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Opinion: Vote for Michael Babich for District 5 Supervisor
Opinion | May 31, 2016
The slate mailer referenced in this letter is among many prepared this primary season by a group called "California Voter Guide," which is not an official political party organization. According to the mailer, candidate name appearances within do "not necessarily imply endorsement of others appearing in this mailer, nor does it imply endorsement of, or opposition to, any issues set forth in this mailer." Visit calvoterguide.com to learn more.
My family and I look at Lake Tahoe as our second home. As a longtime lover of the Tahoe area for the past 40 years, having worked over those years for Pacific Bell-SBC (now retired), installing and maintaining E911 systems from Grass Valley to Tahoe City and beyond, I was taken back by David Stepner's opinion piece on April 4: "Keep Placer County board seat on our side of the Sierra."
Mr. Stepner was fair, but supported incumbent District 5 Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery, because she is "local." From speaking with supervisor candidate Michael Babich, confirming his website information, and reading various Q-and-A forums, it is clear to me that he is very Tahoe-minded.
He is the only candidate that will at least publish an "Issues" website page, and was the one who plainly said in the Sierra Sun (May 24, "Election 2016: Placer supe candidates sound off on Tahoe-area issues") that Tahoe taxpayers sent $3.3 million more to the county than was returned.
Michael and his family love this area. Most North Lake Tahoe residents aren't native, but Babich and his family chose to live in the county area between the Sierra and his work on cancer near the UC Davis Medical School. They even subscribed to this very
Sierra Sun in the 1990s when he was a Professor at the University of Illinois, looking forward to a return here.
By the way, since their return 16 years ago, he and his daughter have skied all 15 resorts around the Tahoe area.
With Montgomery, a Democrat, apparently paying to get on a conservative Republican candidate slate mailer we got in the west county, it looks like the guy "downhill" is the one looking after our interests.
I agree with Mr. Stepner's conclusion: Please consider these thoughts when casting your vote in June.
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Fab video shows Cork woman living in London reunited with elderly parents after nearly two years
Judy lives in London and hadn't seen her parents for nearly two years due to covid restrictions
Frances WatkinsReporter
15:39, 4 JUN 2021
Updated 15:54, 4 JUN 2021
This is the wonderful moment that a Cork woman was reunited with her elderly parents after not seeing them for nearly two years.
Judy Butler has been living in London for the last 30 years and hasn't been able to visit her family since before the pandemic started last year.
This week she gave her parents Liam and Maura O' Mahony a great surprise when she showed up at their front door for a tearful reunion.
Judy's dad got a shock when he saw her!
The couple from Knocknaheeny can be seen embracing their eldest daughter who was given the trip to Cork as a present from her kids.
Judy's sister Denise told CorkBeo all about how they planned the ultimate surprise for their parents.
"Judy would usually come home four or five times a year before covid so very regular.
"I knew she was coming, I collected her from the airport! She didn't know herself that she was coming until two weeks ago, she got it as a birthday present from her kids.
"She is fully vaccinated but she had to do a covid test as well before she got on the flight. So she went to get that done on the Sunday but because it was a Bank Holiday in England they were suspended until Tuesday.
"So she ended up getting the test on the Tuesday, she got her results at 10:15am on Wednesday morning and she was flying out at 2 o'clock!
"We were happy we didn't tell them just in case she couldn't get here. It is a wonder they didn't get a heart attack!
"My dad can't fly anymore so the only way she can see him is by her coming back here".
Thanks to Impact Our Community Matters for sharing the video with us!
We are sure that we will see many more lovely reunions like this over the next few months! If you have any videos you wold like to share with us you can send them to news@corkbeo.ie
Full list of County Cork beaches that will have lifeguards on patrol for summer from today
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Anderson Williams: My Team
Anderson Williams: The Me in Team,
and in the entrance hall,
Mark Hosford: Preliminary
through January 23, 2003
Opening reception with the artist: Saturday
December 7, 7:00PM to 9:00PM
This month the Fugitive Art Center debuts its new exhibition space, next to the main gallery, with the help of two diverse Nashville artists. Anderson Williams and Mark Hosford exhibit studies of personal and collective dementia using different esthetic vocabularies. FANTASTIC!
in the Main Gallery...
Anderson Williams: The Me In Team
"We live in a time when to understand the self, we must first understand its cultural influences (music, fashion, MTV, advertising, sports etc.). Secondly we must realize that the self is actually multiple and mutable. As cultural influences and stimuli change, so does our sense of self. The search for self, therefore, begins by looking outward."
"As the traditional cultural structures of information and legitimation (religion, politics, labor etc.) lose their cultural potency, it is important, as we look outward, to look at how we as individuals adjust and where we find new forums for self-definition. In this sort of environment, sport must be recognized as one of the centers, if not the center, of contemporary culture."
"Sports heroes sell us everything from underwear to corn flakes, from motor oil to hamburgers, from popcorn to Viagra. No one can escape the power of the sports industry. It creates, markets, endorses and sells the products, the mentalities and often the ideals that our culture embraces and consumes. In a time when the self is defined by its cultural stimuli, sport is ever present and always helping to define who we are."
Anderson received his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his B.A. Magna Cum Laude with honors from Wake Forest where his work has been added to their permanent collection. He has exhibited in France, Michigan, Nashville, North Carolina and in Portland, Oregon at Powell's City of Books. He is currently an Adjunct Instructor at Watkins College of Art & Design.
Anderson Williams: detail - Game Face
and debuting our new exhibition wall in the Entrance Hall...
Mark Hosford: Preliminaries
Mark Hosford was born in Kansas City and raised in Overland Park, Kansas. Hosford received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Kansas in 1998 and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2001. He has shown in over 30 exhibits and has received numerous awards. His work has been included in print portfolios organized by universities and arts organizations, including Ohio University and the Kansas City Art Institute. Mark is currently a Senior Lecturer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee where he teaches drawing, printmaking, multimedia and digital art.
Preliminaries is a show of drawings and sketches by Mark Hosford. Most of the drawings on display are created with the intention of being transformed into prints, animation or larger mixed media pieces. "All of my art begins with a drawing, but the original drawing is never shown as the final outcome. Like most artists, I use drawing as a way of thinking and expressing my ideas. Drawing is the most basic and immediate way to create a visual interpretation of a thought or concept. This show serves as a way to see the thoughts (drawings), before they become transformed into prints or other media."


On April 23, the FC Wisconsin U15-U18 ECNL teams journeyed to Minneapolis for some key ECNL Midwest Conference games against the Minnesota Thunder Academy.
On Saturday, April 23, the FC Wisconsin U15-U18 ECNL teams journeyed to Minneapolis for some key ECNL Midwest Conference games against the Minnesota Thunder Academy.
The U18s opened the day brightly and took a 1-0 lead in the 60th minute on a great strike from Jess Cooley from 16 yards out. The goal was set-up with a fantastic cross-field diagonal ball from Mara Pfeilstifter, picking Cooley out as she ran forward from outside back. After a step-over and a few other feints, Cooley beat her defender and then beat the goalkeeper in the far corner. The Wisconsin lead was tested, and ultimately Minnesota Thunder equalized in the 70th minute, through a well-executed quick set piece that found a free back post runner. The visitors from Wisconsin were not to be deterred, however, and Delaney Hughes topped off a 10-pass sequence with a back post sliding finish to take a 2-1 lead in the 80th minute. Emma Roemer (U16), Cooley, and MacKenzie O'Connell were all involved in the build-up to the winner. The lead stood up this time, and the U18s left Minnesota with a well-deserved 3 points.
The U17s faced a rematch against the same team that beat them in the ECNL North American Cup Championship game in June 2016. That game went to penalties, and the match in Minnesota on Saturday was just as close. MTA took a 1-0 lead in the 40th minute on a great headed finish from an uncontested corner. Going into the break, FC Wisconsin was down by one in a game that was back and forth and very even; but the second half had far more excitement in store. FC Wisconsin equalized in the 50th minute when Ali Menard (U16) nicely volleyed home a corner kick from the top of the penalty box. MTA then took the lead again 10 minutes later on a great finish from 20 yards when the FC Wisconsin back four did not challenge the build-up aggressively enough and left a few yards for MTA to exploit. Never deterred, the U17s responded with some good attacking intent and Kayla Zimdars (U16) was taken down in the box after a nice individual move. Taylor Kerwin tucked the penalty away to once again tie the game at two. Unfortunately the winner for MTA came only seconds after the game was equalized, when MTA scored their second corner of the day to win 3-2 and take 3 important points.
The U16s dropped 3 points in a 1-4 defeat, in a disappointing showing. The teams were seperated by only one at the break after an Elyse Bennett goal cut in to the early MTA lead. The second half was disjointed from both teams, and two scrappy goals extended the scoreline in a game where neither team looked particularly dominant.
The U15s finished Saturday in exciting fashion, in a tight match that will have significant impact on post-season qualification. Aryssa Mahrt opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a blast from 20 yards that gave the goalkeeper no chance. FC Wisconsin created several additional good chances in the first 40 minutes but couldn't quite find the finishing touch, setting up a dramatic and intense second half. The game opened up significantly in the second half, but strong defensive performances from Nicole Norfolk and Emma Tabor kept MTA at bay in the moments they threatened. The midfield combination of Mahrt, Emma Jaskaniec, Maddie Tabor, and Maya Alberts (U13) did a nice job of maintaining possession and stretching the field from sideline to sideline. Rachel Dallet, always scrappy up front, also played a key role in disrupting the MTA build-up, and being a key link in attack for the visitors. Through some tense moments in the final minutes, the U15s made the lead stand and earned 3 tough points.
The U14s played MTA on Sunday, and their game ended up as potentially the most dramatic game of the weekend. MTA kicked-off with great aggressive intent, earning a corner in the first few minutes. As the MTA U14s pressed, however, they left themselves vulnerable to counters and were punished in the 5th minute on a textbook counter from FC Wisconsin. Peighton Steffen won the ball on the right sideline after some great group defending, found Aryssa Mahrt streaking out of midfield, and Mahrt slipped Rachel Dallet in behind the defense to open the scoring. The second Wisconsin goal was almost a carbon copy of the first, with Mahrt again finding Dallet behind the defense in the 15th minute. The remainder of the half was far more cagy, as a midfield battle took over for long periods. MTA opened their account in the final 5 minutes of the first half on a build-up down the MTA right side, and the teams went into the break 2-1. The second half provided just as much excitement, but no goals, as the teams competed and battled for every ball for 40 minutes. Lauren Quast made the necessary saves in goal when MTA managed to break through, and Shannon Bathey and Abby Moriarty were rocks in central defense. When the final whistle below, the U14s had earned their first win in ECNL play, and showed that the training and work over the past several months was bearing fruit.
Overall, FC Wisconsin claimed the day with a 3-2 record against a great MTA club. The clubs will face off again in May when MTA comes to Wisconsin to finish the season series.


Tamarindo's best-kept secret, Casa Osprey, is now available for seasonal rental. Nestled within two private acres of fruit trees, hardwoods, and tropical foliage, Casa Osprey is conveniently located in the center of Tamarindo just steps away from every activity the town has to offer: great surfing and swimming, fishing and diving, dining and shopping, and is just across the street from the beach.
Ideal for a family vacation or a get-away with friends, Casa Osprey is a perfect mix of colonial charm and modern amenities. The open concept high ceilings and french doors join the interior beauty of hardwoods, handmade tiles, and natural stone with the relaxing outdoor patio and large pool. You can expect daily visits with monkeys, iguanas and a variety of parrots and other tropical birds.
The house, as well as the property and pool, are maintained daily by gardener and housekeeper, both of whom have many years working with Casa Osprey. Let our concierge team take the guesswork out of planning your activities. From airport transfers and visits to neighboring beaches, surf lessons, sportfishing, diving, yoga, massage, and private chefs, we make sure you are in the best hands.


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Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko: A Look Into the Classical Film's Phenomenon
Posted by cinetactic in Essays
1999, ABS-CBN, action, classical films, comedy, drama, Fernando Poe Jr., FPJ, Judy Ann Santos, restoration, star cinema
Isusumbong Kita sa Tatay Ko is worth reliving neither because of its blockbuster success nor its well-loved cast. This film invites the audience to have a peek on a curious moment in the history of Philippine cinema – a moment when the biggest film studio is building the idea of classical films and national cinema while using its own criteria and qualifications.
Batman vs Superman (Dawn of Justice): Alienating prequel
action, Amy Adams, Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ben Affleck, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, comics, DC Comics, film review, film reviews, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg, Movie review, Movie Reviews, superhero
Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice is reserved for fanatics who have for so long waited for their favorite DC Comics characters. But for viewers unfamiliar with the world of Batman and Superman, watching the film to discover a new realm is not worth it. It does not sustain excitement, it does not elicit interest, and it does not add to the already popular superhero genre. Scratching off nostalgia on its surface, one can see a hollow plot lacking both in action and story.
Gods of Egypt: Lost in its own fuzz
2016, action, Alex Proyas, Brenton Thwaites, film review, Gerard Butler, Gods of Egypt, Movie, Movie review, Mythology, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Hollywood films that dabble in mythology tend to be bad almost all the time. Clash of the Titans, Immortals, and Wrath of the Titans are proof of that. Gods of Egypt had the chance (and the budget, to boot) to be different, to be actually good. Sadly, that chance gets wasted in 127 minutes.
Deadpool: Fleeting Spectacle
2016, action, collosus, comedy, Deadpool, Ed Skrein, film review, hero, marvel, Movie review, mutant, Ryan Reynolds, satire, superhero, X-Men
By: Heinrich Domingo
Spectacle is when you watched your first firework display and gets stupefied by its beauty. It was magical. It was unforgettable. It was life-changing. But when told to watch the same fireworks the following day and the days after that, you begin to wane interest and act as if it's just a normal scenery. Deadpool works in the same premise. It flaunts a well-written screenplay. It showcases a never-before-seen character. It presents a hopeful subversive intention. But the audience must be warned. This movie when done again will lose its magic. So while it is still a spectacle, while it is still a novelty, and while it is still revolutionary, watch all of its glory until its last spark dies out.


The third season of the HBO series Treme is airing now. I usually DVR it on Sunday and end up watching it sometime later in the week. In case you haven't seen it, you should know that the music and musicians of New Orleans feature prominently in the show. There was quite a bit of buzz about it in the broader music/jazz community in the first season. I have always enjoyed watching it, if for nothing else, to see my friends on TV, because the producers do a great job of featuring New Orleans musicians, both prominent and obscure.
People often ask me when I will be on the show, and I usually chuckle and respond that the show doesn't have "my kind of music." I say this partly tongue in cheek, but it is true that the show focuses on the aspects of New Orleans music that are generally perceived as specifically representative. My regular musical/professional/social circles are largely tangential to those of the featured musicians in the show. I'm cool with that. I still like watching the show, and a track that I played on was the closing credits for one show in the first season, so I have gotten a little taste of the Treme gravy train.
I guess I should add here, that if I made the show, I wouldn't have any Open Ears/New Orleans improv community scenes. It does't fit with the story, and it isn't very mainstream music. BUT, this past week we did get a little second order mention. The character LaDonna said, "They ain't gonna shut me down like they did King Bolden's!" (or something to that effect).
That line acknowledges the genesis of the Open Ears Music Series. King Bolden's was a club on Rampart St. They only did jazz on Tuesdays (they had DJs and other music on other nights), and it was usually left of center jazz. Mario, the owner, seemed to like me and my band, because he called once a month and asked what night I wanted to play. When that club got shut down, my regular easy gig went away, and I needed a new place to play. That was the catalyst that led to the founding of the Open Ears Music Series, which is now 5 years old and has presented nearly every great New Orleans improviser, and many of the world's great improvisers. So, you won't see or hear any of the New Orleans improvised music community on Treme, but there was an inside reference to one of the clubs that features prominently in our history.


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Q: How manage a AWS Private CA in AWS Certificate Manager I created a Root Private CA in my AWS account.
I want to manage it through AWS Certificate Manager, in order to have Lifecycle rules with notifications.
I can't find relevant explanation in the official documentation.
How can I do that?

A: You can use the AWS Private CA
IssueCertificate
API to create a certificate from your private CA. This API returns the ARN of
the certificate, which you can use to retrieve the certificate by calling the
GetCertificate
API.
However, you cannot use ACM to manage the private CA itself, it is hidden away
from you. You can only manage certificates that are imported into ACM or issued
by ACM.
To import a certificate into ACM, you can use the
ImportCertificate
API or the AWS Management Console.

in order to have Lifecycle rules with notifications

ACM imported certificates do not support lifecycle rules. You can use CloudWatch Events to monitor
ACM certificates, but you cannot use lifecycle rules to automatically delete or
renew certificates. From Importing certificates into AWS Certificate
Manager:

You are responsible for monitoring the expiration date of your imported
certificates and for renewing them before they expire. You can simplify this
task by using Amazon CloudWatch Events to send notices when your imported
certificates approach expiration. For more information, see Using Amazon
EventBridge.

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On Tamaryn's fourth full-length album, Dreaming The Dark, an undercurrent of aggression crackles through nine songs of glittering noir-pop. Those familiar with the previous work of the Los Angeles-based musician, born Tamaryn Brown, will sense a shift in her sound and tone on this album, toward a darker, harder, and more assertive expression. After several years of working with former collaborator, Rex John Shelverton, within a vocalist and guitar player dynamic, Tamaryn decided to shift instrumentation and production for her latest release.
Still, after a couple of years off following her 2015 release, Cranekiss, she was ready to move in a new sonic direction. Shelverton and Tamaryn very amicably parted ways for Dreaming The Dark — "Rex and I are still good friends, we go camping, and he's so proud of me and supportive," she offers — and began to work extensively with Jorge Elbrecht (Violens / Lansing-Dreiden) instead.
After meeting up on a rainy day in Los Angeles earlier in the month to talk about the shift in tone and sound for her latest album, we also got into how Jungian archetypes and elements of the Tarot fit into her new videos, and her shift in thinking toward creating art for its own sake, regardless of audience. Read a condensed, edited version of our conversation below.
Visual work is obviously such a huge part of your artistic sensibility, especially leading off the album with "Fits Of Rage" and the subsequent video, which you self-directed. Why did you want to lead out with that one? From my perspective, the emotion in that song feels like something a lot of people can get behind right now.
There are a few reasons why… the first is more a musical reason, that it's the biggest departure or the most unexpected song. It definitely has hip-hop influences, I was listening to a lot of Lil Peep and stuff like that when I wrote it. I'm not trying to sound like those artists, but there's a subliminal thing in there. So, musically it was different, and the first song you put out ends up making the biggest impact, so I thought I'd put something out to grab attention. As far as the emotion of the song, it's the first one I've ever yelled or been close to screaming on, which has been cool for me, and different. In the past, I was trying to kind of be more textural in the music, even if the emotions are similar throughout all the albums. There's this heavy emotion that connects all the albums, even though the songwriting is changing. But I think probably this record is the most direct emotionally.


Congratulations! You've decided to pursue Common Criteria certification (CC certification) for your IT security product. Now what?
The single most important factor that will influence whether your product is certified on schedule is not the product itself; it's how you manage the CC certification process. So before you embark on attaining a CC certification, you have to determine who on your team will manage the long process. Here are some factors to consider that may help you make the decision.
Being familiar with the Common Criteria process, including how to interface with the testing lab, knowing the questions you'll be asked, test cases you'll need to submit, etc. allows your project lead to be proactive and fully prepared to meet requests efficiently and correctly the first time. I can't stress this enough: the more you know up front will save you time and money down the road, and help you attain certification faster.
There is a considerable amount of documentation that must be prepared and submitted to the test lab. Some of these documents have to be completed and approved before others can be submitted; others can be prepared simultaneously. The project lead should know document requirements up front.
Also, how you structure your documentation is really important. The evaluator at the test lab uses a common methodology to work through his or her document checklist. Structuring your documents the right way helps the evaluator move quickly through the list to locate the answers they require to check off the boxes. Again, understanding how to prepare your product documentation will save you time and hassle.
This is probably the single most important consideration in selecting who manages your CC certification project. All the certification experience in the world won't make up for having enough time to devote to shepherding the CC certification process. You need to ask yourself (and the person you designate) whether they: A. Have the bandwidth to devote and B. How they work under the stress of multiple deadlines; because no matter how good your plan looks now, another priority (probably several!) will shift their attention away. How they juggle these conflicts will make or break your certification schedule.
Most companies these days run lean and mean; there simply aren't enough hands on deck to manage the additional demands of CC certification. You may want to consider hiring someone just to take this on. If adding headcount is not an option for you, hiring Corsec is a cost-effective option that will move you through the certification maze faster and with much greater success than if you go it alone. That way your team can focus on projects that bring in revenue.


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Elisabeth Leonskaja plays Schubert at Wigmore Hall
Piano Sonata in A flat, D557
Piano Sonata in E minor, D566
Piano Sonata in C, D840 (Reliquie)
Piano Sonata in C minor, D958
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
Reviewed: 18 September, 2012
Venue: Wigmore Hall, London
Schoenberg wrote that composition was a process of perpetual variation, and one aspect of Elisabeth Leonskaja's genius is continually to exploit the relationships between notes and phrases that in Schubert on the page can often look unyieldingly regular. She chose two early piano sonatas from 1817, one of them, the E minor, in two movements, leading to the later, unfinished 'Reliquie' (also just two movements) and the late, great C minor Piano Sonata.
Leonskaja's way into the genial A flat work was deceptively easygoing in music that sets out to charm. Then, in the slow movement, the opening of which could easily sound unremarkable, even vapid, she imperceptibly darkened the sound and dipped the music into pathos. There was a similarly discreet, corner-turning element of surprise in the finale, full of crisply articulated bar-bending accents, where she reined in a passage of high drama to return the style to its Biedermeier seal of approval. In the E minor, she gave us a hint of the larger, more symphonic scale of the later sonatas in the weight of the first movement before yielding to the amiable length of the Allegretto. Fast-forward eight years to the hugely different expression of the 'Reliquie', and the expansiveness of Leonskaja's performance made its incompleteness satisfyingly whole, reinforced by her particularly powerful and extended rhetoric that takes no prisoners in the close of the slow movement.
Elisabeth Leonskaja has a special connection with Schubert, to the extent that you can fantasise that this is how Schubert would have played his music – those supercharged changes from major to minor and transformative, abrupt shifts to other keys, the piano's approximation to orchestral effects that stretch keyboard technique with fiendish repeated notes and widely spread chords, or the way the closing shape of one phrase is subtly reworked to open the next. It seems that there is no connection or tiny point of reference that she doesn't pick up on, and it really draws the listener in. Leonskaja possesses Schubert in the way she can sink into introspection and nihilism or explode with energy, and she is completely relaxed with Schubert's lyrical discursiveness as much as she drives her overview of his large-scale structures.
All these elements, and more, burst out of her incendiary performance of the tragic C minor Piano Sonata, which combined mercurial responses to the music's emotional range with majestic flair and brilliance. There may have been the odd slip, but her vision of this mighty work never wavered. I've been at Leonskaja recitals where she's seemed grumpily dissatisfied with her performance. Here, I think, she knew she'd delivered a blinder. Her audience certainly did.


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Witchfinder General — book review
Posted on November 30, 2011 in Reviews
WITCHFINDER GENERAL by Ian Cooper. Auteur £9.99
Reviewed by Jim Steel
Media studies publisher Auteur's 'Devil's Advocates' series is a new line of novella-length books that examines iconic horror films. This title, featuring Michael Reeves' 1968 masterpiece, comes out along with another that explores Let the Right One In, and there are further titles planned that will look at Saw and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Michael Reeves only made three films before dying at the age of twenty-five. When a fractious Vincent Price said he'd made eighty-four films and asked how many films Reeves had made, he famously replied, 'Three good ones.' This apocryphal story says more about the tension between the two men on set than it does about Reeves. Anyone who has seen The She Beast or The Sorcerers can hardly rate them as quality films; excuses can be made because of the small budgets, but the fact is that they are not very good. Witchfinder General, however, remains a powerful, violent and alarming film. It's based on Ronald Bassett's 1966 novel which took as its source material the real-life sixteenth-century atrocities of Matthew Hopkins, who spread terror across south-east England as he tortured and executed huge numbers of innocents. In the film Hopkins is played with great restraint by Vincent Price who gives one of the best (and most chilling) performances of his career. Ian Ogilvie, as a young Roundhead trooper, is the one who must try and stop Hopkins from shattering his family.
Cooper's book is intended for people who are already familiar with the film and have a deep interest in it. One problem becomes instantly apparent: Reeves' body of work offers little else to compare it with, and wondering where it might have stood in relation to his later work can offer up no more than guesswork. We could also have stood for a bit more on the career of Bassett, and even that of Hopkins himself, but, short of including a script, Cooper is very good when dealing with the making of the film, its variant editions, and its critical reception.
He also adequately covers the films that drew on Witchfinder General, including the brief horror wave that aped it. Reeves was a cineaste and Cooper explores the work of the directors who influenced him. Again, that presents a problem that is not of Cooper's making; some of them, such as Don Siegel, had still to make some of their most notable films at the time of Reeves's death, a fact which occasionally leads Cooper up blind alleys. Cooper does, however, make a convincing case for placing the film in the 'heritage film' (or costume drama) genre in the years before Merchant Ivory arrived and gave it an unnatural polish.
There's no index for this short book but there is a five-page bibliography for those who wish to investigate further.
Jim Steel
The Silver Dream. Book Review
I Am A Magical Teenage Princess by Luke Geddes. Book review
Flirt, by Laurell K. Hamilton
Osama — book review
Witchfinder General « Panglossian Hubris


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package com.interface21.orm.jdo;

import javax.jdo.JDOException;
import javax.jdo.PersistenceManager;
import javax.jdo.PersistenceManagerFactory;

import com.interface21.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
import com.interface21.dao.CleanupFailureDataAccessException;
import com.interface21.transaction.CannotCreateTransactionException;
import com.interface21.transaction.InvalidIsolationException;
import com.interface21.transaction.InvalidTimeoutException;
import com.interface21.transaction.TransactionDefinition;
import com.interface21.transaction.TransactionException;
import com.interface21.transaction.TransactionStatus;
import com.interface21.transaction.TransactionSystemException;
import com.interface21.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager;

/**
 * PlatformTransactionManager implementation for single JDO persistence manager
 * factories. Binds a JDO PersistenceManager from the specified factory to the
 * thread, potentially allowing for one thread PersistenceManager per factory.
 * PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils and JdoTemplate are aware of thread-bound
 * persistence managers and take part in such transactions automatically.
 * Using either is required for JDO access code supporting this transaction
 * handling mechanism.
 *
 *
This implementation is appropriate for applications that solely use JDO
 * for transactional data access. JTA resp. JtaTransactionManager is necessary
 * for accessing multiple transactional resources. Unfortunately, there is no
 * way of using JTA with a local JDO PersistenceManagerFactory, at least not
 * with popular implementations like Kodo and Lido. One needs to deploy the
 * respective JCA connector to be able to take part in JTA transactions.
 *
 *
Note that Hibernate can take part in JTA transactions even with a local
 * Hibernate SessionFactory. Due to Spring's transaction synchronization
 * support, this doesn't even involve container-specific setup when using
 * Hibernate's transactional JVM-level cache.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 03.06.2003
 * @see PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils#getPersistenceManager
 * @see PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils#closePersistenceManagerIfNecessary
 * @see JdoTemplate#execute
 * @see com.interface21.orm.hibernate.HibernateTransactionManager
 */
public class JdoTransactionManager extends AbstractPlatformTransactionManager implements InitializingBean {

	private PersistenceManagerFactory persistenceManagerFactory;

	/**
	 * Create a new JdoTransactionManager instance.
	 * A PersistenceManagerFactory has to be set to be able to use it.
	 * @see #setPersistenceManagerFactory
	 */
	public JdoTransactionManager() {
	}

	/**
	 * Create a new JdoTransactionManager instance.
	 * @param pmf PersistenceManagerFactory to manage transactions for
	 */
	public JdoTransactionManager(PersistenceManagerFactory pmf) {
		this.persistenceManagerFactory = pmf;
		afterPropertiesSet();
	}

	/**
	 * Set the PersistenceManagerFactory that this instance should manage transactions for.
	 */
	public void setPersistenceManagerFactory(PersistenceManagerFactory pmf) {
		this.persistenceManagerFactory = pmf;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the PersistenceManagerFactory that this instance should manage transactions for.
	 */
	public PersistenceManagerFactory getPersistenceManagerFactory() {
		return persistenceManagerFactory;
	}

	public void afterPropertiesSet() {
		if (this.persistenceManagerFactory == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("persistenceManagerFactory is required");
		}
	}

	protected Object doGetTransaction() throws CannotCreateTransactionException, TransactionException {
		if (PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils.getThreadObjectManager().hasThreadObject(this.persistenceManagerFactory)) {
			logger.debug("Found thread-bound PersistenceManager for JDO transaction");
			PersistenceManagerHolder pmHolder = (PersistenceManagerHolder) PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils.getThreadObjectManager().getThreadObject(this.persistenceManagerFactory);
			return new JdoTransactionObject(pmHolder, false);
		}
		else {
			logger.debug("Using new PersistenceManager for JDO transaction");
			PersistenceManager pm = PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils.getPersistenceManager(this.persistenceManagerFactory, true);
			return new JdoTransactionObject(new PersistenceManagerHolder(pm), true);
		}
	}

	protected boolean isExistingTransaction(Object transaction) throws TransactionException {
		JdoTransactionObject txObject = (JdoTransactionObject) transaction;
		return txObject.getPersistenceManagerHolder().getPersistenceManager().currentTransaction().isActive();
	}

	protected void doBegin(Object transaction, TransactionDefinition definition) throws TransactionException {
		if (definition.getIsolationLevel() != TransactionDefinition.ISOLATION_DEFAULT) {
			throw new InvalidIsolationException("JdoTransactionManager does not support custom isolation levels");
		}
		if (definition.getTimeout() != TransactionDefinition.TIMEOUT_DEFAULT) {
			throw new InvalidTimeoutException("JdoTransactionManager does not support timeouts", definition.getTimeout());
		}
		JdoTransactionObject txObject = (JdoTransactionObject) transaction;
		logger.debug("Beginning JDO transaction");
		try {
			txObject.getPersistenceManagerHolder().getPersistenceManager().currentTransaction().begin();
			if (txObject.isNewPersistenceManagerHolder()) {
				PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils.getThreadObjectManager().bindThreadObject(
						this.persistenceManagerFactory, txObject.getPersistenceManagerHolder());
			}
		}
		catch (JDOException ex) {
			throw new CannotCreateTransactionException("Cannot create JDO transaction", ex);
		}
	}

	protected void doCommit(TransactionStatus status) throws TransactionException {
		JdoTransactionObject txObject = (JdoTransactionObject) status.getTransaction();
		if (txObject.getPersistenceManagerHolder().isRollbackOnly()) {
			// nested JDO transaction demanded rollback-only
			doRollback(status);
		}
		else {
			logger.debug("Committing JDO transaction");
			try {
				txObject.getPersistenceManagerHolder().getPersistenceManager().currentTransaction().commit();
			}
			catch (JDOException ex) {
				throw new TransactionSystemException("Cannot commit JDO transaction", ex);
			}
			finally {
				closePersistenceManager(txObject);
			}
		}
	}

	protected void doRollback(TransactionStatus status) throws TransactionException {
		JdoTransactionObject txObject = (JdoTransactionObject) status.getTransaction();
		logger.debug("Rolling back JDO transaction");
		try {
			txObject.getPersistenceManagerHolder().getPersistenceManager().currentTransaction().rollback();
		}
		catch (JDOException ex) {
			throw new TransactionSystemException("Cannot rollback JDO transaction", ex);
		}
		finally {
			closePersistenceManager(txObject);
		}
	}

	protected void doSetRollbackOnly(TransactionStatus status) throws TransactionException {
		JdoTransactionObject txObject = (JdoTransactionObject) status.getTransaction();
		logger.debug("Setting JDO transaction rollback-only");
		txObject.getPersistenceManagerHolder().setRollbackOnly();
	}

	private void closePersistenceManager(JdoTransactionObject txObject) {
		if (txObject.isNewPersistenceManagerHolder()) {
			PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils.getThreadObjectManager().removeThreadObject(this.persistenceManagerFactory);
			try {
				PersistenceManagerFactoryUtils.closePersistenceManagerIfNecessary(
				    txObject.getPersistenceManagerHolder().getPersistenceManager(), this.persistenceManagerFactory);
			}
			catch (CleanupFailureDataAccessException ex) {
				// just log it, to keep a transaction-related exception
				logger.error("Cannot close JDO PersistenceManager after transaction", ex);
			}
		}
		else {
			logger.debug("Not closing pre-bound JDO PersistenceManager after transaction");
		}
	}

}

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Blog from Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Research Programme Director & Associate Fellow at IER.
Greater alignment of strategic priorities and funding streams - Adult education should feature in national and local strategic priorities.
• There is a need to promote adult education's role in healthcare prevention strategies that contribute towards easing demand on acute health services. This needs Ministerial interest and commitment to bring about the necessary policy changes that will put adult education in a sustainable position for the future.
• Greater flexibility and alignment of funding streams can support targeting individuals and groups most in need. Changes to funding since 2010 have squeezed the social infrastructure between adult education, Further Education (FE) and wider community-based organisations. Whilst closer collaborative working is underway to share expertise and services, this remains piecemeal.
Capturing the evidence - There is much evidence of the positive impact and efficacy of adult education on individuals, communities and other public services; however, it is often neglected by policy-makers.
• Secretaries of State, Ministers, and those responsible for NHS 'Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships' (STPs), NHS Improvement, Health and Well-Being Boards, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCGs), Local/Combined Authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) need to have greater access to the evidence of successful policies and practices through adult education. There is a critical need to build upon existing health and well-being surveys to identify any gaps in research, including those that examine whether short, part-time community learning courses help people develop strategies to manage their everyday lives more effectively.
• There are significant benefits to be gained in capturing contextualised adult education, health and wellbeing e.g. the Good Things Foundation and its work with NHS shows health inequalities account for well in excess of £5.5 billion in healthcare costs to the NHS annually. Based on a cost to the NHS of £45 per GP visit, ensuring everyone had the Basic Digital Skills to access health information online would provide savings of £121 million a year by 2025. Other research in the report points to cost benefits and savings. There is significant scope to produce more podcasts/videos of adult education in care homes, healthcare centres, schools, community centres, libraries and workplace settings, to inspire individuals and family learning.
Getting the message across - There are missed opportunities for collaborative and co-productive work between sectors and professionals. As a result of fragmented national policies, people often fall between the gaps in health and education practice.
• National and local policies must focus on ratcheting up the demand for adult education provision, particularly from healthcare sectors (and in healthcare contexts).
• Social prescriptions that include 'prescribing for learning' should help partnerships to engage with the process of creating a healthy society and focusing on the health and well-being of individuals.
The Social Mobility Commission indicates new divides have opened up in Britain, across geographies, income groups and generations.
This latest research, commissioned by the Institutes for Adult Learning, aims to increase awareness of the benefits that adult education can bring to the nation's health and well-being. It also aims to stimulate dialogue on how central and devolved government policies and practices can ensure that adult education remains a strategic priority.
So much evidence points to the fact that adult education makes a significant contribution to the health and well-being of individuals and communities. It can be relied upon to assist in addressing national policy challenges such as encouraging and enabling individuals and families to take a more active role in their own health and well-being. However, this added-value contribution is at serious risk of being lost in a policy landscape pre-occupied with apprenticeships, skills and qualification reforms. Devolution presents some real opportunities in local economies to address the skills shortages expected to follow Brexit.
Adult education does help keep individuals well and supports longer and productive lives.
Adult education does help meet major challenges such as: ageing, loneliness, long-term conditions, mental health and well-being and community cohesion.
Adult education does help save money in the National Health Service (NHS) and the social care system.
Six recommendations are outlined in the report. These are aimed at local, regional and national policymakers, educationalists, NHS 'Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships' (STPs), Health and Well-Being Boards, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCGs), Local/Combined Authorities and Local Enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and others working in the Health and Social Care Sector. This report builds upon earlier research 'Adult Education: Too Important To Be Left To Chance' (2016).
IER has been commissioned by the Nigerian Government's Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to provide training to its staff to help them develop labour market analysis in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Government wants to broaden its economic base. Currently there are gaps in labour market information and capacity to develop that information. The ITF approached IER to provide training to enable them to establish better and more policy-orientated employment research. IER hosted 5 visitors from the ITF over June and July 2017 including the Director General of the ITF, Sir Joseph Ari.
IER staff delivered training modules on: labour market assessment and forecasting; vocational education and training, including apprenticeships; higher education and the graduate labour market; labour market classification and measurement; careers guidance and labour market information (LMI) for all. Returning to Nigeria, the participants will now cascade this knowledge base across the ITF.
Regarded as a success by Sir Joseph Ari, IER will now work with the ITF to expand the training programme over the rest of this year and into 2018.
The APPG for Adult Education commissioned the Warwick Institute for Employment Research in 2016 to conduct research into the needs of adult learners. This work was supported by the Institutes for Adult Learning (IALs). The nine Specialist Designated Institutions (SDIs), including City Lit, Morley College, Hillcroft College, Northern College, Ruskin College, Working Men's College, Mary Ward Centre, Fircroft College and the Workers' Educational Association (WEA),– each has its own identity, mission and distinctive approach, which adds to the rich diversity of adult education.
Our primary focus was on adult education, and on adults returning to learn. Learning can occur in education or training institutions (offline or online), the workplace (on or off the job), the family, or cultural and especially, community settings. Findings from this in-depth study highlighted local and newly Combined Authorities will be accountable for the allocation of funds with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in setting the agenda and identifying priorities within local communities. It is, therefore, critical that the contribution of adult education, including its contribution to improving health and well-being (which are pre-requisites for progression into and within employment), must not be lost or forgotten within current and any new devolution arrangements.
It is clear that most providers of adult education have invested in reaching out to people who are disadvantaged one way or the other. Many of whom would not otherwise know about adult education and what it could do for people in their circumstances. Adult education providers have developed the expertise, teaching skills and resources to deliver non-qualification provision and/or bite-sized units that successfully engage these adults in learning again, offering a stepping stone to success. Therefore, any policy or practical interventions need to reflect this and provide flexibility. Post-devolution, local Skills Commissioners will be required to make investment decisions - which is why their role is so central to the sustainability of adult education now and in the future.
IER''s formal 'Call for Evidence' in 2017 has a distinctive focus on adult education, health and well-being. The main purpose is to gather the views of key stakeholders, partners and providers on the contribution of adult education to health and wellbeing outcomes. We have deliberately not attempted to define the parameters of the Call For Evidence too tightly as we want respondents to explore many different aspects of health and wellbeing. We hope to hear from those interested in any aspect of physical or mental health, including health and wellbeing in the context of age, disability, ethnicity, gender and location. For further information contact: Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, deirdre dot hughes at warwick dot ac dot uk.
Findings from IER''s 'Call for Evidence', Town Hall meetings and interviews with senior leaders highlight a stated danger that national policy for adult education could disappear by 2020. Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE delivered a presentation to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Education this week. She has been formally invited to review and discuss the current policy and funding context, including key developments since July 2016. The APPG Chair, Chi Onwurah MP and Vice Chairs, Baroness Goudie and Peter Bottomley MP will jointly host the event. For more on the project.
Hughes, D., Adriaanse, K. and Barnes, S-A. (2016) Adult Education: Too important to be left to chance. London: All Party Parliamentary Group for Adult Education.


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They say that scent is the sense that is most closely tied to memory and emotion. Because of this, aromatherapy has powers to help you relax and to focus more completely during your yoga practice. We put this to use for a more total mind-body experience during our aromatherapy yoga class.
Aromatherapy uses essential oils, which are volatile plant-based materials. These aromatic oils have been used therapeutically for at least 6,000 years. The ancient Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used them in medicines, cosmetics and perfumes.
Aromatherapy came back into popular use in the 1950s, gaining momentum through the 1980s. The scents each oil used in aromatherapy stimulate brain activity to affect emotional, mental and physical health. A French chemist discovered that, when he applied lavender oil to a burn on his hand, he experienced pain relief and quicker healing. Modern scientists theorize that the scent of lavender stimulates a region of the brain known as the amygdala, providing relaxation. Different oils have been found to have different effects. While lavender aids healing, the scent of neroli, the essential oil of bitter oranges, helps reduce blood pressure and anxiety. The scent of lemon improves mood. In other tests, essential oils such as rose and frankincense helped ease pain and improved participants' sense of well-being. While there are still few human studies, the information is encouraging and inspiring.
Yoga has also been clinically proven to assist with pain relief, building strength, increasing flexibility and helping with mental and emotional health. Studies show that people who practice yoga regularly are more resilient in the face of stress and are more likely to stay healthy and have strong immune systems. By incorporating yoga into your life, you are able to become stronger and more effective in other areas of your life, as well.
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A (controversial) sort of homecoming
Posted 31 Oct 2008, 1:50am By Patrick Corrigan
Belfast is not a city unaccustomed to parades. From the orange of the Twelfth to the green of St Patrick's Day to the pink of Pride, we delight in and despise them in all their hues.
Yet this Sunday, Belfast's streets will experience one of the oddest combinations of related marches and counter-marches that I can ever recall. At its heart will be the colour khaki.
Troops from the Royal Irish Regiment will hold a "homecoming parade" through the centre of Northern Ireland's capital to mark their safe return from the battle zones of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Loyalist supporters of the parade will march from various Protestant heartlands in the city to demonstrate their backing for "our boys". Republican protestors will similarly mount marches and demonstrations to show their opposition to the British "war machine", whether at home or abroad. It's a policing nightmare and a potential recipe for large-scale public disorder.
The organisers of the central parade – the Ministry of Defence – say that it's not meant to be "triumphalist". While, to some eyes, the marching band and military flypast might appear to give the lie to that claim, it is clear to all that the troops' day out can't be triumphalist. There is no triumph.
If anything, the "homecoming parade" is a public demonstration of relief at getting out alive from a devastated Iraq and a spiralling-out-of-control Afghanistan. Of course, it is also a public appeal not to despise the troops for simply doing the bidding of politicians in London and Washington. In cities across Britain returning soldiers have been heckled, jostled and spat upon by members of the public opposed to their overseas missions.
This Sunday in Belfast it could be a whole lot worse. The protests and counter-protests by republican and loyalist activists may well demonstrate political immaturity and intolerance of each others' viewpoints, but both reactions were, frankly, wholly predictable in a part of the UK which has seen an average deployment of some 30,000 troops on the streets for much of the last forty years.
If the military has shown its own limitations in Iraq and Afghanistan, leaving behind chaos, corruption and criminality, its political masters have shown little more aptitude for organising pomp and circumstance.
After World War II this country held VE and VJ Days, celebrating victories in disparate theatres, over implacable foes, in popular wars. Sunday is no VI or VA Day. These contemporary wars are not over and there is precious little victory to celebrate.
Homecoming parades are a poor substitute for our local troops and medical support staff who, on rotation, will likely soon be sent back to the maelstrom, with no clear end in sight.
Sunday's Belfast parade and others like it being held throughout the UK may offer some degree of comfort and solace to returning troops and their families. I well understand these emotions. My nephew, a US marine, returned home earlier this year after a 12-month tour of duty in Fallujah, scene of earlier massive attacks which left behind large numbers of Iraqi dead. Upon his return to safety in hometown America, the overwhelming emotion of my sister and brother-in-law was not reflection on Iraqi suffering, but purely one of understandable relief at the return of a son.
When this is all over, there likely will be no victory parades. There will be only a British military reputation sadly tainted by flirtation with torture, and a foreign policy tainted by indifference to the international rule of law and association with the large-scale taking of civilian lives – all in the wake of discredited (at home and abroad), hawkish US leadership.
So, excuse me if I am not cheering the "homecoming parade" on Sunday as it walks through my home city. Neither will I be with the counter-demonstrators drawn from the ranks of Irish republicanism rather than the wider anti-war movement.
I'll be at home with my family, thinking of the soldiers of all nationalities who didn't come home and the ordinary Iraqis and Afghans who died in theirs.
UPDATE: the MoD has announced this morning a cancellation of the military flypast planned for the Belfast parade in "appreciation of the sensitivities surrounding this element of the parade".
FURTHER UPDATE: Sinn Féin has announced a modification of their protest plans to similarly help reduce the prospect of trouble.
Hopefully both these changes will help to ensure that the rights to peaceful freedom of expression and association are protected in Belfast this weekend.
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Видимое обучение. Синтез результатов более 50 000 исследований с охватом более 80 миллионов школьников ()  ― научно-популярная книга новозеландского учёного-педагога Джона Хэтти.

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Автор книги, Джон Хэтти провел масштабный метаанализ в области образования о влиянии различных факторов на процесс и результаты обучения. Анализ охватил более 800 различных метаанализов, касающихся в общей сложности более 50 000 исследований почти 200 миллионов учащихся в возрасте от 4 до 20 лет. Его книга основана на докторской диссертации, которую он защитил в Университете Торонто в 1981 году. В результате этих исследований были установлены, в том числе, ранжирующие факторы, влияющие на эффекты образования, а концепция видимого обучения (Visible Learning) постулирует существование обратной связи между учеником и учителем, которая возникает, когда процесс обучения является визуальным.

Согласно выводам Хэтти, видимое обучение происходит, когда учителя смотрят на обучение глазами учеников и помогают им стать самими учителями. Хэтти обнаружил, что десятью наиболее эффективными факторами, влияющими на успеваемость учащихся, являются:

 Оценки учащихся по самооценке (d = 1,44)
 Формирующая оценка (d = 0,9)
 Ясность учителя (d = 0,75)
 Взаимное обучение (d = 0,74)
 Обратная связь (d = 0,73)
 Отношения учитель-ученик (d = 0,72)
 Метакогнитивные стратегии (d = 0,69)
 Самовербализация (d = 0,64)
 Повышение квалификации учителей (d = 0,62)
 Обучение решению проблем (d = 0,61).

Некоторые статистические методы, использованные Хэтти, подверглись критике.

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Used EVs delivered 3.4% August value increase, Auto Trader reports
30/09/2019 in Used Cars
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The value of a used electric vehicle (EV) rose by an average of 30.4% in August as year-on-year like for like values in the wider market declined by 1.3%, according to Auto Trader.
The online car marketing platform said that the trend – seen among car retailers online classified adverts – represented the largest monthly rise in the value of zero emission vehicles it has ever recorded.
Auto Trader reported that the average price of a used car advertised by retailers remained stable in August at an average of £13,001.
After removing the impact of mix (changes in the types of vehicle entering or leaving the market), like-for-like advertised prices in August contracted 1.3% year-on-year.
Auto Trader said in a statement: "Used car advertised prices have been impacted by the market corrections to trade valuations which were made through the summer.
"These marginal decreases in residual values follows the automotive boom of new car registrations in 2015 and 2016 which resulted in a large volume of stock for cars in the three to five-year age range. Cars aged 10 to 15 years still show like-for-like price growth (0.8%)."
Like-for-like prices for diesel and petrol vehicles decreased by 1.7% and 1.4% respectively while alternatively fuelled vehicles (AFVs) continued their upward trend, recording 5.7% year-on-year growth in August.
Petrol vehicles now have an average advertised price of £11,556, diesels £14,202 and AFVs £21,782.
Despite the average decline in sticker prices, Auto Trader said that the demand for second-hand cars remains solid as reflected in the number of searches on the Auto Trader marketplace.
In August, searches for used and 'nearly used' vehicles saw a 4% year-on-year increase.
Karolina Edwards-Smadja, director of commercial products at Auto Trader, said: "Used car prices will naturally fluctuate, but over the last few months there's been a variety of unprecedented factors affecting average prices, not least the realignment of market values over the summer, which resulted in some cars having up to £1,000 knocked off their sticker price.
"Supply and demand is less of an issue, but we shouldn't entirely dismiss the impact the spike in new car registrations three to four years ago has had.
"Add to the mix the ongoing economic uncertainty and there's clearly been an unusual amount of pressure placed on second-hand car values.
"It will be interesting to see whether these factors have any further influence during the closing quarter of 2019."
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Obedient Parents - A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose!
Friday's 55 Fiction : A Life Like That... Energy Booster Anyone??
A few days ago, we went to a kid's birthday party. The friend asked me to be the official photographer at the party.
I gladly accepted the offer, as I love clicking pictures!
At the party, I was busy seeing though my lens and capturing the moments, when a 5 year old comes to me and asks me to show the pictures.
Now, everybody loves to see their pics, so I gladly obliged the lil' fellow. He saw the pictures without any expression!
Next moment, he tells me that he wants the camera!!
I tried to deter him sweetly, but the child didn't budge.
A few moments later, the child's mother on seeing her child's 'interaction' with a stranger, approaches us!
When she understands the situation, instead of diverting her child to something else or telling him firmly, she is giving me accusing looks for not giving in to the demands of her child!!
Hello!!?!! It's perfectly fine with me, if you let your child play with your expensive phones, cameras, iPads etc, but please for heaven's sake, DO NOT expect others to do so!! Shouldn't the word 'NO' be in your dictionary when dealing with your kid!?
I thought today's 'educated' moms would have the sense of what's right and what's not!! And would guide their children accordingly!
But alas! That's not the case!!
PS: I am not an expert on parenting, I am not a Hitler Parent, my child is not an epitome of all goodness and I do not hate children.
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Do we , anyone for that matter embark on parenting after graduating in the nuances of parenting?
The incident you narrated is the shortest path to spoiling a child and the mother in question must beware. If she fails , it at the misery of herself and the peril of the innocent child.
Yes, you are absolutely right! Also, giving in to the demands of the kids is the easiest way to buy peace! After all, it takes a lot of patience, time and energy to curb the lil one's tantrums!
agree with you on this – kids are getting pampered and getting their demands fulfilled almost with no efforts…unfortunately for them adult life won't be so kind and will face tough time handling disappointments..
You said it! When a child is used to getting everything he demands, it sure will affect his adult life too. The child will never be able to value things or money!!
oh what a true and correct observation.
I have encountered such growing brats apparently little fellow whom noise and mess creating habits are the cause of parents' pride.
uf duniya kidher ko ja rhi hy.
that's too much! How do they even give such a look??
Parents of these days think that they want to fulfil every single desire of their kid. They will face real challenges in the future if they do not tune the child's attitude / or change theirs and be a bit strict.
These are sure signs of bad parenting!! And this will surely have a bad effect on the child as he grows up! But the ones who need to know all this, believe that what they are doing is the best!
And I luv the P.S!
Today's parents have no time for their kids.
Easiest way out is to give them expensive toys(gadgets).
Ah, the gadgets!! Lil ones having their personal Tabs and expensive mobiles… is way too much! In fact many parents take pride in their child possessing the latest gadgets!
I can't tell you how much this sort of behaviour enrages me! Parents who turn a blind eye when their precious child draws on your walls, or bangs on the laptop – because he is so interested in technology – already, you see!!!! Arghh! I can go on and on!
I can so very understand all these bad parenting examples you shared… It's really so very disgusting and annoying! Licking the cake… aargh!!
I have made it a point to be firm, I do not allow the kids to play with my laptop or drive cars on glass tops or jump on sofas. I know, it's something which their moms should be doing, but since they are are quiet about it, I do the needful. I may not be popular among such kids or such moms, but a NO is a No at my place!
I am all for Mandatory Parenting Classes!! Wish somebody starts this!!


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Q: .VOB file not compatible with anything I try I recently bought two DVD movies at the local store, and, trying to watch the movie on my computer, it doesn´t work. All files are in the .VOB format.
I've looked at other people having similar issues but mine is a bit different. I just put in the DVD and play it but it doesnt work.
I have all kinds of players, from VLC to Dragon Player and Totem and several others.
Please don't give me any programming tips, i can't program. (Which is why I use Ubuntu, ubuntu claiming to be "linux for human beings"
I don't know what a directory or root is, i'm a noob.
I just want to watch a movie.

A: You aren't supposed to play them directly. Use VLC to play the actual disk, not the files.


The Justice Department is expected to rescind an Obama-era policy of discouraging federal prosecutors from bringing charges of marijuana-related crimes in states that had legalized sales of the drug.
It was not immediately clear whether the administration intends to carry out a federal crackdown on marijuana dispensaries, or is merely rattling its saber.
The Associated Press first reported the announcement, and a government official familiar with the matter confirmed that the change would be announced later on Thursday.
This announcement acted as a catalyst for profit taking on cannabis related shares today as it introduces an additional risk to the market. Nevertheless, it also highlights the potential for a confrontation between the states and the Federal government about what is and is not permissible and who has sway over what can be consumed. Until the situation is resolved the potential for volatility is non-trivial.


This video is mainly for beginners or new to ketogenic diet. This is a summarized of the acceptable food list in the ketogenic diet plan. This is a summarized of the acceptable food list in the ketogenic diet plan.... I visited Dr. Eric Berg's clinic after watching his tons of YouTube videos and reviews where he talks about health and nutrition. To be honest, I was intimidated by the way he presented the entire thing in the video and that was the reason I wanted to give it a try.
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This was a very good cookbook for anyone who is trying out the Ketogenic diet or thinking about it. Gives you so many interesting and tasty meal options you can plug into your plan. Gives you so many interesting and tasty meal options you can plug into your plan.


Ivanovskiye CPP is one of the first steam-gas power plants in Russia. Ivanovskiye CPP is one of the first steam-gas power plants in Russia. It uses two PGU-325 generation unites with total capacity of 650 MW and was constructed as a part of the Federal Fuel and Energy Program. The project is unique in that it encompasses the creation and refinement of the first high-power Russian gas turbine - GTD-110.
Located in the center of European Russia, Ivanovo Region is a part of Central Federal District. Its population is approximately 1 million people with approximately 80% urban population. The major industries of Ivanovo Region are light industries, machinery, food industry and metalworking. Despite significant share of electric power industry in the regional economy, this region is a net consumer of electricity receiving electric power from neighbor regions. Tourism is one of the fastest-growing industries in the region. Ivanovo Region is a part of Golden Ring of Russia.


Tramex are an Irish based company who specialise in the design and production of moisture meters. The product of theirs I will be reviewing within this blog is the DL-RHTX FeedBack DataLogger starter kit along with the associated iOS app. As the kit I was sent did not come with sleeves or a Hygrohood, I am unable to test the Hygro-i2 Hygrometer Probe. In this review I will be assessing how this data logger holds up for use as a device to monitor building humidity for condensation surveys within a social housing context.
The logger comes in two main versions which is the DL-RHTA and the DL-RHTX. The former has a blue frontage and can only measure ambient readings and the latter has a red frontage and can measure both ambient and in-situ readings by connecting a separate probe.
The DL-RHTX is able to provide ambient and in-situ measurements of relative humidity, temperature, dew point and grams per kilo. It boasts an impressive storage capacity of up to 100,000 data point entries which is nearly one years' worth of measurements using five minute intervals, which is insane. This is 100 times more capacity than the Protimeter BLE.
After reading the blogs on the Tramex website it seems that one of their marketing demographics are architects, builders and flooring installers who require to monitor the drying out of newly installed concrete slabs. This might explain the need for a larger storage capacity which would not really be needed for condensation and dampness inspections.
The device has a set of small plastic legs which allows you to place the logger in an upright position and gives that much needed space when fitting the probe attachment to the bottom of the logger. There is a small plastic tab which stops the legs opening beyond a certain angle which I managed to accidentally snap within five minutes of use. This was not the end of the world as I was still able to use the stand regardless of this fact.
The plastic disk that connects the logger to the stand can also double up as a fixing point if you decide to affix the device to a wall. At a first glance the device looks like a robust and rugged as if it could withstand drop damage. Although in reality the plastic casement and stand gives the device a feel which is less robust than its aesthetics let on.
There are also six coloured and six numbered stickers to allow you to give the logger a unique identifying scheme. You can still name the logger when you set it up so this is really a secondary way of identifying which logger you are using and could be helpful if you have multiple loggers set up.
The unit uses a standard AA battery which is very handy as they are easy to get a hold from most shops.
Not many loggers come with a dedicated carry case, to the credit of Tramex this one does. However the black ridged carry case is a touch too small to fit everything in comfortably which turned out to be a bit of an annoyance when transporting the logger about with me.
First you will set up the data logger itself by removing the plastic battery tab, switching on the button at the top of the device and setting up the little stand. Having an on / off switch is a minor setback for using this device in social housing as the concern will be that it could be turned off whilst still in use.
Setting the unit up using the iOS app can seem a touch complicated at first but after playing about with it for a while and familiarising myself with the different menus it does start to click.
Once you have downloaded the app and have the logger ready you can then proceed with the setting up process. After selecting the device you are at a main screen where you can see the basic readings from the device. From this page you can select the camera function and take a picture with the overlaid measurements which you can save and send. I really think this is a fantastic feature as it gives an excellent snap shot which can help communicate a defect.
Unfortunately once the logger is set up I could not find a way to get back to this screen. It would be good to have this functionality available to return to at any point and not just when the device is being set up. Either way, it is a fantastic and quite a forward thinking idea to have this function included.
Tramex have done a really good job for the data analysis and reporting functionality of the app. The detail which can be obtained throughout logging sessions and after completion makes this logger very hard to compete with.
Once you have completed your logging session you can view the log chart through the app. This gives you a chart which allows you to see the dew point, relative humidity and temperature over the logging period. You can 'zoom out' by changing the logging interval slider which is helpful to give a good overview of the results.
You can then export the data by CSV or the chart itself as a JPG file. The addition of the JPG export does easily beat Protimeters functionality but in my opinion it does not quite match Lascars EasyLog software for analysing data.
Even given the minor complaints with the logger's case and stand, the DL-RHTX FeedBack DataLogger still stands up to be a stellar device.
The picture overlay functionality is innovative and the data analysis and reporting features are more than competent. With an impressive storage capacity which outshines many loggers the DL-RHTX places itself as a top competitor for any surveyor when deciding on a device for monitoring environmental conditions within properties.


Spurred on by big agribusiness, the U.S. government currently spends billions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize unhealthy processed foods and support industrial farms that pollute our air, water, and soil. UCS is working to help farmers implement more modern forms of sustainable agriculture across the country. With smarter food and farm policies, we can make healthy foods more accessible and affordable, improving Americans' health, saving billions of dollars, and protecting our environment. Here's how you can help!
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Stop at the Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame in Hartford today from 10:00 to 2:00 to join Miles "Mouse" Melius' 95th Birthday Celebration!
I was conned into it! William Johnson (Billy's dad) was the Deputy Sheriff (later the sheriff) and he conned me into helping him build a midget and then I drove it for him. It wasn't much, but we won two features (at Manitowoc and Sun Prairie) that year!
I've always liked Bobby Allison. I got to know him really well, he's different, really down-to-earth. He's visited me in Wisconsin a few times. I lived in Georgia for seven years, and he was in Alabama, so we visited all the time then. He even came up here when I was inducted into the Hall of Fame and presented it to me. I also really like Jeff Gordon. I watched him from when he was 16 years old at Sun Prairie in the midgets. He was the first driver I saw there that never lifted. I got to meet him many years later and he's just a super, super human being. He stays out of trouble.
Well, I helped build the first one!
How did you get your car number?
Well, by winning races! You got your car number by where you finished in the standings. After two years in midgets we won the Badger Midget Championship and got #1. We lost #1 when I wrecked at State Fair Park. I was #2, #3, and #8 too. We got #3 when the throttle stuck at State Fair Park one year. I was qualifying, and ended up going over the fence and over a grader then landed on the nose of the car. The frame was bent and I broke a bunch of fingers. The headers came through the windshield, and hit me in the face. That broke my cheekbone and knocked out some teeth. When we moved to stock cars, I was #15 my first year.
Glen Dhein. We called him "Flutchy". He was my bodyguard. If someone wanted to hit me, it was Flutzie's job to hit him first.
Harry Woerner. He later married my daughter, Jean.
I drove Gene Schwister's mod for the last three years that I raced. The last year (1967) we won championships at four tracks: Slinger, Hales Corners, Beaver Dam, and Cedarburg.
Who were some of your sponsors when you raced?
Ralph & Bob Fucci. They had "The Hot Rod Shop". I taught Ralph about motors and then we built a really good one.
It was my first day racing for Gene Schwister. We had a brand new car, a coupe…that car is in the museum. Before the race Gene asked me, "What do you think?" I said, "I think she's gonna go like hell!" They had buried some tractor tires along the infield. I was running down on the inside in the south corner, close to the tires, when I got hooked in the back. I hit a tire, ran up it, and rolled over completely.
I was getting up there in age and worried about breaking bones. When you are over 40, bones don't heal. You need iron around them to help.
Which Slinger driver do you have the most respect for (past or present)?
Kenny Tlougan. He was the cleanest driver I ever raced against. He could race you all day and never bother you. We were very good friends; I actually worked for him driving oil tanker for a couple of years.
My daughter, Jean, is a super cook. Anything she makes – that is my favorite food!


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Update 9:32 PM Pacific time: the maintenance described below has been completed, and all services are running normally.
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Post Alexander II, at 600 Phipps Boulevard in Buckhead, is a luxury apartment towner that will rise to 26 stories. Apartment demand is being driven in part by young adults who aren't able or eager to buy homes in the wake of the housing bust and recession.
Photo: Hyosub Shin
Wary buyers: Millennials drive rental boom
Nicholas Fouriezos, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
High-rise apartment projects are blooming in a fractured Atlanta housing market, and experts say much of the growth is due to increased demand from millennials who are putting off home purchases.
Driving the shift from owners to renters are those would-be homebuyers born between the early 80s and late 90s. Many entered the workforce during a historically bad economy that limited job prospects and career growth, forcing them to postpone plans to marry, have children and form households.
Almost three-quarters of millennials list home ownership as an important long-term goal, according to a survey by the nonprofit Demand Institute in September.
One of them is recent University of Georgia graduate Nick Cotie, 23.
"My dad lived in apartments forever," said Cotie, who is interning at a Christian outreach service in Athens. "It was almost a sign that my family was not together."
But the Cumming native said he probably won't buy for several more years. He thinks he will need to finish graduate school, get married and find a steady job before he can consider adding a mortgage.
That reflects a concern of millennials nationally, says David Stockert, president of Post Properties, which operates multi-family housing units in areas such as Atlanta, Houston and Washington.
"Buying a house is a big commitment that locks you into a location. If you're worried you might want to move — or might have to to move to change jobs — having the flexibility of being a renter is very attractive," Stockert said. "That millennial generation is at an age that is a prime renter age."
The collapse of the housing bubble still serves as a caution flag for those who consider ownership an investment. And as rentals rise, experts wonder if these temporary digs will become the national norm while ownership rates decrease.
Atlanta has a particularly low home ownership rate at 60 percent, 55th among the 75 biggest metro areas, according to the Census Bureau. The decrease coincides with a drop in the national average to 64.4 percent, the lowest since 1994.
"Atlanta's back to being a barometer for the nation because we're back to being the third biggest housing market," said John Hunt, president of Atlanta analysis firm Smart Numbers. "If it's happening here, it's happening nationally."
A rapid rebound in home prices and tight inventory the past year or so has deterred some young buyers. The cost of homes in metro Atlanta's five core counties rose from $140,000 in 1998 to about $240,000 today, according to data compiled by Smart Numbers' Hunt.
As many millennials are priced out of the market, first-time homebuyers make up a smaller portion of buyers, dropping from almost 20 percent in 2013 to about 15 percent in 2014. They aren't likely to stay out of the market for good: As they age, Hunt predicts, even millennials will settle down into homes that they own.
"You have people in different camps, people who really believe this is a seismic shift over time. Then you have people who think that we're probably going to see the rentals start declining," Hunt said. "I don't know about massive shifts, but a tick or two back to home ownership would be my guess."
Post Properties' Stockert said population increases will encourage apartment growth. Millennials are more likely to settle in urban areas and are also the largest generation. Young people tend to rent before they buy, and many have lived with parents or roommates before venturing into the home marketplace.
"As Atlanta goes from 5.8 million people to 8 million in the next 20 years, you're going to see more urban dwellings," Stockert said. "And the only type of dwelling you can produce in any type of quantity in town are multi-family apartments and condos."
After seeing an increase in demand for multi-family housing to start 2012, Sam Massell started a monthly list of new rental developments in Buckhead. That list quickly grew and, after only three years, includes 30 projects expected to bring more than 9,400 housing units to the area.
Two apartment towers housing more than 702 units were announced for Buckhead in February, to be developed by Crocker Partners at Piedmont and Lenox Roads. Midtown has 350-unit projects planned for Peachtree Place and West Peachtree street. Atlanta's BeltLine has won developments from Perennial Properties and AMLI.
Skyline impact
"Even if only half of them are built, that's a big impact on development on the skyline," said Massell, president of the Buckhead Coalition and a former Atlanta mayor.
Many millennials prefer to live in walkable urban centers near public transportation and shopping – areas where rentals often abound but property rates skyrocket.
Buying a house at a manageable price might require a trip outside the perimeter. Mortgage lending standards have tightened since the recession. Saving for that first down payment is still a significant hurdle.
"Disposable incomes are dropping," said Steve Palm, president of Smart Numbers. "It's just tougher to come up with the down payment."
More millennials go to college than in past generations, said Cheryl Russell, a demographer and editorial director for the New Strategist Press. That pushes back some life decisions while also saddling them with higher student debts than their parents and grandparents.
"More have been in school and stayed longer," Russell said. "It's a temporary phenomenon, although they may not ever have the home ownership rates that the older generation has."


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Celebrities Who Love 'The Bachelor'
By Us Weekly Staff
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Stars really are just like Us — they, too, can't get enough of the Bachelor franchise! Over the years, many celebrities have shared their obsession with the show.
In 2016, Blue Bloods actor Donnie Wahlberg shared his passion for the show, penning more than 1,000 words for Chicago Splash about his obsession.
"How I lost my Monday nights — but not quite my manhood — to my wife's favorite TV show. Don't laugh, it could happen to you, too," the intro of the story read. "I know all these Bachelor guys on a first-name and character-description basis. The same way that so many husbands had to get to know [New Kids on the Block's] Donnie, Jordan, Danny, Jon and Joe?"
In 2019, Charlize Theron shared a photo of herself in front of the sign for Peter Weber's season of The Bachelor — and she's not shy about sharing that.
"I love the show," she told Entertainment Tonight the following year. "Look, he's like half my age — not that that should matter, but, no, he's great. I'm super excited. I love the show. I've missed it. And I'm just so glad that the show premieres in the winter when it's dark early because my kids don't know what time I send them to bed but like 5:45pm. As soon as it's dark, [I watch The Bachelor]."
Jennifer Aniston is also a big fan. Celebrity hairstylist Justin Anderson revealed in 2021 that she often asks him about his work with Bachelor Nation.
"It's so funny because when I would do Bachelor people and I would post it to social media Jennifer Aniston, the next time I would see her she's like, 'Wait did you just meet so-and-so?'" he said during an episode of the "Click Bait with Bachelor Nation" podcast. "Like, we would talk about it. She's definitely a fan!"
Selena Gomez and more celebs have also admitted how much they love the reality TV series. Scroll through the gallery below for more famous Bachelor fans.
Listen to Here For the Right Reasons to get inside scoop about the Bachelor franchise and exclusive interviews from contestants
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