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What Does the Agency of the Future Look Like and How Do We Turn 'The Great Resignation' into 'The Great Retention'?
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In a recent project, the Future Leaders Action Group of the Alliance of Independent Agencies envisioned what independent agencies might look like in 2023
What does the agency of the future look like and how do we turn "The Great Resignation" into "The Great Retention"?
The Future Leaders Action Group from the Alliance of Independent Agencies initiated a project to look at what independent agencies may look like in 2023. Over the last 18 months we have witnessed dramatic changes to the nature of our workplaces and years of change have happened in just months.
This seismic change has dramatically impacted what employees expect from an employer and what employers are seeking. We looked at the agency of the future through the lens of the business model, talent, culture and sustainability. In this article we are focusing on talent although all are interdependent.
The Guardian's Miles Brignall discusses 'The Great Resignation', sharing that one in four people are considering changing jobs. This not only dilutes key expertise but has significant cost impact. It can be anything from one half to two times the person's salary, dependent on seniority and skillset. To retain our talent we need to think bigger and be bolder. The context has changed and we must acknowledge this and act, quickly. A company's best asset is its people. So how can we turn The Great Resignation into The Great Retention?
The agency of the future is predicated on prioritising and valuing the following areas, and then embedding them into daily business and practice:
Valuing your employees
Getting the flexible working strategy right
Recognising shifting attitudes and approaches to work/life balance
Having core principles and values as a company that your employees can live, breathe and be proud of
Humans need connection
An agency's primary function is client servicing. Delivering the best service and value for the client is the number 1 goal. As employers shouldn't we apply the same principles we use looking after our clients to looking after our staff? Of course there are challenges. By far and away the biggest challenge to company culture is the focus on a flexible working strategy. Finding a sweet spot between the benefits of working from home, and the lack of human connection is tough. Flexibility has many pros (a wider and more diverse talent pool is a huge one), but the challenges (let's not even start on the technical ones) are also important to explore.
Anyone familiar with the 70 20 10 rule of Learning & Development will know that people obtain:
70% of their knowledge from job-related experiences,
20% from interactions with others, like co-workers and managers,
10% from formal learning events.
The knowledge and experience you gain from human interaction is irreplaceable, not to mention the camaraderie and support, and this is what we've been missing. Agencies acknowledge this, four in five of them are now delivering training through a hybrid of E-Learning and in person sessions, and 8 in 10 of them are revisiting their flexible working policies to retain talent.
But there are other concerns related to the increase in flexible working. Janine Chamberlin, head of LinkedIn UK says LinkedIn's own research shows that nine in 10 European businesses will offer flexible working of some sort throughout the next year, but it needs to work fairly in practice. "For instance, nearly three-quarters of workers in the UK are concerned about the impact of 'proximity bias'—a trend where employees in the office are valued above those who work remotely," she says. "Over the next year, we can expect to see businesses taking action to ensure that all employees feel included, regardless of where they choose to work." So there is a huge amount to juggle around getting that culture right. And balancing flexible working and culture is just one piece of the puzzle.
Look out for part two tomorrow to hear how the agency of the future needs to align with employees' principles and passions in order to get the best out of them…
By Alex Beeden and Alana Drew
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Alan Knott-Craig: Globalising Herotel. Dreaming Big. Is there any other way?
I'm with Alan Knott-Craig Junior, sitting here in the Paddington Station. You're about ready to go back to South Africa.
Yes, I'm flying in about 6-hours.
What were you doing over here?
I just popped in for two days. We're considering investing in a business in the UK, from South Africa.
Well, as I've mentioned before, Hero Telecoms in South Africa is going pretty well and the whole idea behind that is we try to consolidate the wireless internet service providers, add a bit of magic sauce, and build a big, kind of Wi-Fi Telco, without having to start from scratch. The model has become so successful in South Africa that we're considering exporting it, in effect to the UK and there's little WISPS that we're talking to here that could be our first deal.
It's a great opportunity with South African skills and South African innovation, with a high level of education or educated staff that one finds there, relatively low costs to come into a market like this. Where the numbers are big – you multiply it by, even at the moment, R17 to the Pound. You don't need a whole lot of profit to make that into proper numbers.
Exactly, we are playing in the internet space and internet is about data and data, in my opinion, the lowest cost provider will win the global race. That's just how it is. Now, in a country like the UK, where there's so much money washing around it's not that important to get costs down but in South Africa, 50% of the market can only get on the internet, if you keep your costs down. That's why our industry is advancing so quickly around innovating low cost deployment models.
Now, in the UK right now, there's probably a 5–10% market opportunity, which is applicable for a wireless internet service provider but that 10% is probably bigger than the whole of South Africa put together. That's probably enough reason to get here.
So, the lessons you're learning at home you can apply globally?
Yes, I mean the main lesson we're learning is that it's all about scale, so you can't really provide the lowest cost possible data if you haven't got an enormous economy and scale, and some of the overheads you need to carry in order to deliver world-class Telecoms. They have to be spread out amongst a number of businesses and customers. The South African model is working okay. The main thing the WISPS are needing is they need the remote network management, they need centralised billing software, they need access to capital and they probably need to get their ducks together when it comes to financial management. For the rest, they're doing everything fine, so Hero kind of comes to the party in that regard. It helps them make more money at the end of the day.
Don't you just love these announcements coming over the back and it shows that we really are in Paddington Station and Alan has brought me to a place called The Mad Bishop and Bear. Now, you know that I don't drink, well I suppose a ginger-ale is a soft drink. So, why did you pick a pub with this name?
Well, I do think you've got some insanity inside you, so it's probably not inappropriate.
You thought I was the 'Bishop' and you were the 'Bear,' but Alan, the Herotel story. Last time we spoke about it, it was starting to get really exciting. You'd moved out of the NGO space, helping Tshwane, and then into a whole new business model. How much progress have you made?
A WISP is Wireless Internet Service Provider. It's a local business that's figured out how to connect people to the internet cheaply and make a 40% margin. We've got a national footprint now, excluding Free State, Northern Cape, and parts of the Eastern Cape. From 2014, very humble beginnings, we've managed to build a pretty big business and we've got some great partners. The original idea was to copy the Capitec pay book. Instead of trying to build a bank from scratch. Capitec went around, found a whole lot of loan sharks and micro-lenders, gobbled them up and got into a critical mass. Standardised them, rebranded them, and overnight you had the fifth biggest bank in the country and, in a sense that's what we're trying to do for Telecoms. Take all these small wireless guys, help them make a bit more money, eventually rebrand them and create one of the biggest Telco's in the country.
It reminds me of a wonderful piece that Malcolm Gladwell wrote about the real winners of the Industrial Revolution. Now, we're in a Fourth Industrial Revolution, that they talk about now. He said the winners were those who tweaked, so they found a model that somebody else had used and then applied it into a different business sector. The Capitec model – where else do you get inspiration from?
Well, one of my biggest inspirations is 3G Capital. The story of the Brazilian entrepreneurs that built the world's biggest brewing empire. They just bought SABMiller and what I took out of that is if you can create an internal incentive structure and culture of ruthless autocracy and attract people who want to get ahead – make money and get ahead. You can just win through a compounding effect of hard work and you always have to keep your overheads down. The one hard thing, as a business grows, is every year your insurance increases, your salaries increase – everything increases but the 3G Capital guys realised that you've got to clip the toenails every year. You've got to keep looking at all those expenses. Renegotiate your insurance – don't get lazy on your overheads. It's your overheads that will kill your business. What we're trying to do in Telecoms is take their low-cost brewery mentality, which is really the magic they add to Budweiser in there, and apply it to Telecoms and ultimately be known as the 3G Capital of Telecoms. Reliably going in, giving a bigger return on value without having to rely on shooting out the stars.
The book, and it was one that Warren Buffett recommended at an AGM a few years ago, is called Dream Big, so how are you dreaming big?
Well, the really big dream would be to build the biggest Wi-Fi company in the world, so if a company like SABMiller can build a global business from South Africa. If a company like Rembrandt can build a global business in the 50's from a small town like Stellenbosch. We've got such great success stories that have come out of South Africa. Discovery is doing it now. Nando's is doing it. We can probably do it for Wi-Fi. Whether we win or not, that's a different question and it's a hell of a big dream, but if you don't dream really big you've got no chance of making it.
It is a book that I think many people now need to pick up – Dream Big, written and the story of 3G. Many South Africans of your age group have come to the UK. Some of them stay, some of them go back home. You've never really put that on your agenda. You've always wanted to live in the homeland.
Yes, I've been very lucky to have travelled a lot in my life and the travelling is what makes you appreciate what you've got back home. I'm all in for SA, I don't have a Plan-B, I don't have another passport. I'm as worried as any guy with the general political environment but if you look at most countries in the world – everyone is kind of worried, so for me, I think we've got a hell of a positive future ahead. I think we've still got a lot of upside left in the economy. As the internet gets more rolled out you'll have more participation and what really excites me in a country like South Africa, is this feeling of uncertainty. People don't really know what's going to happen tomorrow. People are feeling nervous and that's the time to get ahead. When everyone is having second thoughts of going in another direction, put all your chips on the table and go for it. That's what we're doing at Herotel, and I'm personally, committing myself to South Africa for the foreseeable future.
So the Zimbabwe option doesn't ring any bells with you? It appears from time to time that the politicians…There are politicians in South Africa who would take the country in that direction, if they were allowed to.
Yes, well I really hope we don't go down that road. I do think the big fundamental difference between South Africa and Zimbabwe is we have a very big middle class, in gross numbers and as a percentage, and today the black middle class in South Africa is bigger than the white middle class, so that's a very different scenario to what Zimbabwe was. So, can we go down that road? Yes, I suppose anything is possible. Will we go down that road? I really don't think so. I think the independent media in South Africa keeps the Government honest, to a certain extent. I know a lot of people in the ANC and, also in the DA that are in it to make a big difference. They're the right kind of people. They're the kind of people I'd be proud and confident of running the country.
If I look at the micro level of what's going on it can get a little bit negative but if I take a step back and think of the macro view – I think South Africa is a bit like America. Maybe America is going to have Trump for a couple of years, and that's not going to be fun for America but it will survive it and South Africa might have similar uncertainty and worries, but the machine is big enough to survive and hopefully it's big enough to get to the point where we can put the inequality behind us and somehow address this massive challenge that South Africa faces, which is basically racial, inequality at an economic level and unless we get around that transformation challenge – we won't have a sustainable country.
It's also interesting that people like Pravin Gordhan have been talking inclusive growth for years. In his first stint as Finance Minister I recall him standing up in Davos talking about how we need inclusive growth because without that you alienate half your population. Not only do you only have half the growth potential but you're looking for troubles down the line. That's something that maybe not all South Africans have yet to understood.
Well, you've got to be pretty blind to live in South Africa and look around and think everything is fine, and everyone has got a fair shot at life. If you're born in the wrong postal code in South Africa, your opportunities are just going to be very limited. Whereas if you're in the right postal code, it's like being born in Switzerland versus being born in Venezuela. I think we have a working redistribution system right now. If you think about South Africa's tax rates. They're not high, compared to say the UK, and yet we've got a much higher ratio of welfare dependents versus taxpayers. So, if you think about the efficiency of our system, of taking tax money, providing a safety net for everybody else – it's actually working quite well. But it all depends on economic growth. Like you have to keep growing the pie fast and you've got to grow it faster than the population growth. I don't know how to make a big difference around that. It's very difficult to be worried about something that you don't have control over.
Where I can influence things in my small, little way is throw internet access in poor communities. Project Isizwe, the NGO we started all those years ago, is really about ensuring that I can live in South Africa for the rest of my life because it's about giving everybody an opportunity. Not just my kids, who already have all the opportunities in the world, and the way to give people opportunity, the easiest way, in my opinion. Whether it's access to textbooks, or the best teachers in the world, or an access to a job or the ability to start a business online – is to give people superfast internet for free and just get over the fact that it doesn't have to be paid for. Some peoples mindsets around if you can't afford the internet then you shouldn't have it. It can only be somebody who doesn't use the internet that says that.
Anybody who's ever seen their kids with the internet or got addicted to the internet themselves will understand that if some poor person, who's already got some challenges in their life, also has the challenge of having to pay money to email their CV to apply for a job. It's just ludicrous. So, for me, my small contribution is to somehow influence the Government's policy in such a way that internet access becomes a basic right like water and electricity. That, in itself, will help the country's future be positive.
What about how the internet gives poor people an access to MIT professors, do they get that? Is there that kind of take up on the free internet service or free Wi-Fi that you're giving?
Our project, as the Tshwane Free Wi-Fi Project that we've been part of that and I wouldn't say it's our project. It's the City of Tshwane's project and we've just been very lucky to be involved but it does 300-thousand logins a day and there's been zero marketing ever. You don't have to tell people how to use the internet. If you're over 40, maybe you've got to sell people the internet but if you're under 40 – we're talking about a drug that doesn't kill you. It's tik but healthy. You can't keep kids off the internet. You can't teach them about the internet. You can't do anything. You just unleash people and the internet takes care of itself.
Is it being used for empowering purposes, education?
The kids that want to get ahead use the internet for empowering purposes. The kids that don't want to get ahead are using the internet for YouTube and watch music videos. So, yes, maybe there's a percentage of the population that are really using it as a tool and maybe there's a percentage of the population that are just using it as a distraction but even as a distraction it's better than getting into gangs, drugs, or booze. So just as a form of entertainment in a poor community, it's doing a positive thing but I don't think everybody in the world wants to get ahead. I don't think everybody wants to do well at school and not everybody wants to make a lot of money. The tragedy is when somebody who does want to do all of the above, and doesn't have access to the internet, which could have unleashed their own potential.
And today they do, at least in Tshwane.
In Tshwane they do. I mean 15megabits per second internet is pretty good. There'll be probably a little riot if the internet goes off. So, all was fine but with the load shedding last year the way the City of Tshwane would find out where the load shedding was, was when people complained about the Wi-Fi not working. It wasn't the lights going off but it was the fact that they couldn't use the Wi-Fi. So, yes, the Tshwane model has won a couple of global awards. Hopefully it gets adopted by other cities in South Africa but it's alll premised on low cost Telecoms deployments. If you're going to roll things out the way British Telecoms and the guys do traditionally, a country like South Africa will never be able to give everybody access to the internet for free. So, we have to innovate in South Africa around low cost internet deployment and Tshwane already has done that.
Why haven't other cities followed?
Well, the cities that have followed are cities like Singapore. Countries like Norway, South Korea, Seoul, and it's just such a different economic gain. Like your high income per capita – everyone is living close to one another. A country like South Africa, with a pretty low income per capita, and a distance of 2,000kms from Jo'burg to Cape Town with nobody in between. The economics don't make sense for sweating fibre, etcetera. So no emerging market has actually solved the problem of universal access to the internet. South Africa is the one that's leading the way, definitely Tshwane is leading the way for a city of its demographics, it's the world leader right now for a solution. In my opinion, which might be wrong, but my opinion is the solution will be a bit like transport. If you can't afford a car the Government is not going to put a car in your garage or a bus stop in front of your house but it will make sure you can walk from your house to the nearest bus stop.
If you can't afford the internet the Government is not going to put fibre into your house or make 3G free everywhere but you can walk from your house to the nearest superfast free Wi-Fi site. On that model, it's affordable to South African Government to make every, single citizen able to walk to their nearest free Wi-Fi zone.
Has Tshwane been such a success. It's had global awards. Why not Johannesburg? Why not other parts of the country following the model? Do you have any insight into that?
It comes down to courage, in my opinion. You need to have political leaders with courage. Partly, it's also about understanding the internet and wanting it. I don't believe there are a lot of political leaders in South Africa that don't really want to make a difference, you know. But maybe some of them don't fully appreciate how powerful the internet is because they don't use the internet much. Fine, but even if you do, you still need guts. There's so many budgetary pulls and pushes, a Municipality at a Provincial level, and a National level, to have the guts to take money and push it into access to the internet. Tshwane – that's what the former Mayor of Tshwane had, he had guts, he had courage – the Executive Mayor Ramokgopa and if I think back to the risks he was taking (three-and-a-half years ago) by pushing this new mandate, this new kind of…It was innovative. It wasn't about the quantum of money. It was just the way they were trying to do things. More political leaders in South Africa would need to have the courage to kind of aggressively pursue free Wi-Fi within walking distance of all citizens, for more cities to follow the Tshwane model.
Alan, just as a summary. You remain very upbeat, you have the South African flag tattooed all over your body, as ever. What is making you this excited about the country?
Well, it's a lot easier being excited when you've got Brexit in the UK and you've got all the stuff happening in the States, and Brazil and Russia and everybody is kind of struggling, so it doesn't feel like there are too many options. My fundamental premise about South Africa is that somehow, through all of its ups and downs, and its tragedies and it's like shooting itself in the foot, it's come through – the system works. It's got the inequality that the world faces, South Africa is a microcosm of that and somehow, we're making it work. People are paying taxes. Not like hiding like the Greeks hide from the taxman. We pay our taxes and those taxes, for the most part are being redistributed in such a way that the money stays in the country. It doesn't end up in a Swiss bank account and it creates a safety net for 13-million households, and that kind of model seems sustainable to me.
The only real question I have about the future of South Africa is whether we keep growing the pie, so economic growth. Economic growth will solve education problems, it will solve healthcare problems, it will solve political problems as well, it will solve every problem, if we keep growing the pie. The one huge untapped stimulus we have for economic growth in South Africa is broadband, and we've only got 30% of South Africans who truly have fast broadband, so you take another 70% of those guys and you put them on the internet and you apply the World Bank statistic of for every 10% broadband penetration – you get 1.28% GDP growth. We're looking at about 10% of GDP growth that's just latent and untapped. Just that, unleashing that power – for me, it would ensure the positive future for South Africa.
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On the Road with Hundredth
On tour with Stick To Your Guns and Terror, we take a phone call from vocalist Chadwick Johnson
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Hundredth's second EP release. Denver, CO. On tour with Stick To Your Guns and Terror. Phone call with vocalist Chadwick Johnson.
So how has the tour been going?
We just started a few days ago, but it's been incredible so far. We played Salt Lake City last night, and we're in Denver right now, heading to Lawrence, Kansas for tomorrow.
That's great, man. So Resist came out on March 25. Tell us about the concept for these two EPs you've released, with Revolt and Resist.
The first EP, musically, is harder and a bit more chaotic. (Both EPs) really touch on some of the same things, but the second EP is a bit more melodic. They both talk about the same subject from different standpoints. The first EP is more — it's kind of just in your face the whole time. It's about what's going on in the world, why it's f-cked up. It also tries to state truth throughout it. I guess it's more of a statement of why things are f-cked up, like an outward look at what's f-cked up and why it is.
With Resist, it kind of just chills out; it's more melodic, and it says wait. Instead of pointing at everyone else and saying what they're doing wrong, it's more of a turning in and looking inside yourself and realizing you're just as much a part of the problem as everyone else is. That's kind of the duality between the two.
Were you going for that split? Did you record it all at the same time?
We recorded all the music for it at the same time, yeah. Vocals were done on two separate occasions.
So it was recorded like a full-length, but you decided to split it.
Yeah, we could have put it on one full-length, but we thought that it was so drastically different, and we'd get our point across a lot better if we split it up in to two separate EPs. Instead of doing one album cycle for, like, two years, we decided to split it up and do a little bit at a time. The first EP came out in March of last year.
What was the recording process like?
We went to The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, Colorado and worked on the EPs with Phil Stevenson, our producer. He's the drummer for The Descendants; he was in Black Flag, and he's worked with a lot of incredible bands, so working with him was awesome. … We'd been doing pre-production for it while we were on tour, so we went into the studio and did all the music in a few weeks. Then I tracked vocals for the first EP, and then flew there on my own to track vocals for Resist. I think that was summer of last year.
How would you say your music has changed or matured since the first two full-lengths in regards to these two new projects?
We've always been a fan of moving on to the next thing, trying out new things. We said from the beginning we never wanted to write two records that sounded the same. It's a safe move for bands to do that, and a lot of bands do that. It just gets boring though. I like to see a band, over the years, become something new every time they put out a new record. They're not trying to be something they're not, but you can see what influenced them a little more during certain time periods.
I can't tell you anything we (actually) did differently, but I think it encapsulates what we've been about since the beginning, and that (gets stronger) with each record. It's more of a natural maturity, I guess. We wrote our first record when I was 18. Even lyrically and where we are as a band, as far as our beliefs, it's a lot different than six years ago.
So what is that mission, for you as a band?
There are a lot of bands who have a lot of things to say these days. That's cool, I think. I'm down with that, as long as it's real. Our main thing is we just want people to not be afraid to question everything they've been taught. That's because, I myself felt like, at one point, not purposefully but geographically, I was a victim of indoctrination. It's a big claim to say you're "coming from" something.
I don't want to claim the role of a victim, but I feel like a lot of people are looked down upon if they don't believe the same things as the majority of people. So that's a big focus for us as a band. Squashing anyone who challenges us as band, and to the people who follow us as a band, to not be afraid to look past what they've been taught. Search things out for themselves. Encourage people to keep freedom in their minds. That's been our focus since the beginning, but it's been a transition, for us, of whether we focus on a creator, or a god, we focus on who God is inside of us, taking a spirituality stance.
I've seen a pattern with your music, through the first two full-lengths as well as the EPs, that you tend to have a seemingly even amount of both super short tracks and longer cuts, from a minute and a half to almost five minutes. Is that a conscious thing when you're writing?
I think we just focus on making a song. If it's a quick song or the lyrical content is pretty quick, we might think it's cool to just end it there. We don't really go out and think, let's write a minute-and-a-half song. We think more along the lines: Can this transition into another part? Does this sum up what the song is about? If that's two minutes, let's end it here.
I tend to gravitate more towards the first EP with the shorter cuts. It feels more like who you guys are.
Right, and that record was more to that point. It's more no holes barred. We were into making fast songs that were just in your face. One after another.
I really enjoyed Revolt for that aspect, but I find myself enjoying Resist more, it's a bit more structured and melodic. The transitions are great.
Thanks man. Actually, it's funny, I really didn't expect it do — I don't know. It was kind of weird for us. These songs are weird. We like them, but we don't know how people who actually like our band are going to like these songs. We tried some new things. We just said, f-ck it, we weren't trying to please anyone but ourselves. We just wrote new music that we liked, and we experimented on some stuff. Personally, I had low expectations… There's been some really good response so far. Truthfully, that's blowing me away. I thought people were going to hate it. I don't know why. I just thought people (were) going to hate it.
I think the way you approached it was better, too. There's always a question of, is a full-length album a better choice than shorter EPs? But with how quickly music is being consumed, you've managed to stay relevant and in front of your fans for a longer period. It's not like you're putting out anything ridiculous.
Yeah man, I agree.
What do you guys think of how the music industry has changed over the years? More bands are trying newer things, adding electronics and synths and different effects, and each record you guys have pretty much stuck to your style.
I don't really think we pay attention to that sh-t, to be honest. There's so much awful music we play festivals with. I'm not trying to be a d-ck, but I can't believe kids like these bands. It blows my f-cking mind sometimes. They have no backbone lyrically, they don't stand for anything other than getting f-cked up or spreading a plague across the scene. We hate it so much, we just don't even pay attention to it. We try to keep that as far from our radar as possible.
Hundredth was posted on April 4, 2014 for HM Magazine and authored by Justin Mabee.

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In the nearly 20 years I have been working with SQL Server, most of that as an independent consultant, I can count on two hands the number of clients I have come across that had ANY database tests constructed. I can count on TWO FINGERS the number of them that had repeatable database tests. Even the most ardent Agile/Scrum/pick-your-new-and-shiny-development-mantra shops hardly ever do anything more than wave a magic wand at testing the database, because it can be REALLY HARD to do and do correctly. In this session we will cover examples of why repeatable database testing is CRITICALLY important and then examine both a free and a low-cost commercial product to ease the pain and improve developer efficiency.
Speaker also has a workshop at our pre-conference event Code Stars Summit Titled: "SqlServer, Tune Like A Guru!"
Kevin is a SQL Server expert, working exclusively with the product since v6.5. With over 20 years of database experience and almost 45,000 man hours of SQL Server engine experience, he holds many related certifications, is an MCT and was a SQL Server MVP from 2007 to 2012. He has been a very successful independent consultant for over 15 years. Kevin is also a very frequent speaker, having presented at countless User Groups and almost 100 SQL Saturday conferences! His passion is the relational engine, especially designing, building, analyzing and tuning high-performance database applications.


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Q: How to upload a file into database by using Servlet? I need to process a file upload using a servlet as follows:
 package com.limrasoft.image.servlets;
    import java.io.*;
    import javax.servlet.*;
    import javax.servlet.http.*;
    import javax.servlet.annotation.*;
    import java.sql.*;

    @WebServlet(name="serv1",value="/s1")
    public class Account extends HttpServlet{
        public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req,HttpServletResponse res)throws
        ServletException,IOException{
            try{
                Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
                Connecection con=null;
                try{
                    con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xe","system","sajid");
                    PrintWriter pw=res.getWriter();
                    res.setContentType("text/html");
                    String s1=req.getParameter("un");
                    string s2=req.getParameter("pwd");
                    String s3=req.getParameter("g");
                    String s4=req.getParameter("uf");
                    PreparedStatement ps=con.prepareStatement("insert into account(?,?,?,?)");
                    ps.setString(1,s1);
                    ps.setString(2,s2);
                    ps.setString(3,s3);
                    File file=new File("+s4+");
                    FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(fis);
                    int len=(int)file.length();
                    ps.setBinaryStream(4,fis,len);
                    int c=ps.executeUpdate();
                    if(c==0){pw.println("
Registratin fail");}
                    else{pw.println("
Registration fail");}
                }
                finally{if(con!=null)con.close();}
            }
            catch(ClassNotFoundException ce){pw.println("
Registration Fail");}
            catch(SQLException se){pw.println("
Registration Fail");}
            pw.flush();
            pw.close();
        }
    }

But it results in an error page:

HTTP Status 500 - Servlet3.java (The system cannot find the file specified)

How is this caused and how can I solve it?

A: You seem to be nowhere extracting the uploaded file content from the HTTP request. You're only collecting the file name and constructing a new File() around it on a path relative to server's current working directory. I'm not sure what you were thinking while writing this code, but just passing file names around would never work when webbrowser runs at a physically different machine than the webserver, because they would not share the same local disk file system.
Instead, you should be passing the entire file content in the request. You can achieve this by using multipart/form-data encoding on the HTML form.
<form action="s1" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

Now, annotate the servlet with @MultipartConfig to enable multipart/form-data support.
@WebServlet("/s1")
@MultipartConfig
public class Account extends HttpServlet {

Then, to extract the uploaded file, just use HttpServletRequest#getPart().
Part s4 = req.getPart("uf");

The file content is as an InputStream available by Part#getInputStream(). So, all with all, the following code
String s4=req.getParameter("uf");
// ...
File file=new File("+s4+");
FileInputStream fis=new FileInputStream(fis);
int len=(int)file.length();
ps.setBinaryStream(4,fis,len);

should be replaced by
Part s4 = req.getPart("uf");
// ...
ps.setBinaryStream(4, s4.getInputStream());

See also:

*

*How to upload files to server using JSP/Servlet?

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Contrary to the presenter's rule of keeping your slides simple, there are special exceptions when you can use long text in your visuals, even for a professional PowerPoint design.
There's one standard to apply when doing this, a specialty practiced by the makers of the Volkswagen print ads: make it interesting.
In his book, Cutting Edge Advertising, Jim Aitchison explains how your text should have an interesting idea to justify its length. This is often the case when you have a good story to tell. This is not to say that it's justifiable to copy and paste your entire story into a single slide. After all, PowerPoint should be used as a visual aid, not a script.
A good way to balance this is to make the text work well with your slide designs, similar to how the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals made their print ads. These featured a cat and a dog holding a list of things they promise their new owners if they were to be adopted.
Critics often tell you to avoid using lists and bullet points, which is usually a good idea to follow. But while the list in the example is lengthy, the idea is based on the insight of annoyances pet owners have to deal with. This insight is relatable enough to its target readers, and the idea is strong enough to present a solution to the pet owner's problems.
If you have a sales presentation idea that your clients can relate to, you already have an advantage over the competition, if only because you give the impression that you understand their problems and want to help solve them.
There's a difference between making a text-heavy slide and a well-written story. While disguising a print ad as a news article may work for broadsheets and possibly for presentation handouts, the same can't be said with PowerPoint slides.
If you have an interesting story to tell and you want your audience to remember the keywords, balance them with a visual and an interesting headline, similar to how Timberland and Volkswagen did their new ads. For slides, focus on your narration and fade in the text with simple animations as you speak. You can also alter the fonts to highlight what you want your audiences to remember.
While there are exceptions that call for using long text, remember that even this needs to be presentable for a professional presentation. To help you get the most of this, getting the help of a professional PowerPoint design specialist can help you gain the advantage you need.
"Reduce and Simplify Like a PowerPoint Professional." SlideGenius, Inc. 2015. Accessed August 10, 2015.
"Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals(SPCA): "ROTTWEILER" Print Ad by Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore." Advertising Archive. Accessed August 10, 2015.


This statuette of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) – Cistercian monk, mystic, founder and abbot of the Abbey of Clairvaux, as well as Doctor of the Church – is a superb and truly special gift to celebrate the feast day of St. Bernard on August 20th. The Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Statue is also an ideal confirmation gift or birthday gift for that special "Bernard" in your life.
This statuette of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux stands 9.4 inches tall and is made from dolomite stone mixed with resin. A cloistered community of nuns create, form, and hand-finish each and every statuette in the atelier of their monastery atelier in France. Each nun is a true "contemplative in action" who prayerfully accomplishes an assigned task required for the completion of every statuette. Where, how, and by whom each Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Statue is made shows that it is truly "culturally authentic" as well as a labor of love, faith and hope!
Saint Bernard is depicted here holding the staff of his office as abbot of the Abbey of Clairvaux. In his right hand he holds the book of his hymn-composition Salve, caput cruentatum, widely known and popularized as the hymn "O sacred head, surrounded". Saint Bernard's theology continues to be influential in the Cistercian and Trappist orders. By the time of his death, Bernard had been involved in founding hundreds of monasteries throughout Europe. Saint Bernard was the first Cistercian monk to be included in the calendar of saints. He is remembered now as the Doctor Mellifluus (the "Mellifluous Doctor") because of his eloquence. His reputation for eloquence (along with his contemplative mysticism and theology of Mary as mediatrix) lead Dante to give Saint Bernard a place of prominence in the Paradiso as Dante's last guide who leads him through the Empyrean (Paradiso, cantos xxxi-xxxiii).


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Norton and Lenchwick CP/AP
How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
How we use the land; crops and farm animals.
Click on the hyperlinks for direct access to key graphs and tables.
Total Population 1801 to 1961: Population grew from 306 in 1801 to 803 in 1961.
Occupational Structure in 1881:
Here we are presenting statistics for a historical unit, which may have changed its boundaries significantly during the period covered.
Ancient Parish
Civil Parish
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NORTON AND LENCHWICK Preferred English F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
NORTON Alternate English 1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
was succeeded by NORTON AND LENCHWICK EP Ecclesiastical Parish F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
WORCESTERSHIRE Ancient County F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
EVESHAM PLU/RegD Poor Law Union/Reg. District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
BLACKENHURST Hundred Ancient District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
EVESHAM RSD Sanitary District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
EVESHAM RD Local Government District F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 485.
EVESHAM Registration sub-District 1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Norton and Lenchwick CP/AP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit, A Vision of Britain through Time.


Would you like to discover viewpoints that offer incredible landscapes for you to admire, villages with a rare beauty and one of the highest cliffs in the world (580 metres)? Great! In this article, you will discover Câmara de Lobos, a beautiful fishing town and Cabo Girão, that will offer you an amazing view over the sea and, of course, several viewpoints for your delight, one of which is my favourite in Madeira – don't miss this opportunity to visit these places!
Câmara de Lobos and the other places that you'll find throughout this article were the ones I visited during my third day in Madeira. You should follow this guide in this order so that you can visit all of these beautiful places without losing too much time travelling between them.
Throughout this article you will also find some tips so that you can better prepare your trip to the Pearl of the Atlantic.
The small town of Câmara de Lobos is one of the most beautiful towns in the island and is often seen in postcards from Madeira.
Begin your journey with a visit to Salão Ideal viewpoint to enjoy the marvellous view over the bay, the colourful fishing boats and Cabo Girão cliff.
Next, visit the picturesque historic centre to admire the colourful fishing boats and lose yourself within the narrow streets that surround the bay.
Don't hesitate and go to a bar and enjoy the view while drinking the local punch, Poncha: a drink made from spirits, lemon and honey.
Information: You can leave your car in the parking lot, facing the bay. It will cost you 50 cents every 30 minutes.
Before leaving Câmara de Lobos, climb to Pico da Torre viewpoint to admire the view over the city and the ocean. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to gaze at the banana fields and Cabo Girão cliff.
Cabo Girão is one of the highest cliffs in the world with its 580 metres and offers an incredible view over the outskirts of Câmara de Lobos, the sea and Fajã do Cabo Girão.
A suspended glass platform (Skywalk) was built in 2012 to test people's limits, especially those that have vertigo.
Even though I knew it was safe to step on that platform, when I saw so many people there I considered not to join them, but I did.
It's true that you'll find many tourists in Cabo Girão (it is, possibly, the most touristy place in Madeira), but it will be worth your while.
Fajã dos Padres viewpoint is located 4 km from Cabo Girão. There, you can admire the magnificent view over the ocean and over the farmlands, at the bottom of the cliff (fajã).
Aside from the farmlands, you'll find in Fajã dos Padres a beach, a restaurant and some houses where farmers lived a few years ago and that are now tourist homes.
To get to the fajã you have two options: you can take a boat in Câmara de Lobos or take the cable car located in Fajã dos Padres viewpoint.
Before the cable car, people took the panoramic elevator in a 4-minute ride – it was the only way down.
Ponta do Sol is a small but charming village, located 18 km from Funchal. It will be a quick stop but you won't regret it.
After enjoying this beautiful postcard, lose yourself in the narrow streets next to the beach and admire the hidden beauties of Ponta do Sol.
When you leave Ponta do Sol, don't hesitate to take the old road (ER101) connecting Ponta do Sol to Madalena do Mar. You'll drive directly under this beautiful waterfall and discover old tunnels that will make you feel like entering a cave.
You can drive along the new road VE3 but my suggestion is that you take the old road, by the sea, to make the route between Ponta do Sol and Ponta do Pargo (30 km).
You'll be able to visit some places along the way: Madalena do Mar, Calheta artificial beach, Jardim do Mar, Paul do Mar and Fajã da Ovelha.
When you get to Ponta do Pargo, go on a walking route to see Garganta Funda waterfall, located just a few metres from the Atlantic Ocean.
Few tourists know this place but I can tell you that it is one of the most beautiful places in Madeira and my favourite.
Aren't you convinced? Watch this video and witness the beauty of this place!
How to get to Garganta Funda viewpoint?
When you arrive at Ponta do Pargo, keep going for more 2 km (after Ponta do Pargo sign) along ER101 road and turn left to "Levada do Pedregal". At the end of the road, turn left and, finally, turn on the first road to the right (Caminho do Pedregal).
Continue for more 300 metres and leave your car at the end of the road (before you enter the dirt road).
Next, just follow the signs "Miradouro Garganta Funda". A few metres ahead you'll find two small shacks, keep going for more 200 metres along the walking route next to the cliff.
Next, go back to Ponta do Pargo and admire the lighthouse and Ponta do Pargo viewpoint. While you wait for the sunset you can grab something to eat or have a drink in Casa de Chá O Fio.
Check here to see how was my fourth day in Madeira, the day I visited the beautiful city of Funchal.


This stylish Kilt Design Hip Flask is fashioned from stainless steel.
The flask has a Royal Stewart tartan with sporran on the front.
The perfect Scottish gift, this Hip Flask can be used to store a wee dram of whisky or your favourite tipple!


This recipe was quite good. As a matter of fact, I have a piece of news that you'd surely be interested in hearing: For most of this summer, we have had company almost every day. Our visiting friends, Americans who are now living in Singapore, have two kids who are very picky--even pickier than my daughter. This is the first main course dish I have made this summer that they liked. They have literally turned their nose up at everything else. Man, these kids are tough to please!!!
Not to ramble on too long about these kids, the only desserts they have liked are Dorothy's banana cream pie and Gourmet Gal's Baked Alaska (made last night).
As for changes, I applied a dry rub consisting of paprika, red pepper, chili powder, black pepper, white pepper and brown sugar 24 hours before cooking the ribs. I didn't measure but went heavier on the paprika, chili powder and brown sugar (I should have gone heavy on the red pepper to teach those picky kids a lesson!). Thanks for posting a main course recipe that these kids actually said was really good!


Our ongoing vision at the Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life & American Culture is to entice people from all walks of life to come together and collaborate in novel and compelling ways to shed light and explore grace in this bruised, blessed world.
Dr. Robinson will speak about wonder and the absolute necessity of the humanities, faith and reason as partners in understanding our world as she offers the 2019 Zahm Lecture, the academic keynote for the year.
and scroll down for podcasts of highlights from this year!
Dr. Bill Chafe presents "The Black Struggle for Freedom"
"Let us ask the Lord, each of us, for eyes that know how to see beyond appearance; ears that know how to listen to cries, whispers, and also silence; hands able to support, embrace and minister. Most of all, let us ask for a great and merciful heart that desires the good and salvation of all. "
"Many people judge a religion by its art, and why indeed shouldn't they?"
"The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see."


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Вільянуева-де-Кордова () — муніципалітет в Іспанії, у складі автономної спільноти Андалусія, у провінції Кордова. Населення —  осіб (2010).

Муніципалітет розташований на відстані близько 250 км на південь від Мадрида, 50 км на північ від Кордови.

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Q: javascript, quiz score wont work the code doesnt give different scores for right and wrong answers, i need it to give the total score for the questions; even if you put wrong answers it says you've still got 3/3
<html>
        <head>
        <title>
            00000
        </title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <script>
            //variables
            var q1 = parseInt(prompt("What data type is a number? " + " A:Boolean
    B:     Integer  C: String"));
            var q2 = parseInt(prompt(" What operator means not equal to? " + " A:<
            B: = =  C: !="));
        var q3 = parseInt(prompt(" Which function is used to square root?" + "A:
            math.sqrt  B: math.pi  C: math.pow"));
            var score1 = 0;
            var score2 = 0;
            var score3 = 0;

            //calculate score
            if (q1 = "B")
                score1 = 1
                else if (q1 = "A" || "C")
                    score1 = 0

            if (q2 = "C")
                score2 = 1
                else if (q1 = "A" || "B")
                    score2 = 0

            if (q3 = "A")
                score3 = 1
                else if (q1 = "B" || "C")
                    score3 = 0

            totalScore = score1 + score2 + score3;

            //output
            alert("Total score = " + totalScore + "/3");

        </script>
      </body>
 </html>

A: You are using assignment operators instead of comparison in your evals.
if (q1 === "B")
   score1 = 1
else
   score1 = 0

First eval will always return true if "B" can be assigned to q1 when using =
Use == or === to evaluate if q1 is the same as "B".

A: I think you could simplify your code greatly with a ternary. Something like,

var q1 = "A";
var q2 = "B";
var q3 = "C";
var score1 = (q1 === "B") ? 1 : 0;
var score2 = (q2 === "C") ? 1 : 0;
var score3 = (q3 === "A") ? 1 : 0;
var totalScore = score1 + score2 + score3;
alert("Total score = " + totalScore + "/3");

A: First of all, if you're expecting a string response on your prompt, you shouldn't be running a parseInt() on the response as you'll get NaN any time a non-integer is entered thus making your further tests useless.
Second, as already mentioned, to do a comparison, you should use == or === instead of =.
Last, there are plenty of ways to greatly simplify this script e.g. the below:

// Store the responses and answers in their own arrays
var responses = [
      prompt("What data type is a number? " + " A: Boolean B: Integer C: String "),
      prompt(" What operator means not equal to? " + " A: <  B: == C: != "),
      prompt(" Which function is used to square root?" + "A: math.sqrt B: math.pi C: math.pow ")
    ],
    answers = ['B','C','A'], // Store the correct answers in order
    score = 0; // Start off the score at zero.

// Match each response with it's respective answer
// and add +1 to the score if they match...
// Also, make sure the input is a string so toUpperCase() works (in case someone answers in lowercase)
for(x in responses) {
  score = (typeof responses[x] == 'string' && responses[x].toUpperCase() == answers[x]) ? score+1 : score;
}

// Show score
alert('You scored ' + score + '/3');


A 4 day short break holiday including a husky safari, a morning feeding reindeer and a night time Northern Lights snowmobile safari. You'll stay at the Wilderness Lodge Korpikartano in the remote wilderness of Menesjarvi, the heartland of the Sami people where you can hear 'the sound of the silence'. You'll also can find out with a full suite of thermal clothing, snow shoes, toboggans, kick sleds & skis so as to enjoy as much fun in the snow as you have time for. And of course the private use of a sauna to relax.
fly from London Heathrow or Manchester via Helsinki to Ivalo in Finnish Lapland. Meet your driver/guide at the airport and transfer to the Hotel Korpikartano, collect your thermal clothing and settle into your room. Take supper in the hotel and afterwards walk down to the edge of the lake for a possible first sighting of the Northern Lights.
after breakfast meet Sami Reindeer Herder Petri Mattus from whose farmhouse on the edge of Menesjarvi you'll travel on the back of his snowmobile hay sledge out into the forest to a clearing where he'll unload the hay shouting 'oyyyyyyyaiii….oyyyyy-ayiii' in the rhythmic fashion of a Joik or Sami song poem . Gradually you'll hear what sounds like raindrops falling on canvas which become a clicking sound as the reindeer come closer to feed and with luck right up to your sledge. Take sooty coffee with Petri whilst he tells you of his daily life and that of his father and grandfather before him. Return to the hotel for a warm up and buffet lunch. Afterwards your local guide will kit you out with snow shoes, kick sleds and skis, teach you how to handle each and where you can go in the adjacent forest or on the lake to enjoy the white wilderness. Before your early supper, Timo hosts an informal aurora workshop in which he passes on his 'tricks of the trade' for photographing the Aurora, which you can then put to good use on a guided hunt on snow shoes for the Northern Lights.
set off to meet Tinja Myllyangas known locally as the dog whisperer; Tinja has a special talent with dogs and keeps just 40 or so in her kennels. There are black & white ones, white & black ones, brown & white ones, all sorts: every one with their own name. After a short handling tuition set off mushing your own team in the enchanting wilderness of Inari, the spiritual homeland of the Sami people. As the dog's excited barking subsides the only sound is of your sled's runners slicing through the snow and the muted padding of their paws. Return to the hotel for a warm up and buffet lunch. If you haven't thawed your bones out with a sauna before, today will be your last chance which you shouldn't turn down: there's just nothing to beat it as a way of winding down both mind and body. Afterwards get ready for the supersonic Jeremy Clarkson way of riding through the forest to find the best aurora spots – by snowmobile. Scoot off along soft snow trails, frozen ice lakes and along moonlit trails with (hopefully, hopefully, hopefully!!) the Northern Lights overhead.
breakfast in your hotel before your private group transfer to Ivalo airport and your return flight via Helsinki to the UK.


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Women's FA Cup final: Heather O'Reilly says "We want to win to honour the traditions of Arsenal"
Layth Yousif
Published: 11:56 AM May 4, 2018
Arsenal star Heather O'Reilly has spoken exclusively to the Islington Gazette. Credit: ARSENAL FC - Credit: Archant
Arsenal midfielder Heather O'Reilly may have earned a barely credible 231 caps for the US spanning a trophy-laden 14 years - including three Olympic gold medals and a World Cup - but she is still excited about appearing at Wembley on Saturday in the Women's FA Cup final against Chelsea.
Arsenal Ladies' Heather O'Reilly (left) and Manchester City Women's Demi Stokes battle for the ball during the Continental Tyres Cup Final at Adams Park, Wycombe. - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
In a repeat of the 2016 showpiece finale, the personable 33-year-old - who has been at the North London giants for 18 months – is gearing up to face the West Londoners.
Emma Hayes' side are competing for a possible double as they also lead the Women's Super League 1 table by three points from Manchester City, albeit having played a game more.
However O'Reilly and Arsenal Women, led by Australian Joe Montemurro stand in their way.
Speaking exclusively to the Islington Gazette at the Arsenal Hub she previewed the eagerly-awaited clash, saying: "We are training hard for the cup final. Chelsea are a great side but we're looking forward to the day at Wembley. We feel like we've grown as a team.
Arsenal Women celebrates winning the Continental Tyres Cup Final at Adams Park, Wycombe. - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
"Hopefully we'll put on a good performance and get the job done and hopefully come home with some silverware for everyone.
"We want to win for each other and for Arsenal and our amazing supporters
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"We are a community here at Arsenal and we want to do it for all the teams that are affiliated with us.
"I know a big part of Arsenal's mission is to engage with the community, to bring pride to our community and we'll be doing our best to do that come the cup final.
Arsenal Women celebrate winning the Continental Tyres Cup Final at Adams Park, Wycombe. - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images
"We take that task very seriously. We'll be going into the final with a lot of confidence but also a lot of awareness that we have to honour the traditions of Arsenal."
Arsenal booked their place in the SSE Women's FA Cup Final with an added-time goal from Louise Quinn, securing a 2-1 win over Everton last month.
The 14-time winners took the lead in the first half through Danielle Carter, with Chloe Kelly equalising from the spot for the hosts.
But Quinn nodded home a corner in the closing minutes.
O'Reilly added: "To be part of Arsenal is a huge honour for me. I was fortunate to have a very full career in the US.
"But one thing I've never done is to be part of a big club like Arsenal. It's been a real honour for me to be over here and to wear this badge everyday.
"Arsenal Football Club has such a long tradition. It's really special and it was a huge draw for me everyday.
"To play for this amazing club every day is incredible and I hope we can repay that faith with a trophy [on] Saturday."
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Home » featured » The Club (18) |Close-Up Film Review
The Club (18) |Close-Up Film Review
Dir. Pablo Larrain, Chile, 2015, 98 mins, in Spanish with subtitles
Cast: Alfredo Castro, Roberto Farias, Antonia Zegers, Marcelo Alonso
A group of priests stranded in a rural location and presided over by a super-efficient housekeeper. British audiences may think immediately of Father Ted, but Pablo Larrain's latest study in human nature has something much more serious and sombre on its mind. Faultlessly acted and written, though a little underpowered visually, this is a film that gradually boils to a shocking climax. Even as it encourages compassion for those who seem beyond redemption.
The title is ironic: for The Club is a group of priests all guilty of child sexual abuse, and shipped off to a Church-imposed house arrest in a remote Chilean coastal town. This is a club no one wants to belong to, yet no one can leave. The Church's refusal to deal head-on with these men means that they exist in limbo, hidden away, forgotten. But unlike, say, Spotlight, Larrain's film is not interested in moral judgment on the Church or bringing anyone to court; instead, it examines what it means to be a prisoner of past actions.
Two new arrivals galvanise the story: Padre Lazcano (Jose Soza), the latest priest to join this house of shame, and one of his victims, Sandokan (Farias), who has spent years following his abuser around his various postings. Sandokan stands outside the house and, loudly and at length, tells in graphic detail of the abuse he has suffered at the hands of Lazcano. In another sort of film this might lead to some form of retribution: vigilantism amongst the locals, the attentions of the police. Not here; the drama plays out amongst this small group, the later scenes being a series of montages in which the residents of the home are interviewed by a Church fixer, Padre Garcia (Alonso). The priests talk straight to camera, and in various stages of denial, seek to justify their actions. And still, there is time for the initially passive housekeeper (Zegers) to reveal a sliver of ice in her heart, and for a shocking act of violence.
This is a complex, though far from complicated film, with subtle shadings that shift the viewers' alliances. The muted greys and silvers employed by DoP Sergio Armstrong in filming the sky, sea and mist help to set the ambiguous tone, whilst a mournful score of cello and strings downplay the pressure cooker atmosphere. Larrain has made a film at once powerful and understated, and one that refuses to pass judgment on fragile, flawed people.
Review by David Edwards-Hall
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Work to start on £13.3m flood defence scheme to protect villages and pave way for Lincolnshire Lakes
The scheme will protect villages on both sides of the River Trent and six new villages which are to be created between Scunthorpe and the river in the Lincolnshire Lakes project
David ElliottChief Reporter
Work is set to begin on a multi-million-pound flood defence project to protect villages on both sides of the River Trent and pave the way for future development.
The £13.3 million scheme will see 2.2 miles of sheet piles installed along the east bank of the river from Keadby Bridge to the M180 bridge.
The extensive flood defence will provide significant protection to the villages of Burringham, Gunness and East Butterwick.
It will also provide protection for six new villages which are set to be created in the Lincolnshire Lakes project, earmarked for land between Scunthorpe and the river.
Flood defences on the west bank of the river will also be infilled where there are low spots to bring them back to design levels and protect places across the Isle of Axholme.
The east bank of the River Trent at Burringham, where a £13.3m flood defence scheme is about to begin (Image: David Haber)
The first phase of the project will see work starting between Station Road, Burringham and St John the Baptist's Church to the south of the village.
Funding for the scheme, which is expected to be complete by summer 2019, has come from the Government's Northern Powerhouse Local Growth Fund and was secured by the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) as part of its Growth Deals.
Lord Haskins, chairman of the LEP, said: "The LEP is pleased to be supporting this project which will make sure that existing communities and areas of land identified for new development are flood resilient, sustainable and adaptable for the future.
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"The flood defence works are an integral part of the exciting Lincolnshire Lakes development which will bring forward many new homes and amenities as part of this area-wide regeneration scheme."
The proposed Lincolnshire Lakes project would see more than 6,000 homes built in six new villages to be created in waterside settings.
It is also set to include various business and leisure facilities and a school, as well as a new junction on the M181 motorway near Scunthorpe.
North Lincolnshire Council leader Rob Waltham said: "Thanks to Government funding, this extensive flood defence scheme will not only protect our existing communities of Burringham, it will pave the way for future development and provide protection for the six new Trentside villages as part of Lincolnshire Lakes.
"We are keeping our promise to deliver flood defences before we can see houses, business and new communities taking shape.
An artist's impression of one of the lakes which is set to form part of the Lincolnshire Lakes project.
"Thanks to these new flood defences we can give residents, both current and future, peace of mind that their homes and communities are protected."
VBA Joint Venture (Volkerstevin) has been awarded the contract to carry out the work along the banks of the river, while Mott Macdonald was the detailed designers behind the flood defences.
A drop-in session will be held at Burringham Village Hall from 3pm to 7pm on Monday for residents to speak to the team behind the flood defence project and ask any questions about the works.
Weekly drop-in sessions will also be held at the village hall from September as the works progress.
Questions about the project can also be asked by email to lincolnshirelakes@northlincs.gov.uk
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NUI Galway Marine Technology Helped PUMA to Victory in VOR In-Port Race
#VOLVO OCEAN RACE - It has been revealed that a new coastal radar system developed at NUI Galway was instrumental to the success of the PUMA team in the in-port races at the recent Volvo Ocean Race finale.
The radar system, which measures currents and waves throughout Galway Bay on the hour, is run by Dr Mike Hartnett's research group in the newly launched Ryan Institute at NUI Galway.
The sophisticated system is normally used for advanced marine research, but PUMA Ocean Racing performance coach Robert Hopkins Jr contacted the researchers to see if their radar data could be used by his crew to get the edge on the CAMPER team, with which they were tied on points.
Maps of the currents in the bay over the past month were made available to PUMA and Dr Hartnett advised team on their sailing strategy for the important race.
PUMA went on to win in great style and win the series by a one-point margin. The win also marked PUMA's first trip to the top of the podium for an in-port race in this round of the Volvo Ocean Race.
PUMA finished on the podium in nine of the 10 in-port races, collecting 45 total points to win the overall In-Port Race Series.
Hopkins was delighted with the result. "Currents in Galway Bay were a big factor in the in-port race, where tides, wind and river outflow make it all very complicated," he said. "To prepare for the race, we looked for surface current patterns in hundreds hours of data from the NUI Galway radar, took on-the-water readings before the start, and data from Mar Mostro's own Doppler velocity log supplied by Nortek AS. It worked and we won the race."
The NUI Galway radar data will soon be available online to the public, hopefully helping local sailors to improve their performance.
Dr Hartnett acknowledged the assistance provided by two local businessmen in enabling this advanced technology.
"The Spiddal radar site is sending its data back to the computers at NUI Galway via the broadband service of An Crúiscín Lán, thanks to the permission of owner John Foy.
"Similarly, Liam Twomey, general manager of the National Aquarium of Ireland, Salthill, provided access to their broadband to courier the Mutton Island radar data back to NUI Galway."
Published in Volvo Ocean Race
Final Countdown for Student Entry in Round Ireland Yacht Race
#roundireland – The countdown has begun for Sunday's Round Ireland Yacht Race where NUI Galway is supporting the first ever university-backed entry into the 700-mile race. Ten NUI Galway students and graduates will be on the start line in Wicklow this Sunday at 12 noon.
The race is a non-stop circumnavigation of Ireland by sea and will take anything from anything from four to six days. The NUI Galway crew is one of the youngest teams to ever compete in the event. Sailing together in the NUI Galway sailing club over the past few years has built up the trust and camaraderie which they will rely on during the race. The team have loaned a 38-ft racing yacht for the race.
The past few months have been very busy for the NUI Galway crew says skipper Cathal Clarke: "We have been following a tough training plan, attending safety courses and getting professional coaching. We recently competed in our first offshore race as a crew across the Irish Sea from Wales to Wicklow and were very happy with a second place result. The aims of this campaign are high, with a lot of experienced sailors on board; we will certainly be looking for good results."
Pat Morgan, Vice-President for the Student Experience at NUI Galway, said: "The determination and drive of this crew is to be admired, especially given that they are one of the youngest crews to participate in the race. They have worked very hard and displayed incredible determination and dedication over recent months in their preparation for the race. The University actively promotes leadership and team building skills and is delighted to support this crew to further develop these attributes as they compete in the Round Ireland Race. We wish them every success."
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Second Fin Whale Stranding for Sligo
#MARINE WILDLIFE - Sligo County Council is considering its options for disposal after the county's second whale stranding of the winter, when a 60ft male fin whale was beached at Agharrow.
A spokesperson told the Sligo Champion that the whale was in an area known locally as Staid Abbey, lying on a smooth rock ledge that slopes down towards the sea, and is a difficult point to access - particularly in the present stormy conditions.
As previously reported on Afloat.ie, a whale carcass was washed up at the end of last month not far from Agharrow at Raughley. The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG) has confirmed that this was the first validated stranding recorded of a fin whale in Co Sligo.
That whale had its flesh removed for fertiliser, while its bones were studied by PhD students from NUI Galway ahead of being buried in a nearby field to allow for the natural decomposition of remaining flesh before future preservation.
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Record-Setting SCUBA Diver is Ireland's First Professor of Midwifery
#DIVING - A Guinness World Record holding SCUBA diver has been appointed as Ireland's first ever Professor of Midwifery, the Galway Advertiser reports.
Prof Declan Devine, who is a leading seararcher and scholar in the field, will take up the role at NUI Galway's School of Nursing and Midwifery.
His expertise in childcare goes in tandem with his efforts to raise funds for the care of children with serious illnesses. He serves as director of West of Ireland children's cancer charity Hand in Hand.
Prof Devine has also combined his charitable activities with his passion for SCUBA diving, raising more than €35,000 in 2009 when he set the Guinness World Record for the longest open saltwater SCUBA dive in cold water.
The Galway Advertiser has more on the story HERE.
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New Radar System Could Improve Coastal Forecasts
A new radar system in Galway Bay could help predict extreme weather events more accurately, The Irish Times reports.
http://afloat.ie/port-news/galway-harbour/
http://www.afloat.ie/resources/weather/
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1027/1224306561936.html
Scientists at NUI Galway's Ryan Institute, in collaboration with the IBM Smarter Cities Technology Centre in Dublin, have installed the system on the shoreline in Galway Bay.
The system - the first of its kind in North Atlantic Europe - consists of two antennae, on Mutton Island and Spiddal, which scan the surface of the bay every half hour.
It then sends high-resolutions maps of surface currents and details of wave height and direction directly to the scientists' base at the NUIG campus.
The data is used, along with meteorological data, to develop models for forecasing marine conditions from tidal currents to storm surges - common on the challenging coastline around Galway Bay and the Aran Islands.
Moreover, the system is set to benefit the local community and beyond as the data, when completed, will be made freely available.
Silicon Republic says that the Galway Bay Coastal Observing System (GalCOS) could be used by sailors, fishermen and tourists to more accurately assess conditions in the area.
It could also be of use to local authorities in terms of providing details on the best time to release effluent while minimising environmental damage.
"This type of predictive modelling is critical to our Smarter Cities agenda," said IBM's Dr Lisa Amini, "and the findings can be widely applied to protect coastal cities and their environments."
http://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/item/24239-researchers-deploy-coastal/
A new radar system in Galway could help predict extreme weather events more accurately, The Irish Times reports.
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Scientists Set to Show Off in Salthill
Hundreds of experts will be showcasing their work in marine science, weather and astronomy in Galway next Friday 23 September, the Galway Advertiser reports.
http://afloat.ie/resources/business/marine-science/
http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/43948/the-world-of-science-on-show-in-salthill
The special family-oriented Sea2Sky event - organised by NUI Galway in tandem with the Marine Institute and Galway Atlantaquaria - aims to educate the public about the wonders around us, from Ireland's marine wildlife and habitats to the stars and solar system.
http://afloat.ie/port-news/marine-wildlife/
The two main venues at Galway Atlantaquaria and Leisureland in Salthill will host various scientific demonstrations on the day, while the promenade between the two will be lined with amateur astronomers and their telescopes.
One of the highlights is sure to be the chance to see the remote submarine used by scientists to explore hydrothermal vents in the north Atlantic this summer.
http://afloat.ie/resources/business/marine-science/item/16440-scientists-discover-world-of-wonder-beneath-the-atlantic/
The full programme of events is abailable at www.sea2sky.ie.
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Irish Lead Mission to Find New Life on the Ocean Floor
A new Irish-led marine research mission has set off to discover strange new lifeforms that inhabit the deepest parts of our oceans.
http://www.afloat.ie/resources/business/marine-science/
In collaboration with scientists from the UK's National Oceanography Centre, the team sailed from Galway earlier this week bound for the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to investigate life at 3,000m below the surface of the sea.
Using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) they will explore for the first time the 45o North MAR hydrothermal vent field, where vents spew mineral-rich seawater heated to boiling point in the earth's crust. These are home to a rich variety of marine life that thrives in complete darkness on bacteria fed by chemicals.
Patrick Collins from NUI Galway's Ryan Institute will lead Ireland's marine biological team investigating this unique ecosystem, which could tell us not only about how life might have evolved on other planets, but may also be a rich source of new biochemical processes with valuable medical and industrial applications.
"There is potential here to put Ireland on the global map as a serious player in deep sea science," said Collins. "This is all the more timely with the exploitation of deep sea and hydrothermal vents for precious metals and rare earth minerals now a reality."
The mission carries geochemists, marine biologists, marine geologists, marine geneticists and technicians from Ireland and the UK as well as a three-person TV crew from National Geographic.
They will spend 25 days at sea and will be posting a regular blog on scientistsatsea.blogspot.com
An Irish-led marine research mission has set off to discover strange new lifeforms that inhabit the deepest parts of our oceans.
They will spend 25 days at sea and will be posting a regular blog on scientistsatsea.blogspot.com.
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Explorers Team Goes Out of the Deep and into Space for Science Week
The Explorers Education Programme run by Galway Atlantaquaria with the support of the Marine Institute is emerging out of the deep blue sea and into space to celebrate the launch of National Science Week 2010. 'Our Place in Space' is the theme for this years Science Week event and the aquarium have organised a Family Fun Day on Sunday 7th November from 12.00 noon. We're offering a special price on the day of €12.00 for one adult and one child to include all activities.
This annual event at the aquarium will include interactive displays and talks from the Galway Astronomy Club and the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy at NUI Galway, Space Invaders and Pac Man games, Face Painting, Cartoon Art lessons for Aliens by the Marine Institute and a display of Ireland's very own Alien Species! A host of fun activities for all the family with Galaxy Art & Crafts and Amazing Space Science Experiments is organised. The event will be opened by Mayor of Galway, Cllr. Michael Crowe.
In a run up to the event, Galway Atlantaquaria is calling on primary school children to create an Alien Sea creature to celebrate Science Week 2010. Children are invited to use their own imagination to create their Alien Sea Creature works of art using discarded or reused materials. Age category prizes on offer and all entries will go on display at the aquarium. Remember all finished art work must be at the aquarium by Thursday 4th November and don't forget to include your name, age and school to your entry.
Science Week 2010 aims to raise awareness of the space industry in Ireland, with a wide range of activities taking place which will look at the latest happenings in astronomy and space exploration. For more information see details on the Galway Atlantaquarias website or contact 091 585100 or email [email protected]
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WRIGHT, C. W., KENNEDY, W. J. 1979. Origin and evolution of the Cretaceous micromorph ammonite family Flickiidae. Palaeontology, 22, 3, 685–704.
The ammonite family Flickiidae is a mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) dwarf (3 cm or less diameter) group of three genera, Flickia Pervinquiere, 1907, Ficheuria Pervinquiere, 1910, and Adkinsia Bose, 1928 to which Salaziceras Breistroffer, 1936 is here added, characterized by the evolution of an archetypal simplified suture and shell form closely homoeomorphic of the ancestral Devonian Anarcestina. Previously regarded as cryptogenic, the family is shown to be an offshoot of Neophlycticeras of the Stoliczkaiinae with simplifying suture. F. kiliani (Pervinquiere) is a paedomorphic derivative of S. salazacense (Hebert and Munier-Chalmas) characterized by small size, globose simple shell and only slightly incised sutures. It gave rise to forms with progressively fewer incisions in lobes and saddles, and eventually to some with entire sutural elements. From these arose the sparsely ribbed and bullate endemic North American Adkinsia and the more widely occurring compressed, evolute, smooth to ribbed Flickia.