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Corn mazes are a fun fall tradition, and we've got a guide to some of the best corn mazes near Royal Oak.
Did we miss your favorite? Add it in comments or email [email protected].
Long's Family Orchard, Farm & Cider Mill in Commerce, 1540 East Commerce Rd.
- The farmyard play area and corn maze is open Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
6th Annual Fall Fun Corn Maze in Bloomfield Township, at the Charles Bowers School Farm, 1219 E. Square Lake Rd.
- The maze opened Sept. 29 and will take visitors through Oct. 28.
- Cost: $8 per person for ages 12+; $6 per person for ages 6 – 11; Free for ages 5 and under.
- Hours are: Fridays from 5 to 9 p.m.; Saturdays from 4 to 9 p.m.; and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
U-Pick Pumpkins and Corn Maze in Rochester, on Rochester Road halfway Between Buell Road and Stoney Creek Road across from Twin Lakes Golf course. Corn maze is $5. Open Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.
Westview Orchard and Adventure Farm in located at 65075 Van Dyke, Washington Twp.
- The orchard features a playground, petting farm, boot-camp style log obstacle course, 40-foot slides, wagon rides and pony rides.
- Weekend rates are $9.50 per person over 30 inches, and free for anyone under 30 inches.
Deneweth’s Garden Center, 16125 22 Mile Road. is home to Fall Fun Fest, also every weekend in October from noon to 5 p.m. One price covers every event, and there’s lots to do. Look for a haunted house, corn maze, hayrides, games, spooky train and pumpkin painting. Call 586-247-5533.
Farmer J's Corn Maze, 16405 Pherdun Rd., Dundee, MI Call (734)216-6230. Open Fridays-Sundays through Oct. 28. Proceeds will be donated to select Veteran groups.
The Blast Corn Maze in Dexter features a 10-acre field of corn with 3 1/2 miles of trails. It has three exits – short, medium, and full maze to accommodate all corn maze enthusiasts. New for 2012: corn canon, cow train, duck races, pedal cars, and picture props. The maze is located at 6175 Daly Road in Dexter. For more information, call 734-845-7127.
Coleman's Corn Maze in Saline provides fun for the whole family. Attractions include a kiddie maze, barrel training, petting zoo, and pumpkin patch. The farm is located at 12758 Jordan Road, in Saline. For more information, call 734-429-1212.
Tallady Farms in Milan offers a corn maze, plus bonfires for larger groups. Next door to the maze is Wasem Fruit Farm, which has wagon rides, a pumpkin patch and homeade donuts. The farm is at 6270 Judd Road in Milan. Open Fridays-Sundays through Oct. 28. Call (734) 439-2313.
Maybury Farm in Northville, 50165 8 Mile Road, has a corn maze open Fridays 6-10 p.m., Saturdays 1-10 p.m. and Sundays 1-7 p.m. through Nov. 4. The farm also includes a petting zoo, playground and farm store.
Farmer Charley's Corn Maze Adventures, 6421 North Stony Creek Rd., Monroe, Attractions in clude a corn maze, petting farm, pig races, bonfire, barrel train, pumpkin cannons, duck races and a pumpkin patch.
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Federal Prison for Jason Gambert?
Jason Gambert has once again perjured himself, and this time it can be proven. That is in a court of The Patent and Trademark Office of the United States of America. That, my friends, is a Federal crime. Don't bend over for the soap, son.
Sarah Bird at SEOMOZ provides a succinct and quite entertaining synopsis if you haven't been following the case. If you have, then you already know things keep getting lower, even when you think they cannot.
I am going to be succinct and zero in on the criminal acts I believe have been committed by Jason Gambert. For the record, since he always threatens to sue me, this is only an OP-ED piece, which means, sir, this is an OPINION piece. Okay? Check the first amendment before you email me about this.
The following paragraph, so that I can save time and effort, and which so eloquently sums up the specific topic of criminal liability to which I am referring, is taken directly from Sarah Bird at SEOMOZ:
"Gambert owns Tosonoe875.com and claims he received an email about search engine optimization on July 27, 1997. This is way out of left field. Gambert includes a printout from Wikipedia that states that the first known use of "search engine optimization" was a spam message posted on Usenet on July 26, 1997. Then he attaches an email from a nonsense aol email to a nonsense tosonoe875.com email address allegedly delivered on July 27, 1997. Then he attaches GoDaddy information showing that he owns Tosonoe875.com. This effort is so misguided that it's hard to know where to begin discussing it. First, an email talking about "Search Engine Optimization" is not evidence that one used the proposed mark "SEO" in commerce. Did he forget what he was trying to register? Further, evidence that you received an email, doesn't prove that you used the term in commerce. It just proves that you received an email. Finally, the WhoIs information for tosonoe875.com shows that it was created in April of this year, not in 1997."
I call bullshit on this one. Remember the drinking game in college? Bullshit? Well I do. Sorry you missed out on that one.
And, pardon my bullshit, but I don't speak French. I speak Texan. And in Texas, we know how to recognize bullshit, and we call it when we see it. Trust me on this one. There is a lot of bullshit in Texas.
And I call bullshit.
1) I want to know how old you are Jason Gambert. And how old you were in 1997. I will file discovery if I have to in order to uncover this. I call bullshit.
2) You were on USENET in 1997? I call bullshit. By 1997, we SEO's were on the Internet, son. You were probably still in diapers. I was a latecomer using Netscape in 1993. Started my business in 1995.
3) Your "GoDaddy" receipt which claims you owned tosonoe875.com at that time is a fake. In 1997, GoDaddy did not exist. It was formed in 1997 as JoMax Technologies by Bob Parsons, and this is according to your favorite source wikipedia. You have just committed a Federal crime, my friend. It's called perjury. COUNT 1.
4) The WHOIS information for the domain tosonoe875.com indicates it was only registered last month. You have falsified evidence to the PTO examiner, attempting to make it look like you had this domain and received this spam USENET post in 1997. That is COUNT 2 of perjury.
5) In 1997, to the best of my knowledge, and I know because I registered my first domain of mightyhorns.com (a now defunct Texas Longhorn fansite)in 1995 or 1996 at the latest. And the only domain registrar at the time that I know of was Network Solutions. Until 1998.
Anyway, major interruption. I am not going to finish this thing. Because, I have more breaking news on Jason Gambert. Our trap has just been sprung, so off to the next post...but it sucks that I can't finish this, however, I think I'll just let the U.S. Attorney deal with it for now on. | <urn:uuid:8b925073-90bd-4872-8ff5-34855119afb6> | CC-MAIN-2015-48 | http://www.arteworks.biz/2008/05/federal-prison-for-jason-gambert.html | 2015-12-01T00:14:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-48/segments/1448398464386.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20151124205424-00229-ip-10-71-132-137.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970341 | 921 |
Why aren't we skiing?
Over the years I've spread my kind of love over a few climbing forums. Enough so that I've been booted off at least one. Not that I give a chit because I don't It is simply entertainment for me.
Three of the funniest exchanges I've had (to me anyway) have been with in retrospect, obviously very young climbers. No matter how good technically they might be or thought they were during the exchanges I was laughing at them and poking fun at their expense. Yes, I know I can be a prick. No need to restate the obvious in a comment.
In no particular order:
"Me Mum bought this fine jacket for me..best insulated jacket ever made"...of course he'd never used or owned any other jacket at the time. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPP! Last I checked he is still a little pissy about the exchange. They simply don't know what they don't know
"Climb can't safely be done without several screws and half a dozen pickets" BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBEP! My answer? "Most anyone could solo that one in decent conditions. And I have never ever placed a picket. Mind you it doesn't mean I haven't wanted to just never had one :)" Original climber sacked up and soloed the same moderate climb a few seasons later. Same thing most of us had been doing for decades now with minimal gear.
"I've skied for years" a most recently famous alpinist tells us in a focus group on new gear. BBBBBBBEEEEEEPPPP! Mind you the "kid" is just 21, no formal education past high school and his experience skiing in the last 15 years (he started at 5) is hard to relate to an uncaring audience of 50+ year old engineers who have been skiing them selves since they were 5 or younger and designing or working in the ski industry since they were 18 years old. Hard not to roll your eyes when I hear I've been skiing my whole life....when the speaker is 17 years old and the topic technical in nature.
"youth is wasted on the young" J.B. Shaw had it right.. :)
Not that I am a rocket scientist myself or know much about anything in particular. My BS meter has gotten better over the years how ever. "Nice ski, but ya the mount point is FUBARED dude."
"Someone might ought to look at that more closely." That stainless and plastic interface? Take body weight? Maybe. Hammer on it? Not likely. Trim the weight by making it smaller? OK. But make it so small it now breaks in the same application? Makes no sense to me.
So, why aren't we skiing?
I've done Rainer by a dozen routes in all seasons, many, many times and until recently only taken skis on the mountain a couple of times.
Now I have to ask why are you NOT taking skis? You can guess at my age. But in any race I am not going to be in the front of the pack. On the right day if you break down the age groups into 5 year splits I can generally hold my own with what ever amateur shows up. As serious athlete will generally, and easily bury me. I'm lazy and WEAK...there I admit it :)
So if I am doing moderate climbs and skis like Rainier and I am able to catch you and eventually passing you on my light weight gear you might want to rethink your own gear choices. When I can bury you on the up and then drop you on the down in light weight gear it is either time to bury your head in shame or pull out the check book, 'cuz you obviously SUCK!
If you climb and read a winter climbing blog and don't ski? YOU really, really SUCK!
All the spare excuses have been used and you have been found sadly, wanting. If it is a fitness issue, change your diet and get a dog to run with. They are likely the only one that will have you anyway.
I have one myself :) His name is Marley and he likes to run, really likes to go on bike rides and anything related to skiing, plus the occasional cinnamon roll or pistachio.
No one is really as good as they might think they are or as smart. We generally judge each other much harder than we judge ourselves. Never hurts to brush a little sand off your you friends ass instead of grinding it in. You never know when you might need the same favor.
But I am still going to chuckle under my breath when I skin past you or ski by. Simply because I know I'm the one having more fun...and I'm just the old prick willing to admit it ;) PS...Marley would be laughing as well he's just a much nicier guy when he sees a human...sucking @ the fun! | <urn:uuid:19c80327-b65d-4f43-8a22-6ed1df2e1e00> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2013/06/can-you-tell-me-why.html?showComment=1371684775970 | 2022-11-28T02:53:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710462.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128002256-20221128032256-00621.warc.gz | en | 0.977497 | 1,031 |
Depots: 2 Turnover: £132.3m Sales growth year-on-year: 88.5% Type of operation: Online delivered wholesaler
At Key Lekkerland's annual supplier conference three weeks ago Blueheath's CEO Mark Aylwin told delegates that times were changing for the struggling online delivered wholesaler. Few could have predicted the magnitude of what was on the cards.
This week Blueheath, which currently boasts a £132.3m turnover, made the shock announcement that it plans to acquire cash & carry group Booker in a reverse takeover. The unusual deal, which is subject to shareholder approval, will see Blueheath buy the entire issued share capital of Giant Topco Ltd, the ultimate holding company of the Booker Group, through the issue of 1.34bn new ordinary shares in Blueheath.
Booker will control 90% of the enlarged business and will be re-established as a public company.
Renamed Booker Group, the company will have estimated annual sales of more than £3bn and be the UK's largest food wholesaler, combining Booker's scale, customer base, catering expertise, coverage and brands with Blueheath's technology and delivery expertise.
"A combined Booker/Blueheath will be able to offer retailers and caterers an unrivalled service of national delivery, 'top-up' delivery and cash and carry," says Charles Wilson, current CEO of Booker, who will head up the new group.
Aylwin, meanwhile, will become managing director of the delivered wholesale business, a role similar to his current position at Blueheath. "We want to be a national delivered wholesaler," he says. "This deal puts us exactly where we have always wanted to be."
The move makes sense for both parties, according to the pair. Booker is the UK's second-biggest wholesaler and last year reported sales of £3.04bn. However, it has admitted to certain weaknesses in its delivered grocery offering and technology, and Blueheath's expertise in this area makes it an attractive bedfellow.
"Booker looked at the current trends in the market and saw that delivered wholesale offered the fastest growth opportunity," says Wilson. "This deal will give Booker the ability to become the only provider of national delivery and top-up of fresh, frozen and ambient foods, alcohol and non-food in the UK."
Blueheath, too, stands to gain. Last year the company struggled with operating inefficiencies and recorded a pre-tax loss of £4.9m on sales of £132.3m.
However, Blueheath has strengthened its position over the past six months following a strategic review late last year, led by Aylwin, who joined the group last September.
It has since made annualised cost savings of £3.1m and margin improvements worth more than £500,000 and expects to break even by July this year.
As managing director of the delivered wholesale business, Aylwin will continue its focus on the delivery side of the business and on sharpening its online offer. He also intends to capitalise on the growth in broadband technology and the number of retailers connected to the internet.
"When the company was launched, our service was revolutionary but the technology was not good enough," he says. "Now, technology has come of age and there is a real opportunity to push the online side of the business again with broadband."
Blueheath recently combined its online strengths with the traditional delivered wholesale model of CTM Wholesale, the Wrexham-based business it acquired in April 2005. This is an approach Aylwin says will continue after completion of the deal.
The companies will also work together to guarantee strong availability, something that Blueheath has started to tackle over the past six months. Availability has risen from a low of 65% at its Thurrock plant six months ago to an average of 98%. Some national accounts have even hit 100% in recent weeks.
Booker is also looking to improve its availability as part of its recovery strategy, which is now in full swing. It has depots in Hatfield and Haydock in England and Livingston in Scotland, and currently supplies cash and carries. But it says it also has the capacity to handle retail delivery.
Both men are convinced the deal with reap further benefits, including improved cash management, buying power and logistics efficiency. The first test will be how independent retailers respond to the new model. | <urn:uuid:98189d8b-6690-4162-8e5c-a9cee1899010> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/wholesalers/wholesaler-profile-blueheath/119308.article | 2023-12-11T02:34:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679103464.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211013452-20231211043452-00529.warc.gz | en | 0.973549 | 922 |
East Lothian Council Annual Budget Meeting, Town House, Haddington, Tuesday February 12th, 2019
It’s a bit like a cross between an Oberammergau pageant and an accountants’ convention, but one that costs punters (in our local case) one quarter billion of out hard-earned cash. I refer to the annual ritual farce of the council budget meeting. In Scotland, it happens in 32 venues with more or less the same Punch & Judy formula. Vital as the meeting is in fulfilling democratic requirements, it is timed while everyone is busy working and structued to least appeal to (and therefore involvement of) the public. For audience engagement, it is easily beaten by the most amateur of Am Drams.
To be fair, the context is already obfuscated. An extensive piece of Newspeak, produced by the Scottish Government called “Scottish Budget 2019-2020: Equality and Fairer Scotland” sets this tome. A number of highly-paid Sir Humphrey-plus-minions clearly spent much time crafting this. But if someone gleans any hard data from its earnest verbiage, please let the rest of us know. It is ambitious (but woolly) posturing and no recipe for joined-up thinking with councils.
Before it gets to a council budget debate, first the UK budget must be set, which now happens in Autumn. This then triggers an unholy scramble in the Scottish Government to then decide its own allocations from the pot given. This gives councils (who get 75% of their money this way) little time to plan and approve a budget and set Council Tax (the other 25% of council income) in time for implementation om April 1st. It’s like geriatrics passing the ball down an attacking rugby line in slo-mo.
At the meeting itself, politics rears its ugly head. Even when councils are run by the same party as the Scottish Government, a pungent mix of political ambition and parochialism gets in the way. Councils resent going cap-in-hand for 3 in every 4 pounds spent. Government guards its central control jealously, so that it can enforce policies and claim achievements. There was once talk of “Parity of Esteem”, but that turned out to be spin. Had the Greens bot held the minority SNP government’s feet to the fire, councils would have seen a decrease this year. However, additional ‘burdens’ (i.e. required services) gave councils no option where to spend what extra they did get.
In Scotland’s fastest-growing council, East Lothian, the basic grant (no strings attached) actually fell 0.1%. A £5,476,000 rise in “Specific Grants” means the council has no choice where to spend them. By raising council tax 4.78%, an extra £3,625m 000 gives ELC a war chest of £248,116,000.
That sounds a lot. Until you consider almost half (£102,507,000) goes on schools, an obligatory service growing fast as families move into the county. Half of what’s left (£67,121,000) goes on Social Work—again obligatory—as retiree numbers swell. Twenty years ago, ELC Social Work spent just a fifth that. This leaves a quarter of the war chest to squabble over for the myriad other services. Granted, you can do a lot with over £70m. But such are the demands that pips squeak as soon as you try to stretch this to cover everything else.
The resulting debate was not quite two bald men arguing over a comb, but it came close. Instead of speeches of visionary ambition, rival parties spent their time disparaging each other. Tories cosied up to Labour and got some scraps in exchange for support. Both whaled on the SNP, as if local members were responsible for their Holyrood colleagues. SNP whaled on Tories, as if local members were responsible for their Westminster colleagues and tried to out-left Labour in concern for the vulnerable. Nobody commented on the Lab-Con alliance, which is quite common across Scotland these days.
Meanwhile, bizarre and desperate measures to stretch the money lurk in the budget detail. Despite growth swamping the county and developers circling like sharks, Planning had its budget cut by 13% (£231,000). A spurious “Transform Ways of Working” item is to magic £600,000 in savings from staff. An optimistic “Change in number of chargeable properties (i.e. more homes to tax) finds an extra £3,625,000. Scary is a net increase in debt of over £130,000,000. Most desperate of all, a cool £3,000,000 is being drained from reserves. This is to be paid back next year. Ah hae ma doors.
And yet (to keep the Tories onside) the Roads budget had an unheard-of 50% boost to £7,500,000 and Corporate Policy (not what you’d call a “front-line service”) jumped by 10%. Because the county is desperately short of affordable housing, most welcome was a significant effort to build council housing by investing rental income in new builds, raising rents steadily by 5% and pushing housing debt towards its legal maximum of 40%.
Despite this being THE public forum to defiine services across the county, virtually no-one outside council members and staff attended the 2-hour session. Can’t say I blame them. As theatre, it lacked substance, let alone appeal. The script was rubbish; the actors unrehearsed; indignation shown was transparently artificial and tribal politics dominated. It was so blatant any casual observer could have scripted the debate from previous meetings. simply warming up the leftover abuse.
Altogether unedifying, considering its importance. But, should there be any hard-core anoraks who want to see the full details of all this, the papers are available as PDF downloads here. | <urn:uuid:58b5745e-36ba-4fb3-b84b-a0f36d6887d5> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://northneuk.com/2019/02/13/theatre-of-the-absurd/ | 2021-07-29T16:10:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153860.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20210729140649-20210729170649-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.957059 | 1,263 |
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25th, 26th, 27th, 28th Dec: Closed
29th, 30th, 31st Dec: Open
1st, 2nd, 3rd Jan: Closed
4th Jan: Open
Container Deposit Legislation
The return rate for beverage containers in South Australia in 2016–17 was 79.9%.
More than 586.8 million containers (43,298 tonnes) were recovered by collection depots for recycling. This means more than $58 million was refunded to the community during that period.
10c refunds paid for glass bottles, plastic bottles, cartons & cans
GLASS BOTTLE RECYCLING
Recycled glass bottles can be back on the shelf within 60 days. We pay a cash refund for your empties.
ALUMINIUM CAN RECYCLING
AAA Recycling Centre provides 10 cent refunds on all marked cans. Aluminium can be recycled indefinitely.
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It can take up to 700 years for a single bottle to biodegrade. Recycle it with AAA Recycling and get paid.
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Materials such as lead, cadmium, mercury, lithium, manganese, nickel and zinc are used to make batteries. These can be recycled an indefinite number of times.
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AAA Recycling Centre offers wheelie bins for purchase in 2 standard sizes 120 litre and 240 litre. We also have long-lasting, UV-stable Recyclers SA recycling bags for sale at great prices.
Firewood & Kindling
Stock up with firewood now for next winter. Drive in with a trailer, our weigh bridge ensures you only pay for the firewood you receive. Split Redgum logs and kindling available. Pick-up only.
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Among the many benefits of participating and competing in endurance sports is the incredible people you meet along the way. The endurance, particularly the ultra-endurance community is generally made up of very passionate, driven, generous, and persistent individuals. One such individual is Tonia Ellsworth Smith, an inspiration and a true example of everything I just mentioned. Tonia was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2013. With a 6% survival rate, pancreatic cancer is pretty much a death sentence. Upon diagnosis half her pancreas was removed along with her spleen. She went through 18 rounds of chemotherapy in the first six months of 2014. She survived. Not only did she survive she thrives. In the year since, she has been an unbelievable life force raising over $5,000 for pancreatic cancer research through Project Purple and running her heart out. Tonia, in her 40s, less than a year after chemo, ran a 3:39 marathon. Last week she ran the Bryce Canyon 100 Mile Trail Race with approximately 19,000 feet of climbing, rough trails, hail, and lightening in just over 26 hours, finishing 2nd female and 17th overall! And she’s not done yet. She continues her fight to cure pancreatic cancer with Project Purple as she sets her sight on the Denver Rock ‘n Roll Marathon in October. She is a hero in my book.
|Tonia in Battle Dress Purple at Bryce Canyon 100|
Photo shamelessly stolen from Tonia's Blog
My role in our “Burning River for Ben” project has taken somewhat of a setback over the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, I experienced a pain in the top of my foot about 20 miles into a 30 mile run. Possible injury? Yes. It appears to be tendonitis so I’ve been doing everything possible to get it healed as soon as possible. This of course means no running. But like any challenge, project, or undertaking, setbacks are to be expected. I can only imagine the setbacks that Tonia faced over the past couple years. As well as Ben in the 3+ years of his treatment, or any kid going through the ups, downs, horrors, and agony of childhood cancer. And while I’m at it, imagine the setbacks the doctors, nurses, and volunteers who dedicate their lives to treating and helping these kids. Not all of these kids make it. And this has to be devastating. But these amazing dedicated people keep on. They don’t quit. Everyone of them are heroes in my book!
With that said I will not quit either. The way we deal with setbacks is the difference between success and failure. Given the situation, I am making the best of it. One of the areas I’m really weak is walking. In most 100 mile races there are times when it is better to walk than run. Steep hills for example. Running steep hills require a lot of energy. Walking them conserves energy and you may only lose a few seconds. However if you burn needless matches running these hills you could lose minutes to hours later when you no longer have any matches to burn. I’ve always got passed in walking sections, so I’m taking advantage of this down time to practice walking. It doesn’t hurt my foot and may even be helping with the healing process. I’m also riding my bike a lot; about 220 miles this week. While this may not be running, it does help keep the cardiovascular system in shape, so I can jump right back into it as soon as my foot is ready. Finally I’ve been going to an incredible person, Dr. Randy Knoche at Springs Chiropractic. Dr. Knoche has fixed me every time I’ve been broke. Knee injuries, plantar fasciitis, hip injury, he’s fixed them all. Not only is Dr. Knoche a miracle worker when it comes to fixing injuries, (my friends call him Jesus) he’s quite an accomplished athlete himself; several Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike finishes and something like a million Pikes Peak Ascents. I’m visiting Dr. Knoche almost daily for laser treatment which is greatly hastening the healing process. And the kicker; he wants to support “Burning River for Ben” so not only has he made it his mission to get me better, but he’s doing it gratis. Another hero in my book!
And my foot is getting better. Thanks to Dr. Knoche I think I will be able to start running again in the next week. This is normally a six week injury that Dr. Knoche may have reduced to two. With only six weeks until the start this was a bad time to get injured. But it is only a setback. I may have to change my expectations a bit as I was planning on hitting the peak of my training now through the next three weeks. But that is the nature of 100 mile races. Anyone that has ever run a 100 mile race knows this. Even during the course of the race expectations and goals can change dramatically. One can go from having the goal of being competitive or finishing with a certain time, to just finishing, to just making it to the next aid station, and finally, just making it another mile without throwing up. Although I’ve been training to be competitive as a secondary goal, the primary and sole purpose of running this race is to run that last mile with Ben and cross the finish line together. Anyone that can go through chemotherapy for over three years, be an honor student, and continue to have a positive outlook on life, as Ben is doing, is a hero in my book.
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Charles Augustus ('Owl') Howell, entrepreneur, was born of an English father and a Portuguese mother around 1840. His marriage certificate of 21 August 1867, lists his father as Alfred William Howell, merchant. The certificate, signed by Murray Howell, gives Howell's profession as 'gentleman'! Howell described himself as of high rank and related to the da Costa or Posser family and wore the red ribbon of the Order of Christ to prove it. His death certificate gives his age as 50, address as 91 Southampton Row and cause of death from Pneumonic Pthises Asthemia at the Home Hospital, 16 Fitzroy Square, on 21 April 1890.
Howell was an Anglo-Portuguese dealer and collector. Despite his often dubious dealings, he was regarded with friendly tolerance by artists. He worked as Ruskin's secretary during the 1860s until his dismissal in 1870, and for Rossetti from 1872-76. He met JW through Rossetti, though the date is unknown, and commissioned him to paint his mistress Rosa Corder in c.1874 (see Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder (YMSM 203)). He helped JW in his tangled affairs, to pawn, sell and engrave his pictures, print and sell etchings, and meet clients and dealers. He also bought paintings from JW (see Study of 'Arrangement in Brown and Black: Miss Rosa Corder' (M.713)-Sketch of 'Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder' (M.714)). He was charming, persuasive and unscrupulous, described by JW as 'the genius, the superb liar, the Gil-Blas, Robinson-Crusoe hero out of his proper time, the creature of top-boots and plumes - splendidly flamboyant' (Pennell, 1921, p. 58). He came to JW's aid during his financial crisis in 1878-79 and acted as agent for a series of etchings of Chelsea and the Thames.
Material in the Kreitman Research Centre at Tate Britain contains many flattering references to Howell by Frederick Sandys, the Rossettis, Swinburne, Millais, JW and others (MacDonald, 1995). Ford Madox Brown on 1 March 1872 called Howell 'second to no one in England in his intimate knowledge of ancient and oriental furniture, china, tapestries', while W. M. Rossetti commended his 'quick and accurate discernment of the merits of works of art and decoration of many various kinds, along with extensive practical knowledge of their market value' (6 February 1872). D. G. Rossetti stated that 'I can express complete confidence in his judgement on questions of art' and commended 'his striking gifts and energy in business' (29 April 1872).
These commendations avoid any question of Howell's unscrupulousness and self-aggrandisement, which led first Rossetti and later JW to part with him on less than amicable terms. Yet in the end, Howell made little profit from JW and was one of the chief creditors at his bankruptcy. In 1882, JW published Whistler, James McNeill, Correspondence. Paddon Papers. The Owl and the Cabinet, London, , concerning an obscure quarrel over furniture which ended their relationship.
Howell lived at Chaldon House, Fulham in 1877, 91 Southampton Row from 1878 and Old Danner, Selsey Bill, Sussex from about 1879 on.
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This is so typical of local governments. The Pomona City Attorney is threatening a blogger for a post on a matter of local interest. The post dared - dared! - to offer a theory about why the Pomona City Manager suddenly retired.
The theory might be true or it might be completely false, but it involves the government and that means that it is "political speech" and "Core political speech" "occupies the highest, most protected position" in the "rough hierarchy in the constitutional protection of speech." R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, Minn., 505 U.S. 377, 422, 120 L. Ed. 2d 305, 112 S. Ct. 2538 (1992). Letters like that from Arnold M. Glassman-Alvarez, the City Attorney of Pomona, offend the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution because those kinds of government actions "will inevitably lead to self-censorship."
Eugene Volokh observes:
I can't speak to whether any of the blog posts did indeed libel City employees or officials. But I can say that the City Attorney has no legal basis for demanding (as opposed to requesting, by appeals to a sense of fairness or journalistic standards) that the blog stop publishing false information about the City -- under New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), there can be no lawsuit for libeling a government entity.
The NYT v. Sullivan Court stated that "no court of last resort in this country has ever held, or even suggested, that prosecutions for libel on government have any place in the American system of jurisprudence," and it endorsed this tradition as being constitutionally mandated. So while I certainly think it's wrong to make knowingly or recklessly false statements about government entities, and while it may be libelous to make such statements about particular city employees or officials, it cannot be libelous even to say outright lies about the City of Pomona more broadly.
"This kind of thing is happening everywhere" Update:
Powerline posts on the Democratic National Committee's attempt to stifle free expression on the Fresno-based website Free Republic. Here is the demand letter from the DNC's attorney, which seeks to have Free Republic remove an offending post by one of its many, many commenters.
Scott at Powerline writes:
Under the First Amendment, as construed by the Supreme Court in New York Times v. Sullivan, citizens are protected from defamation claim by public figures so long as the statements in issue are lacking in "actual malice," i.e, knowledge of their falsehood or reckless disregard as to whether they are false or not.
Accordingly, our reader's Free Republic post based on the statements of Jim Quinn is constitutionally immune from a defamation claim. Whether Quinn and those who broadcast his program have such immunity is a different question, but the same constitutional protection applies to them. Professor and First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh coincidentally makes a closely related point based on the Sullivan case today.
"Actual malice" is a tough standard for public figures to overcome. That's why defamation claims by public figures have essentially disappeared since the Sullivan case. Under the Sullivan case, the First Amendment affords wide latitude for the discussion of public figures as well as issues of public concern.
Sandler's letter to Free Republic incorporates no element of "actual malice." It is couched in the traditional common law of defamation that the Supreme Court killed for public figures in the Sullivan case. Sandler's letter carries Governor Dean's denial of Quinn's assertions, but it does not even allege that Jim Quinn had knowledge of the statements' falsity or made them with reckless disregard of their truth or falsity.
We therefore associate ourselves with our reader's statements regarding Governor Dean and invite Mr. Sandler to sue us for defamation as he threatens to sue Free Republic. This is to put him and his client on notice, however, that we intend to seek our attorney's fees under federal law for the assertion of a frivolous claim if he does so.
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I hate it when people complicate things. I am a ‘keep it simple’ type of person, and I’ve learned, and I’m still learning, that if you want to be successful, in all areas of you’re life, you’ve got to keep it simple. And if you follow the likes of Richard Branson, or Tony Robbins, you realise, that’s what they do too.
That’s why it’s so good to take a step back sometimes, to help you look at the bigger picture. When you’re too close to the problem, it can distort your view properly.
Are you getting results? No? Then stop what you’re doing. Are you making life very difficult for yourself? Yes? Then stop what you’re doing.
And it’s no different for your health and fitness.
Stupid fads and deprivation diets plans don’t work. And if you do lose weight with them, it doesn’t last. And they’re not healthy, sustainable, or good for your mental health. You constantly feel like a failure, from all the yo-yo dieting, and constant obsessing.
So it’s got to stop. You’ve got to keep it simple for successful, sustainable, weight loss. And not just for weight loss, for your health too!
After having Emily last year, I gained 3 stone. Can you believe it? I can’t! I started complicating the whole thing, my head wasn’t in the right place, and I didn’t take a step back, and look at the bigger picture.
Finally, after a good chat, and a little time out, I lost the 3 stone, pretty quickly. How did I lose it and keep it off?
I followed these exact principles below:
1. Stop Eating So Much – This may sound a little too basic, but in order to maintain a healthy body weight, it’s absolutely critical that you don’t overeat. Going home and having a sandwich for a snack, before dinner, is going to make you overweight. Just because it’s not a bag of crisps, it doesn’t mean it won’t do damage!
2. If You Don’t Want to Be Fat, then Stop Eating Fat! – You can’t get any more real about it. If you want to lose weight, then you need to cut out fat from your diet. Eating bad fats, like those found in fried and processed foods, will only make you fat!
But there is a bit of a catch to this one. Some fats are actually good for you, especially omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to boost your metabolism and help you lose the extra pounds. So avoid trans and saturated fats. Fats like those found in salmon, nuts, and avocados, are great options in moderation.
3. Let Go of Your Sugar Obsession– When it’s not used up in energy production, calories from sugar are stored as fat in your body. So when you eat a lot of sugar, you may as well be eating a lot of fat. Watch your labels, and cut down your sugar intake as much as possible. My advice to clients, is always to cut the sugar out Monday to Friday, and then relax at the weekends.
4. Eat What Fills You Up – Some foods make you feel full for longer because they take longer to digest. One of these major nutrients is protein. Common sense would tell you that if you eat more protein, you’ll feel more satisfied and eat less as a result. And it’s true. Protein is a great way to avoid those deadly cravings. If you need help with this, ask your trainer, who can guide you in the right direction.
5. Keep Your Metabolism High – Your body really is a machine, and food is its fuel. So the more often you eat throughout the day, the more you’ll keep your engine revved up. Breaking up your 3 meals into 6 smaller meals will help stabilize your metabolism and improve your body’s ability to burn fat all day long.
OK so now onto a really simple plan, that will get you results:
This common sense diet plan is meant to be a guide, and offers you some great options for losing weight, burning fat, and staying in great shape!
Give these ideas a try…
Breakfast: Start with the basics. Make sure you get lots of protein and fibre to avoid cravings, and lots of whole grains to keep you full of energy. An omelette and a piece of whole grain toast with all-natural peanut butter would do the trick. Avoid sugary fruit juices.
Mid-Morning Snack: To keep your metabolism and energy levels up, snack on a handful of almonds and an apple.
Lunch: Grab a can of tuna, some greens, and a whole grain tortilla wrap, and you’ve got yourself an easy and healthy lunch. Remember, keeping your portion sizes down is key!
Mid-Afternoon Snack: . Try a cup of fat-free Greek yogurt with some blueberries and a sprinkle of oat flakes. The Greek yogurt will totally hold you off until dinner, and is full of protein.
Dinner: (No carbs after 5pm) Try a balanced meal with a lean meat (chicken, salmon, etc.), and loads of vegetables.
Evening Snack: Cravings are always at their worst just before bed. Have some baby carrots, an apple, or half a cup of natural popcorn if you really need to.
I hope this helps make everything clear for you. Keep it simple, and you’ll se great results. Ignore what the magazines tell you, especially around this time of year, when everyone is peddling some new diet or another.
Committed to your success,
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The Lakewood City Council will meet on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. in the City of Lakewood, City Council Chambers, 6000 Main Street SW, Lakewood, WA 98499. Following is the meeting agenda:
Call to Order
Reports by the City Manager
Proclamations and Presentations
1. Proclamation in recognition of Marcus Walker. – Mr. Marcus Walker, Director, Lakewood Playhouse
2. Youth Council Report.
3. Proclamation declaring January 17, 2011 as the 25th Anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and February 2011 as Black History Month. – Ms. JoEthel Smith, Founder and Member, Martin Luther King Jr. Committee
4. Proclamation declaring January 2011 as National Mentoring Month. – Mr. Patrick D’Amelio, President and CEO, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Puget Sound; Ms. Maria Johnson, Branch Director, Boys and Girls Club; Mr. Dave O’Keeffe, Executive Director, Communities in Schools of Lakewood; Ms. Ellie Wilson, Chairperson, Lakewood’s Promise; and Ms. Pamela Grant, Outreach Officer, Washington State Mentors
5. Proclamation declaring January 2011 as School Board Recognition Month. – Mr. Joe Vlaming, Board Director, Clover Park School District Board
6. Clover Park School District Board Report.
7. Family Homelessness. – Mr. Troy Christianson, Manager for Mental Health & Initiatives to End Homelessness, Pierce County Department of Community Services
C O N S E N T A G E N D A
(1) A. Approval of the City Council Special Study Session minutes of November 29, 2010.
(8) B. Approval of the minutes of the City Council meeting of December 6, 2010.
(16) C. Approval of the minutes of the Joint Council and Washington State 28th and 29th District Legislators meeting of December 13, 2010.
(18) D. Approval of the minutes of the City Council Special meeting of December 13, 2010.
(21) E. Approval of payroll check numbers 234, 112324 to 112338, and direct deposit check numbers 113547 to 113808, in the amount of $1,170,535.42, for the period November 16-30, 2010.
(30) F. Approval of payroll check numbers 235, 112339 to 112354, and direct deposit check numbers 113809 to 114065, in the amount of $1,013,448.50, for the period December 1 – 15, 2010.
(39) G. Approval of claim voucher numbers 59180 to 59275, in the amount of $841,531.24, for the period ending December 9, 2010.
(50) H. Approval of claim voucher number 59276, in the amount of $1,015.30, for the period ending December 15, 2010.
(51) I. Approval of claim voucher numbers 900204 and 59277 to 59401, in the amount of $432,811.99, for the period ending December 16, 2010.
(65) J. Items Filed in the Office of the City Clerk:
1. Landmarks and Heritage Advisory Board meeting minutes of September 23, 2010.
2. Public Safety Advisory Committee meeting minutes of
September 1 and November 10, 2010.
3. Lakewood Arts Commission meeting minutes of November 1, 2010.
4. Redevelopment Advisory Board meeting minutes of November 9, 2010.
(90) K. Motion No. 2011-01
Authorizing the execution of an amendment to the agreement with Pierce County, for leasing space at the Lakewood Community Center for the Lakewood Senior Activity Center from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015.
R E G U L A R A G E N D A
(98) Motion No. 2011-02
Reappointing Bill Harrison, Bradford MacGowan and Darrell Nelson to serve on the Landmarks and Heritage Advisory Board through December 2, 2013. – Mayor
(107) Motion No. 2011-03
Authorizing the execution of a grant agreement with the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board, in the amount of $2,768,000 for the construction of street improvements on South Tacoma Way from State Route 512 to 96th Street SW. – Public Works Director
(116) Motion No. 2011-04
Authorizing the execution of a grant agreement with the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board, in the amount of $3,004,800 for the construction of street improvements on Bridgeport Way from 83rd Street SW to 75th Street SW. – Public Works Director
(125) Motion No. 2011-05
Authorizing the execution of an agreement with James O’Connor for Hearings Examiner services from January 17, 2011 through January 17, 2013. – Assistant City Manager for Development Services
(133) Motion No. 2011-06
Authorizing the execution of an agreement with Pierce County, in the amount of $150,000, for the maintenance of Ft. Steilacoom Park from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. – Parks, Recreation and Community Services Director
Briefing by the City Manager
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System tends to emerge from character creation for me. I'm going to start aggregating my thoughts for Empire of the Flaming Moon here, and at some point it should be possible to look over these entries and create a character. Then I'll run a game and we'll see how it goes. Basically, I am moving on from the one-off posts about it in the past and starting to really build the structure and system.
A few setting notes: this is the Asia of myth and legend. Magic is not common among PCs, but magical creatures are known to exist and often come into conflict with humans. This is generally "Medieval" Asia, although I know that's a problematic word to use in this context and I'll go into more detail later. The campaign will begin focused on a fantastical Japan, "The Empire of the Flaming Moon", although PCs may be from "The Dragon Lands" - China - or elsewhere.
Step 1: Roll 3d6 7 times. This is your
STRength - Melee to hit and damage modifier. Ability check to knock down doors, grapple, lift stuff...
CONstitution - HP modifier. Ability check to resist poison and disease, endure discomfort, carry stuff...
DEXterity - AC and ranged to hit modifier. Ability check for fine motor manipulations, catch things...
INTelligence - Number of languages acquired, Katas learned, literacy, checks to research and understand written things...
WISdom - Modifies Katas and some magical effects, checks to notice and intuit things...
CHArisma - Modifies reaction rolls, checks to manipulate or charm, affects Honor and Notoriety...
and starting cash. Switch one score if you like. Modifiers:
9-12: no modifier
Step 2: POWer
Power is your ability to enact your will upon the world, interact with kami and other spirits (Shinto), or tap into the unifying spirit in which all things are one (Buddhism).
Power is one's ability to do magic. Most people start with a negative POW score and do not practice magic.
Add your INT or WIS to your CHA or CON. Is your character learned, or intuitive? Charming, or tough? Which two scores determine your POW is determined at character creation and does not change. (You may use INT+CHA, INT+CON, WIS+CHA, WIS+CON, but not INT+WIS or CHA+CON).
To get your POW score, add the two abilities you have chosen and subtract 28. This is your beginning POW. It can increase if one of the originating abilities increases, through templates, or through level progression, discussed later.
Think about your character. Are you an Ainu tribesman whose family passed down knowledge of how to channel elemental magic through your body? Then INT and CON might be appropriate.
Are you a wandering monk, influencing those around you through mystic chants or instrument-playing, clever words, and mischievous pranks? Perhaps WIS and CHA are appropriate to determine your POW. The uses of POWer are detailed later under Magic.
Step 3: Skills and Starting Template.
Skills are as in LotFP - that is, everyone starts off succeeding at noncombat actions which require a die roll on a roll of 1 on 1d6. New Skills may be proposed to the GM by players, or invented by the GM at any time.
Starting Template is what you're good at - the function classes have in DnD.
Templates - pick 2 at character creation, or the same one more than once. Pick one more each time a level is gained.
Accuracy: +1 to hit.
Savagery: +1 to damage.
Master of Secrets: +1 to POWer. Subtract POWer score from HP, to a minimum of 2.
Two-Souled: You have a second POWer score, determined using the other two ability scores you did not use the first time. Subtract POWer score from HP, to a minimum of 2.
Training: 2 points to distribute among Skills as Player sees fit.
Step 4: Race
Human - Advantages on the Birth charts. 1d6 HP.
Level - XP needed
1 - 1500 XP + 100 XP per point of POW
2 - 3000 XP
3 - 6000 XP
4 - 12,000 XP (5 - 24,000 &etc)
Hengeyokai - can turn into a small animal or back 1/day/level. Feared and hunted by the Emperor and his agents. 1d4 HP.
1 - 2000 XP
2 - 4000 XP
3 - 8000 XP (& etc)
Oni - +2 STR -2 CHA, worst on Birth Charts. Ogres who live in bogs. 1d8 HP.
1 - 2500 XP (& etc)
Other races exist in the land, but generally existing PCs must befriend them before they are available as Player Characters.
To Do list:
-Backgrounds (Family Social Class, Economic Standing, Are you a Samurai?, Are you in a Ninja Clan?, are you Yakuza?, Are you Noble?)
-Magic (Shinto, Buddhist, Elemental, and Sorcerous magic)
-Katas, Honor, Notoriety
-Special Attack Forms and resolution system
-Weapons, equipment generally, starting packages, how they are affected by the above
-Flora, fauna, other setting stuff
1. Anyone who has played an OSR game or D&D doesn't have to learn too much to play or run
2. Evokes a low power world of Samurai, peasants, ninja, monks, yakuza, and weird mythological creatures
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Rudy Giuliani's distant third-place finish in Florida may put an end to his bid for president, and it seems also to mark the beginning of the end of a period in Republican politics that began on Sept. 11, 2001.
Giuliani's national celebrity was based on his steady, comforting appearance in Americans' living rooms amid the terrorist attacks, and his campaign for president never found a message beyond that moment.
The emotional connection he forged that day, it seems, has proved politically worthless. After months of wonder that the former mayor seemed to have no ceiling to his support, he turned out to have no floor, trading fourth-place finishes with Ron Paul, a little-known Texas congressman.
"There's a paradox for Rudy," said former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, who was a member of the 9/11 Commission. "One of the things he did very well on 9/11 was say, 'We've got to get back to normal.' And that's what's happened. We've gotten back to normal."
Giuliani's failure reflects a broader shift in the American landscape, in which Sept. 11 has so diminished as an emotional touchstone that neither The Gallup Organization nor The Pew Research Center has even polled Americans about the attacks for a half year.
"We have 9/11 fatigue in the United States," said Mitchell Moss, a professor at New York University and an adviser to Giuliani's successor, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a technocrat who has focused on the future, and away from 9/11 and terrorism-related concerns.
Giuliani isn't the only one who suffered from the declining salience of the terror attacks. The Partnership for a Secure America, a bipartisan group that's still pressing to fulfill the recommendations of the 2004 9/11 Commission Report, announced Tuesday that it had produced a 30-second television advertisement to remind Americans of the threat of nuclear terrorism. A country that was brought to war less than five years ago in part by the specter of a "smoking gun" in the form of "a mushroom cloud" now needs reminding that the threat even exists.
"The American attention span has always been very short," former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, the former chairman of the commission and an adviser to the Partnership, told Politico.
When Gallup last asked about Sept. 11, in the summer of 2007, only 43 percent of Americans considered the war in Iraq "to be part of the war on terrorism which began on Sept. 11, 2001." Four years earlier, in the summer of 2003, 57 percent of Americans believed the war in Iraq was related to the Sept. 11 attacks.
It was that perception shift that made a Sept. 11 campaign far more effective in 2004 than in 2008. The image of George W. Bush standing amidst the rubble of the World Trade Center gave the Bush campaign an anchor to effectively tout their candidate's leadership qualities.
But in the ensuing years — as the war in Iraq plummeted in popularity, concern over imminent attacks ebbed, and Americans became increasingly worried about the economy — the evocative image of Giuliani managing a city under attack became less and less relevant.
The Giuliani campaign failed to shift with the country. Last year, as Sept. 11 was receding from the American zeitgeist, Giuliani's strategists made his performance that day the bedrock of his campaign.
"They never made the pivot from success as a leader after 9/11 in New York to the ability to make success as a leader in federal or national government," said Matt Dowd, the chief strategist for George W. Bush's 2004 campaign. "They over relied on 9/11. There was no reason to talk about that. It was baked into his DNA. What they had to do was to make the transition from why what he did in the aftermath of 9/11 why that would make him a great leader at the time of any situation."
Instead, Giuliani managed to do something that would have been unthinkable a few years earlier: He turned 9/11 into a punch line. The late-night television riffs bubbled into prime time during a Democratic debate in October, when Sen. Joe Biden dismissed the former mayor scornfully.
"There's only three things he mentions in a sentence: a noun, a verb and 9/11," Biden said.
Giuliani's campaign tried in vain to awaken the country to the urgency of terrorism with a television ad released Jan. 2, which featured chanting terrorist hordes and the images of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Osama bin Laden. Another ad, released Jan. 18, flashed an image of the ruined Twin Towers.
"When the world wavered and history hesitated, he never did," said the narrator.
His ads, though, drew more snide jokes than votes, and he closed out his campaign in Florida on the relatively anodyne question of insurance policy.
After growing accustomed to tapping into fears of terrorism and faith in Republican strength, Giuliani's failure will force a major shift in Republican campaigns, some GOP strategists said.
"Between the trauma of 9/11 and the civil war we had over the present policy in the Gulf — people have reached a point where they're just exhausted by it. I think that's a terrible, terrible thing," said Rick Wilson, a Florida-based GOP adman who produced perhaps the iconic post-9/11 television ad: Saxby Chambliss' searing attack on the willingness of Democratic Sen. Max Cleland, a Vietnam War hero, to keep America safe — a spot illustrated with the visages of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
"Americans want to watch 'America's Top Model' — and they really, really don't want to be reminded that bad people want to kill them," said Wilson, who worked for Giuliani's 2000 Senate campaign and advised him informally this year. "Talking about 9/11 now is like 'Remember the Maine.'" | <urn:uuid:fc96b782-9c8b-4355-a72b-aed5e28b5c0e> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=C8C36A31-3048-5C12-0004C225CEB6FB62 | 2014-12-21T17:22:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802771909.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075251-00053-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979528 | 1,213 |
Painting in pearls - The Apprentice Episode 1
I love my job. Since I am in charge of the Names and Faces/Weekend section of the paper (the fun stuff, the fluff) I tasked myself with following Fayetteville resident Kelly Smith Beaty’s journey on the new season of “The Apprentice.” It was my duty to lie down on the couch last night and watch television for two hours.
Prior to last night, I had never seen an episode of “The Apprentice” before. I know who Donald Trump is, I’ve heard his daughter, Ivanka, on the radio and well, everybody knows who Omarosa (former contestant) is, even though it’s not clear why she is still floating out there in the reality television ether. It’s still too early to tell for certain, but I don’t think Kelly will become an Omarosa (i.e. - a person known for being so over the top on a reality show that all other shows start to either try to book her or find someone just like her) and that’s a good thing. In fact, when we spoke last week, I asked if she thought she’d end up on “The Soup” on E! (the show where all of the worst people on tv end up) and she said she didn’t think so.
Kelly’s approach, at least in the first episode, was a good one. Just work. While project manager Nicole, former assistant D.A. Mahsa and former real estate designer (or something like that) Tyana had conflict after conflict, Kelly just worked. She scraped away at the lettering on a window of the office space they were renovating and helped paint the columns and walls. She looked good doing it, too, not wearing coveralls or ratty clothes, but some designer duds and adorned with some simple pearls around her neck.
If you didn’t watch last night’s episode or you’ve never seen “The Apprentice,” here’s what happened. Sixteen people, all former professionals, who have found themselves out of work are contestants on this show. They are battling for a job with Donald Trump. There are eight men and eight women and, at least for right now, the men and the women are playing against each other. The men called their team Octane. One guy wanted to call the team Icarus, for something rising out of the ashes. He was shot down because Icarus flew too close to the sun with fake wings and died. Phoenixes, they reminded him, rise out the ashes.
What a birdbrain.
The women called their team Fortitude because it meant having strength and guts. If I had to name them based on their behavior towards the end of the show, once they had to defend themselves to Trump, I’d have called them the Shrillitary.
The project was to take an office space and make it into a ultra-modern office. The men were led by a former military man named Gene who looked lost on day one, getting caught up in decorating and not functionality, and then barked orders on day two. The most ridiculous part of the program featured the guys fighting about what kind of trees, flowers and plants were going in their space. It went on forever. The women appeared to have no clear direction of what their space would look like. They drew up a basic plan and then Nicole and others went shopping, making decisions on the fly. I believe they figured it would all come together at the end but it didn’t. It looked very hodge-podge.
Even before that was decided by the Trumps though, some members of Fortitude could sense it was coming and started throwing each other under the bus. Eventually, Nicole, Tyana and Mahsa started yelling and bickering at each other about who was responsible and for what. Nicole, who had volunteered to be project manager, was fired. It seemed to be expected by everybody that if your project lost, the manager was the one who would be responsible and would be let go. This is why everybody but Gene and Nicole seemed to distance themselves from accepting the position in the first place. Strategy reminder: If you ever go on "The Apprentice" do not volunteer to be project manager in the first episode.
So, Kelly is safe. She makes it to Episode 2 where the teams will sell ice cream in New York City. I imagine they shot dozens and dozens of hours of tape and edited it to tell the story, but it seemed Kelly’s strategy in the first episode was to work, stay out of the way and not get involved in conflicts.
Business tip I learned from watching “The Apprentice” - (I’m going to try and find one thing to learn from this show each week) - People respond to different management styles and a good manager should discern what works for their different employees and, when practical, use that style. The manager should not compromise their standards but short, one on one conversations with people who seem to need that attention could help things go smoother and get things done properly and on time. Nicole was accused by Mahsa of not having a clear vision and trying to rule by consensus. Mahsa was volatile and kind of hostile to Nicole on several occasions early on. Nicole should have responded with clear directions for Mahsa - (You paint, you handle the windows, you put together this part of the office - and praised her when it was done). It might not have mattered in the end, Mahsa is a feisty former attorney who called many things an "injustice." America, we've found this season's Omarosa.
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23 more killed as Israel-Gaza fighting rages on
19 November, 2012
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli strikes on Sunday killed 23 Palestinians, including 14 women and children, in the bloodiest day of its Gaza bombing campaign, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said.
Nine children, five of them babies and toddlers, and five women were among the victims in violence that raised the overall number of Gazans killed to 69 in around 100 hours of relentless Israeli air strikes. Israel gave off signs of a possible ground invasion of the Hamas-run enclave as the next stage in its air and sea offensive billed as a bid to stop Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state, while also spelling out its conditions for a truce.
US President Barack Obama said while Israel had a right to defend itself against rocket salvoes, it would be "preferable" to avoid a military thrust into the Gaza Strip. Such an assault would risk high casualties and an international outcry.
By far the bloodiest strike was in northern Gaza City where a missile levelled a three-storey building, killing nine members of the Al Dallu family, five of them children, and two other people, medics said. Medics said four women and four children were among the dead.
The body of another woman from the same family was also pulled from the rubble but her identity was not immediately clear. The other two victims lived next door.
The Israeli army had no immediate comment on the strike, saying only the air force had hit "a few targets in northern Gaza City". Shortly afterwards, six more Palestinians were killed in four separate strikes.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier he had assured world leaders Israel was doing its utmost to avoid causing civilian casualties in the military showdown with Hamas.
For their part, Gaza militants launched dozens of rockets into Israel and targeted its commercial capital, Tel Aviv, for a fourth day. The Jewish state's "Iron Dome" missile shield shot down two of the rockets fired toward Tel Aviv, Israel's biggest city, but falling debris from the interception hit a car, which caught fire.
Netanyahu said Israel was ready to widen its offensive. "We are exacting a heavy price from Hamas and the terrorist organisations and the Israel Defence Forces are prepared for a significant expansion of the operation," he said at a cabinet meeting, giving no further details.
Gaza health official Mufid al Miklalati said 65 Palestinians – around half of them women and children – had been killed in small, densely populated Gaza began, with hundreds wounded. More than 500 rockets fired from Gaza have hit Israel since Wednesday, killing three civilians and wounding dozens.
In other air raids on Sunday, two Gaza City media buildings were hit, witnesses said. Eight journalists were wounded and facilities belonging to Hamas's Al Aqsa TV as well as Britain's Sky News were damaged. An employee of the Beirut-based al Quds television station lost his leg in the attack, local medics said.
The Israeli military said the strike targeted a rooftop "transmission antenna used by Hamas to carry out terror activity", and that journalists in the building had effectively been used as human shields by Gaza's rulers.
With Egypt at the centre of efforts to broker a ceasefire, Palestinian officials said it was possible a deal would be reached "today or tomorrow". Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said in Cairo, as his security deputies sought to broker a truce with Hamas leaders, "there are some indications that there is a possibility of a ceasefire soon, but we do not yet have firm guarantees".
Egypt has mediated previous ceasefire deals between Israel and Hamas, the latest of which unravelled with recent violence.
A Palestinian official told Reuters the truce discussions would continue in Cairo, saying "there is hope", but that it was too early to say whether the efforts would succeed.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be in Egypt on Monday (today) for talks with Morsi, the foreign ministry in Cairo said. UN diplomats earlier said Ban was expected in Israel and Egypt this week to push for an end to the fighting.
Listing Israel's terms for ceasing fire, Moshe Yaalon, a deputy to Netanyahu, wrote on Twitter, "If there is quiet in the south and no rockets and missiles are fired at Israel's citizens, nor terrorist attacks engineered from the Gaza Strip, we will not attack." | <urn:uuid:4b8d88c4-ba9f-4b83-8623-3510a8b51b7b> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | http://paktribune.com/news/23-more-killed-as-Israel-Gaza-fighting-rages-on-255048.html | 2019-06-24T09:39:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560627999298.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20190624084256-20190624110256-00185.warc.gz | en | 0.979773 | 900 |
There are plenty of celebs who know what suits them and they stick to it, playing it safe with tumbling curls or poker straight lengths. But at the other end of the hair spectrum, there is a host of A-listers who are not afraid to experiment when it comes to their 'do. Whether incorporating a standout hair accessory or playing with braids or colour, these seven celebrities never fail to excites us when they step out on the red carpet.
Keep scrolling for 24 hairstyle ideas we guarantee you'll want to try for weekends, weddings and more.
Boxer braids are big news, but Olivia shows how to soften the look for a prettier effect. Start the braids at the nape of your neck and try fishtail braids instead of the traditional French.
Here Olivia has opted for a super sleek rope braid, matching her black vinyl hair ties to her headband. Get that high-shine gloss finish with Redken Diamond Oil Aerosol Spray (£13).
Rooney Mara is well known for her experimental hairstyles, which may look intricate but are often easy to re-create. This look, for instance, is a high ponytail that has been twisted and pinned in place. Simple.
More twisted ponytails, this time the hair has been sectioned horizontally. The great thing about re-creating a hairstyle like this is that it doesn't need to be too perfect, twist, pin and play. Just make sure you have plenty of pins; we like this Hair Tools Pins & Grips Session Kit (£13).
Here Rooney's hairstylist split her hair into two sections creating a braid at the top and weaving it into the hair at the bottom to end with one plait.
One of Rita's simpler hairstyles, she has pulled it sleek and off her face, pinning behind her head and leaving the ends to tumble loose. Use a large barrel tong like Babyliss's Glamour Waves Curling Tong (£15) to re-create those waves.
Here Rita has added a ponytail extension onto her hair. If you're adept at colouring your hair at home then you could dye one yourself; otherwise, ask your hairdresser to colour it for you. We love Hersheson's The Invisible Ponytail (£60).
You need to be pretty good at braiding to re-create this look. The braids stop at the top of the head where the mid-lengths are twisted into a bun and the ends are left loose. To simplify this look you could start with just one French braid at your forehead, rather than the ones at the sides as well; you'd still achieve a similar final look.
Brie is definitely one to watch for hairstyle inspiration. This is a really pretty and wearable way to incorporate a Dutch braid into your repertoire. If you're braiding freshly washed hair, dust with some Redken Powder Grip 03 (£16).
Here Brie's hairstylist has incorporated this jewelled Jennifer Behr hair accessory into the hairstyle, rather than just fixing it onto the hair at the end. Definite wedding hair inspiration.
Another perfectly executed hair accessory, this time Brie has gone all out with an oversize jewelled headband. The key when wearing a standout accessory is to keep your hairstyle simple.
The secret to this ponytail is to leave some hair loose at the nape of your neck, rather than pulling it all into a low ponytail, it gives the effect of fuller, longer, hair. We're totally trying this hairstyle at the weekend.
Once you've braided your hair, simply twist and pin to re-create this knotted bun. Leave the ends loose like Brie so it doesn't look too "done."
Okay, this braid along the parting could be too fiddly to re-create at home, but the idea of braiding a small section of hair to add interest to loose tresses is genius.
Work a Dutch braid from the front of head around to the back, twist into a bun and leave the ends loose. This look could be a bit edgy, but the pretty makeup and statement earrings make it more glam than grunge.
Cara manages to make this oversize dolly bun look cool, thanks to the faux lip ring and '90s-style velvet choker.
Diane Kruger proves the hun is still going strong—a versatile hairstyle, it works just as well for a night as it does for Sunday brunch.
Another potential wedding hairstyle contender (you could use any colour of ribbon) this woven, wavy, oversize ponytail will give wedding guests something impressive to look at when you're stood at the altar.
Never underestimate a simple twisted chignon. Diane's looks extra pretty thanks to that dry, airy finish. Re-create the texture with Bumble and bumble Thickening Dryspun Finish (£22).
Sienna proves that even shorter hair can experiment. These sweet rope braids are the perfect idea for festival season.
Sienna also manages to secure her short hair into a sleek bun. You'll need plenty of strong hold hairspray for this look, we recommend R+Co Viscious Strong Hold Flexible Hairspray (£24).
Boxer-style braids are not out of the question if you have mid-length hair—you'll just need to braid day-old hair (and have plenty of patience). Pin the ends at the nape of your neck.
From the front Sienna's hair looks pretty and piece-y…
At the back she is working a pretty bun to one side, proving a party updo doesn't have to perfect.
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The guardian - back to home bias or outright corruption “a lot of people do not have any idea how the judicial system works or doesn’t work until you. Given that corruption in the judicial system is a problem in most countries, there is a need for systems to uncover irregularities, and discipline and dismiss corrupt officers. Since health impact news started reporting on medical kidnappings he was the first attorney to challenge the system of judicial corruption in california and. How corrupt is america's judicial system nowthis recent surveys and events indicate that judicial corruption could be a significant problem in. Corruption in judicial systems is threatening the protection of human rights, a united nations independent expert said, urging governments to implement policies to strengthen the rule of law to combat this practice. A study of corruption in the bulgarian legal system essential to understanding the fundamental details of bulgaria’s corrupt judicial system what is corruption. Courts, corruption and judicial independence when we talk about judicial system corruption (judicial corruption for short) the paradigmatic image is that. What i saw and interpreted was arrogant corruption at an historical level mr rowe had been grossly mistreated by our federal justice system and now mr washington was.
The citizens of myanmar have struggled in poverty, despite the country’s resource wealth, due to years of systemic managerial abuse while a great deal of people languished, certain groups of people enjoyed prestige and privilege while maintaining their unjust monopoly in the country. Gcr: judicial systems corruption is undermining justice in many parts of the world, denying victims and the accused the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. Explains the causes of judicial corruption and proposes legislation understanding how and why our judges become corrupt if we want a fair justice system. Global ranking on corruption and justice aims to promote good governance government powers are effectively limited by legislative and judicial bodies. Strategies to eliminate corruption of ethics and professional responsibility and standards of conduct for legal and judicial actors in the justice system. A well-functioning justice system is central to effectively addressing corruption, which, in turn, is important for the development of a country but judicial institutions are themselves corruptible and, thus, all steps must be taken to combat.
Transparency international reports that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial, sometimes even to a trial at all. The basel institute on governance and the international bar association (iba) have published a study on typologies of corruption in the judiciary the study was conducted in the context of the iba's judicial integrity initiative.
Corruption in the justice or legal system the justice system is corrupt, as it often gives people unfair or delayed trials and makes decisions which are not in the. Judicial corruption: urgent need to implement the assembly’s proposals in a judicial system context, corruption is conduct that undermines the effectiveness.
Rio de janeiro — brazilians are so used to impunity, especially when it comes to the legendary corruption in their political system, that they often employ a fatalistic maxim to describe it: the police arrest the courts set free but for weeks now, brazilians have been riveted by the televised. Courting corruption: the auctioning of the judicial system don't believe the citizens united pollyannas watching money flooding into elections for judges' seat shows how dangerous unregulated campaigns can be. How to fight judicial and government corruption thanks to jack for sending me this due to the dishonesty and corruption in the judicial system.
System, the judge is the focal point for reducing corruption within the justice system whether the judge is engaged in criminal, civil, commercial or administrative decision-making is essentially immaterial to the causes and forms of corruption corruption in the justice system covers all aspects of judicial oversight. In the area of judicial corruption and anti-corruption corruption and anti-corruption in the ‘corruption and anti-corruption in the justice system. ‘corruption is rampant in the lower courts’ yet another case of judicial corruption was exposed last month would a few suspensions control corruption in. The corruption risks in the interactions among actors in judicial systems and the risks arising at different stages of the judicial process the jii gathered empirical evidence to identify where specifically in the judicial system the biggest risks arise, what those risks were, and the role of different actors in corrupt conduct. Corruption within the judicial system is one of the most important reasons for the persistence of high levels of corruption in india because a corrupt judicial system shields impunity a corruption-free judicial system is an essential (although by no means sufficient) prerequisite for combating corruption. The global corruption report 2007 looks at how, why and where corruption mars judicial processes, and to reflect on remedies for corruption-tainted systems the book focuses on judges and courts but situates them within the broader justice system - police, prosecutors, lawyers and agencies responsible for enforcing judicial decisions. Voices serious corruption has happened in our justice system - and the penalties could stand to be harsher. | <urn:uuid:340acaf0-41e0-47e3-b08e-08e73b125b68> | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | http://ymtermpapercrje.caribbeansoul.us/corruption-in-judicial-systems.html | 2018-06-21T08:39:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864110.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621075105-20180621095105-00257.warc.gz | en | 0.940155 | 1,015 |
Imma be real with you here, I don't have much motivation to write this post right now. I'm also never going to make a pun based on that awful Black Eyed Peas song. But I digress. It's been a hectic week for reasons totally irrelevant to this blog, and I'm heading to Boston tomorrow morning for my first real fantasy road game against The Girl. She caught me on an off week with Drew Brees and Matt Forte on a bye, but I'm not one to sit around and let a loss show up on my ledger.
But anyway, let's see what I can scrounge up as I watch Chris Johnson trudge through the mud that I assume must be surrounding his feet.
WHAT? New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks
WHY? Unstoppable force, immovable object, you get it. The Patriots set the field ablaze against the Broncos, running 89 plays (including 54 rushing attempts, more than the Chiefs ran last week in their absurdly run-heavy game plan last week) and gaining 444 yards. Interestingly enough, their yards-per-play was exactly the same as the 'Hawks had last week, but Seattle ran 27 fewer plays for 130 fewer yards and scored 14 fewer points. However, the Seattle D is 1st in total defense, 5th against the pass, 3rd against the run, and 2nd in scoring defense. These teams are also almost identical in terms of average time of possession (albeit accomplished through entirely different schemes), ranking 7th and 8th in the league.
WHO? It's always Tom Brady with the Patriots, isn't it? Wrong. I'll be taking a look at the Pats' breakout running backs Stevan Ridley and Brandon Bolden, who have combined for 448 yards and 4 touchdowns on 80 carries the last two weeks. Now, those games were against two teams in the bottom ten in the league against the run (although obviously those stats are skewed by their performances in these games), so perhaps we should take that with a grain of salt. It will be interesting to see how the third-ranked rush offense (which has made its hay against weaker rush defenses) fares against the third-ranked rush defense (which has made its hay against weaker rush offenses).
HOW? Drive to Cambridge, MA, throw on a Shady McCoy jersey, and watch a wee little Giants fan squirm as she's forced to watch Tom Brady dissect the defense of Matt Vogel's boys. Oh wait, that's what I'll be doing.
WHAT? New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers
WHY? This rematch of last year's NFC Championship game has a very similar feel to it, in that the 49ers' offense is coming off an impressive showing (600+ yards last week) and the Giants upset a heavily favored team in impressive fashion (they topped the Browns 41-27 last week). Oh, the Browns weren't favored? Oops. Well the G-Men are coming off an impressive offensive performance themselves, but it will be more interesting to see how their defense handles the apparent juggernaut that is the 49ers' O. In that NFC Championship game Alex Smith was just 12-for-26 for 196 yards; last week, he was 18-for-24 for 303 yards.
WHO? After rushing for 200 yards and a TD on 30 carries last week, I'm intrigued to see how Ahmad Bradshaw performs this week when he's facing a top-10 rush defense instead of a bottom-10 one, in a contest in which he's not likely to receive nearly that kind of workload. He had just 35 carries for 133 yards and a touchdown in his first three games combined, and has carried the ball at least 20 times just six times in his career before last week. This 49ers defense held Adrian Peterson and the formidable Bills duo to just over 3 yards per carry this season, so I'm not seeing Bradshaw providing anywhere close to a repeat performance.
HOW? Start a pickup football game. Get beat to the tune of a 24-point deficit late in the third quarter. Make it all the way back to take the lead. Then read the rulebook on ineligible receivers downfield.
WHAT? St. Louis Rams at Miami Dolphins
WHY? You thought I'd pick a game with high-exposure (or at least good) teams? Ha! This game is a fantasy defense goldmine! Both good sleepers this week, the Rams are 7th and the Dolphins 9th in fantasy scoring, mostly due to their ranks of 7 and 8 in sacks. But more importantly, these teams aren't likely to run up the score offensively. These teams have scored at least 21 points just three times out of their 10 total games, and the Rams are going to be without what qualifies for a #1 wide receiver in St. Louis, Danny Amendola (no slight on him, but he's not exactly Calvin Johnson or even Dwayne Bowe).
WHO? To me, this game might be decided by whether or not the Dolphins' rookie QB Ryan Tannehill can get the ball to underrated receivers Brian Hartline and Davone Bess against this Rams pass defense. St. Louis has allowed just two passing touchdowns all season while nabbing 8 interceptions, recording 15 sacks, and allowing the third-lowest opponents' passer rating in the league. Tannehill has thrown just two touchdowns himself this season, but has thrown just 3 interceptions in his past four games after throwing 3 in Week 1, including a 430-yard game on just 41 attempts against a now-famous Cardinals defense.
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The Ramsar Convention's Swiss Grant for Africa
Swiss Grant for Africa - Report for 2002
The Swiss Grant for Africa is a generous voluntary contribution offered annually to the Ramsar Convention Bureau by the Federal Government of Switzerland, over and above the annual contribution provided to the Conventions core budget, in order to support wetland conservation and wise use and the implementation of the Convention in Africa. This annual contribution dates back to 1989 following the establishment of the Convention secretariat in Switzerland in 1988.
The Swiss Grant is extremely useful in financing suitable emergency action or specific activities in needy areas of wetland conservation and wise use. This contribution is also particularly helpful in promoting the Convention in the region.
We are pleased to report a summary on the approved projects in 2002.
Summary of the approved projects for 2002
1. Accession process to the Ramsar Convention:
A number of African countries are taking steps for accession and it is planned to provide some input to accelerate the process so as to achieve the accession of six of them by COP8. To that end, technical backing along with a small financial support will be provided by the Ramsar Bureau through the Swiss Grant Fund. The financial support will be mainly aimed at organising a national workshop in the following countries:
This initiative will require three trips by the Regional Coordinator for Africa to assist these countries in the following manner:
Our future work with Seychelles brings about special prospects for collaborative actions with the Small Island Developing States. Ramsar has high interest on small islands and the importance of their wetland ecosystems is recognized by the Convention in its work in the Indian Ocean, the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
As these islands become signatories to the Ramsar Convention, they are better placed to tell the global community of their special concerns and problems. It is important for the long-term future of the Small Island Developing States that wetland issues, such as protection of coral reefs, seagrass beds and storm-buffering mangroves, are brought to world attention and adequately considered in global environmental planning and support programs.
The workshop in Angola, Mozambique and Seychelles will be jointly organized with the WWF offices in Mozambique and Madagascar.
2. Guinea: Supporting co-ordinating mechanism for the promotion of integrated river basin management
Guinea is the West Africa "Water Tower" with the source of Niger River, the source of the Senegal River and the source of the Gambia River. The Bureau of the Ramsar Convention has established a joint work with WWF International Living Water Prtogramme to assist Ramsar Contracting Parties in the implementation of the Ramsar Convention, especially through Ramsar sites designation and Management activities.
The work between the government agencies responsible for water and for environment has led to improved partnership between national institutions. A Ramsar National Committee has been established and a local committee is being established in relevant districts concerning the source of the Niger River and its headwaters.
This financial allocation is intended to consolidate the consultation process and promote the endorsement by local stakeholders of a strategy that integrates wetland conservation and wise use into the overall management of the Niger River at basin scale.
This project is jointly sponsored by the Swiss Grant and WWF International Living Waters Programme.
Approved budget by the Swiss Grant: SFR20, 000
3. External input to the above activities
It is suggested to set aside SFR10,000 to allow for input from the Ramsar Bureau and from Ramsar 's representatives of International Organisation Partners (BirdLife International, IUCN, `Wetlands International and WWF International) as appropriate in the pre-accession workshops. This amount will only cover travel expenses. The required staff time for technical input will stand for an in-kind contribution from the Bureau and Ramsar's partners.
4. Strengthening collaborative work with the Centre for African Wetlands (CAW) based in Accra, Ghana
This initiative is intended to support and encourage the work of the newly established regional Centre for African Wetlands (CAW) hosted by the University of Ghana. A specific action will be taken on promoting the use of alternative sources of energy that help save wetlands and other ecosystems: solar energy is used in the new building of the Centre.
The Centre seeks to maintain wetland biodiversity, enhance the general ecological integrity of wetlands, and through this improve the quality of life for people living within and around wetlands. In order to achieve this, the Centre has been established in Ghana and mandated, as a facilitator, to focus on research, capacity building, networking, information dissemination, policy development, and advocacy, for promoting sustainable wetland management in West Africa. This would be done through the pursuit of scientific research that would benefit the whole West African sub-region through links between the Centre, other institutions in West Africa involved in wetland research.
Stage 1 of the Centre's operation had several outputs, one of which was the construction of a seven office, conference room, library and laboratory complex. This has now been completed and the building is in use. In the spirit of conservation the Center has a solar panel, which supplies the emergency power instead of a generator.
The Center would like to construct a rainwater collection and redistribution system. This would be coupled with a small solar pump and a drip-irrigation system would serve two main purposes;
1) as a practical demonstration to the visitors to the Centre and the Ghanaian population as a whole of the potential of green technologies to conserve the environment as well as saving energy and resources
2) assisting the Centre maintain its grounds and image
Approved budget by the Swiss Grant SFR15,000
5. Strengthening communication with Contracting Parties
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FACTORIES and building sites have revealed new measures to protect workers as Britain's coronavirus lockdown eases.
One-way walking, a ban on communal loos and plastic protective shields are among the steps firms are taking to safeguard staff.
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Last night, Boris Johnson urged factory and construction workers to go back to work as the PM addressed the nation with his three-step roadmap to recovery.
But with fears social distancing measures will be hard to enforce in many workplaces, companies have installed signs reminding workers to stay two metres apart.
Extra washing facilities, hand sanitiser and the closure of canteens are also being rolled out.
Nidec Control Techniques, an electronics firm in Newtown, Mid Wales which employs 250 people, has installed 53 wash stations.
Anyone visiting the units must place a cone outside the door to make sure only one person at a time goes in, with the door opened by foot from inside with a pedal.
The company has installed moveable plastic shields to protect workers, and a new one-way system so staff stay two-metres apart on the factory floor.
Operations director Huw Mills told the BBC: "There is no people passing each other which would breach the two-meter rule.
"You will not bump into anybody."
Speaking about the moveable screens, Mr Mills added: "This is something that our engineers have innovated, something that we're using.
"In a manufacturing space you do need to get up and close and personal with people.
"Our engineering team knocked up a mobile screen on wheels."
It comes as Covid-19 deaths in the UK rose to 32,065 after 210 more deaths were recorded today, the lowest daily rise in six weeks.
During Britain's virus lockdown, Nidec Control Techniques had shut down production for three weeks, but has now reopened.
One worker said: "Sometimes you do have to think about it, because you see someone, and you... get into a conversation, and then you think, oh wait, step back.
"We're doing the best we can. Usually there's four people on a line, but it's just two of us so we're just trying to keep the pace and carry on.
Another said: "You're here, you're here for eight hours and you're working, so it takes your mind off it.
"It's only when you get home you see the news again.
"Sitting at home for weeks on end is boring, you get lethargic, here you're active again, and it's nice to meet your friends again."
Sitting at home for weeks on end is boring, you get lethargic, here you're active again, and it's nice to meet your friends againFactory worker
Nidec Control Techniquesn president Anthony Pickering said: "Our facilities are as safe as we could possibly get it. If we find other ways we will obviously look at them.
"But this is the unknown, there's no textbook telling you what to do.
"We've had to figure this out as we go along."
Speaking last night,the PM insisted the government wants to ensure everyone is "safe at work" with new guidance for employers to make workplaces COVID-secure.
He said: "We now need to stress that anyone who can’t work from home, for instance those in construction or manufacturing, should be actively encouraged to go to work."
Last week, a survey revealed three-quarters of building sites across England and Wales have reopened, according to Build UK.
The trade body said 73 per cent of sites were back up and running.
One firm, Weston Homes, which has reopened sites across London, has said construction staff, delivery drivers and site visitors will be required to thoroughly wash their hands with soap and water and on all sites.
The building firm has also created bespoke wash stations for site staff, with sinks containing an independent water supply and hand sanitiser.
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Male security guards are at the highest risk - and are more than four times as likely to die from coronavirus than the average man, while the threat to male bus and coach drivers is more than double.
Cab drivers, shop workers, chefs and security guards are among those most likely to die from Covid-19, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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- Designer Takeshi Iue
Achieving simplicity is the goal for Japanese-born, Adelaide-based furniture designer Takeshi Iue. Simplicity in concept, form, materiality and ultimately construction, but perhaps not process, as Iue’s design development is often a lengthy series of exacting and painstaking iterations – a necessary progression to reach a final piece that meets his high standards. Like his design process, Iue is rigorous with his development as a practitioner. He holds three design qualifications: a Bachelor of Visual Communication from the University of South Australia, a Diploma of Art (Furniture Design) from the Douglas Mawson Institute of TAFE and a two-year Furniture Studio Design Associateship from Adelaide’s JamFactory.
Many of Iue’s pieces are beguilingly simple and do not immediately reveal the complexity of their design. The hexagonal top of Trunk stool descends to a dodecagon (12-sided) base formed by precise chamfers that run vertically down the length from each point of the hexagon. The grain of the American walnut panels cause the gentle chamfer to appear a natural part of a solid trunk, but it is, in fact, a clad carcase. Designing for the exhibition Six, held at Aptos Cruz Gallery in mid-2010, Iue was not happy with the piece until he believed he had created, “something simple and timeless… something people can use for a long time”.
Fruit Bowl, which he produces for retail sale, also began with an unassuming origin: a detail, an intersection of two planes – a straightforward and honest connection. But it took two years of sketches, models and prototypes before Iue found the perfect vehicle for his detail, discarding unsatisfactory concepts along the way. Fruit Bowl comprises six identical plywood panels that are purchased in a flat pack and self-assembled by the consumer.
Iue describes his stackable Autumn design as a seat “reduced back to the simplest form”. Exhibited at the London Design Festival in 2011, the seat is inspired by the random fall of autumn leaves, which are then collected by children and stacked and cradled in their hands. The form of the seat is haphazard as a single item, but ordered and neat when stacked with others. Orange-toned New Zealand rimu timber further evokes the season.
Iue often celebrates ubiquitous ideas and qualities, sometimes with an element of humour in his quest for the essence of simplicity. His House chopstick rest was designed “to have small meanings… a house. House is where the chopsticks always go back to rest when not in use.” The miniature rock maple House is a delightful demonstration of cultural propriety. Similarly, the sliding table and seat combination Home (main image) was generated by the idea of an intimate space for Iue and his wife to sit and share precious time together at home between their equally busy work schedules. Home is, of course, where the heart is.
An early piece, Black Gallery bench, was his response to the universal furniture design challenge of public seating in gallery spaces. Iue’s interpretation was a folded, slightly squashed geometry of gloss black panels that in turn reflect and absorb light. The bench evokes a sculpture in its own right once occupied, as the seated repose of the user is both ergonomically and intellectually one of contemplation.
Iue’s Habit chair is an elegant, folded rock maple dining chair that carefully considers its role when not in use. When positioned at the table the seat backs form a series of angles, planes of light and shadow. Diners approach, pull back each chair and take their seats behind what could be considered a screen.
Adelaide has provided a strong design network within which Iue has developed his expertise. A course in packaging design during his visual communication degree program initiated Iue’s interest in the 3D form. He was welcomed into the private workshop of one of his TAFE lecturers, so he could fine-tune his pieces after hours and a guest lecture by JamFactory furniture studio head Tom Mirams introduced Iue to the idea of applying for a furniture associateship.
Not satisfied with his formal design qualifications, Iue has recently taken a position in the studio of renowned master furniture designer, Khai Liew. Iue appraises himself modestly and unselfconsciously. “I can see myself. I am not there yet,” he says. Working with Liew exposes Iue to a faster pace and a range of national and international commissions. Unexpected challenges also present themselves, such as Liew’s brief to create an installation for the recent Adelaide Festival, which was presented with one day’s notice. Iue’s giant calico-wrapped furniture ‘stack’ cleverly suggested what was concealed by careful placement of ties that stretched the calico at selected points over the furniture pieces beneath. In so many ways this experimental piece reveals Iue’s design philosophy. “The shape comes first, that’s why it’s always simple. I’m always trying to find what says ‘enough’.” | <urn:uuid:b006633e-aac5-4af8-b0c8-93b37729ae10> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://www.australiandesignreview.com/objects/takeshi-iue-mastering-minimalism/ | 2020-08-07T09:52:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439737172.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20200807083754-20200807113754-00152.warc.gz | en | 0.968474 | 1,102 |
How was the weekend??
I had a great weekend, even though I worked both Saturday and Sunday. I got out by 4:00 on Saturday in time to throw a super fun dinner party for 7 of my friends in my backyard, getting most everything except for the spices at the farmer’s market, and though a 7 am call time was pretty rough on Sunday morning, I was done by 1:00.
I was working on this Japanese commercial that will only be showed in Japan. No it wasn’t an Envision Beauty commercial! Though hopefully there will some one day. It was a pretty big production, and the rooftop of a gorgeous building all the way on the East side was rented out, to build a platform to shoot and have an awesome view of the city. I’ve personally never been involved with a commercial shoot that had so many people working on it, a grips, electric and prop crew, as well as a huge staff of Japanese camera men, producers, and directors and assistant directors, etc.- as usually in a still photoshoot they aren’t building anything. It was more like a movie set! And this Japanese ad agency wouldn’t settle for a green screen shot to be put in or find an existing platform to shoot on…they wanted this one!!!
There was sort of a snaggle on Saturday morning, as the fire department showed up and wanted part of the platform rebuilt a certain way. My call time was 7:30 am that day, and gloriously so, there turned out to be a small park with flowers and benches right across the street from the building and the trailer I was supposed to be hanging out in. So I totally didn’t mind hanging out until 2:30, which was when I started working! (Though everything was set up by then and I only had to work for an hour and a half, if you don’t count just hanging out ☺ ). I read a whole book, part of another one, got to finish commenting on all the blog comments that were written to me through Thursday, and even sent some emails! It was sunny and I had a fabulous and productive day.
What was hilarious was that none of the Japanese really spoke English, though the AD (Assistant Director) acted like a translator. They had seen me doing yoga before and on the side, and when I would get in the elevator with them or walked past them, they would say things like “Ahh, Yoga Master!” and “Macrobiotic”, just sort of throw them in my direction. If only they knew that a real yoga master has nothing to do with doing hard physical poses, but rather having complete control over the mind and much more, and I don’t eat macrobiotic! It was quite funny.
I loved how respectful they all were though, and I absolutely loved how each one of them had style- interesting hats, accessories, glasses, etc. The stylist for the shoot was very sweet and I talked to her a bunch, since she did speak English really well. I told her how much I enjoyed traveling through Japan a few years ago and how interesting I found the culture, and we talked about how much fashion and style were part of the Japanese culture.
So, what to eat! I was gone all day, and they had Kraft services out all day with snacks, as well as a breakfast and lunch setup. I brought my Green drink with me in a container, so had that for breakfast, and later on had some fruit. Now, what to do for lunch?! Well there was certainly nothing there that seemed very appetizing to me. The salad didn’t look great, and the vegetables looked like they had been sautéed in who knows what kind of oil. I didn’t want to eat the white bread rolls, and the nuts that were out were roasted.
Did I have to starve? No! There are always options. It’s New York, so there is a deli on every corner. If you don’t live in New York, I’m sure there are a lot of grocery stores and markets (hopefully!) around should you run into such a situation.
So I walked into the nearby deli, and bought a plain salad container filled with chopped romaine lettuce, a lemon and an avocado. I cut open the avocado and mashed it all in the salad, and covered it all with lemon. It wasn’t obviously the most seasoned salad, but as I was hungry it totally did the trick, and I felt great afterwards! I didn’t have to spend the rest of the day feeling heavy and full from eating a lunch that I didn’t want to eat, or wasn’t the best choice. So remember, if you get in a situation like that, to look around and do your best. There are always usually lemons to avoid processed and fatty salad dressings, and you can make other changes as well. Buying raw nuts would have been another option also.
I know a lot of you eat out a lot, or are stuck eating at work events, etc. so I hope this gives a little inspiration that you are not doomed to have to eat the way your co-workers or people around you are eating that you don’t want to! And I so don’t make a big deal out of it- if people ask I just say, “Oh, I just feel better eating this.” Nothing preachy, and nothing about them!
My body is always craving foods that increase metabolism; all you need to do is ask what it wants and it will usually tell you right.
Okay well have a great start to your week and hope to see you back here soon.
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I’ve been arrested more times and spent far longer in forensic psychiatric units than most critics, so I approached True Crime Netflix documentaries Evil Genius and The Staircase with a pragmatic insight into true psychopathy and genuine mental illness. There are many other True Crime docs on Netflix, but there was something that appeared to click together for me after watching these two, specifically on the ultimate agenda of “celebrity” murderers, which they seemed in many ways to confirm.
One of the most instructive books about the fantasy lives of evil geniuses (to which the term equally applies to Marjorie Diehl and Michael Peterson, the two “stars” of the documentaries in question) is Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho. The narrator, Patrick Bateman, is beautiful, young and rich, but living a secret life as a serial killer.
“I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability to feel compassion had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning.”
Since the 1980s, when Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter books began with Red Dragon, an insidious and instinctive respect has developed for the genius of certain notorious criminals like Ian Brady and Charles Manson. Interestingly, The Church of Satan openly supported rapist and serial killer Richard Ramirez at his Los Angeles trial.
During the entirety of the 2012 London Olympics, I was detained under a Section 3 of the Mental Health Act in a Secure Unit in Woolwich. Unlike an acute ward, which is usually filled with disturbed members of the general public, Secure Units are where they send the most mentally disturbed violent criminals, the insane murderers and wheelchair bound pedophiles who are usually warehoused there until they die. A horrible chain of events had brought me to this place: severe depression, self-harm, alcoholism, hallucinations, and the horrible feeling that I had been the cause of the Dark Knight Rises massacre committed by James Holmes in Colorado. An equally strange chain of events led to my discharge to the community a month after I’d arrived. At the very least, if you’re ever going to leave, you’re going to spend another six months in an acute ward for observation.
Evil Genius, which focuses on a female psychopath, reveals photographic evidence of the nature of intelligent psychopaths in the few unbearable times Marjorie Diehl stares directly at the camera. The Staircase, about male psychopath Michael Peterson, a Vietnam veteran and published novelist, doesn’t have these moments, since Peterson, who allowed the filmmakers access almost from the time of his arrest, is far more knowledgeable about the effects of cinema, and doesn’t reveal his true self until the very final moments of the 13-episode series, and even then not in the unintentionally disturbing way Diehl does.
These kinds of expressions are common in the eyes of very dangerous people, and I saw them on a daily basis during the London Olympics. Anybody who has spent time in a Secure Unit knows that the moment you realize where you actually are, it’s usually too late. Many people, who are either the spouses, lovers or victims of psychopaths will understand the look in the eyes, which is difficult to explain to somebody who has never seen it, but once seen, is never forgotten, and can be very upsetting. Last year, after his last request to have a classical musical piece about insanity played at his funeral was denied, Moors murderer Ian Brady was eventually cremated (no cremation service wanted to do it) and his ashes were disposed at sea at night in dead silence.
In all my experience of the wretched, frustrated world of the psychopathic psychiatric patient, the same patterns emerge. These kinds of people have never been able to empathize with others, so their lives have been a performance of sorts, an anticipation or mirroring of other people. What I learned about them, and what these two documentaries seem to reinforce, is that there typically arrives a moment in the Secure Unit where the Evil Genius finally understands what it is. Where they realize they couldn’t have possibly succeeded in the real world, a world they have always been aware of, in the films they like, or the music they listen to, because they have lost themselves so long ago, all that can possibly be left is a desperate grasp to take as many other souls down as they can.
Take it from me, Hannibal Lecter doesn’t exist. In every single case of this kind, the only possible success these kind of celebrity criminals can have is by spreading fear, and haunting as many others as they can, and it equally applies to the ones who don’t become murderers.
I recommend both Evil Genius and The Staircase, but advise caution. If you understand that both Diehl and Peterson were aware that a film was being made about them, you may assess it more usefully, and you’ll be more able to see why they actively participated in the documentaries about their crimes.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has formally adopted federal guidelines aimed at softening treatment of illegal immigrants arrested in work-site raids who are pregnant, nursing infants or serving as sole caregivers to children or seriously ill relatives.
The federal guidelines, publicly released last week, say that agents should develop a comprehensive plan to identify such people in raids targeting more than 150 people and work with social service agencies to assess humanitarian needs when deciding whether to detain them while processing their deportation cases.
The agency developed the guidelines with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and plans to issue them to all enforcement offices, said agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice.
In addition, Kice said, the agency's Assistant Secretary Julie L. Myers this month issued a memo directing agents to consider releasing nursing mothers on their own recognizance and using alternatives to detention, such as electronic monitoring, as long as they pose no threat to national security or public safety.
The memo said the agency's commitment to ending the "catch and release" practice, in which illegal immigrants are released soon after apprehension, did not diminish its responsibility to recognize "meritorious" humanitarian cases, Kice said.
"ICE is committed to enforcing the law, but we're also committed to addressing humanitarian concerns," Kice said.
She added that the agency has long taken those concerns into account, but said the guidelines promulgated with Kennedy's office formalized the procedures for doing so.
The guidelines come amid a sharp increase in the number of workplace raids and other enforcement actions, leading to growing concerns about the effect on children. In recent years, work-site arrests of illegal immigrants have increased sevenfold, from about 500 in 2002 to about 3,600 in 2006, according to agency statistics.
A recent report by the National Council of La Raza and the Urban Institute found that, on average, one child is affected for every two adults arrested. In three cases studied -- work-site raids in Massachusetts, Colorado and Nebraska -- about 500 children were affected by the arrests of about 900 adults.
No young children were left homeless or abandoned, the study found, but several adolescents were left to fend for themselves under occasional adult supervision and sought aid at local food banks and other social service agencies.
In the case of the New Bedford, Mass., raid in March, a breast-feeding baby whose mother was picked up in the sweep had to be hospitalized for dehydration. In Conneaut, Ohio, last month, a nursing mother also was separated from her baby in a case that drew worldwide media coverage and the ire of activists who complained that such treatment was traumatic to children.
Immigrant advocates said the formal guidelines should help prevent such cases.
"It's a positive step in recognition of the need to humanize immigration policy," said Angela Sanbrano, president of the Los Angeles-based National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities.
Anike Tourse, spokeswoman for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, said one problem is that some illegal immigrants do not divulge their family information when arrested, fearing their children might be harmed.
Tourse said immigration raids should be stopped altogether in favor of pursuing a comprehensive solution to illegal immigration.
She said the raids have made just a minor dent in the overall problem but have caused widespread chaos and hardship for families.
"All they're doing is creating havoc and destroying families," Tourse said.
But Michelle Dallacroce, president of the Phoenix-based Mothers Against Illegal Aliens, decried the guidelines and called for a harder line against illegal immigrant mothers.
"These women are using their children as pawns to come and stay here illegally," Dallacroce said. "They should all be detained, sent back and charged with child abuse for putting their children in this situation."
Immigrant advocates said they would monitor agency practices to make sure the guidelines are followed.
Kice said agents have long taken humanitarian considerations into account in their operations.
In a September raid at 11 McDonald's restaurants in Reno, the agency identified 56 illegal immigrants, Kice said. Agents released 31 of them on their own recognizance for humanitarian reasons -- two immediately and the rest later at a local processing center. Kice would not specify the nature of the humanitarian concerns.
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Packing up his parents’ belongings was tough.
Eight years ago, Ball State alumnus Eric Nesheim, ’73, sold his childhood home in Marion, Indiana. His mother had died two years previously and his father had moved to Colorado to live with Eric’s sister. It was time for Eric, a retired art instructor, to close the estate.
But taking down a framed portrait pulled at Eric’s heart.
That work of art, just a few strokes of charcoal on a mustard-colored paper, portrays Eric as a young man, sitting on a floor, posed casually and looking directly at the viewer. Behind Eric, a woman, seated on a stool, faces away.
The sketch recreates what happened one day inside a Ball State classroom, in the early 1970s — a day Eric remembers well.
“It was a life drawing class,” he said. “Usually they had a nude model. That day, we were going to draw people in clothes. I volunteered to be one of the models.”
A lasting image
One of Eric’s favorite instructors, accomplished watercolor painter Jim Faulkner, ’59, MA ’60, taught the course and drew the sketch. Originally from Kentucky, Faulkner moved to Muncie in the 1940s to work in a factory before launching a career as a professional artist and instructor. He is known for his landscapes and is one of the most collected artists of east central Indiana.
Faulkner taught at the University from 1960 to 1965 and again from 1970 to 1980. He lives in a Muncie nursing home now. Faulkner said Eric, who majored in Visual Arts, stood out.
“He was a good kid and he worked hard,” Faulkner said.
Faulkner had a habit of drawing with his class, offering students a chance to watch a professional at work.
“At that time, a lot of instructors felt you shouldn’t demonstrate,” Faulkner said. “I think the idea was that you didn’t want people copying. But that’s the way you learn.”
The portrait of a young Eric Nesheim is one of dozens of quickly drawn sketches by Faulkner that semester. They were on cheap paper. Most ended up filed away in Faulkner’s belongings, rarely seen again. Eric, however, wasn’t going to let that happen.
“Could I have this?” Eric asked Faulkner after class. “I’d like to give it to my mom for Christmas.”
“Sure,” Faulkner said.
Eric sensed some reluctance when he asked for another favor. He wanted Faulkner to sign the sketch, too. Many artists will only sign a finished piece of work. But Faulkner graciously agreed.
A Marion shop framed the portrait just in time for Christmas.
“My mom was just absolutely thrilled,” Eric said.
Passing it on
The sketch that Faulkner completed in five or six minutes hung in the Nesheim home for more than 30 years. As time passed, the drawing’s sentimental significance ballooned, taking on heirloom status.
That’s because the sketch ties together so many important threads in Eric’s life.
It reminds him of his mother, Donna Vice Nesheim, a successful florist who encouraged her son to pursue art, even when others suggested a more practical career. It connects him to his alma mater and to an important mentor. And, finally, it represents Eric’s own teaching career, and the students whom he has influenced.
Eric taught art for 29 years at Madison College, formerly called Madison Area Technical College, in Wisconsin before retiring in 2008. He has worked as a freelance illustrator for several publications, developed a trading card set, and has written and illustrated a book about the country’s fascination with flying saucers. At times, he has collaborated on projects with his daughter, Christine, a photographer, and his son, Leif, a writer.
Students Eric mentored and befriended in Madison included award-winning comic book artist Steve Rude, who developed the series “Nexus” and has worked for D.C. and Marvel comics.
Faulkner, Eric said, served as role model. He inspired Eric to be down-to-earth and to emphasize technical instruction through hands-on demonstration.
“Mr. Faulkner was not a pretentious person,” Eric said. “He was easygoing, kind and helpful. If you had a question about how to do something, he would try to show you. That experience is what I tried to bring to my students.”
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On tap (PINT BOKBIERF. 09):Clear, deep amber coloured with ruby sparks and a big beige head, that slowly collapses; moderate dark-malty, caramelly nose with a tinge of molasses; moderate, quite dry bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied; increasing dryness in the bitter-sweet finish, a tinge of molasses included. Pleasant..........
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What you need to know:
- As Africa's crypto adoption numbers continue to break records, startups in the space are attracting ever-more funding.
- Cryptocurrency payment value in Africa surged by 1,200 percent to 105.6 billion US dollars in June 2021 from July 2020.
The fundraising boom in Africa's crypto space shows no sign of abating.
Venture Capital (VC) flows into crypto ventures in the first half of 2022 surpassed the total for all of 2021 - 127 million US dollars - reports show.
In the first quarter of 2022 alone, 91 million US dollars was raised, with this fundraising streak spilling over into the second quarter which saw four fundraising rounds deliver another 213 million US dollars.
The Seychelles-based startup, KuCoin in May raised a record-shattering 150 million US dollars in a pre-Series B funding round, pushing its valuation to 10 billion US dollars, not only delivering Africa’s first blockchain "mega deal", but also its first blockchain unicorn as well as the continent’s first 'decacorn.'
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Mara, a Pan-African crypto exchange platform, raised 23 million US dollars, while Jambo, a Congo-based startup, raised 30 million dollars and Nigerian startup, Afriex raised 10 million dollars during the second quarter of 2022.
The funds raised and disclosed so far in this space stand at 304 million US dollars, more than double the 127 million US dollars raised for the whole of last year.
Cryptocurrency payment value in Africa surged by 1,200 percent to 105.6 billion US dollars in June 2021 from July 2020, according to data from blockchain data platform, Chainalysis.
However, despite the continued investment into the crypto ecosystem in Africa, the continent accounted for just 0.5 per cent of total global blockchain funding, offering plenty more upside to potential investors.
“Although Africa’s blockchain and cryptocurrency funding numbers are still small compared to other regions, they are certainly growing,” according to The African Blockchain Report 2021.
The report, published by Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CV VC) and Standard Bank, shows a 1,668 per cent year-on-year first-quarter growth in funding - rising from 5.1 million US dollars in 2021 to 91 million US dollars in Q1, 2022.
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In 2021, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa – three of the ‘big four’ startup ecosystems along with Egypt - bagged most of the venture dollar inflows in the crypto space, and together with Seychelles, accounted for 122 million US dollars.
Nigeria topped the 2021 list, raising 49.6 million US dollars followed by Seychelles (33.8 million), showing the island nation was already punching above its weight considering it does not even feature in the top 100 in Global Startup ecosystems.
Kenya (20 million US dollars) and South Africa (18.8 million) finished third and fourth in 2021, respectively.
Even Cameroon (4.1 million US dollars) and Burkina Faso (300,000) raised more than Egypt’s 200,000 US dollars. Ghana's crypto space attracted 125,000 US dollars.
Historically high crypto adoption rates on the continent are being fuelled by an increased interest in regulated digital currencies from central banks as well as the urgent need to include unbanked populations - all making blockchain startups attractive to investors.
“The lack of common legacy financial systems and an enormous population, primarily unbanked, all contribute to the popularity and growth of cryptocurrencies on the continent,” said the authors of the report.
From peer-to-peer (P2P) payments facilitating trade in informal and small business ventures as well as opportunities to lower the considerable costs of logistics and remittances on the continent, the report showed Africa is openly embracing blockchain to revolutionize finance and trade and to bolster financial inclusivity.
“Countries like South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana have seen a rapid uptake of crypto assets to access more efficient payment trails provided by blockchain networks and yield returns on income with assets like Bitcoin or stablecoins pegged to the value of the US dollar,” said Standard Bank, Blockchain Research Institute Africa Regional Director, Ian Putter.
Read: Inside Kenya's blockchain ecosystem: What the future holds
A sustained rise in investment inflows, the sealing of Africa’s first mega blockchain fundraising deal and the birth of a 'decacorn' have all raised prospects for even bigger deals - and more 'unicorns' - in the coming few years.
“We expect to see these begin to emerge within the next 2 to 3 years,” the report said.
A joint report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Bitget, and Foresight Ventures projects further significant growth in Africa’s crypto trade thanks to another factor altogether - the opportunities for crypto-linked derivatives trade.
The report sees a rise in derivative trading in South Africa and Nigeria - but with a caveat.
“We expect strong growth in crypto adoption in Africa. However, derivatives may lag given their limited use in traditional markets,” said the report.
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eBaoTech SalesPlatform Seamlessly Integrates with SugarCRM to Provide More Powerful Sales Tools to Insurers
Shanghai, China and Cupertino, CA – eBaoTech Corporation, a leading provider of new generation software and services for the life and general insurance industries, announced an OEM agreement with SugarCRM, the world’s fastest-growing customer relationship management (CRM) company. Under the agreement, SugarCRM seamlessly integrates with the eBaoTech SalesPlatform for Life Insurance solution, providing users with advanced customer management capabilities.
SalesPlatform for Life Insurance is a best-of-breed front-end system that was launched in September of 2011 to address life insurers’ multi-channel distribution needs, to empower channels and to support rapid business growth. It can be implemented as an integrated component of the eBaoTech LifeSystem Suite, or adopted as a stand-alone system to coexist with an insurer’s existing back-end system. By integrating SugarCRM with SalesPlatform, life insurers will be able to utilize powerful CRM software for even better management of prospects, sales and marketing activities.
SalesPlatform for Life Insurance includes built-in product configurator, formula and rule management tools to enable the channels to perform true underwriting and ratings without external engines. The user interface can be configured to suit the needs of the insurance carrier. SalesPlatform supports traditional channels such as agents and brokers and emerging web affinity channels, making it easier for life insurers to manage multiple channels with one software solution. As with other eBaoTech software solutions, SalesPlatform is multi-language, multi-currency and multi-entity-on-a-single-instance deployable for global markets. SalesPlatform is currently in the implementation stage at key client sites, where the positive impact to business operations is expected to be quickly realized.
Integrating SugarCRM with SalesPlatform will make it possible to have one source of business information across an insurer’s CRM, making business operations more efficient and productive. The integration will offer the following benefits:
- More productive sales and marketing: Better communication with prospects and sharing of sales information to enable higher sales productivity
- Better customer management: Improved communication with prospects and existing customer leads for higher customer satisfaction and greater retention rates
- Freedom of choice: Both the eBaoTech SalesPlatform and the SugarCRM platform are web-based, making them easier to customize and adapt to changing needs. Both software solutions can run in the cloud or onsite, giving insurers freedom of choice
- Flexibility: Insurers can independently upgrade the SugarCRM OEM license to add more functionality
“Insurers need software systems that let them expand into new markets and utilize their data more effectively,” said Woody Mo, president and chief executive officer of eBaoTech. “The new SalesPlatform enables multiple sales channels to securely access the insurer’s policy administration system using one platform. Combined with SugarCRM, it will equip the sales channels with faster access to customer information for more effective and profitable sales.”
“We decided to partner with eBaoTech because they have a global reach and are targeting a very important market segment,” said Clint Oram, chief technology officer and co-founder of SugarCRM. “Clients in the insurance industry have very specific needs, and the custom integration between SugarCRM and eBaoTech has been designed to greatly improve productivity in these organizations. We look forward to watching our mutual customers achieve positive results.”
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Information from Your Family Doctor
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What is heartburn?
It is a burning feeling in the lower chest, with a sour or bitter taste in the throat and mouth. It usually occurs after eating a big meal or while lying down. The feeling can last for a few minutes or a few hours.
What causes heartburn?
When you eat, food passes from your mouth down a tube called the esophagus. To enter the stomach, the food must pass through an opening between this tube and your stomach. Usually, this opening closes as soon as food passes through. If it doesn't close all the way, acid from your stomach can get through the opening and into your esophagus. This is called reflux. Stomach acid can irritate the esophagus and cause heartburn.
What factors add to heartburn?
It is most common after overeating, when bending over, or when lying down. Pregnancy, stress, and certain foods can also make heartburn worse.
What can trigger heartburn?
Coffee (regular and decaffeinated) and other drinks that contain caffeine
Chocolate, mints, or peppermints
Fatty or spicy foods (such as pizza, chili, and curry)
Lying down too soon after eating
Being overweight or obese
Aspirin or ibuprofen (one brand name: Motrin)
Certain medicines (such as sedatives and some medicines for high blood pressure)
Can heartburn be serious?
If you have heartburn only now and then, it's probably not serious. If you have heartburn a lot, it can lead to swelling of the lining of the esophagus. If it becomes severe, your esophagus might narrow, and you might have bleeding or trouble swallowing.
If you get more than occasional heartburn, it may be a symptom of acid reflux disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), an inflamed stomach lining (gastritis), hiatal hernia, or peptic ulcer.
What is hiatal hernia?
It is a condition in which part of the stomach is pushed up through the diaphragm (the muscle wall between the stomach and chest) and into the chest. Sometimes this causes heartburn because it makes it easier for acid to reach the esophagus.
How do I prevent heartburn?
Place 6- to 9-inch blocks under the legs at the head of your bed to raise it.
Try to eat at least two to three hours before lying down. If you take naps, try sleeping in a chair.
If you smoke, quit.
Lose weight if you're overweight.
Eat high-protein, low-fat meals.
Avoid tight clothes and tight belts.
Avoid foods and other things that give you heartburn.
Will antacids take care of heartburn?
For most people, over-the-counter antacids give fast, short-term relief. If you use antacids too much, they can cause diarrhea or constipation. Look for antacids that contain magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide. (One causes constipation and the other causes diarrhea, so they balance out.) Some brands of antacids include Maalox, Mylanta, and Riopan. Follow the directions on the package.
What if my symptoms get worse?
If lifestyle changes and antacids don't help your symptoms, talk with your doctor. He or she may want you to try a prescription medicine.
Tests are usually not needed unless your doctor suspects something other than heartburn.
What about medicines for heartburn?
Over-the-counter histamine blockers (some brand names: Pepcid, Tagamet, Zantac) reduce the amount of acid your stomach makes.
Other prescription medicines, such as omeprazole (brand name: Prilosec) and lansoprazole (brand name: Prevacid), also reduce stomach acid.
Is heartburn associated with heart attacks?
No. But sometimes pain in the chest may be mistaken for heartburn when it's really a sign of heart disease.
Call your doctor if:
You have trouble swallowing or pain when swallowing.
You're vomiting blood.
Your stools are bloody or black.
You're short of breath.
You're dizzy or lightheaded.
You have pain going into your neck and shoulder.
You break out in a sweat when you have pain in your chest.
You have heartburn more than three times a week for more than two weeks.
This handout is provided to you by your family doctor and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Other health-related information is available from the AAFP online at http://familydoctor.org.
This information provides a general overview and may not apply to everyone. Talk to your family doctor to find out if this information applies to you and to get more information on this subject.
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I recently finished listening to Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, I think it was actually last Monday. I was hooked on this book after the first chapter! So, if any of you have read this book or are interested in reading it, here’s my review of it!
Let me just say one short little thing about audiobooks before I get started.
I recently have been in a music rut, mostly because all of my favorite indie songs were making it into mainstream music, so whenever I would listen to the radio in my car I would get really ticked off. I have to drive 30 minutes to school every day (1 hour total) and then I run and walk my dog. That’s about 2 hours a day where I would usually be wasting my time, but instead, I have started listening to books. I live in a wonderful city where the public library has an app and from that app you can rent audiobooks! This is one of the most amazing things ever! So, even though I didn’t “read” this book, I still feel like I read it and I plan on buying an actual copy of it for my personal library. Please don’t hate.
Here’s the link to the Goodreads synopsis, but here’s mine if you want to read it.
Amy and Nick Dunn have recently moved from New York City to some little sleepy town in Missouri that has been hit hard by the recession. Both of them are writers who lost their jobs in New York. On their 5th wedding anniversary, Amy disappears and Nick is looking suspicious. Through the first half of the book, everything is pointing to Nick, who seems like a normal jackass guy who is depressed. Amy’s diary makes her sound to be the perfect wife who is trying, determined, and is always the alpha girl. Their marriage wasn’t as happy and was in a rough spot, but does that mean that Nick killed Amy?
I don’t want to reveal too much about this book if you haven’t already read it. I’m trying to stay spoiler free. Thankfully I have already been able to talk and rant to my sister about it.
Some of the characters in the beginning, like Amy and her parents, seem so full of life and perfect, but some of the others where sketchy and blank, like Nick at first. Nick’s twin sister, Margot (‘Go’ for short), could’ve been built up just a little bit more I think. She had such an interesting personality, but in the second half, it got lost in the shuffle. I think in only one scene in the second half, her personality came back, but for the rest of that half, she was just a blank character who was used to take up space. Nick, is such a unique character. I love how he turned from the bad guy in the first part to just being a really confused man in the second part. Amy, she is just amazing. For some crazy reason, I see a little bit of myself in her, which scares me. Not the diary Amy, real Amy. It’s such a little adventure for her and she is so so so brave to do what she did.
The Gillian Flynn’s style is so different from any other author that I’ve read before. The way that she uses words is beautiful! Whenever you’re reading this, no matter what part you’re reading, you feel like you can conquer the world, or at least I felt like that. Her voice, throughout the story, was always up-lifting. I have put all of her other books on my tbr list.
I’ve already said that I didn’t like how some characters who were so important in the first part of the book became almost nonexistent in the second part. This frustrated me so much because some times you need the other opinions other than just the main character of that scene or chapter. Does that make sense? I didn’t like how whenever the character would go to a place, there was such a lack of descriptiveness. Like the bar Nick owns or the Mark Twain place, or even Nick and Amy’s house. I HATE the ending. There’s not much more to say on that other than it wasn’t fair at all.
I did like how Flynn put it in the Midwest, but somewhere other than a big Midwestern city. You see that so much and I’ve gotten tired of it. Going to that sleepy little town was a nice break from having to worry about life. I liked how deep the characters actually were. Most of the contemporary adult books that I read have just one character of focus instead of two and that character is either really weird or really boring. Thank goodness that there is a writer out there who wants to shake things up!
Overall I really did like this book, until the end. I’ll probably be putting this review up on Goodreads in a bit.
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Don’t “Fall Back” Now—Spring Forward for Beautiful Plants Next Year
Truth is, you know that come March, that old yearning will be back—wouldn’t it be nice to have some of the work already done? And get better results? Autumn is actually the best time to plant some of a home environment’s most important assets: perennials, shrubs and especially trees.
Putting these plants in the ground during the
fall serves several purposes. Most important, it gives them a chance to get
their roots established in a new site. It’s an adjustment they won’t have to
make in the spring and hot, dry summer, when their energies are better spent
growing, blooming and resisting insect pests and diseases. Fall planting
gives these plants a head start, which leads into the second benefit: they’re
much more likely to bloom the first year if planted in the fall instead of
the spring. Fall plantings succeed well from October right up until the
ground freezes, which in
Fall is also a great time to drive around and discover the plants you wish you had turning red, orange, yellow and purple in your own yard. If you can clip a little switch of the plant, leaves intact, you can take that to a local nursery or garden center and show the grower what you want. People count on their maples and oaks, especially, for fall color, and there are so many varieties it can be hard to know exactly which kinds provide the colors and characteristics you want. Red maples are a shorter lived variety of maple, lasting 50-60 years, compared to the slower growing sugar maples, which can live 70-80 years. Generally, faster growing trees have softer or more brittle wood, making them more susceptible to breakage, pests and disease, shortening their lives.
So which plants are best? A thorough checklist of
personal preferences and environmental restrictions can answer that question:
How much space will this tree eventually take up? How much sun will it need?
Will it drop some unwanted seed or fruit? Will the roots tangle into
underground pipes or cause mowing problems if they snake along above ground?
Will it grow well in this region? Locally grown plants ensure that purchases
have the best chance of surviving in Tennessee, since they haven’t been
stressed by being transported for long distances and they are already
accustomed to Tennessee’s climate. Choosing plants not appropriate to
Landscaping is an investment; it affects the value of property for several reasons. Trees provide wind breaks and sun shade, food and shelter for wildlife and aesthetic benefits for home and community. Well-placed trees keep homes cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
Among the trees proven to stand up to
Other small trees often chosen for their autumn beauty include the Pacific Sunset Maple, Amelanchier and Sourwood. Small trees with a better chance of flowering in spring if planted in the fall include White Fringetree, crab apple and Saucer Magnolia.
No matter which trees are chosen for fall planting, some basic guidelines apply. Watering is very important, especially in early autumn before the fall rains begin. Use mulch to help trees retain moisture. Go ahead and fertilize with a root stimulator when planting, especially in the fall, because roots can still develop and grow during the winter even as the rest of the tree rests.
Some traditional lines of thinking have changed in recent years, so be sure to ask for the latest planting information. For instance, root balls are made so much broader now that a shallower hole is recommended. The top of the root ball should be the top of the ground, so be careful not to not to plant too deep. Also, research shows that staking trees is a detrimental practice. Tree trunks actually become stronger when the trees are allowed to sway and resist winds. If necessary, use stakes through the root ball to help pin the tree in position.
Now, while the weather is mild and while existing plants still have their foliage, look carefully at the effect plants create in your home environment. Decide where replacement trees will go, where more texture and color are needed, and then enjoy a final outdoor planting project before winter weather drives everyone indoors. You’ll be guaranteeing that springs and falls will be even better for years to come.
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I’ve had some very exciting news – the author of the book mentioned in my last posting likes my proposal and the image that I created, and it will therefore be on the cover of his new book.
A friend of mine, Simon Barrow, is involved in a publishing house, Shoving Leopard, and a new book by Kevin Scully is due out shortly (shortly being… a launch on 2. July!). The book is called Imperfect Mirrors, and although I’ve not had the opportunity to read it, Simon has talked to me about it, and the advance blurb gives some indication of the book’s contents:
What can be brought to the liturgy by the disciplines of dramatic performance? How are the respective theatres of daily life and worship to be seen and experienced together? East End priest, playwright, actor, writer and broadcaster Kevin Scully is very well placed to tackle these issues. In this eagerly awaited forthcoming title from Shoving Leopard [he] does so with insight, humour, a sharp eye, and a well-crafted turn of phrase.
What the author wanted was something that represented the idea of an imperfect mirror as a way of thinking about how theatre might impact on the church. Simon initially asked if I had an image he could use, but nothing really suitable came to mind: an image I sent him of a church reflected in a lake received a lukewarm reaction when sent on to the author. So something else was needed.
For quite a while I’ve had an idea I wanted to play with questions of how we understand and interpret reality. I imagined someone looking into a mirror, but whilst the pose would be identical (I had thought of applying make-up or brushing hair or similar) the mirror image would not be an exact reflection: from the back they would be naked/dressed in one way, but in the mirror they would be dressed/dressed in something completely different. From this it was a short step to suggest to Simon and Kevin theatrical clothing of some kind for the image from the back, with a reflection of the same person in a clerical shirt in the mirror. But what kind of theatrical clothing? What would obviously communicate drama when all that was visible was the back? The back of most clothing is often rather boring… The obvious solution was to think of something with representational detail on the back, so some kind of vintage dress with ribbon ties at the back seemed like a good option. But aside from being potentially rather expensive, I thought a full dress might detract from the image in the mirror, and so I decided that a corset would be better: (a) it would leave naked skin visible above the fabric providing more of a contrast with the clerical shirt, (b) the ribbons would contrast with and provide shadows on the skin, and (c) the suggestion of sex that a corset makes would contrast nicely with the power of a clerical shirt to kill off any sensuality on the part of the wearer. After visiting the wonderful Armstrong’s Vintage in Clerk Street I was the proud owner of two different vintage-style corsets. The clerical shirt was even easier to procure as I’m married to a church minister! My friend Fran Whitton, who quite a while ago said she would be happy to model for me (though we never quite managed to organise it), was happy to be drafted in at short notice, and with a little bit of help from my friend Photoshop, she makes for a perfect corset-wearing actor as well as a church minister (warm thanks to Mabel Forsyth who acted as my assistant, and to my wife for helping Fran with the clothes as well as assisting me):
Interestingly, after sending a first version of my image to Kevin Scully, he told me that he had suggested René Magritte’s La Reproduction Interdite to Simon a while ago as the basis of a cover image – though Simon had completely forgotten to tell me about this. Though I had come across it years ago, I had not consciously thought of it at all in my plans.
Of course, I’m delighted that my image is going to be used for a book, and I can’t wait for it to come out (and then read it!). But one of the interesting issues for me here is the question of inspiration and ownership. Whilst Magritte’s painting must have been buried somewhere in my subconscious memory, the idea for such a reflected image had been with me for a while. Kevin Scully’s book – even though I haven’t read it! – provided that last little prompt to come up with something a bit different. I keep my browser’s internet history for a year, and on skimming through it there is nothing that looks like this. But there are clearly multiple sources of inspiration in each image we create, and in this instance I am happy to acknowledge René Magritte’s painting, Kevin Scully’s book theme, and Simon Barrow’s blurb writing skills – and of course, Fran’s posing. Whilst in western thought we have created an ideology of ‘intellectual property’ that means this photograph is my copyright, the inspiration and ‘intellectual ownership’ for almost everything we create surely belongs to a much wider circle of people. A reflective little essay on inspirations is beginning to come together for release here.
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