Signing up for a Quora account is a great way to promote your business and start building authority in your industry.
Not only will it connect you with people who have questions in your industry but it can also grow visitor traffic to your website. Among those benefits you'll also build authority as an expert in your industry.
I don't know about you but I trust people if what they know is more visible. Telling me you're an expert and can fix a problem isn't enough in this hyper-competitive world.
Someone who needs your business to solve their problem probably has a few questions of their own because they're knowledgeable enough to at least know they have a problem. The problem is always solving that problem.
Quora is the perfect opportunity for you to show people that you can solve their problem. That will help your business in a number of ways.
One of the most powerful tools to connect with an audience as a business owner is to talk directly to them. That means helping people solve their problems.
You as a business owner are selling a solution to something (yes, even products are solutions to something). The problem your business solves could be bad breath or lack of motivation. Whatever it is you are the expert and need to prove that.
Quora offers a great opportunity to do what businesses do best, solve problems. Solving problems is never about selling though, it's about helping. That's what Quora is good for.
Quora is the best place on the internet to help people.
There are 10's of thousands of questions asked each day on Quora. There's a good chance there's a lot of questions asked that you would be an expert at answering.
Your answers help build your authority and help people out. If you have more resources for people on your website then you can provide a link. That's a great way to build traffic to your website and become a known expert in your business.
Not only that but by answering questions and increasing your exposure to people you'll also increase your chances of getting links to your website if you've written in-depth helpful blog posts. That's great for search engine optimization.
Quora is a powerful tool for building authority and increasing your exposure to potential consumers of your product or service. You'll be able to promote your content (in a discrete manner) to get it to catch on more.
Before you start answering questions you need to get signed up for Quora so you can start participating.
Signing up for Quora is the first big step to answering questions on Quora. The thing to remember when signing up is that you're a representative for your business.
Even if you're the only person in your business and it's all yours, you're still a representative. That means your Quora account will be set up under your name rather than your business. Don't try to answer questions anonymously as your business, nobody trusts the intent there. It looks shady and salesy and that never flies on Quora.
When you try to create your account as a business then its much less trusting and wreaks of self promotion from the start. You want to give yourself the opportunity to gain authority rather than looking like a self promoter from the start.
The first thing you need to do is head over to Quora and create your account.
There are three different ways you can use to create your Quora account.
Use your Google account to sign in to Quora and create your profile.
Create a Quora account by using your email address and creating a password.
Once you start the account creation process you'll initially go through a setup wizard that simplifies getting started. The setup wizard only covers so much though because much of the setup will happen as you start answering questions. You'll see what I mean later.
Now that you created your account the first thing to do is choose 10 topics of interest. These of course will be things related to your business primarily but you're welcome to add a few personal interests in there too. In fact, some personal interests may be necessary because 10 is quite a few.
Next is where Quora gets information to tailor the questions it sends your way. Use the search box to search for topics that you're able to answer. Anything relating to your business is perfect to search for. As you type, a list of topics will appear for you to select from. This could give you some great ideas.
If you accidentally add a topic and wish to remove it, use the x next to each item. The more topics you add related to your business the better off you'll be. You want to answer many questions and do a great job at answering them. This will maximize your exposure to good questions.
Quora will ask if you'd like to find your Facebook friends to see their answers. Don't do this unless you have a lot of business connections on Facebook and aren't going to clutter your Quora account with random questions friends and family are asking.
You definitely want to represent yourself and be seen. That means your profile needs a picture of you so people can see who's answering questions. A lot of people will potentially see your answers and not just those asking the question. Having a complete profile with a photo will build trust.
To add a profile picture you have to go into your profile settings. You can get there by clicking the avatar photo and then profile. On an iPhone it's in the "You" tab. You have to tap the 3 dots at the bottom of the profile and then select edit profile.
Add a picture of you, make as many other updates in your profile as you can and then save your profile. The more complete your profile the more trustworthy you'll appear.
Now it's a good time to start looking into answers questions.
Now Quora will create your personalized feed with a list of questions you can answer. Many of the questions may already have answers but that doesn't mean you can't add your own answer. The key to answering a question that has already been answered is to add more value than the best answer.
You can ask your own questions (the "what is your question?" box at the top) or you can browse your feed of questions. If you want to answer any question just click on the heading to see previous answers and see the answer button.
When you get to the question's answer page then you'll see a lot of different options if the question has been answered before. If you get a new question with no answers then you can either answer it (the blue answer button) or you can request someone else answer the question (perhaps a coworker).
Tags – you can click on these tags to get a whole list of questions which also have this tag. This is an easy way to discover new questions to answer.
Answer (or request) – this is where you can open the box to answer the question. You can add basic formatting to your answer, pictures, and even links. Make your answers as rich as you possibly can by getting into detail and providing imagery if possible.
Upvote/downvote – you can upvote and downvote current answers to the question. This is a great way to get recognized and create a reputation with other experts. Make sure you're respectful and create positive reputations instead of trying to sabotage.
Comment – you can comment on other's answers and create a good dialogue. This is also a great way to create a positive reputation and connect with other experts. Use this to your benefit to add value to an already good answer and spark a conversation about deeper thoughts.
Once you find a good question to answer and use the answer button you'll have to formulate the perfect answer to the question.
Edit your credentials if you don't have any for this answer. You can have many different credentials in Quora and you can select which credentials to use for any given question. Always choose the credential that best makes you the authority to answer the question.
Depending on which credential type you choose you'll get different options of information to enter. For example, if you select location then Quora will ask you what location and the dates you lived there.
Make sure before you post any answer you've either selected a relevant credential or you create a new one for that answer. A detailed answer with good credentials will let your answers shine.
If you're competing with other people answering then you can see how quality and authority ensure more traction on your answers. Not only that but being too self promotional and self serving on Quora will get you down voted.
If you don't put 100% into depth and quality on Quora then you may be wasting your time. Read this post to learn more about how to formulate your post on Quora to get maximum exposure and upvotes.
Your business is highly reliant on being the authority when you have competition in your industry. And who doesn't have competition?
Creating a Quora profile and answering questions is a great way to show and create authority for you and your business. Answering a few questions a day can build up over time and create a steady stream of valuable traffic to your business website and bring in quality leads.
Your online presence is an important way to grow your authority and become better known to people. An online presence report will help you understand how others see your business on the internet.
I just started using Quora recently and I find it to be very addicting. The potential to grow your blog is very real if you put in the work and remain engaged with the community.
Absolutely Kevin, it's a great place to connect with people on your topic of expertise, provide help, and prove your experience. That, of course, leads to more trust in you and with work put in it definitely will grow your blog/business/your social audience.


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Claudio Card. Hummes, Prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, has written to all the priests of the world via the website of the Congregation. Let's look at the central section and pull it apart. I have some obervations along the way.
… We are bearers of a specific identity that constantly characterizes us in our existence and in our activity. We are consecrated and incorporated into the activity of Christ. The gestures and the words of Jesus become re-actualized (It: "riattualizzati") in time and in history to elicit in those who fulfill them "the same sentiments of Christ" and the same effects of salvation.
The Church, in conferring the sacrament of orders, ontologically constitutes the priest as an "alter Christus," or as some say, an "ipse Christus"; and it establishes him as a minister of the word and as a minister of the prophetic action and pastoral love of Christ. His function, therefore, is not to exhaust himself exclusively in the dimension of worship, but to fulfill himself in the prophetic dimension by proclaiming the word and in the pastoral dimension by being a guide for the community.
Among the beautiful expressions of the Second Vatican Council is the following statement, which synthesizes the functions of the priest while delineating his identity: "Priests, while engaging in prayer and adoration, or preaching the word, or offering the Eucharistic sacrifice and administering the other sacraments, or performing other works of the ministry for men, devote all this energy to the increase of the glory of God and to man's progress in the divine life" ("Presbyterorum Ordinis," 2).
More than one odd phrases cause us to scratch our heads. For example, "The gestures and the words of Jesus become re-actualized (It: "riattualizzati") in time and in history".
The dicta et acta of the Lord, especially known through Scripture, are central. But, "reactualized"? What on earth does that mean? The Italian, "riattualizzati" is one of those jargon words Italians put together when talkin' purty. In Italian "attuale" is "present, current". Thus, "attualizzare" means "to bring into the present, ripopose in modern terms", which makes perfect sense in this context. "Riattuallize" is just a fancier sounding way of saying this. The English translation is a bit to slavish in sticking to the Italian.
Tha last part is fairly clear.
One of the things I find a bit odd in this piece is the way the liturgical role of the priest is so diminished in view of "pastoral" work, as if those two things are somehow not in harmony. Furthermore, while it is true that the letter does speak clearly about the ontological change Holy Orders makes in the soul, this dimension seems to take a back seat to "activity" and "functions". It almost sounds as if there is a zero-sum view at work: a focus on liturgy can't be "pastoral", a priestly identity is more active than contemplative.
I find this dichotomy frequently among priests and prelates: if you are contemplative, you are not "pastoral"; if you are liturgical, you are not "pastoral"; if you are intellectual, you are not "pastoral" and therefore… if you are contemplative, liturgically minded and smart… you are suspect. You might even be dangerous. As a result, the model for modern priests shifts in formation and pressure from above and from peers to emphasize being constantly busy, not too interested in all that liturgy stuff, and being "just plain folks". Therefore, "pastoral" priests are constantly on the move, they delegate liturgical matters to lay people, and usually eschew being very challenging in preaching, counseling, and conversation.
The sacrament of Holy Orders changed who we are and effects all that we do. Because of that, we are "set apart" (clerus) and Christ acts through us in a particular way. In priests, Christ's words and actions are brought into the present and cause His will to be done in the ongoing salvation of souls. When the Church ordains a man, he is so conformed to Christ that he can be called "another Christ"; thus, he proclaims and explains the Word of God and preaches the Good news while being active in good works according to Christ command to love. Therefore the priest should not remain only "in the sacristy" but should also be active in the community.
What you say about the roles of the priest is clearly correct – but might the cardinal be attempting to address some particular problem that he perceives as requiring correction? Perhaps some, somewhere, are failing to live out the balance that you describe and are failing to take (for example) the evangelical or teaching opportunities that particular situations may present to them?
Simon: I am perfectly content to read the Prefect's letter in the positive light you suggest! Having read the text both in Italian and English I was initially moved to consider it in a different way.
In the post-60s, post Vatican II world there was an emphasis on 'activism' in the priesthood here in the US and in other countries (think: the Frs. Berrigan, Drinan, Groppi et al.). The priest as social worker, politician, sociologist or psychologist. It seemed that if you were not engaged in a 'flurry of activity' you were not being a good priest. Some of that still obtains today. In reaction to that model some priests may have 'retreated to the sacristy'.
For diocesan clergy it is not easy to strike a balance between the pastoral and secular roles required in parish life: the administration of the Sacraments, the Corporal Works of Mercy and the adminstrivia associated with running a parish or diocese. But the priest is first of all a 'man of God' striving for holiness in himself and leading others to holiness.
The Cure of Ars is often looked upon as the model for parish priests. He certainly didn't remain in the sacristy, was a 'man of God' as well as a 'man of the people'. Of course he was a saint. But then that's what we're all called to be, right? Prayer is needed by priests and for priests to aid them in living up to their role of being an 'alter Christus'.
What about contemplative monks,like the Carmelites of Cody Wyoming,and The Benedictines of Clear Creek Oklahoma?
They do not go out into the community and host Father Son night or ask Father Hank.
But they are fulfilling every Catholic pastoral need by praying and offering penance for the world.
I agree with you. The opposition of "pastoral" and "worship" jumped off the page at me. That looks like a signal.
Dan, I am a little fuzzy on this, but AFAIK, most monks, contemplative or otherwise, are not priests as well (corrections fervently welcome on this!), so the Prefect's letter likely doesn't apply in that case. For those that are, I assume their vows to God take precedence over the instructions of anyone short of the Pope. I welcome correction on that detail as well.


Robert Gerowitz graduated with honors from Northeastern Illinois University in 1977 with a degree in Pre-Optometry. In 1979 at the Illinois College of Optometry, he received a second bachelor's degree in Visual Science and in 1981 was awarded his doctorate in Optometry.
Since graduation, Dr. Gerowitz has worked actively with the deaf community in the Northwest suburbs to bring qualified vision care to that special population.
Over the years he has sponsored anti-drug campaigns in area schools, toy drives for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and lectured on ocular trauma for Northwest Community Hospital's Emergency Medical Services program.
In 1994, Dr. Gerowitz was named "Best and Brightest" in Optometry by 20/20 Magazine and in 1997 Eyegrad named him "Optometrist of the Year". In 1996 Dr. Gerowitz completed extensive training in the treatment of external eye disease as an enhancement to his licensure. In 2002, Dr. Rob participated in the first ever Global Orthokeratology Symposium in Toronto. As a result of that meeting, Dr. Gerowitz has become an internationally recognized speaker on the topic of Ortho-k and practice management. Dr. Rob is also a charter member of the American Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control. In May, 2006 Dr. Gerowitz received his Fellowship in the American Academy of Orthokeratology and Myopia Control and in October of 2006 was named to its Board of Directors.
Dr. Rob and Korreen reside in Palatine with their son, Nathan and daughter Miranda. As a community supporter, Dr. Gerowitz is a member of the Rotary Club of Palatine and was listed as "Rotarian of the Year 1998-99". He has also served on the board of directors for the Palatine Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Robert Gerowitz is Palatine's Hometown Optometrist.


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Other than Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter, Instagram is also well-known as the most downloaded app in the world and many countries. It is already a public secret that Instagram is one of the most famous Social Media in the world. Though, I barely used it because I am not the kind of person who always takes a photo everywhere I go. However, I still use its brother, Facebook, to socialize with a lot of people. Sometimes, I open my Instagram to promote something for university purposes. Still, Instagram is more famous than Social Media I usually used. How Instagram established? So, because of that, in this article, we will talk about the history of Instagram.
Start from Burbn
Probably most of us think that Instagram was started by Facebook, who bought that Social Media. Well, that is not incorrect, but it is not correct entirely. The fact is, Instagram has been started by Burbn Inc, a startup that was founded and developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.
From that startup, an app for sharing photos and videos was released, and it was called Burbn. When it was introduced, Burbn had too many features. Meanwhile, both of its CEOs want a simple app with simple features, which is sharing photos or videos, the like button, and comment sections. So, a simplification attempt was initiated, and the history of Instagram started here.
Instagram was released on October 6, 2010. However, Instagram is only released for iOS users. After its success and downloaded by more than a million users, that social media released its first version for Android users. It was released on April 3, 2012, two years after the iOS version.
Bought by Facebook
Instagram may have started its history from the Burbn app developed by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. However, the path of its success until now started when Facebook bought Instagram on April 9, 2012. A few days after Instagram released its Android client.
Without a doubt, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook itself, paid over a billion dollars after a long negotiation that lasted around 48 hours. However, when Instagram shares were released to Facebook, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger were still developing Instagram independently. However, after 6 years, Kevin & Mike, both of the CEOs, decided to leave the platform. Both of them denied the reasons why they left that social media. But, according to TechCrunch's report, there are internal issues that caused both of the CEOs to leave that platform.
Instagram features nowadays
A long time ago, Instagram was only a social platform that proposed for sharing photos and videos. Now, there are many modern and sophisticated features available on that simple social media. There are Instagram Stories that can be used to share 15 seconds of interesting videos, Explore, Live, and IGTV to get more popularity.
The Explore feature was introduced in June 2012. It allows the user can see photos and videos shared by other people that they didn't know or follow. After that, the Live feature that allows its user to Go Live broadcasting and do QnA stuff with it. Finally, the IGTV feature can make you upload videos with a longer duration, at least over 10 minutes.
A lot of users
When Instagram was bought by Facebook, the users of Instagram were only 30 million users. In 2018, this social media was able to hold up more than 1 billion users from around the world. Of course, it is because of the features that Instagram had, such as Instagram Stories, Live Broadcast, Explore, IGTV, and many more.
The advantages of Instagram as Social Media
It could be said that Instagram is a place where people can gain their popularity just by sharing photos and videos. Even after 9 years of operation until now, Instagram is still popular, and some people even use it as Online Stores that can give a lot of profits. Not just that, the Endorse service also becomes a trend, and there is a lot of influencers or celebrities who use Instagram as a medium to promote their stuff, like products and services. In summary, Instagram is one of the most well-known and popular social media in the world. Not just that, it is also the most downloaded app in the world. The history of Instagram was started by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger through the Burbn app for iOS. After Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars, Instagram became more famous than what we know or realize until now
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William Shatner will fly to space aboard Blue Origin rocket
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FILE - In this May 6, 2018 file photo, actor William Shatner takes questions from reporters after delivering the commencement address at New England Institute of Technology graduation ceremonies, in Providence, R.I. Star Trek's Captain Kirk is rocketing into space this month — boldly going where no other sci-fi actors have gone. Jeff Bezos' space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 that Shatner will blast off from West Texas on Oct. 12. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Captain Kirk is rocketing into space next week — boldly going where no other sci-fi stars have gone.
Jeff Bezos' space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday that "Star Trek" actor William Shatner will blast off from West Texas on Oct. 12.
"Yes, it's true; I'm going to be a 'rocket man!'" the 90-year-old tweeted. He added: "It's never too late to experience new things."
Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is a huge fan of the sci-fi series and even had a cameo as a high-ranking alien in the 2016 film "Star Trek Beyond." His rocket company invited Shatner to fly as its guest.
Shatner will become the oldest person to go to space. He'll join three others — two of them paying customers — aboard a Blue Origin capsule. He'll wind up being the second actor to reach space this month: Russia is launching an actress and a film director to the International Space Station on Tuesday for almost two weeks of moviemaking.
Shatner's flight, by comparison, will last just 10 minutes and reach no higher than about 66 miles (106 kilometers). The capsule will parachute back to the desert floor, not far from where it took off.
With flights short or long, space tourism is picking up steam fast.
Virgin Galactic carried founder Richard Branson to the edge of space with five others in July, followed nine days later by Bezos' space hop. Elon Musk's SpaceX, meanwhile, launched its first private crew last month — a Pennsylvania entrepreneur who bought the three-day flight and took along two contest winners and a cancer survivor.
Virgin Galactic's ship launches from an airplane and requires two pilots. Blue Origin and SpaceX's capsules are fully automated, but the passengers must pass medical screenings and, among other things, be able to quickly climb several flights of steps at the launch tower to get to the capsule — or out of it in an emergency.
This will be Blue Origin's second launch of a crew.
Bezos was on the debut flight on July 20. He took along his brother, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands and 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk — the youngest and oldest to fly in space. Shatner will break that upper threshold by eight years.
"I've heard about space for a long time now. I'm taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle," Shatner said in a statement.
Shatner played the role of the USS Starship Enterprise's commander for three seasons, from 1966 to 1969. He also portrayed Captain James T. Kirk in seven movies, directing one of them. He's currently the host and executive producer of a History Channel show, "The UnXplained."
The ashes of two other "Star Trek" powerhouses — creator Gene Roddenberry and actor James Doohan, who played Scotty — rocketed into space years ago following their deaths.
Also launching with Shatner: a former NASA engineer who founded a nanosatellite company and the co-founder of a software company specializing in clinical research. The two took part in the auction for a seat on the first flight. That seat cost $28 million; Blue Origin isn't divulging any other ticket prices.
A fourth seat on the flight is going to Blue Origin's vice president of mission and flight operations, who used to work for NASA as a space station flight controller.
A Blue Origin spokeswoman said Shatner, like the others, met all the company's health and physical requirements.
Last week, more than 20 current and former Blue Origin employees accused the Kent, Washington-based company of having a toxic work environment and not adhering to proper safety protocols. Blue Origin said it doesn't tolerate harassment or discrimination and stood by its safety record.
Bezos' company is also challenging a NASA contract award to SpaceX for providing a lunar lander that will return astronauts to the moon in a few years. Blue Origin was unsuccessful in its bid for the job.
This story has been corrected to show that Shatner will be oldest to go to space by eight years, not six.


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Jerry England's reputation as a tough taskmaster is legendary. But Network Rail's new director of civils says it is just that - legend.
A story circulates about Jerry England from his six-month stint as major projects director at the Highways Agency.
He is reputed to have summoned all the Agency's major contractors, and read each one the riot act individually – you are our worst contractor. Shape up or get out.
England says the reality is different. "Like many stories, it isn't true," he says.
England has been at the helm of three giants - The Highways Agency, Thames Water, and now Network Rail. Contractors are understandably on tenterhooks, waiting to see which way this industry hard-man will turn.
So how did England's reputation emerge? "It faintly amuses me," he says. "I put it down to journalistic licence. A number of people have said positive and negative things about me, but drawing together some of the more negative things you might draw that picture. But that picture is not really the truth.
"I don't think I said to any contractor, 'you're our worst', but they were clamouring at my door to come and see me.
"What I did say to them is two things – one is there is a lot of pressure on costs, and you have got to do better, and we have got to get costs down. I felt that the Highways Agency road programme costs incurred were too high. I do not think anyone argued with me. They might have argued as to why, but that was a fact or at least my opinion.
"The other thing I felt was we were still building roads in the same way the Romans had. So why is it that these contractors are working in all manner of industries, doing all manner of things, but doing no real innovation, or taking new ways of thinking about things into the highways?"
England is now asking the same question but for a new master – Network Rail. He holds the purse strings for the maintenance and renewal budget, which comes to an eye-watering £650M to £700M per year.
His job is in two parts. "I work with colleagues in the infrastructure investment part of the business, working in project management and delivery. It is their job to get the projects delivered and spend the money on our behalf, and get the best value.
"The other – for me and my team – is how can we make sure that they deliver the best solution, which is a whole life cost solution, which might not be the cheapest solution, but is cheaper over the whole life cost."
This second part is what is pushing the Network Rail's innovation drive – how to do more with less (NCE 8 November). Network Rail is expected to cut spending by 31% by 2009, and then increase efficiency by 18% by 2014. In real terms it will need to make every £1 spent go twice as far between 2004 and 2014.
While England's reputation would have fitted perfectly with Network Rail's policy of screwing the contractor, the rail industry now needs a new approach.
"One of the areas we can help contractors is to be a lot clearer on what it is we want.
"Not just the specific design or specific problem, but a programme of work."
England says that the next two years are well planned out, and also much of the two subsequent years, although these rely on certain assumptions that will not be finalised until the current round of horse-trading with the Rail Regulator about Network Rail's business plan is complete.
"This is one area Network Rail is quite far ahead on," he says. "Other places I have worked did not have this kind of forward-looking plan."
Contractors will be expected to ramp-up efficiency, and over the course of a package of work, become increasingly capable. "The expectation is for them to become tighter – that is the whole name of the game – we have to drive costs down, day by day, year by year."
England wants his contractors to bring work practices from other industries, and adapt them to the railway. "What I want the supply chain to do is not just what we are doing, but look at what they are doing in other areas , and say 'look, this is a similar problem, and this or that works', and we can apply that to rail, and all other things being equal we can give it a go."
However, he is aware that the risks for contractors are high, and Network Rail may have to take some of the risk to encourage innovation approaches (News last week). "If we want to try something new – a new material or way of doing things, then if it goes wrong we will have to take it on the chin."
England has been at the centre of change before – his role at the Highways Agency was to drive through changes following the damming Nichols report into the Agency's work.
But England says that some of the criticisms made by the Nichols report came from false perceptions.
"The Agency fell into the trap of every year or couple of years revising its costs, which gave the impression that costs were increasing and were out of control, when in reality it was a difficult problem that everyone was trying to solve.
"Fifty per cent was inflation, but the rest was justifiable growth within a project."
He says the way Network Rail works has its advantage over the Highways Agency's system. "In-sourcing the maintenance activities puts more control in our hands, but compared to the Highways Agency, it is a different game."
He acknowledges that the coming years will be crucial.
"The vision of Network Rail becoming world class is going to take a few years yet to realise, but we have started from a good place."
According to England, there is far less resistance to change from the old-school British Rail "cardigans" than might be expected. And he already has ideas he has taken from the oil, gas and water industries that could be adapted to rail.
"At Thames we did a lot of work to get intelligent pigs down pipes to understand their condition. It is not a huge stretch of imagination to use something similar on a train to check the condition of a tunnel," he says.
England will now immerse himself in Network Rail's world until the New Year, when he will emerge and start taking calls from contractors again.
"We want to move away from the adversarial relationships we have had in the past. I want contractors to bring the expertise I feel they have got. I understand the reluctance. Some of them feel that is their commercial edge. What I want them to do, in fairness, is to share their edge with everybody.
"There is enough work for a large proportion to do pretty well out of it. I'm happy for contractors to make a good margin, but I want a good return for that.
"Contractors need to think of it as a programme of work, not a set of individual projects worth a few millions of pounds, and each will make a margin. As a percentage, that percentage might not be huge, but it is a small percentage of a large number."
England rates his own record as, "pretty good", and says he wants to lay the foundations for the railway of the future. Perhaps the perceived reluctance of the "cardigans" comes not from stubbornness but comprehension, because the railway of the future will simply not be managed in the same way it is now.
"I think Network Rail is trying to get its head around that. We have to be smarter in trying to manage what we have."
Married with two daughters, 18 and 21, both at university.
Nuclear "I know the anti-nuclear lobby say nuclear will destroy the planet. But not if you control it."
Himself "I am quite demanding. But I am not totally unreasonable. We all have a duty and we get paid to do the work."
Expanding London "A kind of TGV triangle from London to Birmingham to Manchester to Leeds could create a larger virtual capital, taking some of the stuff that gravitates to London away to these places."
Road charging "There has to come a point where market forces have to come onto what is basically an open road network. This would have a knock on effect on railways, where we would then have to build more."


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Q: Can't call a service from Broadcast receiver in Android I have a Broadcast Receiver which is activated when a internet connection is activated.
I want the broadcast receiver to activate a service to find my current location. I have tested it on the phone and it is giving me  a force close. can anyone suggest me what to do step by step coz I am new to sevices and Broadcast Receivers.
My code is a follows:
GPSTracker.java
 public class GPSTracker extends Service implements LocationListener {

private final Context mContext;

// flag for GPS status
boolean isGPSEnabled = false;

// flag for network status
boolean isNetworkEnabled = false;

// flag for GPS status
boolean canGetLocation = false;

Location location; // location
double latitude; // latitude
double longitude; // longitude

// The minimum distance to change Updates in meters
private static final long MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES = 10; // 10 meters

// The minimum time between updates in milliseconds
private static final long MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES = 1000 * 60 * 1; // 1 minute

// Declaring a Location Manager
protected LocationManager locationManager;

public GPSTracker(Context context) {
    this.mContext = context;
    //getLocation();
}

public Location getLocation() {
    try {
        locationManager = (LocationManager) mContext
                .getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);

        // getting GPS status
        isGPSEnabled = locationManager
                .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);

        // getting network status
        isNetworkEnabled = locationManager
                .isProviderEnabled(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);

        if (!isGPSEnabled && !isNetworkEnabled) {
            // no network provider is enabled
        } else {
            this.canGetLocation = true;
            if (isNetworkEnabled) {
                locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                        LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER,
                        MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                        MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                Log.d("Network", "Network");
                if (locationManager != null) {
                    location = locationManager
                            .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER);
                    if (location != null) {
                        latitude = location.getLatitude();
                        longitude = location.getLongitude();
                    }
                }
            }
            // if GPS Enabled get lat/long using GPS Services
            if (isGPSEnabled) {
                if (location == null) {
                    locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(
                            LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,
                            MIN_TIME_BW_UPDATES,
                            MIN_DISTANCE_CHANGE_FOR_UPDATES, this);
                    Log.d("GPS Enabled", "GPS Enabled");
                    if (locationManager != null) {
                        location = locationManager
                                .getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER);
                        if (location != null) {
                            latitude = location.getLatitude();
                            longitude = location.getLongitude();
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return location;
}

/**
 * Stop using GPS listener
 * Calling this function will stop using GPS in your app
 * */
public void stopUsingGPS(){
    if(locationManager != null){
        locationManager.removeUpdates(GPSTracker.this);
    }
}

/**
 * Function to get latitude
 * */
public double getLatitude(){
    if(location != null){
        latitude = location.getLatitude();
    }

    // return latitude
    return latitude;
}

/**
 * Function to get longitude
 * */
public double getLongitude(){
    if(location != null){
        longitude = location.getLongitude();
    }

    // return longitude
    return longitude;
}

/**
 * Function to check GPS/wifi enabled
 * @return boolean
 * */
public boolean canGetLocation() {
    return this.canGetLocation;
}

/**
 * Function to show settings alert dialog
 * On pressing Settings button will lauch Settings Options
 * */
public void showSettingsAlert(){
    AlertDialog.Builder alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(mContext);

    // Setting Dialog Title
    alertDialog.setTitle("GPS is settings");

    // Setting Dialog Message
    alertDialog.setMessage("GPS is not enabled. Do you want to go to settings menu?");

    // On pressing Settings button
    alertDialog.setPositiveButton("Settings", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog,int which) {
            Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_LOCATION_SOURCE_SETTINGS);
            mContext.startActivity(intent);
        }
    });

    // on pressing cancel button
    alertDialog.setNegativeButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        dialog.cancel();
        }
    });

    // Showing Alert Message
    alertDialog.show();
}

@Override
public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
    //latitude = location.getLatitude();
    //longitude = location.getLongitude();

}

@Override
public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
}

@Override
public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
}

@Override
public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
}

@Override
public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
    return null;
}

  }

broad.java
 public class broad extends BroadcastReceiver {

@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

    String mAction = intent.getAction();
    String status = NetworkUtil.getConnectivityStatusString(context);

       Toast.makeText(context, status, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

       Intent i = new Intent(context,GPSTracker.class);
       context.getApplicationContext().startService(i);

}

  }

error log
   03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
   03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to   instantiate service com.example.broadcast.GPSTracker: java.lang.InstantiationException:        com.example.broadcast.GPSTracker
    03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:1929)
    03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2500(ActivityThread.java:117)
    03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:985)
    03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
      03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):   at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
      03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457): Caused by: java.lang.InstantiationException: com.example.broadcast.GPSTracker
      03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):   at java.lang.Class.newInstanceImpl(Native Method)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:1409)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleCreateService(ActivityThread.java:1926)
     03-15 09:31:05.116: E/AndroidRuntime(1457):    ... 10 more

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Many people have made these common mistakes, which have resulted in a reduced payout from their insurance providers when they have needed to make a claim. Use our list to help you seek out the right level of insurance and the right type of cover for your situation.
There's a surprisingly high number of people who have found they can't make a claim when they need to because they've mistakenly taken out the wrong type of insurance for their home.
By understanding the difference between the various types of home insurance policies available from insurance providers, you will be able to save a lot of trouble and money should you need to make a claim.
If you are renting a property and you want to take out home insurance, choosing a contents cover home insurance policy is usually the right option. This type of home insurance policy will cover your personal possessions that can be practically moved, items such as laptops, watches, handbags, TVs, furniture and clothes and jewellery.
Your landlord will probably have already taken out a buildings insurance policy to protect themselves if something happens to the building or structure of their property. This means that you will only need to insure your own contents or personal possessions that are inside the rental property.
If you are unsure as to what constitutes items that can be covered under a contents insurance policy, then you can clear up any grey-areas that might be bothering you by reading the financial ombudsman's guide to contents insurance.
Buildings insurance covers the building's overall structure, fixtures and fittings, which usually includes, appliances, carpets, baths and anything else that cannot be easily removed from a house and taken to another.
In most cases buildings insurance will also provide insurance cover for garages, outbuildings and sheds. If you have a mortgage, many mortgage providers insist on their customers taking out buildings insurance, to protect themselves financially should disaster strike.
Some insurance providers will offer home insurance policies that include cover for both the contents inside your home and the building itself.
Sometimes this is a more cost-effective option for those who own their own home, and therefore want to insure their building as well as its contents. It can be more expensive to take out two separate home insurance policies, so this is where combined insurance can really help you to save some pennies.
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If you are a renter and are sub-letting your rented property, then in most instances this will void any home insurance policy that you have taken out. So if you are planning on having someone move in, you will need to inform your insurance provider, to alter your policy accordingly, which could incur an extra fee.
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It might sound obvious, but if you forget to read the exclusions listed in your home insurance policy and try to claim for something excluded, then your insurer won't be liable to pay out any compensation.
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What is a Screening Mammogram?
A screening mammogram is performed once a year on women who don't have any clinical history of breast cancer. Screening mammograms are typically recommended for women once a year starting at age 35. Patients who are under 35 may need to have this test as well, depending on the doctor's recommendations. A screening mammogram includes 4 different views of the breast tissue.
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A diagnostic mammogram is the type of mammogram that is done for people with a history of breast cancer. It may also be ordered when a screening mammogram has returned results that need to be investigated further. A diagnostic mammogram includes not only the 4 views (2 per breast) seen in a screening mammogram but also several other specialized views. Diagnostic mammograms are typically evaluated immediately by a radiologist.
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A mammogram is done with a specialized x-ray machine. The radiologic technician situates the breasts, one by one, between plates that will compress them. By compressing the breasts, the tissue is spread out enough to get the best images. This causes a brief feeling of pressure that will soon abate. A top view and a side view will be taken of each breast. The mammogram is fairly fast, usually lasting for only around 20 minutes in most cases.
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U.K. luxury retailer Liberty PLC said on Monday that it sold its Tudor-style department store building, a landmark in central London, to private real estate investors Sirosa Liberty Ltd. for GBP 41.5 million, or about $63 million, to repay its debt.
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Q: Sci-fi / dystopian book about a female VR character trapped with cannibals who are real people jacked into the game I remember a book read around 2016/2017. It's about a girl trapped in a VR game where she is a character. The VR game has real humans in it controlled by chips in their brain. The girl became sentient and followed a boy who had broken in wanting to break out (In the game there are cannibals and there are characters who have to survive those cannibals). In the end, the girl realises that the game was actually at an abandoned part of the real world and that there were different sections, based on what mental disorder the players had. The players were kids who were rich and identified to have DNA strains that were deemed to make them be killers/psychos etc when they grew up. All the players were rich as only they could afford to play. Both players  and characters had the "bad" dna. The characters were just the poor who did not have enough money to be the players. The version of the book that I read was completely pink sort of neon. Would love to know the title of the book. Thanks.

A: Could it be Under the Never Sky, the 2012 book by Veronica Rossi? The cover is not completely pink, but it is very pink.

This Kirkus review mentions that the main character is female, lives in a VR world, meets a boy, and encounters cannibals.

Aria comes from a world of virtual reality, where even fear is a synthesized emotion. When her fellow Pod-dwellers strike a vein of madness, Aria finds herself thrown out of the safety she knows and into The Death Shop, the dangerous, uncontrolled world outside the enclosed city of Reverie. There she meets a volatile Outsider named Perry–a fighter and a hunter, warring with his eldest brother for Blood Lord of the tribe. Together they navigate dangerous Aether storms, confront cannibals, and try to unravel the mystery of two disappearances: Aria's researcher mother and Perry's young nephew.
I picked up Under the Never Sky for my monthly Girls' Night Book Club, so I've combined four opinions into one for the purpose of this review. Each of us found different things to love about this novel: the Outsiders' enhanced "senses," such as Perry's ability to smell emotions quite vividly; the "fantasy" sub-genre that emerges as the characters quest across the Death Shop's landscape; and the frightening realism of the cannibalistic Croven. Rossi paints her dystopian world with poetic detail, and never falls into the trap of letting her world-building distract from the narrative. Her prose is masterful and quick. The story never sags, even in the throes of the second act, where many dystopian fairy tales wind up after the novelty of the concept has worn off.

From a brief combing of the electronic copy of the book from my library, the details are a bit different from your recollection. Aria lives in the real world, in a domed city, but people largely view life through an augmented reality projected onto "Smarteyes". Aria and a few of her friends deactivate their Smarteyes so that they can explore Ag 6, a hydroponics pod which was damaged by "Aether Storms". There, one of her companions, Soren, son of the overseer of her pod, starts a fire and then assaults her. She is rescued by an Outsider, Peregrine, one of the "cannibal savages" that live outside of the domes, with the only other survivor from the exploring group being Soren, who is much worse injured.
As noted above in the review, the book alternates between Aria and Peregrine's perspective as they wind up thrown together, learning about each others' societies and the dangers therein. The cannibals outside do exist, the Croven, the result of those outside abandoning themselves to animal instinct, but there are also bastions of civilization, outside of the domes and not under their authority. Complicating matters, halfway through the book, Aria is attacked by the Croven and, in defending her, Peregrine sets off a blood feud. Those outside the domes have developed abilities, with the strongest named Scires. Peregrine can smell emotions. His friend, Roar, can hear well enough to pick up thoughts on close contact. Some have been even more weirdly mutated by the Aether storms, such as Cinder, who can wield fire. While they attempt to survive contact with the Croven, Aria learns that there is something darker behind the pods going down, not technical difficulties or damage caused by the Aether storms, but rather violence and psychosis causing the people within to tear each other apart.
The violence and psychosis (and eventual murder and cannibalism) in the domes is not due to an initial genetic propensity, but rather due to something they call "Degenerative Limbic Syndrome", explained as a consequence of living most of their life without pain or stress, resulting in an inability to handle instinctive behavior when it does kick in.

"Simply put, this is our animal mind. Over generations in the Realms, the usefulness of this part of our brain has vastly diminished. What do you think, Daughter, happens to something that goes unused for time too long? .... It degenerates. This has catastrophic consequences when we do need to rely on instinct. Pleasure and pain become confused. Fear can become thrilling. Rather than avoid stress, we seek it and even revel in it. The will to give life becomes the need to take it. The result is a collapse of reason and cognition. Put simply, it results in a psychotic break."


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Ben Affleck Says That He Had To 'Re-Make' It In Hollywood After A Series Of Unfortunate Events
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One Direction was brought to a sad end in November of 2015, after the band announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus. Since then, no news has been given about the four members of the team getting back together anytime soon. The beginning of the end for the band came just eight months earlier, when Zayn Malik announced he was leaving the band.
On March 19, 2015, during the On the Road Again Tour Zayn announced his exit.
Six days later, on March 25, 2015, Zayn departed the band completely, citing "stress", and wanting to live a "normal" 22-year-old life.
The rest of the band, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson, were then left without Zayn for the rest of the Asian leg of their world tour.
Just two months later, the new quartet were back on form, and were attending awards ceremonies, and doing press.
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Of course, at the time the band may not have been thinking about breaking up at all.
Looking back it certainly seems like the four stars were not considering bringing their time to an end.
Since then, each of the band members – Zayn included – have released their own solo albums, seeing a lot of success, with Niall's Heartbreak Weather coming out this past February, and reaching number one in the UK and Irish album charts.
Earlier in the 2015 interview Liam announced the awards they were due to win were also being shared by Zayn – despite the fact he was no longer part of the band.
On Zayn leaving, Liam said: "It is obviously a difficult thing to talk about.
"But everything is all fine. We're good with him, he's all good with us, sort of thing.
"He left for his own reasons, and he's doing his own thing now, so you've got to do what you've got to do."
He added: "You know, one of the awards we're winning tonight is also for him, so he's sharing the experience with us even though he's not here."
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AustinTranslation: Happy Birthday, Mom and Steve!
While my I got my artistic talent from my dad, I definitely got my sense of humor from my mom. So you can blame her for all the puns. Eye love ya, Ma!
And one more card for my step-dad, who also has an October birthday. An avid enthusiast of fish and Jesus. My goal with his card was quite clear.
So cute! Monsters Inc has to be the best Pixar flick!


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Burke, Grill and Hondros granted trial by judge alone
September 3, 2009 — 1.30pm
Disgraced former West Australian Labor premier turned lobbyist Brian Burke has won the right to be tried by a judge alone in the second of three trials he faces on corruption charges.
Burke and former WA minister and lobbyist Julian Grill on Thursday were told they would face trial in April next year, along with co-accused Nathan Hondros, former chief-of-staff to a WA fisheries minister.
Disgraced former WA premier Brian Burke.
All three have pleaded not guilty in the WA Supreme Court to charges of corruption and disclosing official secrets.
At their trial, set down for April 6, it will be alleged Burke and Grill procured Hondros to make unauthorised disclosures in October 2006 about a pearl hatchery planned for WA's north.
Hondros has been charged with disclosing official secrets to the pair, who were acting as lobbyists.
Hondros' lawyer Darryl Ryan said the trial had the potential to run for more than four weeks.
"There's a lot of material and there's three accused," Mr Ryan told the court.
The request for the trial to be heard by a judge alone was not opposed by prosecutors.
Justice Peter Blaxell granted the request, saying it was "in the interests of justice".
Outside the court, Burke said he was pleased with the decision.
"I think the publicity, which probably some of you (reporters) might have contributed (to), makes it very difficult to get a fair trial outside of judge alone," he told reporters.
Burke, who faces a raft of charges including giving false and misleading evidence to the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC), said the process had been difficult.
"It's been a very big strain on the family, and hopefully before too long it will all be over," he said.
Grill said the decision for the trial to be heard by a judge alone was a relief but the legal battle had cast uncertainty over his and his family's life.
"It's taken a long time, but we're on the way now," Grill told reporters.
"CCC inquiries haven't finished yet. They're still taking evidence as I understand it.
"It's the absolute uncertainty ... I mean, we don't know if our home is being tapped, we don't know what else is coming out of the woodwork, so we just live in this state of uncertainty ..."
All three men were remanded and their bail continued until the trial next year.
Burke will return to court on September 8 when a trial date will be set for him and former public servant Gary Stokes on charges of disclosing official secrets.
Separately, the former premier will face trial on November 30 on five charges of giving false testimony to the WA Corruption and Crime Commission.
A spokeswoman for the Director of Public Prosecutions said the state did not oppose the application for the trial to be heard by a judge alone.
But she said this was not because the trial would be unfair, as Mr Burke had claimed.
She said it was because of the type of case involved and the amount of material involved in the case.


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"Gotham Metro Studios' wonderful, fascinating, and illuminating new documentary, 'Living Luminaries' (On The Serious Business of Happiness), details a young man's journey as he seeks to discover true happiness from extraordinary luminaries. We are treated to Marianne Williamson's brilliant and compassionate insights, don Miguel Ruiz's mystical vision, and Eckhart Tolle's wisdom of the power of now. Others in the film are less known to us but leave an indelible impression on our psyche and in our hearts.
One of the most charismatic of the luminaries that we meet is the extraordinary Dr. Michael Beckwith, who is the force behind the Agape Spiritual Center in Los Angeles. Dr. Beckwith leapt out of "The Secret" into the national consciousness and many of us remember his extraordinary recent appearances with Oprah. In "Living Luminaries," Dr Beckwith shares his unique blend of insights, humanity, humor, and vision.
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Pilgrim's progress:
The documentary 'Living Luminaries' returns by popular demand
BY BOB GREEN | FEB 7, 2007
LIVING LUMINARIES / 'The human race is on a suicidal rampage,' says author Marianne Williamson speaking directly into the camera, although presumably addressing writer/producer Sean Mulvihill, who has cast himself as a spritual seeker in Living Luminaries, a serial-interviewee inquiry into the achievement of peace and happiness in a teetering world.
It's a clever conceit, and Mulvihill plays the pilgrim inquiring into what the film calls 'the consciously evolved.' This A-list includes swamis, shamans, rabbis, ministers, Tibetan monks, street people and best-selling authors like Gary Renard (pictured)(The Disappearance of the Universe), who'll be in-person to discuss the surprise hit documentary.
The film's subtitle is 'on the serious business of happiness,' and each expert counsels pilgrim Mulvihill through anecdote, metaphor and flat-out assertions. The theme running through all these discourses, some effective and some not, is that happiness comes from within and requires a inner 'quantum leap' and usually cutting the human ego down to size. And of course, each speaker–addressing Mulvihill, a kind of picaresque seeker–has his or her own emphasis. A 'professor of attention mechanics' says that our inability to concentrate, to focus, might be at the root of human unhappiness and stress–and that we need to learn how to truly listen to others and ourselves.
As Mulvihill makes his sojourn, from office to church to park to garden to talk with the experts, little welcome vignettes pull the rug out from his search, illustrating the difficulty of achieving what he calls 'be[ing] peaceful within myself.' 'God is the electricity, we are the lamp,' one writer tells him. A street musician, claiming happiness though poverty-stricken, sings his message. A man unjustly imprisoned for 27 years (cleared by a DNA test) tells how he achieved wisdom in the harshest of unfair circumstances, and is, by far, the most moving of the interviews, whose eclecticism is sometimes startling. Several tell him that we 'need to restructure the pattern of our thinking,' but none has the power of the ex-prisoner, who is now a social activist with impeccable pragmatic credentials.
As Mulvihill makes his pilgrimage, we see this man, an actor by profession, keeping his face impassive as those he confronts make their cases, usually emphasizing that human suffering is inescapable, and that we must try to understand 'the meaning' of such suffering.
Living Luminaries is well worth seeing, although the (edited-down) interviews sometimes make some teachers sound a bit glib and simplistic; others, however, find the right metaphors to compress and dramatize their positions, including proper humility. 'Don't believe what I say, and don't, at first, believe yourself–just consider; don't leap to belief.'
That's good advice for movie goers, too. But if there were more films like Living Luminaries and fewer like Smokin' Aces, the world might automatically be a little better. Thanks to Don Brown and his 'Ocean Planet Film Festival' for bringing the pop-doc back for our attention.
LIVING LUMINARIES: ON THE SERIOUS BUSINESS OF HAPPINESS was created by Sean A. Mulvihill along with Larry Kurnarsky, Michael Lasky, and Gene & Arlene Sloan. FULL CREDITS ON IMDB.COM
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Peer Support panel discussion
In October, we were invited to participate in a panel discussion for Occupational Therapy students at Canterbury Christchurch University. The theme of the discussion was "Peer Support / Do it Together".
As a profession, Occupational Therapy centres around breaking down barriers and enabling everyone to lead a fulfilling life. Senior Lecturer, Juman Simaan, explained:
"One of the overall aims of this 3rd year module is to learn to listen to, and collaborate with, the communities we work with. It has a critical edge, linking with ideas of social justice and how we as occupational therapists can contribute to that e.g. in reducing stigma or improving access to everyday activities… Another aim is to be critical of Western ways of looking at daily doing and health and wellbeing, and show that communities actually do things together and for each others' well-being rather than in an individual way."
Juman invited bemix to share our views on our work and how we "work with users to help each-other and possibly try to change society on a local, national or even global levels."
The value of lived experience
Self-advocate and expert by experience, Sammy Lamb, and bemix's Chief Executive, Matt Clifton, joined the panel to speak about our impact and the importance of changing the focal point from "charity" to "equality" when we work alongside one another as people with and without learning difficulties.
Also on the panel was Victoria Stirrup, Peer Support Project Development Officer at Canterbury Christchurch University, who talked about the value that Lived Experience Practitioners (LXPs) bring when dealing with mental health.
Victoria explained that LXPs are able to bring a level of intimate empathy and understanding that people without similar life experiences may not be able to offer. Despite funding and safeguarding challenges, LXP involvement is proving to enhance the effectiveness of the mental health system. Victoria shared a story of a man's experience on a crisis ward. Professionals were hesitant to intervene in his agitated state, but the man calmed down when an LXP approached him, explaining "Don't worry. I've been there before, mate".
Originally, Matt was due to co-present on the panel with colleague Steve Chapman. Steve was unable to attend on the day and, rather than take the easier-to-organise option of presenting on his own, Matt invited Sammy to co-present with him last minute.
"The presentation would have been inauthentic if I was alone as I don't have a learning difficulty… we support one another by using our individual skills and experiences". - Matt Clifton
It is this attitude that is the core of how we work in bemix. We want to see a rich, diverse society which will enable us all to thrive. This becomes possible when we appreciate and enable everyone in society to share their skills and contribution.
"Although there aren't asylums anymore, I feel like people are hidden away unseen and unheard" - Sammy
Sammy shared her own painful experiences with Social Services, including asking for help with her daughter and having the phone hung up on her. Now, after putting in a lot of work herself, and with bemix's continued work to achieve equality, Sammy feels more hopeful.
"I was told at an ESA (Employment Support Allowance) assessment that I would never be able to hold down a job, but bemix has given me the opportunity to work on a part time basis and prove them wrong!" - Sammy
Sammy now works with bemix's Self-Advocacy Leadership team, and as an Expert by Experience for Care and Treatment Reviews. Sammy uses her experiences to fight for better support for others. She has proved to society that she can thrive herself, and be a responsible parent to her daughter. Sammy is also part of Being Seen, Being Heard, one of bemix's projects which goes into schools to talk about how people with learning difficulties and/or autism want to be treated.
Why we avoid charity as an organisation
As part of our presentation, Matt talked about why we use a business model and not a charitable model. Where most companies pay people with learning difficulties in vouchers and words of affirmation, or expect people to volunteer, our workforce members with learning difficulties are paid a minimum of the Living Wage, the same as anyone on the workforce without a learning difficulty. The roles and contribution that people with learning difficulties and/or autism have in our work is vital not only for bemix, but in wider society. It is essential that we recognise people's worth and value in developing and leading our organisation and not just passive benefactors.
Matt explained that these values are reflected in our Supported Internship programme which aims to encourage, support and enable other employers to take on job seekers with learning difficulties and/or autism.
"We are not offering a charity service… we are offering a talent pool of people that have real world skills and talents which can contribute to society. If every employer offered 2% of their work to people with learning difficulties, we would have equality. But most employers do not have anyone. Although 25% of the bemix workforce have a learning difficulty, we would still like to see this improve in our own organisation" - Matt
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Leadership and Disability
"The Future is Accessible" - Working towards an accessible future is everyone's responsibility but we need disabled leaders to make sure it happens.
Amplified - Turning Up the Volume!
Upgrading our Studio means we can turn up the volume to give people with learning difficulties and/or autism an even louder voice in the local music industry.
Aiming for the Stars - Festive Work Aspirations
Our Medway Supported Internships project has been getting festive with work aspirations for the new year.
'House of mongs' - the scandal of abuse in Whorlton Hall
We reflect on the terrible abuse still happening in some care homes and ask what can we do about it?
Starting a new social movement
We are joining forces with other advocacy organisations to renew a louder voice for change.
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