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Len Hjalmarson has some thoughts on Good to Great, which I mentioned recently. Collins identifies a certain type of successful CEO which exhibits what he calls “Level 5 Leadership.” Len links to a Fast Company article from 2001 which provides a good overview of Collins’ book, which includes a section on how change occurs. I find not only Collins’ thinking on effective leadership to be of note, but also his outline of how change occurs. Slowly, gradually, gaining momentum… until the tipping point (not his phrase, I’m mixing metaphors again). I think this perspective is instructive for the missional church, on both counts.
I picked up Good to Great about a week ago and I’m finding a lot of links about the information as it applies to personal goals, non-profit (I read the monograph on the social service sector before the book, an order I don’t recommend), and the church.
Bill, I’m quite struck by your comment that Level 5 leadership is out of line with Mat. 20:25-28. My own reaction was how similar they are. Level 5 leaders are personally humble and put the good of the company over their own aspirations. In the book it also talks about executives who gave their workers privileges and benefits that they themselves didn’t have. A servant leadership model runs through the book, so I’m not sure where you see incongruity.
I would tend to see Level 5 Leadership as more like a business implimentation of servant leadership rather than a model for biblical leadership. It doesn’t purport to be that, and though I see some parallels I don’t think it’s a good idea to force the comparison to run in the wrong direction. I am also troubled at the widespread use of Collins for church purposes, maingly BHAGs as you say. A “spiritualized BHAG” might still just be presumption and personal ambition. The contexts using Collins in the church seem to be more Willow Creed Pastor-as-CEO types, and I’m uncomfortable with that whole scene. As Jude says, I do see a servant leadership them running through the book, but that might tend to be ignored in the Pastor-as-CEO type of thinking. I don’t think the leadership the Collins describes is incongrouous with the New Testament, but it’s only a small slice of the picture… but it doesn’t try to be any more than what it is.
Recently I’ve been thinking about the flywheel and the idea of the emerging/missional church gaining momentum, which I really like.
For the record, I read the book as a business owner looking for its insights for business purposes… whatever I’m taking from it for church leadership contexts is for me secondary and incidental. I’m not sure I would recommend it for anyone looking for insight specifically and only for the church… for those who just want a good overview for that purpose, read the article I linked. For those interested in the business angle, I can’t recommend it more highly than to say it’s the most important book I’ve read since Cluetrain.
Rob suggested that I contact you. I’ve been watching the site since spring.
He said that we each had some common experiences re the ch and ch leadership.
I am continuing research and would like some contact and input from others.
Maybe you could contact me via email. Thanks.
The challenge of godly leadership and its requirements continue to challenge the thinking and paradigms of leadership by many. Keep at it.
Jesus himself drew upon business analogies – but didn’t use business as a basis for designing the kingdom. I hear BM (that is a rather unfortunate initial set for your pseudonym, isn’t it) on making sure one doesn’t run the comparison the wrong way. I see it as when one follows biblical principles, even when not necessarily trying to be biblical, it tends to work. I think it’s unfortunate that ethics didn’t enter into the topic at all, and that Phillip Morris was included as a great company. Nonetheless, it is a fabulous book in identifying principles that will help any individual or organization get where they want to go.
Can anyone tell the difference between Willowback’s “Pastor-as-CEO”, the New Apostlic Reformation’s self-identified “apostles & prophets of the city and/or nation”, and Collins’ Level Five leaders?
I say that because, as someone who was royally “burnt” (or you can insert more colourful metaphors if you prefer) by the pastor-as-CEO types, I clearly recall them all carrying and quoting Collins’ Good To Great like it was the fifth Gospel.
In the place I came from, the pastors were seen carrying the Bible around and quoting it plus the leader’s/”apostle’s” interpretation as if it were the fifth gospel. Incessant quoting of Collins in this way proves to me that they don’t “get” it and that they are not operating as level 5 leaders.
Yes, since Collins wrote for a business crowd about business, there is a lot that the CEO-aspiring pastor will latch onto. What he says about leadership is mostly contained within a single chapter, and it’s almost an aside about the common qualities of successful leaders/CEOs. Some of the major commonalities are that they were largely unknown, they often rose from within the ranks of the company, and they are incredibly humble, not needing the limelight. They point to others following succeses, and they point to themselves following failures. How many CEO-aspiring pastors does this sound like? Precious few… or none, I’d say.
Don’t let their use of Collins’ work turn you off of him. There are some real nuggets in there about managing change… change from good to great. Let’s say the inherited church is the “good” but we’re hoping to make something great. So what do we need to know about how change takes place? Now you’re digging for the right stuff in Collins’ book. If you want to know how to be a great grand-poobah CEO leader, there’s stuff in there… but if that’s what you’re looking for, you won’t like what you find, and you won’t be properly equipped to negotiate the change being considered. That’s the issue with so many of these CEO-aspiring pastors, they’re not on the same page as this, and they can’t even see it.
I tend to much prefer “Bro.M.” for obvious reasons. The inclusion of Phillip Morris is discomforting from an ethical standpoint, but considering what Collins is on about and why, it must be acknowledged that PM is or was a very well-run company in the timeframe, and as such they help to inform Collins’ findings. This is one of things that’s so valuable about his book… it’s not a data sample of qualifying companies, it’s based on all of them.
I’m curious about the monograph though, as I haven’t read it. Does it genuinely add much for nonprofits, or just change a couple of the terms involved (like changing “profit” in the hedgehog concept)? Mostly wondering if some of those shifts or adaptations are fairly obvious even without the companion piece.
Robbymac, might I say, moi aussi.
I’m a fan of Collins for business. The church isn’t one. I’d be happy to NEVER see G2G or Built to Last in a church leader’s office. My experience (scars included) suggests they’ve done more harm than good.
The monograph makes a point of saying that non-profits should not try to run like businesses, because most businesses aren’t following concepts that will lead to greatness. Collins notes that although they used businesses to identify good-to-great concepts, it was primarily because stock prices made it easy to come up with a set of guidelines to separate great companies from the rest. Collins doesn’t see the priniciples as business concepts, just that businesses were used to identify them. So in the monograph, Collins says that these priniciples can be applied to the non-profit sector, including churches. But he did rework the profit-per-unit concept (what was it called, the economic denominator?) as abviously we don’t measure ourselves by $$.
Other than that I’ve forgotten a lot of the monograph. After reading it I realized I needed to read the book and understand the concepts before I could appreciate the adjustments for the non-profit sector.
Another book worth a look is Joy at Work by Dennis Bakke. Bakke, a Christian business man, writes about the company he co-founded and the culture they created was very similar to what Collins talks about, only Bakke directly relates them to his faith, although the book is written to a secular audience.
I’m still a bit surprised by the negative reaction to church leaders using the principles of GTG. I frankly think that the church needs a good dose of a lot of what’s in there. Too many Level 4 leaders, trying to bring about change through motivation strategies and one more conference, eternal optimism about the healings and revival without any reality checks. I could go on and on. But I’m a bit jaded right now and probably not that balanced. What’s true is true no matter where it’s found. I could easily see someone trying to use the book to apply prinicples that the book is against. But then again, people do that with the Bible, too.
I have just stunbled to this blog and am interested in the article you refer to above.
But cannot find the link. Would you be so kind as to email it to me, or post it here.


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The Young Minds Partnership: CHEO and The Royal together provide specialized psychiatric and mental health services for thousands of children and youth in Eastern Ontario, Nunavut and Western Québec.
The demand for mental health treatment has dramatically grown in recent years and has stretched our mental health system to the limit. So we needed a plan to help us adapt to the changed environment of child and youth mental health and guide our services into the future.
Striking a better balance between assessing problems and treating them.
Offering more help to kids and youth while they wait for treatment.
Improving transitions of older youth with severe psychiatric illness to adult services.
This plan is designed to meet the needs of the community while striving to do better with each step forward, keeping patients and family at the centre of all we do.
Pilot the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) in the CHEO and The Royal Outpatient Services. CAPA is a service model that puts clients at the centre.
Use telemedicine to conduct real time emergency mental health assessments in community hospital emergency departments.
Re-establish dedicated children’s mental health beds at CHEO.
Develop new approaches to identifying and treating youth with substance use disorders and mental health problems.
Over the next five years, we will be monitoring and measuring the impact of the changes we make, as well as sharing an annual report card with children, youth, families and the community.
Read the full text of the Young Minds Partnership Strategic Plan (2015 – 2020).

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i. The flagship rural housing scheme Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), started by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), which will be launched next month.
i. The IAY will be subsumed by the PMAY from April 1 next year. Under the new scheme, the government is aiming to construct one crore houses by 2019.
i. The Cabinet today approved the scrapping of the 92-year old practice of presenting a separate Railway Budget and merged it with the Union Budget.
ii. The Cabinet also approved the advancing of the date of presentation of the Union Budget to February 1, as against the current practice of presenting it on the last working day of February.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi made it to the list of 27 Smart Cities that was announced.
ii. Vadodara, Agra, Nagpur, Ajmer, Amritsar, Gwalior, Thane and Thanjavur are some of the other cities that have been named.
iii. The 27 cities will require the investment of Rs 66,883 crore.
i. The central government has approved nine highway projects at a cost of Rs 2,600.31 crore.
ii. These projects include Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of Allahabad-Mirzapur section of NH-76 in Uttar Pradesh to 2-lane.
iii. The other highways approved are in the states of Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
i. Hindustani classical singer Shubha Mudgal will be honoured with the annual 'LalitArpan Samman' this year.
ii. Mudgal, a Padma Shri recipient, was born in Allahabad and is known for her singing in genres of Khayal, Thumri and Dadra.
i. Junaid Ahmad has become the World Bank's Country Director for India, replacing Onno Ruhl who served a four-year term based out of the national capital.
i. Google Inc. has rolled out Google Trips, a new travel app that lets users plan each day of their trip and help them manage travel reservations.
i. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has elected Ajay Shirke as Secretary unopposed at its Annual General Meeting.
ii. Shirke became the secretary in July after Anurag Thakur was elevated as the president.
iii. In another major development, former Indian seamer Venkatesh Prasad was appointed as the new chairman of selectors.
i. Star raider Anup Kumar from Haryana will lead India in next month’s Kabaddi World Cup to be held in Ahmedabad.
ii. All-rounder Manjeet Chillar will be Anup’s deputy in the 14-member squad for the tournament that is set to commence on October 7 and will feature 12 teams.
i. Misbah-ul-Haq has received the prestigious ICC Test Championship mace for inspiring Pakistan to the top of the ICC Test Team Rankings.
ii. This is for the first time a Pakistani cricketer has received the award.
iii. The current rankings system was introduced in 2003.
i. Flipkart has crossed the 100-million registered users mark, becoming the first e-commerce company in the country to hit the milestone.
ii. The Bengaluru-based company has doubled its user base over the last year.
iii. It added 25 million users in the past six months alone.
i. Oscar-winning writer and film director Curtis Hanson has died at his home in Hollywood at the age of 71.
ii. He is known for his work in films like Kevin Spacey-starrer LA Confidential, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The River Wild.
i. Delhi's Race Course Road has now been renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg.
ii. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence is located on this road.
i. Forbes India has released the annual India rich list and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes' '100 Richest Indians' list.
i. The Centre has appointed 3 members to the Monetary Policy Committee.
i. Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar was sworn in as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court.
ii. Governor Justice(Retd) P Sathasivam administered the oath of office to Justice Shantanagoudar, who was the acting Chief justice.
i. Justice Girish Chandra Gupta was sworn in as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.
i. MS Dhoni has been named as captain of the Wisden's all-time India Test XI team.
ii. The team was announced as India is all set to face New Zealand in Kanpur for their 500th test match.
i. HDFC Bank has emerged as India’s most valuable brand for the third consecutive year, ranking first on the BrandZ Top 50 list released by WPP Group.
iii. HDFC Bank was followed by Airtel and SBI in the list.
i. The government has cleared the much-anticipated deal with France for 36 Rafale fighter jets which will cost 7.878 billion Euros.
ii. Last year, the original plan to buy 126 planes was scaled down to 36 due to the Air Force's urgent requirement.
i. The Southern India Engineering Manufacturers’ Association (SIEMA) has inked an agreement with Anna University, Regional Campus, Coimbatore (AURCC) to work jointly on projects required for industries.
i. Industrialist Adi Godrej, the Chairman of Mumbai-based Godrej Group, was conferred the 10th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for leadership in business and philanthropy.
ii. The award recognises Godrej's leadership in transforming the intersection of business and philanthropy and making the Godrej Group a global example of what can be achieved through inclusive, sustainable business strategies.
i. In the latest Times Higher Education world rankings index, Oxford topped the list as the world's leading university, followed by the California Institute of Technology, Stanford and Cambridge.
ii. The United States had 63 institutions in the top 200, while the UK had 32 and Australia had eight.
iii. Asian universities, with more rising up the list in 2016, the region's top institution National University of Singapore was ranked 24th.
President, PM launch VP's book titled "Citizen and Society"
i. President Pranab Mukherjee has released Vice President Hamid Ansari’s book ‘Citizen and Society’ at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ii. The book is a collection of lectures delivered by Hamid Ansari ranging from the role of women in a multicultural society to other dynamics of a democratic nation.
i. Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval to the enhancement of Pension for Freedom Fighters.
i. Andhra Bank has entered into corporate agency agreements with Cigna TTK Company Ltd, and Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd for providing health and general insurance respectively, to its customers.
i. The Centre has appointed Madhusudan Sahoo as chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India.
ii. Sahoo is at present a member of the Competition Commission of India.
i. India's High Commissioner to UK Navtej Sarna was appointed as Ambassador to the US.
ii. Mr Sarna is also a prolific author of many fiction and non-fiction books, the most recent being 'Second Thoughts: On Books, Authors and the Writerly Life' that was released last year.
i. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and GAIL (India) Limited on 21 September 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dhamra LNG Terminal Private Limited (DLTPL) for taking equity in the 5 MMTPA capacity LNG Receiving, Storage and Regasification Terminal.
ii. The Dhamra LNG terminal is being built by Adani Enterprises Ltd at Dhamra Port, Odisha.
i. Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting, the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) arm of Wipro Enterprises has signed a pact to acquire 100% shareholding in Zhongshan Ma Er Daily Products to boost its presence in the fast-growing toiletries and liquid detergent space in south China.
i. The 20th Edition of India International Seafood Show (IISS-2016) to be organised by the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) will be kick-started in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
ii. India International Seafood Show is one of the largest Seafood Fairs in Asia.
i. Afghanistan has signed a peace agreement with one of the country's largest militant groups Hezb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
ii. This agreement paves the way for Hekmatyar to make a political comeback.
iii. As per the agreement, Hekmatyar will be granted amnesty for his offences and the prisoners of Hezb-e-Islami will be released by the government.
i. Two Indian forest officials, Sanjay Dutta and Ritesh Sarothiya, have been selected for the 2016 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards.
ii. Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards honours individuals engaging in exemplary law enforcement actions to protect wildlife.
i. The 8th edition of the Indo-Russia joint military exercise ‘Indra 2016’ was flagged off in Vladivostok in Russia.
ii. Indra, a portmanteau of the names of both the countries, is a biannual exercise which has been carried out between the two allies since 2003.
i. The Cabinet has approved a revised Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and Cyprus that provides for source-based taxation of capital gains on transfer of shares instead of one based on residence.
i. The PM, Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the constitution of two committees for the commemoration of the birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
i. Senior IAS officer Arun Goyal has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council.
ii. The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is mandated to decide on tax rate, exempted goods and the threshold limit.
i. Visaranai, the Tamil docu-drama crime thriller, has been chosen India’s official entry to Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards to be held in 2017.
i. Sanjiv Singh will be the new Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOC).
ii. IndianOil Corporation Ltd is India's largest commercial enterprise.
i. The Tamil Nadu government has allotted Rs 204 crore towards the implementation of the enhanced gold scheme under a marriage assistance programme.
ii. Rs 204 crore has been allotted for ‘Thaaliku Thangam’ (Gold for Mangalsutra) scheme for the year 2016-17 to benefit 12,500 women.
i. The first-ever Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award-2016 will be posthumously bestowed to Olympic champion Muhammad Ali, who passed away on June 3, 2016.
i. The first-of-its-kind exhibition on childhood cancer awareness will be held at the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra from September 25 to 27, 2016.
ii. The exhibition ‘CanKids-Kidscan’ will be organised by National Society for Change for Childhood Cancer in India.
i. Reoti Saran Sharma, the renowned Hindi and Urdu writer, playwright and television personality, died in New Delhi on 23 September 2016.
ii. He was 92 years.
The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has passed the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Constitution Amendment Bill. MP became the seventh state in the country to ratify the historic tax amendment bill.
Before Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have already passed the bill in their respective assemblies.
India’s Sania Mirza along with her partner Barbora Strycova from Czech Republic produced a straight sets win over China’s Chen Liang and Zhaoxuan Yang in the final to win the women’s doubles titles at Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on 24 September 2016.
The current tournament in Tokyo is Sania’s 40th doubles title win and third in Tokyo.
Arun Goyal , senior IAS officer has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council.
The GST Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, was mandated to decide on tax rate, exempted goods and the threshold limit.
Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi , Kolkata and Pune are the Indian cities that have made to the list of top 100 cities in the sixth annual Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index.
Kolkata ranks 62nd in the index.The study is based on data from IATA, National Tourism Boards, IMF and other organisations.
The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance has appointed ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Ltd as the asset management company for the creation and launch of a new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).
Mobile payments and loans start-up ftcash, backed by IvyCap Ventures, is the first fintech start-up to launch Unified Payment Interface (UPI) for merchants in association with ICICI Bank.
ftcash is a virtual POS for micro-merchants to accept payments through credit cards, debit cards, and wallets such as Freecharge, Mobikwik, and PayPal, among others.
The Prime Minister's residential address will now be 7 Lok Kalyan Marg and not the famous Race Course Road with the authorities has approved the renaming of the iconic British-era road in posh Lutyens' Delhi.
A decision to this effect was taken at a high-level meeting of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) presided by Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal.
Chandigarh Administration and French Development Agency (AFD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoUs) on Chandigarh Smart City Project and 'Technical Cooperation' in the field of Sustainable Urban Mobility.
Rajasthan becomes the first state to adopt Centre's Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local bodies (ULB). Almost 5 lakh conventional streetlights have been replaced with LED streetlights across the state.
The project has been funded by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a public energy services company under the administration of Union ministry of power at no cost to the state.
Lopamudra Raut makes india proud as she stands tall as the second runner-up at Miss United Continents 2016, which was held on 25th Sept, 2016 in Ecuador.
32 participants from the four continents of America, Asia, Europe and Africa were a part of this grand event. Whereas Jeslyn Santos from Philippines won the Miss United Continents 2016 title, Lopamudra Raut won the second runner-up title.
i. The Indian Space Research Organisation has launched its 37th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, carrying 8 satellites from its Sriharikota base.
ii. Out Of the eight satellites, three each are from India and Algeria, and the remaining are from Canada and the United States.
i. Shri Anurag Srivastava, presently Ambassador of India to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, has been concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Djibouti, with residence in Addis Ababa.
i. The Hindu has been awarded the Silver and Bronze awards in the ‘Best Reader Engagement’ category of the South Asian Digital Media Awards at the WAN-IFRA (World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers) India 2016 conference in Kolkata.
i. Uttarakhand’s Ajay Singh has been elected president of the Boxing Federation of India.
ii. The Mumbai-based Jay Kowli won the post of secretary-general as the election process for the office-bearers of the new National federation was completed.
i. Alexander Zverev clinched his first ATP Tour title with a three-set victory over world number three Stan Wawrinka in the final of the St Petersburg Open.
ii. Dominic Inglot and Henri Kontinen has won the 2016 St Petersburg Open Men’s Doubles title.
i. Japan’s Aichi prefecture and its capital city Nagoya were confirmed as co-hosts of the 2026 Asian Games.
ii. South Korea is already hosting the Winter Olympics at Pyeonchang in 2018, while Tokyo hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics before the winter games go to Beijing in 2022.
i. India’s Squash player Velavan Senthilkumar defeat Jordan’s Mohammad Al-Sarraj to won the U-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ii. Velavan is the second Indian to win the title after Ravi Dixit, who won it in 2010.
i. Indian shuttler Rituparna Das won the Polish Open after defeating compatriot Rasika Raje, in the women's singles final of the International challenge badminton event.
ii. The women's doubles pair of Sanjana Santosh and Arathi Sara Sunil also clinched the doubles title after defeating top seeds Natalya Voytsekh and Yelyzaveta Zharka.
i. The chairman of Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), Justice (retd) S K Mahajan has passed away.
ii. He was the Former Delhi High Court judge.
ii. The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) is a statutory body, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
i. Arnold Palmer, who is regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time has died at the age of 87 in Pittsburgh from complications of heart problems.
ii. From 1958 through 1964, Palmer was the charismatic face of professional golf and one of its dominant players.
i. The World Tourism Day (WTD) is being observed annually on 27th September to raise awareness about the importance of tourism.
ii.Theme for the World Tourism Day is - "Tourism for all promoting universal accessibility’.
i. India's largest civilian research and development agency Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR is celebrating its platinum jubilee.
ii. The platinum jubilee celebrations will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is also the President of CSIR.
i. The Centre has removed Sushil Muhnot from the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra.
ii. The head office of Bank of Maharashtra is in Pune.
i. Former petroleum secretary Vijay Kelkar has been elected as a president of the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).
ii. Vijay Kelkar has succeeded former RBI governor C Rangarajan.
i. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has launched an ad campaign featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar, for the Swachh Bharat Mission.
ii. Under this campaign, three ad films featuring.
i. Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages.
i. The parliamentary committee headed by the Congress MP M Veerappa Moily, has been constituted to review the all budgetary reforms.
ii. Besides the budget, the committee will also review the disinvestment policy, the banking sector in India, RBI’s emerging role and its framework.
i. Tripura becomes 22nd state to ratifies the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST).
ii. State Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha moved a resolution to ratify the Constitution (122 Amendment) Bill, 2014 which was passed without any opposition.
i. The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has inaugurated the 4 days Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Unnati Mela – 2016, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
i. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran has become only the second Indian table tennis player to win an ITTF event as he clinched the men's singles title of the Belgium Open.
iii. Achanta Sharath Kamal is the first Indian to win an ITTF event in 2012.
i. World Rabies Day has observed on 28 September 2016.
ii. The theme for the World Rabies Day - Educate. Vaccinate. Eliminate.
iii. The day is annually celebrated to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating the disease.
i. India has climbed 16 places to the 39th rank on the Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum.
ii. Switzerland has topped the list for the 8th straight time.
i. The powerful typhoon Megi has recently hit island-nation Taiwan with winds up to 230 km/hr that causing heavy rains and triggering damaging winds.
ii. It is equivalent to Category 4 tropical cyclone.
i. The Union Cabinet has given its formal nod for cooperation between India and Singapore on industrial property rights intended to boost innovation, creativity and technological advancement in both countries.
ii. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for industrial property cooperation between the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, approved by the Cabinet.
i. Project Saksham, a new indirect tax network of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ii. The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 2256 crore, which will be incurred over a period of 7 years.
i. The 16 trees located in Aravali and NCR to be notified as “protected” natural heritage, on the lines of recognising special monuments in Delhi, announced by Delhi Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra.
ii. Some of the trees in the list are banyan, ailanthus, mango, arjuna, and ashok.
i. A British woman has become one of the world’s youngest commercial airline captains at the age of 26.
ii. She flies Airbus A319 and A320 planes to around 100 destinations, such as Reykjavik, Tel Aviv and Marrakesh.
i. Tech giants Microsoft and Adobe has announced a major partnership to promote the use of each other's cloud-computing tools among their mutual customers.
ii. The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs.
i. The United States President Barack Obama has appointed its first Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis to Cuba in 55 years.
ii. The new ambassador DeLaurentis had been working at the new US embassy in Havana, which opened since 2014.
i. OP Singh A 1983-batch officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre O P Singh took over as the new Director General of CISF.
i. The Telangana Government has signed an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to get bandwidth to telecast Mana TV programmes.
ii. To start with, the TV channel will air coaching programmes for students appearing for various competitive examinations to get government jobs.
i. Famous music director and violinist Uttam Singh on 27 September 2016 was named for the 2016 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement of the Maharashtra Government.
ii. The award carries a citation, a trophy and 500000 rupees in cash.
i. The former Israel's defining political figures and a Nobel peace prize laureate, Shimon Peres has died at the age of 93.
ii. He had served twice as a prime minister and once as a president.
i. World Heart Day is being observed annually on 29 September across the world.
ii. The objective of this day is to inform people around the world about the danger of heart disease and stroke.
iii. The World Heart Day 2016 theme is 'Light Your Heart, Empower Your Life'.
i. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in the state of Jammu & Kashmir at Srinagar by Hon’ble Chief Minister of J&K Mehbooba Mufti.
ii. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, which was launched by the Prime Minister on 1st May 2016 at Ballia (Uttar Pradesh).
i. World Maritime Day is observed across the world on 29 September.
ii. The World Maritime Day theme for 2016 is "Shipping: indispensable to the world".
i. Indian women’s Kabbadi team on 28 September 2016 bagged the gold medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games.
ii. In the final clash India defeated Thailand .
iii. Final was played at Bien Dong Park in Danang, Vietnam.
i. The World Health Organisation, a specialised agency of UN has declared the Region of the Americas as Measles free.
ii. With this, the Americas became the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems, including pneumonia, blindness, brain swelling and even death.
i. Rosatom, Russian state nuclear agency, and Cuba's Ministry of Science on 27 September 2016 signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful atomic energy use.
ii. The deal was signed by Rosatom Deputy CEO for International Relations Nikolai Spassky and Cuban Deputy Science Minister Jose Fidel Santana.
i. Karnataka Bank Ltd has inked a memorandum of understanding with Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company for distribution of mutual fund products.
i. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has signed three separate MoUs with Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) and Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) to accelerate the development of inland water transport sector as an alternative mode of transport in Panaji.
i. Former Australian cricketer Max Walker, whose awkward and unorthodox bowling action earned him the nickname ‘Tangles’, passed away.
ii. Maxwell Henry Norman Walker was an Australian cricketer and Australian rules football player.
i. The International Translation Day is being observed today on 30 September across the world with the theme "Translation and Interpreting: Connecting Worlds".
ii. This is the annual event for the translation community and event is marked with a series of dedicated events, seminars and symposiums across the world.
i. Riyadh Mathew, Director of Malayala Manorama, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Express has been unanimously elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI).
ii. Mr. Mathew, succeeds Hormusji N. Cama.
i. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of retired IAS officer Shakti Sinha to the post of director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).
ii. The post of director at NMML has been lying vacant since last year.
i. The US and Vietnamese navies have begun the 7th annual Naval Engagement Activity NEA, Vietnam 2016 at Tien Sa Port in Da Nang.
ii. The exercise will also include Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea and search-and-rescue scenarios.
i. Telugu author and eminent scholar Prof Kolakaluri Enoch was honoured with the 29th Moortidevi Award 2015 for his novel Ananta Jeevanam.
ii. The award was given to the author by noted historian Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan.
i. Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft, have joined hands to announce a historic partnership on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
ii. These companies will discuss advancements and conduct research in AI and how to develop best products and services powered by machine learning.
i. The world’s first child with genes from three people was born to a Jordanian couple in Mexico.
ii. The five-month-old boy carries not only the DNA from both his parents but also a tiny piece of genetic code from a donor in order to avoid inheriting a genetic condition that could kill him.
i. Javelin thrower Annu Rani broke her own national record and in the process became the first Indian woman to cross the 60m mark on the third and penultimate day of the 56th Open National Athletics Championships in Lucknow.
i. Bangladeshi author Syed Shamsul Haq passed away in Dhaka. He was 81.
iii. He was an accomplished short-story writer, novelist, playwright and a very popular poet.

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Despite the much-discussed power of data, there are roles for people to play in big data projects. Data increasingly influences companies’ decision making processes, but several speakers hit on the notion that people should be involved in big data storage and analysis.
It all starts with a human question. Before machines generate answers, employees from many departments should feel empowered to ask good questions of data, said John Sotham, vice president of finance at BuildDirect.
Beyond questions, humans need to decide which algorithms to employ and which data to use to answer questions, said Scott Brave, founder and chief technology officer of Baynote.
In data science, machine use algorithms to make decisions with clean data for the sake of prediction and optimization, said Sean Gourley, chief technology officer of Quid. But in “data intelligence,” humans “create, change and shape the world we’re in” using small sets of messy data, he explained.
Sometimes algorithms don’t bring the best results as well as people can. One website crowdsources identification of the top news to people, as my colleague Kevin Tofel wrote. And at times, it’s wise to throw lots of people at big data challenges. With TopCoder, there are competitions to discover the best software architecture, algorithms and analytics, said the company’s chief technology officer, Mike Lydon.
There was an exception to the man-and-machine rule. The software BeyondCore’s software makes machines crunch all available variables to isolate the biggest profit generators. It displays charts and audibly tells you its findings.
Becoming a data-driven company requires a human push, said Paul Maritz, chief strategist at EMC. (s emc) “Change requires leadership,” he said. “It requires people to understand what is happening and really get behind it and drive organizations to transform, because none of us really like to change,” he said. Only then can companies discover better ways to make money.
Meanwhile, Amaya Souarez, director of data center services at Microsoft, (s msft) said that lots of internal data doesn’t automatically affect changes in strategy. “The data will help you in your discussions, but it’s not everything,” she said. “It really does take a lot of personal interaction and commitment to that relationship,” she said.
Whether in Hadoop or in specialized databases, our speakers showed why they want to see big data analytics to happen in real time.
Ashok Srivastava, chief data scientist at Verizon,(s vz) talked about what machines could do if they process data in real time: go through millions of new pictures users make on their cell phones and predict the health of a person or a machine based on changes over time. Similarly, Maritz identified an opportunity telecommunications companies have yet to take advantage of: texting customers to apologize for a dropped call. “They can’t even do that today, let alone do more ambitious things on top of that,” Maritz said.

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08 | September | 2009 | J&A + fun!
Lately Kaylee is much more interested in the boxes things come in than with the toys themselves! I think she looks adorable in these pictures so I thought I’d share! These were taken at my moms house one day in July!
Trying to get her legs under her and situated so that she can stand up! She worked really hard for about 5 minutes! She is very determined and really works through things without getting frustrated! It is fun to watcher her problem solve!
“I told you I could do it!!” Both of my girls have no problem showing lots of pride in their accomplishments!
Finally Kaylee makes it out of the box and comes to rest with Emmy and Mommy on the couch!
Then she gets bored of just laying there so she goes over to Grandma! Because everyone know grandparents are way more fun than moms and dads!
Then Emmy decides she wants a picture of her but she doesn’t want to get up off my lap…so this was my attempt at taking an in focus picture from 1 foot away!
And finally…Kaylee is back for one last shot at getting Emmy up to play with her…even if it means eating her foot! I can’t stop laughing every time I see this picture…it just some how sums up her whole personality! What a funny kid!
So…how is everyone?? It’s been a while! What a crazy busy and fun summer we had!! I can’t believe that I haven’t posted anything since the 4th of July! Which was a very fun trip and very fun posts…so at least we ended on a really good note! The rest of the summer was fun also and so…now that Emmy is in school and Kaylee is on a nice nap schedule and things are calming down I can continue the epic of the Baker Family summer!
My sister Christina is a really good Tennis player so whenever she comes to town we always play tennis and she beats up on the rest of us! 🙂 Actually my dad and Alex are pretty good too so maybe she just beats up on me! Anyway, the girls and I met my family over at the tennis courts one day and grandpa and Christina taught Emmy how to hit a ball! She did pretty good!
Here’s Aunt Christina after a heated game with my dad! Kaylee was so happy to sit and watch them hit a tennis ball back and forth!
My dad and Christina! Doesn’t my dad look good? He has been playing tennis, going to the gym, and walking 5-10 miles a DAY! He is doing great!!
Okay, this is one of my all time favorite pictures of Emmy! She just looks like such a fun little kid…complete with band-aids on both scraped knees!
Okay, one more shot of the little cutie with her pink Royals shirt on and her band-aids!
Kaylee entertained herself by crawling around and chasing the stray tennis balls! She is on the move all the time and she is growing so fast! What a cutie!
And finally, I had to put some pictures of Alex in! He is a really natural tennis player and someday when we get some more time to ourselves and he can play more I bet he will be really good! Anyway, these pictures are funny because this one is his “YES” face that he makes after a good play!
And this one is his “NO” face that he makes when he loses a point! He gets very animated when he plays sports…Just in case some of you haven’t ever played sports with him. I think both faces are cute though…so I thought I’d put them both in since I captured them on camera!

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Clients often call me to prepare their estate plans and ask me how much it will be for a simple will. I analogize the question to a patient asking the physician for an antibiotic without knowing the diagnosis. At the end of the day, the clients typically end up having three to five documents. Those documents include a will, a healthcare power of attorney, a financial power of attorney, and sometimes a living will or trust. But the documents are only a part of the estate planning process.
When a person dies, their assets are distributed in three ways. First, by operation of law. For example, if you own your house jointly with your spouse, upon the first to die, the house goes to your spouse, regardless of what is in the will.
Second is by contract. This means your life insurance policies, retirement plans, pension plans, etc. Again, as to the beneficiaries of these contracts, unless we tie them together, the will is for the most part irrelevant. Countless times I have had clients request a simple will and after a short discussion realize that the beneficiaries on these contracts are not who they want. Sometimes, the beneficiary has passed away, or no longer has a relationship with the client or in certain instances, is the divorced spouse from many years ago. Often, people name their children as beneficiaries. While this may be appropriate, unless we create a trust in the will to tie the distributions to their children in installments over a period of time, the children will get all of the proceeds from these contracts upon reaching the age of 18. You may think that your 5 year old daughter is very mature, but do you really believe she could handle a significant amount of wealth at the age of 18? I would be happy if she just took out the garbage.
The third way that your assets are distributed upon your death is your will. If you don’t have a will, the state has developed a dispositive strategy that it believes would work for you. Isn’t it better that you decide for yourself? (Clients have asked me if they don’t have a will, can the state take their money. The answer is a resounding no).
In the end, if your lawyer is not asking you about your jointly held assets and your contracts, you are not getting a complete estate plan. If you’re not completely comfortable with your current estate plan or just want to second opinion, please give me a call. While for the reasons described above I cannot quote you a fee during that call, I will be able to give you a very good estimate after we meet for the first time. Sound fair?

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UK: One of the Builders Merchants Federation’s most successful students received a surprise reward for his endeavours with an invitation to dine with the Queen during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
As the BMF’s leading nationwide trainee in 2011, Sylvain Bordas, a shop manager with Palladium Building Supplies in Kingsbridge, Devon was invited to attend the luncheon for Her Majesty in Westminster Hall, by the Worshipful Company of Builders Merchants.
Originally from France, Mr Bordas moved to Devon and, with no previous merchanting experience, replied to an advertisement placed by Palladium Building Supplies. As a trainee he gained experience across the business in lightside, heavyside and merchant business practice as he undertook a series of BMF training courses covering product awareness, kitchen and bathroom design and customer service, before moving onto management training. BMF are recognised suppliers of training specifically geared to the builders merchants industry, providing a comprehensive range of training for merchant personnel from yard staff through to senior management, from one-day specialist courses to professional qualifications studied over several years.
Mr Bordas excelled throughout his BMF training, achieving five distinctions, and his application has earned him several promotions. He now heads up Palladium’s specialist plumbing section as well as having overall responsibility for the Kingsbridge retail shop.


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Can the Main Window and Graph of BassBox 6 Lite Be Resized?
Can the main window be resized?
Sorry, the answer is "no". The main window of BassBox 6 Lite has a fixed size. It cannot be resized. Nor can its size be maximized to full screen. The only way to force the main window to look bigger is with the display resolution setting of Microsoft Windows. If you set your display to a lower resolution and set your monitor to scale the Windows desktop to full screen, then BassBox Lite's main window will appear larger. The graphics cards of some computers also provide a "zoom" feature that may enable you to enlarge the main window of the program.
Can the graph be resized?
Yes, in part. Since the size of the main window is fixed, the graph cannot be scaled to a different size. However, its height can be adjusted within the main window. Hover the mouse pointer over the horizontal line that divides the design panel area in the upper portion of the window from the main graph in the lower portion. The pointer will change to an up/down arrow. When it does, click and drag the window taller or shorter. The "Graph" menu also includes a "Height" submenu with commands to quickly maximize or minimize the height of the main graph within the main window.


text: Those Jet's have a bearing that makes them go. It's a pricey bearing, and has a life expectancy (See the manufacture for details). Keep them greased and never, ever, ever, force grease in, when it's not coming out. If it's not pumping out old grease when you're pumping new grease in,,, it's bypassing the seal and sending it into your cooling system, ie, your heads. I discovered this when I took my Yamaha apart a few years ago. There wasn’t’ much but I had pumped a few times after the main seal failed the first time (I’ve rebuilt my Jet Pump (bearing and seals) twice now. These lower units are amazingly simple and an engineering marvel, but they need care, or they’ll let you down when you need them the most. They take us to places that not many can get to, to offer assistance. So it’s best to be extra nice to them.


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Hitting out State Government particularly BJP leadership for hurting discrimination with Jammu region in every sphere, State President, Shri Ram Sena (SRS), Rajiv Mahajan said that it has not even spared the educated youth in Jammu division.
The alleged discrimination against Jammu in the selection lists of lecturers to Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) Srinagar and Jammu, recently released by the government, he said, has evoked a strong reaction from the youth of the Jammu Province.
He said that State Government has sanctioned 50 posts of lecturers to Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) Srinagar while the Jammu SSH has got only 21 posts which is another instance of discrimination against Jammuites.
He said that an equal number of posts of Professors and Associate Professors have been sanctioned for both hospitals, but there is a huge variation in the number of Assistant Professors and Lecturers posts.
For SSH Srinagar, 26 posts of Assistant Professors and 50 posts of Lecturers were sanctioned, but for SSH Jammu only 16 posts of Assistant Professors and 21 posts of Lecturers were sanctioned, he added.
Such discrepancies in the number of sanctioned posts for both SSHs have punctured the claims of successive governments that they are committed to equitable development of all regions of the State, he said.
He said, “It is shocking to note that Jammu has been subjected to grave injustice in employment”.


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The University Of Port-Harcourt, Uniport has said it will refund the POST-UTME screening fee to duly registered candidates who applied for the 2017/2018 screening exercise.
Recall that the Federal Government asked University managements not to over charge students for POST UTME screening.
Further to the Post-UTME Screening Exercise, duly registered candidates are requested to forward their Bank Account details with their JAMB Reg. No. and name for transfer of the refundable deposit. The information should be forwarded to director.ictc@uniport.edu.ng.
To get your screening fee back, Send your Jamb Reg No, account name and account number to this email director.ictc@uniport.edu.ng.
The question now is how much will the school management refund to all the candidates? but we believe it will be a reasonable amount.
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Ahh, the lovable Llama. This mammal’ weighs in at around 250 lbs and reaches a height of 47 inches.
1. They are outdoorsy but not so sporty! Used by the people of the Andes Mountains for moving around, these agile beasts can cover up to 20 miles in a day. Their feet are stable with two toes, ideal for rocky terrains. Due to their camel-like qualities, they can also forgo water for some time, making them ideal for long-distance travel. But, they can be divas too! Overload your llama and expect to be kicked or spat at, in response to their distaste.
2. Their wool is useful. Covered in wool, these furry creatures produce enough wool that can be used in fabrics. Soft and lanolin-free, this versatile fabric can be used in clothing.
3. They make good companions. As friendly domesticated animals, llamas enjoy being around others, often found in packs of 20. They have long been recognized for their companionship too. So much, that they are even used in some nursing homes as part of therapy programs. Who could resist their toothy smiles?
4. Males don’t get along.In the wild, it’s about survival of the fittest. As such, it has been known for llamas to battle each other for mating rights. Despite being a non-attacking creature, males don’t tend to get along with each other. During breeding season, it has even been known for males to bite each other.
5. They can be fearsome. But these cute creatures have a weakness: coyotes, mountain lions and any dog-like animals. They perceive these to be predators and have an inherent fear of them.
6. They love veggies. Our woolly friends are also herbivores. This means that they have a plant-based diet, mainly consisting of grass, foliage, ferns and hay, which their elongated necks are ideally designed for. In domestic environments, they enjoy treats such as sliced apples and broccoli too.
7. A llama is for life!The ideal farm friend, llamas are known as guard animals, fitting well into the environment and easy to care for. In North America, there are some 158,000 llamas – they are among some of the most family-friendly animals in petting zoos. From the Long Island Game Farm in New York, to the San Diego Zoo, there are no shortage of visitation opportunities.
8. A baby llama is called a cria.The gestation period of a llama is just under a year, and results in a single offspring called a ‘cria’. These animals can live long lives, often between 20 and 30 years.
9. Don’t call me Al! And finally, with close ancestry, it’s easy to confuse the humble llama with an alpaca. However, there are noticeable differences; the most obvious of these is that llamas tend to be much larger in size, while alpacas have short pointy ears.

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From acclaimed filmmakers Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Andy Wachowski comes the powerful and inspiring epic Cloud Atlas, based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell.
Drama, mystery, action and enduring love thread through a single story that unfolds in multiple timelines over the span of 500 years. Characters meet and reunite from one life to the next. Born and reborn.
As the consequences of their actions and choices impact one another through the past, the present and the distant future, one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
You can't go wrong watching the best Tom Hanks movies on movie night!
Thanks to Paddington 2, the world is once again talking about a sterling Hugh Grant performance. Here's a list of four others in recent memory that you may have missed, but surely deserve greater attention.
There is perhaps no piece of information more interesting to Netflix junkies than the monthly update of what's being added to the streaming service.
CBS Broadcasting has released Dexter: the Seventh Season on to Blu-ray and DVD so that fans can relive Season 7’s most heightened moments. Additionally, Warner Home Video has put together a release for Cloud Atlas. Read on to learn about some of April 30th's best releases, and maybe even a few that may have slipped under your radar.
Cloud Atlas has been forgotten by nearly everyone at this point, including Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, which has dumped its release all the way into May. This is a shame, because the film is a visual treat, an intertwining of great acting performances and vivid storylines. If you’ve been waiting and waiting to add the Wachowski’s flick to your collection, the film will hit Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on May 14.
With its globe trotting and time jumping plotlines that speak of reincarnation, love and the fight against tyranny, perhaps Cloud Atlas would have been better served as trilogy. (Hey, it's working for The Hobbit.) At least, that's what a clever trailer from Justin Fields suggests.
The version of Cloud Atlas that debuted in Beijing last night clocked in at 130 minutes, meaning roughly forty minutes had been cut from the version that has played in theaters worldwide. Basically, about ¼ of the film has been completely excised. Worse yet, the film's directors (Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer) were reportedly not involved with this edit.
We've all had a few hours now to process this year's Oscar nominations, to scream to the heavens demanding justice for Ben Affleck or running through the forest with fireworks to celebrate Beasts of the Southern Wild. So now that the dust has settled, what are the snubs that are still burning us up? Who are we going to miss the most on Oscar night?
Many consider 1982 to be one of the greatest years in movie history. With titles like E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, The Thing, Poltergeist, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and many other influential, revolutionary, unforgettable movies, it’s a year that will always be remembered as a landmark in pop culture history. And now 30 years later we have a year that could very well end up being remembered the same way.
Is Cloud Atlas Really The Worst Movie Of 2012?
Personally I think it's way too early for anyone to be publishing their 10 best or 10 worst films of the year list-- you never know what gems you might be able to catch up with before year's end, and with Playing for Keeps opening this weekend, do you honestly think you've already endured the year's worst?
Oscar Eye: Is Flight A Contender Beyond Denzel Washington?
Beyond the adventures of the book's heroes, the filmmakers invented new character arcs by giving their cast multiple roles over the film's extensive timelines. In doing so, they not only bolstered Mitchell's theme of reincarnation, but also created character arcs that transcend lifetimes. Below, we break down how each of these characters rise and fall in their karmic worth over the course of Cloud Atlas. As you might guess, this is entirely constructed of spoilers.
Why Didn't You See Cloud Atlas This Weekend?
Really pretty pictures and the promise of Tom Hanks outdoing himself by snagging all five Oscar nominations for best actor for parts played in a single movie were not enough to draw audiences out for Cloud Atlas. The movie reportedly cost over $100 million to produce but only took in $9 million for an embarrassing third place debut.
Operation Kino 86: Cloud Atlas Has Great Editing. Wait, What's Editing?
This week on Operation Kino, we're yarning to the babbits, yay, and tellin' 'em the true-true, as we review the new film from Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas. After that extra-long review segment we get into the fact that everyone has praised the editing of Cloud Atlas, but… wait? What's editing?
During a recent press day for Cloud Atlas I had the amazing opportunity to sit down with the exceedingly talented performer to talk not only about his latest movie, but also the path of his career and the choices he has made. Check out the interview below, in which Weaving discusses his appearance-motivated performances, working with director Tom Tykwer in conjunction with the Wachowskis, and the film’s “yellowface” controversy.
The best reveal, for me, from that clip is the knowledge that Cloud Atlas novelist David Mitchell wrote all of his narratives from start to finish, then spent only 20 minutes chopping them in half and splicing them together to make the symbolic quilt that is Atlas. That’s remarkable, and more than a little insane.


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Every year we take a collection for the children of our deceased members. Brother Wayne Yohn passed away on November 10, 2015 and left behind a daughter, Adalyn (age 6). Brother Henry Leon Rivera passed away on July 12, 2016 and left behind twins, Isabelle & Samuel (age 9). Brother Jesse Stickell passed away on May 22, 2017 and left behind a daughter, Jade (age 17). We will give all that we collect to them as a Christmas gift.
Our collection is complete for the Orphans in 2018.
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Thank you so much for your generosity this year!


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Imagine a wonderfully designed space reflecting your style and your values, plus it doesn’t smell. A great thing about building green is that it does so many key things for you: fosters healthier air, water and materials; avoids dangerous chemicals; consumes less energy; spaces are quieter and more comfortable; adopts the latest technologies; is gentle on our environment and raises property value. In whatever your style is. Talk about hitting a home run.
People often ask if building green costs more. Costs more than what? No, green does not cost more than other well designed and built projects. Of course, you can spend more on high-profile features and fancy brands. And, you can build cheaper with inferior materials and designs. But, with a well-executed plan and materials selection, you can enjoy a beautiful, high performing “green” space and keep your budget intact.
There’s a perception that universal design is reserved for the elderly or those with physical disabilities, but this is simply not the case. In fact, universal design is now the hip way to remodel and is all about blending functionality with flair. Not only can universal design components make your home more comfortable, safe and adaptable to any lifestyle changes, but they offer beauty, luxury and convenience as well.
Contemporary universal design features are aesthetically pleasing and if done right, blend in seamlessly with your home. They offer stylish and cutting-edge solutions that often incorporate high-tech functionality that is nearly invisible. Some of the popular universal design components: designer grab bars, no-step showers, pull-out drawers, and motion sensor thermostats and lights. Energy efficient considerations are also playing a big role in maintaining a comfortable home.
You don’t have to do it all at once – but have a plan for it all! Have a number of different projects on your renovation wish list? Before doing any major work to your home, develop a master plan for the whole house first. In doing so, let yourself dream big, move walls, build additions and imagine every aspect of the house as you wish it were— regardless of what your current needs or budget may be. Having a master vision helps effectively stage renovation plans and will prevent costly design pitfalls along the way.
Too frequently homeowners rush to renovate a specific portion of their house without considering how the current project may affect the home’s future potential. No one wants to find that the new bathroom they installed today is poorly located for access to the new family room addition of tomorrow! By developing a whole-house plan, you can avoid this type of oversight, identify priorities to tackle now and give your future self a leg up on the next exciting project.


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This weekend is the fourth annual Pike Place Market Cheese Festival, where you can learn how to make cheese at home, taste artisanal cheeses from all around the world and listen to cheese experts extol the virtues of cheese in all its stinky, delicious variety. I hope you have a good time. I won’t be there. I’ll be at the library (someone has to keep the place open!), but I might be reading a cheesy book.
There’s no problem finding children’s books about cheese. There’s The Mysterious Cheese Thief by the aptly named Geronimo Stilton, The Cheese by Margie Palatini, in which the question “why does the cheese stand alone”? gets answered, and the classic Anatole by Eve Titus, in which a mouse becomes a connoisseur of fine French cheeses. And for the younger set there is also a book suitable for an election year: A Big Cheese for the White House: The True Tale of a Tremendous Cheddar by Candace Fleming. No matter who becomes our next Big Cheese, kids can still enjoy this book set in the time of Jefferson’s presidency.


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The radiator is situated at the very front of the vehicle and is essentially a network of cooling fins. When you are driving along the road, water is pumped through these cooling fins and is exposed to the outside air as it passes across the fins and toward the back of the vehicle. Check to see if any leaves or other residue have built up on the front of the radiator, as this could impede the flow of air. While you are looking at it, assess whether there is any damage caused by impact or a buildup of rust. Take the radiator cap off and have a look at the colour of the coolant. If you see that it has a brownish or "rusty" appearance, this could indicate some internal damage.
If all looks okay with the radiator, the thermostat is the likely cause of the problem. This is a simple device that sits in between the radiator and the engine and regulates how much coolant is directed towards the motor during operation. When the engine is cold then the thermostat will remain in the closed position, but as things start to heat up it will open and allow the mixture of coolant and water to flow through.
You can conduct a simple test to see if the thermostat is working properly or not. After a short journey, bring the vehicle to a halt and park it on a level slope, before engaging the handbrake and opening the bonnet. Carefully check the status of the top and bottom radiator hoses simply by touching each one in turn. If the thermostat is working correctly, then the bottom hose should be warmer to the touch than the top one. The lower hose is returning coolant from the engine to the radiator and will naturally be warmer in this situation, while the top hose is pushing cooled water into the engine.
To help you overcome these issues take the vehicle into a car service, so that they can give the entire system a once-over and replace the offending parts.

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Saturday, March 9, 2019, at 7 p.m.
The Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program will host its annual gala at the beautiful Mandarin Oriental Hotel, with more than 500 of South Florida’s leading philanthropists, celebrities and politicians in attendance. Founders Jennifer Valoppi and Don Browne, along with Gala Chair Marisa Toccin Lucas are planning an unforgettable event to celebrate the organization’s success in changing the lives of at-risk young women.
The event's cocktail reception will feature lavish hors d’oeuvre stations created by the Mandarin Oriental’s executive chef, complemented by the always popular silent auction which will include hundreds of items from top luxury retail, hospitality and restaurant brands.
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Tickets will be available in December 2018, when the theme and honorees for the event will also be announced.
Women of Tomorrow was conceived in 1997 by Television Journalist Jennifer Valoppi and co-founded with Don Browne, retired Telemundo Network President. The Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program is designed to inspire, motivate and empower at-risk young women to live up to their full potential through a unique mentoring program with highly accomplished professional women and scholarship opportunities. Women of Tomorrow currently mentors approximately 4,000 at-risk girls in close to 200 public high schools throughout South Florida, Metropolitan Detroit and Greater Philadelphia with its network of over 550 Mentors. Research shows that Women of Tomorrow Mentees have increased self-esteem, a 94% high school graduation rate, and increased academic performance each year they are in the program, to a statistically significant degree. Women of Tomorrow has awarded over $6.4 million in college scholarships. For more information, call 305-371-3330 or visit www.WomenofTomorrow.org.


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Kaspersky argues that Apple uses its “position as platform owner and supervisor” of the App Store to prevent other developers from operating on equal terms as itself. Specifically, Kaspersky’s argument relates to iOS 12’s Screen Time feature.
These two features, Kaspersky argues, “are essential” to the Safe Kids app. The firm also doesn’t think it was merely a coincidence that Apple cracked down on the Safe Kids app shortly after it introduced Screen Time as a first-party way to monitor app usage.
The change in Apple’s policy toward our app (as well as toward every other developer of parental control software), notably came on the heels of the Cupertino-based company announcing its own Screen Time feature as part of iOS 12.
This feature allows users to monitor the amount of time they spend using certain apps or on certain websites, and set time restrictions. It is essentially Apple’s own app for parental control.
Furthermore, Kaspersky notes that it is not the only parental control app facing stricter review following the launch of Screen Time. We reported in December that Apple was cracking down on third-party screen time applications, and that crackdown is what Kaspersky is now taking issue with.
Kaspersky says that this crackdown will turn the market of parental control apps into a monopoly and in turn result in stagnation.


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A majority of the participants (60%) are of the opinion that AI would help furthering social causes and enable human beings to live more fulfilling lives. These include stimulating economic growth, enhancing global health and well-being, improving cyber security and improving efficiencies in imparting education.
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61% of the survey respondents use digital assistants in different scenarios such as at home, at work and while commuting to help them save time, receive reminders and get things done.
Over 70% of respondents indicated that each of the activities such as writing & responding to mails, entering timesheet hours, scheduling and updating calendars and repetitive paperwork can be readily out-sourced to AI assistants.
49% of all the participants are ready to pay/already paying extra for either an AI-run customer service or its intelligent combination with human touch.
Which AI powered solutions are expected to be most impactful for businesses?
In the IT/ITES industry, machine learning is the most popular AI-powered solution (63% of the participants). This also reinforces the understanding that IT/ITES may potentially be the most disrupted sector by machine learning solutions, indicating that the sector may replace repetitive manual jobs.
The technology sector showed a relatively balanced focus on multiple AI-powered solutions. As this sector is at the forefront of AI research and commercial deployments, it is likely to cater to multiple client industries with a range of AI-powered solutions.
The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) industry considers robotics, along with machine learning and automated data analysts (44% of the participants for each), to have the highest impact on their business with use cases ranging from automation of processes, customer support, regulatory processes to other back office operations.
In the field of education and teaching, machine learning solutions (100% of the participants) and automated research and aggregation solutions (57% of the participants) seem to be the perceived high-impact applications of AI-powered solutions. This seems to be a potential opportunity for identifying use cases where machine learning and other AI-powered solutions can deliver the appropriate training and education to a vast majority of the populace.

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Shepherd’s pie is a great cold weather dish, satisfying and delicious, as well as simple to make. I’ve modified the traditional recipe by swapping lamb/beef for turkey, adding pumpkin to give it more of an autumnal feel, as well as spirilizing the potatoes instead of using mashed. The end result is a lean and delicious dish with just a hint of pumpkin spice topped with potato spaghetti that still retains some crunch after 30 minutes in the oven. Mashed potato is great but I wanted a pie with a twist and spiralizing seemed like the perfect alternative. Again!
You can use potato spaghetti in all sorts of recipes, such as these Potato Breakfast Egg Nests with Zucchini. You can also use them in a soup recipe, as I have done in this quick and easy Spiralized Pumpkin Potato Soup with Smoky Tofu.
I think there is a misconception that spiralizing is labour intensive and not worth the effort. In reality it doesn’t require very much effort and there is no chopping involved. With this particular recipe, there is also no need to boil and mash the potatoes, so it’s actually a simpler and quicker way of preparing them. I think that using spiralized potatoes makes this easy ground turkey shepherds pie more interesting. (I might be a little biased here as I do like my spiralizer a lot!). The kids loved the potato spaghetti!
This fun and simple Turkey Shepherds Pie with Pumpkin and Spiralized Potatoes is a delicious and healthy dish with an autumnal twist.
In a large frying pan (with a lid) heat up 3 tablespoons of the oil, add the bay leaf, garlic and onion and fry over a medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring often. Add the pumpkin, season and fry for 2 more minutes. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the pumpkin starts to soften, stirring occasionally.
Preheat the oven to 375 F/ 190 C/ gas mark 5. You will need a medium casserole dish.
Add the turkey mince, tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce and parsley to the pumpkin mixture and combine with the vegetables. Add the nutmeg and allspice, season well and mash up a little with a potato masher to obtain a thick sauce. Continue cooking for 5 more minutes. Remove the bay leaf and transfer the mixture into the casserole dish. Press gently into the dish with the back of the spoon and sprinkle with the grated cheese.
Peel and spiralize the potatoes. Line a large bowl with 2 paper towel sheets, toss in the potatoes and wipe thoroughly to remove excess moisture and starch. Discard the paper towels. Season the spiralized potatoes and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the oil. Mix in well using your hands. Spread the 'spaghetti' over the cheese layer and bake the casserole for 30 minutes or until the top layer of the potatoes browns a little (after 15 minutes increase the temperature to gas mark 6).
I am bringing this Turkey Shepherds Pie to #CookBlogShare, which I have the pleasure of hosting this week. Be sure to come back tomorrow morning when the link goes LIVE! If you are a blogger join in with your latest recipes. If you are looking for some cooking inspiration you’ll find plenty of it with #CookBlogShare.
I am also sharing this easy shepherds pie recipe with Recipe of the Week, and Fiesta Friday. This week’s co-hosts are Antonia @ Zoale.com and Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook.
I love the idea of a spiralled top to a shepherds pie. I’ve used diced potato before to ring the changes but this sounds another great idea.
Thanks! I think they make the dish more appealing looking.
Looking at the ingredients and how you constructed things, I have no doubt!
I adore shepherd’s pie, and I think that all of the modifications you made here are simply brilliant! My spiralizer has been feeling neglected lately, so out it comes!
Thank you Michelle, I find spiralizing a bit addictive, but it’s so much fun!
Thank you! I like to modify tried and tested recipes so I don’t end up cooking the same thing in the same way all the time.
It is sad that I haven’t bought a spiralizer yet. This looks very delicious, Monika. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jhuls, I am sure you’d like it, there are so many possibilities with a spiralizer.
I went to check a small spiralizer, but the one I like was sold out. I may need to wait for that one. Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday, Monika!
This looks like the perfect dish for fall! I love your adaptations to traditional shepherd’s pie – especially the spiralized potatoes. I’m always weirdly impatient about boiling potatoes, so this is a great (and fun!) way to bypass that step!
Thank you! I am the same, plus my youngest son hates mashed potato so spirilizing is a good alternative.


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The 1935 Errol Flynn "Captain Blood" is showing at the Oakland Paramount tonight, so I'll go by a local church fish fry and then downtown.
I was reading "The Chronicles Of Captain Blood" while sailing around the Caribbean on RARA AVIS and was amused by reading of an incident in Basse-Terre while actually anchored off Basse-Terre.
I got an oil-pressure light on the motorcycle when almost home the other night, and research indicates it's probably the pressure sensor itself. Replacing it is a reasonable diagnostic technique, apparently, so I have more wrenching to do after I pick up the part in SF.
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The Russian parliament has voted to ratify a treaty allowing Russian troops to stay in Syria indefinitely, and making the air base in Latakia permanent. It also confers diplomatic immunity status on military personnel.
The vote passed unopposed as lawmakers agreed it would confer legitimacy on the Russian presence in Syria.
“Russia is a peaceloving country and it always underlines that we are doing everything to support peace. If we speak about the operation in Syria it is a fight against terrorism. This is a fight against evil and this is a question that is important and which worries Russian citizens and people from other countries as well,” said the Chairman of the Russian parliament Vyacheslav Volodin.
Syria already has Russia’s only overseas military base, the naval facility at Tartus, and the addition of a permanent air base strengthens its regional position. Other Russian officials used the occasion to speculate that Moscow might be thinking of reopening its former bases in Cuba and Vietnam, an idea already floated in the past by President Vladimir Putin.

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Who doesn’t love play-off ice hockey? The excitement of the action has us on the edge of our seats, yelling at referees, jumping up and high-fiving when goals are scored by our players and groaning when the opponents sneak one past our goalie. When that final buzzer sounds, we pray to the Hockey Gods that it is our team with the extra point on the scoreboard, not the opposing team, to take lead in the series.
If only that was the case in the St. Louis Blues verses the San Jose Sharks Stanley Cup Quarter Finals.
San Jose is down two to one so far. In St. Louis, the two teams went to a double overtime, with Martin Havlat getting the game-winning goal. The second game the Blues shut-out the Sharks. Game three, in San Jose, our Sharks lost 3-4, despite a valiant effort in the third period. Game four is on Thursday, April 19th. It is a must-win for the guys, for coming back to win a series after being down 4-1 is one of the hardest tasks in the play-offs.
Reviewing the stats for our boys in teal, four men are tied with 3 points total: Joe Thornton, Logan Couture, Ryane Clowe, and Martin Havlet. Martin Havalt has two goals, the most of the Sharks players. Colin White’s 100% is the highest shooting percentage, the next one is Logan Couture with 9.1 combined with the team high of 11 shots on goal. Bad boy, Douglas Murray has 19 penalty minutes, four more than Justin Braun at 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, for Wednesday April 18th action, Los Angeles hopes to sweep their series against Vancouver; New York Rangers play Ottawa Senators in a series that has New York Rangers up 2-1; and, Philadelphia Flyers tries to sweep Pittsburgh Penguins.
Thursday, April 19th San Jose and St. Louis play game four; Florida Panthers plays New Jersey Devils, with Florida up 2-1; in a series up 2-1, Boston Bruins plays Washington Capitals; Phoenix Coyotes goes up against Chicago blackhawks in a 2-1; and, on Friday, Nashville Predators tried to end their 3-1 series against Detroit Redwings and Philadelphia & Pittsburgh will play game five, if needed.

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This is a mild but spicy chicken soup (it can also be made with shrimp, pork, beef or mushrooms).
1-inch cube galangal sliced thinly.
* The number of red peppers is a personal choice. It can be as few as half a chile per diner, to as many as 8 to 10 per diner, but the dish should retain a balance of flavors and not be overwhelmed by the chili peppers. 8 to 12 chile peppers for this recipe seems to be a pretty good balance.
Heat the stock, add the lime leaves, lemon grass, galangal, fish sauce, and lime juice. Stir thoroughly, bring to a boil, and add the chicken and coconut milk. Bring back to the boil, lower the heat to keep it simmering and cook for about 2 minutes (until the chicken is cooked through).
Not really intended to be eaten as a separate course, you could serve it with just a serving of steamed Thai jasmine rice, or together with a Thai meal. This quantity serves 4 with other food, but is probably only enough for two if eaten separately.
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