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uglifruit replied to Marlowe's topic in Film, TV & Radio
I thoroughly enjoyed Don't Look Up. And came here to say the ending (as others have mentioned) did remind me of .
What Christmas TV & Movies are you watching this year?
uglifruit replied to The Disco's topic in Film, TV & Radio
Have decided to do the sort-of-classics this year, as we normally don't watch anything Xmassy other that Holiday Inn & It's A Wonderful Life. So far: Die Hard, Die Hard II, Trading Places, Gremlins, 8-Bit Christmas, Dune, Santa Claus: The Movie Admittedly Dune isn't an Xmas film.
Atmosfear - 30th anniversary special edition on kickstarter
uglifruit replied to Doctor Shark's topic in Gaming Unplugged
Yes, that's fair.
There's no way I'd spend that on it. Friends and I used to play the original (and expansions). I picked them up for pennies at a car boot sale, and for years they seemed to be a charity shop staples. It was fine for silly, boozy gaming -- but nothing more than that.
Single player games
uglifruit replied to bradigor's topic in Gaming Unplugged
I love Sprawopolis. Under Falling Skies is also excellent. Mage Knight is fabulous, but I'd not recommend it to beginners. D-Day Dice ... If you like chucking dice a bit, but then using the results in clever ways. Nice balance of luck and brainpower.
The Beatles: Get Back - Peter Jackson Beatles documentary
uglifruit replied to JohnC's topic in Film, TV & Radio
I second that book recommendation. It's excellent.
Utterly compelling stuff. Some thoughts... As others have said, the wealth of songs that we see in embryonic form that don't crop up 'til later on in the Beatles/solo careers are fascinating. 'Another day', 'Back seat of my car', 'Jealous guy', 'All things must pass' plus most of Abbey Road (Something, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, Octopus's Garden, I Want You (She's So Heavy), Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, Her Majesty) It's also great to see how much they obvious *can* enjoy playing together, at times. And John's bloody annoying behaviour in the studio you can't help but forgive when he absolutely *does* pull it out of the bag, when he has to perform. It was interesting in episode 3 how business like in running a proper rehearsal JL was when Paul wasn't in the studio. Billy Preston looked to be having a great time. It made me dig out the Concert For Bangladesh where he plays 'that's the way god planned it' and it's joyous, and the Concert For George where a much older BP sings Isn't It A Pity. Great stuff. Also: George's outfit's were astounding. Part 1: Michael bangs on about performing in the middle east. Part 2: Magic Alex is a conman. Part 3: The Beatles knock it out of the park, despite everything.
Do any 80s action tv shows still hold up to repeat viewing?
uglifruit replied to Vespa Alex's topic in Film, TV & Radio
I've been watching the "the Fall Guy". Likeable crap. Watch an episode on YouTube. (S2e08) is pretty typical, they are all very similar.
Rate the last film you watched out of 5
uglifruit replied to Raoull duke's topic in Film, TV & Radio
Brainstorm (1983) More famous for being Natalie Wood's last film than anything else (she died during filming). An oddly uneven piece of SciFi, the basic premise of being able to record people's brain function (including emotions etc) and play them back to other people is interesting - and the film hints at exploring this; for education, for the military for porn, etc. But we also have to put up with Christopher Walken delivering lines like he doesn't really understand them (in that Walken way) - and an odd dynamic between his and Natalie Wood's characters. They start the film in the midst of a separation, and then get back together in a bit of Weekday-Afternoon-TV-Romance way. Which is at odds with the SciFi feel. Then during the last act it becomes like a kid's film with a ridiculous slapstick sequence. Add to that the director being a Visual Effects Expert rather than director (it shows), and the truncated ending because of Natalie Wood's death, and you have a very strange film. On the plus side it does have some really interesting cinematography (and I don't just mean the POV stuff), with an unusual choice of shots and long takes. 2/5. Unsatisfying, but still worth watching as a curio.
Call of Cthulhu - TT Horror RPG
I might have to bow out if it's in Nov, as I've signed up for the Write A Call Of Cthulhu Scenario course that runs across November. It might test my partner's patience if as well as reading/writing and playtesting etc, I've committed to extra CoC evenings as well. (This one: https://www.chaosium.com/blogrpg-writer-workshop-returns-in-november-write-your-first-call-of-cthulhu-adventure/ )
Thanks so much for running this, and the effort in prepping it. It was great fun! (insofar as the nightmare of being trapped in a claustrophobic tomb with a heartless beast can be classed as 'fun'). Untold wealth and celebrity is definitely a justifiable reward for a talented Egyptologist such as myself. If only I could control my clumsiness with ancient artefacts...
I can do either. I have a slight preference for the 26th, but either works.
Is there any way it could be a different week? Say the Tuesday after, with half term that week I've actually got a holiday booked!
I'm quite flexible around those days. ( I'll also update my previous post re. which scenarios I've done elsewhere, in case you're looking to run a published scenario I happen to have run/ played ).
I definitely would!
General chatter - discuss anything here
uglifruit replied to Asura's topic in Gaming Unplugged
I'm assuming that the pepper mill to the side is for scale, and is one of those Italian-restaurant-in-the-80s ones that is as long as my forearm.
Coco. (Pixar) Bloody great. Touching, in a good way, funny, and great music/songs. Also interesting to see they've worked hard to animate the fingers when guitar playing realistically, and looks 'right'. 5 out of 5 (tears).
uglifruit replied to jonnyalpha's topic in Gaming Unplugged
Under Fallen Skies. My gaming group still are not really feeling confident enough to meet up in a small space, so I've had a dive into this solo dice placement game. It's clever and surprisingly well balanced it seems. Given the dice rolls and variability of the setup, saving the city from the invaders is very often a knifeedge finish of win/lose conditions. And the box is rammed with content. A campaign (of about 8 games) adds variable cities (each with two different abilities), characters (each with helpful skills), and missions (with objective/rule tweaks). These combine to mean you're forced to prioritise different tactics game to game, as well as reacting to the dice rolls. Anyway. Very much recommended. In fact it displaces Deep Space D6 as my dice placement solo game of choice. (Under Falling Skies is a boxed, beefed up edition of the free print and play nine card version that I printed, played and liked enough to invest in the 'proper' game when it came out. So you've very little excuse not to try it!)
Board gaming expenditure 2021
uglifruit replied to Stejay's topic in Gaming Unplugged
World War Chtulhu Cold War Core Rules - £12 World War Chtulhu Cold War Section 46 - £16 Star Wars RPG (30th anniversary edition) - £18 (gift) Farflung RPG - £14 Welcome To Dino World Deluxe Kickstarter edition - £18.20 (gift) Once More Into The Void PDF (KS) - £12 Villagers Shifting Seasons (KS) - £13 p&p to add Call Of Cthulhu Classic (Kickstarter - SECOND EDITION BOX SET* REPRINT SHADOWS OF YOG SOTHOTH THE ASYLUM & OTHER TALES CTHULHU COMPANION TRAIL OF THE TSATHOGGHUA FRAGMENTS OF FEAR*) - (£72 minus ~£45) = ~ £28 p&p to add Total for June = £131.20 An expensive month - but I've also bought presents for friend's birthday and another friend's Xmas. Total for year to date = £771 *some weird juggling - bought the box set on KS, but sold my originals of * on eBay.
I liked it. You have to be aware it's a deck management game as much as an exploration, but it's a good one.
May (and some I missed from April) My Haul Of Cthulhu: (All CoC books) Pulp Cthulhu £26.99 Two Headed Serpent £29.19 Cold Fire Within £23.26 Down Darker Trails £29.23 Shadows Over Stillwater £24.99 The Grand Grimoire of Cthulhu Mythos £24.66 Beyond The Mountains Of Madness $50 + The Malleus Monstrorum Keeper Deck $15 + shipping ~ £49 Some Board Games from Amazon: Crew: The Quest For Planet Nine £12.79 Big Money £4.47 The King Is Dead: Second Edition £15.69 Total for May (and April's missed ones): £239.70 Total for year £640. Ouch.
Like the scene at the end of Carrie I'm resurrecting this thread (appropriately enough) to give my Call Of Cthulhu thoughts on a year of online play, and the scenarios I've tackled. I gave my thoughts on the Starter Set (earlier in this thread) which contains three scenarios; but here are some one-line (spoiler-free) assessments/summaries. Paper Chase (Starter Set) [I GM'd] - A reclusive professor was missing, and some of his books appeared to have been stolen from his library. A nice simple intro, designed for one-keeper, one investigator play but easily can be adapted to more investigators. * Edge of Darkness (Starter Set) [I GM'd] - The investigators fulfilled the wish of a dying friend in attempt to try to undo the mistakes of his youthful past. An excellent adventure that really ramps up the feeling of freedom for the investigators. * Dead Man Stomp (Starter Set) [I GM'd] - 1920s Harlem and hot jazz music served as a backdrop to another excellent adventure - where the n.p.c.s can be as frightening as any monsters. It also allows the players to tackle some sensitive issues around race in that setting, which adds a poignancy of the scenario. All told: The Starter Set scenarios (EoD and DMS) are excellent. And PC is also nice, but probably more suited to beginners (players and investigators). Amidst The Ancient Trees (Keepers' Rulebook) [I GM'd] – The daughter of a local industrialist has been kidnapped and the ransom payoff went horribly wrong. A good hook and straight in, but favours investigators who are slightly less cautious, or it could drag a bit. * Missed Dues (Keepers' Screen) [I was an investigator, and then later, I GM'd it with a different group] – After a bundled heist, Investigators (all low ranking mobsters) are caught up in something weirder and deadlier than the prohibition drink smuggling they're used to. After a masterclass in GMing here by @Doctor Shark, it was fun to later take this on as GM and steal some ideas. A good opening hook, that is nicely non-Cthulhu which worked excellently with some new players to CoC). The Darkness Beneath the Hill (Doors To Darkness) [I was an investigator] - A friend in Providence, Rhode Island asks investigators to help with some tunnels his found whilst renovating his basement. This is a 'beginner' scenario - and quite dungeon crawl-y (literally in fact). I enjoyed it, but it was predictable. Dark Offerings (Miskatonic Repository, independent by Rob Leigh) [I GM'd] – A friend's daughter has joined a hippy cult, and investigators are brought in to track her down. An interesting modern day scenario. My players initially struggled with the modern setting (I set it in 2004, but they almost resisted using their non-smart phones, or the internet). Perhaps ran a little 'long' as they cautiously toured the British Isles; but a good final act and some major casualties. Interestingly Whatsapp conversation was about how much they were enjoying visiting pubs and post offices etc, and chatting with locals - and no covid to restrict that. Genius Loci (Doors To Darkness) [I investigated] - A letter from an inmate of an Asylum is the launching point for this. Initially hard to intuit what the players might need to do, leading to a rather long (but thoroughly enjoyable) extended stay in the town of Salem and visiting its varied establishments. My (very frazzled) GM told me afterwards he was inventing businesses and plot pointers left right and centre, but as a player it didn't show. Our game had an amazing pulpy ending, when escaping from police pursuit in a light aircraft (I'm not spoiling anything there, I doubt anyone else's game would end thus). Some criticism online also notes that the investigators can feel a bit lacking guidance, so investigate leading to wander a bit. Despite that I had an outstanding time, I'm just not sure I'd recommend this scenario unless your keeper is good at thinking on their feet. * Lights Out (Fear's Little Needles, Joe Trier, Stygian Fox) [I GM'd] 15 year old Alice Miller went missing, no one knew whether it was just a rebellious teenager phase, or related to her depression since her boyfriend was killed in car accident earlier in the year. A 'one-shot' (on paper), that took us two shots. A short scenario - only 3500 words - so the GM is doing some work to fill in the wallpaper, and modern setting (2019 here, so smart phones galore). I'd recommend this one as a good modern day setting that *doesn't* benefit by crippling the players with them having to investigate in a Faraday cage, and actually encourages the investigators to be using them. Ours also has some quite unpleasant interactions between characters/npcs that were just borne out of their backstories and relationships. Also played : The Great Unwashed [Online convention play... and I don't know where the scenario was from Not all that memorable, so I'd struggle to recommend one way or the other. Though I did save the world and sacrifice the others in the party.] The End Times [Online convention play - End Of TImes Monograph setting - so SciFi ... but ran out of time, and was abandoned after about a month of trying to reschedule, which was disappointing as it appeared to have a good hook... but also had an annoying "gamifying" player who definitely wanted to 'win'. All told I'd highly recommend those I've starred. (But, or course, your group may favour other styles of play/settings etc etc.) I've also had played : Ties That Bind (from Doors To Darkness) And Dead Light from Dead Light.
V-Commandos KS Expansion: Ghost/Bag/Upgrade packs/Objective Tiles - £63 AuZtralia KS Expansions: Revenge of the Old One / TaZmania - £50 Alba KS postage - £9 (ouch) Clash of Deck KS - £2 April Total: £124 Running total to date: £399
Oh the delight if of being able to post in this thread! This morning, in a gloriously sunny garden, I played a game of Villagers with two friends in the flesh. A gentle "drafting from a market to build a tableau" game was a lovely a return to face to face games. Even if the lightest breeze caused issues. In the virtual world it's been Race For The Galaxy on the app. Which is fine, but rather impersonal, and quite hard to see in my phone. Call Of Cthulhu via Zoom continues to be great though. Some small scenarios, some larger. Now have a regular-ish group who are likely to continue playing like this.
I have a weird relationship with sleeves. I use to want to keep things pristine, but now I actually enjoy seeing the signs of wear on components, a bit. (Obviously not if it's a blind draw deck that you can recognise the damaged back of). I sleeved all my Netrunner cards. Christ, what a ballache (and expense). I'd sleeve the deck I was taking to play someone if there was prissy-ness over recognising marked cards... But I just don't play anyone like that. I'm now the same with boxes. They can have shelf wear/dinks. And expansions can be bagged up and thrown in the main box. It's all good.


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RMIT 2020 CX Strategy: An experience design toolkit to help RMIT understand and design for its students.
An experience design toolkit to help RMIT understand and design for its students.
Roles: CX research, workshop facilitation, visual design, and presenting.
Customer Experience and Lean (CX&L) is an intrapreneurial team from RMIT University, working to inform business strategy and enact transformative change. Our team aimed to bring a service design and customer experience mindset across the university from both a business and academic perspective.
CX&L inspires and empowers to deliver a differentiated and consistent end-to-end student experience.
Improving conversion for prospective students through co-designing with marketing, reducing drop-off and increasing the number of pathways for prospective and TAFE students.
Reducing attrition for first year students through supporting transitions.
Increasing NPS and student engagement by developing a consistent on-campus and remote experience, across way-finding, student services, and technology.
Improving value offerings, by delivering better teaching through tailored learning design.
Increasing retention of alumni to develop networks for give back and other contributions.
As a CX Researcher, I worked to support RMIT's business outcomes by creating a service design toolkit that would develop institutional understanding of students and their journey before, during and after university. My role was central in the project's multiple research rounds.
We conducted a formidable amount of research over 15 months taking phased approach that focused on three distinct stages of the RMIT student lifecycle: prospect, student and alumni.
With the staged lifecycle, we were able to understand the student perspective across their entire university experience, and map needs, drivers and behaviours across a lifespan rather than a degree.
Techniques such as co-design, change management, advocacy, and shared learning were employed to expedite thinking.
The team's working space was an open and active area where I could conduct student interviews, facilitate industry workshops and present showcases.
I prompted continuous discussion on research as it progressed by inviting regular feedback from students and passersby, creating opportunity to truly co-design with students and university staff.
I contributed to fortnightly showcases, hosting, facilitating, and presenting with my team.
Showcases were intended to demonstrate our value, spark dialogue and embed our work within different areas of the business so we could position ourselves to push for growth.
Defining multiple, distinct behaviour types across prospect, current and alumni personas. (I defined the alumni behaviours).
Visualising a propensity model to anticipate the likely shifts between these behaviours over time.
Designing multi-dimensional personas, spanning across all types of student and considering age, geography, nationality, culture, individual values, type and stage of journey.
We used this modelling, to determine common themes that held true across the entire spectrum of student identity, and their (often highly personal) relationship with the institution.
In particular, we were able to identify three key needs of every student at university: signalling, confidence, and relevance. We identified how this crucial insight differed across stages of the student journey as different types of student need, and developed business recommendations for each one, incorporating it across our deliverables.
competitor, disruptor and cross-industry organisations considered.
global organisations advising on CX strategy and innovation.
white papers and academic publications referenced.
student activities attended and role-played.
hours of shadowing observation across RMIT services.
students, parents and alumni interviewed in depth.
RMIT documents and consultant recommendations reviewed.
After three iterations and 15 months, outputs of the research included comprehensive experience and process maps, personas, journey mapping, and insight packs. Writing and production of each deliverable was a team effort — though as the team's sole designer, I produced most of the visual elements and illustrations.
The end-to-end journey experienced by students at RMIT University, across prospective students, current students, and alumni. The journey is used as a guiding tool to inform and collaborate on business decisions across the institution.
We produced eight personas, representative of student body diversity. These personas are special: they show the shift in student behaviour across time and provide another tool to tailor experiences for different people, in all phases of the journey.
Fundamental human truths on RMIT's students, discovered and synthesised during each round of research. These hold true across all journey stages and personas, and act as guiding holistic principles for the business.
Our work supported the full realisation of the RMIT 2020 CX Strategy. Mapping needs to journey stages and types of person meant our team could strategise a path to transforming the RMIT student experience.
Improving conversion for prospective students by devising a targeted marketing campaign speaking to real student need.
Reducing attrition by redesigning the student on-boarding experience.
Increasing NPS and student engagement through standardising student service metrics and introducing a revised student service model.
Improving value offerings through the design and release of a new business function for digital learning - RMIT Online.
The strategy continues to be realised and will guide thinking at RMIT through to 2020.
"We used these insights to inform more than just the way we ran the campaign - it was also in how we work with the organisation.
"[Rey] has this amazing talent to empathise and understand people, and better yet describe and visualise complex concepts simply. He would be an instant asset to any team. I trust he's on to bigger things, solving problems for the world."
Joshua Lee, CX Analyst, Customer Experience and Lean team, RMIT University.
A clickable iPad prototype to empower people through their mental health journey.
CourtPrep: A diversion program to prepare and re-engage people in the lead up to court.
Light Night: A web-based data visualiser to help councils and citizens make better safety decisions.
BLOOD: What's your type? A digital and physical pop-up activation for onlookers about how blood connects us all.


Sustainability professionals come from a wide variety of backgrounds and educational training. Supported by generous support from the McKinney Family Foundation, we are building a network for impact by preparing some of the most capable future managers ready to take on the state's sustainability challenges.
This statewide workforce development program partners with Indiana-based private, public and nonprofit organizations to host summer externs throughout the Hoosier state to provide solutions-based sustainability expertise.
ISDP is accepting student applicants on a rolling basis until February 28, 2019, or until all positions have been filled.
Ecological jobs represent a large and growing portion of the national and state workforce. According to a jobs survey from the Environmental Defense Fund, the field of sustainability now collectively represents between 4 million and 4.5 million jobs in the United States, up from 3.4 million in 2011. Careers in some sectors, like renewable energy, are growing 12 times faster than the rest of the U.S economy; however, many are experiencing difficulty finding qualified workers.
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Not-for-Profit Theatres on Broadway and Off: ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY
Kmeck, Phoebe
Back Stage;9/8/2005, Vol. 46 Issue 36, pA10
The article presents information on plays planned by Atlantic Theater Co. for 2005-06 season. Atlantic's 2005-06 season includes the plays "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow," "Celebration," and "The Room." "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow " is a boundary-crossing drama about a young Asian woman, adopted at birth and severely agoraphobic, who designs a robot to help her find her birth mother. "The Room" has a cast of six: two women and four men.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Thought I'd post my art here!
Photobucket broke several of my links back here so I'll start with some re-uploads along with some posted previously on twitter.
I'll start off with some silhouettes!
Some shifts! The knife add-on was my twitter icon for a while.
Last year's flower postcard prints set.
Re-upload of comic strips I made on other threads!
Hard drinkin' hard travelin' robots.
- I yearn for redemption, but I'll settle for a breakfast sandwich.
Drew a flower crown Shift for his Birthday!
I should post my other characters here as well. Witch OC's I've been developing over these few months; Sachiko and Bethany!
So I finally made a ref for Pollux!
So far he's made an appearance in one page during TTT r3, he's an Npc I'll gradually use more for Caps and Shift's storyline.
As Sergeant, apart from standard police duties, he is in charge of training recruits and supervising other patrol officers.
Pollux appears intimidating at first but is very approachable once you get to know him. Strict but fair when on duty, works well under pressure. Has of a sense of humor.
Here's a wip/preview of Ripley's intro I'm working on!!
Open your heart to salvation!
I love your characters and I'm in love with your art. 10/10. I enjoy seeing the content you create.
Thank you Alouisse ;o; I really appreciate it!
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Three men responsible for the distribution of drugs and counterfeit cash in the Capital have been jailed after a major police surveillance operation.
At the High Court in Edinburgh Jason Forbes was sentenced to 32 months in prison while Darren Handren was given a 20-month sentence and Edmond Reid received two 36-month prison sentences, which will run concurrently.
Officers from the Organised Crime Counter Terrorism Unit carried out surveillance activity in the Inch and Niddrie areas of the city between October 2012 and May 2013 as part of Operation Harvester.
As a result, almost £10,000 in forged notes was seized from an address in Niddrie Marischal Crescent in January 2013 before one kilo of cannabis and 576 grams of diamorphine were recovered during a search of a property in Cumnor Crescent in May the same year. Reid and Handren were detained during the raid at Cumnor Crescent and were subsequently charged while Forbes was arrested in September during follow-up inquiries under Operation Harvester.
Forbes, 30, had a listening device deployed in his Volkswagen Caddy van during the monitoring operation by police.
Advocate depute Sheena Fraser earlier told the court that on a number of occasions conversations were recorded which demonstrated Forbes' involvement in the supply of heroin.
She said: "These conversations, sometimes with another occupant of the van, sometimes with persons on the other end of a telephone call, related to the movement of drugs and money.
At one point he was heard complaining about another not paying his drug debt and saying he would have to take his list off him.
Forbes, an electrician of Hay Drive, admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin.
Reid, 28, of Cumnor Crescent, earlier pled guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin and cannabis.
Handren, 28, of Niddrie Marischal Crescent, pled guilty to having £9960 of counterfeit £10 notes at his home in January 2013.


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Christie asked to address allegations - by Barbados Today September 2, 2013
Ramon Sanchez, leader of the Democracy Movement, held a brief press conference in Miami addressing the alleged abuse of Cuban detainees held at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.
NASSAU — Miami-based protest group Democracy Movement has asked Prime Minister Perry Christie to take action against the guards responsible for allegedly abusing Cuban detainees at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.
During a press conference in Miami at the group's headquarters, Ramon Sanchez, its spokesman, said Christie must address the allegations.
"Do we need to say any more before we hear from you the good news that you will immediately make all victims and witnesses available to the press and the investigators, not only for the horrible incident already exposed by a leaked report?" Sanchez asked.
"We are not looking for revenge, sir. We are looking to impede those same people [so they won't] commit the same acts in the future when everyone goes about their daily lives and forgets this tragic episode."
He was reading from a letter to the prime minister that the group intends to deliver to the consul general in Miami.
Democracy Movement staged protests against The Bahamas after a video aired on a Spanish language TV station in Miami purporting to show Cubans being abused by Bahamian officers.
The government has called the video a fake.
In statements contained in a defence force report on alleged abuses at the detention centre, marines admitted to beating detainees.
Sanchez said the report's leak is a victory for the truth, but called on Christie to release the official report.
"We encourage you to stand tall on the sacred post that you hold, put politics aside, and give the world the good news that the truth is more important to you than an insincere image…" he said.
Sanchez urged the prime minister to show that he cares about "abused, mistreated and humiliated human beings" whose physical wounds might heal in a while, but whose spiritual wounds could last a lifetime.
"We further encourage you to deploy the courage to sit down together with us in the table of brotherhood so that we can all work together to find justice and harmony in the rest of this process," he said. (Nassau Guardian)
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New information also shows private patients may not have access to an independent complaints process at 74 Independent hospitals and 277 NHS hospitals – a key recommendation of the Paterson Inquiry.
London, 9 December 2021: The first ever public release of data showing unplanned transfers across private healthcare today reveals that 583 patients were urgently transferred to receive emergency care following complications during treatment at independent hospitals and NHS Private Patient Units during a one-year period.
The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) – an independent organisation with a government mandate to make private healthcare more transparent – has released this figure as part of a wider dataset of information about safety and risk in the sector.
It equates to a rate of one in every 1,000 patients treated and was most common in independent hospitals in England - occurring 518 times. Additionally 10 patients were transferred from private patient wards at English NHS hospitals to another facility. There were 28 instances in Scotland and 27 in Wales, all from independent hospitals.
The figures relate to the 12-month period up to June 2021 - a total of 577,800 people [1] across the UK received private healthcare treatment during this time.
PHIN's research also shows patients seeking private treatment at up to 350 UK hospitals may not have access to an independent complaints process if anything goes wrong – with around 80 per cent of those hospitals being NHS-run Private Patient Units.
This was one of the key issues to emerge from the inquiry into convicted surgeon Ian Paterson, with private patients unable to escalate complaints to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, even if they are treated in NHS facilities.
The news comes weeks before the government is expected to publish its full response to the Paterson inquiry recommendations, which were set out last year.
PHIN's data also shows that 340 private patients died over the same 12 month period to June 2021. The majority of patients that died (304) were treated at independent hospitals in England. A further 32 private patients died following private treatment in NHS hospitals in England. The remaining deaths occurred in Scotland (2) and Wales (2), both at independent hospitals.
This figure is a total of all mortalities, including patients that died during treatment for cancer and or for terminal care.
A further 644 patients needed to be returned to theatre across the UK following complications in their treatment while 975 were readmitted to a hospital for emergency care related to their private treatment.
PHIN has released the figures as part of its role to support people considering private healthcare by providing independent information about safety and quality.
Matt James, Chief Executive of PHIN said:
"We have published this information to help patients get a clearer understanding of safety and risk when receiving private treatment at independent hospitals and NHS Private Patient Units.
"The rate of these events is relatively small, and the majority will inevitably happen in more complex cases, but it is still important to know that these are possible outcomes of treatment.
"If you are considering private treatment, you have the right to research your care providers - you have to be comfortable that they are the best fit. There is information and advice on our website to help inform your conversations with your hospitals and consultant."
PHIN can also reveal concerns about private patients' ability to escalate complaints to an independent body.
The Independent Sector Complaints Adjudication Service (ISCAS) was set up for people choosing private treatment and is recognised by health regulators across the UK. While all of the larger hospital providers offer access to ISCAS, 351 do not. Of those, the vast majority (277) are NHS trusts that provide paid-for services.
Sally Taber, Director of ISCAS said:
"It may come as a surprise to people to hear that private healthcare patients who are unhappy with their care don't have access to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, even if they are treated at an NHS hospital.
"Details of where patients can access ISCAS's complaints service are available on PHIN's website. It's really important that people have access to good information about the quality of care provided and it is as equally important that they can research how their chosen hospital will manage an issue if things do go wrong."
Regarding complaints, Matt James said:
"The vast majority of people treated as private patients have a good experience – with positive patient satisfaction and experience scores routinely more than 95%.
"However, when patients aren't happy with their care, there needs to be a process for their voice to be heard and access to independent complaints is a vital part of that.
"Unfortunately, as we wait for the Government's response to the Paterson Inquiry, still too many private patients don't have this right.
"We are really happy to be working with ISCAS to make sure that patients know where they can - and more importantly – where they cannot access these important services. Our website is here for everyone considering private treatment."
To help patients and people considering which healthcare provider is right for them, PHIN has produced a series of short guides explaining each of the measures published today, as well as information about complaints for private patients.
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"Live calm and enjoy what you have"
Feet on the ground, but philosophical thoughts, in the warehouse we discover a concrete young man, who knows how to enjoy the simple joys of life.
He bought a house near the company, so, among other things, he comes to work by bicycle, greatly appreciating that he can avoid commuter traffic. Davide cares very much about the quality of life, about work as well as outside. In Olivo Tappeti, where he has been active in the warehouse since September 2017, he found a nice team: "With colleagues - he says - it's good, and you never get bored. Each has its own characteristics, and also for this reason one willingly works and there is no lack of fun and "genius", now of one now of the other. "
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Robert Prytz is 59 today, what memories do the older generation in here have of him?
Played in an unsuccessful Rangers during a terrible spell from 1982 to 1986.
Only won one medal, a substitute in a League Cup Final win over Dundee United in 84-85. He missed the final victory over Celtic the previous season due to suspension.
Scored goals at Parkhead and Pittodrie.
Capped 56 times for Sweden, played in Serie A. Both suggest he was pretty good.
A good player at the wrong time?
Or not good enough to make a difference when we needed it?
I was just a kid but I thought he was a really skilful ball player.
I maintain that a team containing Prytz, Bett, Cooper and Russell should have done far better.
Was that team as bad as we remember, or were they unlucky that the sheep, Dundee United and Celtic all had really good teams?
I still think we were bad!
We should've done much better, however for whatever reason we had a manager, Greig, who didn't fancy the genius that was Cooper.
Is he the guy who went on to play for Pollok Juniors?
He scored direct from a corner at the scumhut.
2-1 up and he had a 25 yarder come down off the underside of the bar.
We went on to lose 3-2 right at the death.....one of many horrible days at that time.
From memory, we had started that season really well and went into that game unbeaten. Davie Cooper even scored with a header, thought we had turned the corner.
But the season just collapsed after that late goal, think we got hammered by Cologne the next midweek.
Just noticed the video above of that shot off the bar.
The way we gave up the lead and lost the match that day was horrendous.
Yes he played for Pollok.
Don't really remember much about him as a player but I was in the same pub as him for Helicopter Sunday. He was going mad like the rest of us. Great guy!!
Did she have her father's hair?
He scored on my first visit to the bheggardome.
Aberdeen had 4 really good players in Leighton, Eck, Miller and Strachan. The rest were SPL players: Rougvie, Weir, Black, Hewitt?
Dundee Utd were a team greater than the sum of their parts. Bannon was a player, Sturrock scored a barrow-load but were they really blessed with better players: Hegarty, McAlpine, Milne? I'd say no.
Our greatest ever Ranger just wasn't a very good manager.
It was a good game at Parkhead, could have gone either way. Then Cologne, 5-0 (I was sat in a bath with my head in my hands listening to the commentary), and it all went downhill after that.
Robert Prytz was a good player. He always looked a bit overweight to me but he was a fit boy who was still playing nearing forty.
Dundee Utd were brilliant in Europe at that time.
He played a few games for West Kilbride amateurs. Saw him play one game and he was old as most of the players dads. He didn't need to put his hand in his pocket at the Kings Arms post match.
He is the only Serie A player I have seen buying a carry oot in the G101 in Thornliebank.
I used to watch him playing for Pollok, was very tidy for junior football. Could score a free kick as well.
First thing that always comes to mind when I hear his name is his free-kick goal up at Shittodrie when we got horsed 5-1. I was only a boy in the beach end with my auld man, an absolute horror show with McDougall scoring two identical back post headers.
Prytz goal around 21:30, I'd avoid the rest of it.
Good player, 56 caps for his country in an era when they weren't thrown around like confetti.
Scoring from corner at the Piggery.
His brother Eric had a good video for his song.
Almost scored a from the halfway line on his debut (I think it was against motherwell or Airdie).
The opposition keeper kicked the ball out and Prytz hit the ball straight back on the volley, only just missing the right hand post.
Wasn't his debut the game at Motherwell that Jock Wallace had come back as their manager?
His daughter is pretty tidy.
We went to the same school then. I pulled his eldest daughter back in the day.
Great player for Uerdingen in Germany afterwards, was sold for lots of money to Bergamo before he came back to Scotland (Kilmarnock) in 96.
A good player at the wrong time. I imagine he would have fitted into a Souness team.
I didn't rate him at all. A very disappointing signing.
I had forgotten about him until one Sunday afternoon he popped up on the Italian football on Channel 4.
Could be wrong but I think he was playing for Verona at that point.
He still lives in Scotland I think. He was on swedish telly a couple of years ago as a pundit for an OF game. Seemed to have forgotten how to speak swedish almost. And he wasn't hiding that he's bear.
To me, United were good because of McLean. A top manager who had his tactics well beyond their years. Due to this, the team as a unit were way beyond the individual players. They did have Narey & Malpas especially who were good.
I didn't rate him at all. A very dissapointing signing.
He never seemed fit enough for Scottish Football.
I liked his song and music video Call On Me.
Don't forget Gough, Malpas, Narey, Payne, Pettigrew - all good players.
I was speaking to a Swedish guy a few months back and he brought up Prytz, says he's now a bit fond of the don revie and makes a living in house removals. He said he saw this on a Swedish documentary, Prytz also mentioned any time he returns to Scotland he doesn't have to put his hands in his pocket.
I liked Prytz, I always thought he was the right player at the wrong time.
After finishing professional football he use to take local boys team and I met him a couple of times. Really nice guy always time for a chat just a good guy.


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5 Reasons To Incorporate Company In Singapore
Singapore had just celebrated its golden jubilee last year and it recalled its transformation from a third world port city in 1965 to the gleaming metropolis today. I saw how the pioneers were thanked and how the values for its success were recapped during the celebrations.
We have always been aware that this is a small city with no other natural advantage other than its geographic location and deep port. Hence it was imperative that companies were given compelling reasons to set up operations here. These reasons are a result of deliberate effort.
When Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore in 1819, all he needed to do was to declare the policy of no taxes and passing ships would stream into its harbour. Over the years, the environment changed and different incentives were crafted to attract companies here.
Today I offer you 5 main reasons for incorporating your own limited liability company here. Countries change over the years and these are the most current reasons for you to choose Singapore.
5 Main Reasons To Choose Singapore
While there are many reasons to choose Singapore as your country for company incorporation, I narrowed it down to these 5 main reasons. They are:
Excellent Business Environment
Low Taxes
Strategic Business Location
Strong Intellectual Property Protection
I would go on to expand on these 5 topics for you to understand what it is like to work and live in Singapore. Each market has its own unique characteristics. For instance, the availability of a large consumer market would obviously not be the appeal of Singapore. China and India would fit the bill better but you will have to overcome some hurdles before you can tap on these markets. Despite its small market of 5 million people, companies are flocking to Singapore and you are about to find out why.
The foundation of Singapore's excellent business environment lies in the competent and corruption free People Action Party (PAP) government. Policies are set with the long term in mind and meant to benefit the nation instead of personal interests. Their competence was recently validated by the people. The PAP won the September 2015 general election with an overwhelming 69.9% of the vote and they captured 83 out of 89 seats in Parliament.
This strong mandate would mean that the excellent business environment would continue to flourish in the foreseeable future. According to the World Bank, Singapore is once again ranked as the top country for doing business in the world. She is the best country when it comes to enforcing contracts, protecting minority shareholders and getting construction permit.
Source: World Bank Group
You can set up a company here within 2.5 days compared to 25.9 days in Asia. So if you want to move fast in Asia, start your business in Singapore first. This is also one of the few countries that allow you to incorporate your company online.
The latest labour study by Adecco Group, INSEAD business school and Human Capital Leadership Institute, the Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI) 2015-2016, named ranked Singapore second globally in terms of global talent competitiveness.
Source: HRinAsia
Source: Adecco
Global talent are mobile especially the good ones. If you are a skilled engineer, your skills will be in demand anywhere in the world. Singapore ranked number 2 globally just behind Switzerland and number 1 for the region of Asia. This means that this is the most attractive destination for talents heading to Asia but you have to note that labour is not cheap in Singapore.
In other words, Singapore have strong political stability, is the easiest place in the world to set up business and also the most attraction destination for talents heading to Asia. This sums up its excellent business environment.
We all love to keep as much as we earn as possible. However taxes and death are the 2 certainties of life, the only question would be how much taxes would we be paying as a company and as an individual? Let us start with personal income taxes for residents and non residents. A tax resident is someone who have lived here for more than 182 days in a year. Below contains the latest tax rate for income earned in year 2016 by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS).
Source: IRAS [Resident Tax Rate]
If you are not a resident, your income tax will start at 15% and all the way to 22%. For director's fee, you will only have to pay 20% in taxes.
Source: IRAS [Non Resident Income Tax]
Based on the highest marginal personal income tax for residents for income earned in 2016, Singapore is just behind Hong Kong globally.
Source: STJobs
Despite the income tax rate hike from 20% to 22% for the highest earners for income derived this year, this is still the second most competitive place for you to earn and keep your income. If you earn less than $160,000 per year ($13,333/month on average), your tax rate is just 15% which makes it lower than Hong Kong.
For new companies, the accommodative environment allows the first $200,000 to be effectively tax free. You can also apply for another $30,000 in tax rate. If your company makes more than $200,000 of income, it would only need to pay 17% of corporate income tax.
Source: IRAS
With the various rebates and exemption, the effective tax rate for more than $200,000 of revenue is actually less than 17%.
The corporate tax rate compares favourably globally and it is just second to Ireland. While Singapore is not number 1 in both personal and corporate income tax, the fact that it is number 2 for both categories means that you are incorporating your company in lowest tax rate country overall.
When you start a business in a country, you are also going to spend a considerable amount of time in the country at least until it is stable. Hence it is only sensible that you find a country that can give you the best possible quality of life.
Source: InterNations
Singapore is considered as the best country for expats to stay in from Expat Insider's 2015 survey. Expats valued Singapore for its high level of personal safety, political stability and peacefulness. This allowed them to focus on developing their business and to build their family.
Her central location in Asia and top notch Changi International Airport means that expats can spend their weekends overseas for a short holiday. This quality of life ranking can be volatile from year to year as preferences and priorities change but Singapore has consistently stayed in the top 10.
In other words, you will find it enjoyable to stay here and so would your talented employees whom you need to bring your business to the next level. This is definitely a win-win solution.
The geographic location of Singapore shielded it from natural disasters such as earthquake, tsunami and cyclones that would periodically strike at its neighbours. The only real natural threat would be flooding due to excessive rainfall due to her location at the equator. This had been eradicated with careful city planning and the construction of canals, rivers and dams.
She is also a vital port in the international trading route for shipping and air transport. It is the busiest transshipment port in the world which means that you can manufacture and sell your goods to anywhere in the world with ease. Singapore had built upon its geographical advantage with critical infrastructure to achieve the following accomplishments:
Global & Asian hub for commodities product in agri-commodities, energy & chemicals and metals & minerals.
30% of physical Asian trading
World largest bunkering port
Home to 80% of global commodities and trading firms with more than US$1 trillion in turnover.
35% of these companies have at least 1 of their C-suite located here and you have a strong network of buyers and sellers.
These are reasons enough for you to setup your trading firm in Singapore. If your business need financing, there are 500 financial institutions for you to choose from and 35% of Asian trades are financed here. Besides being a shipping hub, Singapore is also a financial hub for your business.
Source: Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore
Singapore had signed the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Asean Economic Community (AEC) last year. The TPP is the largest free trade agreement in the world which covers 40% of the global economy. Tariffs and non tariff barrier to entry would be removed once it is ratified. For more details about the TPP, you can read this.
AEC opens up the 600 million market for Singapore among 10 nations in South East Asia. It allows for freer flow of trade and investment with ASEAN as a single market and production base. In other words, if your focus is on ASEAN, you can take advantage of Singapore's superior factors as your regional headquarters.
We are living in the era where knowledge is more important than production. Goods are getting increasingly cheap as automation and robotics reduce labour demand and increased productivity in manufacturing. The real value lies in researching the knowledge to create the better robot and billions of dollars are being invested in research.
Hence if you are in an industry that relies heavily on intellectual property than it would be in your interest to set up your company here. Singapore has strong safeguards for your intellectual property. Your chief defender would be Mr Daren Tang, Chief Executive Officer of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS).IPOS is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law.
Source: IPOS
IPOS is the administrator and enforcer of intellectual property rights in Singapore under the IPOS Act. Singapore's intellectual property legal (IP) framework would cover patents, trade marks, registered designs, plants varieties protection, copyright, geographical indications and the layout-designs of integrated circuits. IP can get highly technical and you can approach the IP Academy to learn more about IP. IP Academy was created to deepen and broaden Singapore's IP capabilities and awareness so that businesses can innovate with assurance.
In case of disputes, you would have the attention of Supreme Court under its Intellectual Property Court and this is the IP Court Guide. If there are still room for discussion, you can approach the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Meditation Center for help. There is also have a deep and talented pool of specialized IP lawyers.
As you can see, Singapore has a strong and robust framework for intellectual property protection. However Singapore is not resting on its laurels and it looks to the future with its IP Hub Master Plan to guide its future implementation.
While not the best worldwide, Singapore consistently ranked in the top 10 of 4 different measures of IP effectiveness. If you look at the table carefully, you will realize that this is the top Asian country for IP effectiveness.
Don't you find it ironic that the more things change, the more they stay the same. IP didn't matter in the industrial era but it is vitally important in today's digital age. Hence Singapore adapted to make itself attractive to the world.
This is just my perspective and since I am a Singaporean, you have to take my words with a pinch of salt and do your own due diligence first. It would cost you $385 for the do it yourself option all the way to $5000 if you engage a professional incorporation company. This is a guide where you can have more information about incorporating a company in Singapore.
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South Africa's path to a welfare state has not been easy. For starters the problem of how to pay for social welfare in a country with too few taxpayers and not enough full-time employed citizens, has meant that social services have been rolled out first to those in most need — children, the disabled and the elderly. In recent months the ruling party announced the introduction of universal healthcare in the form of National Health Insurance and a number of pilot schemes in which the system would be phased in incrementally.
Although opposition parties and civil society groups have already called for a basic income grant for all citizens along with health care, South Africa has lacked both the political will and the means to achieve this goal. Both the Freedom Charter and our country's Constitution enshrine the right of citizens to share in the wealth of the country but this promise has appeared out of reach, resulting in ongoing poverty for millions. The pressure on the state to deliver essential services while moving towards a technologically sophisticated industrial economy has resulted in political infighting with far left groups such as the Economic Freedom Front (EFF) demanding that private property be confiscated by the state in a plan that would essentially reduce the economy and the country to a communist dictatorship.
In the new democratic order envisaged by post-Marxists like Tin the common ownership of property would exist side by side private ownership of property by individuals or organizations, as currently practiced in democratic countries. For example, land pieces sold by governments.
The most important difference is that the proceeds from the lease or sale of common properties are distributed directly to all citizens equally.
In South Africa where the dominant theme of wealth sharing and resource allocation is known as ubuntu, this makes sense, since there are limitations to what can or cannot be shared, necessitating the creation of shares, stocks and bond certificates.
"The amount of citizen dividend per citizen depends on the country's common wealth. The amount is expected to be very substantial in many countries. For example, in Alaska, the amount can be easily a few thousand dollars per resident. In Singapore, the amount is estimated at about $9000 per citizen. (The details are in the cases supplied by Tin below). The amount over a person's lifetime is easily hundreds of thousand of dollars, or even a million dollars.
So how exactly are we going to pay for all of this wealth sharing? Welll, South Africa has mineral wealth, the reserves of which remain some of the world's most valuable, with an estimated worth of R20.3-trillion ($2.5-trillion). Overall, the country is estimated to have the world's fifth-largest mining sector in terms of GDP value. Government investment in the economy is in the region of billions of rands and like Dubai plans are afoot to beneficiate mineral wealth and to move beyond this windfall to a modern information economy.
"Careful institutionalization of citizen co-ownership and citizen dividend is essential. Past examples, e.g., the Alaska Permanent Fund and Alberta Heritage Fund, have shown that dividend funds without careful protection will be diverted by politicians to other "urgent" uses. A good protection is through Constitutional laws that require a high referendum to change. A normal law that can be easily changed by a simple Parliamentary majority is not much of a protection.
The path towards a Basic Income Grant in which citizens gain financial freedom from birth and where the state essentially pays each and every citizen a basic salary every month is a long one. We may not ever get there as a developing nation, but we can certainly redistribute the nation's wealth on a per annum or quarterly basis. There is no reason why the annual windfall from the state on the basis of co-ownership could not benefit us all in the same way that below par taxpayers already receive annual benefits from SARS in the form of a tax return. If you earn under R99 056 pa you already get your employees IRP pay deductions back, but if you unlucky enough to be unemployed you receive nothing. This is the gap which opposition parties need to fill in order to stay relevant to the 25% -36% segment of South Africans who remain unemployed.


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There will have the Battle Challenge at Hall 9, Booth B41
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Also you may have the chance to gain the signature from Yoshi-P himself on Saturday, August 8th. You can bring anything to waiting for Yoshi-P's signature. Here you can not only share the game experience with other players but also can competitive with them there. The Final Fantasy XIV team had prepared beer and soft drinks for all of you!
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VOL. 130 | NO. 122 | Wednesday, June 24, 2015
OneJet Lands in Memphis, Thanks in Part to FedEx
Mid-South business travelers now have an easy, efficient way to reach several large Midwestern markets.
OneJet pilots John Craft, left, and David Johnson flew the airline's inaugural Memphis-to-Indianapolis route on Monday, June 22.
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OneJet, a startup airline catering to business travelers, launched its inaugural Memphis to Indianapolis flight on Monday, June 22.
The airline's arrival is the latest example of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority's strategy of methodically filling gaps in service created by Delta Air Lines' drastic reductions in service with a mix of traditional legacy carriers, low-cost airlines and alternative services.
For instance, OneJet's Indianapolis service is partially offsetting Delta's elimination earlier this year of a 50-seat flight from Memphis International Airport to Indianapolis. OneJet will operate the flight with a nine-seat or seven-seat Beechcraft Hawker 400 jet.
Memphis appeared on OneJet's radar after officials at Memphis-based FedEx Corp., which operates a large hub in Indianapolis, and the airport approached the airline last year.
"It's a very innovative and unique business model and one that presents a great option for business travelers, especially for us at FedEx, who as you know we have another large hub like this one in Indianapolis," said Richard Smith, vice president of global trade services with FedEx.
In addition to Memphis and Indianapolis, OneJet also services Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. Matthew Maguire, chief executive of Boston-based OneJet, did not elaborate on potential future growth at Memphis International, but said he sees a bright future for the partnership. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported in a June 16 story that the airline was in discussions with officials there about starting a direct service to Memphis.
"Our plan is to start with Indianapolis but I will tell you we have big plans for Memphis as a market," Maguire said.
He said the primary reason for starting service to Memphis was knowing local demand would be there, including looking back at the previous use of routes the company services now or hopes to service in the future.
"What really attracts us to Memphis is we looked back six, seven, eight years and when there was nonstop service to many of the markets we are looking at, we can see what the local demand was," Maguire said.
Boston-based OneJet will operate the Indianapolis route Mondays through Thursdays, with flights in the morning and afternoon. The airline is clearly targeting business customers, offering timely service with a mix of efficiency and style.
OneJet is providing TSA PreCheck access, an expedited process that doesn't require the removal of shoes, belts and laptops for inspection, for eligible customers. Onboard amenities include copies of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Financial Times and Evian water. The nine-seat jet that departed from Memphis Monday afternoon featured leather chairs and dark wood finishes.
"For many of our passengers, it's the convenience and travel experience they might not have had very often in the past," said John Craft, one of the two lead captains manning the flight. "I think the overall level of stress decreases quite a bit."
Larry Jensen, president and CEO of Memphis-based Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors, said OneJet's direct service will provide businesses with one thing they covet most: better time management.
"If you value your time, this type of service is invaluable," said Jensen, who has a member of his firm using OneJet on Tuesday, June 23. "If you're in a business meeting, it really creates another day in your work week so you're not having to go through the various hubs around the country you're not sure you're going to be able to get out off."
Airport Authority president and chief executive Scott Brockman refers to the airport's approach as the "back to our future" model.
"OneJet fits really well into our model that we're working on … which is looking back to where we (previously) had point-to-point, nonstop service but in a way that is more sustainable," Brockman said.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr., speaking at a press conference touting OneJet's arrival, said the best way to fill the void by Delta's elimination of its Memphis connector hub is to attract as many carriers as possible.
"For those of us who travel a lot, it's all about the mix," Wharton said. "There will be choices."


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The Hawke Cup is the major competition for New Zealand Cricket's District Associations.
The competition is split into four regional Zones. Within each zone, a full round robin is played, games contested over two days. Each Zone's regional winner then gets a three-day Hawke Cup Challenge against the current holders. To win the Hawke Cup, challengers must beat the holders on their home ground, either outright or on the first innings.
The coveted Hawke Cup has been contested for more than century
Southland, the original holder of the Hawke Cup when it was first presented in the early 20th Century, is the current holder and will host the opening challenge of 2018/19.
More information on the Hawke Cup and the four regional zones
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'Terminator-2' vehicles, armed with two cannons & Kalashnikov machine gun, join the Russian military
Mikhail Khodarenok is a military commentator for RT.com. He is a retired colonel. He served as an officer at the main operational directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
The Terminator-2 tank support fighting vehicle during the joint strategic exercises of the Russian and Belarusian armed forces at the Luga training ground in the Leningrad Region. © Sputnik / Pavel Gerasimov
Russia's UralVagonZavod machine building company, part of Rostec State Corporation, has started serial supplies of Terminator-2 tank support fighting vehicles for the Russian Armed Forces.
Recent local wars and armed conflicts have revealed that armored fighting vehicles operating in dense urban areas and rough terrain are particularly vulnerable to anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPG) and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM).
To address this concern, design engineers at UralVagonZavod developed a special tank support combat vehicle to protect tanks from enemy fighters equipped with RPGs and ATGMs.
The machine is designed to operate alongside tanks in a single tactical formation and eliminate enemy troops that pose a threat to them, as well as attack other targets.
The tank support combat vehicle, known as 'Terminator-2', is based on the T-72 main battle tank. This vehicle is an evolution of the first-generation BMPT Terminator.
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Weighing 44 tonnes, the BMPT-72 Terminator-2 is armed with two 30mm 2A42 automatic cannons that can load ammunition of 850 rounds, a 7.62 mm PKTM Kalashnikov tank machine gun (2,100 rounds), and a laser-guided Ataka-T anti-tank missile system. The latter consists of anti-tank guided missiles with tandem warheads (9M120-1) and anti-tank guided missiles with general purpose blast warheads (9M120-1F).
Compared to the first iteration of the Terminator, the new vehicle requires only three people as crew.
It wasn't easy for the Terminator to take its place in the Russian armed forces and become a mass-produced machine. The original tests started as early as 2007, but the military couldn't decide how and in what circumstances exactly the new vehicle would be used. Besides, for a long time there was no consensus on the project among the top brass at the Russian Defense Ministry – and, to be fair, the military's reluctance was understandable.
It was the Russian military operation in Syria that let the Terminator shine. Several of the new vehicles were sent to the combat zone, where they proved to be an extremely effective addition to the armed forces. However, they were used not as tank support combat vehicles – after all, there was no large-scale tank warfare in Syria – but as well-armored heavy infantry fighting vehicles.
The manufacturers of the Terminator studied the machine's performance in Syria, altering its design based on the analysis.
Finally, in 2018, by order of Russia's Minister of Defense, the tank support combat vehicle was put into service.
How Terminator-2 can be used in combat operations
Firstly, tank support vehicles can now operate in a single tactical formation with tanks. Previously, Russia's armed forces didn't have a support vehicle whose defense and durability were on par with a tank; the Ground Forces' military manuals recommended moving infantry fighting vehicles (capable of providing fire support to tank units) at a distance of 100-200 meters behind the tank formation. The new support vehicle 'partners up' with a tank and is designed, primarily, to eliminate enemy manpower equipped with anti-tank capabilities, thus giving the tank an opportunity to focus on destroying armored targets.
Given the prevalence of portable anti-tank weapons in modern infantry units and even illegal military groups, engaging and neutralising enemy forces now requires a combination of vehicle types.
Various tactics are developed for tank support combat vehicles operating in combination with tanks: they can be used for offence and defence, in movement with anticipated enemy engagement, and independently for tactical defense and outpost support.
It's advised to conduct joint training and team exercises for tanks and support vehicles before sending them to real combat.
Also on rt.com Russia's new T-14 Armata wonder-tank has all it takes to dominate the combat market
Combat effectiveness of battalion tactical groups consisting of a tank battalion and a squadron of support combat vehicles is expected to increase by about 15-25%, depending on the type of combat.
The remaining issue to address is the delivery of training aid and equipment to prepare the crews of tank support vehicles, as well as SPTA (spare parts, tools and accessories) kits to carry out repairs.
Drawing on the extensive experience and research accumulated by the USSR and later Russia with respect to combat support vehicles, UralVagonZavod continues to work on the project – the new model, called AU-220M Baikal, is expected to be based on the Armata platform (with an unmanned combat module) and carry a 57-mm 2A91 automatic cannon.
The latter is a remotely controlled artillery piece that can be mounted on upgraded and advanced armored vehicles to increase their effectiveness in combat. Thanks to its armor-piercing characteristics, the 57-mm gun (2A91) can neutralize most of the existing armored machines – it also comes with a variety of rounds useful against different types of armor-clad targets.
As for the now mass-produced Terminator-2, the vehicle is effective against a potential enemy's fortifications, infantry carrying portable anti-tank grenade and missile launchers, tanks, IFVs, and other armored targets.
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Q: Rails: how to group an array of structs I'm using some code adapted from Railscast #213 for calendars. I have a model Calendar with many Events. Presently, in my controller, I have:
@events_by_date = @calendar.events.group_by(&:event_date)

This returns a hash of arrays grouped by event_date which is a virtual attribute of Events:
{ Tue, 01 Jul 2014=>[#<Event...>, #<Event...>, ...],
  Wed, 02 Jul 2014=>[#<Event...>, #<Event...>, ...],
  ... }

What I need to do is this: instead of the above, take each Event in the original set of ungrouped events, and put it in an EventHolder struct such as the following:
EventHolder = Struct.new(:event, :position)

where :event will hold the Event record, and :position needs to hold a value associated with the record, but that is not part of the record itself. I need it to be this way because each Event will need to live in (be copied to) multiple arrays and have a different :position in each instance.
For instance:
event_list = Array.new
@calendar.events.each do |event|
  event_holder = EventHolder.new
  event_holder.event = event
  event_holder.position = 1
  event_list.push(event_holder)
end

This works fine so far, giving me an array of structs like so:
[#<struct Calendar::EventHolder event=#<Event ...>, position=1>,
 #<struct Calendar::EventHolder event=#<Event ...>, position=1>,
 ...]

So far so good. But now, what I need to do is group those structs by the same virtual attribute event_date in my Event model. Just like the original statement, but grouping the structs instead of the events themselves. What I'd like to emerge with is something like this:
{ Tue, 01 Jul 2014=>[#<struct Calendar::EventHolder event=#<Event ...>, position=1>,
                     #<struct Calendar::EventHolder event=#<Event ...>, position=1>,
                     ...],
  Wed, 02 Jul 2014=>[#<struct Calendar::EventHolder event=#<Event ...>, position=1>,
                     #<struct Calendar::EventHolder event=#<Event ...>, position=1>,
                     ...],
  ...}

Essentially, I'm looking for almost exactly what I had with the original group_by method, only I want each Event to be packaged in something where I can have them grouped by event_date as before, but associated with a :position attribute that is not part of the `Event' record itself. I chose struct, but I'm not married to that.
How could I do this cleanly an elegantly? Am I even using the right approach for this?

A: Figured it out. I had been using this statement on event_list
event_list.group_by(&:event.event_date)

It was throwing an error. This was the one that did the trick though:
event_list.group_by{ |e| e.event.event_date }

I got the answer here. Still trying to figure out Blocks, Procs, and Lambdas. One day I'll get the hang of it.

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