As a private sector company with global presence and a strong public sector bond, taking responsibility defines what we do and how we do it. We serve society on behalf of governments who trust us to provide public services, and citizens who trust us to take care of them in diverse circumstances. In this we are also trusted to serve as a responsible employer, partner, neighbour and investment.
Being a responsible business is about more than just meeting our minimum obligations. It is how we contribute and create sustainable value. It is the outcomes that define us, and how we achieve them. It is recognising that, to best protect the interests of any one group of stakeholders, we must determinedly embrace our responsibilities to all stakeholders.
From the boardroom to the frontline, we seek out opportunities to make a meaningful difference. Not because we are required to, but because it makes good business sense; because we are in a good position to make that difference; and because it is in our nature as a team of more than 50,000 people who share the same values and sense of purpose.
Our corporate responsibility (CR) framework is structured around our key stakeholders, focusing in particular on how we work to add sustainable value whilst delivering their requirements with accountability and transparency. It defines our principal areas of responsibility and helps to guide practice and behaviour whilst facilitating measurement of performance.
Our Values shape the way everyone in Serco works and behaves.
We operate morally and ethically, with respect for human rights.
We are driven by our public service ethos to help our customers create positive outcomes for society.
We are committed to enabling the development, wellbeing and safety of our people.
We strive to manage our impact on the communities, economies and environments in which we operate responsibly.
We are determined to protect our shareholders' interests and create long-term, sustainable value for them.
Everything we do is motivated by our desire to be a trusted partner of governments, delivering superb public services that transform outcomes and make a positive difference for our fellow citizens.
Our key responsibilities are recognised within our business strategy, for which the Serco plc Board has ultimate responsibility. For the areas identified in our CR framework, Board oversight and scrutiny is enabled through its standing committee, the Corporate Responsibility Committee (CRC).
The Committee is comprised of both Executive and Non-Executive Directors. Mike Clasper was Board sponsor for CR in 2018 and chaired the CRC, reporting activity to the Board and raising specific issues for consideration and action. The CRC met three times in 2018 to review progress and performance across the framework.
Kirsty Bashforth was appointed Chair of the Committee following Mike Clasper's decision to stand down from the Board, with effect from 1 January 2019. Newly-appointed Non-Executive Director, Eric Born was also appointed to the CRC with effect from 1 January 2019.
Members of the CRC are responsible for promoting our approach to CR and its effective implementation across the Group. This is agreed with the Executive Committee, which oversees its implementation.
Elements within the CR framework have designated Group Leads, responsible for engaging with Divisional Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) to develop strategy, objectives and performance indicators, and monitoring and reporting performance to the Executive Committee and CRC.
Each Divisional Executive Management Team (EMT) incorporates appropriate elements into their operational and strategic plans. Delivery and performance are reported to Divisional EMTs and Group Leads for review, consolidation and Group reporting. As of 2018, each Division also has a CR lead nominated by the Divisional EMT.
The Serco Management System (SMS) is our management framework. It describes how we do business and defines the rules governing how we operate, behave and deliver our strategy, including all areas covered by our CR framework.
45 Group Standard Operating Procedures, owned by functional subject matter experts and approved by the Executive Committee. They provide consistent procedures to address key areas of control that are applied across the Group.
Country, Divisional and Local operating procedures build on these foundations within the SMS, providing direction on how to achieve mandatory requirements and comply with relevant laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. Operating procedures are sensitive to local customs, traditions and cultures.
All elements of the SMS are subject to a schedule of regular review to ensure they meet our needs and are up-to-date, relevant and appropriate.
Employee and manager responsibilities regarding SMS compliance are clearly defined and all employees complete appropriate SMS, Code of Conduct and Values training on joining Serco and periodically during their employment. Our Group Consequence Management Standard defines how instances of non-compliance are managed.
To provide management assurance, a 'three lines of defence' model has been implemented to test business compliance. Each level of assurance informs our risk management process and the delivery of local, regional and Group improvements.
At an operational level, local controls are implemented to ensure customer, legal and regulatory requirements are met. In addition, an annual SMS self-assessment process is undertaken by all contracts and support functions across the Group which helps managers increase their understanding of SMS requirements and improve compliance with SMS controls by completing actions for any areas of non-compliance identified.
A programme of Division-led retrospective compliance assurance reviews test compliance with SMS controls and risk management processes. Reviews against the SMS are carried out at contract, Business Unit and Divisional levels.
Internal Audit provides independent review (sometimes delivered by independent external parties) of the design and operating effectiveness of our controls. External Audit is also used to test control effectiveness in areas of the business where there is a customer or legal requirement.
Our Code of Conduct helps us to drive continuous and consistent responsibility and behaviours across our organisation. Based on our Values, it forms part of the SMS, clearly and concisely defining our expectations of operational and behavioural compliance.
Our Code applies to everyone who works for and on behalf of Serco, regardless of role, location and background, and confirms what they can expect of us as well as what we expect of them.
All Serco employees are expected to know, use and live our Code.
remedy any wrongdoing we have identified as soon as possible.
developed short briefing videos on gifts and hospitality and conflicts of interest, the first in a series on elements in our Code.
refresh our approach to Code of Conduct training for new and existing employees.
First and foremost, Serco lives by its Values.
Our culture is based on a set of four Values – Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride – that shape our individual behaviours and hence the way the Company behaves. They help to ensure we are all working from a commonly understood base that can be consistently applied across our organisation.
Our Values need to be lived every day, helping us work through any challenges we may face and recognise and celebrate our achievements. They guide us in our dealings with colleagues, customers, suppliers, partners, shareholders and the communities we serve.
Our annual employee engagement survey, Viewpoint, and our premier programme of employee recognition, the Pulse Awards, are aligned to our Values, enabling us to measure values-based engagement and celebrate values-based behaviour.
Our Values are integrated into our Code of Conduct, Leadership Model and annual Performance and Development Review process, enabling us to clearly define our expectations of values-based behaviour and ensure they are met. Our bonus payment 'Values gate' enables us to reward performance aligned to our Values.
Our Values are also incorporated into our approach to recruitment, enabling us to recruit people who share our desire to make a positive difference and have the capacity and commitment to deliver the services our customers expect.
Alongside our 'Speak Up' whistleblowing process, these elements also enable us to regularly assess and reinforce our culture, as defined by our Values. Our Viewpoint Culture Index comprises engagement levels for each of the four Values and provides insight into our culture as perceived by our people (covering ethics, integrity and diversity and inclusion). Culture Index results inform annual engagement action planning and our Values strategy.
In addition to the ways in which our Values are embedded and reinforced continuously through Group systems and processes (see above), each Division is responsible for the ongoing promotion of our Values at the local level, driving them through employee communications, recognition schemes and engagement initiatives. Our 2018 employee engagement survey results indicate that employee perceptions of our Values remain similar to last year.
We will continue to actively and regularly promote and reinforce our Values throughout the business whilst monitoring employee understanding and perceptions of how well they are lived. As required, we will respond with specific, focused and appropriate interventions.


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The 2012 Copa Constitució was the twentieth season of Andorra's football knockout tournament. The competition began on 15 January 2012 with the matches of the first elimination round and ended in May 2012 with the Final. UE Sant Julià are the defending champions. The winners earned a place in the first qualifying round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

Results

Preliminary round
This round will be entered by the bottom four from the ten 2011–12 Segona Divisió teams at the time of the mid-season break:
Penya Encarnada d'Andorra, FS La Massana, Principat B and Atlètic Club d'Escaldes. The matches will be played on 15 January 2012.

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First elimination round
This round will be entered by the top six from the ten 2011–12 Segona Divisió teams at the time of the mid-season break: Lusitanos B, UE Extremenya, FC Encamp, UE Santa Coloma B, Casa Estrella del Benfica and FC Santa Coloma B and will join the winners of the preliminary elimination round. The matches will be played on 22 January 2012.

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Second elimination round
The teams from 2011–12 Primera Divisió placed fifth to eighth after 10 rounds played – Inter Club d'Escaldes, CE Principat, UE Engordany and FC Rànger's – enter in this round and will join the winners of the first elimination round. For each match, one Segona Divisió and one Primera Divisió team have been drawn together. The matches will be played on 29 January 2012.

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Third elimination round
The winners from the previous round will compete in this round together with the teams from Primera Divisió placed first to fourth after 10 rounds played – FC Santa Coloma, FC Lusitanos, UE Sant Julià, and UE Santa Coloma. The first legs will be played on 5 and 12 February 2012, while the second legs took place on 19 February 2012.

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Semifinals
The first legs were played on 6 May 2012 while the second legs were played on 13 May 2012.

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Final

External links
 Official site
 Copa Constitució on soccerway.com
 Andorra in UEFA.com

Copa Constitució seasons
Andorra
Copa

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The digital currency experienced a sharp price jump on Friday, surging more than 10% in the afternoon to close the session at $119.27. It was able to amass further gains during the weekend, mostly thanks to an impressive performance on Sunday, which saw its price rising to a three-week high of $124.85 in the final hours of the session. Ethereum's strong gains in these sessions allowed the coin to overtake Ripple (XRP) as the second-largest digital currency on the market.
Following the strong weekend, ETH experienced a comparatively lacklustre trading Monday morning, as its price fell to as low as $120.31. However, the coin has picked up in the afternoon portion of the session and is currently hovering around $123.
Ethereum's rally last week coincided with a larger uptrend affecting he wider cryptocurrency market. Major digital coin such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin (LTC) posted significant gains in the previous three sessions. Meanwhile, XRP has underperformed, although it did manage to return above the $0.30 mark.
Mati Greenspan, senior market analyst at eToro, commented that the price movements seen over the past week "have been encouraging", but he also cautioned the "it's important to remember that we're not out of the bear market just yet".
"While some might argue the bears are weakening, bitcoin needs a strong breakout above the psychological level of $5,000 before the bulls can sharpen their horns in earnest," Greenspan said, as quoted by Forbes.
In today's trading, the Ethereum price stood at $122.66, as of 15:19 GMT. The digital coin has gained 4.1% in the past 24 hours, according to data from digital currency tracker Coinmarketcap. Its total market capitalisation currently stands at $12.85 billion.


The best of Norfolk and Suffolk's Christmas beef went under the hammer to raise around £2000 for charity.
Our sixth annual Christmas Beef Carcase Charity Show saw 58 animals judged before the meat was auctioned off to bidding butchers. Over the past six years the show has become a keenly-contested seasonal highlight for both livestock farmers and butchers, not to mention everyone at HG Blake.
The 58 animals entered in the show were slaughtered on the 2nd December and judged that afternoon by Adrian Crowe, a licensed classifier with 30 years experience from MLC Services. "I really look forward to this show, even though it gets harder every year; the quality just gets better and better," he said.
Supreme Champion for 2015 was a 14-month-old Limousin heifer entered by Potter Heigham farmer Roger Balls who won two classes as well as additional second and third-place prizes.
Reserve Champion was a 17-month-old Aberdeen Angus cross heifer entered by Paul Barwood of Fleggburgh.
This year, an additional accolade was added to the schedule for exhibitor-bred beef. Colin Butcher of Welborne, near Dereham, took the award with his 16-month-old Limousin cross heifer.
After the judging Graham Ellis of Stanford Auctioneers wielded the gavel amongst brisk bidding to sell the Supreme Champion carcase for £6.30/kg.
Successful bidders Impsons Butchers in Swaffham and Clarkes Quality Meats in Hevingham, each took half of the carcase.


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Partia Lipawska (łot. Liepājas partija, LP) – łotewska prawicowa partia regionalna działająca w Lipawie założona w 2004.

Historia
Partia Lipawska została założona 14 grudnia 2004 przez ponad 300 aktywnych politycznie mieszkańców Lipawy. Za cel postawiła sobie pracę na rzecz dobra miasta i jego mieszkańców bez wchodzenia w polityczne spory na poziomie centralnym, zagwarantowanie stabilnego rozwoju Lipawy oraz zapewnienie godnego życia jej mieszańcom. Ugrupowanie występuje z programem na rzecz Lipawy we wszystkich obszarach jej życia: zatrudnienia, kultury, sportu, zdrowia mieszkańców, turystyki, bezpieczeństwa, oświaty, ochrony środowiska oraz dzieci i młodzieży.

W wyborach w 2009 Partia Lipawska uzyskała 35,14% głosów i 6 mandatów w radzie miejskiej, cztery lata później 37,06% głosów i 7 mandatów, zaś w 2017 – 31,26% i 6 mandatów. W tym czasie partia współrządziła miastem z Łotewskim Zjednoczeniem Regionów. Merem miasta pozostawał od 1997 do 2018 lider partii Uldis Sesks. Następnie przez trzy lata funkcję te zajmował Jānis Vilnītis z Łotewskiego Zjednoczenia Regionów. Po wyborach w 2021, w których Partia Lipawska uzyskała 41,19% głosów i 6 radnych, tworząc największy klub w radzie miejskiej, merem miasta został przedstawiciel ugrupowania Gunārs Ansiņš.

Ugrupowanie od lat prowadzi działalności na arenie ogólnołotewskiej. W wyborach 2006 z ramienia Partii Ludowej mandat posłanki uzyskała Aija Barča. W lipcu 2010 Partia Lipawska zawarła porozumienie ze Związkiem Zielonych i Rolników (ZZS), na mocy którego dwóch jej przedstawicieli znalazło się na listach związku. Po rozwiązaniu Partii Ludowej niektórzy jej działacze z terenu Lipawy przeszli do Partii Lipawskiej. W wyborach w 2010 Partia Lipawska uzyskała w Sejmie dwóch przedstawicieli: Oskarsa Zīdsa i Aiję Barčę. Juris Bārzdiņš został ministrem zdrowia z ramienia Partii Lipawskiej w drugim rządzie Valdisa Dombrovskisa. W przyspieszonych wyborach w 2011 do Sejmu dostała się Aija Barča. W wyborach parlamentarnych w 2014 Partia Lipawska uzyskała 3 mandaty.

W 2015 partia wystawiła swojego kandydata na premiera – Mārisa Kučinskisa, po tym jak do dymisji podała się Laimdota Straujuma. W wyborach w 2018 partia wystawiła łącznie pięciu kandydatów, uzyskała jednak tylko jeden mandat sejmowy w ramach koalicji Związku Zielonych i Rolników, który objął ponownie premier Māris Kučinskis.

W czerwcu 2022 Partia Lipawska zerwała współpracę z ZZS, przyłączając się do nowej inicjatywy wyborczej "Zjednoczona Lista", współtworzonej przez Łotewską Partię Zielonych oraz Łotewskie Zjednoczenie Regionów . Ostatecznie koalicja uzyskała 11,01% głosów, wprowadzając do Sejmu 15 posłów. Wśród nich znalazł się jedyny przedstawiciel Partii Lipawskiej Māris Kučinskis.

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102 Ansel Hallet Road, West Yarmouth, MA, 02673
Book Appointment Emergency Shop
Give us a call at the number below to book an appointment.
Emergency service is provided during regular office hours at VCA Hyannis Animal Hospital. If possible please call (508-775-4521) to let us know you are on your way.
Should your pet have an emergency after hours, we refer our emergencies to one of the following 24 hour emergency centers:
Cape Cod Veterinary Specialists-Dennis - (508) 398-7575
79 Theophilus Smith Road
South Dennis, MA 02660
Cape Cod Veterinary Specialists - (508) 759-5125 or (800) 457-4900 / toll free in MA only
11 Bourne Bridge Approach
Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
VCA South Shore Weymouth - (781) 337-6622
595 Columbian Street
South Weymouth, MA 02190
VCA Hyannis Animal Hospital
Our hospital offers ultrasound (sonogram) examinations as a non-invasive diagnostic procedure to evaluate your pet's internal organs. Ultrasound can be used to examine the abdominal organs, reproductive organs, eyes and heart. Ultrasound is non-invasive and well tolerated by most pets. In most cases, ultrasound is relatively brief and your pet is able to go home the very same day.
Our Advanced Care Services
Bone and Joint Surgery
Orthopedic surgery involves surgery of the bones, joints, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Fractured bones and torn ligaments are some of the most common injuries... More
Cryosurgery is the use of extreme cold produced by a liquid nitrous oxide gas (or, in specific instances, liquid nitrogen) to destroy... More
Our hospital offers dermatology services. Our veterinarians will perform a detailed history, physical examination and basic medical...
Our hospital offers a number of diagnostic imaging services. Diagnostic imaging refers to the techniques and processes used to create images of your pet's body or body parts for medical purposes... More
Our hospital is proud to offer state-of-the-art digital radiology services. Digital x-rays are essentially film-less x-rays. Traditional... More
Our hospital offers echocardiography as one of our many cardiology services. An echocardiogram is an ultrasound (sonogram) exam of the... More
Our hospital routinely performs electrocardiograms as part of our cardiology services. An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) is a readout of the... More
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I'm so bad at making and keeping resolutions...so I typically don't make them.
I thought that was something I could do!
I didn't have too tough of a time thinking of one word that would resonate throughout 2015.
I want to do so much more this year.
And most of all more tutus!!
I'm not very good at resolving to work out more..or eat better or be more organized.
I do think I can resolve to do more of the good things in life.
More of the things that will make me happy.
More of the things that will make me a better daughter, teacher, wife and friend.
What is something you want to do more of?
What is your one word resolution?
That's an awesome resolution Vera! I could use a little more patience, etc!
That one word says a lot! This is the first year in a LONG time that I have made a resolution for the new year.
Definitely more tutus in 2015! Great word choice!


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Digital Progress Report - DTV Q4 2005
17 Mawrth 2006
1.1 By the end of 2005, around 17.5 million homes could receive digital TV in the UK – just under 70% of all TV households. Although data are not available for all platforms for early 2006, preliminary sales data for Freeview boxes suggest that by the end of February 2006 digital penetration had exceeded 70% of UK homes.
1.2 Digital take-up continues at a rapid rate. More than 1.1 million households took up digital TV in the fourth quarter of 2005 – more than in any previous quarter. Over 800,000 of these acquired Freeview or Top Up TV. Over the whole of 2005, more than 2.7 million homes took up digital TV – more than in any previous year.
1.3 There are now more homes subscribing to Sky's pay-TV services than there are using any other television platform in the UK, including analogue terrestrial broadcasts, as their principal source of TV. By the end of 2005, there were 7.7 million Sky subscribers in the UK compared to 7.1 million homes watching analogue terrestrial broadcasts on their primary sets – the first time the analogue terrestrial platform has not been the most common way to receive TV in the UK.
1.4 This shift is due both to large numbers of homes switching from analogue terrestrial television to digital terrestrial services, and to continued growth in Sky's subscriber base. More than 10.5 million Freeview boxes and integrated digital TVs had been sold by the end of 2005, with digital terrestrial television accounting for seven in ten new digital homes in 2005. The average price paid for a Freeview box has halved since mid-2003, to around £41 at the end of December 2005.
1.5 The pattern of digital take-up continues to vary across the nations and regions of the UK. In Wales, digital penetration had reached 80% by the end of 2005. Digital penetration in Border – the first region to switch off analogue signals in the second half of 2008 – has increased by 17 percentage points over the past year and now stands at 71%. With respect to demographic variations, younger people and those with children in the home are more likely to have taken up digital TV than others.
1.6 Ofcom's latest modelling suggests that digital TV penetration will continue to grow over the next few years, as a result of both continued market-driven digital take-up and by the implementation of digital switchover on a region-by-region basis, starting in Border in 2008. In 2006, we expect more than 1.7 million homes to take up digital TV; thereafter the number of digital households will continue to grow steadily at around one million homes per annum. By the end of 2010, we expect around 95% of homes to have taken up digital TV of one form or another.
1.7 Most homes have more than one TV set, each of which needs to be converted to digital (or replaced by an integrated digital TV) if viewers wish to continue to use them for viewing broadcast TV after switchover. By the end of 2005, just under one in four homes had fully converted all its sets, up from 16% in March 2005. Sales of integrated digital TV sets doubled between Q3 and Q4 2005.
1.8 Nonetheless there are still many TV sets in people's homes that have not been converted. Almost 60% of all TVs (36 million) still receive analogue transmissions. However, not all sets will need to be converted by digital switchover – some are not currently used and others are only used for games consoles or DVD players, and may not need to be converted for TV reception.
1.9 Nearly half of all TV viewing (including viewing on secondary sets) is through the analogue terrestrial signal. However the amount of viewing to the analogue signal has declined from nearly two-thirds of all viewing in 2002, and will decline further as digital take-up (and conversion of secondary sets) continues.
1.10 There are currently an estimated 34 million VCRs in use in the UK. Those that viewers use for recording one programme while watching another – currently around 25% of VCRs (7.5 million recorders) are used in this way at least once per month – will need to be replaced by personal video recorders (PVRs) if viewers wish to retain this functionality. By the end of 2005, around 1.4 million PVRs had been sold (mostly Sky+ boxes) and 2.3 million DVD recorders. Most of the latter do not have integrated digital tuners, however, and cannot replicate the full functionality of analogue VCRs.
1.11 The UK now has the highest digital TV penetration of any country in the world, with the US second at 55% of TV homes. Many countries have announced detailed plans for digital switchover, with some areas in Germany and Sweden already having switched off analogue TV broadcasting.
This is Ofcom's 29th Digital Progress Report covering developments in multichannel television. The data are the latest available at the time of writing and include quarterly take-up figures derived from consumer research, alongside subscriber figures reported by platform operators and device sales.
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This is Ofcom's twenty-sixth Digital Progress Report covering developments in multichannel television. The data are the latest available at the time of writing and include quarterly take-up figures derived from consumer research, alongside subscriber figures reported by platform operators and device sales data.
This is Ofcom's twenty-second Digital Progress Report covering developments in multichannel television. The data are the latest available at the time of writing and include quarterly take-up figures derived from consumer research, alongside subscriber figures reported by platform operators and device sales data.


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Plymouth dental practice explains why it has removed 1,200 NHS patients
SpaDental Plymouth blamed a combination of availability of dentists and the end of a fixed-term NHS contract
Edward Oldfield
A Plymouth dental practice says it is 'disappointed' that it has had to deregister 1,200 NHS patients.
SpaDental Plymouth blamed a combination of availability of dentists and the end of a fixed-term NHS contract.
A statement from the practice said it was committed to treating NHS patients, would complete any treatment plans and was not de-registering under-18s.
The loss of places will add to the pressure on dental services in Plymouth, where a growing waiting list for treatment reached almost 16,000 in September.
Plymouth City Council has called for action from NHS England to tackle what has been described as an oral health crisis. A study found lack of access to services was linked to deprivation, and children in the city were four times as likely as elsewhere in the region to have teeth extracted under general anaesthetic.
Councillors have been told it has been difficult to recruit dental clinicians, and NHS England is due in the new year to consider funding a new city centre dental practice for 3,500 patients.
SpaDental Plymouth, based in Hyde Park Road, Mutley, notified 1,200 patients by email in November that they would be removed from its NHS list.
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Ray Pennell, 62, of Horrabridge, near Plymouth, is one of the patients affected, along with his wife and daughter. He said: "Just when you are thinking you might be able to go back to a dentist, you find you are effectively struck off."
He added: "Devon, and Plymouth in particular, seems to be so poorly served by NHS dentists, compared to where I previously lived, in London."
The practice said its NHS funding was split into two parts, with one contract automatically renewing each year and an additional non-recurring contract for 2020-21 which was not renewed. It said it was contacting the last 1,200 people to join the practice, to tell them they would not be able to book a new appointment.
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The email said: "Over the years, SpaDental Plymouth has prided itself on offering a high quality of care to all our patients, without distinction. I would like to stress that the need to reduce the number of enrolled NHS patients is the result of reduced funding from the NHS. Although we have supported all our patients during the Covid-19 pandemic, we cannot continue to do so with reduced NHS funding."
The practice said in a statement to the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "At the heart of SpaDental Plymouth is a commitment to treating NHS patients in Devon and Cornwall.
"We are disappointed that we need to decrease the number of patients SpaDental can offer NHS treatment to, due to the combination of a fixed-term contract ending and dentist availability.
"Like most practices in the South West, we experience difficulty recruiting clinicians. Last month, we had to inform recently registered patients that we can no longer offer them NHS treatment, which was disappointing for them and us.
"As we've campaigned in many Plymouth schools to teach children about oral health over the last three years, we are not deregistering patients under 18.
"We are also continuing to treat patients in active treatment until they complete their previously agreed treatment plan and honour any treatment guarantees.
"SpaDental is pleased to continue working with the NHS to support our longer-term patients' oral health."
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Snatcher2047 reacted to Dark Qiviut in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 June 5, 2016
Flutter Brutter is a complete chore to sit through. Fluttershy and Dash were great. Twilight, Spike, Opal, and Rarity were good in their limited roles. The moral itself about how to stand and confront your fear of failure is very admirable, and I appreciate its mature tone it was trying to relay. But it screwed up a ton on three major points: Zephyr, the moral, and the "freeloader" implications. Zephyr is a colossal asshole. Stereotypes are one of the show's biggest flaws. Often, when DHX uses them, they're at their own disadvantage, and they RUIN the story, not help it. The only time season six handled a stereotype well was when cartoon shenanigans made a mockery out of Garble; the jokes worked because he deserved them. The stereotypes killed the episode here. Zephyr is a combination of two classic stereotypes: the diva and the freeloader. A diva because he was flamboyant to the point of over-the-top, selfish, and manipulative. As the episode progressed, Zephyr became more and more insufferable. Him not shutting up is a problem already. But when he knowingly destroyed his parents' cloud collection and flowers and not even give a damn, Zeph turned into one of the most hateable characters of the show. I don't give one shit how he "made up" at the end. You don't have the right to destroy anyone's property, prized or not! If he truly cared about his family, he wouldn't dare attempt this garbage!
But in Act 2, he gets worse. When assigned jobs by Fluttershy and her friends, does Zephyr even bother trying to get any work done? No. And keep in mind, these jobs are very simple in Equestrian standards; any competent pony can accomplish these goals. Zephyr is completely capable of cleaning the windows, dying the cloth, and kicking the clouds. Instead, what does he do? Weasel his lazy ass into duping others to do his work while he watches. When he was threatened if he tried to weasel his way out, he quit! And the episode's telling me he feels completely incapable of doing them? Give me a break! The moral is fantastic and is something all of us feel and experience. One of our biggest fears, if not the biggest, is failure. No one wants to fail. And it can be very devastating when we fail. I don't wish it upon anyone.But FB executes the fear of failure so poorly, because everything that happens up to this point completely contradicts it. Zephyr behaved so terribly to his family, periodically returns to his house to freeload, intentionally destroyed his parents' sentimental possessions, and didn't bother trying to work on the simplests of tasks. He claimed that he was struggling in mane therapy because he feared he'll fail, but given his lackadaisical arrogance throughout the first two acts, then that's not fear of failure. That's laziness.
So when the episode rushes in the idea that by trying and succeeds in the face of his fears, his triumph lacks any satisfaction. Instead, it gives me the impression that I'm watching two separate ideas merged into one. Rather than flowing through, the story is a mess. There are serious implications in the conflict's delivery, which PuppyKit pointed out here. Fluttershy mandates that he can stay until he finds a job. But because Zephyr's a freeloader stereotype, the episode paints a false impression that everyone who lives with their parents, friends, or roommates is lazy and and takes everything from their parents because they can. It's a complete lie. Were in an economy where living alone has become more and more expensive. Not everyone can live on their own. Parents and adult kids live together all the time, and in cities where rent can cost so much, sometimes they have to. When the child is disabled, then sometimes they have to live with their parents or live off them, for they can't make a living on their own. One of my closest friends is intellectually disabled and relies on his mom to help him. To echo Wind Chaser, if Flutter Brutter didn't pull off such offensive stereotypes and treat the conflict with genuine respect, then Zephyr's fear of failure would feel more genuine. Let's say we see him try and fail and isn't narcissistic. With the efforts, he fails, but each time he fails, it becomes worse to the point where he feels like doing nothing will be more helpful than not helping at all. That way, when he tries and succeeds, then it's rewarding. The TUGS episode handles the fear of failure way better than FB. It has some highlights, but the bad outweighs the good. Out of all the episodes in this show, Flutter Brutter is personally the most difficult to watch, because I hate Zephyr so damn much. He represents everything I hate about a character and amplifies it. Not even Princess Spike was this difficult. FIM's supposed to deliver likable characters who we're supposed to root for. Fluttershy is the Mane Eight character here, but this is a Zephyr episode, not Fluttershy episode. How am I supposed to root for him when he's more hateable than villain!Sunset (yet not as hateable as Radiant Hope from IDW's Siege of The Crystal Empire) and doesn't give me any good reason to root for him? In short, a terrible episode.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Strickerx5 in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 June 5, 2016
Well, this episode has been a long one coming. If I remember correctly, this episode has been tossed around by writers in various panels since like season 4 (second only to that Fluttershy dragon episode that's apparently been a thing since season 3). Fluttershy having a brother has been an idea going around the fandom since the early days and now that it's canonized, I can safely say that this is probably not what anyone was expecting... and that's not a bad thing. Actually, I quite liked this episode because of it.
I'm going to say this now since I know this character is about to become a love it or hate it part of the show for the fandom. He's literally the MLP equivalent of Kuzco. He's a character that brings the best out of the ones around him and takes an extreme amount of environment force to get him to evolve past what he is. That being said, I loved what they did here with him.
I absolutely adore Fluttershy in this. Actually, this might be my favorite showing of her to date. The progression this character has made is on full show. Her and her brother have a true sibling relationship. You love them, you'll do close to anything for them, you'll help them when they need it, but damn if you're not their hardest critic. Seeing Fluttershy step up where her parents couldn't (btw a great treat to actually see them now... all that's left is Rainbow's) was amazing to watch.
Also, I have to add how well the main six were utilized here. The one's who weren't plot important didn't overstay their welcome. It was a nice call back to Fluttershy's and Rainbow's close past to have them work off each other for the most part here. Though, I love how when the situation didn't call for Rainbow, she wasn't there. It gave Fluttershy a true chance to shine here. It's a level of character positioning that I just don't think this show has reached until now.
Honestly, I just don't think there's anything wrong with this one. I could have said something about Spike's ignorance to what Zephyr was doing but you can really just chalk that one up to him being a kid. Don't get me wrong, him being nothing more than a comedy source is a problem I will always point out. Though, here, it really is understandable.
Some could point to the ending and say that it's not realistic to think that Zephyr could change his ways that fast but there are two things about that. One, while it's not easily seen, there has been a jump of time between the song and the cut to them back in the house. It's not a stretch at all to assume that it could have easily been a substantial amount of time. Two, there are a lot of times where putting someone to rock bottom and making them see where they should be if they don't change their ways is the catalyst for real change. Plus, we see at the end that he still has a ways to go to a real turnaround so I don't see this as anywhere near as rushed of an ending as this series has become known for.
I could harp on Fluttershy's parents being complete push overs but it really does make sense given what Fluttershy has been. Plus, Zephyr is their son so there was bound to be some give. I mean, the only thing I really come away with as a negative (and it's more of a nitpick at this point) is the use of the Everfree Forest... again. Seriously though, what has happened to that place? It use to be a setting no one in the show would dare enter back in season 1. Now, for the last few seasons, no one gives it a second thought.
Overall, I have to say that this is another big win for this season. It's nice to see the world expand with family members coming in. Add in another great moral and I just don't have much negative to say towards this one. Though, again, I think the reactions to this one are going to greatly depend on whether you get the purpose behind Zephyr or not.
On a side note: This is an episode that also really hit home for me. Being halfway through college and coming home for the summer, you can literally feel the similarities to actual life here. I'll even go as far as to say that this isn't an exaggeration of the situation at all. In the area I'm in, it's all basically an unspoken rule. You will turn heads if you're home and, A: don't have a job and, B: aren't actively trying to make your own way. At that point, while there is always some exceptions of course, the situation can easily be this.
And damn this post went on a lot longer than I ever planned it to be...
Snatcher2047 got a reaction from Ducktor Naldush Repulsa in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 May 29, 2016
"Uneventful" is the correct word to use here. This might be the most slice-of-life episode we've gotten in an series full of episodes of the like. At the first commercial break, my response was, "This is an episode?" It wasn't bad or great, it was just... there. And as an AJ fan it was kind of difficult to watch. At least there was some good humor involved and for once Rainbow Dash came across as rather likeable as opposed to her portrayal in some recent episodes (or even EQG movies). Humble Dash is better Dash.
This series has been very fortunate to have lasted as long as it has and still produce decent episodes and only a small handful of duds every season like it has, unlike many other current running animated shows. As much as I would hate to see a favorite show end, I'd like for it to go out while it's still respectable. But I'm sure it will keep going as long as it's seen as profitable.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Strickerx5 in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 May 29, 2016
Wow, that was good. Like, really good. Can't remember the last time I enjoyed a Rarity episode so much. I think the one aspect of this episode that really got me is how they actually managed to put in all of the main six in without one of them feeling forced. Sure, some of the issues they were facing could have been easily been left out without the overall episode being too hindered by it but I'm definitely willing to let that pass when the humor surrounding it was top notch.
This episode also did a series first, if I'm not mistaken, by starting the episode after the main event already having taken place. This made for some hilarious moments and dialogue (not to mention those faces like wow XD) but also kept from, what would have been, a predictable and by the books story. We already know that everything was going to work out in the end but the path getting there is what we're here to see. It's a common thing in shows and I'm actually surprised it took mlp this long to use it actually.
Another thing I liked about this episode (and also what season 6 has been doing in general really) is the way past events are casually brought up. Sure, you have some instances where it's purely a plot dump or kind of forced but here, none of it felt like that. It really did just feel like casual dialogue that people who haven't seen that episode won't miss but will be extra sweet for those who did. Also, that Pinkie clone gag was more hilarious to me than it had every right to be and has probably set up a ton of fan talk as we speak.
Overall, this might be one of the strongest episodes this season. Don't really have anything I didn't like about it really. I mean, the building owner's daughter had hit or miss humor but beyond that... yeah, a great episode in my book.
So I guess this wraps up Rarity's arc with her being a successful fashion designer in Equestria's biggest cities (from what we can tell). With RD being on the Wonderbolts now and the CMCs having their cutie marks... that sort of wraps up all the big arcs for the main cast at the moment. I mean, Spike still has the Dragon arc that they could easily go somewhere with (I'd personally love to see that happen actually) but as Advent said, this could easily be the final season. With it stretching to the end of this year and DHX supposedly working on the movie, we could see the series ending with the film. This is really all just speculation though and Hasbro could easily say this show is making too much money for the brand for it to end now (which I hope doesn't happen) but 6 seasons and a movie is a goal 99% of shows can never hit. I think I'd be fine with that.
So that was... an episode, I guess. I can't even call it bad... just, uneventful. It just kept trying to hammer the same moral and running jokes into the ground. You know that one problem some episodes have of trying to do too much in a 22 minute time period? Well, this one had the exact opposite problem of not having enough to fill in the time slot. It's amazing too because apparently (going off of the credits) this episode had more people on it than a normal one. Guess they were probably scrambling to make something out of nothing...
It could be because I just don't find AJ that interesting of a character to begin with (especially compared to the others in this shows) but nothing she did here was good to me in any sense. I mean, you supposedly have one of the more reasonable members of the main six taking this long to find out that she has a major problem with her work load. The moral of the story (at least from what I saw) was that getting stuck in your ways can blind you from all the wrong you're doing and hinder your progress. Also, that it's much easier to see others problems as well. While this is a great lesson, I just find it ridiculous that AJ would go that long and not question the way she was doing things. Just made her come off as unbelievably thick here as a result. I mean honestly, she wrote that stuff down in steps! There should have been multiple alerts to her that something was off. It seems to be a return to a problem the show had a couple of season back in writing their characters to fit the story, rather than writing a story to fit the characters. You just end up with an off-character mess.
For the good, well... it's hard because a lot of it just blends in. I liked how Spike wasn't that much of a comedic character this time around. I also liked the varying pony designs in the spa. Plus, I'll give them points for not trying to shoehorn in every one of the main six. Though, I can't say that I recall too much beyond that. I wish we saw Twilight and Spike perform more of those ridiculous task AJ had.
Overall, while I found the moral to be a pretty great one, the episode surrounding it just ended up being dull. From the slow pace to AJ just being written poorly for the most part, it all just ends up being a pretty forgettable episode. Hell, I'm already starting to forget about it.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Dark Qiviut in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 May 8, 2016
There's several degrees of mediocre and -20 degrees of awful. Since Wonderbolts Academy, Dash episodes have become Spike episodes. The only difference is Gauntlet of Fire is objectively good. Daring Don't, Rainbow Falls, and Tanks for the Memories are pitiful.
Newbie Dash easily competes with No Second Prances as season six's worst episode and may be the worst one after this season's done with.
Rainbow Dash's sense of maturity is completely nonexistent. One of her best traits is the ability to put her pride aside in favor of doing the right thing. WA is her best performance, because it put out the best in her from the middle onward. You knew it was about to come. Instead, she's become a very flanderized shell of herself with a monumental ego that has to be pegged time and time again. She marginalized her very own integrity by shooting it off early, embarrassing herself in front of the Wonderbolts, and being incompetent. Simultaneously, who can blame her? The Wonderbolts used a nickname that scarred her, and — what else is new? *eyeroll* — the Wonderbolts themselves were complete assholes! This is the third time that a group that she idolized acted like jerks in which she would want nothing to be a part of, yet she blows it aside. Consider Dash's history of when her confidence shatters. She wants to impress, but the more she gets hit with that insult, the worse her confidence gets, and the more she tries too hard. The dialogue is a mess. So much of it is contrived exposition. Again, when you exposit, you ruin the impact of the message and the overall. Show, don't tell, especially in child-friendly media. Take a good luck at how much the terrible dialogue ruined Rainbow Falls, Trade Ya!, EQG1, and McColts. The humor is a mess. The Spikabuse wasn't funny then and sure as hell isn't funny now. DHX, do the fandom a favor and knock this shit off!
Pinkie Pie is flanderized again. *thumbs down* She's more than this.
We're supposed to laugh at Rainbow Dash impersonating her friends, but it really failed. I don't know if the humor was in response to Dash's Twilight impersonation from Griffonstone or not, but whatever the case is, there is a huge difference between 'em. In Griffonstone, the joke worked because Dash was agitated when he impersonated her. In Newbie Dash, she impersonated them because she genuinely wanted to impress them. Consequently, Dash's impersonations in the latter comes across as cringeworthy and stupid, not funny.
Jesus Christ, the moral. What the hell?! First off, let's talk about hazing, specifically rookie hazing. It's a very common tradition in many fields to "haze" newcomers. Hazing, for that matter, has had so many controversies. Some teams will haze rookies because to them, it's good ol' fun. But not everyone receives hazing very well because what comes across as good ribbing to the veterans can come off as bullying to the rookies. And when you look at the news articles of investigations related to hazing, the resentment is very valid. For several years, hazing has been on the news for really, REALLY bad reasons. People have been bullied, hurt, and killed by people who use these hazing rituals. A lot of the time, hazing deals with abusing someone under the context of "good fun" or "tradition." The abuse ranges from being taped up to a wall or pole to paddling to being raped. There's a movement to ban school hazing and some governments criminalizing hazing. Why? Because to haze is to bully, and it's not okay.
What made this moral reprehensible is how Newbie Dash tolerates and embraces hazing.
"Because it's good fun."
Rainbow Dash has every right to feel insulted and not take "Rainbow Crash" lightly. It doesn't matter if Spitfire or anyone else took their insult in stride. Not everyone does, and they have every right to say no. By being complacent, the episode tells the viewer their feelings towards insults don't matter. Words can hurt, and words can kill. Rather than ignoring it, be aware of it. Just because it's a common thing in the Wonderbolts's culture doesn't mean it's okay. Despicable moral!
In short, this episode is garbage!
Snatcher2047 reacted to Brawler Bear CC14 in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 May 7, 2016
Hearing RD's AJ impression was surreal. XD
Snatcher2047 reacted to Kevin in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 May 7, 2016
I going to be honest, I didn't care for this episode at all. In fact, this might be the lowest point of Season 6 so far.
All that training and buildup and Rainbow makes a complete fool out of herself to the point where it becomes so cringeworthy and it didn't help that the whole "Rainbow Crash" bit got old fast.
Yes, it was her first day as an official Wonderbolt, and yes people do make mistakes on their first day, but she's better than this and has shown to be so.
The episode did have 2 strengths though, Ashleigh Ball's nailed it in her performance and how the episode addressed Rainbow's flaw and the support the Wonderbolts gave in regards to help her overcome it. At least finally Rainbow achieves her ultimate dream of becoming a Wonderbolt.
But other than that, it was a pretty meh episode for me.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Ellipsis-Ultima in Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe (Warning: Untagged Spoilers) January 3, 2016
In other news, Steven Universe Vinyl Pop figures are here!
Snatcher2047 reacted to Dr. Mechano in Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe (Warning: Untagged Spoilers) October 6, 2015
Speaking only for myself, I've always liked hammy, over-the-top villains that can make me laugh. I've also always liked redeemable villains who can grow and change over the course of the story. Peridot is both of these things.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Ice Vec in We Bare Bears September 7, 2015
Bumpies...
I liked the latest episode Jean Jacket. And according to their official Tumblr, that jacket actually exists and has an owner, that being Grizz's VA Eric Edelstein
Here's the link to the Tumblr page, it's worth looking http://wedrawbears.tumblr.com/
Snatcher2047 reacted to Kevin in We Bare Bears September 7, 2015
After watching some more episodes, this show is starting to grow on me. I like the animation, I especially love Panda, and it's both a lot of fun and has some good funny moments. I have to agree with AdventChild on We Bare Bears giving some Regular Show vibes.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Ryannumber1gamer in Teen Titans Go! (New 2013 Animated Series) June 16, 2015
Truly, this is the kind of thought process you'd like from producers of a show.
So much for trying to make witty jokes.
Honestly, as I've mentioned, the biggest reason I hate this show is the entire cast of characters are for the most part now either total idiots, or total assholes, or in the case of Beast Boy and Cyborg, both. Before anyone goes off on a huge rant about how we should look at it as it's own thing and how not to relate it to the original show, that's exactly what I've done, and the characters are still idiotic and assholes.
Say what you want but the big thing these writers have to do is make these characters likeable. I need to actually like the characters and want to actually see them in these antics. I shouldn't be thinking throughout the entire thing ''wow, these characters are just a bunch of assholes''. Forget the fact their superheroes, forget the fact it's tied to the original show, even in appearance, soundtrack, voice actors etc, and looking at the characters themselves, they are still just idiots and assholes. Especially Cyborg and Beast Boy.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Your Vest Friend in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 May 17, 2015
Did someone say Metal Gear?
Snatcher2047 got a reaction from Milo in Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe (Warning: Untagged Spoilers) May 9, 2015
The episode in a nutshell, basically. The best thing about this is that it actually works to Pearl's character, even if only done for humor purposes here. She is a control freak and any time in the series she hasn't been in control she has shown signs of losing it somewhat. And I just love her (and the other Gems) "I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS SO WE MUST KILL IT!!!" mentality throughout the whole episode.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Big Panda in The Worst TV Series Episodes (Warning: Please place any videos/pictures of disgusting or cringe worthy scenes in spoiler tags) May 2, 2015
Speaking of empathy for characters: I don't really consider it a bad episode, but the Regular Show episode "The Best Burger in the World" greatly damaged any empathy I had for Benson.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Nepenthe in Rebecca Sugar's Steven Universe (Warning: Untagged Spoilers) May 1, 2015
The new episode Reformed just premiered. It was overall amusing, what with Amethyst's constant regenerations and the surprise of what each one would look like. It was also particularly surprising seeing Amethyst continually try Garnet's patience; I don't remember them ever really butting heads, particularly since Garnet tends to casually go along with Steven's plans, and in a way I can't help but feel that Amethyst tends to be unnecessarily argumentative and uncooperative in a way that can work the nerves. Granted, I may be looking at the material with a rather surface-level interpretation.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Badnik Mechanic in 2015 Baltimore Riots April 28, 2015
We should also include this.
Mum sat at home watching the news footage of the riots/protestors.
Mum spots her son rioting and throwing rocks at police.
Mum goes to the riot/protest.
Mum beats her son over the head and tells him to go home.
Whole incident broadcast on live TV.
"Treat your mother right" ---- Mr T.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Solkia in 2015 Baltimore Riots April 28, 2015
I feel I should mention not to group the rioters with the protestors. If you've being ignoring sensationalist jounalism and been paying attention to social media you see tons of people trying to prevent rioting.
It's so surreal to see all this. My town is so quiet and I basically went 20 whole years thinking this shit died in the 60's
It's depressing.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Celestia in My Little Pony's Justice 2 - Official MLP Thread v2 April 28, 2015
I'm in love with the backgrounds this season. Can't wait to see how other establishing shots have been upgraded, though I imagine some will only get minor touch ups. (The CMC's clubhouse, for example, looked pretty much the same as far as I could tell.)
Snatcher2047 reacted to Gregzilla in The Worst TV Series Episodes (Warning: Please place any videos/pictures of disgusting or cringe worthy scenes in spoiler tags) April 28, 2015
Considering this topic is about worst EPISODES and not worst SHOWS, I'll go with an episode from a show that's otherwise pretty damn good.
"Things Change" from Teen Titans.
Fuck this episode.
Aside from Trouble in Tokyo, the TV movie that acted as the show's finale, this was the last main episode of the series. And it is the complete embodiment of unnecessary. Not only was the previous episode a big climactic mashup of a ton of heroes and villains from the series that could have been a good way to bow out, this episode actively shits on a previously established (and COMPLETE) story arc.
The basic gist of the episode is that Beast Boy meets a girl that he's convinced is his friend Terra, but she has no memory of him and a completely different life. So he tries to rekindle their friendship while the girl is just confused. In the end she tells BB that things change, that the past he remembers about her didn't happen, and she leaves.
Where the hell do I begin?
First off, Terra's arc was a really good story. It was exciting, fun, and dramatic when it needed to be. And her story was conclusive, so pretty much ANY attempt to put her back in the story would have been questionable unless handled very well. And it wasn't. This whole episode is very vague with its plot points. The girl looks exactly like Terra and sounds exactly like Terra, but doesn't act like her. The entire episode has BB laboring under the impression that she is Terra, and one of the biggest problems is that SHE NEVER SAYS WHAT HER NAME IS. So BB keeps calling her Terra, she says he has the wrong girl, but doesn't tell him her actual name? Since that is the case, we're expected to assume she's Terra, aren't we?
But the way it's handled, no matter what the actual answer is, the story is sloppy either way. If she isn't Terra, why does she look and sound just like her but not state her name? And if she IS Terra, then
Another bit (that I had to look up because I actually haven't seen this episode since it aired) is that BB encounters Slade, who tells him that Terra "chooses not to remember." And IF that's the case.....why? Why bring Terra in this one time and then have this all be a complete downer for no reason? Why add unneeded questions and negativity to an already well-done story arc? And if they were going to do this, why didn't they set time for a new story arc with more answers instead of a crappy one-off?
I just found this highly disrespectful to a good character. This episode has no reason to exist, and it especially shouldn't have been the last one.
Snatcher2047 reacted to Carbo in Five Nights at Freddy's - Help Wanted in Virtual Reality April 28, 2015
Round of applause for Scott Cawthon and his ingenious marketing ploy for announcing that he's giving his fans the horror game they want the very day Konami cancels the horror game that their fans want
Snatcher2047 reacted to Legosi (Tani Coyote) in Five Nights at Freddy's - Help Wanted in Virtual Reality April 28, 2015
Oh, well darn.
I guess it makes sense though; Scott's post indicated the next one would be at Fredbear's, way before Springtrap was relevant.
While I'm here... look what the artist who did the images for MandoPony's fan song trilogy did:
If business continues to look up for me... you might just get your wish.
Actually, based on some of his tweets today, I believe he was referring to the Game of Thrones reference.
This episode's title clearly should've been How the Dashie Stole Winter.
Silliness aside, pretty sweet episode. Playing on RD's fear of being alone (established way back in S2) without outright stating it was nice to see, and even when she was being silly and then messing things up for everyone, I couldn't help but feel bad for her, especially as it became more and more clear that her plan wasn't going to work--I mean, obviously wacky shenanigans like that won't work, but still.
There were some good character moments with the others too. Pinkie's continued to actually be portrayed well this season (thank god), and the "crying on the inside" bit with Applejack was amusing. Flutters was the highlight for me aside from RD herself. Come to think of it, that whole scene in Rainbow's room was good for the mane six overall, haha.
I think my favourite joke was the "who's on first?" routine but with those pegasi names. I wonder how often stuff like that happens in this show's world.
Oh, and I think Cloudsdale got a similar upgrade in visuals ala Fluttershy's cottage back in Castle Sweet Castle, haven't seen any high quality screens yet to compare though.
On another note, Rainbow clearly should have gone with the most logical and simple solution to her dilemma.
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The 'get the house in order or you'll have a nervous breakdown and get really, really crabby' day.
Our bedroom had become a storage area and I just couldn't deal with it any longer, so I spent the better part of the morning shoveling it out. I multi tasked and paid the phone bill and did laundry.
And then? Then I made bread! Sausage bread with spinach, to go along with Escarole soup. It's cold here, you know.
Like 65 degrees cold. Definitely soup weather.
I managed to go a whole day without getting in my car, though M is now pacing the house and wants to go for a drive, so I need to hurry.
Matthew is giving his trumpet a bath, Alex is writing an essay on candy, and Brian is playing Star Wars on X-Box.
As for me...I am off for a drive with that guy that I like so much.
65 degrees? You poor thing! If it was that cold here today, my kids would be in shorts!


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WASHINGTON — Banning some assault weapons and requiring background checks for all firearms purchases aren't a serious attempt to reduce gun violence, a top National Rifle Association official warned Tuesday as Congress geared up for the year's first hearing on the subject.
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA, said the country must instead focus on boosting security at schools, enforcing existing gun laws and taking more steps to deny guns to people with mental illnesses.
"Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals. Nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families," LaPierre said in testimony that he planned to deliver Wednesday at a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
LaPierre's statement, released Tuesday by the NRA, came nearly seven weeks after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in which a gunman killed 20 children and six adults. The horrific slayings have revived the national debate over gun control, with President Barack Obama proposing a range of restrictions last week and members of Congress introducing legislation on the subject.
LaPierre's testimony was similar in substance but somewhat milder in tone than remarks he made less than two weeks after the mass shooting. Then, he attacked the "media machine" for blaming the gun industry for attacks like Newtown and said what was needed to prevent the next massacre were armed guards and police in every school.
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Good! Now to get my 11yo signed up...
During this last election I realized that voting is a joke. Money talks and shit walks. I'll be doing my voting financially from now on through my favorite lobbying group... The NRA.
..."The US are famous for their mass shootings because of guns...
And most of the "gun free" world is famous for the mass government sanctioned executions because of the lack of guns"...
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Quote: WASHINGTON — Banning some assault weapons and requiring background checks for all firearms purchases aren't a serious attempt to reduce gun violence, a top National Rifle Association official warned Tuesday as Congress geared up for the year's first hearing on the subject.
Well he's right! The federal government has a 45 year history of lax (to be kind) enforcement of the provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
If they don't enforce the laws why do they need them? BTW you don't have to believe me, just do a search using the term" U.S. Attorneys Too Bust to enforce gun control laws" and see what comes up.
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Brick;73394 Wrote:
Because if these laws are enforced, Obama can disarm the American people and effectively become a de facto and unopposed dictator...
IANAL
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Trigger Finger Johnny
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Everyone needs to get over the ridiculous idea that they want to pass this shit to stop criminals. They don't give a fuck about crime rates. They just want you unarmed and bowing down to them.
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rmagill;73512 Wrote:
Brick;73394 Wrote: Well he's right! The federal government has a 45 year history of lax (to be kind) enforcement of the provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968.
I think you missed something somewhere along the line. I was pointing out the 45 year history of almost ignoring the penalties imposed by the Gun Control Act of 1968. The same thing goes for the perjury penalties for lying on a Form 4473. Now you might think 5 years in Federal prison is a big deal, but apparently our Vice President doesn't think it very important as he told the NRA's MR. Baker during the "commission" meeting something like " The U.S. Attorneys have better things to do". And I think today in the hearing before Leahey, LaPierre chided the BATFE and other FEDS by pointing out their brag about NICS denying the sale of guns to some 72,000 odd "criminals" but only 44 of those were arrest and tried!
rmagill;73512 Wrote: Because if these laws are enforced, Obama can disarm the American people and effectively become a de facto and unopposed dictator...
However, I remember reading recently about the feds rounding up people on the boarder state for laws more petty than the firearm laws. The same laws they weren't enforcing for decades. Those people probably had no idea they were even breaking federal laws.
Even though the .gov isn't doing anything about this now, doesn't mean they wont come down hard later. Also, once there is a paper trail... well how do we know it wont be used to confiscate firearms down the road? We don't.
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Quote: Even though the .gov isn't doing anything about this now, doesn't mean they wont come down hard later. Also, once there is a paper trail... well how do we know it wont be used to confiscate firearms down the road? We don't.
I'm not sure where this is coming from. We've been filling out Form 4473 for many years to complete a legal sale. Do you have evidence that the BATFE is illegally copying those documents while conducting inspections of dealer's records? We know that when a dealer goes out of business his records are turned over to BATFE under current law. And we also know the FBI is required to destroy records of NICS clearances within a period of time (72 hrs iirc) of completion of a background check so what's your point? 'Course we know the BATFE and the FBI would never do anything illegal right?
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And the PSP destroys the record of sales and doesn't enter them in any sort of database.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/12...-registry/
http://www.gunowners.com/batf.htm
And the ATF wants records on any transfer involving TWO (2) or more firearms (pistol or rifle):
http://www.atf.gov/publications/download...300-15.pdf
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Husband Of A Fanatic
Author: Amitava Kumar
Publisher: Penguin India
In the summer of 1999, while the Kargil War was being fought, Amitava Kumar married a Pakistani Muslim. That event led to a process of discovery that made Kumar examine the relationship not only between India and Pakistan but also between Hindus and Muslims inside India. The result is this fiercely personal essay on the idea of the enemy. Written with complete honesty and with no claims to journalistic detachment, this book chronicles the complicity that binds the writer to the rioter. Unlike both
Amitava Kumar is the author of A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna; Home Products, which was shortlisted for the Crossword Prize; and A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, which the New York Times described as a 'perceptive and soulful...meditation on the global war on terror and its cultural and human repercussions', and received the Page Turner Award. Kumar's writing has appeared in Caravan, Harper's, The Guardian, New Yorker, Vanity Fair and the New York Times. His essay 'Pyre', first published in Granta, was selected by Jonathan Franzen for Best American Essays 2016. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016. Kumar is Professor of English at Vassar College.
Amitava Kumar is an Indian Hindu literature professor teaching in a college in the East coast of America, in his early forties, and married to a Canadian-Pakistani writer of Muslim heritage. And this brief bio matters as the subtitle of his book makes clear - A personal journey through India, Pakistan, Love and Hate.
Kumar revels in sharing his reading and travelling experience organised around the theme of the Hindu-Muslim border. But this isn't the physical border that divides India and Pakistan. Instead these are the invisible lines of control that regulate, constrain and deform relations between peoples of similar cultures.
Much of Kumar's book occupies itself with exposing the shallow, unexamined and compensatory machismo of the Hindutva ideologues who dominated Indian political life in the 1990s. Kumar tracks down their representatives in the US, and even provides some frightening examples of how American Hindutva ideologues have squared the American dream with the Hindu meme.
Kumar makes a virtue of the technique of testimony, and an extended section of his book is dedicated to reproducing letters between young Indians and Pakistanis on the state of bilateral relations (Kumar actually ferried the letters).
Kumar provides important reminders of the fusion between Muslim and non-Muslim culture in India before and even after Partition. For example, it is forgotten that before the Partition, Muslims made up many of the shabad singers in Sikh Gurdwaras. And even today, Pakistanis and Indians revere the same local South Asian saints. Kumar visits one of these shrines on the Indian-Pakistani border, and his description of his visit, what he sees and hears, stands out in this travelogue.
Kumar's choppy transitions are one of the major weaknesses. Others have criticised his cut and paste approach, but that a flaw and not a fatal sin. He makes up for it with his inclusive humanism, his wonder at what he calls the "enchanted civil society" and his welcome highlighting of the inter-confessional cooperation of Indians in the South African anti-apartheid struggle.
Also welcome is Kumar's habit of mentioning key sentences and phrases in Hindi (with translation) which allows Hindi-speaking readers a deeper register of meaning.
But perhaps the shallowest part of the book is Kumar's highlighting of his wedding and his 'half-conversion'. The way it is described smacks of hucksterism, but that is less a criticism than a comment. Perhaps he had his reasons, and honestly, in the clamour of reportage on the rising elephant called India, you have to ride the wind.
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Q: trying to loop an array thru linear search this seems like it should be really basic but I'm having issues with it. I'm just starting out so please forgive me if this is answered in other posts - i wasn't able to find anything I know how to apply to my specific issue...I'm wanting to check for numbers 1-4 in an array then build a new array with true or false elements being results of the search...in JS

function linearSearch(vector, x) {
  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    if (vector[i] == x) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
}

function checkall() {
  var test = [2, 4, 1, 3];
  var collect = [];
  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    var ck = linearSearch(test, i + 1);
    collect[i] = ck;
  }
  return collect;
}

console.log(checkall());

A: You need to declare local variables, preferebly with let for using it in an own scope.
for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++)

If you take it as is, i is declared in global scope and it changes the behavior of the calling loop, as you can see of the below output.

function linearSearch(vector, x) {
  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    if (vector[i] == x) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return false;
}

function checkall() {
  var test = [2, 4, 1, 3];
  var collect = [];
  for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
    console.log('c0', i);               // should show
    var ck = linearSearch(test, i + 1);
    console.log('c1', i);               // same value
    collect[i] = ck;
  }
  return collect;
}

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Lemuel (Leonard) Clement Gardner
Lieutenant Leonard Clement Gardner, 139th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
The Newbury Town War Memorial has D Gardner listed on tablet 13. Research has shown no D Gardner with any Newbury links among the recorded casualties of the Great War. However,
The name D Gardner on the Newbury Town War Memorial - since 1950!
the programme for the dedication and unveiling ceremony for the memorial lists the names on the memorial panel by panel. This programme has L Gardener in the place of D Gardner. Further confirmation comes from a photograph of the memorial taken in 1922, immediately after the dedication and unveiling, where a portion of panel 13 can be seen. This also appears to read L Gardner – suggesting that the name was changed when the bronze panels replaced earlier (well worn) stone tablets in 1950.
Lemuel was born in Dorking, Surrey, on 18 August 1888 the son of Thomas Gardener and his wife Elizabeth – presumably Thomas or Elizabeth was a fan of Gulliver's Travels. Thomas, who came from Stanton Fitzwarren in Wiltshire worked as a guard on the railway based in Dorking, Surrey. He and Elizabeth had at least eight children: Elizabeth Annie (1883), Thomas Emmanuel (1884), Winifred Gertrude (1887), Samuel James (1887), Lemuel Clement (1888), John (1891), Grace Eunice (1893) and Lucy Eleanor (1896).
Band of Hope medallion.
As a child Lemuel was a member of the West Street Band of Hope in Dorking, appearing in their annual concert/entertainment in April 1899. The Band of Hope movement was a nonconformist Christian movement founded to teach children the importance and principles of sobriety and teetotalism.
When he left school aged 12 Lemuel worked as an errand boy for a china dealer before moving on to work for W H Smith. His next move was to follow his father in working for the railways, in his case as a porter at Leatherhead station, beginning this employment on 19 September 1904, shortly after his 16th birthday. He remained with the railway for five years working at Leatherhead, Ewell and Merton Park stations. In 1907 he was at the last named station when things went seriously awry: he and another lad, Charles John Goodbarne, were dismissed on 5 February and prosecuted for stealing station cash.
On 5 March 1908 Lemuel enlisted with the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) as Leonard Clement Gardner. It is not known why he changed his name, perhaps he just didn't like Lemuel, although the suspicion is there that he was attempting to keep his criminal past hidden. Six months later he was posted to 9 Battary, RGA, which was stationed in Gibraltar one of four RGA companies manning the colony's defensive batteries. While there he was promoted the Acting Bombadier on 21 November 1913. In March 1914 he was posted to 15 Company, manning coastal defences around Londonderry, on the north coast of Ireland, where his full promotion to Bombadier was confirmed on 26 August – by which time the country was at war.
His next posting was to 120 Heavy Battery on 9 October; it appears that he had some home leave before joining up with his new unit – giving him the opportunity to marry his sweetheart, Lillian Robinson, at St Alban's Church, Ilford, Essex on 17 October 1914. He was then posted again, to a Base Unit in France – where he arrived on 16 June 1915. On 12 July he was posted to the 38th Trench Mortar Battery. Trench mortar batteries were manned by a mix of artillerymen and infantry as, as the names suggests, operated from within the forward trench area – they were the infantry's own short range artillery, invaluable at times when communication with the artillery to the rear was impossible in time to, for instance, disrupt an enemy counter-attack.
Life in a trench mortar battery could get very 'hairy' at times; in one such incident in late 1915 (exact date unknown) Leonard earned a Distinguished Conduct Medal, second only to the Victoria Cross as an award for gallantry by an 'other rank'. The award was published in the London Gazette on 11 January 1916, followed by publication of the citation in March:
Distinguished Conduct Medal
28548 Corporal L C Gardner, 38th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
For excellent service and bravery under heavy shell and rifle fire. He continued to serve his gun for three hours after being wounded. His good work and gallantry were conspicuous throughout.
A few months later, on 6 December 1915, Leonard transferred to the 52nd Trench Mortar Battery, the following day he was promoted to sergeant. His next major move was to apply for a commission, which he did on 9 June 1916. His application had to be supported by his current officers, who commented as follows on the application form:
This NCO has been 12 months on TM work and has always shown the greatest resource and courage. His knowledge of the work is complete and he always shows great acuteness in noticing any novel or improved features in 'blind' shells or TM bombs of the enemy.
This NCO is quiet reserved and exceedingly intelligent and quick and possesses the happy knack of extracting from the men under him the utmost amount of labour possible
I consider this candidate eminently suitable.
The officer was also required to state whether they would be prepared to accept the candidate as an officer within their own command:
If Sgt Gardner can get a commission in the infantry for duty with TM batteries I shall do my utmost the secure him for this Brigade.
With such a testimonial it is not surprising that Leonard was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 18 July 1916.
On 30 July he joined 118 Siege Battery, RGA (back to the big guns). As an officer leave was easier to come by and he had a week in England in November. The following February he was posted to the HQ 21st Heavy Artillery Group as acting adjutant.
Loading a heavy trench mortar.
(National Library of Scotland)
In June he was posted to another conventional artillery unit, the 240th Siege Battery, but he never got to them being diverted to 40 Divsion Trench Mortars on 24 June. He served with the division's Z Battery until 5 September when he broke his arm while on a night out in the Officers Club at Peronne. Apparently he tripped over a door sill – a fellow officer (Lt T S Ward) wrote a note supporting the accidental nature of the injury. This was a serious matter, if an inquiry determined that the injury was self inflicted Leonard could have faced serious consequences. As it was the inquiry decided that the injury was a genuine accident. After a period in hospital (where he had an operation on his broken arm) and still unfit to serve he was sent home on three weeks leave. He left for England on 8 November 1917. When his leave ended he was able to work at a desk, but it was a while before he was deemed fit to return to the Front. However, he was rewarded with promotion to Lieutenant on 30 January 1918.
He returned to France on 25 May 1918, posted to the 4th Army; after a few days at the 4th Army Reinforcement Camp he went on to the 139th Heavy Battery (this time he was with the big guns). It might seem a lot safer to be with the heavy guns a mile or so behind the front line, rather than crouched over a trench mortar a few yards behind the line – but Leonard did not find it so. Wounded within hours of his arrival at the Battery he was sent to No 4 Casualty Clearing Station where he died on 2 June 1918.
The news reached Newbury:
Newbury Weekly News, 13 June 1918 – Local War Notes
Corporal L C Gardner, RGA, subsequently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, son of Mr Thomas Gardner, of Oriental Terrace, Andover-road, was awarded the DCM and a sum of £25 under circumstances thus described in the London Gazette:- "For excellent service and bravery under heavy shell and rifle fire. He continued to serve his gun for three hours after being wounded. His good work and gallantry were conspicuous throughout." Sad to relate, news has since been received that Lieut Gardner died of wounds on June 2nd. Mr Gardner has another son, who is a sergeant in South Africa, and a third who is engaged in torpedo warfare in the Mediterranean. He is an able-bodied seaman, and was on board the Lightning when it went down having struck a mine, and was one of the few who was rescued after having been some time in the water.
Leonard was buried in Pernois British Cemetery at Halloy-les-Pernois south-west of Doullens.
93 Andover Road.
Leonard's name appears on tablet 13 of the Newbury Town War Memorial; though there is no evidence he ever lived in the town. The connection came through his grandmother, Emma Gardner.
Emma and her husband William were both born in Stanton Fitzwarren, married there and raised a family. However, after William died in 1876 aged 61, Emma was forced to support herself. She did this by becoming a midwife and nurse. She may well have been doing this sort of work in the village long before William died, the difference being that she then needed to derive a regular income from it. By 1891 she had moved away from the village where she had spent all her life in order to take up employment in East Woodhay, Hampshire, where she lived alone at 5 Essex Terrace. In 1901 she moved into nearby Newbury and set up home at 3 Oriental Terrace (now 93), Andover Road, still working as a midwife in her 70s, but supported by her unmarried daughter Sarah who kept house for her. Emma died in 1915, aged 88, and was buried in Newtown Road Cemetery on 3 May, three years before Leonard/Lemuel's death.
As mentioned in Leonard's obituary (above) his father Thomas was also a member of the household at that time, and may well have remained so. Although it was Sarah's name that appeared as the householder in local directories until her own death in 1937, Thomas is shown from that date until he too died in Newbury in 1940, aged 87.


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