Profile: Amruta Patki is a top model in India, former Miss India Earth 2006, former Miss Earth Air 2006, an actress in Hindi as well as Marathi films. Amruta is also a singer and a nominee of Radio Mirchi Music Awards 2013 as best debut singer.
I am actually at a loss for how to even introduce this beautiful and very down to earth Mumbai model. Maybe the best thing is to just start with how I met her. I was browsing twitter one day and the photographer who had done my own portfolio had posted some very nice pictures of Amruta. I became curious and started browsing her Twitter feed and saw post after post about yoga, workouts, pictures of her dinners, favorite foods, etc and became intrigued. So for a few weeks, I just watched…and one day, she posted a picture of her after a workout and I was floored. There was no size zero..there was no waif like model, here was a SUPER FIT and healthy girl who had achieved so much in her only 27 years of age.
So I thought, let me try my luck. Not expecting too much, I tweeted her for an interview. I kid you not, she responded within MINUTES and agreed. At that point, I still expected some starry attitudes or didn't really expect the interview to happen. Seriously, she was SO easy to respond to my emails, gave me her mobile number right away and we finally were able to speak on the phone . I had promised her I would only take 15 minutes of her busy schedule; she talked with me for almost 45 minutes! And that too, so friendly with all levels of honesty and absolutely no clichéd answers.
1) Question: Amruta, how do you stay away from the pressure of size zero being in the fashion and movie industry? Isn't it a common misconception that models are waif like and starve to be accepted? Have u ever felt that you needed to change ?
Answer: I believe that all things should be balanced. Input into the body and output from the body should be balanced. I maintain a good diet, eat in moderation, but burn it out. Everything in the universe should be balanced by input vs output and that includes the mind and body.
I definitely do not starve myself because I am a TOTAL foodie. In the last 7 years, I have traveled to over 24 countries for my work and have tried cuisines in all parts of the world (Japanase, African, Indonesian, Malaysian, etc). So I allow myself to binge and eat and have fun. However, to balance the days I do this, I cleanse myself for the days I do not binge. I believe in only home remedies and Ayurveda and so I follow the principles of Ayurveda to ensure I output the toxins from my body.
2) Question: So what do you eat when you are being careful of your diet?
I also have cultivated a liking to Green tea. I did not like this before, but after I saw how much it improves the skin and I start feeling healthier and lighter, I have started enjoying it more!
The one food group I stay away from are desserts. I LOVE desserts but I stay away from them because they are an absolute ADDICTION. As long as I stay away from desserts, my mind doesn't ask for them, however , once you start, then the mind remembers it and it is harder to not indulge. So I try and stay away from that.
3) Question: Do you have a dietician to plan your charts? Or do you just know what to do yourself?
Answer: I Used to have a dietician in the past, but now I know my body really well and what ti responds to, and no one can know my body like I do, so I take care of my diet myself now.
4) Question: You tweeted once that you lost 2 KG in 10 days. Tell me the secret!? How do YOU manage this? Is it diet or exercise like crazy?
a) I completely cut OUT carbs at night and I cut DOWN on carbs during the day.
c) I mostly do as much liquids as I can for dinner. For example, I will drink 200ML water before I start my meal and then have 2 bowls daal.
I even did a detox diet for about a week where I had UNLIMITED fruits all day.
5) Question: Wow! So isn't this difficult? Don't you get hungry!?
Answer: Yes, it is very difficult, especially the first day or so. Then, your body gets used to this. But you need to be very mentally strong to do something like this. So you really need to want to do this. Also, people with extremely healthy bodies can do this (perfect blood reports, and physically very fit). I would not recommend anyone to do this and definitely NOT for an extended period of time. It can definitely hurt people with illnesses.
However, at the end and after a few days, I noticed, my skin was GLOWING as my body purged the toxins , my hair was great, all the toxins were gone and surprisingly I was not was not weak at all as someone may think as u get natural sugars from the fruits so u have energy.
I hardly pushed my body to work out during this time. So by the end of 10 days, I lost 2 kg fat and 2 kg muscle.
One interesting thing is that once you are done and you go back ON food, you must do it very slowly. A friend of mine did this with me and started eating normally straight away and her body rejected regular food. Once your body gets used to raw foods, it needs to be introduced to foods slowly. If you take care of what you eat and stick with raw foods, you can lose about 6-7 KG in a month.
6) Question: What are your workouts like? I notice you have all kinds of days when you tweet on twitter?
Answer: I keep pushing my body to do different things. For cardio, I like running and cycling. I also do weight training, Pilates and definitely yoga I make sure to keep it to 1 hour a day and not more than that.
Answer: I always wanted to be in entertainment industry in some way. When I was growing up, I had huge inferiority complex being as tall as a "giant". So when I got to college and I was asked to participate in a fashion show, I decided to try it. This fashion show was choreographed by a professional photographer. Once I walked for it, he asked me to participate in a Miss Mumbai contest.
One thing to know is, I studied in the Marathi medium in school, so I was not fluent by any means at the time in English. So I was apprehensive of going into a contest and getting on stage, how would I talk in fluent English. But, I went keeping in mind that they would pick me on my beauty and looks, not how well I could speak English. I won that pageant and Hemant Trivedi saw my pictures. Hemant is my guru, my mentor and where ever I am today, I owe it to him.
So I was asked if I wanted to shoot for Hemant Trivedi and I shot for the clothing store Sheetal. He aso groomed me during this time by advising me to start workouts, watch English movies, look on the internet to see pageants, do research on my own on how to walk, how to talk. And then he told me to come for the Miss India auditions.
I believe going for Miss India was destiny as the universe was giving me signs. 1 month prior to auditions was signed up with Pantaloons to be their brand ambassador. And guess what? Pantaloons was sponsoring Miss India that year. So everyone was very excited that I was going to be part of Miss India and I won Miss India Earth that year. I can also speak a VARIETY of languages that helped me such as Konkani, Panjabi, Hindi, English, Gujurati (She spoke to me in PERFECT Gujurati) and Marathi.
(Trust me I was blown away by her admission of not having learned English in school, her English was so perfect, I would never have guessed she self learned).
Then Miss Earth was about 6 months after I won Miss India, so I was put through workouts and dieted for it, worked on my skin and hair as well. At that time, since I did not know my body the way I know it now and I did not work out as much then, it really pushed my body and was quite difficult. I know my body now and I gain weight quite easily. For example, if I just binge for a week or 10 days, I can easily gain 1.5 KG. However, fortunately I can also lose just as quickly. So I have to be careful for events.
8) Question: You are in a profession where it is cut throat, a path full of potential disappointments, criticism. The news today is filled with Jiah Khan's suicide and that some girls just cannot handle it.
How do you keep your mind calm on a daily basis and through these tough times?
Answer: I am very spiritual and by that I don't mean religious. I believe that there is some form of energy in the universe and to just love and respect people.
You have your own expectations for yourself, and everyone has a destiny and in this rat race in the industry you really just have to be happy, and move on if u don't get there because it is not the end of the world. It could be you are maybe destined for something else.
So when I find myself with less work or not having the projects I want, I stay positive and optimistic and make sure I keep busy with friends. Or I enroll in courses that help me. Recently I did the art of living course which was great. Also, every year in June a mountain trip is a MUST for me and is like fuel In fact, I just came back from one. It allows me to be within and see Nature, eat health and meditate.
9) Question: Who is Amruta Patki's favorite celebrity?
Answer: I really like Deepika Paudakone. I find her hot and she is always looking so put together and she can carry anything. If I see her at press conferences in jeans and a top or at functions in saris or she is shooting in a bikini or shorts, she NEVER looks unclassy. She can carry off anything with style and class.
10) Question: What is next for you?
Answer: Well, I have done modeling, done Marathi films, I just did a song for a Malayalam film (coming out this week!), am looking into Telugu offers. I did a Bollywood film which didn't go for me as I had hoped, so now I am being very choosy with what offers are coming my way. I have to make sure it is right and I don't want to take my attention away from the modeling industry. Once you are out of sight, it is very hard to get back in, so I have to make sure whatever I do does not affect my fashion career.


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ABOUT GIRALIA
Original Jackaroo quaters, Giralia
Established in 1888, Giralia Station has aesthetic, historic and cultural significance. The original section of Giralia Station, known as the reception area is a prime example of construction in remote locations before the turn of the century. It provides an insight into the lifestyle of pastoralists in the Pilbara Region.
The first part of the homestead was built.
The lease was taken up by Freney-Kimbery Oil Co from the WA Government. This original grant was for 204.7 acres, which later amalgamated surrounding stations and became 750 000 acres.
John Byrne and Mark Freney, directors of Freney and Co auctioned Giralia.
A camel team passes the Settlers Hotel and stores of Miles & Co., Class Bros and Whitlock & Co., Carnarvon, ca. 1920
The Shearing Shed, Giralia, 1923
Additions to the original homestead were added.
On the 7th of September Giralia was bought by the Mortgagees, Dalgety and Co,. Ltd (large stock agent in Perth)
Early 1950's Mr Whitlock's grandson, Denver Frank Blake came to work as a jackaroo on Giralia.
Frank Whitlock (Mayor of Carnarvon) and his partners, Mr F. P. Loeffler, Major Temple and Mr Dawe, decided to secure their options at Artesian Station and Giralia Station, which thus formed Giralia Pastrol Company. A total of 675, 000 acres.
The property was carrying a flock of 44,000 sheep and produced a clip of 700 bales of wool during shearing.
Stockpens and outbuilding, Giralia, 1923
Now running Giralia as the manager, Denver F Blake and his wife Rae Janet Blake bought the property becoming the sole owners.
Further additions to Giralia's property was made and the area of the property expanded to 654 000 acres
In February the wool industry self-destructed, causing a culminating crash of the Australian Wool Corporation's reserve price scheme, a government-backed attempt to stabilise prices
Cyclone Vance path of destruction in 1999. Category 5.
On the 16th of March, Cylone Vance formed. By 6am on the 22nd Cycone Vance Went to a Category 5 Cylone. Blowing gusts uptown 215km/h, the cyclone caused massive damage to the original homestead.
Currently Giralia is destocked and is run by Denver H Blake (Denver F son) and his wife Jennifer Blake. Giralia is now an eco-tourism venture, where visitors can experience the authentic Australian outback.
With the collapse of the wool industry Giralia was sold to Department of Conservation and Land Management. Rae and Denver F Blake moved to Perth.
The original homestead, now the reception area Giralia, 2017
The West Australian Newspaper, 1925, September 4th
After the station bell ran at Giraita just at dawn there was time to look about the homestead before the summons for the early meal. It is roomy and comfortable, but rather lacking in definite design, but the reason for this was explained to me when Mr. Dawe supplied the information that two houses had been joined together.
When the Giralia Pastoral Co. was formed about two years ago, Sir. Frank Whitlock, whose name is a household word in the Gascoyne district, where he had been resident for many years, secured options over both Giralia and Artesian. Mr. Nat Harper was the owner of Giralia, and Mr. Kelly (a previous partner with Mr. Harper at Artesian), then held that station, with Mr. Iran Gibbs and two other returned soldiers.
Mr. Whitlock and his partners, Mr. F. P. Loeffler, Major Temple and Mr. Dawe, decided to take up their options, and when matters had been finalised one of the first moves adopted was to concentrate under one roof. It was then that the home at Artesian was transported to Giralia to form a continuation of the other.
The combined properties at that time contained 700,000 acres, but 200.000 acres on the North-East corner were sold to Dr. Stenning and Mr. Stoddar: (of the Engineer-in-Chief Department) and about 33,000 acres were purchased (from Mrs. Kealy on the southern end). This makes the entire block more shapely and gives a total holding of 550, 000 acres, which is a very nice property.The station is divided into 22 paddocks, with 23 equipped wells. There are five good wells on Nipper's Creek, and others on Giralia Creek, so that as far as delopment has reached there is a good showing of waters. But some of their best country adjoining Yanrey (on the north) and Bullara (on the south), has yet to be tackled.
On all of the Artesian country the water is good everywhere, and another well was struck there recently at 28 ft, which supplies 5.000 gallons a day of beautiful water. On what was previously considered to be difficult country to cope with, success has also attended the efforts of this newly-formed company in its search for the precious fluid. An abandoned shaft, which bad been Bunk by some earlier selector to a depth of 70ft was recently extended to 120 ft, and a good supply was obtained. Every well struck in some of this pastrol country is a little gold mine, as it means the unlocking of a further extent of useful territory for permanent grazing.
Giralia Station
2 Burkett Rd
Exmouth Gulf
Jennifer & Denver Blake
giralia@bigpond.com

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Meta shuts down its biggest VR game for Quest 1 owners
Technology | IANS | Published : Mon, Aug 08, 2022, 01:25 PM
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Meta is shutting down Quest 1 virtual reality (VR) headset support for 'Population: One', its popular battle-royale game set in VR.
Quest 1 owners will no longer be able to launch or play the game starting October 31, its developer BigBox VR has announced.
Quest 1 players can still play the game if they have a VR-ready personal computer.
"We are building 'BIG POP1' experiences that will push the boundaries of multiplayer VR. In order to focus our efforts on next-gen features and tech, we're ending Quest 1 support on October 31, 2022," the company said in an update.
Account progress, in-app purchases (IAP), and crossplay for Population: One are still available on supported devices, including Meta Quest 2, Oculus Rift S and Oculus Rift.
Amid the increased production costs and global chip shortage, tech giant Meta is also increasing the price of its Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headsets, starting this month.
The company said that from August, Meta Quest 2 will cost $399.99 and $499.99 for the 128GB and 256GB versions, respectively.
Recently, Meta announced a new setting known as Voice Mode in Horizon Worlds that gives users more control over their experience.
The feature allows the Quest 2 VR headset users to choose how they hear people who are not on the friends' list, including the option not to hear unwanted conversations at all.


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The High-Tech Race to Make Deadly Adventure Sports Safe for Anyone
Risky pursuits like BASE jumping offer a buzz better than any drug. New technologies provide the same rush without the danger.
Dean Potter base jumping off the Tombstone cliff outside of Moab, Utah. (Whit Richardson)
Photo: Whit Richardson
Steven Kotler
Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal
In their new book Stealing Fire ($28; Harper Collins) Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal investigate the many ways people are now seeking out the heightened awareness of flow states—those ecstatic zones of pure focus where humans achieve ultimate performance. Some use psychedelics, others meditate or dance, and daring athletes practice extremely dangerous adventure sports. In this exclusive excerpt, the authors recount the tragic death of BASE-jumper Dean Potter, question why he and others are willing to risk everything in the pursuit of elevated consciousness, and explain how innovative technologies enable us to reach the same state without the without the life-and-death stakes.
The why was never in question. What happened? How it happened? Those answers remain unclear. But the why? For Dean Potter—it was never in doubt.
It was May 16, 2015, in Yosemite Valley, California, a nice spring evening, right on the edge of dusk. Potter, a record-breaking rock climber, slackline walker, and wingsuit flier, got ready for the evening's adventure. He was 3,500 feet above the valley floor, standing on the summit of Taft Point. Alongside his friend and fellow flier Graham Hunt—considered one of the best young pilots around—their goal was to leap off the edge, zip across the canyon below, and sail through a V-shaped notch in a neighboring ridge, above an ominously named cliff, Lost Brother.
Dean Potter played an important role in the writing of Rise of Superman. He was a good friend of the Flow Genome Project, a member of our advisory board, and as big-hearted and thoughtful as any professional athlete we've met. In 2013, when we were filming the Rise of Superman video series, Dean told the story of how he nearly died while BASE-jumping into a deep cave in Mexico. He finished tellingly: "This year, twenty-something wingsuiters have lost their lives. Dying's not worth it. I've been struggling with that a lot. I don't want to be that guy who got lucky. And I've been that guy who got lucky for a lot of years. I want to be that guy that's such a wizard of strategy and knows myself and am comfortable enough to say, 'Na-ah, I'm not going. I want to live.'"
But, that early evening in Yosemite, he went anyway.
Graham and Dean launched off Taft Point. Forty seconds later, their flights were over. Both men came into the notch low, possibly because the colder, denser winds that arrived with the setting sun had cost them altitude. Potter never wavered, but Hunt—as far as anyone can tell—jerked left, then swerved right, putting him on a diagonal path and directly into the canyon's far wall. Potter made it through the notch, but didn't have the height he needed and crashed into the rocks on the other side. Both men died on impact.
And to this day, the details of the accident remain mysteries. No one knows what caused Hunt to swerve; no one knows exactly how Potter lost so much altitude. But the why was never in question.
"Look," Potter once explained, "I know the dark secret. I know my options. I can sit on a cushion and meditate for two hours and maybe I get a glimpse of something interesting—and maybe it lasts two seconds—but I put on a wingsuit and leap off a cliff and it's instantaneous: Whammo, there I am, in an alternate universe that lasts for hours."
And for flow junkies who get their fix through action sports, this has always been the dark secret. Ecstasis only arises when attention is fully focused in the present moment. In meditation, for example, the reason you follow your breath is to ride its rhythm right into the now. Psychedelics overwhelm the senses with data, throwing so much information at us per second that paying attention to anything else becomes impossible. And for action and adventure athletes seeking flow, risk serves this same function. "When a man knows he is to be hanged in the morning," Samuel Johnson once remarked, "it concentrates his mind wonderfully."
By 2015, wingsuiting was providing exactly that kind of dangerous focus. "I start to shiver and wonder if what we're doing is right," Dean wrote in an essay just a month before his death. "Wingsuit BASE-jumping feels safe to me, but [so many] fliers have lost their lives this year alone. There must be some flaw in our system, a lethal secret beyond my comprehension."
The lethal flaw is that, for many, using high-risk sport to explore ecstasis is so compelling and rewarding that it becomes an experience worth dying for. Steph Davis, Potter's ex-wife and a professional climber and wingsuiter herself, has lost two husbands to the sport, yet she keeps flying. The siren song of "hours in an alternate universe" that Dean sought has continued to beckon to pilots convinced they can dodge the rocks.
But for the rest us? Those with lives and wives and things that matter? Are we shut out of these "alternate universes?" Do we have to make an impossible choice between dedicating decades to practice or accepting intolerable risks to get there faster?
Thanks to inventors like skydiver Alan Metni, the answer, increasingly, looks like "no." Metni began his professional life as a lawyer at Vinson and Elkins, a global firm that counts senators, U.S. attorneys general, and Fortune 100 CEOs as alumni. But the legal life didn't do it for him, so he chucked it for his true passion: jumping out of airplanes. He pitched a tent at a local airport and began training relentlessly, logging more than ten thousand jumps and earning three U.S. national championships and a world championship in formation flying along the way.
But Metni wasn't satisfied. He wanted to find a way to train even harder, so he started tinkering with giant fans and wind tunnels. By the early 2000's, he'd perfected an indoor skydiving experience indistinguishable from true free fall. Suddenly, competitive teams could log hundreds of hours training together in absolute safety. With this one innovation, the standard of excellence at the elite level changed nearly overnight. Even SEAL Team Six came to work with Metni. Not to learn how to jump out of airplanes—they had that part down cold—but to train teamwork, group flow, and the secret to "flipping the switch" while falling through space together.
"Around the world," Metni said, "it doesn't matter what culture, language, or faith, everyone has the same dream: to fly." So he built a company, iFly, and set out to fulfill that dream, one wind tunnel at a time.
Today, iFly is in fourteen countries with over fifty-four tunnels and revenue nudging ten figures. Thousands and thousands of people who would never have considered jumping out of a perfectly good airplane or leaping off a cliff in a wingsuit have realized that dream, and done so safely. By taking out the risk, iFly has taken a sport once reserved for daredevils and made it accessible to everyone—ages three and up.
And skydiving isn't the only high-risk pursuit that has undergone a revolution in accessibility. Across the action sports industry, advancements in technology are providing safer and easier entry into the zone than ever before. Powder skiing, with its utterly magical sensation of floating down a mountain, used to be the rarefied domain of top athletes. Today, extra-fat skis make that float available to anyone who can link two turns together. Mountain bikes, which once offered bone-rattling descents to all but the best riders, now have supple front and rear suspensions, oversize balloon tires, and an ability to roll over the most daunting terrain. Even kitesurfing—best known on the Internet for its "kitemare" footage of people getting dragged by giant sails across highways—has mellowed. Better safety gear lets newcomers find the balance between wind and waves with a fraction of the exposure and learning time.
This trend, of technological innovation providing wider and safer access to altered states, isn't limited to adventure sports. It's showing up across many disciplines, allowing more people than ever before to sample what these experiences have to offer. We're shedding some light on Dean's dark secret, sparing many of us the stark trade-offs that he and so many other pioneers were forced to make. Technology is bringing ecstasis to the masses, allowing us to taste it all, without having to risk it all.
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Why Depression can completely erase your memory?
It gets harder and harder to remember things when you are melancholy, especially good recollections. And if that wasn't bad enough, some medications that lift your spirits might also impair your memory.
Jake believed that after he stopped using marijuana, he wouldn't lose track of things like his keys or the toilet paper his girlfriend asked him to pick up on the way home. The 35-year-old says, "I just thought I was an idiot." It turned out that Jake was having depression issues. But the embarrassment of forgetting things only exacerbated his depression. I gave up using marijuana to acquire a clearer head, but now I'm forgetting everything," he laments.
Memory loss is a common sign of depression, which seems unfair. Three years ago, a user on the r/Depression subreddit wrote, "I have days where I feel like I'm being gaslighted or acquiring dementia." Similar topics cover issues including difficulty following discussions, disorientation, and forgetting childhood experiences that other siblings may recall with great detail.
People prefer to only remember events that match their present mood, a process psychologists refer to as "mood-congruent memory," which may explain why depression-related memory loss can be so severe. This is especially problematic if you're depressed because it increases your propensity to remember negative events and perpetuates the myth that nothing positive ever occurs.
According to psychotherapist and clinical social worker Brent Metcalf, "one of the ways the body tries to protect itself from depression is by disassociation, which can make us feel disconnected from our brain, body, and thoughts, causing this memory loss or brain fog." This is another reason why we're more forgetful when we're depressed. Dissociation can be very subtle, despite the way it is frequently shown in movies and television shows, where it is portrayed as a dramatic, personality-splitting process only experienced by those who have experienced substantial trauma. According to Metcalf, "it could be anything as basic as not feeling connected to your body, thoughts, surroundings, and environment."
Memory loss is a frequent complication of melancholy, according to clinical psychologist Holly Schiff. However, she places the blame on stress chemicals like cortisol, which are more likely to be released when we're down. She cautions that excessive cortisol in the brain prevents the development of new brain cells in the hippocampus, which is crucial for the formation of memories. As a result, the stress reaction brought on by depressed episodes could impair memory.
Additionally, too much cortisol interferes with sleep, which makes it more difficult for the brain to regenerate. For all of these reasons, numerous studies have found that untreated depression can result in memory loss and deterioration of cognitive abilities.
In addition, some antidepressants, such as SSRIs, can exacerbate memory loss, dealing a cruel double blow. However, persons who suffer from depression shouldn't be discouraged from obtaining treatment if necessary. Additionally, Schiff offers some tips for preventing forgetting, such as setting digital reminders, keeping a calendar, and attempting to concentrate on only one activity at once. Additionally, addressing the depression head-on — whether that be through counseling, physical activity, medication, or a combination of these — should aid in getting your memory back. Simply taking the time to write down your grocery list before you get to the store may need some patience, time, and commitment.
That is, at least, how Jake's experience has been. After his girlfriend suggested that he may be sad, he began to deal with his symptoms more pro-actively by going to the gym and staying up later. And even though he still struggles with forgetfulness, his memory is gradually becoming better. But he says to me, "I'm not as hard on myself about it now." That has made it simpler to concentrate.
And that's pretty much the finest thing you can think of to do when you're depressed.


1. denoting an outstanding or supreme example of a particular kind of person or thing.
I suppose the creators of Uber had this definition in mind when they were searching for a name? I mean, honestly, when it comes to transportation nicknames, I think Lyft won the obvious choice award for this round, and yet, Uber is more widely known. Proof that first to market is always a better place to start.
For the past 2 weeks, I have taken up as an Uber and Lyft driver. I first started with Uber. To be honest, Lyft didn't even cross my mind, but I'll get to that transition soon enough.
The process to become an Uber driver is pretty simple. You need a nice car, good driving record, all your applicable licensing and insurance paperwork and the ability to photograph it and upload it to Uber for them to check you out. Once you get the all clear you are good to go.
I was a little nervous at first, after all, I've only spent 12 years chauffeuring my children around, where they have zero control over where we go or what music plays on the radio station. Now I'll be responsible for complete strangers and my success rides on their 'starry' opinion of me.
My first step once approved to drive, I hit the car wash. After all, a nice, clean ride means a better experience for my riders and also a better rating on my profile. I vacuumed my baby out, made sure all the coloring books and nicknacks that belong to my kids were well hidden, I bought some bottled water to offer my guests, put in a garbage can and made sure it all smelled good by wiping it down with automotive wipes and window cleaner. I was ready to hit the 'Online' button.
My van is the ultimate in shared ride luxury. Leather interior, automatic doors, plenty of space for the whole gang plus luggage and a tv for those who want the extra, extra benefits (I haven't had anyone request that option yet).
Not even a minute after I went online my phone pinged. I had my first pick up. Away I went. I was about 5 minutes away from the pickup location. When I arrived, I opened the power, sliding doors, and saw my passengers had luggage, so I jumped out and opened up the back hatch. I already felt like I was in total control of this chauffeuring thing.
My two passengers were headed to the airport. This would be a good fare, I thought to myself. Since I have been driving in this area for years, I knew a couple of short cuts to get them to the airport faster, which I found out they rewarded me with a badge…the badge of Good Navigator…I'm movin' on up already and it's only my first day!!!
I continued to drive for a few more hours, it was a pretty uneventful day, only one passenger that wasn't a 5 star on my end but other than that…I made some money and away I went. After looking at the meter and seeing the total for the day, I wasn't jumping for joy…but I did feel I spent those few free hours well, I mean $30 bucks is better than no bucks right?
On my 2nd Uber day, I picked up a passenger who informed me about Lyft. Now I had only heard of Lyft once. I had used it in Dallas, TX a few months ago to get around. The thought of driving for them didn't even cross my mind. But, that day when I got home I signed up.
The process however, is VERY different between these two companies. With Uber, it was all me inputting the information. With Lyft, I had to meet a 3rd party before I could be approved to drive.
Before I had my app closed from signing up I had a phone call from my Lyft Mentor scheduling a meet up with me for the next day. I arrived in the parking lot of a local store and parked next to the lady I was meeting. She proceeded to ask me for my legal information with regards to driving, she photographed it, the car and myself before jumping in to have me take her for a ride. Once the ride was over, she looked over my lights and signals to make sure they were working and we parted ways. The whole process took about 20 minutes and was painless.
I left that interview with a new respect for Lyft. As a female, I personally would choose to Lyft to a destination vs Ubering just because of this in-depth screening process. I feel safer and I know the Lyft drivers will be high quality because of this 3rd party interview.
The long and short of it. In my area, Uber is more well known and so it offers you more opportunities to make money, you will often drop off one passenger and get pinged to pick up another one within minutes. Lyft, however, you could wait 10-20 minutes between rides. That can add up by the end of the day. BUT, on the other side of that, because there are less LYFT drivers, the demand is greater at peak hours.
But you are really here to find out about the money right? Because of the frequency in which I Ubered, I made more money overall. HOWEVER, you have to wait a week before you get that money until you have reached certain milestones in Uber.
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Single phase and three phase underground cables
Most high-voltage underground electricity cables are three-phase. That is, they have three conductors, carrying balanced currents. But some are single-phase, with just two conductors, "out" and "back" or "go" and "return". This can happen, for example, with railway supplies.
Note: on a three-phase system, you supply a single-phase load by connecting it across two of the three phases. So in voltage terms, it is two-phase: each conductor has a voltage on it, and neither is at earth potential in the way that a neutral conductor at low voltages is. In current terms, the current that flows out in one conductor flows back in the other, which means it is more naturally described as "single phase". Single-phase or two-phase - it's the same thing in this context and the way you describe it depends which aspect you approach it from.
We calculate the exact field from a single-phase circuit numerically in just the same way as we do for a three-phase circuit (download a tutorial on how to do this). But when you are a long way away from the cable compared to the separation of the conductors, there are simpler expressions for the field. Consider first a single phase cable with a current I going out in one conductor and back in the other:
We are interested in the field a distance r away. When r is large compared to the separation of the conductors d, the field is given by
B = (μ0/2π) . I . (d/r2)
μ0/2π is just a constant. So the field is this constant, times the current, times d/r2.
Now consider a three-phase cable:
Now the field is given by:
B = (μ0/2π) . I . (√3. d/r2)
The constant is the same, and so is the d/r2 term, so the only difference is that the field is the square-root-of-three (1.73) times bigger. But that's with three conductors instead of two, taking up a total width of 2d instead of d.
In practical terms, the field from a single-phase and a three-phase cable at the same voltage are going to be similar, but given that the conductor spacings vary and the loads can be quite different, you can't really generalise about which is bigger, and need to do a specific calculation for each cable.


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The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Osborne Baptist Church, where he was a member. Burial will follow at El Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
Mr. Freeman was born in Irvine, Ky. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was the owner and operator of the Eden Bowling Center.
Surviving are his wife, Marion Evans Freeman of the home; three sons, Shannon Freeman of Eden, Paul Freeman and his wife, Debra, of Lexington and Brian Freeman of Eden; three brothers, Virgil Freeman of Indiana, Benny Freeman of Kentucky and Shelby Freeman of Ohio; one sister, Dorothy Bradshaw of Ohio; seven grandchildren, David Freeman and his wife, Karen, Lucas Freeman, A.J. Freeman, Brian Freeman, Taylor Freeman, Darrell Garrett and Christy Strupe and her husband, Mike; and two great-grandchildren, Logan Freeman and Garrett Strupe.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at Fair Funeral Home in Eden and other times at the home of a son, Shannon Freeman, 347 Pervie Bolick Street, Eden.
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The picture is taken from: Pinterest; Credit: Ay Yapım.
Resim Pinterestten alınmıştır; Kredisi: Ay Yapım.
"Çukur"
Series and movies always take a big place in our daily life; most of the time they make us influenced by the characters and the difficult or happy events that they experienced or went through. And sometimes we love the characters and become so attached to them that we begin to imagine ourselves as the one who's performing the role. And oftentimes it ends up with us believing that the main character is us, and if they did something we don't agree with, we start to feel bad, angry, and sometimes we cry saying why did they do that? I wasn't expecting this to happen! They let me down. You disappointed me so much.
And after that, we come back to our real life, and start searching for the writer, the director, and even for the actor who was performing the character we loved. Some of us may continue watching the episodes, some may leave it, and some may not be even involved in anything; they're just watching a series because of the main role, or because of the director who has nice works, or because of the writer who writes good novels. People are different from each other, but for me, I'm that type who gets so much into the story and when the movie or series ends, I have to admit it, I get stuck in that world for a couple days!
Here I decided to share the first Turkish series that I have been watching since it started till now! And when we talk about a Turkish series, this means a two and a half hour for each episode, which means a very very long time, especially when it has more than one season.
This Turkish series is called "Çukur" which means "The Pit". It started on October 23rd, 2017. It has four seasons; the first season has 33 episodes. The second season has 34 episodes. The third season has 25 episodes, it should've been longer, but due to COVID-19 they ended it early. The fourth season is still showing till now.
Now, moving to the story of this series; it's an action, thriller, and crime. It's talking about a place in Turkey called the pit, and this place is run by a mafia family called Koçovals.
I'm not going to explain more than this because if I did, I may ruin some ideas for the one who did not watch it yet. And to be honest when I decided to watch this series, I didn't even know these few words that I wrote! I simply found my friends and teachers in school talking about this series and saying names that I had no idea about, so later when the second season was showing, I took a choice of watching it, and finished the first season, I think in three weeks, and was more than amazing!
Pictures are taken from: Pinterest, Instagram.
Pictures Credits: @cukurdizi / @ayyapim / @showtv / unknown.
Resimler Pinterest, Instagramdan alınmıştır.
Resimler Kredi: @cukurdizi / @ayyapim / @showtv / bilinmeyen.
Here are some of the photos for the main characters,
Actor: Aras Bulut İynemli.
Actress: Dilan çiçek deniz.
Actor: Erkan Kolçak Köstendil.
Actress: Boncuk Yılmaz.
This is the main photo of this series,
And here is the main sign that indicates the pit,
<···>
This sign has a big meaning, if you see someone carrying it, or having it as a tattoo on their hand or their neck, this means that they are from the pit.
It says,
The first "<" at the top means the roof; this means when you go through a problem and you knock the pit people's door for help, they won't let you down, and their house will be your house; this house roof will be your house roof.
The first point "·" means your home family; your mom, your dad, your sister, you need to protect them as you protect your eyes. They are the most important thing in your life.
The second point "·" means your outer family; your friends; they are ready to sacrifice their lives for you, and you too do the same for them.
The third point "·" means your big family; the Koçovals, the ones who protect the whole pit, they protect you and never leave you hungry, and you have to love and respect them.
The last "<" at the bottom means the pit by itself; your home, everyone has a home and as you enter this pit, then this is your home.
Now talking about the graffiti; the sentences that you see written on the pit walls. Some of them are actually carrying a deep message for us as viewers. And other times, they explain the feelings of some of the characters while they're going through a tough time.
Here are some that I really liked,
"Believe what you have a need for."
"If you didn't go, we would've drink chocolate milk :)"
"Forget about the oxygen, your breath is enough to keep me alive."
"I'm slowly burning for you but we're in no hurry."
"Let me stay by your side."
"I cannot overcome some difficulties, would it be possible if I came to you?"
"If it's up to me, stay with me."
"Let's talk once in a while."
"Worry about me. I may not be okay."
"I was talking with her from the depth of me."
"You laughed, look where the subject got to."
"You laughed in that way that made the subject change."
"We are beautiful, all the others are ugly."
"When the eye meets an eye, will it make the star spark?"
"The pit is small, the love is big."
"Come let us be night with the daylight, come let us build a nest in the pit."
"Since it wasn't going to happen, why did it seem like it was happening?"
"It didn't seem like it was happening. It didn't happen already."
"If only we'd read the script before we were born."
"If the past still hurts, this means it didn't pass."
"There was excitement, but was it only us who didn't live it?"
"While not happening, we forced. While forcing it didn't happen."
"We had a future to come. It didn't come."
"Isn't there any beautiful lie to believe?"
"Well, those things don't work like that."
"Even destiny doesn't laugh anymore."
"If destiny doesn't make you laugh, it means you didn't understand the joke."
"It wasn't enough from our pockets. We gave from our youth."
"Let our beautiful dreams rest in peace."
"Uncle, put my dreams in a trash bag, don't let anyone see them."
"Even dreams became a dream."
"Dreams looked like a bursting crack."
"It is good like this."
"My loved ones have always left traces I don't like."
"They always upset me from places I never expected."
"Everyone who has opened their heart lost."
"I don't regret the mistakes I made, my only regret is the right things I did for the wrong people."
"I cared, and thought maybe it was worth it."
"I'm looking for myself, did anyone see it?"
"Bodies lost in causes."
"This is not my first death."
"I haven't been able to fly for some dreams."
"Everyone is asleep, why are we awake?"
"I had a change, why did you waste yourself?"
It's kind of a Turkish proverb, meaning like if I knew you were cheap then I could've exchanged you, and you didn't have to sell yourself.
"You're my pit, even though I know, I jumped."
"You're like the pit honey, I fell once and couldn't escape out anymore."
"There was something, like there was nothing."
"My mind is coming out of me, and she's still not getting out of it."
"There are still some places we didn't laugh in together."
"Because you and I didn't drink tea in front of the pit, this made me blaze on fire."
"We loved; I wish it just ended with this."
"We have loved beautifully, but they hurt us horrifically."
"Thought you loved me, but my feelings didn't reach the depth of me."
"I became one in my world but I still couldn't be in yours."
"Everyone kills their love."
"If you're going to be with two faces, at least make a good one."
"No need to explain!"
"I won't die before getting my revenge."
"You made us bad."
"I'm down a little but I'll make it."
"The best thing is to throw it inside ourselves."
"Whatever, we will throw it inside us again."
"We should not do too much."
"The logic died, the living thing is madness."
"I don't get wise, you go crazy."
"Whatever, everyone got crazy, we're not getting attention anymore."
"Have we gone crazy for nothing?"
"I came from space, I'm tired."
"We got a little crazy."
"We go crazy but never go back."
"We ate our minds, and are still scraping off the bottom."
"Life is blue, same like oranges."
It's like my mind is different. So orange is blue because I want to see it blue!
"Don't fall, dream!"
"Even though you become a hero in every novel, you get tired the most in your own story."
"Don't be sad because it ended, be happy because it's been lived."
"Every yesterday is an old tomorrow."
"Life is short, your smile is so beautiful."
"We just need to smile a little bit."
"Laughing will suit us someday."
"Smile, you're in the pit."
"Happiness is in the pit, the pit is in your cheeks."
"Have you ever drank tea in the pit?"
"Cowards are halfway, braves are in the pit."
"We were alone, but we weren't wrong."
"Come, let me teach you how to play with fire."
"Skip everything but don't ignore us."
"If you come then come. If you don't, who cares."
"The rest? Let those who left behind think of it."
"Troubles will pass, rest your back."
"Don't push, I'll go by myself."
"Don't draw me a heart, pour me some tea!"
"We're running out, but we'll come."
"Maybe nothing went right, but nothing got me out of my way."
"I don't leave here, without wonder I'm a compass."
"Don't live your life in a draft, you may not have time to clean it."
"It's clear what happened to someone, but it's not clear at all what will happen to whom."
"Don't lose yourself to win someone."
"Don't get used to anyone."
"Sadness is our father's job."
"What did the poet say? If nothing comes, morning comes."
"We missed the end of the rope again."
"Yes, we lost."
"There is a pit between the corner of your lip and your cheek… Let them bury me there."
"We're not beside a man, we are beside an idol."
"Vartolu always finds a way."
"If there is no problem, then there is a problem."
"Family is everything."
"Where the family is, there is the home."
"The homeland is the family, and the family is everything. Sorry for our loss."
The meaning of it is, the pit people count their homeland as a family, and count the family as everything they own, and because in this tv show everyone lost their own family, so they lost everything in this life.
"We turned off the lights, anyone who wants to find us should burn themselves."
"We need new enemies, the old ones became our fans."
"My coming back will be amazing."
"This silence is not a good sign."
"Why didn't the rich ones tell us when they were getting rich?"
"Don't look for the enemy outside, the enemy is inside our house."
"You won't even get a chance to look back as you run away."
"What made you laugh yesterday, can kill you today."
"A ghost is wandering around the pit."
In the meaning of because of the much pain that the person went through, he became like a ghost, just wandering around without doing anything.
"My window opens to pain, not happiness."
"If I planted trees instead of stitching up my wounds, the world would've become a forest."
"I don't have a branch to hold on to anymore, they cut them all."
"How will you know what I'm going through?"
"Some lies are really nice to believe."
"May god make you fall into someone and fall into the pit."
"If Monday is beautiful, you are the reason."
"I loved you, and loved the way of loving you."
"When I look at you I feel like I'm home."
"Your laugh turns the balance of the city upside down. You laugh, and I will rebuild the city."
"Beautiful things take time."
If you make it till the end, then this series must have grabbed your attention. I'll leave you the link of the playlist that I made on my youtube channel for the whole episode. I unfortunately don't have it translated because the videos I put, are already from the original "Çukur" channel.
Here is the youtube link
For seeing my Pinterest board "Çukur" that carry these pictures, please visit this Pinterest link
For the next category in my website, please visit this link Phantom Nights
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Japan has been populated for at least 30,000 years. During the last ice age, Japan was connected to mainland Asia by a land bridge, which Stone Age hunters were able to walk across. When the ice age ended about 10,000 BC, Japan became a group of islands.
In 1603, after decades of civil warfare, the Tokugawa shogunate (a military-led, dynastic government) ushered in a long period of relative political stability and isolation from foreign influence. For more than two centuries, this policy enabled Japan to enjoy a flowering of its indigenous culture.
Japan opened its ports with the U.S. in 1854 and began to intensively modernise and industrialise. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It later occupied Korea and Formosa (Taiwan). In 1931–32 Japan occupied Manchuria, and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked U.S. forces in 1941, triggering America's entry into World War II, and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and an ally of the U.S.
Japan's population is over 127 million. Japan is one of the most densely populated regions in the world, and most Japanese reside in urban areas. Japanese is the official language.
As much as Japanese are proud of their traditional culture, they are also embrace modernity. Japanese fashion, pop music, video games, cartoons and comic books (e.g., manga) are very avant-garde and often lead the world in new trends.
Japanese cuisine is renowned around the world for its freshness (e.g., sushi) and health benefits. The most popular sports are sumo, baseball, and football (soccer).
Japan has a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, elected politicians hold actual decision-making power.


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Arizona Chamber Foundation & Goldwater Institute Release Policy Review of District-Charter Co-location
Phoenix (February 12) – Enrollment in Arizona's public schools—including both charter and traditional district schools—has grown by more than 25 percent since 2000. Yet more than 1.4 million square feet of school district building space currently sits vacant or is underutilized. The good news is, those empty schools can be put to valuable use, which would benefit students and Arizona taxpayers, as a new report from the Goldwater Institute and the Arizona Chamber Foundation reveals.
In Empty Schools Full of Promise: Exploring the Benefits of District-Charter Co-location Partnerships in Arizona, Goldwater Institute Director of Education Policy Matt Beienburg and Arizona Chamber Foundation Senior Research Strategist Matthew Ladner examine how having charter schools and traditional public schools operate on the same campuses—known as charter-district co-location—can yield benefits for Arizona schools while also ameliorating the state's glut of vacant or underused school space.
"Co-location pairs district schools that have unused space on their campuses with charter schools—who often struggle to find suitable or affordable classroom facilities, since the state does not actively provide them with buildings like it does for district schools," Beienburg said.
While Arizona hasn't yet embraced co-location, other states like California and New York are fostering it. In some places, charter schools have the right of first refusal to purchase or lease unused school facilities. And in California, school districts are required to make space available to all charter schools operating in their district, and the provided facilities must be "reasonably equivalent" to those used by the district schools.
In the places where co-location is being practiced, the resulting cost savings paid off for students' education. The report's authors found that if Arizona school districts leased surplus property to charter schools at similar rates as in Georgia, California, and New York, the savings could reach $21-$38 million per year.
And fortunately, this cost savings can be reinvested to benefit students' education. "District schools that share their campus with a charter school have been found to better allocate their resources toward student learning, increasing their spending on instruction, rather than other areas, by 8.9 percent in response to the charter school's arrival. In Arizona, this would translate to an additional $390 per student, or $7,800 per classroom of 20 students," said Beienburg. "When districts are able to shift their priorities away from the upkeep of excess facilities and toward classroom instruction, their students come out ahead."
With the positive results co-location can yield for students, schools, and taxpayers, Arizona—and other states—ought to take steps to encourage charter-district co-location.
"Tens of thousands of Arizona families are waiting for their opportunity to attend high demand district and charter schools. Meanwhile we have millions of square feet of underutilized school space waiting to be filled with a quality model," Ladner said. "The more wisely we use our existing classroom space, the more dollars we can invest in our students and teachers. This paper lays out a path to do just that."
Read the Policy Review
About the Arizona Chamber Foundation
The Arizona Chamber Foundation is a non-profit, objective educational and research foundation. We are committed to a non-partisan, research-driven approach that analyzes the issues impacting Arizona's economy. It houses the A for Arizona and Chamber Business News initiatives. Find out more at www.azchamberfoundation.org.
About the Goldwater Institute
The Goldwater Institute drives results by working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and strengthen the freedom guaranteed to all Americans in the constitutions of the United States and all 50 states. With the blessing of its namesake, the Goldwater Institute opened in 1988. It's early years focused on defending liberty in Barry Goldwater's home state of Arizona. Today, the Goldwater Institute is a national leader for constitutionally limited government respected by the left and right for its adherence to principle and real-world impact. No less a liberal icon than the New York Times calls the Goldwater Institute a "watchdog for conservative ideals" that plays an "outsize role" in American political life. Find out more at https://goldwaterinstitute.org/.


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Halo 5 Delayed To 2015, Says Master Chief Voice Actor
By Will Usher
One of big topics of discussion surrounding the Xbox One's release slate for 2014 is whether or not a big Halo title will drop. If you haven't been caught up: originally Microsoft hinted at a big Halo game coming this fall, only to have a supposed insider leak information that stated that Halo 5 is delayed to 2015. Well, the insider gets a bit of corroboration from Master Chief himself, or rather, the voice of Master Chief, Steve Downes.
Okay, so there's parts of this story that may seem confusing, but the general gist is this: Steve Downes first confirmed and then denied that a Halo 2: Anniversary Edition is on the way. He does, however, stick to the story that Halo 5 has been pushed to 2015.
Originally, Downes talked to GameZone (opens in new tab) where he stated that...
"I think you may be ahead of yourself on Halo 5. I wouldn't expect anything until 2015. What you can look forward to this year is an anniversary edition of Halo 2."
Previously, Microsoft stated that the "next Halo journey" would begin in 2014. Shortly after that, the insider spilled the beans that Halo 5's 2014 release would be replaced with Halo 2: Anniversary Edition. The game has supposedly been in development since 2012 under 343 Industries.
A 2014 release for the Halo 2: AE does make sense given the usual two-year turnaround of AAA development. However, it does put into question how 343i could be working on the AE when they were busy with Halo 4? Technically, Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity could be helping out the way they did with the co-developed Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition.
Nevertheless, IGN reached out to Downes to get further clarification on his comments, and the story changed slightly, regarding Halo 2: AE, as Downes amended his previous statements with the following...
"What I said was: 'I think you're ahead of yourself on H5. I have read some things on line that you can look forward to a H2 anniversary edition maybe this year, but I have no official information one way or the other,'" ... "I was just mentioning some of the things I had read online about Halo 2. I have no idea if there will be an anniversary edition and didn't mean to leave that impression."
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Burford completes Firstassist acquisition after strong 2012 performance
Earnings: Firstassist up 35% year on year
Burford Capital now has full ownership of Firstassist, with no future earn-out payments, after the success of the acquisition led it to make all outstanding payments early.
A trading update for 2012 issued yesterday described last year's acquisition as "an unqualified financial success in addition to the substantial strategic benefits it has brought to Burford".
Firstassist, which is best known for its after-the-event insurance but as a result of the acquisition is now also offering third-party funding, generated more than $14m (£9m) in EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) during its last financial year, a 35% increase in the previous 12 months.
The statement said: "In addition to growing its leading litigation expenses insurance business, Firstassist launched a UK litigation funding business in 2012 and embarked on a series of initiatives to prepare itself and its clients for the implementation of the Jackson reforms in April 2013.
"The strength of Firstassist's performance to date and the size of its pool of pending cases made it likely that the earn-out provided for at the time of Burford's acquisition of Firstassist would be payable. Thus, Burford negotiated an early payment of the earn-out in exchange for a substantial discount – more than $2m – and therefore now owns Firstassist outright with no contingent future payments and no minority shareholders.
Burford, the world's largest funder, is soon to receive a dividend from the cash generated by Firstassist's operations to date in an amount in excess of $11m.
More generally 2012 saw Burford generate $18m net of invested capital from 12 investments (the gross recovery was $47m), maintaining its average of recovering a 61% net return. It also made a further $9m in net income from its portfolio financing and cash management activities.
It said: "The acceleration in portfolio activity in 2012 is noteworthy: 2012 alone produced as much in investment recoveries as the two preceding years combined."
In addition, Burford has seven investments where trial or some initial adjudication has been completed but further proceedings remain, such as an appeal. Pending these, the cases will generate $53m in gross investment recoveries and $19m net of invested capital – a 55% net return on invested capital.
Further, the AIM-listed company sunk $72m into nine new investments during the year, meaning it has 30 live cases with investment of $289m. Since inception, Burford has committed $373m of capital to 46 investments.
The statement said: "Neither Burford nor litigation finance is nascent any longer: Burford has evolved into a full-fledged, internally managed finance and investment business with multiple lines of business, multi-jurisdictional operations and compelling returns."


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While frequenting my favorite local café, I saw a small flyer announcing an upcoming info session for the Co-op. I grew up in a conscious family that was a member of the Park Slope Food Co-Op in Brooklyn. So the opportunity to not simply join but help create an institution that would serve the community with an impact beyond my personal reach was one that didn't need a second thought!
Milena and I are committed to a healthy and just relationship, which we extend to our friends and community. Intentional community is never easy, but it is always enriching. To us, our Co-op community is worth all the forms of our investment.
What type of work do you do? And is there something else you devote time to?
My spouse and I are both teachers. I teach ESL at Truman College (close to the Wilson El station); she teaches political science at the University of Chicago, where she also researches selective prosecution of political corruption.
I am also working on developing a personal training clientele and do private tutoring. On occasion, I work as a visiting anti-bias educator in public schools and participate in the US-El Salvador Sister Cities Organization, Chicago-Cinquera Chapter.
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What's your one 'wish come true' that you'd love to see in Chicago Market when it opens?
A big wish would be to see a café offshoot of the store develop as a workers' cooperative. A small wish would be to sell bulk, non-detergent laundry soap like I make at home.
Three words that best describe you.
Freedom and justice. We happily live on the right side of history and do our best to support those who fight for better policy. As educators, making sure that future workers and future decision-makers are equipped to make decisions in favor of the majority is an important feature of our work.
p.s. A HUGE shout-out to Daniel for all his volunteer support to Chicago Market! Thanks from the MORE (Marketing, Owner Recruiting and Engagement) committee, the General Manager Search Team -- and for arranging for the Co-op to have a table at Truman College's "Conscientious Food Week"!
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