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The Best Sci-Fi movies/TV/Books from 2021 and previous years. Escape to different worlds and the future. Sci-Fi movies expand your mind and we could be headed for these possible worlds.
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8.2 After reading this book one can understand the intricate Star Wars universe... the-star-wars-book 8.0 More than a million copies sold. This books is about the essential universe... astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry 8.1 This book is a #1 new york times bestseller and it became a major motion... ready-player-one-a-novel 7.8 The martian is an intriguing book about planet exploration. It begines with... the-martian 7.2 Divergent is set in a dystopian Chicago world. Society is split up into five... divergent 7.4 This book is a #1 New York Times bestseller by Veronica Roth's. It is the... divergent-insurgent 7.6 This book is about how earth builds a defense against a hostile alien race.... enders-game-the-ender-quintet 7.2 This book is about the adventures of Katniss Everdeen. By this point she has... mockingjay-the-hunger-games 7.3 In this chapter of The Hunger Games District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen... catching-fire-hunger-games
N/A Cast: Pablo Schreiber as Master Chief 9 episodes 2021, Shabana Azmi as... halo N/A This series starts with a group of teenagers stealing a derelict Starfleet... star-trek-prodigy N/A This series is about elite and experimental clones. They are a "Bad Batch"... star-wars-the-bad-batch 6.0 This series describes the life and times of Space Captain Ryan Clark of the... avenue-5 7.2 This series is set in a dystopian world that is a frozen wasteland. There... snowpiercer 9.3 This series follows the successful "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" with Neil... cosmos-possible-worlds 6.8 The main protagonist is an American astronaut. She leaves her husband and... away 7.3 This series is a TV adaptation of Aldous Huxley's popuar book. It is set in... brave-new-world 6.6 This series describes how a mercenary unit (former members of Japan's elite... ghost-in-the-shell-sac-2045 8.5 This series is about the adventures of a lone bounty hunter. It is set in... the-mandalorian 8.2 This interesting series is about a busy family from Manchester. It takes an... years-and-years 7.5 This series is a about a man who undergoes a new treatment to improve... living-with-yourself 7.2 This series is set in a town where aliens have super abilities. These aliens... roswell-new-mexico 6.5 This series is about Astronaut Niko Breckenridge and her young crew. They... another-life 7.4 The Robinson family crash lands on an alien planet. They struggle to survive... lost-in-space 8.2 This series is set in the future. In this future human consciousness can be... altered-carbon 8.5 This series is about an exploratory space ship that leaves earth. The space... the-orville N/A The protagonist is an african american school principal that turns into a... black-lightning 8.5 This series is set in the near future. This world also has a unique past. In... westworld 8.0 This series is set hundreds of years from now. The surviving humans find out... travelers 8.3 This series describes the lives of a police detective in the asteroid belt,... the-expanse 7.5 A group of people get recruited to a secretive academy. They discover that... the-magicians 7.2 This series is about life in the city called Defiance. It is set in the not... defiance 7.8 This is the story of Bo, a supernatural being. She belongs to a clan and she... lost-girl 7.4 Soldiers and Civilians are trapped on an old spaceship. They are located... stargate-universe 8.2 This series is about an FBI agent who has to work with an unstable scientist... fringe 7.8 These events are set after Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Sarah Connor... terminator-the-sarah-conner-chronicles 7.3 This series is about normal people that find out that they have super... heroes 8.9 This series is set 500 years in the future. A crew in a small spacecraft... firefly 7.2 Johnny Smith was in coma for six years. He wakes up finding his fiance... the-dead-zone 8.2 This series is about Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy. He is accidentally... futurama 7.3 This series describes the lives of three alien/human hybrids. They have... roswell 7.5 This series is about a group of aliens are sent to Earth. They disguise... 3rd-rock-from-the-sun 7.5 This series describes the lives a team of NASA Astronauts. It is set at the... the-cape 7.6 This series is about a boy genius. Him and his comrades have the ability to... sliders 7.5 This series is about a Starfleet ship that wants to travel back home. The... startrek-voyager 6.7 Colonists crash-land on an alien planet. They go through adventures. They... earth-2 6.5 RoboCop is a cybernetic policeman that has the body and some memories of the... robocop 7.4 This series is set in the early 21st century. By that stage mankind has... sea-quest-2032


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Robert George Deans, né le  à Christchurch (Nouvelle-Zélande) où il est mort le , est un joueur de rugby à XV (1,83 m pour 85 kg). Il évoluait au poste de centre avec l'équipe de Nouvelle-Zélande.

Carrière
Il dispute son premier test match avec l'équipe de Nouvelle-Zélande le  à l'occasion d'un match contre l'équipe d'Écosse. Il dispute son dernier test match contre une sélection composée de joueurs anglais et gallois le .

Il participe à la tournée des Originals, équipe représentant la Nouvelle-Zélande en tournée en Grande-Bretagne en 1905, en France et en Amérique du Nord en 1906. Il affronte les équipes écossaise, irlandaise, anglaise et galloise. Bob Deans inscrit un essai refusé contre le pays de Galles qui prête à discussion, le score final étant de 3-0 pour les Gallois, l'essai valant trois points en 1905.

Il meurt à l'âge de 24 ans, des complications d'une opération de l'appendicite.

Ses petits-neveux Bruce et Robbie Deans ont aussi été des All Blacks.

Palmarès

En équipe nationale
 5 sélections avec l'équipe de Nouvelle-Zélande
 9 points, 3 essais
 Sélections par année : 4 en 1905, 1 en 1908
 Nombre total de matchs avec les All Blacks :  24

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Joueur international néo-zélandais de rugby à XV
Joueur de la Canterbury Rugby Football Union
Centre (rugby à XV)
Naissance en février 1884
Naissance à Christchurch
Décès en septembre 1908
Décès à 24 ans
Décès à Christchurch

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The everyman is a stock character of fiction. An ordinary and humble character, the everyman is generally a protagonist whose benign conduct fosters the audience's identification with them.

Origin

The term everyman was used as early as an  English morality play from the early 1500s: The Summoning of Everyman. The play's protagonist is an allegorical character representing an ordinary human who knows he is soon to die; according to literature scholar Harry Keyishian he is portrayed as "prosperous, gregarious, [and] attractive". Everyman is the only human character of the play; the others are embodied ideas such as Fellowship, who "symbolizes the transience and limitations of human friendship".

The use of the term everyman to refer generically to a portrayal of an ordinary or typical person dates to the early 20th century. The term everywoman originates in the same period, having been used by George Bernard Shaw to describe the character Ann Whitefield of his play Man and Superman.

Narrative uses

An everyman is described with the intent that most audience members can readily identify with him. Although the everyman may have difficulties that a hero might, archetypal heroes react rapidly and vigorously by manifest action, whereas an everyman typically avoids engagement or reacts ambivalently, until the situation, growing dire, demands effective reaction to avert disaster. Such a "round", dynamic character—that is, a character showing complexity and development—is generally a protagonist.

Or if lacking complexity and development—thus a "flat", static character—then the everyman is a secondary character. Especially in literature, there is often a narrator, as the written medium enables extensive explication of, for example, previous events, internal details, and mental content. An everyman narrator may be noticed little, whether by other characters or sometimes even by the reader. A narrating everyman, like Ché in the musical Evita, may even address the audience directly.

List of examples

 The anonymous "Common Man" of Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons (1960).
 Leopold Bloom of James Joyce's novel Ulysses (serialized 1918–1920, published in its entirety in 1922)
 The anonymous narrator of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Fight Club (1996) and its movie adaptation (1999)
 C.C. "Bud" Baxter of Billy Wilder's movie The Apartment (1960).
 Emmet Brickowski of The Lego Movie
 Charlie Brown of Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts.
 Ché in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Evita
 Christian of John Bunyan's book The Pilgrim's Progress (1678).
 Norman Dale of the film Hoosiers.
 Arthur Dent of Douglas Adams' novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novels
 James Gordon in DC Comics.
 Jim Halpert in the television series The Office.
 Jonathan Harker of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897).
 George Jetson of the cartoon television series The Jetsons.
 Will Kane of Fred Zinnemann's movie High Noon (1952).
 Jacob Kowalski of J. K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them books and movies.
 Stan Marsh of the cartoon television series South Park.
 Joe Martin of the television series All My Children.
 Marty McFly of the movie Back to the Future.
 Ted Mosby of the television series How I Met Your Mother.
 Jack Ryan in Tom Clancy's book and film series known as the Ryanverse
 Winston Smith in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
 Egbert Souse in Edward F. Cline's film The Bank Dick (1940)

See also

Average Joe – wholly average person
Commoner – person neither nobility, royalty, nor priesthood
Elckerlijc – Dutch medieval morality play
Everyman's right – freedom to roam
Kafkaesque – everyman being overwhelmed by vast, dehumanizing social labyrinth
Man on the Bondi tram – hypothetical reasonable Australian
Person having ordinary skill in the art
John Q. Public – generic, hypothetical "common man"
Reasonable person – term helping a jury interpret a law's wording
Straight man
T.C. Mits – acronym for "the celebrated man in the street"
The man on the Clapham omnibus – hypothetical reasonable person
Zé Povinho – Portuguese everyman

References

Stock characters


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Volunteer Community Producers have always been the "backbone" of community access television. Every year, typically more than 1,000 community volunteers become involved with CTV in various ways. Involvement often includes participation in training workshops, studio use, portable camera use, edit equipment use and/or appearances as program guests.
CTV employs a small number of people who perform various roles in training volunteer producers, facility maintenance, program scheduling, and other activities that ensure smooth day-to-day operations and the future sustainability of the channel. Current CTV employees include:
Kevin Jeske-Polyak (Email: kevin@ctvKnox.org) holds a Master's Degree from the University of Tennessee and has been employed at CTV since 1998. In his role as Assistant General Manager, Kevin is responsible for the planning and coordination of major organizational development initiatives that support the mission of CTV, maintenance of updated job descriptions, documentation of policies & procedures, supervision of staff, performance evaluation, collection & reporting of operational metrics, facility design, equipment inventory management, community outreach, website development, needs assessment, focus groups, strategic planning, and grant writing. Mr. Jeske-Polyak is a current member of the national Alliance for Community Media, current president of the Southside Waterfront Neighborhood Association, past board member of the Alliance for Community Media – Southeast Region, Community Mediation Center, Community Shares of Tennessee, Knoxville Mayor's Advisory Council for the Handicapped, and AIDS Response Knoxville. Prior to entering the nonprofit arena, Kevin enjoyed a successful 15-year career as a multi-unit executive in the restaurant industry.
Jason Amos Oaks (Email: jason@ctvKnox.org) holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tennessee and has been employed at CTV since 2005. In his role as Production Manager, Jason is primarily responsible for training & supervising production staff, scheduling staff to meet production demands, coordinating staff-produced programs, creating and facilitating training programs for new community producers, providing creative input pertaining to outreach strategies, and coordinating staff efforts to fulfill commitments to collaborative partners.
Justin Willocks (Email: justin@ctvKnox.org) holds a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tennessee and has been employed at CTV since 2014. Primarily responsible for directing routine staff-produced programs, training new producers, and performing the necessary steps involved in receiving and scheduling programs for playback, in his role as Traffic Coordinator, Justin monitors program traffic flow from video production through scheduling and eventual playback to the air. Additional responsibilities include editing special CTV-produced community outreach videos, publishing the electronic newsletter, and creating graphics for the community events calendar.
Jonathon Czarny (Email: jonathon@ctvKnox.org) hold's a Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and has been employed at CTV since 2017. Primarily responsible for directing routine staff-produced programs, training new producers, and performing the necessary steps involved in receiving and scheduling programs for playback, in his role as Studio Coordinator, Jonathon maintains readiness of production equipment and directs live and recorded in-studio and off-site programs. Additional responsibilities include editing special CTV-produced community outreach videos, authoring articles for the electronic newsletter, and archiving aired programs.
Cameron Rowlett (Email: cameron@ctvKnox.org hold's a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tennessee and has been employed at CTV since 2018. Primarily responsible for directing routine staff-produced programs, training new producers, and performing the necessary steps involved in receiving and scheduling programs for playback, in his role as Special Productions Coordinator, Cameron shoots and edits footage for special CTV-produced community outreach videos. Additional responsibilities include moderating the community events calendar, authoring articles for the electronic newsletter, and promoting CTV programs through social media.

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Look at cool levels 3-4 P4P levels per page. I wish these trophies and pins did not exist they cause way to much spam. Can we have a NOT clause for filtering levels. Does NOT contain "P4P" in title or description.
Yep. I dont know why they are still putting this trophy there.
In the end it is actually reducing the amount of good levels. People may be discouraged to create if they know their level will be lost in hundreds of empty levels spammed everywhere.
Instead of this they should put a trophy for like "Play 200 level with less that 5 plays.", "Play 100 from Lucky Dip" etc.. to encourage people to go search fo interesting hidden levels. In the in this would lead to more plays of these level and people would have more motivation to create.
So we have the exact same problems...just portably. Oh well... back to grabbing levels off of LBP.me from good creators!
I don't like them or hate them. People want plays and that's all there is to it.
Cool levels will always be under fire by spammers though. I don't see how that can fixed. If someone wants to get up there bad enough they will. By any means necessary.
Lbp1 had StephanieRavens, lbp2 has LatinPlayer, who will rule them all on vita? Don't worry, someone will.
I don't see how that can fixed.
It is actually very simple. Maybe not to completely fix the issue. But to at least reduce it.
People would probably still use this concept. To get plays because they put a lot of work into the level. Not because they need ot unlock trophy.
A way to filter certain phrases would be nice. As at the moment you can only search for specific words within titles and have those shown. An option to hide the 'searched levels' could reduce clutter.
The trouble with this is that as soon as that filter goes in everyone will change what they're called. It would be far better to be able to create your own filter list.
I dont like the idea of filters.
It would no solve the problem. People you just start to call it p.4p, p4.p, p_4.p, etc.
Making it actually even worse - at this moment you just know what to ignore because it is kind of "standardized"
1 - Removing these trophies that encourage people to do it. I believe that like 99 percent of the empty p4p levels are done only because of this trophy. Remove it and people will not upload these levels. And they will ask to play their level only if they put some effort into it.
2 - Change the cools pages so such levels do not appear there.
3 - Improve the "Team Pick" selection. Now it is totally useless. They put there levels that are "Most hearted" and "Best rated" anyway. They should put theer great levels with few plays and bring them to attention of people.
You mean like having a filter tag for the opposite of what we have? "Least Hearted", "Worst Rated", "Unrated", "Oldest Entries", etc. But for that to be even more useful, one should be able to "Boo" an entry within the game, instead of only doing so via the "vita.lbp.me" website, I guess. Maybe even filter out results with more boos than yays, if that helps.
Trophy hoarders are the bane of LittleBigPlanet. I think they played too much of the MGS DLC levels! Which I wish were made available as soon as possible, before any other new/old ones are made/converted for the Vita version.
Even just a tool to filter out anything with the word "P4P" in it would help a little.
Well true, you didn't say that. My bad. But I kind of thought you meant something similar to that notion. And I kind of support it. As much as one would like to think so, having search results as thinking they are all positive is mistaken. To me, doing the opposite can be just as helpful. Filtering to look for the inverse, if that makes sense. But for that to work, booing in-game should be enabled. And simply creating custom filters for Name and/or Description would be really nice to have, too! ... say, this should be more than enough! This, and searching by Thermometer level.
... but I still am for support for in-game booing. Negative Feedback can be just as helpful as positive feedback can be just as harmful! Discouraging trophy levels should be encouraged. Scaring away those that makes such things and clutter the community library , just for getting undeserving achievement awards. I say, let the community itself rise up and give the dreaded "Boo" to them.
And so, you know what Agarwel? I missed your point. What was it again? Oh yes, truly I misread your post. OK, I propose a better way to design a level and still get those trophies and pins! Make the sensor that gives out those awards measure, or draw, the distance between the player's starting point and the Scoreboard. You know, like some games, like Tower Defense titles, can draw a path based on collision barriers. Or, for the sake of simplicity/argument, reflecting a beam of light from one point to the other via mirrors and other surfaces. The distance should be measured by the smaller grid blocks, like the ones formed in Create Mode when you toggle them on.
So, as long as your stage isn't straight forward and flat/empty, you will get your awards. If not, it won't count toward getting your awards, and you will get booed at for that, decreasing even more the chances for getting hearted. How's that? Oh, and I agree with just removing the pins and trophies based on number of plays. But leaving the one about plays per unique player in the game is alright, just make the amount of required unique players even higher, and that should at least slow down any new trophy stages.


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Casey Affleck to Direct, Star in Indie Drama 'Light of My Life' (Exclusive)
3:38 PM PDT 9/9/2016 by Borys Kit
Affleck, who also wrote the original script for the project, is gearing up for what may be a busy awards season with 'Manchester by the Sea.'
Casey Affleck, who is already generating awards buzz for his performance in Manchester by the Sea, has set his sights on his next project.
Affleck will star in and direct Light of My Life, an original indie survival drama that he also wrote.
Black Bear Pictures, the label run by Teddy Schwarzman that was behind movies such as The Imitation Game and All Is Lost, is producing and financing the indie.
Plot details are being kept in the dark but Light is said to focus on a father and his young daughter who are trapped in the woods.
It is unclear when the movie would begin shooting, but insiders say this will be Affleck's next project.
Affleck is gearing up for what may be a busy awards season with Manchester, which is receiving heaps of praise. The movie premiered at Sundance where it was acquired by a very aggressive Amazon Studios, who then partnered with Roadside Attractions for a release in November. Until then, the movie is hitting the festival circuit; it screened at Telluride, where he was feted, and next hits Toronto International Film Festival, followed by New York Film Festival and others.
Manchester tells of a ne'er-do-well who is forced to go back home in order to take care of his nephew after the boy's father dies.
Affleck last directed I'm Still Here, the faux-documentary centering on Joaquin Phoenix's rap career.
He is repped by WME.
Updated Sept. 12, 11:47 AM: to confirm that Black Bear Pictures was indeed producing and financing.
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Memjet, maker of page-wide print heads for color inkjet printing, and headquartered in San Diego, California, is launching its next-generation Sirius-12G compact color print engine sub-system developed for printer manufacturers that wish to create compact color inkjet printers that easily integrate with their their media-handling systems. Memjet says its Sirius print engine makes print-head maintenance easier, as print-head maintenance can be performed without breaking the plane of the media, enabling a wider range of applications, including label printing, package printing, mail processing, and print-and-apply labels.
According to Memjet, Sirius empowers original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to design printing solutions with greater control and flexibility. For instance, an above-the-web configuration is said to enable more efficient print-head cleaning when roll-to-roll printing, so that a pause in a print job does not require the web to be cut. According to Memjet, Sirius-powered printers are able to move the print zone up and down to accommodate varying material thickness such as stuffed envelopes or board stock. This provides a greater range of media-handling options.
The Sirius-12G color print engine is available with the print mechanism assembled or separated into core components. When delivered as core components, OEMs can leverage Sirius as a development kit of components to be integrated based on specific needs. Memjet says the ink-delivery system is also highly flexible and compatible with a wide range of ink-supply cartridges, including customer-specific solutions.
The Memjet print head features over 70,400 nozzles that deliver millions of ink drops every second. The page-width print head provides 1,600 dpi native print resolution in full-process color using cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK) inks. Speeds are 12″ per second in standard-quality (1,600 x 800 dpi) print mode and 6″ per second in premium-quality (1,600 x 1,600 dpi) print mode.
Memjet's page-wide print head for CYMK color inkjet printing.
Alpha Imaging to Resell Memjet-Powered RTI Vortex 4200 in Northeast U.S.


3 years ago now my boyfriend & I decided to leave…. well go travelling, he had been made redundant but had found another job and I just decided to quit mine. We decided almost on a whim where we wanted to go and both, luckily, wanted to go to the same places. Antony was going out 2 months before me to work on the national parks in America; I was staying here to earn a bit more money, as we weren't planning on working whilst we were away. So I bit the bullet and moved back in with my Mum & commuted two hours a day to work, to try and save as much money as possible.
Booking our round the world tickets was one of the most exciting things I/we had ever done,(until we went away of course), and we celebrated with a much earned beer. I was 24 & Antony was 28 when we went away, and we both agree that it was the best thing we have both ever done.
We had a loose itinerary and did most our research online for America, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil & Argentina. In total we spent 1 month together in America, doing Vegas was the highlight for me. The next 2 & half months were spent in South America where we did the Inca Trail, Slow Boat down the Amazon, The Bolivian Salt Flat & San Pedro Prison. Christmas & new year were spent in Rio where we dressed like locals all in white and gave offerings of brightly coloured flowers to the sea, we Samba the nights away, ate Acai to our hearts were content, we witnessed the energy of a new developing country. After Rio we moved to Ilha Grande a tropical island the reminded us of Lost, we hike the island, got caught out in tropical storms with water rising to our knees (we are both over 6tf!), running from the thick tropical rainforest onto the most beautiful if not wet desert beach I have ever seen, we thankfully caught the last boat back to the main part of the island, there are no timetables here, after shouting and running into the sea. In Argentina we experienced how nice and welcoming the locals were the force of Foz De Igagzu, got a taste for local wines in Mendoza on the famous bike tours and took part in siestas. Chile was a fleeting stop only in Santiago before we flew to New Zealand.
Our Australasian journey started with 2 months in New Zealand starting in Auckland and finishing in Christchurch. We well and truly used our hiking boots by doing the Routeburn, Abel Tasman, Franz Joseph & Tongariro crossing. We camped for almost two thirds of our time there to save as much money as possible, really noticing the price difference to South America. In hind sight we both agreed that 6 weeks would have been more than enough time here and we would have spent the other 2 weeks in South America as there was soooo much we didn't have time to do.
The next 4 weeks were spent going from Sydney to Cairns, again on a tight budget we used relocation websites to find campervans and cars that needed to be moved up the coast conveniently to the places we wanted to go. This was by far the best way to travel as we diverted as much as we wanted and had a great time seeing places they don't take you on buses. 4 weeks were enough to do the East Coast, and we found Australia extremely expensive, a bunch of bananas were £13!!! They grow them too! We did however get up close and personal with Kangaroos & went snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, one of my life ambitions.
The next 4 months were spent traveling around South East Asia. Our senses were bought back to life with almost overwhelming combinations of sights, colours, smells and sounds. Food became colourful again and our first meal in Singapore, Indian Curry eaten off banana leaves with locals, was so good I can almost taste it now. We had basically spent 3 months living of instant noodles, value bread and instant soup in Australasia. We spent 3 days in Singapore enjoying the Eastern and Western influences and feasting on amazing cheap, colourful & delicious food.
Malaysia was our next stop, where we went to Kuala Lumpur and spent 3 days there, we stayed in a hostel which cost £2 each per night, located right next the one of the biggest markets in Asia quite a feat. We grew to like the hostel but to begin with I refused to touch anything and slept on a large scarf I had been using as a beach towel. Tioman Islands were our next destination; the island is STUNNING with white sand secluded beaches, no cars and no electricity. We enjoyed great cheap food, cheap accommodation and snorkelling, straight of the beach, to our heart was content. Penang a foody heaven was our next stop we weren't over keen but it was a good base to get our Thai visas and to get into Thailand.
Elephant Ride In Cambodia- We made sure they were well looked after.
On arrival into Thailand we went straight to Koh Phangan for the full moon party. We decided we didn't want to stay near the main strip as it was meant to be dirty and expensive. Instead we went to Hada Salad beach and found the most amazing beach huts right on the beach. The huts consisted of a double bed, bathroom and balcony with a hammock, it cost us £2.50 each per night, a bargain for amazing beach views and perfect peace. Our days before the full moon party were spent snorkelling and sun bathing uninterrupted and peaceful. The full moon party in my eyes was over rated with just a stupid mix of western teenagers & 20somethings getting stupidly drunk. But that's just my opinion.
The main highlights of our Asian experience were the Angkor Wat temples & Elephant ride in Cambodia and the laidback beach life & Captain Chims great food in Shilankovilla. Vietnam was a busy loud and bustling yet intriguing country with many great and beautiful places to see, we spent a month here but hiking in Sapa and our tour of Ha Long Bay were my favourite activities. Laos is the opposite of Vietnam; it is quiet, peaceful but just as intriguing. We saw stunning temples and even got caught in a landslide on top of a mountain, a point where I really thought our luck had run out, we spent around 2 & half weeks in Laos and felt very relaxed for it. The remaining two weeks we spent getting ourselves back to Bangkok for our return flight home. Our 1st experience of Bangkok was not great and we weren't looking forward to returning, but we upgraded to accommodation with AC! (The 1st time in 4 very hot and sweaty months) thanks to a very lovely Christmas present from my Mum. It was also rainy season so the city was actually starting to look cleaner and was less busy. The notorious Koh San Road became our base for our last 4 days where we explored the area went to a roof top bar in our "best" clothes and just savoured our last few days of our epic journey.
Vietnamese Food.. All This for £5!
All in all we spent £10,000 each that's including our round the world ticket.
We went to 14 countries in 10 months.
We had the most amazing adventure and talk about it every day, even two years down the line. It is without the best decision I ever made and I think Antony would agree with me too. We have so many great memories that we can look back and think yes we actually did do all of that!
The two questions that I get asked the most are; would you do it again?
Yes I would love to do it again but probably for no longer than 6 months.
What was your favourite Country?
Almost impossible to choose from but my favourite continent was South America, I would love to go back to learn Spanish properly and hope to do so before or for my 30th Birthday!


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'A Christmas Story' Sequel Debuts on Streaming
Over years and decades of holiday airings, A Christmas Story grew from a modest hit into perhaps the most beloved Christmas movie of the last 50 years. It grew so popular that cable channels began airing A Christmas Story around the clock to celebrate the holiday. Well, at some point, someone must have looked at that situation and thought, "Y'know, if we had more of these movies, we wouldn't have to show the one film over and over..."
And here we are, now getting A Christmas Story Christmas, new for the 2022 holiday season. The original film's star, Peter Billingsley, is all grown up and returns as the adult Ralphie, now a dad with kids of his own. Other actors from the original film are back as well, including Scott Schwartz (Flick), RD Robb (Schwartz), Ian Petrella (Randy), and Zack Ward (Scut Farkus).
The film is now streaming on HBO Max; here is its trailer:
Here is the film's official synopsis:
From Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max comes the family comedy "A Christmas Story Christmas," the long-awaited follow-up to annual holiday favorite, "A Christmas Story." This time, Ralphie is all grown up and must deal with Christmas and all that comes with it...as a dad. Peter Billingsley returns to the role that has made kids of all ages anticipate Christmas morning like no other.
Will A Christmas Story Christmas become a cherished favorite like the original movie? It's highly doubtful. (A previous sequel without Billingsley, A Christmas Story 2, didn't make much of an impact.) Then again, if some cable channel somewhere starts airing it around the clock every year, you never know...
You can watch A Christmas Story Christmas right now on HBO Max. (You'll find it here.)
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Art Series "The Shape of Boundaries" Vol.8 Director of NEW AUCTION Shunsuke Kimura's vision on a new form of art auction
Author Jun Ashizawa
This series unravels the art in post-corona era through the words of experts. In the eighth edition, Shunsuke Kimura, director of NEW AUCTION, a new form of auction that has introduced a profit-return system for artists, is with us.
From business to science, the number of situations where people advocate for the necessity of art is dramatically increasing. Although the world doesn't look different under the influence of the corona pandemic, people's minds are changing; under such change, how does everyone's perception of art transform?
Gallerists, artists, and collectors are now researching and trying to predict what kind of art will appear in the post-corona generation.
The eighth installment features Shunsuke Kimura, director of NEW AUCTION, a new auction house that has introduced profit return system for artists. NEW AUCTION, which was established in Harajuku, Tokyo, is not bound by the conventional concept of auctions, but is operated with the aim of providing new experiences and values and promoting a sustainable circulation of resources in the art market. For the first time in Japan, they introduced so called profit return system where a portion of the proceeds will be returned to the artist. And as a principle, works that are less than two years old will be sold with the approval of the artist or the gallery representing the artist. The first auction, "NEW 001," was held in November at the BA-TSU ART GALLERY in Harajuku. We talked to him about the background of the establishment of NEW AUCTION and the responses from clients to the auction.
Auctions in Japan have a lot of untapped potential
–What made you to decide to launch "NEW AUCTION"?
Shunsuke Kimura (Kimura): When I was working for an auction company in Japan for about 10 years, I was planning an auction called "Harajuku Auction" focusing on the town of Harajuku, and I was also organizing an auction called "ART+MUSIC" selling music-related artworks. After that, I moved to a company called en one Tokyo, where I was in charge of directing the gallery space "SAI" in Miyashita Park. As I collaborated with artists through exhibitions as the director of SAI, I was often reminded of the characteristics of this place where the gallery is located.
In the past, SAI held an exhibition of photographs taken by photographer Ryuichi Ishikawa, who accompanied survivalist and mountain climber Bunsho Hattori. The exhibition consisted of photographs taken by Ishikawa while he and Hattori were immersed in a self-sufficient lifestyle in the mountains, and the works on display depicted nature untouched by human hands and the internal organs of animals hunted for food.
We eat animal flesh as a matter of course, but in today's society it has become really difficult to see how they are produced. Therefore, I thought that there would be complaints, resistance, and negative opinions about exhibiting images of raw internal organs in a straightforward manner. However, once the exhibition started, many people came to see the exhibition. However, when the exhibition started, many people came to see the exhibition. About 70% of them probably didn't know anything about Ishikawa or Hattori, and we received really interesting responses, such as high school girls taking pictures in front of the image of deer brain and a person from oversea who was moved to tears. At that time, I had the feeling that people who just dropped by would take something home with them from this place.
From this experience, I realized that SAI, being located in a commercial facility, is in a sense more open than a gallery or museum, and that it is a place that can impact on many people. Also, the SAI team often talks about how to get more people interested in owning works of art, and I thought an auction was an interesting way to do this. Anyone can purchase the work, and the price is open. An exhibition conveys the world of a particular artist, but an auction requires more explanation of each work for prospective buyers. Since there is still a high hurdle to buying art in Japan, I thought that an auction with an event-like atmosphere would be an effective way. In addition, I saw potential in the fact that the actual artworks would be displayed here at SAI for people to see.
–Please tell us about the strengths of NEW AUCTION compared to existing auctions, such as the introduction of a profit return system to support artist.
Kimura: In Europe, Artist's Resale Right (ARR) exists, but in the U.S., Japan, and many other countries, there are no laws regarding profit return to the artist. Regardless of whether profit returns are good or bad, in the art market, there are artists who create works in the first place, galleries that support them, collectors who buy the works, critics, and museums that preserve the works for future generations.
I believe that auctions are like a pump that supports the circulation of art, but now, perhaps because auctions have become too powerful, they have too much momentum and seem a bit violent. With NEW AUCTION, we want to make this cycle a little softer than it is now. The redemption money is one of the mechanisms we have introduced on an experimental basis.
–As for auctions, do you think there is still a lot of potential in Japan?
Kimura: Yes, I think there is. It can be said to be an untapped area, so I think there is still a lot of potential, partly because Japanese artists are highly regarded overseas. I feel that Japan as a country is getting more attention in the Asian market as well. The quality of the artists and galleries is high, but the market is not yet that mature. Department stores are still perceived as a main place to buy art. So in that sense, I think it's important to show a transparency of market through auctions.
–You also made the elaborate and gorgeous catalogs, right?
Kimura: I made a conscious effort to tell the story of each piece, even in short sentences. By sharing the background of the work, it is possible to motivate potential buyers to purchase the work, rather than just making them appreciate it aesthetically. In the first place, the owners have lots to say about their artworks. Thinking about the work is something we enjoy doing, and something we think is necessary. I also think it's positive that artists of all genres can be seen evenly.
The reason for the high rate of successful bid of 95.3%
–Please look back on the auction "NEW 001" held on November 6, and tell us your impressions of it.
Kimura: This was our first auction, and I was first of all relieved that we were able to run it smoothly without any system trouble. Also, there were many participants, and above all, the atmosphere of the venue was wonderful. A large number of people participating does not necessarily mean that the auction will be successful. But it also needs to be exciting. Usually, not a few people join the auction via phone or online, instead of coming to the venue, but this time we had the highest number of bids from the venue and the winning bid rate was as high as 95.3%.
One of the interesting things that happened in the auction was that one client, who we imagined that he would be buying pop art like Warhol or Cows, ended up bidding on a Picasso's piece. As the market matures, I think people will be interested in different artists with different styles, rather than choosing the one everyone else choose. This experience is unique to auctions.
–The total amount of successful bids was 555,477,250 yen (including sales commission). What do you think brought vitality to the auction? And why do you think it was able to achieve such a high winning bid rate?
Kimura: I think it was because we were able to convey the appeal of the works well. Also, the appropriateness of estimated prices was a big factor. This was made possible by the cooperation of the sellers. I also got the impression that the event was more exciting than I had expected because of the variety of people who came to the venue.
— The number of works on display and sale was approximately 130, and the lineup of artists ranged from masters who have appeared in art history to contemporary artists who are now popular in Japan. How did you curate this wide variety of works?
Kimura: First of all, I calculated the limit to the number of artworks to be about 130, considering the limitation of the exhibition space and human resource. Within this limitation, we have collected as wide a range of works as possible so that both those who are familiar with art and those who have never purchased art before can enjoy them.
Based on the general criteria regarding the historical periodization and tastes we set, we negotiated with the sellers to select pieces. Regardless of the price, we tried to collect as many works as possible that we ourselves would want to have.
–How were the responses from the sellers?
Kimura: There were many positive comments about the profit return system, saying that it was necessary. Also, I think the sellers were pleased with the catalog and our branding strategy.
–The piece bought at the top price was George Condo's "Little Ricky" (2004), which fetched 138 million yen. This was the second highest price among art auctions held in Japan this year. Did you expect this situation?
Kimura: It was the first time that such a major work of George Condo was auctioned in Japan. I am grateful to the Japanese owner for selling it to us. As for the work, I thought there would surely be bids for it since he is one of the most popular artists in the world. But what was important was whether bidder was from Japan or not. The winning bidders were from overseas, but there were also a lot of bids from Japanese bidders. I was able to feel once again the potential of Japan, that even in Japan, excellent artists' works are bid on.
A system that allows funds to circulate through NEW AUCTION without relying on the existing market cycle
–How do you plan to manage "NEW AUCTION" under the circumstances of the current art market bubble?
Kimura: There are auctions held at the Imperial Hotel where people would have to be dressed in a suit to participate, but "NEW AUCTION" aims to be an auction that is rooted in the town of Harajuku as much as possible. When you go to Europe, you see many people strolling around their neighbourhood and stopping by auctions to buy a piece of work they like. We focus on being a casual place where people can buy our works casually and enjoy them easily. It would be great if we could run the shop in a way that both the clients and us can enjoy.
–In the first half of 2021, the number of art auctions increased by 3% compared to the first half of 2019, according to a report from Artmarket.com. We believe that the vitalization of the online market is a major factor, but what changes have you seen in the auction market under the COVID-19 pandemic?
Kimura: With the establishment of a system that allows people from all over the world to bid easily, the auction houses have quickly moved online. I think an increasing number of people are judging and purchasing artworks based on images. It's great that our lives are becoming more convenient, but at the same time, the physical art appreciation experience is essential. There are still so many things that are not conveyed well online.
–What kind of market are you currently focusing on?
Kimura: Today, art is attracting a lot of attention as a place for artists from groups of social minority. Kawaguchi, a member of "NEW AUCTION", was originally based in New York, and he has a friend who curates black artists. We had planned an exhibition curated by him, but it could not be realized due to the pandemic. In addition to the physical transportation issues, I am also concerned about whether people will be able to fully understand the background of the artist's work, when they are exhibited in Japan. Regardless of whether they sell well in the market or not, we need to think more about whether Japanese people will be able to understand the context well or not, whether we will be able to convey a deeper significance. I think it is our mission to consider this and take on the challenge, even though we don't know what kind of response we will get.
–Please tell us about the future prospect of NEW AUCTION.
Kimura: I would like to gradually expand our community and make the auction culture more rooted in Japan without being overwhelmed by the surrounding circumstances. We have received positive feedback from people in the fashion industry about "NEW 001", and we have added another diagonal line to the "W" of "NEW" in the "NEW AUCTION" logo, to convey the message of expanding the community and connecting to the next step.
For example, if there is an idea about publishing a Japanese version of an overseas art book, we would like to propose the use of auctions to raise funds, and we would also like to play a role in the operation of the system. We would like to see pieces of art circulating through NEW AUCTION, and a portion of the proceeds going to every corner of the art market. That's what we would like to realize.
Shunsuke Kimura
Director of SAI, art space in Miyashita Park, and director of NEW AUCTION. He worked for an auction company in Japan, where he organized the Harajuku Auction, an auction focused on Harajuku, and the ART+MUSIC , an auction focused on works of art related to music. He then moved to en one tokyo, where he also manages SAI as its director. In November, he launched "NEW AUCTION" and held the first auction "NEW 001".
Photography Kazuo Yoshida
Translation Shinichiro Sato(TOKION)
Art Series Interview NEW AUCTION Shunsuke Kimura
Jun Ashizawa
Born in 1981. After graduating from college, worked in editorial production, producing cultural content and fashion catalogs for publishing companies. After travelling abroad for several years, he joined INFAS Publications in 2011, where he served as Managing Editor of the culture magazine "Studio Voice," which reissued in 2015, from Vol. 406 "YOUTH OF TODAY" to Vol. 410 "VS. Later, as a senior editor for "WWD Japan" and "WWD JAPAN.com," he was mainly in charge of men's collections, covering London and other overseas collections such as Pitti, Milan, Paris. He has been the editorial director of "TOKION" since July 2020.
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Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets
Held for three weeks in June, the renowned Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets provides an extended opportunity for undergraduate poets to write and to be guided by established poets. The program is modeled after artist colonies and conferences where staff and visiting poets conduct writing workshops and offer lecture/discussions, present readings of their own work, and are available for individual conferences. The program is under the direction of alumna K.A. Hays '03.
In the past, such poets as Kaveh Akbar, Aracelis Girmay, Terrance Hayes, Dana Levin, Ada Limón, Carl Phillips, and Mary Ruefle have served as visting poets. Numerous readings provide the participants with the opportunity to hear and be heard by their peers. Applicants compete for ten places in the Seminar, all of which come with fellowships. Fellowships include tuition, housing in campus apartments and meals. Accepted students are responsible only for their travel to Bucknell and a modest library deposit. A limited number of travel scholarships are available.
The 2020 staff will include visiting poets Victoria Chang, Marcus Jackson and Analicia Sotelo. Dates for the 2020 Seminar are June 6–27. The application* deadline is Jan. 31, 2020. See Frequently Asked Questions below for eligibility and application guidelines.
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2020 Visiting Poets
Victoria Chang's new book of poems, OBIT, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in spring 2020. Barbie Chang was published by Copper Canyon Press in 2017. The Boss (McSweeney's, 2013) won a PEN Center USA Literary Award and a California Book Award. Other books are Salvinia Molesta and Circle.
Her children's picture book, Is Mommy?, was illustrated by Marla Frazee and published by Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster. It was named a New York Times Notable Book. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Fellowship, the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award, a Pushcart Prize and a MacDowell Fellowship. She lives in Los Angeles and teaches within Antioch's Low-residency MFA Program.
Marcus Jackson studied poetry in NYU's graduate creative writing program and as a Cave Canem fellow. His poems have appeared in such publications as The American Poetry Review, The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine.
His second book of poems, Pardon My Heart (Northwestern University Press/TriQuarterly Books), was recently released. Of Pardon My Heart, Jeff Gordinier for The New York Times writes, "Jackson's collection confirms the arrival of a thrilling new voice in American poetry, one whose writing, on page after page, has the fullness and glow of a jubilee." Jackson lives with his wife and child in Columbus, Ohio, and teaches in the MFA programs at Ohio State and Queens University of Charlotte.
Analicia Sotelo is the author of Virgin, the inaugural winner of the Jake Adam York Prize, selected by Ross Gay for Milkweed Editions, 2018, and the chapbook Nonstop Godhead, selected by Rigoberto González for a 2016 Poetry Society of America National Chapbook Fellowship.
Poems have appeared in the The New Yorker, Boston Review, FIELD, Kenyon Review, New England Review and The Antioch Review. She is recipient of the 2016 DISQUIET International Literary Prize, a Canto Mundo fellowship and scholarships from the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley and the Image Text Ithaca Symposium. She holds a BA in English Literature from Trinity University and an MFA in Poetry from the University of Houston. She serves as an Adroit Journal Summer Mentor, a committee member of the Poison Pen Reading Series, & on the City of Houston's Millennial Advisory Board.
Staff Poets for 2020
Katie Hays '03, director
Born in Phoenixville, Pa., K.A. "Katie" Hays '03 was educated at Bucknell, Oxford and Brown Universities, where she earned an M.F.A. in 2005. She is the author of three books of poetry: Early Creatures, Native Gods (Carnegie Mellon, 2012), Dear Apocalypse (Carnegie Mellon, 2009) and Windthrow (Carnegie Mellon, 2017). Her poems have appeared in Best American Poetry (2009, 2011) and other anthologies and widely in journals and magazines. She has also published fiction and verse translations and has served as an editor of West Branch, Bucknell's national literary journal. Hays has received residencies at the Elizabeth Bishop House in Great Village, Nova Scotia, at the Frost Place in Franconia, N.H., and at Vermont Studio Center. She has been director of the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets since 2016. Katie is an assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program at Bucknell.
Deirdre O'Connor, associate director
Deirdre O'Connor is the author of The Cupped Field, which received the Able Muse Book Award and is forthcoming in fall 2019, and Before the Blue Hour, recipient of the Cleveland State Poetry Prize. She has been awarded residencies from the Vermont Studio Center and the Achill Heinrich Boll Association. A native of Pittsburgh, she holds an MFA from the Pennsylvania State University. She directs the Writing Center at Bucknell.
Noah Baldino, seminar associate
Noah Baldino is a queer trans poet and editor. Their poems and reviews can be found in Poetry, Kenyon Review, Black Warrior Review, Indiana Review and elsewhere.
Maggie Millner, seminar associate
Maggie Millner, 2019-20 Stadler Fellow, is a poet and teacher from rural upstate New York. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review and elsewhere and she has received awards and fellowships from The Cincinnati Review, Narrative, Poets & Writers, the Fine Arts Work Center and the Sewanee Writers' Conference. Maggie holds degrees in creative writing from NYU and Brown and teaches in the Writing Program at Rutgers University.
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BP Products North America Inc. v. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co.
The issue whether the 15 witness statements are court records is moot, because publishing the redacted witness statements had the effect of making them available to the public in the same way as a court record.
| June 05, 2006 at 12:00 AM | The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
Click here for the full text of this decision FACTS: Appellants, BP Products North America Inc., BP Amoco Chemical Co., BP Amoco Polymers Inc., and BP Corp. North America Inc. (collectively BP), assert an interlocutory appeal from two orders by the trial court 1. declaring 15 witness statements to be court records, and 2. denying BP's motion to seal the witness statements. As a result of an explosion that occurred at BP's Texas City facility on March 23, 2005, killing 15 people and injuring others, BP, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration and the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board began to conduct investigations into the cause of the explosion to prevent future explosions. BP's internal investigation included taking 15 witness statements. After the explosion, the civil action underlying this appeal was filed in the Galveston County District Court for the personal injuries and deaths of those affected by the explosion. BP produced many documents, including the witness statements, which were marked "confidential," to the plaintiffs pursuant to an agreed protective order. The Houston Chronicle (the Chronicle) and the Galveston County Daily News (the Daily News) intervened in the case on April 15, 2005, and filed a motion to unseal the discovery produced in the case, which, for purposes of this appeal, is limited to the 15 witness statements. On July 29, 2005, the Chronicle and the Daily News filed a motion to compel, or in the alternative, to rule discovery documents are court records, asking the trial court to determine whether the 15 witness statements are court records pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a(2). The trial court reviewed the witness statements in camera and signed an order designating the 15 witness statements as court records that concern "[m]atters that have a probable adverse effect upon the general public health or safety," and are thus accessible to the public. On Oct. 24, 2005, BP filed a motion to seal the 15 witness statements pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a(1), along with a motion to stay the disclosure of any witness statements deemed "court records" until this court could consider an appeal of the trial court's "court records" determination. On Nov. 7, 2005, the trial court denied BP's motions to seal the 15 witness statements and the motion to stay the disclosure of the witness statements. On the same day, BP filed a motion to stay the disclosure of the 15 witness statements in this court, which this court granted on Nov. 8, 2005. On the same day, but before issuance of this court's order to stay, the Chronicle and the Daily News each published stories containing some information from the 15 witness statements. On Nov. 23, 2005, notwithstanding this court's stay order that was still in place, BP voluntarily removed the confidentiality marking from the 15 witness statements and produced them to the plaintiffs and the Chronicle. BP, however, redacted the names and identifying information of the witnesses and those named by the witnesses from the 15 witness statements. HOLDING: Affirmed. The movant, here the Chronicle, had the burden to prove that the witness statements met the "court record" requirements of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a(2). BP's challenge, however, to whether the Chronicle met its burden of proof to show that the witness statements are court records is moot. By voluntarily tendering the 15 redacted witness statements to the Chronicle, notwithstanding an order staying the trial court's order, BP agreed to release the information contained within the witness statements to the public, which rendered the determination of whether they were court records moot because publishing the redacted witness statements had the effect of making them available to the public in the same way as a court record. Thus, whether the witness statements should be available to the public is no longer a live issue. Furthermore, the trial court's determination of whether the witness statements were court records was made as to the documents themselves and not as to the witnesses' identifying information in isolation. The test involves whether the documents as a whole are court records concerning matters that have a probable adverse effect upon the general public health or safety, not whether, as B.P. contends, some portion of each document concerns matters that have a probable adverse effect upon the general public health or safety. Under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a, BP, as the party that requested that the court records be kept under seal, had the burden to show that no less restrictive means than sealing the witness statements would adequately and effectively protect the specific interest asserted. By tendering the 15 redacted witness statements, BP effectively conceded that a less restrictive alternative redaction was available to the broad sealing order it requested. BP therefore failed to meet its burden under Rule 76a, the court concludes. OPINION: Alcala, J.; Radack, C.J., Alcala and Higley, J.J.


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Circular Number 2018-04 (revised)
Issue date: 26 October 2018
Revised date: 20 December 2018
Application: All Victorian public sector employers
Resources Executive Vehicle Cost to Package Calculator
https://vpsc.vic.gov.au/resources/victorian-public-service-executive-resource-suite/
Enquiries: Integrity and Advisory
The Victorian Public Sector Commission (VPSC) publishes the Executive Vehicle Cost to Package Calculator (the Calculator) to assist organisations to determine the cost to be deducted from the remuneration package of an executive who opts to package a motor vehicle.
In consultation with VicFleet, the VPSC has finalised an update of the Calculator. The updated Calculator maintains the core methodology while incorporating more relevant input data including current Fringe Benefits Tax rates, as well as running, registration and insurance costs which reflect contemporary fleet operations.
In future, the VPSC will review the Calculator at least annually in consultation with VicFleet.
The updated Calculator applies to any Victorian Public Service employee whose employment commenced on or after 10 October 2018.
Following consideration by the Victorian Secretaries Board and on the advice of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, for Victorian Public Service employees who had commenced employment prior to 10 October 2018, the updated Calculator will apply from 1 July 2019.
This Circular has been revised to clarify its application to existing public service employees as at 10 October 2018.
The Executive Vehicle Cost to Package Calculator is now available on the VPSC website in the Victorian Public Service Executive Resource Suite.
Victorian Public Service employers who provide packaged vehicles to Victorian Public Service employees must apply the updated formula to any employee who commenced their employment on or after 10 October 2018.
Following consideration by the Victorian Secretaries Board and on the advice of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, for Victorian Public Service employees who commenced their employment prior to 10 October 2018, the updated Calculator will apply from 1 July 2019.
The formula underpinning the Calculator is set out in the Victorian Public Service Executive Handbook (the Handbook) and is therefore binding on Victorian Public Service executives and their employers.
The Calculator is mandatory for the Victorian Public Service.
All Victorian public sector entities are encouraged to revise their policy and procedures on salary packaging of motor vehicles, ensuring these are informed by the Calculator and the Handbook.