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Alberto seeks support for local rugby clubs
Friday, 2 October, 2020
Alberto Costa, MP for South Leicestershire, has written to the Government to ask for further support for professional and community rugby clubs, including Leicester Tigers, in the wake of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
Alberto has written Parliamentary Questions to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to ask if the Government will be providing further support to both professional and community rugby clubs across Leicestershire and the country, many of whom are experiencing financial difficulties due to the Coronavirus.
Alberto said, "In recent days I have been contacted by a huge number of constituents requesting that the Government provide further support to clubs such as Leicester Tigers, but also smaller clubs at a grassroots levels. The effect of the Coronavirus has been terrible for rugby clubs, professional and otherwise, across the country, and if we are to continue to see rugby thriving then it's important the sport has all the assistance it needs".
Alberto added, 'As a keen Tigers fan myself, I know the fantastic benefits the club brings to our communities and economies in Leicester and Leicestershire – rugby is more than an eighty minute game on a Saturday, it often brings villages and towns together and provides a social and community outlet for people across the country. I will continue working with the Government to see that rugby clubs of all shapes and sizes have the support they require moving forward".
Alberto is pictured at the formal opening of the new all-weather sports pitch at Saffron Dynamo FC in Cosby last year.
Alberto receives assurances on local vaccine availability
MP for South Leicestershire, Alberto Costa, has received assurances from the Vaccine Minister than constituents and residents of the county will not need to travel more than ten miles to receive their dose of the Coronavirus vaccine.
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The Confessor Series by Annabell.
I'm not very fond of AU or fusion fics, but this is definitely one of the best out there. It would really help if you like fantasy. The writing is *very* nice and the characters are still recognizable. The fic is shonen-ai, with traditional 1+2 and 3+4 pairings. However, don't expect more than subtle hints throughout the fic, as the it is mostly plot oriented - not romance.
The sequel, Mord-Sith!, is also rather nice. But it is incomplete and doesn't really live up to the standards of the first. Watch for violent scenes.
Relena doesn't get enough attention in GW fics! (At least, not the *right* kind of attention!) This one portrays a beautiful friendship between Heero and Relena. And more than friendship between Relena and Dorothy. It's angsty and bittersweet, but definitely worth reading.
I love Jay's style! Her writing really grabs you by the throat - and in this fic, it does much more than that! Beware: death, dark-fic!
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International Women's Day Guest Blog Series – Laura Crocken Stevens, Future Space
To celebrate International Women's Day 2021, Astley Media is shining a light on some of the fantastic women in tech across the South West.
Laura Crocken Stevens is the Centre Director of Future Space Bristol, an innovation hub located at UWE Bristol which provides flexible space and support for pioneering science and technology start-ups. Laura is an international start-up specialist with 30 years' experience across a range of technology-based industries. She has also been a trade negotiator for the US government and has lived and worked in Russia and China.
What inspired you to pursue a career in Tech?
My first corporate job in the mid-1990s was with COMSAT which at the time was the sole provider of satellite communication for the US. My role was to develop markets for COMSAT's Technology Services Division in Asia, and in particular China. The first contract I negotiated was for a satellite overlay network for the city of Wuhan, now a household name, but relatively unknown to most people outside China at the time. The satellite uplink we installed enabled the city to leapfrog expensive terrestrial (cable) networks and provide telecommunications services for hundreds of thousands of people. I realised then how technology had the power to transform society.
Name a woman in tech who inspires you and why?
There are so many interesting women in tech, it's hard to choose! Two spring to mind – Dr Sue Black, Professor of Computer Science at Durham University and Regina Dugan, CEO of new biomedical non-profit Wellcome Leap. I first heard about Sue Black when my daughter decided she wanted to pursue a degree in computer science. Professor Black's story is really inspirational. Regina Dugan has a very different, but equally interesting back story. It is fascinating to hear her talk about how to build teams to deliver breakthrough technologies that address global challenges.
Have you faced any challenges while trying to establish yourself as a professional in a traditionally male dominant sector and how did you overcome this?
I think I was very lucky to have a very supportive (male) boss early on in my career. My biggest challenge has been to balance career and family. I hope that one of the outcomes of the pandemic is a new model of work that embraces greater flexibility for both women and men.
What words of advice would you give to women looking to get into the Tech sector but are hesitant due to the lack of diversity?
Find a mentor, work hard, prove yourself on competence, and commit.
What is the best thing about working in Tech in the South West?
The community! It's incredibly supportive and open to new people.
What advice would you give your younger self about the journey ahead in the Tech industry?
Go all in! This is the most incredibly exciting time for technology (surely every generation says this?). I would love to be starting my career now.

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WE WERE – Die Zeit die uns bleibt ist ein deutsches Mysterydrama, das von Juni 2020 bis Dezember 2020 mit Unterbrechungen in Deutschland gedreht und produziert wurde. Der Film ist der erste Teil der "WE WERE"-Reihe, der am 30. April 2021 als Video-on-demand auf Amazon Video veröffentlicht wurde.

"WE WERE" wurde von Tobias Obentheuer und Harry Seifert entwickelt und von der Produktionsfirma medienproduktion 2.0 an mehreren Schauplätzen in Rheinland-Pfalz und im Studio der Produktionsfirma gedreht. Das Produktionsdesign wurde, obwohl die Handlung in der Gegenwart spielt, an den Stil der 1980er Jahre angelehnt.

Die Handlung des Films dreht sich um den fiktiven Charakter "Alexander Michalski", der ein altes und geheimnisvolles Buch findet. Mit diesem Fund beginnt eine Reihe seltsamer Ereignisse, die das Leben des Protagonisten auf den Kopf stellen. Mit Hilfe seines Freundes "Michael" und dem Geschichtsprofessor "Dr. Brannon" versucht er den Ursprung des Buchs und der Ereignisse zu klären. Mit Fortschreiten der Handlung kommt immer mehr ans Licht, dass nicht nur Alexander Interesse an dem Buch hat und wie der Fund seine Vergangenheit und seine Zukunft beeinflussen.

Handlung
Durch den Verlust seiner Freundin Tea Jung führt Alexander ein einsames und von Selbstzweifeln geplagtes Leben. Allein sein Hund Sunny sorgt dafür, dass sich Alexander nicht komplett aufgibt. Michael, ein alter Freund, versucht dennoch immer wieder Zugang zu ihm zu finden. Als die beiden bei einem Spaziergang auf eine alte Buchhandlung treffen, wird Alexander unerwartet neugierig und findet ein verschlossenes Buch. Die Verkäuferin nennt es "Das Buch der Etrusker" und scheint selbst nicht so recht zu wissen, was es mit damit auf sich hat. Noch im Buchladen und bei Nachforschungen treten bei der Berührung mit dem Buch immer wieder "Flashbacks" auf, die Alexander dazu veranlassen Teas Geschichtsprofessor aufzusuchen.

Erstaunt untersucht Prof. Brannon an der "University Of Applied History" das Buch und hält es für eine Fälschung. Wenn es sich tatsächlich um das "Buch der Zeit" handeln würde, dann ist es mit diesem Buch möglich den Lauf der Dinge maßgeblich zu beeinflussen. Michael und Alexander fahren daraufhin zur Ruine Saint Quartier, die in Verbindung mit den Etruskern und dem Buch stehen soll. Dort angekommen, treffen sie nach langer Suche lediglich auf eine Sicherheitskraft, die von dem Energiekonzern "YTEON" berichtet. In der Vergangenheit hat das Unternehmen an gleicher Stelle Nachforschungen angestellt. Als Alexander nach Hause zurückkehrt, findet er seine Wohnungstür aufgebrochen vor. Bei der Recherche am darauffolgenden Tag sieht er auf YouTube einen alten Beitrag, der den Bankrott und einen fatalen Unfall des Unternehmens zum Thema hat. Als auch diese Spur ins Nichts führt, beschließt er das Buch ruhen zu lassen und schließt mit dem Themen "Vergangenheit" und "Tea" ab.

Wochen später trifft er zufällig auf Prof. Brannon, der in Begleitung seiner Kollegin Victoria ist. Als Alexander das Buch und die ergebnislosen Nachforschungen erwähnt, hat es Victoria recht eilig und würgt das Gespräch ab. Am Abend des gleichen Tages wird Alexander von einer maskierten und bewaffneten Person in seiner Wohnung niedergeschlagen. Als Michael ein paar Stunden später eintrifft, findet er den verletzten Alexander auf dem Boden liegend vor. Als die beiden bemerken, dass das Buch ebenfalls entwendet wurde, suchen sie erneut Professor Brannon auf, da er als einziger von dem Fund und dem Mythos um das Buch weiß. Brannon, konfrontiert mit den Anschuldigungen, gibt zu, für YTEON gearbeitet zu haben. YTEON forschte, auf den Erkenntnissen des Buches basierend, an einem vierdimensionalen Abbild der Vergangenheit. Allerdings schlugen unter der Leitung von Victoria alle Experimente fehl, da sie zum damaligen Zeitpunkt nicht über Buch verfügten. Er kann Alexander und Michael von seiner Unschuld überzeugen und traut Victoria zu, etwas mit dem Diebstahl zu tun zu haben. Da keine eindeutigen Beweise vorliegen, fahren sie selbst und ohne die Polizei zur Ruine.

Dort angekommen, finden sie die Sicherheitskraft angeschossen und im Regen liegend. Da sie zu verbluten droht, bleibt Michael bei ihr und ruft einen Krankenwagen. Alexander und Brannon stoßen in den Katakomben auf Victoria. Diese versucht mit dem Buch und einer unbekannten Maschine ein Portal zu öffnen. Alexander schafft es, sie von hinten zu überrempeln, während sie der Professor ablenkt. Als Brannon wieder nach oben eilt um die Polizei und Michael zu informieren, kann Victoria Alexander allerdings um den Finger wickeln. Sie startet die Maschine und das Buch öffnet sich. Alexander wird von einem hellen Licht geblendet und befindet sich kurz darauf in einer Art schwarzem Raum. Er sieht Tea blutüberströmt und auf einem Autositz sitzend. Er kann sich wieder an den Autounfall erinnern und wie er von Licht geblendet wurde. Daraufhin bricht er zusammen und entschuldigt sich bei der toten Tea, die immer noch regungslos vor ihm sitzt. Als Tea mit den Worten "Alex, Du hast das Buch!" aufsteht und seinen Kopf berührt, wird es Alexander schwarz vor Augen.

Die Polizei und der Rettungswagen sowie weitere Sicherheitsmitarbeiter treffen ein und können Victoria festnehmen. Im Krankenwagen erzählt Prof. Brannon wie es zu solch einem Paradoxon kommen kann und wie die Zukunft die Vergangenheit beeinflusst. Alexander fasst neue Hoffnung, weil er jetzt sicher ist, Tea mit Hilfe des Buches wieder sehen zu können.

Dreharbeiten
Die Dreharbeiten konnten in Zusammenarbeit mit der Stadt Oppenheim, der Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz und dem Landesbetrieb Mobilität Rheinland-Pfalz an historischen und geschichtlich wertvollen Locations stattfinden. Darunter befanden sich das Kellerlabyrinth in Oppenheim, die Burg Landskron oder auch das Alte Amtsgericht in Oppenheim, das als Universität diente. Um den Dreh der Einsatzkräfte realistisch zu gestalten, stellte die Polizei Hessen und das DRK Rheinhessen-Nahe ausgebildetes Personal zur Verfügung. Der Drehzeitraum umfasste aus Kostengründen 10 Tage. So war es nötig in mehreren Teams und in verschiedenen Locations gleichzeitig zu drehen.

Post Production
Der Berliner Komponist Alexander Kluftinger zeichnet verantwortlich für den Soundtrack der ebenfalls stark an den Stil der 1980er Jahre angelehnt ist. Die Titel-Melodie von "Changing Time" wurde ebenfalls zur Animation der Title Sequence genutzt. Um der Produktion nicht nur musikalisch, sondern auch visuell den Flair der 80er zu verleihen, musste Yusuf Nabi Cakar dem digital gedrehten Material einen stark analog wirkenden Look verleihen.

Trivia

 Als "Buch der Etrusker" diente eine über 200 Jahre alte holländische Bibel. Das extrem schwere Gewicht des Buches, als auch das große Format machte es den Schauspielern beim Dreh schwer mit dem Buch zu spielen.
 Um das Independent Projekt zu bewerben wurde über den Dreh hinaus eine ausführliche Making-of-Serie produziert.
 Um das Projekt zu finanzieren konnte eine Vielzahl an Sponsoren gewonnen werden, die von der Idee des Projekts überzeugt waren.
 Von der Drehbuchidee bis zum finalen Schnitt im Januar 2021 vergingen exakt 13 Monate.
 Trotz der eher kleinen Produktion im Low-Budget-Bereich kamen an manchen Drehtagen, wie den an der Universität, ca. 40 Personen aus Crew, Cast und Statisten am Set zusammen.

Rezeption
Bereits während der Dreharbeiten gab es erste Pressestimmen, die sich positiv und offen gegenüber der Produktion äußerten. Vor allem der Dreh an den historischen Kulissen erregte Aufmerksamkeit.

Torben Schröder von der Wormser Zeitung schrieb: "Mystisches um ein uraltes Buch...das geheimnisvolle Kellerlabyrinth in Oppenheim ist für die Filmemacher ein willkommener Drehort für ihren spannenden Kurzfilm "Die Zeit die uns bleibt!"

Der Nibelungen Kurier schrieb: "An insgesamt neun Tagen kamen ein internationaler Cast, Crew und Statisten an unterschiedlichen Drehorten zum Drehen zusammen. Zu diesen Locations gehörten die Buchhandlung Aquarius in Worms, die Altstadt und Badestrand in Oppenheim, die Burgruine Landskron, das Kellerlabyrinth, das Alte Amtsgericht und die Pension am Markt (alle in Oppenheim). Die Filmtechnik ermöglichte Drohnenaufnahmen und Aufnahmen mit Green-Screen."

Saskia Moog von der Plattform Rheinhessen News schrieb: "Der Film handelt von dem Protagonisten Alex, der sich nach einem schweren Schicksalsschlag im Leben nicht mehr zurechtfindet. Durch Zufall gerät er an ein altes Buch, welches die Fähigkeit zu besitzen scheint, den Lauf der Dinge zu ändern. Gemeinsam mit seinem Freund Michael versuchen sie das Rätsel um das mysteriöse Buch und seine Macht zu lösen. Doch mit dem Besitz des Buches passieren anschließend eine Reihe merkwürdiger Ereignisse, die Alex und Michael in ein gefährliches Abenteuer verstricken."

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H&M Conscious Foundation and Kinnevik Reach for Change Join Forces for Youth and Women in Ethiopia
Accessories, Communication, Crafting, Denim, Fabrics/Textiles, Fashion, Footwear, Humanitarian, Marketing/Advertising, New Media, Retail, Sneakers/Footwear, Social Networking, Spending Patterns, Sustainability, T-shirts, Technology, Trends, Vintage/Thrift
Helena Thybell, Global Manager, H&M Conscious Foundation and Sara Damber, co-founder and CEO, Reach for Change. Photo courtesy of H&M.
H&M's Conscious Foundation has been at the forefront of the sustainability movement in fashion, and once again, has announced a ground-breaking collaboration for change.
On November 6, the announced that the their H&M Conscious Foundation would join forces with another Swedish brand, Kinnevik and their Reach for Change program, towards supporting social entrepreneurs to imporve the situation for young people and women in Ethiopia.
Through their respective foundations the companies are investing 8.8 million SEK over three years to set up a support program to help local social entrepreneurs in the country grow and become financially sustainable.
"Having two Swedish companies of this size join forces to invest in social entrepreneurship to benefit women and youth through their respective foundations is unique. We are joined by common traditions of entrepreneurship and innovation. Now we shall jointly use these strengths to contribute to a positive development in Ethiopia", says Helena Thybell, Global Manager, H&M Conscious Foundation.
H&M has recently started collaborating with Ethiopian suppliers, and Kinnevik has made one investment in a small Ethiopian company earlier this year. For this reason, the two companies have decided to work together to strengthen local initiatives and promote long-term positive development in Ethiopia.
This joint effort will initially focus on identifying social entrepreneurs with the potential to create sustainable change for women and youth in Ethiopia. The social entrepreneurs have in common that they are persons with a strong drive to create positive social change; they find new solutions to local social problems and use innovative methods to turn their ideas into reality.
"One individual can change a society for the better if he or she is given the right support. Experience shows that our method for creating social impact is equally effective in countries as vastly different as DR Congo, Kazakhstan and Sweden. We are very grateful for this opportunity to also spread it to Ethiopia", says Sara Damber, co-founder and CEO, Reach for Change.
The entrepreneurs will be given financial support, access to business expertise and networking opportunities to grow and develop their initiatives. The model for finding and supporting social entrepreneurs has been developed by Reach for Change and already implemented in nine countries across the world.
Two examples of social entrepreneurs supported by Reach for Change that have realized their ideas is Naomi Kuseyo who has successfully given hospitalized children in DR Congo access to education inside hospitals and Hayford Siaw who has developed a concept for mobile libraries that has given children in rural areas in Ghana access to literature and thereby increased literacy levels.
Karl-Johan Persson, CEO of H&M, emphasized the fast-fashion retailers vision for sustainability at the recent BSR Conference November 6, 2014. Photo by Vincent BRETON.
In addition, Karl-Johan Persson, CEO of H&M emphasized the fast-fashion retailers vision for sustainability at the recent BSR Conference November 6, 2014.
The theme of the conference was transparency and transformation, with a main focus on how an increased transparency can transform companies, consumers and communities. H&M's fair living wage strategy – that has been drawn up in close co-operation with international trade unions, textile suppliers, the ILO and non-profit organizations – shows how the fashion industry is transforming.
In his speech, Karl-Johan Persson, pointed out how H&M with its size and dedication, wants to make a difference. He also highlighted some important prerequisites for a successful sustainability work; to make the sustainability work integrated into the business in every department – from the suppliers to customer relations, to cooperate closely with others to develop and implement new ideas, and to always act with a long-term focus.
"At H&M we want to be more than a spectator of the global developments. We have a responsibility to use our size and influence to do what we can," said Karl-Johan Persson.
To drive change throughout the industry, not just at the H&M suppliers, is important– a task that requires a long-term work as well as a great deal of patience. One example of this is the H&M fair living wage strategy, aiming for the suppliers in the production countries to pay a wage that covers the workers' needs. A strategy launched a year ago and initially tested in three role model factories. The evaluation will start this winter and there are already some positive indications. Persson stressed that H&M is prepared to pay the prices enabling the suppliers to pay a fair living wage.
H&M's global garment collecting initiative was also mentioned as one important step towards a reduced use of natural resources. The fact that 95 percent of the garments can be reused or recycled into new yarns was emphasized as well as the fact that this will reduce the use of oil and water in the fashion industry.
"We need to change how fashion is made and consumed," said Persson.
One way of increasing the transparency in the fashion industry is to work on consumer labeling, making it possible for the customer to compare environmental and social sustainability of products and brands. This is, together with the decision to make the H&M supplier list public, important steps towards an increased transparency and a more sustainable fashion industry.
Today, November 17, 2014, H&M released their latest financials for October. Group sales increased 14% in local currencies compared with last year. The total number of stores is now 3,437.
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Our bias
The fallacy categories
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Aristotle's account of fallacies in the Sophistical Refutations
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Slow boat
9/9/2008 John Casey	4 Comments
As many may remember, the "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" made up stuff about John Kerry in order to call into question the veracity of his accounts of his naval service. As false as the stories were, the media couldn't get enough of the interesting questions such scurrilous accusations raised. Should the media, the media wondered, cover such obviously malicious and false accusations? There was an episode of Nightline in which Chris Bury (I think it was him) asked the viewers whether they found it to be an interesting fact that the media were covering this story. In other words–don't you find it interesting that I am writing this–I do. But most of all, people obsessed over what Kerry's response to the swift-boating said about him. Everyone knew in polite society that the charges were false, but Kerry seemed so powerless to respond to them, didn't he? Maybe that means the liar–the ones who make or refuse to dismiss such baseless charges, such lies (lies is the word I think for the things a liar says, I ask because I rarely hear it said)–has the advantage, that perhaps Kerry is weak and ineffectual. That, I think, is the thought of a profoundly warped mind.
A warped mind–very much like Richard Cohen:
What Obama does not understand is that he is being Swift-boated. The term does not apply to a mere smear. It is bolder, more outrageous than that. It means going straight at your opponent's strength and maligning it. This is what was done in 2004 to John Kerry, who had commanded a Swift boat in Vietnam. Kerry had won three Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star and emerged from the war a certified hero. It was that record that his opponents attacked, a tactic Kerry thought so ludicrous that he at first ignored it. The record shows that he lost the election.
Cohen's point is not that the tactic of "Swift-boating" ought to be exposed for the lie that it is, but rather that Obama–the recipient–ought to learn to respond, because his response has been ineffectual so far:
"It's a real puzzling thing," Obama said matter-of-factly. And then he went on to recount his experience as a community organizer, ending with the observation that "I would think that that's an area where Democrats and Republicans would agree."
It is true that on the stump, Obama goes on the attack. But those are fragments — maybe 15 seconds on the evening news. It is with extended interviews, such as the Sunday shows, that we get to visit with the man — and that man, for all his splendid virtues, seems to lack fight. Maybe he's worried about how America would receive an angry black man or maybe he's just too cool to ever get hot, but the result is that we have little insight into his passions: What, above all, does he care about? The answer, at least to the Sunday TV viewer, was nothing much.
And this is the response the Swift-boater is looking for. It's a clever, but completely immoral tactic. But it only works as long as there are people like Richard Cohen, who cannot bother to care whether something is a lie. Instead of using his perch at the Washington Post, and his position as an alleged liberal commentator, to call a lie a lie and to talk about liars, he falls right into the trap.
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Franz says:
Who the fuck cares what Richard Cohen thinks? I live near Austin, and I've never heard of him. Cohen understands that calling McCain and Palin liars is a waste of time because his readers already know that. It's people in my neck of the hills that don't know that,�and they've never heard of Cohen either. So who the hell is he supposed to inform?�Cohen is right. It's up to Obama to forcefully and passionately tell�the truth, to go after these liars with the same kind of tooth and nail they go after him, only armed with the claws of�truth.
jcasey says:
I know Franz–I would like to agree with you.� But I'm constantly amazed at how people take the word of pundits like Cohen as meaning something–even if they don't actually read Cohen, the Conventional Wisdom produced by him and others finds its way into people's minds.
Unfortunately, their Conventional Wisdom does not enter enough minds. Witness Kerry in 2004 and Gore in 2000. By every objective measurement, these guys should have won big. They were right on the issues, and most Americans, though they don't know it, agree with them and Obama. Kerry and Gore lost (well, not�
Gore, but his victory was obviously narrow enough�for Republicans to steal it)�because Democrats approach national elections like a formal�tea party and the Republicans approach them like mixed martial arts championship fights. Being polite hasn't and won't get it done.
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BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday held the "1+6" Roundtable with leaders of major international economic institutions in Beijing.
Premier Li noted that it is not in line with facts to say that China's economy is relatively developed and that the nation should assume the obligations of a developed country.
At present, China's GDP per capita is less than 9,000 dollars, which is only 80% of the world average, and a quarter of the European Union. No matter in accordance with the World Bank's Human Development Index (China ranks 86th) or the United Nation's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, China has the main characteristics of a developing country, Li said.
As the largest developing country in the world, China is willing to continue undertaking its obligations in line with its own development level and capabilities, said the premier.


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Europe: By Train or by Plane?
By Samantha Brown, June 03, 2014 05:00 PM
I love train travel. If I can choose between a plane and a train, I'll choose a train whenever I can. It makes the transition from one place to another a gradual one, with plenty of time to watch the world go by (to say nothing of the deep nap the train puts me in). And for some trips the travel time can be about the same, or close enough, once you factor in getting to the airport an hour and a half early and crawling through security. Plus, on a train there's no worry about fitting a bag in the overhead bin or struggling to hoist it up there.
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However, if you're going to Europe this summer, you may have a tougher choice. Europe's rail system is something we in the U.S. can only dream about. But with low airfares on such carriers as EasyJet and Ryanair (that's right: $39, with no "1" in front of that!), there's definitely a reason to compare the train to the plane.
Still, you have to know the rules. Budget airlines have long lists of rules, and if you break just one, it will cost you. One of my personal favorites is when you have to pay a fee for using a credit card, but the airline won't accept cash. And then there's baggage. Ryanair allows one piece of carry-on luggage that cannot exceed 10 kilograms (that's a measly 22 pounds) - and we know lots of women's purses hold more than that. The weight limit for checked luggage is also low; exceed it and Ryanair charges $12 for every extra pound.
But really, what did you expect for a $39 ticket? And a big advantage of air travel is that it gets us where we want to go as fast as possible. You can hop on a plane in Paris and be in Budapest in a couple hours. The trip takes nine hours on a train.
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as a forum style post school for young photography artists in 2002.
It moved from Nagoya, Japan and is located in Ichinomiya-city, Aichi, Japan.
and willing young artists who just started learning photography.
It is not a so-called "photography club", but a photography forum.
PAC does not organize member show, but helps each member's indivisual show.
Members of PAC are accostomed to have Yamada's home cooking dinner together on Friday evenings.
PAC takes a Japanese style socializing sistem saying "share the food out of the same pan" for every friday evening to maintain family networks of emerging photography artists.


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Sat, Jun 6, 1998, 01:00
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Ally McBeal - Channel 4, Wednesday
The Berlin Of Agnes Bernelle - RTE 1, Wednesday
Secret History - Channel 4, Monday
Short Cuts - Network 2, Wednesday
Diana: The Secrets Behind The Crash - ITV, Wednesday
With the assonance of its name matched only by the asininity of the rest of it, Ally McBeal exudes a kind of obscene fluffiness. I was on holidays when it began some time ago on Network 2 but there was no avoiding its full horror this week on Channel 4. Opening with a schmaltzy reminiscence of Ally's first kiss, it rapidly descended into a touchy-feely-fest of post-feminist fantasies. Watching it feels like being molested by an army of marauding, pink, cuddly toys.
"So here I am - the victim of my own choices," says Ally after explaining to us about that first, pre-pubescent kiss and how she has come to be a Harvard-educated lawyer. Poor Ally! Life sure is a bitch and she is a tragic victim. Five minutes into this mush and it's loathsome. The fact that it has won Golden Globe awards for Best Comedy and Best Actress (Calista Flockhart in the title role) suggests that American television (and American society) is in even bigger trouble than most of us realised.
The cloying fluffiness is a great pity because there could be a series underneath the floss. Career-minded women in power suits, looking for big bucks (in every sense of the phrase) are a cheap way of dragging sex into a series. With Ally, we get a kind of ultra-soft porn as she struts about in her mini-skirts fantasising about her victimhood. Early on we see her sighing into a mirror about her small breasts and wishing they were bigger. So, Ally's mammaries balloon before our eyes until her bra snaps.
This Walter Mitty/Billy Liar device of reproducing Ally's thoughts visually is occasionally funny. More often, however, it's so syrupy that it just intensifies the waves of nausea the series seems determined to produce. When cuddly-wuddly Ally-Wally feels insecure about meeting clients, we see her shrink to doll-size, her legs dangling, Lolita-like, over the edge of a huge chair. Ally's McBeal's legs are so prominently featured that they have a kind of stand-alone role - that is, when they aren't dangling.
The plot, such as it is, sees Ally reunited in a Boston law firm with her ex-boyfriend Billy, who is now married to a blonde mannequin named Georgia. Ally still "has feelings" for Billy as Billy does for Ally. All those soft, cloying Lsounds: Ally, Billy, McBeal, feelings, love, leave you feeling like you've been force-fed furry marshmallows. This is Barbara Cartland country strained through Love Story, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and thirtysomething. Ally's wide mouth, Bambi eyes and skimpy skirts add the soft porn.
Then there's the law. Listen to this for guff: "Love and law are the same - romantic in concept but the actual practice can give you a yeast infection." Are these clowns serious? Romantic law? Do people find traffic violation cases erotic? Or, can company taxation law produce multiple orgasm? How about conveyancing? Walk on the wild side, no doubt! Pass the book of evidence and do it to me one more time, baby! Such nonsense is pure propaganda and archly conservative in its message: Perry Mason for the Hello! generation.
In this opening episode Ally, Billy and Richard (the boyish, smartass, senior partner of the firm) win a sexual harassment case against an old sleazeball lawyer, who has fondled Ally's buttocks. Very romantic in concept, isn't it? And then there's Georgia. Snooping to get the dirt on Ally's past with Billy, Georgia calls to our heroine's apartment. They whisper tenderly how they "hate" each other before we hear how Billy and Ally used to keep a long-distance phone line open all night so that he could hear her breathing in her sleep. Please!
Look, it's all like that. Smart Alec Ally yearned her way through this first episode of Barbies and Kens to a soundtrack of whingeing, women-as-victims ballads. It really is quite grotesque and for all its feminist posturing, only a male mind could have dreamt up such a creature as Ally. Written and produced by David Kelley (also responsible for Chicago Hope and The Practice), it is the most smug, syrupy and saccharine prime-time series in memory.
There are sub-plots about sexism and old-boyism within American law and about the hypocrisies of office relationships. These are legitimate. But they are smothered under the love triangle and Ally's appalling, girly-wirly self-indulgence. It can hardly do much for women's self-confidence in tackling the chauvinism of the legal profession. After all, Ally spends so much time in romantic (well, she finds it romantic) daydreaming and emotional turmoil - much of which takes place in the law firm's unisex jacks - that surely this is a setback for women. Flash and fluffy, it should be flushed back down the unisex loo it from which it has escaped.
Agnes Bernelle is neither flash nor fluffy and her prewar, Berlin-style cabaret is a dying art now. There is, of course, a certain self-indulgence in the Bohemian life but the decadence of 1930s Berlin does not choke on its own smugness.
There was serious satire and pointed parody amid the arty frivolity characteristic of the period. I Was The Little Girl - The Berlin Of Agnes Bernelle evoked a world destroyed by the hatred and violence of the second World War. Mind you, at 100 minutes in length, it probably lasted longer than the third World War will. Really, this was a chance for Ms Bernelle to do a concert on location, talking straight to camera between songs. Part authored documentary, part travel, history and politics, it was centrally concerned with the music of the time. Its main self-indulgence was in its lack of editing. It should, in truth, have been crisper and tighter.
Still, narrating sections of the documentary by using lyrics written by her father (Rudolph Bernauer, a theatre-owner, director and song-writer), Ms Bernelle displayed an engaging intimacy with at least a part of Berlin's celebrated cultural life. Between songs, she reminisced anecdotally about being flashed at in a public park, where she also used to see such non-flashing luminaries as Albert Einstein and Marlene Dietrich. There was too, not unexpectedly, much about the Nazis.
Ms Bernelle, whose father was a Hungarian Jew, once saw Hitler in close-up as he was driven through Berlin's streets. "He had reddish hair - not black at all - with bright blue eyes and a very good complexion," she said. It made him sound like a male version of Lucille Ball. It was only after seeing him in the flesh that Agnes could understand his "magnetic, physical attraction". The big story, after that, is, of course, history. More specifically, for Ms Bernelle's family, the Nazi regime meant that they had to flee to London.
In England, Agnes became a radio propagandist - "Vicky with the Three Kisses" - broadcasting in German. As she described it, she appears to have been a cross between Ally McBeal and Lord Haw Haw. Anyway, against file footage of the burning Reichstag and Nazis burning books, Agnes belted out the old songs, many of them still remembered by Berliners. Berlin cabaret, she insisted, was not about "striptease, feathers and sequins" but was "literary, political and satirical".
This was a sentimental journey with music, against a backdrop of big history which changed the world. Individual histories of extended Bernelle family members, who joined the German army or were murdered by the Nazis, personalised the story. Agnes Bernelle's style of cabaret is not the chicken-in-a-basket in a provincial hotel effort. But, while some of her songs remain vibrant and poignantly evocative of a world about to be destroyed, others now seem flaccid and twee. Still, the appearance of the late Thom McGinty in one scene reminded us of a decadent Dublin that is also gone forever.
A WORLD which many of us had believed was gone forever but which has been revved up again was the subject of Secret History: The Chair. This was a chilling documentary - luridly keen on reconstructions - about the invention of the electric chair as a method of execution in the United States. As told here, the tale was not so much about finding a more humane way to kill people as about feuding capitalists engaged in a public relations war.
Thomas Edison's direct current (dc) electricity was being superseded by George Westinghouse's alternating current (ac) version. So Edison, consulted on making a death chair, strove to forge a link between high-voltage ac and death. Back in the 1880s and 1890s, electricity still had an aura of mystery and magic. The public was as scared as it was excited by the new power. Anyway, an execution chair was invented and William Kemmler, a convicted murderer, became its first victim.
Kemmler's death, like those of many others electrocuted since, was neither quick nor humane. The chair often results in steam, sometimes even flames, coming out of the victim's mouth and ears. It can melt the fat on the face and induce massive vomiting, defecating and urinating. The odour produced by boiling faeces and urine and burning skin is a kind of eau de execution which you can imagine for yourself. The ultra-dramatic (in black and white with pounding music and tension-filled pauses) reconstruction of Kemmler's death was really quite gratuitous. But, if it pointed up the barbarism of this "humane" device, perhaps it was worth it.
Home-produced drama this week saw Short Cuts screen A Basket Full Of Wallpaper, a strange little concoction about adolescence, myth and otherness. Sean, now working in London, but from small-town Ireland, recalls a teenage summer spent working locally with Osobe, an enigmatic Japanese man with an obsession for wallpapering. Unable to find out much about Osobe's past, Sean invents one which he shares with his friends at teenage cider parties.
So, Osobe becomes a wandering survivor of Hiroshima. Or, he might have been a kamikaze pilot who ejected just in time. Or, a torturer. Or, a PoW. His foreignness guarantees that his past be exotic. And, indeed, that is the way such people are perceived in small, otherwise homogenous communities: big history, world history aggrandising Ballygo
backwards. It was a kind of rite-of-passage drama, observant and telling. But when Osobe dies and we see that he had wallpapered even over the inside of his front door, we are in neurotic, not exotic country. Weird and not fully satisfactory, the short film did suggest something about the roots of folklore.
Finally, in a week when Gazza and Ginger Spice received as much news coverage (especially on Sky News) as 4,000 deaths in Afghanistan, the seriously weird news-documentary was Nicholas Owen's Diana - The Se- crets Behind The Crash. The ray guns, vanished cars and conspiracy theories were bad enough. But Nick's reverential presentation - animated sombreness - was sad indeed. The Elvisisation of Diana continues apace. With Ally McBeal in drama and Nicholas Owen in documentary, it's hard to take it any more. A grim week.


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Another top ten rank for Bitcoin. The king of the cryptocurrencies is now the sixth largest currency on earth. It has outperformed fiat currencies like the Russian Ruble, the British Pound or the South Korean won.
When Bitcoin started nine years ago, nobody was thinking that it could reach such an incredible level today. According to Bank For International Settlements at Bitcoin's current price, the total value of all Bitcoins stands at $180 billion dollars. That means that it is the 6th most valuable currency on earth.
"The current value of all Bitcoins ($180 billion) is greater than the value of all banknotes and coins of most of other countries / currencies including the UK ($103 billion), Canada ($59 billion) or Australia ($55 billion)," reads the inform.
Only the US Dollar, Euro, Yen and Yuan have much greater levels of currency circulation than Bitcoin. For example, the US Dollar accounts for more than $1.4 trillion while Bitcoin does not arrive at $200 billion. In order to achieve the market value of the US Dollar, each Bitcoin should be worth $83.732 dollars, almost 8 times more than its current price.
Nowadays, and to put it into perspective, Apple has a market capitalization that arrives at $791 billion dollars. It is followed by Alphabet and Microsoft with $664 and $568 billion dollars respectively.
But other cryptocurrencies behave in a similar way to Bitcoin. For example, Ethereum is ranked 17th with a total market capitalization of $44 billion dollars. In the 20th and 21st place stand Bitcoin Cash and Ripple. The first one accounts for $24 billion dollars and the second one almost $10 billion.
The total virtual currency market capitalization would be just enough to arrive at the fifth place, overtaking the Indian Rupee. The cryptocurrency market value arrives at $328 billion dollars, far from the Japanese Yen that accounts for $856 billion dollars.


4/5/19 0825 Morgan St. Albany, GA.
The days are turning slowly to the end of our ownership here. We put the property up for sale and had an offer in three days. We took it. Selling off everything here.
We have a home in Florida. This was a vacation home. Unfortunately there are problems. The primary is the medical services provided here in Albany by the VA. There is a Marine Corps base close by and it has medical for Vets, but it is only doctors. If you need medical for ANYTHING other than seeing a doctor you have to drive 90 miles S. to Dublin (and they are not fully equipped) or you drive 200+ to Atlanta. In Florida I have two medical units within 15 miles (the closest is under 10) and a hospital 45 miles away. There are two VA Vet readjustment centers, one in Sarasota and one in St. Pete (I go there after being tossed out of the Sarasota unit for "failure to accept services prescribed by the unit's manager) and that translates to: he wanted me to undergo hypnosis to take me back into VN. He was NOT a licensed hypnotist. He was NOT a trained social worker. He had a degree in anthropology. I said "no." He told me that because I was refusing his decision I had to leave the vet center. OK, I did, and I wasn't the first to have that happen. Well, he is no longer in charge of that unit. I wrote a 3 page letter about him and sent it to the VA headquarters in DC.


Bow off – Raccoon. Bow on – cat!
Welcome to Muchmore manor, home of uber-rich senior Mrs. Muchmore and her beloved dog with a red bow, Bentley. They want for nothing – unlike the down-on-his-luck trash-eating raccoon Scraggs, who spends his days jealously gazing at the constant food deliveries to the Manor.
Eventually it becomes too much for the little scavenger, and he gets an idea – he'll disguise himself as an adorable kitty cat and infiltrate the manor, where it'll be a never-ending buffet!
Believe it or not – thanks to a snazzy bow, and an adorable little « meow, » his insane plan works. Mrs. Muchmore names him « Taffy » and showers the "cat" with the kind of cuddling that her dog could only dream of.
Bentley the dog is no dummy, though – he knows that Taffy's a raccoon, and will stop at nothing to take down the intruder by exposing him as the dirty rodent he is!


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Fish-out-of-water adapts to Maritimes
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Fr. Chebbathina, left, associate pastor at St. Mary's Missionary Parish in Souris, P.E.I., is welcomed by the parish's then-pastor Fr. Batchilder.
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THE CATHOLIC REGISTER
Father Rajumr Chebattina got his 15 minutes of fame in early July when he was featured with Father Paul Batchilder on CBC's new summer series, Still Standing.
For Still Standing, comedian Jonny Harris, best known for his role as Crabtree in Murdoch Mysteries, travels to small towns across Canada to spend a week immersed in the community. At the end of the week, he performs original comedy material based on his experiences before an audience of townspeople.
Chebattina's episode featured the small town of Souris in northeastern Kings County, P.E.I., where Chebattina is associate pastor at St. Mary's Missionary Parish. At the time of filming in April, Batchilder was pastor.
"It was my first comedy show that I watched live," said Chebattina, who is originally from India. "I was sitting in the front row. I enjoyed the evening with him. People just laughed and laughed and laughed."
Even though he has only lived in Canada for a few months, Chebattina seems to be adapting well. He was watching a playoff hockey game when he saw himself on a promo for Still Standing during a commercial break.
"It was during my beginning days here in Prince Edward Island, and I didn't really know much about it," he said. "I didn't know it was going to be on CBC. To see myself on national television, . . . I never expected this would happen."
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Chebattina said his time filming the show with Batchilder and Harris is a bit of a blur now, but he does say Harris is a "good Catholic boy who had a great love for priests."
Harris talked to the two priests about the faithful in a town steeped in tradition. Chebattina shared with Harris that moving from India to Souris was a huge culture shock for him. He described the experience as "God brings you on a plane and drops you onto a small land."
"I think most people in your scenario would've been on the phone with the Vatican pretty quick like, 'Ted, there's got to be sinners down in Florida,'" joked Harris during the episode.
Executive producer Maureen Riley said Chebattina's "fish-out-of-water story" was an interesting part of the episode, but she adds that what makes every episode is the people's obvious love for the tradition and culture of their town.
"Souris is a beautiful little town. When you look around, it's just visually stunning," said Riley. "The thing that struck me about Souris is that they were becoming so creative about what they could do to stay in their small town."
A Newfoundlander himself, Harris felt at home talking to the townspeople and understood what it was like to grow up in a small town in the Maritimes. His comedy show was an affectionate tribute to their way of living, so it was only natural that he received a warm ovation.
Chebattina had lived in India his whole life, but as part of his priestly assignment with the Missionary Priests for Christ, he was assigned to Souris.
"When I came here, I was brought by the bishop (of Charlottetown)," said Chebattina. "Bishop (Richard) Grecco is a man with great love. . . . He wanted people to realize that we are in need of missionary priests."
Chebattina said he vividly remembers the warm welcome he received during his first Mass in town. Everyone lined up to greet him after the Mass and he said he was very grateful.
"It was pretty new to me. Everyone shakes hands with you and gives you a big hug, and said, 'Father, whatever you need just tell us,'" he said.
"I didn't have lots of warm clothes and, in two days time, people just dropped a few sweaters and asked me 'What food do you like?' "
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Don't be fooled into thinking that your ordinary household policy will cover everything you want it to. If you own an instrument and you want to protect it, then it is often best to insure it seperately.
Remember to ask about the many musical instrument insurance policy features when speaking with a broker as the cheapest price isn't always the best option; your policy must suit you.
Please note that whilst you may be here to find insurance quotes for your instrument, many brokers will also ask if you require optinonal extras such as a replacement instrument in case of damage or liability insurance. These can be useful if you use your instrument in a live environment.
What percentage of your equipment needs cover away from the insured location?
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Currently, adjacent blanks in a codebox consist of html nbsp characters. When copying/pasting a codebox (plain text) with Microsoft Edge browser, it will translate the nbsp into UTF-8 nbsp characters. Other browsers don't, they translate the nbsp into a space. The behaviour of Microsoft Edge breaks some existing functionality for our use of the codebox. From a browser's point of view it seems logical to translate it into nbsp, so I can't really blame MS Edge.
The solution could be not to use nbsp characters in a codebox.
This solution is ok for me, though I am not really familiar with phpbb and frontend development to know if this solution is the best.
I want to propose this change since it seems more straightforward to use just blanks in a codebox than using mixed blanks and nbsp chars.
Edit: It seems this solution is not as good as I hoped, since the changed css style breaks correct copy/paste in IE11.
I'm pretty sure that's already the case in 3.2.
Hmm, seems I have some updates to do.


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'First Lady of Vero Beach' Alma Lee Loy is special guest at United Way Community Leaders Breakfast
Alma Lee Loy, along with United Way Chief Operating Officer Meredith Egan, took the stage to recount and discuss the unique past and growth of philanthropy and business in the area.
'First Lady of Vero Beach' Alma Lee Loy is special guest at United Way Community Leaders Breakfast Alma Lee Loy, along with United Way Chief Operating Officer Meredith Egan, took the stage to recount and discuss the unique past and growth of philanthropy and business in the area. Check out this story on tcpalm.com: https://www.tcpalm.com/story/specialty-publications/luminaries/indian-river-county/2019/10/29/200-gather-united-way-indian-river-countys-community-leaders-breakfast/2502717001/
Chance Morrow, Special to TCPalm Published 9:06 p.m. ET Oct. 29, 2019
2019 United Way Community Leaders Breakfast
"First Lady of Vero Beach" Alma Lee Loy, center, and Meredith Egan prepare to take the stage at the United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019 at Quail Valley River Club. Egan is chief operating officer for the United Way. Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie
Meredith Egan, right, surprises Alma Lee Loy with a token of appreciation, a hand painted glass pitcher by artist Teri Barrett, at the United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019 at Quail Valley River Club. Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie
Alma Lee Loy, left, and Meredith Egan discuss Indian River County's philanthropic and business history at the United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019. Egan is chief operating officer for the United Way. Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie
United Way Campaign Co-Chair Jeff Schlitt, left, presents Major Eric Flowers, and Sgt. Ross Partee of the Indian River County Sheriff's Office, with a Richardson Spirit of Indian River County Award at the Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019. Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie
United Way Campaign Co-Chair Jeff Schlitt, center, gives Scott Alexander, left, and Susan Chenault, both of Northern Trust, a Richardson Spirit of Indian River County Award at the United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019. Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie
Amber Batchelor, left, presents Ross Cotherman, of Rehmann, with a Richardson Spirit of Indian River County Award at the United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019 at Quail Valley River Club. Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie
Crossover Mission's Kim Lorimer, left, Antoine Jennings and Cathy De Schouwer, received the Agency Excellence Award at the Indian River County United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019. Crossover Mission is a nonprofit whose mission is to help children become successful adults through basketball training and academic mentoring. Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie
Chad Morrison, center, receives the Ralph T. King Lifetime Service Award for his 20 years of work with the United Way from United Way's Michael Kint, left, and Meredith Egan, at the Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019. Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie
Meredith Egan, right, surprises Alma Lee Loy with a token of appreciation, a hand painted glass pitcher by artist Teri Barrett, at the United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019 at Quail Valley River Club. (Photo: Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie)
"First Lady of Vero Beach" Alma Lee Loy was a special guest at the United Way of Indian River County's annual Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17 at Quail Valley River Club.
She was among the 200 community leaders, business owners, nonprofit executives and campaign supporters there to celebrate Vero Beach's Centennial Year and the United Way Campaign.
Loy, along with United Way Chief Operating Officer Meredith Egan, took the stage to recount and discuss the unique past and growth of philanthropy and business in the area. The 90-year-old Loy has been front and center for much of that growth as former owner of Alma Lee's Children's Clothing Center in Vero Beach, past president of the Chamber of Commerce and elected official on the County Commission.
Loy also talked about the early days of the United Way and those who helped to develop its role in the community.
"Fortunately, we live in a generous area where donors enjoy being leaders and helping to find solutions to the needs of others," said Loy. "I am so proud to have been a participant in the past 58 years of our history and thank you to everyone here today for their contribution to their community and to the United Way."
The breakfast, sponsored by Florida Power & Light Co., also included the annual presentation of awards.
Amber Batchelor, left, presents Ross Cotherman, of Rehmann, with a Richardson Spirit of Indian River County Award at the United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019 at Quail Valley River Club. (Photo: Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie)
Crossover Mission's Kim Lorimer, left, Antoine Jennings and Cathy De Schouwer, received the Agency Excellence Award at the Indian River County United Way Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019. Crossover Mission is a nonprofit whose mission is to help children become successful adults through basketball training and academic mentoring. (Photo: Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie)
Amber Batchelor, president of the Sebastian River Area Chamber of Commerce, and Jeff Schlitt, current United Way Campaign co-chair, presented the Richardson Spirit of Indian River County Awards honoring companies, agencies and volunteers who give their time, talent and resources to make the community a better place.
The Richardson Spirit of Indian River County Award for more than 100 employees went to the Indian River County Sheriff's Office; Rehmann, for 26 to 100 employees; and Northern Trust, for 25 or fewer employees.
Crossover Mission, a nonprofit whose mission is to help children become successful adults through basketball training and academic mentoring, received the Agency Excellence Award. This recognition is bestowed upon a local agency that has made a distinct and apparent impact on the people it serves.
211 received special recognition for its work and dedication to providing the community with resources and getting people connected to critical services. United Way and 211 have been direct partners since 2000, aligned with the goal to improve the health, education and financial stability of individuals in the communities that they serve. In 2018, 211s across the United States connected more than 12.8 million people to help.
Chad Morrison, center, receives the Ralph T. King Lifetime Service Award for his 20 years of work with the United Way from United Way's Michael Kint, left, and Meredith Egan, at the Community Leaders Breakfast on Oct. 17, 2019. (Photo: Contributed photo by Denise Ritchie)
A final award, the Ralph T. King Lifetime Service Award, was presented to Chad Morrison for his extensive and passionate partnership with United Way that has lasted for over 20 years. The prestigious lifetime service award was created in honor of its namesake, Ralph T. King, who dedicated much of his time and passion serving as treasurer and director of United Way of Indian River County.
Morrison has taken on a multitude of roles within the nonprofit organization over the years; serving as a campaign co-chair, board member, committee chair, Alexis de Tocqueville donor, and citizen's review panel chair. He is currently a board member for the United Way Foundation and serves as a major accounts and campaign cabinet member.
"He has served in almost every volunteer capacity and is a huge supporter and cheerleader of all things United Way, and for that we are extremely appreciative," said Schlitt.
The event concluded with attendees being asked to share their "why" with United Way, by filling out custom cards to be shared on the nonprofit's "What's Your Why?" display board. The goal of this project is to create a community story-sharing experience, illustrating personal perspectives on why it is critical that everyone live united in the community.
To view more photos of the 2019 United Way Community Leaders Breakfast, visit www.UnitedWayIRC.org/CLB.
For more about the United Way, visit www.UnitedWayirc.org.
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The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is one of number yearly races which are held all over the world. In 2008, 17 competitions took place, in 2009, 18 competitions and in 2010, 19 competitions are planned. The races, usually, are held in the same countries and around the same dates. However there are changes, thus it is possible that a certain country will not held a race while new countries are added to the list.


It seems the world is getting more fragmented, politically, economically, and socially. This year, the World Economic Forum gathers global leaders to its annual meeting in Davos, to develop a shared understanding of what it means to shape a better future in our fractured world. For the third successive year, the Hintsa team has been invited to lead a session to discuss whether a wellbeing focus and better attention management could be part of the solution.
Knowledge work is becoming increasingly complex. Technology has delivered amazing opportunities – and an epidemic of distractions. The attention of a typical worker is more likely to be fragmented than focused. We are all consumed by 'the cult of accessibility', and leaders are no exception. The people who need to pay attention the most, are often the most at risk of distraction. The people who need to focus are often the most fatigued. So, could this increasingly fragmented approach to life and work be contributing to our increasingly fractured world?
Behavioural change: from top-down or bottom-up?
At Hintsa, we believe that wellbeing is an essential resource for addressing the global challenges of our hyper-connected, yet fractured world. Organisations have an interdependent relationship with society, playing an integral role in determining whether its members are able to attain a state of overall wellbeing.
There may even be a commercial imperative: evidence from cumulative stock performance (in %) of Koop Award Winners compared with the S&P 500 Index (2001–2014) reveals the share prices of companies that value health and wellbeing significantly outperform those of their rivals.
Cumulative stock performance (in %) of Koop Award Winners compared with the S&P 500 Index (2001–2014).
In order to proactively influence wellbeing in increasingly disrupted work contexts, leaders need to focus on creating a culture of wellbeing that cascades down their organisations, and beyond, and that this starts with themselves. Leaders' wellbeing behaviour is contagious.
In Hintsa's 'Leading Under Pressure' session in Davos, international leaders from all walks of life, in business, government, and the arts, will get a chance to take a step back, consider what change is most pressing, and also apply an evidence based method to begin to translate their intentions into action. The participants will be encouraged to evaluate their current state of wellbeing, and prioritise the key areas for change with a personal Better Life Assessment. Sharing insights and examples from working in high-pressure environments, F1 analyst and former driver Susie Wolff, and Pierre Gasly, one of the youngest F1 drivers this season, will join the session.
Digital tools: the problem or the solution?
The Davos session will also address the modern-day 'attention paradox'. Leaders, like many people, are engaged in electronic communication for up to 6-hours per day, and a vast majority check their smart device within 15 minutes of waking. So, who is really in control? You, or your notifications?
However, the same devices which offer a continuous stream of novelty, harvesting our attention by encouraging us to mindlessly refresh our e-mail inbox and social-media feeds in search of a surprise, can also be part of the solution.
Studies suggests that digital interventions can improve wellbeing, but that these initiatives struggle to engage users beyond 6 months. However, our recent research, conducted over the last 4 years, reveals how, by integrating 'attention focussing' features in digital services, such as campaigns and points systems, it's possible to maintain and grow engagement for up to 45 months, and significantly increase wellbeing behaviour in relatively large groups.
Wellbeing behaviours recorded during 34 month intervention.
Technology, which is often the source of so much stress, can support health and wellbeing – if it helps people to focus, rather than fatigues them. To do the most good, with the biggest impact, in the short time we have available, leaders need to take care of themselves, model the behaviours they want to see, and create a climate for wellbeing and sustainable high performance. Success is the accumulation of small things, done consistently well.
During WEF's annual meeting in Davos, we publish a brand new white paper – Shifting Gears: Business Success in a Fractured World – where we reveal how businesses can succeed in a distracted world. The white paper introduces a new framework for business performance, success and personal development – and it all starts at the top. If you want to explore these themes in more detail, download the white paper for free.


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Robbie Williams' life story to be told in new film by director of The Greatest Showman
The film will explore Robbie's demons, director Michael Gracey said, after he spent hours speaking with the star
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Louise ElliottHead of Audience
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A new film based on the life of Stoke-on-Trent's famous son Robbie Williams is reportedly being planned by the director of hit musical The Greatest Showman.
Called Better Man the film will be a fantastical coming-of-age story telling the rise of the former Take That singer, according to US outlet Deadline.
The film will explore Robbie's demons, director Michael Gracey said, after he spent hours speaking with the star.
Robbie's hit songs will feature in the film, according to Deadline, but it is not known how the 47-year-old - who grew up in the Potteries - will be portrayed on screen.
Gracey told the outlet: "As for how we represent Robbie in the film, that bit is top secret. I want to do this in a really original way. I remember going to the cinema as a kid and there were films that blew me away and made me say as I sat there in the cinema, 'I've never seen this before.' I just want the audience to have that feeling."
Robbie Williams: 19 pictures of the early years
Australian Gracey, best known for directing the 2017 blockbuster musical The Greatest Showman, added: "All I can say is the approach is top secret, but the goal is to generate that feeling I just described. It's this fantastical story, and I want to represent it in its harsh reality all the way to these moments of pure fantasy."
Robbie - who grew up in Tunstall and Burslem where his entertainer dad Pete Conway ran the Red Lion pub - shot to global stardom as part of Take That. After leaving the band in 1995, he forged a hugely successful solo career.
His hits include Angels, Come Undone and Supreme, and Robbie has always has been open about his issues with alcohol and substance abuse.
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His biopic will focus on Robbie being an "everyman," Gracey said.
"Unlike some people who were born prodigies or musical geniuses and you follow the narrative of the world catching up to their brilliance, this isn't that story," Gracey said.
"Robbie is that Everyman, who just dreamed big and followed those dreams and they took him to an incredible place. Because of that, his is an incredibly relatable story. He's not the best singer, or dancer, and yet, he managed to sell 80 million records worldwide.
"You can relate to the guy who doesn't see himself as having any extraordinary talent, even though of course, he does. What he did have is the will, vision and confidence to say, I'm going to pursue my dream. For us as an audience, it's a window into the world, of what if we just went for it and chased that impossible dream that so many of us put to one side."
Gracey added Robbie's songs will be "re-sung, for the emotion of the moment."
Robbie has been married to American actress Ayda Field since 2010 and they have four children.
Other stories from the StokeonTrentLive newsletter today:
Royal Stoke staff left reeling by death of third 'colleague' in two weeks
Lidl announces opening date for newest North Staffordshire store
Six muggers kick boy, 16, in head in North Staffordshire alley
Two new areas of Staffordshire declared coronavirus hotspots
WeatherSnow up to 13 inches deep heading for the UKThere's expected to be a chilly end to the month
John Caudwell's £10m Staffordshire manor house 'haunted by ghost of murdered boy'
Caudwell ChildrenThe billionaire bought Broughton Hall near Eccleshall in the 1990s, but has since come to a chilling realisation
Woman caught drink-driving after swigging vodka at cemetery
North Staffordshire Magistrates CourtAlyson Washington drove her car a short distance after she was startled by someone knocking on her car window
Covid booster jabs available to those aged 16 and 17 in England next week
coronavirusAround 40,000 youngsters will be eligible from Monday


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Трка на 400 метара у женској конкуренцији на Европском првенству у атлетици 1990. у Сплиту одржана је 27. 28. и 29. августа на стадиону Пољуд.

Титулу освојену 1986. у Штутгарту, није бранила Марита Кох из Источне Немачке.

Земље учеснице
Учествовало је 26 такмичарке из 12 земаља.

Рекорди

Најбољи резултати у 1990. години
Најбрже атлетичарке 1990. године на 400 метара пре почетка европског првенства (26. августа 1990) заузимале су следећи пласман на европској и светској ранг листи (СРЛ).

''Такмичарке чија су имена подебљана учествовале су на ЕП.

Освајачи медаља

Резултати

Квалификације
За полуфиналене су се квалификовале прве четири из све три квалификационе групее (КВ) и четири на основу постигнутог резултата (кв).

Полуфинале
За финале су се квалификовале по четири првопласиране из обе групе (КВ).

Финале

Референце

Европско првенство у атлетици на отвореном 1990.
Трка на 400 метара на Европском првенству у атлетици на отвореном


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By Jonathan Kiefer
Victor Mancini (Sam Rockwell) is a fatherless, sex-addicted med-school dropout and historical re-enactor who solicits bankable pity from upscale restaurant diners by pretending to let them rescue him from choking. He uses that pity money to keep his demented mother (Anjelica Huston) cared for in a Catholic nursing home, whose staff Victor beds, or wants to, and whose patients' own confused traumatic memories he indulges. Who but the affectedly depraved comedic novelist Chuck Palahniuk could have made this stuff up? When director David Fincher made a film and a sensation of his novel Fight Club in 1999, Palahniuk just about became a household name, albeit not an easy one to pronounce; Choke, adapted by actor Clark Gregg in his directorial debut, lacks Fincher's slickly overwrought style but gets Palahniuk's silly plot turns and pet themes—particularly that memory and imagination, especially where trauma is concerned, are subjective and selective. Appealing performances and a foreskin-of-Jesus joke go further than expected.
My Best Friend's Girl
Stars are up to the bad material's challenge.
Joyless and unsavory.
Something's visiting the dentist.
Guess Who? meets Unlawful Entry.
Proud American
"What a country!"


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You can perform most of the instance-related operations using the API that you can do using the Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement apps Admin Center. The API also lets you perform some additional operations such as using tenant application identities to create/manage instances and retrieving service versions (releases) for instances.
For a quick start sample on how to authenticate and execute operations using Online Management API, see Quick Start Sample: Retrieve instances in your tenant.
Delete instance Delete an instance in your tenant.
You can delete Customer Enagegement Sandbox instances to recover the licenses and storage space or to prevent them from being used by mistake.
The following additional operations related to Customer Engagement instances are available. Some of these operation provide you information about things that are supported for Customer Engagement that helps you in performing core instance operations. For example, you can retrieve information about all the supported templates for creating a Customer Engagement instance, and then use one of the templates to create a new Customer Engagement instance.
Application identity hs to be created before it can be registered with the Online Management API.


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Q: which is faster: for or foreach
Possible Duplicate:
For vs Foreach loop in C#

Lets say I have a collection

List < Foo >  list = new List< Foo >();

Now which of the foolowing loops would run faster and why:

for(int i=0; i< list.Count; i++)

or

foreach(Foo foo in list)

A: It depends :
For For loop, it is on How much time does it take to evaluate the value oflist.Countor whatever value is provided in condition and How much time does it take to reference item at specific index.
For Foreach loop, it depends on How much time it takes for an iterator to return a value.
For your above example, there should not be any difference because you are using a standard List class.

A: Who cares?  Do you have a performance problem?  If so, have you measured and determined that this is the slowest part of your app?

A: foreach is faster to type for me :) and easier to read.

A: Well.. you can find that out using the System.Diagnostics.StopWatch.
However the point is, why do you need to think about it. You should first consider which one is more readable and use that one instead of bothering about performance in this case.
The golden rule is always write readable code and optimize if you find a performance problem.

A: try this, for and foreach almost resulting the same time, but the.ForEach() method is faster
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        //Add values
        List<objClass> lst1 = new List<objClass>();
        for (int i = 0; i < 9000000; i++)
        {
            lst1.Add(new objClass("1", ""));
        }

        //For loop
        DateTime startTime = DateTime.Now;
        for (int i = 0; i < 9000000; i++)
        {
            lst1[i]._s1 = lst1[i]._s2;
        }
        Console.WriteLine((DateTime.Now - startTime).ToString());

        //ForEach Action
        startTime = DateTime.Now;
        lst1.ForEach(s => { s._s1 = s._s2; });
        Console.WriteLine((DateTime.Now - startTime).ToString());

        //foreach normal loop
        startTime = DateTime.Now;
        foreach (objClass s in lst1)
        {
            s._s1 = s._s2;
        }
        Console.WriteLine((DateTime.Now - startTime).ToString());

    }

    public class objClass
    {
        public string _s1 { get; set; }
        public string _s2 { get; set; }

        public objClass(string _s1, string _s2)
        {
            this._s1 = _s1;
            this._s2 = _s2;
        }
    }

}

A: If you need to use the index of the current item, use for loop. There is no faster solution, you have proper solution only.

A: I don't have a source to back this up, but I believe they will be almost if not exactly identical due to the way the compiler does optimizations such as loop unrolling.  If there is a difference, it's likely on the order of single or tens of CPU cycles, which is as good as nothing for 99.9999% of applications.
In general, foreach tends to be considered 'syntactic sugar', that is, it's nice to have, but doesn't actually do much besides change the way you word a particular piece of code.


What's the future for County Farms in England?
On Monday 29th April the APPG is holding a meeting on the future of county farms in England.
The session will explore how we can stop and reverse the decline of county farms, the role and opportunities they provide in building a sustainable sector, and the specific actions the Government should take following its recent commitment to support council farms.
George Dunn, Chief Executive of the Tenant Farmers Association.
Jyoti Fernandes, Agroecological farmer and Land Workers Alliance.
Philip Bradshaw, Cambridgeshire County Council Tenant Farmer.
Sue Pritchard, Director of the RSA Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to agroecology.appg@gmail.com for further details.


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Needlepoint artist draws inspiration from around the globe
Written by Avishay Artsy Nov. 19, 2014 Arts
A gallery in downtown Los Angeles is paying tribute to a textile artist who created her own unique form of needlepoint art. The artist being honored is 80-year-old Jan Haag.
Haag grew up in the Pacific Northwest, but lived in Los Angeles for more than two decades. She developed her needlepoint technique during a period of extensive travel for her day job.
As the founder of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women, Haag launched the careers of many notable female filmmakers. And at the same time she launched her art career.
MUKHRA/TUKRA/CHAKRADAR IN TINTAL & RUPAKTAL (1996-2001) Single strand Persian wool; double strand Appleton wool; lace wool, partly Kashmir; silk yarn; rayon yarn; cotton and viscose yarn; cotton, silver and gold thread on 18 mesh canvas, Continental stitch in all four directions. Approximately 154,548 stitches. Dimensions: 18 x 26 ½ in
Between 1975 and 2008, Haag created twenty-three needlepoint canvases, working on some of them at the same time. One work took ten years to complete.
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S LEGACY (1982-1987) Double strand Persian wool on 14 mesh canvas. Continental stitch in all four directions. Approximately 47,736 stitches. Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 17 7/8 in
Haag left AFI to pursue an interest in eastern philosophy. She lived and studied in an ashram in India, pouring the sights and sounds and smells of the country into her textiles. Haag also lived and studied in China, Thailand, Nepal, Russia and Mexico. The results are packed with color and symbolism.
PALIMPSEST (1991-1992 & 1995) Single strand Persian wool, double strand Appleton wool, gold, silver and silk thread, on 18 mesh canvas. Continental stitch in all four directions. Approximately 67,473 stitches, 424 stitches per square inch. Dimensions: 17 x 12 ¼ in
Needlepoint has long been considered an antique, domestic craft, but Haag is credited with transporting the artistic medium into a world of adventure and discovery. Haag approached her needlepoints without a plan, allowing herself to be carried along in the process of creation, one stitch at a time.
KALACHAKRA (1981-1991 & 1995) Single strand Persian wool, gold thread, on 18 mesh canvas. Continental stitch in all four directions. Approximately 107,254 stitches. Dimensions: 24 3/4 x 13 3/8 in
Pieces from the Haag Needlepoint Collection are on display at MB Abram Galleries in downtown LA. You can see a video from the opening night here, including some of the artwork created in response to Haag's textiles:
Jan Haag Event from MB Abram Galleries on Vimeo.


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New Paper Re-Evaluated Performance of Key Algorithm Used in Calculating the U.S. Surface Temperature Record
One of the key elements used in looking at the long-term climate change is the temperature on the Earth's surface. Across the United States, thousands of weather stations are observing daily maximum and minimum temperatures, mostly by volunteers in the Cooperative Observer Program. NOAA's National Climatic Data Center compiles all of the data from the late 1800s to today from a subset of those stations with long records to produce the long-term surface temperature record for the United States. But many things have changed since the 19th century – stations have moved, the type of thermometer has changed, and many observers have changed the time of day that observations are made. – These changes have impacted temperature measurements through time, but these impacts are unrelated to true climate change. NCDC scientists use a scientific method, called homogenization, to identify and account for these "artificial" elements that can affect the trend in the data. But how do we know that this method is working as intended?
A new paper recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres by Williams and colleagues re-evaluates the performance of a key data homogenization algorithm used in calculating the U.S. surface temperature record. In the paper, the researchers applied the algorithm to several simulated datasets that mimic the U.S. temperature record. In all but one of the datasets a known pattern of errors was inserted to simulate the kinds of artificial impacts that may have occurred in the real data. The scientists also created one dataset that was "perfect". They created multiple estimates of the overall trend by running slight variants of the algorithm to see how much small changes in the algorithm affect the results. By applying the algorithm to the simulated datasets, they could also assess how well the algorithm accounted for the errors in situations where we know exactly what the true climate is.
The results of this analysis demonstrated that when the simulated data were "perfect", the algorithm did not change the overall trend. However, in cases where errors caused the trend to be too large or too small, the algorithm moved the dataset in the correct direction, essentially taking out much of the pattern of errors and providing an answer closer to the true trend. It hardly ever overestimated the required change, but for hard cases with many small errors it tended to underestimate their impact on the overall trend. The same settings were applied to the real world observations and confirmed that the raw data show too little warming since 1895. "It is much more likely that the U.S. surface temperature record warming is underestimated than that it is overestimated, especially for maximum daily temperature," according to Dr. Peter Thorne, Senior Scientist for the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites-North Carolina.
By researching how the algorithm functions when we know exactly what the trend should be and how sensitive the trend is to reasonable algorithm variations, we now better understand the surface temperature trends in the United States.


General Mike Kingsley has over 30 years of experience including over 20 years as a senior manager of aerospace and defense organizations ranging in size from 30 to 3,000 professionals, culminating as the Chief of Staff for US Africa Command (US AFRICOM) and vice president for a defense company. He is an exceptional leader and team builder with superb organizational, people, and communication skills and is proven in combat and now supporting the warfighter in industry.
As Chief of Staff for US AFRICOM, faced with 20% overall reduction in staff, orchestrated the integration and organizational changes that supported a highly efficient process maximizing the focus on the command priorities over the next 10 years.
Led the implementation of the CV-22 and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) fielding plan for Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) despite ongoing combat operations. The result was increased production of aircrew by over 50% and greater worldwide combat capability by 25%.
As vice commander of the 17,000-person AFSOC, directed the realignment of over $500M in contracts when faced with budget shortfalls. Led a comprehensive assessment of cost, schedule, performance, and alignment of priorities.
As vice president of global government relations, established the international and US program oversight for a major foreign military sale (FMS) valued at over $250M.
As Inspection Agency Commander, led the USAF's efforts to solve the nuclear inspection training shortfall. Conducted critical analysis to determine the optimal requirement. Developed an initial program within six months, growing it USAF-wide in one year. Gained Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF) approval for immediate implementation.
Faced with urgent requirements to support Iraq and Afghanistan operations, developed an integration plan that synchronized capabilities of different aircraft to support unique special operations missions, enabling a 200% increase in mission effectiveness within 6 months of implementation.


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Bouquet of Barbed Wire / Another Bouquet
1976 | United Kingdom
Infidelity, lust and incest came to British television screens in 1976 by way of Andrea Newman's adaptation of her own 1969 novel which starred Frank Finlay as Peter Manson, a well-off middle- class publisher who dotes just a little too much on his daughter, Prue (played by Susan Penhaligon).
Together they live in domestic harmony with wife and mother Cassie (Sheila Allen) until one hot summer Prue returns from University pregnant and married to American, Gavin Sorensen (James Aubrey). Peter can hardly contain his jealousy and his obsessive love for his pouting manipulative daughter soon tears the family apart. For his part, Gavin has no qualms about seducing Prue's mother, who is more than happy to find a distraction from her husband.
Viewers had never quite seen anything like it before and were totally gripped by the smouldering forbidden antics of all involved with the tabloid press having a field day describing in detail each steamy scene. The critic Clive James wrote of the first series "by the end, everybody had been to bed with everybody else except the baby." Although Prue dies in childbirth that didn't stop the other characters from returning for a second series, Another Bouquet written for television before being novelised, LWT Controller Cyril Bennett having asked Andrea Newman to come up with a sequel to what had been a phenomenal hit for ITV. When we catch up with them again Peter is involved in a long term affair with his secretary Sarah (Deborah Grant) whilst his wife Cassie is struggling with her feelings for son in law Gavin. It seems nobody has learned their lesson!
Published on November 30th, 2018. Written by Laurence Marcus for Television Heaven.
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