This publication draws together a number of examples of transformation and change in the public sector. Some of the examples suggest new sources for delivery and resourcing, while others are more about rethinking existing services and resources to deliver something new or with a better outcome.
While it is not a complete picture of all of the initiatives under way across all sectors, it does cover a wide variety of topics which range from managing change, to new ways of thinking about and delivering services to new approaches to harnessing and providing finance to support innovative work. It offers an opportunity to consider the lessons learned and their applicability for other services and contexts.
Transformation: Critical Success Factors. Sets out a number of key success factors for successful transformation.
Understanding Communities to Deliver Effective Services. Explores the virtuous cycle whereby investment in effective service development leads to both business improvement and social benefit.
The Lean Library. Describes how, when properly applied, much can be gained from a focus on customer needs, a passion for reducing waste and non-added value activities, and giving everyone a voice and the opportunity to make change happen.
Public Service Mutuals: Supporting Employee Engagement. Considers the growing number of public service mutuals that have spun out of the public sector, and operating in a variety of settings, eg in health, leisure, social welfare, youth and fire and rescue services.
Applying an Investment Mind-set to Public Services. Looks at the use of social finance and careful investment in prevention in order to reduce future demand, with corresponding improvements for service users and communities.
Loans to Registered Providers. Provides an example of a local authority providing long-term finance to local registered providers of social housing, which in turn stimulates local growth, employment creation and the supply of affordable social housing.
Redefining the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme. Offers insights into the approach taken by a council to restructure and transform their council tax reduction scheme.
The National LGPS Frameworks Project. Describes a collaboration between a number of LGPS Funds to help them procure specialist services, and leverage better prices, while crucially still supporting local decision making and service requirements.
Resources. Pulls together references, links and sources of further information relating to each of the topics covered in the various chapters.


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Tommi Parzinger – Parzinger Originals
by admin | Dec 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Slow start in NYC
Parzinger, Inc.
Parzinger furniture design
Carrying on Parzinger Design
Tommy Parzinger was born in Munich Germany in 1903. He was born into an artistic family, his father being the most prominent artist, a famous sculptor. It was only natural for Parzinger to study art. He specialized in ceramics, glass, metal, wood working, and painting. His storied career would leave him to be known as a key influential player in the development of American Mid-Century Design; a decorative art the masses are still drawn to today.
Parzinger's fate was decided by a competition he entered for the German Steamship Company to design a poster for their campaign. He won the competition and in 1932 was granted a trip to the United States. When he returned to Germany, the outlook was grim as the second World War started gaining traction. On his arrival, Parzinger received much pressure from the Nazi Party to join their movement. Rather than bend to their will, Parzinger applied for a visitor's visa from the US embassy and fled back to the States. He would later settle in New York City.
In Manhattan, his first job would be a designer for the infamous NYC style-setter, Rena Rosenthal. Parzinger began designing silverware for her Madison Avenue shop. While there, he also experimented with furniture design, working predominantly in brass and crystal. His interest in furniture would soon dramatically grow, prompting him to take a new job at Charak, a leading furniture manufacturer. Here he focused exclusively on furniture design. Parzinger quickly realized success in Boston, with numerous personal exhibitions at the World Fair. By 1939 Parzinger returned to his beloved Manhattan to open his own business, Parzinger Inc., at 54 East and 57th Street.
Parzinger Originals Available at Our Gallery
Parzinger designed a new line of furniture each year, with each line ranging from 12-30 pieces. Collections consisted of both custom and commercial designs. He designed high-end modern furniture in the most luxurious materials, including rich wood, stone, lacquer, and polished metals. These materials would prove attractive to some of Manhattan and Hollywood's elite. Some of Parzinger's clientele were Billy Baldwin, Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller, the DuPont family, and the Rockefellers. "Mr. Parzinger's furniture has a style all its own — a jewel-like quality in finish and metallic ornament that gives a precious, one-of-a-kind look to simple modern shapes. While a roomful of his designs is delightful, just one of his pieces can do for a simple room setting what a diamond clip does for the basic black dress," boasted The New York Times.
Throughout his three plus decades of designing, Parzinger started each morning by painting. He would later in his career dedicate all of his time to painting. He painted using an expressionist style, a stark contrast to the precise geometric furniture design that brought him much of his fame and fortune. Just 15 years after dedicating his time to painting, Parzinger passed at the age of 78.
Tommi Parzinger Art
Although Parzinger dedicated his last years to painting, his designs continue to live on. Sadly, the doors to his showroom closed shortly after his death. His business partner, Donald Cameron would go on to take the company over, renaming it Parzinger Originals, in 1986. His designs are still bought, sold and highly sought after today. Furniture dealers, one of the most prominent being Patricial Palumbo, continue to facilitate life after death for Mr. Parzinger.
Cameron took the duty of protecting Parzinger's legacy very seriously. He largely dealt with securing the authenticity of Parzinger's designs. Although reproductions and copy-cats alike continue to forge Parzinger's designs, his quality is rarely matched. After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Cameron had been a strong advocate for the late Parzinger. When people labeled other designers' work "in the style of" Tommi Parzinger, Cameron vehemently denied their claims. "No, the designs are too ugly," or "It's just bad design" Cameron would bluntly state.
Cameron also donated a large portion of Parzinger's drawings and design plans to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, where a team of curators would work endlessly to help carry on the legend of Parzinger Originals. The Greenwich Living Team is incredibly thankful for these efforts; legends like Parzinger should be acknowledged for their work and what they contributed to the world of design, holding fast to what is good.
Philip & Kelvin Laverne
Lorin Marsh
The Changing Decorative Art Market
Tiffany & Co.- Rich History & American Staple of Quality

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You are here: Home / Aircraft / Kermit's Collection / WWII / 1945 Supermarine Spitfire Mk 16
The Spitfire was the brainchild of designer Reginald Mitchell and evolved from his experience with early Supermarine seaplane racers.
The racers went on to triumph at three prestigious races, ultimately winning the Schneider Cup Trophy for Great Britain in 1933.
Based on experience with the racing aircraft, Supermarine initiated the development of a fighter in 1935. This aircraft entered World War II in 1939 as the Spitfire. With its elegant elliptical wing and great performance, it achieved legendary status during the Battle of Britain of 1940.
As the war progressed and more performance was needed, the Spitfire evolved with bigger engines and minor refinements. The Mk 16 was the first model to be built with the low-back canopy for improved visibility and clipped wings for increased roll rate.
Spitfires served in all theatres of the war, and were flown by every Allied country, including the United States. A total of 20,334 Spitfires were built, making it one of the most widely produced fighters ever.
Top Speed — 408 mph
Engine — Packard built Rolls Royce Merlin 1650-7 (1,500 hp)
Armament — Two 20 mm Hispano cannons
Two .50 caliber Browning machine guns
1,000 lbs of bombs or rockets
Over a six-year period, the aircraft was slowly restored using almost 90% of its original aircraft skins. I insisted that the aircraft be restored to as original condition as possible. This was unheard of in England at the time. Guns, cannons, gunsight, and original working radios are all installed, making this the most originally restored Spitfire in the world! Its post-restoration flight occurred in June of 1995. Soon after, it was shipped to Florida where it was re-assembled to start flying at Fantasy of Flight.
British pilots were not allowed to paint personal artwork on their aircraft. This paint scheme is in the colors of the highest scoring Belgian ace, Raymond Lallemant.


Here's a lovely sketch of Ororo as rendered by Phil Jimenez! Enjoy!
Since I was out of town in Calistoga this past weekend, I neglected to post a new piece of Storm art on Sunday. Here's a beautiful rendition of Ororo by Jim Lee!
I'm so bummed out about Heath Ledger passing away. I've always liked him. I mean, come on, A Knight's Tale was kinda dumb in not a good way and he made it fun anyway. I saw Monster's Ball for the first time last week and was blown away by his performance. Great stuff. When I heard about him getting the Joker role I was a bit skeptical, but when I saw the first press release with a photo, I could see in his eyes how in character he was. And of course, he made a damn fine cowboy. Rest in peace, Heath. Thanks for everything you shared with the world and may you find everything you deserve in the next one.
Today I completed writing my first 20 page comic script in anticipation of the Writers Old-Fashioned WonderCon mini-comic challenge! Woo Hoo! Now to scrounge around for those thumbnails it all started from and send them along with the script!
I am so grateful to many of you for your support and enthusiasm! Now on to the next project!
Getting up tomorrow will probably be something like this feels.
Check out this super-cool video! It totally rocks for its wonky music and old school Batman references. Thanks to Emily Stackhouse for turning me on to this band!
I realize it's so not new right now, but I was just watching Avril Lavigne's video for her single "Hot" from her last album "The Best Damn Thing" and there's a fashion alter ego of hers that reminds me of Illyana Rasputin aka Magik, the teleporting demon sorceress from The New Mutants (you know, Colossus' little sister). Watch it and let me know if you agree.
I've decided I am going to declare Sundays as Official Storm Art day! I'll be digging into my hoard of pics of my namesake and sharing them with you all at the start of each week!
Last week we had a beautiful rendition by John Bolton and this week's amazing linework is none other than the master John Romita! I actually like how short he made Storm's cape in this piece. It just seems to work with how bubbly and curvy he's made her hair and body.
A few years ago, I had a dream about a certain kind of hairstyle where I continued to shave my head, but kept a lock of hair in a circle at the back of my head (the place where they plug in your Matrix cord). I kept my head covered in headwraps for a year or so until the lock was long enough to show off. It reminded me of the locks Ancient Egyptian children had (except theirs was on the side of the skull), but as years passed, I found out that many cultures had a similar hairstyle (some called it a sitka, a queue, etc.). It seems my intention about being "an Egyptian slave boy to the universe" was similarly aligned with ancient cultural representations of priests and priestesses. What I thought was a dream might have been some kind collective consciousness.
In the last couple of weeks I've been having dreams about cutting my hair. It was the same dream over and over in which I took a pair of scissors to the ten or so inches of hair that I've carefully shaved around, conditioned and braided for so long. And today, when everyone else was out of the house, I lit some sage, consulted some cards, made one phone call (thanks, Cat!) and then I cut it off. It took me a long time to shave the area as I chose to use a hand held razor and not the clippers, but it was a joyous time in the old bathroom! It feels great to be completely bald again! I don't know how much they say about hair holding onto one's memories is true or not, but my mind certainly feels lighter. Now I can show off my pharaoh-bound head in all its glory without the distraction of that small patch of hair. Besides, there's always wigs! No pictures of my shiny dome yet, but here's one that you can appreciate in the meantime. Cute, ain't he?
Wednesday is New Comic Book Day!
Those of you already immersed in the world of four color funnies already know that there are strong men who dress in brown knickers and drive big trucks to comic book stores all over the country on Wednesday to bring boxes of COMICS to specialty comic stores! But do you know about the COOLEST Comic Book Store that's also a great place to hang out?
Well, let me introduce to you the Isotope! It's a swanky comic book lounge stocked with the latest floppies, trade paperbacks, graphic novels, mini comics and staffed by fun folks who LOVE comics!
Seriously, it doesn't matter to James Sime, Kirsten Baldock, Josh Richardson or Matt Silady whether you're a Marvel Zombie, Vertigo Vixen, or Dark Horse Devotee! You can have your Hulk and Courtney Crumrin, your Fables and Suicide Squad, or your Persepolis and Madman!
So, if you live in San Francisco, get thee to Gough & Fell and tell 'em I sent you! And if you don't happen to live here, then check out their site (especially the Comic Rockstars Toilet Seat Museum) to feel the love, baby.
See you there on Wednesday!


Almost any non-auto user will say this.
Just don't forget the golden rule that every weapon is a noob weapon, or is cheap, or takes no skill.
If you hit someone with a barret while not moving, your called a camper. If you kill someone from far away with an auto, your called a sprayer. People always do this just as a pathetic way of revenge for being killed.
just tell the spray accusers to check the score afterwards. Usually when the word spray is thrown around, its a bad players justification of their lack of skill. BTW, lets not get this thread locked, im sorry i kinda hijacked it.
its simple, some players just cant handle losing so they think up any excuse to bag you and call you a noob.
when i'm using an m79 its a noob gun that takes no skill - quote: Skill? No need, get a m79!
conclusion - people like to complain.
solution? turn the damn chat console off. Seriously, try it. It's right at the top of the ini and it's in the config.exe settings.
It's like playing with really intelligent by humanly flawed silent bots.


I wasn't happy with the default Rift Logitech G13 profile so I modified it to what I wanted.
I grabbed a copy of Borderlands 2 when it was on sale at Steam. I really hate the default profile for most games on the Logitech G13.
I started playing Blacklight Retribution when I saw it was free to play. The game was a lot of fun, but I didn't find a default Logitech G13 profile.
I started playing Defiance and of course I am using my Logitech G13. Since there wasn't an existing profile I just made my own Defiance Logitech G13 Profile. The profile is my standard FPS layout.


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Q: NativeScript one-way databinding doesn't update view This seems like a pretty simple case to me, but I'm obviously missing something.  I have a Model to be bound to the View.  I then load the Model with an Http call.  Why doesn't the View update?  I thought that was the whole point of one-way binding.
I have verified that I'm getting back the data I'm expecting from the http call.
Update
I added a button to the screen and databinding will actually update the screen with the http loaded data for both fields on button push, even though the button method only sets one of the values.  So either there's a bug in NativeScript or I'm not doing something incorrectly.
Update 2 Just the act of clicking the button will trigger the binding to happen.  I've modified the code to have an empty tap handler, and just clicking the button makes it bind.
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import { Component, ChangeDetectionStrategy, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { Job } from "../../shared/customer/job";
import { Http, Headers, Response } from "@angular/http";
import { Observable } from "rxjs/Rx";

@Component({
    selector: "my-app",
    templateUrl: "pages/job-details/job-details.html",
    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
})

export class JobDetailsComponent implements OnInit {
    job: Job;
    salesAssociateName: string = "x";

    constructor(private http: Http) {
        this.job = new Job();
    }

    ngOnInit() {
        this.getJob(1234);
    }

    getJob(leadId: number) {
        var url = "https://url-not-for-you/job?franchiseeid=48&leadid=" + leadId;
        var headers = this.createRequestHeader();

        this.http.get(url, { headers: headers }).map(response => response.json())
            .do(data => this.setData(data[0]))
            .subscribe(
                () => this.success(),
                (error) => this.error()
            );
    }

    private createRequestHeader() {
        let headers = new Headers();
        headers.append("AuthKey","blah");
        headers.append("AuthToken", "blee");

        return headers;
    }

    setData(job) {
        this.job.FullName = job["FullName"];
        this.job.SalesAssociateName = job["SalesAssociateName"];
        this.salesAssociateName = this.job.SalesAssociateName;

        console.log("Found job for customer: " + job["FullName"]);
    }

    success() {
        // nothing useful
    }

    error() {
        alert("There was a problem retrieving your customer job.");
    }

    changeSA() {
    }
}

html
<StackLayout>

    <Button text="Push" (tap)="changeSA()"></Button>
</StackLayout>

A: Your code will work as expected with the default ChangeDetectionStrategy. however, you have changed the strategy to onPush
In order to make your binding work as expected in the default changeStrategy delete the following line
changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush

or change it to
changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default

More about the Angular-2 ChangeDetectionStrategy here and here
If you still want to use onPush instead of the default strategy then your properties should be declared as @input()  and once the change is made (in your case in setData) marked with markForCheck()
The reason your binding is working when triggered from Button tap is because
application state change can be triggered by:

*

*Events - tap, swipe,

*XHR - Fetching data from a remote server

*Timers - e.g. setTimeout()

For testing purposes and if someone is interested of how to implement the scenario with onPush here is a sample code:
import { Component, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, OnInit, NgZone, Input } from "@angular/core";
import { Http, Headers, Response } from "@angular/http";
import { Observable as RxObservable } from "rxjs/Rx";
import "rxjs/add/operator/map";
import "rxjs/add/operator/do";

@Component({
    selector: "my-app",
    templateUrl: "app.component.html",
    changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    @Input() public job: any = { salesAssociateName: "default job" };
    @Input() public salesAssociateName: string = "default name";

    constructor(private http: Http, private change:ChangeDetectorRef) { }

    ngOnInit() {
        this.getJob();
    }

    getJob() {
        var url = "http://httpbin.org/get";
        var headers = this.createRequestHeader();

        this.http.get(url, { headers: headers })
            .map(response => response.json())
            .do(data => {
                this.setData();
            }).subscribe(
                () => this.success(),
                (error) => this.error()
            );
    }

    private createRequestHeader() {
        let headers = new Headers();
        return headers;
    }

    setData() {

        this.job.salesAssociateName = "NEW job SalesAssociateName";
        this.salesAssociateName = "NEW job FullName";
        this.change.markForCheck();
    }

    success() {
        alert("success");
    }

    error() {
        alert("There was a problem retrieving your customer job.");
    }
}

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WSDOT, Spokane Valley Constuction Update For Next Week
by SRTC Staff | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Citywide- Expect brief lane closures as crews conduct crack sealing throughout the city until the end of June.
Arterials- expect brief delays as crews sweep for stormwater drainage maintenance
Pines between Trent and Marietta– Reduced to one lane each direction and southbound sidewalk will be closed from 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, for signal conduit work
Sprague between Park and Thierman- Remains reduced to two lanes from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. through Saturday, June 22 for resurfacing, weather permitting.
WSDOTI-90/Westbound US 2 off-ramp- On Sunday, June 16, from about 6 a.m. to as late as noon, the westbound Interstate 90 off-ramp to westbound US 2 & Garden Springs will be reduced to one lane for overhead sign work. Expect slow traffic and congestion on this ramp.
I-90 Westbound/Near Barker Road- On Thursday and Friday, June 20 & 21, from about 7:30 p.m. to as late as 6 a.m. the following morning, westbound Interstate 90 will be reduced to one lane in the vicinity of the Greenacres (Business Route) and Barker Road Interchanges for overhead sign work. Be alert for possible slow traffic and congestion.
SR 27/32nd Ave. to Trent Ave.- Beginning Monday June 17, be alert for lane restrictions between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Pedestrians also should be alert for sidewalk restrictions when ADA ramp work is under construction or curing. Grinding and paving operations will take place during evening and overnight hours.
SR 291/Division Street to the Stevens County Line- Sidewalk, roadway crack-sealing, and utility cover work is on the schedule over the next couple weeks. Be alert for lane restrictions between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. Pedestrians should be alert for sidewalk restrictions near intersections when ADA ramps are under construction or curing. Grinding and paving work may be underway between Royal Drive and Nine Mile Falls. All major roadwork on this project will be underway during evening and overnight hours. No major daytime restrictions planned.
North Spokane Corridor/Francis Avenue Bridge and Intersection Improvements- Left turn movements at the Market/Francis intersection are not allowed. At times, Market Street may be reduced to single lane alternating traffic. Watch for right-turn restrictions. Expect congestion and long delays near the Francis Avenue and Market Street intersection, especially during the morning and afternoon commute hours. In addition, westbound drivers on Francis should be alert for flaggers directing traffic near the BNSF railway crossing. The flaggers may be in place to make sure westbound vehicles waiting for the traffic signal don't block the nearby rail tracks.
North Spokane Corridor/Market Street- On Wednesday and Thursday, June 19 & 20, Drivers on Market Street (near Hawthorne where the NSC crosses overhead) should be alert for flaggers and lane restrictions. Crews will be paving the shoulder of Market Street.
I-90/Railroad Bridge Deck Repair- Beginning Saturday, June 15, westbound lane will reduced to 12 feet in width until further notice. Beginning on Monday, June 17, the eastbound lane will be reduced to 12 feet until further notice. Drivers should expect slowing traffic and possible congestion. The legal speed limit will be reduced to 60 mph.
I-90/Sunset Hill Pavement Rehab- Between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. be alert for eastbound and/or westbound lane restrictions for lane stripe installation, shoulder work and pavement repair. When work is underway, the legal speed limit will be reduced to 60 mph.
I-90/Division Street to Liberty Park- Through Saturday, June 15 the inside lanes on eastbound and westbound I-90, between Sherman and Hamilton, will be closed for barrier illumination support base and pole installation. During this work, I-90 will be reduced to two through lanes. Be alert for slow traffic and possible congestion, especially during commute hours.
US 195/Cheney-Spokane Road Interchange- Be alert for trucks crossing the highway during evening and overnight hours. Northbound US 195 is reduced to one lane in the vicinity of Cheney-Spokane Road. Northbound drivers need to use Qualchan Road to access Cheney-Spokane Road. The southbound off ramp to Cheney-Spokane Road is now closed so drivers need to be alert for southbound highway traffic slowing to make right turns into Cheney-Spokane Road. This is a long-term construction configuration. The US 195/Inland Empire Way intersection is closed. Inland Empire Way traffic is directed to the Thorpe Road intersection. This is a permanent closure to accommodate the new northbound Cheney-Spokane Road northbound on ramp.


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Hermann Joachim Eduard Schmidt (* 25. November 1830 in Hamburg; † 22. Februar 1900 ebenda) war ein Hamburger Schlosser und  Mitglied des Reichstages.

Ed. Schmidt wuchs in Hamburg auf und wurde Schlosser. Er engagierte sich für sein Handwerk und wurde Obermeister der Schlosser-Innung und 1873 der erste Vorsitzende der neu gegründeten Hamburgischen Gewerbekammer (1873–1875 und 1877–1881). Der erste Sekretär der Gewerbekammer wurde Justus Brinckmann (von 1873 bis 1877), der die Gewerbekammer verließ, um in Hamburg das Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe zu gründen.

Eduard Schmidt wurde als Kandidat der Nationalliberalen Partei in der Reichstagswahl 1874 für den Reichstagswahlkreis Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg 2 gewählt. Er gehörte dem Reichstag bis 1877 an.

Werke
Arbeiten aus der Werkstatt von Eduard Schmidt & Sohn:
 schmiedeeiserne Eingangstore des Friedhofes Ohlsdorf (eröffnet 1877)
 Eingangsportal und Senatspforte am Hamburger Rathaus (Bauzeit: 1886–1897)

Literatur
 Helga Kutz-Bauer: Rathausbau, Handwerk und Arbeiterschaft, Hrsg. von der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung. Dölling und Galitz Verlag Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-930802-57-0 – insbesondere Seite 64 ff (mit Fotos und der Beschreibung des guten Arbeitsklimas, das nachzuvollziehen ist in der abgedruckten Darstellung, wie die Arbeiten des Schlossergesellen Carl Metelmann gewürdigt werden)
 Bernd Haunfelder: Die liberalen Abgeordneten des deutschen Reichstags 1871–1918. Ein biographisches Handbuch, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-402-06614-9; S. 360

Weblinks

 https://www.ed-schmidt-metallbau.de/

Reichstagsabgeordneter (Deutsches Kaiserreich)
NLP-Mitglied
Politiker (Hamburg)
Kunstschmied
Geboren 1830
Gestorben 1900
Mann

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A SURVIVOR from the Second World War has paid a historic tribute to medical staff in Papworth who saved his life as he prepared to fight on the front line.
A SECOND World War survivor has paid tribute to medical staff in Papworth who saved his life after he was struck down by a deadly bug.
Charlie Townsend was fighting a battle of his own at Papworth TB colony as his colleagues in the Royal Norfolk Regiment geared up for war in 1941.
The young soldier had been struck down with tuberculosis in his hip. He was strapped to a bed with a 7lb weight for two years, unable to move an inch as doctors tried to cure the infectious disease.
Unlike many of his comrades, the veteran lived to tell the tale and settled in the village to bring up a family of five children, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He said: "When the nurse got me to stand up at the end of the two years, I felt like a tall giant. It was a terrific feeling.
The 91-year-old's remarkable tale emerges as part of the Papworth Heritage Centre's collection of memorabilia, which has been unveiled to the public.
Now a world-renowned heart hospital, the centre was used to treat tuberculosis patients during both world wars.
Photographs show Mr Townsend strapped to a bed inside enclosed TB huts designed to shut off infected patients from the outside world.
While fellow-soldiers in the prime of health marched to fight the enemy, Mr Townsend could only listen to news of the war effort on the wireless.
Although living with TB was a nightmare, Mr Townsend said, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because many of his old friends were killed fighting in Singapore.


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Emigration, Immigration, and Migration
A guide to library and online sources.
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Distinctions between three often confused terms.
emigrate: to leave one's country or region to settle in another
(Each year many people emigrate from Europe.)
immigrate: to enter and settle in a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence
(There are many reasons to immigrate to the United States.)
migrate: to go from one country, region, or place to another, especially periodically
(Rural populations have migrated to urban areas.)
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Use Library Quick Search to search for books and articles across many databases in a single search.
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Provides a collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture. Includes full-text documents from more than 25,000 works of local and family histories, as well as the full-text documents and indexes from the U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1940, U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 among other resources.
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MY PERSONAL SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2023
By Steve Wade
With the World cup being played in Nov-Dec for the first time in its history, December is a very lean time for all sports as far as major events is concerned. With the winners of the World Cup unknown at time of going to press, I thought it may be time to look forward to 2023, now that the pandemic, hopefully, is a thing of the past. It's a personal highlights tour and I'm sure your own high points will be different, but these are the events I'll be most looking forward to in 2023.
My sporting year always starts with the Cheltenham Festival in March. I've been watching, or attending, for the best part of 50 years now and the thought of the festival approaching still fills me with anticipation. Only Royal Ascot can compete as the best Horseracing in the world. 14Th – 17th March.
My next highly anticipated stop on the sporting calendar will be the Masters, the first golf major of the year and a must see, in spite of the hellish time difference between the USA and Thailand. The only one of the four "Majors" to be played at the same venue every year, Augusta National, the Masters has built up a host of memories over the years and is a must see for all golfing fans. 6Th – 9th April.
After a quick stop at Aintree for the Grand National the next must view is the Snooker world championship, where Ronnie O'Sullivan defends the title. In truth the event has outgrown the Crucible, the venue for many years, but the atmosphere is electric, especially for the later single table rounds, and makes for compelling viewing. 15th April – 1st May.
That will take us into May and the conclusion of all the main football leagues and tournaments for the year. One of the better ideas the powers that be in football have introduced are the play-offs that offer the final promotion place in the Championship, League 1 and League 2. They're always exciting and highly charged affairs. I'll also be watching to see if Wrexham can make make it out of the National League, having just watched the highly entertaining first season of "Welcome to Wrexham". Oh and let's not forget Royal Ascot in mid June.
It will be back to the golf for my final must watch event, the British Open, which is being played at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club which last held the event in 2014. No golfing event has the history or the atmosphere of "The Open" and being UK summertime the viewing over here is in the evening too. A few beers and a large TV is all I need! July 20th – 23rd.
Alongside the usual major events for the year the Cricket World Cup takes place in India in February, the Rugby World Cup starts in September and the Ryder Cup is back at the end of the same month. Let's all hope for an exciting and trouble free viewing year for sports fans everywhere.


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A Few Queries About Commission Chairman Jeff Turner's Residences & Domicile — and a Little Historical Perspective of this Thorny Issue in Clayton County Politics
If there ever was a murkier law in politics than the misnamed "residency requirement," I don't know what it is. First of all, the judges sometimes come down on different sides of this issue, depending on whom they want to help or hurt. Just the facts, Jack. I just quickly read the AJC article yesterday about some questioning whether newly-elected Clayton County Commission Chairman, Jeff Turner, was truly elected or not, depending on where his domicile was at the time. The article had factual mistakes in it (perhaps I will deal with these later). I don't recall "domicile" even being mentioned in the article.
Clayton Commission Chairman Jeff Turner
I have had a little experience dealing with the murky issue of residency and domicile in the past. So, right off the top of my head, let me throw in my two cents worth.
There is a difference between residence and domicile. Judge Eugene Lawson who used to supervise elections in Clayton County and I used to have detailed and lengthy discussions about this issue. At one time, Judge Lawson kept telling me that school board candidates had to reside or more accurately have a domicile in the district for one year before the election. But, this isn't what the law says, and he finally conceded to my view on this matter. The Georgia Statute says "lives in the district," and it does not specify any particular length of time. Now, for Commissioner or Commission Chairman or any legislative seat, the requirement is to live "one year" in the district. But, is that one year before the November election or one year before the candidate takes office in January? This could make a difference in the Jeff Turner case.
What is the difference between "residence" and "domicile"? A residence is where you "stay" but "domicile" is where you "hang your hat," so to speak. It is where you always intend to make your homestead. You can have many residences (see J. Charley Griswell, Mike Barnes, and other former Clayton County politicians who definitely had more than one residence) but only one domicile. You can be in the U. S. Marines and live all over the country and world, but can keep you domicile in Jonesboro where you haven't actually spent the night in ten or more years. But, it is where you still legally cast your vote from (via mail). Some things do indeed make a declaration that you intended to change your domicile. One is where you vote. The other is homestead exemption declaration. If you claim that you domicile is DeKalb County but you vote in Spalding County, then your domicile is Spalding County. If you file a Homestead Exemption (you're only allowed one) on a home of yours in Fayette County, then your domicile is Fayette County, despite the fact that you are working and "living" or "staying" in Cobb County for five straight years.
What, from my reading of the published article in the AJC, is Jeff Turner's potential problem is filing a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in, I believe 2011, in Federal Court using his Henry County address and filing for divorce using this same address. From the article, it looked like that he had changed his address with the Federal Bankruptcy Court, but failed to do so with the Henry County Court. The latter, I think, can be explained that since his soon-to-be ex-wife was still living in Henry County, he wanted the mail to come to that address. But, usually when couples are going through a divorce, they don't trust each other with the other's mail. But, this is not bright line standard of residency.
Where did Jeff Turner vote in 2010? This makes a big difference, I would think. But, where did file Homestead Exemption in 2011? The latter is a big problem. You can't received tax benefits by filing Homestead Exemption (even with an estrange spouse) in one county and then claim that your domicile is in another county. That was the problem that now State Senator Valencia Seay had in 2002. I challenged her on this in court. The visiting senior State Superior Court Judge stated in open court that I had done an "excellent job" presenting the facts of the case and told me privately that "you could very well win this on appeal." Usually, visiting judges (or sitting ones, for that matter) don't like to take an election away from someone. I let it. I had made my point, I thought.
If I recall correctly, one of the key cases that I used in the Valencia Seay case was the Dismuke case, an old case in Georgia which appeared right on point in this matter.
Now this same Atlanta Journal-Constitution article conjured up the illegal removal of Norreese Haynes from the Clayton County Board of Education in 2008. Naturally, the AJC did not call this removal "illegal," but it was. The AJC reporter, showing a total lack of depth in reporting, mistakenly stated that Haynes's residence was investigated, and it was proven that he had not lived in his school board district for "two years." Totally false. What happened was that then Chairperson Ericka Davis apparently couldn't handle Mr. Haynes sudden popularity and favorable publicity on the school board (exposing the now infamous "land deal," exposing the switcheroo on the attorney's two contracts, calling for the removal of the "thugs" in the Clayton County Schools, etc.). She apparently had her buddy Eldrin Bell, who was Commission Chairman at the time, to have the Clayton County Police to "investigate" where Haynes "lived." The Police went to the wrong house, his former residence in Morrow, and found that he was not "staying" there. No shit, Dick Tracy! Mr. Haynes had already moved. I called Eldrin Bell on his cell phone and told him that, but he told me that he was just doing what he was requested [by Ericka Davis] to do. In the next day or two, Eldrin Bell, presumably to cover his political ass, sent a letter to Ericka Davis (and it was copied to the other school board members), reminding her that he was requested to conduct this investigation of Norreese Haynes. By the way, Ericka Davis violated all of the so-called "standards" of SACS by unilaterally making this decision, without the approval of the school board.
Norreese L. Haynes (L) with MACE attorney J. Anderson Ramay
Norreese Haynes had already moved to a house in Conley, a house at which I visited him and a house that he had already changed to his official residence with the school system itself. But, when people don't want to know the truth, they will not find out the truth.
Furthermore, the only department or agency charged with determining the qualifications and residence of political candidates and office holders in Georgia is the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. This office conducted an extensive investigation of Mr. Haynes's domicile and concluded, in two published reports, that there was "no evidence" and "no sufficient evidence" that he had changed his domicile just because he was renting an apartment next to the Marietta Campus of Phoenix University where he was attending classes. In fact, the Georgia Statute explicitly states that when a student moves to "stay" or "live" near or on a college campus that this does not change his or her domicile. Mr. Haynes continued to pay for rent at his Conley home. He had his utilitiy bills, etc., to prove that he continued to live there, that it was his "domicile." I joking told Mr. Haynes that apparently it was O. K. for Clayton County's white politicians to have more than one residence (and a single domicile) but problematic for black politicians to have the same.
The Georgia Statute explicitly states under no circumstances shall an elected official be removed from office without "judicial determination." Judge Deborah Benefield demonstrated her lack of integrity and judicial mettle in this case. Instead of simply (sua sponte) telling the Clayton County Board of Education that it had to take Norreese Haynes back on the school board after he sued the school board on the matter, she went around her ass to get to her elbow, apparently trying to figure out how she could rule against Mr. Haynes. She stated, quite incredibly, that he sued the wrong party. Oh really? He sued the actual culprits, viz., the board members who voted to illegally remove him and the school board itself. Why would he sue Annie Bright, the Elections Registrar? She did nothing to him. She didn't remove him? Had he sued Annie Bright, then this weasling judge would have ruled again that the sued the wrong party.
Preston Haliburton clearly stated in open court that this action could not take place, according to the Georgia law, "without judicial determination." In the local media, Mr. Haliburton rightly stated that Mr. Haynes had the facts on his side and had the law on his side, but he wasn't sure if he had the judge on his side. He didn't. This case has to rank as the nadir in the rather speckled judicial career of Deborah Benefield. It definitely earns her a chapter in the to-be-published book, Profiles in Cowardice. By the way, it appears that this courtroom episode with Preston Haliburton got under Deborah Benefield's skin. She seems to still have a grudge against him. I presume that she doesn't like being "bested" in the courtroom. Ha!
Now back to Jeff Turner. Can he have more than one residence? Sure. He can have the address at his father's (I think that this was mentioned in the AJC article), the Riverdale apartment, the Henry County house, a house on Lake Oconee, a cabin in Union County, a house on Ponte Verde, Florida, an apartment down here in Rio de Janeiro, and even a boathouse on the Savannah River. But, one has to constitute his "domicile." You can only legal run from office in your "domicile," the place where you "hang your hat."
What will be the magic date? January of 2013 or November 6, 2012? I think that courts in Georgia have ruled both ways. If the date is November 6, 2012, and Chairman Turner filed his Homestead Exemption (which determines our residence "for all legal purposes," I think this is how the case law reads, if I remember accurately) after this date, then this is problematic for Mr. Turner. But, aren't all challenges rendered moot if they are beyond 30 days from the person becoming a candidate – or is that from the time of the election or the time of taking office?
Personally, I don't think that Chairman Turner will be removed from office. If he is removed, however, then all of the three-vote decisions would have to be rescinded, including the termination of Wade Starr's contract as County Manager. My prediction is that Jeff Turner will weather this storm.
Norreese Haynes was making too much noise on the school board, according to the thinking of some. I had an influential politician tell me that the powers-who-were at the time were determined to get Mr. Haynes off the board. He was talking about stuff that might have been a little embarrassing to some folks who had been making some money off the school system. He had access to the media. Richard Belcher of WSB TV2 interviewed him for two nights on the now infamous "land deal." This was land that had been sold to the school system by Gwinnett County developer John D. Stephens, apparently one of Eldrin Bell's political financiers. On one day alone, Norreese Haynes turned down interviews from local network channels 2, 5, 11, and 46 as well at Fox National News (Bill O'Reilly). In the opinion of some, Haynes had to be stopped, evidently. But, shortly after his illegal removal from the school board (action which, by the way, reminded one of the Wild, Wild West), Chairperson Ericka Davis first and former Vice Chairperson Eddie White next abruptly resigned from the school board. Vice Chairperson Rod Johnson announced that he would be resigning but he never did. But, he and the remaining school board members (even those who did not vote to illegally remove Norreese Haynes from the school board) were removed from the Clayton County Board of Education by Governor Sonny Perdue in the same 2008 year. © January 23, 2013, Sao Goncalo-Niteroi, Brazil.


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Warwick and Leamington MP says Autumn Budget was a 'missed opportunity'
Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western.
Kirstie Smith
Today Philip Hammond delivered his Autumn Budget.
Warwick and Leamington MP Matt Western said that it was 'a missed opportunity' to address the serious issues in society.
Matt Western said: "The Government delivered their Autumn Budget today (Wednesday).
"Whilst I welcomed many measures, this was a missed opportunity to address the serious problems in our society affecting our area, not least the housing crisis.
"In Warwick and Leamington, average house prices have increased by nearly £100,000 in the last seven years.
"This is unsustainable and threatens both social cohesion and our economic prosperity.
"Monthly rents have increased by over 26 per cent. This is increasing homelessness and shutting off the hope for independent living and of home ownership for too many.
"This situation has been caused because the Government hasn't encouraged enough house building – Tory Ministers have built fewer homes than at any time since the 1920s and their flagship starter homes programme has failed to deliver a single new home in the past two years, despite promising hundreds of thousands to be built each year.
"History tells us that the only time we've built the high numbers of housing we need at the moment is when the Government has worked with local councils to deliver a mass council-housing programme.
"It was also encouraging that the Government may seek to address some of the issues arising from the planning legislation introduced by the Coalition Government in 2012 – this is long overdue.
"However, the Budget goes nowhere near far enough and really could have invested the money needed to launch this council house-building revolution.
"It seems bizarre and, frankly, imprudent for them now to be looking at such building programmes after interest rates have been increased.
"Instead, there were yet more empty promises backed up by little new money.
"There is also a desperate need for investment in existing buildings and this was brought tragically into focus by the terrible Grenfell fire tragedy.
"Just £1 billion would fund the necessary sprinkler systems in all our tower blocks, as recommended by the coroner's report into the Lakanal House fire disaster in 2013. No money has been promised.
"At the last election, Labour promised the biggest council house-building programme in more than 30 years.
"There is a real housing crisis locally and we need to help people here in Warwick and Leamington and to address the homelessness on our streets. I am committed to solving this problem."


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Board index Factions Vanguard
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Post by DeuxBlackthorn » Tue Dec 25, 2018 11:56 am
With the change of government style in the new city, N's Vanguard agency needed to find a new identity and purpose, and so with N herself needing a way to secure her place in the council came the creation of the Vanguard Security Enterprises Corporation. Keeping on her staff from the old organization as well as bringing a fair portion of the CC Military on board, VSEC was able to immediately field an immense defense force for the developing city while it was constructed. After completing the majority of construction the new corporation opened up an office at the central square to hire out their services across the city in addition to securing the outer limits, and were granted the city contract to protect areas not covered by other corporations. Of course, being primarily a new incarnation of Vanguard, this new company still maintains secret areas of operation in addition to their visible presence, working towards her long-term goals.
VSEC offers several security plans at various rates, depending on the hours per day, number of staff, and power level of staff requested. A basic plan providing 2 non-powered staff during 9-5 business hours can run as low as $125k per year, while premium plans providing 24/7 metahuman staff patrols can run as high as $10mil per year. Additionally, they hold a city contract to cover all infrastructure and public domain buildings, which provides a stable $25mil per year for maintaining non-powered staff, with additional charges for providing powered security when additional threats arrive.
VSEC maintains their own private servers, intranet, and comm relays. They also keep weapon and armor stockpiles using the proprietary SE and Vanguard gear that N had designed in the old world. Her basic operatives are plain humans, but have full-body suits of non-newtonian fabric and plasma assault/sniper rifles as well as sonic disruption and ranged tazer weaponry for non-lethal takedowns. Covert agents and operatives headed outside the city are given additional specialized gear. They also maintain a concealed bunker for N to store higher-security items and maintain her R&D division.
Defenses:
VSEC's public HQ on the square is a fairly heavily reinforced building, with the structural elements composed of synthetic adamant. There are no automated defenses, however there will generally be several dozen staff on duty that are heavily armed and armored, and a single call from their comms can call a much larger response force in a matter of a couple minutes. On the data side of things, Vanguard's intranet is administered and secured by Lilith, making any hacking attempt quite the project. Additionally, since Vanguard tech is user-keyed and self destructs when used by others, there's little of note to gain from an attack there beyond a moment in the spotlight.
VSEC's private underground facility is much more heavily defended, in addition to the location being kept hidden from all but staff members. Any assault there would most likely be a suicide mission unless extraordinarily prepared.
Hiring:
VSEC has a fairly stable non-powered contingent, due to the large amount of trained combat personnel without employment from the old CC military, however they are always looking to hire metahumans, providing exceptional pay and benefits, on the job training if needed, and advanced tech and resources. Recruitment is primarily done at the public HQ on the square, with a simple walk-in policy to schedule an interview with one of the command staff.
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I am filled with joy. Right now, as I type, a nice man is in my kitchen installing a brand new dishwasher, one that works. It's going to be so awesome; I may have a party for it this weekend. At the party, we could use all the glasses in the house and just run the dishwasher again and again, until they're all clean. The house is peaceful; O and the X-Man are at school and Baby J is napping. And I'm trying very hard not to laugh out loud. Not because of my giddiness over the dishwasher, but because the dishwasher guy just farted. No lie*. I could hear it from the other room. Farting aside, I'm thrilled he's here.
Sunday night, I came home from Yoga to find a very happy and proud husband. Happy, because he was about to leave for a beach trip in the name of work (translation: several days of hanging out with all his lawyer friends at a conference, with no kids, of course. And getting to write it all off. Lucky.) Proud, because, as he announced before I was all the way inside, "I emptied the dishwasher for you!" That's nice, I thought, in my Yoga-induced haze. But, as I walked past the dishwasher, I noticed that it had only completed half a cycle.
I've always had issues with that dishwasher. In fact, it's probably my fault that it didn't work, low expectations and all. It was here when we moved in. It looked so smug sitting there, in all it's stainless steel, European glory. It was a Bosch. Please don't tell me how much you love your Bosch. I'm thrilled for you, I really am, but we had no love for ours, nor it for us. We may have found it intimidating; perhaps it was just too sophisticated for us. One problem with the Bosch is that, down heah in the backwoods, there are only two companies who will work on it. One of them we've used for other things, so we called them when it broke the first time. Within that company, only two guys are trained to work on Bosch. One of them is Sully.
Sully is mean, pompous, insane and not, I'm sorry to say, all that bright. And he came to our house, several times. He talked the whole time he was here, whether or not we were in the room with him. I think he evened talked when we weren't home. His final analysis was, "It's fixed. Make sure you run the hot water for three minutes every time before you start it." I expressed my feeling that this did not equal "fixed." Sully told me I was wrong and that every dishwasher in the world is like this. Never mind that the heat part was working fine until he messed with it; we had called about something else entirely. Sully was like a dog worrying a bone. He refused to admit that there was any problem other than the fact that we were too selfish to warm up the water for the pampered brat of a dishwasher. He came again and again, chipping cabinets, spilling water and in general being a nuisance. The only nice thing he ever did for me was turn off a pot of chicken stock that was boiling over. But, who wouldn't?
Herr Bosch still didn't work and the company sent the other worker, after my normally mild-mannered husband called and told them that Sully was never to darken our door again. In the end, the dishwasher sort of worked and I got to think my husband was pretty hot, standing up to the repair company like that. He was defending my honor: Sully called me a liar when I mentioned that I had never had to run hot water for a dishwasher before. When I realized that the dishwasher was, once again, not doing its job, I decided on the spot to buy a new one. I couldn't take another (six or seven) visits from Sully.
Anyhow, as I considered the possibility of searching through the cabinets and drawers, seeking out everything that still had food and soap streaks on it, I felt a sudden need to kick something. I went outside and kicked the fence, which hurt. I'm immature like that sometimes, Yoga or not. When I was pregnant with Baby J (hormones!), I got mad at A about one thing or another. Maybe he was walking too loud, who can remember? I got so mad at him that I threw a nectarine at the wall. I'm far too uptight to leave a smashed nectarine just lying around, so I picked it up and headed towards the trashcan. When I got there, my loud-walking husband was bent over the can throwing something else away. I'm not proud of this, but I squished the nectarine on his head. I ground it right into his bald spot, and it was totally satisfying. In fact, the enzymes from the fruit may have helped him grow more hair. So, in a sense, I was being nice.
After kicking the fence, I went in to help A. reload the dishwasher. Finally, the job was done, the cabinets cleared of all soapy food remnants. And the dishwasher wouldn't start. And it was time for my hapless husband to leave with his friend. As they drove down the road, listening to stupid boy music, I would be at home, with four hungry children, and a crop in the fieeeeeelds. Wait. That wasn't me, that was Kenny Rogers. I would be left with three hungry children, a load of dirty dishes and a broken dishwasher.
Before Lucille A. arrived at his destination, the clouds had parted. I realized I was having a pity party for nothing. Not only would I be getting a brand new dishwasher, I could get whatever I wanted. A. would feel so bad for me that he wouldn't dare question the price. He'd be so happy to be able to come home, guilt-free, new dishwasher installed. The very next morning, I called him to let him know how tickled I was, so he could enjoy his vacation work and come home with a clear conscience. I dropped Baby J off at the nursery and headed down to the best appliance store ever, Jeffers-McGill. I was greeted with a smile by the salesmen, who looked like a band of Angels. I swear I heard harps as I walked through the door.
I was giddy with anticipation, secure in the knowledge that I could let the dishes pile high, because the installer would be here the very next day. Jeffers-McGill does not carry Bosch. Wise choice. And I will never buy an appliance from anyone else ever again. I really should have saved myself the pain and embarrassment of kicking the fence.
*In the interest of full disclosure, I have to say that the sound quite possibly could have been his shoe sliding across the floor. But, I was still laughing because...it sounded like a fart!
Lovely dishwasher! My own Miss May Tag arrives tomorrow, my first dishwasher in almost 7 years.


...States have grown interested in joining the fray as well. Last year Russian journalists infiltrated an organization in St. Petersburg that pays people to post at least 100 comments a day; an investigation this past summer found that a well-connected businessman was paying Russian trolls to manage 10 Twitter accounts with up to 2,000 followers. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Guardian admitted it was having trouble moderating what it called an "orchestrated campaign." "Bye-bye Eddie," tweeted the Estonian president a few months ago, as he blocked yet another Twitter troll.


The Colossus of Constantine was originally constructed at the Forum Romanum in Rome in the Basilica of Maxentius. The statue was created in the acrolithic medium, which literally means "stone at the extremities". In this case, the head, arms and legs were carved from marble while the body was created from brick and wooden frameworks that were most likely covered in gilded bronze. This statue is emblematic of the art of the Roman Empire in many ways, but it also stood out from the rest due to its sheer magnitude, the Colossus of Constantine originally stood over forty feet high.
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The head of the statue depicts Constantine in a moment of stoic reflection. His face is nearly expressionless and his eyes have a glossed over appearance as they are directed outward and upward, lending him an other worldly aesthetic. That being said, the statue aligns with many portraits of Constantine from this era, including his bulging nose, big chin, and calloused feet. In this way, the body is individualized while at the same time canonizing the emperor in all of his superhuman magnitude. This balance between the symbolic and the naturalistic would be a recurring theme in the art that came out of this historic era.
The statue was pillaged for its bronze body portions and now is displayed in body parts that are all separated from a singular form. However its original construction was created following the Constantine"s victory over his co-emperor Maxentius. Some reports claim that Constantine had his image fashioned from the ruins of the Colossus of Maxentius while others claim that his statue was built from scratch. The right hand of Constantine is upright and his pointer finger is aimed directly to the sky. This pose gives the impression of Constantine as a leader with a counter point, perhaps halting a discussion or an argument with the raising of one single finger. This portrays him in a position of power and knowledge and leaves little doubt as to his infallibility.
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The Colossus of Constantine parallels the great art from the Roman Empire. The trends of naturalism and symbolism are here presented in the form of a legendary emperor in the groundswell of power following his defeat of Maxentius. His depiction, although on a much more massive scale, aligns with the portraiture style of sculpture that was popular at the time, while at the same time enhancing and emphasizing the balance between his symbolic presence and his physical being.


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Three Telecommunication companies qualify for 5G Spectrum auction – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced three telecommunications companies have qualified as approved bidders for the 3.5GHz spectrum auction.
The auction is for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) Technology in the country by January 2022.
The companies are MTN Nigeria plc, Mafab Communications Limited and Airtel Networks Limited.
The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Public Affairs Director of the NCC, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde.
The statement reads: "Consistent with its regulatory principle of open and transparent auction, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that three telecoms companies have qualified as approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth generation (5G) networks in the country.
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A pair of county parcels totaling slightly more than 5 acres near the Douglas Road Metrorail station will probably be put up for sale after a plan to build 600 housing units and a retail-office complex fell through.
The Miami-Dade County Commission last week approved a recommendation to end negotiations over the property after the county and developer Raul Masvidal and partners failed to agree on a price for the property, a report to the board said.
Mr. Masvidal said in an interview this week that the board "was in La La Land" and has an unrealistic idea of the value of the property, which the county has appraised at around $30 million.
Frank Talleda, chief of joint development and leasing for Miami-Dade Transit, said the county initially planned to lease the property but selling it seems more likely now. A proposal will go once more to the commission for final approval next month, he said.
According to the latest appraisal, the property would fetch $150 per square foot. But a softening in the real estate market has probably caused the price to drop slightly, Mr. Talleda said.
"We spent roughly over three years negotiating it, and we couldn't come to terms. So the board asked to terminate the negotiations. At this point, we are either going out for another RFP (request for proposals) or we will sell the property outright," he said.
Miami-Dade Transit's restrictions on the parcels make them worth less than the appraisal, Mr. Masvidal said. "They put a lot of limitations on what you can build and how you can build on it. You need to maintain a certain distance from the Metrorail, you need to provide access and egress for the buses, and you need to build a parking garage for the use of the Metrorail users. That costs a lot of money, and you are not reimbursed for it.
"There are federal guidelines that say the appraisers should take into consideration the use for transit of the property, and we feel they did not take that into consideration," Mr. Masvidal said.
Mr. Masvidal said he stuck by his initial offer of $300,000 annual rent "plus 5% of the gross, which is significant," even though the land value increased because it was the only way the project would be profitable. The recent appraisal projected the site could net $135 to $150 per square foot, about $1 million more than Mr. Masvidal's final offer, the report to commissioners said.
Mr. Masvidal's partners in the project were to be Pinnacle Housing and Royal Group Investments.
Also, according to the report, the developer over the years significantly changed the plan he submitted in response to a request for proposals in November 2001 to eliminate a hotel and theater.
Mr. Masvidal said county officials decided they did not want a hotel or theater.
Mr. Talleda said the property is classified as a special transit zone. It is designed to create residential units without zoning to foster high-density development near mass-transit stations.
Even if the land is sold, the transit department would retain "continuing control," he said, which would enable the department "to have some say" in its development.
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There are many ways to figure out if an application is connecting to the internet and some are easier than others. The easiest way was to use an application called "Process Explorer." It is very similar to the task manager, but is more advanced. It can check if a single or multiple process are using the internet. The only thing that I dislike about the program is there is no way you can keep a log of processes using the internet. Once the process is disconnected from the internet, it will disappear from the Process Explorer. A process would be able to use the internet, disconnect, all behind your back and you would not even know it happened.
You can block programs from gaining access to the internet using your firewall, and in some cases your anti virus program. You can also add it to HOSTS file which is how pirates use prevent programs from gaining access to the internet.


It's a feline fantasy! This mug features three cats amid a pattern of swirling leaves in a woodcut-style design. The mug was made on the potter's wheel.and then etched in my woodcut technique. I use non-toxic, food-safe glazes. Mugs are dishwasher and microwave safe.


If you have five or more employees, it is a requirement in most states that you offer Workers' Compensation Insurance. At Narver Insurance, it is one of our many specialty programs. We work with the best carriers around to find you the best coverages and most affordable rates.
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This is the third blog in a series on G2P and financial inclusion, based on CGAP's new Focus Note Social Cash Transfers and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from Four Countries. Read the first two posts here.
We are also releasing today the four accompanying Country Notes which were distilled into the Focus Note. For much more detail on the link between social cash transfers and financial services in each of these countries, read the full reports on Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and South Africa.
Today, I will finish off the discussion by focusing on the final question regarding the business case for providers to offer financial services to social cash transfer recipients.
The biggest challenge when it comes to the business case for banks is that the amount per grant payment is small, and as client research has shown, very little of each payment is left behind in the form of savings. However, compared with other small value accounts, G2P recipient accounts have a regular dependable cash inflow ensuring that they stay active. And there is usually a government agency that is willing to pay for the service. But these anecdotal observations alone do not make or break the business case: it all depends on how the financial institution defines a business case.
To introduce greater precision to this discussion, we identify five different levels of the business case, as the figure below shows. The first level is each individual account. Small balance bank accounts are notoriously difficult to make profitable at the individual account level. But a business case may be sustained at this basic level for G2P payments if governments are willing to pay a regular fee to the banks, as they do in the four countries from our research. Without this fee, the account-level business case would be much harder to sustain. This is rather like the case for basic bank accounts which are considered loss leaders at this level by many banks, but which are nonetheless offered for strategic reasons (other profitable government business may be sold as a result of a good record) or to satisfy regulatory requirements (without regulatory support and forbearance, the bank may struggle to obtain approval for what it considers core business).
The real question for banks interested in the G2P business is whether there is a robust business case in between these two extremes—at the level of the client (i.e. cross-selling other products) or at the level of the portfolio of clients as a whole. The banks which we interviewed for the Focus Note believe that there is a business case at the portfolio level. This belief comes from experience in at least the case of Brazil's CAIXA: with 12 million basic bank accounts including 2 million for Bolsa Familia recipients, CAIXA finds that the basic portfolio segment as a whole is marginally profitable, even without taking into account government fees. This outcome results from the combination of large scale, which reduces fixed costs per account, as well as having an appropriate distribution system so that most transactions take place in low cost channels like agents. Although CAIXA is a state-owned bank with a mandate to pay welfare recipients, even private banks involved in G2P echoed the view that the segment could be profitable provided branchless banking channels were used.
Most of the banks also expressed the view that a business case could be sustained at the level of the client (i.e. across multiple products) over time, although few have yet undertaken widespread cross selling initiatives. Again, CAIXA may have gone furthest in this respect. Each basic account holder used on average 1.5 CAIXA products; and microcredit and microinsurance offerings have been launched targeted at Bolsa Familia recipients. Take up has been low to date however. In Mexico, microinsurance is offered to Oportunidades recipients together with a matched savings product, but only 15% of Bansefi-paid recipients use another product at present. Colombia offers targeted programs to encourage savings among recipients, but these are funded by a separate government agency, not by the bank.
So what can we conclude about the business case for providers? It is clear that the business case at present depends on receiving a regular fee from the government. Without this fee, the business case is challenging. Governments cannot and should not assume that banks with get sufficient revenue from interest on the float (since the float doesn't last in the accounts long enough) or from cross-selling at this early stage. Over time, a combination of increasing balances, more customer-initiated payment transactions and cross-selling may support a strong business case. But even then, an efficient widespread agent distribution network is a key factor in reducing the cost of opening accounts and servicing client transactions.
Although retaining money is a challenge in the receipient account however another way for the business to make it a profitable apart from transaction fee could be the Float Income model.


Whatever you need to leave behind you and move on from, which will already be in the past and can only now exist in your thoughts, try this experiment.
Write out a brief, one sentence summary of the event – no longwinded detail; the shorter the better.
Speak the sentence again and time how long it takes you to say it. Make that how long you will spend on the event before dropping it and moving on.
Once you have spoken your sentence commit to wasting no more of your valuable time and short life on the event. Once you have spoken your sentence drop the event instantly and completely.
Create your brief sentence so that it hones in on the "meat" of the event without a huge story. An example might be; you break your favourite mug. It's ruined – you had it 25 years, your prized possession, a real beauty, finely decorated, hand-painted and priceless. Typical, these things always happen to me, whatever I touch – and the story builds and builds. STOP!
Instead of spending hours, even days, thinking about your broken mug, you thrash it out in a simple sentence and drop it, moving on as quickly as the short time it takes to summarise the event.
When creating your brief sentence ideally add a quick summary of the event plus an action that you will carry out.
Keep it simple, respect your time and move on instantly.
The ego in you, which is not personal, will beg you to make more out of it, yet your time is your time and you don't have to listen to the voice inside your head wanting you to feel sorry for yourself. Rise above the story and move on.
Why waste any longer than the short time it takes to summarise in one sentence what happened and what you intend to do about it?


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Newsweek update
The print version of Michael's Newsweek column has an old photo we've not seen before. (Thanks to Maxie for scanning in it for me.)
Michael writes for Newsweek: I Walk With Ghosts
Michael has written a heartbreaking column for Newsweek remembering Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros and also delving deeper into his own struggles in coping with the pain of covering wars.
Michael joins The Daily Beast
Great news! Michael is now a contributor to The Daily Beast! You can check out his page here and also subscribe to an RSS feed. (Thanks to Sharon for the tip!)
Restoring some edited Cafferty
Back in April 2007, Jack Cafferty gave one of his glowing commentaries on Michael's work during The Situation Room. Unfortunately, he mentioned Michael's son ... at a time when Michael was doing his level best to keep anyone from learning of young Jack's existence, for security reasons. At the time, I edited the comments out, but I did keep the clip. I have restored it to the bottom of the page from that day's report, so you can now view it here.
Australian Story honored
Last night in Las Vegas, the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards were presented during the NAB convention, and the Australian Story program about Michael received two awards -- a Gold World Medal in the Biography/Profile category and a Silver World Medal in the Magazine Format category. Congratulations to producers Claire Forster and Renata Gombac for capturing Michael's gut-wrenching story in such an open and honest way -- even those of us who have followed his career closely were stunned by some of the revelations presented in the program.
If you alive in Australia, you can watch the video on the Australian Story website. If you live outside Australia, you can watch it here: Part One | Part Two
Two new old radio interviews
Sharon dug up a couple vintage NPR interviews that Michael did -- one in December 2002 re Afghanistan and the other from November 2003 from Baghdad.
Transforming Afghanistan
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Full clips of the UQ talk (February)
UQ posted clips of Michael's talk and Q&A session from February.
If you've watched the clips I posted before, you've seen parts 1-3; 4 & 5 will be new.


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Jim was nearing age 65 and wanted to know whether he should sign up for Medicare. His Personal Health Advocate reviewed the pros, cons and cost differences. Jim decided to postpone Medicare and stick with his current work plan because it covered his asthma medications.
During the call, his Advocate noticed that he had not filled his prescriptions on a regular basis. She helped him enroll in his plan's mail order program to save money. When Jim admitted his asthma was not under control, his Advocate transferred him to a Wellness Coach for help creating and following a treatment plan.
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Thanksgiving is upon us and you know what THAT means !
The house will soon smell wonderful with the delicious aromas of turkeys and hams roasting and other goodies cooking – but the upcoming holidays pose their own specific threats and risks to your pets. And, those would be the dangers that are associated with feeding your pet holiday food. Foods like turkey – which can be high in fats for your dog – can cause stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, pancreatitis and diarrhea.
If Fido should somehow get into the leftover bird parts that are in the garbage and get into the those bird bones it could end up being deadly. Bones can cause a huge health issue with your dog. Raw bones from poultry are much more digestible than cooked bones. When bones are cooked they become brittle and can splinter which can cause some serious damage to your dogs stomach and intestines. In fact, veterinarians across the country see a huge increase in medical emergencies with dogs and cats right after a holiday like Thanksgiving or Christmas. Commonsense dictates that leftovers should be stored out of the dogs reach, preferably in the refrigerator as soon as possible after the holiday meal is consumed. You know how wonderful that turkey roasting in the oven smells to you? Can you imagine what it smells like to your dog? His sense of smell is much more acute than yours.
The presence of food can cause your otherwise perfectly mannered dog or cat to become very excited and perhaps to react in a way that he normally would not. When food is present, behaviors like jumping up on a counter and stealing food or (God forbid!) jumping up on a hot stove to grab some leftovers are quite dangerous to your pet. Jumping up on a hot stove can cause nasty burns and a trip to the emergency room for your pet.
Although it is tempting to share the holiday meal with your best friend, there are better alternatives available – you can purchase a can of holiday food for your best friend. There are many good brands available such as Merrick's Grammys Pot Pie (which can be found at stores like Petco or online at Chewys.com ) that are not going to cause stomach upset and not going to cause diarrhea, or cause an emergency trip to the vets office. Sharing certain types of human food with your dog is never a good idea – especially certain fruits and vegetables – but that is a topic for another time !
While on the topic of holidays, there are some other big holidays coming up after Thanksgiving – like Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year's! Please keep in mind that there are certain items associated with those holidays that are poisonous to your dog – things like poinsettia plants and mistletoe are very dangerous and can be poisonous and should be kept out of your pets' reach. In fact, it would be a much better idea to not even bring those items into the house.
Holiday trees and ornaments can also pose a threat to your dog. Dogs and cats are captivated with sparkling lights and ornaments that resemble their toys and balls and many a dog or cat has been rushed to the emergency room after they've consumed small glass bits from a broken ornament. A terrific idea that makes a lot of sense is when holiday trees go up, the non breakable ornaments go at the bottom and the breakables and more fragile ones go to the rear and top of the tree so that your pet is not tempted. Better to be safe than sorry!
We all love our pets and it's our job to be the master and take care of them.
I would love to hear your comments, feedback stories and ideas.


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