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UBS partnership with the Bridge Academy Hackney
The Bridge Academy's GCSE results in 2013 were above the national average, in an area of social deprivation.
In the first year of results (2011/12), Bridge reduced the attainment gap between students on free school meals and those not, from a national average of 26% to 5%.
97% of Bridge sixth formers have applied to university, with 30% holding conditional offers from Russell Group universities and two from Cambridge.
Education Award, supported by UKCES 2014, Big Tick, Reaccredited 2015, 2016.
By creating and supporting the Bridge Academy in Hackney, UBS is raising attainment among disadvantaged children, increasing staff pride and building the company's reputation.
" The Bridge Academy offers children in Hackney an inspiring and inclusive environment where attainment and aspirations are raised and creativity is encouraged. Its culture of high standards and achievement enables students to develop their full potential, building the skills and self-belief they need to become responsible and successful adults. Since UBS's partnership with the Bridge Academy began, the shared ambition has always been to build the best partnership between a business and a school. We aim to achieve this through UBS volunteer participation, leadership support and with the partnerships we build with community organisations. "
- Richard Hardie,
Chair, UBS Ltd
Financial services business UBS helped create the Bridge Academy, which opened in 2007, in conjunction with the government and a client. The Bridge is a mixed, non-denominational school for 11-19 year olds, with specialisms in maths and music. Located in Hackney, 59% of the Bridge's students are eligible for free school meals, and 51% speak English an additional language.
Through the partnership, UBS aims to break the link between educational disadvantage and parental income. It widens its impact beyond this one school and community by developing and sharing best practice. The partnership aims to:
increase the overall attainment of studets;
close the attainment gap for students on free school meals;
close the destinations gap for students on free school meals (currently only 4% of students on free school meals attend a Russell Group university);
equip students with the skills they need to be successful in the future.
Engaging employees is a key aim and the Bridge provides a visible, motivating focal point in achieving this. Since the academy was created, 3,600 employees have provided 37,500 hours of support and UBS employees, clients and suppliers have donated a further £1 million. Employee volunteers reinforce and develop the UBS culture, while reporting increased job satisfaction and improved personal and professional skills.
UBS provide an enormous range of support, with almost 500 activities in 2013. The foundation of this support is the six Managing Directors, who are governors of the Academy. In addition, every Bridge Sixth Former has a UBS mentor, hundreds of volunteers support workshops and placements to develop work-related learning skills and more than 100 employees are involved in subject-specific activity. Each week, 50 employees go to the Bridge before work to help with essential literacy and numeracy.
Business impacts
Increased pride in UBS among 86% of employee volunteers.
Improved communication skills among 83% of employee volunteers.
Reputational benefits included two government ministers visiting the Bridge in 2013/14 along with public support for the partnership from Mayor of London Boris Johnson and the Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said Thursday he is ready to maintain a cease-fire with Israel forged in February 2005 if Israel does likewise, following its upset victory in parliamentary elections, but the U.S. says it still considers Hamas a terrorist organization.
"If they are going to continue commitment to what is called quietness, then we will continue," Zahar said in an interview. "But if not, then I think we will have no option but to protect our people and our land."
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the U.S. position on Hamas as a terrorist organization has not changed, despite the militant group's stunning victory in Palestinian elections.
"You cannot have one foot in politics and another in terror," she said. "Our position on Hamas has therefore not changed."
"A political party that articulates the destruction of Israel as part of its platform is a party with which we will not deal," President Bush said later Thursday during his news conference.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will ask Hamas to form the next Palestinian government after the Islamic militants swept parliamentary elections, and the defeated Fatah Party will serve in the opposition, a senior Fatah legislator said Thursday.
Prime Minister Ahmed Queria's government resigned Thursday.
"This is the choice of the people. It should be respected," Qureia said. The Cabinet remained in office in a caretaker capacity.
"One thing for sure: This is a month people in the Middle East will remember," says CBS News correspondent Dan Raviv, who covered the Mideast and has written several books on Israeli intelligence operations. "Israeli politics, thrown into turmoil when Prime Minister Sharon had a stroke and remains in a coma, and now on the Palestinian side, a party widely considered to be a terrorist group wins this election."
Initial exit polls had forecast a slight edge for Fatah, with Hamas coming in a strong second. The polls predicted that neither party would have a majority and would have to rely on smaller parties to form a coalition.
Palestinian pollsters were at a loss to explain the discrepancy between the exit polls. Many voters said they had been afraid to admit to pollsters they had supported Hamas, fearing retribution.
"It's almost like the 1948 U.S. election when supposedly first Dewey won and then Truman," Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon said on CBS News' The Early Show.
Asked if a Hamas-run government would enter peace talks with Israel, Zahar said there that even prior to his party's apparent election success, there had been no movement toward peace and therefore, there is no point to hold dialogue at this time.
"We have no peace process," he said. "We are not going to mislead our people to tell them we are waiting, meeting, for a peace process that is nothing."
"The peace process wasn't going anywhere anyway," agreed Brookings' O'Hanlon.
"Peace is never dead," said President Bush.
"If we look for a silver lining we can see it did not really win because of its terrorism per se," but for the welfare services it has provided for Palestinians, O'Hanlon told Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith. There was also "frustration with the incumbent regime has been so great because it hasn't really delivered."
President Bush said the results were a "wakeup call" to the Palestinian leadership that people "were not happy with the status quo."
Zahar promised a complete overhaul of Palestinian public services and administration.
"We are going to change every aspect, as regards the economy, as regards industry, as regards agriculture, as regards social aid, as regards health, administration, education," he said.
Ordinary Israelis consider Hamas' victory a bad sign, reports CBS News correspondent Robert Berger. There was no official comment from the Israeli government.
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday, before Hamas claimed victory, that Israel cannot trust a Palestinian leadership in which the Islamic group has a role.
"Israel can't accept a situation in which Hamas, in its present form as a terror group calling for the destruction of Israel, will be part of the Palestinian Authority without disarming," Olmert said in a statement issued by his office.
Hamas must moderate its position on Israel, said Rice, if it wants a Palestinian state.
"Those aspirations only be met through a two-state solution which requires the renunciation of violence and turning away from terror and accepting the right of Israel to exist," she said.
Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi, who apparently was re-elected on a moderate platform, said the Hamas victory was a dramatic turning point. She said she is concerned the militants will now impose their fundamentalist social agenda and lead the Palestinians into international isolation.
She said Fatah's corruption, Israel's tough measures and international indifference to the plight of the Palestinians were to blame for Hamas' strong showing.
Washington miscalculated in pushing for the vote, as part of its pro-democracy campaign in the Arab world, she said. "The Americans insisted on having the election now, so they have to respect the results of the election, as we all do," she said.
U.S. election monitors led by former president Jimmy Carter said Thursday the parliamentary elections, the first for Palestinians in 10 years, went well.
"Election day was generally peaceful and the elections thus far appear to be well-administered under the difficult circumstances of ongoing conflict and occupation," said a statement.
Turnout was heavy, with nearly 78 percent of 1.3 million eligible voters casting ballots. Polling stations were heavily guarded, and there were no reports of major violence.


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JUST AN OVERSIGHT
December 22, 2007 | 10:00am
A day after one of the leaders of a House oversight committee said no players would be invited to hearings next month, the chief of staff for the chairman of the panel said it has not been ruled out.
Phil Schiliro, chief of staff for Rep. Henry Waxman, the chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said his boss is still considering whether to invite players, including Roger Clemens, to the Jan. 15 hearing on the Mitchell Report.
"We just haven't made a decision on players yet," Schiliro said. "That's not to say we will have them, that's not to say we won't."
Rep. Tom Davis, the ranking Republican on the committee, told several media outlets Thursday that players would not be invited. Schiliro said that is not yet true. A decision probably would not be made until early January. Congress began its year-end recess Wednesday night.
The witness list so far is short: former Sen. George Mitchell, baseball commissioner Bud Selig and MLBPA head Donald Fehr.
"We're not interested in having players here for the sake of having players here," Schiliro said. "If there's something constructive or important by having players here we'll do that."
The Reform Committee famously had players on Capitol Hill on March 17, 2005 at its first hearing on the topic of steroids in sports.
There has been an outcry for the committee to bring in Clemens to testify under oath about whether he ever used performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens was named in the Mitchell Report, but has denied ever using any substances.
Another player yesterday denied using PEDs. Allen Watson, who pitched for both the Yankees and Mets, said he never used the drugs after his name came to light in an affidavit unsealed Thursday. Jason Grimsley told federal agents in 2006 that Watson used PEDs.
"I at no time over my professional baseball career used steroids or an performance-enhancing drugs, Watson said in a statement released by his agent, Tony Girodano. "Not then, not now, not ever."
Late Thursday night, another affidavit filed by IRS investigator Jeff Novitzky was unsealed. This one was filed by Novitzky to obtain a search warrant on Kirk Radomski's residence.
Most of the players named in the affidavit were included in the Mitchell Report, but one new name that surfaced was former Mets pitcher Sid Fernandez. According to the affidavit, Fernandez sent Radomski a $3,500 check on Feb. 14, 2005. That is eight years after El Sid's final major league appearance and four years after he pitched one game for the Yankees' Triple-A team in Columbus, Ohio.
In other steroid news, Barry Bonds appeared before a judge yesterday in his perjury and obstruction of justice case and told her that he wants to keep two of his lawyers despite a possible conflict of interest.
Cris Arguedas and Allen Ruby, Bonds' new lead attorneys, each represented other witnesses in the BALCO investigation who are potential witnesses in this case.
Judge Susan Illston did not rule, asking Bonds to make a written declaration by Jan. 4.
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Alexandre Lacazette scored a beauty, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made the points safe and Unai Emery could toast a fourth consecutive Premier League win. Yet this was an afternoon when the margins were fine and the result could just as easily have gone the other way if Everton had turned up with their shooting boots on.
Petr Cech was the star turn and Emery's decision to persist with the goalkeeper ahead of the summer signing, Bernd Leno, was more than vindicated. Cech made five stops in the first half that ranked from decent to excellent and, more than anybody, it was the 36-year-old that created the platform for victory. He even made fine saves from Michael Keane and the substitute, Cenk Tosun, at 2-0 to ensure a first clean sheet of the Emery era.
Everton felt only frustration and not only because Aubameyang's goal ought to have been disallowed for offside. It was not even a borderline call. The Arsenal forward was a full yard in front of the last defender.
The visitors were the better team before the break and, on another day and against another goalkeeper, they might have been comfortably in front. The positive aspect for the manager, Marco Silva, was the fluency that his players showed and how they knocked Arsenal from their stride, at first. There was little wrong with his game plan. The bad news was that they have now taken only six points from their opening six fixtures.
It was noticeable to see that the Emirates was pock-marked by empty seats, particularly in the middle and upper tiers, and the atmosphere could best be described as subdued for long spells. Nobody quite knows what to make of this Arsenal team as yet; they are waiting to judge them. There was the sense of square pegs in round holes, with Aubameyang shoe-horned in on the left and Mesut Özil stationed on the right – and struggling to suppress the urge to drift inside. The natural width must come from the full-backs, Héctor Bellerín and Nacho Monreal. There were times when Arsenal lacked imagination but it would all turn out well enough after Lacazette bent the game to his will.
Everton were more coherent in the first half, more threatening – particularly through Richarlison – while their pressing panicked the Arsenal defence. They could curse Cech from the second minute, when he made his best save. The Everton captain, Tom Davies, found a hole in the left-hand side of the Arsenal backline and he set Dominic Calvert-Lewin clean through. One-on-one with Cech, the striker tried to trick past him but was slide-tackled by the goalkeeper.
Richarlison – back in the team after suspension – was in the mood. He took a lovely touch, rolled away from Bellerín and extended Cech while he would be denied again by the goalkeeper on 44 minutes. Everton could point to the Lucas Digne free-kick that Cech tipped over and the Gylfi Sigurdsson pass that released Theo Walcott in on goal. Cech was off his line smartly to block.
Arsenal's only clear first-half chance came in the 12th minute when Aubameyang touched back Bellerín's lovely cross for Monreal. His connection was not the cleanest but it still required a good stop from Jordan Pickford. Arsenal worked Lacazette into an inviting position on 41 minutes only for him to take a heavy touch while an overhit Aubameyang cross kissed the top of the crossbar.
Everton appeared to have Arsenal, who lost Sokratis Papastathopoulos to injury in the first half, where they wanted them. They merely had to find a cutting edge but it would be Arsenal who showed them the way, shaking their heads clear to decide the game with a devastating one-two punch.
The second ought not to have counted because Aubameyang was clearly offside when he converted from Aaron Ramsey's flick, which the midfielder executed with his trailing leg after a little stumble. Arsenal had snapped forward through Özil after a mistake by Kurt Zouma.
Lacazette's opener was marked by class and composure. Arsenal were still chuntering over a non-penalty award, after Aubameyang had headed against Jonjoe Kenny's hand at close quarters, but the moans were overtaken by smiles when Lacazette collected Ramsey's pass, took one touch to set himself and picked out the far, top corner with his right foot.


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Q: Firebase isn't initialised on iOS Ionic I've stumbled onto a problem with my Ionic, Angular, and Firebase app.
I've had this problem before, but it seemed to work itself out, and now I'm having it again, and I'm wondering if anyone knows why.
I'm using Firebase FCM to store a user's token to then send them a notification. On android this works perfectly, and on iOS it used to work..
I generated my GoogleService-Info.plist file from Firebase and put it in my main folder.
I have the following code to get the fcm token:
 getFCMToken() {
    let token;
    this.firebaseNative.getToken().then((tok) => {
        token = tok;
        if(this.platform.is('ios')) {
          this.firebaseNative.grantPermission().then((tok) => {
            return this.fcmToFirestore(token);
          }).catch(error => this.showToast("There was an error: " + error));
        } else {
          return this.fcmToFirestore(token);
        }
    }).catch(error => {
        this.showToast("There was an error: " + error)
    });
  }

  fcmToFirestore(token) {
    if (!token) return;

    const devicesRef = this.afs.collection('devices')
    const docData = {
      token,
      userId: this.userData.uid,
    }
    return devicesRef.doc(token).set(docData);
  }

When I run the following code on an iPhone I get the toast message:

There was an error: Firebase isn't initialised

I initialize the app in app.module.ts in the imports, which has always worked, and as I said, works fine on android.
Any idea why this doesn't work on iOS? Thanks!

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This is an issue with the installed version of firebase plugin.

I mitigated this error by downgrading to 1.0.5
cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-firebase
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-firebase@1.0.5 --save

P.S. Make sure config.xml has firebase mentioned with the required version. This helps to keep versions same across all the development systems.
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-firebase" spec="~1.0.5" />

A: FCM is Firebase Cloud Messaging, which barely supports the readability (this is a whole other product than Firestore). the CocoaPods might lack relevant dependency, which would explain it not being known to .ts on iOS. comparing the current version of the CocoaPods with a previous version should show what exactly changed there (a good reason to use version control).
see the FirebaseFirestore Framework Reference ...this has nothing to do with JavaScript.
this here would be the one required: pods/FirebaseFirestore.

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Note that since cordova-plugin-firebase version 2.x the initXXXXX-methods have been removed again.
And version 1.1.x has been marked as deprecated.
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First, it would be helpful, if you could provide some more details of the libraries/versions you are using.
I guess you are using cordova-plugin-firebase version 1.1.x in combination with @ionic-native/firebase (?)
It seems, cordova-plugin-firebase has some new initialization-methods that need to be explicitly invoked now, before you can use firebase services.
Namely
FirebasePlugin.initFirebase(success, error)

FirebasePlugin.initAnalytics(success, error)
FirebasePlugin.initCrashlytics(success, error)
FirebasePlugin.initPerformance(success, error)
FirebasePlugin.initRemoteConfig(success, error)

Note that the latest version of @ionic-native/firebase as of now (v4.12.2) does not yet has these functions integrated yet.
So for using these in an Ionic app you may need, to access the "raw" FirebasePlugin instance itself like
declare var FirebasePlugin;
// ...
this.platform.ready().then(() => {
  FirebasePlugin.initFirebase(...

A: Seems like the problem is that Firebase now starts uninitialized, and requires a function to be called for this purpose, before your code calls getToken().
The bit of code you need is (<any>window).FirebasePlugin.initFirebase()
I've been able to get this info from the github of the cordova firebase plugin, where other people were having the same problem. For some reason though google didn't find this, perhaps it's too new of a problem still
https://github.com/arnesson/cordova-plugin-firebase/issues/816

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Once you've downloaded iTunes on your PC (no need to do that on Mac OS X, it comes built-in), you'll need to associate this copy of iTunes with your Apple ID before you can do anything meaningful. You'll first need to login to iTunes. Once you've signed in, that copy of iTunes can be used to sync your iOS devices (iPhone / iPad / iPod touch / Apple Watch). Logging in isn't the same as authorizing the computer, which is only needed to play iTunes Store content.
On Mac and PC (assuming you restored the iTunes menus), you can click on the Store menu and choose "Sign in" at the bottom. Or you can click on the anonymous silhouette icon on the right to open the login popup. You'll automatically get that same login prompt if you try to do anything that requires authentication, like checking for new purchases to download, authorizing or de-authorizing a computer, accessing your iTunes Store account, etc.
Enter your email address in the Apple ID field, and enter your iTunes Password (same as your Apple account). Your password is case-sensitive: uppercase and lowercase letters are considered different characters! If you can't remember your password, click on the "Forgot?" link in the Sign In to the iTunes Store popup. This will open a password-reset page on Apple.com.
Click on the Sign In button. You won't get a confirmation that you are logged in, but clicking on the silhouette icon mentioned earlier will now show your name and account info. Careful that iTunes starts downloading new TV show episodes and other un-downloaded content. Quickly click on the download button (screenshot) and click Pause Downloads at the bottom. You can tweak the store options to make iTunes stop downloading content automatically.
Bonus Tip: just because you signed in using a particular Apple account doesn't mean that this copy of iTunes is stuck with it. To login with a different Apple ID, click on the Store menu (or click on the silhouette icon) and choose "Sign Out" at the bottom. Then, sign back in with the Apple account to associate with this copy of iTunes! You can use different Apple accounts on the same computer, as long as you log into them under a different Mac / Windows user account.


Part of the practical, highly illustrated Operative Techniques series, this fully revised title by Drs. Donald H. Lee and Robert J. Neviaser brings you up to speed with must-know surgical techniques in today's technically demanding shoulder and elbow surgery. Step-by-step, evidence-based guidance walks you through both common and unique cases you're likely to see in your practice, while tips, pearls, and pitfalls help you optimize outcomes.


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The Conover-Phelps area is home to some very good fishing. North Twin Lake gets most of the attention here, but there are some other good lakes in the area too. Walleye and muskie fishing is the most popular among anglers here, however, anglers can also catch trout, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, crappie and bluegill.
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Walleye, Northern Pike, Muskie, LM Bass, SM Bass
Big Sand Lake
Big Sand Lake is a 1,427 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 56 feet. Fish include muskie, walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, panfish are abundant in the lake while muskie, smallmouth bass and walleye are considered common. Largemouth bass and northern pike are listed as present.
Hunter Lake
Hunter Lake is a 175 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 40 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from one public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and walleye. Panfish, largemouth bass and walleye are considered common in this lake and smallmouth bass are listed as present according to the Wisconsin DNR.
Little Tamarack Flowage
Little Tamarack Flowage is a 236 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 16 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from one public boat landing. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike. According to the Wisconsin DNR, panfish, largemouth bass and northern pike are common in this lake and muskie are present.
Long Lake is a 886 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 88 feet. Fish include muskie, walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, trout and panfish. According to the DNR, smallmouth bass and walleye are considered common in the lake while all the other species of fish are listed as present.
North & South Twin Lakes
Twin Lakes (North) is a 2871 acre lake located in Vilas County. Visitors have access to these lakes from 2 public boat landings. North Twin Lake has been known as one of the better muskie lakes to fish in Vilas County for many years. Big fish can be found in this lake if you put in the time.
Other fish include panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and walleye. The Wisconsin DNR lists muskie, panfish and walleye as common in this lake. Largemouth bass and smallmouth bass are listed as present.
North Twin Lake WI DNR Lake Page
Twin Lakes (South) is a 628 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 43 feet with very clear water. Visitors have access to the lake from public boat landings. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and walleye. According to the DNR, muskie, walleye and panfish are considered common in the lake while the other species of fish are listed as present.
South Twin Lake WI DNR Lake Page
Pioneer Lake
Pioneer Lake is a 429 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 27 feet. Fish include muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, northern pike and walleye. According to the Wisconsin DNR, muskie, panfish and largemouth bass are common in this lake. Northern pike and walleye are listed as present in this lake.
Smoky Lake is a 612 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 60 feet. Fish include muskie, walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and panfish. According to the DNR, all fish are considered present in this lake. The water clarity is very clear.
Spectacle Lake
Spectacle Lake is a 166 acre lake located in Nicolet National Forest of Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 35 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from a public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, trout and walleye. The lake's water clarity is very clear. This lake is uncrowded and it is known as a good bass fishing lake for both largemouth & smallmouth bass.
Stormy Lake
Stormy Lake is a 523 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 63 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from one public boat landing. Fish include panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and trout. According to the Wisconsin DNR, smallmouth bass and trout are common in this lake and the other species of fish are listed as present. The lake's water clarity is very clear.
Upper Buckatabon Lake & Lower Buckatabon Lake
Upper Buckatabon Lake is a 493 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 47 feet. Visitors have access to the lake from one public boat landing. Lower Buckatabon Lake is a 378 acre lake located in Vilas County. It has a maximum depth of 16 feet. Both lakes have muskie, panfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike and walleye in them. Panfish are considered abundant in these lakes according to the Wisconsin DNR. Northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass and muskie are considered common and smallmouth bass are considered present.
Lower Buckataban Lake WI DNR Lake Page
Upper Buckataban Lake WI DNR Lake Page


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Joan Crawford Biography
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas
Wiki Biography: Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur on March 23, 1905 in San Antonio, Texas. She was the product of a broken home before she was born in that her parents were already separated before the birth. Her mother had trouble keeping husbands after having married three times. Joan was fond of dancing and had entered several dance contests. She wanted a career in show business because it was much more glamorous than the odd jobs she was working. One dance contest she won landed her in a chorus line. Before long, Joan found herself dancing in the big cities of the Mid-West and along the Atlantic coast. After almost two years dancing, Joan decided to take a chance and packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles, California and the movie colony of Hollywood. She felt movies might afford her a chance of fame and glory and she was determined to succeed. Not long after arriving in California, Joan got her first bit role as a showgirl in Pretty Ladies (1925) in 1925. Three other films quickly followed. Although the roles weren't much to speak of, Joan continued to toil away. Throughout 1927 and the first part of 1928, Joan was handed menial roles. That ended with the role of Diana Medford in Our Dancing Daughters (1928). The film was the one to get her elevated to star status. She had made the tough hurdle of making the "big time". Now she was faced with another. The "talkie" era was upon the movie colony and many stars of the era were suddenly worried about their futures. With silent pictures, it didn't matter what kind of voice you had, but with sound pictures it made a tremendous difference. While some stars saw their livelihood halted, Joan's strong voice enabled her to continue. Her first film with sound was in Untamed (1929). The film was a success and Joan's career was still in top form. As she entered the 1930s, Joan became one of the top stars in the MGM stable. Films such as Grand Hotel (1932), Sadie McKee (1934), No More Ladies (1935), and Love on the Run (1936), kept movie patrons and film executives happy. Joan was in top form. By the time the 1940s rolled around, Joan noticed she wasn't getting the plum roles which once came her way. There were new stars in town and the public wanted to see them. She left MGM and went to rival Warner Brothers Studio where she landed the role of a lifetime. In 1945, Joan landed the lead in Mildred Pierce (1945), a film depicting the rise of a housewife to a successful businesswoman. The film landed Joan her first and only Oscar for Best Actress. The following year she appeared with John Garfield in the well-received Humoresque (1946). In 1947, Joan landed the role of Louise Graham in Possessed (1947). Again she was nominated for a Best Actress from the Academy, but lost to Loretta Young in The Farmer's Daughter (1947). Joan continued to pick and choose what good roles she wanted to appear in. 1952 saw Joan nominated for a third time for her role of Myra Hudson in Sudden Fear (1952). This time the coveted Oscar went to Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). Her career slowed down tremendously after that. Movie after movie saw her relegated to menial roles, with the possible exception of 1962's What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) with her arch-rival, Bette Davis, who she detested. By now the feud, between the two was well-known. No one is sure exactly how it started, but one time Miss Davis said of Joan, "She's slept with every male star at MGM except Lassie." In return Joan said, "I don't hate Bette Davis even though the press wants me to. I resent her. I don't see how she built a career out of a set of mannerisms, instead of real acting ability. Take away the pop eyes, the cigarette, and those funny clipped words and what have you got? She's phony, but I guess the public really likes that". Her final appearance on the silver screen was a 1970 flop called Trog (1970). Turning to vodka, she was not seen much afterward. On May 10, 1977, Joan died of cancer in New York City. She was 72 years old. After Joan cut her adopted daughter Christina and son Christopher out of her will, Christina wrote a tell-all book called "Mommie Dearest", published in 1978. The book cast Joan in a negative light and was cause for much debate, particularly among her friends and acquaintances, including Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Crawford's first husband. In 1981 "Mommie Dearest" was made into a movie starring Faye Dunaway which did well at the box office. She is interred in the same mausoleum as her MGM cohort Judy Garland in Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
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Above Suspicion Frances Myles 1943 Drama
The Secret Storm Joan Borman Kane 1954 Drama
The Best of Everything 1959 Drama
Della 1964 Drama
Flamingo Road Lane Bellamy 1981 - 1982 Drama
Gran Hotel Flaemmchen - the Stenographer 2011 Crime
Jedwards Big Adventure Mildred Pierce 2011 Comedy
Pretty Ladies 1925 Comedy, Drama
Old Clothes 1925 Drama
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp Betty Burton 1926
The Boob 1926 Comedy, Romance
The Unknown Nanon Zanzi 1927 0, Reality Tv
Twelve Miles Out Jane 1927
West Point Betty Channing 1928 0
Our Dancing Daughters Diana Medford 1928 0
The Law of the Range 1928
Four Walls 1928 Drama
Dream of Love Adrienne Lecouvreur 1928 Drama
Our Modern Maidens 1929 0
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Musical
Montana Moon Joan 'Montana' Prescott 1930 Comedy, Drama, Musical
Paid 1930 Drama
Dance, Fools, Dance 1931 Crime, Drama
Laughing Sinners 1931 Drama, Romance
This Modern Age 1931 Drama
Grand Hotel Flaemmchen 1932 Biography
Today We Live 1933 Drama, Romance
Dancing Lady 1933 Musical, Comedy, Romance
Sadie McKee Sadie McKee 1934 0
Forsaking All Others 1934 Comedy, Drama, Romance
No More Ladies 1935 Comedy, Romance
I Live My Life 1935 Comedy, Drama
The Gorgeous Hussy 1936 Drama, History
The Bride Wore Red 1937 Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Shining Hour 1938 Drama, Romance
The Women Crystal Allen 1939 0
The Ice Follies of 1939 Musical, Drama
Strange Cargo Julie 1940 Drama, Romance
Susan and God Susan Trexel 1940 Drama, Comedy
A Woman's Face Anna Holm 1941 Game Show
When Ladies Meet Mary 'Minnie' Howard 1941 Comedy, Drama, Romance
They All Kissed the Bride 1942 0
Reunion in France 1942 Drama, Romance
Above Suspicion 1943 0, Game Show
Hollywood Canteen 1944 Comedy, Musical, Romance
Humoresque 1947 0, 0
Daisy Kenyon 1947 Drama, Romance
Flamingo Road Lane Bellamy 1949 0
The Damned Don't Cry! Ethel Whitehead 1950
Harriet Craig Harriet Craig 1950 Drama
Goodbye, My Fancy 1951 Comedy, Romance
Sudden Fear Myra Hudson 1952 0
This Woman is Dangerous 1952 Drama
Johnny Guitar Vienna 1954
Queen Bee Eva Phillips 1955
Female on the Beach Lynn Markham 1955
Autumn Leaves 1956 Drama
The Story of Esther Costello 1957
The Best of Everything 1959 Drama, Romance
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Blanche Hudson 1962 Reality Tv, Game Show
The Caretakers 1963 Drama
Strait-Jacket Lucy Harbin 1964 0, Reality Tv
I Saw What You Did 1965 Horror, Thriller
Possessed Louise Howell 2009 Game Show
Love on the Run Sally Parker 2016 0


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Green Party introduces bill to lower voting age from 18 to 5
Fredericton – David Coon, leader of New Brunswick's Green Party, yesterday introduced a bill to lower the voting age from 18 to 5.
"It's time we start giving the youngest among us a voice," Coon explained to a packed crowd in the Legislative Assembly Thursday afternoon. "These kids can talk, they've started kindergarten, most of them can even tie their own shoes. They should also have a say in the politics of our province."
"By the age of 5, children can recognize their favourite colours, and they also react to familiar faces. And that's all it takes to win a New Brunswicker's vote anyway, right?" Coon elaborated. "And many 5-year-olds — granted, not all of them — can read, so they're just as literate and equipped to make decisions as anyone else in this province."
Some skeptics of the bill are saying Coon only wants it to pass because kids are proven to love the colour green, and it will lead to more votes for his party.
"I think this good for me," said hopeful voter Samantha Goodine, 5, of New Maryland. Goodine elaborated that the Green Party shares a lot of her ideals, such as later bedtimes and no time-outs.
The provincial voting age in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador remains at 18. Federally, the age is also 18. Debate on Coon's controversial bill will take place in early 2015.
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Gettleman's Swing Could Have Carolina Comparisons
By jjets on July 30, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
By Jeff Moeller, The New York Extra/thenyextra.com
Ok, so the Giants had three issues with the start of training camp, and they were mostly anticipated.
Cornerback DeAndre Baker was placed on the Commissioner's Exempt List due to his incident, Aldrick Rosas was released due to his rumpus, and left tackle Nate Solder opted out after his debate over his family issues. With Solder gone and money freed up, does Jadeveon Clowney figure in the mix?
Aside from that, life is as good as it can be in Giants' land, surrounded by the COVID bubble like every other team.
New head coach Joe Judge has helped instilled a new sense of confidence and Jason Garrett and Patrick Graham have begun to harvest thoughts of new creative schemes of the offensive and defensive side of the ball respectively.
Then there is the state of GM Dave Gettleman.
It will be year three, and Gettleman has responded accordingly to a year of initial turmoil last season that was quelled by the promise of quarterback Daniel Jones as well as a draft that apparently filled the holes that began with Georgia offensive tackle Andrew Thomas.
He has been under duress after Owner John Mara stated the Gettleman needed to improve his "batting average" when former head coach Pat Shurmur was fired. It may have influenced him to draft an offensive lineman as his top pick for the first time, even though he always had had a penchant for "hogs."
Despite his critics, Gettleman hasn't been afraid to dump big names like Odell Beckham Jr. Olivier Vernon, let Landon Collins walk away and whisked away others. Those moves were still a little unsettling considering his primary signings of Jonathan Stewart and Patrick Omameh were overnight busts. Solder hasn't lived up to his ground-breaking deal, and ironically now may not play another game as a Giant.
He dared to draft Saquon Barkley when the faithful and the experts called for a quarterback to replace Eli Manning, who was allowed to collect $23 million when he didn't look like half his paycheck.
Doubters seemingly suddenly arose from every marsh of the Meadowlands about Gettleman's competency and overall plan. There appeared to be only a minority presence who still kept the faith for the livelong Giants' front office staff who returned home.
Should the Giants have not pulled the plug on long overdue Jerry Reese or gone with hot commodity Louis Riddick, who didn't land a job after all? For many, the jury is still out.
Yet a few years later, Gettleman was in elite company after he pieced together a Carolina Panthers team that finished 15-1 in 2015 and advanced to the Super Bowl only to lose to Denver and fate-destined Peyton Manning, 24-10.
Gettleman compiled an impressive 40-23-1 regular season record over four years, but he was abruptly and shockingly fired 17 months after his team's Super Bowl appearance. He reportedly drew the wrath of veterans after a frugal approach to contracts that originally helped him lower an over-the-top salary cap when he arrived on the scene.
As a result, the Panthers finished 6-10 in 2016 and Gettleman was gone. In his defense, some eyebrows could be raised as Marty Hurney, the GM he replaced, come back into the fold.
You can't help wonder there was something beneath the surface there.
Still, Gettleman managed to win three divisional crowns despite a pattern of a stellar season followed by a mediocre one (ex 12-4 in 2013 followed by 7-8-1 in 2014).
This season, Gettleman again will be under the gun. It won't be on the coach this season as it was just of time before the guillotine fell on Shurmur. Indications suggest Gettleman will work on developing a close relationship with Judge –possibly in the mentor-student role – than he did with Shurmur.
Gettleman does have pieces in place similar to those in Carolina with Jones, Barkley, a bulked-up offensive line, and a maturing defensive line. Jones isn't as dominating as Cam Newton, yet Gettleman never had a running back like Barkley. Gettleman has stockpiled linebackers, but can one or two emerge as playmakers as some of them in Carolina?
His ability to maintain winning seasons followed the form in his first two years with the Giants on lesser scale, winning five games in 2018 and four last season.
If Jones and Barkley stay healthy and surface as game changers and the defense begins to harden, could six wins or less be enough to continue to improve his "batting average?" More than six wins would ensure Gettleman a fourth season.
The Giants are in the midst of a rebuild and the COVID situation doesn't help chemistry.
For Gettleman, it will be about the build and the vision, like the one he once took in Carolina to the Super Bowl.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced that the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant had finally stabilized, after the facility achieved a state of "cold shutdown." The announcement comes nearly 9 months after a massive tsunami struck Fukushima, plunging the area into a state of nuclear crisis.
The cold shutdown was declared once it was determined water used to heat the nuclear fuel rods would remain below boiling point. Although temperatures in all three reactors had been below boiling point since September, the operator of the plant, Tepco, waited before making the announcement to ensure temperatures would remain that way.
However, the battle is not yet over, as the government must now commence efforts to clean-up the area and decontaminate the ground surrounding the plant. Estimates suggest that completely decommissioning the plant and cleaning up the area could take over 40 years.
More than 80,000 people were forced to evacuate the area following the Fukushima meltdown, but radiation levels still remain too high to allow them home. Radiation was found in foodstuffs from the region, including rice, fish, and beef and in soil in nearby areas.
In the meantime, Japanese officials are reconsidering their plans for 50% of all electricity to be generated from nuclear energy in 2030. Other viable alternatives have been proposed, such as tapping into Japan's huge geothermal resources.


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Full of surprises, humour, and heart, Broadleaf Theatre presents its award-winning show Bite-Sized as part of the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival! Featuring a whirlwind collection of 18 plays in 60 minutes, all 3 minutes or less, Bite-Sized is a theatrical experience tackling local, national, and global environmental issues. From an aerobics dance work-out through time to an exploration on the boil-water crisis, and even a hip hop dance sequence about an invasive frog species, you can enjoy all of the content with none of the guilt. Go on, take a bite.
Contact Broadleaf Theatre at 647-720-0886 or broadleaftheatre@gmail.com for rates and additional info.
Broadleaf Theatre is interested in telling local Canadian stories. Please also contact us if you would like to share stories from your community in a "bite-sized" play!
Special Thanks To: Generator Toronto, Matt White, Banuta Rubess, Debajehmujig Storytellers, Jiv Parasram, Matt White, Sharon Reid, George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College Drama Society.
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I pulled out an old favourite today: Urban Decay Naked 3 palette. I always go back to the Nakeds (1 and 3 especially) on days when I'm being lazy about my makeup because it's so convenient to have that many shades at my fingertips.
The inclusion of matte transition/blending shades in the Naked palettes has always been their biggest selling point. You'd be surprised how many other palettes overlook this!
I used Limit all over the lid, Darkside in the outer V blended through the crease with Nooner, and Dust in the inner corners. I also darkened the bottom lash line with a bit more Darkside. It's not terribly exciting, but it's one of my staple looks that I can pull together super quickly while gulping down coffee, scratching my dog with one foot and replying text messages to friends asking if I'm there yet.
I paired this look with Colourpop's Ultra Matte Liquid Lipstick in Lumiere 2, which I mixed with lip balm for a more comfortable satin-finish.


When it comes to time and attendance monitoring, this tool has earned a bad rap in the industry. However, it shouldn't be viewed that way, especially from the perspective of employees. You need to understand that businesses invest a lot of money to run a company and employ individuals. It is only necessary to ensure that the time they pay you to work is time rendered for work.
When the total time of hours worked and attendance is properly tracked, it makes every single one of your employees accountable. They need to report to work during office hours to ensure that they are paid for the time rendered. At the same time, they should be at work on time to ensure that every hour is maximised at work. When you are monitoring, it changes the mindset of every employee. They will now look at time as a valuable resource for a business. Without proper monitoring, most would only be content with showing up to work. But the fact that every hour they spend in the office is tracked, they will discipline themselves to arrive on time because every hour that is lost could mean the loss of profits for the business.
The use of time and attendance tracking software can be beneficial for your payroll management team, too. The software logs all of the hours of work rendered by every employee. This data is conveniently transferred to the payroll processing software to calculate their salary for a given time period. It increases accuracy and efficiency with all of the basic processes involved with payroll management. Check e-PayDay Payroll software for more details.
For all employees who are worried about privacy concerns, this tracking software can actually be a platform for equality in the workplace. As long as you show up to work and provide the services expected of you, you will be paid for all of those hours you rendered. It is an objective way to process your salary to ensure accuracy in the data being processed. Hence, there is no cause for duress when it comes to processing of payment. If you put in the time, you can guarantee that you will be paid accordingly.
This is probably one of the best benefits you can get with tracking software in the workplace. Employees who invest their time and effort in providing the best quality service to the company can now ensure that their efforts will pay off. It provides added incentive to boost performance or improve attendance and work hours behaviour. When the employees get a boost of morale, it benefits the company as a whole. Employees that are committed to delivering the best service are a huge asset to have in your company.
Despite the concerns about employee monitoring, you need to look past the negative implications. If you will learn to appreciate the benefits it had to offer, you will be able to utilise its full potential.


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As Wendimoor falls into chaos, The Mage enacts his final solution, putting both worlds in dire jeopardy and forcing our heroes to face off against the season-long villains. Amanda and Todd must overcome their differences to help Dirk.
Dirk must take charge to rescue the feuding Brotzman siblings; Panto offers Bart a better life; Farah and the police must contend with the disappearance of Dirk and Todd.
Lost in Wendimoor, Dirk has a crisis of confidence as he and Todd struggle with hostile natives, deadly misunderstandings and, very literally, evil knights.
As we grow closer to an answer about the case and the identity of "The Boy," our villains converge to stop our heroes with a shocking outcome.
The case seems to take a major turn when Arnold, the son of the dead Cardenas couple, shows up. Meanwhile, Amanda is led to a mystical coven in the woods of Wendimoor led by the forest witch Wakti Wapnasi, where she begins to master her unique powers.
As the team's investigation leads to a startling discovery in the long-abandoned Cardenas homestead, Bart and Panto forge an unlikely and unusual relationship. In Wendimoor, Amanda takes steps towards understanding the powers that are hidden within her.
While investigating the 40-year-old case of the two dead bodies, Dirk and the gang are surprisingly joined by Bart who relays that she was assaulted and spins the case in a new direction, an investigation into Suzie Boreton.
Dirk, Todd and Farah are happily reunited and begin to investigate what Dirk believes is the case. They follow strange clues and discover the body in the car that fell out of the tree connects to one of Sheriff Hobbs' cold cases.
Todd and Farah are on the run from the law, heading to small town Bergsberg, Montana in search of Dirk. Mysteriously, Bart's search for Ken takes her to the same small town, where odd, unexplainable events are starting to take place.
As Dirk and Todd embark on a hunt for Patrick Spring's dark enigmas, Todd reveals a deep-seated secret of his own. Detectives Estevez and Zimmerfield take big risks as they inch closer to the truth of their missing person's investigation, and Amanda finally confronts the looming specter of the Rowdy 3.
Dirk and Todd find themselves in a complicated and dangerous situation left behind by Patrick Spring. As the police begin putting together the pieces of their imponderable case, an FBI agent's unlikely return complicates matters for Amanda and Farah.
Digging into Patrick Spring's past, Farah and Dirk discover the first really big clue into his murder. Todd goes to the police only to learn he has no safe harbor left and Amanda must deal with a looming presence in her life.
Todd is drawn further into the case as they learn more about the fiends who captured Patrick Spring's daughter, Lydia. Mysterious characters take a step closer to a collision, culminating in an absurd hostage exchange.
After Todd Brotzman happens upon a murder scene, he meets self-proclaimed detective, Dirk Gently, and is drawn into a case involving the death of reclusive millionaire, Patrick Spring, and the kidnapping of his daughter Lydia. As multiple characters and storylines seem primed to converge, tangling endlessly in towards the center, it's clear to Todd that his life will never be the same.
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Evacuation of Pikangikum First Nation paused as forest fire gets smaller
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Posted July 14, 2019 3:40 pm
Updated July 15, 2019 9:42 am
The fire near the eastern edge of Pikangikum First Nation grew on Thursday to more than 3,000 hectares, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Twitter/OPP IndigenousBureau
PIKANGIKUM, Ont. – Officials say evacuations have been put on hold in Pikangikum First Nation as the forest fire near the northern Ontario community has reduced in size.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says that as of Sunday, the fire burning near Pikangikum was about 447 square kilometres.
Jonathan Scott says the fire was reduced by about 60 square kilometres because of rain over the previous few days, which also helped improve the air quality in the area.
READ MORE: Roughly half of Pikangikum residents now evacuated as forest fire burns
Mathew Hoppe, commander of Pikangikum's emergency operations centre, says the full evacuation of the First Nation was paused in light of the good news.
He says the community will take it day by day in deciding what to do with the residents who remain in Pikangikum.
The Canadian Armed Forces says 2,079 residents have been taken out of the First Nation since a full evacuation was ordered on July 8.
READ MORE: First Pikangikum evacuees reach Regina, more to arrive on weekend
Of those, 424 have landed in Regina; Saskatchewan offered last week to take 2,000 people from the community after host cities in Ontario ran out of space.
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Chris Hill was given the great honour of meeting and talking to HRH Prince Charles on Friday 16th February, at The Piece Hall in Halifax. Chris attended the royals' visit, as guest to Nicky Chance-Thompson, CEO of The Piece Hall Trust who is a great supporter of Chris's work with addiction, mental health and homelessness. Not only was it a meet and greet, but Prince Charles and Chris briefly discussed addiction and Prince Charles stated he had lost a number of friends to addiction. Chris asked whether he could work with The Prince's Trust to support addiction and mental health awareness and was given the go-ahead by Prince Charles. This will be an incredible opportunity to influence young people at a time in their life where the information can be preventative and these young people can then go on to help and support others to make the right decisions.


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Not only do I mention the popular Copyblogger, but also the more obscure (now days) Ogilvy's On Advertising.
Plus, I mentioned you guys in my essential podcasts list! Thanks for all your work!
I have to agree about the prime time TV exposure thing… Just before Christmas our site (www.photostuffdirect.co.uk) was included in a photo gift round up on a breakfast show ITV1 here in the UK.


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Goodbye Gestede!
...well it looks like it's happening. After a year of speculation it has finally happened. Rudy gestede is leaving. For some when he came out and said he wanted to move earlier last season it made them turn against him. But Rudy has done so much for the club since he joined on 26th of November 2013. Let's take a look at Rudys time here.
On the 26th November 2013 Rudy Gestede joined Blackburn on am emergency loan deal. It actually took Rudy some time to settle into a rhythm at Roves as it actually took 2 months before he scored his first goal for the club on 1st of January in a 2-1 victory over Leeds United. And it was on this same day that thel loan spell become permanent.
4 months later Rudy scored his first hat trick for the club ,all headers and all in the first half, against Birmingham on April 24th. Also that month Rudy was given his first player of the month award for scoring 6 goals in 7 games.
But it wasn't his first season at rovers that caught Premier League attention. It was his second and it looks like his last season with the club. He opened his scoring campaign with both goals against Blackpool in a 2-1 victory over the club. But it was his last few weeks with the club that he gave Blackburn his best run of form starting with his second hatrick in an entertaining 3-3 draw with Nottingham forest. He then went on to score in all the remaining games of the season with goals against millwall, Huddersfield, and finally Ipswich.
Memorable moments include his goals against Swansea and Stoke in Blackburns great FA Cup run, His overall contribution to Blackburns 0-0 game v Liverpool, his long range header against Watford and his acrobatic celebrations.
For me I'll be sad to see Rudy go but if we can create a great player out of Rudy when he was both at Cardiff, then why can't we do it again. Here's to you Rudy I hope he continues his form and gets the game time that he deserves at Villa.
Good luck and goodbye. Rudy Gestede.
Interesting season ahead.
For the first time in a very long time I really don't have a solid idea of how we are going to do this season. Usually I have by now ,this close to the start of the season, have a pretty good idea of how we are going to to do and well we are going to play. But this season I really don't know! I mean you could have a guess at who things are going to pan out but in reality I don't think anyone knows.
We still haven't got have a proper look at all of our players in pre-season, we have absolutely no clue about which players we will have left and were less than two weeks away!
What we have to remember is that currently we have a very young squad of players some of which are still quite far away from reaching their full potential. This means that every year they are getting better and improving (you would hope) this means that technically speaking we should get better...but with the new additions to the team Bowyer could be planing a new playing style this could be good or it could be very bad!
All that I do know is that next season every game will be a surprise we will never be clear favourites but we can't ever be writen off a game because one day we could see a terrible rovers and the next a Rovers that plays to the ability that we all know that they can play at! All we can do is support the team and make sure we stand by them when things look bleak! COYB!
Realistic expectations.
In the last few weeks it has become clear to me that a lot of Blackburn Rovers fans are scared. Not because they think Rovers are going to do bad but scared because for most of us we are entering uncharted territory. We don't know who's going to be in the starting 11 for the first game of the season, we know very little about our new signings and we could lose some of our best players in a flash. Also what is clear to see is that no-one really has any idea how well we are going to do this season. Some people believe that we have a squad good enough to challenge for the playoffs. Others believe we would be lucky to get into the top half of the table. What Rovers fans really need right now is a goal set for the team that we can all agree can be reached. So let's take a look.
Last season Blackburn had undoubtedly two of the best strikers in the league playing up front in Rudy (22 goals) and Rhodes (21 goals). If you didn't already know this means that Rovers had the best attacking duo in the whole country. Joint top with Watford and look at where they ended up. Going off this and this alone Rovers target should realistically be to gain promotion (if we do keep both Rudy and Rhodes). But why isn't that our target?
Let's look at our goals deference. We finished the league we a respectable +7 goal difference which for us in recent years is pretty good. But not very good when you see that the team who finished above us and 10 points ahead of us Derby ended with +29 goal difference. And for once it's not been our defence that let us down (we conceded as many as Brentford did and they finished 5th). No for once shockingly it was our goals scored that let us down. Out of all the goals we scored 65% of them where down to just Rhodes and Rudy. This is scary considering that both have been linked with moves away from Ewood.
So after looking at that what does our goals need to be? Firstly keep hold of both Rudy and Rhodes. And if we do that then I can't see one reason why we should be finishing outside the top half of the table. But let's go to a scenario where we lose one or (God help us) both. I think we would then have to put our faith in Strickers who are unproven or unknown and that could mean that anything could happen. But I believe in that case I think we would realistically have to be aiming mid-table at most. Keep in mind that i haven't included changes in other teams and losing Cairney and King.
Are we in trouble?
Yes we are! The current date is the 17th of July. Our First Game against Wolves is only 3 weeks away. And yet we are to make one signing. At the moment we only have reportedly 15 outfield players signed on and with two of those still strongly being linked with other clubs we could in 3 weeks time be left with only 13!
At the moment we have four trialists with the club in Portugal who hopefully can pass the grade. But recently in an interview with the Telegraph Bowyer said "we don't want to sign any old player" or to roughly translate we don't want to panic buy loads of players just to satisfy fans who want us to make loads of signings. Hopefully this means that Bowyer will actually take the time to study a player before he decides to bring them in (cough cough Chris Brown).
Also if you didn't know here are the four trialists.
1: Giles Coke
Date of Birth: 3 June 1986 (age 29)
Position: Midfielder
Highlight of career: Was named the Football League Team of the Week. After he scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Brighton. Coke's goal was later named as Sheffield Wednesday's Goal of 2014 see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfPHgt2EOjA
2: Dean Furman
Date of Birth: 22 June 1988 (age 27)
National Appearances: 25 for Australia
Highlight of career: Furman won the Football League Goal of the Year 2011 for his effort against Notts County on 14 August 2010.
3: Liam Nolan
Date of Birth: September 20, 1994 (age 20)
Highlight of career: picked in the northern irish U21
4:Sacha Petshi
Position: Defensive midfielder.
Nothing notable about career...so far.


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Opinion: Disability and cycling – a panacea, an obstacle course, or both?
Providing better infrastructure and access to cycles is essential to allowing more Disabled people to cycle
By Rebecca Armstrong
Cycling provides huge benefits to Disabled people, but says Dr Kay Inckle, campaigns and policy manager at Wheels for Wellbeing, there are still many barriers to be broken down
In the UK Disabled people face significant barriers to transport and make 38% fewer journeys across all transport types than non-disabled people (Motability 2022). Disabled people have the worst mental and physical health outcomes of any population group, and much of this is due to the health impacts of lack of access to exercise, mobility and physical activity (Inckle 2020).
Disabled people are also more likely to experience poverty and social isolation than any other group, which has further health implications (EHRC 2017).
At Wheels for Wellbeing (WfW) we see cycling as a solution to all of these issues. It is a form of autonomous transport and mobility that provides Disabled people with freedom of movement and independence as well as the physical and mental health benefits of physical activity.
It can also provide access to local communities and social participation and may increase employment opportunities via increased mobility and independence. In the context of climate breakdown, it is also crucial that everyone has access to low and zero carbon forms of transport.
It is a form of autonomous transport and mobility that provides Disabled people with freedom of movement and independence
Dr Kay Inckle, campaigns and policy manager, Wheels for Wellbeing
However, there are many barriers to Disabled people cycling. Disabled cyclists consistently report that inaccessible cycle infrastructure prevents them from cycling (WfW 2022). For example, narrow cycle lanes, poor surface quality, steep camber or stepped access prevent many Disabled people from cycling, as do access barriers such as A-frames, K-frames and chicanes (see WfW 2020).
But these infrastructural barriers don't only impede Disabled cyclists, they also prevent access for anyone on a larger cycle such as a family cycle, tandem or cargo cycle. If we are serious about decarbonisation and prioritising active travel, then cycling infrastructure needs to be accessible for all types of cycles and all journeys, otherwise businesses will not switch to cargo bike delivery and parents won't consider cycling the school run.
In 2017 WfW helped set up the Beyond the Bicycle Coalition to campaign on precisely these issues and, since then, WfW's Guide to Inclusive Cycling has impacted the cycle design standards in LTN1/20 and some of the schemes rolled out under the Gear Change policy.
Priced out
One of the most significant barriers that Disabled cyclists face is the cost of non-standard cycles or adaptations to bikes. A reasonable-quality e-assist handcycle or tricycle will often cost at least £4,000 and often up to £7,000. This is not affordable for most people, but in the context of the disability pay and employment gaps it becomes a double barrier: the people with least access to financial resources face the highest costs to cycling.
Add to that issues of finding space at home to store a large cycle, the lack of accessible public cycle parking, and difficulties in finding a bike shop that can service and repair a non-standard cycle, cycling is out of reach for many Disabled people. WfW has been working with a range of bodies, including DfT, to explore solutions to these barriers, and has recently rolled out training on accessible cycle parking that has been delivered nationwide.
Everyone can help improve conditions by calling attention to barriers on cycle paths
Disabled cyclists also often experience attitudinal barriers which can range from unwanted attention to hostility and hate crime (WfW 2022) – and public hate crime against Disabled people has been increasing over recent years (EHRC 2017).
Recent data from Sustrans show that Disabled people have the worst experience of their local active travel environment than any other population group. For example, only 56% of Disabled people feel safe and welcome in their local community and only 31% think cycling safety is good in their area.
So, while cycling can be a panacea for many of the barriers to health and mobility that Disabled people encounter – in addition to mitigating climate breakdown – there are many structural, financial and social impediments to Disabled people cycling. At the same time, there are lots of things that non-Disabled cyclists can do to improve access to cycling for Disabled people, here are some examples:
Notice and challenge barriers on cycle routes and infrastructure
Ditto cycle parking – and always ask where the accessible cycle parking is
Use inclusive language – and therefore think inclusively; for example, let's talk about cycles not bikes, so that we are always including all cyclists
Use inclusive imagery: pictures of non-standard cycles and Disabled cyclists can help to challenge and change perceptions
Consult and include Disabled people on all things cycling – and pay for their time and expenses
Support WfW: follow us on social media @Wheels4Well, and download and share our campaigns and resources, including The Guide to Inclusive Cycling and our recent Survey Report
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Dr Kay Inckle is campaigns and policy manager at Wheels for Wellbeing, a south London-based charity working to remove barriers to taking part in any physical activity for Disabled children and adults. Wheels for Wellbeing is a Disabled people's cycling organisation (established in 2007) who proved and campaign for access to cycling for Disabled people through an ethos of mobility justice.
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This tutorial teaches you how you can load Active settings modules into your app, and create your own modules.
Active Settings is an app, much like Plasma Desktop's kcmshell that shows and loads configuration modules. These configuration modules are plugins providing a QML package and an optional C++-plugin which exports custom-written configuration objects as QObject to the declarative environment.
org.kde.active.settings.web             Settings for history, caching, etc.
will open the active-settings app and load the "Time and Date" module on startup.
The Active Settings app consists of a number of parts, an Active App, which loads a QML package providing the chrome for active-settings, a set of Declarative components which encapsulate loading settings modules and a set of settings modules, which provide the UI and backend code for a specific settings domain (i.e. Time and Date, Browser settings, etc.).


This is from a very nice lake house we'd moved out of. It is in storage on FM 723 in Richmond. I can have my shop assistant meet you there at a set time M-F 8:30-3:30. I didn't measure, but it stands about waist high on a 6' man and about half again as wide.


The Rowan or Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in rose family Rosaceae.
The tree is native to Europe and has been widely planted in North America.
It grows up to 15 m in height and can live for up to 200 years.
England it was once widely planted by houses as a protection against witches.
is a sacred tree of ancient Finns.
Rowan fruits have been used in the traditional Lithuanian medicine internally (as tea, syrup, jelly or liqueur) to reduce inflammation of the respiratory tract.
Have you ever seen a rowan? Did you know that rowan berries are edible to humans? Feel free to post a comment below.
I didnt know Rowan fruits could help with inflammation. Nice posts. Such a vibrant plant.
I've never heard of the Rowan fruit before, or its benefits. It sounds like a very advantageous fruit tree to have around!
Interesting tree. We have a similar tree with berries called gris gris in my country.


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Soon 90% of GST payers to file quarterly return: FM
February 18, 2019	Economy News
Soon, businesses comprising over 90 per cent of goods and services tax (GST) payers will be allowed to file quarterly return, finance minister Piyush Goyal said in his Interim Budget 2019-20 speech in Parliament today. The average monthly tax collection in the current year is ₹97,100 crore per month as compared to ₹89,700 crore per month in the first year.
"GST has resulted in increased tax base, higher collections and ease of trade. This will reduce the interface between the tax payer and the Government for day-to-day operations and assessments. Now returns are fully online and e-way bill system is in place. Inter-state movements have become faster, more efficient, and hassle free with no Entry Tax, check posts, and truck queues," Goyal said in his speech.
The GST Council, comprising the Centre and States/UTs, finalised the GST rates collectively mostly lower than pre-GST rates. Since then, GST has been continuously reduced providing relief of about ₹80,000 crore annually to consumers.
Most items of daily use of the poor and middle class are now in the 0 per cent or 5 per cent tax slab. "Our Government wants the GST burden on home buyers to be reduced and accordingly we have moved the GST Council to appoint a Group of Ministers to examine and make recommendations in this regard at the earliest," Goyal said.
Stating that GST aims to benefit small traders, manufacturers and service providers, Goyal said, "Exemptions from GST for small businesses has been doubled from ₹20 lakh to ₹40 lakh. Further, small businesses having turnover up to ₹1.5 crore have been given an attractive composition scheme wherein they pay only 1 per cent flat rate and have to file one annual return only. Similarly, small service providers with turnover up to ₹50 lakh can now opt for composition scheme and pay GST at 6 per cent instead of 18 per cent. More than 35 lakh small traders, manufacturers and service providers will benefit from these trader friendly measures."
Moreover, the state revenues are improving with guaranteed 14 per cent annual revenue increase for the first five years.
The government has also undertaken rationalisation of customs duties and procedures promote the 'Make in India' initiative. "Our Government has abolished duties on 36 capital goods. A revised system of importing duty-free capital goods and inputs for manufacture and export has been introduced, along with introduction of single point of approval under section 65 of the Customs Act," Goyal said. "Indian Customs is introducing full and comprehensive digitalisation of export/import transactions and leveraging RFID technology to improve export logistics."
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Nigeria Election: Buhari receives Certificate of Return from INEC
...appreciates President Jonathan and to Nigerians, "it is you... who have won".
General, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's president-elect, was a Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The chairman of INEC, Attahiru Jega, handed the certificate to Mr. Buhari, and the vice president-elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday.
Mr. Buhari defeated President Goodluck Jonathan in the presidential election that took place Saturday , March 28, 2015..
"Change has finally come to Nigeria...the long night has passed",General Buhari said, shortly after receiving the certificate.
Muhammadu Buhari, who dedicated his victory to Nigerians, said they are the ultimate victors.
He emphasised that "In a more profound way, it is you, Nigerians that have won. The people have shown their love for our nation and their belief in democracy".
Buhari said Nigerians have made history, and that it was the resolve of Nigerians that made the change they were yearning for possible.
"The good people of Nigeria, answered the call of history. When the account of this fine moment is written, it will be said that it was the people themselves who led this nation to democracy," he said.
"You stood in line patiently for hours in the sun, rain and then in the dark to cast your ballots. Even when the vote was extended to Sunday in some places, you still performed your civic duty. You did so peacefully. You voted with your heart. Your vote affirms that you believe Nigeria's future can be better than what it is today.
"You voted for change and now change has come," he said.
Appreciates President Jonathan
General Buhari also confirmed receiving a call from President Goodluck Jonathan "at exactly 5:15pm" congratulating him for his victory.
"For this I want all Nigerians to join me in congratulating and appreciating Mr President for his statesmanship," he said.
He also said Mr. Jonathan engaged in a spirited campaign and was a worthy opponent.
"I extend my hand of fellowship to him. I look forward to meeting him soon as we plan the transition from one administration to another. He will receive nothing but understanding, cooperation and respect from me and my team," Mr. Buhari said
The president-elect also thanked Nigerians for putting their faith in him, even as he said the country has now joined the ranks of those nations that have used the ballot box to peacefully change an incumbent President in a free and fair election.
"To me this is indeed historic," he said.
Mr. Buhari reiterated his earlier call to all his supporters to remain peaceful as they go about their celebrations and not engage those who never wanted a change.
"Most people will welcome the result because it is the one they voted for. Others will naturally be disappointed. I ask that we all be circumspect, respectful and peaceful in these times," he said.
He said the electioneering was a hard- fought contest, adding emotions are presently high.
"We must not allow them to get the better of us. This is not the time for confrontation. This is a moment that we must begin to heal the wounds and work toward a better future.
"We do this first by extending a hand of friendship and conciliation across the political divide. We hope and pray our friends in other parties reciprocate," he said.
Mr. Buhari said he will address the nation after receiving his certificate of return from INEC possibly Wednesday.


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Will the MGM acquisition let Amazon's share price roar?
02 Jun 2021, 15:55GMT
Amazon's [AMZN] share price fell 1.6% between the start of 2021 and 1 June, when it closed at $3,218.65. Despite a downturn in March that saw its share price sink to $2,951.95, the stock recovered swiftly.
Amazon's share price saw rapid gains through April, peaking at $3,554.00 on 30 April. However, its share price fell 11.3% over the following fortnight to close at $3,151.94 on 12 May, as investors began losing faith in tech stocks across global markets. Over the past 12 months (to 1 June), Amazon's share price has gained 30.1%.
Amazon's share price gains over the past 12 months
Now, the e-commerce giant has bolstered its streaming offering with the recent acquisition of famed film studio MGM Holdings. Will the news make Amazon's share price one to watch?
Amazon in the Bond market
Last week, reports emerged that Amazon had agreed to purchase Hollywood studio MGM in a deal worth $8.45bn including debt, with an equity value of $6.5bn. The deal will be the second-largest acquisition in Amazon's history, after the $13.7bn it paid for Whole Foods four years ago.
As part of the deal, Amazon will acquire MGM's back catalogue of intellectual property totalling over 4,000 films, including the James Bond and Rocky franchises. The move will strengthen Amazon's Prime Video platform as it continues to compete with fellow streaming giants like Netflix [NTFLX] and Disney [DIS].
Valuation of Amazon's deal to purchase MGM
The streaming wars have intensified of late, with Disney announcing in March that its Disney+ streaming platform had reached over 100 million subscribers less than two years after its launch. Netflix, in comparison, took 10 years to reach that milestone. Disney+ was forecast in March to overtake Prime Video's subscriber numbers by 2024.
Intellectual property is the ammunition with which the streaming wars are waged. Increasing competition means that studios' proprietary services, such as WarnerMedia's HBO Max, are increasingly protective over legacy content such as the Friends series. Amazon has so far trailed on this metric. In the US in 2020, 12.5% of movies and 21% of TV was exclusive to the platform, compared to more Netflix's 48.6% and 72.3% respectively, according to Statista.
By bringing MGM's extensive library under Amazon's wing, the deal will immediately boost the proprietary content Prime Video is able to offer as well as providing scope for some of the studio's major titles to be developed.
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, said on a briefing call with shareholders on 26 May that "MGM has a vast, deep catalogue of much-beloved intellectual property, and with the talented people at MGM and the talented people at Amazon Studios, we can reimagine and develop that IP for the 21st century."
"MGM has a vast, deep catalogue of much-beloved intellectual property, and with the talented people at MGM and the talented people at Amazon Studios, we can reimagine and develop that IP for the 21st century" - Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
However, in the case of James Bond, Amazon may be blocked from excessive tinkering, particularly in the TV series direction, as the franchise is part-owned by Eon Productions. Its owners, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, exercise close control over the character and clarified Bond's ongoing primary role as a film character following news of the acquisition.
Media exposure
The announcement saw Amazon's share price increase 0.18% on 26 May, but this was followed by two consecutive days of price falls on 27 and 28 May. From 25 May to 28 May close, Amazon's share price fell 1.10%.
The media streaming industry seems to have performed better over the period, with both the iShares Evolved US Media and Entertainment ETF [IEME] and the John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF [JHCS] showing gains on 26 and 27 May, before tailing off on 28 May.
Both funds count Netflix and Disney among their top 10 holdings, with Disney topping the iShares Evolved US Media and Entertainment ETF's holdings list at 5.09% of the fund, as of 28 May. The fund 1.2% between 25 and 1 June, while the John Hancock Multifactor Media and Communications ETF has gained 1%. The funds are up 11.6% and 9.6% so far this year, respectively.
Gains of the Amplify Online Retail ETF over the past 12 months
However, because its streaming service is currently a side-line to its primary business activities, Amazon isn't featured on these media ETFs. Instead, the stock can be found in the holdings of the ProShares Online Retail ETF [ONLN] or the Amplify Online Retail ETF [IBUY]. As of 1 June, Amazon is the top holding in the former, with a 23.46% weighting, while it lies 35th in the latter's holdings, weighted at 1.69%.
Given its massive position in the stock, the ProShares Online Retail ETF's performance mirrors Amazon's closely: it is down 1% in the year to date but up 60.6% in the past 12 months. With its much lower Amazon weighting, the Amplify Online Retail ETF has gained 5.4% year to date and 85.9% in the past 12 months.