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Fire Erupts Aboard Cruise Ship; No Injuries Reported
All 2,224 passengers aboard a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International will be flown back to the United States from the Bahamas due to a fire which erupted in the mooring area of the vessel at approximately 2:50 in the morning earlier today.
Although it was extinguished at 4:58 this morning as the Grandeur of the Seas was on its way to Coco Cay in the Bahamas, the fire apparently caused enough damage for Royal Caribbean to cancel the remainder of the voyage, according to content posted on facebook:
"We have assessed the damage to Grandeur of the Seas and have made the decision to cancel the remainder of this voyage. We are currently arranging flights for all guests onboard to return to Baltimore, Maryland tomorrow. Guests on this sailing will receive a full refund of the cruise fare as well as a future cruise certificate. Information about upcoming sailings onboard Grandeur of the Seas will be posted as soon as it is available."
A cruise scheduled for May 31, 2013 has been cancelled as well, with all customers to receive a full refund of the cruise fare — as well as a certificate offering a discount of 50 percent on a future cruise.
No injuries or fatalities were reported in this incident, according to this video report by NBC Nightly News:
Earlier this year, the cruise ship Triumph — operated by Carnival Cruise Lines — was stranded in the Gulf of Mexico southeast of Galveston, Texas and west of the Yucatan Peninsula as the result of an engine room fire that caused the vessel to lose power. Passengers were stranded in unsanitary conditions for days with power outages and cold food until they were finally brought back to Mobile in Alabama.
That incident last February led to the creation of the new Passenger Bill of Rights, implemented recently by the Cruise Lines International Association. The fire aboard the Grandeur of the Seas earlier today was supposedly the first incident to test the Passenger Bill of Rights.
In January of last year, the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia — which is owned by Costa Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation — ran aground off the coast of Italy, resulting in the deaths of at least twelve people and injuring others and spotlighted a number of possible deficiencies, including inadequate safety precautions and the exploits of its now-infamous captain.
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It's only one more week till Good Friday, a day which no doubt is one of our high holy days as disciples of Jesus. We mark special days and times with special readings of scripture, so that we may 'enter in'with our spirits, to the very remembrance of what we celebrate. In our 'entering in', we hope to see anew our souls as they are before God. We seek to hear Jesus' words to them then, as His words to us today. We want Him to search us and see if there is any wicked way in us (Psalm 139:23), that we may repent and be saved.
Holy Week, which begins on Palm Sunday, is one of those times we 'enter in'to such remembrances. Today we reflect on one of the readings of scripture for next week on Good Friday. However, the scripture is not one you may have heard before as it comes from what many Protestants call the 'Apocrypha' – The Book of Wisdom.
In our 'entering in', we hope to see anew our souls as they are before God.
Such books were set aside for holy reading, but not viewed as inspired by the some of the Protestant Reformers, which was a departure from the historic view of those books by both, Western and Eastern Christians. Whatever your opinion may be on what should or should not be a part of the Canon of Scripture, one thing is certain; you can't read the Book of Wisdom and not see its inspired prophetic tone.
In their evil thoughts, those who condemned Jesus to death, didn't realize how prophetic they were. Jesus is 'the righteous man', 'the Messiah'. They saw Jesus as, "…inconvenient". I pray we never see Jesus and His ways as an 'inconvenience', but I'm afraid we often do. How many times do we put off His urgings to us and dismiss them as just our own contriving's? Jesus' words do bring conviction to our souls if our hearts are open. Sadly, we know many hearts are not open to the Spirit of God.
As you prepare for Holy Week, I invite you to read Wisdom chapter two. You can read the entire chapter here. Listen for the voices of evil and notice how contemporary they are to the thoughts of so many today. Jesus challenged their way of living and thinking then, as He still does ours today.
In the ancient liturgies of Eastern Christianity, before scripture is read, the Reader chants out, "Wisdom, let us attend!"Let us attend to the wisdom of the Word today. May Jesus search us today and see if there be any wicked way in us… and let us repent, that He may turn our ashes into beauty.


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2011 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
Will Lowe scored 84 points to finish in a tie for second place in the seventh go-round.
Jason Havens scored 80.5 points in the second round.
2010 NFR
Steven Dent scored 84 points in the second round to finish in fifth place.
Royce Ford scored 84 points to finish in a tie for fourth place in the second round.
Steven Peebles' 83.5 was good enough for a third-place tie in Round 7.
Austin Foss posted an 83 to finish second in the final round at the All American Pro Rodeo Finals in Waco, Texas.
Evan Jayne was 83 points, finishing in a tie for fifth at the Waller County (Texas) Fair and Rodeo.
Seth Hardwick posted 86 points at the Lea County (N.M.) Fair and Rodeo to finish in a tie for fourth.
Tyler Scales scored 84 points to finish in a tie for fourth place at the Eagle County (Colo.) Fair and Rodeo.
Helped Steven Peebles to a tie for second place with an 86-point ride at the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo.
Kelly Timberman scored 88 points to win the Eagle County (Colo.) Fair and Rodeo.
Caine Riddle posted an 85 to finish in a tie for fifth, and Kelly Timberman had an 84 for a tie for eighth at the Lea County (N.M.) Fair and Rodeo.
Caleb Bennett won the Lea County Fair & Rodeo in Lovington, N.M. with an 89, while Jerad Schlegel had an 83 on Riverboat Annie to finish in a tie for fifth.
Trey Bissett tied for third place at the Eagle County (Colo.) Fair and Rodeo with an 86-point ride.
Ryan Gray rode for an 86 to finish third at the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo.
Micky Downare finished in a tie for fourth place with his 84-point ride at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo.
She was the runner-up Bareback Riding Horse of the Year in 2007 and has broken arena records about any place she has bucked: Guymon, Okla.; Amarillo, Texas; Montgomery, Ala.; and Jackson, Miss. This is her seventh trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
"She's out of Tan Line, which I own, and is one of the best mares I've ever owned so far," said Pete Carr, owner of Carr Pro Rodeo. "She never had a bad day in her life and been hauled all over the United States. She has won several go-round buckles at the Wrangler NFR, and we have starting raising colts out of her."
"I've had her at the NFR twice," said Justin McDaniel, the 2008 world champion. "She's definitely changed. When she came around at first, she really blew in the air. Now that horse is strong. I've been on her twice now that she's grown, and that horse is strong. That's just a great bucking horse."
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Cinema Bestius: The General
Hey baby, let me take my steaming train and dip it in your river.
#18 – The General
This Pope has always though Buster Keaton has a lot in common with Jackie Chan. Because both men made amazing movies in which they perform amazing feats, everybody always wants to know, "How did he do it?" The answer is always the same… he did it. He actually did it. "How did he run up that wall?" He taught himself to run up a wall. That's how he did it: by doing it. You should see the take in Sherlock, Junior where Keaton is slammed to the railroad tracks by a torrent of water and breaks his collarbone (though he didn't find out it had been broken until years later.) You should see the take in Police Story where Chan fails to run up the wall and breaks his leg. They didn't show those scenes in the movie (though in Jackie Chan's case, it was in the end credits.) Yet every amazing scene they do show represents countless hours on the behalf of Chan or Keaton learning, practicing, and perfecting.
That's the drive and genius on display in Keaton's epic 1926 movie The General. When we see Buster Keaton doing things, he's really doing it. Keaton and his production crew really bought and restored two real Civil War-era (era) trains. Keaton really taught himself to drive a real train. How did they stage the train crash scene? They bought a third real train and REALLY F'N CRASHED A TRAIN.
SPOILER ALERT: When they drop the train in the river, that's a real bridge, too, and thousands of real people showed up to watch them film the scene. Keaton and company spent $42,000 on the most expensive single shot in silent film history—in 2016 dollars, that's more than $592,000.
The Plot in Brief: Southern train engineer Johnnie Gray (Buster Keaton) wants very badly to join the Confederate cause in the Civil War. His girlfriend Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack) wants him to join up too. But recruiters want him to remain a train engineer; they think he's more valuable to the South in that capacity. One day a group of Northern spies steal Johnnie's beloved engine, "The General," and drive it north. Keaton takes off after it; he too steals a train and the chase begins. Keaton follows them to a Northern army encampment, where he accidently discovers that the Northern spies have kidnapped Annabelle to boot!
Johnnie not only regains his engine, he overhears the North's plans for battle. Keaton rushes back to the South to warn the Confederate troops, with the Union army chasing him the entire way. It's a perfect comic plot: we go up, we turn around, and we come back down. Everything the Northern spies do to Buster on the way there, Buster does to them threefold on the journey back.
Keaton famously told his crew to make it "so authentic, it hurts." For many people, The General is the Civil War brought to life on screen. The costumes look authentic, the sets look authentic, and as I mentioned earlier, they used a real Civil War locomotive and restored it to working order. The one thing you can always say about Buster Keaton is "The money's on the screen!"
Feminists, take note! The 1920s was a very different time period. Marion Mack's Annabelle Lee is the subject of some of the film's humor, and not all of it is nice. At one point in the film, Johnnie is driving the engine and Annabelle is also in the engineer's compartment. She's tidying up—she's literally sweeping the floor because she's a woman, see? He asks her to put some more wood in the firebox. She picks up the tiniest sliver of wood and tosses it into the firebox. Unimpressed with her efforts, Johnnie begins to strangle her. Then he stops, looks at her, and kisses her. I guess the kissing part makes the strangling part okay. As she goes about her business throughout the film, poor Annabelle is put through so much torture. She is forced to get into a bag big burlap bag that once contained men's shoes. She is shoved down into the bag and roughly thrown onto the train. Then enormous boxes are thrown on top of her. Of course, it was a different time, and we can't hold the film to modern standards… but Marion Mack really "gets it" in The General.
The Pope believes we must resist passing final judgment on any film during its own time; we never have the necessary distance until some time has passed. When The General was released, it was a financial failure. No one went to see it, and some thought it was in "gruesomely bad taste." With the benefit of 90 years, the film has emerged as a unique masterpiece. Expertly made on a grand, sweeping scale, it's the rare comedy that juxtaposes its humor with an absolutely authentic background and narrative (it's actually based on a true story.) We are further away from the Civil War, so we can be more objective about that. I also know that audience tastes in comedy have changed; in 2016, we are more than willing to laugh at someone dying, as long as it's a recognizable joke that leads to the demise. My College Composition class proved this a few weeks ago when they were more than willing to laugh at one of The General's blackest jokes. I don't know what that says about us—are we more broad-minded today, or are we more horrible?
The General's Three Miracles: Large scale jokes writ large; an attention to detail that would serve even a period drama well, and is rare for a comedy; and Keaton's gamble that he could stay true to history and just add jokes. This is one of the very few comedies that is breathtaking in its ambition and execution.
MUSICAL NOTE: The current Kino Blu-ray disc gives the viewer three choices of musical accompaniment. Go with the Carl Davis score; you will not be sorry.
"In nomine Keaton, et Grant, y spiritu Lee… Amen."
I would like to thank the students in my seventh period College Composition class for their assistance in writing this column: Mohammed Ahmed, Holly Arguelles, Michael Baac, Matt Baclawski, Malina Behrendt, Anna Connelly, Lindsey Hendren, Will Jasutis, Liza Paskevych, Jermaine Patterson, Emily Perez, Brad Pohlman, Brianna Puentes, Joe Ramage, Marisol Reyes-Ochoa, Kurt Serafin-Olszowy, Jacob Strickland, Melanie Wadlington, and Thomas Yon. You are all the bestius.
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Wil A November 15, 2016 at 5:47 PM
I was actually spend a lot of time thinking about humorous deaths in movies, which probably makes me sound like a psycho. Keaton is actually a master of the blackly comedic death- I recall watching one when I was a 4th grader. In this one he was in old alaska. He goes into his house and sees his wife in the arms of another man. He shoots them both. He then *SPOILERS* says "Oops. This isn't my wife or my house." and leaves. I wonder if he was one of the first to do this, cinematically.
Russell November 16, 2016 at 12:01 AM
*Sees article on Buster Keaton*
*Puts on monocle*
*Reads opening dick joke*
*Puts monocle back in draw, dejectedly.*
In all seriousness though, is Keaton that high-brow? I know some people consider him so but he's mostly just a goofy slapstick guy.
I would say he has aspects of both. His slapstick is certainly goofy (which does not mean unintelligent), but his use of filmmaking to tell the joke is quite sophisticated. I think that some of the humor that could be interpreted as misogynistic is actually a very intelligent subversion of southern culture. What Keaton is actually doing by having the hero throw a chunk of wood at the damsel and shoving her rudely into a potato bag, is that he is a) expressing the audience's frustration at the annoying manner in which the heroine has acted at the beginning of the film, as well as b) audaciously trampling all over the idea of southern manners (a favorite lampooning topic of his), something which the hollywood of the first half of the twentieth century loved to depict and idealize. Not saying that nobody has the right to be offended, I'm just saying there's more going on than just jokes at the expense of a woman.
*Puts a monocle the size of a plate on....
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Perhaps we've gotten off on the harsh bus too many times on Ty Willingham. What do we know, really? We don't sweat it out there on the fields, we're not in there breaking down game tape, reviewing our recruiting targets, we don't have access to the grinding day-to-day work making up the bone marrow of a distinguished football body. We don't see all the stuff that goes into those four hours on Saturday, right? All we see is what's on the field, and even that can be...
Apologies for our moment of sympathy. That dude is Vince McMahon fired. And hey, don't blame the refs for making a call they were specifically bound by rule to make:
"The rule seems pretty cut and dried," Dave Cutaia, coordinator of football officiating for the Pac-10 Conference, said of Rule 9, Section 2, Article 2c, which states that a player can be penalized for an unsportsmanlike act for "throwing the ball high into the air."
Giving another rule for a referee who works once a week is a bad idea to begin with, and can only result in tears like Saturday's following the BYU/Washington game. It also has had an unintended but, in retrospect predictable result: it has given Ty Willingham a bold new variation on losing a game in the fourth quarter. Don't say the NCAA Rules Committee never gave you anything
(BTW: no one knows what a horse collar tackle is; it's as if the rule weren't included in this year's memo to officials across the board. Maybe it's an angles thing, but we didn't see a flagged horse collar tackle all weekend that we can remember, and they happened on several occasions including the Florida/Miami game, where Florida tacklers yanked Robert Marve down by the back of this pads at least twice. Not that we're complaining, Referee Penn "My name is a complete and ironic sentence" Wagers.)


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Reality portrayed at its best
Based on the pressing issue of Naxalism in India, Prakash Jha's 'Chakravyuh' is an intriguing tale of friendship and betrayal. The story is quite evident through the promos of the film. S.P. Aadil Khan (Arjun Rampal) is transferred to Nandighat to end Naxalism. Rajan (Manoj Bajpai), naxalite leader is his biggest problem. He sends his best friend Kabir (Abhay Deol) as their informer. Later, looking at why the Naxalites have taken the wrong route to get their point across, Kabir too turns into one and declares a war against Aadil. What happens next is better to watch on the big screen.
Prakash Jha's films be it 'Rajneeti' or 'Gangajal' have been pretty much successful in narrating the true story of the real India and 'Chakravyuh' does exactly the same. To give it some entertainment value, Jha added a story of two friends to it. The film is a pleasurable experience with the story making sense, a rare combination in Hindi films.
'Chakravyuh' in a way is an eye opener for 25 percent of people in the country who do not care about the rest 75 percent that have to struggle for their daily bread. With powerful performances by the cast, nothing in the film looks made up. Abhay Deol is his usual best, though his character is a bit confused about what's right and what's wrong. Arjun Rampal does a fabulous job but there were places where he seemed to be losing grip. Om Puri was intense. The best amongst the veterans was undoubtedly Manoj Bajpai. Esha Gupta had nothing much to do. However, newbie Anjali Patil stole the show with her power packed and realistic performance.
Kabir Bedi, Kiran Karmarkar and the rest of the supporting cast were adequate. Background score of the film was loud and could have been restrained to an extent. The music and the songs were apt for the plot. The film is violent and is not suggested for people who like light movies and go to the theatres to get off their stressed lives.
Screenplay was decent and thankfully the film did not feel stretched like Jha's previous film 'Aarakshan'. Lastly, it should not be missed for the reality it portrays but can be avoided by the weak hearted.
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Kendall Mountain is a small ski area located at the town of Silverton, Colorado. It was developed by the Grand Imperial Hotel in the 1950s and opened for business in the early 1960s. In 1983, the area was found to be operating without a permit and remained closed until the late 1990s. It advertises itself as "the cheapest ski area in the West." The area has run with a single  tow rope for most of its operation but upgraded to a double chairlift in 2006, purchased from the Quechee Ski Area in Vermont. Kendall Mountain's base elevation is  and has  of skiable terrain in 11 runs.

Research since 2017 by the town of Silverton determined that the area has viable terrain for expansion of the ski area, as well as potential for amenities like nordic skiing trails, and night skiing, as well as summer recreation activities.

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Writer-director Victoria Mahoney began her artistic career as an actress in theater and then film. "Shelly Winters was my teacher," Mahoney says. "If you touched your hair too many times in her class, she'd come over and cut off your bangs. She taught me the gift of stillness."
After working off-off Broadway, Mahoney went to L.A., did a number of pilots, a few European films, and a season of Seinfeld (she played Gladys Mayo, owner of the clothing store Putumayo). But then there were all those "ridiculous films I did to sustain myself. And that's when I began to feel [artistically] ungratified. So, I slipped into writing. I went to Cubby — that's what we called Hubert Selby, Jr., who taught the masters program at USC. He gave me a skill set for writing instead of my [previous] fantasy of being a writer."
Mahoney says the seeds of Yelling to the Sky, her powerful, emotionally nuanced debut feature about a New York City teenager growing up in a mixed-race family, go back 10 years. "I had seen Chekov's Three Sisters many times, and I loved and identified with it. I thought I'd do a contemporary version with mixed-race girls. Cubby helped me a lot with the early drafts, and the script went from something I wanted to do to something I needed to do." Mahoney further developed the script at the Sundance Labs and then focused on getting it made. "I removed all distractions, from the script and also my life. I got over a fear of financial insecurity. I said to myself, 'I will live on people's couches.' I was homeless through principal photography and most of postproduction. I don't recommend it, but it shouldn't stop you either."
Yelling at the Sky, which was produced by Billy Mulligan and shot in 35mm by Frozen River's Reed Morano, stars Zoë Kravitz, Gabourney Sidibe and Tim Blake Nelson. It is currently in post and just completed the IFP's Narrative Lab. The film's tale of a tough adolescence has shocking moments of violence but also of tenderness. It conveys the humanity of all its characters, even the ones we begin the movie hating. When asked how much she based the script on her own life, Mahoney, who grew up in Regis Park and Bay Shore, Brooklyn, replies, "I relied on autobiography when it worked and departed from it when it didn't. When the story became too exclusive, I would open it up. The conflict that occurred in my own life [with my father] wasn't uncommon, but what was unique is that I made great peace with him in my twenties. He was no longer a person who neglected or harmed me — he was just a person on this planet trying to find his way. I was able to see him as a person." Indeed, Mahoney, who has drawn fine performances from her actors, has a sophisticated and empathetic understanding of the characters they play. "It was my challenge to keep all my characters multifaceted," she says. "As a storyteller, you have a responsibility to go past the obvious." — Scott Macaulay
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Baie-du-Febvre, QC
HomeTop NeighbourhoodsBaie-du-Febvre, Quebec
Monthly growth 177.43 %
Median price $65,000
Monthly growth 4.83 %
Baie-du-Febvre Home Price
With a median listing price of $152,450, Baie-du-Febvre is Canada's 3840th most expensive when ordered by median listing price.
The $152,450 price tag on the median Baie-du-Febvre home means that it is below the national norm.
Across Canada the most common number of bedroom property being listed has 3 bedrooms, in Aug this neighbourhood's most common listing has properties with fewer bedrooms.
There are 1047 neighbourhoods that have more properties on sale than Baie-du-Febvre at the moment in Quebec which puts the neighbourhood lowest fifth when looking at the number of properties to choose from.
When we look at the data we have, it can help with trying to establish whether or not Baie-du-Febvre is a good investment target.
Stock on the market can be an important leading indicator of whether market pressure will be on prices to rise or fall – in Baie-du-Febvre there is more stock than three months ago. This would indicate pressure on prices easing.
When looking across the province, Baie-du-Febvre is the 453th most expensive in Quebec.
Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec has a median house price of $65,000 when compiling all the home listings in Aug .
When it comes to the size of the properties currently available to property investors in this neighbourhood, they tend to have the average number of bedrooms than the most commonly available across the nation.
Across Quebec Baie-du-Febvre has the 318th most properties on offer with 453.
There are a number of important pieces of research you should do before deciding where to buy an investment property – this data for Baie-du-Febvre will hopefully provide an indicator to help you where to research in-depth
2006 to 2011 population change (%)-5
Total private dwellings513
Private dwellings occupied by usual residents432
Land area (square km)97.41
0 to 4 years 65
10 to 14 years 55
85 years and over 15
% of the population aged 15 and over 84.6
Total population 15 years and over by marital status 855
Married or living with a common-law partner 520
Married (and not separated) 290
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 330
Single (never legally married) 230
Separated 5
Divorced 40
Widowed 50
Total number of census families in private households 295
Size of census family: 3 persons 60
Size of census family: 5 or more persons 20
Total couple families by family structure and number of children 260
Married couples 140
Without children at home 85
Total lone-parent families by sex of parent and number of children 45
Female parent 25
2 children 5
Total children in census families in private households 300
Under six years of age 65
6 to 14 years 85
Number of census family persons 855
Number of persons not in census families aged 65 years and over 60
Living with relatives 5
Living with non-relatives only 0
Living alone 55
Total number of private households by household type 430
Census-family households 300
One-family-only households 285
Couple-family households 245
Other family households 10
Couple-family households 5
Without children 0
With children 5
Lone-parent-family households 0
Two-or-more-family households 0
Two-or-more-person households 5
Total number of occupied private dwellings by structural type of dwelling 430
Single-detached house 360
Other dwelling 65
Semi-detached house 5
Row house 0
Apartment, building that has fewer than five storeys 25
Other single-attached house 5
Total number of private households by household size 435
3 persons 65


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F Curtis Huppe (Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Tri-City, 1995-2000) signed a one-year contract extension with the Guildford Flames (England, Premier). He had 29 goals and 25 assists in 35 games for the Flames this season. . . .
F Daniel Rakos (Swift Current, 2005-07) signed a multi-year contract (length not announced) with Trinec (Czech Republic, Extraliga). He had one goal and four assists in 27 games for Pardubice (Czech Republic, Extraliga) this season. . . .
F Zdenek Bahensky (Saskatoon, 2004-06) signed a one-year contract with Sparta Prague (Czech Republic, Extraliga). He had 17 goals and seven assists in 47 games for Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic, Extraliga) this season.
If you have been paying attention to the NHL playoffs, you will have noticed that Alex Ovechkin, not that long ago one of the league's most exciting players, has had his playing time somewhat limited of late.
That is, of course, because Washington head coach Dale Hunter is getting paid to win games and not to entertain hockey fans. Therefore, as the NHL slides back into another dead puck era, shot blockers are more important than shooters.
Ovechkin, then, has become almost a situational player. When the Capitals are behind, Ovechkin's ice time increases; when they are nursing a lead, Ovechkin's bench time increases.
A couple of tweets from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe:
"Alex Ovechkin on the bench. Ladies and Gents: we give you the parakeet in the coal mine. For $200 a seat."
"Today's NHL would have Guy Lafleur on fourth line and PK duty."
The Central league's Laredo Bucks have ceased operations. According to a press released from the team: "The Bucks have struggled with declining attendance over several seasons. Even though drastic changes to the seating structure, amongst other areas, did make an improvement last season, it was not enough to keep the franchise going." . . . The ownership group maintains a franchise in the Central league, but it will be dormant from this point. . . . The Bucks' final roster included former WHL G Torrie Jung.
Former WHL D Bruin McDonald has committed to play next season for the Simon Fraser University Clan, which plays in the B.C. Intercollegiate league. McDonald, 20, has played in the WHL with the Prince George Cougars and Spokane Chiefs, and also played with the QMJHL's Gatineau Olympiques.
Ron Toigo, the majority owner of the Vancouver Giants, revealed last month on Dan Russell's Sportstalk, Vancouver radio station CKNW's talk show, that D Neil Manning would be attending UBC and playing for the Thunderbirds. He has been accepted into the Sauder School of Business. The Giants made it official with an announcement on Tuesday. . . . Manning is the only player in franchise history to have played five complete seasons with the Giants. He played out his eligibility this season and holds the franchise record for regular-season games played (310). . . . The Thunderbirds are coached by Milan Dragicevic, a former WHL defenceman and Giants head coach.
THE COACHING GAME:
Former WHL player and coach Terry Virtue no longer is with the OHL's Owen Sound Attack. Virtue had been an associate coach under head coach Greg Ireland. In 2009-10, Virtue, who had been on the Tri-City Americans' staff, signed with the Attack and worked as an assistant coach under Mark Reeds as the Attack won the OHL championship. Virtue's contract was up after this season and, according to Bill Walker of the Owen Sound Sun Times, they reached a mutual decision to part company. Virtue likely is looking for something closer to home as he lives in West Virginia, where his family stayed over the winter.
The Portland Winterhawks have signed D Jordan Davies, 15, who played this season with the Sherwood Park NIC Squires of the Alberta minor midget league. He had 27 points in 38 games and was named the team's top defenceman. Davies was added to Portland's protected list after attending its training camp prior to this season. . . .
The Winterhawks flew into Edmonton on Tuesday afternoon to begin preparations for Game 1 of the WHL final on Thursday night.
F Kristians Pelss of the Edmonton Oil Kings has signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Edmonton Oilers, who selected him in the seventh round of the 2010 NHL draft. Pelss, a Latvian, had 50 points, including 28 goals, in his second season with the Oil Kings. . . .
The Oil Kings will be without F Dylan Wruck (shoulder) for the remainder of this season. He is to undergo surgery at some point this week. . . . Wruck, a 19-year-old from Saskatoon, had 80 points, including 21 goals, in 66 games this season, his third with the Oil Kings. He had four points in eight playoff games.
Here are the dates for the WHL's championship final (all times local):
Thursday, May 3: at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 4: at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 6: at Portland (Rose Garden), 6 p.m.
Tuesday, May 8: at Portland (Rose Garden), 7 p.m.
x-Thursday, May 10: at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
x-Saturday, May 12: at Portland (Rose Garden), 6 p.m.
x-Sunday, May 13: at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Labels: Bruin McDonald, Curtis Huppe, Daniel Rakos, Dylan Wruck, Jordan Davies, Kristians Pelss, Neil Manning, Terry Virtue, Zdenek Bahensky


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Study finds 73% of Irish SMEs want to increase their online presence
Thousands of Irish small businesses risk losing sales by failing to prepare for SCA requirements
Read More: E-commerce retail Visa
Over half of Irish consumers (53%) plan to continue shopping online where possible, according to new research commissioned by Visa.
Highlighting the growing importance of e-commerce amid Covid-19, the research found that restrictions on in-store trading during lockdown spurred 24% of Irish small businesses to begin selling online for the first time. Further, 73% of Irish small businesses want to increase their online presence.
Despite the increased appeal of e-commerce, Visa said thousands of Irish SMEs risk being unable to trade online successfully due to not having new security features enabled as part of the EU Payment Service Directive (PSD2).
From January 2021, online transactions in Europe will be subject to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) measures – requiring banks to request additional information from consumers, such as a fingerprint or four-digit one-time passcode, to verify a purchase. Those businesses that have not prepared for the regulation, and therefore cannot always deliver compliant transactions, may find that banks have to decline customer payments.
"We understand that small businesses have other priorities in the current environment, but the deadline set by the European Banking Authority is approaching quickly," said Philip Konopik, Ireland country manager, Visa. "We are urging any Irish small businesses selling online to contact the company that hosts their online checkout service as soon as possible to switch on the most up-to-date 3D Secure technology and ensure that customers' transactions are not declined come the New Year."
Miconex rolls out digital gift card technology in Ireland →
Zalando strengthens Dublin presence with 20 new jobs →
Training programme aims to get thousands of SMEs online
Participants will have access to various supports including workshops, e-learning, and access to digital advisers
Yahoo Japan will pay for staff flights to the office under new remote working policy
Yahoo's 8,000 employees are allowed to work remotely from anywhere in a bid to improve well-being across the company
Flipdish raises $100m to fuel international expansion
Plans to hire 700 people in 2022 across technology roles such as software architects, data scientists, engineers, and product designers
Ørsted to develop a 16MW wind farm in Co. Antrim
Wind farm is expected to be operational in 2023
Supply chain issues still choking the market
TD Synnex's year-end results show problems remain on the ground but plenty of opportunities above it, says Billy MacInnes


Aspiring Writer, Accomplished Nerd: Abandoned Tour Stop for Elisa Dane!
EM: I've noticed you like to cover some really dark topics in your books, especially the young adult ones. What caused you to want to write about these things?
ED: I love angsty stories, so it's no stretch for me to write them as well. My husband is a police officer, and his previous assignment was at a high school. I heard a lot, saw a lot, and knew I wanted to write about real topics that teens are dealing with today.
EM: You write so well about All-Star Cheerleading from being a Cheer Mom, did you cheer, too?
ED: Thank you! Ten years of being a cheer mom makes me an expert! Ha! No, I didn't cheer. I took dance throughout most of my childhood and teen years.
EM: You started out writing adult romance and paranormal under your other pen name, Lisa Sanchez. What made you want to switch over from writing adult romance to young adult?
ED: I enjoyed writing adult romance, but YA is my jam. I really think I found my voice and my niche in YA and I'm super comfy there.
It doesn't hurt that I have three daughters, two of which are teens right now. Lots of drama to draw inspiration from. Ha!
EM: You're such a busy person with a full, exciting life! I wonder sometimes when you find time to sleep, but how do you juggle your duties as wife, mother, writer, and Cheer Mom?
ED: I keep a very organized schedule. Everything gets written down into my planner and I refer to it often. It's all about time management.
EM: Despite all this, you still find time to read and review books. You must be Super Mom! What books and other authors inspire you the most?
ED: Oh, Lord! There are so many authors I want to be when I grow up.
I'm in awe of Colleen Hoover. Everything she writes is pure gold. Totally in love with Jennifer L. Armentrout's work, as well as Cassandra Clare, Sarah J. Mass, and in the adult genre, most recently, Kristen Ashley.
EM: What are your future plans in your career, what topics do you want to cover?
Elisa Dane, thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog and do the interview! I'd like to thank Chapter by Chapter blog tours and Xpresso Book Tours as well for hosting this blog stop! Go out and buy Abandoned and In the After right away, you won't regret it!
Win a copy of Abandoned and the $10 Amazon Gift Card on Rafflecopter!
I forgot to mention a $20 Amazon giftcard contest she's running! She'll personalize your copy of her books and sign them on Authorgraph, and if you post a pic of your personally signed ebook to Instagram, include the hashtag #authorelisadane and tag 3 friends to enter!


IAN began in 1999 with the stated mission of "Linking Kids with Opportunities."	Over the past 13 years, that has meant placing numerous orphans and vulnerable	children from all over the world with their forever families.
Over more than a decade of hard work and dedication in many developing	nations, IAN has had opportunities to provide medical equipment to hospitals,	books to schools, food and tea for day care programs, and so much more,	however, the need does not stop there.
With many more orphans in the world, very few are expected to find their	forever homes through the blessing of adoption. This translates to far	too many children will remain in need mired in poverty, lacking in even	the most basic needs such as food, water, clothing, and shelter. With	no one to care for them. These children deserve more help! IAN wishes	to expand its range and ability to help these children. IAN will answer	the call by working in several countries with our Humanitarian Program.
IAN is also working with Project C.U.R.E. Our hope is to raise money to	send over a freight of necessary medical equipment to a hospital in the	Harar region. Harar is where many of our referrals come from therefore,	it is a region IAN would like to give back to.
IAN continues to seek ways to make a mark in countries where we have adoption	programs as our finances allow. Our hope is that we can impact for children	and families in this way.


The focus of this document is mitigation: if South Africa takes the decision to mitigate, then this document addresses how to determine the options, the emissions reductions achieved by these options, and the attendant costs of each option. How, then, is South Africa to grow and develop in order to reduce poverty, while at the same time retooling its economy in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions?
Scenario building Team 2007. Long Term Mitigation Scenarios: Scenario Document, Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria, October 2007.


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Chicago is a world-class city. City residents and suburbanites enjoy first-rate amenities. Not only does Chicago have unrivaled architecture, museums and diversity, it also has some of the best Catholic High Schools in the nation. The opportunity of a lifetime awaits eighth graders on Saturday, December 2--high school entrance exam day in the Archdiocese of Chicago.
It seems this new date, earlier than in past years, has left many eighth grade students still undecided on what high school is the best fit for them. Luckily, with all the quality Catholic High School choices available to students on the South Side of Chicago, it's hard to go wrong.
Many parents reported that Niche and its rankings helped them weigh their high school options.
This past year, Niche* released a new list of Top-Ranked Chicago Southland High Schools.
On that list, St. Rita of Cascia High School is the top-ranked all-boys Catholic school in the Chicago Southland. St. Rita also captures the the #2-ranked spot on the Chicago Southland best-overall Catholic school list.
St. Rita comes in at #8 overall when compared to all 67 Catholic high schools in the entire State of Illinois.
St. Rita earned an "A+" overall Niche** grade. The Mustangs also earned an "A+" in Academics and Clubs & Activities, an "A" in the College Preparation, and an "A-" in the Teacher category.
St. Rita also received a very respectable grade of "B+" in Sports and a "B" in Diversity. When reviewing St. Rita's profile, you'll see it continues to set the high-water mark among it's peers.
To learn more about St. Rita, please contact our admissions team at (773) 925-RITA. We invite you to take advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime and test at St. Rita on Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 a.m.
Register for the St. Rita Entrance Exam Today!
* According to its website, Niche rigorously analyzes dozens of public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school, college, and neighborhood in the U.S. Further, Niche states it has the most comprehensive data available on U.S. schools and neighborhoods. Further, according to Niche.com, the best Catholic high school rankings are based on statistics, student and parent reviews, and expert insights. Ranking factors include SAT/ACT scores, the quality of colleges that students consider, student-teacher ratio, student and parent reviews, and more.
According to the Beverly Patch, Niche has released a new list of top-ranked Chicago Southland High Schools.
On that list, St. Rita of Cascia High School is the top-ranked all-boys Catholic school in the Chicago southland. St. Rita also captures the the #2-ranked spot on the Chicago southland best-overall Catholic school list. St. Rita comes in at #8 overall when compared to all 67 Catholic high schools in the entire State of Illinois.
St. Rita earned an "A+" overall Niche grade. The Mustangs also earned an "A+" in Academics and Clubs & Activities, an "A" in the College Preparation, and an "A-" in the Teacher category.
To learn more about St. Rita, please contact our admissions team at (773) 925-RITA, consider registering for a shadow day, or mark your calendar for our October 22 open house.
* According to its website, Niche rigorously analyzes dozens of public data sets and millions of reviews to produce comprehensive rankings, report cards, and profiles for every K-12 school, college, and neighborhood in the U.S. Further, Niche states it has the most comprehensive data available on U.S. schools and neighborhoods.
The St. Rita Winterfest Committee held the second-annual early-bird raffle drawing at the December 1, 2016 St. Rita Novena. The December Novena drew its usual large crowd of prayerful attendees. At the end of the evening, the crowd was treated to a bit of fun, with St. Rita's Chaplain, Fr. Richie Mercado, O.S.A, pulling the drawing's winning ticket. Paul Colson is the lucky winner of the $1,000 early-bird prize.
St. Rita Winterfest XIII Chair Julie McDevitt said raffle ticket sales were brisk in the days leading up to the second-annual early-bird drawing. Last year, all Grand Raffle tickets sold out early during the January event. This year's ticket sales are outpacing last year's, so be sure to buy your ticket. Winners need not be present at the event.
The $20,00 Winterfest Raffle grand prize and eight more $1,000 prizes are still available. Tickets can be purchased online at www.stritahs.com/events/winterfest-xiii or at school, directly from committee members or by phone at (773) 925-5029.
Winterfest is January 28, 2017 at St. Rita. It's St. Rita's only parent-run "friendraiser". This year's theme is "Family Game Night". You won't want to miss how the campus will be transformed into an amazing entertainment venue on event night, complete with dinner, live entertainment and our unforgettable St. Rita camaraderie.
Niche.com's annual list of 100 Best Private High Schools in Illinois and the 50 Best Catholic High Schools in Illinois has been published.
St. Rita High School once again earned high rankings on both lists. Coming in at #11 on the 50 Best Catholic High Schools in Illinois list and #26 on the 100 Best Private High Schools in Illinois, St. Rita sets the high-water mark for its peers.
St. Rita earned an "A" grade in five categories: Academics, Clubs & Activities, College-Readiness, Sports and Teachers. St. Rita also received a very respectable grade of "B+" in Diversity, just missing a "Straight-A" report.
Make sure to visit St. Rita High School's Open House on Sunday, December 4 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. to learn first-hand why St. Rita is consistently ranked so highly.
On Wednesday November 9th St. Rita kicked off its annual Thanksgiving Food Drive to assist food pantries of Visitation/St. Basil and St. Rita Parishes as well as Angel's Touch, an organization run by our very own Pat Mitchell to assist families in need during the holiday season.
The Food Drive, which is run by the Junior Class Officers, will run through Friday November 18th with the school setting a goal of 4,000 non-perishable food items. There will be competitions amongst the classrooms with the winning classroom receiving a Spirit Day along with a hot breakfast. Second and third place classrooms will receive juice and donuts.
On Thursday, November 17th the junior class will sponsor a Spirit Day for all students and faculty. Any student or faculty member who brings in three non-perishable food items on the 17th will be allowed to dress down for the day.
In conjunction with the Food Drive, the Knights of Augustine will be joining in a national movement and will be sponsoring Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week at St. Rita. Hunger and Homelessness Week is held each year nationally the week prior to Thanksgiving with the purpose of bringing awareness to the ever-growing problem of homelessness around the country. The Knights of Augustine will be making daily announcements to the student body to bring more awareness to this problem especially in and around our local communities.


Interesting post; it is fascinating to see how people interpret models differently.
First, a quick rebuttal, and I acknowledge that this is pedantry!
My post, which you have linked to in your own, is a rebuttal to the argument from expert opinion which was made by the authors of the Daily Telegraph piece when they referred to Donnelly and Wiltshire as experts. It is not about whose research to believe.
You say: "Firstly, I don't think whether Donnelly and Wiltshire are experts or not, or whether teachers are researchers, changes the validity of their arguments whatsoever. Experts and researchers, are labels and have nothing to do with the arguments the person is making." Unfortunately, it does. Arguments from expert opinion are regularly made and all of us are placed in positions where we have no other information on which to base our judgment. When this occurs, we must be able to evaluate the credibility of the so-called "expert" to accept or reject their argument, and this is where Walton's critical questions are helpful. Should Donnelly and Wiltshire present evidence to support their stances, then we can definitely bypass whether or not they are experts, and move on to whether or not their arguments are valid. But when an argument is presented by someone who claims expertise, implicitly, or explicitly (as in the Daily Telegraph article), without any evidence or reasoning for support, it is useful to be able to evaluate the expertise of the claimant.
"Secondly, evaluating arguments and findings based on the person making the arguments, as opposed to the arguments themselves, opens us to the whims of the experts and researchers we put our faith in." With this statement, I agree; however, this is the position we are placed in when we are presented with arguments from expert opinion without supporting evidence or reasoning, just as we were by the Daily Telegraph article, so being able to evaluate the expertise of the claimant is central. Would you take medical advice from a lawyer? What about your GP?
Second; in this post, you usefully point out that Wiltshire and Donnelly may be making arguments from a position that differs from our own. "The better response [is] to understand where Donnelly and Wiltshire are coming from and what are the fundamental differences that we have with them." However, I disagree that this is a better response, as this does not advance the discussion. It does not rebut or support the arguments that have been made with evidence or reasoning, it simply tells us that we are coming from different positions. This is perhaps a version of the genetic fallacy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_fallacy We may as well entertain the arguments of lawyers giving medical advice, and justify doing so by suggesting that they come from a different position.
Plenty of people believe Donnelly and Wiltshire are experts, and plenty of people would say they pass the criteria for expertise outlined in your post.
When I choose to swap doctors or seek a second opinion because I doubt the expertise of my doctor, it doesn't mean that others no longer see them as an expert. There can be many reasons why a doctor gets a diagnosis wrong, for example what is best practice change, the influence prior experience, the knowledge of the doctor… would I take medical advice from a lawyer? Yes, if they had a history of the same condition that I find myself with, but a lawyer wouldn't be my only source of medical advice!
Also, doctors are trained and registered as doctors, as are lawyers, as are teachers. Donnelly is trained as a teacher. Experts are not trained or registered by a governing body as experts. Should education debates be limited to those who are trained educators? Maybe.
It is interesting your separation of doctors being experts in medicine and lawyers being experts in law. Donnelly like most other experts would have you believe that they are experts (and knowledgeable) in all facets of learning. They are not. Their expertise is in a small facet of learning. Unfortunately they aren't often forthcoming about from the theoretical position they are speaking from. The Three Dimensions of Learning model is useful for identifying where they are coming from. This is a better approach because it enables us to take onboard what Donnelly is saying based on his theoretical positioning, even though he doesn't readily outline what his theoretical positioning. It also allows us to easily identify the fundamental differences between what the experts believe about learning, and what we believe about learning.
In a previous post I have explained why this is crucial, I have done this by explaining why Hattie's Visible Learning meta analysis is meaningless when seeking to understand inquiry learning.
I'd like to pick up on just one comment….part of Charlotte Pezaro's rebuttal of your points too Richard: the notion of the expert.
What is an expert? Is it someone with credentials, years of experience in the field or letters next to their names?
All of these things do not, in my opinion, really qualify someone to be an expert because implicit in the term 'expert' is that their credentials are worth accepting and believing.
Do we, when we look at the two experts you have referred to in your blog ask: what experience and how many years has one of these 'experts' been linked to the work and policy making of the Liberal Party? What, therefore, is the political philosophy of said expert? What are some of the experiences of these experts in terms of curriculum development and design in the past? And does this really qualify them to speak?
We can too easily believe that titles, years and letters make someone an expert and thus we grant them the right (and platform) to speak.
I think we should explore this much more deeply and never take that on face value.
Unfortunately, I think an expert is usually defined as someone who agrees with us!
I do agree that ideology drives a lot of the education dialog and decisions in our state and country, and usually these ideologies are not divulged. This is not unique to education. Relationship and drug experts might fail to disclose their religious beliefs, for example.


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We are a company registered in England and Wales (registration number 03906401) under the name Photobox Limited; the address of our registered office is Herbal House, 10 Back Hill, London, EC1R 5EN. We are registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner's Office (registration number Z4768023).
Photobox is committed to respecting the privacy rights of visitors to its Site and App. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, store and use personal data about you when you visit the Site or App, buy Products from us or otherwise provide your personal data to us. It provides you with details about the types of personal data that we collect from you, how we use your personal data and the rights you have to control our use of your personal data. Words used in this Privacy Notice have the same meaning as is attributed to them in the Photobox Terms of Use.
What personal information do we collect about you?
When you access and move around Photobox, register an Account with Photobox or purchase a Product from Photobox, we may collect some or all of the following personal data about you:
a username and password;
name, date of birth, age and sex;
billing and delivery addresses, email address and phone number(s);
Payment Method (typically credit card or debit card) details;
your Images and other User Content;
correspondence with and from Photobox;
your preferences about receiving communications from Photobox;
information about your use of Photobox, and your browsing and online purchasing activities; and details we may ask you to submit to verify your identity.
We may also collect some of this personal data from third parties who have your consent to pass your details to us.
In order to take advantage of some of our Services, you may need to supply us with the personal details of a third party (for example, their name and address if you wish to send a Product to them as a gift). We will not use this information for anything other than providing the Services for which the information was supplied.
We may disclose your first name and last name, to selected third parties, including but not limited to Pro-Gallery owners from whom you have purchased items. The purpose of this is so that a record may be kept by the third parties of who has purchased Products from them. It is a condition of your use of our Services that you agree to this disclosure of this data.
Your personal data will be collected, processed, stored and used by us, and passed to and processed by our subsidiary and/or affiliated companies and other data processors acting under contract with us.
When you sign up to Photobox and agree to our terms and conditions, we need to process certain data that allows Photobox:
to provide the Photobox service to you in accordance with our agreement;
to create personalised Products selected by you;
to associate your Account, and your Product purchases, with you, and to verify your identity;
if you elect to store an encrypted Payment Method with us, to associate that Payment Method with you when you place an order;
to tailor aspects of Photobox (including its search function and offers) to you;
to process payments you make for Products;
to pass your Product order for delivery by third party deliverers engaged by us;
to provide customer support and improve your customer experience;
to contact you by email and mobile communication (such as text (SMS) and "push" notification) in relation to the products or services you have purchased.
If you've told us it's OK (or unless you've asked us not to after a purchase), we would like to contact you to provide information about products or services we think might interest you. You may withdraw this consent at any time.
For legitimate business reasons we will also process your data for customer satisfaction and customer experience improvement purposes, such as by analysing data we hold about you, and combining it with data held by third parties, in order to discern your interests, demography and other factors, and in consequence to offer goods and services that are likely to have the greatest value to you. We would also use this data in connection with the prevention and detection of fraud and other crime.
If you elect to store a Payment Method with us, that Payment Method will not in fact be stored by Photobox itself, but instead it will be stored by a payment service provider under contract with us. The storing payment service provider will be required to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Note that, when using a stored Payment Method to make payment for your Photobox order, certain techniques will be used to assist in maintaining the security of the details of your stored Payment Method. For example, not all of the payment card number will be visible to you (typically, all except the final four digits will be masked), and you will be required to provide certain information (such as, but not limited to, a CV2 card security number) in order to proceed with using that Payment Method. To remove or change a stored Payment Method, please follow the procedures specified on the Site or App, or contact our customer services team.
If you are asked to provide a phone number for a Product you are ordering, note that the phone number will be provided to the deliverer of your order – and (unless you specifically opt not to permit this) will appear on your order's packaging – to assist with the delivery process. If you do not wish your phone number to be used in this way, then please do not provide a phone number when placing your order.
We automatically collect anonymous information about your use of Photobox. For example, we may automatically log which parts of Photobox you access, which web browser you deploy and the website from which you linked to Photobox. You cannot be identified from any of this information. It enables us to compile statistics about the use of Photobox, and to help target aspects of Photobox and advertising to you more accurately.
Disclosing your personal data
We will not disclose any of your personal data, other than to subsidiary and/or affiliated companies and data processors (including deliverers and payment service providers) under contract with us. To enable us to provide our service, we share data with the following categories of organisations:
information technology (hardware and software) companies;
payment processing companies;
manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers;
delivery and courier services;
fraud prevention companies;
advertising and marketing services companies;
other companies in the Photobox group (Moonpig, Hofmann, Greetz and PosterXXL). Should companies join or leave the group, this notice will be updated to reflect the new group structure.
We will not share your data with any other categories of organisation without your permission unless:
we are legally entitled to do so (for example, pursuant to a court order or for the purposes of prevention or detection of crime or fraud);
we are in negotiations with a third party for the sale or purchase of any of Photobox's business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
Photobox, or substantially all of its assets, is acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by Photobox about its customers will be one of the transferred assets; or
we wish to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements to which you are party, or to protect our rights, property, safety, customers, or others.
If you've told us it's OK (or unless you've asked us not to after a purchase), we will send you information about other products and services. These emails and mobile communications (such as text (SMS) and "push" notification) provide you with information about offers, new Products and other things that we think may interest you or Photobox customers generally. You can change your preferences on the "My Account" section of the website or using the link provided on an email and you can opt out of receiving text (SMS) messaging alerts at any time by texting STOP to the number which appears in the relevant text (SMS) messaging alert, and prevent receipt of "push" notification messaging alerts by turning off the push function on your mobile device.
We use advertising and marketing services companies to show you products that might interest you while you're browsing the internet. This is based on either your marketing preferences or your acceptance of cookies on our websites.
We will send you service messages relating directly to your orders and purchases from Photobox (such as order and dispatch confirmation emails), and emails which notify you of changes to our Terms of Use, or to policies we apply under our Terms of Use. We will also send market research emails to ensure you're happy with our service.
We may also send you emails to remind you of a credit that's about to expire, photos you haven't used, items you've left in your basket or following a purchase. You can opt out of these emails using the link provided.
We may also send you communications by post which provide you with information about offers, new Products and other things that we think may interest you or Photobox customers generally. You can notify us of your preferences concerning our postal communications here.
We may transfer personal data that we collect from you to third party data processors located in countries that are outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) and to other Photobox group companies in connection with the above purposes. Please be aware that countries outside the EEA may not offer the same level of data protection as the United Kingdom; however, we always require that third party data processors deal with your personal data in accordance with this privacy notice. Any transfers are done in accordance with the standards laid down by the EU Commission and/or decisions of the European Court of Justice.
If you have not logged into your account for 3 years, your personal details and any photos will be deleted. We retain other minimal data for tax, anti-fraud and other purposes in accordance with our data retention policy.
Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) you have a number of rights you can exercise over your data. Your rights are:
the right to receive a copy of your data free of charge (known as a Subject Access Request);
the right to receive certain data in an electronic format that can be given to another provider (a portability request);
the right to have data corrected if it is inaccurate;
the right to ask us to stop processing or object to processing under certain circumstances;
the right to ask us to erase data in certain circumstances;
the right to withdraw consent at any time when that is the legal basis for our processing.
To discuss any of these rights, please contact Customer Services.
Photobox has designated a Data Protection Officer who can be contacted by email or by post at our registered office.
Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection regulator. In our case, this is the Information Commissioner's Office in the UK. Details of how to contact them can be found at ICO.org.uk.
Our Site may, from time to time, contain links to the websites of third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for those websites or their policies.
We employ significant technical and organisational measures to guard against unauthorised or unlawful processing of your personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, your personal data. We believe the measures implemented by our site reduce the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data involved.
We have security measures in place to protect our database of Users and access to this database is restricted internally. However, there are things we can all do to help stay safe and secure online:
ensure no-one else uses Photobox through your Account;
log off or exit from your Photobox Account when not using it;
keep your password or other access information secret;
use different passwords for different services you use online;
ensure you're using the most up-to-date versions of your software.
Deceptive emails
We will never ask you to confirm the details of your Account or Payment Method by email or mobile communication. If you receive such contact, please do not respond to it.
Updates to this notice
This Privacy Notice was last updated on 1st May 2018. Please check back regularly to keep informed of changes to this notice.
If you would like to contact us about any aspect of this Privacy Notice click here.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By visiting or using this site with your browser set to allow cookies, you are consenting to our use of cookies for the purposes set out below.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
To make full use of Photobox.co.nz and to benefit from certain personalised features, your computer, tablet or mobile phone will need to be set up to accept cookies. The Photobox.co.nz website (like many other shopping websites) will not work when cookies are blocked.
The list below details the cookies used on Photobox.co.nz. We have outlined who sets these cookies and their purpose.
Photobox.co.nz
Photobox.co.nz uses these cookies to enable some basic functionalities to provide a basic personalised experience while browsing, making creations and shopping on our website. Examples include remembering your login details, which products you have added to your basket, your language preferences. The information collected through these cookies is only used for this purpose and is never shared or sold on to third parties.
Mention Me provides our Refer a Friend tool. They use cookies to enable this service by ensuring you see the right screens and keep track of which offers you're taking part in.
These cookies are essential as they enable you to move around a website and use its features, such as accessing the checkout. The information collected through these cookies is only used for this purpose and is never shared or sold on to third parties.
Analytical/Performance
Google Analytics, Google Firebase, Qlikview, Eulerian
Google Analytic, Google Firebase, QlikView and Eulerian use cookies to collect data that helps us understand how people are using the site and monitor any errors that users may be experiencing. We use this information to identify how and where we can improve the user experience. The data collected through these cookies is anonymous.
ABTasty & Crazy Egg
Photobox.co.nz works with third parties ABtasty and Crazy Egg to test and find the optimal content and experience for our users. The cookies used by them enable us to identify which experiences visitors to our site have seen and how the content has performed for the visitor, this will allow us to ensure that future experiences can be further improved. The data collected through these cookies is anonymous, they do not collect specific customer data and is never shared with other third parties.
Quantcast & Rocket Fuel
Photobox.co.nz works with third party agencies Quantcast and Rocketfuel to display banner advertising on other selected websites. These cookies also help us to monitor and improve the effectiveness of our banner advertising and to refine the targeting of these campaigns so that we are displaying the most relevant content for each individual. The data collected through these cookies is anonymous, these third parties do not collect specific customer data and it is never shared with other third parties.
Facebook, Google Adwords, Bing, Marin
Google Adwords, Bing, Madmetrics, Facebook and Marin use cookies to track our own paid advertising activity. We use the information collected by these cookies to help us determine where our ads will be most effective online. Each individual advertiser uses its own tracking cookies and the data taken is not confidential data or interchangeable.
Cookies are used by our third party Awin, enabling Photobox.co.nz to meet contractual obligations to make payments to them when they introduce a new customer to Photobox.co.nz. The data collected through these cookies is anonymous, these third parties do not collect specific customer data and it is never shared with other third parties.
Photobox.co.nz works with third party agency Criteo to display banner advertising on other selected websites based on pages already viewed on Photobox.co.nz. These cookies help us to monitor and improve the effectiveness of our banner advertising and to refine the targeting of these campaigns so that we are displaying the most relevant content for each individual. The data collected through these cookies is anonymous, these third parties do not collect specific customer data and it is never shared with other third parties.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Here's how to do it:
In the settings menu, select 'show advanced settings' at the bottom of the page.
Select the 'content settings' button in the privacy section.
The top section of the page that then appears tells you about cookies and allows you to set the cookies you want. It also allows you to clear any cookies currently stored.
In the tools menu, select 'options' (MAC users, go to the Firefox menu & select 'preferences')
Select the privacy tab in the options box.
From the dropdown choose 'use custom settings for history'. This will bring up the options for cookies and you can choose to enable or disable them by clicking the tickbox.
In the tools menu, select 'Internet options'.
Click the privacy tab.
You will see a privacy settings slider which has six settings that allow you to control the number of cookies that will be placed: Block All Cookies, High, Medium High, Medium (default level), Low, and Accept All Cookies.
Safari browser
In the settings menu / Safari menu, select the 'preferences' option.
Open the privacy tab.
Select the option you want from the 'block cookies' section.
All other browsers
For information on how to manage cookies via other browsers, please consult your documentation or online help files.
What happens if I disable cookies?
This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general our Site will not operate properly if cookies are off. In particular, note that you may be prevented from making purchases of Products if cookies are disabled.


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Highmark Inc. named a "Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality" by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation for three consecutive years
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Jan. 21, 2020) — In recognition of Highmark Inc.'s supportive and inclusive culture for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning employees, the company has again earned distinction as a "Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality" from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. For three consecutive years, Highmark has been recognized as a workplace where all employees are welcome as unique individuals, receiving a perfect score of 100 points in the national Corporate Equality Index.
"To create a remarkable health experience for our members and patients, we first have to create a remarkable experience for our employees," said Deb Rice-Johnson, president of Highmark Inc. "Highmark and the communities we serve thrive when we create a culture that celebrates diversity. It frees our workforce to be at its best, and it ensures that we are an employer of choice for talented individuals from all backgrounds. Highmark is proud to be recognized for our work on behalf of LGBTQ equality."
The 2020 Corporate Equality Index benchmarks corporate policies and practices pertinent to LGBTQ employees, helping businesses to compare themselves to those that are leaders in diversity and inclusion. This year, three Highmark Health companies have received perfect scores, with Highmark West Virginia and Highmark Delaware making the list for the first time.
"Highmark Inc. strives to honor its many diverse employees and customers by being an inclusive, respectful and safe place to work and do business," said Dr. Lonie Haynes, vice president of diversity and inclusion for Highmark Health. "We are proud that Highmark Delaware and Highmark West Virginia are joining Highmark Inc. in being recognized as leaders within the LGBTQ communities they serve this year."
To commemorate this achievement, Highmark Health's downtown Pittsburgh headquarters, Fifth Avenue Place, will light with a rainbow design from January 21 to January 24. Among the practices that earned Highmark Inc. the "Best Place to Work" designation are equivalent spousal and domestic partner benefits related to health, dental and vision coverage; legal dependent coverage; transgender-inclusive benefits and workplace transition guidelines; yearly collaboration with human resources to educate leaders and the workforce about understanding the LGBTQ community; sponsorship of community activities that engage and include LGBTQ employees; and involvement with the corporate LGBTQ business resource group (BRG), which acts as a vital resource and partner, enhancing capabilities and knowledge in workforce inclusivity and marketplace excellence, and helping to connect Highmark Inc. with the communities it serves.
The full report is available online at www.hrc.org/cei.
One of America's leading health insurance organizations and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Highmark Inc. (the Health Plan) and its affiliated health plans (collectively, the Health Plans) work passionately to deliver high-quality, accessible, understandable, and affordable experiences, outcomes, and solutions to customers. As the fourth-largest overall Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated organization, Highmark Inc. and its Blue-branded affiliates proudly cover the insurance needs of 4.5 million members in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia. Its diversified businesses serve group customer and individual needs across the United States through dental insurance, vision care and other related businesses. For more information, visit www.highmark.com.
ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation is the educational arm of America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer people. HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community. www.hrc.org
Rachel Borowski
Rachel.borowski@highmarkhealth.org


In this "magnificant book" (T.S. Eliot), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886-1956), one of the foremost literary scholars of this century, examines the continuity of European literature from Homer to Goethe, with particular emphasis on the Latin Middle Ages. In an extensive new epilogue, drawing on hitherto unpublished material, Peter Godman, Professor of Medieval Latin at the University of Tubingen, analyzes the intellectual and political context and character of Curtius's ideas.
Ernst Robert Curtius held the chair of romance literature and language at Bonn University from 1929 until his retirement in 1951. Colin Burrow is a fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. He is the author of Epic Romance: Homer to Milton.


Working with hot peppers can be hard on your hands.
Even if the pepper doesn't seem to be that hot, the oils in the peppers can make your hands burn.
Especially if you will be seeding and/or chopping several of them.
The best way to handle a hot pepper is to cut them in half and use a sharp knife to scrape out the membrane and seeds.
The membrane and seeds have a lot of the hot oil and touching them will make your hands burn more than touching any other part of the pepper.
Once you have got the seeds out, lay the pepper cut side down to avoid touching the oils in it.
If you have disposable kitchen gloves now is the time to wear them.
That way you can scrape out seeds with your gloved hands if you have trouble scraping them out with your knife.
When you remove them, do so that you are turning them inside out as you peel them off.
If you don't wear gloves, washing your hands will not always take all the oils away.
Some times they linger and when/if you touch your face, your face may burn.


Giant Sudoku is a Sudoku puzzle where each row, column, and 5 by 5 box contains each letter of the alphabet from A to Y.
Each week 3 new puzzles and their solutions are available to print. Simply select a button below, and then File/Print.
Difficulty Click on one of the buttons below. When a new window appears select File/Print.


As a trusted advisor, how can you easily explain alternative finance to your clients?
Whether you're a lawyer, an accountant or financial advisor for small businesses, it's highly likely that some of your clients will ask you about raising growth capital through crowdfunding or alternative finance.
According to a recent Hiscox report the number of small companies stating that bank funding has become increasingly difficult to access has risen. One in ten small businesses questioned also said that they are considering crowd sourcing and peer to peer lending as a means to raising funds in the coming year.
As your clients' trusted advisor you'll need to know what you're talking about, which means understanding all the options including crowdfunding and peer to peer (P2P) lending.
Raising capital to launch new products or fuel business growth can be a challenge. Banks often need significant collateral, and angel investors and VCs will often want to be involved in business planning and decision-making of your client's business.
Crowdfunding and P2P lending both present alternatives that can generate capital, whilst allowing your client to keep control of their business.
Crowdfunding and P2P lending can give your clients a way of raising business capital by offering bonds, equity or pre-selling their product to investors.
Some platforms aim to assist very early stage or seed businesses to get their ideas off the ground such as Seedrs, Crowdcube and Kickstarter. Businesses usually offer equity or rewards to potential investors on these platforms.
These sort of platforms tend to focus on investments from the general public which means they're not best suited for B2B or non-consumer facing businesses.
There are platforms that cater specifically for more established businesses that need funds upwards of £1 million. They can be effective for both consumer facing and non-consumer B2B businesses needing growth capital.
At CODE Investing we specialise in helping growth businesses by offering two ways to raise funds: debt financing and equity financing. You can read more about both types of funding here.
Backers usually give small amounts of money in exchange for non-financial rewards such as products, discounts or advance access to products. Platforms such as IndieGoGo and Kickstarter focus on this type of raise which can be great for seed and startup businesses.
Peer to peer lending platforms match businesses seeking loans with investors who then bid on the terms of the proposed loan. Your client would regularly pay back the agreed interest as well as the initial loan amount once it matures.
This type of platform is helpful if your client is looking for a relatively small amount of funding and can pay it back over a year or two.
There are also platforms which specifically host charitable raises. If your client's business is non-profit then platforms such as Fundraise.com, CauseVox and Fundly may be better suited to their needs.
Ensure they know the pros and cons before embarking on crowdfunding. Contrary to popular belief it's not a quick and easy route to funding. Depending on the funding route they decide to take, they will still need to prepare beforehand.
Investors will want to know the risk involved in supporting your client's venture, which means examining their finances and going through a due diligence process.
CODE's due diligence is very thorough, it helps us check if your client is fully prepared and investor ready. But regardless of the platform your client chooses, they'll need to make sure they can answer any financial questions backers may have.
Any type of crowdfunding including debt and equity financing require some level of marketing beforehand.
As their financial or legal advisor they're not coming to you for your marketing expertise. But it's certainly worth letting your client know that any raise will require a solid marketing plan and budget before it launches. They'll also need to be aware of what they can or cannot say when publicising their raise.
Before signing an agreement with a crowdfunding platform your client will need to be fully appraised of what they are agreeing to. Whether it's rewards shares or bonds, they need to be clear about what they're offering backers in exchange for funding, and any implications should they be unable to fulfil the agreement.
Is crowdfunding the best option for your clients?
Of course the answer to this will depend on each client. But it's worth reminding your clients that the principles of attracting alternative finance investors are the same as they are anywhere.
They'll need a professional pitch, backed up by a coherent business plan. And they'll need your help to check legal requirements and create forecasts to help illustrate the venture's potential.