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MetaVis Bashes Google with Office 365 Migration Tool
By David Roe | Oct 31, 2013
Microsoft has just taken another pop at Google, this time with the help of MetaVis Technologies. MetaVis, which develops software to help organize SharePoint and Office 365 environments, launched a new migration wizard that can quickly move content from Google Apps to Office 365.
With the expanded MetaVis Architect Suite customers can migrate File Shares, Google Drive, Exchange Public folder or SharePoint content to SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online.
The launch of the wizard is just the latest in a long, drawn-out battle for the hearts — and pockets — of productivity suite users. It's been going on since Google launched Google Apps in 2007 to compete with Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS).
Since then, the two have been exchanging blows in an attempt to corner a bigger part of the market by cutting prices and adding functionality. Last year, when Microsoft launched Office 365, it took the competition to a new level.
Google, however, has not been sitting back. It is still competing strongly in the productivity space with regular updates, even if Office and Office 365 dominate the enterprise market.
Migrating To Office 365
One of the issues with Office 365 and Google is the difficulty users have moving content between the two. Generally speaking, a user that starts with Google Apps tends to stick with Google Apps even if the functionality of Office 365 makes a convincing case for migration.
This is where the new wizard comes into play. MetaVis states it developed the wizard on the back of overwhelming user demand to provide a migration tool that is quick and efficient.
The result is a wizard that offers users a quick way to bulk move their content to SkyDrive Pro used for an Office 365 tenancy, according to a blog post by MetaVis Chief Technical Officer, Mark Klinchin.
This is done simply by enabling the wizard to discover Google Drives and SkyDrive Pro areas. Once you have done this, you simply select the content you want to move, including metadata, file structure, versions and permissions, and send it across. Another useful feature is that it also converts Google Docs formats to Office formats.
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Klinchin's blog also offers a number of reasons why users might make the move, in case they were struggling to justify it. One of the primary reasons, he says, is because of pricing, which is surprising given the fact that Google Apps still works out at $ 5/per user/month, or $50/year, as opposed to nearly $10/month for Office 365:
There are many reasons to switch to Office 365 from Google Apps, price being only one of them. Google used to offer a free version of Google Apps for Business users, but once it stopped doing that (in December 2012), many users started to question whether it was worth continuing with the cloud-platform."
While Klinchin goes on to list specific reasons that you might want to move to Office 365, such as access to services like Yammer, SharePoint and Lync, or the promise of 6-monthly updates, there are also reasons to stay with Google Apps, not least of which is the price as well as Google's ongoing development of its business apps.
For the moment, though, Office 365 is in the driving seat and there is anecdotal evidence that many users are making the move, while Microsoft announced that it had passed the 2 million home user, subscribers mark last week.
This is a battle with a lot more fight in it. Expect Google to react again in the near future.
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ProRep is good for voters, and the environment too!
June 6, 2018 /in Climate Solutions, Featured Story, Proportional Representation, Tim Pearson /by Sierra Club
By Tim Pearson, Communications Director
Last month, I wrote about the importance of the upcoming referendum on electoral reform. British Columbians will decide whether or not they want to move to a system of proportional representation (ProRep) instead of our current First Past the Post (FPTP) system.
I argued that, if you care about our environment, you should be in favour of ProRep, as jurisdictions with ProRep tend to score better on a whole host of environmental indicators. In short, ProRep would make our goals here at Sierra Club BC easier to achieve–or at least less difficult.
Last week, Attorney General David Eby release his report and recommendations on how the electoral reform referendum will be conducted.
The official campaign period will begin on July 1. Voting will be done by mail-in ballot from October 22 to November 30.
Eby recommends a two-part ballot.
The first question will ask which system British Columbians should use to elect MLAs. This will be a simple choice between keeping the current FPTP system or adopting a ProRep system.
The second question will ask British Columbians which system among three alternative forms of ProRep they prefer.
There will undoubtedly be a lot of debate about which of the three proposed systems is preferable. Setting aside the details of that debate for a moment, it is important to remember a couple of things.
First, all three systems increase the degree to which the composition of the Legislature reflects voters' wishes (the principle of proportionality that underpins ProRep). No matter which system is chosen, we will no longer have to endure governments who derive 100 per cent of the power from less than 50 per cent of the votes.
Out of 21 elections since the Second World War, only once has one party formed government after having secured an overall majority of the votes. This was when the BC Liberals first came to power in 2001. Even then, the Liberals gained 97 per cent of the seats (77 out of 79 seats) with under 58 per cent of the vote.
And right now in Ontario, polls are predicting that Doug Ford's Conservatives will likely win a majority government despite support levels around 37 per cent.
Second, we see policy outcomes favourable to the environment in ProRep jurisdictions across the globe, regardless of which particular system of ProRep is used.
In other words, the particular ProRep system we adopt is far less important than is jettisoning the minority rule that FPTP almost always brings.
The vested interests who oppose ProRep want a debate about the minutiae of competing systems, into which they will inject all manners of disinformation and deceit. What they don't want is any discussion of the manifest benefits of ProRep, regardless of the system used.
Because that discussion will demonstrate that ProRep is good for the environment, leads to higher voter turnout, better representation of women and minorities in legislative bodies, reduced income inequality, and a host of other measures. This is all shown in academic research compiled by Arend Lijphart on government performance across 36 countries.
If you would like to show your support and receive updates from an alliance of organizations who are campaigning in favour of ProRep (of which Sierra Club BC is a member), you can sign up here.
Did I mention ProRep is good for the environment? 😉
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Rx操作符:

Create — create an Observable from scratch by calling observer methods programmatically
Defer — do not create the Observable until the observer subscribes, and create a fresh Observable for each observer
Empty/Never/Throw — create Observables that have very precise and limited behavior
From — convert some other object or data structure into an Observable
Interval — create an Observable that emits a sequence of integers spaced by a particular time interval
Just — convert an object or a set of objects into an Observable that emits that or those objects
Range — create an Observable that emits a range of sequential integers
Repeat — create an Observable that emits a particular item or sequence of items repeatedly
Start — create an Observable that emits the return value of a function
Timer — create an Observable that emits a single item after a given delay
Transforming Observables
Operators that transform items that are emitted by an Observable.

Buffer — periodically gather items from an Observable into bundles and emit these bundles rather than emitting the items one at a time
FlatMap — transform the items emitted by an Observable into Observables, then flatten the emissions from those into a single Observable
GroupBy — divide an Observable into a set of Observables that each emit a different group of items from the original Observable, organized by key
Map — transform the items emitted by an Observable by applying a function to each item
Scan — apply a function to each item emitted by an Observable, sequentially, and emit each successive value
Window — periodically subdivide items from an Observable into Observable windows and emit these windows rather than emitting the items one at a time
Filtering Observables
Operators that selectively emit items from a source Observable.

Debounce — only emit an item from an Observable if a particular timespan has passed without it emitting another item
Distinct — suppress duplicate items emitted by an Observable
ElementAt — emit only item n emitted by an Observable
Filter — emit only those items from an Observable that pass a predicate test
First — emit only the first item, or the first item that meets a condition, from an Observable
IgnoreElements — do not emit any items from an Observable but mirror its termination notification
Last — emit only the last item emitted by an Observable
Sample — emit the most recent item emitted by an Observable within periodic time intervals
Skip — suppress the first n items emitted by an Observable
SkipLast — suppress the last n items emitted by an Observable
Take — emit only the first n items emitted by an Observable
TakeLast — emit only the last n items emitted by an Observable
Combining Observables
Operators that work with multiple source Observables to create a single Observable

And/Then/When — combine sets of items emitted by two or more Observables by means of Pattern and Plan intermediaries
CombineLatest — when an item is emitted by either of two Observables, combine the latest item emitted by each Observable via a specified function and emit items based on the results of this function
Join — combine items emitted by two Observables whenever an item from one Observable is emitted during a time window defined according to an item emitted by the other Observable
Merge — combine multiple Observables into one by merging their emissions
StartWith — emit a specified sequence of items before beginning to emit the items from the source Observable
Switch — convert an Observable that emits Observables into a single Observable that emits the items emitted by the most-recently-emitted of those Observables
Zip — combine the emissions of multiple Observables together via a specified function and emit single items for each combination based on the results of this function
Error Handling Operators
Operators that help to recover from error notifications from an Observable

Catch — recover from an onError notification by continuing the sequence without error
Retry — if a source Observable sends an onError notification, resubscribe to it in the hopes that it will complete without error
Observable Utility Operators
A toolbox of useful Operators for working with Observables

Delay — shift the emissions from an Observable forward in time by a particular amount
Do — register an action to take upon a variety of Observable lifecycle events
Materialize/Dematerialize — represent both the items emitted and the notifications sent as emitted items, or reverse this process
ObserveOn — specify the scheduler on which an observer will observe this Observable
Serialize — force an Observable to make serialized calls and to be well-behaved
Subscribe — operate upon the emissions and notifications from an Observable
SubscribeOn — specify the scheduler an Observable should use when it is subscribed to
TimeInterval — convert an Observable that emits items into one that emits indications of the amount of time elapsed between those emissions
Timeout — mirror the source Observable, but issue an error notification if a particular period of time elapses without any emitted items
Timestamp — attach a timestamp to each item emitted by an Observable
Using — create a disposable resource that has the same lifespan as the Observable
Conditional and Boolean Operators
Operators that evaluate one or more Observables or items emitted by Observables

All — determine whether all items emitted by an Observable meet some criteria
Amb — given two or more source Observables, emit all of the items from only the first of these Observables to emit an item
Contains — determine whether an Observable emits a particular item or not
DefaultIfEmpty — emit items from the source Observable, or a default item if the source Observable emits nothing
SequenceEqual — determine whether two Observables emit the same sequence of items
SkipUntil — discard items emitted by an Observable until a second Observable emits an item
SkipWhile — discard items emitted by an Observable until a specified condition becomes false
TakeUntil — discard items emitted by an Observable after a second Observable emits an item or terminates
TakeWhile — discard items emitted by an Observable after a specified condition becomes false
Mathematical and Aggregate Operators
Operators that operate on the entire sequence of items emitted by an Observable

Average — calculates the average of numbers emitted by an Observable and emits this average
Concat — emit the emissions from two or more Observables without interleaving them
Count — count the number of items emitted by the source Observable and emit only this value
Max — determine, and emit, the maximum-valued item emitted by an Observable
Min — determine, and emit, the minimum-valued item emitted by an Observable
Reduce — apply a function to each item emitted by an Observable, sequentially, and emit the final value
Sum — calculate the sum of numbers emitted by an Observable and emit this sum
Backpressure Operators
backpressure operators — strategies for coping with Observables that produce items more rapidly than their observers consume them
Connectable Observable Operators
Specialty Observables that have more precisely-controlled subscription dynamics

Connect — instruct a connectable Observable to begin emitting items to its subscribers
Publish — convert an ordinary Observable into a connectable Observable
RefCount — make a Connectable Observable behave like an ordinary Observable
Replay — ensure that all observers see the same sequence of emitted items, even if they subscribe after the Observable has begun emitting items
Operators to Convert Observables
To — convert an Observable into another object or data structure

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Sir Ashton Lever
5 March 1729 (1729-03-05)
Alkrington Hall
28 January 1788 (1788-01-29) (aged 58)
British antiquarian
Sir Ashton Lever FRS (5 March 1729 – 28 January 1788) was an English collector of natural objects.[1]
Lever was born in 1729 at Alkrington Hall. In 1735 Sir James Darcy Lever, his father, served as High Sheriff of Lancashire.[1]
File:Perspective interior view of Sir Ashton Lever's Museum in Leicester Square, London March 30 1785. Watercolour by Sarah Stone.jpg
Perspective interior view of Sir Ashton Lever's Museum in Leicester Square, London 30 March 1785
Lever began by collecting seashells in about 1760, and gradually accumulated one of the richest private collections of natural objects, including live animals. He opened it to the public in April 1766, in Manchester, moving the museum to his family home at Alkrington Hall, near Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1771. In the same year he founded Archers' Hall, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London for the Archers' Company of the Honourable Artillery Company. In 1774, Lever moved to London, and next year his Holophusicon opened to the public in Leicester Square. Captain James Cook was impressed by Lever's collection, and donated objects from his own voyages to the museum.
Lever continued to buy items until he became bankrupt, at which point the collection contained 28,000 specimens. Both the British Museum and the Empress of Russia declined to buy it, so it was disposed of by lottery: 8,000 tickets were sold at a guinea each. The winner, James Parkinson, later put the collection up for auction in 1806, when the largest purchasers were the British naturalist Edward Donovan and Leopold von Fichtel, bidding on behalf of the Imperial Museum of Vienna. Purchasers included the Earl of Derby and William Bullock, who had a large private collection.
Lever's collection was catalogued by George Shaw.
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> > the addr_limit_user_check call at the beginning of the loop.
> Any comments on this patch set?
relative to the reach of this change.
apparently nobody else noticed system calls randomly hanging on arm.
I assume maintainers need to give their opinion.


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I always say "I couldn't care less," because double negatives tickle me. I can't escape the feeling that I'm being a tad haughty when I do, because where I live people don't use double negatives to actaully mean a positive.
This post has been highly enlightening; as English isn't my first language, I make a lot of mistakes with spelling, grammar, etc. I'll try to be more conscious of these in the future.
The misuse of homonyms drive me insane! There, their, they're are always used incorrectly! To, too, two. And don't even get me started on pronunciation problems... "can I aks you a question?" "No you cannot aks me a question, you can ASK me a question." It drives me up the wall.
But woe to them who use those misconstructions in their essay to get into a school or to get a scholarship, not to mention a job.
lol and "you don't know who I is" OMG It's really sad when I hear things like that.
Perhaps that's being said in a purposeful subversion of power or to indicate group membership...I know people who turn to improper speech in defiance of authority. My family does that when outsiders bring up a particularly infuriating stereotype about Appalachians, and I've heard other Kentuckians and West Virginians do it as a point of pride.
I lived in Trinidad for a while. I've found that 'aks' instead of 'ask' is practically the norm, as well as many other words where the 's' and 'k' sounds cohabit. It also seems to be the way in Jamaican culture and many Caribbean islands. It seems to me this particular quirk of enunciation is more of a cultural item than abuse within given cultures. Of course, many Caribbean immigrants to the USA have brought this tongue twist to the continent. It must be understood that linguistically, the form of English spoken in the Caribbean has different influences than that spoken in the USA. Trinidad's population has long been 1/3 Indian, and Jamaica has also had a lot of Indian as well as Chinese influence. In North America and the UK, English was the native language of most all residents, whereas in the Caribbean, English was the imposed language, in a system of slave labour.
Another example of a cultural mispronunciation is the reversal of the letters 'l' and 'r' by a great many Asians.
I think it's important that when we criticise grammar we stick to criticism of speakers who really should know better, rather than tend to issues which have cultural associations/causes.
I looked up 'aks' in some online dictionaries. It appears to have been an acceptable variant until the 1600's which explains why it's still so widespread.
The incorrect x sound shows up in so many other English words though. I hear 'excape', 'asterix', 'expecially' 'expresso' and 'ex cetera' all the time by people who would probably know better if these words weren't (it would seem) mispronounced almost more often than not. In fact, I think I pronounced asterisk with an x until I was 25 and finally saw it written. Some of these mispronunciations will probably become acceptable variants at some point, as the language continues to evolve and cultures continue to mesh.
I don't like how Americans mispronounce words from foreign languages. Tijuana is a three syllable word! Americans like to call it Ti-A-Jaun-A when it should be pronounced Ti-Jaun-A. If the word is English ok say it in English but if it is a foreign word than at least try to pronounce it the way its suppose to sound.
if it is a foreign word than at least try to pronounce it the way its suppose to sound.
That would be great if I knew how most words from foreign languages were supposed to sound and if I were capable of making all the sounds foreign languages contain.
If you're a non-native speaker, then you are forgiven. Even many Americans seem incapable of knowing when to use "then" vs, "than." They also frequently leave the "d" off the end of "supposed," as you did.


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By Cynthia Lorraine
After filming the first movie shot in space, a Russian film crew returned from their historic trip to space on Sunday. The crew spent a total of 12 days at the International Space Station.
Earlier this month, the two-person crew of filmmakers went to the International Space Station. This crew consisted of actress Yulia Pereslid and director Klin Shipenko. They were accompanied by cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov in the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome. They arrived on the 5th of October.
Russia has become a pioneer in history with regard to the marriage of space travel and filmmaking.
More About the Russian Film Crew's Movie
A total of 10 people boarded the spacecraft named Soyuz MS-18 when they returned home.
The film, titled 'The Challenge', focuses on the story of a surgeon who is sent to the International Space Station with the purpose of saving a cosmonaut's life. Oleg Novitsky, a cosmonaut, will play the role of the space traveler. Shkaplerov and fellow cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov are to make appearances in this film as well.
"I am not afraid," Pereslid said during a news conference. "Fear is normal."
The crew conducted a huge portion of the filming in the Russian part of the station. However, some of the scenes allegedly involved the US Tranquility Node's cupola window. This window faces the Earth and shows a stunning view of our planet from up high.
Because of this film project's schedule, Pyotr Dubrov and American astronaut Mark Vande Hei, who were with Oleg Novitsky in April, are to remain on the station six months longer. This means that they will spend a record-breaking duration of about a year in the orbiting lab. They will return home to Earth with Shkaplerov in April 2022.
Many celebrate Soyuz MS-19 Mission crew members Yulia Peresild and Oleg Novitsky's arrival at the Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Moscow Region.
Embarking on a Rough Road During This Historic Trip
Though the mission was a success, it wasn't a hundred percent free of minor bumps.
When the film crew arrived at the International Space Station, the situation required cosmonaut Shkaplerov to switch to manual control. Furthermore, on Friday, during the Russian flight controllers' test on the Soyuz MS-18, the spacecraft's thruster unexpectedly fired. This left the space station destabilized for a whole 30 minutes, as was reported by a NASA spokesperson.
A tweet from the International Space Station revealed that the Soyuz MS-18 crew ship undocked at 9.14 pm on the 16th of October 2021.
Actress Yulia Pereslid inspects her spacesuit before the expedition to the International Space Station.
What This Means for the Future of Filmmaking and Space Travel
Russian space agency Roscosmos has achieved what nobody has done before. Beating NASA, Russia has successfully filmed the first full-length movie in space. Last year, NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX announced that, together with actor Tom Cruise, they will be working on a Hollywood project filmed in space. This film, currently unnamed, is scheduled to shoot in October 2021.
These projects mark a new era for filmmaking and space travel. With these new technological advances, there's plenty of potential for more filmmakers to follow in the path Russia has carved out.
Cynthia Lorraine
Cynthia is a staff writer at Peres Daily. An avid lover of writing and reporting on the truth, she dedicates her career to telling stories about people and the world as a whole. Cynthia is currently working as a full-time Staff Writer at Peres Daily News and Israel Now News - to deliver true stories and no less.
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Financial sector had biggest raise in 2000
The largest over-the-year percentage pay increase in the private sector was registered in the finance, insurance, and real estate industry (9.1 percent) in 2000. The next largest were in manufacturing and services (6.8 percent each), followed by mining (6.4 percent).
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The smallest pay gain in 2000 among the major private industry divisions occurred in the transportation, communications, and public utilities industry (4.4 percent). The annual pay increase for the public sector, which includes Federal, state, and local government, was 4.1 percent.
The BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program produced these data. Pay data presented here are for all workers covered by State and Federal unemployment insurance programs. Data for 2000 are preliminary and subject to revision. Find more information on pay in 2000 in "Average Annual Pay By State and Industry, 2000," news release USDL 01-295.
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The following Letters are reproduced with the permission of Dr. Garry Hunt, past Chairman
To: Mr. Dave Lewis, Group CEO, Tesco plc
From: Dr. Garry Hunt
Date: 7th October 2019
Development on the site of Tesco Extra, New Malden KT3 4PJ
Failure of Tesco to Interact with local residents
The attached letter was sent to you on the 16 September 2019 by post and by email and expressed the many concerns of local residents with regard to possible activities on the site of Tesco Extra, New Malden KT3 4PJ. On behalf of the many thousand of residents who are also your customers, I expressed the need for a meeting between appropriate senior Tesco staff and the local community for mutual benefit, which the Raynes Park and West Barnes Residents' Association (RPWBRA) will convene. The report of the recent public meeting organised by the Association ( see October Guide, www.rpwbresidents.org.uk) already shows the concerns of residents to possible activities on Tesco's site.
After four weeks I have not received any response from you or any member of Tesco's staff, beyond the automatic email acknowledgement given below. This is very disappointing. You should be aware that my letter has already been published in the October edition of the Guide; the monthly community magazine of RPWBRA so many thousands of people, your customers, are aware of this correspondence. Many are asking for details of your reply.
I am again sending this letter to you by both mail and email to make sure it is received. This letter will be published in the RPWBRA Guide so it will be read by local residents, people in neighbouring communities and past members now living in other parts of the country. I hope this time I will receive a reply. When received it will be passed immediately to the RPWBRA for their action.
The Association has interacted vigorously with countless companies and organisations for the benefit of the local community during the past ninety years. As a past Chairman, I have considerable first hand experience of such activities over several decades. Never before have we been ignored.
I have once more copied this letter widely to local Councillors, MP and Chairman of the RPWBRA and also the Chairman,Tesco plc. In addition, the letter has been sent to the editor of the RPBWRA Guide.
cc Cllrs Hina Bokhari, Eloise Bailey, Carl Quilliam, Cllrs David Dean, Daniel Holden, Nick McLean, Stephen Hammond MP, John Elvidge (Chairman RPWBRA), John Allan, Chairman, Tesco plc
The Reply:
To: Dr. G. Hunt
From: Lesley Anne Logan, Customer Service Specialist, On behalf of the Executive's Office. Tel: 0800 072 6685
Date: 7th October, 2019
Case Reference: 3631249
Thank you for your letter addressed to Dave Lewis, our Chief Executive. As work commitments are currently keeping Dave away from the office, I am writing on his behalf. Please be assured he is kept informed of all contact received into this office.
I was sorry to hear that some buildings we own have fallen into disrepair. I appreciate your concern about this and that you have taken the time to get in touch with us about this matter.
I have reached out to Mark, our Property Manager who is in charge of this area. He has advised that we try to keep on top of external maintenance and undertake regular inspections of these buildings. Despite the security we have in place, sadly these buildings have attracted unwanted visitors.
We are trying to come up with a permanent solution to ensure this area is more astatically pleasing and as soon as we can provide more information we will do so to the local community.
I have asked for Tom, our local Community and Communications Manager who covers your area to get in touch with you so that he can arrange a meeting with you about this area.
I hope that this is resolved quickly for yourself and our other local residents.
If I can be of any further help please do not hesitate to get back in touch with us via post, email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or call (0800 072 6685 – Monday-Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday 8am-6pm).
19/P2387 - 265 Burlington Road
OBJECTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION
Our committee member, David Freeman, has submitted the following on behalf of our Association.
Attention Case Officer . On behalf of Raynes Park and West Barnes Residents Association I submit the following comments.
A ) Although not part of the Application I need to point out that the Newsletter distributed widely by Redrow Homes was highly misleading . This drew from the New London Plan ( a GLA document ) which sets out a target delivery in future years of 1,328 home pa. The Newsletter stated that Merton was " expected to deliver " this number of homes each year .
However the New London Plan is still in draft form and NOT an Adopted GLA Plan.
Merton's housing target remains at 411 homes pa which derives from the existing London Plan of April 2016.
B ) SITE PROPOSAL
Site Proposal RP3 in Merton's draft Local Plan October 2018, sets out LBM proposals for a comprehensive redevelopment of the WHOLE of the Tesco site including the Store and Petrol Station. The Application in question is for a development on approx. one third of the site .
There is clear conflict here between Merton' s Local Plan and the proposals in the Application.
C ) DESIGN
Planning Guidance : Policy 14 LDF Core Planning Strategy and Policy DM D 1 and DM D2 Sites and Policies Plan July 2014.
I submit that there is clear conflict with the guidance set out in the above Policies by failure of the proposals to " relate positively and appropriately to the scale ,density,proportions, massing and height of the surrounding street patterns and by failure to protect existing development ( in nearby streets ) from visual intrusion .
D ) TALL BUILDINGS
Merton's draft Local Plan provides a useful definition of a Tall Building . I quote ." a tall building is a building which is substantially taller than their surroundings ".
The proposals submitted are for seven blocks of flats ( but NO houses ! ) ranging in height from 6 to 15 storey.
Starting from Merton's LDF Tall Buildings Background Paper 2010 and Design Policy CS 14 Core Planning Strategy July 2011, reinforced by Strategic Policy LP D 5.1 Placemaking and Design in the draft Local Plan October 2018 from which I quote :
" Proposals for tall buildings will be permitted only in Town Centres in Colliers Wood,Morden and Wimbledon."
The Tesco car park site is not even close to Raynes Park which is a LOCAL Centre and nowhere near Wimbledon Town Centre.
The proposal for " tall buildings " on the application Site is in FLAGRANT CONFLICT with the Planning Guidance quoted above .
Perhaps I should add - going back to the definition - that there can sometimes be doubt as to what " substantially taller " means . BUT NOT IN THIS CASE . The highest residential building ( under construction ) in the surrounding area is 5 storey.
A 15 STOREY BUILDING IS SUBSTANTIALY TALLER THAN A 5 STOREY BUILDING . Fact!
E ) HOUSING MIX
Planning Guidance : Sites and Policies Plan July 2014 Policy DM H 2 and draft Local Plan Policy H 4.3.
The proposal is to build 456 flats made up as follows ;
114 x one bed units = 25 %
290 x two bed units = 63.5 %
52 x three bed units = 11.5 %
The target mix set out in Merton's Sites and Policy Plan is 33%, 32% and 35% but these have been slightly modified in the draft Local Plan to 33%, 33% and 34%.
The proposal to build almost two thirds of the flats as two bed units is way out of alignment with the policy . There would be too high a proportion of two bed flats and not enough ' family ' units. The proposals are in clear conflict with planning guidance.
F ) PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESIBILITY LEVEL ( PTAL ) AND TRANSPORT IMPACTS
The Tesco car park site is beyond reasonable walking distance of both Raynes Park and Motspur Park Railway Stations and has limited bus service connections. In consequence it has a rather low PTAL rating between 2 and 3 ( out of 6 ).With an influx of probably more than 1,000 people and 220 car parking spaces it is obvious that the proposals would lead to a serious increase in traffic congestion in Burlington Road even greater than currently exists .
The proposals are in conflict with Policy DM D 2 of the Sites and Policies Plan July 2014 in that there would be significant adverse impact on the existing transport infrastructure and local environment.
G ) FLOOD RISK
The Application Site is within fluvial ( river ) flood zones 2 and 3 and therefore at risk of surface water flooding. Such a location would be suitable for SOME types of development but not I suggest for high-density residential use.
And Finally let me say that Raynes Park and West Barnes Residents Association ( RP&WBRA ) is NOT opposed to any new housing in the Borough . We are supportive of Merton 'delivering 400 plus new homes pa hopefully a MIX of houses and flats . A high proportion of these schemes are in ' backland ' areas on so called ' windfall ' sites.
We support this type of development where - in terms of numbers - the new residents can be assimilated into the local network without causing strains , on the local social services, for BOTH them AND the existing populace.
However let me indulge in a Compare and Contrast exercise.
I suggest Redrow Homes proposals could well be a ' natural fit 'in the centre of a New Town like Milton Keynes for example. There are in fact large blocks of flats in MK within the Town Centre and within a short walk to the main Transport Hub. The residents look down on to a wide shopping parade with housing development only in the very far distance. Many of the residents are either single or couples and many do not have a car - very limited on site parking. They use the Car Club.
Would this type of development be a ' natural fit ' on the Tesco car park in West Barns .Hardly .
The site is NOT a Town Centre location.
It is nowhere near a main Transport Hub.
Most of the new residents would insist of having a car but only about half of them would have a nearby parking space. And where would they find school places for their children, a GP Surgery, a NHS Dentist a Local Park . The list could go on.
They would be locked in between the A3 and the Railway lines breathing in the fumes from vehicles standing still for 15 minutes or more in Burlington Road waiting to get over the level crossing .
WHAT SORT OF QUALITYOF LIFE WOULD THAT BE FOR ANYBODY?
Also in terms of Design the tower blocks would - by contrast with the local scene - stand out like huge monoliths bearing down on the residents of Seaforth Avenue and the roads beyond. Should they have to live with that sort of intrusion.
I pose this question . Would these proposals meet the requirements of a key piece of Merton Planning Guidance - Core Planning Strategy Policy CS 14 ? I quote :
"All development needs to be designed in order to respect, reinforce and enhance the local character of the area in which it is located ".Think about each of the three components.
I submit that set against this test alone the Redrow scheme would be a total failure.
On behalf of the RP&WBRA for all the reasons outlined above I urge the Planning Applications Committee to REFUSE this application . Thank you for your time.
TESCO SITE DEVELOPMENT
Link to further information - Tesco Site - 265 Burlington Road
Tesco Site Development - Public Meeting
Tesco Site - 265 Burlington Road
UPDATE JULY 2019 - The Planning Application for this development has now been submitted (19/P2387)
Anyone who wishes to raise objections or make comments (called "representations") to the Planning Authority about this proposed development, is advised to do so by the revised date of 30 August 2019. This can be done using Merton's Planning Portal at:
https://planning.merton.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorerAA/GeneralSearch.aspx
The application number is 19/P2387
For our members to have an idea how large this development will be when viewed from our local roads, we are preparing some images, which may be viewed on this link: Images for 19/P2387
The application details may be downloaded from the Planning Explorer website.
Please note that the deadline for comments from the public (called "representations") has been extended to 30 August 2019
However, even if you miss the 30 August deadline, please still make your submissions.
Due to the very tight timescale for representations, Councillor Eloise Bailey has sought some clarification about dates from the Planning Dept, with the following response;
"Dear Councillor Bailey,
Thank you for your email. The statutory time period for notification for a planning application is 21 days. Therefore, for this application the representation date is currently shown as 14th August 2019. To unilaterally alter this statutory period would be seen as unreasonable behaviour on behalf of the Local Planning Authority and would not be consistent with how planning applications are processed.
That being said, whilst the formal representation period could not reasonably be altered, representations will continue to be taken into account until such time as the application is determined. Therefore, comments received after the 14th August [This has since been revised to 30 August - Ed] will still be considered, up until the point of the committee meeting, which is likely to be September or even October.
In addition, I note that the newspaper advert for this application has not yet been published, it is due to be published today, which would mean that the representation date would need to be 16th august at the very earliest. [This has since been revised to 30 August - Ed]
I hope that provides some assurance that comments will be taken into account throughout the process. Merton has carried out a wide ranging consultation exercise on this application, well in excess of the statutory requirements (i.e. we have consulted a wide area around the site).
In terms of a change of date on the website, I am not aware of this and I can't think why it would have said 24thAugust, as that is well over 21 days away. I will ask the leader of the admin team, Matthew Davidson, if he can provide any insight into this matter.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you wish to discuss the matter further or any other aspect of the application."
FURTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Redevelopment of 265 Burlington Road and Tesco Extra car park
In the October 2018, we set out the basic details of a proposed large residential development scheme on a part of the Tesco car park site alongside Burlington Road. This was based on information provided at a Consultation Exhibition on 18th September mounted by BECG (Built Environment Communications Group) who are acting as agents for the housebuilder Redrow Homes PLC. (Follow this link to see Redrow's summary of their proposals https://burlingtonroad.com/proposals/ )
BECG held a second consultation, again at the Holy Cross Church hall, Motspur Park, on 13th November last year but this time with slightly amended proposals.
The Scheme
As at early December 2018, the outline proposals envisage using the Eastern side of the Tesco car park (1.21 Hectares) which would be just under one quarter of the whole Tesco site area.
We therefore anticipate that the Planning Application from Redrow, when submitted, will aim to provide 446 flats in seven blocks ranging from 14 storey on the side furthest from Burlington Road down to 7 storey on the side closer to Burlington Road.
The units would be made up as follows:
90 one bed flats (approx. 20% of the total);
290 two bed flats (64 %); and 66 three bed flats (16 %)
"Affordable " Housing
Taken overall it is claimed that 35% of the flats would pass the test of being regarded as "affordable" i.e. they would be social or subsidised housing either for sale or rental at no more than 80% of the prevailing market-rate costs and prices.
It is quite often the case that developers tend (for obvious reasons) to offer the cheaper (mainly one bed) units to meet the social proportion. Currently, we are not aware how this will work out in practice, but the Planning Application will probably clarify this point.
The proposals include up to 220 car parking spaces and the current thinking is that these would be at the base of the flats i.e. as an ' undercroft ' scheme. It is claimed that 575 car spaces will remain available for the Tesco store shoppers.
One change to the original proposals is to provide up to 475 sq. meters. of commercial space at ground floor level in the blocks fronting Burlington Road. What type of business would be housed in these units is not known at present, but presumably Tesco would NOT want any competition quite so near their store!
Also, the earlier proposal was that the existing short access road leading from Burlington Road to the Tesco store would become THE vehicular access road for the residents of the new flats, but no longer for vehicle access to the Tesco store, although pedestrian access from Burlington Road was to be maintained.
This idea appears to have changed so that vehicle access from Burlington Road would be available for BOTH the new residents and shoppers going to Tesco. In short for Tesco shoppers no change to the present (unofficial) arrangement. At first sight this strikes us as far from being an ideal arrangement, given the single proposed vehicle access, the volume of traffic in Burlington Road even now, and the proximity of the level crossing, Surely the congestion would become even worse? However, it is still 'early days.
High Rise Development
Anybody familiar with this part of West Barnes will know that it is characterised by inter-war mostly two-storey suburban housing, apart from Raynes Park High School to the North. We leave you to contemplate what it would be like for those residents having to live in the shadow of blocks of flats up to 14-storeys in height.
There is currently great concern about possible flats at this sort of height along Wimbledon Broadway; but is at least that area has a Town Centre designation. Tesco car park certainly has not!
The Local Plan
Merton Council now has a New Local Plan out for consultation. This may be seen here. At present, this document is only a draft, and it is hoped that this will replace two other Planning Guidance documents sometime during 2020. Within this bulky document are Site Proposals for many areas of the borough including several for Raynes Park.
One of these is site RP3 (page 158) named as Burlington Road -Tesco. The map provided (which is intended to show the area potentially suitable for development) shows the ENTIRE Tesco site, store, car parking, petrol station, redundant offices in the NE corner: all 5.2 hectares of it. However, the proposals from Redrow relate only to a quarter of the site alongside Burlington Road.
On the face of it, there is an anomaly here. The Council preference appears to be redevelopment of the whole of the site. but the proposals from Redrow - so far – are for only a part of it.
Greater London Authority - Office of the Mayor
We should just mention that because of the large number of housing units involved, the Planning Application - when it is submitted - will have to be considered by the Mayor of London in the first instance. The Mayor and his planning staff have the option either to a) approve or refuse the application or b) leave the determination process entirely to Merton Council. This added layer can sometimes hold up the process of considering the application.
The Local Press
It is possible - but not certain - that by early January a Planning Application will have been submitted. At that stage there is a strong chance Redrow will seek some publicity in the local press, quite apart from a notice in a local newspaper, under a heading, such as, "Merton Council Town and Country Planning Act." Once the application has been formally submitted to Merton's Planners, the Association, and most importantly, individual members of the community can make their comments to the Planning Officers and Ward Councillors regarding these proposals.
DAVID FREEMAN, December 2018
Rainbow Ind Est - June 2018
Members may recall that a few years ago Workspace 12 Ltd. the owners of the greater part of the Rainbow site – which sits just to the south of Raynes Park Station – submitted two planning applications.
The first of these 14/P4287 was for the demolition of the existing industrial buildings and the construction of more than 200 flats and 9 terraced houses.
The other application, 14/P4288, was to provide a so-called 'Kiss and Ride' facility, incorporating a roundabout, near the entrance. In simple words, this is an arrangement for cars to come off Approach Road and either drop off or collect people from the station. It was never intended to provide actual parking spaces within the entrance, only a very short-term waiting bay.
Given that Rainbow has been in industrial use for some decades, it is almost certain that there will be some – quite possibly quite a lot – of contamination in the soil. Consequently, approval of the first application was accompanied by two important Conditions amongst quite a long list of others.
These were, in short, to investigate the degree of contamination and submit an 'action plan' for dealing with this problem.
I should explain that Conditions, which in the main are of two types, are normally attached to large applications in order either to take whatever action is required to bring the 'application site' up to a condition suitable for development (highly relevant in this case), or to 'mitigate' (reduce the severity) of the downside consequences of the new development. For example, if a housing development resulted in the total loss of a piece of land (whether open space or whatever) which had been in regular use as a play area for local children, there would probably be a Condition which required the developer to provide a suitable replacement within the new housing scheme.
Rolfe Judd, the Agent acting for Workspace has submitted an application 18/P0997 with a proposed 'Outline Remediation Strategy' for dealing with the contamination issue. In the main, this appears to be reports prepared by two specialist companies (Cundalls and Entec UK Ltd.) in November 2016. To be frank, this is hardly a leap forward to redevelopment of this site, but it is a start. Merton Council's Planning Department will consider whether they can 'Discharge' Conditions 13 and 14, meaning whether the requirements of the Condition have been adequately satisfied.
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Today only the person who no longer believes in a happy ending, only he who has consciously renounced it, is able to live. A happy century does not exist; but there are moments of happiness, and there is freedom in the moment.
— Ernst Junger
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Freedom is based on the anarch's awareness that he can kill himself.
He carries this awareness around; it accompanies him like a shadow that he can conjure up. "A leap from this bridge will set me free.
A work of art wastes away and becomes lustreless in surroundings where it has a price but not a value. It radiates only when surrounded by love. It is bound to wilt in a world where the rich have no time and the cultivated no money. But it never harmonizes with borrowed greatness.
In my experience, I have found that creativity demands a vigilant mind, which is weakened by the influence of drugs.
Seen politically, systems follow one another, each consuming the previous one.
They live on ever-bequeathed and ever-disappointed hope, which never entirely fades. Its spark is all that survives, as it eats its way along the blasting fuse. For this spark, history is merely an occasion, never a goal.
The partisan wants to change the law, the criminal break it;
the anarch wants neither. He is not for or against the law. While not acknowledging the law, he does try to recognize it like the laws of nature, and he adjusts accordingly.
For the anarch, little is changed when he strips off a uniform that he wore partly as fool's motley, partly as camouflage. It covers his spiritual freedom, which he will objectivate during such transitions. This distinguishes him from the anarchist, who, objectively unfree, starts raging until he is thrust into a more rigorous straitjacket.
Liberalism is to freedom as anarchism is to anarchy.
Really, doesn´t everything make sense? There are, of course, things from which we more or less recover, although some of them are too harsh even for saints. But that is no reason to accuse God. Even if there are reasons to doubt him, the fact that he did not arrange the world like a well-ordered parlor is not one of them. It speaks rather in his favor. This used to be much better understood.
We had set out in a rain of flowers to seek the death of heroes.
The war was our dream of greatness, power and glory. It was a man's work, a duel on the fields whose flowers would be stained with blood. There is no lovelier death in the world... Anything rather than stay at home, anything to make one with the rest.
Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies]
Although I am an anarch, I am not anti-authoritarian.
Quite the opposite: I need authority, although I do not believe in it. My critical faculties are sharpened by the absence of the credibility that I ask for. As a historian, I know what can be offered.
The anarch is oriented to facts, not ideas.
He fights alone, as a free man, and would never dream of sacrificing himself to having one inadequacy supplant another and a new regime triumph over the old one. In this sense, he is closer to the philistine; the baker whose chief concern is to bake good bread; the peasant, who works his plow while armies march across his fields.
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We do not escape our boundaries or our innermost being.
We do not change. It is true we may be transformed, but we always walk within our boundaries, within the marked-off circle.
I am an anarch – not because I despise authority, but because I need it.
Likewise, I am not a nonbeliever, but a man who demands something worth believing in.
The anarchist, as the born foe of authority, will be destroyed by it after damaging it more or less. The anarch, on the other hand, has appropriated authority; he is sovereign. He therefore behaves as a neutral power vis-à-vis state and society. He may like, dislike, or be indifferent to whatever occurs in them. That is what determines his conduct; he invests no emotional values.
The political trend is always to be observed, partly as a spectacle, partly for one's own safety. The liberal is dissatisfied with regime; the anarch passes through their sequence - as inoffensively as possible - like a suite of rooms. This is the recipe for anyone who cares more about the substance of the world than its shadow - the philosopher, the artist, the believer.
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I came to realize that one single human being, comprehended in his depth, who gives generously from the treasures of his heart, bestows on us more riches than Caesar or Alexander could ever conquer. Here is our kingdom, the best of monarchies, the best republic. Here is our garden, our happiness.
It has always been my ideal in war to eliminate all feelings of hatred and to treat my enemy as an enemy only in battle and to honour him as a man according to his courage.
The anarch knows the rules. He has studied them as a historian and goes along with them as a contemporary. Wherever possible, he plays his own game within their framework; this makes the fewest waves.
The anarch wages his own wars, even when marching in rank and file
The (capital punishment) controversy passes the anarch by.
For him, the linking of death and punishment is absurd. In this respect, he is closer to the wrongdoer than to the judge, for the high-ranking culprit who is condemned to death is not prepared to acknowledge his sentence as atonement; rather, he sees his guilt in his own inadequacy. Thus, he recognizes himself not as a moral but as a tragic person.
The special trait making me an anarch is that I live in a world which I 'ultimately' do not take seriously. This increases my freedom; I serve as a temporary volunteer
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Right back when the Alphabet Photo linky started on the Podcast Blog I knew what photo I would share for S.
I took this photo at the National Space Centre in Leicester on a family day out and I love it. The day was fantastic, it was a Star Wars 'May the Fourth be with you' day, so not only did we get to see all the space stuff, rockets and interesting exhibits but there were stormtroopers and other characters walking around too!
The Monkey and the Mouse had a great day (as did we), they loved every minute of exploring! The spaceman is outside the centre and both kids pointed him out on the way in and out!
He is almost a mascot to a great day and the blue sky behind him helps show what a beautiful day it was too!
That is a brilliant picture, love it!
Great obit, I really want to visit that musuem.
What a fab photo! I didn't realise there was a space centre in Leicester, I bet my son would love it!


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Helping students become engaged learners is a goal of most teachers and educational programs. Finding ways to pique their interest, and helping them develop the skills needed to dive into and make sense of any given curriculum is at the root of teacher planning sessions. In the same manner, finding ways to develop students' social emotional skill set is just as important.
Social and emotional skills are what help students makes sense of, and connect to both who they are, and the world around them. Skills such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making play a large role in a student's overall success—both academically and in regards to becoming an well-rounded responsible citizen.
Schools and educational programs across the country have taken an interest in the philosophy of both growth mindset and social/emotional learning (SEL), and are implementing these ideas in countless ways. Hospital education programs can also benefit by incorporating social emotional learning into the curriculum, therefore helping students continue to make academic and social advancement while receiving treatment.
Start each class with a check-in. Allow students to identify how they are feeling (with the use of visuals or emotion charts as needed). Discuss as a group the goals for the class session, and ask each student how they might accomplish them and what support they may need based on their check-in.
Model appropriate behavior and skills for students. If a student makes negative or inappropriate statements regarding their work or other's actions, rephrase them in a way that helps identify the feelings behind the statements, and demonstrates a more responsible manner of expressing a need or making a point. Find teachable moments when possible.
Use games to teach skills. As a welcoming activity or if there is extra time at the end of class, use games to bring movement and energy to the classroom while helping younger students learn about social emotional characteristics. SEL learning games such as Feelings Charades, Freeze Dance, and Principal Wild Says from Centervention help improve the ability to follow directions, identify emotions, and respond to tasks, which are all important components of the social/emotional skill set.
Take on the perspective of others for assignments. For Literature or History based assignments, consider having students write poems, letters, or statements from one of the characters or individuals' perspective. By answering assigned questions, the student will be able to demonstrate comprehension of the subject, while the role play activity helps strengthen interpersonal and empathy skills.
Provide opportunities for group work. When feasible, allow students to partner up or form small groups to tackle a set of problems or an assignment. Encourage communication skill development such as listening, taking turns, respecting the viewpoints of others, and working toward a common objective. After the project, ask questions to identify what was difficult, and how they overcame differences in the group setting.
Allow for student self-expression. Being admitted to a hospital or other residential treatment facility can be extremely difficult for many student-patients. By allowing for student creativity and self-expression, teachers can help student-patients express what makes them personally unique, and can expand on the individual interests of each student to help tailor their academic experience.
Though student-patients may only be a part of the hospital classroom for a short period of time, it is still a valuable opportunity to aid in the development of social and emotional skills. By incorporating easy to administer activities and games into the regular class routine, students will be able to make progress academically while gaining important interpersonal skills and intrapersonal perspective.


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Home/Uncategorized/District Congress Committee spokesperson demands Statewide implementation of the Nijaat Abhiyan run by Koriya SP Santosh Singh.
District Congress Committee spokesperson demands Statewide implementation of the Nijaat Abhiyan run by Koriya SP Santosh Singh.
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Koriya. District Congress Committee Spokesperson Saurav Mishra called on Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Home Minister Tamradhwaj to publicize and advertise the campaign against drugs, narcotics and illicit drugs by District Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh. Sourav Mishra, District Congress Committee spokesperson, wrote a letter to the Chief Minister and informed him that Koriya Superintendent of Police, Santosh Singh, is running a drive against drugs, narcotics and illicit drugs in the district. Under this campaign, the Koriya police are making efforts to intercept narcotics, illegal drugs, but they are also trying to raise public awareness through various programs. The police have also arranged to counsel the severely addicted. Saurav Mishra mentioned in the letter that since July, 124 people got arrested in 98 cases of narcotics, 368people in 355 cases of illicit liquor in the district under the Nijat Abhiyan run by Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh. In all, 492 people have been arrested in 453 cases so far under the Nijat Abhiyan. Many people have gotten better after counselling, and others are still under the supervision of the department. District Spokesperson Saurav Mishra further wrote that the anti-drugs, narcotics and illicit drug campaign launched by Santosh Singh in Koriya is very commendable and praiseworthy. If the Nijaat Abhiyan is expanded to the entire state, then youth can be made aware of drugs, narcotics and illegal drugs.
District Spokesperson also requested the Chief Minister to publicize and advertise the campaign in the entire state and implement it. It is noteworthy that; two IPS officers of the country were honoured with America's prestigious IACP Award for their continuous efforts to crack down on criminals and community policing; one of those is District Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh.


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Glenn was one of the original Podfest members and has been the opening speaker for most of the Podfest conferences. Having been fulltime podcaster for 11 years he has produced over 12,500 podcast episode and hosted over 5,000.
He hosts one of the three longest running daily podcasts in the world, Horses in the Morning. Started on Nov 1, 2010 it now has over 2,800 episodes and is the most popular and profitable podcast on the Horse Radio Network.
Producer Jaime
Host & Executive Producer, Owner of Flint Stone Media & the Florida Podcast Network
Producer Jaime Legagneur is the co-host and producer of the Podfest Podcast and also host and producer of her own show, Business in the Bedroom, and has grown her business producing podcasts and managing podcast networks. She first founded her business, Flint Stone Media, as a digital marketing firm before discovering podcasting in 2014 and establishing her first show, Curve the Cube. She began working as a Production Coordinator for the Horse Radio Network in the summer of 2017, learning more of the business of podcasting. With this foundation, Jaime then refocused her company as a podcast production house, helping other independent podcasters launch shows. In November 2017, she established the Florida Podcast Network, which now boasts five shows–three of which Jaime hosts–Finding Florida, People of Florida, and Florida Podcasting News.
Since then, Jaime has also been the organizer of the Palm Beach Podcasters MeetUp group and the Director of The Wedding Biz Network. She also speaks regularly on a variety of podcast-related topics. Most recently, Jaime earned the privilege of being the first Podcasting Instructor for the Connecticut School of Broadcasting and the recipient of Podfest's 2020 High Achiever Award.


You will see people everywhere using those retractable flexi leashes. They are ever so popular because they give dogs more freedom, and who wouldn't want that? A free dog is a happy dog, right? Wrong!
These flexi leashes are extremely dangerous for dogs and people. BUT, I'll start by saying I own a few and recommend them for trainers who can use them properly. They are a great tool for teaching dogs things like send aways, recalls, retrieves and more. But for the common dog owner who will just let their dogs meander, any retractable leash is a terrible idea. I spell it out in the video below.
One of the most important things that people do when their dog is far away from them, like when they are on a flexi leash is NOT PAY ATTENTION. Then when there's a problem, they can't remember how to get the dog back and they start pulling on the cord. There have been severe injuries by pulling the dog in by the cord, severe! Just do a quick google search. And, if you think you're above it, I will tell you that you're wrong!
Another common issue is small dogs that are running ahead of you on a flexi leash are very likely to entice a high prey drive dog to chase them. VERY DANGEROUS.
Flexi leashes are also very likely to be snapped out of your hand when you're least paying attention, then the sound of the plastic banging around on the ground, can spook your dog into thinking they are being chased. This alone can scare a dog into running and not returning to their handler.
If you want to use a flexi retractable leash, do so to train your dog, but don't use a flexi leash to walk your dog on a daily walk. Watch this video and share it with your friends who also love dogs. Leave a comment below, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Enjoy your videos on you tube and would like learning more common sense training for mtself and my German Shepard (NaLa).
Thanks Bob. Along with all the videos on youtube and facebook I'm launching a members only section which will have more premium content not available anywhere else!


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Home Press Release Silk Road Friendship Award Ceremony held online
Silk Road Friendship Award Ceremony held online
The Silk Road Friendship Award Ceremony, hosted by the China International Cultural Exchange Center (CICEC) and the Global People Magazine, co-organized by the China International Culture & Arts Co. LTD (CICAC) and organized by the Peace Culture Development Group, was held online on May 31. Themed on "Telling the stories of BRI participants", the award ceremony was attended by over 500 guests, including award recipients and representatives of their enterprises, CICEC's council members, and friends interested in BRI at home and abroad.
In his welcome address, Mr. YANG Chuantang, Vice Chairman of CPPCC's 13th National & Chairman of CICEC said that Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) in 2013. In the last 9 years, we jointly promoted high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and have achieved substantial results. Today we are hosting this ceremony, with the purpose of telling selfless and great love of those participants of the Belt and Road, amplifying the voice of Silk Road friendship, jointly building the Belt and Road and realizing dreams of Silk Road. We shall join hands to develop well our common home of earth and contribute our share to the building of a community of shared future for mankind.
In his welcome address, Mr. YU Shaoliang, Editor-in-Chief of People's Daily said, to promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" continuously achieving new results, it is inseparable from the diligence and wisdom, insight and practice of the people of countries and regions along the Belt and Road. Selection and recognition of the Ambassador of Silk Road Friendship, is aimed to praise their contributions in taking Chinese culture global, strengthen friendly exchanges among peoples of all countries, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. He hoped that more people like these recipients will gather consensus on and contribute to the strength of the Belt and Road cooperation, and create a better future for the Belt and Road.
Mr. XU Honghai, Secretary General of CICEC delivered a welcome message
In his welcome message, Mr. XU Honghai, Secretary General of CICEC said that Ambassadors of Silk Road friendship in the new age receive the historical baton, will exert themselves to run at the utmost speed, and join hands for a common development for both the East and the West. The organizing committee expects that through this event to promote the global governance based on extensive consultation, joint efforts and shared benefits, advocate the common value appreciating the diversity of civilizations, and sow more seeds of love on the earth, our home.
Mr. ZHANG Hongmin, Master of Ceremony
Other distinguished attendees include, FANG Jiangshan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of People's Daily, ZHANG Boli, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Vice Chairpersons of CICEC, HE Jianzhong, LI Baodong, LI Jianhong, XU Lirong, KONG Dan, HUANG Jiefu, Head of China National Organ Donation and Transplantation Committee & Dean of Hospital Management Research Institute at Tsinghua University, ZHOU Haijiang, Vice Chairman of the 11 Executive Committee of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) & Vice Chairman of China Non-government Chamber of Commerce.
Out of over 100 candidates worldwide, 12 individuals and 1 group were awarded the honorary title of the Ambassador of Silk Road Friendship. These recipients are from over 10 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania and various fields including politics, economy, health care, infrastructure, sports, arts, etc. They shared their stories and their representation proves that the Belt and Road is a path of peace, prosperity, inclusion, innovation and civilization.
Ambassador of Silk Road Friendship
Gulnar Shaimergenova from Kazakhstan
As an international scholar, Gulnar Shaimergenova was most proud of her efforts of facilitating the first shipment of Kazakh wheat from Kazakhstan with transit in China. She committed herself to studying on the BRI in the last 10 years. Her research report on Kazakhstan-China logistics cooperation base and following recommendations were accepted by the Kazakh authorities. Nowadays, the China-Kazakhstan Lianyungang Logistics Cooperation Base has become an important channel for Kazakh goods shipping overseas. Gulnar Shaimergenova served the Kazakhstan China Studies Centre as the Director in 2015. Under her leadership, the Centre organized various academic activities around BRI, China-Kazakhstan ties, and China's development achievement, and timely updated the latest studies results, which becomes a trusted way for the Kazakh public to learn a real China.
Mohanad Ali Moh'd Shalabi from Jordan
Mohanad Ali Moh'd Shalabi's story is full of tasty smell. He introduced the authentic Arab cuisine to China's Yiwu and married a Chinese lady and finally settled down in China. He once sent proposals to the local authority about ensuring life convenience for international friends in the city and got a positive feedback. Nowadays, he often engaged in mediation and helped foreign businessmen involved in economic disputes. Thus he was called "Old Uncle" from the Arab. His Beyti restaurant also becomes foreign businessmen's "home" in China. From his example, we could find the happiness delivered by the BRI through its tangible benefits.
Normunds Kotans from Latvia
At the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, the "Flying Snow Dragon", the National Sliding Center dazzled the world. As the special competition organization expert for the sliding events of Beijing Winter Games, Normunds Kotans worked intensively for days, helping to build a first sliding track in China. He was also in charge of venue facility plan and techniqian training. His work was well recorgnized both in China and over the world. After the Beijing Winter Games, he returned to his home country, Latvia. He is looking forward to visit China again and continue to write his China story.
Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov from Uzbekistan
Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov, the Uzbek Minister of Innovative Development spared no effort to promote the Uzbekistan-China vaccine cooperation, succeed in introducing and certifying the Chinese recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine in Uzbekistan. He organized 7000 volunteers in the clinical trial, which he himself and his family participated. In Uzbekistan, about one in two of its population have received the jabs of China-developed vaccines, which were considered in Uzbekistan the safest and most effective type. He also pushed for building production lines, realizing local production of the vaccine. He and many local people believe that the bilateral vaccine cooperation will definitely yield fruitful results and help people in both countries overcome the difficulties
Chai Yang from Laos
Chai Yang is Lao youth working to build the railway. At first, he was assigned to become a driver for the Chinese technician Niu Yuchun. Then, Mr. Niu became his teacher and taught him without reservation. Chai Yang bore in mind every curve and ramp near the project site. At leisure, he learned to measure by using measuring apparatus, and how to check the drawing and various kind of housing construction skills. Gradually he became a specialist of housing construction and contributed his share to high efficient construction of the China-Lao Railway.
Sean Dara from Cambodia
Sean Dara from Cambodia shares the similar experience. He was once granted to study in China. After graduation, he returned and joined the Sihanoukville Port Special Economic Zone, becoming a cog for this China-Cambodia friendship project. He worked at the Property Management Department, making sure the zone to present itself in front of guests of different countries in the tidiest and cleanest way. Besides, he voluntarily provided Cambodian-Chinese translation after work. In this seemingly ordinary work, Cambodia-China friendship take root and sprout among the public. "As a beneficiary of the BRI, I will use what I learn and what I can do to help more people, and also contribute my share to promote Cambodia-China friendship".
Athuai Deng Akok from South Sudan
Athuai Deng Akok, Business Manager of South Sudan Branch of CHEC & CCCG was regarded as a hero in a warring state. His story tells how friendship of the country lies in the affinity of the people. In December 2013, an armed conflict broke out in Juba, capital of South Sudan. A number of firefight occurred at a location near the CHEC's branch. Worrying about safety of his Chinese colleagues, amid gunfire, he helped them arrive at Nimule, a small town near the border between South Sudan and Uganda. Risking his own life, he went back alone to the office and stayed there for 3 months, protecting company's equipment and assets from robbery and damage. With his protection, the company site was intact and CHEC' loss was minimized
Rehmat Ali from Pakistan
A road of friendship carries two generations' Silk Road ties. Rehmat Ali and his father have an unbreakable bond with the Karakoram Highway connecting China and Pakistan. They both promoted the infrastructure connectivity between the two countries. His father once took apart in building the Karakoram Highway, dedicating his youth and time to this road of the highest elevation. After graduation from a medical school in China, Rehmat Ali became the resident doctor of the upgrade project of this road. He didn't spare time taking care of his wife and children, traveling along this highway all years and taking the tasks of early warnings and special crisis management. He was also in charge of safety precaution and first aid. He took best care of all his patients. Checking different physical conditions of Pakistani and Chinese, he developed the different standard of adopting medicine. "After the upgrade project, I am still looking forward to participating in the BRI and CPEC".
Simon Williams from Australia
Simon Williams, Operations and Maintenance Manager of China Power Construction's Cattle Hill Wind Power Project, set the example of sustainable energy cooperation among China-Australia cooperation projects, and promoted the bilateral people-to-people exchanges. Simon Williams led the team to overcome multiple challenges posed by weather, forest fires and the COVID-19 pandemic, and ensured the high quality construction of the project. Meanwhile, he promoted the integration of the Cattle Hill project to the local community, letting local residents seeing positive changes and enjoying tangible dividends brought by the project. Thus, he got all favorable feedback.
Sonja Mühlberger from Germany
Sonja Mühlberger, now 83 years' old, committed herself to studying and recording the history of Jewish refugees in Shanghai. Born in Shanghai, she took nearly a decade assisting the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum to gather and verify names of 13732 Jewish refugees in Shanghai and their information. Thanks to her list, Wall of Names could be set up, commemorating Jewish refugees in Shanghai at the Museum. She witnessed the darkest moment of the modern history. She also told the world stories of "hospitable and kind" Chinese people in the Second World War.
Yang Li from Thailand
Every string and column on the guzheng connect souls and minds. Music could enhance culture integration. As the most influential Chinese musician in Thailand, Yang Li has long been engaged in the promotion and education of the Chinese guzheng, building a bridge of bilateral culture exchange. By coincidence, she made friend with Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol. They accompanied each other for nearly 15 years in practicing guzheng playing and giving touring performance all over the world. They also organized the concert themed on "Thailand-China as Close as Family" in consecutive years, letting Thai people start to listen to guzheng songs and even learned how to play it. Yang Li and the Princess together compose and perform a new movement in the musical composition of the Thailand-China traditional friendship.
Ahmed Waqas Bhatty from Pakistan
Mutual learning in the field of health care also took place along the Belt and Road. Once working as consultant in the Liver Transplant Center of the Tianjin First Central Hospital for 6 years, Ahmed Waqas Bhatty, a Pakistani doctor assisted nearly 400 surgeries of liver transplant, and provided postoperative care management and precaution for international patients. Meanwhile, he promoted organ transplant exchanges and cooperation between Pakistan and China. He expected that a friendship hospital adopting the Chinese standard could be built in his home country, promoting an ever closer Pakistan-China medical cooperation on liver transplant.
Facing with the rampant COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) delivered the glimpse of light at the end of tunnel. Dr. Ramon Maria Calduch founded the first TCM clinic in Spain. He publicly promoted the TCM's effects on COVID-19 treatment and prevention and advocated the importance of legislation on TCM. Te Kian Keong, the Founder and President of the Malaysian TCM Association against COVID-19, made by himself the TCM herbal soup composed of 5 leaves and promoted TCM therapy against the pandemic. Suryawan Ang, born in a family of TCM doctors in Indonesia, made the herbal formula preventive of COVID-19 and delivered to local residents free of charge. Gayane Tsaturyan, an Armenian medical translator, continued academic exchanges with Chinese doctors, assisting Russian doctors treating COVID patients with TCM. Leong Weizhen, Vice President of TCM Alumni Association of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore adopted acupuncture and TCM methods to treat the COVID-19 related symptoms, together with acupoint massage and food therapy for restoring immunity. Paul McArdle, an Irish who owns TCM clinic in the UK, proved the TCM efficacy by giving his own example, winning public trust through incorporating both TCM and western medicines. This is a large group of people contributing to build a global community of health. They comprise a large group, overseas TCM practitioners and supporters. Their efforts make people worldwide appreciating the strength and subtlety of TCM culture.
Ramon Maria Calduch from Spain gave an acceptance speech, representing the group recipients
These Ambassadors of Silk Road Friendship in the new age, promoted the physical connectivity, institutional connectivity, and people-to-people connectivity of the Belt and Road. Together with them, representatives of their enterprises and institutions, government authorities, CICEC's council members, representatives of universities and academic institutes, in a total over 500 attended the award ceremony virtually.
To implement President Xi Jinping's instructions on building the Belt and Road and the community of shared future for mankind, promote BRI's principles on extensive consultation, joint efforts and shared benefits, and enhance people-to-people exchanges and public opinions, CICEC and Global People Magazine decide to hold the Silk Road Friendship Award Ceremony from 2020 on. The first award ceremony was held in Beijing on December 21, 2020.
LIU Wendi, Executive Dean of Wuzhou Academy of Calligraphy and Painting representing the author team of Silk Road Oasis
At the event, each award recipient received a Silk Road gift, an artistic work, Silk Road Oasis presented by LIU Wendi, Executive Dean of Wuzhou Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, ZHENG Mengqiu, national first-class painter, and MA Zhigang, China's top calligraphy prize winner and a famous young calligrapher. Its digital collectible, jointly created by the organizing committee, People's Cultural Creative and the Summit Art Center, was also released at the event. Besides, the Silk Road Dream Fund held the announcing session, receiving donations from individuals and enterprises such as SUMEC, iFLYTEK and Shenzhen Zion, aiming to help and encourage award recipients to realize their dreams on the Belt and Road cooperation.
Mr. WANG Fengcheng, Chairman of Board, Peace Culture Development Group gave a speech at the Announcing Session of the Silk Road Dream Fund on behalf of the ceremony's organizer.
Mr. ZHAO Weilin, General Manager, SUMEC Co. Ltd. gave a speech as a donating representative to the Silk Road Dream Fund.
Ms. Du Lan, Senior Vice President of iFLYTEK Co.,Ltd gave a speech as a donating representative to the Silk Road Dream Fund.
Mr. ZHANG Gangfu, Management Committee Director, Belt and Road Innovation and Development Cooperation Fund gave a speech representing donating enterprises to the Silk Road Dream Fund.
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The start of the New Year is the perfect time to reinvent your sales strategy and kick your goals into high gear. The horizon is looking especially bright for IT service revenue in 2017. According to Gartner, the IT research firm, worldwide IT spending is projected to grow by nearly 3 percent to $3.5 trillion. The forecast is looking even brighter with growth projections at 4.8 percent for IT services and 7.2 percent for software.
With opportunity in abundance for agents, resellers and IT solution providers, the path to sales success really boils down to strategy and approach.
Here are 4 ways to help meet and exceed your sale's goals in 2017.
Goals are a key motivator in any sales strategy. Obviously, in order to exceed them, you need to identify them first. While having a goal of making a million dollars might be a great big picture, long-term goal, setting short-term, more realistic goals is what will lead to that type of success down the road. Just as you can't decide to run a 50 mile marathon on a whim, everything takes practice, dedication and time. Crafting goals that apply to both your strengths and weaknesses and aligning them to shorter terms where you can be more accountable, such as daily, weekly or monthly, will increase their effectiveness. For example, if your strength is cold calling, increase your call volume by a few calls each day or week. If you need to grow your network, make a commitment to attend more industry events each month, or become more active on social media sites like LinkedIn daily. Setting goals that are specific to you and realistic to uphold, will help you achieve greater success.
Setting goals is only half of the equation. In order for the goals you set to be effective, you need to monitor them and be accountable. Whether you track your activity using an advanced tool or merely in a spreadsheet, set time each week or month to monitor and evaluate your own performance. Mid-year is a good time to do a full review and see if the goals you set are making an impact or whether they need to be reevaluated in order to get you closer to your long-term goal.
Oftentimes, we are so focused on landing the next big customer that we forget that a world of opportunity lies within our existing base. Maintaining communication with new and existing customers is important for many reasons, but should always be a part of your sales strategy. We've outlined some great customer content strategies you can implement in this recent post that will help drum up new sales and opportunities within your existing customer base.
Beyond maintaining communication with customers, proactively maintaining your existing revenue is essential to any growth initiative. With customers whose contracts expire at all different times of the year, using tools to track and monitor your revenue is extremely beneficial. Some providers offer online portals with built-in revenue tracking elements and contract expiration reminders which is huge, but if you're not lucky enough to have one of those, take the time now to schedule reminders in advance of contract expirations to ensure you never lose existing and reoccurring revenue.
With a plentiful prospect pool projected for 2017, sales success really comes down to you. Identifying a clear set of goals that are tailored to the areas that you excel in and that need improvement, monitoring them, and growing and maintaining your existing customer base, will all help you meet and exceed the goals you set forth.
Happy New Year! We wish you all a successful and prosperous 2017!


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This is a list of French football transfers for the 2018 summer transfer window. Only transfers featuring Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 are listed.

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 2018–19 Ligue 1
 2018–19 Ligue 2

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 Official site of the FFF
 Official site of the Ligue 1

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