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Michael Kaiser: Arts Organizations in Trouble Making the Wrong Choices
by Jerome Weeks 19 Feb 2009 9:10 AM
Michael Kaiser — president of the Kennedy Center, rescuer of arts organizations from Alvin Ailey to the Royal Opera House, and developer of Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative, which provides planning assistance to troubled groups — tells the Wall Street Journal: "When there are economic challenges, the first things that staffs and boards […]
Michael Kaiser — president of the Kennedy Center, rescuer of arts organizations from Alvin Ailey to the Royal Opera House, and developer of Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative, which provides planning assistance to troubled groups — tells the Wall Street Journal:
"When there are economic challenges, the first things that staffs and boards cut are programming and marketing, and that's the worst thing you can do," he says. "You're guaranteeing yourself you'll have less revenue next year, and that's how sick organizations get really sick. That's why I'm so nervous right now and why I'm doing this."
Cutting budget is obviously necessary, "but where you cut is crucial," he continues. "I cut the free coffee for staff here. It saved us $30,000 a year. I've also cut back on staff travel, including my own. I've never met a budget I couldn't cut, in any organization, no matter how small. But if you start by cutting the programming, rather than everything in the back of the house, you're signing a warrant that everything will just get worse, worse, worse."
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The first thing to cut is the stubborn attitude of art groups that refuse to change or try innovative solutions.
As an artist, musician, writer, here in Dallas I know this town is known for its brick wall of stubbornness to change or innovation. I don't think other places are much different.


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'Man of Steel' posts biggest June opening ever with $113.1 million
Henry Cavill stars as Superman in "Man of Steel," which soared at the box office this weekend.
(Warner Bros.)
By Amy Kaufman
"Man of Steel" was the kryptonite to any box-office rival this weekend, monopolizing ticket sales and flying away with No. 1.
The 3-D film starring Henry Cavill as Superman grossed a stellar $113.1 million over the weekend, according to an estimate from distributor Warner Bros. Including the $12 million the Zack Snyder-directed flick collected from early screenings on Thursday, the movie has now sold a total of $125.1 million worth of tickets domestically.
The only other new movie to hit theaters this weekend, the R-rated comedy "This Is the End," trailed far behind "Man of Steel." However, the film's $20.5-million, three-day opening is still solid, considering the movie cost Sony Pictures just $32.5 million to produce. Since debuting in theaters late Tuesday evening, the film has made a healthy $32.8 million in all.
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"Man of Steel," meanwhile, posted the biggest June opening ever (not adjusting for inflation), beating the $110.3-million launch of 2010's "Toy Story 3." The movie also had one of the most successful debuts of the year, behind only the massive $174.1-million opening for "Iron Man 3" in May.
The first Superman movie in seven years is already on its way to becoming the highest-grossing film featuring Clark Kent. "Superman Returns" started with $52.5 million in its opening weekend and went on to collect $200.1 million in the U.S. and Canada — just over 50% of the movie's final $391.1 million global tally.
Though the last Superman movie, starring Brandon Routh, earned better reviews than "Man of Steel," audiences liked the newer film more. Moviegoers assigned "Superman Returns" an average grade of B+, according to market research firm CinemaScore, while "Steel" notched an A-. The new film attracted primarily older males: 56% of the crowd was male and 62% was over the age of 25. About 41% of moviegoers were willing to shell out a few extra bucks to see the picture in 3-D.
Though the movie obviously performed well nationwide given its huge opening, it showed particular strength in the Midwest, said Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman.
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"Superman's roots are in Kansas, so movies about him have always done well in small towns," said Fellman. "A few weeks ago, when a tornado devastated Moore, Okla., the local Warren Theatre had its roof torn off. They even used it as a temporary morgue. But they've since repaired things and this weekend our movie had one of its strongest performances in the country there."
While "Man of Steel" is on track to collect at least $300 million domestically, it remains to be seen how well the movie will fare internationally. Since the picture cost Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures $225 million to produce, it will need to do strong business abroad if it is to become a hit. This weekend, the movie opened in 24 foreign markets, but international returns were not yet available early Sunday.
"This Is the End," written and directed by Seth Rogen and his "Superbad" collaborator Evan Goldberg, follows Rogen and his group of celebrity friends as they try to survive the apocalypse. The movie was beloved by critics and this weekend, filmgoers gave it an average grade of B+.
Though the picture was generating the most pre-release interest among those under 25, this weekend it actually did best with a slightly older crowd — 52% of whom were over 25. Males made up about 60% of the audience.
"I think people will be obsessed with this movie for many, many weeks to come," said Sony's distribution president, Rory Bruer. "R-rated comedies with fresh concepts tend to hold up well."
VIDEO: 'Man of Steel' world premiere
"This Is the End" may hold up well next weekend, but it will face competition from a new comedy July 28. That's when "The Heat," the buddy cop flick starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock hits theaters, and the movie is already on pace to open stronger than the big-budget action film "White House Down."
"Before Midnight," the third film in a series directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, fell flat in its nationwide expansion. The movie has excelled in limited release over the past three weekends, but when it jumped from 52 locations to 897 this weekend, the film collected $1.5 million. That amounts to a lackluster per-theater average of $1,701.
So far, the movie has sold a total of $3.2 million worth of tickets. The last picture featuring Hawke and Delpy as a couple, 2004's "Before Sunset," grossed $5.8 million in all.
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Tyler Perry and MPTF to get humanitarian award at Oscars
Filmmaker Tyler Perry and the Motion Picture and Television Fund are being honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday
Spike Lee had never heard of Golden Globe Ambassadors — until his kids became them
Ahead of Spike Lee accepting the American Cinematheque Award, the filmmaker tells The Times about his kids' historic Golden Globes gig and Chadwick Boseman.
SAG Awards rescheduled again: A new April date makes way for the Grammys in March
The 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards, already postponed once, are moved to April 4 after briefly sharing a March 14 air date with the rescheduled Grammy Awards.
All the dates for 2021's trippy awards show season
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Carrie Coon delves into the dynamics of marriage in 'The Nest'
Spending time with a toddler and 'Piranha' has been a boon to the actress.
Designing costumes for black & white 'Mank' is more fun than it sounds
Trish Summerville had to work in a topsy-turvy color palette to make the right shades of black, white and gray. Think red, purples and lavenders.
Second time around with Bill Murray brings trust to Sofia Coppola's film set
Bill Murray's flashy, playboy father joins with Rashida Jones in "On the Rocks," a father-daughter relationship comedy.
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For Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Martin, blending pain and laughter in 'The Climb,' a story of life's ups and downs, felt natural.
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Set "The Fate of Master of Illusions"
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Set "Life is an endless flight"
Set "Wind Of The Midnight"
Set "Spell of dragon's blood"
Materials: hematite, japanese beads, Swarovski bicones, glass beads, metal findings.
Length: necklace 46.5 cm, central element 5.5 cm, earrings 5.5 cm without hooks.
A woman in a white dress, standing on the other side of the throne-room, was staring straight at him. It was a beautiful woman. She wore a diamond bandeau on her golden hair, which regardless of the fashion prescribing intricate coiffures, fell loosely on her shoulders, and in her cold light-blue eyes there was nothing of human being.
Danger! In his inward soul Gardion felt familiar chillness mixed with excitement – he had the same feelings on that day and at that hour, when he saw his dragon for the first time.
Danger! His common sense demanded not meet her eyes, ignore it and pay attention to the constellation of the beautiful court ladies trying to attract the attention of their lord by all possible means.
Danger! Gardion lazily rose from the throne, tossed his head to throw off the unruly forelock from his eyes and directed his steps to the other side of the hall. The courtiers parted, following him with puzzled or jealous looks. Gardion stopped before the woman and gave his hand to her.
— Let me ask you to dance, lady…, – he made a pause for effect.
— Countess Meidis is at your disposal, – the woman made a low curtsey.
Danger! Her cherished aim, her sworn enemy was standing in front of her. "It's so simple", – it shot across Clodissia's mind.
Danger! For a moment she became again a little girl, who had seen a terrible dream about a werebeast tearing her throat.
Danger! It is a mistake to be here in this hall at this time.To make away, to leave, to find a way of…Gardion is unable to be lenient towards his enemies.
Key charm "Dragon in the colors of steel"
At night when the old clock-tower-keeper steps up to the main tower and turns the windlass to change the figures meaning the year, no one must stay without a present: such was the rule of Carveon winemakers, such was the rule of the capital, and such was the rule of the King's Palace. And once again looking wistfully at the calendar, vel Clodis was agonizing over the problem of making gifts to the members of the royal family and his sister. Having wrapped in pearl paper decorated with hundreds of sparkling tiny stars, the gifts for the others were ready for sending or handing and were lying in a big pile on the floor. But there were no the most important presents, and it was saddening the councilor greatly. But nevertheless, it had to be admitted that this saddenness would not be even by half so deep and gloomy if the obligatory present for Nightingale were not in the number of Those Very Gifts. By idiotic tradition established by King Bernar some years ago (when Clodis by force of his too young age was not able to stop it) after the official greetings, presenting the gifts, and after the ball in honour of changing the year, the members of king's family were left alone in the privy chamber and exchanged "real" presents, such as it must be exchanged by dear people not depending on social status.
The official gifts were acquired long ago, packed and heaped together: made of emmer steel the hunting knife for King Bernar – that crazy old man stopped hunting after his son's death, but up to this time is thrilled at the sight of the masterpieces created by Asnia's armourers for killing animals… and not only them; the diamond necklace for his sister – let many people say that she is too young for such jewelry, but they will probably say so in envy: luxury suits Clodissia so as nobody else, real adult luxury; the lute of the master Intar's work is for Nightingale – the lucky little rascal will appreciate the good musical instrument – there is no doubt about it; and the first edition of Great Tirono's plays for that bookworm who according to coincidence turned out to be a heir of the throne. But these are the gifts which will be handed in the presence of the witnesses, who will applaud, admire sincerely and envy equally sincerely. But what will he put into the box of the black pasteboard with refined silver patterns on which will be written the name of the recipient and which Clodis is to set under the New Year's tree in the privy chamber of King Bernar?
Length with the closure: 17 cm. Width: 4 cm.
Rentz and Aiwerinn. Meeting on the cliff.
— It's a fantastic place, isn't it? It seems that it is enough to stretch out a hand to touch the star. Any at your choice.
Rentz aware of being not alone here. He knew for what purpose he had come here and whom he had to meet. But when a ghostly half-whisper sounded, he did not have to pretend to be surprised or frightened: he jumped up of suddenness, entangled himself in his legs and nearly tumbled down the cliff. Somebody's tenacious fingers grabbed him by the lap of his coat, helping him to keep his balance.
— I scared you, sorry, - a pale young face and silver fringe appeared for a moment to Rentz eyes.
But Rentz failed to meet the stranger' eyes: the stranger having made sure that the startled by him traveler is already steady on his legs hastily left hold of his clothes and stepped into the shade.
— It's my fault, – Rents set his clothes and smiled – courteously and a little perplexedly: his own face was perfectly well lit. – I came up too close to the brink.
— Did you want to jump off?
— I wanted to fly up, – he smiled ironically.


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True to its name, the marsh rabbit is found in the marshes and swamps of the Eastern and Southern United States. Our marsh rabbits — not to be confused with the larger swamp rabbits of Alabama through Texas — are delicate little things. Those on the Florida peninsula, and in South Florida in particular, weigh only 2-3 pounds, reaching a total length of 17 inches. "Mainland" (non-Florida) marsh rabbits run noticeably larger. Florida's marsh rabbits have shorter ears, and smaller legs than the swamp rabbits and cottontails — and instead of a bushy, cottonball-tail, the tail forms a tuft. They're also darker in coloration than eastern cottontails.
What's so interesting about our marsh rabbits, as their name signifies, is their proclivity to water — swimming often and well, sometimes for long distances. It's common to see them in the shallow waters of our wetlands scrounging for food. Another interesting feature of marsh rabbits is that they walk on all fours, like a cat — ensuring easy and swift negotiation of the dense marshes and the surrounding vegetation. Their preferred habitats are the brackish and freshwater marshes, mangrove swamps, and sandy islands. These rabbits must have access to water, remaining on high ground and in the thick vegetation for protection from predators including alligators, snakes, bobcats, foxes, coyotes, and birds of prey. They're most active at dusk and at night, eating the abundant wetland and aquatic plants.
They're truly adorable little things; even the strong-like-bull human male can't resist yelping "bunnies!" when we're walking the wetlands, or hiking the swamps, and one creeps into view. And the baby marsh rabbits? Cuteness factor through the roof. I like to call them swamp bunnies, much to the chagrin of uptight naturalists who may be listening in on my insanity. I just snapped a few babies, as it's of course baby season…. So the adorableness will soon be shared.
I like the term marsh bunnies because I think that all sweet nicknames with which we endow the beings of Mother Nature endears these beings to us and increases our likely hood of looking upon and respecting all of the creatures with whom we share this wonderful earth. Thank you!! I look forward to seeing the babies!!
You couldn't have said it BETTER, and more beautifully! I thoroughly, wholeheartedly agree with you. ♥ The babies are just the sweetest things ever… I was lucky to sneak up particularly close to one, hee!
Yay..Marsh Rabbits ! My 8 year olds absolutely favorite animal to see in the wetlands .we got to see the babies this year as well. Great post as always!
🙂 Thanks so much!! I love them… How can you not?!? Especially the marsh rabbit babies. Ridiculously adorable. I wasn't able to get good shots of the really young'uns, but I did get a good one of an older baby…!
Enjoyed the stron-like-bull bunnie-yeping male. Looking forward to swamp bunnies.
Heh…! Fortunately, he's an editor, and tires quickly of words by end-of-day — so he won't even know it was written. But nor can he DENY.
I learned something new today because I did not know rabbits liked to be in or near water – interesting – thanks for sharing. Have a Great Day!
Learn great things from you all the time – thanks!
You're so welcome — I'm glad you enjoyed!
When I got to your blog this morning, I saw "Marsh Rabbits" and right above it was an alligator/crocodile. I felt so sorry for the marsh rabbits. Then I realized that they were not connected. I chuckled.
Completely fascinating, thank you! I have 8 "house rabbits" of all different kinds and I see that the marsh rabbits are built quite differently at the back end, than the pet rabbit. Looking forward to reading more of your blog.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, many thanks! Eight house rabbits!
Our marsh rabbits really are unique… They're diminutive critters (and like you said, different in the back-end), and to see them in the shallow waters is still a funny sight, as long as I've lived here.


Many managers find conducting performance reviews with their team members tricky, if not downright daunting. After all, such meetings take a lot of planning and completion of paperwork. Thus, it can be tough to walk the fine line between encouraging and motivating employees, while giving them constructive feedback for areas to improve.
Read on for some top performance review tips on how to handle these discussions expertly and professionally to get the best out of your team.
Before doing anything else, it's vital to spend time during the review highlighting areas of your team member's good or exceptional performance. Take time throughout the year to log specific examples of when they went above and beyond in their role, demonstrating favorable values and behaviors. This is an important step, as it demonstrates to your team member that you value them. It gives them the motivation to continue to strive to perform well in the future.
Everybody has performance gaps, or areas where their skills or experience is lacking slightly. While it's important to draw attention to these areas, consider the manner in which you address them with your employee. Make sure you can back up these gaps with specific examples. Also try to frame points as constructively as possible, focusing on how to fill these knowledge gaps in the future.
In addition to having skills or knowledge gaps, it's likely your team member will also have particular areas of their performance that are weaker than others. They may even have areas where their performance is below standard. Again, discussion of the issues needs to be handled sensitively, encouraging your team member to adequately input into the performance review and offer their views on their own performance. While it's important to talk about past issues, including details, the focus should be on how to improve in these areas.
This part of a performance review is key, as it progresses forwards instead of looking backwards. It relies on the participation of both the line manager and the employee to partner together to identify opportunities for improved future performance in the job role. This is usually best achieved by the setting of SMART objectives, or goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. Naturally, it's important these goals are not only relevant to the employee's job role, but are also aligned to the broader organizational vision and strategy.
The line manager has a key role in providing feedback to their team member as part of the performance review. However, the importance of feedback from other sources should not be underestimated, as it can provide valuable insights into employee performance across different teams, projects, and capacities. 360-degree feedback can be a useful tool to gather feedback, not just from the line manager, but from colleagues, external stakeholders/clients, and direct reports. This all helps to give a more well-rounded and balanced view of the team member's performance.
Traditionally, there has been much administration involved in conducting effective performance reviews. This can inevitably eat into both line managers' and employees' precious time – time that could be better spent carrying out meaningful discussions and setting targeted objectives for future performance, for example. In recent years, technology has played an increasing role in the performance review process. Invaluable human resource systems and software allow managers and employees to streamline the administration, reduce the paperwork, and focus more on the real reasons for performance reviews – driving future performance.
Kissflow offers a web-based, performance review app that can help users add consistency and speed to their performance reviews, transforming it into an automated process. You can build your own workflow so it perfectly reflects the various steps of your performance review process and customize a range of template documents that are commonly used in appraisals.
Kissflow also has a number of useful features to help overworked managers and team members approach the performance review with ease. Automated reminders help all parties stay focused and meet performance review deadlines. Furthermore, the easy-to-use visual dashboard is a great tool for managers to track the progress of the team members' reviews, view outstanding tasks, and make quick and clear comparisons. These features can help improve the confidentiality and transparency of the performance review process, while saving time along the way.


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The Privilege of Reaching the Unreached (AUDIO/VIDEO)
By The Gospel Coalition Conference 2021, Aug 9, 2022
One of the trends we are seeing today is a great emphasis on social justice issues: anti-sex trafficking, poverty alleviation, racial reconciliation, etc. This is commendable and the Lord will honor these efforts. However another justice issue is not getting as much attention as it deserves: unreached people groups.
As we think about equity, fairness, equal justice for all people, we remember that all are created in the image of God. These unreached communities have no access to the gospel, to Christians, to Christian communities. They're being denied the opportunity to hear the message that leads to true life, true freedom, true security. What is in ample supply for us—the Word of God, teachers, resources, conferences, community, godly examples—are denied to people made in God's image in these unreached people groups. How then should we, as followers of Jesus, respond to this issue?
Watch the video below or listen as a podcast on Soundcloud.
This talk was recorded live at the 2021 Gospel Coalition Conference. It is being used with permission by TGC.
Give thanks for the work God is doing in South Asia in the wake of COVID lockdown relief. Ask God to grow the new believers who came to faith in Christ as a result.
Pray for the national pastors serving in Mexico and Cuba, many of whom are bi-vocational, and the work God is doing among them.
Pray for the people of Mati, Greece, who are responding with spiritual openness following disaster response efforts of the Greek Evangelical Church and MTW.
Pray for the kids in Aquiles Serdan neighborhood of Reynosa, Mexico, and the outreach of Isaiah 55 ministry there.
Pray for the abandoned and disabled children living at The Josephine House in Cusco, Peru. Pray that they will grow in the knowledge of Christ and be adopted into godly homes.
Pray for the musicians (and fishermen) in "The Band" of Nosy Be, Madagascar. They've put newly-translated Scripture to music, but are just beginning to grasp its meaning.
Pray for the ministry of the Etiennes in Gonaives, Haiti. Pray for the church, schools, children's homes, and for the raising up of national leaders.
Pray for national pastor Giotis Kantartzis and missionaries Philip and Kay Luther serving in Athens, Greece, as they work toward a vision of expansive church-planting in a region that is hungry for truth.
Pray for new churches being planted in Colombia. Every church MTW helps plant is a missionary church whose vision from the start is to plant other churches.


Archive of posts filed under the Movies category.
Anjaan – Movie Review – Stay Away!
Went for Kumki movie at S2 Perambur, Chennai last night. Kumki is one of the best Indian movies I have watched in my life. Kumki movie is based around the incident in the life of a mahot and his elephant named 'Manickam'.
What is the meaning of Kolaveri?


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Seattle is a booming and beautiful city in the Pacific Northwest. Many residents enjoy using the convenience of the local Craigslist online classified ads both to list items that they have for sale, and to find items that they need such as appliances, cars, trucks, RVs and much more. It's a great resource, but you must be extremely careful about who you trust when you use the site. The number of scams taking place through the site in the Seattle area have gone up to ridiculous levels in recent years.
Seattle housing — it may or may not be fair, but Seattle can afford it, according to Craigslist.
A recent study produced by PhD candidates at the University of California Berkeley confirms what most already know — rent is high. That's especially true for popular metro areas throughout the nation. Seattle housing was one such consideration in the study. But it seems, according to the study, Seattle's housing is faring better than in other major cities.
Seattle housing sticks out, according to the study. Most high rental regions are along the Boston to Washington DC corridor, and along the coast of California. But Seattle is among a handful of notably popular rental markets.
Craigslist Seattle housing: Fair or reasonable?
What did the study find about Seattle? Keep in mind, 30 percent of earnings is generally considered reasonable rent — aka a rental burden. The local rental burden is in the low 20th percentile — below that 30-percent mark.
That could be because Seattle's salaries have also been on the rise. According to PayScale, many of the top-paying jobs in town — mostly in the tech industry — are set pretty high. For software engineers, the median pay can be between $98,000-$123,000 a year. And that's the median — midpoint — of the pay scale.
That brings us to fair-market rent. This basically refers to how fair the rent is for a particular space. The study states that a city wants to have 40 percent of its housing at a fair-market rate. For Seattle housing, we're right at that 40 percent mark.
According to the Department of Housing, fair rents for King County-area rentals are:
• 2016: $1,049 for efficiency; $1,225 for a one bedroom; $1,523 for a two bedroom.
Craigslist Seattle
Major Scams To Watch Out For On Craigslist Maine


More sunny-day flooding, like Miami Beach faces during king tides, is expected in South Florida due to sea-level rise.
As part of that unprecedented collaboration, Tom O'Hara, editor of "The Invading Sea," interviewed Colin Polsky, a professor of geosciences and director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies at Florida Atlantic University.
Q. Is the sea level going to rise faster than the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact estimates? (By 2060 about 2 feet higher than the 1992 mean sea level). You keep reading about Greenland's ice and Antarctica's ice falling into the ocean at faster and faster rates.
About 600 government officials, environmental leaders and business executives gathered in Fort Lauderdale this week to discuss how to fight sea-level rise and other effects of the warming climate.
A. There is plenty of freshwater in our aquifers. The question is, how much will it cost us to get it?


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Dry Cargo Shipping Company Opts for Cloud Based Fleet Document Management Tool
Charter Contracts Brought Up to Date
DENMARK – One of the country's oldest shipping companies, NORDEN, which today operates a fleet of around 275 dry cargo vessels, has brought itself right up to date with the implementation of Sea/contracts, an agile, cloud based, document management tool for the production and management of recaps, charter parties and other shipping documents, across its Panamax, Supramax and Handysize dry cargo operations.
As one of the world's largest operators globally of dry cargo vessels, NORDEN requires a significant number of charter parties, contra and other shipping documents and contracts between a charterer and a vessel owner, produced against its fixtures, and this latest document management update will affect 10 of its offices.
Sea/contracts is currently used by over 1,000 users across charterers, owners, and brokers. As well as meeting NORDEN's specific requirements, the module provides a full audit trail of changes, stronger collaboration across key stakeholders and streamlined workflow with the use of electronic signatures. Christian Vinther Christiansen (Head of Dry Cargo Operator), NORDEN, commented:
"With the volume of documentation that we produce, it was necessary to rethink our operations to ensure the systems and tools we have will support our overall Digital Strategy. We needed to ensure recaps and charter parties would be produced in a standardised and efficient way, with stronger controls around terms.
"With Sea/contracts in place, our business is heading towards improved efficiency, and the business has increased confidence around its governance of terms and minimisation of human error, [it] provides us with lots of data around our charter parties which we otherwise wouldn't have had. As we own the data, it can also be applied to our in-house advanced analytics helping us to achieve our business goals."
Sea/contracts is currently one of eight interoperable modules on the Sea/ platform that can be used either together or separately. The programmes are licensed from Maritech, an operation owned by the Clarkson plc group but separated from the organisations broking, banking, support and research functions.
The full Sea/ platform (viewable here) is designed to improve the day-to-day working of shipping professionals, by enabling better informed trading strategies, ensuring stronger collaboration between market participants and providing operational tools for success from within a single platform. Jeff Woyda, Chairman, Maritech, observed:
"We are delighted that a company of NORDEN's scale, has signed up to Sea/contracts. Not only does it demonstrate the industry's demand for smarter charter party management, but it also highlights the increasing need for better compliance to mitigate risk."


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Gjallarhorn é o poderoso chifre de Heimdallr; é a trompa de batalha que o deus usa para avisar os demais deuses, seu sopro pode ser ouvido nos Nove Mundos, com o qual ele avisa aos deuses da aproximação de seus inimigos, os gigantes, e assim ocorre no Ragnarok. Os Vikings tinham em seus equipamentos um chifre oco, em homenagem ao Gjallarhorn de Heimdallr, que era usado em batalhas como instrumento de sopro para guiar as tropas, e também como recipiente para beber o icônico Hidromel.

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Vaccinated workers with Covid-19 but no symptoms can recover in dorms' dedicated facilities
SINGAPORE – Covid-19 measures for migrant workers living in dormitories have been revised to focus on those with symptoms and need medical care, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said.
The changes will see greater use of fast and less intrusive Covid-19 tests, more tightly-scoped contact tracing and vaccinated and asymptomatic workers with the virus recovering in facilities in their dormitories.
The adjusted measures are in line with current Ministry of Health guidelines for the wider community, and are aimed at reducing disruption to workers' lives and work, MOM said in a statement on Saturday (Oct 2).
Speaking at a multi-ministry task force press conference on the same day, Manpower Minister Tan See Leng noted that there have been more than 500 cases a day in the dorms in the past few days.
This is after months of near-zero cases in dorms since October last year.
"This is a result of the Delta variant being a lot more transmissible, and the dorms have not been insulated from the transmission of the virus. This is just like we have experienced in the community," he said.
But the vast majority of infected workers have very mild or no symptoms and do not require hospitalisation or oxygen support, and instead have been able to recover very quickly on their own, as more than 90 per cent of dorm residents have been fully vaccinated, he added.
This is why MOM is now taking a different approach in managing infections in the dorms, he said.
For instance, regular testing of migrant workers here will shift away from polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for asymptomatic individuals to more self-administered but supervised antigen rapid tests (ARTs).
Contact tracing rings will also be tightened to focus on those most at-risk of being exposed to the virus, specifically roommates of Covid-19 cases confirmed by PCR tests. Previously, entire blocks or sections within blocks may be quarantined when new cases are detected.
"This will enable us to further mitigate the risk of further transmissions in the dormitories in a more scalable and also more sustainable manner," he said.
Dr Tan also said that the current pilot programme of weekly community visits for up to 500 migrant workers will continue.
"We will continue to watch the situation closely, and we will progressively ease measures (for migrant workers) where we are able to do so," he said.
A progressive shift will be made towards using only ARTs for rostered routine testing (RRT), said MOM.
Dormitory residents with acute respiratory illness symptoms should continue to report sick at one of the regional medical centres and a PCR test will be administered if clinically indicated, it added.
ARTs are faster and less intrusive than PCR tests, although they are less accurate.
Workers in the dorms have been trained to use the self-administered ART, said Dr Tan. Instructional materials in their native languages have also been made available.
Contact tracing rings will be tightened to focus on those who are most at risk of being exposed to the virus, said MOM.
Dr Tan said on Saturday that these will be the roommates of those who have tested positive on PCR tests, or are their close contacts.
The roommates and the close contacts of those tested positive on an ART will no longer be quarantined and disrupted from work, he said. They will take an ART test, and be asked to monitor their own health, and they can continue their lives as usual if negative.
"With dormitories now more resilient, quarantine orders will only be issued to roommates of confirmed cases on PCR test," said MOM.
The quarantine period will also be reduced from 14 days to 10 days. But MOM stressed that wider quarantine rings may still be applied to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the event of new large clusters.
Other residents in the dormitory who are close contacts of a PCR-positive resident may be issued with either a health risk warning or health risk alert via TraceTogether and follow MOH's prevailing guidelines.
Isolating
Fully vaccinated workers who test positive and have no symptoms will be allowed to isolate and recover in a dedicated facility within dormitories for up to 10 days.
These asymptomatic vaccinated workers will have access to thermometers, oximeters for monitoring and telemedicine support, said MOM. These workers will be required to take an ART after day three and will be discharged from the recovery facility upon receiving a negative ART result.
Symptomatic workers will be given a confirmatory PCR test and conveyed to community care facilities or hospitals depending on their condition.
"This will ensure better prioritisation of healthcare capacity for treating serious cases, as well as for other healthcare needs," MOM said.
Vaccinations effective
MOM said the changes will help to "lay the foundation for a more Covid-19 resilient nation".
The ministry said there continues to be strong evidence that fully vaccinated individuals are protected against severe illness.
Of the infected migrant workers, 97 per cent of them had no symptoms. Of the 3 per cent who experienced symptoms, most were mild and a handful were sent to the hospital or community care facilities, said MOM.
None of them were in the intensive care unit and only one of them needed oxygen supplementation, it said.
"This is expected, given that the overwhelming majority of migrant workers are generally young."
Restrictions for migrant workers living in dorms have been gradually eased since last month (Sept).
From Sept 13, up to 500 vaccinated migrant workers from eligible dormitories have been allowed to visit pre-identified locations in the community once a week.
This was more than 16 months after movement curbs were first imposed in April last year.
Dr Tan said that migrant workers will continue to receive the appropriate medical care if and when required.
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Top 10 Golfers In the World
Golf is one of the most beloved sports in the world. In addition, it is one of the well-paying careers for athletes. However, only a handful of players has managed to get to the heights of success in the sport. Besides that, it is never easy to stay at the top.
1. Jason Day
This golf player currently enjoys the position of the top golfer in the world. He has held this position since September 2015. It is a position he intends to maintain for a while. He is still in his prime, and there is no telling how long he could keep this position. The player is also part of the PGA tour.
2. Jordan Spieth
This former number one golf player is a member of the PGA tour. He is American by descent, and he has also won the major twice. In addition, he is currently the champion of the FedEx Cup.
3. Dustin Johnson
The American player is also a member of the PGA Tour. There was some controversy recently at the US Open held at Oakmont Country Club. One of the players who came to his defense was Tiger Woods, who felt the official were not air to him. He went on to win the tournament.
4. Rory McIlroy
The former world number one once held the title for 95 weeks. The Northern Ireland player is a member of PGA and European Tours. In recent days, he has said he does not intend to attend the Rio Olympics. According to him, his family is more important than any tournament.
5. Bubba Watson
He is one of the leading golf players in the world. In addition, he has won the Masters Tournament twice. The player happens to be among the few left-handed players in the sport who have enjoyed tremendous success.
6. Rickie Fowler
He is a professional player who is a member of the PG tour. He was once ranked as the top amateur golf player for 36 weeks in a row. In recent weeks, he has had some rough times. However, this is not worrying to him as he claims.
7. Henrik Stenson
This Swedish player was ranked second in the world. That is the best ranking of any Swedish player ever. The player is a member of both the PGA and European Tours. In addition, the player has been in the top ten for over a hundred. It is quite an achievement.
8. Adam Scott
This golfer was once ranked the number one golfer in the world. He held this title for a few months in the year 2014. He is a good player who mostly plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 29 major tournaments globally.
9. Danny Willett
Danny Willet mainly plays on the European Tour. He is one of only two English men to have won the Masters Tournament. In addition, he was the first European in seventeen years to win anything at Augusta National.
10. Justin Rose
The player mainly plays his golf on the PGA Tour. However, he maintains memberships at the European Tour. He was the first English man to win the US open since 1970. He is an excellent player who has a bright future ahead of him.
A player could be at the top today and disappear from the top ten in the next week. It requires commitment and practice. These are players that have proven themselves in the recent week.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of currency collection!
History manifested coin and banknote collection as a pastime for scholars. Nowadays, being a scholar is not a mandatory feature of a collector. It is the interest towards currency collecting that drives this hobby into motion.
Banknotes are unique collectible pieces that embody arts, culture, politics, history, and distinct serial numbers. Coin collecting, on the other hand, has been popular since the medieval times (collected by the European monarchs in 1500s).
As a start, you can collect the banknotes and coins available in Singapore and in the neighboring countries. If you have a limited budget, it is more inexpensive to collect currencies in lower denominations. Joining a currency collection club and attending related exhibitions are useful ways to update your knowledge. For instance, the Singapore Historical Banknote Collections's Facebook page announced the "Singapore International Coin Fair" last April 1-3. It is a coin and banknotes exhibition that happens only once a year. Follow their page to stay informed.
Newbie collectors are advised to specialize not only because of a tight budget but also because of the opportunity to become an expert on a certain series. Currency collection with a face value can both signify a hobby and an investment.
UN-CIRCULATED COINS: These notes are taken out from a pack of unused banknotes and are placed carefully in protective holders.
COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES: These notes are issued to honor a special event such as the ones issued to celebrate SG50.
RARE NOTES: These were created with misprints or errors. Being one of its kind, these are sold at a high premium.
NOTES WITH DISTINCTIVE MARKS: These are notes with distinctive logos, commemorative text, and serialized numbering of notes printed.
NOTES WITH LIMITED CIRCULATION: These are sought after notes due to its limited supply.
NOTES WITH AUSPICIOUS NUMBERS: In the Chinese culture, there is a widespread belief of auspicious or lucky numbers. These auspicious feature can only be found in notes where numbers are serialized.
SINGAPORE CIRCULATION COINS: A complete set of all the coins in Singapore must start in 1967. There are 6 denomination of coins in circulation such as 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, 20 cents, 50 cents, and $1.
CIRCULATION COINS: One of the least expensive and the most popular collection among beginners.
EARLY COINAGE OF SINGAPORE: These are the coins issued before the formation of the Republic (expanding way back to 1819).
NUMISMATIC & COMMEMORATIVE COINS: These are released occasionally at various times of the year.
COINS BY THEME: These are collectible coins with themes such as people, endangered species, sports, and many more.
BULLION COINS: These coins are mainly minted with gold, silver, and other precious metals. They are sold at premiums marginally above their "gold content" to entice investors.


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Yamaha MT-15 With Dual-Channel ABS To Be Launched Soon; Prices Set To Increase Again
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By Stephen Gershom
Published: Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10:22 [IST]
The Yamaha MT-15 is all set to finally receive a dual-channel ABS in the coming weeks. Media reports claim that Yamaha will equip the MT-15 with the much-needed dual-channel ABS feature soon. This will certainly make the bike more desirable, but will also increase the price of the motorcycle.
The Yamaha MT-15 was launched in the Indian market back in 2019. It is basically the naked/streetfighter version of the Yamaha YZF-R15. It is powered by the same engine, based on the same chassis and has similar power output figures as well. There are a few differences though.
The sprockets are shorter which makes the MT-15 a hoot to ride on the road. Other differences include a single-channel ABS instead of the dual-channel unit in the R15, and a steel box-type swingarm instead of the aluminium underslung unit of the R15. Thanks to these differences, the MT-15 was priced a little lower than its faired sibling.
However, it did not find lots of takers in the market as buyers still felt it was overpriced for the number of features on offer. Yamaha seems to have listened to buyers' sentiments and will soon equip the motorcycle with dual-channel ABS. Rather than launching it as a new motorcycle, Yamaha might choose to add the dual-channel ABS-equipped motorcycle as another variant.
This way, those looking for more features still get their perfect motorcycle and those looking for a less expensive variant also have a choice. Yamaha won't be making any other mechanical changes to the motorcycle.
It will still be powered by the same liquid-cooled, 155cc, single-cylinder engine with a maximum power output of 18.4bhp and a peak torque output of 14.1Nm. A 6-speed gearbox drives the rear wheel via an assist and slipper clutch. Braking duties are handled by a single disc brake at both ends while suspension is taken care of by a telescopic fork up front and a monoshock at the rear.
In the Indian market, the Yamaha MT-15 is available in four colour options - Dark Matte Blue, Metallic Black, Ice Fluo Vermilion, and Customise. Yamaha had recently hiked prices of the MT-15 by Rs 1,000. It is now priced between Rs 1,40,900 and Rs 1,44,900 depending on the colour opted for. We expect the dual-channel ABS variant to cost Rs 2,000 more than the single-channel ABS variant.
Thoughts On Yamaha MT-15 Being Launched With Dual-Channel ABS
The Yamaha MT-15 is one of the most fun-to-ride motorcycles in the 150cc segment in India. It feels peppy and active, and can be thrown around tight bends without thinking twice. The single-channel ABS allowed enthusiasts to slide the rear around as and when required by locking up the rear brakes, and this was quite a fun thing to do.
With the addition of the dual-channel ABS system, it becomes safer and more desirable. Along with this, the motorcycle's ex-showroom price too will surely go up. Will it actually help Yamaha in terms of sales numbers? We will just have to wait and watch.
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In 1982 the World's Fair came to my (near) hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee. It was A. Big. Deal. Do we have World's Fairs anymore? I haven't heard in ages. The icon of our World's Fair was the Sunsphere, which still stands proudly in Knoxville. It had gone into decline for a number of years, but has been revitalized within the last decade.
World's Fair fever swept through the region. I was 12 and went many times, sometimes with school groups, sometimes with my family. I have distinct memories of wandering through the exhibits (Australia was a favorite) with friends, perhaps experiencing that first taste of freedom in the big city. "Meet us back here at 9:30." No cell phones, no way to keep tabs.
Is it any wonder that one of my favorite Simpsons' episodes was Bart on the Road? (It's definitely in my top three!) But World's Fair Fever wasn't relegated to the safe confines of World's Fair Park. Every where you turned, there was an explosion of cultural references, and wandering our local department store one day, I stumbled across these Japanese rice candies. I must have tried them at the Fair at some point. The memory dims, but I think they handed them out at the Japanese Pavilion. I do have a distinct memory of standing in the gift-y section of Proffitt's Department Store and finding the candies there. Such treasure.
I had that same feeling when we stumbled on them again in World Market a couple of weeks ago.
What's so special about them? Not much. Slightly gummy, barely sweet with a rice paper wrapper that melts in your mouth (!). Magic to a girl of 12 who is discovering a world beyond the boundaries of the mountains that rim her small southeastern town.


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namespace Luracast\Restler;

class Util
{
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        'JsFormat' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Format\\JsFormat',
        'JsonFormat' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Format\\JsonFormat',
        'HtmlFormat' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Format\\HtmlFormat',
        'PlistFormat' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Format\\PlistFormat',
        'UploadFormat' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Format\\UploadFormat',
        'UrlEncodedFormat' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Format\\UrlEncodedFormat',
        'XmlFormat' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Format\\XmlFormat',
        'YamlFormat' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Format\\YamlFormat',

        //Filter classes
        'RateLimit' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Filter\\RateLimit',

        //API classes
        'Resources' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\Resources',

        //Cache classes
        'HumanReadableCache' => 'Luracast\\Restler\\HumanReadableCache',

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