an example.
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EU sets 40% women quota to boost boardroom gender equality
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The goal? Get more women into senior positions in corporate companies
The European Union has agreed binding targets for boardroom gender equality in a bid to get more women into senior positions.
Norway did it first with legislation in 2005 and it proved a success – women directors went from 5 per cent to 40 per cent in just seven years. And now, (many) years later the rest of Europe is following suit.
From 30 June 2026 large companies operating in the 27 EU member countries will have to ensure a share of 40 per cent of the "underrepresented sex" – usually women – among non-executive directors.
In cases where candidates are equally qualified for a post, priority will go to the candidate of the underrepresented sex.
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Listed companies will be required to provide annual information about the gender representation on their boards and, if the gender equality objectives have not been met, outline how they plan to attain them.
The EU's proposal includes penalties for companies that fail to comply with selection obligations. These could include fines, as well as companies having their selection of board directors annulled by a judicial body.
Last year, EU data showed women occupied 30.6 per cent of boardroom positions, but this varied widely country by country. France, which has a 40 per cent women-on-boards quota, was the only EU country to exceed that threshold with more than 45 per cent.
Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium and Germany were the next best in class, with between 36 and 38.8 per cent of women in the boardroom. Falling short was Hungary, Estonia and Cyprus, where fewer than one in 10 non-executive directors were women.
"Diversity is not only a matter of fairness. It also drives growth and innovation. The business case for having more women in leadership is clear," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement.
"There are plenty of women qualified for top jobs: they should be able to get them".
This is a positive next step for gender equality and we look forward to seeing more women bring their insights, wisdom and knowledge to the boardrooms.
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Q: Typography in React Material-UI I've this textbox:
<Typography component="p" className={classes.text}>
        {this.props.post.text}
</Typography>

I'd like to be able to include paragraphs but all text entered into it gets printed on one line.
The documentation suggests that paragraph is defaulted to false so I must set it to `true.
I've tried the following:
<Typography component="p" className={classes.text} paragraph="true">

I also tried:
<Typography component="p" className={classes.text} paragraph={true}>

Neither work so all my text still gets printed to one line.
How do I get the paragraphs to show?
Additional info:
As I now understand, the paragraph={true} attribute in Typography just adds a bottom-margin to the whole text. I.E. my one block of text is a paragraph. If I want another paragraph I would have to add another Typography. Something like:
<Typography component="p" className={classes.text} paragraph={true}>
        {this.props.post.text}
</Typography>
<Typography component="p" className={classes.text} paragraph={true}>
        {this.props.post.text2}
</Typography>

This is not exactly what I want. Perhaps what I should be aiming for is to have the return characters in my input text recognised. Is this correct and if so, how is it done?
I tried this:

    <Typography component="p" className={classes.text}>
      {this.props.post.text}
    </Typography>

The  tag preservers the whitespace and line breaks inside the tags as is.
This is not suitable though. If I have long line the text does not wrap at the Card width. Instead anything beyond the width of the card becomes truncated. Clearly I want it all. I want my text to wrap in the card and also for it to support new lines and paragraphs. How is this done?

A: I tried your answer and it worked perfectly as needed. However, the console returns a minor error

Warning: validateDOMNesting(...):
 cannot appear as a descendant
  of
.

I improved on your answer slightly by replacing the
 tags in your .map() with <Typography> and wrapping it all in a
 instead, like so:

  {this.props.post.text.split('\n').map((i, key) => {
    return <Typography key={key} paragraph variant="body1">{i}</Typography>;
  })}

(you can replace body1 with whichever variant you want!)
This seems to get rid of the warning for me and I hope works as you intended.

A: I've come up with this:
<Typography component="p" className={classes.text}>
  {this.props.post.text.split("\n").map((i, key) => {
    return
{i}
;
  })}
</Typography>

If there is a better way to do this I'd be keen to hear it.

A: A better way is to use power of css:
white-space: pre-line

"New line" character will be respected if you use this css property.
Edit: Help from Ionut-Alexandru Baltariu
<Typography id="modal-description" sx={{ whiteSpace: 'pre-line'}}>

A: For new paragraphs
<Typography>
  {this.props.text.split("\n").map((i, key) => {
    return
{i}
;
  })}
</Typography>

For just new lines
<Typography>
  {this.props.text.split("\n").map((i, key) => {
    return
{i}
;
  })}
</Typography>

A: This really is a strange behavior. From what I can tell, you are doing everything correctly. p is by itself displayed as block element so it should be by default displayed the way you want it to be. But, it could be that you are overriding that in your .text css class. Try to see if there is you problem. If not, you can always use variant property variant="headline" in order to put them on new lines.

A: If I get this right, you could simply leverage the power of HTML and add
-elements, to insert line-breaks.

A: This worked for me:
<Typography component="pre">
   {this.props.post.text}
</Typography>

A: Starting in Material UI V5 you can now access many CSS utilities as props. For whitespace, you can now do:
<Typography whiteSpace="pre-line">{this.props.post.text}</Typography>

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[Gamesbriefers] Can Nintendo sustain the traditional console business for much longer?
This is a Gamesbriefers post, where we ask industry luminaries to respond to a topical question.
While other companies in the console games business are struggling to adapt, Nintendo has so far defied expectations – most notably by managing to sell tens of millions of 3DS consoles, despite the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets. With the Wii U coming out in a couple of months, the company seems to have tentatively embraced digital distribution and social networking – but are steps like that, and the company's own amazing IP, enough to sustain its existing business model? Or does it still seem inevitable that we'll be playing Mario and Zelda on our iPads in the not so distant future?
I've never really fallen for the Nintendo spell, but I do understand why they have such otherwise universal love. However, unless they can find a way to leverage the WiiU as a second screen family living room experience I just think this is too little too late. Digital download? Social media? They should have done that 2-3 years ago. Now it should be about meaningful social integration and Freemium content – and cross-platform support.
In my view Mobile and Tablet devices are just moving way too fast for an old Skool hardware provider like Nintendo.
Microsoft's Smartglass seems a much better way to go – as long as its widely adopted and does what it says on the tin.
Perhaps I will feel differently about Nintendo games when they are available on my tablet of choice.
They have so many strengths, but to me Nintendo really excel at two things – making incredible games, and making a profit on their hardware. They don't play the same game as the other platform holders and, while it's generally the case that their product appears inferior to the competition if you go by spec sheets (PSP vs DS, 3DS vs Vita, Wii U vs next-gen formats) they've so often surprised and delighted us with their software that it's difficult to bet against them – certainly every time I've thought they're going down the wrong path, it's me that's been wrong.
Because they're not in the business of loss-leading on hardware, and sell a huge amount of first party software, they haven't had to be number one to be successful – and when they have been number one (DS, Wii) the success, and profits, have been phenomenal. Wii U won't come close to the success of the Wii, but that doesn't necessarily make it a failure for Nintendo. At the same time, it's always been trickier for third party developers and publishers to make money on Nintendo formats compared to others. What's driving innovation in the industry now is new business models, and new developers, many of whom are coming from outside the 'industry club' older companies have enjoyed membership of for so long. By casting an infinitely wide net, 'open' platforms are more likely to bring in this innovation than closed ones.
However, innovation can be destructive – there's no way an existing console company selling games for $50 was going to lead the way on freemium. The big problem for the new consoles is that people now have other devices to play on, and those devices are effectively free – i.e. they're not bought for gaming, but are great at it. If the freemium model – removing all financial barriers to start playing – is the way forward, a $250 paywall in the form of a new piece of gaming kit breaks that model. My suspicion is the coming console systems represent the last major generation of bespoke gaming devices we'll see. A quote I'll no doubt regret in a few years!
We asked the audience a similar question at the end of the 'Battle of the Platforms' day last week in Shoreditch.
Out of the 95 people there, not one voted for Nintendo.
This didn't surprise me – I know the industry generally wrote Nintendo off before it launched the Wii and turned the console business on its head, but see Nintendo either following Sega and switching to software publishing in a few years, or being bought by another company for its IPs. I just can't see a long-term market for games-only devices from a company that doesn't properly understand online, free-to-play or cross-platform.
I don't think people want multiple devices, whether that's portable or under-the-TV. Games on mobile/tablet are now getting so good and are so competitively priced that I can't see a compelling reason to buy an expensive new 3DS style handheld and games for £30 when you can get FIFA for £5 on your iPhone (a device you already need to own) It's a similar story with under-the-TV hardware.
3-4 years ago, I might have suggested kids as Nintendo's trump card, particularly with the DS. Pokemon and all the other children's games were the driver for owning one, and it could have been the perfect device for introducing those young players to the core Nintendo brands (Mario, Zelda etc).
In 2012? All the surveys I've seen say that children want an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch for Christmas (the latter being most likely, obviously), and those are the devices they'll be playing on. I suspect for a large swathe of the under-10s population, Angry Birds is a more exciting brand than anything Nintendo have, right now.
Nintendo has technical know-how, brand appeal, a reputation for inventiveness, die-hard tribal loyalty, positive press bias and an amazing ability to execute on all of the above where it counts. It is also maddening, often old-school (region locking etc.), bottom-line focused and has always had difficulty playing well with others.
The rest of the industry needs Nintendo to exist because – however frustrating it may be – Nintendo defines the waves that we all follow. Kinect and Move would not exist if not for the Wii, and when Wii U does prove a success (which I think it will), both Microsoft and Sony will scramble to create their own tablet/console hookups. Likewise, many social game mechanics would not exist had Nintendo not invented them first. It has sat at the top of the innovation waterfall for three decades.
So the major threat to it is not new platforms, digital distribution or any of those concerns. The vast majority of customers do not care about any of that. Nintendo's big problem is internal: It may simply be running out of ways to innovate. What comes after the Wii U, after the console that can accept every conceivable kind of input? That is the question of the decade for Nintendo, because once the verbs run out, they may have nowhere left to grow.
I don't think that the Wii U tablet/TV hook-up is going to capture the imagination in anything like the same way the Wiimote did, and I'd expect a far smaller uptake of the hardware as a consequence.
The point of two-screen activity is to give the user space and time away from the rest of the room. Nintendo's philosophy of bringing the people on their separate screens together is noble, but I think ultimately misguided. Also, smartphones and tablets do a lot more and are a lot more integral to people's lives and identities than a tablet controller will ever be. So I don't think they've got the behavioural psychology the right way around. If you want to bring people together, make them all look at the same thing, by making it very fun. Like the Wii and Kinect have done at my family gatherings.
Surely most everybody is confident enough that Apple will make a move to control the living room screen that they will see Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft's efforts as side-shows or distractions from the main event. Nintendo have traditionally done their own thing and fought their own battle. They're a toy manufacturer! This feels far more like following than leading. It's Apple by Nintendo. And they're stepping directly into an area where Apple are already destroying them – without even trying to do so. Games are not Apple's focus.
So this is going to be a very tough sell. I don't see them capitulating any time soon, I imagine they will make a profit and what have you, they are savvy as a business and they won't be letting their franchises wander (effectively turning from a hardware to a software business in the process) until they have literally no choice. Like Apple, they seem to feel that to make the best experience, you have to control hardware and software. They're probably right. So I wouldn't hold out for Zelda on the iPhone, but due to a lack of innovation or wow factor, or novelty, nor would I see them having anything like the impact they had with the Wii.
I reckon Nintendo will sell a million of these in the UK in the 1st 6 months – you won't be able to get one, there will be panic and all the usual stuff. To get Mario and Zelda you will need the Wii U, but Wii U games will be £40-50 and 3rd party support will be led by Ubi IMHO – Zombie U & Rayman.
The market for 3rd party games is not a profitable one unless you are Nintendo. That is the history and I have the dev and publishing scars to prove it. That won't change, it may even get worse. The Wii U is a great concept, and a challenge to games makers. I am told COD will be going large on this, but will it sell Wii U's? I doubt it.
Wii U will face a massive attack if Apple bother to market AirPlay to the iPhone and iPad owners and actually push Apple TV this Christmas. They show no signs of doing this, yet. Also, Microsoft are launching Win8 – and basically spending gazilions on ads – that will be a noisy old time and could distract potential Nintendo customers from buying or more importantly spending £250-300 to get going.
Nintendo make toys, brilliant ones. Christmas is toy time in toy town, every year.
Nintendo is a great toy and the Wii attracted a lot of non-traditional gamers, in large part to the novel idea of playing tennis in your living room, and in part to the $199 price point. It looks like the Wii U will retail for $299, which is on the boundary of prices where the spouse needs to be consulted.
If the Wii U is still focused on non-core gamers, that price point is hurting their cause.
You're quite right, compared to previous successful consoles Wii U is great value. Compared to the high end mobile devices customers think they get for free on contract, or consider free because they bought them for something else, it's very expensive.
My memory of the Wii launch price was wrong (or I bought it on sale somewhere?). The Googlebox says the Wii launch price was $249 and not the $199 I remember.
Instead of inflation-adjusted prices, we can compare against the price of a Blu-ray DVD player in Nov of 2006 (thank you Waybackmachine). The first page of Amazon hits for Blu-Ray DVD had an average price of $182 in 2006. That number provides an idea of the kind of fun a Wii had to offer to get a non-gamer to buy it. Today, the first page of Blu-Rays on Amazon has an average price of $98.
Nintendo is competing in a world where the price of gaming is coming down for non-core gamers who now have Facebook and smartphones. I'm under the impression that they need to attract non-core gamers, but their pricing relative to comparable, electronic toys is moving in the wrong direction.
I have been thinking about this on and off for a few days now and I think my conclusion is that it is very difficult to see how they are not going to get relegated into a future niche with some of their staunch attitudes. Think of the niche that Apple effectively occupied in the 90's vs Microsoft. The difference is that when Apple came back on the rise again, they did not only by innovating in new market niches (e.g. digital music) but by making those products easy enough to fit people's lives! This is surely one of the reasons why mobile gaming has become so ubiquitous! So WiiU is a smart toy that solves a real problem, but as for their handhelds: does anyone who isn't A) in the industry, or B) older than 7, really want to carry around a brightly coloured lump of plastic and a load of cartridges?
On this basis perhaps we will find that they soften and change more gradually than Sega did, where we essentially all woke up one morning and they weren't doing any type of console anymore, period.


Left back Ben Coker acknowledged that results have been below par of late but is confident in the squad to turn things around.
Blues travel to another side out of form on Saturday in Northampton Town, who are one of the four teams in the relegation zone.
And Coker said they have to be resilient away from home to grind out a result.
"Since I've been back in the team results have been inconsistent. We had a good result against Charlton and then the other three or four have been disappointing.
"All we've got to do is work as hard as we possibly can and get back to basics; work hard, be hard to beat and I think we'll be alright.
"You've got to work through these situations. You're going to have bad runs and you're going to have good runs, but I think we just have to work through.
"That's what we've always done and we'll come out the other side alright.
Coker returned from injury against Bradford in December and played every game over the Christmas period.
And he believes it was the hard work in his four months out that got him through.
"I've done a lot of work, I've been working really hard with Doug and Benji over the period I was out so that's go me through it.


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John Travolta is constantly being crapped on by the majority of the entertainment media, not only for his "bad acting" but also for his odd/questionable projects (most recently Gotti and Speed Kills) and within the last year he stated that Fred Durst (of Limp Bizkit fame) was one of the best directors that he has ever worked with. Let's face it: negative trash/spin is much easier to write about, attracts more readers, and sells more ad space, especially in the social media age (where media companies are looking for "likes," "shares" and "retweets" more than anything else). Travolta's latest starring role, a yarn about the sport and business of late-model dirt track auto racing, is another weird pick/low-budget offering from the actor. But having said that, Travolta brings his "A Game" to this film and so does the supporting cast of Michael Madsen, Toby Sebastian, Shania Twain (in her first full length movie), and prolific character actors Kevin Dunn and Barry Corbin (who also played a sheriff character in the low-budget 1980 Kenny Rogers' stock car racing movie Six Pack). It's a well written, directed, and filmed movie, especially for its tiny budget… well, in spite of a rather ridiculous/silly ending too. It's refreshing to see a movie produced about a different/interesting/niche subject matter like dirt track racing, something that's dying out culturally across America. The movie, only available on VOD demand currently, is slated for a limited theatrical release in March, and is sure to become a cult classic as time goes on.
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