Friday, 26 July 2019

No I haven't.
If you get married in England by way of a Church of England wedding (other methods are available!), then the wording is prescribed and must be taken from either the Book of Common Prayer (1662), a slightly updated version of BCP, or, if the couple is feeling all modern, the Marriage Service from Common Worship (2000). Under the latter, the minister is required to "ask anyone present who knows a reason why these persons may not lawfully marry, to declare it now."
Note the word "lawfully" - i.e. this is not the place for general objections on a whim.

Was entrepreneurship a slow romance or an on and off relationship for you?

If I should use one of these terms it was a slow romance.
I see that what the corporate world can offer me is not the life of my dreams. In 2013, I got an idea that I believed in very strongly.
Ultimately a few years later I realized it has serious flaws regarding implementation, although it is still a good idea, so I dropped it.
By this time, I have already spent a lot of time and started to understand how the startup world ticks, so the way forward was certainly the easier and more fulfilling way to go so I kept walking
I am still travelling with a one-way ticket. All in.

Can someone adequately explain why motivational speaker Peter Sage went to prison?

Peter Sage organized a phenomenal scam by creating the illusion he was raising money to start a new company to help with global energy problems.

He then went to Hewlett Packard Enterprise and convinced them he is acting in the global good so they sold him IT equipment at a great discount. Sage sold then the equipment (the whole thing was a scam and there is good evidence for it) and HPE were suing him for the difference between the low price they gave him and the real market price. A difference of $17.5 M.

there was an ongoing case and the supreme court required him to freeze all his assets during the investigation.

he did not do that and they sent him to prison for “contempt of the court” - i.e. not following court orders.

He served his sentence and was released, but obviously many people realized he is definitely not the next Nelson Mandela who will save the world, but a great scam artist, a role he played to perfection.

I do not know what happened thereafter. Did HPE drop the claim or what?

No I haven't. If you get married in England by way of a Church of England wedding (other methods are available!), then the wording is...