Mockumentary from Spinal Tap alumnus Christopher Guest has genuine laughs, but outside the fest circuit "Waiting for Guffman" seems a candidate for cable and homevid rather than theatrical release.
Mockumentary from Spinal Tap alumnus Christopher Guest has genuine laughs, but outside the fest circuit "Waiting for Guffman" seems a candidate for cable and homevid rather than theatrical release.
Pic is set in fictional town of Blaine, Mo. (it was actually shot in Austin and Lockhart, Texas), as the locals prepare a musical show celebrating the burg's 150th anniversary. Its director is the effete New York transplant Corky St. Claire (writer-director Guest), who speaks of a wife who is never seen. The amateur show, "Red, White and Blaine," is the focus of most of the film.
Corky casts the town's travel agents (Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara), two game but talentless locals who nevertheless are considered the "Lunts of Blaine, " as well as a dentist (co-writer Eugene Levy) and a Dairy Queen girl (Parker Posey). Corky uses his connections to invite a Broadway producer named Guffman to see the show, with an eye toward taking it to Broadway.
While there are many individual moments that are quite funny, such as when the mayor (Larry Miller) explains to Corky why he can't get $ 100,000 for the show when the town's budget is only $ 15,000, the enterprise comes across like a bunch of talented friends making an elaborate home movie for their own amusement. Where "This Is Spinal Tap" took rock music and the media as its focus fat, juicy targets just asking to be lampooned Guest's target here is small-town provincials.
The film assumes that small towns and their residents are, by definition, worthy of ridicule. Blaine was founded when a 19th-century guide told westward-heading settlers that he smelled saltwater and they therefore must have reached the Pacific Ocean, albeit at low tide. This might seem funny sitting around the pool in California, but is not likely to go over well in the heartland.
Still, the film is not without its rewards, and on the small screen it could click, especially on an irreverent showcase like Comedy Central.
Production: A Sony Pictures Classics release. A Castle Rock Entertainment presentation. A Pale Morning Dun production. Produced by Karen Murphy. Directed by Christopher Guest. Screenplay, Guest, Eugene Levy.
Crew: Camera (color) , Roberto Schaefer; editor, Andy Blumenthal; production design, Joseph T. Garrity; art direction, John Frick; costume design, Julie Carnahan; music, Guest , Michael McKean, Harry Shearer; sound (Dolby), Jennifer Murphy; associate producer, Ginger Sledge; assistant director, Liz Ryan. Reviewed at the Sony Copley Place Theatre, Boston, Aug. 21, 1996. (In Boston Film Festival.) Running time: 84 MIN.
With: Paul Dooley, Paul Benedict, Bob Balaban, Larry Miller, Brian Doyle-Murray.


It is often said that family is everything. And honestly I couldn't agree more. For most people it's their small world where they always feel safe and happy, where they are loved just as they are. But unfortunately not all people can experience that as family relationships often vary.
There are so many families where kids are abandoned, parents suffer from different addiction, members of the family don't care about each other and that is sad. Because children who grow up in such conditions don't know what is it like to be loved by their parents, they're often insecure and try to act tougher than they really are. On the contrary – they try to give their children as much love as possible, proving to themselves that they can be better parents than their mom and dad.
Family relationships is a very important topic and it is absolutely up to parents to explain it to their kids, showing them that family is a safe place where everything is built on mutual respect and love, not fear and hatred. Kids should know, that parents are their friends, and not be afraid to share their problems with them in case there are some.
It is also very important to share your thoughts and dreams with your family, spend with them as much time as possible, building a bond with your loved ones. Some people believe that family should always come first, that is has to be your number one priority. And I almost agree with that, because if the relation inside of it is completely ruined there is no reason to continue fighting for it. There just are families not worth it as I already mentioned above.
But anyway family – is one of the most important units of our society. Building it is never easy but eventually it always pays off, one way or another. And we should put as much effort as possible into creating it, to make out of it something worth admiration and respect.


Liberty Men's Tennis Head Coach Chris Johnson has announced the signing of Ivan Petrunin to a National Letter of Intent.
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After falling behind, 1-0, following the doubles point, the No. 2 seed Liberty men's tennis team rebounded in singles play to down the No. 7 seed UNC Asheville Bulldogs, 4-2.
Liberty's Sam Matheson and Jorge Azuero garnered Big South season awards while head coach Chris Johnson was named the Big South Coach of the Year.
The No. 2 seed Liberty men's tennis squad embarks on its quest to capture the Big South title on Sunday with a quarterfinal matchup against No. 7 seed UNC Asheville.
After recording a program record, 6-2 mark in Big South action, the Liberty men's tennis team has earned the No. 2 seed for the upcoming 2015 Big South Men's Tennis Championship.
The Liberty men's tennis squad notched its sixth conference victory of the season on Sunday, defeating Radford 4-3.


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We Must Reject LGBTQ Craziness Becoming America's Accepted Norm
June 18, 2019 /0 Comments/in Commentary, Policy, Politics, Science, Social Issues, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Lloyd Marcus
Turning around in Walmart, I saw a large exhibit of Listerine mouthwash. The exhibit was covered in rainbows stating that it was in celebration of LGBTQ (and other alphabets that I can't remember) pride. The wording on the exhibit preached to us about love, respect and anti-bigotry. Why is Johnson & Johnson which owns Listerine making a big deal about portraying perverted lifestyles engaged in by less than 3% of the population as something beautiful and crucially important?
My wife Mary showed me a photo on Facebook of a Philadelphia politician with his male sex partner. The politician's male sex partner had a full beard with his face painted in gaudy feminine makeup wearing a dress. When did things get so crazy in America that admitting being repulsed by the obviously perverted photo would get one branded a bigot, publicly shamed and severely punished?
The greatest trick of LGBTQ activists was convincing corporations and bullying law makers into believing their lie that those in LGBTQ lifestyles are born that way. Science proves no one is born LGBTQ. And yet, anyone who dares to state this truth risks a total destruction of his or her life.
Take just the 'T' in that LGBTQ alphabet represented in that rainbow flag. Dr. Michelle Cretella, M.D., president of American College of Pediatricians explained that if a brain was born the wrong sex due to factors before birth, every single identical twin would have the same gender identity every time. They do not. Identical twins have identical DNA. Therefore, if it were in the genes, 100% of the time, both twins would be transgender or non-transgender. Studies show that if one twin is transgender, 72% of the time the other twin is normal. This proves that post-birth effects primarily impact your identity. In other words, transgenderism is a mental disorder.
Using their "born this way" lie, LGBTQ activists claim rejecting their lifestyle in any of its manifestations is bigotry, the same as rejecting me because I am black. This is nonsense. My DNA confirms that I was born black. But there is no homosexual gene. As I stated, daring to state this scientific truth is not permitted; igniting swift and intense retaliation on offenders. It blows my mind that we are not allowed to publicly state facts, commonsense and truth. The LGBTQ enforcers demand that we embrace lies, evil and craziness.
Dr Cretella shared a horrific story: In a California kindergarten class, the teacher read her students two transgender indoctrination stories for kids. After the teacher finished reading these stories, little Joey went to the restroom and returned to class wearing a dress. The teacher said: "Boys and girls, Joey is really a girl just like Jazz in our story. From now on we need to call her Josephine." This was Joey's parent's and the teacher's way to introduce Joey's transformation to his fellow kindergartners.
Joey's classmates were extremely confused. One little girl was terrified. At home, after bathing in the tub, the girl's mom wrapped her in a towel. Passing a mirror, the girl noticed that her hair was slicked back. Panicked, she burst into tears. "Mommy, am I turning into a boy? I don't wanna turn into a boy! Joey turned into a girl. Am I gonna turn into a boy?" Folks, allowing our kids to be traumatized with LGBTQ crazy ideology is incredibly cruel, insane and irresponsible. God commands us to protect children.
"But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck." Mark 9:42
Folks, do you know the only diagnosis used to begin gender reassignment is a child saying they feel like the opposite sex? That's insane.
"I Am Jazz" was one of the transgender indoctrination children books read to Joey's kindergarten class. Insanely, Jazz's parents started his male to female transition at 3 years old. How on earth could rational parents conclude that their 3 year old was born in the wrong body? Looking like a female from the waist up, Jazz is now 17, star of his own TV show. LGBTQ enforcers are on the verge of making the reading of "I Am Jazz" a mandatory part of the national curriculum in public schools.
It shows that government mandated sexual child abuse is taking root in public schools across America. Meanwhile, far too many Christian pastors give us sermons about how we must be more tolerant of the LGBTQ agenda.
Still, I keep trusting God. Responsible parents said no to the mandatory reading of "I Am Jazz" to their children in schools. The great Christian patriots at Liberty Counsel are handling the parents' case. Here is one of the fake news media headlines trashing the parents. "Elementary school cancels reading of book about a transgender child after 'hate group' threatens to sue." The tactic of LGBTQ enforcers and their fake news media minions is to brand all who oppose them infecting our children with LGBTQ craziness "haters".
Dr. Cretella made a great point. She said if someone wants to cutoff a healthy arm or leg because they believe they are an amputee trapped in a normal body, medical professionals correctly diagnose that person mentally ill suffering with Body Identity Integrity Disorder. And yet, if a person wishes to cutoff her healthy breasts or his healthy penis, medical professionals diagnose them as transgender. Dr. Cretella says transgenderism is a mental illness which should not be a civil right.
The problem is everyone is terrified to publicly state commonsense, facts and truth regarding LGBTQ ideology. Dr Cretella said she has been secretly contacted by even leftists medical professionals, thanking her for her courage to tout the absurdity of LGBTQ ideology. They won't go public because they fear losing their jobs as she does.
When I was a black kid growing up in the projects of Baltimore in the 1950s, I thought America was the greatest source of good around the world. I still believe that. I thought presidents were exceptional people because six year old George Washington confessed to chopping down his father's cherry tree. He could not tell a lie. Roy Rogers and Superman were good guys like my dad who always tried to do the right thing. As a young man, I thought politicians could not lie because of video. Silly me.
Today, youths are taught there is no longer such a thing as definite right and wrong.
What happened to us? Biblical morality upon which America was founded is systematically being banned from government and our culture. The Democratic party, LGBTQ enforcers and fake news media demand that biblical morality be replaced with government mandated satanic evil, lies and plain craziness. We must not allow craziness to become America's accepted norm.
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Soundmondo also helps users learn how to create the sound that they've uploaded into their instrument.
The reception to Soundmondo has been massively successful - with over 10,000 sounds created within its first year.


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At age 8, Robbie played at the Corbett County Fair, performing one of his first originals, "Rockaway Boogie." By age eleven, Robbie was deemed a prodigy, studying and performing advanced adult coursework at the virtuoso level in piano. "My first studio time came at age twelve, making my first CD. at studio experience was so enjoyable that I eventually came to own my own studio and have since recorded over 500 songs."
In 2000 and 2001, Robbie won talent shows at the Clackamas County Fair, Multnomah County Fair, and the Oregon State Fair, after which he started his own country band, as the lead singer. "I had written over 100 songs at that point and wanted to play covers and originals live with a passion." He won the jingle contest for 99.5 FM Wolf and landed the prime spot at the Mike and Amy Hometown Holiday Show where he opened for Joe Nicols. Robbie won the next year as well, opening for Lee Ann Womack. Robbie and his band had opened for and played with several major label acts, including Keith Urban, Reba McEntire, Luke Brian, Brantley Gilbert, Sarah Evans, and many others. He recorded an original album while working under the legendary mastering engineer, Bob Ludwig.
"My band was seriously considered by Valory Music Group and Big Machine Records, causing us to set our sights on Nashville. Where we played at Cadillac Ranch, Stage, and Tootsies; met with ASCAP'S Vice President; recorded at Evergreen Records on Music Row; and was offered a producing deal by Dennis Money, who produced Moe Bandy, John Michael Montgomery, and Trick Pony. We also found ourselves in a VIP meeting with Casey Smith of Mushroom Music Publishing (also on Music Row), the largest publisher in the world, who asked for every- thing I had written."
"At the peak of my travels, I visited Nashville 12 times in 2013, befriending Martina McBride's steel player, Wayne Dahl, and made several other writing, performing, and recording connections that offered their support to me."Robbie has since become both an ASCAP member and publisher, studied radiofriendly song structure and techniques, and has had three songs in the regular playlists for two local radio stations. He has also backed an American Idol performer, won last year's Ponderosa Lounge's Battle of the Bands 2015, and has been vocally trained by local legend Robert Goulet, major label artist Pink, and vocal trainer Eugene. In 2014, Robbie was taken under the wing of Charles, the man who discovered the hit '90s R&B group TLC, as well as the group Georgia Satellites. Charles coached him in vocal and writing technique so he could better attract radio play and record label deals. Unfortunately, Charles passed away before Robbie was able to finish working with him.
"In being ten years older from when I began pursuing a musical career, having been blessed with three beautiful daughters coming into my life, and after all the fun times I have had in music, I have since taken a two year break from pushing hard in the music industry and music in general, attaching myself to a few talented local groups that have been absolutely wonderful to me. I am very fortunate to now play a role with Aspen Meadow Band, and I look forward to all the wonderful, memorable experiences that I know are to come!"


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Hi there! My name is Victoria Ade-Genschow. I'm British but I live in Germany. I've been living in one of the greatest cities in the world - Berlin. I've been a traveller for years now but never quite got around to sharing "the fun" with all and sundry and my friends n' family in Good 'Ol Blighty until now. I'll be travelling to various places and letting you all know all about it and it really IS about time, so here goes.....!
In Berlin. At the end of the year. 2013: It's going to be fabulous in 2014!
Bugging away with wild pigs!
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The former Board of Trustees (BoT) chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih is dead.
According to various media reports, the late influential politician collapsed on Sunday morning while taking breakfast at his Durham Broadway private London house after being recently discharged.
The PDP chieftain laid unconscious in West Bromptom Hospital Tuesday.
It was gathered that a massive stroke last month brought the retired Nigerian Politician to West Bromptom Hospital where doctors removed a large section of his skull due to swelling.
Born on August 4, 1933. Chief Anenih is a Nigerian politician who served as the Minister of Works and Housing under the regime of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo. He was born in Uzenema-Arue in Uromi, Edo State of Nigeria. He was married to Josephine Anenih.


As most of you might be aware of PewDiePie's "YouTube Drama" and Markiplier's video "YouTube has Changed" video, I have made a video response to them.
It's actually a parody of the channels PewDiePie and Markiplier are talking about but not mentioning. Please don't take this as a spam and go give it a like for the love of YouTube community. These channels are kinda trashing on the community of YouTube.
That was pretty funny dude.
Youtube has changed in a way that has caused youtubers to address the issues at hand. That's why Markiplier, PewDiePie and GradeAUnderA have all made videos about Youtube, each of them focusing on a different area.


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New Pew Stats To Fuel Net Neutrality Fans
Andrew Wallenstein Nov 24, 2010 - 2:15 PM CDT
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With network neutrality poised to make a potential return to Capitol Hill, the latest surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center will be seized as ammo for those who don't want to to see a tiered pipeline take hold on digital platforms.
Simply put, the wealthier you are, the more likely you are to utilize the internet by every measure, according to the PRC's Internet & American Life Projects (check out all the data). Based on a trio of phone surveys done from late 2009 through September of this year, the numbers show higher-income households go online more often, do more things online and own more web-connected devices.
For instance, with regard to digital content: 70 percent of those in households of over $75,000 per year own iPods or other MP3 players, compared with 42 percent of those living in less well-off homes. In households that make over $150,000, 55 percent have paid for digital content, compared with 42 percent in lesser-income households. Other stats gauge everthing from online banking to news consumption. Even iPads and other tablets, in just 9 percent of $75k-plus households, are three times as likely to show up there than in lesser-income homes.
The underlying presumption of these numbers is that poorer people cannot afford the access to the internet. There's probably a whole lot more nuance to what's going on here, but no matter: rest assured these numbers will arm advocates for net neutrality who have long argued that without a level playing field online, the people who need to access resources most online will be the least likely to do that.
The nightmare scenario of a world where digital content can be prioritized is that certain services will be priced out of the reach of average Americans. What these Pew numbers indicate is that even in advance of such a scenario, economic factors are already shaping a digital divide in this country, one that could widen if additional cost barriers are put in place.
Let's see how quickly the Pew data enters the debate, one that could start raging today if FCC announces that net neutrality will be on the agenda for its last meeting of the year.
4 Responses to "New Pew Stats To Fuel Net Neutrality Fans"
xmichaelx November 25, 2010
I would point out that making under $75K in no way makes one "poor"!
Rand November 24, 2010
It appears that a simple fact has eluded the author: wealthier people have greater access to just about every product or service. I'm sure those making $75,000 are more likely to own a fancy television, or a car. Welcome to reality.
Andrew Wallenstein November 24, 2010
Thanks for your thoughts, random9q. My argument is pretty simple here: A digital world without net neutrality will mean more cost barriers will be erected to access all kinds of content online. If this Pew study is right that people whose socioeconomic status make them more likely to face cost barriers are less likely to utilize the internet, then the logic follows that they'll use even less content in a tiered digital world.
random9q November 24, 2010
Not sure I follow your logic in this opinion piece, Andrew.
You're speaking like the net neutrality argument hinges on or benefits from the notion that the poorer you are the less access to the internet you have. Regardless of whether the issue of internet access versus income is a valid one or not.
The point, from my vantage, is that I — as a fairly lowly provider of content, scraping by on the cheaper hosting plans, hoping to turn it into a small business as I build up my offerings — benefit from neutral access more than tiered access. In effect, to me, net neutrality becomes a small business incubation system where even niche services stand a good chance of staying alive and having semi-predictable costs.
By comparison, when you raise the cost of doing business on the 'Net, you raise the level of risk aversion for both prospective business owners and content providers. Anyone who is "serious" about maintaining their market also stays risk averse. Or, you keep your costs cheap and risk losing people because of the comparatively poor network traffic priority you're able to afford.
And as a consumer, I feel I already have an example of what this kind of content looks like. It's called cable TV. There's a reason I almost never watch it anymore. And yes, sure, there's a lot of stuff on the Internet that makes cable TV look good by comparison — the low entrance fee is hardly a gatekeeper of quality just as much as risk averse network producers are hardly a gatekeeper of quality — but I always seem to have no trouble finding much more interesting things on the Internet than I'd ever find on cable.
I appreciate that network engineers want more freedom to prioritize how traffic flows through, there are some neat optimizations that could be done. I also know, though, that the businesses that employ those engineers are quite keen to increase their profits and have a history of providing marginal quality content and trying to edge out other content if their own material isn't generating enough revenue. While they seem to be "getting it" in the past few years, they don't have a good track record in this regard and I don't trust them to continue "getting it" if tiered traffic is greenlighted.
So, no, I don't see what any of that has to do with the Pew research survey at all. I may give the study more credence than you, but it sounds more like you're standing up a straw man argument.


Children's nutrition shouldn't be a daunting task for parents. Nor does it need to be frustrating. Well, you are not the only one to complain about your child being fussy or choosy with eating habits. Majority of parents are usually worried about their children's eating habits, including what they eat and what they don't eat. However, most of the kids usually get the nutrition and variety in the diet over a week's span.
Here are some good tips to make your choosy and fussy child eat, until his/her food preferences mature. These tips can help you avoid mealtime battles.
Make it a point to serve snacks and meals almost at the same time every day. You can offer 100% juice or milk along with food, but provide water between snacks and meal. Making your child fill up on milk, juice, or snacks through the day would only end up in reduced appetite for meals.
This is an amazing idea to make your choosy kid eat healthy options. Make it fun for them by putting in new ideas to serve food. For example, serve broccoli or any other vegetable with the child's favorite sauce or dip. Another fun idea is to cut the food into different shapes using cookie cutters. Yet another idea is to serve breakfast foods for dinner to add variety. Cook a variety of food with bright colors as young children are usually attracted to different shapes and colors. Kids also love to play with their food. Playing with shapes and colors of the food makes an important aspect of food acceptance as it increases the attractiveness and appeal of the food. One good choice is to go for finger foods.
This is another good idea to make your child participate in grocery shopping. Let him select vegetables, fruits, and other healthy grocery items. However, avoid buying things you don't want your child to eat. You can also make your child engaged by encouraging him/her to rinse the veggies, set the table, and stir the batter.
It is extremely important to be patient when introducing new foods to your child. Usually, kids try to touch and smell new foods. Moreover, they might even put small bites into the mouth and take them out again and again. Actually, your child requires repeated exposure to any new food before taking the first bite.
To make it easier to introduce a new food to your child, prepare a base by talking about the shape, color, texture, and aroma of the food to be introduced. Also inform your child about its nutritional benefits. To make the process even easier, combine the food with your child's favorite food.
Also make it a point to introduce one new food at a time. Allow time for your child to get familiar with the new introduced food before you make him to move on to something else. Also, keep trying. Do not give up only after the first attempt. Surprisingly, it can take as much as ten attempts to make your child accept the newly introduced food. Keep offering a small amount at regular intervals. Eventually, your child will get used to the texture and flavor of the food.
It is never a wise idea to force your child to have his meal or snack when he/she is not hungry. Similarly, it is also not right to force or bribe your child to eat particular food items or clean the plate. This would only end up reinforcing a power struggle over food. Adding further, you might notice your child to associate mealtime with frustration and anxiety. The child might become less sensitive to hunger and cues of fullness.
Creativity is the key mantra to make your child eat even what he doesn't like. Be creative with veggies and fruits. Or vegetables, you can prepare yummy and attractive sandwiches. As concerned to serving fruits, prepare tasty smoothies and shakes to make your picky child feel tempted to have them.
Your child follows your footsteps. If you want him to be a good eater and not be choosy about food, make it a point to set a good example for him by being a good eater yourself. Eat all the things in front of your child that you want him to eat.
Offering dessert as a reward to your child can make him feel that dessert is the best part of a meal. This would further increase your child's desire to eat sweets. It is wise to choose a night or two per week as dessert nights and skip it in others. Another wise idea is to redefine yogurt, fruit, or other healthy options as dessert.
Make it a point to minimize distractions during mealtime. This can be done by turning off the electronic gadgets and television during mealtime. Doing this would make the child focus on eating. Also, the advertisements shown on television can make the child ask for sugary and foods that are less nutritious.
This is the most important step to change your child's picky attitude towards food. It is never a good idea to be a short-order cook just to make your child eat. Preparing a separate meal for the child just because he/she doesn't want to eat the already cooked food would only make encourage your child to demand something special every time he doesn't like the original meal prepared thus making him more picky. Instead, make it a point to encourage him to stay at the table for the decided mealtime – irrespective of the fact if he is eating or not. Go ahead with serving your child the healthy choices until he gets familiar and makes them a preferred choice.
Besides all the above tips and suggestions, it is also important to control your emotions. If your child comes to know that you would eventually give up and serve them what they like when they refuse a food, they are surely to have the upper hand. This would lead the fussy eating habits to not only continue, but to turn stronger and your battle to feed your child would continue forever. So, be strong enough to hide your emotions and make your child eat what you want with these simple tips.


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Q: "No such file or directory"
Hi,
I have a library called BioPython for Bioinformatics with several files.
I am unable to retrieve the file and it gives me the above errors.
My Python 3.8.2 IDE shell is in documents and my BioInformatics Library file is in documents as well. I think there is something wrong with the pathway of my package for python3.8 but I am not sure. Can someone guide me towards the right direction?

A: Keeping python shell and the file you want to access in the same directory does not matter. The only thing that matters is that your working working directory must have the file in order to import it without specifying the complete path.
Well, the error clearly shows that the name of the file has been either changed or it might have been moved to some other directory. It is better to specify the full path.

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In 2010 we had a bunch of innovative ideas become mainstream and start to impact the banking arena (for a full coverage see my other post.) However, 2011 promises to be more disruptive because as the economy finally starts to warm up, we'll be seeing a lot of new private equity investment into start-ups in the finance arena.
The intersection of interaction design, mobile technology, mobile payments, social media interactions, geo-location technology and augmented reality is producing a land grab for innovative new start-ups. We've already seen quite a few investments in new banking start-ups in 2010, which are the early stages of a new boom in the mobile tech space. Right now we're not yet in the bubble, obviously, but as start-ups grow revenue, as investments start seeing huge multiples, and as the success of start-ups generate even more new business ideas, then this zone appears ripe for an emerging boom. Add into the mix the dissatisfaction en masse with the finance sector, one area where there is sure to be heady action is in the alternative banking and finance game.
Already we've seen start-up investments in peer-to-peer lending (Zopa, Lending Club, Prosper, Kiva, etc), payments alternatives (i.e. Jack Dorsey's Square), Personal Finance tools (Geezeo, Mint, GreenSherpa, Blippy, etc), and even in Banking itself (BankSimple, MovenBank).
We celebrate all of the innovators in the space that use technology for banking purposes. They [BankSimple] are more focused on the needs of prime consumers. We're focused on the underbanked and unbanked — the estimated 60 million people who are not well served by traditional banks," says Rees.
Jack Dorsey at Square is catering for a gap in bank service performance demographics also. Dorsey is aiming Square at the approximately 30 million small business owners in the US that don't have a merchant account or credit card terminal. With only 6 million businesses in the US that can currently accept credit card payments, this shows there is huge growth potential for thinking outside of the box in respect to banking and payments models.
The problem for the finance sector with the current level of investment in infrastructure, and old stagnant business models built largely around physical distribution paradigms, is that increasingly we'll be dealing with start-ups and innovators from outside the traditional banking arena. This will increase the gap between customer experience or in real terms, customer behavior, and the actual state of play in the industry.


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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels extends booking at the Savoy Theatre
by Oliver Mitford on Monday 26 May 2014, 9:30 am	in West End News & Gossip
The dastardly funny critically acclaimed production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has announced that it will extend its run at The Savoy Theatre until 7 March 2015.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the UK premiere of the musical based on the iconic 1988 film of the same name that stared Michael Caine and Steve Martin. This new production has been reimagined for the stage by director Jerry Mitchell and stars Olivier and Toney award-winning musical theatre legend Robert Lindsay, comedian turned actor Rufus Hound and West End leading lady Katherine Kingsley.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels tells the deviously clever story of two conmen that descend upon the decadent world of the French Riviera to swindle the rich and famous out of their fortunes. But when the two tricksters realize that there is only room for one of them, they go head to head in the biggest con of their lives.
After a very successful opening back in April that saw critics praise the production for its wit and charm, and celebrate the leading casts performances, the happy news that booking is extending was seconded by Sir Howard Panter, Creative Director of ATG and lead producer of the show - 'We are thrilled with the audience and critical reaction to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Night after night packed houses raise the roof with laughter and leap to their feet with applause for this new musical comedy. We have found the perfect home for this production in the lavish Savoy Theatre.'
Tickets for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels are sure to be in high demand, so book early to avoid missing out on this riot of a musical!
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


The title of Bretwalda was one perhaps used by some of the kings of the kingdoms of England (the so-called Anglo-Saxon heptarchy) in the second half of the first millennium AD. Such a king was considered to be the overlord of several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. This was not a title, as such, and was certainly not inherited or even maintained within a kingdom. Most Bretwaldas had to fight for overlordship; violence should never be overlooked in Anglo-Saxon politics.
The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Bretanwealda, "Lord of Britain" — refering to the Saxon king's claim to overlordship of the Britons, or perhaps "wide-ruling".
Bede does not use the title Bretwalda, as is commonly thought, for the first seven of the following kings. Bretwalda is an Old English word and Bede was writing in Latin. Bede attributes these kings with holding imperium. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle uses Bede as its source for the first seven kings and adds later kings of Wessex, primarily due to it being of West Saxon origin. The term Bretwalda is a problematic one and is best left in favour of the word 'overlord' which better describes the relationship the king held with the various other kings and peoples of Britain.
A Bretwalda, if we are to use the term, exercised overlordship over several other kingdoms, and often these were furthered through marriage. A clear sign of overlordship was a 'Bretwalda' granting land with charters in another kingdom. When a Bretwalda ruled over a larger kingdom, such as a Mercian ruler over East Anglia, the relationship would have been more equal than in the case of a larger kingdom ruling over a smaller one, as in the case of Mercia and Hwicce.
The original lists of Bretwaldas did not contain the kings Ethelbald and Offa of Mercia, but in all probability they were considered overlords in their time and are included above. Bede does not record Ethelbald or Offa as Ethelbald lived at the same time as Bede (Bede commented little on current affairs in his Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum) and Offa was after Bede's time (Bede died in 735).
There is little evidence of the extent to which the title 'Bretwalda' was used in the Anglo-Saxon period, but it gradually fell into disuse around or after the Danish invasion of the 860s and 870s. During this invasion and settlement the old powerful kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, Essex and much of Mercia were defeated by the Vikings. Wessex held out under King Alfred, who made closer links between Wessex and Mercia, an important move towards an English kingdom, though such a development should never been seen as inevitable. Alfred was called 'King of the Anglo-Saxons' in charters, while his grandson Athelstan was first called King of the English. It was not until Edgar, however, that the English kingdom finally became firmly established.


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The Congressional Effect
Sterling T. Terrell
In times such as these, people everywhere are seeking investment advice. Even my dentist was quizzing me on alternatives the last time I was in.
In a broad sense, there is little to get excited about. The S&P 500 has had a dismal performance since 1997, and current trends in both monetary and fiscal policy make most investors want to sit and hang their head.
With such an uncertain future for both the USA, and the world, there seems to be fewer and fewer attractive alternatives. Gold? The S&P 500? Foreign Currencies? Corporate Bonds? TIPS? Real Estate? Foreign Equities?…The hole in the back yard?
I find my self routinely going through "€œThe Best – Of the Worst List"€ in my head.
As an "€œAustrian"€ economist, maybe an investment premise to start from should be: "€œIf the government is running it, it probably is not doing well."€
Starting from there, and looking around a bit, I stumbled across Congressional Effect Management, the company that manages the Congressional Effect Fund, a mutual fund run by Eric Singer.
The Congressional Effect Fund (CEFFX) is a no-load fund with a low minimum initial investment, a higher than average annual fee, and surprisingly good performance.
Naturally, Congressional Effect Management is based upon the premise of the Congressional Effect, which basically says: "€œThe stock market preforms better when congress is not in session."€ This phenomenon was originally profiled in a 1992 Barron's article.
In short, Singer said:
For a final check, I went back 15 years, to the last three years of the Carter Administration. (Why didn't I go back further? Because that was all the data I could buy cheaply. Besides, most of the people running the market these days can't remember that far back anyway.)
Once more, the relationships held, with the S&P 500 up a daily average of .00036% when Congress was open, vs. .00066% when Congress was out of town.
More recently, the same phenomenon has also held:
The trend has intensified in recent years right along with government growth. From 2000 through 2008, the in-session annualized daily performance of the S&P 500 was a negative 12.4 percent. The out-of-session performance: positive 8.8 percent. In other words, had you invested $10,000 only when Congress was in session from the beginning of 2000 through 2008, excluding dividends, you would have $4,615. Had you invested that same $10,000 only on days when Congress was on vacation, you'd have $13,416.
Simply, the Congressional Effect Fund invests in the S&P 500 when Congress is out of session, and sells its position, buying domestic interest bearing securities, when Congress goes back into session.
The fund is listed as one of "€œThe 10 Strangest Mutual Funds," naturally.
Having the strategy that is does, Congressional Effect Management aligns itself with similar organizations. To my pleasure, the fund lists such organizations at the Cato Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, The Heritage Foundation, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute under their "€œFriends of Freedom"€ page.
Citing an 1866 quote by Judge Gideon J. Tucker, Congressional Effect Management's homepage declares:
"€œNo man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session."€
Well, cheers.
I"€™ll invest to that.
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On Friday, January 30, the Divine Liturgy for the newly-departed Archpriest Paul White was served in St. Nicholas Church in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
On Sunday, January 25, the Sunday after Theophany, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk celebrated the Divine Liturgy in St. Nicholas Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.
On Sunday, January 25, Archpriest Paul White, Rector of St. Nicholas Church in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania reposed in the Lord.
On Saturday, January 24, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA participated in the Divine Liturgy and Episcopal Consecration of Archimandrite Daniel (Brum) of the Orthodox Church in America.
On Friday, January 16, an official Nativity Reception was held in the Consulate of the Russian Federation in New York City, on beahlf of Consul General Igor Leonidovich Golubovsky and the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk.
On the Sunday after the Nativity, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA presided over the Divine Liturgy in St. Gregory Church in Tampa, Florida.
On Sunday, January 11, the Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk was a guest at the Nativity Reception in the "Russian House" in St. Petersburg, Florida.
On January 6-7, the clergy and faithful of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA prayerfully commemorated the Nativity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.


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Q: Problems with multiple home screen widgets android In android I am trying to create two home screen widgets with independent layouts and functions for one Android app.  The widgets appear correctly at first but after calling update the widgets changed from two different widgets to two identical widgets.
Initially this code will create a blue and a green widget with a counter.  This displays normally at first but when update is called they both become blue and the counts are incorrect.
I have ensured that each widget has a separate provider class
I have checked the functionality of each widget and they work fine individually
This is the main activity which updates the widgets:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        this.findViewById(R.id.textTXT1).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                AppWidgetManager man = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(MainActivity.this);
                int[] ids = man.getAppWidgetIds(new ComponentName(MainActivity.this, Widget1.class));
                Intent updateIntent = new Intent(AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE);
                updateIntent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS, ids);
                sendBroadcast(updateIntent);
            }
        });

        this.findViewById(R.id.textTXT2).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                AppWidgetManager man = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(MainActivity.this);
                int[] ids = man.getAppWidgetIds(new ComponentName(MainActivity.this, Widget2.class));
                Intent updateIntent = new Intent(AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE);
                updateIntent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS, ids);
                sendBroadcast(updateIntent);
            }
        });
    }
}

Widget1:
public class Widget1 extends AppWidgetProvider {
    static int count = 0;
    static void updateAppWidget(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
                                int appWidgetId) {

        String widgetText = "" + count;
        count++;
        // Construct the RemoteViews object
        RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget1);
        views.setTextViewText(R.id.appwidget_text, widgetText);

        // Instruct the widget manager to update the widget
        appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);
    }

    @Override
    public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
        // There may be multiple widgets active, so update all of them
        for (int appWidgetId : appWidgetIds) {
            updateAppWidget(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetId);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onEnabled(Context context) {
        // Enter relevant functionality for when the first widget is created
    }

    @Override
    public void onDisabled(Context context) {
        // Enter relevant functionality for when the last widget is disabled
    }
}

Widget2:
public class Widget2 extends AppWidgetProvider {
    static int count = 0;
    static void updateAppWidget(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
                                int appWidgetId) {

        String widgetText = "" + count;
        count++;
        // Construct the RemoteViews object
        RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget2);
        views.setTextViewText(R.id.appwidget_text, widgetText);

        // Instruct the widget manager to update the widget
        appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);
    }

    @Override
    public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
        // There may be multiple widgets active, so update all of them
        for (int appWidgetId : appWidgetIds) {
            updateAppWidget(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetId);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onEnabled(Context context) {
        // Enter relevant functionality for when the first widget is created
    }

    @Override
    public void onDisabled(Context context) {
        // Enter relevant functionality for when the last widget is disabled
    }
}

//separate providers


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Community Involvement and Active Listening
September 27, 2016 The Participation CompanyCommunity Engagement
Our partner, Dr. Marty Rozelle, recently wrote an article on dialogue in community involvement and the importance of listening to others. Well, I consider myself a professional listener, so I thought I'd expand on that.
With my community involvement work, I do a lot of listening to others … Every couple of weeks I listen to groups talk – for 2, 4, 6 hours – about very technical subjects and each person's very personal reactions to those, and I need to accurately document what happens. This requires an intensity of concentration and suspension of my own thought processes that's, frankly, exhausting. And, for some reason that I don't begin to understand, all my good friends and most of my relatives are big talkers. This is a blessing in many ways since it lets me off the conversational hook and allows me to have fun without much effort. However, I've learned that these people also expect me to apply the same concentration to their ramblings as I apply to my work. And that's even more exhausting! By a show of hands, how many people have ever heard this from a loved one: "I told you that. You just don't listen"? OK, maybe I didn't. Because (a) you interrupted me in the middle of something else and I can't shift gears that fast, (b) I can't follow your story, it's too convoluted, or (c) I'm taking a break from listening today.
My point is that listening is hard work. Most people are not born to be good listeners. We're so much more interested in what we have to say than in anything someone else has to say. But you can't be a good practitioner in public participation, issues management, conflict resolution, community involvement, mediation, or coaching unless you can listen effectively. Research shows that you can't even work with difficult people if you can't listen (see, for example, The Importance of Effective Listening: Implications for the Workplace and Dealing with Difficult People). Because, let's face it, listening is about half of communication. The organization Skills You Need (Skills You Need: Listening) cites a statistic that adults spend an average of 70% of their time engaged in some sort of communication; of this, an average of 45% is spent listening compared to 30% speaking, 16% reading and 9% writing (Adler, R. et al. 2001).
It's an axiom in our business that sometimes people just want to be heard. Let's try harder to really hear them. Or, as I have so often wanted to say to so many people over the years: "Shut your mouth and open your ears!" We'll explore the precepts of Active Listening as a proven way to do that next time …
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The first level of a historical building the apartment extends approx to 100 sqm and comprises entrance hall, spacious living room with fireplace and kitchen, large bathroom, 2 bedrooms and utility room.
There is central heating and it is connected to main services.
The property is in good condition and doesn't require any work.
The picturesque little town of Chianni is beautiful. Houses are huddled together and narrow stone streets are flanked with shops, bars, cafes and restaurants, red geraniums adorn every entrance.


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RT.com / RT projects / Russiapedia / Prominent Russians / Science and technology / Igor Sikorsky
Prominent Russians: Igor Sikorsky
May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972
A boy´s vision
He may not have explored the wild corners of Africa or plunged the depths of the ocean, but in its own way the life of Igor Sikorsky was full of adventures.
His devotion to aviation and the pursuit for design perfection were given momentum by a work of fiction. When he was 11, Igor had a dream inspired by Jules Verne's novel Robur the Conqueror of flying a giant heavier-than-air vessel kept in the air by numerous propellers.
He was very disappointed when his parents told him airships like this didn't exist and were unlikely to come into life. This didn't stop the boy from trying to build a rotorcraft machine of his own design with a rotor powered by a rubber band.
His father Ivan was a doctor of medicine and professor of psychiatry. He wanted Igor to follow in his professional footsteps, but his elder brother, who was a student at the Imperial Naval School in St. Petersburg, convinced Igor to take his path and become a cadet.
However, despite good standing, three years later he had left the elite school in favor of a technical one in Paris. Igor Sikorsky finally finished his education at the Mechanical College of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in his home city.
The first attepmt to create a helicopter
While in college, the young man headed a student club of aviation engineers. With financial help from his sister he completed his first serious helicopter design. Ironically, the man praised for popularizing the now-classical configuration with a single rotor to create lift and the small one on the tail to compensate for torque was experimenting with twin-rotor designs back then. The model barely had enough power to lift its own weight, and Sikorsky turned to more promising airplanes.
Russky Vityaz
While piloting one of his aircraft (he kept the habit of personally testing his designs even after he could afford hiring pilots to do so for him) Sikorsky got a revelation into how dangerous flying is when a mosquito got into the engine carburator and almost made it stall. He decided that planes had to be bigger and have several engines. The idea defied contemporary aviators' common sense, since they wanted their designs to be lighter, not heavier.
Nevertheless the first plane in the world to have four engines built by the talented student was a success. Initially called in the French-style the "Le Grand", it was later renamed Russky Vityaz or Russian Champion. The plane was built in St. Petersburg, and Sikorsky entertained passengers from the high courts of Russian society by shutting down two engines on one wing and continuing with just two running.
Plane evolution
The Vityaz was reportedly destroyed by an engine from another aircraft falling on it at the airfield, but the design lived on and was developed into Ilya Muromets, a huge bomber used by Russia during World War II. The heavily armed vehicle was the first strategic bomber ever used, with more than 70 aircraft build.
The Bolshevik revolution and the subsequent Civil War made Sikorsky flee Russia. Legend has it that an admirer of his talent tipped him off that his name was on the terror list due to his links with the Russian Czar Nicholas II .
The monarch favored the engineer and presented him a golden watch back in 1913. Sikorsky's strong religious beliefs (his father's father was an Orthodox priest and Igor himself was a devoted Christian) didn't go well with the aggressive atheism proclaimed by the Soviet authorities either.
In March 1919, Sikorsky arrived in the United States, leaving behind his daughter and wife, who refused to flee from the country. He spent his first years in America living in poverty, barely making enough for a living by giving lessons in astronomy and math
The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
He also tried to start an aviation business together with several Russian emigrant engineers. Famous Russian composer, pianist and conductor Sergey Rakhmaninov played a crucial role in Sikorsky's life when he invested the huge sum of $5,000 into the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and agreed to become its vice-president for publicity.
With the money the company entered the aviation market and found its place there. Sikorsky's first big success was the S-38 twin-engine amphibious plane. It helped win orders from Pan American airlines. The later, more popular model the S-42 flying boat was dubbed Flying Clipper for its record characteristics, and its successor S-43 was featured in a famous Soviet film Volga, Volga, where it was implied to be a soviet design.
Realizing his childhood dream
At the same time Sikorsky spent his spare time on this childhood dream. His first experimental helicopter VS-300 made its first untethered flight in May 1940, and it was shortly followed by the R-4, the first mass-produced helicopter model in the world and the only helicopter used by the Allies in World War II.
The Sikorsky S-55 was the first helicopter to cross the Atlantics and the Pacific Ocean with an in-flight refueling. The firm is also famous for being the supplier of Marine One helicopters – vehicles used by US presidents.
Apart from his achievements in aviation, Igor Sikorsky was well-known for helping Russian emigrants in the US. He also authored several philosophical and theological works and supported the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad.
From his second marriage Sikorsky fathered four sons. His daughter from the first marriage joined him in America when his sister emigrated with her.
He was fond of travelling and mountaineering, with volcanoes being his favorite destination.
A prize of the American Helicopter Society for constructing a human-powered helicopter is named after Igor Sikorsky. The $20,000 reward has not been claimed so far.
Dietmar Rosenthal Dietmar Rosenthal is familiar to any Russian language learner or enthusiast, be it a 10-year-old Russian student or a serious Oxford professor. Nikolay Zhukovsky The founding father of modern aero- and hydrodynamic sciences, Nikolay Zhukovsky was the first person to carry out detailed research of airflows. Nikolay Basov Nikolay Basov was a Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize winner for research leading to the development of the MASER and laser. Evgeny Botkin It is hard to imagine a physician who took the Hippocratic Oath more seriously than Dr. Evgeny Botkin, physician to Tsar Nicholas II. Nikolai Lobachevsky Nikolai Lobachevsky was a great Russian mathematician who discovered non-Euclidian geometry and a rector of the Kazan University, turning it into one of the leading educational institutions of the Russian Empire. Nikolay Makarov Nikolay Makarov is a gun constructor and inventor of the Pistol of Makarov (or simply the "Makarov").


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Donetsk, Sep 7 – DAN. The State Security and Interior Ministries of the Donetsk People's Republic have supported the parliament's decision to appoint Denis Pushilin as acting DPR Head.
"The DPR People's Council is the only supreme representative body of the Republic. Taking this into consideration, the State Security Ministry (MGB) leadership supports the parliament's decision to appoint Denis Vladimirovich Pushilin as acting Head of the Republic," the MGB said in a statement on Friday.
It said that it would continue to work towards ensuring security of the state, its protection from internal and external threats and stable operation of all government and public institutions of the Republic.
The DPR Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday that it supported the parliament's decision on Denis Pushilin's appointment as acting head of the Republic. "DPR police are standing by to repel all threats to secure the stable functioning of DPR social and vital infrastructure facilities. The Ministry will continue to guard law and order, protect the rights and freedoms of residents and ensure their compliance with norms and provisions of the Republic's laws," the Interior Ministry said.
Earlier on Friday, the DPR parliament appointed its speaker Denis Pushilin as acting Head of the Republic. The parliament set November 11 as the date for parliamentary and Head of the Republic elections. Pushilin thanked the lawmakers for their confidence in him saying that he planned to step up the work of the Council of Ministers.


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Q: Forking in bitbucket I am a newbie in Git workflow. In our company we are using Bitbucket and here is the workflow we adopted.
1- clone the master repository locally.
2- create a feature branch off the local master branch and carry out your changes.
3- commit your changes to the local feature branch.
4- pull the latest changes from the remote master to the local mater.
5- merge the local master branch to the local feature branch. Since usually our local feature branches are research project it took a while before they would be resolved. As such, this step is necessary to avoid merge conflict when creating pull-request.
6- push the local feature branch to the remote feature branch. In fact this is the first time the remote feature branch is created.
7- create a pull request so the manager can merge the remote feature branch into the remote master branch.
As you see, in this workflow we are not forking the remote master branch. In another word the pushed featured branch is the fork master branch incorporating our changes. However that remote feature branch is created at very last stage of the work while the fork master branch should be create at the very beginning.
Does this workflow look correct or I am misunderstanding something.

A: Your question appears to have nothing to do with using a Bitbucket fork, because it lists steps that avoid using a Bitbucket fork.  If your question is is this possible, the answer is yes, of course it is possible; that is what your company is doing.  If your question is whether this is wise, a good idea, good practice, etc., such questions are off-topic on StackOverflow.com; consider using, e.g., softwareengineering.stackoverflow.com instead (but of course, check for existing questions first).