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Mallika Bajaj: Web Wonder Woman Rooting for Tech-Tonic Shift
The changing world has brought many unique and startling products and services but also has provided strong and talented individuals in the form of businessmen/businesswomen and entrepreneurs who have not only taken the world of business by a storm but have also inspired to strive hard for what you want and never look back. Their success stories speak a lot about their hard work, dedication, and expertise in their fields but also sheds light on their unwavering spirit, the determination to help and provide people with their company/start-up's products and services and also take the responsibility of lifting their respective industry or sector as a whole.
These leaders do not care about the competition in the market, because frankly, they do not care as all they want to do and beat is their previous self and prove that they can become better. These leaders not only command the respect, status, and name among their respective industry/sector but among their competitors and the market and consumers, as they stand out and truly define what a leader is and how those aspiring to become a leader should be.
This story is about one such leader and entrepreneur, who not only proved her mettle in the Media & Communication industry but also inspired many aspiring businesswomen and women entrepreneurs to not hesitate and take their step towards becoming a better self and prove to the world and their self that women are not weak in any aspect when it comes to running and handling a start-up or business.
Mallika Bajaj and her companies, Little Yellow Beetle Apna Dr, and Ballistic Learning a Moodle Partner have been one of the pioneers in the Media & Communication, Innovation, Sustainability in the Technology industry, providing a plethora of unique products/services with varied approaches that command their client's high satisfaction ratings but also their utmost respect and loyalty towards them. However, this story is not about Little Yellow Beetle, Apna Dr, or Ballistic Learning – it's about celebrating the inspiring stories of one of the most dynamic, internationally awarded women business leaders, Mallika Bajaj.
Mallika Bajaj's road to success, the inception of Little Yellow Beetle.
Mallika Bajaj has always been a media person by training and profession, living and working in one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world, India. From the beginning of her formative years, her interest lied in the interplay of media, technology, and society. However, her assignments challenged her to delve deeper into the people she met, and understand what made them – them.
Mallika Bajaj's association with people with next-to-no access to information and technology showed her that such people didn't just exist in history — they live and breathe around us. It showed her the two nations were living in one country, and one of them needed a voice that she decided to become. These repercussions were courtesy the same – basic human right/ necessity, or platforms enabling a voice and she started working on how she could contribute and give back to society.
As she moved up, and within the divisions and onwards to setting up her ventures, be it the Little Yellow Beetle or ApnaDr, she continued to see adversity and a pressing need to contribute, with all of her limited capacity. Now, her team aims to innovate with purpose and consciously work towards creating kinder content with Little Yellow Beetle and ApnaDr by being relevant in the 21st century, maximizing the reach by enabling technology to effectively mend the broken ladder and hopefully be holistic as society gears towards an innovative, succinct digital eco-system.
With a Master's degree under her belt in 2013 from the Mecca of Media & Communications — Goldsmiths, University of London, after a BA in the same from the University of Melbourne, she learned through her communications with multinationals, banks, and hospitals she was working with, at how terrible connected India was digitally, and she feels that's where she hit her life's crossroad.
Back in India, people relied on tele-calling to communicate, and emails weren't formal communication platforms back then. That's when it dawned upon her and therefore, while on the one hand, she continued to remain an ambassador for the Goldsmiths University of London, and Member for the alumna Council University of Melbourne, she decided to translate her academic expertise to up India's digital performance at the global level and moved back home — determined to Digitise India. Soon after, India had a Prime Minister who stepped in and made her and her team's keywords his national mandate. They couldn't have asked for a better advocate — an ideal mascot — for what Little Yellow Beetle and Mallika Bajaj believed in.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
As with all start-ups and companies, setting them up is easy but keeping them afloat is the bigger question and hurdle, and along the way, an entrepreneur faces varieties of challenges and hurdles, which not only test their resilience but also the overall capability and mettle of an entrepreneur and the mammoth task that Mallika Bajaj has been navigating through has been the need to juggle the manifold growth within new media and the dearth of knowledge, and its comprehension.
Battling the ego of 'self-certified experts' misleading innocents and well-intentioned on boarders, and reversing the digital damage done – the exercise is time-consuming, uncalled for, and futile. Mallika Bajaj and her team's efforts have been centered around digitizing the system, while parallelly, literally running a free-for-all school on what new media is, sustainability, and the way forward.
Mallika Bajaj's success story needs no introduction and highlight but it's the Little Yellow Beetle with its innovation with purpose and being able to create kinder content, consistently. They strive for sustainability, but not at the behest of misleading their clients. From making an appropriate and timely judgment on their behalf to choosing the right platforms, communication strategies, and finding their audience, they take pride in having been able to sustain their clients by being relevant.
The Little Yellow Beetle
Little Yellow Beetle and its team, believe and function by ideating and designing. All their clients need to do is provide them with any of the one – an idea, product, skill training, person, brand, furniture, automobile, sports academy, rockets, rice, healthcare, hats, mugs, real estate, robots, wedding cards, anything – and they will construct it for you. Once the design is done, they digitize it for the world to consume. Their other services include:
They do not use templates and take great pride in curating custom designs and using video and audio to impart e-skill and for e-courses. Little Yellow Beetle is striving day in and out for a day when every Indian will be able to connect, comprehend and consume technology on her/his palm, and not limit it to a luxury/utility. This farsightedness not only helps them stand out but also provides a notch above the competition in the market and helps in lifting the Media & Communication industry as a whole.
Little Yellow Beetle believes and works diligently towards learning, growing and maturing, every single day. They are now imparting training on newer trends for consuming content, skill training, and how to supply large-scale content to help the masses self-learn, self-skill, and sustainably grow in their genres.
Right from the basics such as fine-tuning and finding better UI/UX for Content Aggregation Models (CAM), Sharable Content Object (SCO) and how they may relate to say Experience Application Programming Interface (xAPI) or cmi5, a standard for Learning Management System. This is in addition to being able to digitize narratives, and being storytellers, which is something they have always loved and were entrusted by multiple Fortune 500 companies. More recently (during the pandemic) fortune 500 companies as Moodle partners, viaMallika Bajaj's company Ballistic Learning, Little Yellow Beetle, and even ApnaDr.
It all boils down to making technology more flexible for it to be consumer-friendly, capacity-building; affordable, accessible, anywhere. Digitizing healthcare is a priority (since pre-pandemic for them at ApnaDr) apart from e-Learning. Creating kinder content to be able to innovate with purpose and leave behind narratives that our future generations can proudly and purposefully consume, curate, and push forward into a better and digitalized future with no knowledge or facility being out of their reach at any location.
Mallika Bajaj's professional journey, about the factors making her team unique and her valuable insights on factors businesses, should focus on after COVID-19 outbreak.
Mallika Bajaj has always vouched by the principle that it would take a concoction of hard work and the brightest, truly extraordinary designers, developers, innovators with exceptional intellect, passion, and creativity to come up with newer, even better ideas to succeed, around the clock. What she didn't recognize when she set foot in the industry was perhaps the incredible power of faith – faith in the timing of things, in the universe, and most importantly in herself.
Mallika Bajaj has learned a lot over the years, that the collective talent and ambitions of her team have changed the way netizens communicate — digitize and re-write their stories, one keyword at a time. Mallika Bajaj and her team at Little Yellow Beetle and Apna Dr. have gone from being able to communicate with and provide healthcare to the last girl child, in that last remote village of India, to be able to engage her, and aim to have her take it for granted. Technology if used fittingly, can be empowering beyond belief – with that belief, she strongly feels that she is now comfortable, knowing it's her cushion – her purpose and also her wings.
Mallika Bajaj strongly feels and remarks that one of the key achievements of her entrepreneurial journey is her team. Starting from nudging her sister to drop her dream job, her mother to forgo her successful teaching career, spanning two decades, right down to the people they have hired, whom today they call their family – they're her key achievements and buttress in running their business ventures. Content with a human touch.
That's their story and key achievement! Undoubtedly, clients coming out contented is delectable as that extra icing on the cake. But what keeps them rolling is seeing the teams motivated, despite tough times like the pandemic and sticking it out, pitching in that extra bit – that's the definition of success to Mallika Bajaj. Despite headwinds with power outages, limited bandwidth, no access to tech/design files/systems, the team worked overnight to recreate the magic from scratch only to better it, again, all the time.
Mallika Bajaj remarks, she would be nothing without her team, and of course, clients who have always shown so much faith in them to be able to digitize their narrative. Mallika Bajaj feels beyond grateful for everything, each one of their team members, for building her journey, brick by brick.
At Little Yellow Beetle, Apna Dr, and Ballistic Learning, they have been demonstrating what's possible when you put extraordinary heads together. Driven by a thirst for innovating with purpose, and consciously creating kinder content, the conviction to move not just fast, but keeping in mind sustainability, and the confidence knowing one's skill set, they transform powerful stories and ideas into actions every day.
Their team doesn't need taking care of as they consciously look after each other, and to Mallika Bajaj, that's the only way to success – when humans work for each other, selflessly. Having said that, investing time in finding the right people – is the key. It all boils down to who you invest your time in, and that decides the trajectory of your path forward.
First and foremost, the acceptance that 'we're all in the same boat' being wrong – because, we're not in the same boat. Are we hit by the same storm? Yes. But some have yachts, some boats, some are great swimmers but a majority are drowning. As an innovator and tech entrepreneur, our efforts Mallika Bajaj reckons to have to be more human-centric — where we are working towards a more inward-outward approach, instead of answering arbitrary questions, using data to find the right questions to answer which will invariably lead you to innovate with purpose, and consciously Creating Kinder Content.
Additionally, we don't all need to turn our businesses online – 90% of the people are hapless at this juncture. Therefore, all the more pressing need to address yesterday, sustainability and the way forward — as an academic and service provider, more importantly as a citizen to the internet. Mallika Bajaj takes saying NO as a huge responsibility (which is new in her career) to businesses that haven't figured their path out yet, keeping in mind internet mapping; that's the whole point of distributed networks.
Mallika Bajaj as has the globe lately learned that the more we use the Internet, the more glitches we experience. Mallika Bajaj warns us, critical parts of the Internet still require a human touch. Some cables that need replacing or servers that need fixing, tasks that only human engineers can deliver.
Often, as supply chains break down, cable companies are finding it hard to replace hardware or get hands-on equipment. India isn't a major producer of optical fiber and other essential hardware, such as semiconductors, etc. An interruption in supply could mean that plans to install new broadband connections in rural parts of the world are put on hold. That could be bad for people in poorer regions who now find themselves cut off more than most. We have got to be more mindful, less egocentric, and push forward.
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Henry Hunter (1832–1892) was a prominent architect and civil servant in Tasmania and Queensland, Australia. He is best known for his work on churches. During his life was also at various times a state magistrate of Tasmania, a member of the Tasmanian State Board of Education, the Hobart Board of Health, a Commissioner for the New Norfolk Insane Asylum and President of the Queensland Institute of Architects.

Life
Hunter was born in Nottingham, England, son of Walter and Tomasina Hunter. His father was also an architect, and he studied the craft under his father before attending the Nottingham School of Design. He immigrated to Australia in 1848 with his two sisters and parents, originally settling in South Australia before moving to Tasmania. Upon the death of his parents 2–3 years after arrival in Australia, he moved to Tasmania where his older brother George Hunter, Archdeacon of St Joseph's, had already settled.

Hunter spent a short period in the Victorian goldfields on his way to Tasmania, before properly immigrating to the island state. He became engaged in the Huon Valley timber trade for several years, and in 1858 married a Miss Robertson – orphan daughter of an officer. He began work as an architect the same year.

He worked in Tasmania for 37 years, during which he also engaged in a number of civic roles and was a noted local singer. He co-starred with Amy Sherwin in an amateur performance of Il trovatore, and was leader of the St Joseph's Church Choir for 30 years. He moved to Brisbane in 1888 where he opened an architectural firm with his former apprentice Leslie Corrie. Upon his departure a farewell dinner was organised by builders and architects of Hobart, attended by the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Premier of Tasmania and the state Attorney General.
During his time in Brisbane he remained a prominent architect, being President of the Queensland Institute of Architects in 1890 and Vice President in 1891. His most notable works in Brisbane were additions made to the All Hallows' School convent and the design of the Queensland Deposit Bank.

Works

Public buildings

 Hobart Town Hall, Hobart
 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart (later extensions not by him)
 Old Marine Board Building, Hobart
 St Joseph's Orphanage, Hobart (demolished)
 General Hospital, Hobart  (demolished)

Churches
 St David's Cathedral, Hobart (supervising architect)
 St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart (supervisor of 1st cathedral, built in 1860 and partly demolished in 1876 due to faulty work. Second cathedral designed by Hunter)
 St Mary's Anglican Church, Hagley (with Richard Cromwell Carpenter)
 Church of the Apostles, Launceston
 St James Anglican Church, Jericho
 St Michael's Catholic Church, Campbell Town
 St John's Church, Franklin
 St Mary's Church, Franklin
 All Saints Anglican Church, South Hobart
 The Mariners Church (now St Peters, Sandy Bay/Wellspring Anglican)
 St Peter's Church, New Norfolk
 Holy Redeemers Church, Deloraine
 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Westbury
 St John's Church, Glenorchy
 St Peter's Church, Fingal
 St Johns Church, Ross
 St Patrick's Church, Latrobe
 All Saints Church, Swansea
 Sacred Heart Church, Ulverstone
 St James Church, Cygnet (demolished)
 St Mary Our Hope Catholic Church, Dover
 St Thomas's Catholic Church, Sorell
 St Matthew's Catholic Church, Brighton
 St Aloysius' Church, Kingston

Residences
 Macquarie Manor, Hobart
 Stonehenge House, Oatlands
 Ashleigh House, Hobart
 Glenelg House, Gretna
 Airlie House, Hobart
 Lebrena House, Hobart
 2 Mawhera Ave, Hobart
 Selborne, Hobart
 Bishopscourt, Hobart
 St John's Church (now Pendragon Hall) Parsonage, Goulburn Street, Hobart
 121 Harrington Street, Hobart.
 Gattonside, Battery Point
 Maffra, Glebe (former home of Errol Flynn)
 Maylands, New Town
Fairmont, Hobart

Schools
 Presentation House, Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Launceston
 Macquarie Street State School, Hobart (now former Macquarie St Adult Education building)
 parts of All Hallows' Convent, Brisbane (with Corrie)
 Trinity Hill State School, North Hobart (demolished)
 New Norfolk State School (now New Norfolk Primary School)
 Battery Point Model School (burnt down/demolished)
 St Columba's School, Hobart (demolished)
 Convent of St Mary's College, Hobart
 Wattle Hill Schoolhouse, Sorell.(now a residence)
 Campbell Town Public School, Campbell Town (now Campbell Town Online Access Centre)

Other

 24 Murray St (Old Masonic Hall), Hobart
 Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company Offices, Hobart (demolished)
 Royal Insurance Building (previously Derwent and Tamar Building), Hobart
 AMP Building, Hobart (demolished, entrance arch stands in Royal Hobart Botanical Gardens)
 Queensland Deposit Bank and Building Society, Brisbane (with Corrie)
 Eagle Farm Racecourse, Brisbane (with Corrie and JH Buckeridge)
 Cornelian Bay Cemetery chapel, superintendents residence and shelter, Cornelian Bay
 Tomb of Dr Maddox, Launceston

Legacy

The Henry Hunter Prize for Architect is a prize awarded triennially to architectural projects that involve the "recycling or conservation of historic buildings". The Henry Hunter Galleries, the main permanent art exhibition at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery are also named in his honour. A collection of 1800 of his architectural drawings and notes are held by the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

In 2006 the architectural firm founded by him (presently known as Crawford Padas Shurman Architects) celebrated its 150th anniversary of continuous business.

Several of his apprentices went on to be influential architects in their own right; Alan Cameron Walker went on to construct several other notable Tasmanian landmarks, including the General Post Office, Hobart and Leslie Corrie went on to become a prominent Brisbane architect and later Mayor of Brisbane.

References

1832 births
1892 deaths
Architects from Nottingham
19th-century Tasmanian architects
Architects from Brisbane

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Imagine crossing the border with your daughter's passport but only to realize that you forgot your passport back home? That's crazy right but for Anita Turner a 58-year-old mother it was a shocking moment for her and her friends. They were five and were going on a cruise on the Belgium side from England. And they crossed several border posts without a single security guard noticing the difference between her and the passport she purported to be hers. Mrs. Turner had picked her daughter's passports instead of hers and only realized when she was miles away at Kent Port in Dover when they were picking tickets for her and her friends.
Where it not for her friend, who noticed she had her daughter's passport Turner wouldn't even been aware. Having come all this way, they decide to try and use the passport. Her friend handed over the passports including Turner daughter's passport and the staff waved them over. Moreover, the officer even directed them to the lane to use. They were shocked but went ahead. To them, it was shocking to see the laxity of the officers at the border post. They ushered them in and didn't notice the huge difference in not only the age gap but also the pictures on the passport. The photo clearly shows she is way too old to be a 28-year-old woman on the passport.
With Mrs. Turner back at the comfort of her home the above incidence confirms the November report which clearly states that immigrants are taking advantage of staff shortages in South England's Sea to cross over to England. In 2017 -2018 port managers of Portsmouth, Poole, Dover, and Southampton all confirmed reports that they are understaffed. The report also mentions Dover dock among the cross border points which are exposed to risks. The reports were further confirmed by another report from Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration David Bolt who said the ports aren't secure at all.
Although the Turner incidence paints a bad picture of the security personnel and measures in place at England border points, a Home Office spokespersons assured the public all personnel receive proper training. He said all personnel manning border stations are highly trained on how to check and analyze all documents coming through the border points. Furthermore as a way of preventing the deed before it's done the Home Office carries out training of both immigrant officers and airline staff on how to do the check overseas. Through the training, the latter group will be able to stop the culprits before they start their journey. While finishing off, the home officer spokespersons said the officers have been able to prevent 159,000 people from entering England because of having faulty documents. The latter figures represent work done from April 2010 to December 2018 only.


I developed a calculator but cannot get the (sqrt) "√" function key to work properly.
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<input type ="button" class="button magenta"
<input type="button" class = "button magenta"
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in order to use the root function you must pass it a value.
I can attach a value and variable to my code which will make the sqrt function work. However, the function works only outside of the calculator display and directly onto the box.
The new problem I am having is putting the new code below into this line of code above.
I think two things at the moment.
First, posting snippets of code isn't really that helpful, without an explanation.
second, I don't think you've thought about how a calculator works internally.
Here is are a couple of simple question about your calculator.
Are you displaying this in a "screen" like a normal calculator?
What it really comes down to is.
In my opinion, the biggest problem is the way that you're thinking about the problem. -if you had a clear picture of how the "machine" works, then it'd be a lot easier.
Perhaps you should have a flow chart to help organise things?
by the time you press the square root button, you should already have the variable saved in a place (as a global variable) that you can just use.
It appears that the calculator that he is trying to use/create is web based. But yes, it would be nice to get answers.
I took bits and parts of code and learned how to code from online tutorials to build the skeleton in HTML5. I then mapped out on paper which buttons, display, and structure I wanted to include. Then I learned CSS and figured out how to add the colors. Next, I created functions I learned from tutorials, websites, and books to make it work. I thought it would be easier ----- but logic, variables, and functions has its limits---or the beginner programmer has its limits. I am in over my head.
You are right I have to know the internals of the calculator. A flow chart would be helpful.
I have tried to develop a function, used other programmers functions, learned from tutorials and more books---on how to get that sqrt rt to actually work correctly in the display window.
The calculator looks like a basic calculator with a gray display and if I type in "11" I have to type "1" "1" separately.
The sqrt root is the most challenging aspect of this calculator. There is no specific segment that will work. I have tried various functions () and math sqrt(9) and simpler functions, tested it over and over but---the sqrt either either works off the skeleton or it won't display correctly.
Well, you have my best wishes for trying to take on such a difficult project. This really is how you learn. At best, you have already learned a lot, even through failure. It will not be clear yet, but think back to where you started, and you will see what I mean.
I'm not suggesting that you "have" to use the same tools as I do. and indeed it may be strangely more confusing if you do.
I use a text editor called "turbopad" the reason that I use it is because it's fast, it's free and it highlights context.
(so different words are different colours) page elements are dark blue, comments light blue, properties (like type=) are highlighted green, then the proterty value type=... ("button") are purple.
using something like that is going to show up typo's, forgetting to close a quote is going to lead to following text not looking right. so this can be helpful, especially when you;re trying to figure out why something won't work.
It is perfectly possible to create wonderful looking sites in notepad, with just black text on a white background, (it's how I learned), and perfectly possible to create sites in vi over SSH. but fair to say that it is difficult.
basically, what I'm saying is get a decent editor, that you are comfortable with. because -especially whilst you're learning, you'll be using it a lot.
but don't let your editor rule you or become a crutch. I've seen plenty of "web designers" who could not understand HTML, couldn't create anything past what their graphical editor could do for them. if you took away their crutch (their particular program of choice) they weren't just inconvenienced, they just could no longer create sites, they had no idea!
That said, on with making this calculator.
You need to think about a calculator and what it does, and what resources you need to get the job done.
at the start you're going to need some kind of page to start with, so first lets just rough out a broad framework of an HTML page.
you know that calculators have buttons and a screen.
we'll make a "simple" calculator first, then add more advanced functions in later.
So here is the first "page"
especially whilst you;re learning you should use comments to remind yourself why you have done something, or why you chose not to do something some other way that might look obvious but just not work.
it's fair to say that "in real life" you may have chosen a different button order, and a different layout, you'd have used CSS to make all the buttons the same size and control the layout. you'd have made them different colours.
but, first lets get a working calculator and make it pretty later on.
the screen starts off with a zero on it.
when you press a button a value gets displayed on the screen.
so lets get that working first of all.
since we're looking at how to get numbers input into the calculator it makes sense to call the function input, and to pass the data that we wish to "input".
what will happen is that as a button is pressed the calculator will receive that value, store it in a register.
and then display that register.
you'll notice that if you press 1, a 1 appears in the screen.
then if you press 2 the 1 disappears and is replaced by a 2.
there are a few improvements that can be made to the code to make it a bit more readable first.
Then there is the issue that rather than numbers being concatenated and displayed side by side, they are just replaced.
so let's look at some code to catenate data.
so putting an empty text part before it forces it to construct the numbers like a sentence.


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Q: After upgrading to Anaconda 2020.02 "import pandas as pd" fails to be executed Error Message:
File "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pandas\__init__.py", line 17, in <modul> "Unable to required dependencies:\n" + "\n".join(missing_dependencies)

ImportError: Unable to import required dependencies:
numpy: DLL load failed

I did try re-installing numpy, pandas and mkl-services to no avail. Strangely, the code executes fine in Spyder, but simply won't run via "double-click" pointing towards C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\python.exe
What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

A: Thanks to Yo_Chris I was able to solve my problem by de-/re-installing first pandas using pip and then doing the same for numpy.
pip uninstall pandas
pip install pandas
pip uninstall numpy
pip install numpy

As a note I did try those steps with conda before, but that did not solve the problem. I did think back then that conda and pip work the same. Apparently that is not the case.
Thanks again for letting me try pip!

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Meet the driver - Jodie Smedley
Here at Stagecoach, our people are the foundations of our success. We have some truly amazing staff who are always going the extra mile to get you to where you want to be, every day.
We asked one of our drivers, Jodie Smedley, what she loves about working for Stagecoach...
At just 23, Jodie Smedley is one of the youngest bus drivers in the Holbrook depot.
"People are often surprised to see me behind the wheel when they get on the board!"
After completing her AS levels, Jodie completed an apprenticeship in childcare, and spent four years working in different nurseries. But in 2015, Jodie was ready for a new challenge. She wanted to try something completely out of her comfort zone and learn some new skills.
"I've always loved driving, and a few people I knew had gone into bus driving, and they'd told me I'd really enjoy it. So I thought, why not give it a go?"
So when she saw a vacancy at Stagecoach she applied, and after a successful application she joined the team in Stagecoach Yorkshire's Ecclesfield depot, and then moved to the Holbrook depot.
"I was pretty nervous when I first started. I'd never driven anything bigger than a car before! But I loved it right away – it was nowhere near as bad as I thought it was going to be!"
"The other drivers are really kind and supportive too, and I work with a great team looking after operations and the vehicles. I love working with the other drivers and the staff at the depot are like a big family. I love the routes I work on and meeting new people. I always try to be cheerful and I really enjoy what I'm doing."
Jodie also loves working shifts as it gives her time that she wouldn't have had in a typical 9 to 5 role.
"I love getting a chance to go to gym classes or go shopping during the day. Plus I have a few friends who work in hospitals so it's much easier to find time to socialise with them with us all working shifts."
Jodie cites traffic jams and problems on the roads as the biggest challenge, but she finds being calm and friendly really helps her passengers.
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No one compares to Aurora Rose Reynolds with her exceptional writing and emotionally-infused storylines!
Until Harmony is a phenomenal collaboration of artistic words, illustrating a passionate combination of excitement, suspense, and passion. The story showcases the author's signature love-at-first-sight chemistry, but captivates readers with its intimacy and affection.
Harlen and Harmony are truly two characters you will fall madly in love with immediately! The instant intrigue upon first introduction to these characters both fascinates and propels the story forward. Their relationship may start out a little differently than the ones from the previous books in the series, but that's what really separates this story from the others. The deeply emotional and fierce bond between Harlen and Harmony is tested throughout the book, and its one that radiates extreme heat, intensity, and unconditional love.
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With so many people walking around upset about the Economy we decided to design a Training that addressed the "Mindset" of the Times.
As you know "The Economy" is a Nominalization it most certainly will not fit inside a wheelbarrow, it is not a Living thing, it is not even tangible in any sense of the word it is actually just a word.
This Word however has been used to change the Mindset of people all over the world and has Hypnotized the masses into believing there is nothing they can do, Everything is hopeless and a whole List of additional Low level energy Ideas.
We have noticed this word "The Economy" has influenced peoples behavior in other senses too, I have been told Domestic Violence and Crime has increased and in Las Vegas there seems to be statistical "proof" that we have been one of the worst Hit.
We began to notice how Contagious and influential for the worst, this type of thinking is and as we are workers of the mind are determined to make a difference in our community and eventually the world to Challenge this unquestioned Mindset.
We recently offered a Workshop Called "Who are you without the Stuff" the idea was to question the value of a person without all the Assets and Trappings of wealth that many mark as Social Proof of their own identity.
Our Initial Intention was to create personal value and build Self esteem and provide a plan of Action.
We learned so much by doing this Workshop that we decided to add all the input of the participants and extend it to a Two Day Workshop Retreat.
In this Workshop, we offer a Handbook of Questions that are designed to challenge how you think about your current circumstance beginning with influences from the Past noticing the Present and even the Future.
During the Course Some answers are discussed as a group and then Challenged.
It did not take long at all, for people to completely change their thinking from when they first Arrived.
Because of the Success of this Workshop retreat. I decided to expand this Training into a Two Day Event. To allow time for the personalized approach in "Coaching" working through the answers and there also needed to be time for Reflection and ongoing discovery, sometimes separately with the participants.
The End result of this Training was 2 members of the Training noticed Areas in which they could compliment each other and formed a Business Partnership thus immediately resolving their original issues. They committed to meeting each other the very next day and are now business partners with a Contract !
The Training is a Mix of Teaching, Coaching, Group and Personal Discovery which is an all day event for two days.
Lunch and additional Refreshment is provided during the Day and a Hefty Challenging Workbook designed to completely Turn around your Thinking.
Because we are interested in being thorough we also offer a Bonus Follow up Coaching Session to make sure you have a Clear cut plan of Recovery and are taking the steps to make it work.
This is Offered to those of you who book Immediately to secure your seat and will be offered until June 11th or we run out of Seating.
The Investment of the Coaching Alone would Actually cost more than the Training if we were to price it like that ..
We already have Attendees on our list for the next event and cannot emphasize enough Take Action Immediately before we run out of Seating.
We have designed the pricing to make sense as an Investment that is designed to be Value packed and Fair.
We asked Everyone in the Training if they Thought their Financial Investment reflected the Value they received from the training and each one said it was incredible value for what they walked out with and that they would all attend another one of our Training's.
We are very proud of that.
I invite you to Attend our Next Financial Freedom - 2 Day Breakthrough, Seating is limited and first come first served.
Change your Mindset, Change your Life !
All Hypnosis is Self Hypnosis. We cannot Force any one to be Hypnotized and we can easily Hypnotize ourselves with Meaningful and Life Changing suggestions which will reside in our Unconscious Mind.
Why Self Hypnosis ?Self Hypnosis is a Great Tool to Condition your own Mind in your Own Time and as often as you like.You will be able to program your mind for lasting change in any area you choose.
Self Hypnosis is a Practical, Powerful and convenient tool for you to use at any time.
Why is Self Hypnosis so popular ?
There is nothing New about Self Hypnosis.
Self Hypnosis May be the most Overlooked Mind programming tool to Date !
What if I don't have any problems ?
Hypnosis is used By Top performers all the time ..
And increase your suggestions every time you go into Self Hypnosis.
Move out of Procrastination and Negative belief patterns, you will really enjoy this workshop.
Richard Bandler often says, "when looping negative thinking patterns, the best thing you can do is interrupt the Pattern".
Think of something that makes you Feel good Now.
Have fun with it, practice makes perfect sense.
NLP is Fun when you want it to be and if you enjoy this NLP Blog then be sure to look through the other empowering articles you will find here.
Thanks for stopping by speak soon.
Sometimes it is useful to slow down time if it seems Time is going to quickly and you are running out of it and Speed up Time when Time is going to Slowly.
How can we slow down Time, surely that is not possible ?
How we react to Time has more to do with our own Projections in any particular Moment, and we are learning to suggest different things to our mind, so that our mind learns to Execute the action and not worry about too much or too little time.
Can you think of a Time that Time seemed to actually last for allot longer than it really did, Like an Exam, an unhappy Holiday Dinner, a Date that was going wrong or a situation you would rather not have been in.
Even Dreams seem to last longer than they Do.
You can make time to slow down or speed up it is an amazing resource that can be used in any way you can imagine, you can even make up for lost time by speeding things up or enjoy a moment much longer by slowing time down.
Your mind will process Time differently at the Speed of light with just a suggestion directed at the Area you would like to focus on.
If you would like to Focus on Time speeding up you can imagine that you are standing perfectly still and that the world is moving at warp speed around you, if you are studying you can make suggestions that everything you are studying is becoming perfectly integrated within your unconscious mind as you are processing this information clearly and concisely at Warp speed and all of the resources are available to you just as soon as you like.
If you wa----nnn----tttt ooooo g-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ooooooooooo sssssss----ssssss---lllllllllloooooooooooowww mmmmooooooooooo------t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tiooooooonnnnnn yyyyyyyyyoooo begin to slow everything down so that the world around you becomes veeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrryyyyyy sloooooooowwwwww and again, you make the suggestions that you can savour every last milisecond of the experience as time goooess past and almost stands still in the especially good moments that you enjoy.
One of the things I like to do is Freeze negative thoughts in the Air and just let them suspend in time until I can either visualize and hear them shatter to the floor like broken glass or some of the more persistent thoughts can be put into another more resourceful time for me to sort through !
I can even push some of the thoughts back in time to the rightful owners people who originated these thoughts in the first place.
Have fun with it, and discover how you can change perceptions about time. There are so many ways you can play with Time and use it to your advantage.
Here is a very simple way to change the way you feel about certain experiences. Although there are lots of ways of doing this.
In order to keep it light and Fun we will demonstrate just Three that pack a powerful punch in this Post.
When you think of a Memory begin to notice how big it is, How close it is and the color elements in your pictures.
Notice how this distinctions make a difference to your Mood by Playing with Size, Distance and Color.
For Example Make the Memory Bigger and Closer. Add More Color to make it Brighter.
Play around with it until you get it just the way you like it.
Notice how it makes your Feeling change.
Sometimes In subtle ways are enough to make all the difference and sometimes in Huge Dramatic ways that can be observed as Physical and immediate Shifts in Body Language.
Play around with this if you find there is some memory or picture in your mind that is getting you down, it can make all the difference.
You can fine tune the Submodalities by making further tiny adjustments.
All Behavior Stems from a Positive intention. This is a Great way of thinking and getting on the path of becoming more objective with your Thinking.
It can help you to loosen the grip to viewing the outcome from your own eyes only.
Sometimes we can be sure that a person means us harm, when really they are coming from a place of Positive intention, although it is possible you may not be included in their thoughts of positive Intention.
When they had the original thought, it was to respond to an intention that to the best of their ability (at that time) was Intended as Positive.
Sometimes The Positive Intention get can lost along the way, somewhere and when Feelings are involved and Emotion runs high, things can get Fuzzy.
Sometimes the best thing to do is Remember all of our Behavior stems from a positive Intention.
Try remembering for a week to see how you get on, and let me know how it changed your Own thinking.
If you liked this Information then please share it with somebody else who will benefit too. NLP is Fun has lots of article for you to enjoy in the archives.
Did you know that women tend to spend more on Cute packaging ?
Well many Women will Tell you themselves "I am a sucker for cute Packaging"
There seems to be a Hardwired Equation to High End Brands having more luxurious Packaging.
Some women said, they did care if the Item was useless and some did not seem to care too much and enjoyed the experience of purchasing an Item just for the packaging.
Women Tend to smell things more than men too, did you know that Women want to smell Bath Lotions and Shower Gels before Buying.
This Company has managed to combine both and are Wildly popular.
Colour is very important as well, as you can see they have combined Visual, Gustatory, and Olfactory with Auditory because the next component is.
In Mass marketing, The Auditory Component amplifies the others and creates the Conditioning. Of course these can always be exceptions to the Rule.
This Video Gets nearly 600k Views on You Tube.
What else do you notice about the content of the Video ?
Can Pictures make you feel Differently ?
Let's Find out here are a few pictures and they are all Different. It will be interesting to make your own notes of what Anchors they invoke in you and begin to notice how they change your own Physiology.
I am noticing a Change in my temperature already, what about you ?
How does this make you Feel are you noticing ?
Wow Quite a Big Shift I would say.
Ahhh That seems so much better.
Studies have shown that the Weather affects our Mood and in fact they have named it, S.A.D Seasonal Affective Disorder !
I wonder what else can affect our Mood and we haven't yet realized, Any thoughts ?
Within this little NLP Blog there are more than 200 Empowering articles to help you along. Do the exercises provided and change your Neurology.
You can do it for sure.
Have you always wanted to be a Licensed and Certified Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming Our Next NLP Practitioner Training can be found here Thank you for Reading.
NLP | Anchoring | What comes first the Thought or the Feeling ?
In NLP one of the Presuppositions is that Mind and Body Function As one System.
For Example an Idea that is created in the Mind manifests itself in the Body and in fact the Brain is a part of the Body.
This is a Huge point to consider when watching your thoughts as it is more likely that the unconscious mind's desires will win !
"As a Man Thinketh in his Heart so is He"
By the way what kind of Anchors "Conditioned responses" does this visual create for you ?
"He thinks in Secret and so it shall come to Pass" comes from James Allen Essay "As a Man Thinketh"
We can find many, many examples of this school of thought.
What do you think comes first the Thought or the Feeling ?
When we think a thing that attaches to a conditioned response it unconsciously changes the way we are feeling, and if we feel bad about a thing we often "Feel" Hopeless and can decide unconsciously not to bother with any further Action, we can "Give up" without any real proof we should.
Thoughts Create Feelings which determine our Actions !
Conditioned Responses can be so subtle we may not even know what has triggered it.
And Conditioned Responses (Anchors) are installed often in Todays society because they are so effective in changing moods.
Just some Food For thought !
Enjoy, and I look forward to your thoughts.
The Criticism Analyzer is a great pattern to consider the projections of Other people's Opinions and What they mean to you.
This pattern keeps the process of investigation going in a safe environment.
I chose this pattern as we as a people can be so influenced by the Idea that other people approve or do not approve of us, it can drive us Barmy sometimes we don't know which way to turn, or what is the right thing to do and have forgotten how to think on our own.
We are influenced by Media, Wealth, Social Proof, Culture other organizations and Groups, Family, Partners and so on. Often unconscious seeking approval for every small thing, and becoming stuck in a type of paralysis.
Sometimes so much so we have a hard time getting back to what we Want, as we believe another persons wants, Likes or Dislikes to be our own Ideas. !
The Criticism Analyzer gives us the chance to do a further enquiry as to the Validity of the Speakers intention, Control your own responses and Generate an Agreement frame and consider what the Words mean to you.
This fully Disarms Anger and the potential for having Anchors Fired (Conditioned, reactive responses) to people and their opinions that can cause disruption to our own positive behaviour.
Which Direction will You Go in, It takes Commitment to Change your Mind ?
Work it and achieve it you can still Kill it in 2015 with us and get amazing results get this 4 week NLP Online Coaching course.


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Marketing Mix Of Jockey – Jockey Marketing Mix
February 16, 2019 By Hitesh Bhasin Filed Under: Marketing Mix of Brands
Jockey International, Inc is commonly referred to as Jockey. It is a private company of American origin. Jockey is associated with lifestyle and retail industry and deals in innerwear. It was founded in the year 1876 by its founder Samuel T. Cooper. Some of its main rival companies are as follows-
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Jockey is a retailer, distributor and manufacturer of sleepwear and underwear for children, women, and men. It is very popular for launching Y-Front brief for men in the year 1934 for the first time. The brand has an independent sales-division Comfort Specialist Consultants that is engaged in selling items for women. Its product portfolio of outerwear, accessories, activewear, thermals, towels and sportswear includes
Innerwear bottoms – boxer brief, regular brief, boxer shorts, trunk
Innerwear tops – vest, inert-shirt
Outerwear bottoms – boxer shorts, shorts
Outerwear tops – polo t-shirt, jacket
Socks – casual, formal, ankle-length
Socks- low-ankle socks
Shapewear- bottoms and tops
Outerwear bottoms- shorts, boxer shorts, lounge pants, leggings, Capri
Outerwear tops- camisole, tank top, sleeved top
Camisoles and tops- crop top, tank top
Panties- bikini, hipster, long-leg panty
Bras- cami bra, push-up bra, padded bra, underwire bra, seamless cup bra, sports bra,
Trunks, boxer shorts, brief, poor brief, knit shorts, printed vest, printed t-shirt
Jockey is a well-known and recognised trademark that is popular in nearly one hundred and twenty countries of the world because of its products. It has its headquarters base at Kenosha in Wisconsin. The company has production output in places like United States, United Kingdom, Caribbean and Central America. Jockey started its operations at St. Joseph in Michigan and from there spread its presence to every nook and corner of the world like US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, Russia, Greece, Holland, Austria, India, China, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Egypt and South Africa.
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Jockey has a strong distribution network that has made it possible for reaching of products to most places in the world. Its products are available in jockey outlets and in various retail outlets, supermarket and hypermarket that keep Jockey as one of its brands. In the year 2000, it started its on-line sales in keeping with changing times. In the year 2005, the brand launched a direct-selling division titled jockeyp2p.com.
Consumers have stopped buying functional products to a great extent. They are being diverted towards, luxury, comfort, style and beauty. Innerwear is no longer a serviceable product but depicts a thought of being sexy and beautiful. Jockey has revolutionised the concept of innerwear with its quality products. It has been able to create a market of its own. Jockey has adopted mid-premium pricing strategy for its premium product to keep its price rates affordable and reasonable. People are no longer unwilling to shed a few bucks more if they feel that the product is worthy and this is why the company has been successful in implementing its pricing policy.
Jockey is a world-famous brand that is involved in several charitable organisations. It sponsors a charity titled Jockey Being Family Foundation. The company offers support to families who adopt a child. Jockey has launched several ad campaigns to market its products. It has tried to project its products more of leisurewear nature than simply innerwear. Leisurewear has now become a multi-utility and multi-purpose garment. The brand has put the special onus on comfort level and its style quotient in its advertisements.
Jockey has started both indoor and outdoor campaigns in order to attract fashion-conscious customers. Ads are shown via television and fashion magazines like Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Elle and In-Style. Brand had also taken help of social media platforms for promotional activities via Twitter and Facebook. Some celebrities who have donned Jockey in front of the camera are Chris Cairns, Paul MacDonald and Zinzan Brooke.
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sajal ghosh says
hi Hitesh,
Lovely to learn about you and your pet project Marketing 91.
I and my agency have been at the forefront of working and creating lifestyle brands in India.
Numero Uno Jeans,DaMilano Bags,Hands Carpets,Veeba Sauces,Lotus Herbals,Daawat Basmati
to name a few.
It would be nice to be in touch for any further discussions.


"We have been farming for 10 years on our North Canterbury farm, 1300ha steep hard hill, running breeding cows and halfbred ewes.
For the first 7 years we grubbed Nassella personally and with paid contractors. Through the course of the last 10 years we have developed the hard hills out of pig fern and manuka into pasture using spray, burning and over sowing.
A lot of this country had Nassella under 5 foot high pig fern that was never seen for years.
Since we have taken away the pig fern the number of plants have been large. The first seven years we made no head way on the overall Nassella numbers yearly which was demoralising and disheartening to say the least.
A farmer just down the road had implemented using Taskforce in a spot spray system with a backpack and told me about the product.
I was quick to jump on board when hearing about Taskforce, As I always concepted grubbing was creating a seed bed for the following years seed.
The result was immediate, firstly on morale , secondly on time taken, it is at least four times faster, thirdly I'm getting a huge reduction in numbers, fourth and finally it is way easier on the body.
"We farm 640ha of dry Marlborough coastal hill country. Nassella Tussock has always been present on the property and the traditional method of grubbing was only containing and not controlling the pest.
Since using Taskforce there has been a dramatic decrease in Nassella density over the entire farm. We undertake this control work ourselves and by using the spot spraying method we have noticed a substantial decrease in the time required to complete the job. Also, it is much easier on the body.
"Our Taylor pass property near Blenheim was so heavily infested with Nassella that the M.D.C. used it for research trials. Despite endless hours of spot spraying with Glyphosate every year and a determined effort to achieve control, the plant numbers were still increasing.
After an aerial blanket application of Taskforce herbicide, we received 50mm of rain in a single event and I was concerned that the product may have leached off.
— Andy Laurie, Escaroth Estate, Taylor Pass.
"Since its release in 2012, we have sprayed Nassella Tussock with Taskforce herbicide. Blocks that used to take 2 days to grub now take a morning to spray allowing us to check more country. Numbers of seedlings are reducing and the results are very pleasing.
Nassella Tussock and Chilean Needle Grass.
"I have been using Taskforce herbicide since November 2011.
I have used it in a variety of applicator's ie. Hand gun, Mist blowers and Knapsack.
I have had really good success using Taskforce . You can see a marked reduction in the amount of plants coming up the following season on the properties that I have sprayed for more than one season.
Spraying is a lot quicker than grubbing so it saves my clients a lot of labour cost as well.
"I have been using Taskforce herbicide for 4 years on two properties. One is in North Canterbury and the other property is at Ward.
The Nasella Tussock numbers have dropped by half and so has the hours to do the job. It is also twice as easy on the body.
I use a 5 litre drench pack with a spray nozzle and it is light to carry around.


After looking at the history of the family, we build a comprehensive picture of the children and parents, including the contributing circumstances, physical, psychological and cultural aspects, temperaments, relationships, talents and challenges, mapping the child's path of development. This culminates in clarifying the presenting issues and identifying the child's unique needs.
In response, parents are given education on age-appropriate and situation-specific parenting, support in providing healthy rhythms and loving boundaries, ideas for altering family timetables and practices to improve sequencing and create optimum conditions, and direction in creating new parenting skills, and managing stress and anger.
I work with the parents rather than directly with the children in order to build the parents' skills in observation, assessment and creating strategies, and to empower them to develop self-confidence. This method is very successful! I do observe the children where necessary. Where appropriate I refer both children and adults to other agencies.
At times the work extends to helping parents to improve their communication, co-operation, and their relationship in general, whether co-habiting or separated/divorced/blended. Grandparents and other Whanau may use the service.
Build a deeper understanding of your child, yourself, the family and the situation.
Learn methods that support happy, creative parents!
Positive parenting is the theme throughout!


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Imaginook's Cultural Heritage Innitiative - connecting old and new traditions in Art
Sugar Skull Decorating Workshops
with Diego Marcial Rios
adults, teens, kids 10+
Saturday, October 8, 11 am - 1 pm
Imaginook is happy to present Sugar Skull Decorating Workshop as part of our Cultural Heritage Innitiative with SF Bay Area artist Diego Marcial Rios.
Hand paint and decorate a Mexican sugar skull steeped in the rich cultural history of Mexico after getting an expert demonstration from artist Diego Marcial Rios.
Breathtaking colorful Sugar Skulls have long been part of the Mexican culture. Beautifully decorated Sugar Skulls are often used as decorations on graves and altars during Dia de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead.
Once you have got the basics down, roll up your sleeves to create and hand paint your own unique, expressive work.
●Brief Historical / Cultural Lecture (15 minutes)
The host will deliver a brief historical summary of the Sugar Skull art media during the Spanish Colonial Period in Mexico. There will be a brief historical summary of the origin of sugar art in Italian culture and how and why this unique media was introduced to native people of Northern America.
●Handcraft a Sugar Skull
Learn how to make a colorful piece of art influenced by Mexican culture. You will learn the ingredients and application techniques necessary to decorate a sugar skull. You will also be briefly introduced to how to make your own simple molds out of silicon.
●Hand decorative a Sugar Skull
"Blank Sugar Skulls" and frosting instructions will be available for attendees to use. Let your imagination run wild! Personalize your own sugar skull.
● Make Artwork Under the Guidance of a Renowned Artist
See live examples of the Sugar Skull making process and get inspired by an artist who has been exhibiting for over 30 years.
● Extra Bonus! Mexican Pan Dulce and some organic, locally grown fresh fruit will available to eat as a snack during workshop time.
Space is limited, registration is required.
The price is $60 per participant.
Dates available:
Images are courtesy of Diego M.Rios
ABOUT DIEGO
Diego Marcial Rios lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and paints in acrylics. He graduated with honors with an M.A./M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Fine Arts Graduate School and a B.F.A. from University of California at Berkeley. Diego has a C.L.P. from the University of San Francisco. He received a number of fellowships for his Academic study. His artwork illustrates many complex social-economic issues faced by contemporary society.
Diego Marcial Rios' fine art has been included in more than 500 exhibitions from Japan to Bulgaria. He is in a number of Museum Collections: The Auchenbach Foundation Collection at the Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon; Laguna Beach Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.; Museo National De La Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico, etc..
He has also illustrated a number of books and his work is part of a number of Public Collections: Harriet Taubman Gallery, MD; Mission Cultural Center, SF; Irish Arts Council, Belfast, Ireland and many more. He has appeared as a speaker on Art and been interviewed on Television and Radio. His artwork has been included in many magazines. Diego has been a recent guest speaker at UC Merced, St. Mary's College, San Jose State University, De Anza College.
www.diegomarcialrios.com


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package com.uber.yangz.twitter.activities;

import android.app.ActionBar;
import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;

import com.uber.yangz.twitter.R;
import com.uber.yangz.twitter.fragments.HeaderFragment;
import com.uber.yangz.twitter.fragments.UserTimelineFragment;

public class ProfileActivity
        extends AppCompatActivity
        implements HeaderFragment.OnGetScreenNameListener, UserTimelineFragment.OnGetScreenNameListener {

    private String screenName;
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    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_profile);

        getSupportActionBar().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(R.color.twitter_blue));

        screenName = getIntent().getStringExtra("screenName");
        setTitle(screenName);
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    public String onGetScreenName() {
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Here is What Hedge Funds Think About Suncor Energy Inc. (SU)
Published on June 7, 2019 at 1:25 pm by Nina Todic in Hedge Funds,News
Like everyone else, elite investors make mistakes. Some of their top consensus picks, such as Amazon, Facebook and Alibaba, have not done well in Q4 due to various reasons. Nevertheless, the data show elite investors' consensus picks have done well on average over the long-term. The top 20 stocks among hedge funds beat the S&P 500 Index ETF by more than 6 percentage points so far this year. Because their consensus picks have done well, we pay attention to what elite funds think before doing extensive research on a stock. In this article, we take a closer look at Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU) from the perspective of those elite funds.
Is Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU) a buy, sell, or hold? Money managers are buying. The number of bullish hedge fund bets rose by 3 in recent months. Our calculations also showed that su isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds. SU was in 33 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of the first quarter of 2019. There were 30 hedge funds in our database with SU positions at the end of the previous quarter.
We're going to review the fresh hedge fund action encompassing Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU).
How are hedge funds trading Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU)?
At the end of the first quarter, a total of 33 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were long this stock, a change of 10% from the fourth quarter of 2018. On the other hand, there were a total of 23 hedge funds with a bullish position in SU a year ago. So, let's check out which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
When looking at the institutional investors followed by Insider Monkey, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has the largest position in Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU), worth close to $348.9 million, comprising 0.2% of its total 13F portfolio. The second most bullish fund manager is Millennium Management, led by Israel Englander, holding a $115.1 million position; 0.2% of its 13F portfolio is allocated to the stock. Other members of the smart money that are bullish consist of Cliff Asness's AQR Capital Management, Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group and Brian Ashford-Russell and Tim Woolley's Polar Capital.
Consequently, key hedge funds were breaking ground themselves. Centenus Global Management, managed by Sara Nainzadeh, created the largest position in Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU). Centenus Global Management had $3.7 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Brad Dunkley and Blair Levinsky's Waratah Capital Advisors also made a $1.9 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The following funds were also among the new SU investors: Michael Gelband's ExodusPoint Capital, Minhua Zhang's Weld Capital Management, and Paul Marshall and Ian Wace's Marshall Wace LLP.
Let's now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU) but similarly valued. We will take a look at Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL), Deere & Company (NYSE:DE), Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD), and Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC). This group of stocks' market valuations resemble SU's market valuation.
ECL 27 1965653 0
DE 31 1412560 -16
VOD 18 438299 0
NSC 47 1869998 0
As you can see these stocks had an average of 30.75 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $1422 million. That figure was $1012 million in SU's case. Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD) is the least popular one with only 18 bullish hedge fund positions. Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. This is a slightly positive signal but we'd rather spend our time researching stocks that hedge funds are piling on.
Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 1.9% in Q2 through May 30th and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by more than 3 percentage points. Unfortunately SU wasn't nearly as popular as these 20 stocks and hedge funds that were betting on SU were disappointed as the stock returned -4.3% during the same period and underperformed the market. If you are interested in investing in large cap stocks with huge upside potential, you should check out the top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds as 13 of these stocks already outperformed the market so far in Q2.
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Help Support LCPS
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I kindly seek your support to help LCPS increase its national impact. We are holding our first ever fund raising dinner on Monday July 9, 2012 at 20:30 at the Phoenicia Hotel.
LCPS is the oldest, independent, non-profit, non-partisan think tank in Lebanon. Since 1989, it has demonstrated an impressive track record of leadership in producing and disseminating policy knowledge in the political, economic, and social spheres in Lebanon and the Arab world. It has been ranked as the first Lebanese think tank and 11th in the Arab world according to the Global think tank survey conducted by University of Pennsylvania.
Over the past eighteen months, we have launched policy research projects tackling issues such as transparency and accountability in the national budget, economic priorities and job creation, decentralization and municipal finance, and the offshore gas issue. In addition, we have created a number of new initiatives such as issuing regular newsletters and policy briefs, and organizing roundtable discussions on timely policy issues. We also have softly launched our new website that is conceived as a policy portal and we will soon be active on Twitter. Finally, we are re-locating our offices in Ras Beirut in an effort to be closer to the research and policy community.
We strongly need your support to maintain our mission to initiate and develop new policy projects that help create a better Lebanon. To this end, please join us at our first annual fundraising dinner on Monday, July 9, 2012 at 20:30 at the Phoenicia Hotel. You can purchase individual tickets at $250 per person, or a table for 12 people, at $3,000. All proceeds will go to supporting important policy research and advocacy.
We look forward to hearing positively from you.
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Beer was brewed by the ancient Egyptians and had almost certainly arrived in Britain by the Neolithic period. The builders of Stonehenge would undoubtedly have enjoyed a pint or two after a hard day's work.
Beer was brewed in the home, on farms, in wayside taverns and later in the great monasteries. The brewing process and breweries in general were very different to what we know today. In fact, until refrigeration was introduced in the 1880s, beer was only brewed in the colder months from September to April/May.
As brewing became more organised, it naturally attracted the attention of the tax collectors. We've been taxed nationally on our enjoyment of ale and beer since 1188, when Henry II introduced the so-called 'Saladin Tithe' to pay for the Crusades.
For centuries, ale was brewed without hops. Beer however, which came from the Low Countries and was first imported into England in the 15th century, used hops as a flavouring and a preservative.
It took almost 150 years, but eventually hops came to be accepted as a vital part of the taste of ale. Prior to the 1400s, ale had been flavoured with herbs such as rosemary and thyme, but the hop helped preserve ale from spoiling due to its mildly antiseptic quality.
Beer and ale became synonymous – as did the beerhouse and alehouse – until new beer styles were developed in the 18th and 19th centuries.
'The Big Campaign' is an industry-wide, united campaign which is part of a Tourism Industry bid for a Sector Deal and Industrial Strategy. This strand covers skills and aims to raise awareness and improve perceptions of the hospitality, leisure and tourism sector as an excellent career choice. It will work to promote the hospitality industry to the UK population and increase the number of people working in the industry. The British Beer and Pub Association is leading this campaign, along with other organisations across the hospitality industry. These include Springboard UK, People 1st, VisitBritain, the Tourism Alliance, the Scottish Tourism Alliance and UKHospitality. Why the 'Big Campaign'? 'The Big Campaign' is a unified voice for the hospitality industry. It brings together industry leaders to promote the work which companies do to recruit UK staff to its business. It will centralise the exceptional work already undertaken by organisations, to operate as one united voice to promote, recruit and retain staff. As an industry, hospitality and work in pubs is an excellent career pathway for people at all ages, from school leavers, to career changers later in life. However, perceptions and awareness amongst jobseekers are often negative. This campaign will highlight the benefits of a career in hospitality, and demonstrate that it is a viable career pathway. What does 'The Big Campaign' aim to do? The campaign will work to be more than just a promotional campaign. It will begin with a substantial data-gathering exercise, which will initially gather statistical evidence and insight into the current awareness and perceptions of the industry, quantify the impact of the current immigration policy, and gain an understanding into sector-specific data, including pubs. This data gathering will occur annually to ensure the success of the campaign is measured. This will lead to a content-driven online campaign, which will offer a careers advice website, with sector-specific guidance, featuring employers, opportunities and training programmes. It will be promoted through social and digital media campaigning as well as through national and local coverage. The campaign will result in engagement from those leaving education, jobseekers and career changers. Springboard UK's current infrastructure and network of industry ambassadors and mentors will be built on, as well as the variety of recruitment programmes it currently provides. The result will be an increase in talent acquisition for employers in all parts of hospitality, leisure and travel. With continued leadership across the industry, ongoing support for people development and career progression for those who require it, the result will be higher levels of retention. Target audiences The campaign aims to target not only potential recruits, but influencers too. Influencers include parents, school teachers, academic institutions or careers advisers, as well as media outlets, TV, trade bodies and government. Potential recruits include school pupils, college or university students, career changes, unemployed adults and returners to work. The Tourism Industry is waiting for Government to consider an Industrial Strategy for Tourism. BBPA have provided funding for this skills package, but wait to see what corresponding support might come from Government. This page will be updated with our progress as we continue to work closely with other industry leaders.
There is much more to working in a pub than simply pulling pints. The pub sector is filled with talented individuals who are creative and hard working, with a passion for working in the trade. There are a lot more jobs in the industry than you might think. Ranging from bar staff, to pub chefs, managers and waiters, the range of roles available is vast, and with almost 600,000 people working in UK pubs, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone interested in working in a pub. Working in a pub has a number of benefits. As a career, it is an exciting and fast-paced environment to work in, where no two days are the same. You can get to know your customers and the local community, making it a social yet rewarding job. There is excellent potential for career progression in the industry, and starting as a member of bar staff can quickly lead to a managerial position at a young age. There is also money to be made in the industry. As a team member behind the bar, you could earn up to almost £20,000, a supervisor could reach £23,000 and a manager could earn almost £27,000. Additionally, a pub chef could be paid almost £23,000 and a head chef up to £32,500 (Morning Advertiser). The skills which you will gain from working in a pub are invaluable. Whilst you will learn how to change kegs and casks, how to pull pints and customer service skills, you will also achieve skills in finance as well as marketing skills relevant to pub operations. You will also gain exceptional knowledge of the drinks industry, and become an expert on beer, as well as other drinks such as wine and spirits. Gaining knowledge in marketing and advertising is a key part of working in a pub. You will learn how to sell your products and how to attract new customers and boost profits, whilst ensuring you continue to appeal to your loyal customers. You will also gain knowledge and insight into how to meet customer demand, whether it is making your pub menu healthier or running an eco pub which is more environmentally friendly. Working in a pub doesn't stop there. With experience, you could potentially work your way into running your own pub, either as a tenant in a leased and tenanted pub, leading to becoming a multi-site pub operator, or running your own pub as an independent licensee. The BBPA works alongside a number of organisations who can help you to find your perfect role working in a pub, including Springboard UK as well as People 1st.


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One Piece Chapter 1050- Release Date and Updates
One Piece Chapter 1050 is one of the famous and popular manga series. Eiichiro Oda wrote this famous manga series and other popular manga series. The first volume of this manga series was published on July 22 1997. It became so popular that it came up to 1050 chapters of the manga.
What is One Piece Chapter 1050 all about?
One Piece has been the most successful Japanese Animated Manga Series till
now. Eiichiro Oda is the one who wrote and illustrated these manga series. On July 22, 1997, the manga's first volume was published. It has crossed over 1000 series and is now the upcoming 1050th chapter of the series. This would be more exciting to watch as it would be the final moments of Wano Arc.
One Piece has set up its level, whether it is the story's storyline, character, art, etc. One Piece is an adventure, fantasy manga series. The whole one-piece series is based on the main character, i.e., Monkey. D.
Luffy wants to become the King of Pirates. Monkey is the boy who, by fault, eats the devil fruit and becomes the character inspired by his childhood idol and gains the properties of rubber. Monkey is all set to become the King of Pirates with his fellow mates.
One Piece Chapter 1050 spoilers reveal that the fight between the emperors, the sea, and the worst generation has finally ended. But the victory is the most awaited part of the series. Some of the trailers are out in which we can see Oda has declared Monkey. D. Luffy as the winner.
Release Date of One Piece Chapter 1050:
Prior to the release date of One Piece, Chapter 1050 was this Sunday i.e., on 22nd May 2022 later, it was delayed one week. The new release date has been launched for One Piece Chapter 1050, i.e., it will be released on May 29, 2022. In Japan, it will be released on May 29 at 12.00 am, according to the Japanese Standard Timing. Further is the list of timings of other zones:
Pacific Time: 8 am on May 29
Central Time: 10 am on May 29
Eastern Time: 11 am on May 29
British Time: 4 pm on May 29
European Time: 5 pm on May 29
India Time: 8.30 pm on May 29
Is the series available to watch or to read?
The manga series One Piece Chapter 1050 is only available for reading. Soon it will launch its television version to watch.
Where can we read the one Piece Chapter 1050?
On the Manga Plus website, it will be officially released. It will also be
available on Shenon Jump+ paid subscription app only.
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Jerome Dyson with the ridiculous finish in the Beko Final 8 against Milan. More on this game later…
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UConn in Europe: Jerome Dyson and Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams
Club: Crvena Zvezda Telekom
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Leagues: Adriactic League, EuroLeague
Marcus Williams is enjoying a great year taking over for DeMarcus Nelson (Duke) as point guard for Crvena Zvezda, a Serbian team competing in both the Adriatic League (ABA) and Euroleague (top level in Europe). The ABA is a regional professional league that features clubs from the former Yugoslavia including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia as well as Israel and Hungary. The league was founded in the years after the Yugoslav Wars and has featured American players such as Adam Morrison (Gonzaga), Jordan Farmar (UCLA) and Scoonie Penn (Ohio State). Williams has partnered this season with 2011 Golden State Warrior's draft pick Charles Jenkins to lead Zvezda to a perfect 8-0 record, good for first in the ABA. Always a pass first point guard, Williams' 6.8 APG are good for fourth in the league. Here's a look at his complete stat line:
ADRIATIC G MIN FG-FGA FG% 3PM-A 3P% REB AS PTS EFF
M. Williams 8 22.5 13-39 33% 16-36 44% 2.4 6.8 10.5 10.8
As one of the premier clubs in European basketball, Zvezda also competes in Group D of the Euroleague, which, as I mentioned earlier, is the equivalent to the European NBA. The Euroleague regular season runs from October 16th to December 19th, with 24 teams divided into 4 groups (A, B, C, D). Each team plays 10 games within the group, in a round robin format, with the top four teams from each group advancing to the Top 16. The Top 16 divides clubs into two additional 8 club groups (E, F), where teams play a 14 game round robin season spanning December 30th, 2014 to April 10th, 2015. The top 4 teams from Groups E and F then advance to a best-of-five series with the series winners advancing to the Final Four. The 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four will be held in Madrid, Spain from May 15th to 17th on a single elimination basis. Also competing in the Euroleague for UConn this season is Jerome Dyson (Banco di Sardegna, Italy, Group A) and Niels Giffey (ALBA Berlin, Germany, Group B).
Currently, Zvezda sits at #2 in Group D with a record of 3-3. Williams has put together an impressive season thus far, setting a Euroleague record with 17 assists in his last outing. Overall, his 8.0 APG lead the league through six games. Here is a complete statline below:
EURO G MIN FG-FGA FG% 3PM-A 3P% REB AS PTS EFF
M. Williams 6 30 13-38 34% 13-43 30% 4.2 8.0 13.5 14.7
Euroleague Assist of the Night:
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Jerome Dyson
Club: Dinamo Banco Di Sardegna Sassari
Location: Sardinia, Italy
Leagues: Lega Basket A, EuroLeague
Jerome Dyson comes to Sassari after one year with Enel Brindisi of the Italian National League (Lega Basket A) and has made an immediate impact. Dyson was named MVP of the Italian SuperCup, a yearly preseason competition that takes place between winners of the Italian Championship and Italian Cup from the previous year. It comes as no surprise Sassari is a great fit for Dyson- the team's offensive philosophy is similar to Coach Calhoun's at UConn, a run and gun that emphasizes getting out in transition and pushing the tempo. Dyson, along with Edgar Sosa (Louisville), Rakim Sanders (BC/Fairfield) and Jeff Brooks (Penn State) have led Sassari to a 5-1 record, good for second in a league widely considered one of the best in Europe. A quick search through the rosters seems to support this claim as former Big East stars Austin Freeman (Georgetown), Allan Ray (Villanova), Samardo Samuels (Louisville), Sam Young (Pittsburgh), MarShon Brooks (Providence) and Darius Johnson-Odom (Marquette) all participate. True to his UConn days, Dyson is first in the league with 2.7 steals per game. Here is a complete stat line below:
ITALY A G MIN FG-FGA FG% 3PM-A 3P% REB AS ST PTS EFF
J. Dyson 6 28.7 14-32 44% 11-33 33% 3.2 4.8 2.7 14.7 16.8
Following a 2013-14 campaign that saw Sassari win the coveted Italian Cup, the club earned a chance to compete in the Euroleague. The adjustment has been difficult as Sassari currently sits in last place in Group A with a record of 1-5, a group that includes European powerhouse Real Madrid. The team struggles have not stopped Dyson's individual performance however, as he continues to fill up the box score on a nightly basis. Here is a complete Euroleague statline:
EURO G MIN FG-FGA FG% 3PM-A 3P% REB AS ST PTS EFF
J. Dyson 5 29 15-37 41% 12-29 41% 3.0 3.8 2.0 14.4 9.0
Dyson interview on Euroleague Media Day:
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Rail travel today undoubtedly lacks romance. From the architecture, to the rolling stock, to the sheer presence those magnificent trains had in the British landscape, the necessary evil that was the modernisation of the railways came at a considerable cultural price. You can hardly see Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson meeting over two take-away Americanos in paper cups while a couple of franchised Pacer trains lumber clumsily past in the background. On today's railways, that particular brief encounter would almost certainly have been no encounter at all…
I'm reminded of this unassailable fact as a two unit Class 150 'Sprinter' limps its way inelegantly across the Ribblehead Viaduct with a glum looking cohort of passengers this morning. I'm standing at the top of the embankment at the northern end of the impressive structure waiting to be transported back to the age of steam – an age that was unceremoniously consigned to the history books back in 1968. It's not even 9am but there are hundreds of people below, lining the moorland, waiting to catch a glimpse of something special. From small children to elderly gentlemen, word was out – there's a steam engine passing over just after 9.30.
In actual fact there would be a double header of two LMS 'Black Fives' pulling the Cumbrian Mountain Express: The engines British Rail consigned to scrap in the sixties, passing over the line they tried to close in the eighties. Both now celebrated as cultural icons of the golden age of British Railways. 45407 and 44871 remained in service until the end of steam on BR arrived in August 1968, seeing out a decade in which their numbers had dwindled from 842 to 151. Just eighteen remain today.
It was cold up there this morning as I waited, not quite sure how the scene would unfold, but in spite of the flat light I knew I had an unusual vantage point to capture as much of the train as I could while still framing it on top of the actual viaduct. I waited, and waited, and then with a nod to the notorious unreliability of a British Rail timetable it finally appeared. Half an hour after we'd been expecting it.
Clouds of thick smoke began to permeate the distant landscape generating a wave of excitement in the still swelling crowds below, as the toy-like engines made their way along the line towards me. Unlike the earlier train there were happy people with dirty faces hanging out of the windows waving. As the smell of burning coal engulfed me I felt more like one of the Railway Children standing trackside than the photographer I'd arrived as, but I only had one chance at this so fired off a few shots.
The resulting image is very much made by the thick smoke framing the scene, slightly highlighted by the weak sunlight behind, an almost oil painting quality taking it into the realms of surreality. I like the fact that it could have been taken at any time in the last 75 years. The steam era may be long gone, it may have been of its time, but in many ways it's timeless.
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Glen Adair 3rd February 2016 at 11:32 am	Reply
AN extremely well captured scene.
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