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10 Of The Coolest Personalised Number Plates Ever!
Great cars deserve great plates and whilst there are millions of registrations available, every now and again you see one that stands out above the rest. Below you will find 10 of our favourite private and cherished number plates.
1. F1 USH (and the rest of the Pimlico Plumbers plates)
It would be unfair for us to pick one plate from Charlie Mullins' extensive collection. The entrepreneur and owner of Pimlico Plumbers, added private plates to all of his vans as a way to market his business, and it's been a great investment as it certainly gets people talking about the brand. In addition to the four fantastic plates pictured they also have DRA 1N, 701LET, LAV 1, W4 TER, and BOG 1!
2. F1
Because F1 racing is a major event, and because 2 digit plates don't come on the market all too often, the plate F1 is highly desirable. Currently, the owner of this cherished plate is Afzal Kahn, of Khan Design . The car currently wearing the F1 number plate is a Bugatti Veyron. Although not a typical F1 car, the Veyron is one of the fastest and most expensive cars in the world so it does appear that the reg has a suitable placement, at least for now.
3. R4 LPH
For the person who has it all and just happens to be named Ralph. This reg was for sale from Michael Ralph on our site for £50,000. He's now taken it off so we're not sure if he's still selling it, but with Ralph being both a popular first name and surname, if you're after this plate it might be worth trying to track him down!
4. ET11 HAD
You've seen it on a shirt, you've seen it on a stadium and you've even seen it on the most luxurious airplanes in the world, but now you can have it on your car! For a few thousand pounds you could have put football legend Etihad on the front of your car for all to see. This plate recently made the news, and also sold on our site!
5. NO 5
What better plate to put at number 5 in our roundup than NO 5. As you can see, this plate Chanel's van, and is probably one of the most fitting number plates ever!
6. MAG 1C
Paul Daniels kept this license plate for number of years and why shouldn't he. He was known as one of the top magicians in the trade and the plate rested comfortably on his Ferrari. However, for £150,000 he was willing to sell it to you. We're not sure whether or not his family are still willing too but if you're interested it might be worth getting in touch!
7. CEO 1
At £154,100 this plate set a new record as the highest selling plate on eBay back in 2007 when it was sold by retired bank manager Derek Clements. CEO, which stands for Chief Executive Officer, is a title given to the head of a company. Although you may not be a CEO yet, buy this plate and no one will ever know. For the right price, anyone can be a CEO.
8 .VIP 1
Do you feel like you are a celebrity? Do you want the world to know it? Then the VIP 1 plate is for you. You will have to purchase this very important plate from Chelsea boss Roman Abramovich. This was purchased for £285,000 and was on the pope mobile when Pope John Paul II visited Ireland.
9. K1 NGS
You may not be royalty but place this registration on your car and you'll look like it! The downside is that an anonymous person purchased this plate back in 1993 for £231,000. If you wanted to buy it you'd have to hire a private investigator to find the owner and have deep pockets to pay him or her, as inflation will have skyrocketed the price of this since 1993.
10. 1 SLR
Last but definitely not least is 1 SLR. Very much a desired registration, 1 SLR looks perfectly at home on a Mercedes SLR.
These are just some of the coolest personalised plate number plates ever, however there are many more, and with DVLA auctions bringing some exclusive plates onto the market, the top 10 is bound to change. However, plates like F1, MAG 1C, CEO 1, and VIP 1 will always be in demand and will probably always be in our top 10.
What do you think? Are there any plates we've missed? Let us know in the comments below 🙂
6 thoughts on "10 Of The Coolest Personalised Number Plates Ever!"
bonnie white says:
My x2 plates S5 EXE & S26 EXY wouldn't look out of place on any supercar.
Mick Conran says:
If you want sexy I've got FY15 EXY (FYI SEXY);
GF15 EXY; ME15 EXY; BJ15 FUN; TD15 EXY (TDi SEXY); GT15 EXY (GTi SEXY)and TT15 EXY (TT IS SEXY). Any good?
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Hi Mick.
Great plates you've got there! We'd love to help you sell them. You can find out more info on advertising them with us here.
I think Afzal is asking £10 mil for F1 isn't he? Most unlikely to ever realise anywhere near that price and even though Bernie Ecclestone is a billionaire and ought to have it – he wouldn't pay even a fraction of that.
If it was mine I would look to lease it to the big players in F1 motorsport, (Ferrari, McLaren etc) adding tangible value to it rather than just speculative value. Moreover it will be seen in the kind of places where it may garner positive interest leading up to a bona-fide sale. Like anything in this world however, it's only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it 🙂
Not sure the story that was in the press about him asking £10 million was entirely true, think one of the dealers may have advertised it without permission.
Leasing it would be a good idea though, although I doubt he's in a rush to sell.
Thanks for dropping by and commenting.
Karl 🙂
terry burns says:
If your really looking for a sexy number plate.
How about LUV 53X + FOR 53X
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I thought I was done with the whole Dave Walker saga. My plan was to turn the 7WDBI (that's Seven Whole Days Bureau of Investigation) on to a new story. There surely must be another story to investigate or another media error to correct. But it seems that the Dave Walker story won't end. Watch this space for an update tomorrow, time permitting. You will want to flock to this blog to learn the shocking truth.


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Mishal Husain is one of the presenters of BBC Radio 4's influential Today programme and the television news on BBC One. In twenty years in journalism she has worked on big international as well as British stories and become known for interviewing, presenting on location and for critically acclaimed documentaries such as 'Malala – Shot for Going to School', 'How Facebook Changed the World' on social media and the Arab uprisings, Gandhi on the life of Mahatma Gandhi and Britain & Europe: The Immigration Question. Her work has taken her from Davos to Rohingya refugee camps and from interviewing Prime Ministers to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
She is also the presenter of Radio 4's monthly From Our Home Correspondent.
Mishal has been named by the Sunday Times as one of the 500 most influential people in Britain and won several awards, including Broadcaster of the Year at the 2015 London Press Club Awards and Presenter of the Year at the 2015 Women in Film and TV Awards.
Though born in the UK, she grew up in the Middle East and was later educated at Cambridge University, where she read law. She also has a Master's in Law from the European University Institute in Florence.
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by Geetanjali Testing January 13, 2011 January 13, 2011
10 to Watch – Yamini Nayar, Artist
According to the New Yorker, the constructed interiors that form the subject of artist Yamini Nayar's large-format photographs "look like their architects abandoned them, unfinished, and decided to invite the vandals in." Philips de Pury's NOW: Art of the 21st Century, likens them to "interiors in dreams, strangely familiar, even inviting at first, but look around and you'll see that nothing's quite right." According to the artist herself, her imaginary rooms reflect themes of "transition and transformation." Tellingly, the photographs are all that remain, as the sculptures are discarded as soon as they've been shot.
Whatever they represent, her images have made a huge impact everywhere they have been shown, from New York to Miami, London, Paris, Switzerland, Beijing, New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. The Detroit-born, Brooklyn-based artist, who obtained her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York (both in Photography and Related Media), has received positive reviews in Art India, Artpulse Magazine, the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Guardian UK, and Vogue India, which named her one of India's "10 hottest young artists." Writing for Philips de Pury's NOW: Art of the 21st Century, photography critic Vince Aletti included her in his feature of "six photographers who reflect NOW." We couldn't agree more.
What's the greatest piece of advice you've ever gotten and from whom?
One percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration – my mom.
What do you consider your greatest professional success?
Sharing a wall with the work of others I've studied and always respected.
What do you consider your greatest personal failure?
Still unable to do my own laundry. The pile grows…and I imagine it's invisible.
Favorite all-time…
Biography: Gandhi, Miles Davis or Ramanujan
Novel: Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino
Album: The Secret Life of Plants, Stevie Wonder
Film: Spellbound, Alfred Hitchcock
TV Show: In Treatment
Invention: SMS
Painter: De Chirico
Photographer: László Moholy-Nagy
Clothing Designer: Givenchy
Athlete: Arthur Ashe
Architect: Mies van der Rohe
What is the strangest number you have programmed into your phone?
A dairy farm.
How would you define love?
Through time.
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be and why?
Ego.
Seeing something extraordinary. Then having dinner with friends to celebrate.
List three things you cannot live without.
A good night's sleep. Tea. My partner and family.
What's your prize possession?
A set of philosophy textbooks written by my great grandfather, an early 20th century Bengali philosopher Umesh Bhattacharya.
What would you most like to accomplish going forward?
Ease.
What would your last meal be?
Hummus and potato chips. And coconut water.
What's exciting for you in 2011 – what do we have to look forward to?
In 2011, two upcoming solo exhibitions in New York and Mumbai, as well as publications in Sharjah, Amsterdam and India.
Tell us one thing we don't know about, but we should.
I love horror films. But I'm such an empath, I physically feel all the horrible things happening…as if they're happening to me. So I'm usually the loudest screamer in the theater..and sobbing.
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Where Do Australia-China Ties Go in the Trump Era?
Wang Yi's trip to Australia shows ever-closer ties between the two countries.
This week's visit to Australia by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi provided a signal that the relationship between the two countries is continuing to strengthen. Wang met with both Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to discuss issues of trade and strategic importance in what both ministers described as "uncertain times." The primary event of the visit was the Diplomatic and Strategic Dialogue held on Monday. This was the fourth such dialogue between the countries, and is now an annual fixture.
In 2016 China continued to extend its position as Australia's largest trading partner, with two-way trade between the countries reaching AUD $150 billion (US$114.5 billion). Since China overtook Japan as Australia's largest trading partner in 2007, Australia has, for the first time in its existence, been placed in a situation where its most important trading relationship is not with a strategic ally. This situation creates a significant amount of consternation among foreign policy analysts as to how Australia will balance its security and economic requirements.
After the now infamous phone call between Turnbull and U.S. President Donald Trump, Australia's dilemma became a little more pronounced. That Wang's visit to Australia was his first international trip following Chinese New Year suggests that Australia is of growing importance to China, and adds a little more intrigue to Australia's foreign policy calculations.
Australia remains committed to pursuing deeper economic engagement in the Asian region. While Bishop suggested that China should consider joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) after the withdrawal of the United States, the Chinese seem reluctant to pursue this. However, Wang and Bishop discussed in private the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact that is being coordinated by ASEAN, and involves Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand alongside the ASEAN states.
The sober discussion between Bishop and Tillerson would be a great relief to the Australian government, which would have been seriously unnerved by Trump's aggressive posture toward Turnbull. While there is an impetus to try and talk up the relationship Australia and China after the phone call between Turnbull and Trump, in terms of a security and strategic relationship Australia remains firmly tied to the United States as the state most capable of providing regional security, despite its increasing friendliness and economic dependence on China.
However, with the shock of Trump's actions the Australian government may now be more wary of any further inconsistencies from the White House and seek to subtly strengthen its ties with other major states like China — just in case the Trump administration makes any dramatic moves that the next U.S administration cannot easily undo.


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Were the peace treaties of 1919 - 1923 fair?
Were the peace treaties of 1919 - 1923 fair? Argument agreeing with the fairness of the Treaties of 1919 - 1923: I think that the peace treaties of 1919 - 1923 were fair. The Treaty of Versailles made Germany pay for the terrible damage it had caused. France had suffered devastating losses due to Germany's actions in World War I - millions of pounds worth of damage had been caused, much of France was in ruins. Millions of innocent French and British young men lost their lives in World War I, understandably France wanted to weaken Germany and stop it from ever being powerful and in a position to hurt and damage France again.
Who was to blame for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914?
This was an assassination but who was the one to blame? Some historians believe that it was due to poor security. Others say that it was a planned plot by well-trained assassins. In this essay I will analyse all of the sources related to the topic and state, what key factor was their to blame for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. First of all Source A gives a detailed account on what happened moments before and after the assassination, which also agrees with three of the four potential blames.
To what extent was Hitler to blame for WW2?
and a latent desire for revenge, which was eventually fulfilled by Hitler when he invaded France in 1940, escalating World War II by opening a Western Front. The significance of economics in contributing towards World War II only increased in the 1930s, as the Great Depression caused huge unemployment and economic decline in Germany. The significance of this was that Hitler used these problems as an excuse to rearm Germany and reintroduce conscription into the army on the pretext that it would boost German manufacturing and solve unemployment, but in fact he was preparing Germany for war.
What were the causes of the First World War and who was to blame?
France was in a treaty with Russia and therefore against Austria-Hungary and Germany. Britain entered the war as an ally with France and to protect Belgium. Britain's entrance gained the resources of all of the British colonies and territories as well. Many other countries eventually entered during the war because of threats. However, the above is the direct chain of events that caused World War 1. Almost the entire chain reaction shares the common feeling that triggered war. This feeling is suspicion and tension. That is what ultimately caused World War 1 to break out was the fact that tension and suspicion has been around for a while, imperialism, nationalism, militarism and the alliance system.
Hitler's actions were the only cause of World War 2. How far do you agree with this statement?
Later, Hitler used the publicly bitter memories of the Treaty of Versailles to gain public support. Another factor in causing World War II was the Wall Street Crash of 1929 resulting in a worldwide economic depression. Not only did these cause countries such as Britain and France to take a less active foreign policy, but also it destroyed the newly found prosperity in Germany ('Golden Age'/'Roaring 20's') and left many people unemployed. The USA demanded their loans to Germany to be repaid which meant that the prosperity of the 1920s (which was mainly based on the borrowed money from the USA)
World War I. 1914-18 timeline of major events in the econflict
OFFENSIVE ATTACKS ON WF FAIL AGAIN. 1918 MARCH german forces attack entente. Entente faces crucial situation but French commander Foch pushes G troops back to Marne by 30 May. JULY- Entente counter attck oushes G back to Marne. 8th AUG- "Black day of the German army." Brit attack. Ludendorff wants to resign. 4th Oct G and Austrian Gov ask armistice from Wilson based n 14 POINTS. G FAIL TO ACHIEVE WAR AIMS. Eastern Front - Central Power Weak point strategy. 1914- AUG- Russian's sudden unexpected invasion of eastern Prussia. General Hindenburg moves against Russ and crushes them at Masurian Lakes.
Why did the first world war break out in 1914? I will be discussing the six main causes: The alliance system, imperial rivalry, arms race and naval race, the Moroccan crisis, Balkan troubles, and the assassination in Sarajevo.
This tiny event, of course, did happen, and the Alliance system pulled the whole of Europe into the fighting. Without the Alliance system, I think war was less likely to happen, but even if it did, it could be resolved quicker, as there would only be two countries fighting instead of six or more. In my view, the second most important cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. I believe that this was important, as it was the small incident that set everything off. Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, so when the Serbian assassinator Gavrilo Pricip murdered him, it was the excuse that Austria-Hungary needed to declare war on Serbia, and wipe the annoying little country off the map.
To what extent was appeasement the correct policy during the 1930s?
For all we know, stamping out Hitler's actions then could have led to his dreams being crushed and therefore no war. However, because of blatant self-interest by France and Britain, Hitler was allowed to remilitarise the Rhineland without any opposition. The British government justified this by arguing that the Rhineland was Germany's "back garden", but in reality, the remilitarisation of the Rhineland led to a domino effect and chain reaction for the rest of Hitler's aggressive actions. Furthermore, it can be argued that it was appeasement that allowed Germany to grow too strong.
Trench warfare. Trench warfare was created to help hold your position and fend of the attacking soldiers. The idea has been used before in other wars but it was put in to a larger use during WWI.
The Opening Clash was really the first battle to the war that took place in september. "The first days of September were dark, desperate hours for the Allied armies fighting in France...The Battle of the Marne (September 6-10) stopped the Germans in their tracks and forced them to pull back...the Allied armies were too weak and tired to chase the Germans as they withdrew from the battle of Marne. This gave them time to dig... By December 1914, trench warfare--the horrible deadlock that characterized the First World War--had arrived."(Bosco, Peter I)
League of Nations 1930 failures
By then, Japan had been in complete control of Manchuria for nearly a year, and had renamed it Manchukuo. The report did not recommend either economic or military sanctions. The League accepted the report, agreeing that Japanese claims were valid, but that Japan was wrong to have used force and should, therefore, withdraw its troops. Japan then simply left the League in February 1933. Mussolini was so encouraged by the lack of effective League action during the Manchurian Crisis that, from 1932, he began detailed planning for the conquest of Abyssinia. In October 1935, Italy invaded Abyssinia. The League, now supported by Britain and France, began to take a tougher line.
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Explain how the Schlieffen plan was meant to work. How did it end up in stalemate?
I will now go on to explain in great detail how the Schlieffen Plan changed in contrast to how it was supposed to work. Germany expected that after Belgium had been invaded, they could go on through northern France. Germany thought they would go unopposed by Britain, but Britain had signed the treaty of London 91859) which stated that Britain would support Belgium if they were attacked. Schlieffen's other reasons for invading France from the north was that is where the industry was (raw materials and resources)
The following were equally important reasons why the stalemate on the western front was broken: The tank, American Entry, naval blockade and March offensive.
The tanks as first introduced in the Battle of the Somme 1916, were its main goal was to break through the enemies barbed wire, clear the trenches with machine guns and destroy their machine gun posts. The tanks had very little success in completing its main purpose. Instead I believe it did a better job in intimidating the opponent. If anything the tank didn't help in breaking the stalemate but instead contributed on the stalemate of the western front. Lloyd George had praised the Tank after it was created and labeled it "A war winning machine".
Notes on International Relations 1919-1939
mutinied * The Generals then tolled Keiser that he no longer controlled his armed forces * 8th August 1918 * General Groener - Kaiser's Staff HQ 1918 o "Today oaths of loyalty have no substance" o The Kaiser was stunned * "Betrayal, utter betrayal!" * Flees to Holland o In his place there is a power vacuum * Reichstag - the German parliament was put back into control * Rather than the King and the Army o The socialist party was the largest * Their leader was Friedrich Ebert * Presidential Acceptance speech - "Freedom, Justice and Social Welfare" *
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If a country was involved in any kind of dispute with another country, it was supposed to appeal the League for help and countries should protect each other if invaded. Also sanctions were to be imposed if a member of the League broke one of these rules and forced if necessary. In 1920 the economy in the United States expanded rapidly, so more people bought products so there was more factory production and this lead to more jobs and as a result people had more Money and therefore there were more jobs, and this was a continous cycle but not
Study Sources A & B. How far does A prove that Haig did not care about the lives of his men? Explain your answer using the sources and your own knowledge.
If Haig had cared about the lives of his men he wouldn't have put them in a situation where he knew a great number would not survive. On the other hand Source A also infers that Haig is just trying to be realistic about the fact that in warding off the "Hun", Britain will have to incur some loss of life. This can be seen in the line "no superiority of arms and ammunition, however great, will enable victories to be won without the sacrifice of men's' lives".
Study sources B and C. Which one of these sources do you trust more?
We also know that barbed wire was an important part of Germany's frontline defence. The fact that Coppard is unlikely to lie due to his previous position and the fact that we know from our historical knowledge that Coppard's depiction is a reasonable frontline image of the battle, we can say that Source C is pretty reliable. Another reason why source C could be viewed as reliable is the fact that Private Coppard is unlikely to forget something so devastating and traumatic.
Was the Policy of Appeasement correct?
In 1933, the year Hitler is elected chancellor, Hitler directly violates this clause by rearming Germany. If Britain or France had opposed of this now, then no war would have started as Germany did not have the resources to beat a major country that have not had their military limited. Nevertheless, intervening now would mean that Germany had to be eternally shamed for their defeat in WWI. Stepping in as soon Germany started to rebuild itself would be treating Germany as if it was a little child who had to be constantly watched and could not be trusted with too much power.
Reasons the Dardanelles campaign failed to achieve its military objectives.
After this, Constantinople needed to be taken out thus knocking turkey out of the war. Then the navy could bring desperate supplies through the Dardanelles into the sea of Mamara and then through Bosporus to get into the black sea An ill thought-out plan: Churchill put forward the Gallipoli campaign to the war council stating that it could bring the war to a quick end by enabling Russia to fight more effectively on the eastern front, take turkey out of the war and encourage the surrounding countries that they should join the triple entente. The war council were convinced.
Was Hitler the cause of WW2? A.J.P Taylor wrote the controversial The origins of the second World War, he challenged the view that Hitler had been an uniquely evil plotter of war by presenting a view of Hitler as an opportunist, who had enjoyed muc
However, Taylor did state Hitler as "in wicked acts he outdid them all..." Furthermore, Hitler's actions suggest he is responsible for war because he attacked Europe in his attempt to gain control. He believed that the Germans would be far better at managing the resources of Europe and wanted to destroy all of the people who were inferior. England was his big problem. They didn't particularly want to surrender and the English Channel was a bit of a problem for him, so he couldn't just drive his tanks across the border and claim victory.
History essay why did world war one happen
This led to tension causing a naval race which saw Germany and Great Britain go to war in 1914. Also accompanied by the naval race was an arms race. Germany's army was not the biggest but most historians agreed it was the best trained and most powerful. This increasingly worried Britain and France who decided to increase the pace of their own armament production and Germany responded by also increasing her own army and weapons that were needed to equip them. A second reason why the war broke out was to do with tension caused by the alliance system which was supposed to preserve the peace in Europe.
Was the League of Nations a Success or Failure?
The league decided to keep the islands under Finland's control, but no weapons can ever be kept there. The decision was acknowledged and is still in effect. The Treaty of Versailles gave the citizens of Upper Silesia (1921) a choice if they wanted to be governed by Germany or Poland. 700,000 people voted for Germany and 500,000 for Poland. A vote so close caused riots between the two parties and the League of Nations were asked to resolve the quarrel. The League decided to split Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland, two thirds to given to Germany and one third to Poland. This verdict was accepted by both Germany and Poland and also the population of Upper Silesia.
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the general election of 1920 when the more 'isolationist' republicans triumphed over the more 'interventionist' democrats and there was a deadlock in the U.S government, making it unable to ratify the covenant of the League of Nations and so ignore its international responsibilities, the cartoonist points out. (b) Explain why the League of Nations was established. The League of Nations was established very much as the centrepiece for Wilson's 'new world order' Open and collective discussion was to replace secret diplomacy, such as the Triple Entente which Wilson believed had led to the war in the first place.
"Tsarism collapsed at the beginning of 1917 because Nicholas was a weak Tsar who did not listen to his advisors". Use the sources, and your own knowledge to explain whether or not you agree with this view.
Taking up this position also meant that he was away from Petrograd for a long time and now relied on other people for information about Petrograd. He received regular reports from Rodzianko, the president of the Duma about the situation in Petrograd and also letters from his wife, the Tsarina. Instead of listening to the ministers and advisor's reports describing the severe unrest in Petrograd, he readily chose to believe the Tsarina's letters which informed him of minor incidents which would soon pass, as an example of which we can see, in source F, a letter from the Tsarina.
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Conclusion analysis
Good conclusions usually refer back to the question or title and address it directly - for example by using key words from the title.
How well do you think these conclusions address the title or question? Answering these questions should help you find out.
Do they use key words from the title or question?
Do they answer the question directly?
Can you work out the question or title just by reading the conclusion?
" ... The most important reason why Germany hated the treaty Of Versailles was the loss of territory..." discuss
"In conclusion I believe that it was a combination of 4 main factors, the Diktat which basically meant that all the other things had to happen, the War Guilt Clause which would have caused irreparable damage to their ego, the loss of land that left them weak and vulnerable and the reparations which crippled them economically. It was a combination of these three factors which destroyed Germany."
"Britains foreign policy changed between 1900-1907" - Assess the Truth in this Opinion.
"In Conclusion, the statement "Britain's foreign policy changed between 1900-1907" is essentially true but only to a certain extent. Britain's foreign policy grew. They still employed the same Imperial foreign policies but due to complications to retain their colonies they needed assistance from others. With the threat of Germany, as well, Britain needed to be secure. Under Kaiser Wilhelm II the German navy expanded rapidly and this made Britain anxious about the security of her island. Britain has a very small army and if their navy was matched there could be serious consequences. The thought of invasion encouraged the government to take measure to neutralise the threat by forming closer ties with other powers but Lansdowne figured he could protect Britains Empire at the same time."
"The breakdown of the Concert of Europe was mainly caused by disagreements amongst the Powers over the issue of intervention." Discuss the validity of this statement.
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Georgia Worker Killed in Trench Collapse – Workers Compensation Claim Watch
Trench collapses are some of the most preventable workplace accidents and result in numerous workers compensation claims. Most of these collapses can simply be prevented by shoring up the walls of the trench, and determining whether the trench is safe to be used before workers are allowed inside.Failure to take these basic steps can be lethal.Workers' compensation insurance carriers would be wise to perform workplace inspections more frequently and more thoroughly to prevent these accidents.
A worker was killed earlier this week in a trench collapse in Augusta, Georgia.The 37 -year-old worker and another man were in the trench, working on pipes.The trench was about 6-feet deep.According to news reports, water began to seep into the trench, and one wall collapsed.The two men were quickly buried under the sand.Firefighters were able to pull one worker out of the sand, digging frantically with their shovels and hands.However, they could do nothing to reach Augusta-resident Jimmy Roubles, who likely asphyxiated just a few minutes after being buried by the sand.He was declared dead just after noon.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been notified about his death.
Recovering Roubles' body proved to be a challenge to the firefighters, with only one firefighter being allowed into the trench at a time to avoid another collapse.The body was recovered at about 3 PM.That delay in recovering the worker's body should give Atlanta construction accident lawyers a sense of the instability of the trench.
Families of workers killed on the job in Georgia may be eligible for Workers' Compensation death benefits that work out to approximately two-thirds of the deceased worker's weekly wage at the time of the accident.The spouse and dependent minor children of the worker may be eligible for these benefits.Besides, a surviving spouse of a worker may also be eligible for burial expenses.Dependent minor children of the deceased worker may be eligible for Workers' Compensation payments until they reach 18 years of age.
The Atlanta Workers' Compensation attorneys at the Katz Personal Injury Lawyers help injured workers recover the Workers' Compensation payments that are due to them.


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Airbnb launches service allowing American renters to host apartments
Reuters | Posted: Nov. 30, 2022, 8:42 a.m. | Updated: Nov. 30, 2022, 8:42 a.m. | 2 Min Read
(Reuters) - Airbnb Inc said on Wednesday it is introducing a new listing service in the United States that will help renters find an apartment where they can host part-time.
The move comes at a time when people are looking to earn additional income as higher food, transportation and housing expenses continue to squeeze household budgets, deepening the cost-of-living crisis in the country.
"As the cost of living continues to rise, renters can use the extra income earned by hosting part-time on Airbnb to contribute to their rent, save for a home, or pay for other living expenses," Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharzyck said.
The short-term rental firm has partnered with more than 175 buildings in 25+ cities across the United States, the company said in a blogpost.
The latest service will feature buildings managed by Equity Residential, Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC and 10 other companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing the company.
Airbnb did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the tie-ups.
Landlords who partner with the new listing service will get a share of the total booking revenue from Airbnb sublets - 20% in most cases, the WSJ report added.
Renters have hosted on average nine nights per month and earned on average $900, Airbnb said.
Earlier this month, the company said it had recorded a "disproportionate" 31% rise in single-room listings on its platform in the third quarter, as more people sought extra income.
(Reporting by Aishwarya Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)


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Katharina "Katja" Schumann (born September 16, 1949) is a Swedish-Danish retired circus performer who performed with, among others, Cirkus Schumann and the Big Apple Circus.

Early life
Schumann was born to Ernst "Max" Schumann, a circus proprietor, and Vivi Merete Mikkelsen, the daughter of a Danish veterinarian.

Career

Circus
Schumann made appearances with her family's circus in Denmark, Cirkus Schumann, representing the fifth generation of her family to perform in the circus. She starred in her own act at 10, and made appearances in her family's show through 1983.

In 1974, Schumann was awarded La Dame du Cirque at the International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo.

In 1976, Schumann was awarded the Gold Medal at the Circus World Championships in London.

In 1981, she made her first appearance in Paul Binder's Big Apple Circus, marrying Binder in 1985, the year she also became the first woman in the United States to perform 'The Courier of St. Petersburg', originated by Andrew Ducrow. She also performed haute école. In 1992, she performed at the Big Apple Circus with her father and daughter, and would in later years perform with her son and niece. The term "Schumannship" was coined for the Schumann family, meant to invoke "superb equestrian skills."

While working in the United States, Schumann has presented a wide variety of horses, with a particular interest in Arabian and American Saddlebred horses. According to R.J. Candranell of Arabian Visions magazine, "The [Arabian] horses go back in all lines to the 1906 Davenport importation of Arabian horses from the Anazeh and Shammar tribes." Schumann says of horses, "They are our colleagues, not our pets. We and the horses depend on one another. I think the bedouins and cowboys did the same." Schumann would also occasionally lend her horses to other shows and their performers, such as bareback rider Timi Loyal of the Loyal-Suarez equestrian troupe, and pasture the animals on local farms when they were not working.

Film

In 1965, Schumann appeared in a documentary short about her family, directed by her cousin, Benny Schumann.

In 1990, scenes for Woody Allen's film Alice were shot at the Big Apple Circus; Schumann makes an appearance presenting horses.

In 1991, she appeared in the HBO documentary The Big Apple Circus, commemorating the 15th anniversary of the show, narrated by her husband at the time, Paul Binder.

In 2019, she worked behind the scenes of Gooseboy, a family film about a young Danish boy and his goose guide; Schumann provided her trained goose and was credited as "animal handler."

Retirement
In 2015, Schumann purchased a dilapidated former pig farm in Løkken-Vrå, Denmark, a tourist town in the northern part of Jutland. She and her partner, Jens Oluf "Luffe" Bøgh, renovated the property into a working animal farm, seasonal circus, and museum showcasing Schumann's family history and artifacts.

Personal life
Schumann has two children with Paul Binder, Katherine (b. 1985) and Max (b. 1987). Max was born in her family's RV, without a doctor or midwife present, after Schumann performed two shows earlier that day, experiencing "a couple of contractions during the act." Said Schumann at the time, "I caught him before he hit the floor. He quacked and snorted a little and I thought, 'this boy looks just fine to me!' so I tucked him in with me under my bathrobe and waited for the midwives to arrive." Max was born on a Wednesday, and Schumann took off the Thursday morning circus show before returning to perform that evening.

References

1949 births
Living people
Danish entertainers
Danish circus performers
People from Hjørring Municipality

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Home » [Nutrition] » Diet & Nutrition » I feel like a newb all over again :( Losing fat, keeping active, any advice ?
I feel like a newb all over again :( Losing fat, keeping active, any advice ?
I was hoping you guys could help. Basically the usual sob story applies, I was happily following a decent training program, making good gains, then got injured, then got married, got a new (god awful) job and put on lots of useless weight.
Quite frankly it's depressing me. I used to be very active at 6ft 2" @ 14.3 stone and regimented in my training but now I don't seem to be able to keep anything together in regards to my training and diet. I am now somewhere around 15.2 stone and whilst some of it is muscle a big chunk of it is surely fat!
So now I am trying to do something about it. Something that will stick and work. I know the first thing to drop off my list of things to do was cardio so I have set myself a goal of being able to complete a half marathon in October which has given me a realistic goal in regards to my cario work. Normally I do cardio either in the mornings or after work on my non weight training days.
Secondly my diet took a dive. Basically my new job is a lot more sedentary which whilst driving me mad is also making me fat. Hurrah. So I figured I need to revise my diet to ensure I don't get bored and eat junk while sat at my desk.
How does this sound to folks? Is there anything I really should be avoiding in there? I know it's not perfect but I figured if I had something I could work with for now and adjust accordingly that would be better than nothing.
Sounds fine to me mate.
Yup sounds like a plan, might adopt that plan for myself, it's amazing how things can be going so well then somthing happens and it all goes to pot.
Good luck, stay focussed & you'll do it.
I would give the chips a miss, but a jacket potato should be cool.
I've been there myself- just getting through the first month is the hardest, once you get some results you'll be fine.
On the alcohol front- whatever gets you though- apply the 80/20 rule. As long as you aren't sinking 5 pints a night, a couple of drinks are fine esp if it means you won't go on a binge after a period of denial, like some people.
I did 2 units a week for the first 3 months but ended up dropping it all together.
I decided I'd rather have a scoop of ice cream once a week rather than a couple of pints.
Good luck with it- maybe start a journal if you feel it helps.
Your binge thing I am sure would be my problem. I fear if I cut it totally at this stage I will fail. Hence, I shall give it a go for a bit and like you say may well end up cutting it out totally.
I have two vices, chocolate and beer. Not great for a healthy life style !
I have found keeping a photo diary is helping. Allows me to see the difference as you do tend to see things through rose tinted glasses sometimes.
Wish me luck, and thanks for the advice it is very much appreciated.
If it matters any, I have the same vices- although ice-cream eclipses both of them.
I play a whole bunch of mental games with myself to make sure that I stay on the straight and narrow.
Also, I have a photo of myself at my fattest on the wall near the fridge.
I also have an obese brother- he's 6ft 8 and 180kg.
Seeing him (albeit via webcam) is enough to keep me off the bad stuff.
I am not great at doing a public journal- I keep a private one but it isn't something I would want others seeing.
Good luck with it- keep us updated.
It is hard keeping on the straight and narrow. Bad food is too easy to come by, not to mention cheaper than the good stuff in many cases.
I think my vices live deep down somewhere which one day maybe I can address properly. However, having a life to live stops me from analysing them too deeply at the moment I suppose.
Your motivations are pretty heavy hitting, I hope to find something which will have a similar result !
Thanks again, I shall keep folks posted, I think for my own sanity this ones going to have to work, that has to be the greatest advocate of them all I think.
I try to get to bed as early as possible however it's difficult in the week and I sort of naturally get to bed around 1130ish however I am trying to move it.
As for the job, well, it's not that stressful, it's just boring, which I find more distructive than having a stressful one!
Least I have one which is something. Way things are I should be most certainly greatful for that.


"Rants from the Hill" are Michael Branch's monthly musings on life in the high country of western Nevada's Great Basin Desert. This post originally appeared on High Country News and is reposted with permission.
Out here in the windy expanse of the high, wild, western Great Basin Desert, highway 395 is our lifeline. Not simply the route south to Mono Lake and Yosemite, and north to the Lassen lava lands and Shasta country beyond, it is also the only way we can access diapers, tractor parts, beer—anything that can't be beamed to us from a satellite. Our remote home here on the Ranting Hill sits within a labyrinth of ridges and canyons on the eastern flank of our home mountain, which trends north-south and carries the Nevada-California state line along its rocky crest. On this side of the mountain is a classic, high-elevation desert landscape—a sandy, expansive ocean of sagebrush dotted with bitterbrush, rabbitbrush, ephedra, and desert peach. On the west side of the mountain is a broad, sweeping valley through which runs the distant highway, curving past the lone outpost of Hallelujah Junction. Beyond the highway is the pitched escarpment of the Sierra Nevada, which rises dramatically in a heavily forested palisade of granite turrets and crags.
Because our home mountain is almost 20 miles long and is surrounded by broken flanks of foothills and canyons—not to mention a few ranches where the would-be meditating circumambulator might get a load of buckshot in his britches—I have instead made it an annual ritual to "close the mountain" before the first snow renders its summit inaccessible until April. To honor my home mountain I hike from our place on the Ranting Hill all the way over the mountain's high crest and down to Hallelujah, a ten-mile-long transect of the range that lifts me to almost 8,000 feet before dropping down the mountain's steep, western face to the highway, which snakes through the distant valley below. Much like the bear, my ritual is to anticipate winter by going over the mountain just to see what I can see.
I was recently set to make the mountain-closing trek over the ridge with fellow desert rats Cheryll and Steve, when the night before the hike an early season storm descended, blanketing the desert with low clouds and bringing a hammering rain that sent water coursing through the forking network of arroyos that runs through this desert like veins. Concerned that winter might beat us to the summit, we decided to try our mountain transect despite the foreboding weather.
We set out early, trudging through the driving rain carrying oversized day packs stuffed with extra clothes and food. Three miles into the muddy slog we reached the soggy, wildfire-scorched bitterbrush flats at the base of the mountain, and from there began an 1,800-foot ascent into the chilling fog. By the time we reached the small spring halfway up the mountain we were thoroughly soaked, and had already pulled on gloves, hats, and every piece of spare clothing we had. Looking homeward across the Great Basin through the swirling fog, we could make out occasional glimpses of the broken hills and sagebrush dotted sand flats rolling east to the gray horizon. Above us to the west wound a faint game trail, rising up through copses of bitter cherry and coyote willow and dodging between slick granite cliffs that gleamed in the rain.
By mid-afternoon we crested the summit ridge and entered a sweeping valley that is slung between two rocky peaks and graced with groves of gnarled aspens surrounded by the green domes of snowberry bushes. I tried to imagine this same spot in July, when the magnificent expanse of this hanging valley would be covered in an undulating, yellow blanket of flowering tower butterweed. But now the situation was more threatening than pastoral. The valley appeared ominous as the fog thickened, the freezing rain turned to snow, and a cutting wind rose from the flanks of the mountain.
"Looks like big weather," Steve observed, squinting.
Shivering, I nodded my agreement. "We wouldn't last long up here. Besides, I didn't bring the whiskey." I had already begun to lose sensation in my feet, and it was obvious that we needed to head for lower country, and that without delay.
The three of us now set to hiking with intense concentration, knowing that even a short pause would be an invitation to hypothermia. We soon reached the far side of the summit valley, from which we hoped our descent of the mountain's western slope would begin. Instead, we found ourselves staring straight down a precipitous, brush-choked ravine that was far too thick to bushwhack. Our only alternative was to ascend a steep boulder field to a secondary ridge from which it appeared a route down the mountain might be possible. The numbness in my feet had now overtaken my legs as well, and my fingers also began to deaden. It was far too late to turn back and still arrive home before dark, and so we began to pick our way up and over boulders slick with rime. Moving with silent urgency, I suspect we were all thinking the same thing: under these dangerous conditions, even a minor injury would quickly become a major problem.
Island Press author, Michael Branch, is Professor of Literature and Environment at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has published five books many articles and essays, including recent environmental creative nonfiction in Utne Reader, Orion, Ecotone, Isotope, Hawk and Handsaw, Places, and Whole Terrain. He is the editor of John Muir's Last Journey.


Will the Narendra Modi government's flagship projects like Sagarmala — an ambitious port modernisation plan — and the interlinking of rivers help us achieve the universal goals of sustainable development? If one goes by official documents which set the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in India, it is surely a big yes from the government's point of view.
Like many countries, India is committed to achieving the 2030 Agenda by meeting the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The NITI Aayog is steering the task with comprehensive mapping of several initiatives by different ministries to understand how they correspond to the 17 SDGs and 169 related targets that India resolved to achieve in September 2015 at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York.
The genesis: The concept of sustainable development has been defined and debated since the late 1980s and formally adopted as a key driving force for all signatories of the Rio Summit in 1992. Its vagueness has been critiqued, its definition tweaked and invocation interpreted in various policies and judicial decisions in India since then. The National Environment Policy (NEP), 2006, tapped into this concept and so did the Supreme Court decision to allow mining in the Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha in 2007.
The seeds of what the NITI Aayog is attempting to achieve through various ministries and departments was sown at the Rio+20 Summit in 2012. Country representatives and civil society organisations met once again to understand where the world had reached 20 years after it committed to the idea of sustainable development. What has come into force today is a 15-year commitment to "end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change while ensuring that no one is left behind".
The mapping exercise: The NITI Aayog has undertaken a fascinating mapping exercise of SDGs, and responsible ministries along with various schemes and programmes that will help India achieve its SDGs. The document is titled "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Targets, CSS, Interventions, Nodal and other Ministries" and can be downloaded from its website.
One of the mapping exercises relates to Goal 6 through which we are to "ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation". A target (6.6) under this goal is to ensure that by 2020 all water-related ecosystems including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes are protected. It all reads fine so far, until the mapping leads you to the two government interventions that are to help achieve these goals. These are — the Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission and the Interlinking of Rivers.
The contradictions start emerging clearly. The interlinking of rivers, always a controversial experiment, has been in the news more recently for the government's push to make sure that the Ken-Betwa project is realised. Many regulatory and conservation concerns were unaddressed, yet the approvals just rolled in with the higher echelons of power wanting to try it out first and do a cost-benefit analysis on its impacts at a later stage.
This experiment, which will divert the "surplus waters of Ken basin to water-deficit Betwa basin", is supposed to provide irrigation to Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. This sustainable development will ensure that an important tiger habitat within and around the Panna Tiger Reserve in central India will be impacted. The same area is recorded as a unique vulture habitat, a species already threatened in India. Several lacunae in background studies and impact assessments have been pointed out. This includes questions on the hydrological assessments of the project not taking into account the groundwater-to-surface flow dynamics of the area.
The depletion of groundwater is a huge crisis in India. In fact, the Model Groundwater Bill put out by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR, RD&GR) clearly acknowledges in its May 2016 Groundwater Bill that a serious groundwater crisis is prevalent in the country "due to excessive overdraft and groundwater contamination". But the same ministry has agreed to the interlinking of rivers as an intervention that will help achieve sustainable management of water and conserve water-related ecosystems.
Conflict of interest: The second irony lies in the interventions related to achieving Goal 14, which is to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development". Amongst other initiatives, the flagship programme cited to achieve this is the Sagarmala project, launched in March 2015 prior to the formal agreement on the SDGs.
The Sagarmala project aims to develop new ports and strengthen inland linkages through road, rail, inland waterways and coastal routes. The NITI Aayog is a member of the Sagarmala Coordination and Steering Committee (SCSC).
All the six new ports that are under the Sagarmala project will almost entirely replace unique coastal and marine areas as well as threaten the homes and occupations of coastal communities practising fishing, salt production, farming and other livelihoods. These include Vizhinjam in Kerala, Vadhavan in Maharashtra and Tadadi in Karnataka. Each of these areas is also an ecological and scenic delight.
Such large-scale intervention replacing fragile habitats stands in direct contradiction of one of the targets embedded within the same SDGs (14.2). Here, India has committed to "sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts…".
Contradictions are not uncommon in government documents, but the ones discussed above represent a conflict of interest. It is hard to see how Sagarmala will help conserve marine and coastal areas or how interlinking of rivers which depletes wildlife habitats and groundwater is an ideal initiative for water management.
But, then, the implementation of SDGs like the 1992 sustainable development principles is perhaps leading us to yet another review in 2030 that will build on the past and look hopefully into the future.


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What is industrial style?
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Industrial style or industrial chic refers to an aesthetic trend in interior design that takes clues from old factories and industrial spaces that in recent years have been converted to lofts and other living spaces. Components of industrial style include weathered wood, building systems, exposed brick, industrial lighting fixtures and concrete.
What it is: It used to be that industrial wasn't even a style — it was a fact of workaday life. But somewhere along the way, we began to appreciate its lack of pretension and the visual appeal that lies within utilitarian surfaces, stripped-back architecture and salvaged objects. It exploded into a trend that shows no signs of waning, and these days, you're as likely to find industrial décor within the walls of a multimillion-dollar mansion as in a converted loft in a gritty part of town.
Why it works: There's a hardworking, proletarian quality about industrial style that resonates, and because it celebrates humble materials, it can be as affordable as you need it to be. Pared back to the essentials, it showcases the beautiful interplay between pure form and function. It's unassuming, comfortable in its own skin and all the more chic for it.
To Judy Lighting: Industrial Style is about proudly lighting a room nook with the materials that many try to conceal. It's about adding a raw, unfinished look to the most thoughtfully designed homes. It's about selecting pieces that are as much about function as style.
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During the launch of the new Peugeot 308, we have also come to know what to charge the car. The 308 new nose is available from €22.130 euros, the SW will cost at least €24 880.
The slip with Access equipment level is the lightest version of the 1.2 Pure Tech engine with 110 horsepower in his nose, while the look is downright frugal with 15-inch steel wheels with plastic caps. The most basic 308 already has air conditioning with pollen filter, radio with MP3 and USB connectivity, cruise control and emergency braking system standard.
At the other end of the range, the GTI so, lapsed a version: the 250 hp version of the car is no longer available. Thus, the upper-308 continues with about 270 hp.


It's one of those special games wich have a twist when you play it. This games' twist is a Kappa gimmick.
This gimmick is about a Kappa face in the middle of the screen that grows everytime you die. It spawns 2 screens after the beginning of the game, and continues through 2 screens. This game only haves 4 rooms, 2 rooms of simple needle and 2 rooms for the gimmick.
The whole Kappa thing is cool and all, but there are some flaws wich I shouldn't pay attention to and that are intentional but they actually take away some points for this game.
If you leave these behind this game will be a short test for people who are new to fangames. Would recommend only for you to test the beginning.
That's some creativity. Basically, this game invites you to get through some screens of simple needle with the lowest possible amount of deaths. You won't want to know what happens if you die too much.
It's one of the few special games that I actually like. If you're into these games, I recommend this one.


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Advocate Tasmiah new country director of 'Global Peace Chain'
The United States-based advocacy group 'Global Peace Chain' has appointed young Bangladeshi lawyer Advocate Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed as its Country Director for Bangladesh.
The Global Peace Chain (GPC) is an organisation committed to building resilience by cultivating a culture of tolerance, inclusivity, interfaith harmony, coexistence, love and social peacebuilding across the border.
In a statement, GPC said they have recently made Tasmiah, an advocate of Bangladesh Supreme Court, as their country director for Bangladesh.
Tasmiah has completed Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of London, United Kingdom in 2011 and enrolled in the District Judge Court of Dhaka in 2013. She has published research articles in journals both at home and abroad and writes regularly for a number of national dailies.
As the Country Director of the GPC, Tasmiah has taken the pledge to organise community-based and national-level activities in Bangladesh that would reflect Global Peace Chain's commitment to the UN-sponsored Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Global Peace Chain is a worldwide Peacebuilding organisation established in 2018 with its headquarters in the United States and Regional Offices in Nepal, Burundi, Pakistan and Mauritius for reinforcing youth leadership and development.
Pacer Hasan Mahmud shines ahead of ODI series
Cox's Bazar Rohingya camp fire guts over 400 houses
Bangabandhu 44th National Athletics begins Friday
Bangladesh: Frame laws to limit trans fat in foods, say experts
GM Quader tests positive for Covid-19
WI emphasise spin bowling to check Tigers


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TOP TWELVE BESTEST FILMS AND TV SHOWS OF 2016
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TOP TWELVE BESTEST FILMS AND TV SHOWS OF 2016 – SCREENWASH SPECIAL BY PAUL LAIGHT
Well, here's wishing you a prosperous New Year going forward! I've read somewhere that apparently 2016 wasn't a vintage year for movies but I went to the cinema a lot and saw a whole host of cracking entertainment. Likewise, television budgets and production values continue to soar and there were some incredible shows produced too.
So, here are my TOP TWELVE films I saw at the cinema AND TOP TWELVE television shows watched/streamed. Some of the films and TV programmes may have bled from 2015 into 2016 release-wise; moreover, I have also included a couple of yet-to-be-released films I saw at the London Film Festival.
Remember dudes these are not necessarily the best films or shows but the ones I enjoyed the most. So, overall, it's just my opinion, man.
TOP TWELVE FILMS SEEN AT THE CINEMA IN 2016 (in alphabetical order)
". . .an intelligent and emotional science-fiction drama with a beautifully constructed narrative."
BONE TOMAHAWK (2015)
"A tremendous genre-blend of horror and Western, this debut feature from S. Craig Zahler is destined to be a cult classic."
CAPTAIN AMERICA 3: CIVIL WAR (2016)
". . . again the Russo Brothers direct with whip-cracking pace and humour, making this easily one of the blockbusters of the year."
". . .wonderful fun with hallucinogenic visuals, eye-popping fight scenes plus mystical marvels!"
THE HATEFUL EIGHT (2015)
". . . QT remakes Reservoir Dogs (1992) via Agatha Christie, setting it in the snowy West of America circa 1870s."
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA (2016)
". . . heart-racking drama which stretches the emotions while also providing flickers of light amidst the pain."
MEN AND CHICKEN (2015)
". . . lurches from hilarious physical violence to examinations of religion and science in a film I can only describe as being like the Three Stooges meet The Island of Dr Moreau."
THE NICE GUYS (2016)
". . . pings a shaggy-dog narrative along at a cracking pace with a script filled with so many hilarious punchlines and sight gags."
RAW (2016)
". . . great horror film which has one of the most disgusting scenes I have had the pleasure to see for some time."
". . . just superb, grueling, bloody, epic and beautiful filmmaking!"
". . . a rip roaring mission-in-space-war movie set just before the original Star Wars movie!"
". . . a film not just about isolation, abandonment and the horror of humanity; but also the unbridled love a mother has for their child."
TOP TWELVE TV SHOWS SEEN IN 2016 (in alphabetical order)
BETTER CALL SAUL (2016) – SEASON 2
"Are there any better character drama shows around than this show? The writing and acting in Season 2 was just brilliant."
BILLIONS (2016) – SEASON 1
". . . great acting, script and cat-and-mouse twists galore in a meaty twelve episodes."
DAREDEVIL (2016) – SEASON 2
"This has it all including: amazing fight scenes, bloody violence, rip-roaring action and hellish derring-do!"
FARGO (2015) – SEASON 2
". . . drama, humour and suspense are incredible as is the cast."
GAME OF THRONES (2016) – SEASON 6
". . . these ten episodes were just a pacey, brutal, vicious, conniving, fiery, animalistic, blinding, cutting, resurrecting delight."
GOMORRAH (2016) – SEASON 2
". . . further brutality and skulduggery follows in a show which has a heart of pitch black darkness acted out like a contemporary reflection of the Roman Empire."
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (2016) – SEASON 11
". . . gags explode like fireworks throughout the series as things go south and very dark; more often than not ending in chaotic hilarity."
MAKING A MURDERER (2015) – SEASON 1
". . . It is as thrilling and suspenseful as anything Hitchcock created as the trials of these men and their families are thrust before us."
PENNY DREADFUL (2016) – SEASON 3
". . .a blindingly beautiful and bloody wondrous season as various narrative threads unfolded but then suddenly it was gone."
SOUTH PARK (2016) – SEASON 20
". . . yet another fantastically gross, satirical and ballsy animated series from Parker and Stone."
STEWART LEE'S COMEDY VEHICLE (2016) – SEASON 4
". . . Lee is a human anti-depressant lifting my spirits while at the same time making me think about the very nature of the subjects he tackles."
WESTWORLD (2016) – SEASON 1
"Brilliant and exquisite Sci-fi-western-mash-up from Michael Crichton, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy."
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SCREENWASH SPECIAL- ARRIVAL, DR STRANGE & NOCTURNAL ANIMALS REVIEWED
November 30, 2016 Paul. Writer and Filmmaker	Leave a comment
SCREENWASH – NOVEMBER CINEMA SPECIAL – by PAUL LAIGHT
I often have all my reviews for the month in one place but occasionally I split them, as is the case here. I haven't seen that many films at the cinema this month but the three I did see were all excellent in their own way. Here are my reviews with marks out of eleven.
**CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS**
The wonderfully serene Amy Adams portrays, Louise Banks, an academic linguist whose standing is such that when Earth is visited by twelve spaceships, she is called in by the military to attempt communication. Governments all over the world try various methods in which to discover whether the aliens are intending to attack. What are their primary intentions or targets? Are they friends or foe?
As it is directed by the supremely talented Denis Villeneuve the film moves at a careful but considered pace. When Adam's accompanies Jeremy Renner's physicist, Ian Donnelly we at first see the inside of the alien craft and it's not long before we are faced with the strange-looking cephalopod-type creatures. The narrative meat becomes a series of attempts by Banks and Donnelly to try and crack the visual alien code. Meanwhile, the Chinese and Russians are becoming impatient and, like the Americans, considering attacking the spaceships in a pre-emptive military measure.
I won't say any more because it would risk ruining the story but what unfolds is a clever and mind-bending turn of events which upsides genre expectations. The intriguing premise, brilliant script, ambient score, stylish effects, subtle cinematography and purposeful direction make this one of the best films I have seen all year. It is an intelligent and emotional science-fiction drama with a beautifully constructed narrative which constantly surprised and moved me. It also asks big questions on the nature of time, existence and love; informing us that not all extra-terrestrial life in movies has to be monstrous and deadly. (Mark 10 out of 11)
DR STRANGE (2016)
Marvel, like they did with Ant-Man (2015) take a lesser known character in Dr Stephen Strange and turn it into one of the most entertaining and spellbinding blockbusters of the year. To be honest none of this should work, however, it is a testament to the work of a committed director in Scott Derrickson and formidable heavyweight acting cast including: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen and imperious Tilda Swinton, that this mystical soufflé works so well.
Cumberbatch, filtering his Sherlock persona wonderfully, is a gifted, yet arrogant neurosurgeon who following a bone-crunching automobile accident finds his gifted hands are no good to man nor beast. His attempts at physical rehabilitation prove unsuccessful so he goes on a spiritual journey to Nepal in an attempt to fix his damaged body and soul. There he meets Mordo (Ejiofor) and subsequently The Ancient One (Swinton) and that's where the real fun starts.
I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this. Its pacey plot zips along rapidly with some fine comedic one-liners. Cumberbatch and Swinton stand out amongst a fine cast with both of them imbuing their characters with a depth beyond your usual super-hero film. While the origins story is standard genre stuff the magical gifts and capes Dr Strange uses are wonderful fun, as are the hallucinogenic visuals, eye-popping Inceptionesque fight scenes plus mystical marvels straight out of the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Lastly, Derrickson deserves praise for several cracking set-pieces notably the out-of-body fight in the hospital and complex temporal-twisting combat with inter-dimensional beast Dormammu. Strange days are indeed upon as Marvel spellbinds us with yet another big comic-book hit. (Mark 9 out of 11)
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (2016)
Filmmaker Tom Ford's debut film A Single Man (2009) was an eloquent character study of grief, loneliness and existential romance; beautifully photographed, styled and constructed with Colin Firth's heartfelt performance providing the thudding beats of pathos and pain. It was a film I only saw recently but knew that the director was definitely one to follow, and thus, his second film Nocturnal Animals promised much.
Nocturnal Animals is an altogether colder beast centring on separation of love rather than the meditation on loss like A Single Man. The once again brilliant Amy Adams is a privileged art gallery owner married to Armie Hammer's rich, yet absent, businessman. She is a hollow woman musing about her failed previous marriage to writer Jake Gyllenhaal and the apparent emptiness of her life, career and the people around her. It is a testament to Ford and Adams that they extricate empathy for such a seemingly spoilt character, but they ably demonstrate that wealth does not defeat loneliness or the guilt of past actions.
Adams' Susan Morrow is similar to Firth's George Falconer in that she is lost and flailing in her first world but very human problems. Thrown into the mix is the about-to-be-published book her former husband has written and sent her. So, we end up with two stories for the price of one as the events in the manuscript come to life in Susan's mind. As she reads it, Jake Gyllenhaal's (yes, he plays two characters) family are terrorized on a backwater freeway by Aaron Johnson's violent gang. Michael Shannon also pops up as a busted lung of a cop sick of the scum and his turn is a delight.The sun-bleached, desert and neo-Western style in these episodes provide a fascinating and stylistic juxtaposition to shadowy, cool darkness that is Susan Morrow's life in Los Angeles.
The two stories collide, compare and contrast each other to fascinating effect as Ford weaves literary and cinematic tropes, brilliantly adapting the original novel on which is it based – Tony and Susan – written by Austin Wright. This, overall, is about storytelling being used as a means not only to haunt and create guilt, but also wreak revenge. It's a complex watch but beautiful, cold creature to look at. Yet, despite the privilege of Amy Adam's character I was thoroughly absorbed by her crumbling psyche, while the book within the film is totally gripping too. (Mark 9.5 out of 11)
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Artists and Friends Reflect on the Passing of Charlie Monk, The Mayor of Music Row
country December 20, 2022 News, Press Release No Comment
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Photo Credit: Denise Mattox / Moments By Moser Photography 2019
Renowned leader in the Nashville music community, Charlie Monk, passed away on December 19 in his home in Nashville, TN. He was affectionately named and known by many in the industry as the Mayor of Music Row. He created a lasting impact in radio, song writing, record producing and television in a career spanning more than 60 years. Monk's career began at WGEA in his hometown of Geneva, Alabama while he was in high school. He then attended Troy University where he worked a full-time shift on WTBF radio. In 1968, Monk moved to Nashville and propelled his career even further. His free-form music and talk show for WMTS radio was the first daily broadcast from Music Row. He joined the staff of The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1970 and was a co-founder of the Country Radio Seminar, the long-running media gathering. There, he hosted the "New Faces Show" for 40 years as it launched legends including Jason Aldean, Reba McEntire, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Eric Church and Vince Gill. As a publisher, Monk notably fostered the careers of country music stars Randy Travis and Kenny Chesney. In 1977, he became Nashville chief of CBS Songs, which quickly became one of Music City's top three publishers. He founded his own company, Monk Family Music Group, in 1983, taking a leave of absence in 1988 to spearhead the return of legendary publisher Acuff-Rose to its former glory. During Monk's tenure, Acuff-Rose was the first publisher to win "Most Performed Song of the Year" from both ASCAP and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) in the same year. Monk came back to radio in 2004 to host the morning show on SiriusXM's Willie's Roadhouse. Most recently, Monk hosted a show on SiriusXM's Prime Country and Willie's Roadhouse.
Monk has served the music community in a variety of ways, including being an alumnus and former board member of Leadership Music, a member of the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, and the Gospel Music Association, where he formerly served as vice president. He also served as vice president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Nashville Songwriters Association International and as local president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG/AFTRA). He has been inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame. In 2017, Monk was honored by his hometown of Geneva with a street named Charlie Monk Lane. In 2021, he received the Country Music Association's Joe Talbot Award, recognizing outstanding leadership and contributions to the preservation and advancement of Country Music's values and traditions.
Friends and colleagues in the Nashville music community shared their thoughts on Charlie Monk's passing:
"My heart is literally in pieces. I simply cannot picture my future without Charlie Monk in it. His support of my career since it's inception up through my current place at Willie's Roadhouse has always amazed me, and our mutual love of humor was a personal bond between us. I will miss that, I will miss his voice, I will miss his jabs at me, I will miss his laughter, I will just miss him. Period. He has left us in tears, but there's a lot more laughter in Heaven tonight."–Jeannie Seely
"Charlie had a few minutes for everyone, and never too busy for some kind words, and usually funny. He made you feel like a friend. Charlie always had that quick wit and a smile, and he was so very accomplished. A unique individual who will be miss The Mayor. Rest in peace."–Exile
"Charlie was always so supportive of Country Music artists. I always looked forward to and enjoyed my time spent with him. He was a champion and will be missed by all who knew him."–John Berry
"Charlie was an icon, a visionary and a person who kept reinventing himself and every time he did it expanded his career and the music business in Nashville and beyond. We sure could use more folks like him right now thank you Charlie."–Kent Blazy
" It's a very sad day in country music and Charlie will be sorely missed."–Heidi Newfield
"This is sad sad news!! Charlie Monk was a character! Since I moved to Nashville in 1982 he had always been at EVERYTHING!! It will be so strange without him. He was proud of me, then he rooted for Hillary and for our Scott family project with Lang and Rylee Jean as well. There's a huge hole left in the heart of Music Row that only Charlie will ever fill. You'll never be forgotten Charlie. My deepest condolences to his family."–Linda Davis
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"Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attacked sanctuary cities on MSNBC Tuesday morning, denouncing the idea of cities effectively nullifying federal law.
Rather than changing or subverting federal law — especially on immigration, the most frequent target of "sanctuary cities" — Bloomberg insisted that people should try to change the law.
The Democrat-turned-Republican-turned-independent made a solid point, echoing PJ Media's own Victor Davis Hanson. Sanctuary cities, by attempting to nullify federal law, are following the lead of the Confederacy. This does not mean supporting immigrants is akin to supporting slavery, but rather that the idea of cities rejecting federal authority is akin to states rejecting federal leadership, as they did in the Civil War.


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Militiaman killed in Army-NPA skirmish
By Rhoda Grace Saron on August 22, 2019
A government militiaman was killed in a clash with the New People's Army in Laak, Compostela Valley on Tuesday.
1Lt Amadeuz VJ Celestial, the Civil-Military Operations officer of 60th Infantry Battalion identified him as Cherwyn Paragoya who joined the troops when they clashed with an estimated 25 rebels believed to be under Guerrilla Front 33 in Barangay Ceboleda, Laak.
The firefight lasted for more than an hour with the Philippine Air Force (Tactical Operations Group XI) providing close air support.
A CAA for almost 10 years, Paragoya was tasked to help maintain the peace and order situation in his community.
Lt. Col. Gilbert Ombos, 60th IB commander, mourned the death of Paragoya.
"Hearing the stories of his peers, he was no doubt instrumental in keeping the peace in his community. It's heartbreaking that we should lose valuable life for something as futile and worthless as this insurgency," he said.
Mayor Antonio Libuangan of Laak and Gov. Jayvee Tyron Uy of Compostela Valley Province both committed to help Paragoya's family.
Meanwhile, the 60th IB, together with the local disaster risk reduction and management offices of both Laak and the ComVal, is currently assisting the residents affected by the armed conflict.
Cong. Ruwel Peter Gonzaga also sent foodstuff and other items to augment the local governments' efforts, especially for those displaced by the skirmishes.
"As we can see, the principal victim of the insurgency is the civilian populace, families are displaced, classes suspended, business establishments and some government offices cease operations. This is why we continue to call on all members of society to actively take part in ending the CPP-NPA's terrorism," Ombos said.
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Oversight Subcommittee to Examine Whistleblower Qualifications and Protections
Washington D.C. (Jan. 27, 2020)—On Tuesday, January 28, 2020, Rep. Gerry E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, will hold a bipartisan hearing to examine who qualifies as a federal whistleblower; what protections such a designation affords to those who make allegations of waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement, and whether new legal provisions would improve whistleblower protections.
WHERE: 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
WHEN: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
TIME: 2:00 p.m. EST
A livestream of the hearing will be available here.
Whistleblower disclosures promote an effective and efficient civil service and benefit the public interest by "assisting in the elimination of fraud, waste, abuse, and unnecessary Government expenditures."
Whistleblowers play a critical role in the government, promoting government accountability and reform while curtailing abuses.
Numerous laws provide whistleblowers in the public and private sectors with important protections, including more than one-hundred federal laws that include either a whistleblower-related or retaliation-prohibition provision. Among them are two key laws, the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (WPA) and the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (WPEA), which specifically protect whistleblowers who are federal employees. Additional legislation has extended whistleblower protections to federal contractors and grantees.
Elizabeth Hempowicz
Director of Public Policy
David K. Colapinto
Founder and General Counsel
National Whistleblower Center
Paul Rosenzweig
Resident Senior Fellow, National Security and Cybersecurity
R Street
The Honorable Glenn A. Fine
Principal Deputy Inspector General Performing the Duties of the Inspector General
The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz


A Random Idea my mind wanted me to throw out there.
A system of power, every village has one, but no missing nin have one, now this is a controversial idea, to give the Elite Org. I mentioned earlier a power to change that, the Leader should have a rally missing nin button or something like that just throwing that one out there. Create a system even for missing nin.