”What I’m doing here reminds me of eBay in its earliest days. The consumer tech has changed a ton, but the fundamentals are the same around user experience and user interface,“ Whitman tells TheWrap
Meg Whitman has reinvented herself time and again throughout a storied career that has spanned tech, entertainment and politics. Now, as chief executive officer of Quibi — the brainchild of Hollywood hitmaker Jeffrey Katzenberg — she seeks to reinvent how a generation watches short-form mobile video.
Quibi, short for “quick bites,” is set to launch in April 2020 and already has greenlit about two dozen shows from a who’s who of stars, including Justin Timberlake, Jennifer Lopez, Tyra Banks, Don Cheadle, Stephen Curry, Anna Kendrick, Idris Elba, Lorne Michaels and Seth Meyers, among others.
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TheWrap recently spoke with Whitman at length about Quibi’s content strategy and why she believes the company is poised to avoid mobile-first video blunders of the past. She also reflects on how her career trajectory, which has taken her from stints at Procter & Gamble and Disney to the helms of eBay and HP, have led her to the buzz-worthy start-up that already has raised $1 billion from big-name investors like Disney, Viacom and NBCUniversal.
Quibi plans to offer an ad-supported subscription for $4.99 a month and an ad-free version for $7.99 a month. Last month at Cannes, Katzenberg and Whitman announced Quibi had already sold $100 million worth of ads.
Whitman is confident that Quibi’s quick-hit approach — with each episode running 10 minutes or less — will not only set the company apart, but seamlessly fit into a person’s on-the-go viewing schedule.
(Interview has been edited for clarity and length.)
How did Quibi determine an approximately 10-minute running time for its shows?
I think it was two things. One was the use case [of] on-the-go viewing. In 2012, our target audience of Millennials watched six minutes a day of video on mobile; today it’s 60 minutes a day on their mobile [device]. And most of that is on-the-go. It looks to me like it’s an up-and-to-the-right chart that you and I would be familiar with in Silicon Valley. It looks like an accelerating trend. And so we said there’s really something to watching video on mobile.
And then we said, okay, so this target audience is on their mobile phone about five hours a day. They’re playing casual games; they’re watching YouTube; they’re doing social networking; they’re doing collaboration and communication. We just did a quick division: each session in that 5 hours is under 10 minutes. So we said, okay, let’s make content that fits this on-average 10 minutes-or-less session length. That’s how we came to it.
Other companies have tried and failed at mobile-first video, with Verizon’s shuttered Go90 coming to mind. And streaming giants like Netflix and Hulu haven’t focused on mobile viewing. Why do you think mobile-only is a good way to go?
We think of Quibi as a complement to, rather than a competitor of, the other big streaming services — like Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime Video — because they are more lean-back, invest-in long-form, super high-quality content.
Less than 10% of their viewing is on mobile. There [aren’t] a lot of people watching Hulu on their phones. So we really think of it as complementary.
And we think the timing is right. It’s up to 60 minutes a day of watching video on mobile, [and] we think we’re doing a quality of content that has not been done before. You mentioned Go90: We have a much higher quality of content — the producers, the directors, the stars, the amount we’re spending per minute of content. It’s really much more similar to Hollywood content, the major studios.
What that does is gets you great stories, better production values and the stars and directors that make these films compelling. And we think we’ve got the right business model, which is a combination of subscription plus advertising, that allows us to make that kind of investment in the content.
Is there an underlying theme to the shows that have been green-lit?
One of the things that’s unique about Quibi, back to your question about what are we doing differently, is we have really three different kinds of content.
The first is “Lighthouses,” and they are movies. They are 100 minutes, 180 minutes, 200 minutes, that are delivered in 10-minute chapters. We just announced #Freerayshawn, directed by Antoine Fuqua. And that’s 18 10-minute chapters. [The Sony Pictures TV drama, starring Stephan James and Laurence Fishburne, tells the story of a black Iraq War veteran that returns to New Orleans and is framed by police in a drug bust.]
The second kind of content is what we’re calling “Quick Bites.” These will probably be a little bit shorter than 10 minutes. I can’t even keep track of what we have and haven’t announced (Laughs). Justin Timberlake is doing a show called “Inspired By,” talking to singers about the songs and artists that inspired them, and he’ll interview one a week for 20 weeks, and that’ll be 6-to-8 minutes [per episode.] Then we announced, “Thanks a Million” with J-Lo — where a star goes and does a pay-it-forward, gives $100,000 to someone who made a difference to them, on the proviso that they give $50,000 to someone that made a difference in their lives, all the way down to $2,500.
These [quick bite shows], you don’t have to watch them in order…. There’s a theme to them — they’re fun and delightful, but they’re not serialized.
And then the bottom of the pyramid, if you will, the anchor of the service is “daily essentials.” Those are lower lead-time productions, effectively curating news, sports, e-gaming, celebrity news, horoscopes, the best of late-night, curating things that you have to work hard to find on the internet in a convenient way for this millennial audience.
When the app launches next year, will subscribers see a number of shows to binge right away, or will it be more of an HBO model where shows come out on a certain day?
You will be able to binge. But the way we’re releasing one of our Lighthouses, in the case of Antoine’s, is releasing one show a day for 18 days, Monday through Friday. And then it becomes part of the library. So you could wait until day 19 and finish the whole thing if you wanted to, or you could follow along day-by-day.
We’re trying to see if we can recreate a bit of the watercooler [show] that used to occur with television. We’ll see. Our users will tell us. They’ll either like this idea of dropping a show a day for 18 days, or they’ll hate it (Laughs). And if they don’t like it, we’ll let people binge. We’re going to be very responsive to what the users want.
But we do think the notion of bringing back a watercooler [show] is something the people have said they want.
To clarify, is that going to be for every show Quibi releases?
It will be for the Lighthouse, because those are the ones you have to watch in serial. For Quick Bites, we haven’t decided a publishing schedule, but if Justin Timberlake is going to interview a star once a week for twenty weeks, they’ll maybe drop once a week.
What’s Quibi’s target demo? It has been reported to be 25-35. How did executives arrive at the target audience?
Both Jeffrey [Katzenberg] and I have done start-ups before, and at start-ups it’s important to focus. And so we said, let’s have the content really be focused on 25- to 35-year-olds. We’ll probably pick up seven years younger, to your point, and even seven years older, so maybe we’ll end up with 18- to 44-year-olds, but we wanted to make sure that we were hitting the core of the millennial audience because they have the capacity to pay. Most of them are working, and we know they’re very mobile-first in their orientation. And there is no children’s programming. This is an adult platform, at least to start with.
You’ve said Quibi is not a Netflix competitor. But mobile-first, is a crowded field, with Instagram, Snapchat, Tik-Tok, and other apps. What are you most concerned about?
The way I think about this is that you go back to this notion of watching video on mobile. I mentioned it was 6 minutes a day in 2012 and was 60 minutes a day in 2018. I think the market for watching video on your mobile continues to grow, right? You just love being in growing markets because you can help that market grow faster — and we think we’ll help that market grow by the kind of content we’re delivering, the quality of content that we’re delivering, the unique content strategy we have and the technology that powers the mobile platform. We aim to make viewing video on your mobile a really differentiated experience.
One of the things I look for is are you entering a growth market or a flat market where you have to take a bunch of share? We’re entering a growth market, but there’s no question that people are filling that time today, so we’ll have to obviously offer them something they haven’t had before, and maybe they’ll watch more video per day then they otherwise would have.
Quibi plans to offer an ad-supported subscription for $4.99 a month and an ad-fee version for $7.99 per month. Will there be a free trial to get people on board immediately?
There almost certainly will be a free trial. We haven’t scoped it out exactly like how long and all of that, but there will certainly be a free trial. Because this is something entirely new, right? People won’t have heard of Quibi. I don’t think they’ll immediately associate us with an on-the-go use case. We’re certainly going to do a free trial, so stay tuned for more [information].
You have an eclectic background. What do you take from your past lives and apply to Quibi day-to-day?
Almost everything (Laughs). I started my career in consumer. My first job was at [Proctor and Gamble] in Cincinnati, Ohio. So the consumer-orientation from my earliest career days is super important.This is a consumer service. Then my Baine days were obviously strategy. We had to think strategically through all the kinds of questions you’re asking — who was the target audience; what was the use case; who was the competition; what were we going to offer; what was the economic model?
Then my time at Disney was my first experience with entertainment. I have nowhere near the experience that Jeffrey does in entertainment, but it’s not an entirely unfamiliar playing field.
And then I’ve done a start-up before called eBay. You might recall I joined eBay when there were 30 employees and $4 million in revenue and grew that to 15,000 employees and $8 billion in revenue, so a lot of what I’m doing here reminds me of eBay in its earliest days. The consumer tech has changed a ton, but the fundamentals are the same around user experience and user interface.
And then HP was obviously helpful because I learned about the backend and scalable systems.
Politics, I have to say, was a detour. (Laughs)
Does your time in politics now help you navigate the entertainment world?
I don’t know. I have to say, I learned a lot about a whole different industry, learned a lot about politics, and learned to have a pretty thick skin. When you run for office, you have to have a pretty thick skin, and when you start a company, lots of people will be naysayers, and you have to persevere and say, “Listen, we believe this is exactly the right thing based on data and what we think will work.”
So if there’s anything I learned from politics is probably a little bit of a thick skin — or thicker. (Laughs)


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Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found evidence of an additional Rs4,739 crore corporate fraud in Satyam Computer Services Ltd, perpetrated by its founder R. Ramalinga Raju and his associates, the agency said in a supplementary charge sheet filed on Tuesday.
The agency also estimates the overall fraud suffered by investors in the company to be at least Rs14,000 crore during the period of the fraud.
CBI found the evidence while probing into what’s already been billed India’s largest accounting fraud, after Raju confessed in January to overstating the software outsourcer’s accounts by Rs7,136 crore. Tech Mahindra Ltd, a part of the Mahindra and Mahindra group, has since gained a controlling stake in Satyam in an auction conducted in April.
The new evidence takes the overall extent of the Satyam fraud to Rs11,875 crore.
CBI deputy inspector general V.V. Laxmi Narayana, speaking to the media outside a local court, said the new charges related to Rs1,931 crore Raju and other key accused in the case had obtained by pledging their shares at an inflated value; Rs1,220 crore of loans raised by forging board resolutions; and Rs748 crore gained by off-loading stocks in the market, again at higher values.
The accused had also drawn Rs230 crore in dividends on inflated profits; inflated revenue to the tune of Rs430 crore by generating fake invoices and customers; and falsified the accounts to the tune of Rs180 crore while acquiring Nipuna Services Ltd, a business process outsourcing firm, he said.
“The accused have resorted to criminal breach of trust and falsified the accounts in the matter pertaining to acquisition of shares of Nipuna Services Ltd,” Narayana said.
India’s federal investigation agency, which had filed its first charge sheet on 7 April, also filed on Tuesday a supplementary charge sheet against 10 people accused in the case, a list that now includes V.S. Prabhakar Gupta, previously internal audit head at the software firm.
The charges include criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, falsification of accounts and criminal breach of trust.
Gupta was arrested on 21 November and remanded to judicial custody. He was accused of wilful suppression of auditing irregularities and for his role in the conspiracy.
Sridhar Maturi, a spokesman for Satyam, said: “We don’t have any comments to offer on the findings of the investigating agencies.” Tech Mahindra, too, declined comment. A spokesperson for the firm said: “The issue is sub judice and it is not appropriate for us to comment on the issue.”
Anurag Purohit, an analyst with Religare Securities Ltd, said the new evidence would hurt Satyam’s investors further. “The new legal angles being brought in by CBI is likely to have a negative impact on investor sentiments. Currently, it is the legal issues that is the biggest hurdle preventing the company shares from getting fair valuation.”
Not everyone agrees with that. “Such negative news may have a short-term impact on the firm’s share price, but ultimately it is the company’s performance that matters in the long run,” Anil Advani, head of research at SBICAP Securities Ltd, said.
The fraud-hit Satyam took a big hit after Raju’s confessions, and gained some ground only after a government-appointed board initiated a revival that eventually resulted in Tech Mahindra acquiring a controlling stake in the company.
CBI’s Narayana said the agency is continuing its probe into possible diversion of funds from Satyam and is awaiting additional information from six countries. It will file separate charge sheets on this shortly and is contemplating another set of charge sheets related to tax evasions, he added.
Narayana also said that “further evidence collected revealed the role of statutory auditors S. Gopalakrishnan and Srinivas Talluri (of Price Waterhouse) in the fraud.” He didn’t provide further details.
Including wrongful gains by the accused and losses suffered by investors during the period of the fraud, overall losses suffered by investors would be at least Rs14,000 crore, he added. “The huge assets acquired by the accused with the fraud amounts have been identified. A total of 1,065 properties whose documented value is Rs350 crore have been identified, which includes around 6,000 acres of land, 40,000 square yards of housing plots and 90,000 sq. ft of built-up areas.”
The supplementary charge sheet has also brought out “the conspiracy amongst the accused to cover the accounting scam in Satyam Computer through Satyam-Maytas acquisition deal and in the process also cheating the investors of Maytas Infra Ltd and Maytas Properties Ltd”.
Last December, Raju had proposed acquiring Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties, both run by his son, but gave up the idea after investors protested. The collapse of this deal set off a train of events that resulted in his confession in January.
Narayana said CBI has not identified other people linked to the scam and no other arrests are in the offing for now. “As far as the accounting scam is concerned, the investigation is over and we are ready for the trial to begin,” he said.
The accused in the first charge sheet of CBI include Raju, his elder brother and then managing director B. Rama Raju, younger brother and director of SRSR Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd B. Suryanarayana Raju, then chief financial officer Srinivas Vadlamani and Satyam’s auditors Price Waterhouse partners Gopalakrishnan and Talluri.
The other accused include three former senior officials of Satyam—vice-president G. Ramakrishna, senior manager D. Venkatapathi Raju, and assistant manager C. Srisailam.
All the accused except Suryanarayana Raju, who had obtained bail, are in judicial custody in the Chanchalguda Central Prison in Hyderabad.
Lison Joseph in Mumbai contributed to this story.

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I am here to announce the winner of the Altenew May 2015 Blog Hop. Here is the lucky winner who will receive a $30 gift certificate to Altenew Online store:
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The Duchess of York has told of the lesson she learned through her rift with Diana, Princess of Wales.
The flame haired royal never properly made up with Prince Charles' former wife before she died in a car crash in 1997.
And the experience has taught her something.
The 50-year-old royal explains: "The last year before she died she was angry with me about something, so she didn't speak to me for ages, and I kept ringing her and writing her. I tried for a year to get in touch with her."
"And now I'm grateful she didn’t, in a way, because I learned that when people try to get in touch with me, I should send them a message back straight away."
Sarah told New York Magazine that Diana was: "my best friend". She continues: "We were both completely the same, the same with our thoughts. She and I were free spirits."
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WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is facing allegations of illegally approving a COVID loan worth $700 million to a trucking company which violates the CARES Act, an economic assistance and health care services program for individuals, families, and businesses impacted by COVID-19.
Former President Donald Trump signed the CARES Act into law in March 2020.
The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a report Wednesday alleging that the administration illegally awarded the loan to Yellow Corporation, a trucking company.
According to the report, the Trump administration agreed to allow Yellow Corporation to use $400 million of its $700 million loan for long-term investments, a violation of the CARES Act that requires businesses to use the money for lost revenue due to the pandemic.
The Select Subcommittee's new report follows an investigation launched by the agency into Yellow Corporation's eligibility for the CARES Act loan in June 2020.
Yellow Corporation executives reportedly wanted to use the loan money for long-term capital investments. According to the report, Yellow's chief financial officer wrote to a creditor that they had their "hand in the cookie jar" and would attempt to get "catch up capital expenditures."
According to the report, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadow planned to contact Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin about the organization's application in May 2020. White House officials reportedly held routine talks with Yellow Corporation regarding their loan application.
Once Yellow Corporation received the loan, a union leader with the company thanked Trump for the loan months before the 2020 presidential election.
"Today’s Select Subcommittee staff report reveals yet another example of the Trump Administration disregarding their obligation to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars," Select Subcommittee Chairman James E. Clyburn said in a statement.
Clyburn added: "Political appointees risked hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds against the recommendations of career DOD officials and in clear disregard of provisions of the CARES Act intended to protect national security and American taxpayers. The Select Subcommittee is committed to accountability for government officials and other unscrupulous actors who sought to use a public health crisis as an opportunity for political gain and personal profit."
The committee report against the Trump administration comes two days after a judge found Trump in contempt of court and fined him $10,000 a day for a dispute over a subpoena issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
FOX10 Phoenix contributed to this story. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.

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"One of the world's leading internet experts takes readers into the shadowy realm of cyberspace and cybersecurity, revealing how it has transformed our world and the new rules we will need to adopt in order to survive "
"RONALD J. DEIBERT is professor of political science and Director of the Canada Centre for Global Security tudies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, an interdisciplinary research and development ""hothouse"" working at the intersection of the Internet, global security, and human rights. He is a co-founder and a principal investigator of the OpenNet Intiative and the Information Warfare Monitor, which uncovered the GhostNet cyberespionage network of over 2,500 infected computers in 103 countries. Deibert's work has received front-page coverage in the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, International erald Tribune, and New York Times. He lives in Toronto with his family."
"Black Code is terrifying. It effortlessly chronicles
threats ranging from individual privacy to national
security...[highlighting] the shadowy, lucrative war online, behind
closed doors and in the halls of power, which threatens to control,
censor, and spy on us, or worse."
"Gripping and absolutely terrifying. . . . Black Code is
a manifesto for the 21st-century form of network stewardship, a
sense of shared responsibility toward our vital electronic water
supply. It is a timely rallying cry, and sorely needed."
--Cory Doctorow, Globe and Mail "Ron Deibert is an excellent guide to the fascinating and disturbing world of cyber security."
--Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard, and author of The Future of Power
"For more than a decade, Ron Deibert's Citizen Lab has been at the forefront of decoding actions both crude and subtle to disrupt Internet access and usage. A path from the Dalai Lama's hacked laptop to a worldwide espionage ring is but one tale of many of the Lab's singular exploits -- now gathered here in this compelling volume that chronicles the ongoing wars amidst the Internet's rise."
--Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law and Professor of Computer Science, Harvard University, and author of The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It
"At a time when autocrats, criminal gangs and others are trying to control and pervert the use of cyberspace, Ron Deibert's Black Code rings like a fire-bell in the night, warning us that the price of a new global commons of shared knowledge and connectivity is vigilance in defense of free expression and the rule of law. Anyone who cares about the future of democracy needs to read this timely and most important book."
--Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy "Black Code stimulated my thinking about the potential for making the Internet a much safer place."
--Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer

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Owing to cinema day and the festive spirit of Navratri, there have been decent footfalls at the theaters and the film is expected to continue to fare well through this week.
Interestingly the film’s strong business has mostly come from big cities like Mumbai and Delhi while the smaller circuits haven’t performed that well. The film has crossed 60crore mark in Mumbai and Rs. 50 crore in Delhi.
Having said that, ‘Brahmastra’ might be expected to face some good competition from this week’s release, ‘Vikram Vedha’ since the advance bookings of this Hrithik Roshan-Saif Ali Khan starrer seem promising.
Meanwhile, the makers of ‘Brahmastra’ have launched the ‘Shiva theme’ from the film today on Ranbir’s birthday. Ayan Mukerji wrote on Instagram, “SHIVA THEME Feels right to be launching this today on Ranbir’s/our Shiva’s Birthday… His theme from Brahmāstra! Fire. Intensity. Spirituality. Hope you enjoy it! ”
One will have to see now if the occasion of Ranbir’s birthday will add to the film’s box-office further.


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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Pretty in Pink....
Today was Emma Sage's first dance class at her new dance studio........what a magical time she had. She adored the teacher and all her new friends, and it seems like they felt the same way about Little Miss.
I have many photos to upload and stories to tell, but I just don't know when I will get enough time to get any of it done.
One of my most favorite things to do is to share our life with Emma Sage on this blog and there just haven't been enough hours in my day for me to do that properly.....so here is just a tease until this Momma can sit down for a little bit of time and update life with Emma Sage.


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Cambridge City’s latest project is to stabilize the building located at 12 W. Main St. The building not only features the iconic Lincoln Funeral Train mural but has a rich history tied to the White Water Canal. Beneville Kline and Jacob Matthias constructed the Federal style brick building circa 1844. The original intention of the building was to function as a mercantile store for their dry goods business out of Hamilton, Ohio. At the time of construction, prior to the Vinton House, the building occupied a prominent corner lot at the intersection of the proposed Whitewater Canal and the National Road. The lot was prime real estate in 1844. Cambridge city was projected to experience significant growth as the original terminus for the canal (it was later extended to Hagerstown). Matthias and Kline set the ground work to create a successful business model in the town and entered into business with Casper Markle, an early businessman in Cambridge City. This would have been a natural relationship to establish ties to the canal’s terminus. They more than likely had business associations already in Cincinnati due to its proximity to Hamilton. Their operations began in 1844 with the construction of the building. They also sent one of their Hamilton store clerks, William Kline, to operate their Cambridge City store.
An 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Cambridge City. The map was drawn 42 years after Matthias and Kline constructed their store (highlighted in red and marked Cigar Factory), but it still shows its prominent location in relation to the National Road (Cambridge City's Main St. just above the building outlines) and the White Water Canal. At the time of it's construction the Vinton House would not have been there.
The decision to locate a mercantile store in Cambridge City would have appeared to be a solid investment in 1844. Especially because Matthias and Kline had plans to run a canal line carrying goods from Cincinnati to Cambridge via the Whitewater Canal. The partners bought up a large number of properties in Cambridge City and started to run advertisements in the Cambridge City Reveille as early as July 16, 1845. The advertisements were for the “People’s Line: White Water Canal.” Featured in the advertisement is a statement from Matthias and Kline:
“The proprietors of this line respectfully announce to their customers and the public in general, that they have made such additions and improvements to their facilities for the transportation of Produce and Merchandise to and from Cincinnati and Cambridge City, that will guarantee satisfactory accommodations to all who may be pleased to honor them with their patronage.” Cambridge City Reveille July 16, 1845
The canal was open for operation in the Cambridge City area by 1846, but that same year the Duck Creek aqueduct was destroyed. Repairs were completed quickly to keep the canal operating but accidents similar to the Duck Creek aqueduct were frequent and slowed canal line operations. Slow operations meant reduced shipments. In 1846, the partners ceased operations of their mercantile store in 12 W. main and rented it to proprietor C.H. Raymond. Raymond opened Cambridge City’s first Hardware Store south of the main street adjoined to Reisor’s Mansion in 1844. Raymond’s move to the Matthias and Kline Co. building made sense. The building was highly visible on the well-traveled National Road and in closer proximity to other shops on Main Street.
A recent photo of the preserved Duck Creek Aqueduct in Franklin County, Indiana
Photo Credit: By Chris4682 at English Wikipedia - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22744317
The building was Mathias and Kline’s only property holding on Main Street near the canal. Two years after construction the firm was no longer operating the mercantile store in Cambridge. This did not signal the end of their business venture. Matthias and Kline continued to operate in Cambridge City and potentially supplied C.H. Raymond’s store with goods. Goods from Mathias, Kline and Co. were also featured in an advertisement for Temple’s American Liniment. However, by the start of 1848 the Cambridge City Reveille no longer ran advertisements for the People’s Line. The 1847 flood may have been the final nail in the coffin for Matthias and Kline Co.’s canal line.
The White Water Canal was besieged by major flooding on New Year’s Day in 1847. The destroyed multiple aqueducts and thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to the canal. The damage was extensive enough to shut the canal down for six months while the White Water Canal tried to acquire funding for the repairs. During this six month period the People’s Line would not have been operating, and a large part of the Mathias and Kline Co.’s operations was not producing revenue.
The financial situation surrounding Matthias and Kline’s Cambridge City investments did not improve. In, A Biographical History of Eminent and Self-made Men of the State of Indiana, it states that William Kline traveled west in 1848 during the gold rush to pursue other business ventures. This was probably a nice way of stating William skipped town when there was no longer a job for him. There is heavy evidence to suggest William left Cambridge City when Matthias and Kline ceased business operations there. By 1848 there appears to be little trace of the firm left in Cambridge City except for some property holdings.
The large brick building at 12 W. Main, their former store, was sold to Lebram Holland in 1848. Advertisements for the People’s Line ceased, and no research suggests they operated a business within the city. Their business listing and location in Cincinnati also does not appear in the 1848-1849 Cincinnati City Directory, or any later editions, suggesting their days operating a canal line were finished. The last mention of Matthias and Kline found in regards to Cambridge City is in the December 6th, 1855 issue of the Richmond Palladium. The partners went delinquent on their taxes for seven lots in Cambridge City. The research trail went cold on the partners afterward and it is unknown whether they continued to operate a store in Hamilton or not.
Even though Matthias and Kline’s canal business did not work out they have left a lasting legacy in Cambridge City. The Matthias and Kline building remains one of Cambridge City’s oldest standing buildings, and it is once again a prominent corner building. The building anchors the eastern gateway into downtown Cambridge City and features the Lincoln mural. Cambridge City Main Street’s dedication to improve the downtown continues with this project. Please check back on this page for additional updates on the project and more history on the Matthias and Kline building to come!


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Research Article - Clinical Investigation (2018) Volume 8, Issue 4
The effect of nurses' communication skills with Nulliparous mothers on exclusive breastfeeding: A Clinical Trial Study
3Institute of family health, Vali Asr Reproductive Health Research Center, Vali ASR hospital, Imam Khomeini hospital complex, Tehran University of medical sciences (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
5Akbar Abadi Health Center, Tehran, Iran.
- Corresponding Author:
- Nasrin Abedinia
Institute of family health, maternal, fetal and neonatal Health Research Center, Vali ASR hospital, Imam Khomeini hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, (TUMS), Tehran, Iran
E-mail: [email protected]
Submitted Date: 03 September 2018; Accepted Date: 23 September 2018; Published Date: 27 September 2018
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in the first six months of life has many benefits for mother and newborn. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of medical staff communication skills training on breastfeeding in nulliparous mothers. This is a clinical trial study. One hundred- seventy nulliparous pregnant women were selected from Vali-e-Asr Hospital of Tehran. The samples were divided into two groups of intervention (n=85) and control (n=85) by randomized blocks method. The intervention in this study was in the form of therapeutic communication training to the ten nurses in delivery emergency department ward on how to communicate with mothers. The Therapeutic communication skills training course consisted of four communication skills (Empathy skills, Interpersonal skills, Stress and emotional management). Chi-square test and analysis of variance were used to analyze the data and compare the groups. There was a significant difference between the two groups regarding the exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months (P=0.046).The frequency of exclusive breastfeeding in interventional group was higher than the control group (37.5% vs. 23.5%). At six months old, the babies in the study group grew more than the control group (8218.82 ± 2308.57 vs. 7442.23 ± 1923.27 gr, p=0.018) The professional therapeutic relationship of medical staff with the mothers led to an increase in exclusive breastfeeding and continuation of breastfeeding in the first 6 months of childbirth. It seems that breastfeeding is associated with the higher baby growth and lower use of formula feeding.
Nursing education researchs, Breastfeeding, Exclusive breastfeeding, Medical staff, Mothers, Intervention
Breastfeeding in the health of mothers and babies is a widely accepted issue. In this regard; in the statement released by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1997, it was noted that breast milk was the golden standard for the nutrition of healthy and mature infants up to the first 6 months of their life [1-3].
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) refers to mere nutrition by breast milk but no other foods and liquids for infants. In this respect; age of marriage, level of education, socio-economic status, and attitudes to breastfeeding, breastfeeding problems and support resources for mothers, maternal self-confidence and self-efficiency are as well recognized among the factors affecting EBF. These factors have also intervening impacts on the duration of breastfeeding .
In a report from 94 countries across the world in 2003, the WHO declared that only 35% of infants were exclusively breastfed up to 4 months of age. Nowadays, the most important index for successful implementation of breastfeeding programs across the world is EBF within the first 6 months after birth. The EBF rate in Iran was reported 49.1 % [5-7].
Beliefs as well as positive tendency and attitudes could increase the duration of breastfeeding.
Professional healthcare system especially nurses have likewise positive and negative effects on breastfeeding and its duration . One of the important factors affecting the breastfeeding and its duration is the effective therapeutic communication by specialists and medical staff [9,10].
However, some investigations suggested that levels of knowledge in healthcare specialists in terms of breastfeeding were often inadequate and affected by their own experiences [11,13]. As well, the communication between nurses and mothers could have affected the maternal self-esteem, a sense of self-control and emotional bond between mothers and babies .
In the nulliparous women, the delay of starting the breastfeeding decreases the rate of EBF. This problem may be due to several reasons including inadequate postpartum support by nurses as well as breastfeeding problems such as sore nipples and insufficient breast milk [15,17].
Healthcare professionals should play a supportive role that encourage mothers to breastfeeding without the prejudice which is very important and vital [18-21]. Therefore, postpartum primary care is also sensitive and critical and mothers should be encouraged to have EBF [22,23].
Noughabi (2014) and Ranjbaran (2016) reported the EBF was 46.5% in Tehran and 49.1 % in Iran respectively (6, 7). The several strong evidence showed the short and long-term benefits of breastfeeding for both baby and mother [6,7], also WHO has suggested governments by increasing the rate of breastfeeding, one-quarter of the mortality rate of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, asthma and respiratory diseases will be reduced by 2025 .
So, this study investigated the impacts of effective therapeutic communication between medical staff and mothers as well as its effects on the rate of breastfeeding and EBF.
Methods and Materials
This study was a clinical trial conducted for one year from July 2014 to August 2015. The study population based on the inclusion a criterion was comprised of all healthy nulliparous pregnant women aged at least 18 years with the ability to read and write. They also had decided to breastfeed and they were full-term pregnancy (>38 weeks of gestational age) with the healthy neonates. The systemic diseases during the pregnancy, postpartum psychosis, the existence of anomalies and diseases in newborns were the exclusion criteria. The samples included of 170 pregnant women for delivery which referred to the emergency department of Vali-e-Asr Hospital in Tehran.
The research purpose and the willingness to participate in the study were described, and the informed consent from mothers was obtained.
The samples were randomly divided into two groups of intervention (n=85) and control group (n=85). Based on randomized blocks with size 4; the first sample was assigned to group A, the second sample was included in group A, the third and the fourth samples were placed in group B, and such a random division continued in the following order until all 170 samples were divided. Healthcare therapists and staff as well as mothers were not aware of the groups assigned and they were only given specific codes which were entirely blind. (AABB, ABBA, ABAB, BBAA, BABA, BAAB ...)
The intervention in this study was in the form of therapeutic communication training to nurses in the delivery emergency department and gynecology ward on how to communicate with mothers.
10 nurses with the morning and night shifts of working were selected from the delivery emergency department.
The selection of nurses based on the bachelor’s degree, at least 5 years of work experience and willingness to participate in the study. Communication skills training was administered to nurses in three sessions (one hour per a session) of group training by a psychologist with an educational package. The training course and educational package consisted of four communication skills extracted out of ten life skills.
1. Empathy skills which refers to willingness to respond to emotional states of patients with the same ones. That is, a person is able to understand and respect patient-related problems even when they are not in those conditions. These skills make them like and pay attention to patients and have the same mutual feelings from patients. Through establishing better social relationships, both of them also become closer to each other.
2. Interpersonal skills i.e. ability that helps interactive relationships in which medical staff have the better collaboration and cooperation with patients and trust to them. They can recognize the borders of relationships with each other. Interpersonal relationship skills are likewise characterized as a process by which patients’ information and feelings are shared with medical staff.
4. Emotional management skills are the ones that enable an individual to diagnose excitements in themselves and in patients, know their effects on their behaviors, and demonstrate appropriate responses to different emotions.
In the intervention group, professional therapeutic communication was performed on mothers during the labor and postpartum by the nurses. The nurses trained to mothers and also answered the questions related to breastfeeding and other maternal cares. But in the control group, mothers received a routine communications in the delivery emergency room.
Skin contact immediately after delivery and postnatal rooming performed between mother and infant. All of samples stayed in hospital for 48 hours.
The mothers in both groups completed the demographic characteristics and patient satisfaction questionnaire. The patient satisfaction is a Researcher- structure questionnaire and included 16 items scored based on Likert-type scale (from 1 to 5). Its content was comprised of nurses’ behavior and their characteristics including patience, kindness, cooperation, responsiveness to patient, their availability, respect to patient privacy, skills and knowledge required for work. The higher score is the higher of satisfaction. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was 0.70 and 0.76 respectively. In addition, results revealed that the questionnaire had acceptable reliability and test-retest reliability coefficient was 95%.
Postnatal breastfeeding (breastfeeding within one hour after the birth), the newborn weight at the end of 6 months of age, Use of formula milk and patient satisfaction from the medical staff services are the main outcomes. A medically trained staff followed the breastfeeding duration and weight gain at 6-month-old babies by the phone call.
It should be noted that the present study was recorded in the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials with the code number IRCT2014020510746N4. The SPSS (Version 20) software (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, Il, USA) was also used for data analysis. The data analyzed by using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency) by chi-square and T- test, ANOVA was used to compare the groups. The level of significance and the test power were estimated equal to 95% and 80%, respectively.
The report of the Ministry of Health in the year of 2012 indicates the lactation nearly to 60% by the end of the 6th month . Kronberg in 2007 stated that promoting self-esteem and establishing a good relationship with mother could bring Breastfeeding to 80% . Using a sample size formula, comparisons of the relationships between the two groups with 95% confidence, 90% power, and the difference of 20% - about 110 samples is needed for review.
In the present study, both groups were similar in the demographic characteristics; in other words, the intervention and control groups were homogeneous (Figure 1).
In the intervention group, the newborn weight at the end of 6 months of age was much more than the Control group (8218.2308.57 ± 2308.57 g vs. 7442.23 ± 1923.27 g; P=0.018).
The mean of patient satisfaction score from the medical staff services was significantly higher in the intervention group (72.89 ± 4.64 vs. 50.01 ± 13.9; P=0.0003) (Table 1).
|Control group N (%)||P|
|Below high school diploma||32 (37.6%)||33 (38.8%)||0.381|
|High school diploma||32 (37.6%)||21 (24.7%)|
|Above high school diploma||38 (44.7%)||14 (16.5%)|
|Below high school diploma||41 (48.2%)||47 (55.3%)||0.49|
|High school diploma||29 (34.1%)||28 (32.9%)|
|Above high school diploma||15 (17.6%)||10 (11.8%)|
|Housewife||81 (95.3%)||76 (89.4%)||0.149|
|Employed||4 (4.7%)||9 (10.6%)|
|Type of delivery|
|Normal||65 (76.5%)||20 (23.5%)|
|Caesarean section||63 (74.1%)||0.687|
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EBF was significantly higher in the intervention group than the control group, (32 (37%) vs. 20 (23%), P=0.046).
Use of formula milk in the control group was higher than the intervention group (41 (48%) vs. 18 (21%); P=0.0001). Postnatal breastfeeding in the intervention group was significantly more than the control group (85(100%) vs. 62(73%) individuals; P=0.0001) (Table 2).
M ± SD
M ± SD
|Maternal age||28.88 ± 5.04||28.85 ± 6.24||0.968|
|Paternal age||32.82 ± 5.35||33.46 ± 6.41||0.484|
|Duration of marriage||7.23 ± 5.37||7.42 ± 5.74||0.828|
|Age of marriage||21.59 ± 4.06||21.39 ± 4.45||0.76|
|Age of delivery||38.24 ± 1.72||38.15 ± 1.64||0.716|
|Baby weight at birth||307.76 ± 696.79||3080.41 ± 744.58||0.974|
|Baby weight at 6 months of age||8218.82 ± 2308.57||7442.23 ± 1923.27||0.018|
|Patient Satisfaction||72.79 ± 4.64||50.01 ± 13.9||0.0003|
Table 2: Comparison of Quantitative variables of demographic characteristics in both intervention and control groups.
Data analysis also revealed that breastfeeding in the early hours of birth could multiply the breastfeeding continuation until the end of 6 months of age. In this respect, breastfeeding was started by 122 mothers within the first hours of birth which led to breastfeeding continuation by 110 (90%) individuals until the end of 6 months of age. However; in 48 mothers with no breastfeeding within the first hours of birth, 72% breastfeeding continuation for 6 months was observed (P=0.001).
At six months infants in the study group grew more those in the control group (8218.82 ± 2308.57 vs. 7442.23 ± 1923.27 gr, p=0.018).
The purpose of this study was to teach the techniques of communication skills to medical staff in order to enhance and provide better healthcare services to mothers, which are leading to an increase the rate of EBF in the first 6 months of birth. The results of the present study showed that effective and high-quality therapeutic communications by medical staff in the intervention group could significantly increase EBF in the first 6 months of age compared to control group. Besides, the use of formula milk in the intervention group was lower than the control group. However, the rate of breastfeeding in the intervention group by the end of 6 months showed a significant rise than the control group.
In a systematic review on encouraging breastfeeding, (968 abstracts and 268 studies in which 53 cases were clinical trials) were evaluated the EBF at 4-6 weeks and 6 months after delivery. The reports showed 137% increase (more than 6 times) in EBF in developing countries compared to 1.3 times rise in the studies conducted in developed countries. The results demonstrated that prenatal counseling had a significant effect on the results of breastfeeding at 4-6 weeks and at 6 months .
Li (2014) in a study assessed staff training as well as policies of organizational structure associated with breastfeeding of newborns 24 to 48 hours after delivery. The results showed that hospital staff training could further the rate of breastfeeding in infants in terms of improving knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to breastfeeding . Fox (2015) in their qualitative study on the experiences of nursing mothers through baby cafe service and breastfeeding support reported that readiness for breastfeeding was required to be established before childbirth and breastfeeding support with the centrality of parents needed to be provided immediately after delivery. These findings suggested that effective social support along with reassurance and guidance by the experienced staff could help women overcome difficulties and increase their self-esteem in order to achieve nutritional goals . A specific model of midwifery care and dialogues with mothers within the first week of delivery could facilitate mother-infant relationships in terms of breastfeeding [27,28]. In addition, Grochans reported that professional support to nulliparous mothers and pregnant women with no breastfeeding training should be provided by midwives and nurses which could lead to a better preparation of mothers to breastfeed. Midwives and nurses were also required to utilize their professional skills in order to improve and enhance the quality of maternal care . It also seems that obtaining information as well as providing practical and emotional support by nurses can reduce potential problems of breastfeeding . According to the results of the studies [25-30], it was concluded that all their results were consistent with the findings of the present study.
|Variables||Intervention group||Control group||P|
|Breastfeeding||M ± SD||M ± SD|
|Immediate breastfeeding after birth||85 (100%)||62 (72.9%)||0.0001|
|Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months||32 (37.5%)||20 (23.5%)||0.046|
|Breastfeeding up to 6 months||79 (92.9%)||66 (77.6%)||0.005|
|Use of formula milk up to 6 months||18 (21.2%)||41 (48.2%)||0.001|
|Breastfeeding along with other liquids||19 (22.4%)||23 (27.1%)||0.477|
|Less than a bottle of formula milk a day||15 (17.6%)||23 (27.1%)||0.141|
|At least one bottle of formula milk a day||13 (15.3%)||15 (17.6%)||0.679|
|Partial breastfeeding||13 (15.3%)||19 (22.4%)||0.239|
|Use of breast milk in a bottle||14 (16.5%)||29 (34.1%)||0.008|
Table 3: Comparison of outcomes in both intervention and control groups.
Based on the systematic review conducted by Swerts in 2016, attention to mother-infant relationships immediately after birth was very important and it could have significant effects on EBF . In the present study, not only training courses in terms of communication skills and techniques were provided for medical staff but also educational packages as well as psychological and support counseling were given to mothers which in some way focused on mother-infant relationships and led to an increase in breastfeeding and EBF and reduction in the use of formula milk by mothers.
The results of this study also showed that mothers who breastfed their babies immediately after birth, it leads to continuation of lactation until the first 6 months of the baby's birth. The onset delay in the baby's lactation increases the use of formula milk. These problems are more likely to be observed in nulliparous and employed mothers. Thus, they should be provided with the more maternal care before childbirth . It seems that early breastfeeding especially within the first hours of birth should be considered by medical staff as well as mothers since that is the golden time for continuation and duration of breastfeeding. To achieve the desired results in terms of breastfeeding, it seems that Professional and specialized courses that promote better communication between medical staff with the breastfeeding mothers, and also breastfeeding support should be considered. It is essential to establish professional courses to provide knowledge and evidence-based performance to support breastfeeding mothers and their infants.
The professional therapeutic relationship of the medical staff with the mothers led to an increase in exclusive breastfeeding and continuation of breastfeeding in the first 6 months of childbirth and reduced the use of formula milk.
At six months old, the babies in the study group grew more than the baby of the control group. So; it seems that breastfeeding is associated with higher baby growth and lower use of formula feeding.
We hereby express our gratitude to the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research in Tehran University of Medical Sciences for their financial support and scientific-ethical approval of this study (code no. 22835). We also appreciate all the staff in Vali-e-Asr hospital especially Ms. Khadijeh Goudarzi for their cooperation in the implementation of this study.
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Grass River Complex:
- The St. Lawrence County Multi-use Trail, which crosses the Grass River, Long Pond, and Tooley Pond Conservation Easements, closed for the season on September 15.
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Summer is here! Whether you’re going for a hike, a bike, a paddle, or fishing, Hike Smart NY can help you prepare with a list of 10 essentials, guidance on what to wear, and tips for planning your trip with safety and sustainability in mind.
The Importance of Planning Your Hike
If you have ever been a passenger in a car staring out your window as you ride down an Adirondack road, you know how thick the forests are. The Adirondacks contains vast, dense wilderness where planning your hike is essential for your well-being and safety.
Your Adirondack adventure begins at home. Learning and studying about your destination, routing the trail/trails on your map, and reading your guidebook are not only fun but important.
Take these steps when planning your hike:
- Plan in detail so you know what gear to bring in addition to your 10 essentials.
- Refer to trusted sources and guidebooks when deciding where to park and what trail to take.
- Use your paper map to determine what the elevation gains and losses will be throughout your hike, where water sources will be, and how many total miles you will hike.
- Check the weather for the area where your hike is located as well as summit forecasts for more accurate predictions of precipitation, temperature, wind chill, wind speed, and sky cover at elevation. Take into account that weather can change rapidly, especially on high summits.
- Learn the regulations for the area where you will be hiking.
- Leave your plans with a family member or trusted friend. Include your destination, what trail you will be on, where you will park, how many miles you will be hiking, and what time to call the emergency dispatch number if they haven’t heard from you.
Leave No Trace
Follow the Seven Principles of Leave No Trace to maintain minimal impact on the environment and the natural resources of the Adirondacks. Use proper trail etiquette to ensure an enjoyable experience for yourself and others and tread lightly!
Principle 6: Respect Wildlife
Whenever you recreate outdoors there is the possibility of encountering native wildlife. Just like people, each animal has a different personality and temperament. Follow these tips to help keep you and the wildlife you encounter safe, no matter the critter:
Do Not Approach: It may seem like common sense, but in the moment excitement may take over, leading you to venture out of safety for a better look. DON’T. Instead, use the “rule of thumb.” With your arm fully extended, make a thumbs up and move until the entire animal is obscured from view by your thumb.
Don’t Stress It: Loud noises and quick movements make animals feel as though you are chasing them, which can cause them to behave erratically and even become a danger to you and themselves. Stress can also make animals more susceptible to the elements. To avoid stressing animals, don’t pursue, feed, pick up, or chase off an animal.
Share the Water Hole: When choosing a backcountry campsite, maintain a 200-foot buffer from any water source so animals can take advantage of them without feeling threatened. Many animals are nocturnal, so it’s good to avoid water holes at night.
If You Care, Leave It There: If you ever encounter an animal in trouble, don’t take it upon yourself to help them. Instead, contact DEC Dispatch and notify the proper authorities.

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Your brakes are one of the most important elements of your car. They help you safely neutralize all that speed and momentum each time you need to stop your car. So brake problems can be a very serious issue. But many car owners are of the mindset that if they can still squeeze some function out of their brakes, they don't need to get brake repairs. This mindset can be extremely hazardous, as you can imagine.


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1 month ago
The opposition has voiced concern over plans to allow boats from other countries to enter into Maldivian waters to purchase fish from Maldivian fishermen.
These concerns were raised with the Fisheries Minister Zaha Waheed during her questioning in the parliament's Economic Affairs Committee meeting.
The deputy leader of the opposition party Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), and the Naifaru MP Mr. Ahmed
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7 Jul 2022 • General news
This Week’s Readings etc
This Week’s Readings
Amos 7. 7-end
7This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. 8And the Lord said to me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘A plumb-line.’ Then the Lord said, ‘See, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.’
10Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent to King Jeroboam of Israel, saying, ‘Amos has conspired against you in the very centre of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. 11For thus Amos has said, “Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.” ’And Amaziah said to Amos, ‘O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, earn your bread there, and prophesy there; 13but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.’
14Then Amos answered Amaziah, ‘I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore trees, 15and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”‘Now therefore hear the word of the Lord. You say, “Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.”
Therefore, thus says the Lord: “Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be parcelled out by line;
you yourself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall surely go into exile away from its land.” ’
Colossians 1. 1-14
1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
3In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 4for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, 6the gospel that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God. 7This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow-servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, 8and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
9For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. 11May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. 13He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 10. 25-37
25A lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ 26He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ 27He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.’ 28And he said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’
29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?' 30Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.” 36Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’ 37He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.‘ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’
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Rowcroft Road Cressage Road Oslo Gardens Ely Close Walsgrave Gdns
School Hse Lane Nordic Drift Arne Road Fielding Close Bracknell Walk
Athol Road Olaf Place Darwin Close Hexby Close Dawley Walk
Those people We Know to Be Sick or in Need of our Prayers
Iain Rees Roger Collett Ken Fisher Linda Hodgkiss
Eden Brown David Wall Eileen Bees Val Ekin
Margaret Davoll Karen Wood Joseph Chan
Edna Robinson Joan Sharman David Wall
Those who have died
Barry's funeral will be held in church at midday on the 13th July. This will then be followed at 2.30pm by the cremation at Canley Crematorium, Charter Chapel, which people are welcome to attend.
Many thanks to David Osselton for putting on a superb buffet for the familiarisation evening for the candidates, to Gillian Tompsett and Kay Morgan for serving refreshments through the day, Gary Croshaw for his guided tours of the parish and Mervyn Hancox for talking about the history of St Mary’s and tours of the vicarage. We are very grateful to all who kindly gave their time.
At the time of writing (Thursday) we are interviewing 3 candidates for the position of Priest in Charge at St Mary’s. The interview panel is Sylvia Geraghty from The Lord Chancellors office, Archdeacon Barry Dugmore, Area Dean Buff Forbes Stone, Tony Thistlewood and Barbara Hancox. There is unlikely to be any announcement for a couple of weeks as final approval before appointment has to be given by Bishop Christopher.
Today after the service we welcome the family and friends of Dexter John Kerrigan who is being baptized. Please remember him and his parents in your prayers.
Prayers for the Sick
Thank you for letting us have the names of those who are in need of our prayers, could you also please let Sue in the office know or email me on firstname.lastname@example.org when the name needs to be removed. It is always good to hear when prayers have been answered.


Sri Rama Kala Sangha will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a programme at H.L.N. Kalakshetra in Jayanagar 8th Stage here on November 27.
Office-bearers of the Sri Rama Kala Sangha told presspersons here on Thursday that M. Krishnappa, vice-president of the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), would inaugurate the cultural programme.
Artists in association with the Karnataka Yakshagana Academy will present “Jambavathi Kalyana” at 3 p.m.
“Prameela Sandhana Ghora Bheeshana Kalaga” will be presented at 6 p.m. with the association of a noted Thenkuthittu team.
Hosamoole Ganesh Bhat, Delamtamajalu Subrahmanya Bhat and Venu Mambadi will present ‘ Himmela ', while Jagadhabhirama Padubidre, Deepak Rao Pejawara, Mahabaleshwara Bhat Bhagamandala, Karthik Rao, Peruvodi Subrahmanya Bhat, Krishna Kumar and others will present ‘ Mummela '.
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FURY is defined as "intense, disordered, and
often destructive rage" and that it "is overmastering destructive rage
that can verge on madness" (Merriam-Webster's Dictionary)
Let us see what the Sublime Songs of Asho Zarathushtra say. The word "aeshma
- fury" is used for seven times in the Gathas. They are:
The Soul of the Living World lamented to You:
Why did You create me? Who fashioned me this way?
I am oppressed by fury, rapine, outrage, and aggression.
I have no one to rehabilitate me other than
You. Lead me to true civilization.
(Gathas: Song 2-stanza 1 = Yasna 29:2)
Then the Creator of the Living World asked Righteousness:
Who is Your leader of the World,
who can offer her civilization,
nourishment, and strength?
Whom do you wish to be her lord;
one who shall repel the fury of the wrongful?
(Gathas: Song 2 = stanza 2)
Between these two,
the seekers of false gods did not decide correctly,
because delusion came to them in their deliberations.
Therefore, they chose the worst mind,
rushed in fury,
and afflicted the human existence.
(Gathas: Song 3 - stanza 6 = Yasna 30:6)
How could false gods be good rulers?
I ask this because those who indulge in lust,
with which the mumbling priests, particularly the sacrificing Usigs ( a
have delivered the world to fury,
and the princes, in their stubbornness, have forced it to lament,
and do not reward it through righteousness so as to promote a settled
(Gathas: Song 9 - stanza 20 = Yasna 44:20)
Put down fury, check violence, you who wish to strengthen
the promotion of good mind through righteousness,
because a progressive man is associated with this.
God, his associates are in Your abode.
(Gathas: Song 13 - stanza 7 = 48:7)
Now, they shall be the benefactors of the lands
who follow the satisfaction of good mind,
and base their actions through righteousness on Your teachings, Wise One.
They indeed have been made to fight fury.
(Gathas: Song 13.12)
Those who, through their evil intellect,
promote fury and cruelty with their tongues
are but drones among productive people.
Their evil deeds have not been defeated by good deeds.
It is they who created false gods,
which forms the religion of the wrongful.
(Gathas: Song 14 - stanza 4 = Yasna 49:4)
The overall picture one gets is that fury is destructive not only to
mankind but the entire living world. When one chooses the bad mentality,
one rushes in fury and afflicts others. Despotic social and religious
leaders are the main persons who, taken by fury in their words and deeds,
bring harm and destruction. And Zarathushtra advises us all to "Put down
fury, check violence, you who wish to strengthen the promotion of good
mind through righteousness, because a progressive man is associated with
this." One, who controls his/her fury, is a universal benefactor.
Zarathushtra wants those, who cannot control their fury, to be
rehabilitated to use their mind and not to fly in fury because it always
boomerangs. They are the final loser. Absence of fury puts an end to
violence in thought, word and deed. It brings "civilization, nourishment,
and strength" to the world. No fury means consideration, cool-mindedness,
logic, rationality, peace, prosperity, and radiant happiness to all.
Rationality wins over rashness.


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Going back a few years I used to enjoy ITV dramas like Band Of Gold, Cracker and Reckless. Then for what seemed like years we had the fly-on-the-wall ‘revolution’ and ITV expected us to sit through shovel loads of turgid crap.
Thankfully, ITV seemed to have turned a corner (perhaps the fruits of Michael Grade’s appointment) and we now have dramas like ‘Torn’, which for the most part was thoroughly entertaining stuff. Cast, crew, director (Sarah Harding) and writer (Chris Lang) did a great job. Performance wise Bradley Walsh (as Stephen Taylor) was man of the match for me. However, one thing that was pointed out to me that was never fully explained…
In episode 2, Bradley Walsh’s character returns back from the pub and there is a crowd around his flat where he learns his other half has fallen from the building.
However, in the final episode (3), we learn he has thrown her from the building. So… How did he get from the flat (where he threw her from) and back to the pub and then back to the scene without anyone seeing him?