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February is women in Horror Month!
Did you know it's Women in Horror Month ?! You do now! And as if that isn't rad enough, Morbidly Beautiful is doing a KILLER SHOPS series throughout the month, where they will be recognizing just some of the many horror inspired shops owned and operated by women that bring horror fans unique merch, bath and beauty products, art, coffees and teas, decor, and more. Be sure to check it out, and discover some new businesses! Morbidly Beautiful was so kind as to include us in their series (even though we're a duo here at BrutaliTeas)! You can view our article here:http://morbidlybeautiful.com/killer-shops-brutaliteas/
Thanks so much Morbidly Beautiful
THE WICKEDLY TALENTED LADIES OF MACABRE MERCH: SIX QUESTIONS FOR THE BEAUTY AND BRAINS BEHIND THE KILLER SHOP, BRUTALITEAS
BRUTALITEAS IS SHOP THAT MAKES UNIQUE AND QUALITY LOOSE LEAF TEA BLENDS WITH NAMES THAT PARODY HORROR MOVIES, METAL, ROCK, AND ALTERNATIVE BANDS. IT'S RUN BY THE LOVELY COURTNEY AND HER HUSBAND ADAM. WE LOVE BRUTALITEAS FOR THEIR GREAT PACKAGING DESIGN, THEIR PASSION AND CREATIVITY, AND THEIR KILLER SELECTION OF DELICIOUS TASTING BLENDS (SERIOUSLY, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PICK FROM THEIR MANY INCREDIBLE FLAVORS…AND ALSO IMPOSSIBLE TO GO WRONG WITH WHATEVER YOU PICK).
1. WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND HOW DID YOU GET STARTED?
For years, I worked with loose-leaf tea in a retail setting. I fell in love with tea and coming up with my own blends — as well as introducing tea to others and seeing their excitement for the product. I absolutely disliked the retail world and ended up leaving my retail job to start another job. A couple of years went by, and I really missed working with tea. So I decided I would just start my own business (like it's really that simple!).
Before BrutaliTeas was created by myself and my other half, Adam, I started a small Etsy shop for loose leaf tea blends called The Bee's Teas. Years later, a friend was joking around with us and told us we should start a line of teas with brutal names. We brushed it off at first because it seemed so silly. But then one day we were like, "Why not?" So Adam starting coming up with names, and I started coming up with blends. Six months later we launched our website with 25 flavors, and we now have about 60! It blows our mind how supportive and excited people are for our teas, and we appreciate that more than our customers will ever know!
2. WHEN AND HOW DID YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH HORROR?
I didn't start to appreciate horror until I was a young adult. I remember watching horror movies as a kid in the 80s and hating them. For some reason, the only movie I could watch over and over (without peeking through my fingers) as a youngster was The Toxic Avenger! Years later, I started re-watching a lot of 70s & 80s horror through adult eyes…and fell in love! Not sure what it is about horror movies, but they speak to me in some way — especially the ones that seem a little too realistic. Those are the very best!!
3. WHERE DOES INSPIRATION FOR YOUR PRODUCTS COME FROM? WHAT IS YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS LIKE?
We both have been huge fans of music all of our lives, particularly metal, rock, and alternative. We both spent a number of years street teaming for bands in different states, and Adam has been doing live band photography for many years. It only made sense to get our inspiration from those we admire most! I'm the horror fan in the house, so it was my idea to tap into that as an inspiration as well!
4. WHAT'S THE BEST PART ABOUT RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AND WHAT'S THE HARDEST PART?
The best part is seeing an idea you have come to fruition…and others appreciating it. There's really no other feeling like it. It really gives you a sense of accomplishment. We love going to vending events and meeting so many awesome new people and seeing them laugh and get a kick out of our products. It's a good feeling to give someone a little smile in their day.
The hardest part is that YOU are solely responsible for your business's success or failure. Everything relies completely on your efforts. Owning a business is not always as glamorous as people may think. There are a lot of countless hours, blood, sweat, and tears that go into keeping it going. It's definitely not for the weak at heart! While it can be a heavy weight on your shoulders, the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages.
5. TELL ME WHY YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS? IS IT ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT FEMALE-OWNED BUSINESS (IF SO, WHY)?
I think it's important for people to support all small business — whether it's female-owned, male-owned, or co-owned. When you support small business, you are truly supporting someone's dream and playing a part in his or her success. Your support is truly a gift in the eyes of a small business owner, and you will always be appreciated by the small businesses that you support.
6. HOW CAN PEOPLE FOLLOW/INTERACT WITH YOU ON SOCIAL AND PURCHASE YOUR PRODUCTS? AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD OR PROMOTE?
We are most active on Facebook and Instagram @brutaliteas. We love interacting with our customers, just as we would our friends! Our products can be found at www.brutaliteas.com.
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Supply chains suffer as virus surges through Vietnam
With Ho Chi Minh City as its commercial hub, Vietnam vies with China for the status of the world's factory. But rapidly rising delta infections have hit manufacturing, amid strict lockdowns.
Barricades block a street during a stay-at-home order in Ho Chi Minh City this month. Bloomberg
Emma ConnorsSouth-East Asia correspondent
Aug 27, 2021 – 1.41pm
Singapore | Every day, from their base in Ho Chi Minh City, Lyndal Hugo and her partner struggle to get trucks laden with their vegetables into the city. The Australians have been in Vietnam for five years, pursuing a passion for cost-effective food production with zero greenhouse gas emissions that leaves no chemical residues.
Their business now employs about 50 people, split across production that's located 300 kilometres north, and packing and distribution in the city.
Right now, though, the link between the two parts of the business is broken. Ho Chi Minh City is locked down and ring-fenced, and the transit pass system that's supposed to let essential supplies in isn't working.
"It's chaos. Trucks are getting turned around. There's already food shortages in the city, and they're getting worse," Hugo tells AFR Weekend.
Still, she and her partner count themselves "extremely lucky to be living where we are". She adds: "The real tragedy is that the pandemic, now concentrated in the cities, is moving out to other regions of Vietnam, to the villages."
In April last year, Vietnam sent 450,000 protective suits to US hospitals that lacked the resources they needed to deal with a pandemic. This week, the US returned the pandemic favour, rushing in another million vaccine doses on top of 5 million already sent.
A low vaccination rate is Vietnam's Achilles heel. As of Thursday, 16.1 per cent of people had received at least one dose but only 1.9 per cent were fully vaccinated. The country of roughly 100 million people reported 79,262 new cases in the past week, a record number. It's logging fewer new cases per million people than Malaysia or Thailand – but unlike those countries, which have higher vaccination rates, Vietnam's new cases are trending up.
"Just as you stood with us during the earliest days of the pandemic ... we are now here for you in this moment of need," US Vice-President Kamala Harris told the people of Vietnam at a press conference in Hanoi on Thursday night.
We're with you: U. Vice-President Kamala Harris with Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in the presidential palace in Hanoi on Wednesday. AP
The Vice-President's visit was rich in symbolism, with many comparing the frantic withdrawal from Afghanistan to the famous scenes of helicopters leaving the roof of the US embassy before the fall of Saigon in April 1975. For those living in Ho Chi Minh City, as Saigon is now known, this week started with another, more forcible reminder of that time.
Once again, military forces from the north of the country have rolled into the south. This time the enemy was not those fighting the losing battle against communism. Rather, it was the virus that causes COVID-19.
Like Australia, Vietnam did a good job of keeping COVID-19 cases low last year, got complacent, and has been caught out by delta. Unlike Australia, though, Vietnam vies with China for the title of the world's factory. Its pandemic emergency is reverberating across the globe.
In recent decades Vietnam has excelled in reeling in the big fish in electronics, footwear and clothing. Low labour costs, reliable infrastructure and a smooth bureaucratic process have attracted the likes of Samsung, Foxconn, Nike, Adidas, Gap and Levis. All are now scrambling for a plan B, with many factories that are still open struggling to maintain the "3 in 1" policy whereby employees eat, sleep and work on site.
On Thursday Simon Fraser, executive director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce (AustCham) in Vietnam, was marvelling at the view from his apartment in normally bustling Ho Chi Minh City. "This is usually a colourful, loud and lively place, full of people. Now it's totally deserted. I've never seen anything like it."
Motorcyclists are stopped at a security checkpoint earlier this month during a stay-at-home order in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City. Bloomberg
While some expats, particularly those with children who haven't been in school for months, have cleared out, many others have stayed, Fraser says. "The small and medium-sized business owners who have investments here have stayed. Most are not panicking. They want to be here, so their companies can recover as soon as possible."
Surge in infections, from north to south
The surge in cases began in mid-July and has marched south. A big outbreak in the Saigon Hi-Tech Park that included Samsung's $US1.4 billion CE Complex proved to be a watershed moment.
To reduce transmission, the government announced workers would have to stay on company sites or reside in a common facility. But these measures, now extended until at least September 15, have failed to arrest the increase in new infections. So, the government of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has shut down Vietnam's commercial hub.
On Monday, Ho Chi Minh City neighbourhoods were divided into green, yellow, orange and red zones. Residents in green and yellow zones are allowed to leave home once a week to buy food. The military is dropping off food for those in orange and red zones. These arrangements too will stay in place until at least the middle of next month.
Vietnam is the second largest producer of footwear and clothing in the world and a big player in electronics and smartphone-related assembly. Nike and Foot Locker are among the companies that have confirmed the Vietnam shutdown will have longer-term knock-on effects on supply.
Earlier this month, it was the turn of Adidas chief executive Kasper Rorsted. "Since July, we're now experiencing an additional challenge within our sourcing network due to a surge in COVID-19 infections in south-east Asia," Rorsted said on an earnings call on August 5. "The most impacted country is Vietnam, where the government mandated large-scale factory lockdowns."
'Rosy' prospects for recovery
In the short-term, China is the winner. Many US companies started shifting operations from China or taking planned expansion elsewhere during the Trump presidency. Apple and Google have recently delayed plans to shift production of earphones and smartphones from China to Vietnam.
The big-picture story, though, of Vietnam being a favoured destination for foreign investment is not expected to change. Even as they trim forecasts, economists have faith the nation will bounce back.
HSBC, for example, has cut its economic growth forecast from 6.1 per cent this year to 5.1 per cent. Still, wrote HSBC economist Yun Liu, "despite near-term challenges Vietnam's recovery prospects still look rosy with strong fundamentals".
In Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, Hugo agrees. Her food production business will survive the crisis, and so will most others, she says.
"Vietnam will bounce back because it has such a competitive advantage in labour costs. However, the experience will have changed some perceptions," she says. "This has given companies an insight into how the government manages risk."
Emma ConnorsSouth-East Asia correspondentEmma Connors is the South-east Asia correspondent. She was editor of the Perspective and Review sections. Connect with Emma on Twitter. Email Emma at emma.connors@afr.com
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Foodbanks: why users needed emergency food United Kingdom (UK) 2018
This statistic shows the primary reason that people turned to foodbanks for emergency assistance in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017/18. The main reason for referral to a foodbank in this fiscal year was due to low income with 28.49 percent of users giving this reason.
Primary reason why Trussell Trust foodbank users needed emergency support in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017/18*
Share of foodbank users
The source adds the following information: "Our statistics are a measure of volume rather than unique users, and on average people needed around two foodbank referrals in the last year. The data is collected using an online system into which foodbanks enter data from each foodbank voucher, and the number of three-day emergency food supplies is recorded."
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Number of people at risk of poverty in the European Union 2010-2017
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Young unintentionally homeless households England (UK) 2006-2018
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Rough sleepers in London 2010-2019
Homelessness: available accommodation projects in England in 2018
Homelessness: bed rate in accommodation projects England (UK) 2018, by region
Number of excess winter deaths in England and Wales 2018/19, by age and gender
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People below the extreme poverty line caused by agriculture worldwide 2030, by type
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Share of people afraid of running out of food in Finland 2018, by age group
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The Trussell Trust. (April 24, 2018). Primary reason why Trussell Trust foodbank users needed emergency support in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017/18* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 23, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/382709/foodbanks-why-users-needed-emergency-food-united-kingdom-uk/
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Student Sexually Abused by Buri Ram Teacher Since She Was 12 Years Old
A teacher is arrested on Feb 12 in a resort in Buri Ram where he was found shirtless with a 14-year-old student from his school. – Photo Surachai Piragsa
BURI RAM -The parents of a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually abused by a teacher for two years in Nang Rong district have appealed to a provincial education office to discipline the man, who still teaches at the school.
The 57-year-old teacher, Chayakorn, whose family name was withheld, was arrested on Feb 12 at a resort in the province where he was found partially naked with the girl.
The arrest came after the victim's parents sought help from a provincial justice office, saying their Mathayom 3 (Grade 9) daughter had been sexually abused by a teacher at a school in tambon Nong Kong for two years.
Pol Col Somphob Sangkonthong, superintendent of Nang Rong police station, said the teacher denied the allegation.
The teacher faces charges of taking a child under 15 away from a parent, and committing indecent acts with a child under 15 regardless of the child's consent, according to Pol Col Somphob. The teacher was later granted bail.
Police are waiting for the girl's medical checkup results to determine whether a rape charge would be pressed against the teacher, he noted, adding the investigators are accelerating efforts to interview witnesses and gather evidence in order to send the case to prosecutors.
Pol Col Somphob said the teacher had been granted bail as he was deemed unlikely to flee or tamper with evidence. All sides will be given fair treatment, he added.
The parents recently submitted a petition to the Buri Ram education office, asking it to take disciplinary action against the teacher, who they said could pose a danger to other students.
The parents said he should be suspended from teaching during the case.
By Surachai Piragsa
Related Topics:12 years oldburi ramnot arrestedseual relationsstill teachingstudentteacher
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§ 130. Police justice; jurisdiction, et cetera.. The police justice shall reside in and keep office in the village. He shall have exclusive jurisdiction, except as hereinafter provided, to issue all warrants in cases where the alleged crime or misdemeanor has been committed within the village of Lyons, and of all cases within the town of Lyons, of persons charged with being tramps, vagrants or disorderly persons, and all cases within the village of Lyons where summary conviction may be had, and in bastardy proceedings, and to hear and determine all complaints, and to conduct all examinations and trials in criminal cases that may now by law be had by a justice of the peace or before a court of special seessions;* and shall have the same power and jurisdiction in such criminal cases arising in said village which justices of the peace now have by law, or which may hereafter be conferred upon justices of the peace by law. He shall have the same powers in all cases as justices of the peace to administer oaths and take affidavits. He shall also have exclusive civil and criminal jurisdiction of all violations of the charter, by-laws and ordinances of said village, of the grade or class which, as to amount, punishment or penalty, would otherwise be within the jurisdiction either of courts of special sessions or justices of the peace of towns. The course of procedure and practice before the police justice, and in his court, shall be the same as prescribed by the laws of this state in like cases before justices of the peace, or courts of special sessions of towns, according to the nature of the proceedings, except as hereinafter provided. For the enforcement of any fine imposed upon or penalty recovered against any person for any violation of the charter, ordinances or by-laws of said village, the police justice may, unless the same with all costs is paid, commit such person to imprisonment, as in cases of fines for like amounts imposed under the penal or criminal laws of this state by the justices of the peace or courts of special sessions in towns, or, in his discretion, he may, unless the same with all costs is paid, commit such person for a number of days certain, not exceeding the number of the dollars of the fine, to the jail of Wayne county, or to the lock-up or place of confinement shall be erected or provided by authority of said village, but such imprisonment shall not in any case exceed thirty days. In all cases of imprisonment in pursuance of the sentence, judgment or direction of said police justice, and in all cases of detention or temporary commitment directed by him, in addition to the other places of confinement provided by the general laws, said lock-up or place of confinement provided by said village may be used as a place of imprisonment. He shall keep a docket provided by the board of trustees, which shall remain the property of the village, in which he shall keep a record of all proceedings before him, commenced either with or without process, the date thereof, the nature of the offense charged, and what action was had thereon, and what disposition was made thereof, and all judgments, sentences and fines rendered or im
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1 Words", and shall not, during his term of office, hold any town, county or other village office," omitted.
posed by him, and whether collected, and if so, how and when, and all moneys and costs collected or paid, and when, together with a brief statement how and to what extent every judgment, sentence and imprisonment was carried out or complied with. Said docket shall be subject to inspection at all times by the trustees, or any of them, and by any inhabitant of said village and by any person interested in any matter mentioned therein. The police justice shall collect and receive all fees, fines and allowances that are by law collectible by justices of the peace or courts of special sessions in towns, or that may be imposed or received by him, to enforce the charter or any of the by-laws or ordinances of said village or in any prosecution for a violation of section one hundred and thirty-three of this act. And at the first meeting of the board of trustees in every month he shall return thereto, in such form as the board of trustees may prescribe, a sworn tabular statement of all such fees, fines, allowances and moneys collected or received by him, directly or indirectly, during the last month preceding, and with it the receipt of the treasurer of the village, showing the payment of all such fines, allowances, fees and moneys into the village treasury for the benefit of the village; and any omission to render such statement or to pay over any moneys collected or received by him, or any part thereof, before such first meeting of the board in each month, or any false statement, or any intentional omission from such statement of any of said matters or portions of the moneys received by him, shall be sufficient cause for his removal from office by the board of trustees. The board of trustees may also appoint some justice of the peace of the town of Lyons who shall, at any time when the police justice shall be unable to perform the duties, or any of them, of his office, on account of necessary absence from the village, sickness, or any other cause that does not vacate his office, perform all the duties and have all the powers and be subject to all the regulations herein provided in respect to said police justice, and for such services he shall receive a proportionate share of the salary of said police justice, to be determined by the board of trustees, which amount paid him shall be deducted from the salary of said police justice, and such justice of the peace shall receive no fees, pay or allowances from any source for such services, except such proportionate share of said salary. But said justice of the peace shall make all statements and accounts as hereinbefore provided, for the period during which he shall discharge the duties of police justice. Said justice, thus designated, shall continue to discharge such duties in the cases herein provided, during his term of office. If both said police justice and said justice of the peace thus designated shall at any time be temporarily absent from the village or unable to perform the duties of this office, the board of trustees may designate any other justice of the peace of the town of Lyons to perform the duties of said office during said temporary absence or disability, and he shall receive payment therefor in the same manner and subject to the same regulations, including payment for his services, as here inbefore provided for the justice of the peace first hereinbefore mentioned ; and such justice, thus designated to act in case of the absence and inability of both the police justice and the justice of the peace hereinbefore first designated, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the rules and regulations concerning said police justice for the time he shall act. But no justice of the peace of the town of Lyons shall receive any fees, emoluments or pay from any source, for the performance of any duties or the issuing of any process of which the police justice by this act has jurisdiction; nor shall it be lawful for any justice of the peace of the town of Lyons to make any charge against said village of Lyons, or the town or county in which the same is situate, for services rendered in or respecting criminal cases, trials or examinations in such village, or where the subject matter thereof arose in said village, except as provided by this act, as hereinbefore stated, during the sickness, absence from the village or inability to act of the said police justice, or during a vacancy in said office.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
AN ACT to empower the board of estimate and apportionment of the city
of New York to accept the surrender and cancellation of the electric light franchise granted to the Flatbush Gas Company, December twenty-eig:th, nineteen hundred and nine, and to release the interest of the city of New York in the structures erected under the terms thereof.
Became a law April 1, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed
by a two-thirds vote on emergency message. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The board of estimate and apportionment of the city of New York shall have power to, and may in its discretion, by contract executed by it or under its authority, accept the surrender and cancellation of the electric light franchise granted to the Flatbush Gas Company by contract dated December twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and nine, for the maintenance and operation of conduits, conductors and appurtenances in Ocean parkway and other streets in the borough of Brooklyn, and release to said Flatbush Gas Company, its successors or assigns, the right or interest of the city of New York in and to the structures erected in the public streets and places under the terms thereof, upon such terms and for such consideration as to said board may seem just and equitable.
AN ACT to authorize the commissioners of the home of the city and town
of Newburgh to sell a house and lot now used as a children's home. Became a law April 1, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed,
three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The commissioners of the home of the city and town sale of Newburgh, Orange county, New York, a corporation created by chapter forty-four of the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-three, entitled "An act for the better support of the poor of the town of Newburgh, in the county of Orange," the name of which corporation was changed by chapter four hundred and sixty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred and five to "commissioners of the home of the city and town of Newburgh," are hereby authorized to sell at public auction on the premises, in the city of Newburgh, New York, certain lands and premises now used by said commissioners as a home for poor and indigent children, and which lands and premises were purchased by virtue of authority granted to said commissioners by chapter one hundred and fourteen of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five.
§ 2. The said sale shall be advertised once a week for three to be weeks in a newspaper published in the city of Newburgh, New advertised. York, and the sale shall be made to the highest bidder.
§ 3. After making such sale, the president and secretary of bidder. said corporation are hereby authorized and empowered to execute, Execution acknowledge and affix the corporate seal to the necessary deed delivery of or deeds to vest in the purchaser or purchasers of said premises good and sufficient title thereto and deliver said deeds to the purchaser or purchasers of said premises upon such purchaser or purchasers complying with the terms of sale thereof.
§ 4. The proceeds of sale of said premises shall be kept separate Applicaand apart from the original funds of said corporation, and shall be invested by it in legal investments, and the income therefrom only shall be used for the proper support, care and maintenance of poor and indigent children, which support, care and maintenance is properly chargeable against the city and town of Newburgh.
$ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
Sale to highest
deeds.
tion of proceeds,
AN ACT to amend chapter five hundred and fifty-nine of the laws of nine-
teen hundred and ten, entitled "An act to provide a charter for the city
of New Rochelle," in relation to limitation of indebtedness. Became a law April 1, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed
Section 1. Section one hundred and twenty-two of chapter five hundred and fifty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten, entitled "An act to provide a charter for the city of New Rochelle," as amended by chapter seventy-three of the laws of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows:
122. Limitation of indebtedness. No debt shall be contracted by the city if the amount thereof together with the then outstanding debts of the city would exceed a sum equal to eight per centum of the aggregate valuation of the real property within its bounds as assessed upon the last general assessment-roll. This section shall not be construed to prevent the issuing of tax certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes for amounts actually contained or to be contained in the taxes for the year in which such tax certificates or revenue bonds are issued and payable out of such taxes, nor shall this section be construed to prevent the issuing of bonds to provide for the supply of water, which may be issued subject to the limitations imposed by the provisions of the general municipal law.
AN ACT to establish the Niagara frontier planning board and to authorize
local appropriations therefor.
Became a law April 1, 1925, with the approval of the Governor. Passed,
Section 1. There is hereby established "The Niagara Frontier established. Planning Board" to consist of thirteen members. The mayors of
the cities of Buffalo, Lackawanna, Lockport, Niagara Falls, North Tonawanda and Tonawanda, three members of the board of supervisors of Niagara county and three members of the board of supervisors of Erie county shall be ex-officio members of such board. The three representatives from each board of supervisors shall be appointed annually by the chairman of the respective board
How constituted.
1 Should read : " added." 2 Formerly seven per centum."


In October I booked a Christmas trip to New York City through Expedia that was to be a surprise for my wife and, due to the cost of the trip, I purchased the "travel protection" insurance plan which was offered through AIG. Within a week of booking the vacation I learned that I would not be able to take off work during the scheduled time of the trip so I cancelled my flight and hotel reservations. I also filed a claim with AIG. AIG has rejected my claim twice, stating that cancellations due to job conflicts are not covered - I have also reached out to the hotel that was booked as well as Expedia but have received no response. I could understand not refunding my money if I had cancelled a week or two before the trip but I cancelled almost two months in advance, allowing more than enough time for my flight and hotel reservations to be purchased by someone else. Now I am out around $2500 right at Christmas time. I would like Expedia to refund my money and do a better job of clarifying what is and is not covered by their "Travel Protection Policy".
Did you read the terms of the Expedia "Travel Protection Policy"? If it does not specifically say that "job conflicts" are covered then AIG considers your cancellation for a non-covered reason.
Before you purchased did you expressly ask Expedia if the policy covered work cancellation? Did you have an inkling you might have to cancel for work reasons before you bought.
If you didn't, you should have read what was and wasn't covered. There are many third party policies that do cover that.
If you book nonrefundable reservations, they are just that- nonrefundable. Airlines and hotels both sell tickets/rooms are refundable but they cost more. If you opted for a lower non refundable rate you don't get to try and change the terms when something like this happens. These are the consequences of buying those rates.
One has to read the terms of an insurance policy to see if it is appropriate and what it covers.
As mentioned by others unless job conflict is covered the claim will be denied.
Just as with car insurance, home insurance, etc, some things are covered and some are not.
May I ask why a trip was booked before having the time off confirmed?
I have noticed that refundable hotel reservations are often only a few dollars more per night than non-refundable so that is what I book. Airline tickets are, unfortunately, a different story!
Thanks to everyone for the feedback. Like probably 90%+ all people I did not read the "fine print" - shame on me, lesson learned. That doesn't change the fact that it seems grossly unjust not to provide at least a partial refund when I cancelled my reservations so quickly after making them - I could understand if I had done it at the last minute but it was almost two months in advance. Attached is a screenshot of what I did read (again, it's on me for not reading all the fine print, but it really shouldn't be that way to begin with) and it clearly states - "Trip Cancellation 100%".
Honestly I didn't think getting off was going to be a problem and the price was good so I didn't want to miss it. Hindsight's 20/20.......lot of lessons learned here but it would be nice to get some of my money back.
How awful, I'm so sorry. I think you should compose a polite, concise letter to AIG asking for consideration. It's an extremely small possibility, but complaint departments are so numb from reading that everything is someone else's fault. If you just step right up and say you made a big mistake by not undersanding what you purchased, someone might be moved by the Christmas spirit to help you. Since you're going to re-book this trip and will need insurance coverage, perhaps they might just switch it to the new trip. It's a HUGE long shot, but far better than just watching at all that money going down the drain. Best of luck, and please let us know the outcome.
There is a link in that policy picture you posted that takes you to the full policy so you can read the details- the overview you posted isn't the full policy. It's right on top of the page you sent - "Policy of Insurance". If you click on that you can read it.
Unfortunately, its a hard lesson learned about knowing what you are buying. I'm sorry you didn't usev a travel Agent that could have advised you on what you were buying. When you book nonrefundable rates- it is just that- nonrefundable, even if you change your mind five minutes later. There are many third party companies that do cover work reasons.
There are both hotel and air reservations you can buy that are refundable and the options are there to choose when you book.
Isn't there any way you can get the time off? Had you requested it before booking and then they changed their minds?


More often than not, depression and anxiety are still stereotyped in the same way. On television, a character may cry, withdraw from activities and suffer from insomnia. But while these are signs of a problem, mental illness can manifest in different ways in different people, no matter how "together" them seem.
"I've said in the past that people think that high functioning depression is better than low functioning depression, but the problem with high functioning depression is that a person is not getting access to help," Landau says. "Many of the women I see are perfectionistic and therefore have difficulty asking for help.


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He was a fool.
Jeremy Hamilton realized that fact about five minutes after Rebecca Wilson walked away from him. Still, he'd let her go, figuring that was the best choice all around. They'd been dating for over a year, while he tried to juggle college and work and a life. It had been a crazy year, one where Jeremy felt pulled in a dozen different directions, like he was a giant piece of salt water taffy in a tug of war at a preschool. Rebecca told him she'd gotten tired of being the next check on an ever growing list. She'd kissed him on the cheek, handed over his favorite sweater, then walked out of his apartment and out of his life.
For the first week after she left, he had done what any suddenly single bachelor did—partied like a rock star with his friends, flirted like hell with every leggy blonde that crossed his path, and in general, acted like an idiot.
The second week she was gone, the partying lost its allure. So he threw himself into his job instead, hammering out the hours at the engineering firm that had hired him as an unpaid summer intern, keeping his head down and his nose to the grindstone. Y2K was only a few months away, and while the firm scrambled to prepare for any kind of possible what-if, Jeremy tried to make his mark in a company where most of the other guys called him "kid."
The third week she was gone, he had to unplug his phone to keep from calling her mother to find out where Rebecca had gone and when she was coming back. He'd taken to making long, meaningless drives across the greater Boston area, which had turned into long, punishing runs that left him exhausted and even more miserable. He was so depressed, he could have written lovesick poetry that would have made Edgar Allen Poe cry.
By the fourth week, he told himself he was okay. And better off without her in his life. He'd asked a couple women out on dates and pretended to have a good time. He and Rebecca were over, and that was what he wanted. What he'd asked for. No more demands on his time or his priorities.
He didn't have room in his days for a relationship like that, not when he was trying hard to get a grip on the career ladder. Without Rebecca, he could concentrate on finishing his degree and impressing the boss at Griffin Engineering. Yeah, that was exactly why he'd gone to see Star Wars Episode I three times in one week. Because he was fine, just fine.
Then he pulled in his grandmother's driveway on a Monday night in early September and saw her car parked outside her mother's house down the street, and he realized everything he'd told himself was a lie. He was a fool for letting her go, and getting her back was the only thing he wanted.
So now he stood on the stoop outside her mother's house, cursing himself for being here while nerves bubbled in his gut. Damn. He should have brought flowers or something. But then he would have looked like he was trying too hard—
Or would she have liked that? No, Rebecca wasn't given to overly romantic gestures. She liked things simple, as predictable as straight lines. No need for the fluff of a Hollywood movie. It was part of what had brought them together—him, with his linear engineer's mind and Rebecca with her no-nonsense approach to everything. She was in business school, for God's sake. It didn't get less fluff and flowery than that.
The oak door opened. Rebecca's green eyes widened when she saw him, and the nerves in his gut became a funny tingle. Her pink lips formed into a little, enticing O, and she raised a quick hand to brush a tendril of dark brown hair off her forehead. She wore little makeup, and had on a Suffolk U T-shirt paired with silky navy running shorts that showed her amazing legs and tanned arms. She'd never looked sexier or more desirable.
And God, he'd missed her.
"Jeremy." Her voice was flat, as unemotional as if he was the mailman. "What…what are you doing here?"
For a second, his mind went blank. He hadn't thought beyond ringing the bell. So far, his plan for getting her back scored a giant goose egg. "I saw your car in the drive. I didn't realize you were back."
"Just got home today."
"Oh. Good." Way to play the lame card, Jeremy. He shuffled his feet. "Did you have a good vacation?"
That kind of sophisticated talk was going to get him his own plaque in the Lame Hall of Fame.
"Yeah." She glanced back over her shoulder, and he wondered if she had company. A new boyfriend?
The thought pained him. It wasn't like they were still together, or like he'd been a monk in the weeks she'd been gone, but still the thought of another man kissing Rebecca's lips, holding Rebecca tight…
This had been a bad idea. A really bad idea.
"Anyway, just wanted to say hi. I'm supposed to be mowing my grandma's lawn, so I gotta go." He thumbed across the street, then said goodbye and headed out of there before he got a lifetime membership in the Idiot Conversation Club.
He heard the door shut behind him. The sound ricocheted in his head, and he wondered if he was too late. If he'd let too much time go by before contacting Rebecca. She'd been distant and almost cold when she talked to him, a clear indication that whatever she might have felt was gone.
The logical side of his brain told him to let her go, to move on, to cut his losses. The statistical chances of them working it out were in the low teens. Only a fool took on a lost cause like that. And Jeremy Hamilton had never been foolish a day in his life.
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The family of United States District Judge Earl H. Carroll is very sad to announce his passing on February 3, 2017. Born in Tucson on March 26, 1925 to parents John and Ruby Carroll, Earl Carroll lived a very full life of 91 years, including more than 30 years as a federal judge. He spent his early years near Wickenburg, on a gold mine called the Silver Flag. His lifelong appreciation for public education began on that remote mine site, with live-in teachers sent by the state to educate rural students such as Earl and his older brother, John. Later in life, Earl was known to quote long passages of poetry, such as The Charge of the Light Brigade, along with wise (or witty) sayings in Latin. He also developed an early appreciation for a good dictionary. Earl continued his education in Tucson and Phoenix, graduating from Phoenix Union High School, where he first met Louise Rowlands, who became his beloved wife in 1952.
Earl Carroll enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943, and was part of the Navy's V-12 officer training program, providing him cherished opportunities to study at Arizona State Teacher's College in Flagstaff (now Northern Arizona University), UCLA, and Harvard. He served as an ensign in the Navy from 1943 to 1946, with service in the Pacific. After the Navy, he completed a business degree at the University of Arizona (1948), where he also earned his law degree (1951), graduating second in his class.
He began his legal career clerking for The Honorable Evo DeConcini of the Arizona Supreme Court. He joined the law firm of Evans, Hull, Kitchel and Jenckes in 1952, becoming a partner in 1955 with special expertise in public utility, transportation and mining law. During his time in private practice, Earl also served as counsel for the city of Tombstone. In 1980, Earl Carroll was nominated to the federal district court in Phoenix by President Jimmy Carter. Taking senior status in 1994 opened a position to be filled by The Honorable Roslyn Silver, although Judge Carroll continued to be active on the court until his retirement in 2011.
Among the highlights of Judge Carroll's life were his service on the Arizona Board of Regents (1978-1980) and his role in presiding over naturalization ceremonies for new U.S. citizens and challenging cases such as "The Sanctuary Trial" and the long-running Navajo-Hopi dispute. Judge Carroll believed in fidelity to the rule of law, tempered with compassion for individuals. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist appointed Judge Carroll to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in 1993 and he was named chief judge of the federal Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 1996.
He regularly supported educational programs for Arizona's universities, including co-establishing a public service scholarship for law students with his long-time friend, Tucson attorney Thomas Chandler, at the University of Arizona College of Law. His public service included election to the Phoenix Elementary School Board, serving for 12 years, as well as support for U of A's College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Red Cross, Camp Fire Girls, the Valley of the Sun YMCA, Chapel Rock – the AZ Church Conference Center, and his college fraternity, Sigma Chi.
Judge Carroll is survived by his wife of 64 years, Louise, and his daughters, Margaret Carroll and Katherine C. Pearson. His daughters continue their parents' deep commitment to education, public service and respect for justice. Judge Carroll's extended legal family includes his colleagues on the bench, his talented court staff, and dozens of "assistant judges," his law clerks and interns, selected from law schools across the county, including U of A, Arizona State University, Penn State's Dickinson Law, and Harvard. Judge Carroll's entire family is especially grateful for the thoughtful care provided by Huger Mercy Living Center and Hospice of the Valley.
One of Judge Carroll's favorite lines of poetry, by Robert Browning: "Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"
Contributions in lieu of flowers can be made to the Carroll-Chandler Public Service Fund at U of A
College of Law (Law-Alumni/Development, 1201 E. Speedway, Tucson AZ 85721 or www.law.arizona.edu/give), or to educational institutions of the donor's choice. A private graveside service at the Arizona National Veteran's Cemetery will be followed by a Memorial Service in mid-March, with details to be available through Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home.
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Bob and Anita Hackett
Earl personally and professionally welcomed us as "new transplants" to Phoenix in 1971. We will always be grateful to him for the joy of calling Arizona our home. Blessings to Louise, Katherine and Margaret. Anita and Bob Hackett
Kristen Rosati
I'm grateful to Judge Carroll for bringing me to Phoenix as one of his law clerks, and for the encouragement he provided to me through the years. He was tough on the bench, but I was always struck by his compassion and empathy for the individuals who appeared before him in court. I have many good memories of working with the Judge, and I'll miss him.
Louise, Katherine and Margaret, my heart goes out to you.
Bill and Charlotte Moss
Louise and Margaret:
Charlotte and I were saddened to read of Earl's passing. Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you during this difficult time. We are keeping you both in our prayers. Bill and Charlotte Moss
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My sincere condolences to Louise, Margaret, and Catherine as well as all of those who were fortunate enough to know Judge Carroll. He will always hold a very special place in my heart.
I was working at O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles as a very young lawyer and had sent out a number of clerkship applications to various federal judges, including a few to Arizona judges. As luck would have it, my firm sent me to Phoenix to conduct a deposition. I had not yet heard back from any judges on my applications as it was still very early in the hiring process, but I thought I would call when I was in Phoenix and see if any judges would interview me since I was going to be here. After my deposition ended, I called a few chambers only to find out that the judges were all away in Flagstaff at a Judge's conference. A very kind JA told me that the only judge around was Judge Carroll, who stayed to handle any emergency matters and TROs. I called Judge Carroll's chambers, spoke to his clerk Joel (who I had previously met through a friend), and the next think I knew I was interviewing with Judge Carroll. From the first time I met with him I knew I wanted to clerk for him. He told me to think it over and let him know what I wanted to do. As the year rolled by I was back to my life in Los Angeles and had several other clerkship offers. I called Judge Carroll and told him that I had other offers to respond to but really wanted to come to Arizona to clerk for him. He ask me if I was sure and, after convincing him that I was, he sent me an offer. My move to Arizona was nothing short of life changing and that year spent in chambers and in court with Judge Carroll was one of the most memorable and fulfilling years of my life.
My heart goes out to the entire family, including the family of clerks and lawyers that knew him.
Ruth Ann Morse Gray
My deepest sympathy is with the Carroll Family during these difficult days. I am especially thinking of my mothers' dear friend, Louise. Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Thomas Marlowe
Dear Mrs. Carroll, Katherine and Margaret:
I was so sorry to hear of the Judge's passing and I'm truly sorry for your loss. In addition to his family and friends, I know he should be and will be missed by the legal profession and the judiciary. I learned a great deal from him, both professionally and personally. I fondly remember being 27 or so and having difficultly keeping up with him in the office, often finding him there on Saturdays or Sundays when I would stop in to (I thought) get a "jump on him" for the following week.
My thoughts and prayers are with each of you at this time and I hope you draw comfort from the knowledge of the good service he did for so many while he was with us.
Tom Marlowe
Geoffrey Fox
My most sincere thoughts and prayers to Louise, Margaret, Katherine and all of Judge Carroll's extended family and friends.
I remember interviewing in 2009 on my 2 mile walk to a second job after my first clerkship. Judge asked, "Do you know how long I've walked? Let's get to work."
Since then I became extremely impressed by Judge's commitment to the law and justice itself. Thank you Judge Carroll.
As you like quotes, here's one I'm sure you'd shake your cane at, but in the end we'd enjoy a bowl of courtroom chili:
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." — Winnie the Pooh
Thanks and miss you Judge. It's been an honor and a pleasure.
Geoff Fox
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Hollyoaks stars joined TV presenter Melanie Sykes and Olympian Beth Tweddle at the glitzy Wongs Jewellers Winter Ball in Liverpool to raise money for Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
The soap's Jessica Fox, who plays Nancy Hayton, David Kennedy, who plays Dirk Savage, Nadine Mulkerrin, who is Cleo McQueen, and Tamara Wall, who stars as Grace Black, attended the special event at The Venue, inside the iconic Royal Liver Building. Along with former Brookside and X-Factor contestant Ray Quinn, and model and actress Jade Ainsworth among the partygoers.
The stars were greeted by stilt-walkers and fire performers outside the Grade I listed building in the middle of the Three Graces – which includes the Port of Liverpool and the Cunard building – at the Pier Head. Guests were entertained by a ribbon dancer in the opulent reception of the Royal Liver Building before heading to the first floor to The Venue, one of the most sought after and unique event spaces in the city.
Richard Mathias Co-Chair from Alder Hey Children's Charity, Lord Mayor of Liverpool Councillor Roz Gladden, Liverpool BID Company's Chief Executive Bill Addy, and Carl Foulkes the Deputy Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, were also in attendance at the star-studded bash in aid of the renowned children's hospital.
As the celebrities and VIPs dined on a three course meal they were entertained by a magician, before Ray Quinn sang a medley of classic songs and the guests took part in a blind auction, hosted by former 'voice of British swimming' Hamilton Bland.
The charity event was compered by Simon Ross from Radio City and all the proceeds raised from the 200 invitation only event went to Alder Hey Children's Hospital.
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St. Louis Rams running back Zac Stacy's rise to his team's starting gig in 2013 was a case study in why, exactly, fantasy footballers should familiarize themselves with backup runners — and sometimes, backups of backups.
It was Stacy who had exactly one carry for four yards in the season's first two weeks as the Rams stubbornly rolled with the horrid backfield tandem of Daryl Richardson and Isaiah Pead. It was also Stacy who, once he was given the reigns to the St. Louis backfield, scored the 14th most fantasy points among running backs from Week 3-17.
Stacy, from Week 6-17, was a top-10 fantasy option.
Those who familiarized themselves with the rookie who has surprisingly good peripheral stats as a college workhorse back would've plucked him from the local waiver wire as soon as it became clear that the Rams' backfield would be in serious flux. And your research would've paid off handsomely; the payoff was a RB1 for free.
The same — to a much lesser extent — goes for Jacksonville backup runner Jordan Todman, who, after Maurice Jones-Drew succumbed to injury late last season, piled up 153 yards on 29 touches in Week 15 against the Bills.
Below are three guys with whom we should all become familiar as the season approaches. Whether they're shining in OTAs or temporarily trapped behind aging starters who are probably more likely than not to miss time in 2014, getting an idea of what these "what if" running back all-stars could be the most important thing you do all off-season.
I used the RotoViz Running Back Sim Score Lab app to generate a list of comparable players for each "what if" candidate, based on the player's weight, age, carries, yardage, and receptions per game. I think it's both important and instructive to see how similar players have performed in similar situations, and that's precisely what this app allows.
Andre Williams, RB, New York Giants
The 21-year-old out of Boston College, who was last seen with "arms and elbows flying around" at Giants' offseason practices, currently sits behind 29-year-old Rashad Jennings and David Wilson, who still hasn't been cleared for contact and has no clear role in New York's new offense.
Jennings admittedly fits the definition of what it means to be a running back on Tom Coughlin's team, but his 2014 comps have serious and consistent injury issues and Jennings missed the entire 2011 season and almost half of 2012 before eventually inheriting the Raiders' starting gig in 2013. I'm not sure if Jennings is any more fraught with injury potential than any other running back in the NFL, but 29-year-old runners have something less than a great injury track record.
Giants coaches have spoken glowingly of the rookie runner who, in 2013, posted 2,177 total yards at Boston College — the fifth most in NCAA history. The Giants gave Williams a second-round draft grade and snagged him in the fourth. For whatever it's worth, Williams considers himself a "perfect fit" in new Big Blue offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo's system.
"He's got a lot of carries under his belt and the thing about it, he comes through the line of scrimmage and 22 eyes are looking at him and he still rushes for 2,000 yards," New York general manager Jerry Reese said of Williams. "We're very impressed with that and, again, this is the kind of guy that if you want to pound the rock, this is the kind of guy you can pound the rock with. If you get up in a game and you're trying to run the clock out in that four-minute drill at the end, this is the kind of guy that you can get the ball to over and over and over and he'll get first downs for you."
Williams could be one Jennings injury away from taking the majority of carries in an offense that, as Coughlin said in May, will be as committed to the running game as it's ever been.
Below is an average of Williams' comparable players, as generated by the RotoViz Running Back Sim Lab. The average fantasy points would put Williams at a RB12 pace.
Player Carries Yards/YPC Avg TDs per game Receptions/yards Fantasy points per game
Andre Williams 16 63.8/4.0 .5 2.4/20.1 14.5
Christine Michael, RB, Seattle Seahawks
Seattle offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, who has (almost) never deployed a timeshare backfield, triggered an apocalyptic earthquake on fantasy football Twitter this week when he said that he was fully committed to splitting carries between Marshawn Lynch and second-year runner Michael — the twinkle in the eye of metrics and film analysts alike.
Bevell's proclamation, of course, will send Michael's average draft position (ADP) into the outer reaches of space while depressing Lynch's ADP. We'd be smart to cut against this grain in re-draft leagues since Michael's upside will now be priced into his draft spot. So maybe this exercise is fruitless as Michael disciples will draft him in the middle rounds as a guy who will certainly, definitely, absolutely, get half the carries in the Seahawks' offense.
Michael, in his rookie year, played in four regular season games, posting a healthy 4.4 yards per carry (YPC) while playing not second, but third fiddle to Lynch and Robert Turbin. He has all the tools to be an elite runner, by all accounts, so I suppose it's only a matter of how much burn he'll get in Seattle's run-heavy attack.
If — just if — the ultra-durable Lynch would miss time in 2014, or perhaps lose the starting role as Seattle coaches pledge their undying love to Michael, here's what Michael's average comps look like. That fantasy points per game mark would put him around RB8 for the season.
Christine Michael 16.6 68.9/4.2 .5 2.2/18 15.3
Latavius Murray, RB, Oakland Raiders
Murray, a workout freak who wowed onlookers at the 2013 NFL Combine, has two impediments to a starting job. Their names are Maurice Jones-Drew and Darren McFadden, and together, they've missed 30 games over the past two seasons. It doesn't really matter which of the DMC/MJD pairing gets the starting role in the Raiders' offense. One or both will miss time in 2014, and even if by some miracle they don't, their diminishing play will open a window for Murray.
RotoViz writer Davis Mattek penned the definitive piece on why Murray could morph into a fantasy championship-winning puzzle piece in 2014. I highly suggest you read it. Murray will likely be on every waiver wire in America come September, though fantasy players in leagues with deep benches would do well to scoop him up before his services are in demand.
The 6-foot-2, 230-pound hulk of a runner from the University of Central Florida was apparently horrific in rookie practices last season — battling an ankle injury — and Oakland head coach Dennis Allen has mentioned Murray as an afterthought in the team's running back depth chart. Murray was "red shirted" in 2013 — not playing a single snap after the team placed him on injured reserve in late August.
Aren't you excited for such a prospect? Well, aren't you?!
It wasn't too long ago that Oakland beat writers tabbed Murray as a likely starting candidate for the Raiders. That was before the team went out and splurged on the ghost of Jones-Drew.
Here's what the Running Back Sim Lab has to say about Murray's potential production. His fantasy points per game would put him on a RB15 pace.
Latavius Murray 15.3 60/3.9 .4 2.2/16.9 14.1
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The blank stare. The glazed eyes. I glanced down at my small group questions, then asked my group of middle school girls, "what is repentance?" Without missing a second, one girl launched into a theological monologue that would rival most university students' answers. I stared at her with my mouth gaped open. Their eyes still glazed over. It was the perfect answer, but it meant nothing to them.
After a brief pause, I said, "wow, that was excellent! Can I share what I think of when I hear repentance? Stand up…" The blank stare turned into a quizzical look. "I want you to give me your best runway walk." Off went a group of girls to strut up and down the room. I called them back and asked, "what do you think a runway walk has to do with repentance?" An intrigued look spread across their faces. "When a model comes to the end of a runway, they have one of two options: keep going and fall off the end or do a complete 180 degree turn and walk back. Repentance is like that. Your actions have consequences, which lead to a choice: keep living the same life or make a complete turn around." We, of course, went into deeper discussion, but this metaphor helped break through their doctrinal prejudices.
I would venture to say we have all been on the receiving end of a blank stare during a ministry night. When I see that stare, I immediately know there is a disconnect. Their answer may be "correct," but does it have meaning? Does it have relevance for their lives? How can youth leaders and students bring meaning to what seem to be only empty words?
Imagination – at this point, some readers are cringing because they are parsing the implications and shallowness of repentance compared to a catwalk. It is important to remember that every metaphor breaks down at some point. There is no such thing as a perfect metaphor, but there is such a thing as relevance. We want relevance and substance. The imagination is necessary for both. Sadly, it is also one of the most underused vehicles for meaning. C.S. Lewis once said doctrines and theology are like road maps based on the experience of hundreds of people. If this is the case, why does the map always have to be the same point by point directions? The presentation of the concepts can change and should change for relevance.
Encourage – anyone can create new metaphors! It's liberating to know we aren't bound to one single way of expressing an idea. By encouraging not only leaders to be creative in how they approach theological concepts, but also asking the students to engage in new metaphors, both are in essence theologizing. But what if they are "wrong" theologically speaking? If they are incorrect, use their metaphor or example as a gauge to see where they are in their understanding. Bad theology is sometimes a better starting point than no theology. When my middle school girl regurgitated what she knew was "correct," I had no way of knowing what her actual thoughts were. By encouraging leaders and students, you aren't just telling them a correct answer, you are helping show them they can think and express theological ideas.
Practice – yes, anyone can create new metaphors or examples, but that doesn't mean they are always great. Don't be discouraged when an analogy you or a leader shares breaks down and you once again have that blank stare. We aren't limited to a certain amount of creativity or imagination. It is a skill which can be developed. When it doesn't work, this shows the students that even youth leaders have a difficult time expressing theological ideas in a meaningful way. It gives them an understanding that it is ok to "fail" at communicating, so long as we try again and we are open to discussing it. This vulnerability and transparency will open the students up to further discussion, as well as instill a confidence at communicating theologically.
We want more than beautiful "correct" words. We want students to feel, touch, and taste the fullness of the Christian life. We want meaningful words that connect with their lives and make a difference. As youth leaders, we need to learn how to engage our imagination, encourage our leaders and students to engage their imagination, and lastly, practice creating new metaphors in order to break through empty words and bring meaning to theological ideas for students.
Leah Marie works with students as an academic advisor for a study abroad programme to the University of Oxford, where she recently completed a Master of Theology. Her travels have allowed her to work with young people across the US and in the UK. Leah loves strong coffee, a good book, and anything related to the Inklings.


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Nick and Carter are sailing across the sea to Honolulu on an impromptu holiday.
For the sake of propriety and decorum, the ship's captain pairs them off with a "lady couple" who turn out to be much more than they appear at first glance.
When one of them turns up dead in Nick and Carter's cabin, the hunt is on to find the other one before it's too late.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A different sort of Love Boat
6 May 2017 - Published on Amazon.com
The Voluptuous Vixen is Frank Butterfield at his best writing to date! The Charm and concerns of the first few Nick Williams Mysteries have us on a 1958 boat ride to Hawaii with a supporting cast of characters that keep you on the edge of your seat! Nick and Carter Jones have a chance to take some time for themselves thru the unlucky injury of Nicks stepsister at her wedding! They take over the bridal honeymoon suite to ride the waves on the big boat-a chance to ground themselves against what has been a very busy year fraught with dangers, heartbreak, deaths and personal growth against the back ground of San Francisco and Consolidate Security, Nick and Carters organization. We get introduced to this books cast of characters which include a wonderful Rosalind Russell appearance, Gale Storm and the soon to be Della Street-Barbara Hale and husbands. They comprise the Captain's table and weave throughout the story. There are murders, intrigues and deceptions and Nick and Carter are called to help!
I loved this. I hated the bigotry and nastiness of the uninformed- the snide comments on their relationship and the continued presence of the curse of the Hearst newspapers trying to slander Nick and company at every crossroad.! Frank Butterfield wrote a good story and a joy to read. His use of period established ship customs was great. His observations about dress and social norms-right on the mark.. But the inventive use of Hollywood as it moves from film and stage to television and the people who populated it in the late 50's was keenly observed and woven into the dialogue. I can't wait for more Nick Williams!
4.0 out of 5 stars Book nine and still among my favorites...
It's hard to believe that this is Frank Butterfield's ninth book about Nick Williams. The other thing that this particular episode in the Nick and Carter series makes explicit is that this whole long set of stories has only covered a single year in the life of Nick Williams, the richest gay man in the world, and his beloved husband, ex-firefighter Carter Woodrow Wilson Jones.
There is nothing really new to say, as a reviewer, except that the adventure in "Voluptuous Vixen" is rather fun, for two distinct reasons. One, it takes place on an ocean liner called the Hilo, bound from San Francisco to Honolulu in 1954. Owing to an absurd snafu at Marnie's wedding, Nick and Carter end up on the cruise, realizing that they are sorely in need of some real rest. The description of the ship itself, and the way people traveled in the 1950s (with steamer trunks and black-tie for dinner), is all wonderfully laid out for us—and this nostalgic look into the past is part and parcel of what makes these books so engaging. Secondly, Butterfield has decided to bring in real celebrities, in the person of Rosalind Russell and Gale Storm (of My Little Margie fame, one of the biggest early TV show hits). Russell and her husband Freddie Brisson (a great story in itself about which I knew nothing) become real participants in the narrative. This is a moment when the author drives home the fact that both Nick and Carter are indeed notorious—celebrities in their own right—and thus even more like superheroes to the embattled gay folk of the fifties. For all their wealth and power, Nick and Carter are still subject to the deeply-held homophobia of conformist America; and it is those moments of exception—such as Rosalind Russell's candor and friendship—that bring that reality into high relief.
Butterfield has created this series with a careful balance of romanticism and historical clarity. They are meant to be rosy-colored, but the darkness always lingers at the edges. We know this is a fantasy, and that no gay guys ever lived who were like Carter and Nick; the gay world of post-War America had no heroes to give them hope amidst their (our) oppression. Gosh, I wish these books could be made into a "Masterpiece Theater"-like series of mysteries, with great production values. It is, perhaps, a reminder of the homophobia still very present in the world that such a notion is still an impossible dream.
I don't think I'll ever get tired of Nick and Carter.
5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner
This series continues to enthrall me. The latest book takes Nick and Carter away from their beloved San Francisco and onto the decks of the cruise ship, SS Hilo. Let the mystery games begin! The author knows how to build a world that encapsulates the times of the 1950s and the setting of a huge ship. I felt like I was along on the cruise as I dined at the Captain's table and sat amongst Hollywood celebrities. This mystery was more intricate then some of the earlier books and I definitely got the Agatha Christie vibe. As for Nick and Carter: be still my heart. It's another winner in an excellent series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Give us more!!!!!!
I have read all nine in this series and can't wait for the author to write more! His style is easy to read and there are interesting plot lines.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
31 January 2019 - Published on Amazon.com
I really enjoying the characters and the series. Can't wait to read the next book to see what their next adventure will be


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Chorisiva es un género de plantas de la familia del girasol o asteráceas, dentro de la tribu Heliantheae.

Se conoce solamente una especie Chorisiva nevadensis, endémica de los Estados Unidos occidentales: Nevada, California oriental, específicamente en los condados de Inyo y Mono .

Descripción
Hojas: pecíolos de 2-20 mm; cuchillas de 5-20 × 5-15 mm en general, lóbulos de 1-1.5 mm de ancho. Pedúnculos 0.5-5 + mm. Implica 2-5 + mm de alto. Filarias: exterior 3 ± escabroso, interior escarioso a membranoso. Pálea de 1.5-2 mm. Floretes con pistilato: corolas 0.5-1 + mm, ± estriguloso. Floretes funcionalmente estaminados: corolas de 1.5-2 mm. Cipsela 1.5-2 mm. Florece de mayo a octubre. Pisos arenosos o de grava, lavados, generalmente suelos alcalinos;Elevación 1000-2200 m.

Composición química
Investigaciones realizadas por (Farkas et al, 1966) en algunas especies del género Iva, permitieron aislar del extracto en cloroformo de Iva nevadensis dos pseudoguianólidos (partenina y coronopilina) y tres 5,7 dihidróxi flavonas (hispidulina, pectolinarigenina y nevadesina).

Referencias

Heliantheae
Flora de Estados Unidos


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June 12th: It's Hypocritical To Celebrate June 12th And Exclude Igbo; Christians In Leadership Of Arms Of Govt:
Calls for doctrine of necessity to retire Justice Tanko and replace with a Christian...
By Human rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA)
A Prominent pro-democracy and civil Rights advocacy group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has described as the height of hypocrisy and insensitivity for President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to skew the headship of the three constitutional arms of government- Executive; Judiciary and Legislature in the hands of Moslems through illegal manipulation of federal might and intimidation and also totally excludes a representative of one of the largest Ethnicities- Igbo speaking people of South East of Nigeria and to entertain World leaders pretending to be a democrat.
HURIWA said Muhammadu Buhari's administration by working assiduously and actively even openly without qualms or reverence for the Constitution to exclude Christians of Nigeria and Igbo Ethnicity in the leadership of the major central governmental administrative organs has done so to bring to the fore the widely held beliefs that he has an incurable phobia for real practicing and principled Christians and also has demonstrated an uncanny knack for exhibiting publicly some deeply entrenched hatred towards the Igbo nationality may be because of some pedestrian, primordial and unscientific reasons which are best known to him and which can only be assuaged should he instigate the lawful inclusion adopting the PRINCIPLE OF DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY to legally appoint a Christian to step in as substantive Chief justice of Nigeria and also legally assign strategic security and political positions equitably distributed amongst the diverse Ethnicities and adherents of all religions including Atheists and traditional African Religious worshippers.
"Your government practices apartheid kind of policy of exclusions targeting Igbo essentially and Christians substantially and yet you gather guests from far and near to celebrate the memories of Chief MKO Abiola who is known for openly employing all kinds of people in his flourishing businesses and who even when he chose a Moslem running mate still won votes of 99% of Christians because he was never associated with bigotry or phobia for practicing Christians because within his private and public spheres were persons from all Ethno religious affiliations. But now we have President Muhammadu Buhari who as soon as he was sworn in clinging what was called ISLAMIC HANDBAG flew into Saudi Arabia to attend Organisation of Islamic Cooperation which offends section 10 of the Nigerian Constitution and whose government adopted every trick in the book and unconstitutional conventions to circumvent the Nigerian constitutional Federal character principles by excluding Christians from ever heading any of the three arms of government and to totally liquidate Igbo speaking persons from any of the first half a dozen public offices mentioned in the Nigerian constitution".
HURIWA in the statement by national coordinator Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director Miss Zainab Yusuf, said looking at how the heads of the executive and Legislative arms of government are headed by Core Northern Moslems and the Judiciary is headed in the time being by a Moslem jurist who was railroaded against social justice and true justice, against Constitutional safeguards which specifies separation of powers and President Muhammadu Buhari's administration ruthless and shameless deployment of an ethically challenged Chairman of the Executive controlled Code of Conduct Tribunal Justice Danladi Umar who was manipulated because of accusation of alleged N10 million bribery by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headed by a rabidly partisan Moslem Alhaji Ibrahim Magu to force out the only Christian Justice Walter Onnoghen to head the Judiciary of Nigeria in the last thirty years, what is at play is a state of convoluted degeneracy from constitutional democracy to totalitarianism and autocratic leader as President in the person of Muhammadu Buhari.
HURIWA then wonders why President Muhammadu Buhari's administration think rational minds across the globe will see his autocratic regime as a constitutional democracy when his government has arm-twisted virtually everyone that can challenge his brazen breaches of doctrine of separation of powers and constitutionalism through a cocktail of executive illegality and forced these hitherto vocal voices into aggressive surrender and silence or may have succeeded in buying them over.
HURIWA said: "Certainly what is going on is far from those virtuous and time honored principles of democracy and constitutionalism highlighted by the compelling need to adhere strictly to the provisions of the Constitution which clearly forbids policy of willful exclusion and discrimination as typified by a plethora of laws and provisions of the Constitution including Section 42(1) of the Constitution. It is sacrilegious for President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to scheme out Christians and to pontificate over the celebrations of Democracy Day named after a true statesman and not a religious or regional bigot in the person of Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the glorious memory."
HURIWA specifically averred that section 42 of the Constitution unequivocally provides that: "42. (1) "A citizen of Nigeria of a particular community, ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion or political opinion shall not, by reason only that he is such a person:- (a) be subjected either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any executive or administrative action of the government, to disabilities or restrictions to which citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religious or political opinions are not made subject; or (b) be accorded either expressly by, or in the practical application of, any law in force in Nigeria or any such executive or administrative action, any privilege or advantage that is not accorded to citizens of Nigeria of other communities, ethnic groups, places of origin, sex, religions or political opinions.
(2) No citizen of Nigeria shall be subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of the circumstances of his birth.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall invalidate any law by reason only that the law imposes restrictions with respect to the appointment of any person to any office under the State or as a member of the armed forces of the Federation or member of the Nigeria Police Forces or to an office in the service of a body, corporate established directly by any law in force in Nigeria."
"How can you deny over 90 million Christians of a representation in the hierarchies of the three arms of government and you go about celebrating Democracy Day when you already killed the essence of democracy which is inclusion and purity of the constitution. What has happened as Democracy day by Muhammadu Buhari's administration is a charade and a ruse to try to buy legitimacy after a thoroughly manipulated 2019 elections. Nigerians of conscience will not be deceived or subjugated even when the two other arms of government are headed by stooges of President Muhammadu Buhari?"


1. of or pertaining to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
2. of or pertaining to mechanics.
Adj. 1. mechanistic - explained in terms of physical forces; "a mechanistic universe"
US-based mechanistic modeling specialist Applied BioMathhas formed a collaboration with Syntimmune to provide semi-mechanistic pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling for Syntimmune's ongoing clinical trials, the company said.
However, the mechanistic details for Cu-based processes are still poorly understood and experimental conditions are far from sustainable.
They note science and society are moving from a mechanistic to holistic and ecological vision of reality, and illustrate how this change has a legal dimension.
MARDyN (CyHAN)- Turkey-born Aziz Sancar was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair with Sweden's Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich of the United States.
Epicurean metaphysics believes in a purely mechanistic view of nature, which can be described in terms of moving of particles--like the collision of billiard balls on a pool table.
It refers to the inadequacy of mechanistic approaches adopted in the behavioral sciences, but also in some cases by parapsychologists.
Milkowski's account of mechanisms and mechanistic explanation owes a large debt to Carl Craver Explaining the Brain: Mechanisms and the Mosiac Unity of Neuroscience.
Mechanistic realism and US foreign policy; a new framework for analysis.
A mechanistic pavement design approach uses mathematical models to calculate the response of pavement to traffic loads.
The aim of this study is related to how some of the sigmoidal models widely used in agriculture are converted to mechanistic models which have biological meaning.


You don't want to miss the Rotary Club of Mill Creek's Annual Dinner and Benefit Auction on March 31st. This year's theme is Fiesta de Carnival in recognition of the fellow Rotary Clubs in Latin America. As a service organization, Rotary Clubs work against poverty, birth defects, disease, hunger, pollution, and illiteracy in Latin America as well as other parts of the world.
Fishing, golf and archeology trips in Guatemala.
A Mariners Spring Training getaway in Arizona.
A paradise cruise on Puget Sound or a scenic flight to the San Juan Islands for dinner.
Other dinners including your choice of a Mardi Gras Night or Oktoberfest celebration.
Two days of silver salmon fishing on the Kalama River.
To a case of 92 point rated 2008 Quilceda Creek Columbia Red Wine.
The dinner will be held at the Mill Creek Country Club at 5:30 PM. For questions or reservations please email Bridget Barrington or call her at 206-841-4261.


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Duckworth Statement on Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Address Opioid Crisis
[WASHINGTON, DC] – Following the Senate's passage of bipartisan legislation last night to address the opioid crisis, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released the following statement. The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 takes important steps to combat the opioid epidemic by establishing comprehensive opioid recovery centers, investing in community-based prevention efforts and giving law enforcement stronger tools to help confiscate illegal substances, such as fentanyl, that are being mailed into our country by foreign suppliers.
"The opioid epidemic has taken far too many lives. In 2017, we lost more than 72,000 sons and daughters, and Veterans were more than twice as likely to be killed by an overdose," said Duckworth. "This bipartisan legislation is a much-needed step that will help combat this devastating epidemic and help curb opioid addiction before it starts."
The Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 is a bipartisan bill package of over 70 pieces of legislation. The bill will now head to a conference committee with members of the House of Representatives. It increases funding for research and development into alternative treatments, creates a pilot program to provide individuals in recovery with temporary housing, ensures that pregnant women who are struggling with addiction are able to receive care while remaining together with their babies and provides additional training to first responders who arrive on the scene of an overdose. The bill also improves coordination between the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to improve the detection and seizure of illegal drugs arriving in the United States through the Postal Service.


Pay Per Click (PPC) is the terminology used for companies who have paid to appear at the top of the search engine result pages (SERP) for relevant key words and phrases.
Although many search engine users still prefer to click on the organic or natural listings, some people do click on the paid listings or adverts. Despite the green marketing with the clearly placed 'AD' next to them, many users are not aware that the top few places in the search engine results page are advertisements.
PPC has become increasingly popular in recent years as it's proving more and more difficult to get results with organic SEO. One of the main advantages of PPC over organic SEO is the speed that you can get results. Rather than waiting for your SEO strategy to get you the results that you need, you can pay to be placed at the top of Google's first page.
Google Adwords currently accounts for around 60% of all paid advertising in the UK and is the most successful PPC advertising platform that there is. Google Adwords accounts for close to 70% of Google's advertising revenue and approximately 30% of income is now generated on the Google Display Network.
For competitive key words, the cost of PPC advertising can be expensive, so it's imperative that you're maximising your Google score to ensure that you're getting the most value from your PPC campaign. When developing a Google Adwords campaign, strategy and tactics are vital to ensure that you get a good return on investment (ROI). If a PPC campaign is run correctly, you'll get a huge amount of high-quality traffic immediately to your website.
As a skilled PPC consultant, I can work with you to plan your key phrase strategy, create the PPC ads, improve your quality score, cost per click (CPC) and trace all conversions in Google Analytics. You'll then be able to improve your return on investment across Google Adwords, Google Display Network and Bing Ads.


The interpretation of Plato's Apology of Socrates in the chapter argues that Socrates delivers two accounts of his life that are diametrically opposed to one another. In the first version, Socrates reveals himself to be radically skeptical of pretentions to knowledge about the most important human things and dedicated entirely to the cause of discovering the truth, no matter how toxic this activity may seem from the Athenian point of view. In the second, and by contrast, Socrates argues that he is the truest friend of Athens, a pious man who spends his life going around to his fellow citizens encouraging them to live the best lives they can. In other words, Socrates' leadership embodies not authenticity but a very public inauthenticity, or irony, which is actually useful for his promotion and protection of the philosophic way of life among his followers.


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Reading: Carol Ann Davis, "The Nail in the Tree"
Location: Walsh Art Gallery
Fairfield University English Professor Carol Ann Davis reads from her forthcoming book, The Nail in the Tree: On Art, Violence, and Parenting, which narrates her experience of raising two sons in Sandy Hook, CT, on the day of and during the aftermath of the shooting there. The image of the nail in the tree comes from the way in which her older son described the traumatic experience of Sandy Hook as a nail driven into a tree, around which the tree continued to grow.
Davis uses her experience of poetry and visual art to contextualize her own parenting within a broader history of violence. Her work seeks agency both for her children and for any person who, by the accident of histories—of war, gun violence, the Holocaust—faces childhood striated with trauma.
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The #2minutebeachclean project has arrived in Somerset!
Your chance to have your dog featured in our new leaflet!
Our aim is to protect bathing water quality and reduce beach and marine litter along the Severn Estuary coastline by encouraging local communities to consider their own impacts on water quality and marine litter.
See upcoming events and check out some of the things we have been up to.
Find out how we are creating cleaner coasts and beaches in Burnham-on-Sea.


Emergency animal care provider Vets Now has appointed an experienced accountant to be the group's finance director.
Emergency animal care provider Vets Now has appointed an experienced accountant to be the group's finance director.
Peter Wood trained as a chartered accountant with Arthur Anderson in Scotland before moving down to London.
While there, he specialised in corporate finance in the midmarket advising on management buyouts and helping owners realise value in businesses.
At the end of the 1990s, he returned to Scotland to become group finance director at fashion retailer USC.
There, he was a key part of the management team which helped the business treble in size within five years.
He then moved to Grant Thornton's Scottish growth and strategic services line and recently was financial director of Edinburgh-based investment boutique Melville Capital.
Wood said: "Clearly I'm joining the organisation at an important time and I look forward to continuing to build on Vets Now's successes and driving business performance forward."
Richard Dixon, group managing director of Dunfermlinebased Vets Now, was pleased with the appointment.
He said: "I'm delighted that Peter will be taking up the position as group finance director at Vets Now.
"Peter comes to the organisation with a solid background in corporate finance and I have no doubt that his extensive experience of working with fast growth entrepreneurial companies will enable him to steer the organisation ahead to achieve its ambitious growth and business objectives."
Current financial director Colin Clark, founder of corporate finance firm Clark Associates, is to retain his involvement in company acquisitions.
He will also remain on the board of trustees of Pet Blood Bank UK, the national canine blood donation charity which was launched by Vets Now last year.
Earlier this month Vets Now won the Scottish regional final in the Bank of Scotland Entrepreneur Challenge.
This gives it access of up to £5million interest free funding over the next three years. Now it goes forward to the UK national final which is being held in London during December where it will compete against other regional winners.
Dixon said: "We are hugely excited to have won this award.
"This award is testament to the truly passionate and dedicated group of people we have working at Vets Now whom I am extremely proud of."
Since being launched in 2001 the company's turnover has grown to £12.5m.
It now has 32 out-of-hours clinics across the UK Last month, Glen Gribbon started in the newly created position of managing director having left marketing company Chartered Brands.