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Posted July 9th, 2018 by admin and filed in 南京夜网
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Bernard Salt gave an insight to his predicted 'bright future' for Gippsland last week.A renowned Australian demographer predicts a bright, expanding future for Gippsland, labelling it the ninth largest separate market in Australia.
Presenting his research into Gippsland's future growth last week, Bernard Salt told community members the region was on the rise culturally, economically and socially.
"The region is growing by 1600 people per year, with about 650 households more per year," Mr Salt said.
"It offers a diversity of lifestyle options to Melbournians, tree change, seachange and suburbia."
While many Latrobe Valley residents in particular express concerns of impending power station closures in the long term, Mr Salt said his data, based on predictions for 10 years from now, showed there would still be job growth.
"Despite the restructuring across power generation and agriculture over the last decade and a half there is still job growth, population growth and, in my view, Gippslanders have every reason to be positive about the next 10 years," Mr Salt said.
"I think the worst is over, I think the hard restructuring has taken place."
Mr Salt told The Express, it surprised him that in Gippsland and other regional centres community members did not seem to pay enough homage to local achievements
"Gippsland needs to develop a culture of celebrating its own success," Mr Salt said.
"I think this is an issue with regional Australia generally, when I turn up there is a tendency to showcase who used to live there that's now famous.
"Celebrate your own, celebrate success, build a culture of 'have-a-go-ism' rather than admiring someone from afar, it sends the wrong message to youth."
Suggesting improvements to the region, Mr Salt said he believed there was scope for more tertiary institutions.
"If we're going to manufacture stuff we should be smart about it and what we should be heavily investing is now is education," Mr Salt said.
"You need to be skilling up your kids, your grandkids and investing in a generation of knowledge workers."
Time to saddle up for the show
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Amanda and Richard Morgan are looking forward to the return of equestrian events at the Traralgon and District Agricultural Show. photograph tom morrisonEquine enthusiasts will return to the ring at the 126th Traralgon and District Agricultural Show this year.
Last year the show was forced to cancel all equestrian events due to resurfacing works undertaken by Latrobe City Council on Traralgon Recreation Reserve and Showgrounds.
Traralgon and District Agricultural Society secretary Lorraine Anderson said the absence of equestrian events caused great detriment to the show, with patronage dropping dramatically and the show's typical atmosphere lost.
"It was terrible last year without them, we lost a lot," Ms Anderson said.
"They most certainly help create the atmosphere at the show, without horses it's not the same. We had entertainment last year, but it's not the same if they can't sit down and watch the horse events."
Seven rings will be held each day to cater for all sections of competition.
With a broad range of events on offer, encompassing hacks, galloways, ponies, led, clydesdales, harness and more, Ms Anderson said there was something for all horse lovers.
"Everybody's over the moon, they think it's really great,' Ms Anderson said.
No horse events last year meant riders lost the opportunity to obtain qualifying points to enter royal shows.
"They can get their points now to go to the royal," Ms Anderson said.
Horse events will be held from 9am Friday and Saturday, 28 and 29 November.
Entries are open for all events, and schedules with entry forms can be obtained by phoning Lorraine Anderson on 5174 1366.
Police remember the fallen
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Police will march together today to pay tribute to colleagues who have tragically fallen in the line of duty.
National Police Remembrance Day honours police who have paid the ultimate price serving their community.
Since 1853, 157 Victoria Police officers have been killed in the line of duty.
Chief Commissioner Ken Lay said National Police Remembrance Day was one of the most significant days on the police calendar for all current and former members of the force.
"Recent events have again been a reminder to us of the dangers police face every day. Today is a time for all Victorians to unite and honour the sacrifice of the dedicated men and women who have lost their lives doing their job," Chief CommissionerLay said.
"It is also important that our members take time to reflect on the important job they do and it is an opportunity for the community to acknowledge the risks that our men and women take every day to keep them safe."
The annual commemorative march and service, which are open to the public, will be held today.
In Bendigo, a service will be held at the RSL Soldiers Forecourt in Pall Mall at 10am.
There will be light refreshments afterwards at the Bendigo District RSL Club in Havilah Road, North Bendigo.
The remembrance day coincides with Blue Ribbon Day, held each year on September 29.
The Blue Ribbon Foundationraises money to improved emergency facilities named in memory of fallen officers in Victoria's public hospitals.
Man impersonates police at Wallsend
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POLICE are appealing for public help after a man allegedly impersonated a police officer in Wallsend.
Officers were called to Davis Avenue on Sunday after a man approached a resident working outside his property and told him he was a police officer about 6.40pm.
Police were told the man identified himself as a police officer before attempting to put the resident's arms behind his back and enter the unit.
When the alleged victim refused and asked to see police identification, the man attempted to enter the property but was stopped by the resident and his wife.
The man then fled the scene.
He is described as between 182cm and 193cm tall and caucasian with short hair, shaved sides and a wrinkled face.
He was aged in his 40s and had faded neck tattoos, and was last seen wearing jeans and a zip-up jacket.
Anyone with information is urged to call Newcastle police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Sydney traffic: Burst water main causes major delays on Victoria Road at Ryde
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Traffic delays: a water main has burst on Victoria Road Photo: Ben RushtonLatest Sydney traffic conditions
Motorists have been warned to expect major delays on Victoria Road in Ryde during Monday morning's commute after a water main burst, closing a number of lanes.
All city-bound lanes and two west-bound lanes were initially closed when the water main burst near the intersection of Victoria Road and Blaxland Road about 4am.
Just before 6.30am, two lanes in each direction were re-opened, with one lane in each direction remaining closed.
The Transport Management Centre (TMC) said motorists should expect delays through the morning peak and follow the direction of traffic controllers on site.
Motorists also can not turn left from Blaxland Road onto Victoria Road.
TMC spokesman Marco Spadaccini said city-bound traffic had banked up about one kilometre during the morning, but just before 8am the queue had eased to about 500 metres.
The fact that it was school holidays and there was less peak-hour traffic on the road had helped the situation, he said.
"If school was in, it would be getting critical in the next 15 minutes," he said.
There are significant delays to bus services. Bus tickets can be used on the North Shore and the Northern lines, Sydney Trains said.
Emergency services and Sydney Water crews are on site trying to fix the burst water main, before the road surface can be fixed. The lanes will remain closed at least for the morning peak, Mr Spadaccini said. Sydney Trains is recognising Sydney Buses tickets along #NorthShoreLine & #NorthernLine due to a burst water main on Victoria Road. — T1 Sydney Trains (@T1SydneyTrains) September 28, 2014This story Administrator ready to work first appeared on Nanjing Night Net.
need2know: US economy gains steam
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Investors are keeping a watchful eye on the US economy after the nation's gross domestic product data, released on Friday, showed fresh strength.A separate report indicated consumer confidence climbed in September to a 14-month high as Americans' outlooks for the economy improved. Locally, futures are pointing to a small rise at the open.
What you need2know:
• SPI futures up 9 points to 5313
• AUD at 87.58 US cents, 95.65 Japanese yen, 69.00 Euro cents and 53.92 British pence
• In the US, S&P +0.9%, Dow +1%, Nasdaq +1%
• In Europe, Euro Stoxx 50 +0.6%, FTSE +0.2%, CAC +0.9%, DAX -0.2%
• Iron ore is at $US78.60 per metric tonne
• Spot gold slips 0.3% to $US1218.38 an ounce
• Brent oil is at $US97.00 per barrel.
What's on today
Australia nothing scheduled; US personal income August, UK consumer confidence.
Deutsche Bank has advised investors to "hold" on Caltex Australia shares and has a 12-month price expectation of $25.45 a share.
Morningstar has a "reduce" rating for Infratil Limited and has a fair price expectation of $2.50 a share.
Morningstar has an "accumulate" rating for resources engineering group Monadelphous Group and has a fair price expectation of $16.00 a share.
Morningstar has advised investors to "reduce" investment in Metcash and has a fair price expectation of $2.50 a share.
The following stocks will trade ex dividend today:
Imperial Pacific, London City Equities, Lycopodium, McMillan Shakespeare, Peet Ltd, Recall Holdings, carsales南京夜网.
The US dollar rose for a sixth day on Friday as the US economic growth accelerated faster than previously estimated, bolstering the case for the Fed to increase interest rates. The yen dropped, approaching the weakest level in six years versus the US currency, on speculation Japan's government will push ahead with changes to allow the nation's $US1.2 trillion pension fund to buy more overseas assets.
Iron ore closed unchanged at $78.60 on Friday, according to the Steel Index.
Gold fell on Friday after a report showed that the US economy expanded last quarter at the fastest rate since 2011, crimping demand for the metal as an alternative investment.
Oil prices traded mixed on Friday, with the main US contract gaining 11 per cent and Brent holding stable amid geopolitical tensions in the oil-rich Middle East.
US stocks finished an up-and-down week on a high note, posting solid gains on a strong Nike earnings report and a rally in Apple shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 167.35 points (0.99 per cent) to 17,113.15. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 16.86 (0.86 per cent) to 1982.85, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index surged 45.45 (1.02 per cent) to 4512.19.
Europe's main stock markets have moved in mixed directions while the euro continued to slide against the dollar. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended Friday with a gain of 0.15 per cent at 6649.39 points while in Paris, the CAC 40 climbed 0.91 per cent to 4394.75 points. However Frankfurt's DAX index shed 0.20 per cent to 9490.55 points after disappointing German consumer confidence data and a drop in shares in Allianz after its bond unit Pimco lost its chief.
Tokyo stocks have slipped 0.88 per cent on Friday following a sell-off on Wall Street, easing from a seven-year high reached in the previous session. The key Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday fell 144.28 points to 16,229.86, while the Topix index of all first-section shares eased 1.08 per cent, or 14.48 points, to 1331.95. South Korea's Kospi index declined 0.1 per cent. Singapore's Straits Times Index was little changed
What happened on Friday
A selloff in the major banks and miners dragged the Australian sharemarket to a six-month low on Friday and a fifth consecutive week of losses. For the week, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 dropped 2.2 per cent, or 119.7 points, to 5313.4, wiping out 2014's gains. The broader All Ordinaries also lost 2.2 per cent, or 120.7 points, to 5316.6. On Friday the ASX 200 fell 1.3 per cent, or 68.8 points, while the All Ordinaries dipped 1.2 per cent, to 65.8 points. So far in September, the ASX200 has slumped 5.6 per cent, and is now down 0.7 per cent since the beginning of the year.
Group 9Albury Thunder go down in history as one of the best
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Group 9 | Albury Thunder go down in history as one of the best TweetFacebookLivestreaming of the AlburyvSouthcity match, courtesy ofLivestream AustraliaandCut Above Productions.
Fullback Ben Jeffery, who was outstanding, weaved his way through traffic to score Thunder's first try in the sixth minute before striking again with another less than 10 minutes later.
Daniel Jacobs then did his best Israel Folau impersonation to send Albury clear when he flew high to claim a clever kick from Breust.
Albury was 18-0 up and on fire.
Southcity star Peter Little, the competition's leading try-scorer, put some fire back in the contest when he crossed almost 29 minutes into the first half after pulling a rabbit out of the hat.
But that was as good as the day got for the Bulls.
Super-sub Joe Silafau struck just minutes before half-time for Albury after some unbelievable team defence forced Southcity back over their own try-line.
Thunder's pressure was relentless.
Their attacking flair was brilliant, but the premiership was won on defence.
Albury led 24 to 4 at the break but certainly wasn't home.
There was to be no repeat of last week's preliminary final fadeout against Gundagai that almost cost the Thunder a spot in the decider.
They went for the kill.
Silafau crossed again just three minutes into the second-half, with a brilliant try from Mitch Seaton in the 50th minute all but sealing victory.
Seaton ran almost the full length of the field after making a brilliant intercept as the Bulls pressed for their second try.
Jon Huggett and Breust rounded the rout off with late tries of their own.
It was hard to find a poor Albury player on the day.
"I knew we had it in us," Cale said.
"We were hungry today and it showed.
"People say you get complacent — that's crap.
"The expectation on the boys, all year, has been massive.
"They're a young playing group and I think people oversee that, a little bit.
"As soon as we'd got into the grand final it seemed like the shackles had broken and the weight had been lifted.
"We knew we had to get there and we knew what we could do when we got there.
"The defence was the best it's been all year.
"I'm just so proud of them."
The Border outfit simply dominated flag favourite Southcity in the biggest game of the season as it claimed a hat-trick of premierships for the first time.
"That's the best we played all year," Jeffery said.
"We knew we had to turn up and play 80 minutes and I think we did that.
"In the end, the score showed what we can do.
"From start to finish — we were great."
Jeffery scored the first two tries of the game and played a starring role in the win.
"I'm just happy to do my part for the team," he said.
"Without them, I wouldn't even be on this paddock.
"We all play as a team and individuals mean nothing when you get a prize like this.
"It's great."
The star fullback will replace Josh Cale as coach next season and he wasted little time issuing a warning for the rest of the competition for next year.
"After three in a row we are a powerhouse in Group 9 and we want to stay that way," he said.
Fairfax front pages: Monday, September 29
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Fairfax front pages: Monday, September 29 The Border Mail, Albury, Victoria
The Standard, Warrnambool, Victoria.
The Courier, Ballarat, Victoria.
Western Advocate, Bathurst, NSW
Newcastle Herald, NSW
Bendigo Advertiser, Victoria
The Advocate, Burnie, Tasmania
Central Western Daily, Orange, NSW
The Daily Advertiser, Wagga, NSW
Daily Liberal, Dubbo, NSW
The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania
The Maitland Mercury, NSW
Illawarra Mercury, Wollongong, NSW
The Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth, NSW
The North West Star, Mount Isa, QLD
Cootamundra Herald, NSW
The Area News, Griffith, NSW
The Wimmera Mail-Times, Horsham, Victoria
Mudgee Guardian, NSW
Parkes Champion-Post, NSW
Port Macquarie News, NSW
South Coast Register, Nowra, NSW
Southern Weekly, Riverina, NSW
The Young Witness, NSW
Goulburn Post, NSW
Wellington Times, NSW
Cowra Guardian, NSW
The Canberra Times, ACT
The Sydney Morning Herald, NSW
The Age, Melbourne, Victoria
Fairfax front pages: Monday, September 29The news across Australia as presented by Fairfax Media publications.
How to market to Gen Y
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Sarah Timmerman shows what Gen Y want because she is one.They know what they want and they want it now, but above all, they have great purchasing power. So how can your business reach the Gen Y market?
The marketing secrets to unlocking the Gen Y demographic have been uncovered in a study by e-commerce platform Bigcommerce and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bigcommerce senior director of communications Kristina Kennedy says the study of more than 100 small businesses and 250 people aged between 18 and 25 found some Gen Y stereotypes to be true.
"What we found with our research is the myth about Gen Y being impatient is really true," she says.
"They are self-problem solvers and they to solve problems long before they call on a company for help."
Take in these tips on how to stay one step ahead of Gen Y:
Be engaged on social media
It's no surprise that Gen Ys are heavily invested in social media. The study found 95 per cent of small businesses were using Facebook to promote new products or educate new customers.
But simply having a social media presence doesn't guarantee Gen Y sales. The study revealed only 5 per cent of Gen Y respondents said their purchase decisions were impacted by seeing a company on social media.
Pay attention to ratings and reviews
Perhaps the most important key to unlocking the Gen Y sector is to pay close attention to online ratings and reviews, says Kennedy.
The majority of Gen Ys said they use review sites before making a purchase, yet only 42 per cent of small business owners ever check online reviews.
"I think the number one thing that small businesses should do is care about their ratings and reviews," Kennedy says.
"And if they're not out there, find a way."
Respond fast
Despite less than 20 per cent of small businesses saying they were unable to respond to customers within an hour, this is a priority for Gen Ys. The study revealed 70 per cent valued responsive support, which they say greatly impacts their level of trust in a business.
"Under promise and over deliver," Kennedy says.
Use rewards and coupons
Although half of all businesses surveyed use rewards such as coupons or offers, the majority are not leveraging these well enough to create repeat purchases.
"Rewards drive loyalty and Gen Ys actually like using rewards," Kennedy says.
"And the good news is once you've got them, they're very loyal."
Gen Y entrepreneur Sarah Timmerman markets to her own demographic through her online fashion store Beginning Boutique.
Timmerman was 21 when she started the boutique and six years later, she now employs 24 staff.
She says being part of Gen Y gives her a valuable insight into what her customers want.
"I don't understand where the bad reputation comes from – Gen Y have got the reputation of being demanding, but I feel older people can be just as demanding," she says.
Timmerman, who was last year named a Queensland finalist for the Telstra Business Women's Awards, says her fellow Gen Ys rate honesty very highly.
"One of the biggest don'ts is to lie to Gen Y," she says.
"If you're not genuine at any point they will see through it. Because they are using social media so hard and fast, they pick up on any mistakes and faults.
"So if you make a mistake, say sorry and try to make it better."
With between 8 and 15 per cent of his demographic in Gen Y, 124 Shoes does not specifically target Gen Y. But co-owner Anthony Barbieri says he understands what does and doesn't work with Gen Y.
"Gen Ys like to engage in group discussions and share their thoughts," he says.
"Out of this comes the awareness of what's trending and hot. As more people purchase from us they have a high tendency to share their much-loved acquisitions via any one of the social media platforms.
"It's here that we have noticed foot traffic and online inquiries from these social media posts."
Communicating with Gen Y customers through social media is much better than traditional sales methods, Barbieri says.
"The hard sale doesn't work," he says.
"We see all elements of social media as the way forward, therefore it's a strong element of our marketing mix that we embrace and unitise.
"We've also started to engage with bloggers that have a strong Gen Y following."
Police fire tear-gas as showdown over Hong Kong's democracy heats up
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Protester wearing makeshift protection looks on as demonstrations continue. Photo: Philip Wen 30-year-old postgraduate student Leung Hei is overcome with emotion. Photo: Philip Wen
Protester wearing makeshift protection looks on as demonstrations continue. Photo: Philip Wen
30-year-old postgraduate student Leung Hei is overcome with emotion. Photo: Philip Wen
Hong Kong: Confrontations between pro-democracy demonstrators and authorities escalated across the streets of central Hong Kong as riot police fired tear-gas into crowds of thousands in an attempt to disperse a series of surging protests that have beset the city for three days.
Canisters of tear-gas were fired repeatedly to push back the largely peaceful protesters, filling the air with thick plumes of smoke that burnt the eyes and singed the skin, and transformed the thriving financial hub into a heaving night battleground.
While the tear-gas momentarily scattered crowds, it seemed only to galvanise protesters, who returned in droves, drawing further participants who decided to join the protests in solidarity, angered by what they considered to be a heavy-handed response by authorities.
"Before dinner, I never would have imagined that I would join [the protests]," Candy Lam, a 32-year-old bank employee, said.
"I thought it was unhelpful to confront the Communist Party in this way, and that we could find other ways to negotiate, but tonight is too much. I saw the 6pm news and so many of us cried in front of the television."
A 57-year-old construction worker, who only wanted to be identified by his last name, Ng, said he saw the tear-gas on television and decided to join the protest then and there.
Protesters also moved to occupy many major intersections across the city as police blocked access to the city's government offices, while authorities were forced to close a central subway station for security reasons.
Waves of protesters marched towards police blockades with their hands in the air, many holding umbrellas to guard against volleys of tear-gas. Organisers also handed out masks and cling wrap, which protesters used to protect their eyes.
"Open the road!" and "Shame!" they chanted, as they called for Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying's resignation and implored police to shed their riot gear and join them in protest.
The electric atmosphere moved some to tears. As chanting in the crowd reached fever pitch, Leung Hei began to weep.
"It's very sad," the 30-year-old postgraduate history student said. "The police are meant to protect us, not to step on us."
The Hong Kong government said the police warned demonstrators to "leave peacefully and in an orderly manner, otherwise officers would use a higher level of force".
"The central government adamantly opposes the various illegal acts that have occurred in Hong Kong, damaging rule of law and social order," the mainland's official news agency, Xinhua, said.
Hong Kong police said they had arrested 78 people aged between 16 and 58 in connection with the protests.
Joshua Wong, the high-profile 17-year-old student protest leader, was released late on Sunday after more than 40 hours in detention without charge.
Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests have been sparked by a decision by China's legislature to reject calls for its people to freely elect their next leader.
For the first time, the 2017 chief executive vote will be carried out by a public vote, but a nomination committee will, effectively, be able to vet the candidates on the ballot, which protest organisers say, essentially, gives Beijing the ability to screen out any dissenting voices.
Mr Leung said on Sunday that the Hong Kong government was "resolute in opposing the unlawful actions by Occupy Central" and that the central government's decision on Hong Kong political reform was "legally binding".
Benny Tai, an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong who co-founded Occupy Central, said he and other protesters were prepared to stay and peacefully resist any effort to clear the area.
He said the Hong Kong government's response would probably be guided by advice and signals from Beijing, which exercises sovereignty over the city.
"It's hard for me to guess what the Chinese government thinks," he told the New York Times. "A responsible government that loves its people would be moved and touched, but I'm not sure they love their own people."
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An initial version of "Clearing the Way," a documentary capturing the story of combat engineers from 23 Field Squadron, was screened to an audience of United Nations members, Canadians, and military members on June 27 at the Canadian Embassy in Haiti.
It was an important milestone not only for the producers of the film but for Col. Mark Gasparotto, editor of the book, titled the same, that served as the inspiration for the documentary.
"I found it quite poignant. It took me back to Kandahar in 2006, to when we were all together. When I first saw it it was quite emotional for me," said Gasparotto on seeing the documentary for the first time.
The initial draft of Clearing the Way was well-received by the audience, who gathered at the Canadian Embassy in Haiti to view the documentary as a farewell to Gasparotto, who is returning to Canada after a posting in Haiti.
Clearing the Way captures the story of the combat engineers of 23 Field Squadron and their time deployed to Kandahar in Southern Afghanistan from Aug. 2006 to March 2007.
The book was compiled by Gasparotto, who collected the stories of the soldiers that served under him. The aim was to accurately capture and record the tale of Canadian combat engineers during that time.
"I thought we had quite the story to tell, not just my story, in terms of being a major in charge of the squadron, but I also encouraged all of my soldiers to write," said Gasparotto.
The documentary is a compilation of the first-hand accounts of these soldiers and what their role was in the war.
"From my perspective, I believe, from reading the book and talking to other people, the engineers are the unsung heroes of the Afghan War. It's not only the story of 23 Field Squadron, but I believe, it is the story of all engineers and their experience of being in Afghanistan at that time," said Paul Culliton, producer, and director of the documentary.
From constructing roads to building forward operating bases, the work of the Canadian combat engineers ensured the safety of their fellow soldiers.
The documentary takes audiences a step further from the "six o'clock news" stories of the Afghanistan War to the emotional and very real journeys of combat engineers, that many members of the public may not know.
"I have a deeper understanding of why stories like this matter. Not just for the people that were directly involved, but also their families and just anybody associated with the military. I think for people who don't necessarily have direct connections to the military, it's hard for them to understand. Often times all they know is what they see on the news," noted Brendon Culliton, editor of the film.
Paul Culliton has a longstanding relationship with the military community that began when he published If I Should Fall: A true story of the Afghan War experience.
"I just have a profound respect for them because I've gotten to know them. Once you get to know them, you really become attached to them, especially when the soldiers sit down and tell you their story. Because it's actually a very rare thing for a soldier, who has been in combat and gone through trauma and grief and seen violence and death on the scale which our soldiers saw in Afghanistan, you become very much emotionally attached to them," explained Culliton.
After completing the documentary, which details the life of a fallen Canadian hero, Culliton started looking for the next story of the Canadian soldier he could tell through his camera.
In 2010 he was introduced to the book Clearing the Way.
After meeting with Gasparotto, Culliton began filming interviews of soldiers featured in the book but hit a wall in the production process.
"A lot of the guys who had been in the eye of the storm just weren't ready to talk about it," remembered Culliton.
The project was eventually shelved until the fall of 2016 when Culliton decided he wanted to do something for the tenth anniversary of Op Medusa, a central event for 23 Field Squadron.
Culliton, along with his son Brendon, then spent the next few months, into 2017, collecting stories from dozens of soldiers.
The experience was considerably impactful for both the father-son duo and the soldiers who opened up their stories, some for the first time.
"I think it can be very cathartic and healing for them to know that their story is being heard and also for them to actually be able to tell their stories as well," said Brendon.
He then spent the last few months bringing the stories together to tell a single narrative.
"The only thing I needed to do was to be true to the material, take all their stories and craft them into one large storm from begging to end that would give someone that is looking in a snapshot of what it was like to be an engineer in the Kandahar province in 2006 and 2007," noted Culliton.
Culliton and Brendon are currently working on polishing up the documentary, considering any feedback they may have received from the documentary's first screening. They hope to screen it at film festivals this fall.
"This is a way for us to thank the men and women who served, in a lot of ways, by telling their stories. This is a way, not just for us as the film editors to be able to express our gratitude, but a way to invite the public to express their gratitude," mentioned Brendon.
Click here to go to the Clearing the Way GoFundMe page. Donations will go towards finalizing the documentary.


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On the heels of announcing its 2008-09 lineup and first-quarter results, Univision Communications said it will jump into the video-on-demand arena next year, offering up to 1,000 hours of programming across genres, including full soccer matches from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
The new offering, announced at the Cable Show in New Orleans this week, will include sports, news, movies and entertainment from Univision, Telefutura and Galavisión, and will create the most extensive U.S. library of Spanish-language content.
In announcing the deal, executive VP of distribution sales and marketing Tonia O'Connor said the VOD packages are part of the company's carriage-renewal negotiations for its primary Univision network, as well as sister broadcast service Telefutura and cable channel Galavision. Other programming available on the VOD platform include awards show Premio Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina, Premios Juventud and several other lifestyle, news, sports and reality programs.
In an interview with a Multichannel News reporter, O'Connor said the network was "in conversations with a number of different distributors and expect to have deals in the near term," although she declined to comment about whether terms centered on cash compensation.
Univision, which owns and operates 62 TV stations in the United States and Puerto Rico, has indicated in the past that it is seeking retransmission-consent fees of up to $1 per subscriber.


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Concerning my entry into writing, publishing, and role-playing game design. Development notes on the Rose of Relange RPG, adventure modules being published soon, and bits of personal experiences being shared with the public. Enjoy!
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Respect your audience
Today I had a first time experience.
I received an e-mail from one of my KickStarter backers asking me to remove him from the email list I had built. I did so immediately.
Now, some of you may wonder what is so weird about that. Well, I built my list from asking questions in backer surveys, and asking people if I could add them to my email list for future notifications (my language was more precises in its word choice, but stick with me).
So I received the email back, as a reply to a seasonal greeting that I had attached information on coming projects to. Personally, I have often received email from places I once wanted to be kept in touch with (web comics, podcasts, etc.) Then after a while I would stop looking forward to such communication, and I would remove myself from their site or request that I be removed. Usually it took a while to get off those lists.
I realized tonight, that it shouldn't have taken any time at all for me to be removed from those sites. I also realized that I had acted in good faith with this backer. I felt good about that.
While I hope that person will continue to support my efforts, he or she will not be receiving emails from me. I respect that person's wishes.
The point I'm trying to make is this:
Often people are told that the key to directly marketing your products and talents, is to be able to reach to people directly. Email lists are a valuable commodity then, as they represent people who have interacted with you before (hopefully have a positive experience).
The problem with that viewpoint is that it casts those people you are communicating with in the role of a commodity. They are valuable to your bottom line. That is a point I have to take a stand against. While whatever money you are making is probably important, the peace of mind of your audience is more so. Always respect your audience. Even, and perhaps specifically, when a member of that audience doesn't want to be there anymore.
Don't try to hold on to people like they are treasure. Instead, treasure the people you hold onto, and be gracious to those who leave.
Now this isn't like a bad break up story. No drama or anything like that.
In my emails to people, I include a message that basically says "hey, I put this list together from people who authorized me to do so. If I've made a mistake or you want me to take you off the list, just email to me and say so". Its easy on all parties.
Now my audience isn't large, so yes I'll miss that one person. But I'm glad that I stuck to my business ethic. I'm proud of myself for doing the right thing.
I hope that in your dealings, you'll do the same.
Thank you for joining me once again on this fantastic journey into self-publishing.
I hope you'll join me next time as well.
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Synopsis: Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there's no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn't expect to find a deep attraction to the enigmatic artist who works there, Owen Gentry.
On my quest to read all of Colleen Hoover's books, I put a hold on this one at my library and got the audiobook version.
So, this one starts out with feels. Which puts up all sorts of alarms, because I know there's always a point on Colleen Hoover's books where there's a bunch of drama with all the feels. This meant the stuff at the beginning was nothing in comparison. And I was scared.
For the most part, I enjoyed both Elizabeth Louise and Sebastian York's narration. Except when they had to do the ... I'm assuming it was Irish... accent. That was painful. That character might have been a cool guy or whatever, but whenever he was talking I wanted to just fast forward it and make it go away.
Anger at Lydia, sadness over what Auburn has to go through, Trey basically existing caused strong wanting to stab him.
Like Auburn, I have been made to feel I wasn't a good mom. So I felt invested in the story, hoping she'd be able to prove her naysayers wrong. Also, like her, I have been with someone who made me feel obligated to be with them. So, I felt a lot of connections to the main character.
As for the love interest, Owen... I just wasn't feeling him. Not that I disliked him, but I just felt nothing for him. Even after everything he did. Nada. Now, Emory, Auburn's roommate. She was flipping awesome. Holy fluff balls, some of the things she did!
Anyway, I liked this one but it is not one of my top Colleen Hoover recommendations for someone new to the author.


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Sage is used in folk medicine for sore throat, stomatitis, laryngitis, pulmonary tuberculosis, edema, arthritis, atherosclerosis, sciatica, and gynecological diseases in the form of douches. Sage and used in peptic ulcer disease, gastro-intestinal inflammation, colitis, gastritis, liver and kidney diseases, as well as for the treatment of septic wounds.
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by Marilyn Sadler
It's a fine summer morning as we motor over winding roads, under maple and elm trees, through small New England towns. To the north, a field of Queen Anne's lace and wild coreopsis glistens in the sunlight; to the south, charming old houses stand against the backdrop of the gently rolling Berkshires. Lushly green after a day or two of rain, this scenic area of western Massachusetts lures us with breathtaking views, countless historic and cultural attractions, and a literary tradition that embraces Melville, Hawthorne, and Wharton.
With only two and a half days to explore our destination — and time cut short by canceled flights, the bane of luckless travelers — my husband, John, and I manage to squeeze in a host of activities, resting between outings at the Cornell Inn in Lenox. It's a beautifully maintained collection of three houses dating back to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, owned since 1998 by Doug and Billie McLaughlin. Our spacious room gleams, the hearty breakfasts hit the spot — especially Texas-style-eggs-hashbrown-and-red-pepper casserole — and the flower-bedecked grounds dazzle the eye. We could easily ensconce ourselves permanently on a terrace overlooking the lawn, koi pond, and gardens, evidence of Billie's amazing green thumb, as we gaze at blooms that spill, climb, and spread in fragrant profusion. But duty-bound to you, dear reader, we fire up the rental car and strike out to see the sights.
Throughout Berkshire County are dozens of museums, both traditional and contemporary. Among the former is one devoted to the works of Norman Rockwell and displays the 322 magazine covers that the hugely popular artist illustrated for the Saturday Evening Post beginning in 1916; his final cover was a 1960 portrait of John F. Kennedy, reprinted in 1963 in memory of the assassinated president. Rockwell was most famous for everyday scenes in twentieth-century America — a young couple getting a marriage license, a freckle-faced boy on the doctor's table, main street at Christmas time, and (my favorite, painted on a split canvas) a family heading off on vacation in high spirits and returning, as we all do, weary and grumpy but glad to be home. But he also tackled social issues. In New Kids in the Neighborhood (1967) two black children face three white youngsters, with a moving van in the background. The kids appear wary yet eager, as a white adult peers surreptitiously from a nearby window. Located in the artist's hometown of Stockbridge, the Norman Rockwell Museum includes his studio, which still holds the brushes, canvases, and other tools used to illustrate, in such telling detail, the small-town America he observed and loved.
Another traditional draw is
The Clark
, founded in 1955 by Singer sewing machine heir Robert Clark and his wife Francine, and located amid 140 tranquil acres that feature walking trails and a lily pond. Famous for its permanent collection of French Impressionist works, The Clark boasts paintings by Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and more than 30 by Renoir. We enjoy a traveling exhibition called "The Unknown Monet" — previously shown only at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the first to showcase the painter's works in drafting, caricatures, and pastels. Each room here offers a feast for the eyes, from works by Old Masters to those of American painters including Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington, not to mention a fine array of English silver, furniture, and porcelain.
Moving on to edgier venues, we visit the sprawling MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) made up of no less than 27 late-nineteenth-century buildings that originally comprised a textile plant. Since 1999, the space has been home to the nation's largest center for contemporary visual and performing arts. With its exposed brick and beams, and its focus on cutting-edge artists, MASS MoCA reminds me of Memphis' South Main Arts District.
An enthusiastic young intern greets us with a smile and directs us to the first exhibit, "Spencer Finch: What Time Is It on the Sun?" The series of works is described as "operating precariously in the gap between the objectivity of scientific observation and the subjectivity of creative expression" — while I'm operating in the gap between say what? and yeah, right. But I come to admire Finch's attempts to capture sunlight, wind, candlelight, and color through various media, including a group of industrial fans he used to reproduce the changing wind blowing across the shores of Thoreau's Walden Pond.
That piece complements another installation that I really like, titled Sunlight in an Empty Room (Passing Cloud for Emily Dickinson, Amherst, MA, August 28, 2004) crafted of clothespins and cellophane the hue of a summer sky. To duplicate the color of the cloud on that August day, Finch employed a colorimeter, which, I learn, measures the absorbency of a particular wavelength of light. I can't help but be awed by an artist who, between November 2000 and May 2002, kept a dream diary at his bedside and recorded, as best as he could remember, every color from his dreams.
My husband, though he'd rather be back at The Clark, gives thumbs-up to a piece in another exhibition — Standing Mitt with Ball , a 12-foot-high sculpture of lead, steel, and cypress by Claes Oldenburg, a veritable monument to a first baseman's glove. In addition to MASS MoCA's traveling exhibitions, the museum also hosts lively dance and theatre performances.
Artists aren't the only ones inspired by the Berkshires. Author Herman Melville, whose farmhouse, Arrowhead, is open for tours, could lift his eyes to mountain slopes and envision, or so it's said, the back of a great white whale. Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne forged a deep friendship while hiking the region's forests and meadows; in fact Melville dedicated Moby-Dick to Hawthorne.
For me, Edith Wharton's home, The Mount (located in Lenox) is a must-see. I have read House of Mirth — for which Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize in 1905 — more times than I can count, and I gaze in wonder at the bedroom where Wharton penned this novel along with 40 others including The Age of Innocence and Ethan Frome . "Sitting up in bed, her paper supported by a hard board, she worked faithfully each morning from 6 to 11, with her small dogs strewn around her," says our tour guide, Molly McFall. "As she wrote, pages drifted to the floor to be collected later by her secretary." Morning light, which Wharton craved, streams in through tall windows affording a splendid panorama.
Before her reputation as a fiction writer took shape, Wharton was known for her architectural and horticultural insights, evidenced in her 1897 book The Decoration of Houses . The Mount was designed on the book's principles of harmony, simplicity, and symmetry, and is tucked in woodlands behind a promenade of sugar maples. Wharton shunned New York and Newport society and its obsessions with status and wealth — a world she revealed with unflinching honesty — and found her muse in the bucolic Berkshires. She entertained often but intimately, with a dining room table that seated no more than six to eight, and always, adds McFall, "with a jar of dog biscuits on the table." We admire the library, with its handsome oak carvings and books by Balzac, James, and Goethe, to name a few, and the drawing room with plaster moldings that serve as frames for paintings.
My only disappointment at The Mount is a steady downpour that limits our exploration of Wharton's magnificent gardens, planted between 1901 and 1907, that encompass three acres. I do manage a stroll through the English garden with its perennials and herbaceous border, but get only a rain-misted glimpse of the sunken Italian walled garden and the "lime walk" of linden trees. I leave, hoping to return some bright summer day to see more of this National Historic Landmark.
One evening in the Berkshires we dig in to — of all things — a pulled pork barbecue dinner at the Mountainside Playhouse at the foot of the Bousquet Mountain Ski Resort. The food's tasty, our host and servers are friendly (they claim to love my Southern accent), and the proprietor's dog lying near the bar lends a homey touch.
In the Playhouse, we enjoy many a good guffaw as The News in Revue — billed as " The New York Times meets Saturday Night Live " — aims its barbs at such newsmakers as Paris Hilton singing "It's a Hard-Knock Life"; Bill Clinton crooning "She's a Panderer" about Hillary; and Karl Rove advising an especially dumb Dubya. After a frustrating experience at the airport, John and I hoot at the skit about airport security — "Standing at the checkpoint watching all the bags go by." And anyone who has ever called their online service hoping in vain to reach a service rep who speaks plain English will shout amen to these lyrics by the show's writer Nancy Holson:
"Gonna type up, dial up, you think you're callin' Dayton,
Gonna type up, dial up, it's ringin' in Bombay. . . .
Gonna type up, dial up, gonna help you get online,
But you all go "HUH?" no matter what I say."
If News in Revue ever makes it to Memphis, see it .
Another night we attend a showing of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit , at the Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF), affiliated with nearby Williams College. Since its founding in the late 1950s, many famous actors have graced WTF's stage, including Michael York, Christopher Reeve, Blythe Danner, Bebe Neuwirth, Olympia Dukakis, Gwyneth Paltrow, and others. Blithe Spirit not only entertains but also features, to our surprise, a native Memphian in a supporting role. Adriane Lenox, a Hamilton High graduate who won a Tony award in 2005 for best feature actress in Doubt , is sharp and funny as Mrs. Bradman, who with her doctor husband, joins friends in a hilarious seance.
Before we head home, we stop to visit the Hancock Shaker Village. The Shakers were a Christian sect, named for their ecstatic trembling during worship, who lived communally at Hancock. Today, as we wander through the village with its 20 buildings dating from 1790, and the medicinal garden with its quaint old names — comfrey, sweet Cicely, foxglove, fleabane — the village exudes a peace I'd like to wrap around myself. Farm animals rest in the huge round barn, humans pluck bright-red currants and drop them into baskets, wildflowers sway in a light summer breeze, and the Berkshires rise like a green bowl around us.
Regrets? I have a couple. Beyond not seeing all the gardens at The Mount, I wish our itinerary had coincided with that of Tanglewood, the beautiful summer home of the Boston Symphony, and a legendary cultural center that offers classical, jazz, and pop music concerts in a gorgeous setting, but no performances were scheduled for the few days we were there. I also regret not seeing the leaves change colors, which they may well be doing by the time you read this. Late September through mid-October is prime leaf-peeping season.
For more information about this delightful destination, go to www.berkshires.org, www.cornellinn.com, and bnbfinder.com.
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Nerdist and crowdfunding book publisher Inkshares have revealed the winners of their joint science fiction/fantasy writing contest, which was decided based on how many pre-orders the works received.
Zachary Tyler Linville's Welcome to Deadland, a tale of random characters hiding from a disease outbreak in an abandoned theme park, and Dave Barrett's It's All Fun And Games, a tale in which six high school friends spend a weekend Live Action Role Playing and discover the violence is real, were the top two winning books. These two books will be published under Nerdist's new imprint. Each title received thousands of preorders. The two winners will be the first Nerdist books published. The books will also be considered for movies, TV, series and digital productions.
Rise by Brian Guthrie, The Seventh Age: Dawn by Richard Heinz and These Old Bones by Andrew J. Ainsworth were the runners up and will automatically be funded.
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Instead of using boring regular white bread like most grilled cheese sandwiches consist of I decided to use Pepperidge Farm Five Cheese Texas Toast, which already has shredded Colby, mozzarella, Muenster, Provolone and Cheddar cheese on top of it. Since I had already upgraded the bread I didn't feel quite right just throwing a couple Kraft Singles on my sandwich and calling it a day so I headed to the deli area of my local grocery store and purchased some more Cheddar, Provolone and mozzarella cheese and some Swiss and Marble Jack cheese as well.
I tried a slight variation on this and just used tomatoes instead of the bacon and avacado. It was delicious with the Pepperidge Farm Five Cheese Texas toast though. I also added more cheese.
I actually never even heard of halloumi until I read your comment, but I was just reading about it online and it sounds pretty good. I'll have to try and find some place near me that sells it and give it a try!


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The Found and the Lost
The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin
By Ursula K. Le Guin
Every novella by Ursula K. Le Guin, an icon in American literature, collected for the first time in one breathtaking volume.
Ursula K. Le Guin has won multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards. She has had her work collected over the years, but never as a complete retrospective of her longer works as represented in the wonderful The Found and the Lost.
-Vaster Than Empires and More Slow
-Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight
-Hernes
-The Matter of Seggri
-Another Story or a Fisherman of the Inland Sea
-Forgiveness Day
-A Man of the People
-A Woman's Liberation
-Old Music and the Slave Women
-The Finder
-On the High Marsh
-Dragonfly
-Paradises Lost
This collection is a literary treasure chest that belongs in every home library.
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) has published twenty-one novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry, and four of translation, and has received the Hugo, Nebula, Endeavor, Locus, Tiptree, Sturgeon, PEN-Malamud, and National Book Award and the Pushcart and Janet Heidinger Kafka prizes, among others. In recent years she has received lifetime achievement awards from World Fantasy Awards, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and Willamette Writers, as well as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Award and the Library of Congress Living Legends award. Le Guin was the recipient of the Association for Library Service to Children's May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award and the Margaret Edwards Award. Her recent publications include the novel Lavinia, Words Are My Matter, an essay collection, and Finding My Elegy, New and Selected Poems. Her website is UrsulaKLeGuin.com.
Publisher: Gallery / Saga Press (October 18, 2016)
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Agile Estimating and Planning in Nashville KnowledgeHut?s Agile Estimating and Planning in Nashville is a course designed with the aim of giving the attendees hands-on knowledge of agile estimating techniques in Nashville. Planning and estimation is an important, but underestimated aspect of agile software development. We have designed an instructor-led course to well-verse the attendees with the techniques and principles of planning and estimation in agile software development. You may enroll for the online virtual classroom session today. Alternately, you may reserve a group session or a private training. All of these are available at a very reasonable cost. Assuming that you play a key role in the agile team at your organization, planning and estimation is an important skill for you to acquire. This is because at times, you may not be able to execute your product development plans using your traditional and conventional techniques. With our agile estimating and planning classes in Nashville, you can enhance your skill sets and improve on your efficiency levels. Importance of Agile Estimating and Planning Estimating and planning is not only necessary, but almost a mandatory process in agile software development. However, a lot of agile software professionals are unaware about its importance. This can be attributed to lack of knowledge of its benefits and advantages. As in any other software development tool, preparing accurate, precise and implementable plans is important with agile process as well. Bypassing the planning process in agile development may lead to undesired deviations like excess budgeting, improper scheduling and anchoring. Agile estimating and planning training in Nashville provides the attendees with not only theoretical knowledge, but practical and executable tools to aid in improving the possibilities of completion of the projects within the agreed deadlines and within the allocated budget. Details of the Course Who Should Attend? Professionals who are involved in agile planning in Nashville or agile estimation in Nashville should attend this course. When you attend this training program, you would find a lot of useful things in this course, the implementation of which can definitely help you to improve your efficiency. This course is tailor-made for anyone associated with agile planning in Nashville or agile estimation in Nashville. From a regular team member, a project manager, programmer, tester, ScrumMasters, to the product owners and team leaders, everyone would find this course useful in improving their skill sets in agile development. Even a person who is new to agile project management can better his or her productivity levels by enrolling for Agile Estimating and Planning in Nashville. What Will You Learn? Techniques and purpose of release and iteration planning, Affinity Sizing, Complexity Buckets, estimation techniques like Poker Planning, Ideal Days and many more subjects in the field of agile software development. Along with the above, the attendees will be given training in agile methods, re-estimation and calibration processes, units of estimation, sprint planning, Agile Lifecycle Diagram and a lot more. What Will You Receive? KnowledgeHut will provide a Course Completion Certificate that will certify you as having completed the workshop on agile planning and estimation in Nashville. Also, it gives you 8 Professional Development Units (PDUs) and 8 SEUs (Scrum Educational Units) as an exciting bonus. That's not all! On completion, you also get 100 days of free online training access to Agile and Scrum. Why Choose Us? KnowledgeHut is a reputed name when it comes to tutorials and training for agile planning and agile estimation in Nashville. Our trainers are industry professionals with exemplary vintage in agile methodology. Our training methodology is based on actual examples, case studies and near-life simulations. Register now if you want to enhance your skills as an agile professional in Nashville.


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Winning PL title only highlight of 2020, not a year I'll think a lot about in future: Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (Photo/ Liverpool Twitter)
Newcastle upon Tyne [UK], December 31 (ANI): Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is "quite happy" that 2020 is nearly over, saying that winning the Premier League title is the only highlight and it is not a year he will think a lot about in the future.
Liverpool had won the 2019-20 season of the Premier League. The Klopp-led side had sealed the Premier League title on June 26 and lifted the trophy on July 23, after they played their final home match of that season. The club had finished the 2019-2020 season with a club-record 99 points.
However, the year 2020 was ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic which presented unprecedented challenges and overwhelmed every country's health care systems.
"Traditionally, I'm now 53 and for around 30 years, I wish always at New Year only that my family stays healthy. That never happened with more conviction than this year because that is all I am concerned about. All the other problems we can sort, but this - what happened in 2020 - is a new experience for all of us," the club's official website quoted Klopp as saying on being asked what his New Year's wish will be?
"I didn't need it, we all got it and now we deal with it and still have to deal with it. We have to stay disciplined. 2020 had one highlight and a lot of challenges - that was becoming champions and all the rest were big, big challenges. We will face a few more challenges in life, but I am quite happy that 2020 is nearly over now, to be honest. How I said, apart from becoming champions, it is not a year I will think a lot about in the future," he added.
Liverpool played out a goalless draw against Newcastle United in the Premier League on Wednesday. This was the club's final match of 2020, meaning Liverpool head into 2021 with a three-point lead at the top of the Premier League table. (ANI)
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Every eligible Newcastle care home resident has been vaccinated against coronavirus in what experts are hailing as "the start of a long road back to normality". The doctor leading the project has confirmed that all care homes in Newcastle, comprising almost 2,000 residents in over 50 homes, and most of the staff looking after them have been given the jab. The programme saw seven teams made up of a doctor, nurse and administrator delivering the vaccination to each home around the city, completing the job in less than a fortnight. Newcastle is believed to be the first city in England to reach the milestone with its rapid vaccine rollout. Teamwork, planning and communication were the keys in getting the doses out to over 50 homes in the city in such a short time frame. Chief operating officer from Newcastle GP Services, Rebecca Haynes, described the two-week rollout as "incredibly challenging but an absolute privilege." She added: "Care homes, their staff and their residents have been impacted deeply by the pandemic, they have all made great sacrifices and being able to provide them with the protection and a glimmer of hope has been incredibly rewarding." Despite the city's vaccination success, Mrs Haynes warned: "We are not out of the woods yet and I would urge people to follow the guidance in full, stay at home unless essential and help stop the spread of the virus." Nick Forbes, the leader of Newcastle City Council, said: "In less than two weeks we have protected the most vulnerable people in our communities, providing the residents and their families with a sense of reassurance and hope they have longed for. "It is also a relief for care home staff who have given so much during this pandemic, prioritising the health and care of the residents they work with." "This is the start of the long road back to normality for our city, a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel." GP Dr Jane Carman said none of the residents refused to have the jab. She told the BBC's Today programme: "Everybody was delighted to have it." Care home workers still waiting for their vaccination are being offered slots at the Centre For Life mass vaccination hub.


Trade Deadline and the Player Collection: What To Do Now?
March 3, 2010 represented this year's NHL trade deadline. This year was one of the best and worst all wrapped up together. We had big moves before the Olympic roster freeze, with names like Kovalchuk, Phaneuf, Giguere, Jokinen switching teams. On the actual deadline day, we saw a record number of deals completed (although most if not all were interchangeable parts moving), with the biggest names being Wolski and Mueller.
Being a player collector in this hobby can be tough, especially if you are collecting a mucker, or a banger. It can be even tougher if he also plays on your favorite team. I was lucky when this deadline day arrived: one of my top players got moved, as Clarke MacArthur was traded from the Buffalo Sabres to the Atlanta Thrashers. Personally I am not worried, as I can continue my collection without missing a beat (although since his rookie year, there have not been too many to collect overall). I like his game, and I like what he did at the World Juniors a few years back. The fact that he has zero association to my Montreal Canadiens makes that decision so much easier. For me, but not for everyone.
As an active member of a few different message boards, I have seen it every off season, and every trade deadline. People who heavily collect their favorite player on their favorite team see him get moved in a trade or sign on with another team in the offseason.
The question inevitably comes to this: Now what?
Trade or sell the player collection.
Sometimes the team draw is too strong for the player. I can see this: most times you cheer for your team, your team acquires player X, who then becomes your favorite player. When player X is moved, you go through a full gamut of emotions . . . from disbelief, to acceptance, to wondering what to do with your prized collection (not to mention the time, effort and money put into it). Do I still collect him? Can I still cheer for him now that he is on the hated (fill in new team here)? To the point of making the decision to give it up, your love for your favorite team is too strong.
Now to find someone in the exact opposite boat as you, someone who is a fan of your former collection's new team, maybe they need to have all of his rookie cards, the shiny inserts you have accumulated, maybe the autographs and game used cards; they all need new homes. In a couple of months, I will have forgotten that I even collected player X, and have now moved my focus to player Y, and building up the best collection I can of him.
Sometimes the player is your reason for loving the team in the first place. Or maybe there is another reason why player X is your man. It could be that you played hockey with or against him when you were younger. Or maybe he played for your favorite junior team, or for your college when you were there. Regardless, player X is your man through thick and thin. Where he goes, you go with him. Sometimes it is fun to collect some new items, and you look forward to the newest releases of player X with his new team. You will go through a year, or sometimes two years (depending on how popular your player is) of seeing him in a new uniform until you can get some new jersey and patch pieces It provides a new exhilaration and rejuvenation for you to get your act together and grab those remaining cards of your man before new ones hit the market with the new team. Maybe with player X moving, some of the other collectors of his cards will give their collections up and you can cherry pick some of the nicer items that slipped through the cracks, or that you simply didn't have the funds to acquire when they first became available. Weekly searches on buy/sell sites become daily. It's fun to be a player collector again!
Keep the Collection, but re-focus it.
This often times represents only collection cards of player X while he was on team Y. You will limit your collection to items that were released during his time with your team. Sometimes the focus gets even narrower; rookie cards, autographs and game used cards. Whatever the case becomes, you are not willing to divest all of your assets but in order to start up something new, you need to focus things, keep only your favorite or most prized possessions in the collection. You can sell off or trade some of the more common ones to another collector who has more desire to keep things going large scale or to a new collector for a starter collection.
Vault it, start a new one.
In some instances, collectors will just shelve the collection. They have invested heavily into it, and refuse to move it for dimes on the dollar, but the wind is out of the sails. They keep the collection right where it is and start over with something new. Sometimes they'll start with a new set (to give the player collecting a bit of a break, it can be draining), or hop right into a new collection (who to collect now?) Typically, this option comes with a lot of reflection, and often the collector will struggle with things for a period of time while they make the decision to continue on. Choosing a new player collection usually comes with deep thought as well. Do you go for a rookie, start with all the true rookie cards, grab as many parallels as you can, or go at it 100%? Do you choose your favorite team's newest acquisition (perhaps you know someone is going to try and off load their collection so you can get a good start)? Maybe it is time to start a collection of a retired guy who played for your team, or was an important player who your parents looked up to? With so many choices, it is no wonder why so many collectors take so much time in thinking about who they are going to collect, and how they want to do it.
Personally, I have a few player collections that I do different things with. It keeps me happy, enthusiastic about collecting and I rarely go through any days where the chase disappoints me.
Clarke MacArthur: I go at this player 100%. I am missing some key elements from his rookie year, namely high end 1/1's from The Cup, as well as some rare parallels from this year. Those OPC blank backs and the Collector's Choice Prime Choice Reserves are tough. What makes this fun for me is the overall chase; knowing there are only limited cards and rare finds left to be had.
P.K. Subban: P.K. had some memorable matchups as a member of the Belleville Bulls in the OHL against my hometown Kitchener Rangers. Drafted by my favorite team, the Montreal Canadiens, he seemed to be a logical fit. Having just made his NHL debut recently, I will be bombarded with Rookie Cards of his to chase starting in the 2010/11 season, and I will have to assess where I want my collection to go from here. I only have his minor league issues to chase right now, and am down to needing three cards, including all known 1/1's. These three cards have a combined print run of 12. Yikes.
David Clarkson: I know David personally, and this is where my collection of him comes in. David is a great guy, grounded, level headed, and turning into an important player for the New Jersey Devils, (but having a tough year with injuries). For him, my focus is strictly on his rookie year. I have some rare parallels that I still need to acquire, not focusing in on any 1/1's (as I have a friend who goes at him much stronger then I do), and anything I add on top of that is simply gravy.
Scott Stevens: Hometown boy who actually went to school with my aunt, and I have had the pleasure of meeting him on various occasions when he makes his way back home. He still looks like he could play, and is every bit the Hall of Fame person as he is Hall of Fame hockey player. My focus for him is game-used cards, and everything else is fun times. I don't go out of my way to buy them, but if I can trade for them, or if the price is right, I will grab them. This is probably the least stressful of my collections and arguably the most fun to collect. I am always really excited to add items to this collection.
Howie Morenz: My favorite team's first true superstar. My focus here is with modern releases (1950-present), mostly on non 1/1 game used equipment. At a young age I read about Morenz and fell in love with the story. This is by no means a cheap collection to hold, so the acquisitions are tough to come by, but very satisfying when I manage to get them. Not many of his items come available by trade, so I can only try and have funds available when something presents itself. I try and keep this one low stress, as there are lots of collectors out there with deeper pockets then I, and many of the items are quite limited. Getting to 100% isn't really an option for me, but again for me, I love the chase.
We would love to hear how you look at your collections and how you choose to collect who you do and what kinds of limitations you use. Now that deadline day is over, player collectors can take a deep breath, and continue on . . . until the draft and free agency, and you may have to look at altering your collection all over again!
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Christopher Carmichael has been hockey fan of over 20 years. He has been an active member on various hobby related sites, most notably www.hobbyinsider.net, and www.cloutsnchara.com. Christopher is also a long time collector, with a focus on a few select player collections, and the occasional set projects.
Very cool to read about your player collections and why/how you collect each player. I collect two players fairly seriously and a few others mainly if I find an interesting card.
My main man is Sheldon Souray, because he was born in my hometown and he's a great guy. I aim for one of each of his base cards, but not necessarily every parallel in every set, and every auto variation I can get. I'll work on the parallels later, maybe after he retires or something. I'd love to get my hands on some printing plates, but there are so few around. I'd also love to get, say, all 10 of a set of 10. I'm working on a set of 15, having collected 4, but that might be too ambitious.
My second fave is Mark Letestu, a Pens rookie that I went to high school with. He's a great kid and since I work with his dad, I've managed to collect a stack of different cards. I have all 3 years of his regular AHL cards, and 5 different colored jersey cards from the last two years. Now that he's played some games in the show, he has some NHL cards that I've managed to grab. Nothing too hard to get yet, especially with my connection, but time will tell.
The rest of the players I collect are mostly from my hometown area, and I just grab random cards whenever I see them, ranging from junior cards, autos, jerseys, and SPs. I do have a soft spot for former members of my favorite WHL team though, so I keep a decent sampling of their cards around, from jersey cards to other junior teams they've played for.


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Urban design concerns the arrangement, appearance, and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space. It is best conceptualised as a design practice that operates at the intersection of a range of disciplines namely urban planning, landscape architecture, highway engineering and or architecture.
Document listed in this section cover Urban Movement Frameworks, Urban Landscape Design, Movement, Density, Sustainability, Mobility, and Accessibility. You can refine your search by selecting a narrower topic heading listed below.
This document explains how facilities for walking should be designed, following on from how they are planned, which is covered in Planning for Walking. Well-designed facilities that follow desire lines, are clutter-free, and are legible to all users will assist in enabling walking journeys and improve the experience of those already walking. The design of facilities should also consider the volumes of people walking along (actual or desired) or crossing streets, and the solutions will depend on a variety of considerations. The needs of all users should be carefully taken into account and prioritised as appropriate.
PAS 69 provides guidance on the selection, installation and use of vehicle security barriers to ensure that they are selected and placed as effectively as possible. PAS 69 intended to be used by designers, planners, architects, security managers and facilities managers within the public and private sectors.
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