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Leadership, Lent, Lent Reflection
Styles of Leadership
March 7, 2019 Alan	Leave a comment
When I was a curate part of the training we were given was about styles of leadership, and again in industry our styles of leadership were tested for to see whether we fitted with the corporate culture. There are many different models of leadership (and I will write in a minute about one), but my main argument is that to be healthy an organisation needs different styles represented in its leadership.
The model we were taught was one which separated leaders into:
Engineers – use strategies and visions to come up with plans which everyone is then expected to execute.
Gardeners – use trial and error, they plant something and see whether it works, and if it doesn't they plant something else, or plant the first thing elsewhere as it may have been in the wrong place.
Surfers – spend time waxing their surfboard, so that when the big wave comes along they are ready to ride it.
Diplomats – use their connections to network and negotiate solutions – often behind the scenes.
In industry I had lots of experience working with Engineers, and discovered that one of the traits is an attachment to an idea. They have started so they will finish – however bad an idea something is. However, without that drive from the Engineer the others are less likely to get things done.
Why, you may ask, am I blogging about this in Lent on a church blog? The reason is that I believe that the church is becoming monochrome in its leadership style. Bishops are increasingly interested in defining strategies and visions, and are encouraging clergy to do the same. If like me you believe that there is a place for multiple styles of leadership this is a concern.
It is also a concern in a religious setting, as with a solely Engineering focus there is a danger that we get caught up in today's plans and visions, and without other leadership styles may lose sight of the main thing – God.
In industry a new meaning for the acronym FIFO was introduced – Fit In or …. leave. For a denomination that was founded to allow for differences of opinion this is not an option, yet I see many who are hurt by the current emphasis.
I am sure that God can sort things out – but how long, O Lord?
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Ministry team grows again
June 27, 2018 stellawiseman	2 Comments
The ministry team in the parish has grown again. With the licensing of Wendy and Craig as Licensed Lay Ministers (LLMs) last Saturday the team has grown to three full-time clergy, three LLMs and two retired clergy who still conduct services, preach and carry out pastoral work in the parish.
Wendy Edwards and Craig Nobbs were both licensed to the parish by the Bishop of Guildford, the Right Rev'd Andrew Watson in a service at St Paul's, Dorking.
Wendy, the daughter of renowned local journalists Ted Parratt and the late Jean Parratt, started her training in Southwark, but returned to her childhood home of Farnham in 2017, following her mother's death the previous year, and continued her training with the Diocese of Guildford.
"I returned to the church in 2007 after a very difficult time in my life, and I felt a calling to ministry but it was too early," she said. "The feeling came again at the end of 2013 and I started exploring it and began my training in 2014. Licensed Lay Ministry is a preaching and teaching ministry in a pastoral context and I will have a particular funeral ministry. In my previous job I worked as a chartered legal executive specialising in wills and probate. I always supported people around the time of deaths in the family through the legal side and felt a call to support them through ministry."
Wendy will be particularly attached to St John's, Hale, the church she chose to go to when she returned to Farnham, in part because she had been a bridesmaid there twice in the late 1960s.
Craig Nobbs was already an LLM when he moved to Farnham 18 months ago but was licensed to another parish and wanted to continue his ministry in his new home. He has been relicensed to the Parish of Badshot Lea and Hale and his ministry will mostly be at St George's, Badshot Lea.
Speaking after the service Craig said: "The service was out of this world and an affirmation of what I am doing in the parish. This parish is one with a big heart. During the licensing service I was conscious of waves of love from both the parish and from God himself. What kept going through my mind was a line 'Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven' (from the hymn Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven), as that has been my experience."
Craig's ministry will mostly be at the weekend as he works full-time in London as a Whitehall civil servant taking a lead in educational policy.
Lesley Crawley added: "We are delighted and blessed to have both Wendy and Craig with us and look forward to their continuing ministry as the parish grows and seeks to express the love of God in our community".
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The Nature of Work
Today the Guardian published an article on Uber, suggesting that the culture at Uber was making it difficult of their employees to get jobs elsewhere because of the way they were encouraged to behave at work. This seems to me to fit with my earlier post on valuing everything by money, and seems to be a reaction against that kind of attitude.
I worked in business for nearly 30 years and worked in two very different businesses within the same group. One had adopted Total Quality and believed in the empowerment of the employees; the other had a command and control management structure. The first worked collaboratively, and relied on personal relationships, the second worked antagonistically.
For example, in the first when something bad happened the whole company pulled together to correct it and make sure it didn't happen again. In the second, when something bad happened all effort went into proving that it wasn't your departments fault.
In the first, if someone had a good idea they could go an talk to people from other departments about the feasibility, in the second if you wanted to talk to some one in another department you had to talk to your boss to talk to their boss to talk to them.
When the first company was taken over by the second additional accountants were employed to produce all the reporting required to allow people at the top to make decisions.
The links above generally suggest that the first company was the way of the future, and the second the way of the past, and yet zero hours contracts and increasing monitoring of performance against tightly defined metrics (for example delivery drivers speeding to achieve their targets) seem to be increasing at present.
Which of these might be God's way?
Guildford Diocese have recently been looking at faith in the workplace under the title Transforming Work (the Diocesan Vision is Transforming Church, Transforming Lives) and this video, which was made as part of this initiative, feels more like the first than the second.
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Doable Hard versus Destructive Hard
February 5, 2016 Lesley Crawley	Leave a comment
Alan came back from a group yesterday with the concept of 'doable hard' versus 'destructive hard'. I googled it and it is a Bill Hybels theory. He talks about how he likes to have challenges, indeed all of us thrive when we are doing tasks that are neither too easy nor too hard. However, when he planted a church he was amazed at how hard it was and wondered whether it really should be that hard, especially in the light of Jesus saying 'my yoke is easy'.
So he called a meeting of his team and asked the team to talk about how hard their work was. For some, when they talked about the tough challenges they became animated, their eyes shone, yes it was hard, but it was fun hard. Others talked about the hard things with despondency, they were losing sleep at night, they were becoming more and more fearful.
As a group they started to understand the difference between the two – doable hard and destructive hard – and they made two agreements among themselves:
When it was 'doable hard' they would help encourage each other to achieve these tasks.
But when it was 'destructive hard' they would flag it up and shift things around or not attempt it, they agreed never to do things that were 'destructive hard'.
Bill Hybels went home that day and wrote in his journal:
The way that I am doing the work of God is destroying God's work in me. Something must change. Soon.


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Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio Are Getting \"Big-Budget\" Reboots
by Jake Valentine April 20, 2022, 9:20 am
Photo Credit: Sega
Bloomberg reports that Sega is rebooting both the Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio franchise. Takashi Mochizuki says that it is part of a company initiative to release a game on par with Fortnite because everyone wants that Fortnite or CS: GO money.
Mochizuki mentions that the new Crazy Taxi title has already been in development for over a year. The goal is to release the game within two to three years. Mochizuki also muses that if Sega pursues a similar model to Fortnite, the game would be free-to-play filled with various community events and in-game purchases.
There is no word on the development of Jet Set Radio. The franchise appeared on a report from Sega regarding IPs the company wants to revitalize.
Both Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio are beloved franchises by fans. Seeing them return to gaming with new releases would be wonderful. Don't keep your hopes up too high, though; The Bloomberg report also mentions that "both new games are in the early stages of creation and could still be canceled."
Last week, Sega talked about their "Super Game" projects, which both Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio would fall under. Led by Suji Utsumi, a former executive for PlayStation, four titles are planned for this project. Both Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio would be two of them. A third is likely a first-person shooter in development from Sega's European studio. Possibilities for these super games would include streaming, cloud gaming, and, unfortunately, NFTs.
Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio are very popular if you're listening, Sega. I want more of that. What I don't want, however, are NFTs. Gamers aren't buying them. Big publishers are cooling on them. In the words of Nancy Reagan, "just say no."
If you're looking to give Crazy Taxi or Jet Set Radio a playthrough, they're currently available on Steam and the Xbox store.
Jake Valentine
I am the Editor-In-Chief of BossLevelGamer. I'm also a lover of video games, food, and beer.
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Can Rahul Gandhi breathe new life into India's Congress Party?
Once the most ridiculed political leader in India, Rahul Gandhi – the-47-year-old scion of the Gandhi dynasty – is fast becoming a force to contend with. Gandhi was elected to lead India's Congress Party in December, taking the mantle from his mother Sonia Gandhi, who had been its president since 1998. Sonia led the party for […]
Newly elected President of the Indian National Congress party Rahul Gandhi gestures while speaking during a ceremony at the party headquarters in New Delhi on December 16, 2017. India's Rahul Gandhi took over December 16 as president of the main opposition Congress, becoming the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to head the party that has ruled the country for much of its independent history. Fireworks erupted over the party headquarters in New Delhi drowning out the voice of his mother Sonia Gandhi as she handed over the reins of power to her 47-year-old son. / AFP PHOTO / Prakash SINGH
Once the most ridiculed political leader in India, Rahul Gandhi – the-47-year-old scion of the Gandhi dynasty – is fast becoming a force to contend with.
Gandhi was elected to lead India's Congress Party in December, taking the mantle from his mother Sonia Gandhi, who had been its president since 1998. Sonia led the party for the last 19 years, the longest period in the party's 132-year-old history.
Rahul was made vice-president of the party in 2013, a year before the general elections which saw the party slumping to its worst defeat ever and signaling the return of Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after a decade.
The Congress lost one stronghold after another post-2014, with Rahul becoming the butt of jokes on social media. Political pundits wrote him off as a lightweight, reluctant politician who didn't stand a chance in Indian politics.
However, Rahul's political fortunes are finally beginning to look up. The same political pundits, who dismissed him a couple of years ago, are seeing him in new light. They are seeing him as the man who can stand up to Modi and his political machine.
Thanks to Rahul's aggressive campaigning in the western state of Gujarat that went to polls a month ago – there was no sweeping win for the BJP, as predicted by the exit polls, or 150 seats, as bragged by its party president Amit Shah.
The reduced margin of victory in Gujarat, where Modi was chief minister three times before he was elected as Prime Minister, was a much needed victory for the Congress Party and seen as a personal victory for Gandhi.
Gandhi's attributes the victory to his campaign rhetoric. He has spent the previous years poking holes in BJP's various initiatives including the demonetization plan which slowed the economy and hit employment rates Gandhi also ridiculed Modi's GST reform, calling it the Gabbar Singh Tax. Gabbar Singh is a famous character from a 1970s Bollywood film and the epitome of villainy.
While it is unlikely that Gandhi will take the states that will hold elections before the 2019 general election, he is certainly a headache the BJP, and most certainly Modi, hadn't foreseen.
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Each season has its own charm however summer is that time of the year which just fills us all with joy and a sense of calm. Since the weather is mostly comfortable we are able to get a lot more things done than during the winters. If you are a student on vacation then you could either choose whiling away your time doing nothing or do something productive over the time, here is a comprehensive list of productive things to do during summer break.
The following mentioned are few tips on what to do over summer break and some outdoor summer activities or things to do this summer.
Come the summer and the first thought that sweeps across most people's mind is the ideas for summer camp. Browse the internet and it will surely not take you very long to find a summer camp that is being organized. In addition to this you could take it upon yourself to organize a trip with your friends and family. You can rest assured that you are going to make it a really memorable summer and the joy and delight will really stay with you even when the summers are long over.
Learning a new language is something that we all say that we want to do, however, it is something we never actually take the time out for. The summers are a great time to actually follow your heart and do things that you have long been dreaming of. Whether the language you want to learn is French, Spanish, German, Chinese or even Greek, stop thinking about it and just get down to it. You can learn it online, free of cost or even hire a private tutor to help you along the way.
Summer is that time of the year where people like to kick back and have a little fun. Though dancing is definitely fun thing to do, it is also a great way to de-stress yourself. Ask anyone who has taken up a Zumba, Rumba, Salsa, Tango or even Hip Hop dance class and they will tell you what a blast they have. In addition to this all those who have wanted to shed some kilos would be glad to learn that dance helps you lose weight fast and without any deliberate efforts at all!
Most people use the period of summers to work out and get fit. In this day and age no one can afford to be unhealthy or they will certainly not be able to make it through the day without feeling too drained. Initially some people might find exercising very tough on their body however over time they will know that it really helps. In addition to this you could also use the time to implement a new healthy diet chart which could really help you have a healthy body and a happy life.
Instead of focusing on your own self this summer, it would mean so much more when you actually go a step further to be generous with your time and energy when it comes to helping others who have no one. There are so many people in our very own locality who could be struggling with so many kinds of problems but have no shoulder to cry on. In your own little way you could be that person that does his or her own little bit to help those who are less fortunate than you.
Whiling away your summer doing nothing at all is boring especially because you will have no particular reason to get up in the morning. Taking up a project of any kind could really give you some purpose so that you end up doing some productive activities with your time. The project could be, building a tree house, painting a portrait, or even setting up a blog. Doing things like this could really help you find your talents and you never know you might find your career field in this way!
Going on vacation is great to get away and de-stress yourself during the summer. Instead of being cooped up in your house, you could go globetrotting alone or with your entire family. Travelling is indeed an enriching experience and the thrill of trying out a new dish or encountering a breath taking scenery is indeed priceless. In addition to learning a lot of new things about various cultures you will also be able to spend quality time with loved ones.
If you prefer not to take a vacation you could spend your time getting to know your own city better. While working or schooling you might never have the time to actually go and explore even the neighborhood which you reside at. You might look at a lot of things on your way to and from work; however you do not actually see them. The best way to explore a place is walking; however you could always use public means of transport or even your own car!
Redecorating your house is one of the best things to do in summer. In winter we all get a little lazy and painting the house during the monsoon season is always a bad idea, so this naturally leaves summer. Summer months is definitely the best time to paint your house because not only do you have free time on your hands but the weather is also incredibly conducive. Rather than hiring a number or workers, you could try and do the job on your own or even with a few of your close friends and it will certainly be a lot of fun.
Playing an instrument is something we all promise ourselves which we are going to do, however, we always make up excuses saying, now is not the right time. Come the season of summer and you should stop making these excuses and just get down to it. Initially it might be tough and even a little daunting however over time and with a little practice you are bound to pick up a great deal and turn into a great musician, all it takes is a little diligence on your part.
The summer break is a great time to get in touch with your inner self and get to know yourself a little better. During school time or even during work days you might not get the time to spend quiet moments engrossed in your own thoughts however during summer, instead of being caught up in a whirl wind of activity or even spending countless hours in front of the television or computer, the most productive thing to do would be finding yourself.
One of the most productive ways to spend your summer would certainly be taking up an internship with some reputed company. No matter how little the pay is, or even if you work for free you should take it up just for the mere experience of it. This is the way in which most people find out where their passions is. Even though we might be interested in something we might not necessarily have the aptitude for it, doing an internship really lets you know where your strengths truly lie.
Living in the present and making the most of it is important however at the same time it is wise to think ahead, in terms of your future plans and goals. It is not that you ought to have your full life chalked out before you because it is never possible to know what life might throw at you, yet you might want to spend some of your time thinking about which direction you would like to head out to in the future and what are the options open for you.
During working days its no secret that all of us keep hoarding up work which we do not feel like doing, but ought to do, the summers are a good time to actually buckle down and do these jobs because sooner or later they do need to be done!
These are a number of productive things that anyone could do over the summer. Needless to say, the summers are a great time to de-stress yourself as well as get to know who you really are as a person and what it is that you believe in. In life, many people are going to try and put you down but if you know your own capabilities and believe in yourself then no one and nothing will be able to break you down no matter how much they try to do so.
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ATLANTA, June 16, 2016 – As previously announced, James Quincey, President and Chief Operating Officer of The Coca-Cola Company, will present at the Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference today at approximately 2 p.m. CET (8 a.m. EDT).
In connection with the presentation, the Company is updating its expectations regarding the net impact of acquisitions, divestitures and other structural items on its second quarter results. These changes are driven by the completion of the Coca-Cola European Partners plc combination on May 28, 2016, approximately one month prior to previous expectations. The Company now expects these items to be a 5 to 6 point headwind on net revenues and a 4 to 5 point headwind on income before taxes in the second quarter.
This presentation may contain statements, estimates or projections that constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined under U.S. federal securities laws. Generally, the words "believe," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "project," "will" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from The Coca-Cola Company's historical experience and our present expectations or projections. These risks include, but are not limited to, obesity concerns; water scarcity and poor quality; evolving consumer preferences; increased competition and capabilities in the marketplace; product safety and quality concerns; perceived negative health consequences of certain ingredients, such as non-nutritive sweeteners and biotechnology-derived substances, and of other substances present in our beverage products or packaging materials; an inability to be successful in our innovation activities; increased demand for food products and decreased agricultural productivity; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail or foodservice customers; an inability to expand operations in emerging and developing markets; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; interest rate increases; an inability to maintain good relationships with our bottling partners; a deterioration in our bottling partners' financial condition; increases in income tax rates, changes in income tax laws or unfavorable resolution of tax matters; increased or new indirect taxes in the United States or in one or more other major markets; increased cost, disruption of supply or shortage of energy or fuels; increased cost, disruption of supply or shortage of ingredients, other raw materials or packaging materials; changes in laws and regulations relating to beverage containers and packaging; significant additional labeling or warning requirements or limitations on the marketing or sale of our products; an inability to protect our information systems against service interruption, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; unfavorable general economic conditions in the United States; unfavorable economic and political conditions in international markets; litigation or legal proceedings; failure to adequately protect, or disputes relating to, trademarks, formulae and other intellectual property rights; adverse weather conditions; climate change; damage to our brand image and corporate reputation from negative publicity, even if unwarranted, related to product safety or quality, human and workplace rights, obesity or other issues; changes in, or failure to comply with, the laws and regulations applicable to our products or our business operations; changes in accounting standards; an inability to achieve our overall long-term growth objectives; deterioration of global credit market conditions; default by or failure of one or more of our counterparty financial institutions; an inability to timely implement our previously announced actions to reinvigorate growth, or to realize the economic benefits we anticipate from these actions; failure to realize a significant portion of the anticipated benefits of our strategic relationship with Monster Beverage Corporation; an inability to renew collective bargaining agreements on satisfactory terms, or we or our bottling partners experience strikes, work stoppages or labor unrest; future impairment charges; multi-employer plan withdrawal liabilities in the future; an inability to successfully integrate and manage our Company-owned or -controlled bottling operations; an inability to successfully manage the possible negative consequences of our productivity initiatives; an inability to attract or retain a highly skilled workforce; global or regional catastrophic events; and other risks discussed in our Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and our subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which filings are available from the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Coca-Cola Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.


It has been just over 1 year since DDay. My husband had a 4 year affair that I uncovered. He took immediate responsibility, ended things with his AP, told me he was relieved it was over, and has been trying to become the man he has always wanted to be. When he called his AP to tell her I now know about them, she was very worried that I may tell her husband. I have spoken to her once, and texted with her once but there has been no other communication. My question is this. Is it right that 3 out of 4 people know about what happened? On the one hand, their marriage should not be my concern (but I admit I spend a great deal of time thinking about them). On the other hand, are we still living a lie? And am I now part of that lie? Would it be worthwhile to phone her husband and advise him of what happened so all parties can end this lie and be accountable? This has troubled me the entire year because I feel that accountability is such an important part of healing. However, I understand that my husband has been very accountable to me so perhaps that should be my concern. He is totally against me telling her husband but I think it's obvious why that would be a concern to him. I have weighed this decision carefully but it seems that I'm never quite at peace with how it was handled. Yes, there is a part of me that doesn't think it's fair that she gets to live her life without all of this pain and I realize that is NOT a good reason to tell her husband. The flip side of me wants to protect their children from the heartache we've experienced. Can you provide me with some guidance so I can put this issue to rest?
Thank you for always giving such sound advice. I can feel so determined to do something and worked up about it, and then come here to get advise or reassurance and am brought back down to my knees in thanking God that he has spoken to me through you!!


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Q: Failed insert in Snowflake with JSON containing '$$' I'm escaping JSON before inserting into my Snowflake table. However, if the JSON itself contains the Snowflake escape quotes ($$) it will fail. Is there a way around this? If I remove the '$$' from the JSON then it inserts successfully however I need to retain the original JSON. Is there a way around this without removing the $$ characters? Thanks
insert into yaml_files
      select column1 as path,
      parse_json(column2) as yaml
      from values ('test',$${'example': 'blahblah','example2': 'asdf$$6lkj'}$$);

A: As the comments noted, you can use single quotes for strings instead of $$.
Error reproduced:
select parse_json($${"a":"b$$c"}$$);

Fixed:
select parse_json('{"a":"b$$c"}');

If there's a single quote inside the string, escape it with \:
select parse_json('{"a":"b\'$$c"}');

A: If you are using parse_json can you escape those $$ symbols like below,
`select parse_json($${"a":"b\$\$c"}$$);`

If you using python just replace "$" with "\$".

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Received a call from one life care ngo requesting me to help a 3yr girl suffering from cancer. They were very pushy and were forcing me to come online and donate right away, i felt something wrong and asked the lady to give me sometime as i was busy. She suddenly became rude and very aggressive as if she was on a mission to extract money from me. I have never been forced so much. I keep helping whatever best i can do for needy people but this is way too much. I disconnected the her call and called up aiims, they were not forth coming but when i explained the situation, they said to beware of such fake calls as this some kind of a business run to make money from the public. He further informed me that this particular patient was discharged and was not coming to the hospital anymore. I was told that this child was vomiting blood and that an urgent chemo kit was required to save the life of the baby. I was really surprised to know the truth. If anyone receives a call from these fraudsters please do not donate anything to them. They are fake and frauds playing with our emotions… beware!!!
Got a call from One life care trust for help of cancer patient admitted in AIIMS. Yes, they are very pushy and forcing to donate on the spot for the patient. The website has documents but they give you a password to open and review it. Why would an NGO follow so much secrecy when these documents should be showcased for all to verify? They are not available on govt. websites or the income tax websites. When asked to share the balance sheets and utilization of funds they have received they become very rude and try to divert your attention to the patient and will never give you a proper answer for the question. They are very particular in getting donations online as they say the help can be forwarded right away to the patient sounds fishy as it is not a bank transfer but a gateway payment. When I called the hospital to verify the case, turned out to be fake!!! When tried to contact me again I told them that I know the truth and that they are fake, they abused me and disconnected the call. When you try to call them back they disconnect and then switch off the phone. Such scam artist these people are… guys please don't donate to these people. They are not helping patients with the money we donate. It is better to do local donations or donations to verified organizations.
I too received a call from One life care trust... they guys are very smart and complete frauds they will go to any extend to convince you that case is genuine and the patients is very serious and is in the ICCU. How are these patients in the ICCU all the time and how is that we are the only hope left for them??? Guys these guys play it very smart. Seems to be some kind of a high end racket to siphon money from innocent people who fall prey to these kinds of calls.I Guess they are trained just to play with our feelings, I agree with you all. lets raise the issue and put these people behind bars. It is because of these people, we have lost our faith in the ones doing good work.. people beware of One Life Care Trust... They are cheaters and fake who will emotionally blackmail you to any limits just make you donate money for their luxuries.
I too received a call from One life care trust... they guys are very smart and complete frauds they will go to any extend to convince you that case is genuine and the patients is very serious and is in the ICCU. How are these patients in the ICCU all the time and how is that we are the only hope left for them??? Guys these guys play it very smart. Seems to be some kind of a high end racket to siphon money from innocent people who fall prey to these kinds of calls.
They are cheaters and fake who will emotionally blackmail you to any limits just make you donate money for their luxuries.
I also received a couple of calls from one life care trust for help of some baby suffering from cancer. They said it was a medical emergency and that they had to submit some sort of medical kit for chemo that costs 26 thousand. I was surprised on hearing the cost and decided to enquire on the details on the type of treatment that was given at the hospital. As I had guessed, there was not patient by that name admitted at the hospital and that they were urging the public not donate to such fake NGOs. When I called back the number and told them that this is what was told, they started getting aggressive and started telling me that I did not want to donate and was just trying find excuses for saying NO. I keep helping many organizations for different causes as and when I can. These people seem to be having some sort of data base which has the numbers of people who have donated because friends in my group are also receiving calls from One Life Care Trust. It is surprising that they even know the names of places where we have donated before. Please be careful and cross check all the details when you receive any calls asking for help. It is because of people like One Life Care, needy people are not getting the help they require as people avoid. Shame on you guys… you should be able to find a proper job and earn a decent living instead of cheating people!!!
All this in the name of poor patients... let us punish these people doing fraud..
I too received a call from these people, and yes they are very sharp and sound too genuine to be true. As per them everybody but you is not willing to help. they use statements like it is very hard to save a girl child in this country as nobody is willing to help the girl child. you are the only hope for the survival of this child and without your timely support the child will die... such lame and emotional lines that will make any one feel sorry and support. But once you ask them questions regarding complaints and utilization statements they start to use rude language..
Thanks... spread this link on facebook and social media.
Thank you all for informing me i also got a call from these people. Luckily i read these complaints on time and got saved... you are right they can't explain the questions mentioned here... i have reported it to the local police in my area.
I too got a call from One Life Care couple of days back, but they could not fool me as I had done my research on these guys while on the call. They seem to playing with the kindness of general people and trick into donating money on the pretext of saving life. I have been fooled earlier so I only support local or know organizations. These fraudsters try to talk you into believing that they have just come back from the hospital and that the condition of the patient is very serious and that she is in the ICCU of the hospital. When you call and speak to the hospital, they refuse of any such patients been admitted in the hospital. How do these scam artists sleep peacefully at night? I am filled with disgust after getting to know the complete and actual story behind these calls. I have been told that many people have been fooled into donating for these cases. I was told to voice my experience on this platform so that others may benefit from it and not fall prey to such scam and fraud companies whose only aim is to loot hard earned money of the innocent people who have a kind heart and will to help the needy.
They are frauds collecting money in the name of needy people and the trying to live a lavish life while the needy still suffer and none of the help we do goes to the ones in need.
To hell with these people... my god!!! how can they play with emotions of the people.. this way no one will every help a person in need.
i got a call from these dirt bags... luckily i knew that they are were fake as they could tell me from where they got my number. Blood donation camps was the source they said complete rubbish.
"Reviews from other people consistently reveal that this is a clear scam" .
These fraudsters are living their lives lavishly with our hard earned money and making us fool on an emotional grounds.
Thank you all for sharing your experiences as i was about to do online transaction .
Save other people also so that the they dont fool anyone in the name of needy people.
They work in many organisations and steal numbers of people who donate... i used to donate to save the children and some others also.
here are the other partners who are also cheating and making money in the name of poor people..
BEWARE and spread the news to everyone... this is all a scam and racket to enjoy life on the emotions of the public.
I also got a call from these fraud people. This time for a girl admitted in Holy family Hospital. They said that the child is very serious and needs a few medication kits for 26000. When i called the hospital, they said that the baby is fine and not critical. the child is coping well to the treatment. These guys are faking the conditions and getting money for medical kits that even the doctor do not know. "There is no kit costing 26000 rs that is required for the treatment." is what the people said from the hospital.They are frauds who are collecting 10 times the treatment costs saying that money is still pending and enjoying their lives with our donated money. Be careful of these people. Don't fall into their trap.
Oh God... And i was thinking that they guys are genuine.. i was supposed to donate money today. Read these complaints at the right time.
I'm glad that you got saved... that's the purpose of this platform.
Yes... These people keep calling you if say yes and then no. suddenly they become so rude and unreasonable..
My god such a change in attitude... such rude and ugly sms they send... how dare they bring my family into this..
these people are frauds for sure!!!
It is goo to see so many people voicing their concerns... i'm sure that the police and people observing this forum will be taking action against these people very soon. Now i keep getting calls from other NGOs also, seems like these guys are all connected with each other and when you say no they will call you for a different case from a different NGO Name... the dialouges remain the same and the sms are the same.
It is good to see everyone voicing there experiences as it helps many people from falling into these peoples carefully crafted lies and traps.
Keep sharing and get these complaints to the right people... they will all be brought to justice.
This is really very sad. I too received the same call from the so called same organization seeking help and support for a child named Pihu claiming is in a critical condition in ICU. For treatment a medical kit is required of worth Rs.2175. I asked to share the case details with the proper documents but they couldn't provide it. Best I can guess is that those messages were system generated messages.
The number from which I received the call was [protected] and the website was www.onelifecare.org. There is no NGO registered with this name in Delhi working for children. This is a fraud NGO.


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Now, all that said, I tore my way through more than 450 flicks this year, my 5th highest total in the past thirteen years, and that was without a huge October Challenge push or multiple film festivals. (We did still manage to crank out a respectable 47 films for the Scare-A-Thon, raising over $2500 in the process.) So, it wasn't like I was slacking or slumming – just grooving to a different beat. We'll see how 2020 plays out!
In closing, I'd like to express my deepest appreciation to everyone for their support and feedback and conversation here on this little virtual neighborhood we've called home for THE PAST 10 YEARS. Yep, we're in the double digits now! In that time, we've watched and reviewed just over 4000 films in one form or another – sometimes spilling a thousand words, sometimes only a line (or a haiku). There have been many days where I definitely was ready to throw in the proverbial towel, but then I would receive some random word of encouragement from someone who had read something I'd written and it kept me going. So, thanks for that.
All right, enough of my misty mountain hopping. Let the madness begin!!!
BEST CIVILIAN FILMS OF 2018/2019
Randy Writes a Novel (*)
The Last to See Them
Mope
MIXED BAGS
Knives and Skin
GAHHHHHHHHH
TOP 10 CIVILIAN DISCOVERIES (First Time Views released before 2018)
Becoming Bond (2017)
Bodyguard (1948
Dead or Alive (1999)
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)
Hopscotch (1980)
Juggernaut (1974)
Macbeth (2015)
The Narrow Margin (1952)
Obvious Child (2014)
Rainy Dog (1997)
The Rover (2014)
Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
Snowflake (2017)
The Square (2017)
Suture (1993)
2019 Totals: 467 films, 222 1st time views, 247 horror, 41 cinema
(2018 Totals 346, 211, 173, 41)
(2017 Totals: 251, 179, 111, 52)
(2012 Totals: 607, 520, 362, 166)
SEEING DOUBLE (so nice we watched 'em twice)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Murder Party (2004)
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
SO NICE WE WATCHED 'EM THRICE
Randy Writes a Novel (2018)
The Maze (1953)
HAVEN'T I SEEN THIS BEFORE?
The Omen (1976, 2006)
Escape from Witch Mountain/Race to Witch Mountain
Thunderball/Never Say Never Again
GOING FULL FRANCHISE
James Bond (Sean Connery/George Lazenby/Roger Moore/Timothy Dalton) (17 films)
The Blair Witch Project (6 films)
The Omen (5 films)
Species (4 films)
Missing in Action (3 films)
Dead or Alive (3 films)
Shanghai Triad Trilogy (3 films)
FINISHING THE FRANCHISE
Initiation: Silent Night Deadly Night 4, Silent Night Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker, Silent Night (2012)
THEY COME IN TWOS
Quatermass 2, From Russia with Love, The Vengeance of She, Damien: Omen II, Return from Witch Mountain, Halloween II, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, Demons 2, The Fly II, The Color of Money, Delta Force 2, Species II, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Dead or Alive 2: Birds, Urban Legends: Final Cut, Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow, Blade Runner 2049, John Wick: Chapter 2, Happy Death Day 2U
CIVILIAN FLICKS MISMARKETED AS HORROR MOVIES
The Mute
The Swerve
In the Shadow of the Stars
Stories Behind the Making of The Blues Brothers
The Omen Legacy
Making of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Beware the Moon: Remembering An American Werewolf in London
Life After Flash
All the Colors of Giallo
The Night Creature Features Died
Fascism on a Thread – The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
Mark of the Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf
Master of Dark Shadows
WHAT THE $$#@%&$% DID I JUST WATCH??? (CIVILIAN EDITION)
Casino Royale (1967), Slaughter in San Francisco, Turkish Jaws (aka Col), The Bed-Sitting Room, The Coming of Sin, Twentynine Palms, Strange and Unusual Christmas Films, Knives and Skin, Can't Stop the Music
MOST WATCHED DIRECTORS:
Brian De Palma (Obsession, Murder a la Mod, The Wedding Party, Mission to Mars, Get to Know Your Rabbit, Passion, Femme Fatale, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Black Dahlia, The Fury, Blow Out, Dressed to Kill, Domino, Casualties of War)
Takashi Miike (Audition, Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive 2: Birds, Dead or Alive: Final, Yakuza Apocalypse, Blade of the Immortal, Terra Formars, One Missed Call, Shinjuku Triad Society, Rainy Dog, Ley Lines, Sukyaki Western Django)
Richard Fleischer (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Narrow Margin, Compulsion, Barabbas, Mandingo, Bodyguard, The Vikings, Soylent Green, Doctor Dolittle, Crossed Swords, Fantastic Voyage)
Richard Lester (Robin and Marian, The Knack… and how to get it, Superman II, Help!, The Ritz, Juggernaut, Finders Keepers, The Bed-Sitting Room, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Andrew Davis (Code of Silence, Under Siege, Holes, The Guardian, The Fugitive, Stony Island, The Final Terror)
Jeremy Saulnier (Murder Party x 2, Blue Ruin, Green Room, Hold the Dark)
John Glen (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights, License to Kill)
Jose Ramon Larraz (Vampyres, Whirlpool, The Coming of Sin, Edge of the Axe)
Terence Young (Red Sun, Dr. No, From Russia with Love, Thunderball)
Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun)
Joseph Zito (Invasion U.S.A., Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Missing in Action)
Aaron Norris (Top Dog, Braddock: Missing in Action III, Delta Force 2)
John Hough (Escape to Witch Mountain, Return from Witch Mountain, Incubus)
Lewis Gilbert (You Only Live Twice, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker)
Roy Ward Baker (The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Quatermass and the Pit, Scars of Dracula)
Ari Aster (Hereditary x 2, Midsommar)
Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049, Incendies)
Virgil Vogel (The Mole People, Terror in the Midnight Sun)
Gus Van Sant (Psycho, Good Will Hunting)
J. Lee Thompson (10 to Midnight, Firewalker)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction)
Martin Scorsese (The Color of Money, Silence)
Ben Rock (The Burkittsville 7, Shadow of the Blair Witch)
Ronald Neame (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Hopscotch)
Daniel Myrick / Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project, Curse of the Blair Witch)
Steven C. Miller (Submerged, Silent Night)
Peter Medak (Species II, Zorro the Gay Blade)
Sergio Martino (All the Colors of the Dark, Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key)
Lew Landers (The Return of the Vampire, The Raven)
Monte Hellman (The Shooting, Ride in the Whirlwind)
John Gilling (The Plague of the Zombies, The Reptile)
Lucio Fulci (Zombie, The New York Ripper)
Terence Fisher (Frankenstein Created Woman, The Devil Rides Out)
Jack Clayton (Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Innocents)
Steve Carver (Lone Wolf McQuade, An Eye for an Eye)
Lawrie Brewster (Lord of Tears, The Black Gloves)
Jamie Blanks (Urban Legend, Valentine)
Joe Begos (Bliss, The Mind's Eye)
J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls, The Orphanage)
Dario Argento (Inferno, Tenebrae)
Wes Anderson (Isle of Dogs, Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Jose Luis Aleman (The Valdemar Legacy, The Valdemar Legacy II: The Forbidden Shadow)
MOST WATCHED ACTORS:
Chuck Norris: 19
(Slaughter in San Francisco, Breaker! Breaker!, Good Guys Wear Black, A Force of One, The Octagon, An Eye for an Eye, Silent Rage, Forced Vengeance, Lone Wolf McQuade, Missing in Action, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, Code of Silence, Invasion U.S.A., The Delta Force, Firewalker, Braddock: Missing in Action III, Hero and the Terror, Delta Force 2, Top Dog)
Sean Connery: 7
(Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, Robin and Marian, Never Say Never Again)
Roger Moore: 7
(Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill)
Christopher Lee: 4
(An Eye for an Eye, The Man with the Golden Gun, Scars of Dracula, The Devil Rides Out)
LONGEST STREAK OF SEEING MOVIES FROM EACH YEAR:
(1940-2019) (Personal Best!)
GOING A-Z (WE DID IT AGAIN!!!)
Beware! Children at Play
Come Back Little Sheba
Dream No Evil
Edge of the Axe
Hero and the Terror
The Invisible Ray
The Narrow Margin
Obvious Child
Quatermass and the Pit
The Razor's Edge
Shrew's Nest
Verotika
The White Reindeer
Yakuza Apocalypse
Zorro the Gay Blade
EARLIEST FILM WATCHED
FIRST VIEW OF 2019:
LAST VIEW OF 2019:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
COUNTRIES OF RECORD: 28
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, USA
VIEWINGS BY MONTH:
January – 33
February – 42
March – 47
April – 35
May – 41
June – 43
July – 29
August – 40
September – 21
October – 47
November – 42
December – 47
VIEWS BREAKDOWN BY DECADE:
For the third consecutive year, the 1970s have lost out to the 1980s. WHAT IS HAPPENING. In other news, the 1940s, 50s, and 60s made stronger showings than ever before, so that's something.
1910s – 0
1940s – 13
2010s – 155
That's all, folks! Have a great year!!!!
JAWDrop January 7, 2020 at 5:49 PM
That is a TON of movies! Good on you, sir. Wondering if"GAHHHHHHHHH" is favorable or not, as I've heard good things about "High Life."
Dr. AC, Fool for Blood January 8, 2020 at 6:01 AM
hahahahaha GAHHHHHHHH is not favorable in my book. I was not a fan of HL, although I know some people are. I was thoroughly unamused by what I saw as "art-house twaddle," but maybe I was just in a mood. Or maybe it really was art-house twaddle. Or a combination of the two.


This is an overview of the importance of stories. I will give some very practical examples. At the same time I am sure you will appreciate that each section could be a book!
Stories are descriptions of events in which protagonists are struggling to achieve something.
Fiction: myths, fairy stories and legends. Canterbury Tales, James Bond, Paddington Bear.
Everyday life: all the world is a stage! We live out our stories in our daily lives! Shakespeare. As you like it. Jacque' Seven Ages of Man. 2.27-139-40.
Why are stories important in our daily life?
It is estimated, based on recent research, that 9 million bits of information assail our five senses ever second.
We need a path to walk on through this infinite complexity.
Stories tell us what is important in the opinion of the story maker and teller. Stories give us values, perceptions and ways of behaving. Stories help us to make 'story maps' which guide us in our daily lives and help us to cope with complexity.
The food we eat makes our bodies and the stories we hear and read and experience make our minds.
If an individual has a 'story map' which fits the circumstances he or she is in then it is a good story map.
If individuals in a society have compatible story maps then the society is able to cooperate and live together.
Why are stories important in language teaching?
Stories are central to human thinking for adults as much as for children. Donald Trump said he is going to make the United States great again. The British have voted to, 'make Britain free and great again'. The news is told as stories, 'The top stories today are…'.
If stories are so central to the life of individuals and societies how can they not be central in language teaching and learning…and at all levels and ages?
Motivation. We need stories and stories can be mainly based on words.
Experience. Stories engage our emotions and so we can experience language through stories instead of merely studying it.
Sharing. Stories offer shared experiences and bonding between students and students and the teacher.
Learning language. Krashen's research shows overwhelmingly that all aspects of language learning are improved through listening to and reading texts which are engaging and not 'damaged' by heartless exercises.
Springboard activities. Very often stories can naturally give rise to responding in various ways.
Given the centrality of stories in daily life it follows that one of the main things we need to do with our target language is to listen to and to tell stories! Why not develop this skill in the language lesson?
If you are learning to drive a car you drive a car and don't spend all your time studying the engine.
A farmer and his wife were very lucky because their goose laid golden eggs. One evening they decided they might get even more gold if they found out how the goose laid golden eggs. So they killed it, opened it up and found nothing but a dead goose.
Stories offer you and the students the golden eggs of involvement, caring and experience of language. Kill the story with language practice and testing and you will finish up with withdrawal by most of the class.
Andrew! We need to test their comprehension and give them marks!
To test their comprehension of the language why not test them with texts which do not invite them to care with their hearts and feelings?
Furthermore, some activities they might enjoy doing will show if they have understood.
See below for examples of activities.
To remind you: Krashen's conclusions are that a lot of listening and reading done willingly, by choice and untrammelled with follow up exercises is one of the very best ways of learning a language.
Should you tell stories or read stories aloud to the students?
1 You can use the language which the students know.
2 When we tell a story it is quite natural to repeat a phrase or a line.
3 You can mime and act out the parts. You can draw or show pictures.
4 The students feel it is your story and you are giving it to them.
1 You are confident with the language.
2 But written language is condensed and it may be too much for them.
3 The students see and hear good ideas coming from books.
How do you choose a story for language teaching?
1 Is it likely to engage the learners?
2 Does it contain values which you feel are OK?
3 Can it be understood by the learners through its language and/or through supporting actions and pictures which you can provide fairly easily, etc.?
4 Is the story the right length OR can it be divided into sections of the right length (5 minutes?)?
5 Will you feel comfortable telling it or reading it?
6 Does it offer a lot of possible spring board activities?
Decide on the language new to the students which they will need to understand in order to understand and enjoy the story. Not all the new words…just the key ones!
Decide whether to teach new, key language before the story or during the story.
2.1 The flow of the story can make the meaning of some new words clear. And try acting out the meaning as much as you can.
2.2 You might decide to tell the story in the mother tongue before you tell it in English.
2.3 You may give the new key words to the student to learn for homework before hearing the story.
2.4 I often write the new key words on the board and draw a picture to give them meaning. I leave them on the board during the story telling.
2.5 You may decide to find simple alternative words to the ones which are difficult to understand.
2.6 If you are fluent in both languages then you can use the mother tongue word and then re-tell that bit of the story using the new word in English.
But the students do NOT have to understand all the language…they must learn not to be put off if they don't understand a bit of the story!
Decide if you want to tell or read the whole story at one go or to divide it into parts eg 5 minute episodes.
If you are going to tell the story…learn it.
Prepare pictures, objects, clothes, make-up, sound recordings which might be helpful in creating interest, teaching meaning, adding depth, leading to springboard activities.
If you are going to read the story…practice reading it aloud.
Practice telling or reading and showing pictures, miming, etc.
Creating story readiness at the beginning is the single most important thing you can do for maximising engagement. Decide how you want to focus the students' minds on receiving the story. Decide on how to focus the students minds on the topic, ideas, feelings, etc of the story so that they get their 'meanings' ready, a) chatting (telling/questioning) about the topic b) showing the book cover and illustrations c) drawing on the board d) miming, etc. I have a story coat and a story bag; so they know a story is coming!
The above idea is closely related to arousing their predictive skills. You might want to specifically activate their predictive skills…what might happen…what might be said…etc.
Here are lots of activities you can use: before, during or after the story.
Note: Different tellings. You can tell or the read the story many times. Each time you might involve a different activity for the students to do. Normally , during the first telling, it is enough for them to try to understand AND to find their own meanings and not do another activity.
Most importantly you don't HAVE to have activities except the students listening to your story or reading their own. The good will is then undamaged and the experience of finding meanings which are engaging is development enough. However, sometimes there is a good reason for activities and here are some activities for you to consider.
You don't HAVE to have an activity. What is your purpose?
Show the book, show pictures, play music, wear special story clothes, show objects and/or pictures, discuss relevant topics, special place to sit, etc.
Teach new language important for an understanding of the story: translation, pictures. games.
Prepare to encourage the children to predict what the story might be about: show the book… What do you think the story is about?
Prepare a task for them to do during or after the story: I am going to tell the story. If I make a mistake tell me!
Why do you want to do an activity while reading or telling the story?
1 Listen and enjoy it!
Don't ask the students to do anything except listen and enjoy the story.
Finding out if they are understanding the story is OK but 'testing their comprehension' is potentially destructive of their pleasure in just listening to you and to English. Ask questions in L2 or L1 but with an aura of the concern of a fellow listener NOT the concern of the language teacher as tester.
Other techniques for checking comprehension: arranging pictures or texts in sequence, miming, completing a gapped text, filling in a flowchart, drawing a map, miming, acting out, etc.
Arousing predictive skills through guessing and discussing. What is going to happen now?
Heightening objective response. Why is he doing that?
Heightening subjective response. Drawing. Miming. Acting. Chanting. Imagining particular things re the fives senses and telling partners about what the student can imagine beyond what is given in the story.
Carrying out a task which you set before starting the story.
Why do you want to do an activity after reading or telling the story?
Perhaps just let the students enjoy the story with no follow up tasks at all! They won't believe their luck!
Minimise teacher testing and maximise interpersonal sharing and enquiring. Let them show their comprehension through their response to the story in the ideas below. OK some traditional exercises BUT imagine being asked to do traditional comprehension activities after a highly personal exchange with someone you love (that is what story sharing can be!). Be careful! Don't kill their openness to the story!
Developing the students feeling and understanding for the world of experience is a huge potential offered by the world of stories. A balance must be found between analysis and reflection. Analysis means examining, identifying and explaining. Reflection means thinking deeply and widely and without necessarily doing anything as a consequence but letting the concepts seep into and saturate the mind as they will. A butterfly with a pin through its thorax and its Latin name below is not a butterfly anymore. It's dead! Don't try to 'teach' some intellectual analysis and kill the story. You might ask them to evaluate the story through a choice of rating. You might ask them to comment on aspects of the story.
Give the students the opportunity to respond creatively to the experience of the story through any of the arts.
Drama, book making, painting, singing, writing a poem or a chant, writing letters between the protagonists, writing a journal, writing a story within the story, interviewing a protagonist eg the wolf, re-telling from a different point of view, re-telling set in a different time or place, re-telling in a different medium.
Example of a topic. The Hungry Caterpillar becomes a butterfly. You might like to link this to an exploration of the idea of 'change'. The students might begin the project with the story of 'The Hungry Caterpillar' and then go on to explore other examples of change, for example, animals and people growing up. This would link very naturally with, 'can' and 'can't'. Activities might include: researching aspects of the content of the story e.g. geographical, historical, cultural, mathematical, food, clothes, animals, etc.
For the class only or for other people: books, website, leaflets, postcards, posters, plays, audio tapes, video tapes, mask plays, shadow plays, puppets, mime, song and chant, etc.
Choose and talk about the key moments in the story. No right or wrong moments!
Add detail to a key moment not given in the telling.
Continue the story: write a sequel.
Learn to tell the story.
Make the story into a shadow play/sound recording play/video play.
Make a book out of the story.
Pairs write the story in 10 sentences on strips of paper and ask other pairs to put them in the right order.
Pairs write 10 questions about the story for other pairs to answer.
Condense the story into five lines.
For and against debate eg the case for the wolf.
Write letters between the protagonists.
Draw a likes and dislikes diagram.
Experiment with improving the story…maybe just the beginning.
Write a poem or a song. Perform.
Draw pictures to illustrate the whole story to be displayed in a frieze.
Draw a storyboard for the story.
Divide the story into five parts and the class into five groups. Each group acts out one part of the story.
Re-tell the story: in a different place or time; from one protagonists point of view.
But, if any of the activities above are not enjoyable for the students don't do them. Above all, help the students to enjoy the stories! And you too!


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LCCC announces new assistant athletic director
Above: Vince Gibson.
CHEYENNE, WYOMING – LCCC Men's Soccer Coach, Vince Gibson is handing over the reins of his nationally recognized men's soccer program to assistant coach, Fernando Perez, to transition into the assistant athletic director position with LCCC Golden Eagle Athletics announced, Dr. Cindy Henning, interim executive director of athletics, exercise science and recreation.
"After completing a thorough recruitment and interview process involving campus and community feedback, we are excited that our best candidate is intricately familiar with Golden Eagle Athletics," said Henning. "In his new role,...


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SFPD Investigating SF's First Homicide Of 2010
by Bay City News | January 3, 2010 4:52 pm	| in Crime | 0
4:52 PM: Police are asking witnesses to come forward with information regarding San Francisco's first homicide this year that left a man in his 20s dead early this morning.
Officers responded to the 500 block of Naples Street in the city's Excelsior District at about 2:30 a.m. and found the man suffering from at least one gunshot wound, police said.
As of this afternoon, the medical examiner's office had not identified the man.
No suspects have been arrested nor a motive established but authorities believe there may have been people in the area who witnessed the shooting, police said.
Anyone who may have information is asked to call San Francisco police at (415) 575-4444 or use the department's Text-A-Tip service by texting "tip411."
5:05 AM: The San Francisco Police Department is investigating the city's first homicide of the year this morning, according to the department's Operations Bureau.
Police said an adult male victim was found in the 500 block of Naples Street at 2:30 a.m. today. He appeared to have been shot to death.
As of 4:45 a.m., no arrests had been made and no suspect information was available.
Police said this was San Francisco's first homicide of 2010.


And wide receiver Michael Floyd, serving an NFL suspension for the first four games, was placed on the suspended list..
It was a breakthrough in football, providing ventilation and introducing Rawlings and Spalding to the love of the game..
League critics previously called on Congress to strip the NFL of its tax exemption following a variety of controversies.
Retired to help run the family florist business, which still operates on Troy Street as Furst Florist and Greenhouses..
As Americans, you have that right. You would take that risk and trust the numbers to work in your favor for that week..


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The role of international labour standards in a global economy
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I. Introduction:
II. Labour law in the context of globalisation
1. The progressive internationalisation of the economy
2. Challenges posed to labour standards by globalisation
III. The meaning and function of International Labour Standards
IV. The ILO and the effectiveness of International Labour Standards
V. Paradigm shift: From sanctions to cooperation
1. Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 1998
2. Revision of standards
3. The "Decent work" agenda and the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization 2008
VI. The role of international economic law
VII. The growing importance of private actors in promoting International Labour _ Standards
1. The shift from public to private regulation
2. The OECD Guidelines, the ILO Tripartite Declaration and the Global Compact
a. The OECD Guidelines
b. The ILO Tripartite Declaration concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
c. The UN Global Compact
3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Codes of Conduct in the private sector
4. Trade union and NGO related forms of action
VIII. Conclusion:
Globalisation has decisively transformed the nature and organisation in which work is performed nowadays, and it has also influenced its legal framework. Multinational enterprises (MNCs) have become immensely powerful, able to relocate their business wherever and whenever they want to globally, seeking the most profitable way for raising revenues. Especially developing countries are competing with each other in order to attract them. In this environment, what is about international labour standards (ILS)? Traditionally, ILS used to be set by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Nowadays, the ILO still exists, but its standard-setting function suffers enormous shortcomings in enforcing standards. Moreover, the ILO is facing the threat of being undermined by private measures. It will be argued that a shift from public to private regulation has occurred which has created an interdependency among several actors that is crucial for the current ILS regulation. Hence, the prospective success and effectiveness of ILS will essentially be reliant on the well-functioning of this interdependency. Section two explains globalisation briefly and presents the challenges posed to labour standards. Section three analyses the meaning and function of ILS before turning to the ILO and its effectiveness in standard-setting in section four. Section five describes the significant paradigm shift in the history of the ILO. This is followed by a brief overview of the role of international economic law in section six. Finally, section seven examines the growing importance of private actors in the current labour regulation framework before concluding with some final remarks.
This section describes the process of globalisation briefly before presenting the challenges posed to labour standards by globalisation.1
In the past, most of the trade was "classic", meaning all or most goods were produced within a country and afterwards exported to, or imported from, other countries. This economic model has, however, changed as a result of the progressive internationalisation of the economy. This process is known as "globalisation." It can be described as "often very different cultural, economic and social process."2 "Economic globalisation" describes "the integration of economic activities across borders through markets."3 Giddens and Hutton describe globalisation as "the interaction of extraordinary technological innovation combined with world-wide reach driven by a global capitalism that gives today's change its particular complexion. It has now a speed, inevitability and force that it has not had before."4 Deregulated and liberalised capital markets grant the possibility of unimpeded cash flows5 with the consequence that revenues can be realised in the most profitable way. More precisely, cash will be used where the revenue expectation is highest.6 Furthermore, several multilateral treaties7 have removed barriers to the flow of goods, services and capital and thereby facilitated globalisation. Moreover, the amount of MNCs and their affiliates has grown rapidly8, and they can be regarded as the "main engines of economic globalisation."9 At the same time, the classical structure of companies, model on which various national labour legislation are orientated, is disappearing, sparking enormous problems of regulation. It can be said that "globalisation has transferred power from the nation State to the transnational corporation"10 and has "pushed the boundaries of policy-making into the sphere of the global, rather than the national economy."11
The decentralisation of production and new forms of investment have, consequently, profoundly transformed the world of work.12 New information technology allows almost cost free exchange of information and processing, hence, accelerating the process of globalisation.13 Keohane and Nye state that "the information revolution is at the heart of economic and social globalisation. It has made possible the transnational organization of work and the expansion of markets, thereby facilitating a new international division of labour."14 Furthermore, "the division of labour is limited by the extent of market" and, of course, "the market now spans the globe."15 Stiglitz defines this phenomenon as "the closer integration of the countries and people of the world which has been brought about by the enormous reduction of costs of transportation and communication, and the breaking down of artificial barriers to flow of goods, services, capital, knowledge, and people across borders."16 It can be noted that the "global outsourcing" is currently shaping the modern economy, and that joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing-agreements, franchising, subcontracting, and outsourcing have become more important than ever before. These developments have, however, caused several challenges to labour standards, as it will be shown in the next section.17
Even if the process of globalisation can be regarded as desirable from the economic angle, the impact on labour structures can be regarded as detrimental. While the economy has become globalised, labour institutions and labour market regulation have remained largely national with labour standards legislated and controlled by national authorities.18 This applies even for the standard-setting instruments of the ILO, which generally need to be implemented by national authorities19, because an international labour law in the strict sense, i.e. one that is entrusted with the authority of enforcing the standards throughout the world, does not exist.20 The world-wide network of production, capital and markets leads less developed countries with infrastructural disadvantages into temptation of social dumping by reducing their labour standards, which are already at a low quality level, in order to be competitive in the global competition.21 This could trigger a "race to the bottom"22, a downward spiral which could be prevented by action ensuring the observation of standards among all competing countries.23
Globalisation, therefore, "creates competition between States."24 Furthermore, low standards in developing countries cause not only problems therein, they also cause problems in developed countries where social and labour rights are extremely jeopardised. For example, unions are regularly threatened by relocation of the business during the course of bargaining, or by the threat of merger with foreign corporations. The President of Germany's largest employers' organisation has, for example, commented: "In the old days, employers asked themselves "how bad is the wage agreement for me?". Today they say "I don't care about the agreement any more, because I have four or five excellent exit routes. I may simply relocate 10,000 jobs in the Czech Republic. Or I may outsource."25 Furthermore, union membership, collective representation and bargaining have declined gradually and significantly26, and unions have realized that "they are ill-equipped to deal with globalisation."27 These developments have an immensely adverse impact, keeping in mind that unions are the "key stakeholder when it comes to improving labour conditions."28 These above-mentioned developments have put the several national labour legislations under immense pressure in order to compete with different countries. The pressure arises due to the fact that the more comprehensive and effective, and thereby possibly hindering for MNCs, the national legislation is, the more likely it is that the MNCs will wish to relocate.29 The main hazard for labour standards in this context is the potential global reach of MNCs compared with labour laws, which remains by and large national. The "race to the bottom" seems, therefore, to be inexorable. Hence, the statements of Vernon and Stone that "multinational enterprises was a threat to national policy"30 and that "the global economy is undermining the capacity of nation-states to regulate their own domestic economies"31 has become reality. The following section will examine the function of ILS, as well as the question if there are global or regional actors that can respond to and cope with the phenomenon of international economic decision making of MNCs.
To understand the function of ILS it is important to comprehend its exact meaning. According to Sengenberger the term "labour standard" has two different meanings. One meaning describes the actual terms and conditions of employment, thus, it refers to the "what is" situation.32 The other meaning is normative or prescriptive and refers to the "what should be" the terms and conditions of employment, specifying the basic worker rights and basic social rights.33 These standards are set both at international and national level, and therefore, they are known as ILS and national labour standards respectively. ILS are stipulated in conventions and recommendations of the ILO and form together the "international labour code."34 These ILO instruments are supplemented by other sources of international agreements.35 The following remarks, however, will be limited to ILO instruments.
Having explained the meaning of term ILS, their necessity and function can be explained briefly. The question about the necessity has been one of the most contested questions over the last 100 years. This dissent is the result of different perceptions of the world trade conception.36 One the one hand, there are the free trade advocates. They favour the removal of all barriers on trade and investment accompanied by the deregulation of labour markets.37 In their opinion, effectively enforced ILS undermine the comparative advantage of countries as much as domestic labour laws are an impairment of comparative advantage as natural endowments, resources and preferences.38 One the other hand, protectionists argue for protection of national markets and domestic labour legislations against external regulation. Most governments and policy-maker, however, represent neither of these extremes. They try to achieve a balance between these two extremes, and they are left with "a hybrid labour law, torn between its old protective function and the new aspiration towards flexibility."39
The functions of ILS are to remedy and soften the structural shortfalls that arise due to the peculiarities of the labour relationship and the labour market such as the basic asymmetry of power between employers and workers and the high risks of marginalization and exclusion.40 In this respect, the key functions are participation, protection and promotion, which can be summarised as follows:
- "preventing destructive competition, by protecting particular groups of workers and setting minimum terms for pay and working conditions;
- and, concurrently, promoting constructive competition by guaranteeing collective rights, such as participation in decision-making, improving the productivity and motivation of workers, raising aggregate demand by increasing earnings, and promoting employment creation, active labour market policy and socially desirable forms of adjustments."41
Despite the long existing argument about the necessity and function of ILS, the ILO has been in place since 191942 and has created an enormous bulk of conventions and recommendations. Its effectiveness will be examined in the following section.
The ILO43 is a specialized agency of the UN with 18344 member states. It has a tripartite structure with government, employer, and worker representatives. This structure provides a unique forum for the social partners where they can debate and elaborate standards and policies. So far, the ILO has released 189 conventions and 201 recommendations45 that cover nearly all aspects of labour and social right aspects.46 The necessity of such comprehensive body of regulation, however, can be seriously questioned, even if the ILO contemplates that "normative action is an indispensable tool to make decent work a reality."47 Concentrating on some core standards seems to be preferable, as it will be seen below.
Conventions can create legally-binding obligations on member states, but only after their ratification, which is voluntary. Only the core labour standards (CLS), identified in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 1998 (ILO Declaration 1998), are legally-binding without ratification from the very fact of membership to the ILO.48 By contrast, recommendations do not create legal obligations. These ILS are assisted by a supervisory system that helps to ensure the implementation of ratified conventions. This supervisory system consists of two distinct supervisory mechanisms. First, the regular system49 which uses periodic reports submitted by the member states and secondly, special procedures. Special procedures are the representations and the complaints procedure of general application, together with the special procedure for freedom of association.50 Regardless of their effectiveness, these supervisory procedures require in general prior ratification as a precondition. At this point, however, the key problem arises. Many member states are not really committed to ratifying conventions.51 This applies especially to developing countries, which are afraid of competitive disadvantages52 and "disguised protectionism."53 Overall, three-fifth of the member states have ratified less than one-quarter of the ILO conventions, and more than one-fifth have ratified fewer than 20 conventions.54 Another declaration, however, is more sobering. Ratification does by no means stand for implementation, and there still is an enormous deficit of implementation. This is based on various reasons.
First, in particular, developing countries are lacking basic administrative structures required for implementation.55 Moreover, governments are often not interested in implementing because they see their competitive advantages imperilled which might exist due to low labour costs and poor labour rights.56
Secondly, the supervisory mechanisms of the ILO are not very efficient because of the lack of real sanctions57 and the dependence on the goodwill of the member states. At best, the procedure will end with a declaration of infringement or a request to act in conformity with the obligation. Thus, the procedures are based on "mobilisation of shame."58 It is hoped that the convention breaching country will act accordingly in the future because of the peer pressure. That this procedure has been unsuccessful is obvious.59
Thirdly, more than 70 special export processing zones60 have been created in developing countries, which are off limits for many ILS and in which labour controls are relaxed in order to attract investors.61
Lastly, all regulatory attempts of the ILO focus only on the organised and formal sector, i.e. this realm that is concerned with employment relationships in the national sense. The informal economy, i.e. the economic activities that are not recognised, recorded, protected or regulated by public authorities, is not reached by ILO regulation. In this sector, however, the vast majority of workers work in developing countries.62
Moreover, MNCs are not accountable under the ILO system because its instruments are only addressed to countries not companies.63 Alignment could, however, be tremendously profitable in improving ILS.
To conclude, it has been demonstrated that the standard-setting of the ILO is ineffective. In order to mitigate this problem, the ILO has undergone a paradigm shift as it will be presented below.
1 For an excellent overview see Dunning (2008) at 735-740.
2 Hirst (1999) at xiii.
3 Wolf (2004) at 14.
4 Giddens (2000) at vii.
5 Figures about Trade, FDI and Capital Flow in Blanpain (2007-2008) at 10-16.
6 Weiss (2007) at 1093.
7 E.g. GATT, WTO, NAFTA, EU.
8 According to UNCTAD (2009) there are some 82,000 TNCs worldwide, with 810,000 foreign affiliates.
9 Sengenberger (2005) at 17.
10 Ewing (2007) at 3.
11 Emmerij (1994) at 320.
12 Hepple (1997) at 353.
13 See Friedman (2002) at 64, "globalisation enables each of us, wherever we live, to reach around the world farther, faster, deeper, and cheaper than ever before", and "the process is almost driven by technology".
14 Keohane and Nye (2000) at 113.
16 Stiglitz (2002) at 9.
17 For additional challenges to labour standards see Sengenberger (1994) at 9-10.
18 Ibid at 6.
19 ILO instruments are explained in section IV.
20 Sengenberger (1994) at 6-7.
21 For an overview about the different consequences such as child labour, forced labour, etc. see Weiss (2007) at 1094 and Ehmke (2009) at 20-31.
22 Sengenberger (2005) at 13, "On the whole is no evidence of such a "race to the bottom"", Hepple (1997) at 356. Empirical research about the impact of the globalized economy on labour standards in Mosley (2007), Banks (2003) and Harrison (2003).
23 Sengenberger (1994) at 7.
25 Financial Times, 21 August 1996.
26 Hepple (2005) at 10 and for details Sengenberger (2005) at 95-99.
27 Ewing (2008) at 35. More about the weakness of unions in the UK in Ewing (2007a).
28 Sengenberger (2005) at 95.
29 Hepple (1997), at 355.
30 Vernon (1970) at 396.
31 Stone (1995) at 988.
34 Ibid
35 For details see ibid at 37.
36 An excellent overview about all viewpoints and their arguments for and against ILS in Sengenberger (2005) at 36-56. Arguments reach from, e.g. "International competition requires international labour market regulation", "Improvement of labour conditions is determined by economic growth" to "ILS distort labour markets" and "ILS are too costly."
37 Hepple (2005) at 1.
39 Sciarra (1996) at 13.
40 Sengenberger (2005) at 58-59 with further examples of peculiarities.
41 See ibid at 59-63, Sengenberger (1994) at 3-4 and Deakin (1994) at 290-292.
42 An overview about the history and development of the ILO give Servais (2009) at 21-64 and Standing (2008) at 355-384.
43 An short overview about the ILO institutional structure and supervisory mechanisms can be found in Elliott/Freeman (2003) at 94 and retrieved on 2 August 2011 http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/lang-- en/index.htm.
44 On 2 August 2011.
45 Retrieved on 2 August 2011 http://www.ilo.org/ilolex/english/convdisp1.htm.
46 A good overview about the substantive law of the ILO in Servais (2009) at 130-290.
47 Somavia (2001) at 59.
48 Para. 2.
49 For further details see Servais (2009) at 293-297; ILO (2004) at 93, and retrieved on 2 August 2011 http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/applying-and-promoting-international-labour-standards/lang-- en/index.htm.
50 Ibid at 297-302.
51 In detail: Hepple (2005) at 39 ff.
54 Hepple (2005) at 35.
55 Potter (1994) at 362.
57 Hartlapp (2005) at 20: "The ILO can bark but not bite."
58 Weiss (2007) at 1099.
59 Cf. Seifert (2009) at 90.
60 For details see retrieved on 3 August 2011 http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/customs/customs_duties/rules_origin/preferential/index_en.htm.
61 Ibid and Sengenberger (2006) at 342.
62 Sengenberger (2006) at 341-343.
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1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7
#9113600918 (bezeichnet als «Touring;); M472.
Motor-Nr.: 6630881, Getriebe-Nr: 7830899.
Produktionsdatum: März 1973.
Originalfarbe*: 6262, Hellgelb
Innenausstattung*: Code 13, Kunstleder Schwarz mit Mittelstreifen Pepita.
Zusätzliche Ausstattungen: 258 Kopfstützen links/rechts (130.00); 409 Sportsitze links/rechts (250.00); 423 Aussenspiegel plan hinzu, Fahrerseite (20.00); 650 elektrisches Schiebedach (1230.00); 651 elektrische Fensterheber (495.00). Rechtslenker.
Erstauslieferung: SKT Südafrikanischer Tourist
Erstbesitzer: –
Weitere Besitzer: –
Auktion: Bonhams, Quail Lodge 2021, «verkauft» (ohne Preisangabe, was erstaunlich ist), angeboten mit folgendem Text: «Even with a considerably high production number for the legendary 1973 model-year 911 Carrera RS 2.7, it has become increasingly hard to locate "best-of-the-best" examples. And when you take into consideration that just about 100 or so examples were equipped from the factory with right hand drive steering; it gets even harder! The exceptional Carrera offered here, chassis no. 9113600918, must be considered among the very best examples of the iconic model, not just due to its rare specification and superbly preserved original condition, but also due to the fact that it is offered for sale today by its original owner, who purchased the car brand new in December of 1972.
The story of 0918 really begins earlier in 1972, when the consigner – a renowned collector of spectacular sports cars and true 'car guy' – was considering his next new car to enjoy in his hometown of Johannesburg, South Africa. Several upper end sports cars on the '72 market was considered, including a 246 Dino, Porsche 911S and BMW 3.0 CSI. But before pulling the trigger, he read an article about the introduction of the 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7, and soon rushed to the local Johannesburg Porsche dealer to place and order. But here he was told that just 100 right hand drive examples would be built, and none were destined for the South African market. However, he convinced the dealer one should go to South Africa and was able to place and order for 9113600918.
Completed at Porsche's Zuffenhausen factory during March of 1973, 0918 was the 918th example in the 911 Carrera RS 2.7 model range produced. Built to the Touring code 472 specifications, 0918 was completed just appears today, finished in color code 6262 'Hellgelb' or Signal Yellow, over a black leatherette and Pepita interior, fitted with both passenger and driver side sports seats with headrests, and a driver's side mirror. Perhaps the most exciting, and certainly very rare detail on 0918's production record, was the right-hand drive steering, South Africa region configuration and no "Carrera" script request, but also the factory electric sunroof and power window options if was fitted with. All these details are documented in the well-known Gruber/Konradsheim book on the model, Carrera RS. Once the new high-performance Porsche was completed, the consignor traveled to Zuffenhusen to see his new car be finalized and took a first test drive. He took delivery of the car in Johannesburg in October of 1973 and would put about 30,000 kilometers on it until 1977, when he migrated to the US. As the 911 Carrera RS 2.7 didn't conform to US specifications, he had to leave it behind, and would sell the car to a family friend.
In 2001, as the car was old enough to import into the US, the consignor got the bug to get his old Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 back and traced it through his brother-in-law who had kept in touch with the car and owner. At the time, the car remained in superb original condition, and had only traveled about 100,000 kilometers (60,000 miles) since new. The dry Johannesburg climate and interim custodians had been very good to the car, and it remained complete with factory delivered accessories such as tools, tire pump, books and manuals.
Today – offered from its original owner – 0918 presents in extraordinarily original condition. It is a car with integrity and no bad stories. It has fewer than 149,500 kilometers (92,900 miles) recorded on its odometer, a figure well-documented through the years. The original factory installed sports seats with Pepita inserts are intact, as are the original carpets, dash and headliner. The original Fuchs wheels are in wonderful condition and fitted with a fresh set of Pirelli Centurato tires. The original brightwork, lights and lenses remain intact, as does the glass except from the windshield which was replaced as a rock chip hit some years back. One gentle respray in the original Signal Yellow color of the exterior panels has been performed, but jambs and compartments still carry the original factory applied paint. 0918 of course retains its original, matching numbers engine and transaxle.
0918 is offered with the full set of original tools, spare and jack, tire pump, owner's manual and supplement, and an original 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 2.7 sales brochure. The car has been featured in magazine articles, which will accompany the sale as well. The level of originality seen on 0918 is just incredible and speaks not only to the fastidious high level of care and loving use this car has seen, but also the quality of these cars. As an exceedingly rare factory right hand drive delivered car (and sole example delivered new to South Africa), equipped with factory sunroof and electric windows – and now offered from the original owner – the level of pedigree found with 0918 will be very hard to find again.»
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Biografia
Iniziò a gareggiare per la nazionale lettone nelle varie categorie giovanili in entrambe le specialità, ottenendo quali migliori risultati la medaglia d'oro nel doppio, in coppia con Andris Neparts, e quella di bronzo nella gara a squadre ai campionati mondiali juniores di Sigulda 1993.

A livello assoluto esordì in Coppa del Mondo nella stagione 1995/96; in carriera non riuscì a conquistare alcun podio in Coppa ed in classifica generale, come miglior risultato, si piazzò al nono posto nella specialità del doppio nella stagione 1999/00 con Ivars Deinis.

Partecipò a due edizioni dei Giochi olimpici invernali: a  concluse al venticinquesimo posto nella prova individuale ed a  finì in decima posizione nella gara del doppio insieme ad Ivars Deinis.

Prese parte altresì a sei edizioni dei campionati mondiali, aggiudicandosi una medaglia d'argento nella prova a squadre a Sigulda 2003, disputando la frazione del doppio con Zigmars Berkolds; nel singolo ottenne come miglior risultato il venticinquesimo posto ad Altenberg 1996 mentre nella specialità a coppie giunse decimo a Nagano 2004 con Andris Šics. Nelle rassegne continentali colse i suoi più importanti piazzamenti a Sigulda 1996 con la quinta piazza nella prova a squadre e la sedicesima in quella individuale ed a Winterberg 2000 con la decima posizione nel doppio insieme ad Ivars Deinis.

Si ritirò dalle competizioni al termine della stagione 2004/05.

Palmarès

Mondiali
 1 medaglia:
 1 argento (gara a squadre a Sigulda 2003).

Mondiali juniores
 2 medaglie:
 1 oro (doppio a Sigulda 1993);
 1 bronzo (gara a squadre a Sigulda 1993).

Coppa del Mondo
 Miglior piazzamento in classifica generale nel doppio: 9° nel 1999/00.

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