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Flying over the Alps onboard LATAM Brasil's A350-900. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
[ Trip Reports ]January 31, 2021 8:57 pm ET
By João Machado
Trip Report: An Intercontinental Odyssey in Times of COVID-19 (Part Two)
This is Part Two of a two-chapter story about international travel during times of COVID-19. This article reports the second and third legs — the transatlantic flight from São Paulo to Frankfurt with LATAM Brasil, and a hop from Frankfurt to Florence with Lufthansa CityLine. Part One is available here.
LATAM Flight LA8070 (GRU-FRA)
Some two hours before departure, the A350-900 deployed to my flight was towed to the assigned gate. It was PR-XTD. According to Airfleets, it was delivered brand new to LATAM Brasil in August 2016. The A350-900 had a stint at Qatar Airways as A7-AMD from April to December 2017, when it returned to LATAM.
Obviously, demand for international travel was — and still is — very low at the time, and LATAM could have easily deployed the 767-300 in the route and there would still be many empty seats. But I figured the cargo demand was enough to justify the large airliner.
Indeed it was: several pallets were loaded in the Airbus' cargo belly before boarding was cleared.
Cargo pallets are loaded in PR-XTD before boarding to Frankfurt. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
I asked the gate agent to board some minutes before the other passengers so I could photograph the empty cabin, and after approval from the crew, I had the opportunity to take the photos. The cabin was really good-looking with the mood lighting and was also very clean. PR-XTD looked like new.
Economy class had 309 seats — 63 of which have additional space and are sold as "LATAM+" — in a 3-3-3 configuration. I had taken seat 24A, in regular economy.
Economy Class of LATAM's A350-900 PR-XTD. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
Business class, on the other hand, had 30 seats in a 2-2-2 configuration — pretty outdated for today's standards, where generally airlines prefer granting aisle access to all passengers. LATAM's first A350 was delivered in 2015 and even then, this was already a problem. However, it seems the airline is committed to fixing this, as their newly-refurbished long-haul fleet of 777-300 has direct aisle access in business class.
Nevertheless, the seats could go full-flat and seemed wide and comfortable.
Business Class in LATAM Brasil's A350-900 PR-XTD. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
As I later discovered upon boarding, though, almost no passenger would worry about having an unknown seatmate on that flight. Of the 339 seats, only 138 were occupied — 13 in business (a 43.3% load factor) and 125 in economy (40.5%). A total disaster, but a sign of the times.
My seat, 24A, had an awful wing view, so I asked if I could swap it after boarding ended. The flight attendant allowed me to do so and asked me to wait in seat 16K — the first row of LATAM+ — until I had an answer. As people got in and the load was so light, she invited me to stay there for the flight. Obviously, I accepted it without thinking twice. That was a very nice touch by them, but it came with the sad reminder of why it was possible.
With a light load factor and after a very smooth boarding process, doors were closed at 11:53 p.m., two minutes ahead of schedule. Quickly, PR-XTD was pushed back, and the pilots started its pair of Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines.
After a quick taxi to Guarulhos's 09L runway and with no traffic ahead, the A350 lined up and at 12:05 a.m. stormed its way out of São Paulo to the 11-and-a-half-hour transatlantic flight. It was not surprising, but the pair of engines was really silent, even though I was sitting right alongside one of them.
Before service started, each passenger was handed a health declaration form to be returned before arrival asking where they came from, where they would go once in Germany, if they had any symptoms and so on. The crew also distributed a LATAM-branded pen so we could fill the form.
Next came dinner. I went for the meat option, and it all arrived in a single tray: water, Coca-Cola, the wrapped-up main dish and a side sweet, an alfajor.
Dinner service in LATAM Brasil's São Paulo-Frankfurt flight. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
And imagine my surprise when I discovered the plate was a meat stroganoff — possibly my favorite dish in the world. And seriously, it was absolutely delicious, especially considering it was an economy class meal.
Strogonoff was the main dish of the flight's dinner service. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
Another highlight of the flight was the crew: they were always attentive, helpful and lovely, all appearing happy to be there and to help. Really impressive across the board.
After the deed was done, I went to sleep in a free row just a few rows behind mine so I could try to get some sleep. It turns out there was more coming, however, and the crew passed by serving a wrapped dessert consisting of a muffin and water.
Post-dinner dessert. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
After that, I lifted up all armrests in my row and found a good, less uncomfortable position where I could lay down and sleep properly. The pillow and the blankets were relatively comfortable, and I slept for six or seven hours before waking up. Afterward, my body was aching a bit as those seats were certainly not designed for sleeping like that, but it was well worth the rest.
Flight map before entering Europe. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
While the windows were still closed and breakfast was still not served, I tried to explore a little the A350's entertainment system. LATAM seems to offer a wide range of movies for all tastes. I settled on an Argentine one, "La Odisea de los Giles" ("Heroic Losers" in the English version), directed by Sebastián Borensztein and starring Ricardo Darín. It was a great watch.
Watching a movie in LATAM's A350 AVOD system. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
The system, besides having a broad array of entertainment options, was also modern, with quick responses to the touchscreen, and fairly well-sized for economy class.
After the movie, I decided to turn on the tail camera. The angle was superb, but it was a shame I couldn't have it on for the arrival since the first row's screens must be stowed prior to landing.
A tail camera was available in the AVOD system. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
The only problem I found was the remote control which, being on the internal side of the armrest, could be pressed accidentally if I didn't watch out. However, being on the first row, there were not many other places where the control could be placed anyway.
The remote control in LATAM Brasil's A350-900 Economy Class. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
Soon the breakfast service was started. It was composed of a wrapped plastic bag with a small sandwich and a glass of water, as well as on-demand beverages. I asked for an orange juice. Honestly, I was expecting a little bit more for such a long flight, but it's okay.
Breakfast service in LATAM Brasil's São Paulo-Frankfurt flight. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
One thing that shined through the flight was, again, the great service by the crew. Whenever I called them, they treated me with a smile and were more proactive than I would ever have expected in economy class — offering me, for instance, another alfajor. This was a highlight of the flight for sure.
After breakfast, I went to the toilet to brush my teeth and wash my face. Even after the long hours of Atlantic crossing, the lavatory was maintained reasonably well. Aside from that, there was nothing much else to add. The lavatory, in the middle of both economy class section, was well-sized, too.
LATAM Brasil's A350-900 lavatory in Economy Class. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
Meanwhile, we were cutting across Europe's beautiful landscapes. We flew almost exactly over Geneva, and the Swiss Alps filled our windows. I just can't wait for COVID-19 to dissipate so people can get back to discovering the beauties of the world.
Soon, though, we arrived in German airspace and began our descent. Seatbelt signs on, seats in the upright position, and at 4:26 p.m., 24 minutes before scheduled time, the A350-900 made a smooth landing in Frankfurt.
A quite long taxi to the terminal followed. Deboarding, again, was done on a row-by-row basis, very slowly yet very orderly. For some reason — I guess because of my request to board first back in São Paulo — the crew had mistaken me as some sort of priority passenger, so I was asked to deboard after the other passengers, so I could be accompanied by a LATAM ground agent.
I was received by a LATAM agent that had previously worked for LAN. She guided me through the customs process and presented my papers to the immigration officer, explaining, my situation and the reason for my trip.
After that, all I had to do was reclaim my luggage and meet my relatives. Before, though, I had to take a PCR test — as I mentioned before, passengers coming from high-risk countries like Brazil had the test provided for free. The testing facility in Frankfurt was run by Centogene, and it required an enrollment through the laboratory's website. After this was done, I presented it to a worker at the counter and he provided me my number.
In just a few minutes I was done, thankfully with a throat test.
After that, I could head home and wait for my result. In 18 hours, I had the negative confirmation in my hands, which meant I was free from any quarantine. That efficiency was just staggering — I just wish Brazil had 1% of that organization and commitment. It was not until December that a negative PCR test became mandatory upon arrival in my home country.
Resultado do teste pronto em menos de 18 horas. Impressionante! Felizmente deu negativo 🙂 pic.twitter.com/SVoa6f2ryG
— João ☕ (@joaointhesky) September 6, 2020
Now I could enjoy my days in Germany and wait for my flight two weeks later.
Lufthansa Flight LH314 (FRA-FLR)
The two weeks passed like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, I already saw myself checking in at Frankfurt Airport for what would prove to be my last flight of the year.
The airport was empty, so check-in and luggage dispatch were fast, as was the safety screening. Another sign of the times, unfortunately.
Departures from Frankfurt. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
My gate was empty even shortly before the flight, so I assumed the aircraft would make a quick turnaround. Indeed, Lufthansa's mobile app had this information and said that my airplane was coming from Zurich, staying in Frankfurt ground for only an hour before taking my flight.
On Flightradar, I could track my ride to Florence: D-AECF, an Embraer 190 operated by Lufthansa CityLine and painted in Lufthansa's old colors. According to Airfleets, AECF (named Kronberg/Taunus) was delivered to the airline brand new in June 2010.
D-AECF arrives at the gate. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
Soon, boarding for my flight was called. This time, it had no gate agents controlling it, presumably as a way to reduce contact. The boarding pass screening and successive opening of the gate were all done with a reading machine, with priorities and boarding section order controlled by the passengers. Honestly, it didn't make much of a difference — the Embraer is already small, and I think the load-factor was at 60-70%, so boarding was smooth, quick and organized despite the lack of control.
Boarding D-AECF in Frankfurt. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
As a Brazilian, it's always a feeling of pride to see an Embraer flying on the other side of the world — let alone travel in one. But really, it's a fantastic airplane, whatever the operator may be.
Lufthansa picked a two-class configuration for its 190s, with 16 seats in business class (in the euroBusiness configuration, half of them are blocked) and 92 in economy in a standard 2-2 configuration. The seat pitch was awesome. It looked better than even in the long-haul configured 767 I took from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I also got lucky that nobody was by my side so I could stretch my legs a little bit more.
Seat pitch in Lufthansa CityLine's Embraer 190. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
After boarding was completed, the flight attendants passed out a small sanitizing wipe, which, albeit small, was better than nothing.
Small sanitizing wipes were offered before pushback. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
Doors were closed without delay and pushback was soon started without delay. After a quite long taxi to the active runway, take-off took place at 4:30 p.m, followed by a steep turn to the right toward Italy.
As in the flight from Brazil, we were handed a health declaration form to be delivered before arrival, reporting basically the same kind of information I presented upon arrival in Germany.
When I opened the tray table, I discovered that the sanitizing wipe was seemingly not for the hands, but apparently for the table, which was in a sad state of cleanliness. I can only imagine how the cleaning would be in non-COVID times, then.
After cleaning the table, the "onboard service," so to speak, began. It consisted only of a water bottle. Before COVID, they would serve a sandwich as I'd seen from older reports. This time, and for a very important reason, there was no food service.
Water bottle in Lufthansa's CityLine Frankfurt-Florence flight. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
Then there was a coffee service, which was much appreciated.
Coffee service in Lufthansa CityLine's Frankfurt-Florence service. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
After that, I went to the lavatory. Luckily, at least this part of the airplane was clean. I guess this bathroom "design" is an Embraer first-generation standard, as it was not at all different from what I saw for years flying Azul's Embraer E1s.
Bathroom of Lufthansa CityLine's Embraer 190. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
After that, I went back to my seat and enjoyed the flight and the views from the window. The flight proceeded smoothly, but as we approached Florence, we reached some heavy clouds.
Cabin overview of Lufthansa CityLine's Embraer 190. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
Descent began, and soon after, we made a quite smooth landing at Florence Airport's short and challenging runway at 5:44 p.m., six minutes before schedule, followed by some heavy braking.
Immediately after the Embraer stopped in its parking position, heavy rain fell over us, and we needed to take the cramped bus to the terminal.
Honestly, it's absolutely ridiculous to promote safety inside the aircraft so much, then cramp all passengers on a non-ventilated bus. I'd have preferred going on foot in the rain — the airport it's not big at all, so it would be a short walk anyway. It was really an uncomfortable experience.
Deboarding in Florence under heavy rain. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
After I was inside Florence's small terminal, it was all about retrieving my luggage and making my way home. Unfortunately, it looked like we were in the peak hour of a big hub because it took more than half an hour until the first bag was thrown on the belt. This all despite the fact we were the only arrival in more than an hour.
Luggage retrieval in Florence started really late. (Photo: AirlineGeeks | João Machado)
After this experience, it was quite clear to me why air travel (especially international and long-haul) will take quite a while to recover.
That said, flights with LATAM were quite nice, and my experience with Lufthansa CityLine would've been okay-ish if we were in "normal" times. But the airline must put its money where its mouth is: it is completely silly to chant the mantra of "safe and clean air travel," only for a passenger to be confronted by a dirty (translation: non-sanitized) tray table and then is thrown from a HEPA-filtered jet into a cramped bus with dozens of people.
I was disappointed, but not surprised. It is just the dire reality: airlines may talk as they about how flying is safe — and there is enough reason to believe inside the aircraft it is — but the problem is not flying itself. The problem is the acts that one must do when flying, such as getting on a cramped bus when deboarding.
So finally: would I travel by plane again during COVID? Not as long as the pandemic is out of control at either end of the flights I'm considering — like it was in Brazil then and like it is both in Europe and Brazil right now. But at least it was an experience I'll remember for years to come.
João has loved aviation since he was six-years-old when he started visiting his home airport in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. As he always loved writing, in 2011, at age 10 he started his very own aviation blog. Many things have happened since then, and now he is putting all his efforts into being an airline executive in the future.
João has loved aviation since he was six-years-old when he started visiting his home airport in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. As he always loved writing, in 2011, at age 10 he started his very own aviation blog. Many things have happened since then, and now he is putting all his efforts into being an airline executive in the future. João currently lives in Siena, Italy, where he studies Economics and Management at Unisi.
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My second outfit of the day: Black and White Striped Maxi Dress from Target, $21. My son got in the picture so it may be a little hard to see. Leah's Fashion Blog got me into maxis this summer as she wears them often and well. I love this one and I have lived in it this summer.
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We analyze how foreign direct investment (FDI) affects employment security. Using administrative micro data for German employees allows us to follow individual workers over time. FDI intensity is measured at the sectoral level, which enables us to take into account direct as well as indirect (spillover) effects of FDI. Furthermore, we are able to account for both inward and outward FDI and to distinguish between FDI at the intensive margin and FDI at the extensive margin in the form of Greenfield investments and foreign acquisitions. We are also able to investigate whether specific worker groups are affected differently by FDI. Our main finding is that both inward and outward FDI significantly increases employment security. Important exceptions are very young and old workers, who are negatively affected. These results seem to be mainly driven by the intensive margin.


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Neil Harper (born 21 February 1965) is a male retired British swimmer.

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Harper attended Millfield School from 1979 to 1984, and was head boy.

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Harper competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, in addition to competing in the 100 metres backstroke event. He also won the 1986 ASA National Championship title in the 100 metres backstroke.

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Hannemann ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Adolf Hannemann (1900–nach 1959), deutscher Manager und Produzent
 Andreas Hannemann (* 1961), deutscher General
 Arthur Hannemann (* 1935), deutscher Leichtathlet
 Axel Hannemann (1945–1962), deutsches Opfer an der Berliner Mauer
 Christiane Hannemann (* 1960), deutsche Soziologin und Hochschullehrerin
 Christine Hannemann (* 1960), deutsche Architektin
 Dirk Hannemann (* 1970), deutscher Fußballspieler
 Elise Hannemann (1849–1934), deutsche Ernährungsphysiologin und Kochlehrerin
 Erich Hannemann (1900–1970), deutscher Landrat
 Ferdinand Hannemann (1905–1987), deutscher Politiker (SPD)
 Frank Hannemann (* 1959), deutscher Fußballspieler

 Hubert Hannemann (1888–nach 1930), deutscher Maler und Radierer, Kostüm- und Bühnenbildner
 Inge Hannemann (* 1968), deutsche Bloggerin
 Johann Ludwig Hannemann (1640–1724), deutscher Arzt und Hochschullehrer
 Johannes Hannemann (1902–1945), deutscher Komponist und Cellist
 Käthe Hannemann (1881–nach 1902), deutsche Schauspielerin
 Karl Hannemann (1895–1953), deutscher Schauspieler
 Karl Hannemann (Skilangläufer), deutscher Skilangläufer

 Matthias Müller-Hannemann (* 1969), deutscher Informatiker und Hochschullehrer
 Mufi Hannemann (* 1954), US-amerikanischer Politiker
 Raik Hannemann (* 1968), deutscher Schwimmer
 René Hannemann (* 1968), deutscher Bobfahrer
 Sarah Hannemann (* 1990), deutsche Schauspielerin
 Uli Hannemann (* 1965), deutscher Schriftsteller
 Walter Hannemann (Maler) (1868–nach 1920), deutscher Maler
 Walter Hannemann (1912–2001), US-amerikanischer Filmeditor

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 Haus Hannemann in Düsseldorf-Lohausen
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One of the less well publicised jobs at BBC Television – The man with the gun
BBC Television Centre in London. Big studio doors. Big airborne problems.
Yesterday, someone asked me if working as a researcher on BBC TV News' early teletext service CEEFAX was my first job at a TV company.
No. It was my third.
My first was working as a Services Clerk in Central Services at BBC Television Centre.
They looked after the physical maintenance of the building and things like furniture and carpets. Not glamorous.
If people had problems with their radiators or lights or paintwork or phones, desks, windows or rats & mice and much more… In fact, if you had any problem with any of the fabric of the building or the stuff in your office… the central department you contacted was Central Services where two clerks answered the phones and four other people farmed out the problems to the actual people who could sort them out.
I was one of the two clerks who answered the phones.
I think maybe it was no coincidence that Terry Gilliam – who was one of the Monty Python team based at Television Centre at the time – called the rather bureaucratic plumbing/electrical maintenance organisation in his film Brazil Central Services.
I worked in Central Services for one year during which the BBC carpenters, electricians and general maintenance people were (from memory) about 30% understaffed (and they were – possibly not unconnected – about 30% underpaid too). During my time, there was a three-day week and there was an infestation of mice on the third floor. How the little bastards got up there, I don't know. And I don't mean the people who phoned in to complain.
It was very busy.
After that first non-programme-making job at the BBC, the high pressure deadlines of programme making were a dawdle in comparison.
People tended to shout at you a lot because things didn't get done quickly.
I remember justly-famed BBC producer Dennis Main Wilson (Till Death Us Do Part apart many other shows) throwing a fairly-justified strop in the office one day, flouncing out and attempting to slam the door behind him but it had a Briton spring and so closed in slow motion with no noise. At least that one door worked in the building.
One of the things which had to be sorted out was the occasional problem of pigeons and other birds in studios.
The studios at Television Centre had big scene dock doors – like a film studio. They often had to be left open. Birds occasionally got in. Not often, but sometimes. Usually pigeons.
If you had a TV show in the studio, you did not want a bird squawking or flying around or shitting on the performers and set during the recording or – even worse – during a live show.
Studios are big. They have high roofs. It is virtually impossible to get a bird out quickly, if at all.
So what do you do? What did we do?
The answer is we phoned Rentokil, who sent a man round sharpish with a rifle and he shot the bird. He had to be a skilled marksman. Because the roofs of TV studios are covered with tens, perhaps hundreds of lights and there are electric cables everywhere.
For the sake of the nation's entertainment, many a bird has been shot.
It is, perhaps, one of the less well publicised, yet vital, jobs in television.
Filed under Television
Tagged as bbc, birds, control, Dennis Main Wilson, gun, pest, studio, television, Television Centre, TV
Sep 14, 2011 · 3:35 pm
Why I was dragged into a cellar in Essex and a gun shoved into my mouth
The first time I met Comedy Cafe owner Noel Faulkner was shortly before I got dragged down into a basement in north east London and had a gun shoved in my mouth while former boxer, hairdresser, comedian and now EastEnders actor and film director Ricky Grover shouted at me, "You're a fucking cunt! You're a fucking cunt! I'm gonna fuckin' blow yer fuckin' head off!"
He was not a happy man.
In fact, he had 'lost it' – his eyes were blazing at me, his voice had gone up in pitch, he was sweating and shaking with uncontrollable anger.
Noel Faulkner was supposed to be directing a documentary at the time, though I think he and the crew were left upstairs when I was dragged downstairs.
Your memory strangely forgets some details when you are being threatened with a bloody death by a large man who knows from professional experience how to hurt people.
In the sadly largely-reviled movie Killer Bitch, I played the part of a charity collector who was, I felt, unfairly gunned-down in the street while collecting money on the pavement for Help For Heroes. I was shot in the face by a rather grumpy character played by Big Joe Egan (although, off-screen Big Joe was extremely charming and I am sure will go far on Irish charm alone).
I am, alas, not in Ricky Grover's new movie Big Fat Gypsy Gangster – a major casting blunder by the normally spot-on Ricky – but I was in a showreel version he shot several years ago to raise money for the project. At that time and, indeed, until very recently the movie project was called Bulla: The Movie and I played the part of a bank manager who was, I felt, unfairly brutalised by Ricky's character Bulla.
"Can't I play a more sexy role?" I asked Ricky at the time. "Is there no dashing romantic role for me?"
Ricky replied with, I felt, unnecessary honesty: "I've always thought you looked like a bank manager, John."
I tried to take it as a compliment.
So that was how I ended up in the basement of a disused bank on some suburban Essex high road in north east London with a gun being stuck in my mouth – I think it might have been Woodford Green.
I have never seen the footage, but I think I carried it off with the style for which I am known.
The character I played is not in the actually-shot version of the film, although there is a brief similar scene in a bank vault towards the end. Perhaps Ricky is saving me for a romantic role in his next film.
But there is the thought lingering in dark recesses at the back of my mind that perhaps he cast me because he had always wanted to degrade me and stick the barrel of a gun in my mouth.
There are worse things which can happen to you in the wonderful world of film making.
Noel Faulkner has been replaced by an American.
Filed under Comedy, Movies, Television
Tagged as big fat gypsy, Bulla, cafe, comedy, EastEnders, Essex, gangster, gun, Killer Bitch, movie, Noel Faulkner, Ricky Grover
Jun 5, 2011 · 9:46 am
An unsettling story about an illegal gun and "an awful lot of firepower out there"
In a recent blog, I mentioned that mad inventor John Ward – a man of often admirable creative eccentricity – used to have a gun licence for several weapons. It was not something I ever found reassuring.
He now tells me this true story…
One evening in the early 1990s, before the Dunblane massacre, I was at my local shooting range. It was not unusual for members to bring guests.
The evening went on its merry way with members blasting away at paper targets and seeing who had the best score. Then, at the end of the night, as we were clearing up to go home, a guest who had been watching asked:
"Does anybody mind if I use of the target area?"
No-one did.
So he went to the boot of his car, dragged out a bag and walked back to the shooting area which was a wall about twenty feet high and twelve feet wide made from old wooden railway sleepers because, as well as being a 'stopping point' for all the bullets fired in its direction, it 'soaked up' the bullets and prevented any ricochets.
The guest unwrapped his weapon and it was a German MP 40 machine pistol – also called the Schmeisser sub machine gun – of the sort that is a staple of World War 2 films when the German side is shown with automatic weapons – think Where Eagles Dare. It is the cheaper-made model that derived from the MP 38 but, for all that, it still killed folk efficiently.
Its magazine holds 40 rounds of 9mm ammo. It is not a sporting gun by any stretch of the imagination and, as such, was/is a banned weapon on these shores for obvious reasons and can only be legally owned by a very few people or dealers who hold a Home Office Section 5 Licence.
So we stood there with our mouths wide open and the silence was deafening. Our guest then inserted a magazine into the forward section of the MP 40, cocked the weapon, turned to us and said:
"I'm not sure how this is going to go as I have had it years and I'm not sure what noise it gives out."
With that, we put our fingers in our ears – we had already cleared away our ear defenders/ear muffs – and… BBBBBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRR as our guest emptied a full magazine of forty 9mm bullets at the target area in about ten seconds – much like Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood in Where Eagles Dare in fact!
As the smoke cleared, he turned to us and said:
"Well! – that seemed to go alright, didn't it?"
And, with that, he took the magazine out, thanked us, proceeded to put it back in the bag with the gun and took it to the boot of his car and drove off.
Afterwards, oddly, nobody could recall just who had brought him along as a guest…
For the next few weeks, I scanned the newspapers to see if there had been any 'bank jobs' done locally but there were none.
That was almost twenty years ago.
All this was and is illegal and, if caught with an MP 40, one's future holiday arrangements might be arranged by Her Majesty for the next twenty years, but the streets of this country are nowadays awash with far more of this sort of stuff than ever before.
There is even more firepower in the MAC-10, which has 32 rounds of 9mm held a stick magazine housed in the pistol grip – a .45 calibre option was/is also available. The MAC-10 can empty its magazine in about 2 to 3 seconds flat.
It was put on test by the SAS but they refused to adopt it as it was inaccurate unless – I quote – "you were having a fire fight in a telephone box".
The MAC-10 is now a common fashion accessory among British drug gangs.
There is an awful lot of 'firepower' out there, perhaps some of it nearer than you might think.
Filed under Crime, Legal system
Tagged as 2, 9mm, arms dealers, british, Clint Eastwood, drug, Dunblane, firearm, firepower, firing range, gang, German, gun, Home Office, II, illegal, John Ward, licence, license, MAC 10, machine gun, massacre, MP 38, MP40, pistol, range, Richard Burton, SAS, Schmeisser, Section 5, shooting range, sub, Two, uk, United Kingdom, Where Eagles Dare, World War


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Soccer-10-Man Persepolis Prevail in Shootout To Reach ACL Final
Oct 4 (Reuters) – Iran's Persepolis reached the Asian Champions League final on Saturday with a 5-3 penalty shootout victory over Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr in Doha, despite finishing with 10 men and having lost their key striker to a six-month ban just hours before kick-off.
Ali Shojaei netted the decisive spot kick after Brazilian defender Maicon's effort was saved by Persepolis goalkeeper Hamed Lak in the penultimate round of penalties as the Iranians made their second final in three years.
The game finished 1-1 at both full-time and following 30 minutes extra time after Al Nassr's Abderrazak Hamdallah had seen his 36th minute penalty cancelled out by Mehdi Abdi's header six minutes later.
Persepolis prevailed on an eventful day for the Tehran-based club, who learned in the build-up that prolific forward Issa Alekasir would not be eligible to play.
The Asian Football Confederation banned the 30-year-old for a "discriminatory gesture" after he had scored in the previous game against Pakhtakor, of Uzbekistan.
Al Nassr went in front when Khaled Al Ghannam was brought down by Resan and Hamdallah chipped his effort down the middle as Lak dropped to his right.
Alekasir's replacement Abdi equalised three minutes before the interval, drifting free of Maicon before heading home Bashar Resan's cross from the right.
Persepolis were reduced to 10 when Ehsan Pahlavan's foul on Osama Al Khalaf earned him a second yellow card a minute before the extra-time interval.
After both teams were flawless through the first three rounds of the shootout, Lak dived to his right to deny Maicon and leave Shojaei to score the decisive penalty.
The Iranians last reached the final of the Asian Champions League in 2018, where they lost to Japan's Kashima Antlers.
"Al Nassr are good team, but we played against them with 10 men and had we played 90 more minutes they wouldn't have been able to score against us," said midfielder Resan.
"When we defeated Al Sadd (in the round of 16) we knew that we would go to the final as our victory against them showed that no one can stop us."
The final will be played on December 19, when Persepolis meet the leading team from the east of the continent. The eastern group phase will recommence in mid-November.
(Reporting by Michael Church; editing by Ian Chadband)
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Walking into the gorgeous lobby at the Flamingo Cancun Resort will show you the pride and dedication they have at providing every attention to detail that's required to make your stay unforgettable. Located just minutes from the party center the Flamingo Cancun occupies a fantastic setting on one of the best beaches in Cancun.
With 3 rooms to choose from at the Flamingo Cancun, each having their own funky twist and all having a great ocean view; the junior Suite and the Deluxe suite also have a terrace or a large balcony to enjoy the relaxing sounds of the Caribbean beyond. The Standard Suite will give you a tantalizing array of sweet blue and elegant golden white to ease the mind, morning and night, whereas the Junior Suite will provide the same genuine texture with a twist of spacious-ness and cosiness. And lastly you'll find yourself in love with the amazing Deluxe Suite having the large balcony and you're very own water purification water system.
If you're going there on your own or perhaps with a loved one (or soon to be), take advantage of the Flamingo Cancun's excellent All Inclusive package where you will receive unlimited meals and snacks all day and all evening long, unlimited domestic beverages 24hrs a day and you're own in room mini-bar stocked with beer, soft drinks and water. With pool aquaerobics and a daily activities program, you'll also be able to enjoy poolside entertainment and a great billiards room as well.
Or perhaps you're bringing the kids? Take them to the large pool to indulge against the Caribbean which surrounds it, or take them right down to the white sandy beaches with the sun beaming down a significant array of enough Vitamin D to keep them smiling all day long. Then allow them the opportunity to relax on the vacation too by taking them to the awesome Flamingo Kids Club where they'll find a whole assortment of toys, crafts and activities available to keep them busy.
You'll absolutely love the Las Palmas bars as you enjoy excellent drinks and cocktails without even leaving the pool, or Palenque where not only will you get the best in tropical drinks but also great music and an awesome ambience are found in the hotel's Lobby Bar.With two amazing restaurants to pick from you'll find yourself feeling very satisfied when the evening finally turns into night.
Albatros: Enjoy a great tasting lunch and dinner right on the beach front with a cafe/lounge style atmosphere.
La Fuente: A nice mixture of dark oak and light straw you'll find the buffet at this restaurant for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a great Caribbean view.
Address: Blvd. Kukulcan Km 11, Zona Hotelera, Zona Hotelera. Cancun, Quintana Roo.


The truest view of life has always seemed to me to be that which shows that we are here not to enjoy, but to learn.
I can't say enough good things about Guy Finley's book, The Secret of Letting Go . I just finished reading it tonight, and it contains a ton of deep insights into why we hurt and how to let go of that pain. As far as Grief Recovery Tools go, this is one tool you'll want in your toolbox.
Not that this book is an easy read, mind you — far from it. This is a book you'll want to read, highlight, digest, and contemplate. And then read it again. He ends the book with a short exercise written by his mentor, Vernon Howard. I think it will likely be the most helpful for those of you who are feeling the pangs of grief most acutely. It may help to take some of the pressure off. And I think it will really help widowers. We tend to intellectualize our grief.
When you begin to see that you have created your world in your own image, it will shock you. Here is a special exercise for you for when you are pained. I can't tell you what a marvelous change this exercise will make in your life.
From this point on, every time you feel some hurt or inner agony, instead of thinking about the pain, which you now do, you will do something else. Instead of directing your attention toward that sadness or disappointment, you are going to think about something else.
You are going to think, "I don't understand the pain."
Just think, "There is a darkness there. Something is lashing at me, and it hurts." But you are not going to get a false pleasure from the pain. You are going to go to the right department and say, "I don't understand the pain." THAT'S IT!
Then you never ever have to think another thought about the misery you are experiencing. You are through. You have done your part. THIS IS THE WAY OUT.
God Himself has just come to your rescue. This is what is authentically religious. Truth says, "Don't think about and swim around in the suffering." Simply sit back in your chair, relax, and say, "I don't understand the anguish that is terrorizing my system."
If you don't understand it, there is nothing YOU can do, is there? Then do nothing.
When we complain and cry and moan and groan and think, "How did I get into this mess?" etc., nothing will change. With this exercise, you are putting yourself in an entirely different department, and you will receive the products that that department has ready for you.
Do you want the product of not having to make worried decisions all day long? Just say, "I don't understand this crisis or that heartache that just came up." AND STOP. GO THROUGH YOUR WHOLE DAY NOT UNDERSTANDING IT.
It is our spurious understanding that gets us into the sorry inner mess in the first place. Don't be afraid to have no intelligence of your own. God is willing to make the grand, magnificent substitute for you. God gives you his life in exchange for your life.
The majority of men and women sell their souls all day long in exchange for false, fleeting feelings of self-control. When you have true self-command, you never have to look for it or ever explain its absence to yourself.
If you are willing to say, "I don't understand anything at all about my life," your false self along with its false understanding will fall away; in its place will be the insight from Heaven itself. That insight from a very High Place is all you need for this world and the next world. Go ahead and dare to let go.


The Jabra BT325s provides users with a Bluetooth headset and high performance corded stereo headphones so users never have to miss a call while listening to music. It is designed as the perfect match for portable music devices and Bluetooth phones and provides the convenience of one headset for both listening to music and taking calls.
The Jabra BT325s headset comes with high-quality exchangeable stereo ear buds and connects to MP3 players or other devices that support a 3.5 mm corded interface such as a PC or music mobile phone. A clip-on Bluetooth device featuring integrated microphone and phone volume controls enables the headset to connect to Bluetooth enabled devices to support phone calls. The Jabra BT325s comes in an urban and rain shower proof design and features 8 hours of music/talk time and 240 hours standby time.


Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman and Roman Coppola will join the director for a victory tour of sorts, which will include a screening of his film and Q&A sessions for fellow passengers.
No, it's not a test shoot for The Life Aquatic 2 or a quaint new project set aboard a luxurious and impeccably appointed sea liner. Wes Anderson and some of his Grand Budapest Hotel stars are simply going for a victory tour.
The director, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman and regular Anderson collaborator Roman Coppola will set sail aboard the Queen Mary 2 from New York to London on June 13.
Fellow passengers aboard the ship, which is operated by Cunard Line, will be treated to a special screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel -- which has proved to be Anderson's most successful film, taking in $133 million worldwide since its release in March -- to be followed by a Q&A session with the filmmaker and cast.
Tickets for the journey range from $1,298 to $18,948.


Katnook is a beacon for quality in Coonawarra for many a decade. Their Cabernet is their flagship that has a rich and elegant bouquet with aromas of cedary blackcurrant. Supported by well integrated toasty oak while the palate shows long fine varietal flavours.
Parker Estate Terra Rossa Cabernet Sauvignon is a Coonawarra Cabernet that always looks classy. Big rich cassis, blackberry and raspberry fruit ripple with an appealing suggestion of leafiness. The very best oak is always used for Parker's wines and that is evident again with fine integrated influence of French oak that delivers a balanced cedar and cigar box finish.
Penfolds Maxs Cabernet Sauvignon is a regional blend that gives the wine a fuller more intense mouthfeel. It has rich blackcurrant and toffee-apple like aromas on the nose, followed by dense savoury varietal fruits on the palate. Tannins are firm with subtle oaks leading to a long finish.


Although skin that is fair isn't at each of the standard of beauty, a lot of people need their skin to get honest at any cost. This may be due to the societal approval (right or wrong isn't the problem here to be debated!), ones own internal want to be wonderful in a certain manner or the fascination to explore ones own limits of attractiveness. Within my personal view, one shouldn't attempt to change what nature has endowed and dark skin is one of these! Beauty can be found in the eyes of the beholder. Whether rational or not, your admirers will constantly enjoy you, adore you! But since this post is all about getting fair skin I have to concentrate on this issue.
Conventional and contemporary researches are conducted to discover the means for making skin fairer as this has been a popular theme since ages. So, here are a few of the treatments which were used by men and women before to possess skin that is fair.
Turmeric nourish your skin will purify your blood and provide it themuch desired radiance and glow. And how does turmeric do this. This herb spice has exceptional anti inflammatory, anti-aging and anti bacterial properties for reducing inflammation of skin along with the blemishes, acne, pimples, pigmentation etc. on it. Contain turmeric in your daily diet. You may even use turmeric in other methods for getting skin that is fair.
Lemon juice using its properties that are bleaching helps turmeric to provide you with skin that is fairer.
Add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder to 3 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice.
Be cautious together with atmosphere and your clothing as turmeric is effective at making spots everywhere.
Exfoliating skin is an effective solution to brighten your skin up. Make use of this home made scrub to get fairer skin that is cleaner.
Scrub for about 10-15 minutes before washing off with water that is lukewarm!
Blend cream, turmeric and gramflour well to create a scrub!
Utilize this mix to rub on your face lightly with fingers. This make you more honest as well as can exfoliate your skin.
Avoid using lotion for those who have greasy skin. Use milk as well as water to create the spread.
Sunflower seeds could be invaluable in receiving skin that is fair.
Apply in your skin and leave for 15-20 minutes.
Combine turmeric with this and saffron.
Each day, grind the seeds to get a paste.
Do this daily for lengthy interval. When you see change in your skin color it might take.
Make this facepack with all natural ingredients in addition to turmeric to get fairer and glowing gleam skin.
Apply this mask to your own face and neck.
Combine all of the fixings – tomato juice, rice powder, turmeric and milk. Decrease or increase the amount to get the best consistency which will stay on face.
With all its nutrients including calcium, omega 3 fatty acids, Vitamin E, Proteins, magnesium and antioxidants, almonds may do amazing things to your skin. It may also provide you with a fairer skin. The best antioxidants in almonds also remove toxins along with free radicals in the body and cleanse. The most effective method would be to eat these crazy regularky. However you'll find a number of other techniques for getting the radiant and smooth skin together with using almond oil and almonds also.
Amount of all aforementioned ingredients is determined by the fact just how much area of your body you need to massage – only hands and feet or additionally face or body that is total!
Massage your skin with this specific warm herbal oil that is almond!
Massage then and well leave it in your skin for about half an hour minimum!
Combine them with almond oil.
Combine almond milk powder, oil and lemon juice.
Apply this mixture to your own skin.
Put on the mix in your skin.
Each day, grind them to get paste.
If needed to get a consistency of paste that will sit on skin, add mor milk!
In the morning grind the thing!
Apply on skin and leave for half an hour.
Soak almonds and black gram in milk overnight.
The lactic acid in yogurt exfoliates your own skin to allow it to be radiant and younger. Calcium and B vitamins in it additionally are helpful in regeneration of regeneration and cell development. Yougurt is actually an excellent part for making it more rational and lightening your skin.
Combine honey and yogurt well.
In case your skin is tanned, blend in yogurt and apply this to your own skin daily to get radiant skin but in addition to remove suntan.
The enzyme papain within papaya is what brings most towards making your skin fairer and lighter. It can help in removing dead cells through its outstanding exfoliating effects as well as in skin renewal. Other than the antioxidants, papain, Vitamins A, E and C in papaya additionally help in making your skin smooth, supple and youthful.
Combine honey with mashed papaya pulp.
Even in the event that you dont add honey you can nevertheless get most of the advantages of papaya to make your skin brighter and lighter.
Not only papaya, other skin fruits that are friendly also can come to your own aid to make your skin fair. Avocado, cucumber, mango etc. are included by some of such fruits This is an excellent recipe to get a fruit mask that will provide you skin that is fair than ever before.
Apply this in your face and neck.
Add cream or fullers world for this. Blend well.
Applying skin care treatments can, undoubtedly, give you lighter more glowing radiant skin that is fair. Nevertheless, to keep up healthful skin and this equity, you need to realize that you must work out and eat a diet that is healthier. When you do exercises, especially cardiovascular ones like walking, cycling, swimming and aerobics, lungs and your heart pump out great quantity of oxygen rich blood. All goes during the body giving you great well-being but in addition toxin free skin. Likewise, your skin gets nourishment from that which you take in. Should you consume food which is full of crap and toxins, youll get a dull skin. When you consume healthful foods such as fruits, veggies, as well as other valuable fatty acids, your skin gets the nutrients vital for blemish free soft radiant and glowing skin that is fair!


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Whit Stillman's
THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO
(1998) "Manhattan, the early 1980s. Recent graduates from an upper crust college, Alice (Sevigny) and Charlotte (Beckinsale) – flatmates and friends of a sort – pass their days working as trainee publishing editors, and most of their nights discussing social niceties at a fashionable disco where assistant manager Des (Eigman) courts the boss's disfavor by admitting the wrong kind of clientele. The girls hang out at the disco with a preppy bunch of Harvard admen and lawyers; rumors, rivalry and falling-out is rife and relationships are frequently at risk. The third comedy of manners in Stillman's loose trilogy about 'doomed bourgeois in love' again highlights the writer/director's expertise with naturalistically articulate dialogue whose idioms, ironies and absurdities provide vivid insights into the delusions, desires and often ludicrous tribal rituals of the young, privileged and mostly, pretty ineffectual." – Geoff Andrew, Time Out (London). DCP. Approx. 113 min.
Part of Whit Stillman's "Doomed. Bourgeois. In Love" Trilogy.
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*Introduced by director Whit Stillman
*Q&A with director Whit Stillman


You listen to your patients in the office, but what about after they leave? Do you know what your patients say about you online?
Consider the following situation and what you might do differently.
A prospective patient, let's call her Karen, has a nagging shoulder pain that keeps her up at night. She tosses and turns in her sleep, wondering what her doctor would say about the pain. Finally, after 3 weeks of sleepless nights, Karen goes her to primary physician to discuss her shoulder. Her primary doctor refers Karen to orthopedic specialist. The doctor writes down a few names to call and sends her on her way. "Good luck!" he says.
Karen immediately goes online to research the doctors referred by her primary physician. She types a name into Google. "Mark Anthony, MD," let's say. Within seconds, Karen sees where Dr. Anthony is located, his phone number, and a link to his website. As she searches a little more, Google also finds several reviews written about Dr. Anthony.
Let's stop here for a minute. Now, if you are Dr. Anthony, you might not even know these reviews exist. They are not on your website, they are Google. And, if Karen reads a bad review, chances are you won't be the one to fix her shoulder. Is there a way to monitor your online reputation, you ask? You bet.
Prospective patients google doctor names all the time and look for reviews. Gone are the days of simply taking your doctor's referral without doing some checking first. No one is using an old fashioned phone book either. Clearly, your online reputation can have an impact on your practice. So, how can you be sure that when someone googles you they don't find incorrect or outdated information, or worse, a bad review.
As a leader in medical website design, iHealthSpot can include a special feature with your website that gives you a bird's eye view of your online presence. This tool is packed with everything you need to know what your customers say, generate positive reviews, manage negative reviews, and more. All in real time.
Managing your online ratings and patient reviews also sends a message to patients that tells them you are listening. You hear what they say and appreciate their valuable feedback.
With your online reputation in check, prospective patients like Karen will have confidence in your business, and they are more likely to book an appointment (and post a positive review afterwards!).
Try googling yourself and your practice. If you don't like what you find, your next call should be iHealthSpot for online reputation management help.
Online search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo! drive visitors to websites. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing your website so that it shows up on the first page of an online search for the keywords specific to your specialty. When it comes to online search: if you are on the second page, you don't exist. And if you don't exist, patients can't find you.
You can leverage hundreds of strategies to help search engines recognize and rank your digital content, including tagging a page with relevant keywords, writing informative page descriptions, and creating strategic HTML titles. The process can be complex and incredibly frustrating if you aren't familiar with the various ways to make your website rank better for your target audience. However, it's worth it if you want to grow your healthcare practice, as you want your online content front and center when someone searches for a relevant health topic. Still not sure? Here are The 8 Reasons Why You Need SEO.
Increased patient engagement has been linked to better adherence to medical plans, reduced hospitalization, and higher revenues. However, to effectively engage with your patients, you need to meet them where they spend their time – which is increasingly on social media. Patients trust healthcare providers that engage online. In fact, recent studies have found that more than half of consumers' decisions to receive treatment at a healthcare facility are strongly influenced by that provider's social media connections.
A healthy social media presence helps attract patients. In addition, it enables healthcare practitioners to network with their peers, share knowledge, and work together (with the potential of improving patient outcomes). Social media strategies can go beyond simple posts and include participating in discussions, networking, and promoting information about relevant health topics. Learn more about The Role of Social Media in Patient Engagement.
Every day, the number of devices and browsers that need to work with your website grows, with millions of users turning to their mobile phones and tablets to interact online. In the U.S., four out of every five Americans own and use a smartphone, and this trend will continue as sales of mobile devices continue to rise. That's why it's critical to provide patients with easy access to your information, from any device they want to use, with a responsive website.
Responsive websites deliver an optimized experience on any type of device, regardless of screen size or resolution. This means your online content will be perfectly displayed for every smartphone, tablet and desktop computer, ensuring your patients have an optimal viewing experience. In addition, responsive sites generate a higher search engine ranking which, as mentioned above, is key to ensuring your website shows up on the first page of an online search. For more details, check out our previous post: What Is Responsive Web Design Anyway?
While these three digital marketing strategies help drive patient engagement, they also offer a big benefit for healthcare providers: marketing measurability. When running any type of digital marketing program – from search engine optimization (SEO) to social media – you always know how many people saw your campaign, visited your website, and contacted you to book an appointment. This provides valuable insight into your marketing Return on Investment (ROI), which helps guide your future business plans and marketing budgets.
iHealthSpot is a full-service digital marketing partner that can support the unique needs of your healthcare practice. From award-winning medical website design and proprietary patient education content to online marketing including social media, we enable medical practitioners to market themselves using proven digital marketing strategies.
Online reviews can have the power to make or break your practice. According to MedScape, a survey of 50,000 patient reviews found that 25% of patients find their healthcare professionals online, including from online reviews. So, as more and more people use these reviews, it's important to understand how your responses can impact your practice. In addition to helping amplify awareness of your practice with new patients, your responses can even minimize potential damage from a bad review.
The following are some Do's and Don'ts when responding to your online patient reviews.
You should always respond to a positive review. It shows that you care about your patients and value their feedback.
- Do thank your patient for taking the time to write a review. Let them know how much you appreciate their feedback.
- Don't ask your patient for anything. For example, no need to ask them to 'spread the word' about your practice, as that's what they've just done with their review!
- Do keep your response professional. Less is more – keep it brief. Long responses can come across as overbearing. And don't mention any details about them or the service you provided, as this could violate HIPAA rules.
- Don't respond to minor criticism. Focus on the positive feedback in your response. Any reference to a criticism can make you look petty and unprofessional.
- Always start with a thank you…it's the polite thing to do!
- Use your business name and key words to help the positive review appear in search results.
You should also respond to negative reviews. However, you need to be extremely careful as you don't want to offend someone, or make the situation even worse.
- Do keep your response professional. Be pleasant (or at least neutral), keep it brief and remember, don't reference any detail regarding the patient or the service. Also, don't respond when you're angry – the only person who will look bad is you.
- Don't respond to trolls. If the review is obviously from someone who isn't a patient or is making things up, contact the site admin and request assistance. If the comment violates the site's rules, you can ask to have it removed.
- Do follow-up with a private message or phone call after responding to a particularly negative comment. This is a great opportunity to 'turn lemons into lemonade'. If you put in the extra effort, your patient might decide to change or remove their comment, or even post a positive follow-up comment.
- Don't ask your patient to remove the review. This will give the perception that you have something to hide. In addition, it could anger them further, causing them to post additional comments and raise awareness of the negative review.
- Even if the comments are unfounded, show sympathy that your patient had a bad experience.
- Don't go into too much detail or ask any questions. Instead move the conversation offline by providing a phone number or email address.
- Don't include your business name or key words as you don't want the review to appear in search results.
Managing online patient reviews and responses can be a lot of work. If you don't have the time, iHealthSpot offers comprehensive online reputation management via our Reputation MD Program.
We help monitor patient reviews online, promptly address any negative or false information, encourage patients to share their positive experiences, and promote those testimonials on social media. This enables you to take full advantage of online patient reviews without doing all the work. With iHealthSpot managing your reputation online, you can focus on creating positive patient experiences that will turn into dozens of positive testimonials.
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I hope you all are having a nice Saturday so far, I'll be working during the day and more than likely eating pizza at night. And reading The Walking Dead graphic novels. But who knows, a girl can always get a little crazy. The older I get, the more and more content I am in a quiet night at home.
Today I have another amazing polish to share from Pretty Serious Cosmetics's Rooftop Soiree collection, Glitz & Glam. I won't even try to hide how giddy I am over this polish! When I first saw the promo shots for this collection, this was the first one that caught my eye and I KNEW I had to have it! I LOVE gold glitter shades, and this one is such a stand out! Glitz & Glam is a bright, vibrant, in your face blend of silver and gold glitter in a clear base. This SERIOUSLY needs to be seen in person to understand how bright this one is! If you're going out for New Years this year, this polish would be perfect! Shown is four very, very thin coats with one coat of Gelous (which I really didn't end up needing honestly, it wasn't a super rough texture) and one coat of topcoat.
Anyone else pick up this stunner?
Gorgeous! I really loved the last collection.


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2. You will be presented with this screen, after hitting enter.
3. Right click the connection you use, and select properties.
Tick the box that reads "Use the following DNS server address" Now that you have your number type the Primary DNS in the top box in the above picture, and the Alternate into the bottom box. Once the Numbers have been entered then hit the OK button.
You will now need to Flush your DNS Cache and Register your new servers.
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The Vodafone Warriors' home game against Cronulla at Mount Smart Stadium on Saturday is being dedicated to the one and only Sir Peter Leitch (NRL kick-off: 5.00pm; match day sponsor: DEWALT).
It's appropriate the man so synonymous with rugby league in New Zealand and especially with his beloved Vodafone Warriors should be honoured in what is the club's 20th anniversary season.
The Sir Peter Leitch Appreciation Day follows home game day themes which have included everyday heroes, a onesie party, a zombie night and the old boys.
It gives not just the club but the entire rugby league community the chance to acknowledge the Mad Butcher for his matchless contribution to the Vodafone Warriors.
He has been integrally linked to and involved with the club since its arrival in 1995. The Vodafone Warriors retired the No 19 jersey to Sir Peter in 2001.
Vodafone Warriors members and fans are being encouraged to come to the game against the Sharks in big numbers to pay homage to Sir Peter.
He always says the greatest gift anyone can give is their time. On Saturday it's the fans' turn to give Sir Peter their time by turning up in big numbers to show their appreciation for all he does for the Vodafone Warriors.
The game day programme will include a number of Mad Butcher-related features while the club has also launched a Shark Attack membership exclusively for the game.


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By Rojon January 25, 2017
Report reaching us has it that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) through the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has shut down blogs and websites that have "jamb" attached to their domain names in order to ensure they do not end up defrauding unsuspecting individuals.
This was disclosed by one of the owners of the affected sites.
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According to him, he received a mail from his web host concerning the development.
The mail reads, "We got a complaint from JAMB through National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on a number of domain names that are defrauding Nigerians using different variant of their name (JAMB), your website was listed among them, and we were instructed to investigate and suspend all the domain names involved".
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"We communicated the information to the Registrars of the domain names in question and requested them to kindly also investigate and take the appropriate action".
"We understand that this domain names may not indulge in any fraudulent activity. However, we advice that you take down the contents of this site as requested by NITDA to avoid immediate suspension of the domain name".
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"Please note that if this is not done within 12 hours of this report, we will be forced to suspend the domain".
Checks and observations reveals that such websites bearing "jamb" as part of their domain names are no longer accessible.
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January 19, 2014 Sermon: "Has Christ Been Divided?"
January 23, 2014 by Todd Bowman
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"Has Christ Been Divided?"
The Rev. Maren Sonstegard-Spray
1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, together with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been given you in Christ Jesus, 5 for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind— 6 just as the testimony of Christ has been strengthened among you— 7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful; by him you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there are quarrels among you, my brothers and sisters. 12 What I mean is that each of you says, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Cephas," or "I belong to Christ." 13 Has Christ been divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to proclaim the gospel, and not with eloquent wisdom, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its power. 18For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
Just as I was sitting down to write this sermon an email popped into my inbox from one of our young adults who grew up in the church and has since moved to Houston and is attending a big Presbyterian church there. The email was to update me on conversations we had had before about this church moving to leave the denomination, and he was letting me know that the leadership had indeed voted to leave and join a newly formed denomination.
Paul asks, "Has Christ been divided?" and in answer we would be forced to say yes, still it is happening. There are churches on every corner in our city, and more denominations in the world than we can keep track of.
Christ is not only divided out in the world, but also in here – inside the walls of our churches. I came across the story told by the pastor of a church where, in the basement, there were two locked cabinets, each with a set of plates and silverware, and each cabinet lorded over by a group that would not let the other use their stuff. After a while the pastor left, and when he returned decades later, there were still two locked cabinets in the basement.
I won't tell some of the stories I have about table clothes.
Is it comforting or disheartening to realize that we have struggled with this problem for almost two thousand years?
Dan, the other associate pastor at the church, was working on a sermon on this same passage and he popped into my office and said something to effect of: why is it that we have this idea that there shouldn't be any conflict in our lives, no disagreement, or that that is a terrible thing? We disagree with our spouses, our boyfriends and girlfriends, our parents, our children, our bosses and coworkers. Research shows that young siblings will have an altercation every 9 minutes (and that is certainly true in my house). The forces of our lives seem to push us further and further apart.
One commentator shared this story about attending a conference in Austria attended by many young seminary students, and the Dutch reformed students put on a skit parodying their own churches propensity to split into increasingly smaller and inconsequential denominations, and the audience had to match a list of denominational names with absurd criteria, like typical length of sermons, style of music, formality of dress, type of breath mints, what constituted being acceptably late, and so on. And he writes, "I still remember the name of one of the denominations: "the really, truly, totally, absolutely, fully, re-, re-, reformed Dutch Church."
In his book "The Great Divorce" C.S. Lewis paints a picture of hell as a dim and grimy place – the narrator in the story finds himself waiting to catch a bus for heaven and striking up a conversation with a fellow passenger about how empty the grey town is.
"It seems the deuce of a town," the narrator says, "and that's what I can't understand. The parts of it that I saw were so empty. Was there once a much larger population?"
"Not at all," said the other passenger, "The trouble is that they're so quarrelsome. As soon as anyone arrives he settles in some street. Before he's been there twenty-four hours he quarrels with his neighbor. Before the week is over he's quarreled so badly that he decides to move . . . Finally he'll move right out to the edge of town and a build a new house . . . that's how the town keeps on growing."
And the other passenger goes on to describe how the earliest arrivals have been moving on and on, getting further apart – and you can only see the lights of their houses with a telescope, millions of miles away, and millions of miles away from one another.
Paul is writing to a community moving away from each other. Paul hears about quarrels; he hears about people pledging allegiance to particular leaders in a way that said to others "I belong to this person and I no longer belong to you."
Some were saying I belong to Apollos, and some were saying I belong to Cephas, just like we would say, I belong to Luther, or Wesley or Calvin.
Some were saying I belong to Christ but they were saying it in a way that implied that they truly belonged to Jesus and others did not.
Paul urges them to be in agreement, literally to "say the same," and later on in the letter Paul tells them that what they should "say the same" is "Jesus in Lord."
Paul calls them, and us, to unity, to be mended, as fishing nets are mended, to have the same mind and same purpose. The verb Paul uses in v. 10 for unity, katartizo, is significant. It is translated as "you be united," but really there is more to it than that. It is a term used in medical vocabulary to express setting of a bone that has been broken; it has a political significance meaning the elimination of civil discord; it is used in the Gospel of Mark to describe the disciples sitting in a boat mending their nets. So, the meaning of katartizo is much fuller than simply "being united." It expresses the idea that things be set in order, that the "bones" of the Body of Christ be gently restored or carefully mended.
To be mended, to have the same mind and the same purpose – what on earth does that look like now?
To have the same mind, does not mean that we think the exact same thing. Paul wasn't proposing uniformity – he was in fact a champion of diversity. Later on in the letter he paints the powerful picture of the church as a body, where each person matters, not because they look the same or act the same or have the same thoughts – each person matters because of their unique contributions to the whole.
To have the same mind, is to have the mind of Christ. To think of the world as Christ does. To see the world as Christ does.
To see the 28 million slaves in the world, most of them women and children, as those needing the literal freedom Christ came to bring.
To see the 20,000 people a day who die from hunger-related causes, as those that Christ came to feed.
To see the 14 million children orphaned because of AIDS, as the children Christ came to embrace.
To see the men, women and children living on the streets of Winchester, as actual brothers and sisters, and to care for them as we would our literal brothers and sisters.
Brothers and sisters, translated from adelphoi occurs 38 times in 1 Corinthians, more than twice as many times as in any other letter Paul wrote.
It is Paul's way of declaring that what unites the church in Corinth ought to be far more powerful and comprehensive than what pulls them apart.
We must never lose sight of the basis of Christian unity, of our unity: the shared death with Christ in which God began our new life in Christ. We are united in that we share the same slavery to sin, the same desperate need for God's grace, and the same redemptive power of God's love.
Our unity rests on that shared story.
It is not accidental that Paul refers to baptism when he is thinking about unity, because in baptism we are joined together as God's family, brothers and sisters.
Seven years ago, here in Winchester, a group of like-minded followers of Christ convened and said together, we cannot let people die on our city streets from exposure to the cold. We agreed that we could open our doors and offer shelter and food. And the Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter was born.
And almost two decades ago, the downtown churches came together to say we needed a better way of helping the many people who came in our doors looking for assistance. And CCAP was born.
So perhaps we cannot have a unity of building or a unity of denomination, but we can have a unity of mission, a unity of purpose. We can say together "Jesus is Lord" and we can join together in following God's Spirit out into Winchester and the world.
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Car video security is important to high-end dealerships. It can help protect assets and employees from assault, burglary, and theft. If this Audi dealership had car video security, it could have prevented a car theft at this Georgia property .
Thieves drove two cars worth a total of $250,000 right off of the property of a car dealership in Gwinnett County, which is part of the Atlanta Metro area. The criminal activity was identified as key-swapping. Key-swapping thefts occur when car thieves switch dummy keys with car dealership keys.
A car video security camera recorded the thieves. The fist criminal walked onto the dealership service department at about 7:30am and purchased a battery for a key fob. After the purchase, this suspect was unsupervised. He casually walked into the show room before business hours and made his way to a sales rep's desk. After he rummaged through the desk, he grabbed two sets of Audi keys. This criminal left the car dealership in what may have been a Ford Taurus.
Later that day, the suspect returned with an accomplice. It was reported that they walked around the car dealership. While they were walking, they kept pressing the key fobs until they heard the sound of the unlocking doors. Once the cars were identified, both of the thieves drove off the Audi dealership parking lot.
The suspects have not been caught. Security guards and proactive car video security surveillance were not reported at this Audi dealership.
This incident may have been part of an elaborate luxury car theft ring. Several dealerships in the Atlanta-area were impacted. This included Audi and Jaguar vehicles. After the car was driven off the lot, the vehicles identification numbers were altered and eventually sold.
This problem is not isolated in just Atlanta, Georgia. Different areas in the United States have also been impacted. It is a reoccurring event in Florida. Luxury car thefts happened in broad day light. Audi and Jeep models were stolen from different dealerships. The General Manager at a Jeep Dealership noted that the thieves knew what they were doing. The Key-swap theft was done so easily.
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