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Sen. Cruz Wants to Hold Up Barbara Leaf for State Spot for Alleged Lie
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions former Facebook employee Frances Haugen during a Senate Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
By Eric Mack | Wednesday, 20 October 2021 12:50 PM EDT
President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the State Department's Middle East bureau refused to completely answer three Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions and has Cruz's team claiming the National Security Council official lied, Politico reported.
Cruz sent an email to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay the approval of Barbara Leaf to be assistant secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs. The report did not make clear the Cruz's team's assertion how Leaf had lied on her questionnaire.
Amid the request to hold on Leaf's nomination, Cruz told Politico he might consider delaying Senate action on any of Biden's nominees, including those he did not object to Tuesday.
"Going to the floor is a different question," Cruz told Politico.
Democrats are objecting to Cruz's objection, claiming it puts national security at risk.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., tweeted:
"Sen. Cruz's objection to Barbara Leaf has NOTHING to do with her qualifications. It's just more political grandstanding that leaves America vulnerable without a top diplomat in the Middle East."
Cruz had not objected to ambassadorships for former Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Tom Udall, D-N.M., as well as Cindy McCain and Julianne Smith, Biden's nominees to represent the U.S. at NATO.
Cruz's team claims Leaf lied on her questionnaire when asked to detail "arrangements, deals, or agreements that are being contemplated by the Biden administration to reduce pressure on Iran."
Leaf responded, "There have been no such arrangements, deals, or agreements contemplated to reduce pressure on Iran."
"That testimony is false," an attachment to Cruz's email read, according to the report, citing two Reuters stories that outlined Biden administration steps in talks about lifting sanctions and returning to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal.
"Leaf wrote back responses running to almost a thousand words. She answered 0 of the questions," the letter continued. "We asked the State Dept. to have her take another run at the questions — the point was to get answers, not do gotchas. They didn't respond for a couple weeks, and then after Leaf was cleared, they sent us an email saying that if we wanted rewrites my boss should lift his Nord Stream 2-related holds."
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President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the State Department's Middle East bureau refused to completely answer three Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions and has Cruz's team claiming the National Security Council official lied...
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Blood ties to alumni, sometimes known as the other affirmative action, are the deciding factor in the admission of more than 300 white Texas A&M University freshmen annually, according to data provided by the school.
Such students — known as "legacy admits" — equal roughly the overall total of blacks admitted to A&M each year. Only a handful of black students a year are admitted because of legacy points.
Legacy preference programs are receiving new attention as the nation's universities reassess admissions policies in the aftermath of last spring's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that race may be an admissions factor on a case-by-case basis. U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., recently filed a bill to require colleges to disclose the race and economic status of first-year students related to alumni, and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has called for an end to college legacy programs.
A&M's program is drawing particular fire because university President Robert Gates recently announced the university, now free from a court ruling prohibiting racial preferences, won't consider race in admissions. Coleman and other black legislators cited a seeming contradiction between Gates' rhetoric that students be admitted strictly because of merit and a program they say perpetuates class distinction and white advantage.
Gates, president for 1 1/2 years, said he doesn't have a gut-level feeling about legacies, much less a thought-out one, because he inherited the program and knows little about it. He said a task force will study its future.
The task force won't operate in a vacuum. State Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, said he plans to file legislation to end A&M's program, as early as this spring if a special session is called. Burnam filed such bills twice before, but both died in committee.
Burnam said that because the data show so few minorities benefit from legacy preferences, he believes the school orchestrated protests of his bill by minorities during legislative hearings on one of his bills in 2001.
Typically, anywhere from 1,650 to more than 2,000 A&M applicants a year receive legacy points, so called because they reward the grandchildren, children or siblings of A&M graduates. Such applicants receive 4 points on a 100-point scale that also takes into account such factors as class rank, test scores, extracurricular activities, community service and others.
Most A&M applicants admitted with legacy points don't need them to get in. But in 2003, 312 whites were admitted who wouldn't have been without their alumni ties. In 2002, that figure was 321.
The legacy program was the difference for six blacks and 27 Hispanics in 2003, and three blacks and 25 Hispanics in 2002.
A&M officials noted that minority legacies are usually admitted at roughly the same rates as white legacies. They also stressed that having legacy points is no guarantee of being admitted.
Although A&M announced in early December it won't consider race in admissions, Gates is pledging a greater commitment to recruiting minorities. Having already created a high-ranking position in the school's administration to oversee diversity efforts, Gates says he will create scholarships for students who come from lower- income families and beef up outreach efforts to large urban areas.
Legacy programs date to the 19th century, but they became more widespread in the early 20th century as universities became more selective. Ostensibly instituted to reward alumni support, they had the effect of limiting enrollment of Jews and other minorities.
Today, nearly all selective private universities and some public universities give an edge to legacies, largely to boost alumni giving. Rice is among Texas' private universities that take into account alumni ties — it has no point system — but A&M is the state's only public school with such a program.
The largest legacy population nationally is at Notre Dame, where sons and daughters of alumni comprise 23 percent of the student population. They're more than 10 percent at most elite private schools, including Harvard, Yale and Princeton.
At most top schools, legacy students are accepted at two or three times the rate of other applicants. Massachusetts' Amherst College, for example, accepts nearly half of alumni children who apply, compared with 17 percent of all applicants.
Because they aren't racially discriminatory on their face, legacy preferences are considered less vulnerable to legal challenge than affirmative action. Politically, though, their fates seem inextricably linked.
The University of Georgia, for instance, scrapped its legacy program after a circuit court struck down its affirmative action program. Critics cite studies that suggest alumni offspring score lower on admission tests. And legacy students sometimes describe an "uneasiness" about how they're perceived similar to that described by minorities.
Ashley counters that A&M's admission categories include one that gives points for an applicant's parents' lack of education — up to 6 points if neither parent finished high school. That balances it out, he said.
Although they also say legacy programs build a sense of community, most schools are candid about acknowledging that long-term financial support is the primary reason for preferences. Ashley said alumni parents of rejected applicants tell A&M they're going to stop donating money or not follow through on plans to give, though he has no idea how often they make good on such threats.
State Rep. Fred Brown, R-College Station, defends A&M's program but said he would like it better if it were amended to give legacy points to students whose parents went to Prairie View A&M, A&M-Kingsville and other schools in the A&M system. He said he will file a bill to effect that change at the Legislature's next regular session.
But if Burnam, Coleman and others have their way, A&M might not have a legacy program by then. Passage of Burnam's bill would make Texas the first state to ban legacy preferences, though some black legislators say they're more interested in getting A&M to consider race than to discontinue legacy preferences.
Until any change is made, national experts advise A&M to be proactive.


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Q: Couchbase not working on production server I am using Couchbase client inside my asp.net web mvc project (i downloaded the dll files from here)
I have a Couchbase Server installed on Windows Server 2012 x64.
When developing the project, everything works as expected. When i publish the website on the server, i get this error:
Could not load file or assembly 'Enyim.Caching' or one of its dependencies.

Strong name signature could not be verified.

The assembly may have been tampered with, or it was delay signed but not fully signed with the correct private key. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131045)

I am stuck! i have also tried this answer, but with no effect.
What can i do?

A: There was a problem with the 1.2.2 build (signing related).  There's a fix posted to http://packages.couchbase.com/clients/net/1.2/Couchbase-Net-Client-1.2.3.zip (NuGet is also updated).  I'll investigate as to why the site doesn't have the new links.  Apologies for the confusion.

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In a sign of continuing momentum in the Central Texas housing market, sales of existing homes were up 11 percent in December compared with the same month in 2010, and the region ended 2011 with sales up 7 percent over 2010, new figures show.
Last year's 19,220 sales marked the first annual increase in sales since 2006.
The area's 1,581 sales in December marked the seventh month in row that sales outpaced the same-month levels in 2010, the Austin Board of Realtors said.
The median sales price for the month was stable at $187,940, down 1 percent from December 2010.
The Board of Realtors' data cover 18 counties in and around Central Texas.
Homes spent an average of 89 days on the market in December, nine days fewer than the prior December.
The number of homes on the market was down 19 percent in December, to 6,605 active listings, while pending sales were up 12 percent from December 2010.
"With stable prices, stronger sales volume and more pending sales this month compared to December 2010, we're encouraged to see the market showing strong demand leading into January," said Leonard Guerrero, chairman of the Austin Board of Realtors.
The median home price last year was $193,000, unchanged from 2010.
"We are pleased to see Austin's real estate market end the year on a positive note," Guerrero said.
"With a surge in sales volume over the second half of 2011 and strong demand evident in December, we're optimistic about the health of our market for the coming year," Guerrero said.


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Worries around national average debt numbers are overblown, according to real estate veterans who argue the stats could be inflated by mortgages held by foreigners.
It's an interesting take on the foreign investment trend and increased debt levels, which have both increasingly made headlines over the past year.
The conversation was recently sparked by a real estate agent.
The average national household debt increased 5.1% in April, according to Statistics Canada. Mortgage debt showed the largest growth -- up 6.2%. The ratio of household debt to disposable income spiked to 165.4% in 2015, according to Statistics Canada.
And that trend is expected to continue, according to Doug Porter, chief economist for BMO Capital Markets.
"It's tough to see anything turning this canoe around, as home prices continue to soar in Toronto and Vancouver, while there's little prospect of a big bounce in personal incomes," he told the Financial Post.
The impact foreign-owned mortgages have on national debt stats is unknown. Many may argue it has little effect, noting that many foreign buyers pay cash.
However, Austin isn't so sure.
RBC announced in late 2015 that it will no longer limit mortgage size for immigrant buyers in Vancouver.
"We're seeing a lot of affluent newcomers looking to buy high-purchase price homes," Christine Shisler, RBC's director of multicultural markets, told Reuters at the time. "Now we can actually service any mortgage amount."
It should also be noted that the Canadian government admits its process for estimating national debt is far from perfect.
"Although estimates of household debt are produced on a regular basis at the aggregate level, less is known about the individual characteristics of borrowers," Statistics Canada says on its page on household debt. "The Survey of Financial Security (SFS), last conducted in 2005 (and prior to that, in 1999), is one of the primary sources of information on household finances.


To examine the effects of age-related differences in thermoregulatory function on the clothing microclimate temperature (Tm) andTm fluctuations while maintaining thermal comfort in daily life, 5 boys (group B, 10–11 years), 5 young men (group Y, 20–21 years) and 5 older men (group O, 60–65 years) volunteered to take part in this study. The subjects were asked to maintain thermal comfort as closely as possible in their daily lives.Tm (temperatures between the skin surface and the innermost garment) at four sites (chest, back, upper arm, and thigh), skin temperature on the chest (Tchest) and ambient temperature (Ta) were measured over a period of 8–12 h from morning to evening on one day in each of the seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Records of ability to maintain thermal comfort and of adjustment of their clothes were kept by each subject.Ta during periods of thermal comfort did not differ among the groups in any of the seasons. In group Y,Tm was significantly lower at the thigh than at the other sites in spring, autumn, and winter (P<0.05) and fluctuations (CV) ofTm were significantly larger at the thigh than at other sites in autumn and winter (P<0.05). Similar tendencies were observed forTm and CV ofTm in group B. However,Tm and CV ofTm in group O did not differ by site except for the autumnTm. Group O had a smaller CV at the thigh in winter (P<0.05), compared to groups B and Y, suggesting a smaller regional difference inTm fluctuation in group O. Group O adjusted their clothes even on the lower limbs (together with upper body) in order to maintain thermal comfort in accordance with changes inTa, while groups B and Y did so only on their upper bodies. These results sugest that compared to boys and young men, lower thermoregulatory function in older men may affectTm and CV ofTm as a result of clothing on lower limbs being adjusted differently in order to maintain thermal comfort.


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MINNEAPOLIS -- Kevin Love had 32 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 116-108 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.
Jose Calderon made 6 of 8 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the Mavericks. Monta Ellis scored 23 points and Dirk Nowitzki added 14 for Dallas. The Mavericks played without trusted reserve Vince Carter, who was suspended for the game for elbowing Oklahoma City's Steven Adams on Wednesday.
The Wolves led by 11 in the third and eight with less than 4:30 to play, but had to hold their breath down the stretch. Calderon hit his sixth 3 of the night, Ellis scored on a drive to the bucket to make it 105-102 Minnesota with 2:24 to go.
Love, who just missed his first triple-double of his career, hit a 3 on the other end, Ricky Rubio foiled Ellis's drive to the basket and Love sealed it with a 17-foot Nowitzki-style fade-away on the baseline with 1:13 to play.
Nikola Pekovic had 15 points and six rebounds for Minnesota.
Jae Crowder had 10 points and six rebounds for Dallas.
The new-look Mavericks have been one of the best offensive teams in the league, with Ellis and Calderon making a seamless transition and flourishing as role players surrounding Nowitzki. Ellis has been remarkably efficient in comparison to his volume shooting ways with the Warriors and Bucks, entering the game shooting 55 percent on 2-pointers.
That efficiency wasn't there on Friday night as Ellis needed 24 shots to score 23 points.
The Wolves appeared to be taking control midway through the third quarter with a 16-4 surge that put them in front by 11. But the Mavericks came right back, getting two 3s from Calderon and another from Ellis during a 13-3 run that cut the deficit to one point.
For much of the game, Love was the Timberwolves' best passer, even with Rubio on the floor. He hit Brewer for several home run passes and racked up six assists in a sensational first quarter. He also had nine points and six rebounds in the period.
Rubio had six points on 2-for-8 shooting and four assists and he was bottled up for most of the night by Spanish countrymen Calderon, who didn't fall for the sleight of hand that Rubio uses to keep defenders off balance.
Calderon also had seven assists and four rebounds.


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Q: zend bootstrap: for each module Is it good or bad practice to create separate bootstrap for each module. They make the project look a lot less disorganized in my opinion so I'd like to know if it's the norm to have them in each module.

A: For ZF1, there currently is no official recommendation to my knowledge. Your best bet is

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*Matthew Weier O'Phinney - Module Bootstraps in Zend Framework: Do's and Don'ts

A: I don't think there's any "best practise", like much in ZF it's just another choice available to you.
Personally, I rarely use them. Module bootstraps are a nice idea, but since by default all module bootstraps run on every request I don't really see the point.
There are some examples of how to make module bootstraps only run when the current request is for that module, Matthew's article has some good links.


Some notes on keeping your code clean and readable.
These are typically prefixes which indicate what scope a variable is in — g for globals and m for class members is common. I don't use them, and believe you have major problems in need of addressing if the scope is both important and non-obvious in a given situation, that should be addressed instead of covered up with a poor band-aid.
These are typically prefixes which state the specific type of a variable — common examples are i for Int(egers), sz for a Zero terminated String, and so forth. These are basically comments which just repeat the declaration, and have an annoying tendency to be wrong — they're brittle. A waste of screen estate which add no information on how the variable is going to be used. A common example of this is wParam from windows programming — w for a Word, or 2 bytes — which once held true, but wParam has since been upgraded to being a double word, 4 byte type.
These are typically prefixes which indicate how a variable is to be used or what it's purpose is. Some examples might be rw for Row, p for Pixels, in for Inches, or d for Delta/Difference. I prefer to spell the whole thing out of it's actually necessary in a given scope.
No abbreviations, except when it's really bloody obvious for the entire scope (this usually means *one* index looping variable).
Make sure you state what the variable represents.
Avoid repeating what's obvious from the scope.
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Akufo-Addo to address Ghanaians on COVID-19 fight tonight
byErnest Arhinful
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will address Ghanaians tonight on the COVID-19 situation in the country.
President Akufo-Addo's 14th address on the government's management of pandemic in Ghana will air at 8 pm, according to a notice from the Presidency.
There are expectations of him reopening the country's borders during the address tonight.
Ghana's air, sea and land borders were closed on Sunday, March 22, 2020, following an order by President Akufo-Addo as part of efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
The last time the President addressed the country on the pandemic was on June 28, 2020.
In that address, he told Ghanaians about the reopening of schools for final year Junior High School students and measures put in place to curb the spread of the virus in educational institutions.
At the time, the COVID-19 cumulative figure stood at 17,351 and 112 deaths.
But almost a month down the line, the total figure currently [July 26, 2020] stands at 31,851 with the death toll at 161.
The current active cases, however, stand at 3,252 following the discharge of 28,438 persons noted to be clinically recovered.
There have been complaints about the lack of adherence to the COVID-19 safety protocols leading to the upsurge of the cases.
The Greater Accra Region is still leading the chart with 16,426 cases followed by the Ashanti Region with 7,646 cases.
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Government disinfects 109 markets in Upper West Region
Our COVID-19 cases stopped because of first disinfection exercise – North East Regional Minister
Over 30k passports yet to be collected – Foreign Affairs Ministry
Our COVID-19 cases stopped because of first disinfection exercise - North East Regional Minister

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Catching up with modern Ireland: August
I'm posting the August round up a few days before the Kerry-Dublin All-Ireland Final, and will update the result in a fresh post. I did not publish a July round up due to my two-week travels in Ireland.
In late July/early August, people on both sides the Irish border shrugged when I asked about Brexit: there was concern, but not panic. Now, developments are gathering pace ahead of the Oct. 31 deadline. Brexit is intensifying like a hurricane, with the outcome equally unpredictable. British PM Boris Johnson has abruptly suspended the opening of Parliament; an alternative proposal to solve the Irish border riddle is gaining attention.
People on each side of the border voiced caution when I asked about whether a messy, "no deal" Brexit would lead to Irish reunification. "Not right off," was the general consensus. The passage below is from Daniel Finn's Aug. 21 piece in Foreign Affairs, Ireland's Rocky Road to Unity: Can Demographic Shifts Undo a Hundred Years of Separation?
The terms of the impending separation from the European Union [Brexit] remain uncertain, but nothing since the June 2016 referendum has discouraged the belief that the end result will be messy and disruptive. In the event of a no-deal Brexit, Northern Ireland will take a much bigger and more immediate hit than the rest of the United Kingdom, because of its reliance on cross-border trade with the south. In a region that voted to remain in the EU by a solid majority (56 to 44 percent), that prospect is widely and bitterly resented. Especially among soft nationalists and soft unionists—those who take a more pragmatic and transactional view of the union with Britain—the shock of a chaotic Brexit could push more voters to embrace Irish unity as a safer option than remaining tethered to the United Kingdom.
Fáilte Ireland and accountancy firm Crowe have developed a Brexit Readiness Check for businesses to determine "how prepared you are to respond to the potential impact of Brexit."
Catholics and Protestants lived side by side in Northern Ireland for decades, "but they had very few social or economic ties across the communities," academic researchers Joseph M. Brown and Gordon C. McCord wrote in The Washington Post story marking the 50th anniversary of the Troubles. "This meant geographic proximity bred violence instead of mutual tolerance."
The New York Times this month published several stories about Ireland and Northern Ireland, ranging from surfing and television to abortion and housing:
Chasing Waves on Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way
In 'Derry Girls,' the Lighter Side of Life in a Conflict Zone
Climate of Fear: When One Part of a Country Bans Abortion
Housing Crisis Grips Ireland a Decade After the Property Bubble Burst
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his Doonbeg golf course, in County Clare, was among his properties "in the U.K." … U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is set to visit the Republic of Ireland, and Doonbeg, in early September.
The Central Statistics Office released the fifth edition of Environmental Indicators Ireland. It shows the Republic has the third highest emissions of greenhouse gases per capita in the E.U. Revenue from environmental taxation in Ireland was €5.1 billion in 2018 or 7.1% of total tax revenue, while environmental subsidies reached €895 million.
St. Colman's Cathedral celebrated its centennial
Ireland's Carnegie libraries commemorated with new stamps
From an evening walk on Inisheer, looking west to Inis Meain.
This entry was posted in Arts & Culture, Business & Environment, History, Northern Ireland, Politics, Religion, Sport and tagged Brexit, Carnegie, Derry Girls, Donald Trump, dublin, Fáilte Ireland, kerry, Mike Pence, St. Colman's Cathedral, Troubles on August 29, 2019 by admin.
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Looking for some personal attention?
Bridget and Melanie now offer private teaching and mentoring classes on Sundays, Mondays or after hours during the week. Whether you want to hone up on a few skills, have a couple of projects you really want to immerse yourself in, or just like the idea of that personal touch when it comes to learning, we can help. We also offer one on one mentoring for emerging jewellery artists who'd like some guidance on developing a collection, approaching galleries or managing their creative practice.
Pop over to the online shop to grab a few hours, and we'll call you to tee up a time. Or alternatively, give us a call at the gallery on 02 9698 7999 to find out more.
The people who are close to Bridget know she HATES to throw things out unnecessarily.
No, she's not a hoarder, just someone who respects resources and hates waste!
As a result, she's decided to hold a series of short workshops teaching people the skills to repair, re-use, re-design, re-create existing jewels to bring them back to life.
This festive season we're here to make your life easier!
Our gift certificates can be purchased online and posted directly to your loved ones. The certificates come packaged in a box with a crisp white ribbon and if needed can be sent directly to your loved ones.
Joanna Harris MacNeil is an established jewellery designer who works extensively with enamel.
We interviewed Joanna to find out a bit more about her practice and what inspires her designs.
What led you to start making jewellery?
I was living in London about to start a Phd in Genetics when, with 6 months to wait I did a gemology course with Gem A in the UK. I met jewellers, they invited me into their studios and recommended a jewellery making course. I was hooked.
What has been your educational path?
Science mostly for years but in 2008/9 I did a Diploma in jewellery at London Metropolitan University, following that a 2 year Diploma at NMIT in Melbourne and currently I am ¾ of the way through a Masters in Visual Art (Gold and Silversmithing) at ANU.
Do you derive your inspiration from a particular source?
My eyes, my hands, the process of enamelling and fabrication and the part of the world that I inhabit at the time of making.
All of the above at different times but I do find that a little time spent really looking at the world around me stimulates ideas. I often start with a drawing and if it's a really new design I make a model to see how it all fits together.
What led you to the technique of enamelling?
While I was studying in London I was lucky enough to be taught by Joan MacKarrel. I've been experimenting ever since.
What brand of enamels do you use?
I use Thomson lead free enamels when I use opaques. Barbara Ryman recently introduced me to Japanese Ninomya transparents.
Could you tell us more about the techniques you use in enamelling?
I mainly work with opaque enamels. If I sift enamels I build up layers and grind them back until I achieve the result that I want. If I paint with enamel I use a variety of brushes, pencils and quill pens to draw on the enamel surface.
You employ a limited colour palette in your enamelled pieces, why do you choose these colours?
The body of work that I have was inspired by a visit to the grave of my Great Grandfather in France. I was surprised by my emotional response to this and as a result created enamel pieces that are intended to evoke poppies, trenches and simple hand stitching. There is a hole, a piece missing from each item that I make, this represents for me the effect that the death of my Grandfather had on my family for generations.
How has your work evolved since you began?
I began making flowers and setting stones. My idea of jewellery has broadened significantly since then and my work is more geometric and a bit abstract. Having said that I do paint flowers sometimes.
Has chance ever played a role in your work?
What is your studio like? Do you work alone or share a space?
My studio is in a semi-converted double garage at home. I work alone. I find it hard to concentrate when other people are about, they are always doing interesting things that distract me.
Which jewellery artists do you admire and why?
Jessica Turrell is a truly experimental British enamel artist whose work I have always admired. Barbara Ryman is an Australian enamel artist, also with an experimental bent, whose work, love of learning and willingness to share knowledge is inspiring.
What are you planning to explore in future work?
I would love to make my own enamels. This would appeal to both the scientist and the enamellist in me.
Wednesday 23rd – 26th September – is our ONE WEEK ONLY studio bench clearance!
We don't believe in sales (we value our artists and their work too highly for that) but we do believe in making way for fresh ideas!
So, for ONE WEEK ONLY, Bridget, Jenny and Mel are clearing their benches, emptying their drawers and holding a WORKSHOP CLEARANCE!
We're getting rid of prototypes, older collections of work, one-off pieces, strands of beads, jewellery magazines, books and maybe a few jewellery tools, all at heavily reduced prices!
We also have a beautiful strand of diamonds available to be made up for someone looking for an extra special bespoke gift. Doors open 11am Wednesday – get in quick!
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Fathers' day is September 6 – pop in to the gallery or check out our range of artisan made gift ideas online.
and winner of 'Profile '15 – Established Artist Award' for her two neckpieces It's as simple as…white and It's as simple as…black. The works are on display at Airspace Projects, Marrickville until 25th July 2015.
We're getting pretty excited about our next exhibition, Suspended in Green, opening on 8th July.
If you want to have a sneak peek, we have a limited number of 10 catalogues available for sale in the gallery…although seeing jewels 'in the real' is always sooo much better!
Suspended in Green – $35, Suspended in Pink – $55.
Call us now at the gallery on +61 2 9698 7999 to reserve yours!
I recently finished an 18ct gold 'weave' bangle for a client last week. She wanted an extra special 'heirloom' piece of jewellery to give to her granddaughter on her 18th birthday. She brought in old jewellery that have been lying around in her jewellery box for decades. Broken and missing earrings, jewellery she had inherited but had never worn due to a difference in taste and jewellery that she was tired of. I melted down all these bits into small ingots, then rolled and drew down the metal to very thin wire to create a new heirloom for her 18 year old granddaughter. It was a great way to use up all that precious metal to create a new, loved piece of jewellery.
This is the sort of jewellery I just LOVE to make!
ps. The granddaughter loved it!
A great tool to help us all show our love in a way that they will just GET it!
We've had some gorgeous men into the gallery in recent times. One romantic soul is having a ring made by us for a surprise proposal to his girlfriend, another came with his partner and made a special gift together and for another we melted down gold that he'd collected with his mother while gold panning as a child. We made this into a pair of custom designed earrings and a ring for his lucky mum. What a fabulous gesture of love symbolising so many treasured childhood memories…….anyway, these guys got me thinking.
I love having gifts for very special occasions as they embody special memories that last and can totally relate to the gesture these guys were making. When a Birthday or special occasion comes around, my kids always ask me what I'd like as a gift. They desperately want to buy me something. To be honest I do love the handmade cards they make for me and just about anything handmade I'll appreciate because of the time that's been invested in making but would be happy if the kids just gave me a huge hug and tidied up their rooms without me asking!
Okay, I totally get that my kids just want a way to show me their love and I do want to honour that. I think that's the same for all of us. Some of us love to feel special by receiving a random bunch of flowers or special present, or feel loved when spending quality time at a workshop, learning something new with a special friend. For others, it might be coming home and finding that your partner has thoughtfully arranged to get your shoes repaired, for others it may be getting heaps and heaps of hugs or just being told how great you are!
Anyway I just have to share something cool which I've recently found out. It turns out there are 5 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES OF LOVE and when you know which one your loved one recognises, you'll be able to REALLY show your love in a way that they'll just GET IT!
It could be Words of Affirmation, Physical Affection, Acts of Service, Gift Giving or Quality Time.
Mine is Acts of Service….which may be why one of the things I enjoy so much here at the gallery is repairing broken jewellery for people or resurrecting heirloom jewels into contemporary new designs.
I'd love to hear what your love language is!
We are looking forward to receiving new work for the show 'Lamina' into the gallery. Kath Inglis is well known for her distinctive style and signature use of the material, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a material that is sourced by Inglis as a clear flexible sheet and is manipulated by colouring, cutting, carving and more recently, heat fusing layers.
how it can influence or inform the subsequent structure of the rock.
sometimes the bones of the past seem to protrude through a thin modern veil.
Inglis says "Light is a significant material in my work and I have attempted to ´lace with light´ by heat fusing two layers of intricately hand cut PVC together. The interaction of light between the layers glitters like super-charged cut crystal vase".
A selection of works from the exhibition. Please contact the gallery for information on pricing and further details.
Just back from my Artist Residency!
Over a year ago I received news that the application for my month long residency at Hill End had been successful. This bit of gold on the horizon promised to be a wonderful start to 2015.
The artist in residence program is managed by Bathurst Regional Gallery and provides an opportunity for creative development in the unique environment of Hill End and its surrounds. There are two residences available, Murrays Cottage, where Donald Friend used to live, and Haefligers Cottage, which once belonged to the artist Jean Bellete and her husband Paul Haefliger. I stayed at Haefligers, a small wattle and daub building with a detached studio. The contents of the house comprise mainly of the original furniture and belongings of the Haefligers.
The time spent there was memorable in many ways. What stands out, upon reflection, is solitude, space, silence and uninterrupted time – a rarity in busy Sydney, with two kids and two businesses on the go. The opportunity to spend whole days not talking to anyone, not thinking about anything but my own practice, or whatever I wanted to think about, was an incredible gift. There was no television, very little lighting at night and a heavenly silence.
With a population of only 75, when I first arrived I felt like an interloper, acutely aware I was the new stranger in town. I found myself going for a walk at dawn and dusk and spending much time in the studio exploring ideas that had been simmering in the back of my mind for a while.
My walks provided me with freshly picked berries, figs, apples, pears and tiny sweet plums. During my time there the remaining plums on the trees dried and shrivelled in the summer heat. At the time, this reminded me of how important it is to grab the moment and opportunities when they arise, to embrace them, as they too can shrivel and die unless given the chance for fruition.
It was quiet. The silence enabled me to hear the bees buzzing loudly in the clover when I took my early morning walks. Or maybe it was that my mind also had time to quieten and become more open to sounds that are normally drowned out by both internal and external noise.
The land has a rich and layered history beyond its natural rural evolution and the historical human intervention in the earth fascinated me. As I walked, I was acutely aware of the ground beneath me – how it had been heaved, smashed and churned over. There are pits and potholes of old mines scattered throughout what, in some areas, looks like a moonscape. Hill End is an historic gold mining town and at one time it was a bustling, crazy melee of thousands of people turning over every inch of soil looking for the gold that would change their lives. Some say there is more gold still in Hill End than was removed from it and on weekends the roads become (slightly more) busy with 4WD vehicles filled with optimistic tourists keen to fossick for gold just outside of the historic town. Previously plots of land were marked out, tightly held and disputed, but now those boundaries are left to decay. Fallen fences are a reminder of history and the passage of time. The remaining buildings have a weathered patina with the colourful and subtle palette that only time can bring.
In the last half century, many artists have made Hill End their home and in the quiet of the street, as I walked, there was an awareness of much happening behind closed doors.
The time spent there was simple and grounding. I was able to spend time with myself without the pressures of external schedules or the expectations of other people. It seemed to help me find my natural rhythm and I found I wanted to walk more, make more, eat less. I woke refreshed each morning. I had no urge to relax at the end of the day with a glass of wine, or reward myself with a hit of sugar. It just seemed unnecessary.
Whilst in my practice in Sydney I appreciate input and collaboration, my experience at Hill End led me to consider that there is a need for the space that solitude provides and where thoughts can meander and solidify.
I took to the residency a number of projects that I was already working on (I like to keep my hands busy) but I had no expectations nor pressing need to finish any. I worked on simple pleasures like crocheting a bag and a series of colour studies from recycled materials, using the rich and lush colours in the local environment from which to draw inspiration.
I felt drawn to the many broken rocks that form the landscape, and spent time walking and collecting these as well as materials like bags of kangaroo poo and coloured soils. I started another wax work of multiples and rediscovered a childhood love of clay. The projects were varied and the mental and physical space allowed me to spread out. The residency left me refreshed, full of new ideas that I will meander through with time, along with insights and developments to enhance my existing practice.
In the coming months, the olives and quinces in the garden will be ready for the next lucky artist residents.
Images from that time can be found on Instagram by following @bkandco hashtag #hillendiamusings.
Enjoying the colourful and joyful work by Alice Potter in Colour: Speaking in Plumes currently in the gallery. On until March 21.
Karin Findeis, Brooch ignota flavum viriditas mordens (Parisiis I), sterling silver, enamel, fine silver, wax.
We've fiddled with our website….
Mel and I have changed our wordpress theme and made a few little changes. We hope you like it. Please feel free to give us some constructive input on what's working for you, and what isn't and we'll do our best to work out how to change it! We're uploading more to items to the SHOP page regularly so you can now buy selected work by our fabulous artists online.
Bark, Leaf, Bud exhibition is now showing.
We have just finished installing this quietly beautiful exhibition of formed bowls, objects and jewellery by Mitsue Slattery. Primarily fabricated from fine silver, Mitsue has used weaving and raising techniques to create these delicate yet strong works.
We're pretty excited! Julie Blyfield has recently started stocking with us and we have just received a limited number of her beautiful earrings into the gallery including the gold plated sterling silver earrings below.
The 2 Danks Street Award for Contemporary Art Criticism has been established by the permanent galleries of 2 Danks Street Waterloo to foster new writing on, and extend discussion about, the visual arts. This award is initially being given for writing about exhibitions at galleries in the 2 Danks Street complex. In subsequent years, the intention is to extend the award to exhibitions in other Sydney based commercial or private contemporary art galleries.
We turned 5 in early February and Melanie and I have been so busy, that we totally missed it (but we'll still happily accept birthday presents)! As we look forward to yet another fabulous exhibition opening in the gallery today, I thought it was time to take a few minutes and reflect on the last five years and where we've come from. We're usually caught up in doing our best to make the gallery and our client's experience (both artists and retail customers) better, that we sometimes forget how much we've achieved.
– had a baby (well, Melanie has)!
– and have managed to survive the GFC (please, we don't want to hear that word again) and are looking forward to a great year ahead.
We've been blessed to have the wonderful support of many contemporary jewellery artists and collectors, and the mentorship of some very special people (you know who you are) over the last 5 years. Without this support we just wouldn't be here.
We're very excited about 2013 and privileged to be exhibiting artists of the calibre of Melinda Young, Sean O'Connell and Julie Blyfield this year….just to name a few! We installed a brand new internally lit cabinet in the retail section of the gallery towards the end of last year and are looking at launching a studio wedding range later this year.
We love walking down the corridor of 2Danks in the morning and every day we feel privileged to open the doors of our gallery and continue our role in supporting and increasing the profile of contemporary jewellery.
We're often asked by students and emerging jewellers for hints on how to establish a relationship with a gallery – and keep it! So here's a few little snippets of info that we've found useful for ourselves as both practitioners, and gallery directors. Running a contemporary jewellery gallery is challenging and not particularly financially rewarding..and we're continually making mistakes and learning….but we all know that none of us are in the arts for the dollars….and if we wanted to make a half decent living, we'd be selling Pandora beads and not beautiful, challenging, exciting Contemporary Jewellery.
1. Deliver work on time for exhibitions. While it may be cool to be fashionably late to a party, this is definitely not the case for your work at an exhibition. It's stating the obvious but a lot of time and effort goes into putting on a show, and when there's been deadlines given, and plenty of leeway, the excuse, of 'sorry, I've been busy" is one sure way never to be invited to participate again….hey, we're ALL busy! It's disrespectful to the other artists and the gallery and effects the integrity of the exhibition.
2. Make life easier for the gallery that represents you, not harder – by providing consignment notes at the same time that you provide us with your work. Galleries have to spend a large amount of time on administration of work. The more artists, the more work. If we have to do YOUR paperwork as well as OURS, it just doesn't work. If we have to chase you up on it, it just doesn't work. Make sure each item in the consignment clearly identifies which piece it relates to. Your work cannot be shown to clients unless we know how much to sell it for and details of materials, processes etc. By providing a consignment note with your work, you show us that you're not only a fabulous artist but that you're also professional.
3. Invest in good quality/professional images of your work. Galleries are always needing images for publicity as well as for use on websites, blogs and invitations. It's in your best interest to supply quality images (with correct photographer credits and image details) as your name will be beside the image promoting not only the gallery but you the artist as well. While we do make every effort to photograph work, fantastic images supplied by artists will take priority as they've made our job of promoting them so much easier! Please, no black, blue and textured backgrounds! Poor images of your works aren't worth sending. Simple white is the general rule when dealing with galleries, publicists and magazines. If your photography skills aren't crash hot, invest in some professional shots. A wise friend once told me that you can get years of value and mileage from just one or two great shots.
4. OWN your work – by this I mean take pride in your work out there in the universe, repair any defects in your work free of charge and as a priority. We're not talking the usual wear and tear here, but rather situations like 'the brooch finding doesn't work – it keeps falling off', or 'it just fell apart – I only wore it a few times'. While none of us like to be out of pocket for our precious time and materials, the reality is, if we've made something poorly – this is the consequence. Remember, the gallery's reputation has been effected by selling the item to a valuable client, the client's time has been effected by having to deal with the return of the piece, and there have been financial outlays by the gallery – the time spent placating a client, the correspondence entered into with the artist, the costs of return postage. We expect artists to guarantee their work for an absolute minimum of 6 months, although many of our artists offer a lifetime guarantee on any defects.
5. Beading/threading/stringing – call it what you want – just make sure its done right and tight. Yes, after time some neckpieces may need a retread, we tell our clients this, just like a pearl necklace, there may be a maintenance cost sometime in the future. However, it's important to have the work threaded properly in the first place. Any area where thread will rub against metal will quickly effect the integrity of the piece – the metal will wear away the thread very quickly. So, crimping a bit of silk beading thread together at the end of a finding just doesn't cut it. Try using gimp to protect any areas where metal may rub against thread. Glue – this can discolour and look ugly. Knotting – ensure that the piece is knotted tightly and back down the length of the neckpiece. Neckpieces can also stretch, another reason to ensure the threading has been done tightly in the first place. We recommend outsourcing your stringing to companies that specialise in this procedure.
If you're using coated steel wires and nylon threads invest in slightly better quality versions rather than fishing line and ones purchased from the local hardware shop. Beadalon beading products sold through A&E metal merchants or on the Beadalon website have great coated wires and threads, these wires last longer, and depending on the version you buy, have great flexibility, stopping them from kinking and snapping easily.
6. Earring wires – Make them straight and strong! It's important to make sure your earring wires are straight and work hardened. Burnish any wires after they have been soldered otherwise they can bend and flatten, just in the process of being delivered to the gallery – we are totally serious – it's amazing what can happen!! Burnishing takes a few minutes and ensures the wear ability and integrity of your work.
7. Turn up to exhibition openings – particularly if you're in the exhibition and live in the same city! It continually surprises us when artists don't turn up to their own shows. It's important to support your gallery and your fellow artists by turning up to openings where possible. It also enables you to meet other artists and potential clients. Okay, I have to fess up here – I am guilty of this one. I once submitted a work to an award exhibition and was so embarrassed about the work, that I couldn't face turning up. I ended up winning in the emerging category and wasn't there to collect my prize! I was new to the CJ world, shy and scared of people – so I totally get it – BUT – it's REALLY important!
8. If you want to be known, get known – this one's for all those students and emerging CJ artists out there. To stand out from the crowd, regularly attend openings and visit galleries, introduce yourself, offer to help out as an intern, be enthusiastic!
9. Cleanliness is next to Godliness – yes, washing your hands regularly WILL keep those nasty cold bugs away, and delivering your work clean and tarnish free will make all the difference!
10. And lastly – packaging (only because the OCD side of me needed to make this 10 hints) – we love receiving parcels! One of the best, best, best things about running a gallery, is that we get to pretend it's Christmas all the time. However, like kids, if it takes a degree and various surgical instruments to either unpack or repack the box, the shine quickly wears off. Make sure work is well padded, but don't over do it. There's no need to use a roll of sticky tape and 3 layers of paper and 4 sheets of bubble wrap for a single pair of earrings. Also don't pack everything in like an extremely well thought out jigsaw, with no room to move. While at the time it might seem brilliantly clever it just makes us feel like frustrated 3 year olds when we can't fit that last piece of jewellery back in, and spend half an hour trying to work it out….and failing…..and then we need to recover with coffee and cake!
ObjectLab returns to SCA – 5-day intensive workshops to kickstart your practice!
psssst….extra bonus! – a special student discount is available for Mel's workshop (check out some of her great work currently at Studio 20/17) – contact Karin at karin.findeis@sydney.edu.au if you wish to participate in this special offer….tell her studio 2017 sent you….enjoy – bk.
This workshop will explore and challenge approaches to making, focusing on the theme 'Unnatural Jewellery'. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with and deconstruct a variety of found materials whilst developing and working to a theme.
Challenge their 'natural' and collaborative approaches to making.
Experience new approaches to working with experimental materials and colours.
Consider and develop a conceptual approach to materials to guide the making process.
Develop a collection of experimental pieces of jewellery using deconstructed materials and new techniques, which are then developed into a small body of finished work.
Level: All Levels. This workshop is suitable for beginners through to experienced artists.
Do you have a photograph you would like to transfer onto a ceramic artwork? Would you like to learn how to make your own Japanese-style tissue paper transfer? This workshop is a great opportunity to learn new image-making techniques designed for artists working with clay.
During this hands-on workshop participants will learn how to make their own silk-screens, transfer photographs and drawings onto raw clay and bisque ware, make laser toner decals, Japanese tissue paper and photocopier transfers, and mix their own inexpensive printing inks.
All the techniques demonstrated in this workshop are easily transferrable to participants' own studio or home. During the workshop, participants will hand build simple forms which will be bisque fired during the course.
We'd love to congratulate one of our gallery artists Melissa Cameron.
Melissa was recently awarded the top silversmithing prize at the Buda Contemporary Silver and Metalwork Exhibition. Melissa received the Arts Centre Prize including acquisition of the work by the Arts Centre in Melbourne.


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What Is Megyn Kelly Doing Now?
The upcoming movie Bombshell follows her final days at Fox News.
(Image credit: NBC)
By Katherine J. Igoe
On December 20, 2019, one of the most anticipated movies of the year is getting a wide release: Bombshell dives into the Fox News scandal with Roger Ailes during a particularly tumultuous time at the news channel and in the country. It shows Megyn Kelly's last years at Fox before she departed, during which she confirmed sexual harassment from Ailes (opens in new tab), as well as the repercussions of her hosting a now-infamous 2015 presidential debate.
The film, which is getting a ton of buzz, stars Margot Robbie as Kayla Pospisil (a fictional representation of several real-life women (opens in new tab)), Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, and Charlize Theron as Kelly. It's been quite a journey for Kelly since that time—she moved from Fox to NBC, and what she's up to these days is less clear.
Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron), Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), and Kayla Pospisil (Margot Robbie) in Bombshell.
(Image credit: Hilary B Gayle)
Kelly left Fox News in 2017.
So, it was a tumultuous last few years for Kelly at Fox. After the 2015 Fox debate, Trump made disparaging comments about her, and she said she was disappointed by the lack of support from her Fox colleagues. In 2016, Kelly hosted a one-hour primetime special, but the ratings weren't as high as hoped.
Kelly's contract was set to expire in 2017, and it was speculated that there was increased pressure on her to obtain ratings, including on her show The Kelly File, in order to secure a new one. In late 2016, Kelly was said to be looking elsewhere.
She started with NBC soon after.
According to the New York Times (opens in new tab), Kelly would have a "triple role" at NBC: anchor, host of Megyn Kelly Today during The Today Show, and a Sunday night news show, plus major breaking news coverage as well. Kelly began hosting her own show in September 2017, but it lasted a little more than a year due to poor ratings—it was cancelled in October 2018. Kelly also had mixed reviews from viewers and other colleagues. Of the many controversial things (opens in new tab) she's said over the years, one comment about the potential appropriateness of blackface caused her to issue an apology (opens in new tab) internally.
She officially left NBC in January 2019.
According to TMZ (opens in new tab), Kelly's settlement with NBC to take her off the air was $35 million, and there hasn't been a formal announcement from her ever since. So the short answer is, she's not really doing anything right now. From Instagram, however, it does look like she is covering breaking news and doing interviews:
A post shared by Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) (opens in new tab)
She told TMZ she'd be back on TV in 2019 without providing specific details.
Bombshell premieres in theaters everywhere December 20, 2019.
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Katherine's a Boston-based contributor at Marie Claire who covers fashion, culture, and lifestyle—from "Clueless" to Everlane to news about Lizzo. She's been a freelancer for 11 years and has had roles with Cosmopolitan and Bustle, with bylines in Parents, Seventeen, and elsewhere. It's "I go to dinner," not "Her huge ego," but she responds to both.
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Fans are losing it.
Sophia Brown on Joining the World of 'The Witcher: Blood Origin'
The actress opens up about the "surreal process" of playing the Lark in the Netflix fantasy prequel.
'Ginny & Georgia' Season 2: Everything We Know
Netflix owes us answers after that ending.
By Zoe Guy
The Unstoppable Alia Bhatt
Bollywood's silver-screen darling is both at the top of her game and just getting started.
By Neha Prakash
The Cast of 'The Crown' Season 5: Your Guide
The Mountbatten-Windsors have been recast—again.
Who Is Hasnat Khan, Princess Diana's Boyfriend on Season 5 of 'The Crown'?
Di's friends have said she referred to the doctor as "the love of her life."
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She and Prince Philip strike up an unlikely friendship throughout the fifth season of 'The Crown.'
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The bombshell fifth season just dropped on Netflix.


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One Big Species
Over in the New York Review of Books, and apropos of nothing, Freeman Dyson talks up our biotech future. It gets pretty utopian towards the end, but it's a scintillating read all the same.
This bit is near the beginning:
[Carl Woese] is postulating a golden age of pre-Darwinian life, when horizontal gene transfer was universal and separate species did not yet exist. Life was then a community of cells of various kinds, sharing their genetic information so that clever chemical tricks and catalytic processes invented by one creature could be inherited by all of them. Evolution was a communal affair, the whole community advancing in metabolic and reproductive efficiency as the genes of the most efficient cells were shared. Evolution could be rapid, as new chemical devices could be evolved simultaneously by cells of different kinds working in parallel and then reassembled in a single cell by horizontal gene transfer.
Just a theory… but wow, what a theory!
Don't forget: previous biotech madness.


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Roadmap details in Brazilian Portuguese.

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the Honorable Patrick J. Schiltz of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota has entered an order holding defendants James Louks and FiberPoP Solutions, Inc. in civil contempt.
In September 2015, the SEC announced fraud charges and an emergency order to halt Louks and FiberPop from continuing to raise money from investors. In its complaint, the SEC alleged that Louks and FiberPoP defrauded nearly 100 investors by promising them massive returns, while actually spending the investors' funds on various schemes, which the SEC alleged typically bore the hallmarks of "prime bank schemes." On September 2, the Court entered, with the defendants' consent, a temporary restraining order barring Louks and FiberPoP from, among other things, soliciting or accepting any monies from actual or prospective investors.
In September and October 2015, the defendants entered into two agreements with a FiberPoP investor whereby the investor provided a $10,000 retainer for legal services to be rendered to the defendants and agreed to take on $580,000 in debt that FiberPoP owed to another corporation. On March 23, 2016, the Court issued an order finding that the defendants violated the temporary restraining order by soliciting and accepting these funds. Under the court's order, the defendants must return all monies they have accepted from investors since the Court entered its temporary restraining order, and they must submit a sworn affidavit affirming that they have done so.


Our Guest today David Morrison has a fascinating career journey to share with us. He has gone from, quite literally a "rock and roll" lifestyle to life as a Social entrepreneur, living every day on purpose and loving his incredibly full life. If you're interested in how you can land some pretty sweet exciting roles, live the high life and also find meaning in your work we have so much in store for you today. Dave used to think like the majority of us, "Just work hard, results get noticed, the next opportunity will show up", just like a lot of our parents, work hard for 40yrs with the 40 hr week and then retire, sounds good right? Dave believes differently, as he took his first steps out into the world, these words are what he had in his mind as the keys to success. It certainly worked out, travelling with bands around the world like the Rolling Stones, Member of the 2000 Olympic Team (essentially party liaison) and even stood ring side with Ric Flair and the Rock at Wrestlmania. He lived out a boyhood dream to work for the WWE during one of the most exciting times in their history. Whilst on paper very fulfilling as he got older, he reaslied he was just really working to get the "next big gig" and had ended up with a set of values that were putting me on a path of burn out and always feeling like there is something missing in my blessed life.
Welcome to our show today David Morrison.
Thank you, Kylie. It's my absolute pleasure.
Tell me about your career, if you could talk me through from the early days right up to today.
I tended to follow the ethos that when you work hard, opportunities will follow. People will notice you and want to connect with you. Like a lot of people, I started working in the hospitality industry.
Starting out on hospitality is a great start – you are taught early on that when you're at work, you need to work hard.
I completely agree. It's not just about starting to learn responsibilities but also listening and connecting with people. You develop really good skills on just being observant and listening to what people's needs are – it's really an amazing ground work on building your skills to a professional in a workplace and being a well rounded person.
You're absolutely right, it's a great foundation. I love a couple of things you said there. First, you work hard and opportunities come to you. Also, I like the way you look at your job at hospitality, about connecting with people and creating amazing experiences.
It sort of triggered a series of events where I was working in hospitality then all of a sudden I found myself working in musical theatre and theatre management and working on theatre production like Miss Saigon, Chicago and many others things like that for a number of years. After doing that for three to four years, I ended up working for the Australian Olympic team in 2000 Sydney Olympics. It was leaving the other job, I had a personal connection and I was looking into doing a business within the Australian Olympic committee. It's more of about sports management, PR stuff. Then I ended up working in London for three years, after that I travelled around Europe and all around Asia doing TV events.
Good to see you fulfilled your Australian duties and did sometime in London ;-). The other thing you've talked about is finding out what's important to other people – I'm hearing a lot of what you can do for them, listening. It's really good to hear that attitude of really caring and empathy, the listening and understanding.
The most enjoyable time I've had is less about me. In high pressure situations, you'd be able to help directly with a solution because you can't solve everything but just being able to bring some calm and help get an outcome to really stressful places made that person feel better – it's not really about me.
After working at London, I met my wife over there. We came back home to Australia. I believe in this saying – don't say no to a meeting – you just take it because you don't know who you're going to meet. I genuinely believe that when you open yourself up to opportunity then work comes your way. Then I got a job in the wonderful world of media sales. I worked through different facets of business – traditional sales, product development, commercial development, supply chain development, business partnership management and working more heavily on the commercial side of media assets. I seek our theses skills. It's all about chasing the deal and anything can happen.
I love that point you said there – never say 'no' to a meeting.
Taking a genuine interest in the people you meet and just listen to what's going on with their lives. The more you give, the more you're going to receive. At any time and any point in your life, there is no time like now to go out and create that opportunity and dream that you want because there's an endless string of opportunities out there and that's the whole abundance mindset.
Your values should always be connected to your goals. Changing your values around to make it easy to access every day so feel more fulfilled that way you're doing what you do at a much higher vibration or level of energy and the process is going to be much enjoyable.
Absolutely. I talked a lot about value in my previous programs. Whether you're in a corporate role or an entrepreneur, you need to be very clear on what your values are. So talk to us more about what you are doing now.
I've got a major shift in my health and I wasn't so stressed anymore and I had more energy. I was inclined to want to eat better and want to exercise more. I came to a realization that we all have an opportunity in life to be a positive role model for ourselves and for each other. I also believe that we never live in a time of such prosperity and opportunity. I have a full time job but I also run an internet business as well. I started my internet business because I had new values. Being able to create a life and how that affects other people and how that creates more time for me to focus on more positive things. So the mindset stuff is really big.
True. We have to power to change that. We have absolute power and control over doing that. The life you're living right now is the life you're living in purpose. It all starts on mindset and living in purpose. Talk to us a little more about personal development.
Getting involved in personal development – it gives me huge amount of self awareness and it's made me really focus on compassion. My number one value is love next is compassion. Compassion helps in the workplace and in life. It is important because when you deal with people and stressful situations you can take it personally wherever you go.
I used to feel that anxiety and stress inside of me and sometimes not interact correctly with that person. When you feel angry, that anger is normally you're angry with yourself because you're seeing something in that person that you do. So being able to change that help people or at least being compassionate to them and not channeling the anger to them.
In the workplace, if you're looking at people who are successful, they are the ones who have strong EQ. I don't think you can separate self development and leadership training – they are so intrinsically entwined do you agree?
I love the fact that leadership gets talked about because it makes people more conscious about what they are doing every day, what they do to themselves and how they connect to other people.
You're a guy who appears to have it all – beautiful wife, beautiful children, a successful career – tell me how do you spend each day. What is your routine, when you wake up in the morning until your head hits the pillow in the evening?
Planning is the most important one, scheduling. On Sunday nights, we review the week ahead and that's a big help. The big thing in the morning is exercise, doing gratitudes and thinking about what's my intention today. At the end of the week, I do a debrief. That allows you some time to the things that didn't work out and why, can we change it and is it still worthwhile to do again and what do we need to improve? We also finish the week and celebrate the great things we did so you feel a sense of accomplishment and feel very positive and empowered to set your goals for the following week.
Ultimately, it comes down to living with intention.
We still have these moments of struggle and difficult things going on and particularly as a couple you have that capacity to make sure that you're checking on each other all the time. Another value that I have is flexibility like always finding joy in the process.
Do you have any more wisdom that you can impart to our listeners in terms of how to find the career they love and find joy in what they're doing?
I was most excited helping other people, when I was genuinely in that place of compassion and I was also always treating myself and other with respect and love and that was critical. Then I went around creating specific goals instead of life mission statements. The last piece of advice would probably be is to follow your instincts and trust yourself and act on that thing that sits in your heart whatever it is.
Thank you so much for being on the podcast, David.
You did an amazing job being able to pick out all the questions that I was saying. Thank you so much Kylie and have a beautiful day. Thank you to all the listeners.
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Relief for the former top cop.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) withdrew all charges against former acting Police Commissioner, Khomotso Phahlane on Thursday.
Phahlane, alongside his wife, Beauty and co-accused Durand Snyman appeared at the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria earlier today on charges of fraud, corruption, and money laundering, following a joint sting by the Hawks and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) in December last year.
As TimesLive reports, the NPA was unable to persuade the magistrate to postpone the case to collect more evidence against the former top cop and his co-accused.
With the case having been postponed after it was originally set for March, the court ruled that further delays would prejudice the trio and the State was obliged to withdraw the charges. However, the case could return to court at a later stage.
The former top cop first raised suspicion when his lavish lifestyle came to light, more than a year ago, as there were questions over how he managed to acquire his multi-million rand home.
Following an investigation by the IPID, the Phahlanes were accused of accepting gratifications from Snyman, who owns a used car dealership and is said to have been the middleman in helping them receive kickbacks from supply companies doing business with the South African National Police Service.
According to IPID, one of these services providers managed to pocket at least R5 billion in corrupt tenders with the SAPS, dating back to 2010.
Snyman is also said to have cashed in a fair bit from the shady three-way dealings as he is alleged to have received an amount exceeding R1 million, deposited in a Namibian bank account in his name.
He and the couple first appeared in court in February and were released on bail of R10 000 each.


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BLOG TOUR: Nick Garlick's " Storm Horse"
Today I am delighted to kick off the blog tour for Nick Garlick's Storm Horse, published by Chicken House
Storm Horse tells the story of Flip, a twelve year old boy who after, after his father's death and while his mother is missing, finds himself on a remote Dutch island where storms rage regularly. His new home is his uncle's farm, and he needs to adapt to this new way of life, learning also to deal with the bullies. Until a bad storm brings a sinking ship and a drowning horse, and changes everything. A powerful story of unconventional friendship with a wild and unusual setting, Storm Horse will appeal to a wide readership, including fans of Michael Morpurgo.
Here is Nick Garlick reading from Storm Horse:
Nick Garlick lived, worked or went to school in just about every part of England before moving to the Netherlands in 1990. After many years working as a freelance technical writer, copywriter, editor and translator, his first two children's stories were published by Andersen Press. He now lives with his wife in Utrecht, where he's currently working on more children's stories.
www.nickgarlick.com
I am delighted to welcome Nick to talk about life in British boarding schools in the 1960s:
Making a man of you
by Nick Garlick
A young reader recently finished Storm Horse and said she was surprised how badly Mr Mesman often treated his sons. I told her that when I was her age, back in the 1960s, such awful behaviour wasn't surprising at all.
When I was eight, I told her, I was sent to a boarding school in Somerset. One day I was playing with my brother at home, the next I was surrounded by eighty boys I'd never met in my life. And with no chance of seeing any of my family for the next six weeks.
Life was bound by endless rules. Lights out at eight o' clock at night and no talking. Brush your teeth before breakfast when you wash. Saying you brushed them after breakfast at home was met with, 'Keep quiet and do as you're told'. First names were out; only your last name was used. (I couldn't even call my brother by his first name when he came to school two years later.)
After games, no matter how wet and muddy the playing field was, all you could clean were your hands, feet and legs. We had two baths a week and twenty boys would share three baths. If you were the last in the queue, you washed in the dirty water left by all the boys before you. We slept in dormitories with six beds in one room.
And when the rules were broken we were punished. Even if it wasn't always our fault.
One of the rules was this: No talking in the dormitories before the Wake Up bell rang in the morning. This was only a problem on Sundays, when we were allowed to stay in bed an extra hour, but woke up at the usual weekday time. So there we all were, wide awake but not allowed to do anything. That was when Robertson began talking.
Robertson always talked. Everywhere. All the time. That Sunday, other boys started talking back, telling him to be quiet – and that was when the Head of House came in. 'Talking before the bell,' he said. 'See the Headmaster at breakfast. Everyone!' So we did, and each one of us was caned six times with a piece of bamboo (By the time it reached the last boy, the end of that stalk had been smashed into splinters.) And we all missed breakfast.
Robertson didn't learn a lesson. The next week, exactly the same thing happened again. And just like the week before, we all – whether we'd been talking or not – received six strokes of the bamboo. And missed breakfast.
This went on for six weeks. For six Sundays in a row, the Head of House came in because he heard talking. On five of those Sundays, we were all beaten. It was only on the sixth that the Headmaster finally listened to the complaints of those of us who'd never said a word. It did seem strange, he agreed, that all of us would be breaking the rule six weeks in a row. So he let us off. But Robertson, who had been talking, received eight strokes. The extra two were for getting the others in the dormitory in trouble.
Nobody ever apologised for all the unjust beatings. That was because, I said to the young reader, a lot of people thought it was quite normal to treat young boys this way in the 1960s. They thought it 'made a man of you'. And Mr Mesman in Storm Horse wouldn't have seen anything wrong with it for a second. He would have thought it was an excellent idea.
Thank you very much Nick!
Storm Horse by Nick Garlick out now in paperback (£6.99, Chicken House)
Find out more at http://www.chickenhousebooks.com
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bridgeanneartandwriting	August 24, 2015
Great post about boarding schools and the way boys were treated – v important. And also – what a wonderful book that sounds – I loved the reading from it = so exciting.
Library Mice	August 27, 2015
I agree, Anne!


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H.R.3001 - Ending LGBT Health Disparities Act111th Congress (2009-2010)
Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] (Introduced 06/23/2009)
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JAYDEN RICHARDSON
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1 April 2019 Started Career Martin O'Neill
2 Aug 16, 2019 Loan Out --> Exeter City Jun 01, 2020 Sabri Lamouchi
3 Sep 23, 2020 Loan Out --> Forest Green Rovers Jun 01, 2021 Sabri Lamouchi
4 Dec 07, 2021 Loan Out --> Notts County Jan 07, 2022 Chris Hughton
5 Jun 20, 2022 Sold Aberdeen Steve Cooper
RECORD FOR JAYDEN RICHARDSON
League Tier 2 Sep 15, 2021 Sep 18, 2021 2 1 1 2 2
League Cup Aug 11, 2021 Aug 24, 2021 2 1 1 2 1
Pre-Season Friendly Jun 29, 2019 Jul 20, 2021 6 4 1 1 3 3 2 2
League Total Sep 15, 2021 Sep 18, 2021 2 1 1 2 2
ALL GAMES FOR JAYDEN RICHARDSON
Sat Jun 29, 2019 Pre-Season Friendly Alfreton Town A 2-1 45 Started (45)
Tue Jul 02, 2019 Pre-Season Friendly Dundee A 0-0 45 (46)
Tue Jul 16, 2019 Pre-Season Friendly Olympiakos A 0-3 45 (81)
Fri Jul 26, 2019 Pre-Season Friendly Real Sociedad H 2-2 45
Sat Aug 03, 2019 League Tier 2 West Bromwich Albion H 1-2 45
Tue Aug 13, 2019 League Cup Fleetwood Town H 1-0 45
Sat Jul 10, 2021 Pre-Season Friendly Alfreton Town A 2-1 45 (45)
Sat Jul 17, 2021 Pre-Season Friendly Port Vale A 2-0 45 Started (75)
Tue Jul 20, 2021 Pre-Season Friendly Northampton Town A 2-0 45 Started
Sat Jul 24, 2021 Pre-Season Friendly Crewe Alexandra A 2-2 45
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Metro police attempting to curb car theft epidemic among youth in Nashville
by: Bob Mueller
Posted: May 9, 2019 / 08:52 AM CDT / Updated: May 10, 2019 / 04:08 PM CDT
There is an epidemic in Nashville and the cure involves common sense.
Last year, 2500 cars were stolen in Nashville, 70% of those had the keys inside.
From January to March 2014, 172 cars were stolen in Nashville. For the same period in 2018, 573 cars were stolen, a 233% increase.
Metro police Lt. Blaine Whited is part of the Juvenile Crime Task Force and he spends a lot of his time trying to stop kids from stealing cars.
"I would easily say 60-70% of stolen cars are being stolen by youth in the city," Lt. Whited said. "A 10-year-old brought a gun to school that was stolen, we've had a 12-year-old go up with a handgun and carjack a young mother of her car."
It's a kid crime wave, and it doesn't stop at just stealing cars. But car theft is where it starts. Lt. Whited says it's a gateway crime.
"So, that car gets stolen, it then goes out and its used in a shooting, an aggravated assault, its used to run through the doors of a business, a gun store let's say to burglarize the businesses, its used to go out an commit an aggravated robbery because they just go and bump into you with that stolen car while you are sitting at a red light and you think it's just a simple crash and the next thing you know, you are being carjacked of your car and it all started with a simple stolen vehicle."
Lt. Whited says car theft in Nashville is at epidemic levels.
"We'll see 50 to 90 cars stolen a week here in Nashville."
He says car theft has become very sophisticated.
"So, we will see them on surveillance cameras, they will roll into a neighborhood or apartment complex at night, the driver will let two or three other youth out and they just start roaming the roads and complexes checking door handles."
Lt. Whited also says these young offenders are bold.
"We know that these kids, as soon as they are going out and stealing these cars and firearms and committing their crimes, they are broadcasting live on social media, they get their views, they get comments and I think it kind of incentivizes them to go out and commit further crime."
Click here to learn more about car theft in our area and what you can do to stop it.
The good news is, amazingly, Metro police say more than 80% of stolen cars will be recovered within seven to 10 days. Lt. Whited says the bad news is, "it's not their car, they don't care for it, they often times crash it. These kids often do not have drivers' licenses and do not know how to drive. It often times had drugs in it, you might get your car back but it's not going to be the same car that it was before you had it stolen."
What frustrates police is around 70% of cars stolen were left running or had keys left in the vehicle.
The request repeated over and over and over by police, secure your car and secure your firearms.
"If we can get just one to not leave their car accessible or a weapon in their car, we know we can prevent crime up to homicide," Whited said.
More Crime Tracker Stories
Man scams car dealership with fake check
SMYRNA, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Shawkat Hussein says more than $18,500 was stolen from off his car dealership's parking lot.
"$18,500 is a lot of money," Hussein said.
Hillwood community on edge after video shows masked car burglar
by Stephanie Langston, Kim Wynne / Jul 16, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) -- A masked man, carrying a crowbar, seen prowling the Hillwood community in the middle of the night has neighbors concerned.
"It's really kind of scary," stated Debbie Stout.


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Abstract: We investigate the `giant gravitons' of McGreevy, Susskind and Toumbas [hep-th/0003075]. We demonstrate that these are BPS configurations which preserve precisely the same supersymmetries as a `point-like' graviton. We also show that there exist `dual' giant gravitons consisting of spherical branes expanding into the AdS component of the spacetime. Finally, we discuss the realization of the stringy exclusion principle within this expanded framework.


Home > Mortgage > Buying a Home: Is Rentvesting a Better Option?
When it is time to buy a home, a lot of people are conflicted over whether they should actually go ahead and buy one or would a rented property seem like a better option?
The fact that the property prices show no signs of coming down, several first time home buyers naturally go for renting a home than buying one. However, the property market is also noticing the emergence of a new trend: rentvesting.
What actually does rentvesting entail? It is a pretty simple, not to mention, clever concept. Consider that you want to buy a home in a specific area, but you cannot afford to because the area's too pricy. Your current financial situation allows you only to rent that place, not buy it.
So you invest the money into renting a place of your choice and with the money which is leftover is invested into buying a more affordable property elsewhere. This affordable property that you just bought can be rented out to someone else. The money that you get from here can be used to pay the rent of the posh place you are living in. Buying investment property sure has its fair share of perks!
Rentvesting allows you to start living in your dream home sooner than later, even if you have a smaller deposit. You do not have to compromise on your wishes and desires. If a 4 room apartment in that area you saw is what you want, rentvesting is going to give you access to it.
Several property market experts consider rentvesting as a great way to start building your investment portfolio. The more impressive this portfolio is the easier it becomes for you to make future purchases.
Rentvesting also allows your more flexibility in terms of trying out different areas to reside in before laying your roots in any particular one. Since you are not buying the place you have fewer things to worry about if you wish to try out a new neighbourhood. This move is also financially smarter.
Rentvesting also allows you to save money. The money that is coming from the rent others are paying you, you don't have to use all of it. You can use this money to ultimately buy the home of your dreams when you come across one.
Other than not being able to own a place of your own currently, is there any other con to rentvesting? Moreover, is rentvesting a good move for you? Perhaps talking it over with a property investment advisor can help you answer this question better. The rentvesting advice coming from them is going to be more reliable and hence can be followed more confidently.
Provided with what your property investment advisor tells you, you can go ahead and start looking into your options. Do you want to avoid making costly mistakes? A reliable property investment advisor can help you doing so! The investment opportunities that they present you with are already extensively searched upon so this way there is less risk involved in following them.


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This year's event was held on December 4, 2004, at 6 PM.
We will have the same great mix of local entries, regional school bands, celebrities, dignitaries and of course Santa Claus in his famous Glendale P.D. Helicopter! You have to see that to believe it. Make your plans now and meet your friends on Honolulu for another fun parade.
Here are some photos from the 2004 event.