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Robert Penfold reporting on location PHOTO: Nine
As Nine's most trusted foreign correspondent prepares to hang up his microphone we find out what life has really been like on the road.
Robert Penfold is a true gentleman. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone in the television industry who has a bad word to say about him. Even his fiercest rivals would have to agree the man has worked hard but played fair during his 43 years working for Nine News.
Producers and reporters were caught by surprise when an e-mail from news boss Darren Wick landed in inboxes around the country advising Penfold would be stepping back from his duties in July.
In the e-mail Wickie, as he is known, praised Robert's character;
The legacy he has created is without comparison in any Australian media company. His leadership, mentoring of younger reporters and cameramen, experience and story judgement are a combination that has established our U.S. Bureau as the best in the business.
But, well above what he brings to the table as a journalist, it's Rob's decency as a human being and his compassion and concern for his colleagues that make him an exceptional individual.
Robert Penfold as a reporter in the '70s PHOTO: The Campbelltown-MacArthur Advertiser
I could not agree more with this sentiment. I had the pleasure of working with Rob when I was at Nine and I've always looked up to him as someone who came from my home town of Campbelltown and made his mark on many Australian's.
When I spoke to Rob shortly after his resignation had been announced (you can listen to that interview in the player below), I could tell he will miss the daily grind of the job but he also seems to be relishing the opportunity to spend more time with his family;
"I felt it was time to step back, a little at least. You know I'm a grandfather now, which I'm very proud of, and we're enjoying that. And Shar and I just want to spend a little bit more time out there, sort of getting around. Maybe traveling a lot more, as well."
Nine has been smart and they've asked Robert to stay on in a mentoring capacity part time. He will also file occasional feature stories for the network.
Rob has been the voice of news and taken us to some of the biggest events in the world as they were happening, including the fall of the Berlin Wall;
"We had gone over there a couple of days before, thinking that there was a bit of an uprising happening, perhaps, in East Germany. Not knowing of course, as no one did, that the Wall would be tumbling down. It was only in the middle of the night, actually, that I actually got a phone call from Sydney saying, "Wow! It's amazing to think that you are there where you are.",
The news was spreading around the world, but Rob wasn't aware of the situation yet as he had been in his hotel room;
"This is pre-mobile phones, of course, I said, "Yeah, it's incredible." Because you know, as a journalist, when people ring you, you always pretend, at least you know a bit about something about what's going on. So I bluffed it because I didn't want them to think I didn't know. "To think that they're knocking down the Berlin Wall while you're there …". And I'm going, "Yeah, it's incredible!" I opened up the curtains of the hotel room, and we were quite near the Berlin Wall at the time, and actually saw people running all over, everywhere. I said, "Don't worry, we're on to it, and we're going to get some good stuff here. But, we're just getting the camera ready to go."
Within 24 hours Rob filmed one of his most iconic pieces to camera, standing on top of the Berlin Wall which was in the process of being torn down;
The next day, I was actually, literally, standing on top of the Wall, with all the young East German soldiers, heavily armed, looking up at us, thinking, "Should we shoot them?" Or whatever. They put fire hoses on us to get us off, and then eventually they gave up.
During his 43 years working for Nine the requirements have changed for reporters. Once upon a time a story would only need to be prepared for the main 6pm news and possibly the TODAY show. Now a reporter sent to a major news event will start reporting LIVE from 5.30am Australian time for the Early News, then the TODAY show, TODAY EXTRA, followed by the Morning News. It's not uncommon to then pre-record some crosses for afternoon news services before writing a story and doing a possible live cross for the 6pm news (which is most likely the middle of the night from the locations Rob reports from);
"Things have changed dramatically. Whereas in the past, it would have always been just a one shot for a 6pm piece. And these are the demands that are put on young journalists these days. And not the reason, I'm stepping down, but at the same time, I have my old mates who are all ex-reporters saying, "Man I would love to be … I want to get back in." And I say, "I'm sorry, old boy. Once you're out of this business, you could never get back in, because you could never adapt to what the demands are these days."
In my chat with Rob for the TV Blackbox podcast we barely covered his career yet during our short conversation I heard about him being forced to drive wounded Yugoslav soldiers to a Slovenian hospital and how he came across the dead, naked body of Mafia boss Robert Trimbole. This is a man who has seen it all and now he finally gets the chance to travel the world with his wife, Shar – without the need for a bullet proof vest!
If you follow any journalists on Twitter you will have noticed the outpouring of love for Rob since his announcement and we can only add to the praise this great man so rightfully deserves.
You can see Robert Penfold daily on Channel 9's news programs.
Co-Creator and Editor of the TV Blackbox website, Robert McKnight is highly regarded Australian Television Producer, he has worked at SEVEN, NINE and TEN, and is most well-known for creating and producing STUDIO 10. Currently Rob is the host and producer of the TV Blackbox, McKnight Tonight and Monsters Who Murder podcasts.
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"Leading TV commentator" - The Daily Telegraph | "Known for his impeccable sources in the TV industry" - The Daily Mail | "Always first with the correct info" - Beau Ryan | Robert McKnight is a highly regarded Australian Television Producer having worked at SEVEN, NINE and TEN during his 25 years in the industry. Publicly he is most well-known for creating and producing STUDIO 10 but has worked on SUNRISE, THE MORNING SHOW plus other prime time productions in addition to creating award-winning news campaigns for both 7NEWS and 9NEWS. Currently, Rob is the host and producer of the TV BLACKBOX, MCKNIGHT TONIGHT and MONSTERS WHO MURDER podcast, and executive producer of AFTERNOONS WITH SOFIE FORMICA on radio station 4BC
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Right to transit ITC cant be taken away: Siddharth Enterprises vs Nodal Officer
Sep 07, 2019 by CA Rachit Agarwal in GST Litigation
Purpose of Writ:
Plea by Writ Applicants:
Submission by Respondents
Final Crux
Brief Analysis of Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution before High Court of Gujarat at Ahmedabad in case of Siddharth Enterprises vs Nodal Officer.
a. To allow filing of declaration in form GST Tran-1 and GST Tran-2, to enable it to claim transitional credit
b. Filing of declaration of TRANS-1 and 2 is procedural and not a mandatory provision
1.CGST Act, 2017, allowed the carry forward of the CENVAT credit on the duty paid stock on the appointed day, i.e. 1st July2017
2. The credit was allowed because the intention of the Government was not to collect tax twice on the same goods
3. TRANS-1 could not be filed due to Techncial Glitches
4. Without giving any opportunity of hearing to his clients, the office of the Nodal Officer reached to the conclusion that the writ-applicants had neither tried for saving/submitting or filing the form GST TRAN- 1 as per the GST System Logs.
5. Learned counsel submitted that this could be termed as violative of the principles of natural justice.
1. Jurisdictional Officer, Bharuch, did bring to the notice of the Nodal Officer about the various problems and difficulties faced by the tax payers
2. Nodal Officer had acted promptly and had also forwarded the grievances of the tax payers to the GSTM & GSTN.
3. Submission of various Articles from websites such as business standard, financial express are secondary evidences.
4. the petitioner has not joined GSTN nor the I.T. Grievance Redressal Committee as party respondent and therefore, the petitioner suffices of lack of non-joinder/misjoinder of parties."
(1) Section 140(3) of the CGST Act provides for a substantive right which cannot be curtailed or defeated on account of the procedural lapses- Madras High Court, in the case of Tara Exports v. Union of India, reported in 2019 (20) G.S.T.L. 321 (Madras), The Supreme Court, in the case of Commissioner of Central Excise, Madras v. Home Ashok Leyland Ltd., reported in 2007 (210) E.L.T. 178 (S.C.), The Madras High Court, in the case of Hospira Health Care India P. Ltd. v. Development Commissioner, MEPZ, SEZ &Heous, Chennai, reported in 2016 (340) ELT 668 (Madras), Allahabad High Court, in the case of Global Sugar Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise, Kanpur, reported in 2016 (334) E.L.T. 604 (Allahabad), Commissioner of Central Excise, Allahabad vs. Hindalco Industries Pvt. Ltd, 2013 (293)ELT 208, Supreme Court, in the case of Sambhaji and Others v. Gangabai and Others, reported in (2008) 17 SCC 117
(2) The entitlement of the credit of carry forward of the eligible duties is a vested right- Gujarat High Court, in the case of Filco Trade Centre Pvt.Ltd.v.Union of India, reported in 2018 (17) G.S.T.L. 3 (Gujarat), Eicher Motors Ltd. v. Union of India, reported in 1999 (106) E.L.T. 3 (S.C.), Supreme Court, in the case of Collector of Central Excise, Punev. DalIchi Karkaria Ltd.,reported in1999(112) E.L.T. 353 (S.C.)
(3) The rights accrued under the existing law have been saved by the CGST ActPara 27. The Objects and Reasons of the Constitution 122nd Amendment Bill, 2014 clearly set out that it is intended to remove the cascading effect of taxes and to bring out a nationwide taxation system
(4) The right to carry forward the CENVAT credit is a constitutional right.
(5) It is arbitrary, irrational and unreasonable to discriminate in terms of the time limit to allow the availment of the input tax credit with respect to the purchase of the goods and services made in the pre-GST regime and post-GST regime and the same could be termed as violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India (Para 33)- Supreme Court, in the case of Ajay Hasia and Ors. v. Khalid MujibSehravardi and Ors., reported in AIR 1981 SC 487, Courtin International Airport Authority's case ( (1979) 3 SCR 1014) at p. 1042: (AIR 1979 SC 1628) (supra) of the Report
(6) The doctrine of legitimate expectation also could be said to be violatedSupreme Court, in the case of MRF Ltd. v. Assistant Commissioner(Assessment) Sales Tax, reported in 2006(206) E.L.T. 6 (S.C.), Gujarat High Court in Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd. v. Commercial Tax Officer, 2005 (1) SCC 625
(7) By not allowing the right to carry forward the CENVAT credit for not being able to file the form GST TRAN-1 within the due date would definitely have a serious impact on the working capital of the writ-applicants and such action could be termed as violative of Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India- Para 38. Gujarat High Court, in the case of Indsur Global Ltd. v. Union of India, reported in 2014 (310) E.L.T. 833 (Gujarat)
(8) The liability to pay GST on sale of stock carried forward from the previous tax regime without corresponding input tax credit would lead to double taxation on the same subject matter.
(9) The action could be also termed as violative of Article 300A of the Constitution of India- CENVAT credit earned under the erstwhile Central Excise Law is the property of the writ-applicants and it cannot be appropriated for merely failing to file a declaration in the absence ofLaw inthis respect.
Due date contemplated under Rule 117 of the CGST Rules for the purposes of claiming transitional credit is procedural in nature and thus should not be construed as a mandatory provision- Para 43
CA Rachit Agarwal
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Are you considering getting help for your drug addiction in Thornton? Or do you know a relative or close friend who is struggling with substance abuse? Fortunately, Thornton drug rehabs are here to help. We have gathered together all of the information here you'll need on the treatment process in Thornton and throughout Colorado.
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The addiction crisis in Thornton, Colorado has reached record proportions—as has the city's compassionate dedication to stemming the tide of deaths and ruined lives.
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Thornton: A Young and Youthful City
Thornton sits the base of the scenic Rocky Mountains, just 10 miles from downtown Denver in northeastern Colorado. The population is more than 130,000, and there are more people per capita under the age of 18 than the U.S. average. It also has a lower than average number of people over the age of 65. Education levels are exactly on par with the national average; 87% of the city's inhabitants have graduated from high school. Thornton is relatively affluent, with annual household incomes of around $69,000.
The city is a young one, having begun with a seven million dollar housing project in 1952. In 1953 it was decided to name the new town after Dan Thornton, Colorado's governor. In 1954 the first 40 families moved in, and in 1956 it was incorporated as a Colorado city.
In 1967 Thornton denizens voted overwhelmingly to approve Home Rule, which meant that the city would have its own constitution—drafted and approved by its own citizens. Such arrangements grant local governments more say in their own affairs. The degree of civic impetus manifested by this move seems to have survived to the present day: few cities exemplify a stronger will to address their own opioid epidemic on their own terms than does Thornton, Colorado.
Thornton is shared between two counties: Adams and Weld, both of which have been designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAs).
Drug Use Trends in the State of Colorado
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Addiction is like any other disease: There are risk factors, and people can be genetically predisposed to succumb to it. Some brains are simply "wired" to be more vulnerable to substance abuse. Those who tend to be thrill-seeking, depressive, impulsive, or anxious may be more likely to be tempted to use drugs. Genetic predisposition plays a role. Life circumstances like trauma, abuse, peer pressure, or easy access from an early age can also push people toward substance abuse.
None of these things dictates that someone will become an addict, but they should prompt parents, teachers, guardians, and community leaders to be a little more vigilant in such cases where the probability of substance abuse is higher.
But the simple fact is that technically anyone can get addicted. Using any addictive substance regularly can cause an addiction, period, and no one is exempt from the danger.
What's being done?
Residents and community leaders alike in Colorado in general and Thornton in particular have shown a remarkable drive to address the drug epidemic from all angles, avoiding anything that looks like a "quick fix" and devoting all their resources to ending the terrible cycle of addiction and death.
Nowhere is this zeal more clearly seen than in the Adams County Opioid Video, a public service video showing the depths of the problem and what the county is doing about it. Narrated by Adams County Sheriff Mike McIntosh, who exudes empathy with every sentence, the video is a thoughtful and caring exhortation to get behind a multi-directional attack on the drug epidemic.
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McIntosh, who is also the chairman of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) of Adams County, insists that a response must be mounted on all six pillars in order for it to work. This approach emphasizes the importance of recovery and reducing incarceration of addicts.
The state, county, and city of Thornton have been positively zealous about providing public information and educating the public about the dangers of all abuse of all substances available to inhabitants.
Drug Courts
Thornton is served by the 17th Judicial District Adams County Drug Court.
The Drug Court's mission statement reads as follows: "Adams County Drug Court (ACDC) is committed to an integrated and collaborative effort of treatment, accountability, and rehabilitation of drug dependent offenders which will ensure community safety and create healthy individuals and families while reducing costs and recidivism."
Considering that drug courts were first used in Miami-Dade County in Florida in 1989 to combat the growing recidivism of drug addicts, the Adams County mission statement is spot on. Incarcerating people for having a disease that compels them to commit petty crimes to feed their drug habits is not only futile, it takes a toll on the public purse.
The new way, offering addicts a chance to get clean and sober and at the same time get the charges against them dropped, hasn't worked every time, but it has worked often enough to make a significant difference in the lives of addicts and in society in general. Even those who've studied drug courts scientifically admit that they work far better than prison and probation in ensuring the safety of both society and the addicts themselves.
The drug court holds offenders accountable for what they've done but also offers to help them get where they need to be to keep from reoffending.
The Adams County Drug Court funds almost half of the cost of treatment.
The Program has three 90-day phases:
1). Intensive treatment, substance abuse monitoring, community service, meetings with a probation officer, and regular appearances at Drug Court reviews
2). All of the above plus the establishing of a payment schedule for court costs and a reduction in the number of appearances before court and a probation officer
3). Treatment is terminated, court costs are paid, community service is ended, and meetings are further reduced
When a court orders an addict to treatment instead of prison, we ALL RISE. ~Martin Sheen
Many graduates of drug court credit the program with keeping them out of prison and pointing them in a positive, life-saving direction.
Addiction Recovery in Thornton, Colorado
The recovery or rehabilitation process not only involves physical withdrawal from drugs but also a long process of education, attitude adjustment, and life changes enabling the patient to leave the facility to abuse drugs no more.
Sometimes the hardest struggle is getting patients to admit that they have a problem and then teaching them how to avoid the triggers and temptations that got them started on substance abuse in the first place. It also involves preparing the patient for a productive, independent life minus drug abuse. Sometimes this requires vocational therapy and training as well.
One of the sadder things about addiction is that so many addicts suffer in secret, so ashamed of their condition that they won't even tell their loved ones about it, let alone look for help.
In cases where the addict is in denial about their addiction in spite of it being clear to everyone else that they're destroying themselves, it's a good idea to plan an intervention with the help of an intervention specialist to get the addict to a safe place where their condition can be discussed and they can be persuaded to undergo treatment.
Recovery facilities in Thornton offer inpatient and outpatient treatment, court ordered alcohol treatment for DUI or DWI offenders, assistance for the hearing impaired, inpatient and outpatient counseling in groups and one-on-one, treatment specialized for adolescents, for men, for women, for LGBT persons, and for members of specific religious groups, behavioral modeling, dual diagnosis treatment for co-occurring diagnoses (substance abuse plus a mental health disorder), family systems, feminist, multicultural, biofeedback, art therapy, and a variety of other holistic and other alternative treatments.
The following are just a few things to expect if you enter treatment in Thornton.
During assessment potential participants are examined by a medical doctor to assure that they're physically and mentally stable enough to enter treatment. There will be an interview to determine which course of treatment would be most helpful to that particular patient.
At this stage the patient is registered, payment arrangements are made, and an orientation process is begun. The patient is told what to bring or not bring, and briefed on the rules of the program.
Detox is the essential first step of treatment itself. It's the process by which the body is allowed to rid itself of the substance to which it has become addicted. This can be very painful and difficult and so is supervised by medical personnel and takes place in a safe environment. Sometimes medications are administered to ease withdrawal symptoms.
Detox is never a cure, but only the necessary first stage of recovery. No treatment program will succeed without the patient first getting free from the substance that has enslaved them.
Outpatient treatment can be very helpful to maintaining sobriety once the recovery program has been successfully completed. Outpatient facilities in Thornton offer various services to help recovering addicts, including behavioral therapy and DUI education.
Sober living in Thornton, Colorado
By now you the patient has put into practice what they learned in rehab and will have changed those aspects in their lives that had previously put them at risk for relapse. They may already have joined a 12-Step group in the community and have a sponsor in place. Regularly attending meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous will go far in maintaining sobriety. Peer support is also reported to be a deeply meaningful experience for recovering addicts.
The fact that you're still reading means that you or someone you care about is probably struggling with an addiction. The decision to enter treatment is a hard one to make, but be certain that going through the door of recovery is one of the most meaningful things you will ever do. The rewards of successful recovery are, as millions report, more precious than gold. Call us today and let us help you get there!
I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to convince myself that I am not.
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By Tim Peterson . Published on October 21, 2015.
Twitter has been selling video ads for a few years. But until now, brands have had to force these ads in people's faces. They would either sign a deal with an individual publisher in Twitter's Amplify program, such as the NFL or ESPN, to append pre-rolls to the media companies' clips and pay to run them as promoted tweets -- or they had to run their brand's own videos as promoted tweets.
However, earlier this month Twitter announced a YouTube-like video ad program that will let brands buy pre-roll slots that will appear before organic videos tweeted by participating publishers, such as Fox, BuzzFeed and Fullscreen.
"We started with that sports car [in Amplify], but we didn't have that daily driver that you can take out every day," said Mike Park, director of content partnerships and Twitter Amplify. "What we're building here is a daily monetization opportunity. As straightforward as we can, Twitter is now open for business."
In the interview below, which has been edited lightly for length, Ad Age asked Mr. Park why Twitter thinks pre-roll ads will work in a feed-based environment and how Twitter will sell the autoplaying, muted-by-default spots to buyers like GroupM that are eschewing such formats.
Ad Age: Twitter's native video push just started in January with the introduction of native organic video. Why add the ad revenue piece now as opposed to taking some time to get publishers posting their videos natively to Twitter first and building up their audiences?
Mike Park: If you think about the three phases we've set up, the first was align with super premium content through Amplify. The second phase: "Hey advertisers, if you've got your own video content, you can now promote that directly yourself." And now phase three is bringing that same easy-to-use ad platform to short pre-rolls, and all the same Twitter targeting that's available from Amplify and Promoted Video is now available in this third phase of an open Amplify model.
Ad Age: But it's a big change, bringing the ads from the promoted slots and incorporating them now into organic, eligible tweets. Why was that decision made?
Mr. Park: When we talked to advertisers, they continued to want more scale and more reach. And they wanted to leverage their video assets in new ways. What's unique here is you're reaching an audience on Twitter that's actively watching videos. It's not directly promoted to them like the Amplify custom model or Promoted Video model, but you're reaching them while they're actively engaged. And those organic videos are, a lot of the time, accounts that they know and love. If you're following MTV News or Fox Sports or Sports Illustrated, you're seeking those videos out. Now you're hitting users when they're in a little bit of a different frame of mind. And it's new. It's six seconds, so you're getting the complete brand message across in a native mobile environment.
Ad Age: Pre-roll advertising in a feed-based environment seems tricky. Facebook has avoided it so far. Putting an ad before a video could create more of a barrier between the audience and the video, and it's easy enough to just swipe down to the next tweet instead of waiting for the ad to finish. Why does Twitter think this will work?
Mr. Park: We think this will work for a few reasons. One, we've experimented with it and found that the main users, publishers and advertisers, love this experience over other ad experiences where different types of click-to-play models have existed in the past. Also when we've looked at this before, there's a range between five and seven seconds being about the right amount of time for a creative message to get across. When you look at other platforms where there might be skippable ads, you have to put up with five seconds before the skip button appears. So why not turn it on its head and get the message across in six seconds? The second piece is we've got scale from the standpoint of Vine. A lot of advertisers have taken to Vine and created a lot of interesting content there. Nothing's stopping a brand from repurposing a Vine and turning that into a six-second pre-roll. I'd add one point to what's unique about Twitter's feed if you're suggesting pre-rolls may or may not fit in there. Users have great context from a tweet itself. You've got the icon, typically some hashtags and copy and you also have something like a countdown timer. So you actually know it's a brief ad, and we've seen advertisers get really creative with that. So we think even within that feed environment, the context of the account and other callouts like the number of retweets are great signals for users to want to experience both the ad and the content.
Ad Age: Will the ads play automatically when a video-carrying tweet appears in my feed, or will I need to click on the video and then watch the ad and then finally watch the video?
Mr. Park: In that latter experience, that was the experience that we had about a month or two ago, and we've moved to autoplaying pre-rolls in the timeline. So for Amplify both the custom model and the new open model that's in beta, the current ad experience will be an autoplaying pre-roll directly in the timeline. It can be six seconds or less; you can run a three-second ad if you want. We found that by doing that there are actually more efficiencies to campaigns for advertisers, and we have also found it's not disturbing the content viewing experience.
Ad Age: By having the pre-roll play first, I would now also need to consider whether I want to watch the ad when deciding whether I want to watch a video, as opposed to being able to preview the video first. How will you make sure the ads don't steer me away from the videos?
Mr. Park: I'll answer that first from the custom side. There's a really amazing creative opportunity to tie a brand message into the content clips themselves, and with our technology we can serve up as many short pre-rolls as the advertiser is willing to create. If you're a creative shop cutting 15s and 30s of a campaign, we want every creative shop cutting 6s and thinking about how that content could be customized for a big content sponsorship program. Then on the open side, you will be able to target users actively watching these organic videos but you can also layer on some content targeting. So if you have five different six-second pre-rolls, you can create one for the sports category or the entertainment news category. So you can get really creative within the campaign settings to make sure you're hitting the right audience.
Ad Age: How will Twitter be monitoring pre-roll ad quality?
Mr. Park: It's separate from the promoted side, but the same systems are in place to reward high-performing campaigns. If you're performing well, you'll see efficiencies on a cost-per-view basis. The other thing to note is that we're bringing the same great platform-leading viewability standards from our Promoted Video product and applying that to this program as well. Advertisers will only pay for views that are three seconds in duration and 100% in view or clicked before three seconds, whichever comes first.
Ad Age: If I click on an ad and that opens up a page on an advertiser's site, is there a way to make sure I can still go back to watch the publisher's video that carried the ad?
Mr. Park: The ads today are not clickable. You tap them, and you basically go from a muted, in-timeline experience to a full-screen, audio-on experience. But we don't currently have a way to drive users away from the publishers' content. We've explored opportunities for advertisers, and we want to work with them, particularly those that are direct-response-focused, for what makes for a good clickable experience because we know that not everybody is looking for just reach but they're looking for action. Today we don't have those links, but we'll probably explore them at some point.
Will the ads also appear if an eligible video tweet runs in Twitter's new Moments section?
Mr. Park: Right now, not yet. Moments is still the same great premium, timely content experience that you've seen. We're always looking at ways to scale monetization on the platform.
Ad Age: Advertisers can target these ads by content category in addition to the standard Twitter ad targeting options. But will advertisers be able to select specific publishers, and will they be told which specific videos their ads ran against? I know an issue for some advertisers when it came to YouTube early on was they wanted better control over where their ads appeared.
Mr. Park: Advertisers have control two ways: at the category level and at the account level, which is at the Twitter handle level. Just like the way you can target users through acount targeting, you can enter in publishers that you wish to blacklist. Today they cannot select publishers one to one, but if an advertiser is interested in working with a particular publisher, our sales team would guide them to the custom option for Amplify.
Ad Age: The six-second limit means brands will need to recut their ads or create new ones. Will Twitter be doing anything to help them on the creative side?
Mr. Park: We have an interesting opportunity with Niche, [a company that Twitter bought earlier this year that matches brands with social influencers]. It's a good opportunity for them to reach out to creators for branded content. Particularly the creators you see within Niche are very adept at creating mobile-focused content, interesting content that's still very short in nature and they know how the platform works. Also we work alongside our brands to help them with best practices.
Ad Age: Making ads play with audio off by default seems like a situation where Twitter's appeasing one customer base -- its users -- but aggravating the other -- its advertisers. GroupM has said it only wants video ads that play with the sound on but don't play automatically. Why default to audio off, and how are you going to sell this to media buyers like GroupM?
Mr. Park: The decision to auto-play ads in the timeline was not actually new for this product. It came when we began auto-playing Promoted Videos. Our opportunity is to give advertisers more scale and also get more in line with what the platform is becoming, which is a rich, alive timeline. The same opportunity that applies for Promoted Video is now in the form of a short ad. I'd say to the media houses and buyers, we'd love to have a conversation with them to continue to make sure the models are aligning, but that this is a great opportunity to get an entire brand message across that's aligned with great premium content.
Ad Age: But what would you say to someone at GroupM who hears that and says that's fine but I still only want to buy ads that play with the sound on?
Mr. Park: Right now we think that this is the right way to approach a mobile-centric timeline [on a] live conversational platform. We think it's the right thing to do to give brands opportunities, particularly where the content clips are almost always less than a minute, to align with a really short branded message in front of it. We're taking the best of what the new mobile video standards are on Twitter with what the traditional advertising opportunity has been online, you know, pre-rolls. You won't find any other platform out there with this opportunity. We think we're paving the way in creating what the brand-new mobile video ad unit should be. If there are issues, we'd want to keep working with them to figure out what the best way to work together is, particularly around visual units that attract the eye and ensure potentially with research that the brand message is hitting home.


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The Steel Foundry
This pub is built partly on the site of Hadfield's Steel Foundry's factory.
Unit 12, The Oasis, Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 1EP
One of Britain's largest shopping centres, Meadowhall lies between the River Don and the M1 motorway. It opened on 5 September 1990, built on the site of Hadfield's vast steel works. Robert Hadfield (junior) established his steel foundry on this site in 1897 and named it East Hecla, after one of Iceland's most active volcanoes. Within a few years, it became a world-famous foundry and Sheffield's leading employer. It ceased production in 1982.
Illustrations and text about George Wolstenholm.
The text reads: Along with Joseph Rodgers, George Wostenholm is possibly the most famous name in cutlery. Although Wostenholm was reputably formed in 1785, it took three generations and one name change for the company to really make a mark in Sheffield's cutlery history. In 1831, the famous I*XL trademark was assigned to Wostenholm. The business was established originally at Rockingham Works, Rockingham Street, and afterwards removed to Washington Works. The company is most renowned by George's domination of the American market, most notably by the famous Bowie Knife of which many awards were bestowed upon Wostenholms throughout the world for outstanding quality.
An illustration and text about Sir Henry Bessemer.
The text reads: Sir Henry Bessemer (19 January 1813 – 15 March 1898) was an English inventor whose steel making process established the town of Sheffield as a major manufacturing centre. Bessemer had been trying to reduce the cost of steel for military ordnance, when he developed his system for blowing oxygen through pig-iron to remove the impurities. This made steel easier and quicker to manufacture, and revolutionised structural engineering. Bessemer also made over 100 other inventions in the fields of iron, steel and glass. Unlike most inventors, he managed to bring his own projects to fruition and profited financially from their success.
A photograph and text about Joseph Rodgers & Sons Limited.
The text reads: Joseph Rodgers' Norfolk Street cutlery works was easily the largest cutlery factory in the world. The first Rodgers factory was reportedly operated out of a building in Hawley Croft and in 1730 his two sons Maurice and Joseph took over, in around 1780, the firm moved to larger premises at No.6 Norfolk Street. Their mark of the star and Maltese cross as trade mark was registered in 1764. Around 1800, Rodgers' product range broadened into razors, table cutlery and scissors and in 1821 the firm was appointed cutlers to the royal family for the first time. Around this period and inspired this prestigious title, Rodgers opened their first celebrated showroom in which they proudly exhibited their wares, including later on, arguably Rodgers two most famous knives, the Year Knife and the Norfolk Knife. Each knife was branded with the star and cross as a guarantee of its superb quality.
Illustrations and text about Thomas Boulsover.
The text reads: Thomas Boulsover was a Sheffield cutler and the inventor of Sheffield plate. He was born in 1705 in what is now the Ecclesfield district of Sheffield. Boulsover completed his apprenticeship as a cutler in 1726 and, around 1740 set up his own workshop on the corner of Tudor Street and Surrey Street in Sheffield's city centre. It was at these premises that, in 1743, he discovered (by accident it is said, while repairing the handle of a knife) that silver could be relatively easily fused onto copper and that the resulting 'sandwich' could be fabricated effectively, by hammering and rolling, as one material while maintaining the outer appearance of pure silver. This material became known as Sheffield plate and Boulsover began to manufacture buttons, buckles, spurs and small boxes of the material, later moving on to create artistic, especialmente dishes and trays and hollowware such as coffee pots.
An illustration and text about the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire.
The text reads: The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire is a trade guild of metalworkers based in Sheffield. It was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in 1624 for:
"All persons using to make knives, blades, scissers, sheeres, sickles, cutlery wares and all other wares and manufacture made or wrought of yron and steele, dwelling or inhabiting within the said Lordship and Liberty of Hallamshire or within six miles compasse of the same".
The head of the company is known as the master cutler. Their motto being "Pour Y Parvenir a Bonne Foi (To Succeed Through Honest Endeavour)".
The company has been based at Cutlers' Hall since 1638. The current hall is the third to have been built on the site.
Illustrations and text about Hadfield's Steel Foundry Co Ltd.
The text reads: In 1872, Robert Hadfield began his own steel casting business Hadfield's Steel Foundry Co. on a site close by the River Don, off Newhall Road, Attercliffe. Following his death in 1888 his son, leading metallurgist Robert Abbott Hadfield took over the business. By the mid 1890s, with work at high levels, the company needed to expand from their restrictive site and bought 90 acres of land in Tinsley. On this they built a new works, known as East Hecla Works which opened in 1897. In 1882 Robert discovered manganese steel and as such a specialty of Hadfield's became the production of points and crossings for railway track work. The First World War provided new markets for manganese steel, spur armour plate and shells, tank treads and soldier's helmets. By 1919 Hadfield's were Sheffield's biggest employers and were probably the largest special alloy steel manufacturer in the country. In the 1960s Hadfield's Limited split into separate divisions, forging, casting and other works. The factory was eventually demolished in the 1980s and is now mainly covered by the Meadowhall shopping centre.
External photograph of the building – main entrance.
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Ana and Emma with their colorful backpacks that allow for great mobility during the parenteral nutrition process.
They are two little charming heroines: When Emma and Ana romp gleefully around the living room, look at their toys with curiosity, or crawl at lightning speed on their knees across the room and make it acoustically known when something is not okay, you would think you were in a totally normal nursery somewhere in Switzerland. If you take a closer look, however, you will see that the two happy children are connected to two colorful bags via white spiral cables that peek out from underneath their clothes. These are the infusion lines leading to the infusion pumps and bags that supply the nutrient solutions for the parenteral nutrition that the two children have needed ever since they were born.
Parenteral nutrition becomes necessary when a person's stomach or intestines cannot perform their designated tasks flawlessly, for example due to an operation or a disease. The special liquidized nutrition and the fitting device for administering it are designed to bypass the usual process of digestion and supply the patient with all necessary nutrients such as amino acids, lipids, minerals, and vitamins.
How long these administering processes take depends on the individual case of the patient – Ana needs infusions 18 hours a day and Emma 21 hours a day. Therefore, the parenteral nutrition has to be administered overnight while they are asleep and for several hours during the day. Portable infusion pumps and a backpack system ensure as much freedom of movement as possible for the children. Remarkably, the two see their particular circumstances and all the resulting implications as something totally normal. Their mothers preparing the infusions in the evening before they go to bed, connecting the infusions to the backpacks, the occasional beep the infusion pumps make when an infusion tube gets blocked, or the cleaning of the catheter are all part of their daily rituals. Ana is already able to put her backpack on by herself. Even interaction with siblings and other children is per the customary rules of a child's world, be it playing roughly or, through Emma's masterful charm offensive, getting a boy to wear her backpack, for example. For Ana, going for walks together with her parents and the family dog Aiva is always a special event. Provided the catheter is sufficiently protected, the girls are able to go swimming and splash around, something which creates lots of happy moments, particularly in the summer months out in the garden. Despite their parenteral nutrition, eating and drinking together at the family table allows them to feel part of the family unit and to enjoy their favorite meal.
Ana and Emma's families got to know each other through the pediatric clinic and have remained on close terms with each other ever since. In addition to the social side of things, the practical tips and mutual exchange of experience are invaluable as far as daily caregiving tasks are concerned. Being accurate throughout the overall treatment and maintaining high levels of hygiene are basic prerequisites for successful and safe parenteral nutrition at home. Both families perform these challenging tasks unfailingly. A specialized outpatient care organization (Kinderspitex) is on hand to provide assistance when needed. At the pediatric clinic, the children are examined and have various lab tests done every month.
The proud mothers especially value the fact that even longer trips are possible with the nutrient solutions and devices from Fresenius Kabi.
The employees in the FresuCare department of Fresenius Kabi in Switzerland are in charge of planning and organizing the supply of nutrient solutions and all of the devices needed for providing pediatric patients with parenteral nutrition at home. Our FresuCare colleagues identify the individual needs of the patients at their home and act as a go-between between families, the pediatric clinic, and the logistics department of Fresenius Kabi. In-house staffs process the families' online orders, arrange deliveries, and lay the administrative foundations for the direct settlement of costs with the insurers.
The FresuCare organization of Fresenius Kabi Switzerland has been able to expertly provide patients with comprehensive clinical nutrition at home for over 25 years, thereby creating significant value for chronically and critically ill patients.
Ana and Emma's parents especially value the fact that, by being well prepared, the whole family can even go on long journeys and, as a result, are also able to go and see relatives who live far away or visit holiday destinations.


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As we reported earlier this month, London has over the past few weeks been host to one of the world's major Asian art events: Asian Art in London. Officials from the major auction houses involved in the event had spoken of the 'Chinese boom' of recent years, and were expecting enthusiastic bidding from Chinese buyers travelling to sales from overseas. However, following several major sales at the leading houses, there seems to be little consensus over what the results suggest about the state of the Asian market.
The overall total for the week's sales was £57.4m, a considerable improvement on last year's £37m. Highlights included a Qianlong Imperial vase which reached £9m at Bonhams and an ivory stamp which massively exceeded its £3,000 estimate by fetching £646,000 at Christie's in South Kensington. But despite this seemingly successful outcome, 44% of lots on offer failed to sell. These conflicting figures have no doubt contributed to confusion about the overall picture of the market, with some commentators interpreting them as sure-fire indicators of a decline, while others remain more optimistic.


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Q: Yii force login returning to home page always In my website there is a section to create ad.So i need to force login before creating an ad.
my access control code is like
'access' => [
                'class' => AccessControl::className(),
                'only' => ['logout','signup','createad','upload','remove'],
                'rules' => [
                    [
                        'actions' => ['signup'],
                        'allow' => true,
                        'roles' => ['?'],
                    ],
                    [
                        'actions' => ['logout','createad','upload','remove','update-leads'],
                        'allow' => true,
                        'roles' => ['@'],
                    ],
                ],
            ],

This code snippet is forcing the user to login when clicking the create ad button.But after logging in,the user getting redirected to the home page always.I want to redirect to the create ad controller.But my login code looks fine
if($model->login())
                return $this->redirect(Yii::$app->request->referrer);

If the user logged in then i need the user to get redirected to the controller where the force login called.How can i do that

A: The problem is common and it is related to the issue that at the time when you post login, your actual referrer is login page - actionLogin(), so you are redirected back again and off course you get passed throughout the condition that you are not the Guest. In order to handle this, you have to assign a referrer to a modal field, so it can be posted with the login information. So at the time when login is validated, you have the required referrer url in your field. Check if you have this field identified in your form:
<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin(['id' => 'login-form']); ?>
<?= $form->field($model, 'referer')->hiddenInput()->label(false) ?>

Controller
$form = new LoginForm();
//get previos viewed page url and store in the new model
$form->referer = Yii::$app->request->referrer;
if ($form->load(Yii::$app->request->post())) {
   if($form->login()){
      return $this->goBack((($form->referer) ? $form->referer : null));
   }
}

LoginForm() model
public $referer;
/**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            //...
            ['referer', 'string'],
        ];
    }

After that, when it will be post request, this field will contain a referrer, which you will pass in your controller.

A: Let's take a look what is going on:

*

*The user access some /protected-site, (referer: doesn't matter)

*The user is redirected to /loginand the form is displayed, (referer: /protected-site)

*The user submits the form to /login (referer: /login)

*The user is logged in and redirected to referer from step 3.

From this you can see that you can't use the referer value for redirecting user back. To where he was before he was sent to login form. For cases like that there is a goBack() method in yii\web\Controller. You can use it like this:
if ($model->login()) {
    return $this->goBack();
}

This method uses yii\web\User::$returnUrl instead of referer. This value is stored in session when the AccessControl filter denies the access and redirects user to login action.

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Maare Goriya belley is a form of Russian belly dance.Assamese community in Russia presents Pause-in Times of Conflict, a monthly forum for reflection on creative practices in places of conflict.
Assamese Community in Russia Dances in Maare Goriya belley.
So far, they have paused to explore creative practices and explorations in Palestine, Iraqi Kurdistan, Kabul and Kashmir and The Emergency. In January they paused at dub poetry - a form of oral poetry spoken and performed on various subjects including protest against racism and police brutality etc.
India and Russia has a long time relationship either in political or cultural field. Till date the wave is continuing such a large number of our Indian students are studying there for better future.Specially the north eastern region of India. There a a few thousands of our Assamese students are studying in ex-Russian countries.


There are 2,375.06 miles from Wildwood to Arisaig in southeast direction and 3,080 miles (4,956.78 kilometers) by car, following the 25 S route.
Wildwood and Arisaig are 2 days 5 hours far apart, if you drive non-stop.
This is the fastest route from Wildwood, AB to Arisaig, NS. The halfway point is Jellicoe, ON.
Please note the time difference between Wildwood, AB and Arisaig, NS is 3 hours. The current time in Wildwood is 2:07 pm and the current time in Arisaig is 5:07 pm.
If you want to meet halfway between Wildwood, AB and Arisaig, NS or just make a stop in the middle of your trip, the exact coordinates of the halfway point of this route are 49.656019 and -87.711441, or 49º 39' 21.6684" N, 87º 42' 41.1876" W. This location is 1,540.13 miles away from Wildwood, AB and Arisaig, NS and it would take approximately 1 day 2 hours to reach the halfway point from both locations.
The closest town to the halfway point is Jellicoe, ON, situated 1456.13 miles from Wildwood, AB and 1624.2 miles from Arisaig, NS. It would take 1 day 1 hour to go from Wildwood to Jellicoe and 1 day 4 hours to go from Arisaig to Jellicoe.


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Home Tech & Telco Jazz Wins Big at Pakistan Digi Awards '19
Jazz Wins Big at Pakistan Digi Awards '19
Jazz, Pakistan's leading digital communications company, won two awards at the Pakistan Digi Awards over the weekend. The company won awards in the categories of Best Social Media Campaign and Best Digital Campaign for their Mega Super Duper and Super Duper Cards, respectively.
The Pakistan Digi Awards came back for the third time this year, to recognize campaigns that left a mark on the Pakistani Digital marketing landscape. A Jury Panel that consisted of a mix of leaders from the Digital Marketing and Technology industry were presented with case studies sent in by advertisers.
The growing popularity of digital media platforms has resulted in a focus shift for brands in Pakistan and Jazz,a leader in digital communications,works hard to utilize the digital universe to maximize its brand awareness.
Talking about this spectacular win, Asif Aziz, Chief Commercial Officer at Jazz said,
"Jazz is proud to have received not one, but two awards that help recognize our efforts in making this country more digitalized." He continued, "Jazz has proven once again, that it is leading the way in innovating how brands interact and communicate with digital audiences in Pakistan."
The ceremony was held to honor the efforts of various digital companies in Pakistan. Jazz along with its creative and digital agencies; Iris Digital, Spark Pakistan and IAL Saatchi & Saatchi, all won awards for their respective work.
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This dictionary has been produced specifically as a resource for foreign learners of Sudanese Arabic. The language is spoken in Khartoum and throughout most of the Republic of Sudan, but it is essentially an unwritten language, since Modern Standard Arabic is almost always used for written communications. Foreigners therefore do not find it easy to learn the spoken language, though some coursebooks do exist. So this dictionary will be invaluable for both beginning language learners and those who have already made progress in learning the language. It should supply all the vocabulary needed for everyday conversations and many working situations. Rianne Tamis holds an M.A. in Semitic Languages from the Catholic University of Nijmegen. She has worked at the Catholic Language Institute of Khartoum since 2002 as assistant director, course editor and teacher of Sudanese Arabic. Janet Persson has an M.A. in Linguistic Science from Reading University. For many years she has been involved in linguistic research with SIL International in a number of languages, including Sudanese Arabic. She and her husband Andrew are the authors of Sudanese colloquial Arabic for beginners.


My roommate loaned me this book after she read it because she said it was really good, and she was totally right! I have been seeing this comic for awhile now. It was very popular on BookTube *check out my channel!* a couple years ago, but I really wanted to read it after I saw G. Willow Wilson do an author talk at an auditorium at my college.
Ms. Marvel follows a Muslim-American girl who is just trying to find who she is and where she fits in, and is suddenly granted with super powers. She has the internal struggle of deciding whether or not she wants to be true to her family, or not be the odd one out at social events at school. She wants to be just like Captain Marvel, and when she mysteriously finds herself in front of her favorite super heroes of all time, she asks to be just like Captain Marvel. She wants to be pretty, blonde, and look good in thigh-high boots. She gets that granted to her, but struggles because she still wants to feel like herself. Ms. Marvel takes on some bad guys, and gets closer with a good guy.
I really enjoyed this comic, and it makes me wonder why I didn't pick this up earlier! I have really gotten into graphic novels and comics recently, and this was no exception. Kamala Khan is such a relatable main character, and I think it's important to show this amount of diversity in the typical "American comic." G. Willow Wilson talked a lot about how she wanted girls to feel empowered in themselves and wanted to make sure that the minority of Muslim girls were represented in a format like this. I think it's so cool to present it like this, and Ms. Marvel is now one of the up-and-coming Marvel stars.
This read quite young to me, but it could just be because it's from the perspective of a sixteen year old girl. She hasn't quite gotten over that being part of the "cool kids" isn't worth the trouble yet, so she's having some internal battles over wanting to fit in. I loved that her super power is being able to grow and shrink because that's not a typical power that you would immediately think of. It's not the most feminine power, and I think that that shows even more diversity within the story. She has relationships with other Muslim girls, and has been best friends with a Caucasian American boy her whole life, thus creating even more diversity.
I think that this amount of diverse thinking is so important today, and having comic books with these ideals just shows that the world is willing to change and evolve. I think it's beautiful because it's showing everyone that they should be accepting of everyone around them no matter how they look or their culture.
I would highly recommend this comic to middle school girls, because the message of being true to yourself is very relevant during those difficult years of development. Being you and being accepting of others is so important!
A young Pakistani girl named Lilia is living in New England. It is 1971 when her and her parents meet their new neighbor Mr. Pirzada. He frequently visits their home for dinner, and becomes an integral part of their family. Even though the neighbors share a cultural connection, the war in Pakistan creates tension between them. Lilia learns how war can create fear and uncertainty, even when you live far away from the conflict.
I liked the first story of the anthology better than this one, but I still enjoyed reading this. I feel like this book is making my reading branch out more, and I feel like I'm reading more diversely. I'm here for it.
This story is about a young girl, Lilia, who lives with her parents. A man named Mr. Pirzada always comes to their house for dinner, and she doesn't seem to question it. After getting to know him a little bit more she understands that his family is living in war in India or Pakistan. He hasn't heard from them in a long while, and he's worried about them, but he still treats her like his own daughter. He brings her candy, and she cherishes everything from him.
There wasn't a lot to this story, but I do think that it was beautifully written. I really enjoy Lahiri's writing style; it's eloquent and easy to read. I think the theme of loss and longing is prevalent, and it seemed more real because it was coming from a young girl. Her friend moves away, and she doesn't know how to cope with that.
I really felt empathy for Mr. Pirzada. He wanted his family to be with him so badly, so he ends up finding a "host" family with Lilia and her parents. I think that if it weren't for him joining them for meals he would have been much worse off. I don't know how hard it would be to be separated from your family without knowing how they are or even if they're alive, but I'm assuming it would be so hard. I wanted him to feel better and be happy!
I really enjoyed Lilia as a character because she was vulnerable in just the right ways. She's a kid, so her shyness was portrayed perfectly. She also valued everything that she had in her possession, but was never greedy. I think that was an interesting trait to give her, but it worked well with the story. I look forward to reading more by Jhumpa Lahiri!
This was a strange read because up until about 3/4 of the way through not much had happened, but I was still wanted to keep reading. I read this fairly quickly, and it was refreshing to read something of the mystery genre.
This book followed Hercule Poirot solving a murder case set in a train stuck in the snow. He was to interview all the passengers and solve the murder of Samuel Edward Ratchett. He was stabbed twelve times in the middle of the night, and there are quite a few suspects in the case. Most are linked together by one specific incident. Was this coincidence or on purpose? Follow M. Poirot in the solving of this murder mystery.
I've only read one other Agatha Christie novel, and the style was very similar, so I'm assuming that most of her books follow the same path. I don't understand why people would blatantly lie to the investigators/police because it just makes EVERYTHING so much more complicated. I don't understand why so many people would lie about their whereabouts when there is no purpose of lying.
I liked the last 1/4 of the book the best because you actually got some information. Poirot had the whole situation understood, and left the reader and all the other characters of the story completely clueless. It was fun to hear how the whole murder played out, because the way the story was written was very secretive. I enjoyed the fact that Poirot actually paid attention and looked into everything. I get that he's a detective and all, but it's cool.
Reading this made me want to read more of Christie's works. I have really enjoyed reading this spooky book during this spooky season :) Can't wait for my next mystery book!
After a revealing conversation with the first children of her age she's ever met, curious eight-year-old Alice Chattoway realizes that one ought to have a father … and she doesn't. Having determined that his absence is making her mother unhappy, Alice resolves to find him and create a family for herself.
However, Alice's mother, Miss Chattoway, is reluctant to answer any questions posed about a man she'd much rather forget. While Alice investigates, Miss Chattoway tries to balance her own spiritual turmoil with her need to be both mother and provider to her daughters.
Will Alice ever unravel her mother's secrets? Can Miss Chattoway let go of the past to reach for the future?
Huge thank you to Kellyn Roth for sending me a copy of this book!
This story follows Miss Claire Chattoway and her twin daughters Alice and Ivy. Miss Chattoway is a single mother in the 1870s living near London, so people are skeptical of her. Decent women don't get pregnant before marriage because during that time people didn't just sleep around if they were in the right social circles. Anyway, so Miss Chattoway is raising two girls and is running her dress shop. She creates the designs and sews dresses for people of the town she's in. Alice gets very curious as to why she doesn't have a father, and Claire is very skeptical to telling her about how she came to be. Alice does some digging and finds out that her mother is heartbroken, but was actually married when she was 17. Who is her father?
This story was really cute! Before reading this I didn't fully delve into the synopsis, so I didn't know that it was taking place in the 1800s in England. YAY ENGLAND. My dream travel destination :) That was a nice surprise.
I really enjoyed Alice as a character because she was so curious and willing to look for what she wanted. I didn't really enjoy how her sister Ivy was portrayed. It said multiple times that she was a simple girl and didn't really understand what was going on, but I think some of the language choices should have been evaluated more. I found Miss Chattoway to be a little annoying at the beginning, but I came to enjoy her by the end of the story. Her story was tragic and made me sad, so I felt sorry for her.
Another thing, though. This book was very predictable. I guessed the ending about halfway through, which isn't bad, but I did guess everything that was going to happen. I did like the ending even though it was predictable. It was sweet, and made me want to continue on with the series. I really hope that Alice and the stable boy end up falling in love because aww that would be so cute.
This has been my favorite volume so far because Rin has grown up a little bit and is talking more. This is a really cute series, and I'm glad that I've kept going. There is more plot now, and we're finding out more about Rin's biological mother. Daikichi is struggling with work and trying to find a balance in his life with everything that's going on, but Rin is trying to help with anything she can.
This is seriously so cute. I know that a lot of manga is kind of violent, but this is just adorable. There isn't much to the plot, but I want to keep reading. I think I might try to watch the anime because I'm enjoying the manga so much. I really enjoy the art style; it's easy to follow and I like how Rin is portrayed.
Rin is a very real character. She acts just her age, and the way she repeats some sentences reminds me of the younger sister in My Neighbor Totoro. One of my all time favorite movies, by the way…. Highly recommend, super cute.
I really have been enjoying Daikichi because he's having to deal with raising a daughter, lots of work, but he's also trying and failing with his love life. It's funny how bad he is at talking to women. One of my favorite scenes was at the factory he works at, a woman comes up to him and tries to talk to him, and he's just going on and on about how he's so bad at talking to women. It's funny. I enjoy it.
Like a plot out of a soap opera, bachelor Daikichi Kawachi's boringly normal life got a touch of the abnormal when he learned that his late granddad left behind a love child. And further rattling the unexpected skeleton in the closet? The ungainly, unglamorous Daikichi's impulsive decision to take in little Rin! But as the impromptu dad and his charge learn to adapt to both one another and their very new living situation, Daikichi is plagued by thoughts of Rin's mother. Who is she? Why has she been quiet all this time? Hot on the trail after discovering a modem at the old man's computer-less abode, Daikichi plays detective in search for answers. But elementary school enrollment, extracurricular activities, and other parental obligations wait for no man, so when the day of confrontation with the mysterious Masato arrives, will Daikichi be prepared?!
This volume of Bunny Drop follows Rin and Daikichi. Daikichi is trying to find out who Rin's biological mother is, so he enlists the help of his own mother. Rin is about to go into first grade, so she needs to start acting like a "big girl." Daikichi doesn't know how he could live his life without Rin.
This volume was really cute. There were two scenes that made my heart melt because of the cuteness. First, when Rin and Daikichi are shopping for a desk and a backpack. It felt so real because that's how a kid would act if they had to go shopping for something like that. She was so excited about having everything, and ended up wearing her backpack when she got home that night. It was so cute because I remember doing stuff like that. I remember wearing new clothes at home because I was so excited, or writing in a new notebook I just got.
The second part was when Daikichi said that it's not bad to want to be held when you're in first grade. You can always be held, sometimes adults even need to be held sometimes. So Rin remembers the time that he was crying because she told him she didn't want him to adopt her, and she said sorry and that next time she would hold him if he needed her to.
It was so fricking cute.


One of the new incentives on the table to counteract this is to allow tax refunds to be directly deposited into retirement accounts or used to buy savings bonds.
This is something we all may want to consider during this upcoming tax season. Don't let Social Security be your only source of income when you retire. In like fashion, don't allow your job to be your only source of income now either.


Realizing I won't be returning to a college campus next fall has left me nostalgic.
A couple of weeks ago I received a call to confirm my reservation from the restaurant where we planned to have dinner following my son's college graduation. After hanging up, I started to add the number to my contact's list on my cell phone. But then I stopped because it hit me that I didn't need this info anymore. I wouldn't be visiting this city again.
With my youngest now graduated from college, I've been thinking about all the things I'm losing because he's done.
Note: My two kids attended the same college, so I spent six years connected to one university. Letting go is hard because I've come to love this college almost as much as I do my alma mater.
The end of the academic calendar After returning home following his graduation, my son removed the large postcard with his college's academic calendar from our refrigerator. August won't be a time to gear up for the "new year" anymore, or to help my kids pack up to return to campus. In May, no one will be "home for the summer," leaving shoes to trip over, coming-and-going at random hours and raising my grocery and utility bills for three months.
The phrases Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break and Spring Break no longer need to be part of my vocabulary. Nor do I need to help anyone figure out flights home and back to campus during the busy holiday season.
I won't miss hearing the stress in their voices during finals week, which means I can put all the cardboard boxes I've saved for care packages into the recycling bin. I wonder if the man at the UPS store will wonder where I've gone?
On the bright side, I can skip marking tuition due dates on my calendar.
New travel plans In late August, no one will need help from my husband and me to move into a dorm room or a new off-campus apartment. October won't find us walking around campus as the leaves change, or sitting in the stadium stands with 100,000 other people watching a college football game. The New Year will actually begin on January 1 without us debating whether to risk a wintertime flight to campus in late February.
I really liked the city where they went to school, discovering its restaurants, galleries, boutiques, etc. Not having a reason to visit anymore makes me sad.
No more down time I enjoyed when my kids came home for holiday breaks and slept in every morning while I worked in my home-office. After they woke up, I turned away from the computer and we talked in-person about whatever was on their mind that day. I learned to listen better because it wasn't so much my advice that they were looking for, but the chance to share more of their lives with me. With college done, I will no longer have this extended time with either of them.
Checking out of apps and social media My weather app doesn't need to include their college town anymore, and I can stop following the Emergency Services Office on Twitter and the Parents' page on Facebook. I don't have a personal reason to care about what's going on there now, but a part of me wishes I still did.
No more security in late night phone calls Strangely, with my kids at college, getting a call after midnight wasn't nerve-wracking once I knew to expect it. Usually it was because that's when they had time to talk. But with both of them graduated and working, hearing the phone ring in the first hours of a new day is likely to make my heart skip a beat again.
What I won't miss Good riddance to tuition payments, calls from the airport about delayed or cancelled flights, the occasional bouts of homesickness and saying goodbye each time they headed back to college.
My husband and I are entering a new phase of our lives as parents and as a couple, reminiscent of when our daughter first headed to college. I'll still visit campuses as part of my research for this blog, but probably not my kids' alma mater.
If your children have graduated college, share what you miss about their college days in the comments section below.


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Chrysler to add 1,100 workers at Jefferson North Assembly plant next year
Larry P. Vellequette Crain News Service
Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne addresses workers at the Jefferson North plant in Detroit, where the automaker assembles the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango.
DETROIT — Chrysler Group LLC will add a third shift its Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit next year.
Chrysler said it would add 1,100 workers as part of the plan to add a third shift at Jefferson North. The factory now assembles the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango and is expected to build portions of the upcoming Maserati Kubang, an SUV scheduled to make its North American debut next week at the North American International Auto Show in Cobo Center.
Maserati is a unit of Fiat S.p.A., which controls Chrysler.
Jefferson North employs about 2,890 workers.
Earlier Thursday, Fiat expanded its controlling stake in Chrysler by meeting the final target set by the U.S. government in the deal that rescued the U.S. carmaker from its 2009 bankruptcy. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said the boost of Fiat's holding to 58.5 percent from 53.5 percent was a "fundamental step" in integrating the Italian automaker with Chrysler.
Marchionne plans to merge the two carmakers by the end of 2014 to reduce costs and achieve a revenue target of more than 100 billion euros ($128 billion). He hasn't confirmed where the combined entity will be based.
"We believe that investing in Detroit is not only the right thing to do but it is a smart thing to do as we work to write the next chapter in our shared history," Marchionne said Thursday in a statement.
The added shift at Jefferson North follows Chrysler's announcement Dec. 13 that it would reopen its Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit and add 150 jobs to build the SRT Viper sports car beginning late this year. Chrysler committed to adding 2,100 jobs as part of its new four-year agreement with the UAW that members ratified Oct. 28.
Bloomberg News contributed to this story
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Animal Kingdom Series Finale "Fulfilling" for Fans & "So Brilliant"
by Ray Flook
By the time the dust settled on the fifth season of TNT's popular crime-drama Animal Kingdom, Deran (Jake Weary), Pope (Shawn Hatosy), Craig (Ben Robson), and J (Finn Cole) had finally gotten their house in order with a plan that will purge them of some of Smurf's (Ellen Barkin) memories while setting the foundation for them to elevate the "family business" to new heights. But as rosy as things might look heading into the sixth & final season, a metaphorical "old ghost" and a literal dead body has returned from Pope's past to throw a whole lot of flies into the Codys' Vasoline (someone will get that reference). While the questions surrounding how the series will wrap up its storylines will remain unanswered until the series returns in 2022, Brett Weitz, General Manager, TNT, TBS, and truTV, wants you to know that he's seen the series finale. And guess what? Well, we'll leave it to Weitz's own words, "I just saw the series finale of 'Animal Kingdom.' It's so brilliant, it's exactly the things we want to continue to do, just celebrating brilliant content." Here's a look at what else he had to share about the series finale in an interview with Deadline Hollywood, along with the possibility of spinoffs in the future.
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Weitz Believes Viewers Will Find the Series Finale "Fulfilling": "John Wells directed it. I called him, and I said to him, this is one of the most brilliant pieces of television. I have a brother, my brother and I don't deal with those Cody boys. They're never done, but watching the emotional connection of these brothers and watching it come to an end, it was as fulfilling as you want it to be for a consumer."
Weitz Has His "Door Open" to Series Creator John Wells to Talk Spinoffs: "Sam Linsky and Adrienne O' Riain and I have said to John [Wells], we are here — John knows how much we love him and love working with him. In our jobs, you want to nudge the creators, you don't want to force them into a decision. So, when he's ready and he feels like there's a natural evolution to that show or spinoff, not only is my door open but there's probably a slot on the air for him to do that. He could do no wrong in my books."
Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Animal Kingdom Season 6 Teaser Promo (HD) Final Season (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asejBNM1TWI)
Jasper Polish (Force of Nature), Darren Mann (Fortunate Son), Kevin Csolak (Boardwalk Empire), and Stevie Lynn Jones (Nancy Drew) are set to join the cast in recurring roles during what's expected to be a 2022 debut for the sixth and final season. Now here's a look at "who's who" during the show's final run, beginning with Polish's Julia- a beautiful, intelligent, and edgy. Although she's an excellent student, she's also the type of chick who sells tabs of LSD because she thinks it's cool. She's torn between loving and hating her mother, Smurf.
Animal Kingdom Season 6 will be its last. (Image: TNT)
Csolak's Andrew is intense and struggling with an undiagnosed mental illness. He possesses a simmering rage but also instinctively searches for redemption as he struggles with his darkest impulses. He is completely devoted to Smurf, to his best friend Baz, and his twin sister Julia. Mann's Baz is a charismatic opportunist who will do whatever is necessary to ensure his own safety. He's not above pitting the other kids against each other in his effort to ingratiate himself with Smurf, who sees him more as a partner (personally and professionally) than as her adopted son. Stevie Lynn Jones' Penny is an intelligent, beautiful young woman in her early 20s. A rule breaker in her youth, she's trying to stay on the straight and narrow. She's stuck in a loveless marriage to a Marine- though she and she and J will become dangerously close.
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