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Akshay Kumar wanted to play Dhoni but the director refused to sign him with Sushant Singh Rajput
September 30 marks the 4th anniversary of the release of 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story'. The film was released in 201. In The film proved to be a milestone in Sushant Singh Rajput's career. Sushant was quite acclaimed for playing MS Dhoni. Also, Dhoni and his family liked the film.
He was happy that director Neeraj Pandey kept it very close to reality. According to Neeraj, up to 98% of the film was based on Dhoni's real life.
Sushant is no more in this world but he will always entice the audience through his powerful work in this film. Let's find out some special facts about the movie …
The school pictured is really Mahendra Singh Dhoni's school where he used to go in his childhood. The film was shot here with special permission.
Akshay Kumar wanted to play the role of Dhoni but director Neeraj Pandey did not cast him in the film due to huge differences between the cricketer and Luke. Later, the producers considered Sushant to be absolutely perfect for the role and signed Sushant. The character proved to be a milestone for Sushant and the film became a hit.
Former cricketer Kiran Moore trained Sushant for the film, but Dhoni himself came to train him when Sushant was injured while learning helicopter shots.
Bhumik Chawla has returned to Bollywood after 9 years from this film. He had earlier appeared in Gandhi, My Father in 2007.
In this film, Kiara Advani has played the role of Dhoni's wife Sakshi. The witness presented Kaira with her wedding dress for the wedding scene in the film.
Disha Patni made her Bollywood debut with this film. She played with Dhoni's love interest Priyanka, who actually died in an accident. Disha also received a Screen and Stardust Award for Best Debut for this film.
The film is the fifth highest grossing film of 2016. Its collection was about 133 crore rupees. The film had a budget of Rs 60 crore, of which Rs 40 crore was given to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
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How to Do CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Dr. Tony Taylor, MD, EMBA, discusses CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
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How does gender impact the way people in Los Angeles use water—and can understanding the connections between gender and water use help us find new ways to conserve?
CSW Associate Director Jessica Cattelino (PI) and CSW Director Rachel Lee (Co-PI) were recently awarded a grant from UCLA's Sustainable LA Grand Challenge program in order to tackle these questions. Her pioneering new research project, "Gender and Everyday Water Use in Los Angeles," will be the first of its kind and will ask new questions about how to conserve water for future generations. Along with ten other initiatives funded as part of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge this year, this study will help researchers and policymakers envision and build a more sustainable future for Los Angeles in the face of climate change.
The study will examine how gender shapes the way that people use, value, and save water on an everyday basis. It is well known that women disproportionately procure and manage household water in developing nations. Despite the fact that household work and decision-making remain highly gendered in the United States, there is little scholarship on gender and residential water use here. Selecting four diverse Los Angeles neighborhoods, CSW researchers will observe everyday gendered water practices, not only studying women but also documenting indoor and outdoor water practices for all adults over a two-year period.
By using a combination of anthropological methods—surveys, participant observation, etc.—and by explicitly using gender as an analytical lens, this study will reveal new data about how gender intersects with race and class to inform the way that Angelenos use water, and ways that we might conserve. CSW researchers will use the results of this study to advise legislators and policymakers on how to reduce water use, increase use of greywater, and encourage other sustainable indoor and outdoor residential practices.
More info on UCLA's Sustainable LA Grand Challenge:
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Jessica Cattelino
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Graduate Student Researchers
Megan Baker
Megan is pursuing a PhD in Anthropology. Her responsibilities include fieldwork, interviews, and data analysis.
Courtney Cecale
Courtney is pursuing a PhD in Anthropology and is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Society and Genetics. Her responsibilities include conducting interviews with experts, home visits with participants, and data analysis.
Kelsey Kim
Kelsey is pursuing a PhD in Anthropology. Her responsibilities include visuals and infographics, methods, and water diary analysis.
Dalila Ozier
Dalila is pursuing a PhD in Anthropology.
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Grace Fratello-Hakim
William Lan
William is pursuing a B.S. in Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics. His research focuses on the gendered dimensions of showering and how gender affects shower usage in L.A. households.
PwintPhyu Nandar
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Ana is pursuing a B.A. in Geography and a minor in Geo-spatial Information Systems. She served as a Research Assistant, conducted qualitative interviews, and transcribed and translated Spanish interviews.
Sarah Hallock
Sarah is pursuing a B.A. in Anthropology and a minor in LGBTQ Studies. She provided transcription services for the project.
Virdiana Velez
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Israel's Hand in Guatemala's Genocide
Exclusive: The Guatemalan genocide of the 1980s does not just implicate President Ronald Reagan and his senior aides but the Israeli government which secretly supplied helicopters, guns and computers that were used to hunt down and exterminate Ixil Indians and other perceived enemies of the state, reports Robert Parry.
At the height of Guatemala's mass slaughters in the 1980s, including genocide against the Ixil Indians, the Reagan administration worked with Israeli officials to provide helicopters that the Guatemalan army used to hunt down fleeing villagers, according to documentary and eyewitness evidence.
During testimony at the recent genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, one surprise was how often massacre survivors cited the Army's use of helicopters in the scorched-earth offensives.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. (Photo credit: Jim Wallace of the Smithsonian Institution)
Journalist Allan Nairn, who covered the war in Guatemala and attended the Rios Montt trial, said in an interview, "one interesting thing that came out in the trial, as witness after witness testified, was a very substantial number of them talked about fleeing into the mountains and being bombed, attacked and machine gunned from U.S. planes and helicopters.
"At the time this was going on, I was aware this was happening in some cases, but from the testimony of the witnesses, it sounded like these attacks from U.S. planes and helicopters were more frequent than we realized at the time. That's an example of how we don't know the whole story yet how extensive the U.S. complicity was in these crimes."
Part of the mystery was where did Guatemala's UH-1H "Huey" helicopters come from, since the U.S. Congress continued to resist military sales to Guatemala because of its wretched human rights record. The answer appears to be that some helicopters were arranged secretly by President Ronald Reagan's National Security Council staff through Israeli intelligence networks.
Rios Montt began pressing the United States for 10 UH-1H helicopters in June 1983, as his military campaign was ramping up. Since Guatemala lacked the U.S. Foreign Military Sales credits or the cash to buy the helicopters, Reagan's national security team looked for unconventional ways to arrange the delivery of the equipment.
On Aug. 1, 1983, NSC aides Oliver North and Alfonso Sapia-Bosch reported to National Security Advisor William P. Clark that his deputy Robert "Bud" McFarlane was planning to exploit his Israeli channels to secure the helicopters for Guatemala, according to a document that I discovered at Reagan's presidential library.
"With regard to the loan of ten helicopters, it is [our] understanding that Bud will take this up with the Israelis," wrote North and Sapia-Bosch. "There are expectations that they would be forthcoming. Another possibility is to have an exercise with the Guatemalans. We would then use US mechanics and Guatemalan parts to bring their helicopters up to snuff."
By then, McFarlane had a long and intimate relationship with Israeli intelligence involving various backdoor deals. [For more on McFarlane's Israeli channels, see Consortiumnews.com's "How Neocons Messed Up the Mideast."]
Israeli Channel
McFarlane's approach to Israel for the helicopters was successful, according to former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe, who described some of the history behind Israel's activities in Guatemala in his 1992 memoir, Profits of War.
Ben-Menashe traced the Israeli arms sales to Guatemala back to a private network established in the 1970s by Gen. Ariel Sharon during a gap when he was out of the government. Sharon's key representative in Guatemala was a businessman named Pesach Ben-Or, and through that channel, Israel supplied military gear to Guatemala's security services in the 1980s, Ben-Menashe wrote.
In an interview on Thursday, Ben-Menashe said the Israelis supplied a total of six helicopters to the Guatemalans along with computers and software to keep track of alleged subversives who could then be identified and executed. Ben-Menashe said he learned of the mass slaughters during his travels to Guatemala and reported back to his Israeli superiors about the atrocities involving the equipment that they had authorized. The response, he said, was concern but inaction.
"They weren't for killing these people, not at all," Ben-Menashe said. "But they thought their interest was to help the Reagan people. If the Reagan people wanted it [the equipment sent to Guatemala], they would do it. [They thought,] 'this is bad, but is it any of our business? Our American friends are asking for our help, so we should help them.'"
After our phone interview had ended, Ben-Menashe called me back to stress that the Israelis were unaware of the genocidal nature of the Guatemalan military campaigns against the Ixil Indians, although the Israelis did recognize that they were assisting in mass murders of dark-skinned Guatemalans.
"As we saw it, they [Guatemalan military authorities] were targeting all non-white villagers who were sitting on fertile lands that the white Guatemalans wanted," he said, adding that when he reported this information to his superiors, "the Israelis rolled their eyes [in dismay] but said, 'this is what our friends in the Reagan administration want.'" [For more on Ben-Menashe's work for Israeli intelligence, see Robert Parry's Secrecy & Privilege and America's Stolen Narrative.]
Besides the helicopters for hunting down villagers who fled into the jungles, the computer equipment and the sophisticated software made the Guatemalan killing machine vastly more efficient in the towns and cities. A former U.S. Green Beret operating in Guatemala once told me that he witnessed Guatemalan security forces stopping buses and inputting identification numbers of the passengers into a computer to select those who would be dragged off to the side of the road and summarily shot.
Death Lists
From first-hand reporting in Guatemala, journalist Nairn also observed the security advantages gained from detailed death lists. Nairn said soldiers under Gen. Otto Perez Molina, the current president, "described how they would go into town armed with death lists provided them by G2 military intelligence, death lists of people who were suspected of being collaborators of the guerrillas or critics of the army.
"They told how they would strangle people with lassos, slit women open with machetes, shoot people in the head in front of the neighbors, use U.S. planes, helicopters and 50 gram bombs to attack people if they fled into the hills."
Nairn said, "The U.S. had also arranged for Israel to step in and become the principal supplier of hardware to the Guatemalan army, in particular assault rifles, the Galil automatic rifle. This was because the administration was running into problems with Congress, which wouldn't go along with a lot of their plans to aid the Guatemalan military, so they did an end run by using the government of Israel."
Though the focus of the case against Rios Montt has been the genocide inflicted on Ixil villages in the northern highlands where some 626 villages were eradicated by the Guatemalan military those massacres were only part of the estimated 200,000 killings perpetrated by right-wing Guatemalan regimes since a CIA-sponsored coup ousted an elected government in 1954.
The bloodbath was at its worst in the 1980s during Ronald Reagan's presidency as he encouraged the anti-leftist slaughters that claimed the lives of some 100,000 Guatemalans. Reagan expanded his support for the Guatemalan security forces even though the CIA was keeping his administration informed of the systematic killings underway.
Another document that I discovered in the archives of the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, revealed that Reagan and his national security team in 1981 agreed to supply military aid to Guatemala's dictators so they could pursue the goal of exterminating not only "Marxist guerrillas" but people associated with their "civilian support mechanisms." [See Consortiumnews.com's "Ronald Reagan: Accessory to Genocide."]
As for Rios Montt, who ruled Guatemala for 17 especially bloody months in 1982-83, the 86-year-old ex-general was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity by a criminal court on May 10 and was sentenced to 80 years in prison.
But that conviction was overturned on Monday on a 3-2 vote by Guatemala's Constitutional Court which is still dominated by allies of the military and the oligarchy. As for the Reagan administration officials and the Israelis who aided and abetted Rios Montt and his fellow generals, there is no indication that any accountability will be exacted.
Investigative reporter Robert Parry broke many of the Iran-Contra stories for The Associated Press and Newsweek in the 1980s. You can buy his new book, America's Stolen Narrative, either in print here or as an e-book (from Amazon and barnesandnoble.com).
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18 comments for "Israel's Hand in Guatemala's Genocide"
S. Kemp
The current extreme right propaganda dedicated to denying the genocide in Guatemala can be seen here
http://www.scribd.com/doc/143742702/La-Farsa-Del-Genocidio-en-Guatemala-IV
The final page is dedicated to Israel in acknowledgement of its support. An interesting backgrounder.
Otto Schiff
THE PEOPLE have elected Sharon and Reagan.
The point I was trying to make was that the people of America and the
people of Israel are not and have not armed Guatemala.
The right wing leaders have.
ORAXX
The more I read of Reagan, the more convinced I become that his only role in his own administration was to get in front of the cameras and play a president on television.
Morton Kurzweil
The tribal delusions of religious dogma have not been the identity of Jews for more than 1600 years. The Jews have questioned their relationship with a God of Wrath while the rest of the world continues to believe that one god is better that another and one belief leaves others inferior.
There is a Jewish proverb that describes this :
"If God lived on Earth, people would break his windows."
exomike
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An excellent article. One should try and find a copy of "The Israeli Connection: Who Israel Arms and Why", by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi copyright 1987. Money not ethics seems to be what makes the world go round, as what
Israel does other powers have done in the past. The indigenous people of Africa, Latin America, North Anerica, Australia, Palestine and elsewhere seem to suffer much the same fate. We may think the world is getting better but
arrogant beliefs and attitudes don't seem to have changed over the hundreds of years. One can only hope that the message in most religions is realized. That is we are all basically the same and to show respect for others as we assimilate in a smaller and smaller world. From the religious angle, I disavow the Old Testament which I see as a nationalistic diatribe by an ignorant brutal people who didn't know the world was round or what caused epileptic seizures and the like. God told them not to kill but it was okay to kill every man woman and child for a piece of land. What tripe but some buy into it. The tale repeats over and over in so many different ways. And the UN seems unable to do it's job and unite us all.
andreas w. mytze
John, Beit-Hallahmi's book is available at AMAZON! And possibly in various libraries…
Equally important: Jane Hunter, Israeli Foreign Policy: South Africa and Central America (1996 and earlier editions) – with an interesting chapter: Vanunu and Hasenfus.
F. G. Sanford
So…the Israelis provided computers and software to keep track of alleged subversives who could then be identified and executed…
Hmm. I wonder why that rings a bell…
"But Jews could not hide from millions of punch cards thudding through Hollerith machines, comparing names across generations, address changes across regions, family trees and personal data across unending registries. It did not matter that the required forms or questionnaires [from the 1933 and perhaps prior census records] were filled in by leaking pens and barely sharpened pencils, only that they were later tabulated and sorted by IBM's precision technology." Edwin Black, IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation. Second paperback edition. Washington, DC: Dialog Press, 2009; p. 107.
Fred Mrozek
""As we saw it, they [Guatemalan military authorities] were targeting all non-white villagers who were sitting on fertile lands that the white Guatemalans wanted," he said, adding that when he reported this information to his superiors, "the Israelis rolled their eyes [in dismay] but said, 'this is what our friends in the Reagan administration want.'" God forgive us for this event and for the parallel Palestinian land grab.
Brad Whipple
Fred-Israel must have learned that lesson well for this is what they so blatantly practice with killing off or driving off the Palestinians from desirable and fertile lands to be used for Israeli settlements. Score another learned lesson from other right wing dictatorial murderers. IMHO
Omahkohkiaaiipooyii
This is not about Judaism it is about Zionism which is to Judaism what Nazism is to Christianity or any other faith including Judaism. http://jimcraven10.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/a-blackfoot-perspective-on-zionism-from-stan-goffs-the-feral-scholar/
Jo Wilkie
THis article is not about jews it is about corrupt politicians and officials facilitating and making money out of genocide. Your sensitivity is misplaced.
benfivel
Don't forget the black plague, aids, and all those babies needed to make matsoh. If it is bad jews did it.
BEN- yours is a knee-jerk answer, proving that you did not read the article but answer anything which mentions Israel, as anti-jewish. Get a life, educate yourself or just don't post under serious discussions. You damage your cause more.
I think for the Israelies to support Reagens homicides is abominable.
However the culprits are no doubt some government officials.
You blame Reagan and not America for these crimes. I submit in the
sense of fair reporting you should put the blame on the responsible parties
rather than the country.
Otto- not for the first time, someone in defense of Israel throws a magic cloak over King Ronald Reagan, to protect his reputation from the TRUTH. It was Israel which supplied arms to IRAN (imagine that-talk about "trading with the enemy") so that the American hostages would be held in Teheran until Reagan was safely elected and Carter was defeated for failure to rescue these hostages.
Israel has played whore for so many extreme right wing, mostly Republican crooks of our government, it is no wonder every vote to correct the "nazi-like" treatment of Palestinians is met with refusal of the US Government to stand on its founding principles of justice and fair play. Why don't you just order another attack like the one perpetrated by Israel on the USS Liberty during the Six Day War…Or was that just "another mistake"???


The Federals Football Club has been given funding to purchase training singlets and been donated four trophies for their end of year awards medal count. The Toodyay Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank and Northam Customer Service Centre invested in the club. The Federal Football Club secretary Dianne Robinson said the club was appreciative of the branch's support. "We're very thankful to Bendigo Bank for their very kind sponsorship," said Ms Robinson. "Our organisation would not be so successful without the help from our sponsors, members and supporters and of course our ever-reliable volunteers." Toodyay Community Bank Branch manager Kirsten Barrack said the branch is invested in the future success of the club. "There's nothing quite like the feeling of being part of a club, a team and a community group," Ms Barrack said. "We're fortunate enough to play a vital role in these organisations providing funding and support where it's needed the most. "We're new to the Federal Football Club but we look forward to a long and successful partnership over the coming seasons. "With their help, we hope to spread the word about banking with Bendigo Bank. "It's really simple – the more people bank with us, the more we're able to give back," said Ms Barrack. To date, the Toodyay and Districts Community Bank Branch and Northam Customer Service Centre have contributed over $1.2 million to the people of Avon Valley thanks to the support of shareholders and customers.
Dressed for success: The Federals' new training singlets. Photo: supplied.
The Federals Football Club has been given funding to purchase training singlets and been donated four trophies for their end of year awards medal count.
The Toodyay Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank and Northam Customer Service Centre invested in the club.
The Federal Football Club secretary Dianne Robinson said the club was appreciative of the branch's support.
"We're very thankful to Bendigo Bank for their very kind sponsorship," said Ms Robinson.
Toodyay Community Bank Branch manager Kirsten Barrack said the branch is invested in the future success of the club.
"There's nothing quite like the feeling of being part of a club, a team and a community group," Ms Barrack said.
"We're fortunate enough to play a vital role in these organisations providing funding and support where it's needed the most.
"We're new to the Federal Football Club but we look forward to a long and successful partnership over the coming seasons.
"With their help, we hope to spread the word about banking with Bendigo Bank.
"It's really simple – the more people bank with us, the more we're able to give back," said Ms Barrack.
To date, the Toodyay and Districts Community Bank Branch and Northam Customer Service Centre have contributed over $1.2 million to the people of Avon Valley thanks to the support of shareholders and customers.


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East Millinocket – David E. Cullens Sr., passed away November 15, 2019 in Bangor peacefully with his family by his side. David was born July 25 1947 to Helen and John Cullens. He grew up in East Millinocket and graduated from Scheck High School in 1965. David was the most dedicated husband, father and Papa. He was strong, generous, thoughtful, and brave. He was intuitive and while his memory was failing, he never once lost that charisma and charm. He welcomed everyone with a smile and while he might not remember your name, he never forgot a face. He was witty and charming, and held those traits right until the end.
David enjoyed spending time with family and friends, watching his grandsons play sports, and listening to Johnny Cash. He married his high school sweetheart Connie (Baker) Cullens shortly after graduating from high school. David served in the army from 1966 to 1968 and did a tour in Vietnam where he served as a military police officer. He also served in the National guard where he was a medic. David and Connie welcomed their first son David E. Cullens Jr, 9 months after he returned home from his tour in Vietnam and their second son Andrew 2 years later. David was proud of his service to his country and served in several offices at the local, county, district, and state levels of the American Legion before being elected State Commander for the 2002 to 2003 term. He enjoyed many years as a high school basketball and football official and in later years he enjoyed his time in the bleachers watching his grandson's games and socializing. David was predeceased by his parents Helen and John, his wife of 42 years. Constance Cullens, his brother Joey Cullens, and sister Judy (Cullens) Hafford
He is survived by his spouse Sue Cullens, son David and his wife Alisa Cullens, son Andrew and his wife Ann Cullens, grandchildren Matthew Cullens, Justin Cullens and his significant other Debbi Wight, Colby Hannan, Kaden Hannan, brother Lewis and his wife Shelly Cullens , sister Pauline Bonnette, a special niece Shelby Belanger and her family, step children Scott and Sandra Horton, several cousins, nieces, nephews, and many special friends.
The family would like to thank the staff at In Home Care for their years of dedication to keeping our Papa home safely and the staff at the Maine Veteran's Home in Bangor for their impeccable care and support to our family.
Friends are invited to visit with the family 6 to 8 pm Friday November 22nd at the Lamson Funeral Home, 11 Tamarack Street, Millinocket, where funeral services will be held 1 P.M. Saturday, November 23 with the Rev. Mark York officiating.
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Traditional courtship in the Philippines is described as a "far more subdued and indirect" approach compared to Western or Westernized cultures.  It involves "phases" or "stages" inherent to Philippine society and culture. Evident in courtship in the Philippines is the practice of singing romantic love songs, reciting poems, writing letters, and gift-giving.  This respect extends to the Filipina's family members.  The proper rules and standards in traditional Filipino courtship are set by Philippine society.

General overview

Often, a Filipino male suitor expresses his interest to a woman in a discreet and friendly manner in order to avoid being perceived as very "presumptuous or aggressive" or arrogant. Although having a series of friendly dates is the normal starting point in the Filipino way of courting, this may also begin through the process of "teasing", a process of "pairing off" a potential teenage or adult couple. The teasing is done by peers or friends of the couple being matched. The teasing practice assists in his teasing phase actually helps in circumventing such an embarrassing predicament because formal courtship has not yet officially started can also have as many suitors, from which she could choose the man that she finally would want to date. Dating couples are expected to be conservative and not perform public displays of affection for each other. Traditionally, some courtship may last a number of years before the Filipino woman accepts her suitor as a boyfriend. Conservativeness, together with repressing emotions and affection, was inherited by the Filipino woman from the colonial period under the Spaniards, a characteristic referred to as the Maria Clara attitude.

After the girlfriend-boyfriend; pamamanhikan is known as tampa or danon to the Ilocanos, as pasaguli to the Palaweños, and as kapamalai to the Maranaos). This is where and when the man and his parents formally ask the lady's hand and blessings from her parents in order to marry. This is when the formal introduction of the man's parents and woman's parents happens. Apart from presents, the Cebuano version of the pamamanhikan includes bringing in musicians. After setting the date of the wedding and the dowry, the couple is considered officially engaged. The dowry, as a norm in the Philippines, is provided by the groom's family. For the Filipino people, marriage is a union of two families, not just of two persons. Therefore, marrying well "enhances the good name" of both families.

Other courtship practices

Tagalog and Ilocos regions

Apart from the general background explained above, there are other similar and unique courting practices adhered to by Filipinos in other different regions of the Philippine archipelago.  In the island of Luzon, the Ilocanos also perform serenading, known to them as tapat (literally, "to be in front of" the home of the courted woman), which is similar to the harana and also to the balagtasan of the Tagalogs.  The suitor begins singing a romantic song, then the courted lady responds by singing too. In reality, Harana is a musical exchange of messages which can be about waiting or loving or just saying no. The suitor initiates, the lady responds. As the Pamamaalam stage sets in, the suitor sings one last song and the haranistas disappear in the night.

Rooster courtship is also another form of courting in Luzon.  In this type of courtship, the rooster is assigned that task of being a "middleman", a "negotiator", or a "go-between", wherein the male chicken is left to stay in the home of the courted to crow every single morning for the admired lady's family.

In the province of Bulacan in Central Luzon, the Bulaqueños have a kind of courtship known as the naninilong (from the Tagalog word silong or "basement").  At midnight, the suitor goes beneath the nipa hut, a house that is elevated by bamboo poles, then prickles the admired woman by using a pointed object.  Once the prickling caught the attention of the sleeping lady, the couple would be conversing in whispers.

The Ifugao of northern Luzon practices a courtship called ca-i-sing (this practice is known as the ebgan to the Kalinga tribes and as pangis to the Tingguian tribes), wherein males and females are separated into "houses".  The house for the Filipino males is called the Ato, while the house for Filipino females is known as the olog or agamang.  The males visit the females in the olog – the "betrothal house" – to sing romantic songs.  The females reply to these songs also through singing.  The ongoing courtship ritual is overseen by a married elder or a childless widow who keeps the parents of the participating males and females well informed of the progress of the courtship process.

After the courtship process, the Batangueños of Batangas has a peculiar tradition performed on the eve of the wedding.  A procession, composed of the groom's mother, father, relatives, godfathers, godmothers, bridesmaids, and groomsmen, occurs.  Their purpose is to bring the cooking ingredients for the celebration to the bride's home, where refreshments await them. When they are in the half process of the courtship, they are forced to make a baby

Pangasinan region
In Pangasinan, the Pangasinenses utilizes the taga-amo, which literally means "tamer", a form of love potions or charms which can be rubbed to the skin of the admired.  It can also be in the form of drinkable potions.  The suitor may also resort to the use of palabas, meaning show or drama, wherein the Filipino woman succumbs to revealing her love to her suitor, who at one time will pretend or act as if he will be committing suicide if the lady does not divulge her true feelings.

Apayao region
The Apayaos allow the practice of sleeping together during the night.  This is known as liberal courtship or  in the vernacular.  This form of courting assists in assessing the woman's feeling for her lover.

Palawan region
In Palawan, the Palaweños or Palawanons perform courtship through the use of love riddles.  This is known as the .  The purpose of the love riddles is to assess the sentiments of the parents of both suitor and admirer.  After this "riddle courtship", the discussion proceeds to the  (can also be spelled ), to settle the price or form of the dowry that will be received by the courted woman from the courting man.

Visayas region
When courting, the Cebuanos also resort to serenading, which is known locally as .  They also write love letters that are sent via a trusted friend or a relative of the courted woman.  Presents are not only given to the woman being courted, but also to her relatives.  Similar to the practice in the Pangasinan region, as mentioned above, the Cebuanos also use love potions to win the affection of the Filipino woman.

People from Leyte performs the  or  or "servitude", instead of paying a form of dowry during the courtship period.  In this form of courting, the Filipino suitor accomplishes household and farm chores for the family of the Filipino woman.  The service normally lasts for approximately a year before the man and woman can get married.  The Tagalogs of Luzon also refers to this courtship custom as  meaning "being of service", but is also referred to as  meaning a trial or test period for the serving suitor.  The Bicolanos of Luzon's Bicol region, call this custom as the . The practice of performing paninilbihan, throwing the rice over bride and groom for prosperity, paying dowry, visiting a shrine to pray for fertility, etc. are among strong traces of continuity of Hindu influence in Philippines, even the term "asawa" (from swami in sanskrit) for the spouse is a loan word from the Indian language sanskrit.

Mindanao region

Reckless courtship, known in the vernacular as , , or , is practiced by the Tausog people of Mindanao.  Similar to the  version practiced in Luzon island, a suitor would threaten to stab his heart while in front of the courted woman's father.  If the father of the woman refuses to give his daughter's hand to the suitor, the suitor is smitten by a knife.

The Bagobo, on the other hand, sends a knife or a spear as a gift to the home of the courted woman for inspection.  Accepting the weapon is equivalent to accepting the Filipino man's romantic intention and advances.

Pre-arranged marriages and betrothals are common to Filipino Muslims.  These formal engagements are arranged by the parents of men and the women.  This also involves discussions regarding the price and the form of the dowry.  The Tausog people proclaims that a wedding, a celebration or announcement known as the pangalay, will occur by playing percussive musical instruments such as the gabbang, the kulintang, and the agong.  The wedding is officiated by an Imam.  Readings from the Quran is a part of the ceremony, as well as the placement of the groom's fingerprint over the bride's forehead.

19th-century Hispanic Philippines
During the 19th century in Spanish Philippines, there was a set of body language expressed by courted women to communicate with their suitors.  These are non-verbal cues which Ambeth Ocampo referred to as "fan language".  These are called as such because the woman conveys her messages through silent movements that involve a hand-held fan.  Examples of such speechless communication are as follows: a courted woman covering half of her face would like her suitor to follow her; counting the ribs of the folding fan sends out a message that the lady would like to have a conversation with her admirer; holding the fan using the right hand would mean the woman is willing to have a boyfriend, while carrying the fan with the left hand signifies that she already has a lover and thus no longer available; fanning vigorously symbolizes that the lady has deep feelings for a gentleman, while fanning slowly tells that the woman courted does not have any feelings for the suitor; putting the fan aside signals that the lady does not want to be wooed by the man; and the abrupt closing of a fan means the woman dislikes the man.

Modern-day influences
Through the liberalism of modern-day Filipinos, there have been modifications of courtship that are milder than that in the West.  Present-day Filipino courtship, as in the traditional form, also starts with the "teasing stage" conducted by friends. Introductions and meetings between prospective couples are now done through a common friend or whilst attending a party. Modern technology has also become a part of present-day courting practises.  Romantic conversations between both parties are now through  cellular phones – particularly through texting messages – and the internet. Parents, however, still prefer that their daughters be formally courted within the confines of the home, done out of respect to the father and mother of the single woman.  Although a present-day Filipina wants to encourage a man to court her or even initiate the relationship, it is still traditionally "inappropriate" for a suitor to introduce himself to an admired woman, or vice versa, while on the street.  Servitude and serenading are no longer common, but avoidance of pre-marital sex is still valued.

Other than the so-called modern Philippine courtship through texting and social media, there is another modern style that is not widely discussed in public discourse: North American pickup as documented by Neil Strauss in his book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists. While there exist a few local companies that offer pickup training, it remains to be seen whether these methods will even gain widespread acceptance since these methods, along with the paradigm from which they are rooted, flout the values of most Filipinos.

See also
Dap-ay
Sumpong
Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines
Sexuality in the Philippines

References

Dating
Marriage, unions and partnerships in the Philippines
Sexuality in the Philippines

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The New York Liberty matched up with the WNBA-leading Seattle Storm for a majority of the contest, as the contest featured 22 lead changes. However, the Storm (22-7) closed the game on a 26-8 run, coming out on top 96-80 at Madison Square Garden on Monday afternoon.
The Liberty (7-21) ended the third quarter on a 10-0 run to trim the deficit to three, then jumped out to a 74-72 lead with 5:55 to play in the fourth. However, they wouldn't score again until the 2:15 mark and the Storm pulled away for good.
Kia Nurse made the first start of her career in the contest, and the rookie got off to a quick start, notching nine first quarter points. She co-led the Liberty with 20 points for the game, the third highest output of her career.
Tina Charles registered 20 points as well, her 13th game this season reaching the 20-point benchmark. The forward also nabbed six rebounds. Coming off the bench, Amanda Zahui B finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds (a new career-high), notching her first career double-double. Six of her boards came on the offensive end.
The Liberty have now dropped seven in a row, continuing their longest skid of the season. Next up, they face the Los Angeles Sparks at the Westchester County Center on Wednesday. The matchup is set to begin at 7:00 p.m. (ET).


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Park Bom's Latest Tweets Suggest She May Still Be Part of YG Entertainment
Despite having taken a step out of the limelight in recent years, Park Bom has recently hinted that she is still working with YG Entertainment.
Recently, Park Bom took to Twitter to post a beach photo of herself with the caption "I'm going back". The post received a wide range of responses, as each person interpreted the tweet differently. Soon, many users were talking about a potential solo comeback.
I 'm going back~🐘🐻🙏🙌 pic.twitter.com/5Rqb4KDHUx
— Bom Park (@haroobomkum) April 27, 2017
One fan asked her to go back to the studio and release a studio album since the fans are missing her so much. Park Bom replied to the fan, telling her to ask "YG" and "Teddy", one of YG Entertainment's main producers and responsible for many of 2NE1's songs.
https://twitter.com/haroobomkum/status/857683328882810881
The reply definitely seemed like a hint, informing her beloved fans that she is still a YG Entertainment artist and that a possible solo album may come in the future.
This isn't the first time Park Bom hinted that she was still a YG Entertainment artist. Earlier in the year, she left a reply to a fan, acting surprised that the fan thought she left YG Entertainment.


DTW has been appointed by Sunderland City Council to provide all communications and stakeholder engagement services to support the new council on the development of the first new river crossing in the city for 40 years.
A high profile and much anticipated development in the city, the build route and construction process involves extensive engagement and liaison with businesses and residents living near the new bridge and associated link roads.
The DTW team working on the project is leading on messaging and strategy work across the project and identifying and liaising with stakeholders ranging from senior business leaders and elected politicians to local residents and office workers to ensure that they understand the plans and are enthused by the potential positive impact that the project will have in the city.


"I'm very excited for the upcoming year."
ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Parziale won the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship on Friday, routing Josh Nichols 8 and 6 in the 36-hole final to earn spots next year in the U.S. Open and Masters.
The 30-year-old Parziale, a firefighter from Brockton, Massachusetts, had 10 birdies — eight during the morning 18 — over 30 holes at Capital City Golf Club's Crabapple Course.
Parziale's margin of victory matched the third-largest in championship history. The 2017 Massachusetts Amateur champion's 7-under 63 in the morning 18 — with the usual match-play concessions — was the best score in a U.S. Mid-Amateur final since the USGA switched the format to 36 holes in 2001.


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Calle de la Escolta
A former quartermaster of the Spanish army named Jose Damaso Gorricho, married Ciriaca Santos. Ciriaca's fortunate marriage paved the way for her to start a business by supplying "zacate" hay for the many horses of the Spanish cavalry in Intramuros. As Doña Ciriaca Santos de Gorricho's business flourished, she purchased land across the Pasig River from Intramuros where she could grow "zacate" hay. Years later, through urban development, that piece of land eventually became known as Escolta.
Escolta, established at 1594, is one of Manila's famous streets, and could also be the oldest. It only spans at a length less than a kilometer. Escolta is known for its concentration of immigrant merchants, who came to make their fortune during the Manila-Acapulco Galleon trade. The street was filled with boutiques and shops peddling imported goods from China, Europe and elsewhere in Latin America that were shipped through the nearby port of San Nicolas.
It was during the period of the American colonization of the Philippines wherein the history of Escolta started to get interesting. During this period, Americans influenced the modernized look of the city. With the arrival of multiple investors, American companies clearly controlled the economy, with most of them establishing their headquarters around Escolta as the center of business activity
The arrival of the American troops after the Spanish-American war has ended, transformed Escolta to a noisy place filled with saloons and wild people. Governor Taft soon changed all this when he banned all saloons from Escolta, rehabilitating the area to become a respectable shopping thoroughfare once again.
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One of Manila's oldest streets and it has a rich history. you'll see it has classic and iconic buildings, although a number of structures here have been abandoned.
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Het Waals gewest is overwegend Franstalig, maar vormt geen eenvormig Franstalig gebied. Wallonië herbergt een grote variatie aan talen en streektalen. Er worden zowel Romaanse als Ripuarische streektalen gesproken.
In het uiterste oosten wonen bovendien zo'n 70.000 Duitstaligen. Het Duitstalig grondgebied strekt zich uit over de Oostkantons, met uitzondering van het kanton Malmedy.

Streektalen
Op gebied van streektalen bekleedt het Waals de voornaamste positie. Het wordt gesproken in de provincies Luik, Namen en Waals-Brabant, evenals Oost-Henegouwen, de Ardennen en in de botte de Givet (de Franse inham in de provincie Namen). In West-Henegouwen spreekt men Picardisch, in het uiterste zuiden van de provincie Namen (Vresse-sur-Semois) hoort men Champenois, in de Gaumestreek (zuiden van de provincie Luxemburg) dan weer Gaumais. Tegen de grens met het Groothertogdom Luxemburg spreekt men Luxemburgs dat in tegenstelling tot de vorige geen Romaans dialect is maar een gestandaardiseerd dialect van het Duits.
Sinds het begin van de 20e eeuw neemt het gebruik van streektalen echter sterk af, ten voordele van het Frans. De positie van streektalen is in Wallonië veel zwakker dan in Vlaanderen. Niettemin genieten de Waalse streektalen, in tegenstelling tot de Vlaamse, wel erkenning door de overheid.

Duitstalig gebied

Tot de opheffing van het hertogdom Limburg hoorde Eupen tot de Limburgse hoogbank Baelen. Net als de rest van het hertogdom werd Eupen bij de annexatie van de Zuidelijke Nederlanden door de Franse Republiek in 1795 opgenomen in het toen gevormde Ourthedepartement.

In het federale België neemt de Duitstalige Gemeenschap een aparte plaats in: het behoort tot het Waals Gewest, maar is toch niet Franstalig. In de Oostkantons (het uiterste oosten) wonen zo'n 70.000 Duitstaligen. In negen gemeenten (met als meest bekende Eupen en Sankt Vith) is het Duits er de officiële taal, met echter faciliteiten voor de Franstaligen. De aangrenzende Waalse gemeenten Malmedy en Waimes/Weismes (samen het kanton Malmedy vormend) zijn officieel Franstalig, maar kennen faciliteiten voor Duitstaligen.

In de Oostkantons, het oosten van de provincie Luik, is Duits de moedertaal van 75.000 Ostbelgier.

In de Belgische provincie Luxemburg groeit sinds enige jaren de status van het Luxemburgs. In het Groothertogdom Luxemburg heeft deze taal sinds 1984 een officiële status. Mensen die in het groothertogdom willen werken, vooral in overheidsdienst, moeten daarvoor een cursus Lëtzebuergesch volgen. Dit kan ook in het Belgische grensgebied rond de provinciehoofdstad Aarlen, waar deze taal traditioneel ook wordt gesproken, en waar ook een toenemende inwijking van gegoede inwoners van het groothertogdom plaatsvindt.

Platdietse streek
Tussen de Voerstreek en de Oostkantons ligt de Platdietse streek. Hier wordt nog een Limburgs-Ripuarisch overgangsdialect gesproken.
Een groot deel van de autochtone bewoners van de Platdietse streek is echter verfranst of Franstalig. Enkele gemeenten bieden taalfaciliteiten: drie plaatsen, Baelen, Plombières (Duits : Bleyberg) en Welkenraedt, treffen voorzieningen in het Duits en het Nederlands, maar uitsluitend in het onderwijs. In 1966 werd beslist dat deze gemeenten ook faciliteiten kunnen aanvragen op administratief terrein voor zowel Duits- als Nederlandstaligen. Daartoe is dan wel een Koninklijk Besluit vereist en vervolgens een wettelijke bekrachtiging. Tot op heden is van deze theoretische mogelijkheid nog geen gebruik gemaakt.

Geschiedenis van de taalgrens
De Belgische taalgrens ontstond in de 4e eeuw tijdens de ondergang van het West-Romeinse Rijk. Ze was het resultaat van de vlucht van de Latijn sprekende Gallo-Romeinen uit de onveilige Romeinse grensgebieden door de steeds bruter wordende plundertochten van de Germaans sprekende Franken. Later, na vergeefse Romeinse pogingen om hen te verdrijven vestigden de Franken zich op 'uitnodiging' van Julianus Apostata definitief in de verlaten grensgebieden. Tegen 486 hadden de Franken ook het huidige Brabant en Vlaanderen bij hun gebied gevoegd. Geleidelijk namen dezen de Noord-Gallische streken in, totdat er zelfs tot aan Parijs Germaans gesproken werd, zij het als minderheidstaal.

Tegen de 9de eeuw, toen het Oudfrans (uit het Latijn) en Oudnederlands (uit het Frankisch) ontstonden, verdween het Germaans weer uit deze streken. Hieruit blijkt dat de binnenvallende Germaanse stammen in bevolkingsaantal veel kleiner waren dan de reeds aanwezige Romeinse bevolking. De Franken bijvoorbeeld bezetten behalve de verlaten grensstreken ten slotte ook geheel Gallië met haar relatief grote bevolking. Ze zijn ten slotte opgegaan in de Gallo-Romeinse bevolking. In het eveneens Keltisch-romaanse Brittannië ging dit assimilatieproces echter andersom, zoals in de andere Romeinse grensgebieden. In het vroeger Romeinse Groot-Brittannië werd het Latijn ten slotte toch door een Germaanse taal vervangen. Romeins Brittannië was dan ook veel dunner bevolkt dan het Europese vasteland, zodat de achtereenvolgende invasies van Germaanssprekende stammen ten slotte toch een grote verandering in de bevolkingssamenstelling brachten.

Nederlandstaligen

Ook Nederlandstaligen (zowel Vlamingen als Nederlanders) wonen in Wallonië. In enkele gemeenten tegen de taalgrens, met name Komen-Waasten, Moeskroen, Edingen en Vloesberg, genieten zij taalfaciliteiten.

Door de grote toeristenstroom van Vlamingen en Nederlanders en het feit dat er ook een aanzienlijk aantal Nederlandstaligen naar Wallonië verhuist, is het Nederlands in de Ardennen meer prominent aanwezig. Sommigen spreken zelfs van een vernederlandsing. Vooral de Nederlanders gaan er wonen en beginnen een Nederlandstalige camping, restaurant of café in Wallonië. Een kwart van de campings in de Ardennen en de rest van Wallonië, is inmiddels in Nederlandse handen.

In Wallonië wordt het Nederlandstalige Waals Weekblad uitgegeven.


For years, Ukraine was a lucrative source of income for Paul Manafort and Richard Gates, two high-powered American political consultants who made tens of millions of dollars wielding their talents on behalf of the pro-Moscow government in Kiev.
But the cash dried up when political unrest forced their patron, President Viktor Yanukovych, to flee to Russia in 2014. So, according to a 32-count federal indictment filed Thursday by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, Manafort and Gates turned to fraud.
The indictment dramatically expands the legal jeopardy that Manafort, President Trump's former campaign manager, and Gates, Manafort's longtime business partner and Trump's former deputy campaign manager, now face in court. They were previously charged with 12 counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering on Oct. 30, and they pleaded not guilty.
The new indictment includes 16 counts related to false individual income tax returns, seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, five counts of bank fraud conspiracy and four counts of bank fraud.
The alleged scheme began in 2006 and continued "through the present," the indictment says. It does not mention their work in 2016 helping to run Trump's campaign or any collusion with Russians attempting to influence the U.S. presidential race, the impetus for Mueller's investigation.
But the 37-page document describes an intricate scheme intended to evade U.S. taxes and finance luxury lifestyles.
When Manafort and Gates were working for Yanukovych, money was funneled into offshore accounts and used to buy U.S. real estate, the indictment says. Manafort is charged with not reporting more than $13.7 million in accounts hidden offshore.
"Manafort and Gates defrauded the lenders in various ways," by submitting phony income statements, "lying about their debt and lying about Manafort's use of the property and the loan proceeds," the indictment says.
Prosecutors say Manafort's real estate dealings sometimes included multiple frauds for a single property.
In 2012, for example, Manafort bought a condominium in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan with $2.85 million in cash, sent through accounts in Cyprus, a banking secrecy haven. He used it as an investment property, generating thousands in payments from Airbnb, the indictment said.
In late 2015, applying for a mortgage, he claimed that his daughter and son-in-law were living there and told his son-in-law to lie to the bank appraiser. He also concealed his debts and filed a false insurance statement, the indictment says.
Not every attempt at fraud worked, according to the indictment. When Manafort wanted to buy a property in Bridgehampton, N.Y., Gates offered the bank a phony invoice for a "democratic development consulting project" worth $2.4 million, the indictment says. The loan was denied.
The new charges come as Gates' legal strategy and defense team are in flux.
His three lawyers have asked to leave the case, a request that Gates is not opposing. The details of those discussions remain sealed beyond a court filing that said they involve "highly sensitive matters" that would "potentially be prejudicial to [Gates] as well as embarrassing."
Another lawyer, Thomas Green, notified the court on Thursday that he would be representing Gates. The Times reported Sunday that Gates was planning to plead guilty and testify against Manafort. Green did not respond to a request for comment about the new charges, and neither did Manafort's spokesman.
The new indictment follows a guilty plea on Tuesday from Alex van der Zwaan, a former lawyer at a premier law firm that also worked on behalf of Yanukovych's government. Van der Zwaan admitted to lying to investigators about his contacts with Gates.


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package com.anttoolkit.hbase.tasks.data;

import java.util.*;

import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.*;
import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.*;
import org.apache.tools.ant.*;

import com.anttoolkit.hbase.tasks.*;
import com.anttoolkit.general.tasks.collections.array.util.*;

public class GetResultColumnsTask extends GenericHBaseTask
{
	private String columnFamily;
	private String array;
	private String ref;

	public void setColumnFamily(String columnFamily)
	{
		this.columnFamily = columnFamily;
	}

	public void setArray(String array)
	{
		this.array = array;
	}

	public void setRefid(String reference)
	{
		this.ref = reference;
	}

	@Override
	protected void doHadoopWork() throws BuildException
	{
		Result result = (Result)this.getReference(ref);

		NavigableMap<byte[], NavigableMap<Long, byte[]>> columnsMap = result.getMap().get(Bytes.toBytes(columnFamily));
		if (columnsMap == null)
		{
			throw new BuildException("Specified result '" + ref +
					"' of GET operation doesn't contain '" + columnFamily + "' column family");
		}

		Set<byte[]> columns = columnsMap.keySet();
		for (byte[] column : columns)
		{
			ArrayManager.add(array, Bytes.toString(column));
		}
	}

	@Override
	protected void hadoopValidate()
	{
		if (columnFamily == null || columnFamily.trim().isEmpty())
		{
			throw new BuildException("Column family from which to extract columns should be specified");
		}

		if (array == null)
		{
			throw new BuildException("Array to store columns should be specified");
		}

		if (!ArrayManager.exists(array))
		{
			throw new BuildException("Specified array '" + array + "' doesn't exist");
		}

		if (ref == null)
		{
			throw new BuildException("Reference to a RESULT object wasn't specified");
		}

		Object obj = getReference(ref);
		if (obj == null ||
			!(obj instanceof Result))
		{
			throw new BuildException("Reference '" + ref + "' to a RESULT object, contains incorrect object");
		}
	}
}

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Employee awarded £27,500 after suffering accident at work. View more cases online at Ward & Rider personal injury.
Ray Hudson acted for Mrs C from Nottingham as a result of injuries sustained in an accident in a large supermarket when she was struck by a large metal cage being pushed by an employee of the supermarket.
Although we were not instructed until over one year post accident, the supermarket quickly accepted liability. Medical evidence was obtained to establish the injuries sustained by Mrs C which amounted to injuries to her left hip and both knees. The injuries to her knees were relatively minor, lasting for 2 weeks only. Although Mrs C suffered from initial severe pain to her left hip, this returned to pre-accident levels at 5 months.
On behalf of Mrs C and in addition to personal injury, we put forward claims for domestic help provided by her husband, medication and travelling expenses incurred by Mrs C in relation to additional shopping tasks.
An offer of £3,500 was received through solicitors acting for the supermarket. We valued injuries at around £2,000 to £2,250 and therefore the offer included a significant amount of domestic help, possibly in the order of £1,000 or so for the tasks undertaken by Mr C over a period of 12 weeks which was put at help of 2 hours per day and 2 hours shopping per week during this period.
The offer made by the solicitors acting for the supermarket was considered to be a good one and Mrs C was advised to accept it accordingly.
Ward & Rider acted for Mrs C on a No Win - No Fee basis.


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The Outrigger Canoe Club is a remarkable training ground to develop athletic excellence. Taking Tracy Phillips seriously can be challenging at times. This fair, petite dynamo sounds like helium sabotaged her speech, and she shows up for distance practice dressed as if ready to pick pineapple in the fields.
But she has a point, noting that a good portion of Olympians, national team athletes, NCAA champions, and Hawaii state champions can be counted among our Club membership.
And then there is Tracy's own enduring record of state, national and international athletic achievements. State volleyball champion (doubles and mixed) from 1978-1981, state racquetball champion (singles, doubles, mixed) from 1981-1983, Molokai outrigger canoe champion, 1979, 1984, 1985 and 1992.
Member of the U.S. Olympic Team (K-1, K-2, K-4) for the years 1988, 1992 and 1996. Member of the U.S. National Kayak team from 1986-1996.
Twice Tracy was selected as the top kayaker in the U.S. She competed in the World Championships from 1986-1996 (except Olympic years). And won Gold and Silver medals in K-1 and K-2 at the 1995 Pan American Games.
And it all started right here at the Outrigger Canoe Club, she insists, from "little kid days" with surfing lessons at Tongg's from Charlie Amalu and Bill Capp. She grew up at the Club loving ocean sports.
She giggles at the memory of fellow Winged "O" Bill Capp buying her first surfboard, an 8-foot tanker, when she was about nine years old. She went on to compete in and win numerous OCC, Ala Moana, Queen's, Chun's Reef and Haleiwa Junior and open surfing meets.
Growing up around such gifted athletes at Outrigger, Tracy felt like they all pushed each other to a point where they were always getting better, no matter what sport they did.
When she started outrigger paddling, there were no age group categories. Novice was the entry level crew. She got steering lessons from none but the best, fellow Winged "O"s Fred Hemmings Jr. and Tommy Conner. And the list of sprint and distance competitions Tracy raced on behalf of the Club is for the most part long and golden.
She eventually began sharing her technical knowledge, coaching junior crews but her favorite coaching experience was the 1997 Men's Novice A crew. She worked with that crew, watched them steadily improve with every regatta, and at the Oahu's at Keehi that year, watched them win a close race with a strong time of 7:03.06 right there in lane 1. "Then they had the worst race at States! Junk lane, wrong flag!! But still, it's one of my proudest athletic moments," she giggled.
Outrigger has been and always will be her home. It was where she grew up, and where family and friends are. And all in her ohana would aver that there is no one who performs with more heart, and who achieved so much through sheer mental determination.
Tracy epitomizes the spirit of the Winged "O" of the second generation.


Producer/Screenwriter Mohamed Hefzy is getting ready to fly to Dubai to take part in a panel discussion titled Money Talks: The State of Global Film Finance. The discussion will be held on Friday, December 8 at 02:00 PM for one hour as part of the Forum, one of the programmes of the Dubai Film Market (DFM) that is held within the 14th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
Along with Hefzy, the panelists are Bertrand Faivre (Le Bureau), Producer Jonathan Deckter (Voltage Pictures) and Peter Trinh, Managing Director of International and Independent Film at ICM Partners. The discussion will be moderated by Producer Matthew Rhodes (The Hideaway Entertainment). These leading execs and producers are going to share their perspectives on the current state of film finance and prospects for the future.
Mohamed Hefzy studied Metallurgical Engineering in London. As a screenwriter, Hefzy presented a collection of remarkable films to the Egyptian film industry such as El Selem Wi El Teeban (Snakes And Ladders), Tito, Fattah Eneek (Open Your Eyes), Malaki Eskenderia (Private Alexandria), El Tourbini, 45 Youm (45 Days), Aswar Al Aamar (Walls of the Moon) and Warda. In 2005, he founded his production house Film Clinic, through which he produced and co-produced many films including Sheikh Jackson, Hepta: The Last Lecture, Clash, Ali, the Goat and Ibrahim, Withered Green, Excuse My French, Villa 69, Rags and Tatters and My Brother the Devil.


Megan poses with her business partner, Jessa Loudon. Photo courtesy: Megan Manthey.
After a long professional career abroad, Ferndale local Megan Manthey has returned home to train and inspire youth athletes. Manthey played with some of the largest names in women's soccer such as Alex Morgan, Hope Solo and Megan Rapinoe, and was on professional teams in Denmark, Iceland and France. After her soccer career took her around the world, Manthey decided she was ready to give back to the community that got her started.
Manthey's career began with the Ferndale Red Lions soccer team and it was here, at age 10, that she decided she would go pro. Staying true to her dream, she attended the IMG Soccer Academy in Florida, was on soccer scholarship, and played at two different Division 1 universities. She went on to play with the women's Seattle Sounders and finally UEFA, the largest women's conference in Europe. After six years, Megan retired in 2015. She returned home to Ferndale, but felt a void where soccer used to be. This inspired her to open Manthey Momentum.
Megan Manthey with Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe. Photo credit: Mike Russell.
Manthey Momentum is a training facility for athletes who aspire to perform at an elite level. Here Manthey trains kids from 3rd grade up and adults, with programs targeting each age and level of ability. She offers student athlete programs, camps, adult programs and soccer skills workshops. Manthey's training philosophy focuses on four areas of athleticism, strength and conditioning, speed and agility, nutrition and hydration, and goal setting and mental conditioning. None of these are specific to any one skill or sport, but rather work to build the athlete as a whole. Though her background is in soccer, both she and her business partner, Jessa Loudon, have multi-sport backgrounds and train any athlete with a dream to excel.
Manthey has worked to create an environment that produces athletes not only physically ready for high-level competition, but mentally prepared as well. Her "Three C's" to achieve this goal are commitment, character and confidence. She aims to transform the lives of young athletes on the field and off, which can be seen through her highly original training approach.
The Manthey Momentum training facility is well equipped. Photo credit: Megan Manthey.
The innovative training tactics used by Megan stem largely from obstacles she encountered as a female athlete. Her personal experiences help her better understand what some athletes, especially females, may face as they progress, and firsthand knowledge on how to help students overcome challenges. Megan also knows that making a career as an athlete, of any gender, is lined with tests and trials. This life experience has provided a diverse athletic background and allows her to offer a unique perspective to students.
Besides her training strategy, the culture she creates is equally as important to her students' success. She says one of the most important things anyone told her in her career was to "never let yourself be tolerated, always put yourself in an environment where you are celebrated." This has become the vision for her facility, creating a space where students feel comfortable enough to try new techniques and where their achievements are recognized. The most effective way she's creating this culture is by basing her program on personal growth, not performance.
Since opening, Manthey Momentum has grown rapidly and continues to add more classes and services as the demand rises. You can find Manthey Momentum as 1355 Pacific Place in Ferndale or by visiting their website.


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25-year-old stylist from Cape Town, South Africa. Creator/co-founder of the party Diskotekah and one-half of photography duo #Bratpics420.
Gavin Mikey Collins is a Cape Town based creative director and stylist. His work focuses on gender & identity and the intersection of fashion. He is fascinated with how people use fashion as a means of personal expression.
A man wearing woman's clothing is not only a fun way to disrupt traditional gender norms, it's a subversive act that while celebrated in popular culture – Mrs Doubtfire, the Wayans Brothers comedies – isn't always palatable in real life.
When Queezy says this last part he clicks his fingers in a Z-formation, like: Z-for-mate-chin! And like his larger than life gesticulations, the way he chooses to dress is also an exaggeration – this time of the female form. For Quaid to become Queezy everything must be amplified, turned up, and he does this to inspire people like him who may not be brave enough to reveal their true selves just yet.
Someone responsible for pushing drag culture to a new younger audience is the man behind this story, Gavin Mikey Collins, whose alternative club night Diskotekah was started as a platform for people like him to express themselves in a safe space.
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P.S. I just bought Emily Giffin's new book and I am already addicted, I love her books!
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Here's Who Could Be Designing Pippa Middleton's Wedding Dress
We've wrangled the list of suspects who could be dressing Britain's most notable bride to be.
By Carrie Goldberg
The date for Pippa Middleton's wedding to James Matthews is set, and the couple will say their vows at St. Mark's church in the bride's home village of Bucklebury on May 20, 2017. While some details about the wedding day are certain, like the attendance of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Megan Markle, Prince George and Princess Charlotte (as page boy and bridesmaid) and countless members of British high society, others remain a mystery. Will the celebrity guests that attended William and Kate's wedding, like Victoria and David Beckham, be present at Pippa and James' countryside affair? Will Pippa opt for a completely classic look, as her sister did, or take a style risk? And, most importantly, who will design the gown for the most anticipated wedding of the year?
Given Pippa's girl-about-town persona and her classic-with-a-twist style, we have some educated guesses. Here, the nine designers we expect were in the running to design the gown Pippa Middleton will wear to become Mrs. Matthews.
1. Alexander McQueen
Pippa's stunningly simple, yet show-stopping Alexander McQueen gown by Sarah Burton garnered as much if not more attention than her sister's traditional wedding look on April 29, 2011. With subtle details like lace trims, a cowl neck, covered buttons and a figure-flattering silhouette, the world could not stop talking about Pippa's enviable assets. We would certainly not be surprised if Middleton turned to the same designer who made her style (and her figure) a topic of international admiration for her own wedding day.
2. Giles Deacon
While Deacon has been out of the international spotlight for the past few seasons–his last collection was a made-to-order offering for Autumn 2016–the designer has been rumored to be designing Pippa's wedding gown, after being seen visiting Pippa and her mother at the family's Bucklebury estate with large, wedding-dress-sized garment bags in tow. Known for off-the-beaten, gothic looks, the designer would be an unexpected, fashion-forward choice for the bride-to-be.
3. Jenny Packham
This British bridal and ready-to-wear designer has been a favorite of Kate and Pippa's for years, and her experience in the world of bridal makes her an obvious option to design Pippa's look for the aisle. Packham was also rumored to be designing Kate's gown, before Sarah Burton was spotted heading into The Goring Hotel for final fittings, and she's dressed the sisters for countless affairs since then. Her Old Hollywood, deco and easy-to-wear style would certainly add a glamorous polish to Pippa's countryside nuptials.
4. Emilia Wickstead
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Another favorite designer of the Middletons and the British society set, Emilia Wickstead is known for embellishment-light looks with an emphasis on shape, structure and drama. She's been making bespoke bridal for inquiring brides for years, and recently just launched a more accessible bridal range for Moda Operandi, making Pippa's wedding the perfect time to put her bridal chops on a world stage.
5. Phillipa Lepley
Possibly one of the biggest names in British bridal but unknown to brides outside of the UK due to her bespoke, one-of-a-kind process, Phillipa Lepley was also one of the labels rumored to be crafting something for Kate back in 2011. Given her prominence in London's wedding world, she could be a natural choice for Pippa. Her style is quite traditional in feel, with a focus on classic ballgowns, corsetry, hand-embellishments and laces. Should Pippa feel a similar pressure to her sister to walk down the aisle in a look that's both classic and traditional, Lepley's silhouettes could be the answer.
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7. Erdem
Not known for bridal but well-known by the fashion and social set, Erdem could be the dark horse in this bridal race, having dressed Pippa for numerous events in recent years. His use of unique fabrics and ability to evoke a purity and a femininity without allowing looks to appear too youthful and girly make him a natural fit for a bride; and with silhouettes that are never too sexy, his aesthetic would suit a church wedding as well. Pippa is known to show off her figure, even when dressed for a religious affair, and so should she opt to wear Erdem, expect to see something completely customized, more form-fitting than his looks appear on the runway, and with breathtaking details.
8. Valentino
The top choice for royals outside of the United Kingdom (like Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi above), Valentino could be a contender for this wedding as well. While Pippa certainly spends much of her time on palace grounds and with those with titles, her non-royal status frees her of the obligation to wear a British label should she prefer to venture out. Don't be surprised if Middleton also opts for something a little more fashion-forward and less traditional in feel, given that her ceremony site isn't as stringent as say, Westminster Abbey, when it come to dress code. A look from Valentino would be undoubtedly romantic, beautifully hand-detailed and a stellar fashion moment.
9. Ralph & Russo
The only British label to be deemed worthy of showing during Paris Haute Couture, Ralph & Russo have a leg up on the construction, embroidery skills and Hollywood glamour needed should Middleton prefer to don something dramatic. The brand, as of late, as been gaining traction worldwide, dressing style stars like Hailee Steinfeld and Brie Larson for key events like the Academy Awards and key movie premieres. Their gowns, when truly Couture, take six months or more to create and require thousands of hours in the workroom, but their recent experience dressing top women for key moments may put them in the running for Pippa's big day as well.
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Łukasz Rędziniak
Chairman, Non-Independent Director, Chair of Remuneration Committee, Chair of the Nomination Committee
Board Member and General Counsel of Kulczyk Investments SA, the largest shareholder of Serinus.
Mr. Rędziniak is a Graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University.
He is an Attorney (qualified in 1996), member of the District Bar Association in Warsaw. Between 1990 and 1991 he worked as an Assistant at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. During the years 1991-1992 he was a in-house Lawyer at Consoft Consulting sp. z o.o. Since 1997 to 2000 he worked as an Attorney - individual practice closely co-operating with Dewey Ballantine sp. z o.o. In the years 1993-2007 he worked in the law firm Dewey and LeBoeuf LLP, in 2001 he was appointed as a partner. Then, in the years 2007-2009 he was Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland. Since 2009 he is a Partner and Managing Partner at the Warsaw office at Studnicki, Płeszka, Ćwiąkalski, Góra sp. k. In 2013, he became a Member of the Board at Kulczyk Investments S.A. The same year he was also appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board at Firma Oponiarska Dębica S.A. and a Member of the Supervisory Board at Polenergia S.A. (Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board).
Jeffrey Auld
President & CEO, Non-independent Director
Jeffrey Auld was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President and as a member of the Board of Directors of Serinus Energy plc effective August 31st, 2016.
Mr. Auld has been involved with the international oil and gas business for over 25 years. In that time he has managed companies and acted as an advisor to companies operating in the emerging markets oil and gas business. Mr. Auld has a depth of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic management.
Mr. Auld began his career in Canada and moved to the United Kingdom in 1995. He was the Commercial Manager for New Ventures for Premier Oil plc. Mr. Auld left Premier Oil and joined the Energy and Power team within the Mergers and Strategic Advisory group of Goldman, Sachs and Co. When Mr. Auld left Goldman Sachs he joined PetroKazakhstan, a NYSE listed company with assets in Kazakhstan, as a Senior Vice-President. After his time at PetroKazakhstan Mr. Auld became the Head of European Energy for Canaccord Genuity in London. Prior to joining Serinus Mr. Auld was the Head of EMEA Oil and Gas at Macquarie Capital in London.
Mr. Auld has an undergraduate degree in Economics and Political Sciences from the University of Calgary and a Masters of Business Administration with Distinction from Imperial College, London.
Eleanor Barker
Independent Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the Nomination Committee, Member of the Reserves Committee
Eleanor Barker is President of Barker Oil Strategies and since 2014 has been a Director of Sterling Resources Ltd. Since 1995, Ms. Barker has focused on international oil research. From 2012 to 2014 she was an international oil analyst with Toll Cross Securities Inc.. From 2007 to 2012 she was President of Barker Oil Strategies Inc.. Ms. Barker is a past Director of the US National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts and a former President of the Canadian Association of Investment Analysts. From 1993 to 1995 Ms. Barker was a director of Gordon Capital. Prior to work in financial markets, she held various positions with Esso and Gulf Canada.
Jim Causgrove
Independent Director, Chair of the Reserves Committee, Member of the Audit Committee
Mr. Causgrove is an experienced Oil and Gas executive with over 35 years experience. On November 14, 2017, Mr. Causgrove was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Harvest Operation Corporation. He offers both excellent technical engineering and business experience along with a strong track record in management and leadership. Since 1979, working for first Chevron Corporation and then Pengrowth Energy Corporation, Jim has gained experience and skills in virtually all facets of the oil and gas business; with a particular technical focus on drilling, production, operations and midstream. Jim gained excellent field and technical experience with Chevron working in both the Canadian head office as well as many field offices and field sites. As well as his technical roles Jim spent time working in Joint Ventures, Human Resources, Strategic and Business Planning and in the Midstream business. Jim gained valuable business insights as first a technical leader, then as a middle manager, and finally as an executive for Chevron and Pengrowth. In his role as Vice President at Pengrowth, Jim worked as part of the senior leadership team and also worked closely with the Board of Directors.
Dawid Jakubowicz
Non-Independent Director
Director of Portfolio Management of Kulczyk Holding SA, the largest shareholder of Serinus.
Mr. Jakubowicz is a member of the management board of Kulczyk Investments S.A. where, since 2010, he has been responsible for the supervision of the investment portfolio. On 10 September 2018, Mr. Jakubowicz was appointed by the Supervisory Board as the President of the Management Board of the CIECH S.A. He is an esteemed expert with international operating experience in the building of goodwill of companies from the chemical, mining, power, automotive and new technologies sector. In the past, he worked for international company KPMG, where he was responsible for audit of unit and consolidated financial statements of entities from many sectors. Since 2014, he has been entered in the list of Chartered Accountants kept by the Polish Chamber of Chartered Accountants.
Mr. Jakubowicz is a graduate of the Faculty of Economy at the University of Economy in Poznań, he has the MBA title from the Georgia State University and the University of Economy in Poznań, and he has completed a Program for Leadership Development (PLD) at the Harvard Business School in Boston.


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One of the Future Vehicles We Were Most Excited for Has Been Canceled (And You Can Guess Why)
A collaboration between an exciting startup and one of our favorite brands has been called off.
By Tyler Duffy
Much like everything else on the planet, the current global coronavirus pandemic and its associated economic crisis has created turmoil throughout the automotive world. We've heard about delays in several projects — but on April 28th, we caught word of an outright cancelation. Lincoln and Rivian had announced plans in January to co-build the luxury automaker's first battery-electric vehicle, as part of the $500 million investment in Rivian Ford had made in 2019. According to Automotive News, Lincoln and Rivian have ended their vehicular project due to the pandemic.
Which, to put it mildly, is quite a bummer, because a Lincoln-Rivian collaboration sounded like a fantastic idea. Rivian's skateboard EV platform looks like it will be one of the most capable and versatile electric vehicle foundations on the market. Lincoln has been doing beautiful things on the design front, with new SUV standouts like the Navigator and Aviator. Even if the project only produced a rebadged version of Rivian's R1S SUV designed by Lincoln, it would have been eagerly anticipated.
Still, given the current business climate, the project's termination is not too surprising. Ford just announced a $2 billion loss for Q1, and expects a bigger hit in Q2. With major profit-makers like the new Bronco vehicles and the next-generation F-150 delayed, it would make sense that a low-volume Lincoln EV would be a lower priority what with limited resources.
The covid-19 crisis also caught Rivian in the midst of gearing up its factory for production. The company has delayed its production start for its vehicles until 2021.
It's not entirely clear what will happen with Lincoln and Rivian moving forward. Lincoln, in a statement, told Autoblog that an eventual electric vehicle would be part of its plans, which presumably could run on electric platforms Ford is developing for the Mustang Mach-E and the electric F-150 pickup. The statement also noted that the company was still committed to working on an alternative skateboard platform vehicle with Rivian. So, the collaboration could still happen…just likely not in the manner we'd hoped.
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