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Friendly Match Report: Doncaster Rovers 1 - 1 Forest
A big warm welcome to our pal and yours, Steve Wright, making his debut for In The Top One. He schlepped up to Doncaster for a sunny evening's friendly.
By Steve_Wright Jul 23, 2015, 7:56am BST
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You cannot take a lot from a pre-season friendly in my humble opinion. The games are not at full pace, certainly not for 90 minutes anyway, so you get glimpses and hints rather than any real idea of how your team will fare over a tough season of Championship football. Last night at the Keepmoat we got exactly that, a game that had sporadic bursts of energy and a few hints about where we are at.
The first thing that really stood was the new yellow away it. This has already been talked about a lot so I don't want to dwell on it but, having now seen it in the flesh, we really should be looking to keep this one for some time. Well done to all concerned.
The team lined up for kick off in a quite flexible 4-2-3-1 formation but with considerably changed personnel from Saturday. Only Mills, Lansbury and Ward remained from the Stevenage game as others got a chance to shine, including a trialist left back.
Evtimov
Reira Mills Wilson Pinillos
Lansbury Vaughan
Burke Ward Taylor
The most interesting takeaways for me came from the three forward players operating behind Dexter Blackstock. Straight from the start Jamie Ward stood out as a player who has something. He works very hard to win the ball in forward positions and when he has it at his feet he is a threat to defenders. His arrival also seems to have inspired Chris Burke to his best efforts and he too was a thorn in the sides of Doncaster defenders as he twisted and turned.
Paul Taylor, who continues to train with the club, on this showing at least did not convince me he is worthy of a contract, or more importantly a place in our limited squad of 24 senior players. He kept going and made more of an impression in the second half but he doesn't bring anything different to the squad that I could see last night and we have much greater need for other types of player.
Despite a bright start from Forest, Doncaster quickly found their feet and through the expert promptings of James Coppinger, who ran the midfield in fine style, they looked a much slicker outfit than Forest throughout the first half. Forest were a bit disjointed and though they threatened through the creativity of Ward and Burke, they looked second best for much of that first 45 minutes.
Blackstock was unable to really impose himself and David Vaughan - though he didn't play badly - looked off the pace in a pre-season match, which is a concern when it comes to the full speed of the Championship. The need for a striker and, for want of a better description, a Gary Gardner is stark. We have midfielders and some of them are potentially very good but we lack that glue to pull it all together in this key area of the pitch.
Perhaps another hint came as Doncaster scored. They had earlier managed to head home a high ball into the box only for it to be ruled out for offside, although this didn't stop them from playing a burst of goal music in unfortunate celebration before realising what had happened. That turned out to be a warning and on 16 minutes a free kick was crossed into the box, poorly defended and forced home by Curtis Main. An old defensive problem rearing its head despite the presence of Kelvin Wilson and Matt Mills, both possessing - but failing - to impose impressive physical frames.
Elsewhere in defence young Spanish centre half Roger Reira played at right back as Dougie Freedman looked to further investigate the "square pegs in round holes" that he hopes will give him flexibility in his squad and fellow countryman Daniel Pinillos, a trialist who played for Cordoba last season, played on the opposite flank. It is difficult to judge either player on such a game, Reira made slightly more of an impression but Pinillos did little wrong, except for a misjudged back pass that almost caught Dimitar Evtimov out, but also nothing especially impressive either.
On 34 minutes Forest equalised with what was the highlight of the match. Chris Burke span past his man, took the ball to the edge of the box and curled it left footed into the opposite top corner of the goal. An absolute beauty of a goal, reminiscent of the finish to his debut goal against Blackpool at the start of last season. It was a good evening for Burke who looked motivated and effective.
Here's Chris Burke's stunning solo goal for #nffc tonight at #drfc. Shot via my viewfinder @itvcalendar pic.twitter.com/yHfwySYztj
— Sam Duffy (@SamDuffy) July 21, 2015
At the start of the second half Michael Mancienne, Ben Osborn and Jamie Paterson replaced Mills, Henri Lansbury and Ward with Paterson slotting into the number 10 role behind Blackstock and looking very keen to make an impact. A period of sustained pressure resulted from the changes as Forest looked to get control of the match but although chances were created there were to be no more goals and the game petered out as further changes were made by both sides.
A final moment of worry came with five minutes left as an overly robust challenge on Osborn led to him leaving the field with a shoulder injury. The immediate reaction of Nicky Maynard calling for a substitution and the sight of a stretcher hovering (but ultimately not used) elevated the concern and we can only hope he is okay.
Overall, it feels like we have some good players but we also lack a bit of balance in the squad. Expectations seem to be quite low key at the moment and that should be a good thing, especially given the considerable uncertainty around those frustrating injuries. After the match Dougie Freedman expressed his happiness with the progress to date and confirmed that a more settled side will play the remaining two friendlies against Swansea and Villa, as we get a clearer idea of our starting eleven and perhaps our prospects for the long season ahead.
*You probably know Steve as @mistrollingin. Steve has fully got his head around FFP so he'll be bringing that and more to the In The Top One table.


Now that tax season is over (or winding down), for many of our clients it is back to "business as usual". Your tax filing has come and gone, you're starting fresh for another business year and maybe right about now, you're wondering how long you need to keep your tax records for.
The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) recommends keeping your tax records and all supporting documents for six years. If you filed any amended returns after the original one, the six year period starts after the amendment submission. You will want to keep all your important records in case of an audit.
It will also be helpful to store these documents in an organized manner so that information is easily accessible if you ever need to go back and review.
Sometimes, it's easy to forget the humble beginnings that companies start out from but here at Five Star Accounting, it is never far from our minds. We started out as Hospitality Services Inc. (HSI), a bookkeeping service catered specifically towards businesses in the hospitality industry. We understood the unique needs of this fast-paced and demanding industry and offered tailored services that met those needs. At the time, we were an "all-services" support firm so we offered many other auxiliary services as well.
Fast forward a few years, we realized that our core competency was in accounting and bookkeeping – it was also what we were most passionate about. We realized our skills and expertise that we had accumulated over the years could serve businesses across many different industries – not just those in the hospitality industry. That is when we rebranded to Five Star Accounting and began working with clients outside of the hospitality industry. Today, we work with both for-profit and non-profit organizations, including those in retail, professional services, and of course, restaurants too!
We are extremely proud of our humble beginning… and every challenge and triumph we've had along the way. If you are a small to medium sized business in Winnipeg, we would love to hear from you. After all, we've been where you are and we would love to lend a hand.


The Environmental Working Group (EWG) commissioned a study of the quality of 10 domestic brands of bottled water. The ten brands were purchased from eight different states and the District of Columbia, then sent to the University of Iowa's Hygienic Laboratory for analysis. Samples were also sent to the University of Missouri for further analysis. You can read about the methodology of the tests here.
Municipalities are required to test for contaminants every year and then to make the results of those tests available to the public. Check the website of your municipality to find out what's in your tap water. The bottled water industry has no such requirement.
Altogether, the analyses conducted by the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory of these 10 brands of bottled water revealed a wide range of pollutants, including not only disinfection byproducts, but also common urban wastewater pollutants like caffeine and pharmaceuticals (Tylenol); heavy metals and minerals including arsenic and radioactive isotopes; fertilizer residue (nitrate and ammonia); and a broad range of other, tentatively identified industrial chemicals used as solvents, plasticizers, viscosity decreasing agents, and propellants.
Read the study. Stop buying and using bottled water. Today.


Today I start the final year where my age begins with a "T". Ever.
Actually, I don't really think Birthdays Bite, but these two little pictures are my favorites out of a bunch of posters that Julie made to hang all around my house when she and Jim threw my surprise 30th birthday party (so long ago…).
Some childhood b-day memories that stand out?
*When I was four or five, a party guest barfed up her pigs-in-a-blanket. She left the party shortly thereafter.
*Turning 13 and in 8th grade, I had a MAJOR crush. My friend made sure that my crush, along with his dad, "just happenned" to want to bowl at the same bowling alley where I was having my birthday party. In the next lane over. While my mom snapped photos.
Some adult b-day memories that stand out?
*The aforementioned surprise birthday party for my 30th that Jim and Julie managed to pull off (because once I get wind of something, I usually use my mad P.I. skills to sniff it all out) IN MY OWN HOUSE. The decoy? My friend Kate, who flew up from Tennessee for the weekend (unexpected by me), making me think that SHE was the biggest surprise of the weekend. When she and I arrived back at my house, the party was only the second surprise. The third? The 8th grade crush had flown up from Tennessee with his wife for the party, along with the first boy I kissed, and also the boy who was like a brother to me in high school. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I had been keeping in touch with the Crush over all that time because our families knew each other, and he was really good friends with the second guy. The third guy I had lost touch with, but Julie located him. What a shocker!
*Last year, when Jim sent Julie and I to NYC as a joint b-day gift. We had the time of our lives!
Happy Birthday to you! (You live in a shoe… you look like a monkey….. and you smell like one too!) Tee hee. Have a great day!
I came over specifically to tell you HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Thirty-nine forever!!!
Happy Birthday!! I had a Holly Hobbie party too. Have you seen her recently? She's had a "makeover" and looks nothing like her old self.
Screw the thirties. They aren't all that!
EEEEW!! After your comment I had to go and look her up. I am so disturbed! She's cute and all, but NOT Holly Hobbie. What happenned to the innocence of America? It's all gone, I tell ya…it's all gone.
What's next, Laura Ingalls Wilder in the clubs a-la Britney, Lindsey, and Paris?? YIKES.
I love my daughter! I'm a lucky Dad as I have TWO fantastic daughters who always make me proud to have become their Dad!
Today, Melisa is in the spotlight..Happy Birthday honey! You continue to make your Mom and me so happy! I'd be lying if I didn't credit your Mom for passing on her greatness to you!
You constantly amaze me the way you've grown up to be a wonderful woman, Mom, and wife! (and author!) I applaud you and wish you all the best on this birthday! YOU are your Mom and Dad's present to us everyday!
I respect you! I'm so very proud of you! Most of all…I LOVE you!
Shucks Dad, you're going to make me get all teary-eyed! Thanks for posting, and I love you too!
OK! Your dad is SOOOO sweet! Tell him to cruise on over to Manic's later this week for Jules' Minute!!!
Or, maybe not! I'm not sure what she said yet! LOL!
Whenever my mom visits my blog, all she does is tell me I'm sharing too much information!!!
Secondly…your dad sounds like a sweetheart, and I can see where the family's writing talent comes from!
You're really only in your forties when you're 41. The 40 part is a little bridge between the two…so technically you have two years in which to live!
And honestly…I second Andie. I would never have guessed your age.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Melisa,I can't believe I missed it. Even with the time difference I am no longer in time for it. Anyway I hope you had an awesome birthday with tons of great gifts. Loved the pics. They are so cute.


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1535: Dissolution
Ruthin was dissolved in 1535 with the lesser religious houses.
At this time the house was under the patronage of the earl of Kent.
Houses of secular clergy were suppressed several years later which indicates that in 1535 Ruthin accommodated a regular community. Moreover, when the antiquary John Leland visited the area c. 1535 he was told that the house of Bonhommes Canons there had recently been converted into a parish chapel.
In 1553 there were still four former religious of Ruthin College receiving pensions which, as Knowles and Hadcock argue [Medieval Religious Houses], suggests that there may have been about seven canons at Ruthin at the time of its suppression.
Stöber, Karen, Late Medieval Monasteries and their Patrons: England and Wales, c.1300-1540, Studies in the History of Medieval Religion, 29 (Woodbridge, 2007) pp. 50-51

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Purpose At Work: How Lyft Accelerates Purpose Post-IPO
By: Simon Mainwaring, Forbes
This post is the third in a series of conversations with purpose-driven leaders who shared insights at the Social Innovation Summit in Los Angeles this June. At the convention, innovators from some of the worlds most progressive brands discuss challenges, opportunities and ideas around growing business through impact. Here I had the chance to chat with Mike Masserman, Head of Global Policy and Social Impact at Lyft.
Lyft has made a name for itself as the more community oriented, purpose-driven ride sharing service. "Our mission is to improve people's lives as the world's best transportation," Masserman shares.
Since its IPO earlier this year, Lyft is doubling down on impact. "What really excites me about going public is the opportunity to showcase the fact that we can be a public company for the public good," Masserman tells We First Branding. "That doing good is also good business. That when you lead with value it creates value and the more you focus on impact, the more you grow. And the more you grow, the more impact you can have."
Lyft isn't the only company realizing the value of purpose from a business standpoint. The largest brands in the world, from Walmart to Google, are heeding the call for corporations to build a better world. Consumers want to support brands that align with their beliefs. In fact, nearly 90% of consumers say they would purchase a product that triggers a social contribution over a non-purposeful rival product of equal price and quality.
Post IPO, the ride hailing company started Lyft City Works. The initiative will be funded with 1% of profits or $50 million annually, whichever is bigger. "This is about going into cities and working with riders and drivers and community leaders and civic activists to make cities more livable," says Lyft's head of Social Impact.
Lyft City Works is focused on three key areas; providing underserved communities with transportation, building better transportation infrastructure and reducing transport related greenhouse gas emissions.
"Twenty three and a half million Americans are living in food deserts. In places like D.C., in Ward Seven and Eight, they're also living in transportation deserts. So, we partner with Martha's Table in DC to provide reduced rides for people to get to the grocery store," Masserman says. "We're now launching that program all across the country."
The transportation access program also includes rides for low income individuals that need medical assistance. For Example Lyft has partnered with Sister Friends, a Detroit-based organization that helps women through pregnancy.
"The drivers are the ones who are doing these incredible rides," Masserman says. "We're definitely working on making sure they know that they're doing this incredible work and then we're also working on different programs for drivers." For example, Lyft recently launched an ESL program with Duolingo for drivers learning English.
In terms of infrastructure programs, Lyft is building "infrastructure for bikes and scooters in areas where typically transportation has been underserved," Masserman shares. To tackle emissions, Lyft made "a multi-million dollar commitment. Last year, we paid to offset over two million metric tons of carbon. That's the equivalent of 2.4 million acres of forestry.
Lyft's impact stems from its mission to create the best transportation systems. "We have this opportunity to reimagine cities built around people and not cars. We're really focused on this idea of people sharing rides as well as having these multimodal features," Masserman explains. "Meaning if you want to take public transit, fantastic. It's integrated into the app. If you want to take a bike or a scooter, it's integrated into the app. It's a one-stop shop for transportation."
Lyft is a powerful example of a brand that's leveraging its business for social good. At the center of its impact goals to build more livable cities is a strong community. Lyft is working to create a purposeful community with its drivers, riders and partners.
"More livable cities certainly need sustainability and decreased congestion, but more livable cities are also about people having more compassion and empathy and really creating more connection amongst themselves," Masserman says. "There's incredible connections that are being built during rides between passengers and drivers, even if it's just creating the sense of respect and dignity and inclusivity."
Lyft is also using its platform for good with numerous initiatives like the Wheels for All program, a partnership with drivers and United Way to help disaster and crisis victims. The brand took a policy stance with an ACLU partnership to oppose the Muslim travel ban. Lyft is also working on Human Rights campaigns for LGBTQ communities both within the organization and publicly.
On the consumer end, Lyft has built in a 'Round Up and Donate' feature. After each ride, Lyft rounds up the charge to the dollar and donates the spare change to a charity of the riders' choice. The key takeaway here is that Lyft is using purpose to create a meaningful connection with its employees, consumers and impact partners.
Lyft's wide array of social good programs might seem overwhelming if you are just starting to consider incorporating impact into your business. Where do you start? How do you pick a cause, or causes, that will make sense for your business?
Each brand is different; however, there are a few pillars of purpose that can help you align your brand with impact. "It has to be rooted in trying to solve problems for our 'Why'," Masserman explains. In other words, you must use your social good campaigns to build on your purpose.
Since there are so many great causes out there and so many ways to tackle them, it is also paramount to have criteria for selecting impact.
"One of the great challenges is that impact was happening all across the company," Masserman says. "Frankly, a lot of folks were just giving money to different nonprofits, which is great because nonprofits need money, but what we did was readjust that frame and say we are a transportation company. Let's focus on giving rides to people because we could really maximize our unique impact by focusing on rides."
Masserman says Lyft also applies risk analysis processes to impact campaigns, especially in the policy arena. "The recent slate of hate bills in places like Tennessee are happening at times when we have legislation up in these places. So having a commitment to always lead with your values is critical, while also acknowledging that you're taking some of these risks has been really important."
Regardless of what approach you take to your purpose driven initiatives it's important to maintain authenticity, right action, connect with community and tell compelling stories.
"I would argue that responsibility is something that has to be inherent in every company around the world. But you have to genuinely care about these issues and you have to identify what your values are upfront," Masserman says. "The company, the founders, the leaders within the company have to genuinely care about this."
"I think second it has to be rooted in authentic action. For us, we have a superpower of transportation. I would say that the authentic action for other companies comes from focusing on what you're good at."
"Third, is having it be rooted in community. When your communities are threatened you have to be able to stand up for your community. You have to be able to say what's right and have action behind it."
Lyft's leadership uses the brand to take the right actions and connect with communities during timely events. For example, "We saw a statistic that there were 16 million Americans in 2016 who were registered to vote didn't vote because of transportation-related issues," Masserman says. "So we provided free and reduced rides to the polls this past election and it wasn't about politics. It was about civic engagement and it was about using our power of transportation to provide those kinds of rides."
Purpose fuels growth and growth fuels impact. Lyft not only acts on impact during timely intervals, it is also building on the long term vision of livable cities. As Masserman shares, "I'm really most excited about collaborating with cities, working with riders, drivers, civic activists and community leaders. To do the transportation work and to think about how to create a clean energy future so we can maximize our impact."
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Athriya
اثريا
Daniel Demeter November 2, 2013 Hama Region
The small desert village of Athriya (اثريا) was once the site of the ancient Roman settlement of Seriana. Remains of its beautiful third century temple, relatively well-preserved, survive in this harsh desert landscape located about one hundred and thirty kilometers from Hama (حماة) and about equal distance from Homs (حمص). Once an important crossroads, and considerably more fertile than it is today, Athriya (اثريا) marked the point where the route between Tadmor/Palmyra (تدمر) and Qinnasrin/al-Aisa (قنسرين/العيسى) met the route between al-Rasafeh (الرصافة) and Salamiyeh (سلمية).
Today Athriya (اثريا) is little more than a police outpost and Bedouin village. It is still a crossroads, however, as the Salamiyeh (سلمية) to al-Raqqa (الرقة) highway passes through here, and there are also roads south to Tadmor/Palmyra (تدمر) and north to Khanasar (خناصر). The temple, visible to the south of the highway, is a 10 or 15 minute walk away. Follow the main road that runs south through the village and on to Tadmor/Palmyra (تدمر). The temple is orientated towards the east, and the eastern doorway has some beautiful decoration.
This temple stands alone on the south of a former citadel promontory, its four intact walls of mellowed limestone isolated in a moonscape of scattered, flinty stones. It was soundly built in solid limestone blocks, resembling in many ways the techniques used with the same type of stone in Tadmor/Palmyra (تدمر). The pseudo-peripteral temple is oriented to the east and the walls carry elegant pilasters with capitals in the Corinthian order. There is little trace of either the pronaos that preceded the cella or the stairs that led up to it. The wide eastern doorway is richly decorated with a typically Syrian semi-circular relieving arch above. A staircase embedded in the masonry to the right of the doorway ascends to what was once a terrace. A temenos wall would have surrounded the temple.
The building dates from the early third century, the style of the doorway bearing the same elaborate treatment used in contemporary Baalbek. It seems likely that it was erected by an imperial official at an important crossroads of the Roman road system. Alternatively, but probably less likely, it was an initiative by local interest groups concerned to display their 'Roman-ness'. There is no firm evidence as to the identity of the god to whom the temple was dedicated, but the German researcher Gogräfe has oscillated between an astral divinity or the local equivalent of the classical Apollo, Nabu, whose statue was found nearby. In the Byzantine period, the settlement was enclosed by walls which incorporated the temple as a fortified watchtower. In the Abbasid and Mamluk periods, the remains served as a way-station on the Sultan's travels between Damascus (دمشق) and the Jezira.
Getting There: The challenge of getting to and from Athriya (اثريا) will deter most from attempting to visit without their own transportation. There are somewhat frequent buses between al-Raqqa (الرقة) and Homs (حمص) which pass by here via Salamiyeh (سلمية), but practically none of them will stop to pick up passengers.
Some of them, however, are willing to drop off passengers, making it easier to get to Athriya (اثريا) than it is to return. If you want to attempt a visit using public transportation, get an early start. The company that runs the morning bus from Salamiyeh (سلمية) to al-Raqqa (الرقة) doesn't seem to mind dropping passengers here, but expect to pay nearly the full fare. The trip takes a little over an hour from Salamiyeh (سلمية).
One or two bus companies make a stop at the cafe/snack shop along the highway in Athriya (اثريا), so this is the best place to wait for return (or onward) transportation. Hitchhiking would probably be a better option, however. The locals often hitchhike in this region, and most of them would be willing to give you a lift. There is little traffic on this highway, however. This is an isolated area, and it is not recommended that women attempt to visit this site alone.
Transliteration Variants: Athriyeh, Athriyah, Asriya, Asriyeh, Asriyah, Ithriya, Ithriyeh, Ithriyah, Isriya, Isriyeh, Isriyah
Athriya Hama Region Roman Syria Temple اثريا روماني ريف حماة سوريا معبد