Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a method of psychotherapy used for treating various mental health disorders. Individuals receiving this treatment are taught to explore the interconnections between their thoughts, moods, body sensations, and behaviours. Evaluations of one's actions and cognitions are encouraged to increase awareness of a problem's origin and a need to alter patterns of thinking and behaving to bring about positive change. CBT has been tested successfully in many studies and has proven itself to be an evidence based practice. Due to the positive results in research, CBT is currently the most recommended form of therapy, as it offers powerful tools for client introspection, problem solving, and improvements in mood.
CBT is the most recommended form of evidence based therapy today for improving one's mood and relationships!
Mental health problems such as mood disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder, borderline personality, trauma, substance abuse, and marital distress have been treated effectively in research using CBT. A popular approach called exposure therapy is often used to desensitize individuals from perceived fear, threat, or anxiety. Discussing or visualizing the feared topic, thought, or situation over time and at length results in reductions of the anxiety and avoidance behaviors. Some exposure techniques like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) induce the client into a dream simulation state, using side-to-side eye movements, to enhance emotional processing during virtual exposure to past traumatic events.
Mindfulness is a technique used to increase awareness of one's inner reality and emotional state. Practicing mindfulness increases the focus on the mind body connection. Thoughts can be triggers for distressing physiological and emotional reactions in the body. Mindfulness techniques can be used as exposure to ones own disturbed internal environment. Mindfulness exercises, such as deep breathing, can be very relaxing and useful as a tool to shift the autonomic nervous system from sympathetic (fight and flight) activation to parasympathetic (resting) state. An individual at the mercy of anxiety will find tremendous relief discovering how to use a mindfulness "dimmer switch". Emotion regulation is a problem solving approach that teaches various strategies to reduce emotional intensity. A person may be asked to write a pro's and con's list for continuing behaviours that trigger negative emotions. Alternatively, they may be asked to act in an opposite way than they often choose to break the unproductive pattern. For example, a depressed person may be asked to go out and socialize even though he feels like isolating himself.
Distress tolerance is a problem solving approach often employed for suicidal or self-harming individuals. Solutions that prevent bodily harm are practiced to assist the person to tolerate enduring and intensely painful emotional experiences. One example, is to have the individual squeeze ice cubes or submerse her face in a bowl of ice cold water. Another could be the use of tapping techniques on pressure points to elicit a temporary emotional release. The goal is to bring focus away from the emotionally painful thoughts by using harmless physical sensations as a distraction. Emotions arrive in waves and these techniques allow people to shorten the wavelength.
Physical sensations are used to distract and shorten the waves of emotional pain.
Response shaping is an operant behavioral technique that uses a reward system to gradually teach a new behavior while replacing an undesirable behavior. For example, a chart showing a desired behavioral step can be regularly checked and reinforced with gold stickers until the next step in taught. Respondent behavior therapy focuses on reflex like connections demonstrated in the experiments conducted by Pavlov on his dogs. Pavlov showed his dogs steak to make them salivate and then rang a bell. After a few repetitions for a number of days, the bell ringing stimulus alone would produce the salivation response. Negative emotions and their antecedent behaviors function in the same way. The sound of a backfiring car can elicit tremendous fear and alarm in a war veteran who was wounded in combat by gun fire. Emotions and antecedent stimuli are identified and uncoupled using demonstrations of safety in the presence of both the conditioned stimulus and conditioned response.
The sound of a backfiring car alone can elicit tremendous fear and alarm in a war veteran who was wounded in combat.
Cognitive restructuring is a central strategy in CBT, where people are made to examine their thoughts, check for errors/ accuracy of the thought, and the effect the thought has on mood or interpersonal relationships. CBT also aims to delve deeper into the psyche of clients to uncover core thoughts, values, and/or beliefs. These core beliefs are very important as they are strongly held and, if factually erroneous, can distort a client's perception. For example, a person may believe that she is unlovable. While holding this core belief, she may choose to recall experiences of rejection, abandonment, and disappointment in relationships instead of seeing a balanced view of reality. Accepting that others do act loving at times would be difficult for this person as it would counter her set core belief about self and others.
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a broad analytical therapeutic approach equipped with many behavioral tools. The research on its effectiveness also varies, but is quite favorable for many mental health disorders. It can be used alone or in combination with other therapies. CBT is client-centered approach that uses useful mood tracking tools and outcome measures. It keeps therapy interesting, relevant, and focused by helping people keep track of their progress in improving mood and functioning.


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Tim Burton's 'Batman' At 25, And Its Wonderful, Terrible Legacy
Scott Mendelson
I cover the film industry.
Today is the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton's Batman. To say that the film made a monumental impact on the industry is a glorious understatement. It is a strange thing to argue that your all-time favorite film is responsible for many of the worst trends plaguing cinemas today, but that contradiction is at the heart of its legacy. It set all-time box office records and changed how would-be blockbuster films made their money. It ushered in a new kind of blockbuster and a new way of making them. Some of its effects were immediate, others slow building. Its effect on the movie industry was every bit as pronounced and long-lasting as Jaws and Star Wars. Some of what we love, and much of what we protest, in today's Hollywood can be chalked up to the success of Tim Burton's Batman. Batman was the first modern Hollywood blockbuster, in all ways great and horrible.
Warner Bros.' (a division of Time Warner, Inc.) Batman wasn't just a movie, it was a machine of anticipation, hype, and preordained success. Its release followed an unprecedented wave of cross-promotional marketing saturation unlike the industry had ever seen. Unofficially called "Bat-Mania," a deluge of toys, T-shirts, fast food tie-ins, and other assorted merchandise flooded the marketplace and made Batman the de-facto movie of the year well ahead of its June 23rd release date. Those old enough to remember will recall the copious merchandise, the Bat Dance music video, and the early trailers which fans paid full theatrical admission to watch and then walked out as the respective movie itself started sans refund. We remember the marketing campaign that spent an entire Spring assuring us above all else that this new Batman movie would be nothing like the campy 1960's television show.
We remember our own anticipation and excitement of this preordained event movie, arguably the first of its kind on this scale. Oh sure, fans camped out for Return of the Jedi or Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but this was a non-sequel that was as breathlessly anticipated as the proverbial sequel. In the summer of 1989, one defined by a huge reliance on sequels and thus often considered the first modern summer movie season (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Ghostbusters II, Licence to Kill, Lethal Weapon 2, etc.), the almost predetermined box office king was an "original" film anticipated to levels arguably unseen for all but the likes of perhaps Gone with the Wind, Thunderball, or The Empire Strikes Back. In terms of modern blockbuster filmmaking, arguably still in its youngest stage just a generation removed from Jaws and Star Wars, the advance momentum for Batman was unlike anything the industry had ever seen.
Further free publicity came from the controversial casting of Michael Keaton in the title role, which caused "fan" outrage and arguably (arguably along with the casting of George Lazenby as James Bond back in 1967) the birth of angry film nerd that now seemingly dominates online film discussions. As I was a nine-year old fully aware of the concept of "acting", and thus presumed that the guy who starred both in Beetlejuice and Clean and Sober could also make a dramatic Batman, I had faith. I was also not that big of a Batman fan before the movie came out, an irony that was not lost on me. Even at nine-years old, I was subconsciously aware at how Warner Bros. had succeeded in getting me insanely excited for a film about a character that I was frankly not-all-that obsessed with. I wasn't a die-hard Batman fan, but I desperately wanted to see Batman. Batman wasn't just a summer movie, it was the film event of the year, if not the decade.
I was consciously gripped in Bat-fever, from the first glance at the publicity stills found in that early Spring issue of Starlog Magazine to the film's opening weekend. And judging by the film's record-busting debut, I wasn't alone. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Ghostbusters II had bested the opening weekend records over the last month with $29 million+ debuts. But over the weekend of June 23rd, 1989, Tim Burton's $40m-budgeted Batman, starring Michael Keaton as the Dark Knight and Jack Nicholson as the Joker, earned a whopping $42.6 million over its first three days, including $2.2 million in (then unheard-of) Thursday previews. It broke single day records for Friday ($13.1m), Saturday ($14.6m), and Sunday ($12.7m) respectively. The film went on to earn another $30m in its second weekend, with the film now holding the first and second biggest weekends on record, and became the first film to cross $100m domestic in the first ten days and $150m in its first 19 days.
Based on the strength of that opening, many pundits thought it would challenge E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial ($399 million at the time) as the top-grossing film of all time in America, but Batman's business was comparatively brief. The film needed ten days to get to $100m but another month to get to $200m and basically the rest of its six month theatrical run to cross $250m. Warner added 337 screens at the end of October, just weeks before the film's lightning fast VHS debut (just five months after its opening day), in order to get the film over the $250m hump. It closed at $251.1m domestic, actually grossing less worldwide ($411.3m) than Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ($471m) that year.
It was not a long-lasting champ like Beverly Hills Cop, Back to the Future, or Ghostbusters, films that had earned $200m+ off of $10m-$15m debut weekends. This was something approaching a front-loaded blockbuster. Batman had made its near-record earnings faster than any movie ever. It was the fifth-biggest domestic box office champ of all-time, the biggest grosser since Return of the Jedi ($264 million back in 1983) and what arguably amounted to the first wholly manufactured predetermined blockbuster in modern Hollywood history. For a generation of very young moviegoers, it was their Star Wars. It was bigger and grander than anything they had ever seen in a movie theater.
The picture's stunning German expressionism meets film noir art direction (Anton Furst won an Oscar for the film), its iconic performances from Keaton and Nicholson, Danny Elfman's iconic score, and the superb special effects separated the rousing adventure from the pack no matter what you thought of it relatively plot-less script. It was arguably style over substance, but good lord what style! The four-film Batman franchise was indeed that generation's Star Wars or James Bond, a film franchise far bigger and grander than anything else in the marketplace.
The best thing about Tim Burton's Batman is that it is mostly Tim Burton's Batman. Warner Bros.' hiring of an experienced (he had Pee Wee's Adventure and Beetlejuice under his belt) but undeniably quirky auteur to helm what was to be their biggest film of all-time was both a huge risk and a trendsetter. Yes, the film is a hybrid of studio demands and personal art, as Batman Returns would see the franchise go full-Burton three years later (also a pattern for sequels such as Spider-Man 2 and, quality aside, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen).
The notion of giving big pictures to somewhat idiocentric filmmakers was new back in 1989, but it's common practice today. Batman also popularized the notion of esteemed actors unapologetically appearing in comic book/fantasy movies. By the time Chris Nolan rebooted the franchise with Batman Begins in 2005, it would have been unthinkable for the film not to have such esteemed actors as Michael Caine, Tom Wilkinson, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman anchoring the Christian Bale-led adventure.
Sadly Batman helped kill off the modern action hero, and eventually (alas) the movie star vehicle itself. Michael Keaton's successful casting as Bruce Wayne/Batman proved that you didn't a muscle-bound action star to anchor your action movie, paving the way for two decades of action films anchored by the likes of Nicolas Cage, Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, and Toby Maguire. It wasn't an immediate turnover, as Arnold Schwarzenegger hit his peak stardom after Batman, but the kind of films that Batman brought about were not ones that demanded a Sylvester Stallone or a Chuck Norris to walk away from fireballs. As for the very concept of the star vehicle, Batman was the an opening shot at the notion that Hollywood could build a big-budget blockbuster wholly dependent on concept. Movie stars were once kings and queens, but Batman paved the way for them merely being an (important) added value element.
Yes Michael Keaton was a movie star and Jack Nicholson was a movie star, but it was the appeal of seeing Batman and the Joker, duking it out on the big screen was more of motivating factor as opposed to who was playing them. As Tom Cruise's struggling Edge of Tomorrow shows, the pure star vehicle cannot quite compete compared to star-less concept pieces like Godzilla. Movie stars matter, as the key casting of Jim Carrey in Batman Forever proved then and Angelina Jolie's Maleficent proves today. You still need celebrities to shill the $200m+ projects on mainstream media outlets, but concept is king.
Speaking of concept, that is the biggest, most lasting, and arguably most unfortunate legacy of Batman. We can talk about the blockbusters spawned by Jaws and Star Wars, but in the end of the day those relatively original pictures spawned relatively original blockbusters. The likes of Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Top Gun, and Beverly Hills Cop were original pictures. Some were star vehicles, some were concept driven that had movie stars to help make the sale, but they were mostly original in concept and story. Batman was of course an adaptation of a very popular comic book which spawned a very popular television series which spawned a very popular animated franchise and toy line. By using the audience's pre-sold interest in the Caped Crusader, Warner Bros. was able to basically create a non-sequel that played like a sequel. As you'd expect, Hollywood took notice.
After the success of Batman, Hollywood raided their property pantries and have been doing so ever since. Over the last 25 years, we've seen feature film adaptations of live-action television shows (The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible), animated cartoons (The Flintstones, The Smurfs), video games (Super Mario Bros., Need For Speed), action figure lines (Transformers), and theme park attractions (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion). We eventually moved into basically recycling the popular (and often original) hit films of decades past such as Robocop and Total Recall, all for the all-valuable pre-sold market awareness. If Batman has one negative legacy in how it changed Hollywood, it is how much money it was able to make as quickly as it was thanks to the advantage of being a pre-established property. Yes the film's marketing campaign showed off how terrific the film looked, and the picture arguably delivered, but it was also the fact that it was a Batman film that looked and played this good.
Batman was the template for the modern blockbuster. It was based on a preexisting property. It succeeded as much based on manufactured pre-release hype as any kind of genuine natural excitement or word-of-mouth buzz. It was preceded by a massive saturation marketing campaign that threatened to make its actual release feel anti-climactic. It made its money in a front-loaded manner which made its quality all-but-irrelevant. It made opening weekend king, made the PG-13 rating into the all-purpose general rating for the eventual four-quadrant blockbuster, and kick-started what would eventually be the quick-kill blockbuster. Its positives, the auteur's hand-prints in a mega-blockbuster, the against-type casting, the adult-skewing tentpole that appealed to kids without being targeted at them, the countless correct artistic choices that the film itself made, are matched if not overshadowed by the negative lessons learned by an industry gobsmacked by its manufactured success.
25 years later, I can still vividly remember the excitement of that opening weekend showing, with tickets that were $3 a pop, a line that was literally around the block, and a giant collection of Batman comic books set up inside the theater. It was my favorite film growing up. The film turned me into not just a film nerd but a box office junkie, obsessed with opening weekends, domestic box office totals, marketing campaigns, and trailer debuts. We all have the films that made us fall in love with the movies. But if you're anywhere near my age and you fell for the sweet science of box office and film marketing, you probably have Batman to thank for that.
Batman's wonderful and terrible legacy is both the fact that it remains an incredibly exciting and entertaining blockbuster while setting the mold for the generic blockbusters that often seem to dominate the marketplace. It made the very act of film anticipation exciting while leading to said anticipation being turned into a science that now feels like sorcery. It showed the wonder of seeing beloved icons living and breathing on the big screen while setting the stage for the loss of the wonder for seeing wholly original characters who might be iconic if given a chance to exist.
Batman was my favorite film growing up and helped make me into the box office/marketing nerd I am today. But as good as the film was and remains, one cannot deny the harmful long-term effects the picture's then-unprecedented success had on the industry. It gave us kids the cinematic thrill of a lifetime while helping (slowly) make the movies a bit less thrilling.
Want more? I joined the good folks of Out Now as a guest for their feature-length commentary for Tim Burton's Batman. If you've got 135 minutes to kill...

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Embrassez qui vous voudrez est un film franco-italo-britannique réalisé par Michel Blanc, sorti en 2002. Il est adapté du roman Vacances anglaises de Joseph Connolly.

En 2018, Michel Blanc réalise la comédie Voyez comme on danse qui constitue la suite, seize ans plus tard, de Embrassez qui vous voudrez. Le titre est un autre extrait issu de la comptine Nous n'irons plus au bois.

Synopsis
En vacances au Touquet, de nombreux personnages se croisent : la bourgeoise Elizabeth (Charlotte Rampling) dont le couple qu'elle forme avec Bertrand (Jacques Dutronc) s'enlise, Véronique (Karin Viard) qui parvient à grand peine à cacher sa déchéance matérielle et qui vit avec Jérôme (Denis Podalydès), Lulu (Carole Bouquet) persécutée par un mari jaloux (Michel Blanc), Julie (Clotilde Courau), mère célibataire en mal d'amour, Émilie (Lou Doillon), une adolescente déboussolée. Des couples se séparent, d'autres se forment ou se reforment dans un ballet d'apparences, de mensonges et de faux-semblants mais où l'humour n'est jamais absent et où l'optimisme reste présent.

Fiche technique
 Titre : Embrassez qui vous voudrez
 Titre initial : Voyez comme on danse
 Titre anglais : Summer Things / See How They Run
 Réalisation : Michel Blanc
 Scénario : Michel Blanc et Joseph Connolly, d'après du roman Vacances anglaises de Joseph Connolly
 Production : Yves Marmion, Julie Baines et Enzo Porcelli
 Photographie : Sean Bobbitt
 Montage : Maryline Monthieux
 Musique originale :
 Sociétés de production : Mercury Film Productions, Dan Films, Alia Film, France 2 Cinéma et Canal+
 Sociétés de distribution : UGC Fox Distribution (France)
 Pays d'origine : ,  et
 Langue originale : français, anglais
 Budget :
 Genre : comédie dramatique, film choral
 Durée : 103 minutes
 Format : couleur 35mm
 Son : Dolby Digital et DTS
 Date de sortie :  :  (sortie nationale)

Distribution

Production

Choix des interprètes
 Charlotte Rampling est choisie par Michel Blanc à la suite de sa prestation dans le film Sous le sable de François Ozon où elle joue rôle de Marie Drillon.
 Michel Blanc pensait au départ confier le rôle du mari jaloux (Jean-Pierre) au comédien Daniel Auteuil, finalement il décida d'interpréter lui-même ce personnage.

Tournage

Une grande partie du film se passe à la station balnéaire du Touquet, au palace Westminster, l'un des hôtels de luxe du Touquet ainsi qu'au camping du Touquet.
Les scènes d'intérieur ont été tournées aux studios SETS.

Musique

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 Les Indes galantes - danse du Grand Calumet de la Paix - Jean-Philippe Rameau
 Suite n°5 - Gigue - Sainte-Colombe le fils
 Sì, che il barbaro tiranno - Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme - Alessandro Scarlatti
 When I am laid - Dido and Æneas - Henry Purcell
 La La - Lucy Pearl
 Don't mess with my man - Lucy Pearl
 Vivre la Vie - Kelly Joyce
 Syracuse - Henri Salvador et Bernard Dimey interprété par Vahan Mardirossian
 Historia de un amor - Kelly Joyce
 Vous qui passez sans me voir - Charles Trenet
 Nocturnes - Frédéric Chopin
 Nous n'irons plus au bois - Madame de Pompadour
 Trust - Eliane Zamati
 Vagabonde Aquatique - Ayélé Labitey
 Parfums - Ayélé Labitey
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 La Bouche / Raggadub / Le Jeu / After Hour / Le Pub / Technozor - Krichou Monthieux & Christian Lechevretel

Postérité

 Accueil
 Accueil critique
En France, le site Allociné recense une moyenne des critiques presse de 4,0/5, à partir de l'interprétation de 23 titres de presse.

Le site américain Rotten Tomatoes propose un score de 100% d'avis positifs avec une moyenne de 7,14/10 à partir de l'interprétation de 6 titres de presse.

 Box office
Lors de sa première semaine d'exploitation en France, le film retrouve le troisième place du box-office avec  entrées dans 408 salles. Le film cumule  entrées au box-office français, et $8,738,101 millions de dollars de recettes dans le monde.

 Distinctions
 Récompenses
 César du meilleur second rôle féminin pour Karin Viard
 Prix Lumières du meilleur espoir masculin 2003 pour Gaspard Ulliel

 Nominations
 César du meilleur second rôle masculin pour Denis Podalydès
 César du meilleur espoir masculin pour Gaspard Ulliel
 César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation pour Michel Blanc

 Notes et références

 Voir aussi
 Voyez comme on danse'' (2018)

Article connexe
 Liste d'œuvres dont le titre fait référence à une chanson

Liens externes

Film français sorti en 2002
Film britannique sorti en 2002
Film italien sorti en 2002
Comédie dramatique française
Comédie dramatique britannique
Comédie dramatique italienne
Œuvre dont le titre fait référence à une chanson
Adaptation d'un roman britannique au cinéma
Film réalisé par Michel Blanc
Film se déroulant à Chicago
Film tourné dans le Pas-de-Calais
Film tourné dans le Val-de-Marne
Film sur les vacances
Bisexualité au cinéma
Film choral français
Film choral britannique
Film choral italien
Film avec un César de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle
Film tourné aux studios SETS

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January is Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness month. I know, it's a mouthful and doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as Breast Cancer Awareness month or any of the other awareness months. But despite the long name, this is, besides anti-bullying, the cause that I am the most passionate about.
Passion however, is not the only thing that keeps this issue close to my heart. Through a series of events, too numerous, wild and crazy to fit into one blog, I found myself taking a break from the production and media world, to being front and center in an anti-human trafficking organization in Baton Rouge, La. I was privileged to be a part of Task Force and first responder trainings, education and speaking engagements, billboard and social media campaigns, legislation research and court hearings, Galas, 5 K's and other fundraising events, rescues and recoveries, and the opening of Louisiana's first safe house for victims.
When we moved to Dallas/Fort Worth, I became the Domestic Outreach Director and Victim Identification Specialist for another organization. I spent a LOT of days and nights driving the streets of this huge city, praying, knocking on doors, canvasing pay by the hour motels, praying, sitting in vehicles, talking to apartment managers, praying, and working with various branches of Law Enforcement, both local and federal. Did I mention praying? Because there was so much of that happening, for obvious reasons, and some that I can't talk about.
3) The words of David the shepherd boy before he killed Goliath. He looked at his brothers and said, "Is there not a cause?" Yes, yes there is. For me Anti-Trafficking was and is my cause.
I'm very much a justice driven person. I always have been. It's a strength but also a weakness and here's why. If I'm not careful, I could become offended with people if they do not support "MY" cause, but were passionate about something else. I also have to remind myself that if someone DOES support "MY" cause but they do it in a different way than me, it does not mean they are wrong.
For me, I want to jump in and help in anyway I can to educate the public, identify, rescue, and rehabilitate the victims, and report and testify against the perps. BUT, not everyone who is passionate about Anti-Human Trafficking will go about fighting it the same way I do. And THAT. IS. OKAY. If we all were victim ID specialist and outreach driven, there would be no one to research, gather data and help write laws and legislation. If we all were researchers and lawyers, there would be no one to financially back the non-profits. And if we all could afford to back the non-profits… well, there wouldn't be any non-profits.
My way of fighting injustice will be VERY different than your way. It does not mean you are wrong, it does not mean I am wrong. I am all about Domestic Anti-Human Trafficking, meaning I want to fight it right here, at home on US soil. But I have very dear friends who are all about International Anti-Trafficking from the red-light districts in Greece to the soiled curtains in India. That's their jam. Guess what? We respect and love each other deeply and any opportunity that I have, I'm pushing their cause, and vice –versa, because at the end of the day, it's Human Trafficking and it takes place ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I can hear some of you saying "But, Gena, I'm just not into that. I agree, it's a horrible problem, but honestly, I'm all about The Human Society, Cancer Research, Equal Pay, Equal Rights, Prison Reform, Social Welfare, Health Insurance Reform, Suicide Prevention, Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Rehabilitation, and the list goes on and on." And to that I say HALLE-FREAKING-LUJAH! This world needs all the freedom fighters, abolitionists, justice seekers, compassionate do-gooders that it can get for every single issue that is plaguing us today.
Whatever your cause, keep fighting. But also remember that others are going to do it differently, and that's more than okay, its RIGHT. This world is diverse and the diversity in the fight against injustice is what is needed.
Be kind to your brothers and sisters in arms. Don't judge those who donate rather than march. Don't hate those that speak out loudly rather than quietly protest. Don't shun the quiet ones because they aren't boisterous in their argument. We need them, all of them.
Find your cause. Then stand up, stand out and change your world, the way God wired you to be.
Passionate activism seasoned with deep wisdom, powerful writing anchored by compassion for both the rescuers and the rescued.
Thank you so much!! Means the world coming from you.


Costs of an urgent upgrade to fire safety at a block of Reading flats have soared by £850,000 due to a lack of available contractors.
Reading Borough Council has revealed it will spend £3.35million on improvements at Coley High Rise.
However, only one company - United Living - bid for the contract, which means the council will have to pay an additional £850,000 on top of the £2.5 million originally budgeted for the work in February 2018.
The plans, which include retrofitting sprinklers at the three blocks of flats in Wensley Road, were approved at the council's policy committee meeting on Monday, April 8.
The improvements come after an independent fire inspector recommended the work was done.
The council says the work must be done but costs have ramped up due to a lack of available contractors.
The council has promised to sit down with United Living for a "value engineering exercise" to try to reduce costs.
The report states: "Given the urgent nature of the works it is not an option to wait to see if the market will rebalance at a future date."
It also approved a new ground level water storage tank and pumping station.
As well as increasing fire safety, council bosses expect the works to reduce maintenance costs and the need to access flats to carry out repairs.
The £3.35 million includes a contingency or reserve of 10 per cent, which the council says 'is prudent given the nature and complexity of the works'.
The extra £850,000 will come out of the council's Housing Capital budget.
The work in Reading, Berkshire, to protect the 267 flats in the block, could start in June.
"We will do whatever is necessary to ensure the safety of our tenants"
Councillor John Ennis, lead member for housing, said: "Reading has shown time and time again it is ahead of the game.
"We legally don't need to retrospectively refit sprinklers in Coley but we value the safety of our residents too much to compromise their safety.
"We will do whatever is necessary to ensure the safety of our tenants."


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Bradley Alan Maynard (born February 9, 1974) is a former American football punter. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft, and has also been a member of the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans, and the Cleveland Browns.

Early years

Maynard was born in Tipton, Indiana.  He attended Sheridan High School in Hamilton County, Indiana, where he played high school football for the Blackhawks.

College career
Maynard attended Ball State University, where he played for the Ball State Cardinals football team.  He averaged 44.2 yards per kick, ranking third in NCAA history.  He amassed over 10,700 yards on 242 punts.  Maynard was named onto the consensus All-American selection and All-Mid-American Conference first-team pick.  He won MAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year and MVP following his senior campaign.  He majored in business while playing for the Cardinals.  He was described as quiet, humble, and hard working during his collegiate years.

Maynard was inducted into Ball State's Athletic Hall of Fame on February 8, 2008. On May 30, 2013, Maynard was inducted to the MAC Hall of Fame.

Professional career

New York Giants
The New York Giants selected Maynard in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft, which made him one of the highest drafted punters in the modern era of football.  He was a member of the 2000 New York Giants, who played the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV.  Maynard set an NFL record for most punts in a single Super Bowl as the Giants lost 34–7.

Chicago Bears
After the 2000 season ended, Maynard became a free agent and signed with the Chicago Bears.

Maynard is known for his occasional trick plays. On rare occasions, he may pass in order to convert a first down.  His most notable trick play came in 2001, when he threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Brian Urlacher on a fake field goal en route to a 20–15 victory over the Washington Redskins, which secured the Bears the NFC's second playoff seed.  He also threw passes on fake punts during two Bears' season finales in 2005 and 2006.  His career passing stats are 4-7 with two touchdowns.

In January 2007, he was voted the sexiest member of the Chicago Bears. Along with Patrick Mannelly, kicker Robbie Gould claims Maynard to be one of the Bears' unsung heroes. On July 25, 2011, the Bears released Maynard. Maynard was replaced with former Jacksonville Jaguars punter Adam Podlesh.

Houston Texans
On August 2, 2011 the Houston Texans signed Maynard to a 1-year deal. He was released on September 3, and replaced by the rookie Brett Hartmann after originally keeping Maynard and cutting Hartmann.

Cleveland Browns
On September 13, 2011, the Cleveland Browns signed Maynard to a one-year contract to replace the injured Richmond McGee. Following the season, he was not re-signed.

Personal life
He and his wife, Karen, have two sons, Conner and Cole, and a daughter, Ava.

While on the Bears, every Monday during football season he was featured on "Maynard Monday" with Eric and Kathy on 101.9 the Mix in Chicago where he discusses the previous Bears game. His wife was also featured on the segment after a bye week.

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What's at stake for Congress in the US election?
There aren't many toss-up House races but the Senate is a different matter, with analysts betting the Democrats will overcome the GOP's current majority
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Big outside money is trying to block progressive star Zephyr Teachout from making it to Washington. Photograph: Richard Beaven/The Guardian
All eyes are on the race to be the next US president, but the battle to control Congress may be almost as consequential.
The next Congress could determine whether the supreme court goes back to having nine justices, whether the USA makes good on its climate promises and whether, for example, Hillary Clinton is impeached, should she be elected president.
If the Senate and the House stay Republican and Donald Trump wins the presidency, he would not necessarily have carte blanche. As much as Trump may want to build a border wall with Mexico, he would not be able to spend the estimated $25bn it would cost until Congress legislated for it. (That's assuming Mexico does not pay for the wall upfront, as Trump has sometimes promised it would.)
Trump would likewise need Congress's help to deport undocumented migrants, slap new tariffs on Chinese goods or fine US companies for moving manufacturing overseas. It's unclear whether the GOP would back him on these issues. But a quick agreement on issues such as repealing the estate tax and Barack Obama's healthcare law might well be in the cards.
It is extremely unlikely that the Democrats will seize control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, owing to an overwhelming, 60-seat Republican majority in the lower chamber.
Artful gerrymandering at the state level means there aren't many toss-up House races this cycle – only 18 out of 435, according to the Cook Political report. Democrats could win every single one of the toss ups and still fall around eight seats short of a House majority.
But the Senate is a different matter, with most analysts putting the Democrats' chances of overcoming the GOP's current eight-seat majority and taking the upper chamber at about even.
"It's basically 50-50," Harry Enten, a polling analyst with FiveThirtyEight, told CNN on Sunday. "You have in my opinion maybe six or seven seats that are going to really determine this."
If Democrats controlled the senate, and Clinton were president, the supreme court vacancy could soon be filled – although Republicans have already hinted at a procedural fight to stop that from happening.
As with every aspect of the 2016 election cycle, Trump's presence is palpable. Some Republican incumbents appear to have been wounded by associations with the GOP nominee. Senator Kelly Ayotte in New Hampshire saw her numbers drop after she was asked at a debate whether Trump would be a good role model for children, and replied "absolutely".
If Nevada representative Joe Heck loses his senate bid, analysts will point to the record number of Hispanic voters who lined up in the state to cast early ballots for Clinton (and against Trump). Senator Richard Burr in North Carolina may fall victim to the abandonment of Trump by moderate Republicans in his state.
In other races, there is no perceivable Trump drag – and there may be Trump coattails. In Ohio, where Trump and Clinton appear to be neck-and-neck, Republican incumbent Rob Portman is polling 16 points ahead of his opponent, a former governor. And in Missouri, where Trump appears to be crushing Clinton, Republican incumbent Roy Blunt is in a seemingly tight race with the Democratic state secretary of state. In Pennsylvania, incumbent Pat Toomey appears to be running behind his opponent, but not as far behind Clinton as Trump is running in the state.
"It's just very difficult to understand exactly what's going to happen," Enten said.
Races to watch
New York's 19th congressional district: Big outside money is trying to block progressive star Zephyr Teachout from making it to Washington. Teachout, a law professor, has strong support from senator Bernie Sanders, but her opponent says she's a carpetbagger.
Arizona's first congressional district: Republican Paul Babeu, a county sheriff, dropped out of a congressional race in 2012 after an ex-lover, who was also an undocumented Mexican immigrant, outed him as gay and said the sheriff threatened him with deportation if he said anything. Democrat Tom O'Halleran, a state legislator, appears to have the edge.
California's 49th congressional district: One of the sweetest of all potential pickups for Democrats, because it would send incumbent Darrell Issa, the loathed former chairman of the oversight committee (read: Benghazi), packing. He faces retired Marine colonel Doug Applegate.
North Carolina governor's race: Will Tar Heel voters make incumbent governor Pat McRory pay for signing the notorious House Bill 2, which allowed discrimination against transgender people in access to public bathrooms? State attorney general Roy Cooper looks strong.
California's senate race: The moment when state attorney general Kamala Harris, touted as a future national star for Democrats, could step onto the main stage of politics. Representative Loretta Sanchez, like Harris a Democrat, is putting up a fight.
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Since when did M.I.A. become the most popular female artist in the western hemisphere? Last time we walked out of a packed out Antony & The Johnsons gig in Manchester to run across town and watch a genius at work barely 40 people were bothered to check out Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam. When we walk into a sold out Academy 2 gig in Manchester the critics have given up scribbling in their notepads and are enraptured by the show in front of us and the audience range from 16yr old nu-rave and grime kids to 55yr old couples.
First up though is the hottest property out of Brooklyn, New York. Despite working with MIA's production team of Diplo and Switch, Santogold has as much in common with the pop sound of Gwen Stefani. Highly stylized Santo's backing dancers and singers look like Panther Sisters with their minimalist tribal moves being an antidote to modern choreography, in this case less is definitely more. The musical influences are wide and all encompassing with classic Motown, soul and reggae mixed up with some contemporary breakbeats and electroclash added to the sound collage. "Shove It" and "LES Artistes" certainly hint at the makings of a modern pop masterpiece of a debut and when she comes back in the new year with a full band we'll be able to witness the full Santogold show.
Before M.I.A. had toured around the world making "Kala" after being banned from entering the USA, she was already making the most ground breaking world music around now. Critics fave from day one she'd recorded and wrote her debut "Arular" with producers Diplo and Richard X and somewhat incredulously members of Pulp, she'd made videos for Britpop also-rans Elastica and the likes of "Galang" and "Bucky Done Gun" had become bootleg acapella's of choice. The only thing that was missing was a fanbase and as we walk in tonight we're still unsure as to how M.I.A. has become so popular because the large number of 40 and 50yr olds aren't here because she's worked with Timbaland or that Beastie Boys have a cameo in "Paper Planes".
With the production values normally associated with an arena show MIA's artschool background has been brought to the fore. Taking off visually from the record sleeves and the offbeat production of the video promos mixing up bright garish cartoons and black and white war films. Seemingly playing most of the tracks of both "Arular" and "Kala" M.I.A. runs through with early tracks like "Sunshowers" and "Pull Up The People" still remaining as vital as they were when they first released. "Uraqt" gets a live bootleg remix into New Order's "Blue Monday" while the newer material such as "Bird Flu" and "Boyz" provoke mental reactions from tonight's crowd. Even the most pop elements of "Jimmy" manage to draw in some eclectic influences resulting in an almost bollywood disco track.


Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) contribute around 40% of South Africa's gross domestic profit and employ more than half of the private sector work- force. It is estimated that as much as 80% of new jobs in world economies are being created by SMMEs, making small business a key player in the future growth of our country. It is estimated that more than 1,5 million self-employed people constitute the SMME sector, contributing about 40% of the total remuneration in South Africa.
This section focuses on starting and managing your own business. We provide you with the tips, tools and essential references you need to save time, share knowledge and secure maximum returns on your small business investment.
Starting an entirely new business is uncharted territory for most people. It offers great rewards, but equally high risks. About 80% of all new small businesses fail within the first five years. Wanting to be your own boss isn't enough to make you successful and, before you set up shop, you need to think hard about whether you have the right temperament, leadership skills, support system and dedication to be an entrepreneur.
You need to be able to develop and drive projects, manage your time and follow through on details.
When you own a business you're committed to it 24 hours a day, seven days a week, particularly during the first few years.
As a sole owner you will have to make decisions quickly, under pressure and on your own.
Research indicates that many business failures could have been avoided through better planning. Good organisation of financials, inventory, schedules and production is the oil that keeps any business engine running smoothly.
Do you have the strength to stay motivated?
Running a business can wear you down, especially when all the responsibility is on your shoulders. It takes strong motivation and passion to survive a slump in business, or periods of burnout.
True entrepreneurs put their money where their mouths are, and this might mean using personal savings or property.
Have you considered the possible impact on your family?
Starting a business can be hard on family life. The strain of a spouse who isn't behind you 100% may be hard to balance against your new business demands. There also may be financial difficulties until the business becomes profitable, which could necessitate lowering your standard of living.
Do you have a network of friends or associates who could provide outside financing?
Insufficient capital is a key cause of small business failure. If you are not able to obtain enough funds from a bank, you may need to rely on funds from friends and family. Most start-up business are funded this way.
If you can answer YES to most of the above questions, then you may have the potential to join the ranks of successful SMME owners. If you cannot, you need to consider whether starting a small business is the best solution for you.
Which structure suits your business best?
There are several ways to structure the legal ownership of your business, depending on the nature of the business, the number of people involved, management capabilities, personal risk and your future plans.
This is best suited to a business that is not fixed asset-driven (ie, is service-based) and in which the owner is the sole employee. Income accrues directly to the owner and there are no complicated statutory returns other than meeting basic legal and tax requirements. The disadvantage is that the business is not a separate legal entity, so the owner is liable for, and can be sued for, the business's debts. If the owner of the business dies, the business ceases to exist.
Based on the same principles as a sole proprietorship, this structure allows you to have up to 20 partners who share responsibility, skills and liability. A partnership requires a contract to formalise each person's contribution to the business, their responsibilities, profit share, means of resolving disputes, disability/death insurance and what procedure will be followed if the partnership changes or is dissolved. Finding funds for a sole proprietorship or partnership depends on the security that the individual owner/partners are able to provide.
This is a popular and widely used structure that gives a business a separate legal identity without the formalities of the Companies Act that governs (Pty) Ltd companies. This structure is ideal for for a business that purchases stock on credit. A CC can have between one and 10 members, each of whom owns an agreed percentage of the business and who is liable for managing it properly. A CC cannot be owned by a company or be a subsidiary of another CC or company. A CC (rather than its members) can sue and be sued.
How to register your CC - All CCs in South Africa are governed by the Close Corporations Act, which is administered by the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO).
Purchase CC registration forms from a local stationer, or download them from the CIPRO website at www.cipro.co.za.
Choose a name for your corporation, plus a second and third option in case your first choice is already registered. If you have access to the Internet, you can check this by using the name search function on www.cipro.co.za/home. Reserve this name by filling in form CK7. Then complete the founding statement form (CK1) in duplicate. Obtain written consent from a certified financial accountant to act as your accountant.
Certain payments must be submitted with the forms (usually under R200) and can be done via direct deposit, electronic transfer, credit or debit card, or in cash. See the CIPRO website or call the CIPRO call centre on 0861 843 384 for details.
If the corporation name is approved and all the formal requirements are met, the Registrar will allocate your CC a number. This must appear on all your business documents in addition to the letters CC after its name.
This is also a separate legal entity in which directors are protected from individual liability. A company can make shares available to staff as a private company (Pty) or to the public as a limited company (Ltd), and these are easily transferred from one owner to another. (Pty) Ltd companies are subject to an annual audit. This is the best legal structure for people who ultimately want to sell their business to a large competitor, or list on the stock exchange.
During start-up phase, the small business owner needs funds for once-off start-up costs as well as at least six months of working capital. Plan for things to cost more than you think, and include this budget in your business plan.
If you are not sure what your expenses will be, make finding out part of your due diligence. Research similar businesses in your industry and aim to uncover any general expenses that you might not have thought of. If possible, consult a lawyer or accountant who has experience with small businesses.
• Expenses before the starting date, such as market research, registration fees, legal fees, office stationery, design and printing of corporate identity (business cards and letterheads), registration of a domain name and creation of a website, installations and utility connections (if moving into a new property).
• Start-up inventory (if yours is a product- based business).
• Cash reserve to support the company during the early months before sales reach break- even levels.
• Current assets, such as fixtures and signage, office furniture and vehicle/s (either purchase price or down payments).
• Long-term or fixed assets, such as property and equipment.
• Monthly interest on your business overdraft (R100 000 at 11% costs you R934 every month). The interest rate is linked to the official prime rate and is dependent on factors such as risk profile, usage and collateral.
• Bank interest charged by suppliers when you pay them late.
• Interest lost when customers pay you late, or when you pay a third-party supplier before you have been paid by your own client for a product or service.
• Depreciation of equipment and property.
• Maintenance (eg, IT support, vehicle services).
• Money lost by spending time on tasks that could be outsourced (eg, spending R60 on a driver or delivery service, compared to an hour or two of your time that could be better spent closing a sale).
• Commissions and administration fees (eg, of benefit plans).
• Employee turnover is one of the most substantial hidden costs in business today.
You can't always avoid these costs but being aware of them helps you minimise their impact and plan for them in your budget.
Poor cash flow is one of the major causes of failure in small businesses. You can turn a profit but still go bankrupt if your business has a cash flow problem. Developing a cash flow forecast will indicate the estimated money flowing into and out of the business over a period of time, allowing you to set budgets and targets, and monitor performance.
Regardless of the size of your business, it's important to do regular cash flow and profit projections if you want to maximise returns and minimise cash flow problems.
• What portion of your sales will be for cash, if any?
• What purchases will you have to make to achieve those sales?
• How much opening stock will you require?
• How much capital do you have available to invest in the business?
• What loans are you going to make from the bank or other sources?
• What monthly expenses will you incur?
• What capital expenditure are you going to make?
• What monthly salary are you going to draw?
• The need to be conservative and realistic.
• Allow for late payments by debtors.
Every Rand counts. If you have a 20% mark-up, then every Rand of fixed costs spent unnecessarily means five additional sales are needed to get back to the same point. It's easier to save costs than to grow profit, so don't buy new if you can do with second- hand, and don't buy at all if you don't really need it.
Bad debts are the quickest way to sink a small business. Make sure your payment terms are understood and agreed to in writing before a project begins or a sale is made.
Follow up as soon as money is due. A new debt is far easier to resolve than an old one.
Negotiate preferential payment terms, extensions of credit lines or discounts for early settlements. However, don't compromise your relationships with your suppliers – you need them on your side.
Stock costs money to buy, transport and store. It can also be stolen, damaged or become obsolete. Managing stock sensibly is as important as managing cash flow.
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Legal impediments may arise when receiving the ownership of lands and houses and in granting ownership of such property to another person. Therefore, it is important to know about the disposition of property prior to the death and ownership after the death of a person. The purpose of this article is to provide brief awareness about the legal position in disposition of the ownership of someone's property and in gaining the ownership of the same after the death.
You may have received the ownership of a property by way of a purchase, a gift, a grant or by long term possession of a property. Despite the ownership, the said property is developed and enjoyed by you or on your behalf with your permission. Furthermore, the owner whilst in the possession might lease out the property or obtain loan facilities by way of a mortgage. Accordingly, during the lifetime all contracts and accreditation of the property are carried out by the property owner or by someone else who has been granted the power to do so.
In terms of the provisions made in the Prevention of Frauds Ordinance No. 7of 1840, all transaction affecting immovable property should be carried out through a deed attested by a notary Public. In terms of the provisions made in Section 2 of the said Ordinance, such deed should be in writing and signed by the party making the same or some person lawfully authorized by such person in the presence of a licensed notary public and two or more witnesses presence at the same time and be duly attested by such notary.
In case the legal owner of a property wishes to sell the land to a certain price, he can carry it out through a deed of Transfer and the stamp duty and the other respective payments of the relevant deed has to be paid by the intended buyer of the property.
Also, the land can be granted to another person based on love, kindness, and affection with out expecting any financial benefit. This usually happens between members of the same family. In such a situation a deed of gift is prepared and signed by both donor and the donee. In case if the donee is a minor, or if he has some disability, then the deed can be accepted by another person on behalf of donee.
Furthermore, the donor can gift the property under various conditions and in most cases the property is given subject to the life interest of the owner or by someone nominated by him. In such a case, the recipient of the gifted property is entitled to the full right of the property only after the death of the other person who is having the said life interest.
Also, when dispositioning a property which is fixed with a title certificate, preparation of the deed of transfer and deed of gifts are not necessary as above. Instead, an instrument will be used to fulfill the requirement. When the duly prepared instrument is handed over for the registration, a new title certificate will be issued under the name of the new owner.
When the properties are dispossessed through a sale or a gifting procedure, the relevant stamp duty should be paid to the commissioner of the provincial revenue department. The opinion of the provincial revenue commissioner can be taken regarding the applicable stamp rates, and the instrument will be certified by the commissioner of the provincial revenue as a duly stamped instrument, after paying the prescribed stamp duty. This helps to avoid any issues related to the payment of stamp duty.
Even though the owned properties are not dispossessed as mentioned above, last will and testament can be prepared mentioning who should receive the immovable properties such as lands and houses and movable properties such as money and vehicles etc.
In terms of the provisions made in the Prevention of Frauds Ordinance No. 7 of 1840, last will and testament can be prepared in two ways. That is by signing in front of two witnesses before a notary public or if no notary public by signing before five witnesses. In order to prepare a valid last will, one should be completed 18 years of age.
The properties can be reserved to anyone, who does not have the right to inherit the property, by way of a last will and dispossession can be done in advance for the property in the future. In such a situation only the properties in Sri Lanka can be reserved, but the document can be prepared in any foreign country in respect of the properties in Sri Lanka following the prevailing laws of the relevant country. Also, the last will can be prepared not only individually but also by the husband and wife as a joint document.
A last will and testament can be destroyed and revoked at the request of the person who prepared the same. Number of last wills can be prepared by a person, but only the last written will is considered as valid. The person who is assigned to act on the property by the last will and testament is called the Executor.
It is to be noted that, just because the will is written, it does not result in a loss of ownership of the property, and the owner of the property has the right to revoke the will even after it is written and sell, transfer, or otherwise carryout any other act in respect of the said property. Which means, to complete the transfer to be made by a last will, the death of the property owner must take place and the last will must be proved before the appropriate court.
If someone dies with a last will written, the executor should tender the last will within a period of three months to the District Court where he resides or the place where the owner resided upon his death or the area where a part of property of the owner is located.
Upon completion of the proceedings in the court case, the executor's conveyance has to be prepared for the transfer of the immovable property in accordance with the last will and the new recipient then has the legal right to the relevant property.
It is also should be discussed what will happen when a person dies without having a last will for his property and assets.
In such a situation, the property is devolved according to the inheritance and the inheritance differs depending on the personal laws related to the deceased.
As stated in the Chapter XXXVIII of the Civil Procedure Code, when a person dies without a last will or no last will can be found, in order to devolve the property of the deceased, an application should be made to the District Court within three months. Such an application can be made by relevant parties to the District Court of the area where he resides or to the in the area where the deceased resided at the time of the death or to the area where the deceased's property is located.
Having taken all necessary steps related to the case regarding the application, the proceedings are concluded and immovable property owned by the deceased will be devolved to the successors by way of the administrator's conveyance which will be prepared at the end of Court proceedings.
Whether a last will is available or not, in the event that a person is unable to make an application to the court within the prescribed time period, permission may be granted to proceed with the case, only with reasonable grounds for the delay.
However, after the death of a person, the owners of the property may face various difficulties due to not taking proper action regarding the property.
Especially, in the case where no testamentary action has taken place for the immovable property such as houses, lands, etc., it is difficult for the successors to prove their clear rights to the property and correct title or ownership to the property. At such instances, when a person who owns such property and sells the property to a third party and seeks to obtain a loan facilities by way of a mortgage, that ownership/title can become questionable.
Therefore, in the event of the death of the owner of the property, the inheritors, or the person with any rights to the property should inspect all the property and assets diligently and take necessary legal action.
Also, in the event of death without proper action regarding the disposition and ownership of the property, your negligence can lead to unnecessary disputes between various parties regarding the property and will waste their valuable time and money. Therefore, just as the properties are managed while you are alive, it is best to decide in advance what will happen to the property after your death upon your preference.
Translated by Prabuddhika Ramawickrama
B. Serasinghe, Attorney-at-Law
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"Why then you come so infrequently?
Is it, only to get freedom from mother's den?
"Don't get angry, Mother Dear!
I am an adult now, not your dear kid, Maa!
You have been always in my mind, my dear mom!
"Drop the matter here,my boy!
Stay well. Do come if can make out time.
making room always for others.


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In each and every situation you'll want a good attitude in addition to a smiling face. There are specific tips which will help you enhance your skill. First of all you have to keep connection with the shoppers regularly.
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It is crucial to make certain the web site is easy to use. The web site might have some faq's with their solutions. This helps the shoppers become friendly with the organization.
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Restaurant Watch 2016: Jollibee is officially coming to Canada
Canadians will soon be able to buy Chickenjoy and Jolly Spaghetti without flying to The Philippines. Image: Jollibee / Facebook
Fast food connoisseurs in Canada are abuzz this week over the news that yet another foreign restaurant chain will soon be setting up shop in our home and native land.
Start your spam sandwich savings funds now, fans of Filipino fast food, because by the end of this year, Jollibee will be open for business in Toronto.
Oft-hailed as "the McDonald's of the Phillippines," Jollibee is well-known around the world for its pineapple-topped hamburgers, peach-mango pie and "Chickenjoy" fried chicken.
CFO of the Jollibee Foods Corp. Ysmael Baysa confirmed during an interview at the Phillippine Investment Forum on Tuesday that his company would soon be opening its first Canadian location.
"We hope to be in Canada within the year," he told the Manila Standard , noting that Canada is first on the list of countries and regions Jollibee will be expanding into over next two to three years. Japan, the Middle East and Europe will soon follow. With 2,833 stores worldwide as of 2014, Jollibee Foods Corp. is the biggest fast food restaurant operator in The Phillipines.
The company, which was founded in 1978, has opened outposts of its flagship fast food joint in about a dozen countries over the past 30 years, the most recent being Singapore, Qatar and the U.S. (which has 29 Jollibee stores, for the record.)
Baysa said Tuesday that Canada was one of several countries being eyed by the company "due to the growing number of Filipinos in these areas."
Indeed, just over 660,000 people of Filipino descent were living in Canada as of 2011 according to StatsCan — some of whom took to Twitter after learning of Jollibee's pending arrival to share their excitement along with others in Toronto who simply love the restaurant.
Jollibee's impending foray into the Canadian market is not being celebrated by everybody, however.
Some online are saying that the LAST thing our country needs is another fast food chain to increase obesity rates.
Nearly 25 per cent of Canadians are now considered obese, according to StatsCan's most-recent report on the condition — 17.5 per cent more than in 2003, and over three times as many as the number of obese Canadians recorded in 1985.
Others are simply miffed that Jollibee chose Toronto for its first Canadian location, as opposed to somewhere in their own region.
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By Taren April 29, 2021 April 29, 2021 Share
An early Fextralife review of Housemarque's Returnal game has apparently leaked onto the internet, and their reaction to it hints at a good future for future Returnal review scores. While the review is no longer accessible, apparently the review gave the game a 9.3 out of 10 and a good bit of praise.
Returnal is a roguelike third-person shooter game that is slated to come out exclusively for the Playstation 5. A space explorer named Selene becomes trapped on a mysterious planet, where each death starts her back at the moment of her crash as she fights various eldritch enemies.
Among the many positives cited in the Fextralife review of Returnal included a surprisingly deep narrative (which the reviewer cited as one of its best points), a wide variety of weapons that helped to keep the game loops fresh and engaging, and 30 to 50 hours of playtime, that apparently leans very heavily towards 50 hours.
If the Fextralife review actually is indicative of future Returnal review scores, then it seems like Housemarque has graduated to Triple-A gaming with flying colors, considering their previous games were mainly small scale games such as Alienation, Outland, Dead Nation, and more.
While their games rarely sell well, however, they are at least highly regarded by the people that play them, and hopefully Returnal's large amount of promotion (along with being one of the first trailers in the Playstation 5's showcase that showed off its price and many of its games) will help to break that trend.
While Fextralife's leaked review has "come out", it's likely that we'll have to wait until the game's release date on April 30 before we can see more Returnal review scores in the future. The game will be coming out on Friday, April 30, exclusively on the Playstation 5, so if you've been hooked by the various bits of gameplay we've seen so far, hopefully you can play it when it comes out.
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Bruce Springsteen Releases Full 'Letter to You' Trailer
Martin Kielty Published: October 18, 2020
Bruce Springsteen has released a two-minute trailer for his upcoming documentary Letter to You, which premieres Oct. 23 on Apple TV+.
The film was shot while he recorded the album of the same name with the E Street Band, and contains full performances of 10 tracks, along with scenes from the studio as they worked. A press release calls the result "a tribute to the E Street Band, to rock music itself and to the role it has played in Springsteen's life."
In the trailer, Springsteen is seen telling his bandmates: "The greatest thrill of my life is standing at that microphone with you guys behind me. Let's do it."
"I'm in the middle of a 45-year conversation with the men and women I'm surrounded by," he explains in the clip. "The years of playing together have created an efficiency in the studio. Ideas tumble around the room, confusion often reigns. And then, suddenly, dynamite. … Age brings perspective, and after all these years, my friends, wherever you are, you're the reason we're here."
You can watch the trailer below.
The Letter to You album – which will also be released on Oct. 23 – is Springsteen's first with the E Street Band since 2014, and the first time they've recorded extensively live in the studio together since 1984's Born in the U.S.A.
"All the songs from the album came out of it, in perhaps less than 10 days," Springsteen said recently. "I just wandered around the house in different rooms, and I wrote a song each day. I wrote a song in the bedroom. I wrote a song in our bar. I wrote a song in the living room."
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Processes of Change in Bolivia (Funded project report 2020-21)
On: 5th May 2021
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Processes of Change in Bolivia:
The Legacies of La Comuna and Future Pathways for Bolivian Left Currents
A Report for the University Council of Modern Languages by Peter Baker, University of Stirling
The international symposium "Processes of Change in Bolivia: The Legacies of La Comuna and Future Pathways for Bolivian Left Currents" took place on April 15, 2021. It was designed to spark a much-needed critical debate over the current political conjuncture in Bolivia, where the process to "refound" the state as a Plurinational state was brought into question following a political crisis from October 2019. The symposium brought together reputed intellectuals and activists from Bolivia to discuss their perspectives on the current political situation, representing a wide variety of political and academic perspectives on the issue. It also sought to put younger activists and intellectuals in conversation with a previous generation who were crucial in articulating and making sense of the former political crisis of 2000-2005 which had led in the first place to demands to "refound" the state. Remote simultaneous interpreting was offered in English to provide more international attention to the important work of the participants, and in Aymara for reasons of inclusivity and diversity coherent with the symposium's aims. The event was generously supported by the University Council of Modern Languages, who provided support for the interpreting and the future translation of conference proceeds, and by the Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England, who provided additional support with the interpreting and for costs associated with the speakers' participation.
The event was attended by approximately 150 participants from across the world, including prominent experts in the field of Bolivian Studies. It was chaired by Dr Rubén Hilari from the Universidad Pública de El Alto, who opened and closed the event with words in Spanish, English and Aymara, thus representing the diversity that the event aimed to foster. It was also Co-Chaired by one of the organisers, Dr Enrique Castañón, who mediated the questions and supported the Chair, alongside the organisers, with any technical issues. The event featured talks by:
Violeta Tamayo: political scientist and activist forming part of the feminist collective Pan y Rosas;
Luis Tapia: philosopher and academic, Director of the Multidisciplinary Doctorate in Sciences of Development (CIDES) in the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in Bolivia and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México;
Carlos Macusaya: Indianist writer and member of the collective Jiccha;
Magali Vianca Copa: Aymara lawyer, teacher and activist, part of the collective "Las Caras de Llama";
Huáscar Salazar Lohman: Bolivian economist and lecturer in social sciences;
Claudia Cuellar: Postgraduate student from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and part of a feminist collective based in Santa Cruz;
Marxa Chávez: Sociologist and activist.
The panellists were then given a chance to respond to a round of questions in any of the three languages from the audience. The event finally came to a close three hours later (the organisers had budgeted for three although the event was announced for two). We received very positive feedback from both panellists and others involved in the event, as well as from participants. Many commented on how surprised they were to see an event with such a critical political vision organised from outside of Bolivia. The organisers are looking to publish proceedings in the journal Alternautas to give continuity to the event, and are discussing the possibility of doing something similar annually. None of this would have been possible without the generous support of UCML and its mission to facilitate knowledge exchange beyond language barriers, and for this we as organisers are very grateful for the support we have received.
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Q: sshd[2615]: Connection closed by authenticating user vagrant 192.168.77.13. How to configure sshd? I have four Vagrant VM's on my Ubuntu 18.04.
When I try to copy ssh keys from my server to target
ssh-copy-id vagrant@192.168.77.10
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: Source of key(s) to be installed: "/home/vagrant/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
vagrant@192.168.77.10: Permission denied (publickey).

Why is permission denied?
Now I am looking at var/log/auth.log(target)
May  9 06:17:01 ubuntu-bionic CRON[2625]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
May  9 06:17:01 ubuntu-bionic CRON[2625]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
May  9 06:18:32 ubuntu-bionic sshd[2628]: Connection closed by authenticating user vagrant 192.168.77.13 port 59904 [preauth]
May  9 06:18:32 ubuntu-bionic sshd[2630]: Connection closed by authenticating user vagrant 192.168.77.13 port 59906 [preauth]
May  9 06:18:32 ubuntu-bionic sshd[2632]: Connection closed by authenticating user vagrant 192.168.77.13 port 59908 [preauth]
May  9 06:18:43 ubuntu-bionic sudo:  vagrant : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/ ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/cat /var/log/auth.log
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Colophon: Imprimez à Lyon par Macé Bonhomme.
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Apple AirPods Pro vs AirPods Pro 2: Should you upgrade?
Incremental upgrades seem to be the theme when it's Apple versus Apple.
Zak Khan
The AirPods Pro introduced several key features to the AirPods line, including ANC, isolation, and many others. It's been nearly three years since the first-gen model hit the scene, though. How do things shake out when it's the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) vs the AirPods Pro (1st generation)? After all, both of these earbuds promise a pro experience, so does Apple introduce enough new features to make the leap worth it?
We'll see how Apple's new true wireless earbuds compare to the first-gen AirPods Pro.
AirPods Pro (2nd generation) vs AirPods Pro (1st generation)
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The AirPods Pro (1st generation) come with three ear tip sizes, from small to large, while the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) add an extra-small option to the selection. That will be beneficial if you have especially small ear canal openings and can help you achieve better isolation.
Design-wise, the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) don't make any radical departures from the first-gen AirPods Pro.
Apple has not strayed too far from the center regarding the case design. However, you can now choose to engrave it with emoji and text if you wish. The more significant changes to the case come from what you can't see. It includes Apple's U1 chip with Precision Finding, which can assist you in locating your case if you lose it. A built-in case speaker can also play a sound to help you find it. Plus, a built-in lanyard loop lets you attach the case to a bag or keychain. The charging case and earbuds retain the same IPX4 rating as the first-gen AirPods Pro.
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With the launch of the new AirPods Pro, Apple also says the rare earth magnets used in the product are from 100% recycled sources. Furthermore, you can recycle all AirPods models by mailing them in or bringing them to an Apple Store.
Apple is known for its product ecosystem, and the new AirPods Pro (2nd generation) make an improvement here. Namely, it's the H2 chip, the successor to the H1 chip. Apple claims it promises "smarter noise-cancellation" and "three-dimensional" sound. The H1 chip in the AirPods Pro (1st generation) makes it simple to sync Apple devices with the earbuds and gives them some ecosystem-exclusive features like spatial audio. The H2 chip retains these benefits and likely helps the earbuds achieve their longer battery life by being more efficient.
The AirPods Pro (1st generation) only support the SBC and AAC Bluetooth codecs, which is not likely to change with the AirPods Pro (2nd generation). That makes both of them less than ideal for use on Android. The AirPods Pro (2nd generation) bump up their Bluetooth version to 5.3, while the AirPods Pro have 5.0. That might mean support for some features down the line, but it remains to be seen.
The AirPods Pro (1st generation) let you use touch controls thanks to the pressure-sensitive stems, and the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) retain this. New to the second-generation AirPods Pro is the ability to control volume by sliding up and down the stems. However, you can already find this feature on other true wireless earbuds, such as the Nothing Ear 1.
Other than that, the usual set of features returns, including Apple's Find My service. As mentioned, the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) case has a speaker and a chip to help you locate it, which the previous AirPods Pro (1st generation) case didn't have.
Apple is clearly still targeting its walled garden first with these earbuds. The first-generation AirPods Pro were quite a success, and it appears nothing has been radically altered from them overall.
The AirPods Pro (1st generation) made a splash because they were the first AirPods in the lineup to have active noise-cancelling (ANC). They aren't the only ones out there, and Apple has improved the AirPods Pro (2nd generation).
The AirPods Pro (2nd generation) claim that they "double" the ANC performance compared to the first-generation AirPods Pro. We'll have to test them to see what exactly Apple means by this. In comparison, we found that the first-generation AirPods Pro's ANC made low rumbling noises about half as loud as they would be otherwise. That's good, but it didn't meet the performance of the Sony WF-1000XM4, for instance.
Apple also claims that the Adaptive Transparency mode in the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) can automatically detect harsh noises such as construction sounds and respond accordingly. We'll have to see how well they do, but this might be helpful if you want to be aware of your surroundings and not experience jarring interruptions. Plus, as mentioned, the new XS small ear tip size could help people with smaller ear canal openings get better isolation.
According to our tests, the AirPods Pro (1st generation) had a good frequency response that most people find enjoyable. It doesn't kick up the bass too much, so you can easily distinguish instruments and voices when listening. We don't expect the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) to change this too much, but we'll have to test them and see.
The AirPods Pro (2nd generation) update Apple's spatial audio implementation with the introduction of Personalized Spatial Audio. This is basically an ear scanning feature like you'll find when using Sony 360 Reality Audio. You take photos of your ears, and the earbuds create a personalized profile based on the data collected. This appears to be part of the updated spatial audio implementation, however, as the third-generation (non-Pro) AirPods also claim to offer this now.
The first-generation AirPods Pro have Adaptive EQ, an automatic equalizer that tailors the earbuds' sound to your ears. The second-generation AirPods Pro also have this. Apple claims the second-generation AirPods Pro also have a "new low-distortion" driver and "custom amp," but we'll have to see what this means and if they make a big difference.
Apple has not directly claimed that the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) can achieve lossless playback, only "high bandwidth" with the H2 chip. Likewise, the AirPods Pro (1s generation) don't make this claim, either.
Neither model has much in the way of hands-on equalization. You can use the Apple Music app on an iOS device to do so, but the changes won't stick around.
Price and Colors
The Apple AirPods Pro (1st generation) launched at $249 and have remained at that price since. They will likely be on sale where you can find them now that the second-generation AirPods Pro are here. They only come in Apple's signature white color.
Likewise, the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) are $249; you can start pre-ordering them on September 9, 2022, at 8:00 am Eastern time. General availability begins September 23, 2022. They also only come in white
Earbud: 30.9 x 21.8 x 24.0mm
Case: 45.2 x 60.6 x 21.7mm
Earbud: 5.4g
Case: 45.6g
SBC, AAC
Listening time
4.5 hours with ANC
With case: up to 24 hours
6 hours with ANC (5.5 hours with Personalized Spatial Audio and Head Tracking)
Speakers and microphones
Custom high-excursion Apple driver
Four microphones
Latest versions of iOS, macOS, Apple Watch, Apple TV
Android: Limited Bluetooth features only
Windows: Limited Bluetooth features only
H1 (earbuds)
U1 (case)
Ear tip selection
New AirPods Pro vs AirPods Pro (1st gen): Which should you buy?
We have a few things to test and see regarding the new AirPods Pro. Still, they bring some welcome, incremental updates to the AirPods line. They also cost $249, so they're not any pricier than the AirPods Pro (1st generation) at launch.
But because the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) are here, the AirPods Pro (1st generation) are likely to be on sale if you want to save some cash. You'll still get many of the same features, too. If you already have the first-generation AirPods Pro and are happy with them, there might not be enough in the AirPods Pro (2nd generation) to tip you over, however.
Of course, you should use either model with an iOS device for the best results.
ANC support
Perfect for iPhones
Deep Apple integration
Impressive ANC
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