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STEM Returners: creating new talent pools in STEM
An exciting new 'STEM Returners Programme' has been launched specifically designed to help the thousands of STEM candidates who want to return to engineering after a career break, but fear that their skills are way out of date. STEM Returners will help them return to their former careers, as well as re-train STEM candidates from other industries.
Two of the biggest challenges facing STEM are the widening skills gap, and the lack of positive progress in diversity. Considering these challenges, Women's Engineering Society (WES), in partnership with The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), is excited to be launching a 'STEM Returners Programme' which will positively affect both issues. In addition, the programme will also serve as a transfer of learning programme, to allow employers to attract and re-train engineers from other industries. This is an industry-wide programme and will look to attract diverse candidates from all areas of technical STEM, as well as business roles such as project management, procurement and leadership.
How will it work?
The programme is a structured, paid 13-week employment placement for professionals returning to work after a career break, or looking to transfer between sectors. Alongside the experience gained from the work placement, the programme will provide additional support for the returner, such as training, career mentoring, networking opportunities and peer support. At the end of the programme, at the agreement of the employer and the returner, there will also be the option for ongoing employment. This isn't just work experience, but a genuine opportunity to restart careers!
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STEM Returners is designed to attract and enable diverse candidates to apply, those candidates who are currently completely lost to traditional recruitment methods. A CV gap is often an insurmountable barrier to recruitment, often viewed as a major technical skills and knowledge gap by both employers and returners. It can also lead to would-be returners losing confidence in finding a way back to work. That means a huge amount of talent and investment in people is wasted. The programme will allow companies to build a more flexible and responsive workforce to both employee and client's needs.
The STEM Returners Programme is open to all candidates with a STEM background, who have taken a career break and are looking to restart their career, through a supported return to work scheme. It will also support those candidates who are interested in transferring to a different sector, but lack the relevant experience to apply through traditional recruitment channels.
Both the returners and employers will be fully supported throughout the programme which includes confidence training and coaching for the returner, a 13 week fully supported paid internship and a diverse and evolved mentoring scheme.
If you are an employer that is interested in attracting a new talent pool of experienced and diverse candidates, please contact us to participate in the programme. If you are a candidate looking to return to STEM, or transfer between sectors please register for one of the programmes. To find out more about the benefits of running or registering a Returners Programme please visit www.stemreturners.com


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Paramount Pictures has released the first official poster along with the first clip from the upcoming horror-comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse.
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one bad-ass cocktail waitress to become the world's most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they'll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead.
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About Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP http://www.sgrlaw.com/ Learn more about Lee Watts http://www.sgrlaw.com/staff/lwatts/ As Chief Marketing Officer, Ms. Watts is responsible for the marketing, advertising and business development of Smith Gambrell. She works closely with the attorneys to develop and implement business development plans for practices, industries, and offices. [TRANSCRIPT] Legal marketing is still relatively new because most people don't associate marketing with law firms. So it's still growing and there is just a lot of room for growth. But some of the things that we're seeing in traditional marketing in companies and firms that are transferring over to legal marketing are things like content marketing. We expect our attorneys to be thought leaders, and in order to do that, we're seeing a growing trend of attorneys blogging, attorneys doing podcasts, attorneys doing videos. We want to hear and see attorneys talking about what they know so that content marketing is really big. We're also seeing trends of-- We already know that marketing in business development is primarily about relationships. We're seeing a lot more attorneys getting out into the community and building all types of bridges and partnerships with other people to further the relationship. We're seeing that--whether it's a sponsorship or just doing round tables, doing lunch and learns at your client's offices. We're seeing a lot of attorneys getting out of their offices and building relationships with their clients, with their referrals, with their partners. Some other things I think I see a lot of at legal marketing, we're looking a lot more at analytics. Social media is big. I know a lot of you all fight against it, but it is here to stay and we need to figure out how to best use it for our firm. So there are a lot of analytics that you can gather through social media. We're seeing a lot of law firms doing that, finding out who's visiting their sites, who's looking at them, who's liking them, who's following them, and figuring out what to do with that information after that. As a director of marketing here at the firm, I'm stressing and urging that we get on board with that, and make sure we're using all of the resources that we have at our fingertips to find out who our real target audiences are and how we can better serve them. [END] About Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP SGR is a full-service, international law firm that advises regional, national and global businesses on a wide range of legal matters. The firm's more than 200 attorneys provide legal counsel in more than 45 specialized practice areas, including corporate transactions, litigation, intellectual property, aviation, banking, construction, and employment law. Founded in 1893, SGR has offices in Atlanta, Austin, Jacksonville, London, Munich, New York, Southampton, and Washington, D.C.


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120: That's Life
by Osher Chaim Levene, with Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman
The meaning of the number 120 in Jewish thought.
Excerpted from the just-published book Jewish Wisdom in the Numbers.
The number 120 marks a full lifetime. The average human lifespan (and standard measure of a generation) is associated with 70: "The days of our years are 70 years."1 Nevertheless, the optimal length of life, as echoed in the conventional blessing given for long life ("You should live until 120!") extends to 120 years. This epitomizes the sum of years in which man is to live out his life.
Rabbinic literature records several scholars within the historic period of the Mishnah who lived for 120 years.2 But the most famous individual whose 120-year lifespan is explicitly recorded in the Torah was the greatest Jewish leader of them all: Moses, Moshe Rabbeinu.
The Life of Moses
The life of Moshe began with his secret birth against the backdrop of the Egyptian edict to kill all the newly born Jewish boys. He was rescued from the River Nile by Pharaoh's daughter, who drew him from the water.3 Growing up in the royal palace, he shouldered the burden of his oppressed brethren who were brutally forced into backbreaking labor.4 After Moshe fled Egypt, God chose him at the burning bush to become the redeemer of Israel.5 Moshe was 80 years old when he stood before Pharaoh demanding that he let the Jewish People go.6 Moshe's 40-year leadership spanned the decades from the Exodus through the years in the Wilderness, until just prior to their entry into the Holy Land.7
The Torah stresses that Moshe's physical and mental prowess did not diminish nor wane in old age.8 Prior to his demise, Moshe gave testimony that all his faculties were fully functional and completely intact. His inability to enter the Holy Land was due only to God having decreed it. In line with the righteous, whose years are complete,9 Moshe died on the same date as his birthday,10 his life in This World spanning exactly 120 years.11
The defining feature of Moshe's life was the Torah. His role in redeeming the Children of Israel from Egypt was solely so that they would receive God's Torah at Sinai, with Moshe playing an essential role in its transmission to the Jewish People.12 Indeed, there is a parallel between days and years in terms of the process of Moshe's receiving the Torah. In ascending the mountain to receive the Torah, there were three 40-day periods, namely (40 x 3 =) 120 days in total.13 This contains in microcosm the 120-year life of Moshe, which was dedicated to teaching Torah to the Jewish People.14
120: Above Water
The Jewish baby was named "Moshe" by Pharaoh's daughter because she saved him when he was an infant in a casket floating on the River Nile: "for I drew him from the water."15 This reflects the unique spiritual nature of Moshe in his affinity to tzurah, form, which is taken out and raised above the level of chomer, matter. Chomer is exemplified by water, whose liquid state has no definite form.16
The Talmud sees a cryptic allusion to Moshe in the episode recounting the corruption in the world before the Flood. "God said: 'My spirit shall not abide in man forever, insofar as he is also flesh; therefore his days shall be 120 years.'"17 The term "insofar as he is also," has the same numerical value (345) as the name Mosheה.18 Furthermore, the 120-year period in the verse is a clear reference to the years of Moshe's life.19
There are several striking correspondences between the period of the Flood and the life of Moshe. Interestingly, the theme of succumbing or rising above water features strongly in both.
Just as Moshe survived by being "drawn from the water," so was mankind temporarily spared the waters of the Flood in the merit of Moshe, and also for the equivalent time frame of 120 years.20 During these 120 years, God restrained His anger. He did not immediately punish the wicked; He afforded them the opportunity to repent.21 The Divine instruction given to Noach about publicly constructing the ark,22 was the means of warning mankind that God was ready to bring about the destructive Flood.23
The newborn Jewish boys in the Egyptian exile were condemned to drown in the water,24 with only Moshe surviving by being contained within a ark. This has its parallel in the times of the Flood, where all of civilization was similarly drowned in the waters, with the notable exception of Noach and the remnants of civilization, who were preserved by being housed within a ark.25
The ark built by Noach over the course of 120 years symbolized a "lifetime." It was the environment in which the last remnants of civilization would live and survive until after the Flood. In its aftermath, they would reestablish themselves on the land.
120: Life in Jubilee Cycles
In the same way the ark was used to reestablish life on Earth after the Flood, Moshe was responsible for the acceptance of Torah, which would give the world its endurance. Indeed, even the world's creation has a connection to Moshe – the opening word of the Torah, bereishis, "in the beginning of …" contains an allusion to Moshe, who is also described with the term reishis, first.26
By extension, Moshe's 120-year lifespan relates to the full time continuum.27 The maximum length destined for the physical universe is 6 millennia: "The world will exist for 6000 years."28 Time is arranged in concentric units. Hours are turned into days, days into months, months into years, years into Sabbatical cycles, and finally, Sabbatical cycles into cycles of Yovel, 50th-year Jubilee. This is the ultimate cycle – as the reaching of Yovel symbolically marks the point that a cycle is complete. It now is primed to start anew.29
If one divides the 6000 years of world existence into these 50 Jubilee cycles, one would then produce a total of 120. In the same fashion that a period of 50 years is classified as an "epoch," so too, the expanded expression of the universe's lifetime (6000) is manifest in the combination of Yovel (50) and a human lifetime (120), taken together (50 x 120 = 6000).
120: From Moses to the Men of the Great Assembly
The outstanding legacy of Moshe's 120-year life would be successfully transmitted through the generations. The first historical chain of Torah transmission, documented by the opening Mishnah to Pirkei Avos, began with Moshe and stretched down to the Anshei Knesses HaGedolah, the Men of the Great Assembly, who lived at the beginning of the Second Temple period.30
This lineage represents the transition from the prophetic revelation of the Written Torah (Moshe) to the grasp of the Oral Torah (Anshei Knesses HaGedolah). This assembly included the surviving prophets of the First Temple era. Its members included Mordechai, Ezra, and Nechemiah. They introduced many edicts to reflect the change in circumstances (e.g., the standard textual formulation of the Amidah prayers).
Functioning in the capacity of a Great Sanhedrin, entrusted with the preservation of Jewish life in a new epoch of Jewish history, the total composition of the Anshei Knesses HaGedolah was of 120 members.31 Interestingly, the size of a Jewish community that necessitates a Sanhedrin is one that serves a congregation of no fewer than 120 people.32
120: From Moses Until Today
In truth, the mark of Moshe's life continues to reverberate in all later generations – down to this day. That Moshe died on his 120th birthday symbolizes that there is a never-ending cycle. This was Haman's fatal mistake: to think that the month of Adar – during which Moshe died – was a tragic date in Jewish history. The fact that this was on his birthday means that Moshe symbolically lives on – not through himself but through his successors. Rather than his passing creating a void, it denotes a constantly renewable state through later Torah scholars.33
The persona of Moshe is said to be reincarnated into the Jewish leaders of each era. They continue the sacred task of consecrating a life of Torah observance that animates existence and life. It is what human life is all about – a life that hopefully extends to the same length as that of Moshe – 120 years.
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1. Tehillim 90:10. See "70: The Sum of the Parts."
2. See Bereishis Rabbah 100:10 about Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, et al. See also Rosh Hashanah 31b.
3. Shemos 2:5-6, 10.
4. Ibid. 2:11-13.
5. Ibid. 3:1-10.
6. Ibid. 7:7. See "80: With Great Might."
7. See "40: True to Form."
8. Devarim 31:2 and Rashi ad loc. 34:7.
9. See Tosafos, Chagigah 17a citing Yerushalmi, Chagigah 2:3 stating that David died on Shavuos. See Kiddushin 38a and Sotah 13b about the righteous dying on their birthdays.
10. Sotah 12b.
11. Devarim 31:2, 34:7.
12. Pirkei Avos 1:1.
13. See Rashi, Shemos 32:1 and 33:11.
14. Rokeach, Devarim 34:7.
15. Shemos 2:10.
16. Maharal, Gevuros Hashem 14. See "39: Under Development" and "40: True to Form."
17. Bereishis 6:3.
18. Chullin 139b.
19. See Rashi, Chullin 139b.
20. Maharal, Chiddushei Aggados, Chullin 139b (Vol. 4, pp.115-116).
21. Rashi, Bereishis 6:3.
22. Bereishis 6:13-16.
23. Rashi, ibid. 6:14.
25. Note the similar description of both the teivah of Noach and the teivah of Moshe being smeared with pitch (Bereishis 6:14 and Shemos 2:3; see Rashi, Bereishis 6:14).
26. Bereishis Rabbah 1:4.
27. Both Adam and Noach lived almost 1000 years – 930 and 950 years respectively. The combination of their deficient years to reach 1000 (70 for Adam and 50 for Noach) equals 120 years – the lifetime of Moshe. See Chida, Devash L'Fi, Erech Moshe.
28. Rosh Hashanah 31a; Avodah Zarah 9a. See "6000: The End of the World."
29. See "50: All the Way."
31. Megillah 17b.
32. Sanhedrin 2b and 17b; see Rambam, Hilchos Sanhedrin 1:10.
33 See Tanchuma, Ki Sisa 3, mentioned in the context of Parashas Shekalim.
Osher Chaim Levene, with Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman
Jewish Wisdom in the Numbers draws heavily upon the foundational principles of the Maharal. It offers a richly rewarding experience as we gain a new understanding of essential Jewish concepts, viewed through the prism of numbers.
Jewish Wisdom in the Numbers is based on the scholarship and research of Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman, a student of HaGaon Rav Yitzchak Hutner zt'l, a world-renowned educator, and the highly acclaimed author of the annotated Machon Yerushalayim edition to the works of the Maharal of Prague. The essays were written by Osher Chaim Levene, a London-based writer and director of Orah, a Torah program for women and post-seminary girls within London's Jewish community, who combines magnificent, lyrical English with a rare talent for clarifying complex concepts.
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The TORAH...hidden secrets to end all suffering
The TORAH is Life. The key is how to reconcile the four corners of the world to Our One God. This has several levels or approachs. I started a personal path and I am also praying for community support as another path. The personal path, voices to our One God to please accept my voice as one for All Creation, past,,present and future. My voice for All, asks our One God to forgive us all our sins and grant us all eternal salvation, even for though who do not seek it or are filled with evil. This is based on my perception of who is our One God embodies, pure white LOVE. Any evil or darkness upon the will of our One God will revert to its natural state, we were formed all with a glimpse of that Light. A speckle od Light will defeat a world of darkness. The second approach is the community aspect. This involves reconcilation between Judah and Joseph. For this I need 10 people who can represent Judah. Our sages tell us that the divine presence rests upon a gathering of ten individuals (the number that comprises a "community") even if they are not engaged in the study of Torah or the performance of a mitzvah. This is also the significance of the minyan (the quorum of ten required to recite certain prayers): ten individuals gathered together represent a quantum leap in holiness. Ten ignorant boors make a minyan, while nine pious scholars do not (source www.chabad.org). Now, I am an Egyptian who is talking an active prayer role to correct the sins of the spies and to acknowledge that Egyptians abused our own flesh and blood, the Jewish people. Joseph lived 110 years. I am in spirit, asking our One God if I can be adopted into Joseph's family plus 10 people in spirit praying yielding 120 years. In spirit, I am trying to reunite the tribes of Jacob as One in front of our One God. To the outside, nothing may appear to have happened, yet in the spiritual world the steps to end all exile and suffering have
(2) Joey, May 12, 2013 1:04 AM
Interesting insights.
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Hayflick Limit
Every once in a while I learn something in science class that changes the way I think about the Torah.
Theres this thing called the Haflick Limit. In 1961 Hayflick determined that...skipping to the end of the story...that due to limits in the number of times cells will divide, human life is actually limited to about 120 years. Absent serious illness or injury, we have an expiration date of about 120 years. It's coded into our DNA.
Google it.
The Torah identified the source of the Hayflick limit something like 4,000 years ago. G*ds a pretty good scientist. Probably helps that he...you know...created the whole universe and sets the rules.
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These Low Carb Breadless Skinny Oven Fried Pork Chops are super easy to make and beyond flavorful. It comes together in about 30 minutes, making it a great, and healthy, weeknight dinner.
Sorry I have been so MIA … Some things have changed in our family which has made it a bit difficult for me to adapt to a new routine. Somehow I got stuck in the holiday's mood so It wasn't surprising that the January blues hit me hard. Thanks goodness…I'm back!
I know that this is "diet" season. Everyone is on a diet, or at the gym, and looking for delicious recipes that help them to stay on track. So today I am sharing an amazing Skinny Oven Fried Pork Chops recipe, which is eggless (of course), low carb (breadless), gluten-free, and can be easily adapted to be in line with the Whole30 rules.
How to breading without eggs.
When it comes to recipes that are breaded, such as fish sticks, chicken nuggets, Milanesa (breaded fried steak), fried chicken, etc… I substitute the egg dip for buttermilk to help the crumbs mixture bind to the food as it cooks. It works great and its high acidity level helps tenderize the meats.
If you are trying to avoid dairy products, you can make your own buttermilk combining 1 cup of unsweetened PLAIN almond milk + 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Set aside for 2 minutes and let it thicken a little.
How to breading without breadcrumbs.
Since my eldest daughter is following the whole 30 diet I got curious about how to breading food without breadcrumbs. So after a little bit of investigation, I started to experiment with several combinations. The substitute I liked most was the combination of almond flour and tapioca.
So if you are looking for a substitution for bread crumbs try mixing 1 cup of almond flour with 1 tablespoon of tapioca flour or arrowroot starch flour. I also like to add salt, pepper and other spices, like paprika, Italian seasoning etc., to the mix for extra flavor.
If you are following the KETO diet mix 1 cup of almond flour with 1 tablespoon of unflavored whey protein isolate powder. Add salt, pepper, and other spices, like paprika, Italian seasoning etc., to the mix for extra flavor.
These Low-Carb Skinny Oven Fried Pork Chops are unbelievably tender and flavorful! A quick, healthy and easy weeknight meal! We love pork chops because they're an extremely lean protein that makes our taste buds happy.
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Trim the fat from the pork chops, if necessary.
In a large bowl, cover the pork chops with the buttermilk and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. Remove pork chops from fridge 30 minutes before you plan to make them.
Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a large baking sheet with non-stick aluminum foil, or spray a large nonstick baking sheet lightly with oil.
Combine almond flour/meal, tapioca, salt, garlic, Italian seasoning, and parmesan, if using, in a large shallow bowl.
Grab a pork chop from the buttermilk, letting any excess milk runoff. Coat with crumb mixture, coating completely. Place on the prepared baking sheet.
Lightly spray a little more oil on top of the pork chops.
If you are following Whole 30 diet, make your own buttermilk: In a small bowl combine 1 cup of unsweetened PLAIN almond milk + 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Set aside for 2 minutes and let it thicken a little.
If you are NOT following the Keto diet you can substitute unflavored whey protein isolate powder for tapioca starch.
I am in love with your eggless keto recipes! My boyfriend has an egg allergy and Im trying to cook keto for us and these recipes are the best! Keep em coming!
Just wondering if you can substitute with Coconut Flour?
Hello Paula! I haven't used coconut flour to make these pork chops but I guess it could work, the texture will be different though. Thanks for your interest in this recipe.
The hubby and I try to maintain a low carb diet. . .because. . .well. . .you know the waistline has a tendency to get out of control. So, I'm always looking for new low carb recipes. This looks outstanding. The hubby loves pork chops and I always have almond meal on hand. Definitely making this.
This does look delicious. We haven't tried the Whole 30 diet but I can see the advantages of it.
I love this skinny version of one of my favorites! Definitely trying this! I'm sure my family will love this too!
These looks really yummy. My husband loves pork chops.


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Alberto Barbera Returns to the Venice Film Festival
VENICE 29 August 2012
Alberto Barbera put together three intelligent and well-received Venice International Film Festivals from 1999 to 2001. He was preparing his fourth in 2002 when Silvio Berlusconi came to power and he fell victim to Italy's political spoils system. In the customary postelection auto-da-fé, the board of the Biennale installed by the previous administration was replaced, along with the directors it had appointed.
Mr. Barbera, 62, has been director of the National Museum of Cinema in Turin since 2004. When Paolo Baratta - now president of the Venice Biennale, which organizes the film festival as well as the art and architecture events - invited him to dinner at his Rome apartment just before Christmas to share his thoughts on the direction of the film festival, Mr. Barbera said nobody was more surprised than he to find himself invited to return to Venice to resume his work.
His predecessor, Marco Müller, was artistic director of the event for eight years, the longest of any incumbent in the festival's 80-year history.
'Marco did a great job with the programming but the event became unmanageable,' Mr. Barbera said in an interview in his office on the Lido. 'Last year there were 180 films. We don't have enough room to show that number of films over the days of the festival. It became impossible to follow everything. So my first priority was to reduce the number of films.'
The new director has brought the number of features in the three main categories down to 55, 18 of them in competition, five fewer than last year.
When asked whether much had changed since he last directed the festival, Mr. Barbera said that a decade or so ago it was much easier to have direct relationships with filmmakers and producers. 'You could go to meet them at festivals, go to the studios,' he said. 'Now it's much more difficult to find this immediate, instant contact. You find yourself dealing with the marketing people, the sales people, the publicity people and you don't know who's in charge. You can't get a quick and clear response.'
Studios and producers have become more risk-averse, he said, more obsessed with the bottom line.
'Unlike in the past, the only element that counts is money,' he lamented. 'And it costs a lot of money now to bring a film to a festival. It involves a big outlay to bring the talent and all the back-up people. And there's a risk involved. The studios don't have any control over the press or public reaction, and they don't like it if they get bad reviews. They prefer to be in control of the process. To screen the film to the press that will co-operate. It's much safer to decide who sees the film, to skip the festivals and do press junkets instead.'
There is also an increasing wariness at appearing in competition, he added. 'The U.S. studios especially can be reluctant to be in competition because they don't want to be in competition and lose. Ten to 15 years ago, the studios were keener to use festivals and be in competition to launch their productions, but not anymore. This is particularly true of the U.S. studios, but not only. There are two big U.S. productions in competition this year, by Terrence Malick and Paul Thomas Anderson. But they have such high profiles in any case that they don't mind taking a chance.'
There are also a score of women filmmakers, a higher proportion of women than ever before. Was this a conscious choice?
'No, this was not intentional at all,' Mr. Barbera said. 'I honestly had no idea that there were so many women filmmakers on the list this year, until one of my collaborators on the staff pointed it out to me.
'I don't like the idea of having ghettoes for particular kinds of filmmakers. When we do the selection, I often don't know where or who it's coming from. I often don't even register the director or producer. When I've seen it, if I'm interested, it's at that point I find out more information about the film.
'But that there are so many more women filmmakers is a sign of the times,' he continued. 'Up till now the film business had been a male universe, but that is obviously changing. This is something that's happening in all kinds of areas of society and women are finally becoming better represented in film as well.'
Venice has traditionally been seen as primarily an art-house festival, and previous attempts to turn it also into a major marketplace à la Cannes have so far met with little success. But Mr. Barbera is returning to the issue with a new project.
'It's no longer enough to say that our core business is to defend auteur cinema,' he said. 'We need to act as a bridge between filmmakers and the rest of the industry.
'I made a mistake when I was last the artistic director at Venice,' he admitted. 'I thought that the market was not really necessary with modern communications, the Internet and so on. But over the last 10 years it has become clear that it is more necessary than ever. And to make a market here in Venice we have to invest, to build it year by year. To make it a venue that can't be skipped.'
This year there will be a five-day slot for buyers at the beginning of the festival. The buyers will be able to see all the films and others from the festival's archives. 'We've extended special invitations to around 100 buyers for this first event and almost all of them have accepted,' Mr. Barbera said.
'Today festivals need to support cinema more than ever by helping the filmmakers meet the market,' he said. 'With digital and other technologies, in many ways it's become easier and sometimes cheaper to make films, but if anything it has become more and more difficult to sell them.'
A further initiative to help aspiring filmmakers instituted by Mr. Baratta and Mr. Barbera is the founding of the Biennale College of Cinema, which will invite first-time directors from around the world to spend time in Venice attending workshops and receiving training from professionals.
Fifteen applicants will be chosen to develop projects and of those three will be given budgets of €150,000, or $188,000, each to return to their countries and make features to be premiered at the Venice festival in 2013.
First published: International Herald Tribune


In today's world of distractions, we have to be to the point. We're trying to build long-lasting relationships, but our clients think in short bursts of attention. Let things build with time and repetition.
Find ways to best communicate with each client or prospect. The options are endless – emails, letters, phone calls, brochures, handouts, slides, videos … the list goes on. You have to be prepared because clients are doing their research before they ever meet you.
We must remain positive. While we have a responsibility to discuss the "not so pleasant" realities of life, there's no reason to be negative about any products, services or circumstances. During periods of volatility and economic uncertainty, our clients want someone to look them in the eye and tell them, "It's going to be OK" or, "This is what we need to do right now." No website or robo-advisor can do that for them.
Simple usually wins. Think about making things "Sesame Street simple" for your clients to understand. It will improve your communication and your impact.
While on a plane recently, I read a quick article in Money Observer, a British financial site. It was like I was getting a glimpse into the future of the post-DOL world here in the United States. With similar regulations taking effect in the United Kingdom in 2012, many clients can't afford financial advice.
Half of the respondents who had an idea of how they were going to take their retirement savings thought that a drawdown strategy (systematic withdrawal strategies) would provide guaranteed income for life. Unfortunately, there are many variables that affect that strategy, including rates of return and withdrawal rates. But, I can confidently say that it will not guarantee income for life.
Twenty-five percent of respondents thought the drawdown strategy was risk free. Clearly, there's a gap in the fundamental mechanics of receiving income from pensions. To a lesser extent, I found it interesting that 25 percent of respondents thought their pension income was tax-free.
The complexities of the British pension system are no different than the complexities of U.S. retirement plans. Regardless, it's clear that Americans will need advice.
With some of the DOL ruling leaking out in various presentations over the last 30 days, I think it's important not to lose sight of where commission-based products fit into the proposed rule (and, I stress that it's still a proposed rule), which makes an attempt to focus on what is best for the client. We can't let paperwork and regulation get in the way of what many of us have been doing for years – putting the client first and making sure there is a baseline of guaranteed income.
Educating people and putting them in the right position to make quality decisions will never go out of favor. Because of that, I encourage financial professionals to think about how they will educate the large portion of retirement asset holders who will no longer have a wealth manager tied to the asset. Their clients will be looking for quality education, expertise and recommendations that will impact their lives for the next 30-plus years.
Let's collectively step up to the challenge of a post-DOL world and make a difference for our clients, their families, their co-workers and our industry. Don't let the fear of change and how we transact business affect our view of who we do business with our or how our advice should be disseminated.
While we may need to be more transparent and change forms, we shouldn't lose our core value proposition to our clients: quality advice and sensible solutions, delivered consistently through personal interaction.
Register for our webinar - Februrary 4, 2016 - discussing the latest DOL rulings and changes to expect.
Observe. Seek Data. Share It.
Recently, I traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where our firm hosted Thrive University with Curtis Cloke. It was a high-level training session for serious planners in the income planning marketplace. The attendees (myself included) gained a lot of valuable insights, several of which I realized are echoed by a book, "Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics," by Richard H. Thaler.
The criticality of speaking your mind – Thaler brought about change by being prepared to speak up himself, but he also stresses the need for all of us to speak up.
What's the takeaway for us as financial professionals? A few things.
Observe. Look around you and your clients. We are – and likely will remain – in an overall low-interest-rate environment. Today's economy is drastically different than the late 1990s and early 2000s. We live in a more volatile market. The question in income planning is no longer, "How can we mitigate risk with asset allocation?" but instead, "How can we shift the risk through product allocation?" Client demographics continue to change around us and expectations have changed as well.
Seek data. We don't know what we don't know, so we always have to be willing to learn. Thrive University, for example, opened the eyes and minds of many of the attendees. One advisor said, "I need to go back and have a conversation with all my clients about this philosophy." Curtis helped us remember the importance of nominal versus real returns, implied yield comparisons, fee drag and tax impact – components that make a strong income plan for life.
Share it. In the early stages of behavior economics, Thaler went against the grain. While the topic is growing, it's important we help continue the message. The fact is, our clients do NOT act rationally. Because of irrational behavior, we must set bumpers in their financial plans to provide guidance and a level of safety in income. But, it's important for all of us to look the two points above, recognize that we need to change our mindset, and, as an industry, change the way we deliver inflation-adjusted income to our clients.
By admitting that our clients need a different strategy and taking time to work on our business, not in it, we will change the security level of many Americans in their retirement. Look around at the changes, seek answers with an open mind and change the level of security for many of your clients.
Have You Adopted the Forward Pass?
In football, the forward pass is a must by today's standards. In fact, the highest producing NFL offenses are built around the ability to throw the ball around the field. But it wasn't always that way. The game changed significantly in 1905 when the forward pass was approved for play … but not every team adopted the new rules immediately.
In the early 1900s, football was pretty much a running game. Because of this, concussions and head injuries were very common. One year, 18 deaths occurred on the football field due to the severity of the game. To make football less violent and safer for college students, Teddy Roosevelt worked with school leaders to figure out new rules. Thus, the forward pass was instituted.
Unfortunately, not every school took to the forward pass quickly. Initially, if a player dropped a pass, it was a turnover, and if a pass was caught in the end zone, it was a touchback. If a pass didn't go five yards, it resulted in a 15-yard penalty. Risks were high in being different.
Saint Louis University's Eddie Cochem instituted the forward pass into his offense in 1906, when most colleges continued to run the ball. They won their next game, 22-0. Pop Warner began to use the forward pass at a small college, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, in 1907. His teams outscored their competition 148-11 over the first five games of the season. Then, tiny Carlisle took on the University of Pennsylvania football team using the forward pass. Pop Warner's team beat the mighty school in front of 22,800 fans by a score of 26-6. While that score is decisive, the yardage gain was even more lopsided. Carlisle outgained Penn 402 to 76 yards that afternoon.
The new wave of offense was noticed by bigger eastern schools, and the forward pass began to gain traction.
What's my point in all this? We need to look toward the innovators within our industry. Using the same withdrawal strategies for our clients will no longer work in economic environments where bond prices and rates are unpredictable, life expectancies are increasing rapidly, and volatility creates anxiety. It's just like running the football into the middle of the line and getting crushed.
We have to look for new ways to make sure our clients are safe. No rule, legislation or single product can solve the concerns and multiple risks of so many Americans. Instead, financial professionals have to use combinations of products and tools to meet the income demands of retirees. If your client's retirement income isn't safe, it's time to change the game and look for new ways to play the game.
Bottom Line: You can't win the game running the same old offense that won in the past. Times have changed, economics have changed, and client attitudes have changed. Innovate and look for new ways to help your clients win in retirement.
What's Your Distribution Rate When It Really Matters?
Let's face it. Many of us have short attention spans. Whether it's looking at our phones or tablets, quickly changing conversations with multiple people, or simply not being able to focus on a task, technology and social pressures have changed the way we interact with people and weakened our ability to pay attention for long periods of time.
I feel we tend to keep a shorter vision on retirement planning as well. And, this could be dangerous for our clients.
We talk a lot about life expectancies increasing and determining the proper payout for a client's assets. Unfortunately, I see many people making plans based upon life expectancies of newborns. We need to concentrate and look at the expanding life expectancies of 65-year-olds and the complications that those extra years bring.
Rising income needs due to inflationary pressures are greatest in retirement because of health care and housing issues. Longer retirements cannot withstand level income for long periods of time, especially with a volatile base of assets. As planners, we need to consider the impacts of our clients' income sources in 20 years, not just in that initial five- to 10-year period.
Over the years, the 4 percent distribution rule has been kicked around by many industry professionals and academics. Again, I don't think the distribution percentage at age 65 is as important as what the percentage will be in 15 years. Too often, we set a withdrawal rate based upon today's factors. And, we don't mitigate the other risks in retirement. Eventually, due to inflation primarily, the withdrawals must invade principal. This starts a downward spiral of asset depletion, resulting in the client running out of money.
We have to challenge our thinking about income distribution and asset accumulation so that both counterbalance one another. Today, we use one to fund the other. But, they need to complement each other throughout a client's lifetime.
If you're using a simple withdrawal strategy for income, chances are the withdrawal rate will escalate in the client's late 70s and 80s. This adds pressure to the remaining portfolio and might eliminate options. Instead, think about designing a guaranteed, inflation-adjusted floor of income and creating liquidity with funds that don't supply income. At the same, complement the plan with risk mitigation products to increase the probability for success.
Bottom Line: You've heard the saying "It's not what you earn; it's what you keep that matters." Well, it's not the distribution rate when you start that matters; it's the rate in the second half of retirement that makes retirement sustainable.


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Video: 2014 Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade
Published: Monday, 09 June 2014 18:39
Our annual tradition of filming the Fresno Pride Parade continues, feel free to watch the entire parade, in 1080p HD video, below:
Share your videos and pictures on our facebook & check out our YouTube for past Pride parades and other event videos.
Kids Day at the UFarm
Published: Tuesday, 27 May 2014 10:57
Bring the kids for a super fun event! We are very excited to announce Oklin Bloodworth will be singing and performing! It will be a great time to hear this talented children's musician live and with a small audience.
Kids Day at the U-Farm is a day for kids (and adults) to play on the farm and enjoy the tree house, rope swing, face paintings, sing-a-longs, bounce houses and other farm games. Bring a picnic or eat with us. Food will be available for purchase.
$10 per kid. Order tickets online in advance for $8 per kid. Adults get in FREE! As always, fun is included.
The Normal Heart - premieres Sunday on HBO
Published: Friday, 23 May 2014 18:21
Sunday night (9pm), HBO presents a new TV version of "The Normal Heart," Larry Kramer's 1985 play about the early years of the AIDS crisis. Kramer himself wrote the screenplay adaptation, which stars Mark Ruffalo and Julia Roberts. Almost 30 years later, the drama is both presented and viewed differently. If you miss it, you can catch it in reruns and on HBO Go. Those with VOD/HBO Go can also catch special extras, as well.
Four ways to see Hello, Dolly!
At William Saroyan Theatre, Feb 18th & 19th, 7:30pm
Four ways to get your tickets (of course, our famous free ticket raffle too!)
Buy your tickets from Ticket Master or at the Saryoan box office
#1 Like us on facebook and enter our contest at the top of the page (Winner will receive two tickets to Feb 18th show)
#2 Donate to Gay Fresno, in any amount and you'll be entered to win two tickets for the Feb 18th show ($142 value!)
#3 Bid on eBay bidding starts at only 99c for two tickets for the Feb 18th show ($142 value, Auction ends Feb 17th at 5pm)
Just by being a member of our email list, you can know about our next ticket giveaway. Join today!
The Parents' Phrase Book
Written by Scott
Editor's note: My brother, Whit Honea, just had his first book published – a book on how to deal with parenting that is written for all kinds of families. Although Whit is straight, he is one of the most open guys I know, and he wrote his book with parents of all stripes in mind. Plus, bias aside, he's a helluva writer. Check it out if you are a parent of young kids, or if you know one. Whit, we're really proud of you. –Scott & Mark
What do you say when your child gets caught in a fib? Or asks you about the birds and the bees? With The Parents' Phrase Book, you no longer have to worry about coming up with the right response on the spot.
Written by Whit Honea, a parenting expert1 whose advice has appeared on BabyCenter, Babble, and the Huffington Post, among others, this valuable guide provides you with the key language and tactics you will need to deal with a variety of parenting situations.
Inside, Honea explains why his approach quickly resolves issues and why so many of the parenting phrases you hear on the playground may actually encourage children to misbehave. From tackling sibling rivalry to handling bullies at school, The Parents' Phrase Book will help you connect with your child and address even the toughest parenting dilemmas with love, humor, and empathy.
Whit Honea was born in Tucson, Arizona and received his degree in creative writing at the University of Arizona. He spent a number of years in and around Seattle before moving to the Los Angeles area with his wife and two sons. His fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and his take on parenting has appeared on popular sites like Babble, BabyCenter, GeekDad, DadCentric, and The Huffington Post. He is the editor of the Dads & Families section on The Good Men Project and looks rather handsome in a hat.
1 The term "expert" was insisted upon by the publisher in hopes of selling more books. Whit will deny the label with his dying breath. He prefers "antiexpert," because it sounds so much cooler, even if he made it up.
Straight No Chaser - Win tickets!
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Sun, December 29, 2013 7:00 PM
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Holiday Concert!
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William Saroyan Theatre
700 M Street, Fresno, CA 93721
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Russell Tovey, Jonathan Groff in HBO's gay-themed 'Looking'
Published: Thursday, 14 November 2013 15:18
HBO will premiere its much-anticipated gay-themed series Looking on January 19 at 10:30 PM.
On Sunday, the network released a teaser clip from the upcoming series.
In Looking, a trio of friends – Murray Bartlett (Guiding Light), Jonathan Groff (Glee, Boss) and newcomer Frankie J. Alvarez (Smash) – grapple with gay life in San Francisco, America's most gay-friendly city.
Read more: Russell Tovey, Jonathan Groff in HBO's gay-themed 'Looking'
Another chance to win with Gay Fresno!
Win Tickets to Million Dollar Quartet!
Just "like" us on Facebook and look for our contest later today. We'll have one more chance to win a set of two tickets.
Want to be sure to go? A set is available on eBay to help raise funds for Gay Fresno. These are currently only at $1!
You may also purchase tickets online and at the Saroyan theatre box office.
Video to pick up your Halloween
Published: Thursday, 31 October 2013 14:11
To those who celebrate it... Happy Halloween!
We hope you enjoy this HILARIOUS clip from the Ellen Show. Me thinks one of them is "family".
A Week of Celebrity Same Sex Proposals and Weddings
Published: Friday, 11 October 2013 09:05
We had quite a week for same sex proposals and weddings this week.
Grey's Anatomy actor T.R. Knight married his partner.
Towleroad.com reports:
Former Grey's Anatomy actor T.R. Knight married his boyfriend Patrick on Friday, US Weekly reports: "It [was] very small and quiet," an insider reveals to Us. One of the more famous faces to attend? Knight's former ABC costar and close friend Katherine Heigl flew in for the ceremony, the source says. No other details on the fete were immediately available.
Over in Massachusetts, an openly gay Carl Sciortino married his partner Saturday.
The Washington Blade reports:
A gay Massachusetts politician vying to win an upcoming special congressional election married his partner of more than five years on Saturday in a ceremony he says reflects the progress of the LGBT rights movement. State Rep. Carl Sciortino, who's seeking to represent Massachusetts' 5th congressional district in the U.S. House, wed his partner of more than five years, Pem Brown, a consultant for non-profit communications, in Boston at the Old South Meeting House.
At Disneyland, Dot Jones, who plays Coach Shannon Biest on Glee, proposed to her partner.
Dot429 reports:
Dot-Marie Jones, who plays Coach Shannon Beiste on Fox's "Glee," proposed to her longtime girlfriend Bridgett Casteen at Disneyland's Anaheim Gay Days on Friday, October 5, 2013. This is Jones's first marriage, and her fiancée's second walk down the aisle. The proposal took place, Disney fairytale-style, in front of the Sleeping Beauty castle. "It's the happiest day of my life," the 49-year old Emmy nominee told The Advocate. "I never thought I'd find someone that is so loving and kind."
Congratulations to all the happy couples!
Reel Pride Friday screenings
Published: Friday, 20 September 2013 13:45
Friday night films, Including a FREE screening!
5:30pm - FREE FALL - Tower Theatre
5:30pm - BEFORE YOU KNOW IT - The Voice Shop
5:30pm - TODO EL MUNDO TIENE A ALGUIEN MENOS YO (EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMEBODY BUT ME) - Severance Dance Studio
7:30pm - WHO'S AFRAID OF VAGINA WOLF? - Tower Theatre
7:30pm - POSITIVITY ***FREE PROGRAM*** - The Voice Shop
9:30pm - TEST - Tower Theatre
11:00pm - INTERIOR. LEATHER BAR. - Tower Theatre
Reel Pride Thursday film schedule
Published: Thursday, 19 September 2013 12:38
Fresno's Reel Pride film festival continues tonight with these great features...
Reel Pride Thursday Schedule
5:30pm - BORN THIS WAY - Tower Theatre
5:30pm - LA PARTIDA (THE LAST MATCH) - The Voice Shop
7:30pm - MELTING AWAY - Tower Theatre
7:30pm - BREAKING THE GIRLS - The Voice Shop
9:30pm - GOOD AS YOU - Tower Theatre
FRESNO REEL PRIDE – IT WAS 24 YEARS AGO: 1990
Published: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 11:14
Written by Peter Robertson
A small, fearless group of Fresno State students – members of the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Student Alliance – launched an "International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival" in conjunction with National Coming Out Day.
It showcased 11 films ("Damned If You Don't," "Domestic Blues," "Dry Kisses Only," "Flames of Passion," "I Need a Man Like You to Make My Dreams Come True," "Kim," "Mala Noche," "On Guard," "The Mark of Lilith," "Urinal" and "Wrestler: East of the Wall"); from 5 countries (Australia, Canada, UK, USA and West Germany); throughout 6 days (Oct. 7-12, 1990).
Since then, the student group has become United Student Pride; the film festival has moved off-campus; and the event is now known as the "Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival."On the eve of our 24th Annual Film Festival, Fresno Reel Pride salutes our Co-founders – Ken Fries and Peter Robertson; plus founding GLBSA Officers Brad Seiple, Matt Cunningham, Durk Hubel, Manoj Mehta and Caren Thomas; as well as founding advisors Sari Dworkin and Caryn Horowitz.
We also our salute past and present Festival Directors – Jeff Robinson, Dave Houck, Jon Carroll and James Figueroa – plus former and current board of directors, sponsors, donors, festival pass holders, volunteers and audience members. (2013 Board of Directors: Sarrah Soza, Peter Robertson, Ralph Gomez, Jon Caroll, Chris Dodd, Kathleen Reyna, Justin Kamimoto and Augie Blancas).
As we pause and reflect on the past 24 years, it's been a daunting and miraculous journey – for our GLBTQ community, for our allies, for our nation – and for the Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival. Thank you for your courage and your vision. Because of each of you, we exist today. And, we're all the better for it.
FRESNO REEL PRIDE
24th Annual Film Festival
Sept. 18 – 22, 2013
www.reelpride.com
Reel Pride - Freebies for students!
Written by Justin Kamimoto
Fresno Reel Pride starts in 2 days!
Did you know that students have benefits at the five day film festival? Click here for a full list of student perks and freebies - yes students get freebies!
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Reel Pride 2013 - Starts in ONE WEEK!
Have you joined or renewed your membership yet? Now is the time -- members receive special perks and first priority during the festival, including learning about all our 2013 festival films in advance. Find out how you can take advantage of all the great benefits of Reel Pride membership - join online today or download the membership form here.
"Batwoman" Writers Quit After DC Comics Says No to Wedding
Published: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 12:37
The writers of the new Batwoman comic are quitting after DC Comics stepped in to block a number of planned storylines, including a wedding to the character's female partner.
Unfortunately, in recent months, DC has asked us to alter or completely discard many long-standing storylines in ways that we feel compromise the character and the series. We were told to ditch plans for Killer Croc's origins; forced to drastically alter the original ending of our current arc, which would have defined Batwoman's heroic future in bold new ways; and, most crushingly, prohibited from ever showing Kate and Maggie actually getting married. All of these editorial decisions came at the last minute, and always after a year or more of planning and plotting on our end. We've always understood that, as much as we love the character, Batwoman ultimately belongs to DC. However, the eleventh-hour nature of these changes left us frustrated and angry — because they prevent us from telling the best stories we can. So, after a lot of soul-searching, we've decided to leave the book after Issue 26.
The characters were engaged in the comic several months ago. The coauthors clarified by tweet: "Not wanting to be inflammatory, only factual- We fought to get them engaged, but were told emphatically no marriage can result…But must clarify- was never put to us as being anti-gay marriage."
Fox Fires Sports Broadcaster for Antigay Remarks
Published: Sunday, 08 September 2013 19:21
Fox Sports Southwest has cut broadcaster Craig James from its fall lineup of football commentators because of past antigay remarks.
James, a former NFL running back and ESPN broadcaster, made the controversial comments during a 2012 campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas, when he criticized Tom Leppert, his opponent for the GOP nomination, for marching in a gay Pride parade.
During a primary debate in Dallas, where Leppert was mayor, James argued that same-sex attraction is a choice, rather than inborn or genetic, and claimed he would never march in a Pride parade.
Fresno pride lions club fundraiser
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Skandia have a range of courses for all levels of management and where required support managers with internal mentors. An online 360 tool to assist managers has been developed along with an internally managed feedback mechanism. They retain many external suppliers to deliver life and business coaching to middle and senior managers and provide support in obtaining internal and external professional qualifications in association with external business schools. Managers are encouraged to attend seminars and professional forums to maintain professional knowledge and meet CPD requirements. Voluntary networking groups have been introduced for the different management levels bringing together the various business departments.
A flexible benefits package is on offer which includes free private health care, critical illness / personal insurance and a wellness program. They have enhanced their offerings to employees with more therapist sessions being made available onsite. Online resources are available both at work and at home where employees can access the latest health and wellbeing news as well as taking health assessments. Skandia also provides an optional onsite annual flu vaccination programme and work with an agency to provide balanced menus and raise awareness on healthy eating through road shows and leaflets. This year, as part of a financial awareness programme, employees were given access to pension financial advice to help them understand more about their pension.
To encourage teamwork Skandia run a number of social events including sailing activities and some employees have joined the Ellen MacArthur trust 'Voyage around Britain. Celebration events are held to reward team work, the Customer Services Division held an Oscars Event in reward for their achievements. Formal team building events happen throughout the year and their People and Performance team have assisted a local primary school with painting, decorating, building a garden facility and mending cycle sheds to promote cycling to school.


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It would be a crime to have a list of the best food in Turks and Caicos without first paying homage to the island nation's national dish: Cracked Conch. And, if you enjoy conch fritters, you will be sure to love the deep-fried variation on this iconic Caribbean cuisine, which features less batter and more conch.
Two traditional dishes, grits and johnnycake, are distinctive Turks and Caicos specialties. As the travel blog Caribya notes: Islanders love "boil fish and grits" for breakfast, and "boil fish and johnnycake" for lunch. For supper, fresh seafood alongside peas and hominy is a staple.
Growing wild throughout the islands is papaya, a popular fruit for eating fresh off the tree and for preparing a variety of dishes. Papaya trees can grow up to 20 feet high and like palms, they have a lot of foliage at the top.
The best drink in Providenciales to salute the start of your Caribbean vacation is the classic favourite: Pina Colada!Aug 26, 2019
Is the tap water safe in the Turks and Caicos Safe to Drink? In most cases, yes, it's perfectly safe, yet bottled water is the common choice due to the poor taste of piped water.
All travelers 10 years of age or older, regardless of citizenship, must provide proof of a COVID-19 test result to enter TCI. All travelers must provide one of the accepted types of tests including those who are fully vaccinated. At this time, proof of having a vaccine will not replace a negative test result.
Smoke Free Places The law prohibits smoking in most indoor public places and workplaces, with exceptions for smoking areas in tobacco specialty shops and airports. In addition, smoking is prohibited on all means of public transport.
The best months to visit Turks & Caicos are February, March and April, making it the perfect spring break getaway for families with younger kids. May, June and July are also good months to visit the Turks & Caicos Islands for a beach vacation. The busiest month is December, especially during the holidays.
Here are some key phrases that will help you survive a conversation with Turks and Caicos Island locals.
Levels of crime in the Turks and Caicos Islands are relatively low. However, the level of crime on Providenciales, the first point of arrival into the Turks and Caicos Islands for most visitors and the territory's economic hub, is higher than on the other islands where incidences of serious crime are less frequent.
It's totally safe to leave the resort. Turks and Caicos is one of the safest Caribbean islands.
As is the case in any healthy Caribbean environment, sharks can be seen throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands. On our extensive barrier reef, gray reef sharks are common, and in the wetlands nurse sharks and lemon sharks (often juveniles) can be spotted.
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Sandals Resorts International said it is planning to close the Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort indefinitely in 2021 because the Caribbean island's government raised taxes on the property after declaring it would not.
Montserrat. Despite its French-sounding name, Montserrat is actually part of Britain. The United Nations World Tourism Organization listed Montserrat as one of the least visited countries in the world, making it the least visited island in the Caribbean.
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No surprise, the little island of St John in the US Virgin Islands ranked #1 destination in the Caribbean for travel. The 2013 Top 10 Caribbean List highlighted the many beautiful beaches, food and eco tourism that have made this tiny island world famous.
1. Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is the most visited island in the Caribbean. With its seemingly endless white-sand beaches, the Dominican Republic is a popular getaway for tourists in search of an idyllic vacation, plenty of outdoor adventure, and a tinge of colonial history.
1. Turks and Caicos. Known for having the best clear water beaches in the Caribbean, Turks and Caicos are home to sparkling white sandy beaches with shimmering blue crystal clear water that laps gently at the shore.
1. Maldives. The Maldives are home to some of the world's most ravishing islands, but it's the sea, which truly makes these islands shine. Luminous aquamarine waters with a crystal clarity lap upon these dazzling white shores, which barely peek above the Indian Ocean.
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Boeing 737 MAX  — це сімейство нових повітряних суден, що випускається корпорацією Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Серія базується на модельному ряді , який і планується замінити. Майбутній літальний апарат представлятиме 4-те покоління моделей 737. Головною відмінністю є використання більших та ефективніших двигунів . Планер літака так само зазнає деяких змін. Початок постачання 737 MAX відбувся  2017-го року, тобто через 50 років після першого польоту Boeing 737. Корпорація Boeing отримала тверді замовлення на 737 MAX в кількості у 2553 шт. станом на листопад 2014 р. Станом на березень 2018 року було поставлено 80 літаків.

Станом на березень 2019 року за участю моделі МАХ 8 відбулося 2 масштабні авіакатастрофи (вік літаків 2 та 4 місяці відповідно) з сотнями людських жертв, що викликає сумніви у надійності цієї моделі літака та може свідчити про наявність серйозних проблем у нових модифікаціях повітряних суден від компанії Боїнг.

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Починаючи з 2006 р., у Boeing обговорювали можливість заміни 737 моделлю з чистого аркуша (службова назва «Boeing Y1»), аналогічно до того, як розроблявся Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Рішення про заміну відкладали аж до 2011 р. У листопаді 2014 р. стало відомо, що Boeing має намір замінити 737 новим аеропланом до 2030 р., можливо, навіть з планером з композитних матеріалів.

2010 компанія Airbus запустила в експлуатацію сімейство Airbus A320neo з новими двигунами для покращення витрат палива та льотної ефективності; початково було заплановано ввести останні в експлуатацію у середині 2016 р., однак пізніше перенесено на жовтень 2015 р. Рішення було схвально сприйнято багатьма авіакомпаніями, котрі почали формувати великі замовлення на оновлений аероплан. Авіакомпанії постійно підштовхували до оновлення 737 новими двигунами замість редизайну у вигляді Boeing Y1. 30 серпня 2011 р. Рада директорів Боїнга схвалила проєкт 737 MAX. Компанія прогнозувала, що 737 MAX матиме на 16 % більшу паливну ефективність, ніж Airbus A320 і на 4 % — за Airbus A320neo. У Boeing висловлюють сподівання, що 737 MAX по дальності перельоту зможе зрівнятися чи навіть перевершити Airbus A320neo. Перший екземпляр 737 MAX заплановано поставити у 2017 р.

29 січня 2016 р. було здійснено перший політ 737 MAX-8. Відео першого зльоту , посадки .

Після кількох катастроф моделі та заборони для експлуатації, виробник вирішив спочатку опрацювати систему маневрування літака, але згодом було вирішено повністю переписати програмне забезпечення для 737 Max.

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Першою авіакомпанією у країні, що розмістила тверде замовлення на цей тип, стала АК «SkyUp». 20 березня 2018 був підписаний контракт на закупівлю 5 літаків (2 МАКС-8 і 3 МАКС-10) загальною вартістю 624 млн $. У листопаді 2019 року було підписано лізингову угоду на поставку ще 2 літаків MAX 8 2020 року.

Станом на 2019 рік, виробник планував поставити перший літак компанії «МАУ». У липні 2020 року контракт розірвано.

Варіанти
 737 MAX 7
 737 MAX 8
 737 MAX 200
 737-8ERX (проект)
 737 MAX 9
 737 MAX 10

Катастрофи

29 жовтня 2018 року Боїнг 737 МАХ 8, виконуючи рейс авіакомпанії Lion Air розбився, впавши у води Яванського моря через 13 хвилин після вильоту з летовища Сукарно-Хатта, Джакарта, Індонезія. Усі 181 пасажир та вісім членів екіпажу загинули. Вік повітряного судна на момент катастрофи становив 2 місяці.

10 березня 2019 року літак Боїнг 737 МАХ 8, реєстраційний номер ET-AVJ виконуючи рейс авіакомпанії Ethiopian Airlines розбився приблизно через 6 хвилин після вильоту з аеропорту Аддис-Аббеби. Усі 149 пасажирів та 8 членів екіпажу загинули. На момент катастрофи вік літака становив 4 місяці.

7 січня 2021 року міністерство юстиції США повідомило, що проти компанії Boeing висунуто обвинувачення в шахрайстві та намаганні ввести в оману урядову агенцію під час сертифікації літаків 737 Max.

За версією слідства співробітники компанії передавали неправдиву і перекручену інформацію фахівцям федерального авіаційного управління. Як наслідок, компанія погодилась виплатити 2,5 млрд доларів США, зокрема: $243 млн штрафу, $500 млн — компенсації 346 жертв авіакатастроф, та $1,77 млрд компенсації клієнтам компанії.

Див. також
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 Comac C919
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Swimmers add to Island Games medal tally
0 comments, 08/07/2019 , by Shetland Times, in Headlines, Sport
Team Shetland added to its medal tally on Monday as the isles' swimmers enjoyed success in the pool.
Four-time gold medallist Felix Gifford won Shetland's first in the water when he took third place in the 200 metre butterfly.
Jasmin Smith, a medal winner in her first Island Games in Gotland two years ago, was the next winner, securing a bronze in the 50 metre breaststroke. She was up against the Western Isles' Kara Hanlon who earlier in the day set an Island Games record for the discipline.
Jasmin Smith won a bronze in the 50 metre breaststroke. Photo: Kevin Jones
Emmie Hutchison was just shy of a podium finish in the women's 100 metre butterfly. However, her time of 1:04:09 did set a new Shetland record.
She was also part of a Shetland record-setting relay team alongside Smith, Katie Bain and her sister Anne Hutchsion. The quartet came fifth in the 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay.
Meanwhile, the badminton team came 6th overall following a strong showing in the group stage. Wins over Gibraltar and Ynys Môn saw Shetland finish second in Group D, just behind northern neighbours the Faroe Islands.
A win against Menorca, Group A's second-placed team, took Shetland through to a 5th/6th place play-off against 2015 gold medallists Jersey. Shetland suffered a narrow defeat in that fixture meaning they finished 6th overall in the team event.
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Why is it interesting to study an event's astrological chart? The natal chart, dominant planets and their distribution for "Asuncion (Paraguay)" for example? Because a branch of astrology analyses events by referring to the astrological chart of their creation or beginning. Thus, it is possible to cast the chart for a company, a city, a country, an earthquake, a scientific discovery and so forth.
Through chart analysis and forecast, this branch of astrology provides information about the quality of a given event and reviews its positive or negative potential (success of a company, a project, an encounter etc.). Or it can simply allow you to analyse the static natal chart itself (natural disaster, invention etc.) for astrological research purpose.
Of course, in the case of these mundane or specific event charts, an astrological portrait is irrelevant. But all the rest remains valid: dominants, statistics for the positions of planets, signs, houses etc. These kinds of charts' interpretative techniques constitute a full-fledged discipline in itself, different from that of personal charts.
One must be careful when interpreting those event charts for two reasons: firstly, the major difficulty is to determine the exact date that symbolizes the event - and the exact time if possible. If we take, for example the creation of a company, there are several possible dates: the date when the partners agreed to create it is a first possibility; the date the statutes were registered, or the date of the company's legal incorporation, shortly afterwards, are also valid. We could also imagine that the date and time of the creation of its name also represent its birth. In any case, the issue is to identify "what symbolically represents best the creation of that event". This is the real first difficulty, in most cases.
The other reason why one must be cautious is only because this discipline is more difficult to study - its outcomes are less reliable than those of a personal chart. Good results are yielded, indeed, but pleading in favour or against it is not the point here. The technique exists, just as mundane astrology and the study of planetary cycles are there to explain world events located in space and time.
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Emma Goldman, The Social Significance of the Modern Drama
(Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1914; The Gorham Press, Boston, U.S.A.)
THE SCANDINAVIAN DRAMA: HENRIK IBSEN
AN ENEMY OF SOCIETY DR. THOMAS STOCKMANN is called to the position of medical adviser to the management of the "Baths," the main resource of his native town.
A sincere man of high ideals, Dr. Stockmann returns home after an absence of many years, full of the spirit of enterprise and progressive innovation. For as he says to his brother Peter, the town Burgomaster, "I am so glad and content. I feel so unspeakably happy in the midst of all this growing, germinating life. After all, what a glorious time we do live in. It is as if a new world were springing up around us."
Burgomaster. Do you really think so?
Dr. Stockmann. Well, of course, you can't see this as clearly as I do. You've spent all your life in this place, and so your perceptions have been dulled. But I, who had to live up there in that small hole in the north all those years, hardly ever seeing a soul to speak a stimulating word to me—all this affects me as if I were carried to the midst of a crowded city—I know well enough that the conditions of life are small compared with many other towns. But here is life, growth, an infinity of things to work for and to strive for; and that is the main point.
In this spirit Dr. Stockmann sets to his task. After two years of careful investigation, he finds that the Baths are built on a swamp, full of poisonous germs, and that people who come there for their health will be infected with fever.
Thomas Stockmann is a conscientious physician. He loves his native town, but he loves his fellow-men more. He considers it his duty to communicate his discovery to the highest authority of the town, the Burgomaster, his brother Peter Stockmann.
Dr. Stockmann is indeed an idealist; else he would know that the man is often lost in the official. Besides, Peter Stockmann is also the president of the board of directors and one of the heaviest stockholders of the Baths. Sufficient reason to upbraid his reckless medical brother as a dangerous man:
Burgomaster. Anyhow, you've an ingrained propensity for going your own way. And that in a well-ordered community is almost as dangerous. The individual must submit himself to the whole community, or, to speak more correctly, bow to the authority that watches over the welfare of all.
But the Doctor is not disconcerted: Peter is an official; he is not concerned with ideals. But there is the press,—that is the medium for his purpose! The staff of the People's Messenger—Hovstad, Billings, and Aslaksen, are deeply impressed by the Doctor's discovery. With one eye to good copy and the other to the political chances, they immediately put the People's Messenger at the disposal of Thomas Stockmann. Hovstad sees great possibilities for a thorough radical reform of the whole life of the community.
Hovstad. To you, as a doctor and a man of science, this business of the water-works is an isolated affair. I fancy it hasn't occurred to you that a good many other things are connected with it. . . . The swamp our whole municipal life stands and rots in. . . . I think a journalist assumes an immense responsibility when he neglects an opportunity of aiding the masses, the poor, the oppressed. I know well enough that the upper classes will call this stirring up the people, and so forth, but they can do as they please, if only my conscience is clear.
Aslaksen, printer of the People's Messenger, chairman of the Householders' Association, and agent for the Moderation Society, has, like Hovstad, a keen eye to business. He assures the Doctor of his whole-hearted coöperation, especially emphasizing that, "It might do you no harm to have us middle-class men at your back. We now form a compact majority in the town—when we really make up our minds to. And it's always as well, Doctor, to have the majority with you. . . . And so I think it wouldn't be amiss if we made some sort of a demonstration. . . . Of course with great moderation, Doctor. I am always in favor of moderation; for moderation is a citizen's first virtue—at least those are my sentiments."
Truly, Dr. Stockmann is an idealist; else he would not place so much faith in the staff of the People's Messenger, who love the people so well that they constantly feed them with high-sounding phrases of democratic principles and of the noble function of the press, while they pilfer their pockets.
That is expressed in Hovstad's own words, when Petra, the daughter of Dr. Stockmann, returns a sentimental novel she was to translate for the People's Messenger: "This can't possibly go into the Messenger," she tells Hovstad; "it is in direct contradiction to your own opinion."
Hovstad. Well, but for the sake of the cause—
Petra. You don't understand me yet. It is all about a supernatural power that looks after the so-called good people here on earth, and turns all things to their advantage at last, and all the bad people are punished.
Hovstad. Yes, but that's very fine. It's the very thing the public like.
Petra. And would you supply the public with such stuff? Why, you don't believe one word of it yourself. You know well enough that things don't really happen like that.
Hovstad. You're right there; but an editor can't always do as he likes. He often has to yield to public opinion in small matters. After all, politics is the chief thing in life—at any rate for a newspaper; and if I want the people to follow me along the path of emancipation and progress, I mustn't scare them away. If they find such a moral story down in the cellar, they're much more willing to stand what is printed above it—they feel themselves safer.
Editors of the stamp of Hovstad seldom dare to express their real opinions. They cannot afford to "scare away" their readers. They generally yield to the most ignorant and vulgar public opinion; they do not set themselves up against constituted authority. Therefore the People's Messenger drops the "greatest man" in town when it learns that the Burgomaster and the influential citizens are determined that the truth shall be silenced. The Burgomaster soundly denounces his brother's "rebellion."
Burgomaster. The public doesn't need new ideas. The public is best served by the good old recognized ideas that they have already. . . . As an official, you've no right to have any individual conviction.
Dr. Stockmann. The source is poisoned, man! Are you mad? We live by trafficking in filth and garbage. The whole of our developing social life is rooted in a lie!
Burgomaster. Idle fancies—or something worse. The man who makes such offensive insinuations against his own native place must be an enemy of society.
Dr. Stockmann. And I must bear such treatment! In my own house. Katrine! What do you think of it?
Mrs. Stockmann. Indeed, it is a shame and an insult, Thomas—— . . . But, after all, your brother has the power——
Dr. Stockmann. Yes, but I have the right!
Mrs. Stockmann. Ah, yes, right, right! What is the good of being right when you haven't any might?
Dr. Stockmann. What! No good in a free society to have right on your side? You are absurd, Katrine. And besides, haven't I the free and independent press with me? The compact majority behind me? That's might enough, I should think!
Katrine Stockmann is wiser than her husband. For he who has no might need hope for no right. The good Doctor has to drink the bitter cup to the last drop before he realizes the wisdom of his wife.
Threatened by the authorities and repudiated by the People's Messenger, Dr. Stockmann attempts to secure a hall wherein to hold a public meeting. A free-born citizen, he believes in the Constitution and its guarantees; he is determined to maintain his right of free expression. But like so many others, even most advanced liberals blinded by the spook of constitutional rights and free speech, Dr. Stockmann inevitably has to pay the penalty of his credulity. He finds every hall in town closed against him. Only one solitary citizen has the courage to open his doors to the persecuted Doctor, his old friend Horster. But the mob follows him even there and howls him down as an enemy of society. Thomas Stockmann makes the discovery in his battle with ignorance, stupidity, and vested interests that "the most dangerous enemies of truth and freedom in our midst are the compact majority, the damned compact liberal majority." His experiences lead him to the conclusion that "the majority is never right. . . . That is one of those conventional lies against which a free, thoughtful man must rebel. . . . The majority has might unhappily—but right it has not."
Hovstad. The man who would ruin a whole community must be an enemy of society!
Dr. Stockmann. It doesn't matter if a lying community is ruined! . . . You'll poison the whole country in time; you will bring it to such a pass that the whole country will deserve to perish. And should it come to this, I say, from the bottom of my heart: Perish the country! Perish all its people!
Driven out of the place, hooted and jeered by the mob, Dr. Stockmann barely escapes with his life, and seeks safety in his home, only to find everything demolished there. In due time he is repudiated by the grocer, the baker, and the candlestick maker. The landlord, of course, is very sorry for him. The Stockmanns have always paid their rent regularly, but it would injure his reputation to have such an avowed rebel for a tenant. The grocer is sorry, and the butcher, too; but they can not jeopardize their business. Finally the board of education sends expressions of regret: Petra is an excellent teacher and the boys of Stockmann splendid pupils, but it would contaminate the other children were the Stockmanns allowed to remain in school. And again Dr. Stockmann learns a vital lesson. But he will not submit; he will be strong.
Dr. Stockmann. Should I let myself be beaten off the field by public opinion, and the compact majority, and such deviltry? No, thanks. Besides, what I want is so simple, so clear and straightforward. I only want to drive into the heads of these curs that the Liberals are the worst foes of free men; that party-programmes wring the necks of all young living truths; that considerations of expediency turn morality and righteousness upside down, until life is simply hideous. . . . I don't see any man free and brave enough to dare the Truth. . . . The strongest man is he who stands most alone.
A confession of faith, indeed, because Henrik Ibsen, although recognized as a great dramatic artist, remained alone in his stand as a revolutionist.
His dramatic art, without his glorious rebellion against every authoritative institution, against every social and moral lie, against every vestige of bondage, were inconceivable. Just as his art would lose human significance, were his love of truth and freedom lacking. Already in "Brand," Henrik Ibsen demanded all or nothing, no weak-kneed moderation,—no compromise of any sort in the struggle for the ideal. His proud defiance, his enthusiastic daring, his utter indifference to consequences, are Henrik Ibsen's bugle call, heralding a new dawn and the birth of a new race.
Copyright © 1997 UC Regents. All rights reserved.
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Brand: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Atlantic Records & Warner Bros. Pictures have announced IN THE HEIGHTS (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK), the musical companion to this winter's highly anticipated event film "IN THE HEIGHTS," written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jon M. Chu. The soundtrack's pre-order will begin this Friday, April 23rd, accompanied by the film's title track, "In The Heights." The soundtrack will also feature a brand new, original song titled "Home All Summer," written by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed by the film's stars, Anthony Ramos, Leslie Grace and Marc Anthony.
IN THE HEIGHTS (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) continues Lin-Manuel Miranda's dominance as a Broadway phenomenon-turned-pop culture giant after the groundbreaking success of the 7X-Platinum, GRAMMY Award-winning HAMILTON (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) and the RIAA certified-gold HAMILTON MIXTAPE, both released via Atlantic Records. HAMILTON (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING) peaked at #2 on the Billboard "200 Albums" Chart and has since spawned 7 certified-platinum & 15 certified-gold tracks, with over 6 billion streams worldwide, to date.
Release date: 11th June, 2021
01. In The Heights
02. Benny's Dispatch
03. Breathe
04. No Me Diga
05. It Won't Be Long Now
06. 96,000
07. Piragua
08. When You're Home
09. The Club
10. Blackout
11. Paciencia Y Fe
12. Alabanza
13. Carnaval Del Barrio
14. When The Sun Goes Home
15. Champagne
16. Finale
17. Home All Summer
In The Heights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Vinyl)