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29 November: Unravelling the lies of the Arsenal manager
On 29 November 1924, Bolton beat West Ham 5-0, and at once you are probably saying, "so what?"
In fact, this is noteworthy as Arsenal's manager Leslie Knighton claimed 22 years later that WHU were the most fearsome team of the era, and suggested that he had had to drug the Arsenal team to get them hyped up enough to play against the club.
And that point is remembered because Knighton's autobiography, published in 1946, has been a prime source of misinformation for journalists and "historians" (I use the latter word lightly) ever since.
Which itself is important since Knighton's tales of Arsenal, which take up much of the book, although he managed elsewhere, are the single source for almost all the negative tales that have since been propagated about Arsenal and its chairman, Henry Norris, who rescued the club in 1910, paid off the debts, moved the club to Highbury, successfully got the club back into the top division, and then brought in Herbert Chapman as manager.
What is particularly interesting is that the stories about the awfulness of Henry Norris have survived, despite two simple facts.
First, if anyone bothers to check the data they will find very quickly that huge chunks of the autobiography simply don't fit such facts as can be checked. Second, because at the same time as Knighton's tell-all book was serialised in the News of the World, George Allison published his autobiography – and that tells an utterly different tale.
Now as you may know, Knighton was a real failure as a manager, managing to keep Arsenal in the 1st Division by the skin of their teeth, and nothing else. Whereas Allison won the league twice and the FA Cup, and without any reward kept the club going through the second world war, managing them on his own from a small room in White Hart Lane.
So why has Knighton's work been accepted as the truth? First, because it is scandalous. Apart from suggesting that he drugged Arsenal players, he suggests Henry Norris was a crook, he argues that he had been promised the entire gate receipts of Arsenal v Tottenham in 1925 in compensation when he was sacked, and never got them, and says that if only he had been able to buy the quality players he wanted he would have taken Arsenal to the top, rather than the bottom of the table.
What makes this situation so outrageous however is not so much that Allison says otherwise (Allison worked for Arsenal and in fact knew Norris from 1910 onwards, and goes out of his way to praise him) but rather that so many of the allegations in his book are easy to check against the facts.
Like the fact that he was really worried about playing against WHU, claiming them to be the most fearsome team of the era, and he had to drug the Arsenal team to get them hyped up enough to play against the club. This is why WHU's result on this day is interesting. They were not a fearsome team.
They were just an ordinary club – Arsenal remained the dominant London team, not West Ham. But the appropriately titled "Chapter X" of the autobiography pulls no punches for it is titled, "I dope Arsenal for a Cup tie" and he says (page 74) that Arsenal had been having a bad run and he was approached by a famous Harley Street doctor with his pills while in his office contemplating the tactics to employ to overcome West Ham in the 1st round of the FA Cup. He doesn't give his name, or leave an address, Knighton doesn't check him out, he is just given the pills. So Knighton uses them.
Arsenal's record in the FA Cup since Knighton took over was hardly exciting. Under Knighton Arsenal had once got to the quarter-finals but otherwise had gone out at the first or second time of asking. They had won just five cup matches in five years, and not a single one of these was against a first division side.
And just to be clear, Knighton's quarter-final appearance with Arsenal was certainly not a record for the club. Arsenal had twice made the semi-finals while playing at Plumstead. So Knighton's record with the knock out trophy was fairly modest.
But Knighton notes none of this in his autobiography. Instead, he makes the point that he was very specifically concerned about this match in the 1st round of the FA Cup, because, most specifically, Arsenal were playing against West Ham. So could it be because West Ham United were Arsenal's bogey team?
In fact, Arsenal had only played West Ham five times in their history, once in the cup with a replay in the Plumstead days, and three times in the league, winning once and losing twice by the odd goal.
And in the run-up to the WHU games things were fairly normal for Arsenal with four wins, seven defeats and one draw, and as a result of what we might call this "modest" record hey were currently sitting 16th in the league.
Yet Knighton writes (page 74) "then during the cup rounds, we were drawn against the Hammers. Rightly has West Ham gained this menacing nickname. They have a mighty reputation as tough fighters who can beat the most polished and skilful opposition into a frazzle. A year or two before our match with them they had thudded their way to the Final.
"I was sitting in my office in Highbury with my head in my hand, wondering how on earth we could make sure of putting West Ham out of the cup, when a card was handed to me. It bore the name of a distinguished West End doctor."
Now the story of how Knighton confesses to drugging his team in order to get them to win this match is widely known; but its only source is his autobiography. The doctor in the case has never been identified.
But as we can see, West Ham are set up as something very special indeed. And yet this was only their second year ever in the first division. Prior to that, they had spent three years in the second division, finally gaining promotion by coming runners up. Before that, they were 16 years in the first division of the Southern League, highest position 4th, which they achieved twice.
The story rambles on in the autobiography, with the game being postponed twice but the players taking the drugs twice anyway, and getting awful side effects and then the players refusing to take the drugs in the match that was played.
But curiously not a word of this leaked out to the press at the time. Players were paid pitiful wages in those days and the chance of a couple of pounds extra in return for the story of the century would surely have been too much to resist. But we never heard a word of it until Knighton wrote his autobiography. That just seems too unlikely for words.
To me everything about the story is something made up with a record book of the fixtures in hand, to suit the needs of either the newspaper or the book publisher. It is easier to tell as a tale totally related to West Ham and the Cup. And 20 years on, would anyone remember whether West Ham were a force to be reckoned with at this time or whether the fog suddenly came down, or was there all day? What it does do, in the biography at least, is take the focus away from what was happening to Arsenal's form.
Yes, Bolton thumped West Ham on this day in 1924, showing us that WHU were at the time a modest middle-of-the-road team – just another fixture. Yet the wild crazy story about the drugs has been repeated many times since about how Arsenal were afraid to play them.
Like the whole of Knighton's autobiography, it is nonsense.


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The US and Iran part IV - hostile relations
October 28, 2004 · 6:15 PM EDT
Reporter Jeb Sharp
Islamic Republic of Iran Army T-55s move to front line of Iran-Iraq War.
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The hostage crisis ended in January 1981, but the bad blood between America and Iran continued.
First there was the Iran-Iraq war. Iraq started the war in 1980, hoping to capitalize on Iran's internal chaos. But by 1982, Iran had regained its footing. The Iranian military retaliated, striking deep into Iraq.
Washington went on the alert, according to Ken Pollack, the author of "The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict between Iran and America."
"The Reagan Administration became very concerned that the Iranians would be able to defeat the Iraqis, overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime and then continue to march either on Israel or down into the southern Persian Gulf states, into our allies Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the rich Gulf oil sheikdoms upon whom the entire world depended for energy," says Pollack.
The Reagan Administration decided to help Iraq push the Iranians back. It provided Baghdad with intelligence, and agricultural credits so Iraq could free up money for weapons.
Nasser Hadian, a professor of political science at Tehran University, says the US decision to back Iraq is still a bitter memory for Iranians.
"We lost a lot of people in that war, a lot of people became handicapped, you would see them everyday. This is not something distant from you. In my classes in Iran, in the streets I would see many of these war veterans, who do not have eyes, who do not have hands, who do not have legs, who are totally paralyzed and that would be really hard to witness them, to see them, and not to wonder why the US supported such a brutal dictator like Saddam in the war," Hadian says.
The US continued to back Iraq even as Saddam Hussein unleashed chemical weapons on the Iranians.
Hadian still shudders when he thinks about it.
"We all thought that using chemical weapons would be a red line which never would be crossed. We thought the international community never would let that happen. But to our surprise and our sorrow, deep sorrow, we found out that's not the case," he says.
At the time the State Department condemned the use of chemical weapons, but the United States took no punitive action. US policy makers from that era still defend their decision to help Iraq.
Nicholas Veliotes was Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs in the early 1980s. He says Washington backed Iraq out of fear the Iranian revolution would spread.
"At that time the greatest threat came from this surging Islamic fundamentalist expansionism. There were also grave concerns in the Gulf that the Iranians were seeking to disrupt, if not overthrow, many of the governments," he says.
Those fears were not unfounded. Right after the revolution, Iran began supporting radical Shia groups in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, Iran helped create organizations like Hizbollah there. When US forces were drawn into Lebanon too, they quickly became targets for such Iranian-backed groups.
The first big attack was at the US embassy in Beirut on April 18, 1983. 63 people were killed, including 17 Americans. The next target was a US Marine barracks. 241 Americans were killed. In September 1984, another US embassy building was bombed. Iranian-backed groups also took Americans hostage, including the head of the American University of Beirut, and the CIA's Lebanon station chief.
President Reagan, who had seen a hostage crisis hobble his predecessor, now had one of his own. He resorted to desperate measures to resolve it. The year was 1985. The Iran-Iraq war was still on. The United States had an arms embargo against Iran called Operation Staunch. But Reagan told a small circle of advisors to implement a different policy, of secretly swapping arms sales for hostages. Publicly Reagan kept up his tough guy rhetoric.
"The United States gives terrorists no rewards and no guarantees," he said. "We make no concessions, we make no deals."
But behind closed doors, the covert action went ahead. US officials flew to Tehran with shipments of anti-tank missiles. They then diverted profits from the sales to the right wing Contra rebels in Nicaragua. When the Iran-Contra affair leaked it was a huge scandal.
Malcolm Byrne of the National Security Archive at George Washington University says the arms for hostages deal didn't even achieve its aims.
"It did bring three hostages home, but during the same time period three more hostages were taken. So if you are going strictly by the numbers, then it was a wash. It also had some very damaging effects on US policy and US standing in the region," Byrne says.
The Iran-Iraq war finally ended in 1988. It had been horribly destructive, and ultimately pointless. And while US policy in the 1980s may have helped contain Iran, it had only emboldened Iraq. In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, triggering the Gulf War.
In 1993, incoming Clinton Administration officials like Martin Indyk took the lesson to heart.
"What we learned from that experience was that the whole notion of using one of the regional powers in the gulf to balance the other was basically a bankrupt policy," Indyk says.
So President Clinton launched a new policy called dual containment. Iraq would be contained by the sanctions, arms inspections and no fly zones that followed the Gulf War. Iran would be watched closely for any false move. At the same time, Clinton Administration officials pursued a comprehensive settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"The whole point was there seemed to be a symbiotic relationship between dual containment and pursuing peace. The more we succeeded in making peace the more Iran and Iraq would find themselves isolated and the more we succeeded in containing and isolating them the easier it would be to make peace. And in fact that's what happened for the first four years," Indyk says.
As time went on though, the Iranians helped sabotage the peace process by supporting terrorist groups that opposed it, according to Indyk.
Groups like Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas.
Iran considers those groups freedom fighters, not terrorists.
Mostafa Zahrani of the government-affiliated Institute for Political and International Studies in Tehran says the United States uses a double standard when it accuses Iran of supporting terrorism. Zahrani says Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is guilty of terrorism against the Palestinians.
"If terrorism is bad, why you accept Sharon terrorism and then you condemn all those people you know let's say Hezbollah, Jihad, Hamas? People in the region never believe that those people are terrorists. They say okay their land has been taken. They don't have house, they don't have humanity, they don't have security, they don't have food, they don't have anything," he says.
But that's not how the United States sees Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas.
In the mid-1990s, fed up with Iran's support for such groups, and its opposition to the Mideast peace process, the Clinton Administration cranked up economic sanctions on Tehran.
But then, in 1997, there were signs of change in Iran. In May, the reformist cleric Mohammed Khatami was elected President. The dynamic immediately showed signs of shifting. President Clinton called Khatami's election "hopeful." President Khatami gave an interview on CNN. He said he regretted the pain caused by the hostage crisis two decades earlier and called for a dialogue with the United States.
"When I speak of dialogue I intend dialogue between civilizations and cultures. Such discourse should be centered around thinkers and intellectuals. I believe that all doors should now be opened for such dialogue and understanding and possibilities for contact even between American and Iranian citizens should become available," Khatami said.
Secretary of State Madeline Albright responded in kind.
"As the wall of mistrust comes down, we can develop with the Islamic Republic, when it is ready, a roadmap leading to normal relations," she said.
Reformers in Iran continued to make gains in elections. In January 2000, Albright made another gesture.
"Today I am announcing a step that will enable Americans to purchase and import carpets and food products such as dried fruits, nuts and caviar from Iran," Albright said.
Albright's speech that day was groundbreaking. She acknowledged the US role in the 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's then-prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. She noted that the US had backed the Shah even as he brutally repressed his own people. And she said US support for Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war had been shortsighted.
But Albright also made a strategic error, according to Iranian political scientist Hadi Semati, when she referred to Iran's clerical leaders as "unelected."
"The speech was perfect really, in the sense it had a lot of groundbreaking statements in terms of American policy and acceptance of Iran as it was, but just the symbolic impact of that phrase was so much and so hard in Tehran especially with the conservatives that it blew out every possibility," Semati says.
Semati says Iran's ruling clerics believe they represent popular sentiment. He says Albright was publicly questioning the very essence of their identity and their power. The hardliners in Tehran rejected Albright's overture. The Clinton initiative fizzled out.
The current Bush Administration inherited all the problems of the US-Iranian relationship, and little of the hope.
In June 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft unveiled an indictment implicating the Iranian government in the 1996 terrorist bombing at the Khobar Towers complex in Saudi Arabia.
Then came September 11. Suddenly, US and Iranian interests converged.
The results were remarkable, according to Ken Pollack.
"Very quickly after September 11, the Bush Administration was able to develop a backchannel relationship with the Iranians that was extremely good. The United States was determined to destroy al Qaeda and take down the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. And the Iranians were among the oldest and most vicious foes of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and had been arguing for a global effort against the Taliban for years," Pollack says.
As a result, Iran gave the United States a lot of quiet help in its war in Afghanistan. But then, in January 2002, President Bush lumped Iran with Iraq and North Korea in his State of the Union address.
"States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an Axis of Evil, arming to threaten the peace of the World."
"A whole variety of sources have made clear that Iran to some extent was roadkill when it came to that speech," Pollack says. "The speech was not written about Iran; the Iranians were just kind of there and got run over by this truck of rhetoric that the administration had come up with. And Iran's inclusion in the Axis of Evil speech immediately soured the cooperation between Iran and the US."
It's not clear how long that cooperation would have lasted anyway. By the end of 2002, revelations about Iran's nuclear program had underscored Washington's worst fears about its longtime foe. International inspections confirmed Iran had enriched some uranium.
The Bush Administration's top arms control official, John Bolton, accused the Iranians of developing nuclear weapons.
"There is no question about it. The Iranians have a country that largely floats on a sea of oil and natural gas, and their argument that they need a nuclear power program for their own internal energy needs is ludicrous...In addition to that we have very substantial evidence that the Iranians are engaged across the entire nuclear fuel cycle concealing what they have done in a way that is only consistent with a clandestine nuclear weapons program," Bolton said.
Iran denies it is building nuclear weapons. It says it wants to enrich uranium to make nuclear fuel to generate electricity. Despite that rhetoric, Semati says, there is support in Iran for a nuclear deterrent.
"If you put the Iranian sense of threat in perspective, the only way that they can possibly come to a parity level with the US is nuclear, at least nuclear option, if not nuclear weapons," he says.
Iran has reason to feel threatened. Powerful voices in Washington want regime change there. There's talk of preemptive military strikes against its nuclear facilities. Iran is sandwiched between US interests in Iraq and Afghanistan. It has seen Iraq, which had no nuclear weapon, invaded, and North Korea, believed to have several, left untouched. Iran's leaders may well calculate they're safer with nuclear weapons than without.
There's still hope for a diplomatic fix. But the nuclear clock is ticking. And the history of US-Iranian relations doesn't offer much solace.
Semati says he thinks Washington and Tehran have reached a crossroads. That they must finally come to terms with each other, or collide.
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Appearing fleetingly on our visual margins and seemingly oblivious to our presence, they are the closest to the truly wild we may ever encounter. Yet for most of us, they are always present either by sight or sound.
These are the birds, which combine wondrous aerodynamics with an astonishing diversity of color, form, feather, and function. As a class, they are remarkable accomplishments of evolution and sheer survival -- the only scientifically-verified descendents of dinosaurs. Yet they are necessarily light in weight to enable flight: the common American robin weighs in at just three ounces, the hummingbird less than a quarter of an ounce. As an attentive bird observer for 40 years, I look on birds as unbidden gifts, allowing me an intriguing subject for photography. Note: a later addition to this gallery consists of several butterfly images, a new-found interest both in terms of biology and photography.
This gallery interprets landscapes and waterscapes in the American West: Hawaii, California, Nevada, and Utah ... and the American East: the Chesapeake Bay region, North Carolina's Outer Banks, and my home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Parisians simply have panache. I love to roam their wondrous city and photograph them in the wild.
Here, my photographic tribute to those who call England home. The country's visual appeal starts with its rich history, literally set in stone: structures ranging from the humble to the monumental are everywhere to be found, so ancient they're practically one with the geology. The fabled English Empire's reach once extended into every corner of the planet, her colonies governed from one of the world's first supercities. Yet it is the English countryside which comes to mind when one thinks of a more placid, measured life. To us, their American cousins, their myriad idiosyncrasies and prodigious breadth of dialects and customs are at once baffling -- yet somehow familiar. What's more, these characteristics can be readily interpreted in visual form. This is what I try to present here.


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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld dismissal of failure to accommodate and disability discrimination claims where, for several years, the employer provided accommodations relating to plaintiff's mental health (including directing co-workers not to startle plaintiff). Scheidler v. State of Indiana et al. Despite that admonition, a supervisor reached toward her with a choking motion and said, "I could just strangle you" resulting in a heated argument. When investigating the incident, the employer learned that months earlier, the plaintiff stated "It's who you know and who you blow," demeaning a colleague's promotion prospects. After the investigation, the employer issued a written disciplinary notice to the supervisor and terminated the plaintiff for her role in the argument and her lewd comment.
The Seventh Circuit found, in that while the argument between the supervisor and the plaintiff could be a failure to accommodate, it was an "isolated, one-off event." The plaintiff did not raise any other failure to accommodate issues and could not show that the overall interactive process had broken down or that other accommodations, such as time off, were not provided. In contrast, plaintiff's involvement in the argument, coupled with her crude comment, gave the employer a basis for termination. Perhaps most significantly, the Seventh Circuit emphasized it was not holding that a single event could never support a claim for failure to accommodate.


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Jane Rose
Jane/Jenny Rose (née Jones) was the last known Free Female survivor of the First Fleet in Australia.
Jane Jones (Jenny) was born in England circa 1778, and came free as a nine-year-old on Lady Penrhyn with her mother Elizabeth Evans (alias Jones) on Lady Penrhyn.
On 4 March 1790, Supply transported Jane and her mother to Norfolk Island. They returned to Port Jackson in 1794, and on 19 November, her mother was granted 20 acres at Concord. Elizabeth later sold the land to James Wilkinson, and from 23 November 1797 held a lease on a lot, 60ft x 100 ft, in Sydney. This allowed her to support herself and Jane by keeping nine pigs.
On 24 May 1800, at age 21, Jane married Thomas Rose Jr in Sydney. They had two children, Thomas c 1800 and William c 1802. The couple parted in 1803 when Thomas went back to England with his brother Joshua on family business. He may have gone to the Napoleonic Wars.
By 1806 Jane Jones, now aged 27, was living with the emancipated convict Matthew Conroy and they had four sons. In 1814 Jane is noted as being the wife of Thomas Jones, but not living with him.
In 1818, Jane's son Thomas, then aged 18, was granted 60 acres at South Bulli.
Jane's mother Elizabeth, who in 1810 had married James Vandercom, died in Sydney on 27 September 1820, aged 60.
Jane's husband Thomas Rose returned from England after ten years in around 1813, and found the Jane was now living with James Walsh. Thomas formed a de facto relationship with Ann Crew, who bore him 14 children, then left him to marry Isaac Woodford.
By 1825, under the name Jane Rose, Jane was listed with convict James Walsh (Atlas 1802) and a two-year-old child. In the 1828 census she was recorded as wife of James Walsh (both Catholics), at Airds, where he was a landholder. They had 55 acres, of which 50 are cleared and cultivated, plus 2 horses, 24 cattle and some sheep. Jane's son Thomas Rose, now 28, was a labourer on the property, but he left Australia in 1829 and was not heard from again. They also had two assigned convicts working for them, James Chard, aged 20 and Henry Morton (Duke of Portland 1806), aged 59. They had two additional labourers who were born in the colony, John Ryan, aged 20 and Edward Whittle aged 17.
By the 1830's Jane and James had moved to Bulli and Jane then ran his farm. In 1831 James was a signatory to an address, published in the Sydney Gazette on 1 February, to George Sleeman Esq, the Resident Magistrate of Illawarra upon his retirement from that office. William Rose, and Edward Whittle also signed the address. James Walsh/Welsh is listed in Illawarra on the 1833 road petition. He also appeared on the schoolhouse petition of 7 August 1840.
In 1839 Jane was granted 60 acres at Bulli – this became Seafield Farm
Son William Rose married Bridget Neil in 1840 at the Roman Catholic Church Wollongong. They had 4 children Elizabeth (1841), Jane (1842), Thomas James (1844) and Johanna (1845)
William died on 25 June 1845 and was buried in the Old Roman Catholic Cemetery (now Andrew Lysaght Park). Jane Rose died at Wollongong in August 1849 and was buried on 29 August, aged 70, with her son William.
She was described in a Police Report dated 10 September 1849, into her death 'as Jane Rose commonly known as Jane Walsh late of Crown St Wollongong shopkeeper'.
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The snow comes to an end early Monday morning. Bitter cold air takes over for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. High temperatures will stay in the single digits and lows will drop well below zero.
So when will the next batch of snow get here and how long will it last? Look for snow to start around 7/8am Sunday. This will continue until about 1pm.
visibility will be reduced at times. On some of those rural roads blowing and drifting will be a big problem.
falling. Winds gusted 30 35 mph at times creating near white out conditions. Many of you sent us report!t photos and we thank you! Here are a few of them.
By 6pm temperatures will rise around freezing meaning there a slight chance we could see a sleet mixture with some of the snow showers. We see another break before another brief round of snow moves back in around 1am Monday.
The National Weather Service decided to extend the Puma High Ankle Shoes 2017 Winter Weather Advisory through Monday morning because of the winds and extra snow we are going to see.


Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. North wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.
Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
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A comprehensive content marketing strategy should include a lot more than just product and service pages that are optimized for prospects who are ready to buy. Your potential customers follow a journey as they prepare to make a decision and your content should, too.
Learn more about the customer journey and why it's important in our latest Marketing Minute.
What's the first thing you do when you don't know the answer to a question? You Google it! Maybe before you even realize that the answer could lead you down the path to a purchase.
"Why is my car making a rattling sound when I turn?" If you find out there is an expensive fix down the road, you might be making a choice between repairing your car and buying a new one. And then once you make that choice, you have to make a decision as to which car you want to buy.
But the average sales process takes six to seven touches before a close. Most leads follow a journey before opening their wallet. If you're there in the beginning, you're much more likely to close at the end.
What's In a Customer Journey Map?
There are unique questions, pain points, and keywords associated with each of these phases. Understanding these differences will help you to better support your prospects with content. Once you pull a prospect into your funnel through a stage in the customer journey, you can nurture them toward a purchase.
The awareness phase of the customer journey likely occurs well before a prospect is aware that they need to buy a product or service. It's the impetus that kicks them off on their journey—much like the 'rattling sound' in our car example from the video. Or perhaps for an issue that hits closer to home—a company that's frustrated with the quality or quantity of their leads.
Awareness-phased prospects are the farthest out from being ready to purchase. Depending upon the length of your sales cycle, they could be as much as six months or a year out.
But that doesn't mean they are low-quality leads. A robust marketing and sales funnel should include prospects at every phase so that you are continually nurturing new leads along the path to buying. The more contact the prospects have with you at the beginning, the more likely they are to trust you when it comes time to buy.
The consideration phase is typically identified as the point in which a customer is starting to weigh their options. They've put a name to their problem and they are considering which direction is best for them.
Circling back to our car example, the prospect has realized that the rattling sound is more serious than a stick caught in their tire. Perhaps they have a professional check it out and give them an estimate. Now, they have to decide between repairing the car that they have and buying a new one.
You find a lot of "this versus that" type of content in the consideration phase, along with questions starting with how, what, and where.
The decision phase is the point that most business owners start their marketing content (bypassing the first two). A prospect who has entered this phase knows what they want to do and they just need to decide who is going to help.
Content supporting the decision phase of the customer journey outlines the value of your product or service and shows why a prospect should pick you over your competitor. In other words, does Toyota or Honda make the better car? While it's a very important phase (arguably the most important to conversion optimization) it can't be the only focus of a complete strategy.
Lastly, a marketing strategy is not complete without a plan for how to market to your existing customers. We've all heard the old adage that it's more expensive to acquire a new customer than to retain an existing one. Well, that means that you need to think about how to best use your valuable customer base.
Outlining the key identifiers, pain points, and goals of your ideal customers will help you to create content that encourages referrals and upsells—that means more business for you!
Once you have a thorough understanding of the customer journey and what your various personas are going through, you can develop a content marketing plan to address each stage. Not only should all four stages have their own message, but the type of content which will be most effective varies as well.
As you can see, your potential customers have a LOT of questions that are tangentially related to your business. This means that if you are a car company, your content marketing plan should include material going all the way back to common car problems and the support they need to take the next step.
Utilizing your marketing content to answer questions for every phase along the customer journey will help build trust with your prospects and optimize your funnel for conversion. Have questions about where to get started? We happen to love building out customer journey maps. We're here to help!
Katy is the Director of Account Strategy for Marketing Refresh. She enjoys geeking out on marketing, chips and queso, and her latest Netflix obsession.


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Trish, Hans and Phil share three voices, harmonies, and great jazz interpretations of pop songs at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 3. Trish, Hans and Phil are one of the most innovative and entertaining groups on the West Coast today. In addition to their unique and superb musicianship, they bring with them a joyous and exhilarating sense of showmanship to the stage. They bring their novel approach to the classics, from Cole Porter and the Gershwins to Lennon and McCartney. With the story-line lyrics of Hans and his piano, the sultry tones of Trish and Phil's bass sense and humor, this exciting group combines their soaring, swinging vocals for a sound that is truly their own.
At 8 p.m., Wednesday April 4, Phillip Moore presents Barry and Me: A Tribute to Barry Manilow. Palm Springs cabaret singer Phillip Moore's show is a tribute to this amazing singer/songwriter that has been a part of his life since childhood. The production is narrated and sung by Phillip with keyboard accompaniment by Jason Weber.
American Idol Star and Pop/Soul singing sensation Rayon Owen returns at 8 p.m., Thursday April 5. Influenced by artists such as Lionel Richie, John Legend, Troye Sivan and Stevie Wonder, Rayvon has developed his own voice as a powerful performer and reflective songwriter.
Anne Steele is returning 8 p.m., Thursday, April 12 with her brand new show, Welcome To The Big Top. Anne is known for weaving hilarious stories from her life into a set list ranging from high energy belting dance numbers to blow the roof off ballads. She will be joined on stage by her Strongman Musical Director, Nate Buccieri.
Hailed "one of the best pop-jazz vocal groups in the world" by the San Francisco Chronicle, m-pact is respected worldwide as a cutting edge trailblazer in the realm of vocal music. They will perform at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 18. Emerging from an age of auto-tune and overproduction, this Los Angeles-based ensemble has cultivated a new generation of ears hungry for the fresh, raw power of nature's "first instrument" – the human voice.
As seen on TBS, ABC, and Last Comic Standing, veteran comedian Dana Goldberg is a force of nature on stage. She will perform at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 25. With performances at the San Francisco International Comedy Competition, A crowd favorite, Goldberg has become a triple threat combining her comedy, hosting, and live auction talents to become one of the most sought after entertainers on the circuit.
Debby Holiday performs at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 26 for a Free2B CD Release Party. Holiday broke onto the dance scene with her #5 Billboard summer anthem Dive in 2004. Holiday followed the smash hit "Dive" with her power ballad "Half A Mile Away," which shot into the Billboard Top 10, along with Debby's follow-up dance hit "Bring It On."
Debby Holiday broke onto the dance scene with "Dive" in 2004.
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By Sulz, Dave on March 31, 2020.
READ Awards recognize outstanding library initiatives
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Libraries are making valuable contributions to their communities all year long and Chinook Arch Regional Library System loves to celebrate this fact. The Rewards for Excellence and Distinction (READ) are awarded every year as part of the Southern Alberta Library Conference (SALC).
Nominations are accepted beginning in December and winners are chosen by the Chinook Arch Marketing and Communications Committee. The committee judges the nominations in the areas of: service, collaboration, innovation, and community benefit. This year four libraries were recognized during a dinner held on Friday, March 6 at the Sandman Signature Lethbridge Lodge.
We would like to congratulate the below recipients of the 2020 READ Awards:
Jim and Mary Kearl Library of Cardston: SOCKTOBER Event
In September, Donna Beazer the Library Manager sent out a letter describing the SOCKTOBER Event to other library managers – a sock drive to collect a much-needed article of clothing which would then be donated between Blood Tribe FCSS, Lavern FCSS, Streets Alive, and Lethbridge United Way. Many fun ideas were given, including holding a crazy sock day, hosting a sock hop, planning a sock walk, or having a sock hunt.
Cardston provided other participating libraries with everything needed for a successful program including: a box with clear signage, beautiful posters complete with participating library's name and address, and press releases to forward to local media.
Claresholm Public Library: Teen Advisory Group (TAG)
TAG was formed in April 2019. The group started small with three teens, and has grown into approximately twelve 11-16-year-olds who meet once a month to plan and execute their own programs and events. Events that TAG has created include Teen Movie Nights, Teen Water Balloon Battle Royale, and Escape the Haunted Library. Fundraising initiatives to run these programs have included button sales, candy jar giveaways, and cookie grams. TAG members also help library staff and Friends of the Library volunteers with various tasks and events, which has created opportunities to bring together seniors and teens within the community.
Vulcan Municipal Library: The Garden Project
The Garden Project (Gardening with Elaine) was an eight-month-long project, where a group of Prairieview Elementary School students joined local senior Elaine once a week to grow flowers and vegetables within the library. The program engaged community members and kept them coming back to the library.
Carmangay & District Municipal Library: Special Community Programming for Children and Youth
The Carmangay Library, led by manager Kelsey Chic, focussed on Special Programs for children and youth in the Carmangay community during 2019. Attention was given to providing youth with life-skills and experiences in the categories of: physical literacy, nature and environment, self-care and independence, and arts and culture. Programs included rollerblading lessons, interactive presentations from The Birds of Prey Centre, Cooking classes, and Live History workshops and theatrical performances.
Find out more about Chinook Arch programs and member libraries online at chinookarch.ca.


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A Conversation about Conservation: Protecting India's Tigers
by James Wilmshurst July 3, 2019
by James Wilmshurst
An interview with Amit Sankhala
In a world that seems dominated by harrowing news, especially when it comes to the natural world, the fact that tiger numbers are on the rise is a much-needed glimmer of hope. In India, Amit Sankhala stands at the fore of protecting India's tigers, both as a trustee of the Tiger Trust organisation and in overseeing three wildlife lodges in Madhya Pradesh. Here, we spoke to Amit about his work and inspiring optimism in the face of one of the great conservation challenges of our time.
For Amit, passion for the tiger and the environment quite literally runs through his veins. He is third in a line of eminent conservationists: his grandfather, Kailash Sankhala was known as 'the tiger man of India', while his father was a pioneer in local eco-tourism. The film TIGERLAND, which was made by Academy Award-winning directors Ross Kauffman and Fisher Stevens and premiered at Sundance festival 2019, was based on the Sankhala family and their heritage (you can watch the film on Amazon Prime or Discovery). Today, Amit works in Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state with a significant tiger population.
Despite the upturn in tiger numbers in the last few years, the species remains endangered. "At the turn of last century there were 40,000 tigers in the wild," Amit tells me. "Now, there are just 4000 in the world."
What are the major threats to the tiger population today? Despite the fact that it's illegal to kill tigers across India, poaching is a problem. Poaching occurs for reasons Amit describes as "illogical": for bush meats, for selling skins, for the belief that tiger bones can be medicinal and even cure cancer. This is made all the more shocking by the fact that poachers have a conviction rate of just 4%.
Nevertheless, Amit says that while poaching is still a problem, it is nowhere near the level of 10 years ago. Nowadays, threats such as deforestation are equally significant for tigers in Madhya Pradesh. Vast swathes of jungle are being cut down to make space for highways and other development. Equally, Madhya Pradesh is a mining district (it is home to Asia's only active diamond mine, and is rich in numerous other minerals) which leads to natural habitat destruction.
Despite the existence of poachers, tigers are revered by most of the Indian population. "There is a public outcry over the death of a tiger," Amit says. This is especially true among villages visited by wild tigers. Often, local people will give their neighbourhood tiger a name and will think of it affectionately, even though it poses a significant danger to their livelihood.
What is unique about Amit's work is that he is just as passionate about the plight of the tiger and as that of the communities for whom tigers raise a threat. He takes an active role in educating villagers in how to protect themselves from tigers and advocates schemes in which they are rewarded for citing tiger viewings to the authorities – this way, they can earn an income while also helping conservationists and protecting themselves. In his words, he "speaks both for the Tigers and the people who live near them."
Even in the face of these obstacles, Amit manages to remain optimistic about the tigers' future. "Tigers are fast-breeding mammals. One tigress can breed 24 cubs in 12 years."
Amit is also positive about the effects of tourism on protecting the tiger population. National parks are run by the government and provide a safe haven for tigers. Tourism helps provide a watchful eye on the last remaining tigers in the wild in that the highest concentration of tigers exists in the areas where tourism has flourished. Indirectly, the safari vehicles are patrolling areas of the park. Amit also lauds the benefits of social media in spreading awareness for the tigers and provoking a productive emotional response from all over the world.
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To find out more about Amit's conservation work, please head to the Tiger Trust website.
For more on the Sankhala family, we highly recommend the TIGERLAND documentary.
Want to spot a tiger on your own holiday? Get in touch with one of our travel specialists today on 0207 924 7133 or fill out an enquiry form here to chat about wildlife holidays in India (and please say if you'd like the chance to stay in one of Amit's lodges!)
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Over the last few weeks I have been feeling quite unloved, lonely and sorry for myself, and several of my old thinking patterns about my lack of worth were resurfacing, which accompanied old eating and exercising habits as well.
Tomorrow is my birthday. Yesterday when I arrived home from a day out I found 4 pieces of mail from various members of this crew. Each of the ladies who sent me something, without knowing my recent state of mind, included some very lovely words of support and love, and 3 of them have almost completely outfitted me for the Brisbane finale (minus shoes)! Pendant, bracelets, earrings AND dress!
On it's own, receiving this mail and the subsequent messages when thanking the recipients lifted me up in indescribable ways! I felt very blessesd and overwhelmed by the love and support I was receiving!!
The other day I was invited to brunch (today) by another 12wbter. When I arrived I discovered her and another 3 ladies waiting for me, shouting a very loud Happy Birthday, complete with party poppers! 2 more people arrived after that. I was presented with a further gift, my first experience with green tea. I enjoyed an amazing morning full of laughter and fun with these women and was inundated with text messages of birthday wishes, love and support from the people who couldn't make it, whether due to geography or other circumstances. Thanks to one of the girls being extremely trigger happy with a camera/ipad/iphone there were plenty of photos and videos taken. I also received a very special "cake", complete with candle! Note the pendant in this photo. One of the gifts that arrived in the mail yesterday. A purple heart (stained glass style) with a metal angel attached.
All but 2 of the ladies that came created a "tour bus" and made the 2 hour trek up the mountain from Brisbane to Toowoomba.
I have been told that there was a "secret squirrels business" facebook group created especially to organise this event so that I would not find out, and that significant numbers of this very special crew were involved (I'm not sure of the exact numbers) in creating this special day for me.
I have been lifted up in ways that I cannot describe with mere words. I feel loved and worthy, and my heart is full of gratitude for the support and love that I have received from this crew.
These incredible people belong to the 30+ crew and the Toowoomba crew! Thank you for being you!!
For some reason people seem to think I need to be the centre of attention on my birthday!
I have experienced several breakthroughs in the last few weeks that I have blogged about in recent posts. I have had issues with allowing the numbers (scales and measurements) to impact the way I feel about my journey. I have realised that I was raised with abuse in my family, and that some of the things said to me as a teen are still impacting the way I feel about myself now. The issues with the numbers have been ongoing for several months now, but the others have been occurred only in the last few weeks, and while some have hit me harder than others, I have been finding it challenging to come to terms with them.
Reading these words have struck a chord with me. I have realised that the things that penetrate the bubble aren't necessarily just from external sources. Other people, events and so on. They can also be from internal sources.
And I have been allowing my internal voices to penetrate. I have allowed the numbers to rule my being for too long. I have allowed the actions of others from my childhood to influence my worth for too long. I deserve complete unconditional acceptance and love. And I intend to give that to myself.
There has been a lot of talk on facebook in the last several hours or so about the tragedy that occurred in Connecticut with a school shooting that has left 27 people (20 of them children) dead. Heartbreaking stuff.
Following this, many of the ladies in the 30+ crew have begun gratitude projects. Leading the charge on this is a good friend of mine, Cathy. An amazing idea from an amazing lady. The idea is that you not only FEEL gratitude in your life, but also SHARE it with random people. TELL people that you are grateful for them and the things they do (and ARE). And not just the people who you love most. Include random people like the check out chick in the supermarket or someone you pass in the street. Fantastic stuff is happening from this one idea from just one person. I LOVE it!
So, why am I mentioning this now?
Because I want to express my gratitude to someone in a permanent way. By writing it here it will be in print for a LONG time. I belong to a group on facebook that is essentially an oasis. A space where people can go to chill out and just BE. They can take some time out of their busy (and often chaotic) lives and be in a space that is about love, support and peace. To quiet the mind. To regain balance.
All I can say is this: WOW!! I am incredibly humbled, honoured and emotional all at once by this lady reaching out to me in this way. Right now my heart and soul are full to the brim with gratitude that I have been lucky enough to be blessed with the community of women (and men) I have in my life. I would like to send a HUGE thank you to this amazing woman who has just reached out to me.
At the suggestion of someone I know, I bought a copy of The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle on my ipad.
I had an appointment with my kiniesiologist this evening. She discovered an emotional block connected to trust and asked me "what are the trust issues you have?" After a little more muscle testing she said to me, "what happened when you were 16"? I went through that in my head. That was the year I started grade 11. And then I had a light bulb.
At around that age my mum pulled me aside with the intention of motivating me to do something about my weight. I don't remember everything that she said. I'm sure she cushioned things as best she could, but some things just stand out in our lives, and this was one of those times. I remember exactly where we were standing in the house (just inside the front door, in the hallway in the doorway to our loungeroom). For me it was one of the biggest defining moments for who I was as a person.
Two comments stand out. I am paraphrasing here. Comment 1: "No employer will want to hire you because they will be afraid that you will have a heart attack on the job or something". Comment 2: "No man will ever want to be with you because they aren't attracted to big women.
For a long time these comments were reality. I avoided jobs for many years. I did some casual part time work after I finished my first degree and didn't get anything that remotely looked like "proper" work until almost 10 years later, after my second degree (education). I have since proven that comment to be completely innacurate and without any kind of substance. Which of course means that it rarely impacts on my life now.
My kiniesiologist asked me which comment effected me the most. My response was the second. She said she could tell just by the tone of my voice (go figure!!). I need to do more work on this.
So, what is it about comment 2 that has me so affected? As always, it comes back to self love.
To this day I have never had a proper boyfriend. I've never been in a proper relationship. I never broadcast this to people. I usually just go about my daily business and push these feelings aside. Never to be acknowledged. Relatively early on in my journey with seeing my psychologist we briefly discussed relationships. About how I felt about them, some of my history (pretty much non existent) with them. Then we got busy with other aspects of why I was seeing her and the relationship stuff has not been raised since then. I think I need to change that.
For a long time I have craved a relationship. One in which I can be truly and completely, unconditionally accepted and loved for who I am. Where looks have no impact whatsoever and it is a true and equal partnership. Like in this photo.
The handful of guys who have approached me have revealed themselves to be NOT the right one for me. Just to give you an idea of the calibre of these men, the most recent one stated that he was attracted to large women and that he found my body hot. Sounds good, right? No. When I told him that I was doing the 12wbt he said that he didn't want me to change my body. I told him WHY I was doing it. What I wanted to achieve. This was when I first joined the program in January. Since then I have heard from him once. At that time I told him a little about what I had achieved, he congratulated me and I literally haven't heard from him since. Clearly a winner (note the heavy sarcasm there).
I don't trust myself. I have always avoided men in general. It's not until relatively recently that I have even felt comfortable talking to them! And on the occasions I do, my thought processes usually go along the lines of "he won't like me, I don't have anything to offer, I'm not interesting at all". For a long time I shut things down before anything could happen! My first experience was when I was 18. I was at the swimming pool with a friend to do an aqua class. A guy approached me in the pool and asked me to go out with him. Without even thinking, I turned him down and stated that my parents wouldn't let me go out. I was 18!!! Legally an adult. I didn't even have to ASK them! And yet I used that excuse without even thinking.
The bottom line is, I have always been afraid. Afraid that if I allow someone in, they will get to know me and will find out that I am not worth knowing to begin with. And then I will be completely vulnerable and open to hurt. So to stop that happening I have eaten everything in sight. After all, if I am fat, they won't want to come near me, cause no man could ever be attracted to THAT!
I have been talking a lot about the numbers in recent posts. In "Radical Trust" I made the decision that I would bring the scales out only every 4 weeks. Today marks the first of these this round. I am 1.6kg lighter today than I was 4 weeks ago.
My initial reaction was disappointment. The past month I have been hoping/visualising that because of all the work I've been doing to get my health sorted the scales would show the difference. I think I have had this expectation that the kiniesiology and accupuncture would make things drop almost overnight. My thoughts about the numbers in the last 4 weeks have been somewhat sporadic. One day I would think that 8kg difference would be awesome, the next I'd think 6 would be great! Then it would be 3, then back to 8, then 5. Back and forth, the entire 4 weeks. And I have been counting down the weigh in's. In week 1 it was "3 weeks to go", in week 2 it was "half way there". I almost forgot to count week 3! Didn't realise it was weigh in day until I checked in with the 30+ crew FB page. And the last several days I have been counting down the days. So when I actually stepped on the scales this morning it was an anti climax. "Only" 1.6kg in 4 weeks. Things should have been different, right? Clearly I am still attached to the numbers.
So, I need to focus on every other achievements I have made in the last 6 months to get me away from the numbers. Sooo many other things to be proud of. My training. My milestones. I walked 5 km ffs! Half of which was up hill!! I have changed the way I think. I can now recognise an excuse from 100 paces! I FEEL differently about myself. I speak to myself with more respect and love. I now know that I have value. My career achievements have taken a huge leap forward. I EMPOWER people (or more accurately, I help them to empower themselves)! I now make choices. I have power. I have talent! I am WORTHY! I am ENOUGH!! I have successfully made nutrition choices that move me closer to the life I deserve. These choices are becoming more conscious and feel more natural. I haven't consumed chocolate in 2 months. And surprisingly, I am not craving it.
All HUGE achievements! All worth celebrating.
The last post I wrote was 6 days ago. Last Wednesday evening, to be exact. Since then I have had a pretty full on week!! Thursday I was very busy with preparations for a work function that I was co facilitating. Friday – Sunday I attended this retreat, and since then my body has kind of shut down. Within 5-10 minutes of arriving home late Sunday afternoon my throat was sore. Since then it has developed into a full blown flu! I think I am coming out of it now, which is good.
The program that we ran is one that I have done many times in the last 2-3 years. Every time I get people who have some pretty emotional breakthroughs. This past weekend surpassed EVERY breakthrough that we have ever had before. The program is designed to bring up all kinds of emotional stuff, and boy did we get that this past weekend. From every single person in the room. With temperatures in the mid 30's (celcius) and a barely functioning air conditioner, we dealt with intense grief and loss, major realisations of domestic violence and abuse, and a whole heap of releasing of emotions. It was an extremely intense 3 days, and I am certainly not surprised that my body has reacted the way it has. In taking care of our participants, we (myself and my co facilitator) expended a LOT of emotional energy, without the chance to replenish it due to the long hours involved. This past weekend has without doubt been THE most powerful I have ever been privileged to attend. And despite the intensity and the outcomes for my body, I am honoured to have been involved. To have been able to support and empower these incredibly brave people through their journeys. To have earned their trust in my ability as a clinician. I have been affirmed in my choice of career. To bear witness to these kinds of transformations IS why I do what I do.
So, with the intensity of the last several days I haven't really had a chance to reflect on my own realisation from last week. Since I have been home the last 2 days with this flu my mind has had a short chance to rest up. In case you missed my post last Wednesday, it hit me hard when I realised that I was raised with emotional abuse in my life. I had always known that I had a lot of put downs, a lot of times when words used left me feeling inadequate and unworthy. But I had never before acknowledged it and labelled it as emotional abuse. It truly saddens me that as a child I had to experience that. On the night I wrote the post I felt heartbroken. Today I feel a little more accepting of the whole thing. I think the issue was that I had this idea that my childhood, while not completely perfect, was at least without much of the dysfunction that a lot of people experience. It was abuse free. It was mostly happy. How wrong was I?!?!
And I think that this is the issue for me. I had this picture in my head of how "normal" my childhood was. Middle class Australia, neither rich nor poor, pretty normal all around. To figure out that this was a part of it is pretty difficult to comprehend.
Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of happy moments. But you don't get to be the size I have been without there being issues. As much as it pains me to admit, I grew up being abused emotionally. I feel like I have to defend my family. To somehow justify why the abuse occurred. But, is there anything that I CAN say? Probably not.
I think that the best thing I can do right now is to allow things to sit with me for a while. To get on with transforming my life, affirming my value as a human being, and to allow myself to move forward and continue to create the life I deserve.


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Q: NetworkReceiver never called after changes to Network State To conserver battery in my application, whenever my app needs to sync with the cloud, I first check if the network is available. If no connection is available, I register a network broadcast receiver as follows. But this never gets called.
I'm testing this by putting the device into airplane mode. I see the "Network Receiver ENABLED" message. But after I disable airplane mode, and after my Wifi connects, I expect to see the "Received Network Change Intent" message, and it never appears.
Can anyone point out what I may be doing wrong?
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(ConnectivityManager.CONNECTIVITY_ACTION);
networkReceiver = new NetworkReceiver();
registerReceiver(networkReceiver, filter);
Log.d(TAG, "Network Receiver ENABLED");

This is the NetworkReceiver:
public class NetworkReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    private static String TAG = NetworkReceiver.class.getSimpleName();

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context_, Intent intent_) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Received Network Change Intent");
    }
}

A: You can try below option.

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*Set Network Access Permission if you haven't declare in manifest file: <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"> </uses-permission>.

*Register Receiver using context:
Instead of registerReceiver(networkReceiver, filter); use getApplicationContext().registerReceiver(networkReceiver, filter);

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After more than 3 years sitting idle, the brewery at Ward Centre is back online creating new and innovative beer styles for the people of Honolulu. Partners Frank Wenzl and Greg Yount formed Hawaiian Islands Brewing Company in 2012 and began efforts to revive the old Brew Moon brewery location. Frank Wenzl founded Ali'i Brewing Company in 1993 and soon teamed up with Greg Yount to run operations at the Iwilei location. Ali'i was the original Micro-Brewery blazing new trails in Hawaii's beer market, offering a variety of original styles. Frank went on to build out breweries in Majuro, Marshall Islands in 1996 and Koror, Palau in 1998. Greg became the brewer at Palau Brewing Company, Palau's first brewery, in 1998. He ran operations there for over three years, before returning to Honolulu to take the position of Head Brewer at the Brew Moon Brewpub. Due to the economic slowdown, Brew Moon was forced to close its doors in 2009. The brewery restaurant was turned into night club and the beer making equipment sat idle in search of a savior. One auspicious evening, Frank and Greg, sharing a constant passion for good beer, were walking past the brewery and noticed that renovations were taking place for the opening of Vice Honolulu. They inquired with ElementGroup as to the possibility of joining efforts to re-open the brewery. A partnership was agreed upon and the beer will start flowing in mid-August 2012.
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New independent cinema in Jeddah offers more choice for film lovers
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The Hayy Cinema is located in the Hayy Jameel complex and has a 168-seat main theater and a 30-seat community screening room. (AN photo)
The first Saudi independent cinema, "Hayy Cinema" located in the complex Hayy Jameel, opened its doors in Jeddah for the public on Dec 6, with a 168-seat main theater and a 30-seat community screening room. (AN photo)
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JEDDAH: The first Saudi independent cinema house has opened its doors to the public, offering further choice for the Kingdom's film lovers.
The Hayy Cinema is located in the Hayy Jameel complex and has a 168-seat main theater and a 30-seat community screening room.
Among those who attended the opening ceremony on Dec. 5 were Hayy Jameel officials including Antonia Carver, director of art Jameel, and Sara Al-Omran, deputy director. Several representatives and participants from the Red Sea International Film Festival were also present including Antoine Khalife, director of Arab programs and film classics at the RSIFF, and famous Egyptian actor Hussain Fahmy.
The occasion was celebrated on Dec 5 and attended by officials of Hayy Jameel, Antonia Carver, director of art Hayy Jameel, Sara Al Omran, deputy director, Art Jameel, Red Sea International Film Festival representatives, Saudi and Egyptian film celebrities and guests, including Antoine Khalife, director of Arab programms and Film Classics at RSIFF and famous Egyptian actor Hussain Fahmy. (AN photo)
Carver told Arab News it was an important moment for Art Jameel because it provides a showcase and training platform for young Saudi filmmakers.
In a statement, she said: "There is no better way to celebrate Hayy Jameel's first anniversary than with the launch of the much-anticipated Hayy Cinema. This is Saudi's first bespoke independent picture house, developed with the intent to nurture the local film scene — not only filmmakers but also the audiences who appreciate them."
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Hayy Cinema's year-round programming will include Saudi, Arab and international features, shorts and documentaries and is set to host flagship film festivals for all tastes, including for children.
"We believe that Hayy Cinema's focus on presenting and documenting the great breadth of global cinema, and in tracing the history of cinemas and films from the Gulf, complements the blockbusters of Saudi's fast-growing commercial scene and government-led industry initiatives.
"With Hayy Arts being a museum space for the visual arts and Hayy Cinema for the moving image, both anchor Hayy Jameel, grounding the complex as Jeddah's home for creative expression."
Al-Omran said she was proud to be associated with the launch. "(It) demonstrates our commitment to supporting the Quality of Life Program by enhancing participation in cultural and entertainment activities."
She said that Hayy Cinema would not only screen films but also provide a space for the training of young creators.
Raisa Lahcine, director of international relations at Louis Lumiere, the major French public higher education provider, who is in Jeddah to attend the RSIFF, told Arab News that Saudi Arabia was making promising infrastructure investments.
"It is nice for such an independent cinema to open here, and I am sure Saudi young filmmakers will benefit from it."
Ruba Al-Sweel, communication manager at Art Jameel, said the cinema would promote dialogue between members of the local film community and provide opportunities for independent Saudi filmmakers.
The opening program has been co-developed with the RSIFF and celebrates visionaries of Arab cinema's golden era. This includes a retrospective of five newly restored, groundbreaking films by Egyptian master Youssef Chahine, one of the Arab world's most internationally celebrated filmmakers.
There is also a rare archival exhibition that highlights renowned photographer Gamal Fahmy's contribution to filmmaking in the region.
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S.Korean flight return from Kazakhstan a week after stranded
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Seoul, Jan 13 (IANS) A South Korean passenger jet carrying dozens of citizens departed on Thursday from a Kazakh airport, eight days after it got grounded in the Central Asian nation gripped by political turmoil.
The Asiana Airlines Inc. flight took off from Almaty International Airport at 1.13 p.m., carrying 43 South Koreans and four Kazakh nationals, Yonhap News Agency quoted an official at Seoul's Foreign Ministry as saying.
The plane had been stranded in Kazakhstan since it landed on January 5, when protesters took control of the nation's main gateway.
The airport resumed normal operations earlier on Thursday.
The plane is expected to arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at around 10 p.m., the official noted.
The South Koreans on the plane are mostly those who had originally booked the flight back home, while eight of them are crew members, according to the official.
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Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino today announced plans to expand its award-winning Convention Center. Based on demand for additional space, the resort will add new exhibit space, underground parking and increase overall square footage, creating the most flexible and customer-focused convention facility in North America. Mandalay Bay is a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM).
Plans include the addition of more than 350,000 square feet of exhibit space to the existing 1.7 million-square-foot Mandalay Bay Convention Center as well as underground parking and more carpeted ballroom space. The new spaces will allow Mandalay Bay to grow current shows, pursue new and larger corporate partners and achieve greater utilization of the entire facility. Upon completion, the Mandalay Bay Convention Center will boast more than 2 million total square feet and 1.1 million square feet of exhibit space. This elevates its ranking in North America from No. 7 to No. 5 in total square feet and from No. 11 to No. 5 in square feet of exhibit space.
Construction is scheduled to begin in late fall 2014 with new exhibit space available in August 2015 and anticipated completion of all spaces in January 2016. The project is estimated to cost approximately $66 million. Featuring a 70,000-square-foot ballroom that is divisible by five, the new space will allow for maximum flexibility and more break-out areas for corporate groups. The bandwidth of the Convention Center's state-of-the-art technology also will increase to accommodate more attendees and to allow for the most advanced presentations.
MGM Resorts International has made a commitment to build all new facilities to LEED Gold standards or better, and the Convention Center expansion will meet those standards. Mandalay Bay and the Mandalay Bay Convention Center hold coveted Five Key ratings from the Green Key Eco-Rating and Meetings Programs. In addition, TripAdvisor has awarded the resort Gold in its GreenLeaders Program. Mandalay Bay integrates environmentally responsible practices into its operations including the recycling of more than 80 percent of all convention materials. From sustainable service ware and organic, sustainable menus to zero waste recycling, Mandalay Bay's Convention Service Managers offer a number of options to help each group conduct green and socially responsible meetings.
The expanded Convention Center at Mandalay Bay will incorporate an additional rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) array making it the largest convention center array in the world. The anticipated size of the array is approximately 1.9MWdc with an approximate annual production of 3.4M kilowatt hours. The previously announced 6.2MWdc solar PV array on the current Convention Center is slated for completion in August; the combined array will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 1,300 homes.
Las Vegas has been the No. 1 trade show destination for 20 years, and this significant investment demonstrates Mandalay Bay's continued commitment to the city of Las Vegas.


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