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Neuro-Linguistic Programming Training can transform your personal & professional life drastically in myriad ways. Through the initiative of the Indian Board of Hypnosis & Neuro-Linguistic Programming, we are arranging 6 Days NLP Practitioner Workshop for the citizens of Pune. HR managers, CEOs, BDOs, Marketing Heads, Trainers, Teachers, Parents all can participate & get benefited from this workshop, which enhances their performance to its peak. NLP doesn't tell you 'What to do?'(because almost everybody knows that), 'How to do?' & that is also with the help of tools & techniques. So join the journey & become the master of your fate!
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Getting an understanding of 'WHY' and 'HOW' of human behaviour. Every action is motivated by some motive. How nice would it be to learn the WHY behind all your or your client's behaviour? Hours of therapy has been spent searching for the WHY behind our client's self-destructive or self-illusive behaviours. NLP will help you to understand the drives behind every action. Not only that but you will also know 'How' to change the behaviour patterns with concrete tools because just getting to the root cause of any problem doesn't make any difference. We need concrete tools to change it.
You will learn to encrypt brain patterns. Each behaviour has a pattern inside the brain. Once you get to know those patterns and their smaller distinctions, it becomes easier to change. Human Perception frames the external reality for the individuals and if we know the sub-modalities of our perception, beliefs, behaviour etc…., we can literally change those sub-modalities and see the change in our own or our client's behaviour. It opens the doors of infinite possibilities.
This model helps you to take your art of communication to a whole new level. You learn the secrets of becoming the master communicator who can increase or decrease the level of specificity or vagueness in any given conversation, depending on what will serve you. This is something very unique about NLP skills. There are times when it is helpful to remain vague and there are times when you have to use very specific in your communication to get the expected results. Mastering this skill empowers you and puts you in charge of any given conversation and lets you determine the direction of it.
How nice would it be to learn the art of asking a few specific questions, that would lead the client to the root of the problems and in most cases, simply resolve the whole problem? You can't solve the problem on the level which you have created it. To solve it, you need a whole new dimension of thinking. Meta Model exactly does that job. It teaches you to frame specific questions which will give new insights to your client in his/her problem. Instead of providing ready-made solutions, through the use of the Meta Model you go dipper into the sub-conscious brain of your client. Just with specific questions, you can change the meaning attached to it inside the client's brain and most of the problems disappear like they were not there before! This model was adopted from the works of Virginia Satyr, a phenomenally successful therapist of her time. There are other blogs explaining the Meta Model on this website.
This is completely opposite of Meta Model. Here, you would linguistically go into the vagueness. This creates a gentle relaxation and trance-like state, where the person you are communicating with can easily access the resourcefulness within himself or herself. Milton Model creates the proper set-up for change work process. This Model adopted from Dr Milton Ericson, a major contributor in the field of therapy and coaching. Hindi, as well as English blogs, are available for more info.
In general, it means how good your senses are in performing the task which is expected from them. In NLP, it refers to the ability to observe and encode the accurate meaning through the use of senses. You might have heard the old saying, 'it's not what you say, it's how you say it' This saying fits with how we think in NLP. This is something different from the study of body language. Sensory acuity involves physiology, tonality and observation of words. In NLP, we believe that whenever an internal representation of a person shifts something will also shift in a person's external behaviour. The question is how to catch that? In NLP Practitioner, you will learn to develop your own sensory awareness by detecting the subtle movements in another person's physiology and voice tone.
You might have heard 'Old habits die hard.' We all know that changing habits is hard! Once you know this technique, you can easily address an unwanted behaviour response to a whole new outcome by changing the sub-modalities. This technique is helpful for an uncontrollable desire compulsive, obsessive behaviours like drinking alcohol, biting nails, smoking, eat certain foods or habits are often linked with some kind of trigger. It's a very easy technique once understood properly.
This is another important technique, which is covered in our NLP Practitioner workshops. It is the art of handling objections. You will learn how to easily reframe any given statement and get the desired outcome. Through the use of linguistic skills, you'll know how to easily twist it, spin it and change its meaning into something positive, which will serve your purpose. This skill is extremely valuable in sales, counselling and everyday life as well.
This is a beautiful technique which makes you resourceful. Through this technique, you can control and evoke any desired state, at your will. There are anchors in our life, just we are unaware of them. You learn to anchor any desired state (confident, motivated, happy, fearless etc.) and have a spot on your fingertips that you would use to trigger it whenever you want to access that desired state. We all have "buttons" that our near and dear ones know how to "press". They exactly know what to do or what to say to get their work done. With anchoring, you start controlling your state of mind and swinging moods. Pressing situations won't hamper your performance with this technique.
These are just a few Powerful and life-changing NLP Techniques.
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Q: Laravel select query returning array My select query is returning an array... but I would like for it to return an object
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I tried adding ->get() after but it seems that I can't add that to an array.

A: Yes, It's supposed to return an array of stdClass objects, no need for ->get when usind DB:select to run raw MySql code.
If you are selecting a row with the raw sql, then you can access the object for that row as $language[0], else you have to loop through it.

A: ->get() returns a collection. If you just want to get one object, use ->first() instead.
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Jack Newman has finally adapted to the challenges of a sudden accident that left him blind several years ago and is preparing for a new life with his fiancée, Gwen. An opportunity arises for Jack to become the first patient of an experimental eye surgery. After regaining his sight, Jack begins to slowly take on the characteristics of the eyes' late donor, a state-executed psychopath. As Jack begins to lose the battle raging in his mind, Gwen uncovers some startling information and is faced with the most difficult choice of her life. Which will prevail…true love or the primal instinct to survive?


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The pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group most modern authors now separate from the finches, Fringillidae.  It lives in Eurosiberia east of the Urals.

Etymology
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific leucocephalos is from Ancient Greek leukos, "whites", and kephalos, "headed".

Description and song
The pine bunting is a robust 16–17.5-centimetre bird, with a thick seed-eater's bill. The male has a white crown and cheeks, and a chestnut forehead and throat, and a heavily streaked brown back. The female is much duller and is more streaked on its undersides. Non-breeding plumage is like that of a yellowhammer, but with all the yellow replaced by white. Its song and calls are like those of the yellowhammer.

Breeding and habitat
The pine bunting breeds across much of temperate Asia, migrating south to central Asia, north India and southern China in winter. It is common in all sorts of open land with some scrub or trees, including cultivation, but has a greater preference for open forest (usually pines) than the closely related yellowhammer. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe, but often winters in north-east Italy and Tuscany.

Appearance of pine bunting × yellowhammer hybrids

Hybrids between pine bunting and yellowhammer show a mixture of characters. One such bird, a vagrant in Suffolk, England in 1982, the "Sizewell bunting", is documented and illustrated with photographs in British Birds

Some doubt has been cast upon male birds which appear to be pure pine buntings, but show yellow primary fringes. Previously, in Britain, these were regarded as potentially hybrid birds, and not accepted by the British Birds Rarities Committee. However, since 2004, BBRC has regarded these birds as acceptable if they also meet the following conditions:
 the lores must be chestnut, not black or grey
 the throat must be extensively chestnut coloured, without a dark malar line or pale submoustachial line
 the supercilium should be chestnut or grey, but not white
 there should be no yellow on the head, or anywhere else except the primary fringes

Diet
The pine bunting's natural food consists of seeds, and when feeding its young, insects. The nest is on the ground. Four to six eggs are laid, which show the hair-like markings characteristic of buntings.

Gallery

References

External links
OBC  Six photographs (see pulldown menu at page bottom).

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Birds of Asia
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Daily News 11 May 2022
How UK's wind and solar expansion could lead to wasted electricity
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By lurching from feast to famine and back, surplus to deficit — depending on weather, time of day and variations in demand. Cue calls for yet more expense to fix this entirely predictable but looming problem.
The huge growth of the UK's solar and wind could lead to an excess amount of electricity by 2030, says Energy Live News.
That's according to a new study that suggests a huge amount of energy could go to waste if this expansion of renewable energy sources is not paired with a similar rise in the installation of energy storage technologies.
Consultancy LCP justified its forecast on the basis that Britain's grid operates on a supply and demand process.
That means if more energy is produced than there is demand for, huge surpluses could be wasted in 2030.
The authors of the report estimate this oversupply could take place for 53% of the year by 2030.
This possible impact could have implications for both solar and wind projects as unlike coal and nuclear, their energy production cannot be increased on command to meet demand.
In its Energy Security Strategy, the government targetted 95% low carbon electricity by the end of the decade.
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[Empire] allowed for me to believe that I can do anything if I work hard and never give up.
I am currently in my final year of studying Law at Bournemouth University.
Empire improved my confidence and understanding of the requirements that are needed to succeed at a career in law. It also allowed for me to believe that I can do anything if I work hard and never give up.
After the first round, when we found out that we beat the winners of the previous year, it was a great achievement for a team that felt completely out of its depth!
It is a competition that will change your life forever. Although very tough at times, it is one that will make you feel the rewards no matter what the outcome is.


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How scammers hide in an email to steal money from home buyers
VIDEO: How scammers hide in an email to steal money from home buyers
By: Jesse Jones, KIRO 7 News
Seattle, WA — First time homebuyer Quang Hoang had picked the perfect place.
"I just fell in love. I could imagine myself walking through the door," says Quang, of the three-bedroom condo in Lynnwood.
But it was the perfect time for scammers who posed as his mortgage company and stole his $90,000 down payment.
"This just isn't happening to first time home buyers, it's happening to judges, lawyers," says Quang.
Quang is one of more than a thousand Washingtonians who've lost more than $70 Million to business email compromise scams in the past two years.
And according to Special Agent Ethan Via, who oversees a team investigating complex financial crimes for the FBI in Seattle, this type of crime is on the rise.
"It's bad, it's real bad," says Special Agent Via. "It's certainly the most profitable fraudulent scheme out there right now."
In Quang's case, scammers found a way to get into the email conversation between Quang, his real estate agent, lender, and title company.
Then he received an email with wiring instructions.
"They're saying everything looks good, we're ready for you to remit the payment," says Quang, "so I'm like ok sounds good."
He sent more than $90,000 to a Wells Fargo account in Texas. The next day, his real wiring instructions were sent.
"Twenty-four hours later, she comes back and tells me 'you've been a victim of wire fraud.' My jaw just dropped. There's no step by step playbook for this," says Quang.
I had Tarik Saleh from the computer security company DomainTools investigate Quang's case.
"So it's a very surgical, specifically-targeted attack that was financially lucrative unfortunately," says Saleh.
He says scammers can find their victims easily by looking on real estate websites at properties. They could target and hack an agent's name and email.
"After they read those emails, they crafted these really similar-looking domains and kind of inserted themselves in this email conversation to say 'hey we need you to go ahead and wire us some money,'" says Saleh.
Ethan Via from the FBI says scammers can also hack into a victim's computer and create 'forwarding rules' so certain emails are sent directly to them.
"If there's an email that contains these keywords - transfer, wiring instructions, wire - they can route it to a specific email account," says Special Agent Via.
Once the thieves know the timing, the bad guys insert themselves in the conversation. In Quang's case, the perpetrators created an email address with a domain that was one digit off from the lender. And they changed the domain of the title company from ".net" to .live."
"I thought it was part of my legitimate home buying party," says Quang, remembering when he got the fraudulent emails.
Ultimately, Qoang was able to reach Wells Fargo and was able get a little more than half of his money back.
It was a massive lesson learned. He says if the lender won't take a check, do business with another business.
"Go see them in person for everything, especially during closing week. You're going to be going back and forth you're going to be signing papers, just go into their office," says Quang.
I'll repeat: do your business in person. But if you do get scammed, let your bank know right away and file a report with federal authorities. The FBI says the likelihood of getting your money back drops quickly after 72 hours.
Email Jesse right now at consumer@kiro7.com


Legumes are an amazing source of protein, there are so many different types out there to eat. The questions is, what really is a legume? We have gathered together recipes for chick peas, lentils, beans and peanuts, with a particular special focus on vegetarian dishes, but there are so many other legumes out there to try. So many vegetarians out there struggle to find good protein sources, and legume are a great source. Try out one, two, three or even all of the recipes. They are all worth it. Share your favorite recipe in the comments section, we always love to hear more from you!! EnJOY these amazing and delicious legume recipe.
Chick Peas are a great source of protein and they taste delicious when cooked with curry, like in this Slow Cooker Curried Chick Pea Stew or in a Middle Eastern style Vegetarian Mujadara (pictured above). When paired with a green vegetable, like spinach or chard, such as this Roasted Chick Peas and Chard recipe, the textures are delicious and can be eaten warm or cold. Don't forget the best and easiest form of eating chick peas. You can roast them and eat them as a Rosemary Roasted Chick Peas snack.
The above Kosher Champagne Sweetened Lentils Recipe can act as a great side dish to meat or fish, but because we are looking to stay strictly vegetarian, you can double it, depending on how many people you are serving, and even add some slivered almonds. You can also try this Lentil Salad which is great for Shabbat or any day of the week, because it can be served at room-temperature or even cooled. If lentils, quinoa and walnuts are your thing, and don't forget turmeric, this Quinoa and Lentil Salad recipe is for you.
I know beans are a HUGE category and just a few lines can't do them justice, but this White Bean Soup With Lemon and Garlic Cornbread says it all. It is amazing as a meal, especially paired with the lemon and garlic cornbread, and you can put it on in the morning and leave it on all day. Soup may not be your thing this time of year, so you can try this Black Bean Salad. It has black beans and you can try adding some cheese if you would like an extra protein source. It's a great recipe for this time of year. For something different, Fava Spinach Cakes are almost like falafel and are based on a recipe by famous chef, Yotam Ottolenghi. We can't forget about Bukharian Pilaf with Kidney Beans & Carrots. Kidney beans star in this dish but what really makes the dish is cardamom and cinnamon.
As a note, just to be aware, green beans are not a legume (they are actually a fruit in case you were wondering), so they don't fit into this article, but we have 41 green bean recipes so have fun!!
Vegan Thai Lettuce Cups With Peanut Sauce are a big hit this time of year. Peanuts are not known by some to be in the same family as beans, lentils and chick peas, but they definitely are. Peanut, especially the butter, is great when used in a sauce, like in the Lettuce Cups and in this Whole Wheat Pasta With Cucumber And Spicy Peanut Sauce. Peanuts are also delicious in dessert, such as Baked Molasses Doughnuts with Peanut Chews Filling and also in a smoothy (think PB & B Smoothie). For a quick Peanut snack try Sweet Peanut Butter Cereal Bars.
There are so many amazing legumes out there that are filling and delicious, including soybean/tofu, dried chestnut and even butternut according to some. Check out this very informative Wikipedia article on legumes.


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About Nick Andrew
A retired Australian special forces officer, Nick has served with elite military units around the globe, living with interesting cultures and exploring remote, wonderful locales. Nick's military career equipped him with leadership and management skills, honed in some of the most complex environments on earth, and provided him with the mateship, teamwork and shared adversity that he finds highly rewarding. His appreciation of silently soaking in his surroundings is credited to his time in the military.
Raised in outback Northern Territory, Australia, Nick grew up in the wilderness, with a passion for the outdoors. He expresses his creativity through his photography, cinematography and design, relishing opportunities to capture fleeting moments in unique and challenging environments. When not in the Polar Regions, he runs his own commercial cinematography and photography business and works as a management consultant for an international consulting firm.
Nick is passionate about offering fellow adventurers the chance to explore the uniquely stunning Polar Regions.
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I ran across this again, the legendary Numa Numa dance. It still cracks me up. If you haven't seen it, then do, if you have, sorry.
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I love it. Check out Banana Man and Elivs Lives in Flash on that same site.
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Numa-Numa…..Hilarious! A true star in the making! What a great idea for a music video.


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New Website Offers "World's Largest Database Of Women Achievers"
New Website Offers "World's Largest Database Of Women Achievers"
Andie Sophia Fontaine
Reconesse Database
A group of Icelanders hope to provide men and women everywhere with a trove of examples of women achievers, and spoke to Grapevine about why this project matters.
The website, Reconesse Database, will not only provide a world map marking women achievers past and present – the site is also asking the general public to send in their own examples, with the hope to "share stories that might otherwise have gone unnoticed".
Grapevine spoke to four of the women behind the project – Berglind Sunna Stefánsdóttir, Anna Gyða Sigurgísladóttir, Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir and Andrea Björk Andrésdóttir – who shared their insight on Reconesse and why it matters.
"The most important aspect of the project lies in providing access to more diverse female role models and in giving inspiration to both boys and girls," Berglind told us. "To move toward having a broader view of the world and its inhabitants, where people can take on the whatever roles and passions in life that suit them."
Anna was of much the same mind on the importance of positive examples.
"When it comes to female role models, there just isn't enough diversity," she told Grapevine. "Reconesse Database aims to give everyone, not just women, more diversity when it comes to female role models. The lack of representation of the achievement of women is the root of so many problems, and that's why I find Reconesse Database important. We're not focusing on the problem; we're providing the solution."
Valgerður, Reconesse's Head of Marketing and PR, emphasised the inclusivity of the project.
"We want everyone to be involved, because we believe that everyone will benefit from this kind of initiative," she said in part. "We're not gender essentialists, we don't want to focus on the differences between men and women. This project is as much about men as it is about women. It's about the power of role models; about the power of our history and the effect it has on the kind of future it allows us to imagine for ourselves and those around us."
Andrea told us she believes Reconesse will help contribute to a better society for future generations.
"For me, this project is all about changing the way the world perceives women, offering a new narrative on what women are capable of, which really is, and has always been, everything," she told Grapevine. "I believe that if this perception of women and women's abilities were to change we would witness a generation of young women hitherto unmatched in greatness, and that I believe will contribute to making the world a better and more just place."
In addition to the main website, readers can also follow Reconesse Datebase on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.
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A key moment to help the Rohingya for the long term
The Rohingya crisis requires a long-term solution while supporting short-term needs. Resilient development could help prevent more refugee crises.
David Morley, Jean-Jacques Simon
(This article has been translated into French.)
August 25, 2018 was the first anniversary of the start of one of the fastest-growing humanitarian crises in the world today. One year ago, violence erupted in Rakhine State in Myanmar, targeting a stateless minority — the Rohingya — who were forced to flee their country and enter the neighbouring state of Bangladesh. Over half a million people fled within weeks.
Today, it's estimated 1.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and surviving in dire conditions. Over half of them are children. Even if aid efforts have averted the worst consequences of this tragedy, huge challenges remain. Refugee camps have been weakened with the monsoons and need to be reinforced before the cyclone season; vulnerable children, girls in particular, have fallen prey to traffickers and other abusers; adolescents are feeling frustrated, with fewer opportunities to learn; and there is an urgent need to ensure access for all to basic sanitation facilities.
What if we could have prevented this crisis? What if we could start thinking about and anticipating crisis before it ever happens? Isn't it time we did?
The number of refugees around the world is the highest since the Second World War, and the refugee camps near the town of Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh are not unique. Why have we not learned to stop history from repeating itself? How long can we keep hearing about tragedies, human suffering, wars, conflicts, ethnic cleansing? Time and again, Canadians come together to help, and yet we still feel like whatever we do is never enough.
The way to reach the most vulnerable, including children, but also communities at large, is through resilient development. It allows children and families to be better prepared, and to cope with and recover more quickly from crises. It is about anticipating and preparing, not just responding.
We know that intergenerational cycles of poverty are perpetuated through the repeated and cumulative effects of crises, be they conflict-related or climate-related, health epidemics or socio-economic shocks. To address chronic cycles of vulnerability sustainably, we must address the underlying drivers of inequity and fragility.
Resilient development allows us to do just that. It means bridging long-term development and shorter-term humanitarian assistance, supporting countries in order to "build back better," integrating risk factors such as climate change into development programming and strengthening systems that can anticipate as well as absorb shocks.
The Rohingya crisis, like so many others, requires a comprehensive response, a long-term solution while supporting short-term needs. This means longer-term funding, and integrating both the beneficiaries and the host communities into the decision-making process.
This is a pivotal moment to restore and guarantee the rights of this oppressed minority and help them rebuild better lives. Myanmar, Bangladesh and the international community all share the responsibility to contribute to a lasting solution. Canada also has an important role to play.
Myanmar should do more to prevent the violence, including the killing of children, from occurring on its soil. It should provide protection for Rohingya children and ensure that all children from all communities have equal access to quality education. It should allow unrestricted humanitarian access to those left behind in Rakhine State and provide improved conditions for all persons in need of humanitarian and long-term development support in Rakhine. It should work toward closing camps for internally displaced persons in a manner that is acceptable to those populations; create appropriate conditions to allow for the safe, dignified and voluntary return of Rohingya refugees to their former communities; and take concrete action to address the grave violations against children in Rakhine. It should also strive to reduce intercommunal tensions and implement the recommendations of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State.
Finally, Myanmar should demonstrate goodwill and solidarity with the international community by signing the 1951 Refugee Convention and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
Bangladesh should provide more space to decongest the refugee camps, ensuring adequate access to basic services. It should support multilingual education for all children in the camps and take additional steps to protect girls and women in and outside the camps, including measures to combat child trafficking. It should also support the provision of life skills and livelihoods for adolescents, and prioritize birth registration for all Rohingya children born in the country.
All Rohingya children and their families should be entitled to refugee status. The government of Bangladesh should work with the international community toward a more sustainable approach to the refugee crisis, ensuring support to both refugees and the host community.
The international community, including Canada, must not shy away from its obligations. It should fully fund humanitarian assistance for Rohingya children and their families in both Bangladesh and Myanmar, invest in quality education for all Rohingya children and support the call for unrestricted humanitarian access to Myanmar. It should stay the course in supporting Rohingya children and their families in working with the governments and civil society organizations of both Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Canada has shown leadership, creating a relief fund to match donations made by concerned Canadians, and appointing a special envoy to provide recommendations on actions we can take as a country to help end the crisis. Canada has always been a global champion for children, and more recently it has advocated for the education of girls in crisis. Those boys and girls need us to speak up and take action now more than ever.
Responding to crises is imperative. But it is high time we started preventing them too.
Photo: A group of Rohingya refugee women protest at the Kutupalang camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on August 25, 2018. EPA/MONIRUL ALAM
Canada's response to Rohingya crisis falls short
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David Morley is president and CEO of UNICEF Canada.
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Jean-Jacques Simon is chief of communications for UNICEF Bangladesh.


Week 17 is always a fickle beast when it comes to finding good fantasy starts. Many teams on both ends of the spectrum have nothing left to play for, leaving us in limbo as far as who is playing and who is sitting. Furthermore, even if players aren't "being rested" this week they may only play the first half to avoid getting rusty which unless they have Todd Gurley like numbers could rob you of the points you'll need to cash. Its tricky – there's no way around it. I've done my best this week to select players that both have good match ups and are expected to see a full workload assuming health.
Just to be clear, Tyrod fell just shy of hitting value (2.5 x his price in fantasy points) and he would have gotten there if not for one of the most inexplicable calls I have ever seen! I don't care what the NFL says, Kelvin Benjamin was robbed of a touchdown this past Sunday.
That is back-to-back 28+ point outings for the "trash can" quarterback from Jacksonville!
This has sort of been his range lately but the 16 points is solid considering the Jags played much of the game in catch up mode.
That's McCaffrey for you! He'll either go for 20+ or finish with less than 10. Tough to guess right with him but you have to take those shots when the right match up is there.
Giovani Bernard went off after Mixon left the game so we had a good read on this one – we just got unlucky!
This looked like a smash spot and Lewis didn't disappoint! Expect big things from him during the upcoming playoff slates as long as Burkhead remains out.
In a game where Todd Gurley exploded for 55 points it is good to see Kupp hit the mid-teens. It is hard to ask for much more with the way the game went.
He had a solid outing considering Russell Wilson only had 21 pass attempts.
Could have been a bit better but the 9 points isn't a total disaster when you consider some of the goose-eggs that happened across the league this past weekend.
He had me worried for a good portion of this game but JuJu turned it on in the second half to finish with a decent score.
The old warhorse still has it in him! The Chargers will need Gates to stay hot as they fight for a playoff spot.
Kelce spoils us with 20+ point outings all the time so when he scores less than 15 we feel robbed! Solid outing.


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RFID and identity management service provider, Fastcards have announced that Switzerland-based Bluehill ID have completed the acquisition of their business. According to Scott Austin, Founder and President, Fastcards, the business is an identity management service provider serving government and industry clients in addition to providing RFID tracking solutions for mining and industrial applications.
Fastcards offer a unique patented web based credential management solution, which was recently deployed in conjunction with RFID tagged credentials at the World Youth Day 08 event in Sydney. Fastcards had commenced operations in Brisbane, Queensland, in 2003 along with their subsidiaries, Sunshine Technologies and id-DNA.
Fastcards' unique RFID and web solutions will be sold through the Bluehill Group around the world and bring a great depth of knowledge and engineering competence to the Bluehill Group. Fastcards are also an official issuing body of the Maritime Security ID Card and a provider of ID and RFID Solutions to Government, Mining and the Industrial sector throughout Australia.
According to Ayman Ashour, CEO, Bluehill ID, Fastcards have been a pioneer in serving the Australian market with outsourced identity management solutions. Fastcards are well acquainted with the Bluehill ID Team and already have working relationships with several Group companies.Fastcards are excited about joining the Bluehill team and believe this will open up opportunities for their solutions and will help to solidify their technology and product base particularly in RFID.


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Thinking through submarine transition
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The transition from the Collins-class submarines to the future submarine fleet will be more complex than any previous capability transition that Defence has undergone. The submarine enterprise will be in constant transition, rather than completing a short, bounded transition process. Traditional distinctions between design and build, between upgrade and sustainment, and indeed between different classes of vessel won't be as absolute, requiring Defence and its industry partners to think differently.
Overall, Australia's submarine capability must be treated as a single enterprise, not two distinct fleets.
They'll need to address challenging risks to prevent a decline in submarine capability and, ultimately, grow the submarine force and supporting enterprise. Overall, Australia's submarine capability must be treated as a single enterprise, not two distinct fleets.
Even if the Australian Government tries to get out of the Collins business as soon as possible, it will still need to extend at least three Collins submarines and operate them to around 2042 to prevent a capability gap. However, that approach wouldn't provide a greater number of submarines until around 2044. Extending all six Collins would provide more submarines from 2032 and also help to mitigate one of the key challenges in the transition: the development of a much larger number of submariners. Under this option, the last Collins would be in service until around 2048, and it would be 45 years old. Regardless of which option the government chooses, it's likely that some Collins boats aren't even halfway through their service lives, and some members of the last Collins-class crew haven't yet been born.
...and some members of the last Collins-class crew haven't yet been born.
There doesn't appear to be any way to achieve a fleet of 12 submarines before roughly 2054 without breaking out of the two-year future submarine production drumbeat. Doing so would require even greater spending on submarine construction and disrupt the continuous build cycle that the government is committed to.
At least three, and probably more, Collins boats will need to undergo some life of type extensions and serve for at least another 20 years, so maintaining ASC's ability to sustain and upgrade Collins is essential to a successful transition. If ASC can't preserve its Collins sustainment workforce, there will be a capability gap. One way to preserve ASC's viability is to decide now that it will also be the sustainment entity for the future submarine. This will allow it to balance the workforce between Collins and the future submarine as well as to provide its current workforce with career certainty and development as part of a planned transition from one fleet to the other. It will also help to ensure sovereign sustainment of Australia's submarine capability.
However, to provide ASC with the understanding of the future submarine design necessary to sustain and upgrade the boat throughout its service life, it would be beneficial to bring ASC into the design and build of the future submarine. One potential commercial model for this could be similar to that adopted by the government for the future frigate project, in this case with Naval Group taking on ASC's submarine arm as a subsidiary that may revert to full government control at some point. This model is, however, not yet proven. However ASC is brought into the build, it will require careful negotiation.
Bringing ASC into the design and build of the future submarine would also allow it to apply its considerable expertise in sustaining submarines under Australian conditions with Australian industry partners to the design of the future submarine. This approach would also allow greater coordination between the upgrade and extension of the Collins and the design of the future submarine. Collins could serve as a test-bed for potential future submarine systems—provided that did not reduce Collins's capability or availability.
Moving Collins full-cycle dockings (and then conducting future submarine dockings in Western Australia) could also address sustainment workforce risks, but a decision to do so will need to balance the short-term disruption against longer term gain.
Growing the size of the submariner trade is another key challenge, as it will be much larger than it currently is—potentially over three times as large. Two measures can help to address this. One is to extend the life of all Collins boats, as the Navy will need more boats to train more submariners. Potentially, Collins could evolve into being a dedicated training fleet as more future submarines enter service, meaning that the government wouldn't need to invest as heavily in maintaining the Collins' regional capability edge.
But the most important measure to grow the uniformed workforce will be to establish an east coast submarine base to provide access to Australia's largest population centres. Without this, it's very difficult to see how the Navy could ever crew the future submarine fleet, rendering the massive investment in the vessels nugatory.
There are no clear, stand-out options for an east coast base, and all viable locations are currently occupied. Therefore, the earlier a decision on the location is made, the more time Defence, industry and those members of the community who are affected will have to prepare. We should also not assume that it will be the last future submarines delivered that go to the east; since the point of having an east coast base is to recruit and retain the workforce, it may be necessary to gain access to that workforce sooner rather than later, by basing either some Collins or early future submarines there.
Dr Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge summarise the report.
SR128 Thinking through submarine transition
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Iran 2017 | TRANSPORT | REVIEW
Updating and improving its transportation infrastructure will be central to Iran's goals for economic recovery. The elimination of cumbersome international sanctions has already led to the approval of a host of ambitious projects, and more are expected as the government continues to open up the sector in the coming years. Rail and road are two sectors of particular importance, with upcoming projects expected to strengthen Iran's economic ties with Azerbaijan and Russia.
Iran's transport infrastructure was ranked 73rd in the world in the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Competitiveness Index. Road construction was limited throughout the early part of the 20th century, but accelerated development after the Iranian revolution and the maturation of the country's petroleum industry created a national network of roads and trains that have served Iran well. Since the lifting of sanctions, the transportation sector has been one of the industries most active at reentering the global market to increase development. The deals struck with foreign countries have primarily aimed at updating and expanding rail and road infrastructure. In July 2016, the Iranian government signed a deal with Italy's federal highway agency collaborating on a project that will construct a 1,200km road from the Gulf port of Bandar Imam Khomeini to the Iranian-Turkish border. The USD4-billion project came after a visit from the Italian Prime Minister and signaled the start of a recommitment to long-term upgrades. New road investment is also en route from China; a July 2017 report announced that Chinese firm VNS will invest USD24.5 billion in road construction projects.
Iran's railways have also attained their share of major investment deals. The country's location makes it a key point for transport between Europe and Asia, and recent investments by Russia and China reflect international interest in developing the Iranian corridor to improve economic activity. After building less than 200km of railroad per year under the sanctions, Iran now expects to add almost 2,000km of track per year through 2022 and spend billions by 2027 on railroad improvements. China sees Iran as central to its Silk Road development plan that calls for improved transport routes through Central Asia, and February 2016 saw the arrival of the first Chinese freight train in Tehran. In June 2017, China's import-export bank signed a USD1.5 billion deal to finance a high-speed rail between Tehran and Mashad. Russia has also been active with new investment; the Iranian government signed a deal in early 2017 to purchase 7,000 rail wagons from a Russian firm, and Russia has proposed a deal to electrify a 600km rail line that links central Asia to the Persian gulf.
The Iranian aviation industry, while well developed domestically, has been hit hard by long-running sanctions placed upon it by the US. Bans on the direct sale of supplies including jet fuel and spare parts have forced Iranian airlines to find expensive alternate sources of supplies and ground planes that have been unable to maintain safety standards. The industry as a whole has an average fleet age of 22 years, well above the international average of 11 years; national airline Iran Air has gone from one of the most advanced fleets in 1979 to a fleet with an average age of more than 35 years. As a result, safety has suffered, with more than 40 civilian aircraft crashes since the first sanctions were passed in 1979. Despite these challenges, Iran's aviation industry has continued to see steady growth with over the years. According to aviation research firm OAG, Iran's airline capacity increased at an average annual rate of 3% from 2005-2015, with most of this growth coming from the international market, which saw 6% annual growth from 2010-2015. With sanctions eliminated, significant opportunities for expansion exist within the industry. OAG estimates that the industry will need 400 new aircraft by 2015. Since the lifting of the sanctions, carriers Iran Air and Aseman Airlines have made deals to purchase a combined 140 planes from American airplane manufacturer Boeing. While there is still some uncertainty as per the status of future deals as tensions remain between Iran and the West, industry leaders see the move as a welcome step forward toward the development of an industry with immense potential.
The Transport Queen
TBY talks to Seyedeh Fatemeh Moghini, Managing Director of Sadid Bar International Transport.
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In our Mastercard and Visa maxed out world where one of the most common phrases is, "Oh, I'll just charge it," the effects of the plastic rectangles that over power our wallets and maybe even our lives has always been a mysterious secret.
But now before you blow your credit limit with SUV and jaccuzi purchases, you can unveil your previously secret credit rating by the click of a mouse.
During the past few years, two different Web sites have been working toward making credit reports easily accessible and easily understood. Equifax.com and Myfico.com both provide the same credits reports that lenders have access to, with easy to understand explanations as well.
At Equifax.com, which is one of the three major credit rating agencies, you can choose from a few different services that range from receiving notifications of changes to your credit history as they happen to getting a heads up about what a lender will see when you apply for a loan. Prices for these services range from $12.95 for a one-time access of your credit rating to $39.95 for credit rating access multiple times a year.
At Myfico.com, which is run by the company who actually calculates your credit rating, you can get similar services, prices and just as many details that you can at Equifax.com. Both sites have sections dedicated to informing the consumers about how their number was calculated, what the number means, how your rating compares with the general public and ways to improve your credit ,if needed.
So, be credit proactive. Find out about your rating before your cards burn holes in your pocket.


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Evangeliet enligt Jesus Kristus, portugisiska originalets titel "O Evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo", är en roman av den portugisiske nobelpristagaren i litteratur José Saramago från 1991.

Romanen tar upp Jesus egen version, hans evangelium, av de händelser som ledde honom från Betlehem till Getsemane. Saramago tolkar Kristi liv i mänskliga termer. Romanen är mycket kontroversiell för bland annat framställningen av Gud.

Boken är översatt till svenska av Hans Berggren.

Externa länkar
 Recension av Bob Corbett

Portugisiskspråkig skönlitteratur
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June 3rd
Debates of June 3rd, 2013
House of Commons Hansard #261 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was c-60.
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EthicsOral Questions
Bob Rae Liberal Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, the simple fact remains that a better way to do this would be to have a public inquiry, which would be able to call the Prime Minister, which would be able to call other members of the Prime Minister's staff, which would be able to call the relevant senators, which would be able to call Nigel Wright, which would have full powers with respect to compliance with the inquiry and which would be held in public, so in the light of day and in the light of sunshine everything would be clear. Why not do that?
Ottawa West—Nepean Ontario
John Baird ConservativeMinister of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Speaker, this Parliament has spent a good number of months looking at strengthened legislation on ethics, giving new tools and new powers to parliamentary ethics watchdogs. We will fully co-operate with any of these reviews, as people would properly expect. These office holders have a significant amount of authority to conduct these investigations, and most importantly, they will report publicly on those investigations.
What we would like to see from the Liberal Party of Canada is for its members to come clean about the offshore tax havens with millions of dollars. Why will they not come clean with Canadians on that?
June 3rd, 2013 / 2:20 p.m.
Mr. Speaker, it would be much simpler and much fairer if there were just one inquiry. There are two people and two inquiries—two different ways of doing things.
Why not have a single public inquiry that would have the authority to talk to the Prime Minister, Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy all at the same time and as part of the same process? Why complicate things?
Mr. Speaker, the first piece of legislation the Prime Minister brought forward was legislation to have a single parliamentary ethics watchdog, one person who would review both the House of Commons and the Senate. It was this House of Commons that passed that legislation and, only when it met the hands of the Liberal Senate at the time, the Liberal Senate blocked that proposal and would not pass it. Shame on the Liberal Party.
Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is amusing to see the Liberals and Conservatives going back. Both have been supporting a whitewash of the Senate for 140 years. I do not think much is going to change now.
Conservatives have confirmed that Mike Duffy spoke to the Prime Minister in February, but they refused to explain anything about that. Will they tell us what the Prime Minister discussed with him? Was it that Mike Duffy could not afford to pay or that Mike Duffy did not want to pay? What commitments then did the Prime Minister make to this senator?
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said that, for any member of Parliament or any senator who has expensed money that was improper, the money should be immediately refunded. That is exactly what he said at this time.
We would like to see the NDP follow the Prime Minister's lead, answer the questions and say why it took 17 long years for Canadians not to be able to learn about these frauds. How much bribery went on in those 17 long years? How much money has been wasted with the Charbonneau commission if the leader of the NDP had not stayed silent?
Mr. Speaker, here is the thing. The minister is telling us that the Prime Minister told Mike Duffy to immediately pay the money back, so then how did Nigel Wright get involved? Who told Nigel Wright to go and meet with Mike Duffy? That is what I would like to know, because who else in the Prime Minister's Office, if it was not the Prime Minister, gave Nigel Wright the authority to begin the negotiations with Mike Duffy, if that was the answer that had been given in February?
Mr. Speaker, Nigel Wright has taken sole responsibility. He has offered his resignation, and that resignation was immediately accepted by the Prime Minister. It is a tremendous honour and a tremendous privilege for Canadians to serve in the Parliament of Canada, and they should be here each and every day advancing the public interests and not advancing their own private interests.
Craig Scott NDP Toronto—Danforth, ON
Mr. Speaker, the question was not answered on what commitments Mike Duffy made to the Prime Minister when they met. So I ask again. What commitments did Mike Duffy make to the Prime Minister when they met?
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister was unaware of this deal until Wednesday, May 15. No commitments were made. What was said is that all members of Parliament are responsible to act ethically. All members of Parliament in both Houses are expected to act honourably and to expense only those expenses they incurred and are allowed to under the law. This was not done in this case. These people should pay back the money.
All members of the House of Commons and all members of the Senate should act responsibly. It is a tremendous privilege and honour. People should be advancing the public interests and not their own interests. That is the deal with this Prime Minister. That is the deal with this government.
Mr. Speaker, in the last six months, has the Prime Minister spoken to Pamela Wallin about her expenses?
Mr. Speaker, the Senator's expenses have been referred to the Board of Internal Economy in the other place. They are currently being reviewed. They are currently being reviewed by an outside auditing firm, and those reviews will both properly be made public.
Alexandre Boulerice NDP Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC
Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment said, "The prime minister himself has expressed deep regret for appointing Mike Duffy."
Can the government confirm that this is indeed the Prime Minister's point of view?
Mr. Speaker, no one is more disappointed than the Prime Minister about this conduct. Canadians expect better, and the Prime Minister of Canada expects better.
What Canadians expect also is for the NDP to come clean and answer this question: Why did it take 17 long years for the leader of the NDP to admit being offered cash in an envelope by the then mayor of Laval?
Mr. Speaker, question period should be renamed "deflection period".
Since they refuse to confirm that appointing Mike Duffy was a mistake, can they tell us why they refuse to express sincere regret in that regard?
Mr. Speaker, I answered the question as directly as I could. I said, yes, the Prime Minister is disappointed with their conduct in this regard. Canadians expect better. The Prime Minister expects better. That is why we are pleased that this has gone for review by a number of independent bodies. We will completely co-operate.
That is the type of co-operation the Charbonneau commission in Montreal needs when it is dealing with the corrupt behaviour the leader of the NDP met with some 17 years ago.
Sadia Groguhé NDP Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, here is another simple question that remains unanswered.
The senators' inappropriate spending has been making headlines for months. Who, in the Prime Minister's Office, has been in charge of handling this issue from mid-February to now?
Mr. Speaker, the bottom line is that every member of Parliament, every Senator, should not be expensing expenses that were not legitimately incurred. The Prime Minister has always been very clear that if anyone does that, they should repay that money. That is the standard Canadians expect, and that is the kind of leadership the Prime Minister has given.
Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe NDP Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, let us try to go beyond the Conservatives' lip service.
Aside from the Prime Minister's former chief of staff, who else at the PMO was aware of the discussions between Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy? Who?
Mr. Speaker, this question has been answered, and I will answer it again.
Mr. Wright has accepted sole responsibility for his personal action. The Prime Minister learned about this issue only after it became public. A few days after that, Mr. Wright offered his resignation, and the Prime Minister immediately accepted it.
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government still has not committed to releasing all the documents concerning the agreement between Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy.
Will it now commit to releasing these documents?
Mr. Speaker, we have said that we will co-operate with the relevant authorities that this House of Commons has tasked with reviewing these types of matters. We will fully co-operate with those reviews, as people would properly expect.
Mr. Speaker, did Nigel Wright resign, or was he fired? Will we find out what monetary compensation he receives, either as severance or as separation pay?
Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear. Mr. Wright has accepted full responsibility for his error in this matter. He offered his resignation. The resignation was accepted. Mr. Wright will receive only the minimum amount required by law.
Mr. Speaker, was a work contract drawn up when Nigel Wright was hired? Did that contract stipulate what would happen if he were fired? Will the government release all the documents concerning Nigel Wright's hiring, employment and firing?


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The Autumn Statement and fiscal drag
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his Autumn Statement on November 17
Malachy McLernon
QUESTION As a business owner I was very happy when the Chancellor in his Autumn Statement did not make changes to the rates of tax but I have since read that I will pay more tax because the tax thresholds will remain unchanged for a number of years. Can you explain why I will pay more tax as a result of the thresholds not changing?
ANSWER: In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt did not make changes to the rates of income tax, national insurance, inheritance tax or capital gains tax (CGT), but what he did do is freeze the threshold on each one of these except CGT, meaning the rates everyone is paying today will be the same rates that will apply after April next year. Whilst these rates remain the same, the Chancellor is relying on a concept known as 'fiscal drag' to raise the level of tax taken from all these taxes.
The concept of fiscal drag means that as wages increase taxpayers are dragged into a new higher tax band. It is this impact that then generates increases in the tax revenue for the government. This allows the government to state that they have not increased the rates of tax, which was their manifesto pledge, whilst increasing the tax take and plugging an element of the 'black hole' left after the mini budget.
For well-paid individuals there is a reduction in the threshold over which tax at 45 per cent is paid from £150,000 to £125,140, increasing the amount of tax payable by £1,200 per year.
Most of the current personal tax thresholds for income tax, national insurance, and inheritance tax are locked in until April 2028 and this "big freeze" will bring more taxpayers into higher rates of tax over the next five or six years as wage inflation kicks in.
There are reductions in the CGT Tax Annual Exempt amount from the current £12,300 to £6,000 from April 2023 and to £3,000 from April 2024 whereas for the Dividend Allowance the reduction is from £2,000 currently to £1,000 from April 2023 and to £500 from April 2024. These changes will also bring taxpayers into the tax paying regime earlier.
With the increasing popularity of electric vehicles, the Government will introduce Vehicle Excise Duty on electric cars, vans and motorcycles from April 2025. There will also be increases in the benefit in kind charge for such cars each year from April 2025/26 to 2027/28.
For businesses the threshold for secondary national insurance contributions will be held at £9,100 until April 2028, and the Employment Allowance is being maintained. Also being maintained at its current level is the VAT registration threshold, in this case for two years from April 2024.
On a more positive note, the Stamp Duty Land Tax cuts introduced on September 23 2022 as part of the Growth Plan will be retained until March 31 2025.
Like some of the other tax thresholds, the inheritance tax freeze will remain in place until 2028 as part of what Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has called a range of "difficult decisions" around tax needed to stabilise Britain's troubled economy.
The standard IHT rate is 40 per cent, with the decision on the freeze an expected one that comes against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent economic years in British history. Speaking after the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor said "Even after that, we still have the most generous set of tax allowances of any G7 country."
The extension of the freezing of the allowances means it is likely that more estates will become liable to inheritance tax, thanks to rising house prices and soaring inflation. Many people may find they are caught by surprise at the impact on their estate at an already painful time following the passing of a loved one.
However, there are also many other measures that people can take to ensure they leave as much wealth as they can to their family instead of the tax man and advice and planning should be taken early to plan for passing wealth to the next generation.
:: Malachy McLernon (m.mclernon@fpmaab.com) is partner, at FPM Accountants Ltd (www.fpmaab.com). The advice in this column is specific to the facts surrounding the question posed. Neither the Irish News nor the contributors accept any liability for any direct or indirect loss arising from any reliance placed on replies.
Autumn statement
fiscal drag
28 November, 2022 02:00 Business
Financial kindness - and what are the 'Human Givens'
Cover yourself for the possible loss of your income


Charging our phones is something we do everyday without even thinking about it- but it never seems to last very long.
This could be due to general wear and tear and the battery life is never quite how it was when you first bought the phone.
But it could also be down to how you charge your phone and the habits you've developed over the years.
Most of us plug in our phone overnight so it's fully charged for the next day.
However, experts have warned that this charging technique could be doing more harm than good.
Batteries in most devices like smartphones and tablets are lithium-ion batteries which contain an anode, a cathode and a chemical electrolyte.
When the phone is being used, charge is pushed from the positive cathode through the electrolyte and attracted to the anode before flowing out to the different components of the phone.
Once you're plugged in and charging, this process is reversed, the Mirror reports.
We're all used to plugging in our mobiles for the long, overnight charge.
But it turns out that juicing up frequently and in small doses might actually be the best option for your battery's health.
It doesn't matter if you only charge up 10 per cent or 20 per cent as, according to Battery University "partial charges cause no harm."
We're often told that you should fully deplete your battery before you charge it right back up again.
According to the experts, a "deep-discharge" where you run it down to a fraction of its power is actually bad for batteries and will wear them out quicker.
It turns out there's an optimal point to maintain your phone's power - kind of like the optimal speed limit for burning gas and covering distance in a car.
According to the team at Battery University, the sweet spot is between 65 per cent and 75 per cent of your battery's full charge.
This one might seem a bit counter-intuitive - but it appears that you should never charge your phone up to 100 per cent.
That's because modern lithium-ion batteries do "not need to be fully charged, nor is it desirable to do so."
The website states: "In fact, it is better not to fully charge, because a high voltage stresses the battery".
If you do decide to ignore the point above, the good news is that you don't have to remove the phone after you've hit 100 per cent.
Battery University points out that the charger automatically turns off when it hits 100 per cent so you're not doing any extra damage by leaving it connected to your device.
That being said, if you're not doing the battery any good by keeping it at 100 per cent, it might be best to leave it alone overnight.


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by Marvin Bjornstad
In 1905 the birth of the new province of Alberta started a bit of a land rush. As the survey was completed more and more settlers moved out in 1908 and more in 1911. The small community of Ferguson Flats got its start in this time. A slow growing agricultural industry encouraged more families to move into the area. With the building of some schools the community began to grow. Although Post Offices and stores started the whole community was very rural. Some community development happened as community halls were built to provide a social gathering place and room for special events like weddings and funerals.
The coming of the railroad to the general area in the 1920s provided some much needed work to earn off farm income, always a necessity for starting farmers and their growing families.
The slow centralization of schools marked another change; although this could not happen before better roads. Shortly after telephone lines and rural power helped change rural lifestyles.
Today where we live is a personal choice, often to get benifits important to us: business or tax incentives, outdoor lifestyle, or family connections to a community.
Family is central to rural life. As adults grew and changed some chose to stay and some moved on. Important community events both positive and negative events (accidents, crimes and deaths) that affect every community have been recorded here. We have also provided space for any past or future writers from our area in hopes that their words and pictures might help our understanding of our place.
Most of the early content is from the local book put out in 1974 by the Ferguson Flats Ladies Club. The site is maintained by the Elk Point Historical Society.
We hope that families, organizations and businesses will add their history to what has been gathered here. All original material has been marked by the Reminiscing Ferguson Flats icon on the right of the page. Newer material will contain authorship information.
District Diary 1984 - 2014
Spring Park Scrapbook
Ferguson Flats Cemetery
Primrose Cemetery
Homestead Maps of Ferguson Flats area
FF Community Association 50th


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Back in March, a couple of us road tripped down the California coast. It was good times, kinda wished we videotaped it. Regrets, who needs em'. But guess what? As luck with have it, our friend Matt Stasoff and his better half Sara, just went on the exact same trip (and brought a camera). Watch the video below and keep your eye out for a couple of our tees.
Thanks Matt and Sara for sharing #CaliFest with the world! Thumbs up emoji.


A Solihull-registered taxi has been seized for REPEATEDLY parking across pavements.
The Springfield neighbourhood team removed a the vehicle from the Sparkhill area last Thursday, May 11.
It came after its driver had repeatedly parked inconsiderately, despite tickets and warnings, according to the Birmingham Mail.
A second car was also seized on Avon Street.
@springfieldWMP tweeted: "The 2nd car of the day seized. This vehicle was being used in an anti social manner in Avon Street.
The neighbourhood team launched a crackdown on inconsiderate parking earlier this year after they were bombarded with complaints from residents.
Cars have been repeatedly pictured parked diagonally blocking pavements, leaving little or no room for pedestrians and more than two dozens tickets were issued in February.
Sergeant Haroon Chughtai, from the Springfield neighbourhood team, previously said: "We appreciate that parking is limited and it can be difficult at times to find a suitable space - however parking across pavements, dropped kerbs or on grass verges is not acceptable or fair.


Veterans Day is coming up on Sunday, November 11, 2018 and that means several places are offering discounts, free meals and deals to say thank you. All veterans and servicemen and women will receive a free freshly made kolache of their choice, savory or sweet, and a cup of coffee. Proof of service includes military or VA card, or discharge papers.
The entire month of November, Capt Hiram's is offering 20% off Resort-wide with a valid Military ID.
All veterans and active duty military with a valid military ID will be offered a free classic "Almost Famous" sandwich. You must present a government-issued military photo ID to get the deal. Must purchase a beverage to get this deal and order from a special Veterans Day menu. The chain encourages members to come in uniform or bring their valid military ID.
Margaritas is offering complimentary entrees to all veterans and active members of the military, as well as their significant others this Veterans Day. It is valid for dine-in only.
All veterans, active, and retired military personnel at all participating Denny's restaurants nationwide will receive a free Build Your Own Grand Slam breakfast on Monday, Nov. 12, from 5 a.m.to noon.
Ruby Tuesday - All military personnel with valid military ID can get one free appetizer of up to a $10 value. If you don't need a haircut, you can get a free haircut card to use by the end of the year.
Military & Veterans Discount: 20% off eligible regular priced items in store with Balance Reward Card.
BJ's Restaurant Brewhouse: All current and former military can enjoy a free entree up to $12.95 and a free Dr. Pepper beverage on November 11.
Romano's Macaroni Grill: For Veterans Day, Romano's Macaroni Grill is offering a free spaghetti and meatballs meal to veterans and active military on November 11.
The offer applies to dine-in meals only.
On The Border - Veterans will receive a free create your own combo 2 entrée on November 11.
Golden Corral: The restaurants will host military appreciation nights 5-9 p.m. November 12.
Parry's Pizzeria and Bar: All day long on Veterans Day, veterans can choose from 9-inch personal pizzas, meatball sandwiches, pasta bowls and more for free on a special menu available with a valid military ID.
Please note that for most of these offers, proof of service or military ID is required.
Red Robin: Veterans and active duty military can receive a free Red's Tavern Double Burger and free bottomless steak fries.
MONDAY, NOV. 12 - US military service members can eat for free from Shoney's All You Care To Eat, Freshly Prepared Breakfast Bar. In addition, each brewery will also be brewing a limited-edition Veterans Day IPA that will be available through November 17.
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers: Free combo meal coupon to all veterans and active-duty military.
On Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11th, Applebee's is on a mission to serve one million meals to neighborhood military heroes.
Red Lobster: Free appetizer or dessert November 11 and November 12 for veterans, active duty and reservists. See the special Veterans Day menu.


Upper Arm Liftgo ahead, go sleeveless!
Tired of choosing outfits based on what will best hide your arms? Loose, sagging skin and fat on the upper arms is no fun to deal with, whether your arms have lost tone due to aging, or you have excess skin after losing weight. Unfortunately, no amount of tricep curls or push-ups are going to help stretched, sagging tissues.
One thing that can help? Brachioplasty, or arm lift surgery. This body contouring procedure removes excess, sagging skin and fat to restore a firmer, more slender upper arm shape.
If you've ever waved to a friend, only to notice that your arm keeps going for a few more seconds after you stop, then you know how the shape and tone of your upper arms can affect your self-confidence. Sagging or "flabby" upper arms can also make wearing sleeveless clothing—or tops with fitted sleeves—a challenge, as the excess tissue gets in the way.
Arm lift surgery with Dr. Clark can resolve many of these issues by removing the excess skin, fat and other tissue, reducing the circumference of your arm and restoring a firm, toned appearance.
Dr. Clark performs upper arm lift procedures in our private, accredited surgery center, using general anesthesia provided by a board certified MD anesthesiologist.
The procedure involves a linear incision placed along the underside of the upper arm. The length of the incision varies depending on the extent of tissue removal needed, but arm lift surgery will leave a scar on the underside of the arm. However, once healed, this scar is very thin and concealed unless you raise your bare upper arms above your shoulders.
Recovery for an arm lift is reasonably short compared to other body lifting procedures. Most patients are back to work within 5 days and can resume exercise about 2 weeks after surgery. Keep in mind that if you are having other procedures along with an arm lift, recovery may be longer. Read more about recovery after body contouring procedures.
Brachioplasty is designed to address excess, sagging skin beneath the arms; it will not be effective in removing a large amount of fat. If you have good skin contraction, but are bothered by fullness in the upper arms caused by excess fat, a fat reduction procedures such as liposuction or CoolSculpting may be a better option. Dr. Clark will help you understand your procedures options at your consultation.
Contact us about arm lift.


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The Expedition
Digital Classroom
Canada C3 > Hélèna Katz
Hélèna Katz
Journey Participant
Hélèna Katz once ran a small youth hostel in southwest Ireland and, later, a women's shelter in the Northwest Territories. She has also published four nonfiction books and participates in the annual Walk Without Borders for MSF Canada.
In 2006, she traded her Montreal apartment for life on a small alpaca farm in Fort Smith, NWT. She also spent nearly two years in Inuvik, where Inuvialuit colleagues in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region taught her the value of space for quiet reflection, the power of collaboration and about the unbroken connection between the land, people and culture.
Canada C3 is an initiative of the Students on Ice Foundation. Since 2000, Students on Ice (SOI) has led educational expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. Internationally acclaimed as a leader in polar education and youth engagement, SOI expeditions and outreach initiatives educate youth about the importance of the Polar Regions, support their continued growth and inspire initiatives that contribute to global sustainability. The result is more than 2,500 alumni from 52 countries making positive and lasting impacts in communities around the world.
To celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation, Canadian Heritage is supporting a series of Signature Projects — high impact projects with national reach — through the Canada 150 Fund. Canada C3 is proud to have been chosen as a Canada 150 Fund Signature Project.


Hello Ken! Thank you for dropping by and following along!!
We are doing a rapid crossing to California, literally driving and resting only. We pick up our jacks first thing tomorrow morning and keep heading down I-10 West until we get to California. We are planning to be in California in another six days so still a lot of highway miles ahead of us. We won't be able to connect this time but definitely look forward to connecting another time down the road. Hope all is well.


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Q: Second monitor not working in Windows 10 I know this question has been asked before, I followed every correct answer and still my secondary display is just black.
So, here's what I did recently:

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*Booted in Safe Mode

*Used DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to fully uninstall old Intel HD Graphics Driver

*Booted into user mode again, installed manufacturer's driver (link: http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp72001-72500/sp72380.exe)

*Rebooted and second monitor still not working.

I have tried all combinations with (Windows button + P): extended monitor, duplicate, and even 2nd monitor only in a desperate attempt.
Also, by going into Intel's "Graphic options" from right-clicking, I configured double screens to be extended, and set the second's to the lowest resolution, but still to no avail.
Here's some specs:
PC: HP Probook 4540s (the i5 version, Intel HD 4000 Graphics)
Graphic Driver version: 9.17.10.4229
I hope to hear from you soon, thanks to anyone who's going to try and help me!
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I even tried the latest driver published by Intel for W10 x64 on their website, and still had the same result!
EDIT2: Monitor model is Asus VW221D and I'm connecting via VGA cable. The monitor worked under Windows 7 on another Probook 4540s.

A: After some investigation, I discovered that the VGA Output port wasn't working, as attaching an HDMI cable would result in 2nd monitor displaying correctly.
At the moment, I am using a VGA monitor and using a VGA 2 HDMI adapter to attach it to the HDMI output port of my laptop.


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The user wants to decline the incoming trade.

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Declines a trade.

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India, Zambia sign 6 MoUs
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has said that the visit of Zambia President Shri Edgar Chagwa Lungu's visit to India will further enhance the age-old relationship between the two countries.
Addressing a joint press conference in New Delhi with Zambian President, Shri Modi said both the countries will increase their participation in the fields of health care, tourism, agriculture, food processing and mining.
Shri Modi said, the State visit of President Shri Lungu will provide an opportunity to further energize India's mutually beneficial partnership with Zambia.
Zambia President Shri Lungu said he had fruitful discussion with Prime Minister Modi. He said the people of Zambia are truly grateful for the support received from India over the years. Shri Lungu expressed hope that more Indian companies will invest in Zambia. He reaffirmed Zambian government's commitment to enhance relations.
India and Zambia also signed six MoUs in several areas including geology, defence, arts and culture.


DEETO'O -NEW BRAND : BREAKING THROUGH, CREATING AN IMPACT !!!!
NEW BRAND : BREAKING THROUGH, CREATING AN IMPACT !!!!
Established 2015 in the USA by CAMEROONIAN born , JUSTUS CHE who currently resides in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ( USA ).
The brand Manufacture products ranging from SPORTS, LUXURY and CASUAL wears as well as ACCESSORIES like WATCHES ,BRACELETS , BELTS, SHOES , Sport shoes , TIES , SUITS, TUXEDOS ,BALLS , Golf and Tennisequipment for both MALE & FEMALE .
Currently , our brand ( DEETO'O ) is manufacturing BASKETBAL JERSEY sets for CAPITAL CAGERS , a non Profit wheel-chair basketball club based in California – USA . " DEETO'O brand through it's charitable outreach will impact and change the lives of every community which really deserves assistance'' affirms JUSTUS CHE the founder and CEO of DEETO'O brand and ICSEM SPORTS LLC , USA.
IN GOD WE TRUST , IN GOLD THEY MUST ADHERE.


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Sharkwater - DVD Review
on Tuesday, 27 April 2010 15:19
by Christopher Symonds
</script></div>{/googleAds}My favourite film of all time has always been 'Jaws'. The tension that film created, pitting three guys against a giant, man-eating leviathan has long been imitated and never been rivalled. Just as infamous as its story is the effect it had on the public, giving folk am almost phobic fear of ocean water for a time, and a deep-seeded fear of sharks probably already engrained in us exacerbated to hysterical proportions...
Perhaps, right or wrong, man has always feared the greatest predator of the ocean, but a healthy attitude toward them is something I assumed was there for almost everyone. I might have cheered when Roy Scheider blew 'Bruce, the shark' to smithereens in the 'Jaws' finale, but in the real world, just as with land predators like lions and tigers, I have always thought of them as a thing of beauty... to be watched from a safe distance.. With many of the world's predators in danger, and attention being brought to us on the plight of tigers especially, it has shocked me to learn that sharks are at the very top of the list on endangered species. They are being hunted to extinction, and ask anyone on the street about them, and almost nobody knows...
Rob Stewart, a passionate advocate of sharks, has successfully opened this reviewer's eyes to the plight of these remarkable animals with his multi-award winning documentary that serves to show how, how many, and for what ridiculously pointless reasons, these creatures are being killed in sickening numbers every day. The shark fin industry runs second only to drugs in illicit profiteering from organised crime and corrupt governments worldwide. Stewart takes you on a journey to show just how grave this situation has become, and along the way, attempts to debunk many of the misconceptions people have about these animals.
This film had a purpose, and it accomplishes it within minutes with unflinching footage that is difficult to watch, but so effective in exposing the atrocities being committed in our oceans that luck willing some of the headway they make throughout the documentary getting laws changed may spread to other parts of the world.
It seems almost pointless to critique this documentary as a film, because its purpose is not to entertain, but to educate and to open people's eyes. Nevertheless the film, while a tour de force and absolute success in its intent, is not without its faults.
The writing, primarily the voice-over from Stewart, is melodramatic and completely unnecessary, considering what is shown throughout. It also leans on repetition and falls really short when Stewart tries to get Zen and poetic. While, by film's end, there will be no doubt in your mind Rob Stewart is in love with sharks, his writing and voice-over work comes across as disingenuous at times and overblown. His passion was all he needed, and being himself, perhaps narrating on camera, in the moment instead of trying to unnecessarily beautify moments, would have removed this fault entirely. The film's structure is also a little messy, and instead of repeating over itself at different intervals, a solid assembly of those points built upon each other, instead of weaved throughout like a blanket, would have been preferable to coming back to that point twenty minutes later in a different locale.
It's obvious to anyone Rob Stewart set out to bring an important issue to the fore, and his film will go a long way in doing exactly that. To fault the man on film technique is really to miss the point of what he was doing. He has been a resounding success educating those of us this reviewer included that live in ignorance while sharks are being systematically slaughtered to extinction. To honour his efforts, honour this film, and show it or buy for as many as you're able. This is a film that could change the fate of sharks. Outstanding work.
DVD Experience
Language and Sound: English: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Other Features: Color; interactive menus; scene access; trailer; Sharkwater: Beneath the Surface featurette; vintage naval training film.
o Sharkwater: Beneath the Surface - Making-of Featurette (16:00)
o Shark Defense (11:00) - Vintage naval training footage
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* Trailer
Number of Discs: 1 with Keepcase Packaging
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