Anthony: We're live? Let me see, here. I'm waiting for my notification.
Lindsey: Is your phone, is your sound off?
Anthony: I keep my phone handy, everyone, just in case people have questions as I go.
Phone Recording: Is your phone, is your sound off?
Anthony: For doing that. All right.
Anthony: These are for housekeeping items. There's Jill. All right. Everybody hear me good? Are we good? Is it twelve o'clock? Maybe we give it another 20 seconds. A lot of people logging on. Time to learn some things, today, folks. Who is excited?
Anthony: The sounds. Hey, Jill. "Let's do this," says Sherry Stallings, "We're going to start like tonight." Jeanine said, "Loud and clear." I think it's about go-time. Is it twelve o'clock?
Anthony: 12:01. Then it's go-time. We're not wasting time. My friends, how would it affect your life, just imagine, if you tripled, doubled, quadrupled your listing conversion between now and summer? Think about that. What would your life be like? Think about the last couple years of the business, how many listings did you sign up in the spring?
Maybe that you signed up — it depends on what level you're at — maybe you signed up 10 and you wish you got 15, maybe you signed up five and you wish you got 10. Whatever that number is, I want you to be thinking about, "Well, what if I got those other three?" or, "What if I got those other five?" because that is why we're here, today. That is what we're talking about here, today, why I'm standing here in front of you, because I want to take you there. I want to get you to that place where you can sign up dramatically more listings.
The things that I'm going to over are things that I'm just speaking down to my phone, are things that we implemented over the years, things that I wish I started with consistency back in 2005 when I really started going on and listing appointments, at that time on a weekly basis, then it turned into almost daily, then it turned into multiple listing appointments a day, all the way up till about 2009. I only wish, at that time, I was doing all the things that we're teaching people to do now, because it would have made a massive difference. That's what I want to do for you.
I want you, six months from now, to say, wow, those three things that I learned from Anthony, or that one thing that I learned on the Crush It page — great drawing by the way, Cole — those things that I learned from Anthony got me that extra listing, that extra listing, that extra listing. That's what I'm going to do.
First item I want to talk about, remember we're going over three. We're going over the three most common mistakes that realtors make. Every one of them, just so you know, are mistakes that I made endlessly, back when I was doing it every single day. Then, like I said, we implemented, we made changes over the years, 2012 was when we really made a lot changes and when we immediately started to see significant results.
The first item that we're going to talk about is what to do prior to the appointment. Then, by the way, one thing I forgot to mention, when we go through all three, because we are going through three, we have like 26 minutes left so we have time; once we go through all three, we're going to talk about a huge opportunity, big things that we're going to roll out in the month of March. I guess I should not say any more than that, but a big thing we're going to roll out, to make sure the little tricks like this and many, many more, are implemented into your business. I'm going to talk about that a little bit later in the video.
Let me go back to prior to the appointment. Prior to the appointment is your key time to get people, not just willing to meet with you but excited to meet with you, so how do you do that? Back when I started in the business, I would get called, "Hi, I think about selling my home." "Oh, great. When do you want me to come over?" Pay attention to my word. "When do you want me to come over?" "Thursday at three o'clock." "Great, I'll see you Thursday at three." I hang the phone up, I do a CMA, and then Thursday at 2:55 I'd show up at the house.
I have news for you. That's awful. That's a terrible buildup to a listing appointment. You are missing a gargantuan opportunity where you can get that prospect, "Very excited to meet with you," and you could do substantially more things than your competitors are doing without that much effort.
Anthony: Home sellers tips and tricks, frequently asked questions, and so on. That goes up in a fancy envelope with a couple of our fancy pamphlets. One of the things I mentioned two weeks ago and I'll say it now, is, don't think to yourself, "Oh, my God, now I'm going to create that. Oh, my God, I'm going to sit here three months, because you're stressing out, I got to do this, I got to do that," before you know it, the whole spring market's gone. I guarantee you the company you are working at has some type of collateral materials somewhere that they could give this to you for you to send out prior to appointments.
In addition to that, don't miss an opportunity with email confirmations. I don't mean boring ones, "Hey, see you Thursday at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time." No, no. I mean, send them items of value. Send them an email, "Hey, Susie. It was great to talk to you. I really look forward to our meeting Thursday at 3:00. As I mentioned on the phone," pay attention to that, you always tell them what's coming, so giving directions. It's like going to the doctors, the doctor gives you directions, that's what you need to do on the situation, too.
Those other realtors showed up and said, "Hey, I am Joshua, you should sign up with me because I'm great," and that was it, and then they made two other mistakes that I want to talk about now. This is during the appointment; things you should do during the appointment. Before I move to the next two; Lindsey, I know you got my back here.
Anthony: Before you move to the next, so Savannah is watching, Savannah, "No patriotic trash talk on this, okay?" Before I go on, questions on what I just mentioned, the buildup to the appointment, anybody have any? Post them real quick. I'll see if I can answer one or two, and then I'll go on to the other two. Anyone? I see lots of people on here. We got a good group, huh?
Anthony: Susanna's watching. Michael's watching. Lots of people. All right, I'll move on. If you have one, you can put on there then. Oh, we have one? Let me peek. [laughs] Patriots trash talk. All right, let me move on. That was number one mistake that I see realtors make, who say, "Don't take advantage of before the appointment." They don't take advantage of that time frame where you could totally warm someone up, totally get someone to feel like they know you before you even arrive. Next one. Do we have a question?
Lindsey: We do have question, yes.
Anthony: We do have a question. All right.
Anthony: It's not too extreme to over contact? Explain a bit more, I came late. Okay. I can't take a timeout, but the bottom line is, doing things prior to arriving because you want to warm up that prospect. I would personally not be worried about over-contact. You want these people to be excited and you want to educate them on you, your company, and what you're going to do to sell their house before you get there. That's why I mention things like this. Because then when you get there, it's not all dependent on words that come out of your mouth, because they're being warmed up.
By the way, one more thing I just thought of, when you do that pre-call, remember to say, "Hey, I'm really excited to come over there tomorrow. Just curious, did you happen to read that blah, blah, blah, I sent in the mail?" If they say, no, "Please try to read it before I come over. It will really you have a better understanding." That way, before you get there they're more excited. You walk in the door, literally walking the door of the house, you see this in that table, "Oh, did you a chance to review that?" If they look you and say, "Yes, I reviewed the whole thing," you know, that's going to be an easier listing appointment for you right then.
like it is, just say it, you don't have patience to sit through a process and wait methodically to the right time to explain something. That was me.
You hear that, you think to yourself, "These people are out of their minds. They're not going to get $700,000." Don't be like the old Anthony, and say, "Look, I'll tell you now, you're not getting $700,000." I wasn't that bluff, but I was pretty close. Don't do that. That's a trap. That's literally a trap. If you fall into that trap and you talk about those two things. Does anyone know what they are? Pricing. What's the other number-related one? Commission.
Do not talk about pricing or commission prior to going over, going through the house, sitting down, re-reviewing their goals, going over your presentation, discussing your presentation back and forth with them, and making sure that they have a clear understanding of what you bring to the table, what kind of marketing you bring to the table, and how your marketing is going to get them top dough.
When you know that they fully understand that, and only once you know that, then you can go on and discuss pricing. But whatever you do, don't do it before, because if that happens, I'm going to pretend I'm sitting at a kitchen table. I'm at the kitchen table. You get sucked into talking about pricing now. You say a number, which is another thing you shouldn't do; you should try to go over the comparative properties, let them say the number, by the way.
Once you do that, their brain is automatically running numbers. If they say, "I'm thinking I can get 400. Can you just tell me, is this 400?" and you say, "Yes, something like that." Boom, you fell on the trap. Their brain is calculating, "I owe to really 400,000, that's 120,000 in equity," thinking, "What's your commission?" You're thinking, "Commission? I hope you are talking about marketing," because their brain is calculating like a calculator. You don't want that to happen. Once it happens, very, very difficult to get them back on track. Extremely difficult to get them back on track. Don't fall into that.
"What about your commission?" "We'll talk about that after." Push it off, because if you get sucked in, bang, you fall in the trap, very difficult to get out. That's mistake number two. Let's see if there's any questions on that before I go on to number three. Let's see here. "So then, how do I get them to agree on a price when its estimate says one thing?" That's a big one right here. Yes, we hear the same thing as well. I can spend 30 seconds on that.
See right here. Pull it out. If that's an issue for you, Samantha, in your market, why not have that disclosure that's on Zillow's website, somewhere on the others' legal disclosure. I think it's 12 million a month, why not print it highlighting important parts and show it to your sellers. That's big option. I hope that helps. It doesn't look we have many– Wait a minute. It doesn't look we have many other questions.
Anthony: We have one? Okay. Then I'm going to move to number three.
Anthony: "What if we're extremely focused on price and commission? Is it possible to not get around that issue?" It's more than possible. Kidding. I'm going to go back to my point of, I think I said this, you're the doctor, they are the patient. As soon as you let them become the doctor, you're in trouble. There's multiple sales tactics to make sure that when you're on that appointment, you're the doctor. I'll give you one right from the beginning.
If you get to the house, and let's say when you get there you're with someone. You say, "Hey, I usually start with taking a look around the home," and they start leading you all over the house, and there you are, following them everywhere," do this, say, "You know what? I usually like to go down here first. I usually like to go up there first. Let me look over there first." You're not saying, "Hey, I'm going to lead the way," that would be rude, so instead, you're saying, if they are saying, "Let's go upstairs," "You know what? I like to go to the basement first." If they're going down, "I like to look upstairs first." Whatever you have to do to break that, do it.
The same thing with paperwork. When you're going over pricing, no, don't always be so quick to hand it to them because then they won't give it back. You turn over, you point things out, you stay in control. That's my answer as far as– it's fading in and out. Maybe I'm moving around too much. Typical me. I'll stand like this. Number three.
Anthony: Number three is, this is one that I can't say that I made this mistake years ago because all this technology and all this stuff, my dad will say now everybody's iPodding and TV-oing, and all these crazy words in this stuff, but now they're laughing at me. I'm being serious, dotBlue, DocuSign, all those online ways of signing people up or getting people to sign documents I should say, great idea, no doubt. We use them in our company every single day of every single week.
However, don't use them for signing up a listing. I have several friends in the business, some that are very, very successful, that tell me, "Well, I got a listing off my mail, when someone tells me they want to sign up, then I go back to my office and my administrative assistant sends them a DocuSign and they have to sign online, and send it back." I'm like, "What? You're crazy." Crazy if you're doing that. Don't do that. I don't care if the last five times you did it, they signed up all five times. Stop doing it. Total craziness.
If that is the case, if the last five times they signed up, you probably knew them, you had someone forward them. Maybe they are in your sphere of influence somehow, but I'm telling you, abort that mission. Old-fashioned sales is what matters here. You go with a written paper contract, let me paper around, you guys know what paper is. You put the contract down before them, then flow, "Here's the document you need to go over in order to start looking for buyers. Do you notice that?" Then say, "Here's the contract and you have to sign. Here's the document we have to go over in order to start looking for buyers." There's another tip right there, because they're giving more than, those are three. Do we have a question?
Lindsey: Yes, Jeff Gordon wrote a comment. I think you should.
Anthony: I'll go to that. Let's see here too. He's right about that. See, looking at our curriculum for our whole course, that's more high-level stuff, Jeff, looking at their personality. We actually do that. That way, the agent, when you go through the door, you know what you're looking for. Let me jump back to this other thing. Always remember what a seller does. You're going to a listing, you'll probably educate them, right?
As soon as you walk out that door, they're telling their sister, "Hey, Suzy Q, was here yesterday from ABC Real Estate, and I think I'm going to higher them. Great. What did they tell you your home is worth?" because that's all they talk about, keep in mind. They don't say, "Show me their marketing plan." "Well, they said it's worth 600." "600? Your house is worth way more than that." That's what everybody's feeding into their brain.
When you leave, I often draw a diagram here at training, and I talk about how the peak of what a seller thinks of you is when you're right in front of them at that listing point. When you leave, what they think of you goes down because all their brain thinks about is pricing and commission. Pull the contract out, sign them up on the spot, walk out of the house. Those are the three items.
I want to hear questions, and then I want to go over a little bonus thing here. Do we have other questions? Totally right, Jeff, on studying their personalities, no question about that. Marco, "I agree, it applies to all sales." Next, we are going to talk about what I mentioned earlier. Remember, earlier, I said I was going to present you with an opportunity, something different, a way to get all of our materials, something that we don't do on this type of scale.
Remember, in the very beginning when I asked you, "What would your life would be like if you doubled, if you tripled the amount of listings that you took this spring as opposed to last spring? What would life be in the summer? What vacation could you now go on that you couldn't before? What bills could you pay off that you couldn't pay them off before?" That's what I'm here to talk to you about.
We're going to open our course up to 20 additional groups of people. Whether it's one agent, that's something else we're offering differently, whether it's one agent watching, a team watching, a company of 80 watching, it's going to be whoever wants to tune in, we'll open it up to 20 more.
to all the Lamacchia offices, and our nine other national customers that are from here to California, to Florida, Carolina and New York, we're also going to add 20 more, so the space is limited. I don't want to go from 9 to 100, I want to do 20 more and see how it goes.
This course is a four-week course, two hours a week. Course is put on by me and two other guys who have each signed up, personally, signed up over 1,000 listings here in our company, and actually signed up more than I have, but they have, because I came off doing listing appointments sooner. I had to throw that in, I don't want anyone thinking they were better or anything. Now, we have questions?
Lindsey: There's two other questions from before.
Anthony: Is there two? I'll come back to those. Course starts March 7, two hours a week, 12:30 PM, every single week, four weeks straight. It's live. Just like this, in person, all of my key agents there, and our current national customers plus an additional 20. This course will walk you through each and every single step of how you sign up a listing. Every single objection you run into, we're going to teach you how to overcome. Every single problem you run into, every question that sellers ask that you fear, we're going to make it so that by the end of this course, you're going to be listing and go, "Ask me whatever you want, because I'm ready." We're going to get you ready. That's what this course does. I've never ever really.
Lindsey: I'm going to put the link.
Anthony: Lindsey is going to post the link in the comments right now for the course. I believe the link is crushitinre, is that right? That's the landing page. To learn more about the course, you can read that, but do that after. Stay with me, because I'm going to tell you most of what that says right here.
Every question you get from sellers, we've all been there. I remember when I was doing appointments going, "I hope they don't ask this, I hope they don't ask that, I don't know how to overcome," by the end of this course there'll be nothing you don't know how to overcome, nothing at all. You will know how to overcome everything. We will teach you how to do.
We'll also live role-play right here. Sometimes I'm the agent, the other person is the seller, sometimes vice versa. We go over absolutely everything, and we provide you with all of our collateral materials that we use for sellers, all of our emails that we use for sellers; everything we use, our folders, our seller folders, our listing appointment folders. Part of this course, we can give you everything, wherever you are in the country, we mail it to you. Then, each week, we send this stuff, and we literally walk you through the process of walking a seller through the process.
If you're dead serious about substantially increasing your listing business, which I think you are if you've been watching for 22 minutes, this is a very small price to pay, it's a small investment. I shouldn't even say price, I should say investment, very small investment to make in your business to make sure you can double or triple your income.
Lindsey is also going to be posting testimonials from several agents, some here in our company, some around the country, who have taken this course over the years. Some of these people came in selling four homes a year, and their now at 50. Some of these people feared listing appointments, now they love them. Some of these people took a course as recent as December and absolutely loved it, and sent us great feedback. Lindsey is going to post those testimonials in the comments now, so feel free to read them.
Lindsey: There's agents that are watching.
Lindsey: If there's agents watching.
Anthony: If anyone is watching who took course please, feel free to comment, we would love it if you did, and mention what you thought of it so they can hear it straight from you, although after this I'll probably tag you and you can comment then. Anyway, the investment is, we normally charge $799 for this course, four weeks, two hours a week, all the materials included, live training.
Now, for a limited time, very limited, extremely limited, which is like– let me think about this, 36 hours, from now until midnight tomorrow night. Today is Tuesday, tomorrow I believe is February 7; February 7 at midnight, registration for the introductory price closed, we're going to give you $300 off. Whoever signs up with a $100 non-refundable deposit between now and tomorrow at midnight, can take the course for $499. Once we're pass midnight is $799, and then we're going to end up shutting it off once we get to 20 people, which I have a strong feeling we're going to do. Honestly, I hope you do.
Again, all investments you make in your career; if you put the deposit down now before tomorrow night, midnight, you'll only have to spend $1499. All right, let me jump back to some questions, and then I will even recap all the things.
Anthony: Thank you, Jill. Just for you my friend.
Anthony: George Giuliano, I know George.
Lindsey: It says, "How do you let market speak for," and then it was blank, so I don't know if he wants to elaborate on that.
Anthony: How do you let market speak for, I don't know, I don't know what he meant. Maybe he meant for pricing?
Anthony: Waiting on Savannah's Facebook? Jesus, you guys are amazing.
Lindsey: Sherry wrote right after that, "What if you know there are other agents doing listing presentations after you?" George continue.
Anthony: Okay, that's a good question. What if you know there's other agents doing listing presentations after you? My answer to that is try as hard as you can to be the last one in. When you're on the phone with them, literally say to them– I'm trying to think of the exact script we use. By the way, this exact script, all our phone scripts for sellers, is also what we provide in the course. I probably shouldn't mention that.
You will say something, and I'm not an inside sells agent; I don't say this every day, so it's taking me a second to recall, but you'll say something like, "Just to make sure that you see everything we do over and above what others do, it would really be helpful to you if we came in last." The script is something just like that. Now, I'm finding it easier. You say something like that, you try to go in last.
Let's face it, we've all had sellers tell us, "Yes, you're the last appointment," then you get there and you realize you're not. So what? By that point, you've already hit them multiple times, multiple touch points, you hit them, you've gotten them to realize, "What? They've done more for me than anyone else, and they haven't even arrived." Think about that. "They sent me more value, housing reports." We just put up some reports on the Massachusetts housing market, but I don't care where you are. There's going to be information you can send to people in advance.
Like I said, don't wait to do that, just do it, immediately. No more listing appointments, "Hey, I'll be there Thursday at 3:00," and then when you get there, you go through your presentation the right way, you get your pricing, then commission, hopefully then sign up, and you beat that other person who maybe is coming late. Do we have another question?
Anthony: Hey, Sarah Martin. Thank you, Sarah. Sarah just commented, "Did the course in December, crazy, good training, covers things that never occurred to me, step-by-step." Jesus, I couldn't ask for better than this. You're the best, Sarah. All right.
George asked, "How do you let the market dictate the pricing?" Okay, that's a good question. This is another one that I blew when I was doing appointments all the time years back. Don't be so fast to tell them the price. Don't do that. Please, don't do that. Go over the comparative properties with them one at a time, one at a time. Now I'm dying of heat. I don't care, I'll take my jacket off while online.
No, don't do that crap. Go through it with them. This is their home, they love their home, their home means so much to them. They think they have the nicest chandelier, the tallest, best baseboards. That's what they think, so play along with it. Go through it that way and make it about the market. Time here, also, is a factor. When inventory is at its lowest point like right now and the next 60 days, there's no doubt people can get more for their homes, but in the fall, they can't.
Don't just verbally tell them that though, show them a chart, show them a graph. You pull out of your toolbox, hint, hint, it's part of our course, toolbox items, which you will get, that you can pull out on your listing appointment when you're having trouble, and you say, "Oh, think about it like this. This is a graph. It shows Massachusetts homes sell for most of the summer. Why? Because they list in the late winter or spring, that's when they go under contract," blah, blah, blah. Yes, we can take a couple more questions.
Lindsey: Yes. How much time would you spend building rapport in a listing appointment?" asked by John Milan.
Anthony: John Millan? Okay. How much time would you spend building rapport on a listing appointment? My answer to that is, always at least five to 10 minutes. When you're in that building rapport phase, which is when you're walking around the house, looking around the house, you want to make it a point not to talk about real estate, not to talk about selling, you want to be personal with them.
"Oh, you're a New England Patriots fan? Wow, that's great, especially considering you live in Georgia." "Wow, you're a Boston Red Sox fan? That's amazing considering you live in Florida." You get it? All right. Five, eight minutes, typical, for building rapport.
If they're a D personality, like me, they might like to get to the point a little bit quicker, you might have to decrease that. If they're an I personality where they're super chatty, one way to know, you pull up to the house and they're waving and going, "Hi. Come on in." That's an I. Those people spend 15 minutes small talking, build up.
Lindsey: "Does this course also include effective methods to soliciting listings?" from Amna?
Anthony: Does this course include what?
Lindsey: Does this course also include effective methods to soliciting listings.
Anthony: Effective methods to solicit listings. This course is not about generating listing leads. It is about what to do from the time you get a lead, whether it's a home about lead. I don't care where the lead comes from. That's when this starts. If you're looking for a way to drum up more seller leads, I would say this is not the course for you. Amy just asked, "Are Massachusetts agents a lot?" We're getting this question a lot.
If you're a part of part of market realty, of course, you get this course for free. That's how this works. If you're not, we do allow guests here and there. I shouldn't say here and there, we have a couple of different guests, reach out to us, send an email to that email on that landing page, which is by the way crushitinre.com. Lindsey has posted it. We're going to make it even more available. If you've been on that page, there's an email address. You can email me. Just say, "Hey. I'm interested in the course but I'm in Massachusetts." We'll talk to you and we'll be happy to have you maybe for one of the days or something like that.
Let's see. Thank you, Mark Gordon. Thank you, Mary. Tim, thank you. What is this? Tamara said, "You had mentioned, let the seller say the price. Is it not hard then if they come in high?" Well, they always coming high. I shouldn't say that. That's not right.
Julie Gross, good question, "Is this personalities part of this course, too?" The answer to that is, no, in the sense that we're not going to spend a day on it because we'd only have four days for two hours. When we briefly go over the D, I, S, C personalities and how you should adapt, yes, we will. Be there, Julie.
Tyler, if you make them say the price, they come back with a higher price. Yes, we all know that usually happens. That's when you look at them and you say, "Okay. Show me which one of those cons makes you think that that's the right price." Let them show you. Not, "No. You won't get that. Not going to happen." I used to do things like that. It doesn't help you. It doesn't do you any favors at all to have that kind of attitude. I'm looking for more questions.
Anthony: Okay. Jill Boudreau, that you use Bom Bom ahead of listing appointments? No, we haven't yet. Honestly, though, I've heard great things about it. I was in Las Vegas last week and someone was telling me they use it and they love it. Maybe that's a great idea. All I'm getting at is, and that's a part of what I want to point out here, don't overdo with it tech like all these fancy bells and whistles. If today, you don't need to take the course to do this; today, you commit yourself, "Okay. From this point forward, I'm going to send an email that actually has some items of value in email, and I'm going to mail some clients before you plan. I want to encourage people to look at it before I get in. That's one step right there.
Right there is going to help you get 20% more, 25% more. Now, start talking about pricing early. That's going to help you, too. You take a little course, game changer. It's not just tactics you're going to learn, you're going to learn a whole bunch of tactics, you're going to receive all the information we go over. We usually FedEx an entire package prior to the course starting. It's going to change your behavior.
For those of you that are team leaders out there, you might have a better, as good of an understanding of me as far as, "We're all human. If we don't do things repeatedly, and we're not taught things in a repeatable fashion, that's just it. You do it three or four times and it falls apart." That's not how we roll here. You do this course, it'll stick. It'll become a habit. You have to do something multiple times for it to become a habit, and then that's it. Again, just to recap. Lindsey, I don't think there's any more questions, are there?
Lindsey: No. I think we're good.
Anthony: All right. Recap. Recap is, thank you, Willie. Hey, Jean's on there. Thank you, Jean. Thank you, Karen. Thank you, Shari. Now, just a quick recap. If you sign up for the course online, give $100 deposit with credit card from now and tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 7th, at midnight, you only have to invest — see that word, words matter — $1,499. If you wait until after that, it's 1,799. I know I have several friends around the country watching. I'm not changing it. I'm not doing anything different for anybody. That's the price. At midnight tomorrow night, it goes to 1,799.
If you're serious, if you mean it, if you are going to commit to making yourself, making your team members, making the agency in your company better, and I don't mean just a little bit, I mean game changing; if you want to do that and change your summer, change your life. One of our agents, Michelle Wesson, by the way number one agent at Lamacchia Realty by transaction last year, her comment melts my heart, she said these trainings changed her life. I'm happy I did Michelle, because I love you.
Anyway, that's all my friends. Thank you very much. Lindsey, did I forget anything?
Anthony: I'm good. She's giving me thumbs up. Cole? You're my marketing gurus here. All right, let's go offline. Thank you.


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Dronningmoder Tshering Yangdon (født 21. juni 1959) er den tredje kone til den tidligere bhutanesiske konge, Jigme Singye Wangchuck.

Hun er den nuværende dronningemoder (Gyalyum Kude, der bogstaveligt talt betyder "dronningemor") af Bhutan, da hun er mor til den nuværende bhutanske konge Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.  Hun er også mor til kong Jigme Khesars to yngre helsøskende, prinsesse Ashi Dechen Yangzom (f. 1981) og prins Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji (f. 1986).

Referencer

Dronningemødre
Kongelige fra Bhutan

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Having just returned from my summer holiday in Mallorca I have been reflecting on driving in another country and driving cultures.
The number of road deaths has decreased slightly in Spain. Some sources suggesting this may be due to their economic down turn. What is for sure is a dramatic decrease over the years.
Now this surprises me. I have been driving since I was 17 years old and I would like to think I am well qualified to drive a car. But everywhere I went vehicles were following so closely to each other, forget the 2 second rule as a rough guide, it looked like the one car length rule applied. Speed limits appeared not to apply. Use of the horn was a mandatory requirement to be used to advise any driver who dared to spend more than 5 seconds at a junction before screeching out to emerge! It also appeared to be acceptable for drivers parking in between other vehicles to use their bumpers to bounce off the other cars.
I accept the above is a generalisation and that there will be good and bad drivers in any country. But I genuinely felt that everyone was in a hurry to get where ever they were going. I have no doubt that the quick reactions of some of the drivers and perhaps their ability to use finger miming, helped prevent collisions. Although, I would have felt more comfortable if the driving had been more proactive and defensive.
Now to the serious point. Now I am 50 years old, how much of my perception and experiences of driving in another country been influenced by a reduced ability to drive as effectively as I use to be able to. Has age finally started to influence how well I drive or am I still an advanced driver just not in Spain?


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Who is Nicole Audrey Spector? Wiki, Biography, Age, Phil Spector's Daughter, Father Death
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Nicole Audrey Spector Wiki – Nicole Audrey Spector Biography
Nicole Audrey Spector is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who is also best known for being the daughter of legendary music producer Phil Spector. Her ex-husband is reported to have died while she was still serving 19 years to life in prison for murder, authorities announced on Sunday, January 17, 2020.
In the 1980s, Spector had twin children with his girlfriend Janis Zavala: Nicole Audrey Spector and Phillip Spector, Jr. (born October 18, 1982). Phillip Jr. died of leukemia on December 25, 1991. She was the one managing his father's $ 35 million fortune after his divorce from his third wife, Rachelle Short in 2016.
She is a writer and editor who lives in Brooklyn with her dog Netta and her cat, the extremely popular Fellow. She contributes weekly to the New Yorker's nightlife section, among other publications, and co-directs the Guerrilla Lit Reading Series in Manhattan. ~ Skyhorse Publications.
Nicole Audrey Spector Age
Nicole Audrey Spector is 38 years old.
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Spector's first marriage was in 1963 to Annette Merar, lead vocalist for Spectors Three, a 1960s pop trio formed and produced by Spector. He named a record company in her honor, Annette Records.
While still married to Merar, he began to have an affair with Veronica Bennett, later known as Ronnie Spector. Bennett was the lead singer of the girl group The Ronettes (another group that Spector directed and produced). They married in 1968 and adopted a son, Donte Phillip Spector (born March 23, 1969).
As a Christmas present, Spector surprised her by adopting twins Louis Phillip Spector and Gary Phillip Spector (born May 12, 1966). Bennett alleged in her 1990 memoir, Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, And Madness, that Spector had imprisoned her in her California mansion of hers and subjected her to years of psychological torment. According to Bennett, Spector sabotaged her career by forbidding her to act, and she escaped the mansion barefoot with the help of her mother in 1972.
In their 1974 divorce settlement, she lost all future record earnings and gave up custody of her children. She claimed this was because Spector threatened to hire a hitman to kill her.
Spector's sons Gary and Donté claimed that her father held them captive as children and was forced to simulate sexual acts with his girlfriend.
In the 1980s, Spector had twin children with his girlfriend Janis Zavala: Nicole Audrey Spector and Phillip Spector, Jr. (born October 18, 1982). Phillip Jr. died of leukemia on December 25, 1991.
On September 1, 2006, Spector, while on bail and awaiting trial, married his third wife, Rachelle Short, who was 26 at the time. Spector filed for divorce in April 2016, citing irreconcilable differences.
Phil Spector Cause of Death
In the first criminal trial for Clarkson's murder, defense expert Vincent DiMaio claimed that Spector might be suffering from Parkinson's disease, saying, "Look at Mr. Spector. He has the characteristics of Parkinson's. He trembles. "
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Photos from the Department of Corrections from 2013 (released September 2014) show evidence of progressive deterioration in Spector's health, according to observers. He had been an inmate at the California Health Care Facility (a prison hospital) in Stockton since October 2013. In September 2014, it was reported that Spector had lost the ability to speak due to laryngeal papillomatosis.
Spector died on January 16, 2021, from complications from COVID-19. He was 81 years old.
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Home Dispatches Smart Ass Cripple: Waiting (and Waiting) for Social Security Disability
Smart Ass Cripple: Waiting (and Waiting) for Social Security Disability
The program's delays and inefficiencies are like an absurdist play.
by Mike Ervin
I feel a strong inspiration to write an absurdist play that I'll call Waiting (and Waiting and Waiting) for Social Security Disability. It will feature two protagonists who have a lot in common.
The median wait time reached a high of 839 days in 2015, according to the report, but then the Social Security Administration "made substantial progress in reducing the wait" to a median of 506 days in 2019.
Both are disabled and have applied to receive monthly Social Security disability payments. But both have had their initial claim denied, so they've appealed. Now all they can do is wait for a hearing and final determination. And they wait and they wait and they wait for a year or more. And in the end, while still waiting, one of our protagonists goes bankrupt and the other one dies.
I know this sounds like wild, implausible fiction, but it's all based on a true story. I read all about it in a recent report by the Government Accounting Office entitled "Social Security Disability: Information on Wait Times, Bankruptcies, and Deaths among Applicants Who Appealed Benefit Denials."
The report stated that between 2008 and 2019, about nine million people who applied for Social Security Disability support were initially denied and filed an appeal. Most of them, the report said, waited a year or more for a decision to be made on their appeal.
Didn't I tell you this was an absurdist play? In what other kind of universe could reducing the time someone has to wait for a monumental life decision down to still nearly a year and a half be heralded as substantial progress?
The GAO also determined that of those who appealed between 2014 and 2019, about 48,000 filed for bankruptcy while awaiting a final decision. That's about 1.3 percent of those who appealed, which may not sound like a lot unless you're among that 1.3 percent.
And of those who appealed between 2008 and 2019, 109,725 or 1.2 percent, died while stuck in appeal decision limbo.
What will the protagonists in my play do while they wait? Well, that's a good question.
I could have them kill off a good many hours getting their appeal paperwork together and/or waiting on the phone on hold with the Social Security Administration. Whatever they do for entertainment will have to be free. So they'll probably watch a lot of daytime television, where they'll see many commercials for bankruptcy lawyers. And they'll make frequent trips to the food pantry.
That's why I'm so excited to adapt this GAO report for the stage. Who knew that waiting could be such a harrowing journey?
Social Security Disability Rights Dispatches Disabilities Mike Ervin
Mike Ervin
Disability rights activist and writer, "expressing pain through sarcasm since 2010."
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Q: How can I open a extra console and run a program in it cpp I write a program that checks when another program is running and how much its CPU usage is.  So, I want my own program and that other program should be able to run at the same time.
But, when I run another console application from my own console application by using the system() function or using this code:
STARTUPINFO info = {sizeof(info)};
PROCESS_INFORMATION processInfo;
if (CreateProcess("AppName", "start", NULL, NULL, TRUE, 0, NULL, NULL, &info, &processInfo)) {
    WaitForSingleObject(processInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
    CloseHandle(processInfo.hProcess);
    CloseHandle(processInfo.hThread);
}

The opened program continues in my own program's console, which means my own program stops until that other program is done (is not at the same time).

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The first time I discovered calamansi limes was purely by accident. It was about 25 years ago back home in Guyana. I went to the market and among the things I bought that day were limes. I was pleasantly surprised later in the day when I cut into the limes to find the insides a deep, orange colour and very juicy. It was sweet and tart at the same time and the fragrant aroma was like a combination of tangerine, orange and lime. Back then I used it to make drink and with seafood but never ventured to do anything else with the calamansi.
I couldn't remember the vendor from whom I had purchased the calamansi limes but every time I went to the market I kept hoping that I'd be able to find them again. I never did. The only other times I would get calamansi is when I'd buy at farmers' markets overseas.
A little over a month ago, on one of my regular trips to the market here in Barbados, and one of my farmer friends gave me a few limes he said that his neighbour gave him. I came home and cut open the limes and was overjoyed when I saw the bright, fruity orange colour. This time I knew I was going to put the calamansi to use in savoury preparations.
First, I baked chicken that I had marinated overnight with calamansi juice, soy sauce, garlic and minced hot pepper (I'll share those pics with you soon) and then on another occasion I made these Calamansi-Soy Sauce Roast Potatoes. The flavour was wonderfully savoury and more than anything else, the colour of the potatoes from the calamansi juice made the roast potatoes extremely attractive. Wouldn't you agree?
There is nothing exacting about what I did, therefore it is not like a "formal" recipe. Here's what to do.
Start by squeezing the juice from a few of the calamansi limes and strain it to remove the pulp, however, rub the pulp against the sieve to extract the extra juice.
Pour the juice into a large cup a small bowl. Add regular soy sauce and taste the sauce as you go along. It is a really something that you make to suit your taste. The flavour should be savoury and citrus-y. Whisk the two ingredients together along with a little pepper sauce. Set aside to meld.
Scrub some potatoes. I prefer a russet/Idaho potato for this dish. A floury potatoes works best. When you're done scrubbing the potatoes, steam them for 12 - 15 minutes or until you can insert a knife with some resistance. Think of it as the potatoes being just about half-cooked. You can also cook the potatoes by peeling and parboiling them.
While the potatoes are steaming, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
When the potatoes are done steaming, using a thick cloth kitchen towel to shield your hand, quickly peel the potatoes. Slice them into quarters or large chunks and add them to a large bowl. Pour enough of the calamansi-soy sauce over the potatoes to coat them well and toss gently to mix and coat. You want to do this when the potatoes are hot so that they can start to absorb the marinade.
Drizzle a cast iron skillet with oil to coat the entire surface. Transfer the potatoes and any residual marinade from the bowl (do not add extra) to the pan and spread the potatoes out in an even layer. Drizzle the top of the potatoes with oil and put the pan in the oven.
Roast the potatoes for 25 minutes then remove the pan, flip the potatoes over and roast for another 25 minutes or until the outside of the potatoes are crusty.
Calamansi limes play an influential role in Filipino cuisine. Read about other uses and benefits of the limes here.
The first blog that I learnt about real Filipino home cooking, was my friend Marvin's Burnt Lumpia. That man can do some things with pork - from nose to tail! Two other outstanding Filipino food blogs from which I continue to learn and thoroughly enjoy are CASA Veneracion and Jun-Blog. Check them out!


David has been very happy with his hair transplant surgery at Nashville Hair Doctor in July 2018. He was told that the best results would show at around 14 months, but he could already see a big difference after only six months. He was particularly happy with gaining almost an inch of new hairline in the front.
Getting a hair transplant is not a decision most people easily make. They worry about the downtime, whether it is painful, and if the results will be worth it. That's why NeoGraft hair restoration has become so popular in recent years. It's a one-time procedure, it's virtually pain-free, and the recovery is fast.
Maybe you're not sure about a hair transplant because you remember the hair plugs and implants of your father's generation. But the times have changed, and new technology has created new possibilities. Get started on your hair restoration journey by uploading your picture for a free no-obligation quote.
Hair transplants are an effective – if not the only effective – solution to hair loss for both women and men. However, there are differences in how to administer the hair restoration based on your hair loss type.
NeoGraft hair transplants are popular for many reasons. They are minimally-invasive and virtually pain-free, and they leave no permanent scarring. But one of the biggest reasons to choose NeoGraft over other forms of hair transplant surgery is the rapid recovery. What, exactly does this mean?
To show you exactly what it looks like, we tracked David over the first week of his recovery, giving you an idea of what you can expect.


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The NSSA-NSCA Museum and Hall of Fame houses the artifacts of the NSSA and NSCA and honors the recipients of the associations' most prestigious awards. It is located on the expansive grounds of the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas.
The Museum displays artifacts and exhibits on skeet and sporting clays history, from the equipment used to the shooters who have excelled at both disciplines. It is the largest and most complete display of skeet and sporting clays history in the country.
In November 1961 at the Executive Committee meeting in St. Louis, Zone 6 Director Henry Alcus proposed the foundation of a permanent NSSA library. Alex Kerr, NSSA President, appointed Alcus as chairman of a committee to establish and promote a project to create the library.
Thus was born what eventually became the NSSA-NSCA Museum and Hall of Fame. The beginning core of material was donated by Bill Foster, son of NSSA founder and the "Father of Skeet," William Harnden Foster. From this start, Alcus began to solicit and collect material related to Skeet and the NSSA. By 1969, he estimated about 10 cubic feet of material had been collected, including all copies of NSSA's first publication, The Skeet Shooting News (1931-1942), and all copies of Skeet Shooting Review.
In 1973, the NSSA moved from Dallas to its new permanent home in San Antonio on the grounds of the Texas International Gun Club. This was later to become the National Gun Club, and finally the National Shooting Complex.
By 1989, it had become apparent that a dedicated facility was required to house all the library's records and artifacts. Under the leadership of Mike Hampton, the Executive Director, a project was undertaken to create that facility and the first NSSA-NSCA Museum and Hall of Fame building was born. However, it was not long before the growing collection outgrew its confines.
Construction was started on the present building in 2002. It was completed and dedicated during the World Skeet Championships that October. Led by NSSA Director Don Snyder, all of the contents of the old museum building were moved to the new facility and displays were set up.
In November 2002, Mike Brazzell volunteered to catalogue all the contents and set up displays in a more logical arrangement. Along with the help of Jim Harris, the entire look has dramatically changed with the addition of oak and glass cabinets to display the artifacts. Additional lighting, a member's library, storage space, and numerous new displays such as the Robert Stack collection were also added.
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There is no denying the divide between North and South Korea. But through the power of sport at the 2018 Asian Para Games, athletes from both sides realised that, yes, they can work together to achieve a common goal. On the sixth International Day of Development Sport for Peace, we meet the Korean swimmers who broke down barriers in the name of Para sport.
Jakarta, Indonesia, saw history made when North and South Korea competed together for the first time as the Unified Korean Team. As if participation itself was not enough, the team won an unprecedented medal in Para swimming, claiming bronze in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay.
The team worked together to make it through the heats and into the final. The medal ceremony saw four South Korean swimmers (Sae-Hun Kim, Dong-Gu Lee, Hyun Kwon, Yong-Hwa Kwon); and two North Korean swimmers, Song Hyok Sim and Kuk Song stand on the podium together.
It was a rare scene, and one that could not have been possible without Para sports.
"After we finished our final race, all North Korea's coaching staff and swimmers told us that 'thank you for your hard work'," said South Korean Hyun Kwon.
Kwon confessed that he did not know what to expect after being told of the plan to create the Unified Korean Team two months before Indonesia 2018.
"We took a lesson not only about their language and culture, but also about how to behave and speak in front of the North Korean team, before heading to Indonesia," he said.
But he was to be surprised when the two sets of swimmers trained together for the first time a day before the Opening Ceremony.
"When we greeted each other in the same language, I felt quite familiar with them like old friends," Kwon said.
Fellow South Korean Dong-Gu Lee also has fond memories of that day.
When South Korea hosted the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games, the country had a strained relationship with North Korea.
"At that time, the two Koreas' delegations tried to avoid any eye contact," Kwon explained.
"I remembered that I couldn't even say hello to a North Korean swimmer in the waiting area at the competition venue back in 2014," Lee continued.
"Therefore, I anxiously awaited to meet them again at the 2018 Games," the veteran who made his fourth Asian Para Games appearance, following Busan 2002, Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014 said.
The Unified Korean team also competed in the men's 4 x 100m medley relay that they finished fifth.
"Personally, the medley relay was more meaningful for me," Kwon said.
"In the final, Jong swam the freestyle leg followed by Yong-Hwa Kwon, Woo-Geun Lim and me. After my race, I wanted to watch his performance and wait for him, because it was our last match," the-27-year-old said emotionally.
"Everything happened all of sudden. We had to wear a uniform and swimming cap with the Unified Korean flag for the first time," he continued.
Lee and Kwon stressed the need of improvement for the Unified Team's long-term future.
"For a win-win strategy, we definitely need to train jointly more often in order to strengthen not only our teamwork but also performance level, particularly North Korea's techniques," said Kwon.
Lee hopes the Korean Paralympic Committee will help pave the way for more exchanges with North Korean Para athletes.
"I wish that that many young talented athletes from North and South Korea become healthy rivals as well as good friends." he said.


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Most of my daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly activities are like the growth of a bamboo tree. I love to create ideas and future visions. I love to encourage, motivate, and inspire people to discover their innate abilities! I enjoy hanging out with dreamers and doers. So often the results of our work take years to blossom. Through all of my life experiences, I have learned to continue to plant more seeds everyday, knowing we may not see the results of these new plantings for a long time. But because I'm in the habit of planting daily, I will always have trees growing.


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ARSENE WENGER has revealed his potential replacements for injured Arsenal pair Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The duo face at least three weeks out after Tuesday's 3-0 Capital One Cup loss at Sheffield Wednesday after Walcott replaced Oxlade-Chamberlain only to also suffer a muscular injury.
Wenger is happy to have winger Joel Campbell and striker Alex Iwobi to provide cover in their absence, but insists he won't play Santi Cazorla out of position.
He said on the forwards: "Nothing has changed since after the game. We hope they are light injuries, but they are out until after the international break."
They will miss England's friendlies in Spain on November 13 and at home to France four days later.
On potential replacements, he added: "Campbell and Alex Iwobi. Santi can play there as well but he has become very important centrally.
"The problem sometimes is that you can destroy two departments if you move one player out. We control the ball better with Santi in the middle."


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It's official now! Amidst the rain and a few umbrellas, on August 9, 2012, during a transfer ceremony high on the lake bluff overlooking the pier, the Historical Association of South Haven, proudly accepted the Deed to the lighthouse from the United States of America. The drizzly afternoon did not dampen the spirits though of some 50 plus supporters, who showed their enthusiasm for this acquisition by attending. So once again, thank you South Haven.


This book features articles by more than twenty experienced teachers of ethics who are committed to the idea that ethics can and should be taught virtually anywhere in the education curriculum. They explore a variety of ways in which this might best be done. Traditionally confined largely to programs in philosophy and religion, the teaching of ethics has in recent decades spread across the curriculum education. The contributors to this book discuss the rationale for supporting such efforts, the variety of challenges these efforts face, and the sorts of benefits faculty and students who participate in ethics across the curriculum endeavors can expect. An overriding theme of this book is that the teaching of ethics should not be restricted to one or two courses in philosophy or religion programs, but rather be addressed wherever relevant anywhere in the curriculum. For example, accredited engineering programs are expected to ensure that their students are introduced to the ethical dimensions of engineering. This can involve consideration of ethical issues within particular areas of engineering (e.g., civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical) as distinctive segments of certain courses (e.g., those that focus on design problems), or as a full semester course in ethics in engineering. Similar approaches can be taken in nursing, medicine, law, social work, psychology, accountancy, management, and so on. That is, some emphasis on ethics can be expected to be found in broad range of academic disciplines. However, many ethical issues require careful attention from the perspectives of several disciplines at once, and in ways that require their joining hands. Recognizing that adequately addressing many ethical issues may require the inclusion of perspectives from a variety of disciplines makes apparent the need for effective communication and reflection across disciplines, not simply within them. This, in turn, suggests that faculty and their students can benefit from special programs that are designed to include participants from a variety of disciplines. Such programs will be a central feature of this book. Although some differences might arise in how such issues might best be discussed across different parts of the curriculum, these discussions might be joined in ways that help students, faculty, administrators, and the wider public better appreciate their shared ethical ground.
Elaine E.Englehardt is a Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at Utah Valley University (UVU). She has written and directed seven multi-year, national grants in the area of Ethics and Ethics Across the curriculum. One grant founded Ethics Across the Curriculum at UVU and another funded the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum and the journal Teaching Ethics. She is a SEAC board member and with Michael Pritchard was co-author of the journal Teaching Ethics. She has authored eight text books: Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Business, Ethics and Society, with Lisa Newton and Michael Pritchard up to 13th Edition, NY: McGraw Hill, 2013. Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases with CE Harris, ay James and Michael Pritchard. NY: Wadsworth, 2013. Obstacles to Ethical Decision-Making: Mental Models, Milgram and the Problem of Obedience with Patricia Werhane, Michael Pritchard, Laura Hartman and Crina Archer. London: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Ethics in Higher Education Administration with Michael Pritchard, Kerry Romesburg and Brian Schrag, Netherlands: Springer Publishers, 2010. Ethics and Life: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Humanities, fourth edition, with Donald Schmeltekopf, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Media Ethics for a Principled Society, with Ralph Barney, Wadsworth, 2002. Interpersonal Communication Ethics: Friends, Intimates, Sexuality, Marriage and Family, Harcourt Brace, 2001.The Organizational Self and Ethical Conduct: Sunlit Virtue and Shadowed Resistance, with James A. Anderson, Harcourt Brace, 2002. She has written numerous peer reviewed articles and ten book chapters. She has served in various administrative positions. Her PhD is from the University of Utah. Michael S. Pritchard is the Willard A. Brown Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He received his B.A. from Alma College (Michigan). He teaches courses in Ethical Theory, Practical Ethics, Professional Ethics, 18th Century British Philosophy, and Philosophy for Children. For seven years he served as co-editor, with Elaine Englehardt of Teaching Ethics, the official journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum. He is a founding board member for SEAC. Among his publications are: On Becoming Responsible (Kansas, 1991); Communication Ethics (Wadsworth, 1994), with James Jaksa; Reasonable Children (Kansas, 1996); Professional Integrity (Kansas, 2007); Ethical Challenges of Academic Administration (Springer, 2010), edited with Elaine Englehardt, Kerry Romesburg, and Brian Scrag; Taking Sides: Business Ethics, 11th edition (McGraw-Hill, 2011), edited with Lisa Newton and Elaine Englehardt; Engineering Ethics (Wadsworth,5th edition forthcoming in 2013), with C.E. Harris, Elaine Englehardt, and Ray James; and Obstacles to Ethical Decision-Making (Cambridge 2013), with Patricia Werhane, Laura Hartman, Crina Archer, and Elaine Englehardt. He is the author and director of several National Science Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities grants in various areas of ethics including research ethics.
Introduction; Elaine E. Englehardt and Michael S. Pritchard.- Part I: The Changing Landscape in Teaching Ethics.- The Embedding of Ethics Education 1980-2015; Deni Elliott and Karlana June.- Moral Theory in Ethics Across the Curriculum?; Michael Davis.- Identifying Learning Objectives and Assessing Ethics Across the Curriculum Programs; David Ozar.- Increasing the Moral Sensitivity of Professionals; Deborah S. Mower.- Aiming Professional Ethics Courses Toward Identity Development.- Glen Miller.- The Role of Teaching Ethics in Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum; Alan Tomhave and Mark Vopat.- Part II: Teaching Challenges.- Teaching Practical Ethics; Elaine E. Englehardt and Michael S. Pritchard.- Ethics Theory and Ethics Practice; Christopher Meyers.- Developing Habits of Moral Reflection; Alan Preti.- The Occupational Imperative: Engaging the Professions in Teaching Ethics; Lisa Newton.- Internecine Strife; Wade Robison.- Philosophy's Role in EAC: Failures, Successes and Suggestions for the Future; Phyllis Vandenberg.- Part III: Topics Across the Curriculum.- Research Ethics Education: Changing the Culture of Science and Engineering: Past is Prologue; Brian Schrag.- Ethics Across Early Childhood Education; Michael Burroughs.- Promoting Reasonableness: Science Teachers as Moral Educators; Michael S. Pritchard.- Sustainability Ethics Across the Curriculum; Randall Curren.- Ethics Bowl: An Approach to Implementing Ethics Across the Curriculum; Robert Ladenson.- Linking Academic Integrity and Ethics Across the Curriculum: Groundwork for Sustainability in Practical and Professional Ethics; Daniel Wueste.- Part IV: Institutional Programs.- Ethics Across the Curriculum at Utah Valley University; Elaine E. Englehardt.- Designing an EAC Program for the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University: Early Initiatives and Lessons from the Literature; Karin Ellison, Challie Facemire, and Joseph Herkert.- The Impact of Ethics Across the Curriculum at Union College, 2006-2017; Robert Baker.- The Ethics Across Campus Program at the Colorado School of Mines; Sandy Woodson and Qin Zhu.- Ethics Across the Curriculum Program at Dartmouth College; Aine Donovan.- Ethics Across the Curriculum at UPRM: A Roadmap for STEM Integration - William Frey and Jose Cruz.- VI. About the authors.
This book features articles by more than twenty experienced teachers of ethics who are committed to the idea that ethics can and should be taught virtually anywhere in the education curriculum. They explore a variety of ways in which this might best be done.
Traditionally confined largely to programs in philosophy and religion, the teaching of ethics has in recent decades spread across the curriculum education. The contributors to this book discuss the rationale for supporting such efforts, the variety of challenges these efforts face, and the sorts of benefits faculty and students who participate in ethics across the curriculum endeavors can expect.
An overriding theme of this book is that the teaching of ethics should not be restricted to one or two courses in philosophy or religion programs, but rather be addressed wherever relevant anywhere in the curriculum. For example, accredited engineering programs are expected to ensure that their students are introduced to the ethical dimensions of engineering. This can involve consideration of ethical issues within particular areas of engineering (e.g., civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical) as distinctive segments of certain courses (e.g., those that focus on design problems), or as a full semester course in ethics in engineering. Similar approaches can be taken in nursing, medicine, law, social work, psychology, accountancy, management, and so on. That is, some emphasis on ethics can be expected to be found in broad range of academic disciplines.
However, many ethical issues require careful attention from the perspectives of several disciplines at once, and in ways that require their joining hands. Recognizing that adequately addressing many ethical issues may require the inclusion of perspectives from a variety of disciplines makes apparent the need for effective communication and reflection across disciplines, not simply within them. This, in turn, suggests that faculty and their students can benefit from special programs that are designed to include participants from a variety of disciplines. Such programs will be a central feature of this book. Although some differences might arise in how such issues might best be discussed across different parts of the curriculum, these discussions might be joined in ways that help students, faculty, administrators, and the wider public education better appreciate their shared ethical ground.


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Westpac appoints Dave Curran as CIO
By Byron Connolly
Australia Editor, CIO	 Jul 31, 2014 3:36 am PDT
Westpac Group has appointed Dave Curran as its new CIO.
In an announcement to the ASX this morning, Westpac said Curran had been working at the bank since February as a consultant on its core banking technology modernisation program.
He will report to chief operating officer John Arthur and sit on the Westpac Group executive team.
Arthur said in a statement that the bank had been worked hard to develop the next phase of its technology strategy, which is fundamental to the business achieving its broader goals.
"This is why we are now elevating the CIO role to the executive team level," he said. "Dave has been working with us since February to define this path, and is ideally placed to lead the next phase of technology transformation at Westpac."
Prior to joining Westpac, he spent 10 years in senior technology roles at the Commonwealth Bank. In his most recent role of executive general manager of core banking modernisation, Curran led a team of 1,400 people over five years to transform CBA's core technology platform, Westpac said.
Curran was also the CIO and COO for CBA's retail banking division and acted as group CIO. He also spent 16 years as a partner at Accenture.
Curran will begin his role on September 8.
CIO was seeking comment from Curran at press time.
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transfer after leaving Scottish Premiership side Hibernian, Completesports.com reports.
According to the Scottish Sun, the Pilgrims are one of three clubs keen on signing the Nigeria international, but a move to Home Park looks the most unlikely of his three options.
Neil Warnock's Cardiff City are also said to be keen on the 30-year-old former Celtic stopper as they look for reinforcements to bolster their chances of staying in the Premier League.
However, it seems no offer has been made for Ambrose with Turkish side Akhisarspor leading the chase for his signature.
Ambrose has received an offer from Akhisarspor, who are having a poor season after their successes of 2017/18 which saw them win the Turkish Cup last season.
They are struggling badly in the Turkish Super League and are in 15th position out of 18 teams.
Manager Cihat Arslan has been given the go-ahead to bring in defensive recruits this month and 30-year-old Ambrose could be first in the door.


Emily Verla and Kathleen Huber in A Name for a Ghost to Mutter. Photo by James M. Wilson.
BOTTOM LINE: A refreshing exploration of a family tree and the ghosts who never had a chance to tell their side of the story, until now.
Though we place tremendous value on family heritage, we also tune out as our parents and grandparents recite old family stories over and over again. This contradiction lies at the heart of Cyndi Williams' A Name for a Ghost to Mutter, a steady-paced family drama about a mother, her children, a mysterious pile of cash, and a deceased relative with unfinished business.
The play often flashes back to various time periods, but it's mostly set in 1999 at an old Oklahoma home. Lucretia (Kathleen Huber) is now not only the sole keeper of her family's stories, but is also tasked with going through the belongings of her late cousin Lala (Emily Verla). Assisting in this undertaking are Lucretia's three children—Julie (Christa Kimlicko Jones), Augie (David Volin), and Maud (Rachel Caplan)—who are happy to help though they know it means being subject to her stories for several weeks. While cleaning out the house, they begin finding several thousands of dollars' worth of small bills and spare change. Why was Lala stashing away all of this cash in her purses, drawers, and coat pockets?
As they pick at this mystery, we watch Lala's ghost desperately trying to interact with her family. We are also introduced to glimpses of her imperfect marriage with her controlling husband, "B" (Tom Green), and just how close she might have been with Felix (Ryan George), the waiter at their longtime favorite watering hole? Williams' story is also infused with a vibrant feminist streak as we watch both Lala and Lucretia's aunt Augusta (Lori Fischer) and grandmother Gabrielle (Kelly Kunkel) grapple with the restrictive expectations women were once expected to meet. The more history we see, the more the audience begins to realize how many important lessons have been lost over time, and just how close the apple falls to the tree.
It's also not very often that I have the privilege of witnessing an entirely cohesive and seamless design. Jessie Bonaventure's set emphasizes the themes of family continuity and history; she makes clever use of a screen on stage that switches between different family photos and is framed by tree branches. The set never changes, but Sherry Martinez's costumes are the only cues we need to know exactly which time period we're in. I was especially impressed with her use of a red dress that Julie finds in Lala's closet. By the time she finds the dress it's washed out, looking more like a light blood-orange; moments later we see Lala in the same dress, but in its original vibrant red, instantly letting us know that we're going back in time.
Though A Name for a Ghost to Mutter speaks to a specific American experience, most can relate to this family's struggle to reconcile their past and move forward. This play is also a great choice to anyone looking for a story with vibrant feminist overtones.
A Name for a Ghost to Mutter is by Cyndi Williams. Directed by Judson Jones. Scenic Design by Jessie Bonaventure. Costume Design by Sherry Martinez. Lighting Design by Zach Murphy. Sound Design by John D. Ivy. Production Stage Manager was Tina Truong.
The cast was Emily Verla, Rachel Caplan, Lori Fischer, Ryan George, Tom Green, Kathleen Huber, Christa Kimlicko Jones, Kelly Kunkel, and David Volin.


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EU moves to shore up price of carbon permits in the ETS
The EU has moved to shore up the faltering price of CO2 emissions in the ETS as current low price is failing to encourage companies to reduce their greenhouse gas output. However, the changes are relatively minor, too minor to do much good, resulting in changes in the timings of auctions of carbon permits, rather than the large-scale reforms that campaigners and green businesses had urged. The current carbon price is about €7 (£5.40) per tonne of carbon, which is well below the price of €25-40 per tonne that analysts say is needed to encourage companies to change their behaviour. The price is so low due to the recession and lelss economic activity in the EU so there is a glut of excess permits.Some companies will be able to avoid paying for carbon for years to come. Sandbag says that 2.2bn allowances need to be removed to restore the scarcity envisaged before the recession.
EU moves to shore up price of carbon emissions
Changes to emissions trading scheme are not the large-scale reforms that campaigners and green businesses had urged
by Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent (guardian.co.uk(
The European Union moved to shore up the faltering price of carbon dioxide emissions on Wednesday, amid widespread concern that the current low price is failing to encourage companies to reduce their greenhouse gas output.
But the changes announced to the emissions trading scheme are relatively minor, resulting in changes in the timings of auctions of carbon permits, rather than the large-scale reforms that campaigners and green businesses had urged.
The current carbon price stands at about €7 (£5.40) per tonne of carbon, which is well below the price of €25-40 per tonne that analysts say is needed to encourage companies to change their behaviour. After the proposals were announced on Wednesday morning, the price of carbon dipped to €6.70, in an indication that analysts had been expecting bigger changes.
As Europe's economic activity has slumped in the past few years, the number of carbon permits available to companies for free has heavily outstripped the number they need. Many companies have been hoarding the permits they receive for free, with some now sitting on billions of euros' worth of carbon allowances that will let them evade paying a price for their emissions for years.
Connie Hedegaard, climate chief at the European commission, said: "The EU [carbon market] has a growing surplus of allowances built up over the last few years. It is not wise to deliberately continue to flood a market that is already oversupplied. This is why the commission today has paved the way for changing the timing of when allowances are auctioned. This short-term measure will improve the functioning of the market."
Even this modest step is not certain to be put into practice, however, as member states and MEPs must agree first, so that the changes can come into force early in 2013. Hedegaard promised that further, more sweeping reforms would be examined: "After the summer recess, the commission will also finalise the options for long-term structural measures."
The changes to the carbon market have been the subject of a growing row between Hedegaard and her counterpart in the commission, the energy chief Günther Oettinger. The two have a history of disagreements, and Oettinger is understood to object to big reforms to the way the carbon market operates. The most effective way to raise the price of carbon under the scheme would be to reduce the number of permits available, and the easiest way to do this would be to cut the allocation of future permits scheduled for the next few years, by setting aside a large number. However, this would be legally and politically complex so the compromise proposed would allow for gradual changes that would not amount to a full set aside yet.
Bas Eickhout, a prominent Green party MEP, said the proposals did not go far enough: "Despite the urgent need to repair the misfiring emissions trading scheme, the commission is tiptoeing towards action. The emissions trading scheme is in need of serious surgery to address the current problems with the carbon market and ensure it can fulfil its purpose of delivering emissions reductions in the EU. Regrettably, the commission is riven by internal wrangling and has only set out limited proposals on the legal base today, merely preparing the ground for future steps and making it more difficult to shore up the emissions trading scheme before the end of the year."
Damien Morris, senior policy adviser at Sandbag, an environmental campaigning group, said it was "unfortunate" that the plans to change the auctions were delayed until next year, but said that legal changes proposed by the commission would be helpful in reducing the number of permits available. He said: "With a clearer legal mandate, we hope the commission will move to withhold a quantity of allowances commensurate with the crisis facing the scheme: our research finds that 2.2bn allowances need to be removed to restore the scarcity envisaged before the recession."
Scott McGregor, chief executive of emissions trader Camco, said: "It is essential that the proposed stakeholder consultation leads to firm proposals from the European commission on long-term structural measures to improve the scheme and which remove the uncertainty currently affecting the market."
In the UK, the commission's moves are likely to have limited impact, as the UK government is taking steps to ensure companies pay an effective minimum price for carbon whatever the EU price. Dorothy Thompson, chief executive of Drax, the coal-fired power station that is the UK's biggest single source of emissions, said: "Because of the carbon floor price, any material amendments to the EU emissions trading scheme that tighten up the market do not make much difference here."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/25/eu-price-carbon-emissions

EU Commission to announce carbon market rescue plan
By Barbara Lewis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will outline a keenly-awaited plan on Wednesday to bolster the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) by reducing a massive burden of surplus allowances.
It is the latest of a string of efforts to fix a market, which is designed to be the mainstay of the EU's climate policy, but in the past has been undermined by a series of scams and now is flooded with oversupply because of recession.
In April the price of carbon fell to a record low of 5.99 euros a tonne, far below levels needed to spur low-carbon investment and discourage polluters.
Early on Wednesday, the market was around 7 euros.
To tackle the surplus of carbon allowances, the Commission, the EU's executive arm, has decided on a series of steps.
It is seeking clarification of an article governing the timetabling of auctions within the European Union's ETS law. It is also making public a draft proposal on how to alter the auction timetable to delay the release of new allowances.
There will be no firm numbers in that draft proposal itself, although EU sources said debate had focused on withdrawing 400 million, 900 million or 1.2 billion allowances.
Environmental groups have made the case for 2 billion.
The aim of the timetable adjustment is to deliver a quick fix in time for the next phase of the ETS, beginning next year, while the legal clarification is an attempt to ward off any challenge that could derail the process.
Eurelectric, which represents the electricity industry, including giants such as E.ON (EONGn.DE), said it would welcome a first move from the Commission to "clarify the feasibility of a rapid, short-term adjustment".
Other sections of industry are less favourable.
Europia, the European Petroleum Industry Association, said it opposed intervention.
"The EU ETS is responding to the economic conditions in Europe and therefore working as designed," it said. "In addition, Europia has concerns as to the regulatory precedent that such an intervention would set."
POLITICAL WILL
Whether the European Union can deliver a short-term solution over the coming months depends on the political will of its 27 nations, which have to endorse Commission proposals.
The prime EU opponent is Poland, which is dependent on carbon-intensive coal. Grateful for the economic reprieve provided by a weak carbon price, it opposes any intervention.
"What are the goals of the ETS? The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions. Nothing has changed. The ETS was never invented to create a price signal," Polish Environment Minister Marcin Korolec told Reuters earlier this month.
By contrast, the biggest EU economy Germany, as well as Britain, are viewed as obvious supporters.
Britain has decided on a carbon floor price from next year and Germany needs ETS revenues to finance its shift to renewable power following its decision to withdraw from nuclear energy after Japan's Fukushima disaster in March 2011.
Debate will begin in earnest after the Commission's August recess during which the EU institutions suspend business.
The Commission later this year is expected to publish a review of the ETS, which is being brought forward from next year.
That could also kick off a much deeper debate about the wider reforms many see as necessary, such as permanently withdrawing, rather than just delaying the release of permits.
The problem with more far-reaching reforms is that under complex EU processes, they could take years rather than months.
(Additional reporting by Nina Chestney and Jeff Coelho in London; editing by Rex Merrifield and Keiron Henderson)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/25/uk-eu-ets-idUKBRE86O0BZ20120725
The aviation industry, especially airlines abroad, have complained mightily about the cost of the ETS. Back in December, IATA estimated the cost could be as much as €900 million in 2012, based on an average price of €13 per tonne, rising to €20 or much higher in 2020. In practice, the cost is now only €7 per tonne, so the actual cost to a passenger on a flight from the USA to Europe is just about €2 – 3 per flight.
Such low carbon prices are ineffective in being a disincentive to flying, as the prices are too low by at least one or two orders of magnitude.
For example, see http://greenaironline.com/news.php?viewStory=1425
CERs (certified emissions reductions) are credits issued by the United Nations for reductions in emissions generated by emissions abatement projects in developing countries. ERUs (emissions reductions units) are also emission reduction credits issued by the UN but they represent reductions from projects in industrialised countries. One CER or ERU represents a reduction of 1 tonne of CO2 and can thus be surrendered by an aircraft operator to offset 1 tonne of its emissions. However, operators can only use CERs and ERUs for up to 15% of their compliance obligations in 2012 and up to 1.5% from 2013.
Posted: Thursday, July 26th, 2012. Filed in Climate Change News, Recent News.


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Schrader's cat
In Jean Renoir's 1939 classic, "The Rules of the Game," one character sums up the problems of existence: "The awful thing about life is this: Everyone has his reasons."
The film, which tops many lists as the greatest film ever made, has no heroes, no villains; it has no right, no wrong; no simple lessons to be learned, no closure. It is as French as it gets, and despite Hollywood's penchant for remakes, it could never be made in America.
On the other hand, the 1980 "Star Wars" sequel, "The Empire Strikes Back," has plenty of heroes and villains: It's the quintessential American film; it could never have been made in France. "Horizontal boosters. Alluvial dampers? Ow! That's not it, bring me the hydrospanner."
Jamais!
The difference is more than merely language; it's sensibility. Both excellent films, they sum up the divide between European cinema and Hollywood movies, a divide filled by more than the Atlantic Ocean.
One doesn't have to take sides. There are great films from both sides of the pond. But it is important to realize when you go into the theater that there is a difference and which kind of film you're about to see. If you're looking for an amusement-park ride, European cinema probably will bore you to tears; if you want intense drama about the human condition, Hollywood films will feel trivial. You pays your money and you takes your choice.
This is not to dismiss American films. First of all, they remain the most popular films worldwide. Many countries, including France, have felt the need to restrict the percentage of American films available to their citizens, to subsidize the local product. Steven Spielberg would always sell more tickets than Jacques Rivette. It doesn't matter where you go, American films remain popular.
Second, American films remain the major influence on world cinema: The tics of Hollywood become the universal style of everyone else, too. There are the editing rhythms, the lenses and equipment, the green-screen technology, the CGI — these are all the lingua franca of movies everywhere. Even a quiet film like Jean-Pierre Jeunet's popular "Amelie" would not be possible without computer assistance: Most of its signature color was digitally added.
One should not forget that the inspiration for the French New Wave in the 1960s were the Hollywood films the movement loved. Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" is his take on American films, with their gangsters and girlfriends.
We in the U.S. now are exposed to more foreign films than ever before. There are Hong Kong martial-arts films, Bollywood films, the emerging films of China and Korea, not to mention those from Iran, Israel and the Arab world.
All that is in addition to the many French, German, Italian and British films that traditionally have constituted the world of foreign films.
They're not only in theaters but frequently available on cable channels, on DVD and from Netflix. Even Turner Classics has its percentage of foreign-language films.
It's nearly impossible for the curious filmgoer to remain provincial in the comparative flood of world cinema.
It is true there are American indie films, but even those, no matter how gritty they are, tend to follow an American world view.
Americans see the world differently, so their films portray the world differently. We prize directness and informality; we despise hypocrisy and airs; we look for answers, not questions. We are fundamentally optimistic.
It is partly a matter of history. Because we have seldom suffered the devastation of war on our homeland, we have a different relationship with the past. Europe is haunted by history; for Americans, history is largely a matter of colorful costumes.
The American writer and director with the most European sensibility is Paul Schrader, who wrote Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," and he puts it simply:
"American movies are based on the assumption that life presents you with problems, while European films are based on the conviction that life confronts you with dilemmas — and while problems are something you solve, dilemmas cannot be solved; they're merely probed."
The American sensibility demands we open the box to find out if the cat is dead or alive.
For American audiences, an unsolved story is profoundly unsatisfying. We demand closure.
It's the Oprah in us.
european sensibility
hollywood films
Tony Mostrom said: January 18, 20163:43 am
Beautiful writing, the Mulholland piece.


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India vs South Africa, 3rd Test Match Prediction 19 Oct 2019
South Africa tour of India, 2019
India vs South Africa, 3rd Test Match Prediction
JCSA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi, India
0 0/0 in 0.0
2.77 133/10 in 48.0
Toss Winner - India won the toss and chose to bat first
India beat South Africa by 202 runs
IND vs RSA Prediction
South Africa keen to salvage pride against India in this dead rubber!
Virat Kohli was the standout player for India in the previous game played at Pune
Keshav Maharaj and Vernon Philander were key performers for South Africa in the second Test played at Pune
South Africa will face uphill in this game as they have lost their three Tests against India
Expect India to complete a clean sweep over South Africa at Ranchi!
Host India will be looking to complete a clean sweep when they lock horns with South Africa in the third and final game of the Test series at JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi on Saturday.
Virat Kohli and co. delivered a pitch-perfect performance with bat and ball to register a comprehensive win over South Africa in the second game of the Test series. With the series already in the bag, India will be looking to complete a whitewash over South Africa at Ranchi.
On the other hand, South Africa will need to raise their game with bat and ball in order to get something out of this fixture. With opener Aiden Makram and Keshav Maharaj ruled out of the final Test, the team management might bring in new players into the playing XI.
In the second Test, India beat South Africa by an innings and 137 runs, courtesy of the splendid performances from Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal and Umesh Yadav.
The big positive for India in this Test series has been the excellent form shown by the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal. The duo has scored over 600 runs collectively so far in this Test series. Sharma failed to produce runs in the previous game and would be keen to get big runs in this final game. Agarwal continued his rich vein of form and smashed a century to see India post a mammoth score in their first innings in the second game played at Pune. The team management will be hoping that Agarwal can maintain his consistency with the bat at the top of the innings.
The focus will certainly be on Indian Captain Virat Kohli, who scored a scintillating double century to help India take firm control of the game. Kohli scored unbeaten 254 runs off 336 balls with the help of thirty-three fours and two sixes. He will be determined to produce something special for India in this game as well. Besides Kohli's double ton, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, and Ravendra Jadeja scored half-centuries to post 600 runs in their first innings.
In the bowling department, the onus will be on pace trio of Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav, and Ishant Sharma to make early inroads with the new-ball. Umesh Yadav was the pick of the bowlers and claimed six wickets in the second Test match played at Pune. Shami and Ishant also bowled well and picked up crucial wickets for the side in the previous game. The spin duo of Ravendra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin bowled well and picked up 10 wickets between them.
Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Shahbaz Nadeem, Cheteshwar Pujara, WP Saha, Virat Kohli, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Virat Kohli (captain), Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav
Faf du Plessis and co. suffered a comprehensive defeat at the hands of India in the second game played at Pune. With this series already lost, the visitors will be keen to put up a strong fight in this final game.
Pacer Lungi Ngidi will come in place of Anrich Nortje, who failed to make an impact with the new-ball. Middle-order batsman Zubayr Hamza will come in place of injured Aiden Markram, who suffered from wrist injury during the second game of the series. Dane Piedt will also be part of the playing XI as Keshav Maharaj has been ruled out of the final Test due to a shoulder injury.
In the batting department, the side will be depending on the experienced trio of Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, and Dean Elgar to deliver the bulk of the runs in this dead rubber. Dean Elgar could not do much with the bat in the previous game played at Pune. Left-hander will be determined to make a notable contribution with the bat for South Africa in this final game. Wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock will be promoted to open the innings for South Africa in this final game of the series. The 26-year old has opened the innings for the side in a Test match played against New Zealand in Centurion in 2016. De Kock has produced decent scores for the side in this series and would be produce something special with the bat in this dead rubber. Captain Faf du Plessis will need to bat at no.3 or 4 in the batting order if South Africa wants to get something out of this final game. Du Plessis will need to deliver big runs for South Africa in this final game of the series.
As far as the team news in the bowling department are concerned, South Africa will go in with three pacers – Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, and Vernon Philander.
South Africa Actual Playing XI:
Zubayr Hamza, Quinton de Kock, Dane Piedt, Faf du Plessis, Anrich Nortje, Temba Bavuma, Heinrich Klaasen, Dean Elgar, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
South Africa Key Players From Previous Game
K Maharaj 72 132 12 0 54.55
F du Plessis 64 117 9 1 54.7
V Philander 44 192 6 0 22.92
Of South Africa tour of India, 2019
South Africa Predicted Playing XI
Possible XI: Faf du Plessis (captain), Zubayr Hamza, Dean Elgar, Theunis de Bruyn, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Dane Piedt, Senuran Muthusamy, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada
The wicket prepared for the final game is expected to be excellent for batting. Spinners will come into the equation on the last two days of the match. The weather forecast for the game to be played on Saturday is expected to have thunderstorms in the morning.
JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi is going to host the third and final game between India and South Africa. The previous Test match played between India and Australia in 2017 ended in a tame draw. On the other hand, South Africa have lost their last three Test matches in a row against India.
The side that wins the toss would be looking to bowl first and make use of pitch conditions. Due to rain predicted for the game, quick bowlers might get assistance out of this surface.
Based on current form, India will be firm favorites to win their final game against South Africa. With the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Mayank Agarwal in top-notch form with the bat, India will hard to beat in this last match of the Test series.
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