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California and International Relations
Among California's international trading partners, only Mexico shares a border with California
By Chris Micheli, July 25, 2020 8:03 am
In California's Government Code, there is Title 20, which covers International Relations, contained in Sections 99500 through 99524. Chapter 1 covers General Provisions and Chapter 2 covers California-Mexico Border Relations Council.
Chapter 1 provides general provisions. Section 99500 states that the Governor is the primary state officer representing California's interest in international affairs. The Lt. Governor is the Chair of the California Commission for Economic Development in order to improve trade opportunities for California. The Attorney General assists the federal government in defending against international challenges to California laws.
The Secretary of State oversees the International Business Relations Program. The Department of Food and Agriculture is the primary state agency for the promotion of California agriculture. The National Resources Agency and California Environmental Protection Agency are the primary state agencies for the promotion of international exchange of environmental technologies. The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development is the primary state agency responsible for international trade and investment activities.
Section 99501 specifies that the state point of contact within the executive branch acts as the liaison between the state and the Office of the United States Trade Representative on trade-related matters. The state point of contact is also required to perform any duties assigned by the Governor as well as other specified actions.
Section 99502 requires the Office of Planning and Research to maintain and update a comprehensive list of all state agreements made with foreign governments. The list must be updated within 30 days of each new agreement. The list must include specified information. Agencies may separately maintain detailed information or reports as they deem appropriate.
Section 99503 provides that all state employees working under an agency secretary must, within 30 days of traveling out of the country on official state business, provide to the agency secretary a detailed memorandum of the trip's details and any required follow-up expected. If the state employee does not work for an agency, then the report must go to the Governor's office. Legislative employees must report to their respective Rules Committee.
Chapter 2 concerns the California – Mexico Border Relations Council. Section 99520 makes numerous findings and declarations of the Legislature, including:
(b) As the second largest United States exporter to Mexico, California has the potential to increase its exports at a faster pace and capitalize on Mexico's growing economy.
(d) The relationship between Mexico and California generates over $20.9 billion per year for California.
(f) Among California's international trading partners, only Mexico shares a border with California. In fact, California has four major international border crossings supporting the movement of both persons and goods: San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, and Calexico. Of these, Otay Mesa and Calexico accommodate the largest volume of trade. Otay Mesa is the largest California crossing, ranking sixth in the nation. In 2010, these California gateways with Mexico moved $46.9 billion in merchandise.
(j) Despite this critical economic relationship, California has not had a formal mechanism for the past decade devoted to maximizing trade, addressing challenges, and coordinating cross-border programs for trade development between the two countries. This has left California employers and businesses without formal access to Mexican government officials, a major disadvantage to California's trade industries.
(k) In 2006, the Office of California-Mexico Affairs was established to further and develop favorable relations with Mexican states by cooperating with similar organizations and agencies situated within California, the United States, or Mexico. Important areas of activity include, but are not limited to, enhancing economic development opportunities among the participating states, improving working conditions and living standards, and fostering the protection and improvement of the environment in Mexico and California.
(l) To help carry out these duties the California-Mexico Border Relations Council was also established to identify new border priorities and fundable projects in the areas of infrastructure, trade, environment, health, and security while supporting current and ongoing activities such as the Border Governors Conference, trade missions, and border workgroups, and coordinating specific future projects with Mexico. Priorities and projects identified by the California-Mexico Border Relations Council shall be funded pursuant to Section 71101 of the Public Resources Code, establishing the California Border Environmental and Public Health Protection Fund.
(m) It is critical for California that state agencies continue to address important United States-Mexico issues.
(n) Furthermore, California should maximize its economic relationship with Mexico to improve the state's economy, to maximize the amount of exports, and create more California jobs.
(o) Therefore, the Legislature finds that California needs a formalized trade relationship with Mexico. Establishing an official trade relationship with Mexico will help ensure that the state can improve its global competitiveness and protect California industry, proactively support the expansion and location of businesses in California, provide international business assistance to California businesses, and support their entry and successful participation in the growing Mexican marketplace.
(p) The California-Mexico Border Relations Council provides a focal point in state government to serve as a clearinghouse for information and assistance to other state agencies that are involved with Mexico.
Section 99521 provides definitions for the words "border," "Council," and "Public agency."
Section 99522 establishes the California-Mexico Border Relations Council in state government. The Council consists of the Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, the Secretary for Environmental Protection, the Secretary of California Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, the Secretary of State and Consumer Services, and the Director of Emergency Services. And, the Secretary for Environmental Protection shall chair the council.
Section 99523 requires the Council to do all the following:
(a) Coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state government, to improve the effectiveness of state and local efforts that are of concern between California and Mexico.
(b) Invite representatives of the State of Baja California and the Mexican government to participate in meetings.
(c) Establish policies to coordinate the collection and sharing of data related to cross-border issues between and among agencies.
(d) Establish the Border Region Solid Waste Working Group to develop and coordinate long-term solutions to address and remediate problems associated with waste tires, solid waste, and excessive sedimentation along the border that cause the degradation of valuable estuarine and riparian habitats, and threaten water quality and public health in the state.
(e) Identify and recommend to the Legislature changes in law needed to achieve the goals of this section.
Section 99524 requires the Council to submit a report to the Legislature on the Council's activities annually.
Chris Micheli
Chris Micheli is a lobbyist with Aprea & Micheli, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
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Historical Sketch: Punjabi Christian Fellowship
A ministry to the Punjabi community in Vancouver was started at Sherbrooke Mennonite Church in 1986. The church had been approached by two Indo-Canadian men who expressed a desire to begin a Punjabi- speaking fellowship. After several months, one of the two returned to India and the other pulled back from the ministry.
A number of the families embraced a charismatic theology and withdrew from the fellowship. The three remaining families approached Jake & Dorothy Giesbrecht, and asked them to serve as their teacher and speaker. They had served as missionaries in India for 25 years and since 1980 had worked with Indo- Canadians in Abbotsford, Clearbrook, and Mission, using Cedar Valley Mennonite Church as their base. Jake & Dorothy started serving in June 1987. Membership reached 12 in September 1987.
At that time, leaders of the Conference of Mennonites in BC expressed the desire to support this ministry and see it flourish. An Indo-Canadian Reference Council was established with representatives from various conference committees. Jake & Dorothy Giesbrecht provided leadership, and Jake & Dorothy began serving as part-time pastors in February 1988. In February 1990 one of the church's deacons left his wife and family. This action divided the congregation, reducing attendance from 30 to 15.
In 1991, the Evangelism and Church Development Committee (ECDC) of the Conference of Mennonites in BC, Sherbrooke Mennonite Church, and Olivet Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, agreed to support this ministry financially, with Sherbrooke becoming the primary sponsor of the group. The Punjabi Fellowship became a sister congregation to Sherbrooke – having its own autonomy and yet being accountable to Sherbrooke until it was able to form an independent congregation. Rob Sinclair, a part- time worker with Operation Mobilization, served as Associate Pastor of Sherbrooke Mennonite in Punjabi Ministry and Erwin Cornelsen, retired pastor of Sherbrooke, provided additional leadership and served as a liaison with the Sherbrooke congregation.
By 1992 the group had dwindled to basically one family and a few friends. Relational problems between members had continued to plague the fellowship. They began meeting in a home instead of at Sherbrooke. The group basically lacked the appropriate leadership necessary to maintain the church, and in April 1993 ECDC made the decision to terminate the fellowship. There was a hope that by letting the old group terminate, a fresh start could be attempted in the future.

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INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS ASSOCIATION OPENING DAY GAME
The Guam Department of Education and Guam Education Board (GEB) celebrated the first Interscholastic Sports Association (ISA) game of the season held on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the Tiyan High School gymnasium.
PRESS RELEASE – The Guam Department of Education and Guam Education Board (GEB) celebrated the first Interscholastic Sports Association (ISA) game of the season held on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at the Tiyan High School gymnasium.
The inaugural ISA basketball game was held between Tiyan High School and Okkodo High School. The Tiyan High School Air Force Junior ROTC color guard performed the opening ceremonies, followed by welcoming remarks from the GEB Chairman and Superintendent of Education.
"I want to thank everyone who has been a part of this transition and who has been working hard to ensure we have a good quality program," former GEB Chairman and current Vice Chair Mark Mendiola said. "Just the other day we partnered with the Guam National Olympic Committee to prepare our athletes and our coaches, so there are a lot of great things coming out of this program, and we're looking forward to having a great season ahead of us."
"This weekend we were excited at the participation we received during the student athlete awareness program held with the Guam National Olympic Committee," Superintendent Jon Fernandez said. "During the program, we saw our coaches, athletic directors, and our student athletes gather to talk about topics such as safety, anti-doping, and concussions."
"The reason we are working to bring everyone together is not just for the competition, but to provide our kids with the resources and information they need to be successful and to develop into well-rounded student athletes. This is a historic game and we look forward to the start of a great season," Fernandez added.
The welcoming remarks were followed by a commemorative basketball tip-off at center court by Mendiola between the opposing teams. During the opening game, board members and department leadership also sported a celebratory ISA t-shirt that was created to commemorate the opening of the ISA league.
For more information about ISA sports, please contact Acting Sports Program Coordinator Al Garrido at the Division of Curriculum and Instruction via email at [email protected] or at 300-1377.
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Flowers and fruits make a gorgeous combination for your spring home décor. You can mix and match colors or stick to one palette and just arrange flowers, fruits and veggies together adding a touch of class to your home this season. Floral decoration brings the colors of spring into your interior, while fruits give it texture creating the perfect mix for home decorating. Arrange flowers and fruits on the table, on the kitchen countertop or on the front door and invite the new season into your home.
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Well I am a bit under the weather for the past couple of days. A little depressing considering I have trained so hard for the last 3 months. But that happens right? I feel 90 percent, just a stuffy nose and a little tired.
I finished my last stair workout this morning, just going up and down the dundunr stairs 6 times which is the equivaant to the cn tower. Felt ok until the 5th time up, when my legs felt weak slightly tired, it was a wired feeling.
I am going to take the next 3-4 days to rest up and make sure my body is 100 percent going into Saturday morning.


In a general situation of lack of enthusiasm for the air travel market, broadly stable, the national airline of Finland increased significantly in Italy, in both revenues and number of passengers. In terms of the revenue, between early January and late March, the overall increase was +19.84 per cent. A significant number to be added to the even more positive total number of passengers: +28.55 per cent. Particularly remarkable the economy class segment, where the number of passengers rose by +30.28 per cent, while the revenue increase was +28.61 per cent.
But the real surprises come from the Far East, with over ten destinations including China, India, Japan, Korea and Thailand, offering Finnair: in the first quarter of 2012 the Italian traffic increase to the destinations was as high as +27.91 per cent. One thing that rewards efforts operated by Finnair in the years to confirm itself as the main instrument of air connection between the Old Continent and the more distant parts of Asia via Helsinki's hub.
But the good news for the Finnish carrier does not end here: the Skytrax airlines' evaluation website has confirmed the judgment of four stars for Finnair, in its world ranking program. The score obtained by Finnair is the highest among the Scandinavian countries, and is based on an impartial evaluation of all services offered by the airline. Skytrax has awarded four stars at the airport of Helsinki – Vantaa too.


ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Two Atlantic City casinos have been fined for taking illegal bets on college football.
NJ.com reports the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined the Golden Nugget Atlantic City and Caesars Entertainment Corp. Caesars received a $2,000 fine for bets placed on a Sept. 10 football game between Rutgers and Kansas. The Golden Nugget was fined $390 stemming from "various New Jersey college football games" the same month.
State officials didn't specify which Caesars property was involved. Caesars owns two Atlantic City casinos with sports betting.
State law prohibits casinos from taking wagers on New Jersey colleges and any college sporting event that takes place in the state. Bettors who are involved are refunded if they can be identified.
Both Caesars and the Golden Nugget declined comment Wednesday.


Personalised brand expression has been given new status. We are all connecting in ever more instant and personal ways through social media channels, apps and crowd-sourced or shared initiatives. With this constant level of connection and data propagation, consumers are also expecting increasingly personalised expressions from their brands. As a result, brands need to look at just how they can create, nurture and enrich personal experiences for consumers. Good design communication is an excellent starting point, undoubtedly helping the propagation of ideas, information and intimacy across all channels.


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The Long View: Suffer the little children
By mlq3 Posted in Daily Dose on June 5, 2006 0 Comments 5 min read
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The Long View : Suffer the little children
By Manuel L. Quezon III
ON REGULAR CLASS DAYS, ALONG NUEVE DE Febrero Street, you can see swarms of small children making their way home from school. They skip and laugh, and chase each other and trundle along, heavily laden with book bags. You get to notice immediately how small they are as they weave through the adults bustling about. Then it strikes you how late the night is—for children, anyway. You see, it is the hour that most people consider dinner-time.
Our traditional idea of school time pictures sleepy children going to school in the morning, and coming home in the afternoon—to study and play. That is not the way it is for too many children today. For them, what began as an emergency measure has now become a constant reality. Some go to school during "normal" hours; but there's a second shift of children who attend classes from the afternoon to the evening. Simply because there are very many students but very few classrooms.
It would be good—though probably depressing—to know the kind of life that these children of the second shift live. One wonders how it affects them—their going home when darkness has fallen; walking along streets whose sidewalks have been given up to market stalls and tricycle parking; seeing adults focused on horse-races shown on the sari-sari store's TV set and starting their evening drinking. Do they go to bed and sleep at regular hours, and then study the next morning, when the lessons of the previous day have begun to fade from memory? And if they play, as children do, who do they play with? Or do they simply study late into the night, and sleep when most other people are awake during the day?
In the "Analects of Confucius," there is this passage: "When the Master went to Wei, Jan Yu drove his carriage. The Master said: "What an abundant population!"
"Jan Yu said: "Now that the people are so abundant, what is the next thing to be done?"
"Enrich them," said Confucius.
"And having enriched them, what then?"
"Teach them," was the reply."
In a recent conference in Cebu, the following horrifying data were presented. The average government spending on a Filipino child's education is about $120 per annum, 50 percent of which never reaches the student because it is swallowed up by administrative costs. Contrast this amount with what some of our neighbors spend: $700 for the Thai child; $1,800 for the Malaysian child.
For every 10 Filipino children who enter the first grade, only seven make it to Grade 6; and only five get to enter high school.
The child in school encounters too few teachers, has to live with too few classrooms, and too many classmates. All these things we already know. The stopgap—and now seemingly permanent—solution has been to double the sizes of classes, and "double-shifting." As the President proved last week, this eradicates, at least on paper, the shortage of classrooms in our public school system.
The reality on the ground, as one person told me, is far different: a classroom meant for, say, 75 students is divided into two, each to accommodate 75—meaning, a classroom actually serves 150 kids. What the conditions are like for so many kids and their too few teachers are best left unimagined.
And what of the teachers? In the same conference, we were told that the average age of a public school teacher is 54. Like the ranks of our armed forces, which has 44 as the average age, our public school teachers are graying. From my interaction with public school teachers, I learned that an increasing number of colleagues are transferees from private schools; the salaries of public school teachers have at least become competitive, but that's not saying much. It only suggests that private schools pay too little, and public schools pay marginally better than private schools. But it says nothing about the training they receive, the materials at hand, or the environment in which they must operate. Add to this the observation made by many of the teachers: more and more, they have to assume responsibilities for guidance that normally belong to parents, and one can only guess at the pressure—social, physical, even spiritual—they have to deal with every day.
Of these public school teachers, tests conducted by the Department of Education show, two-thirds have the reading skills of a sixth grader or even lower. More shocking, 11 percent read at preschool levels. This is what we get for spending only one-eighth of the national budget for education.
Thus, while many school teachers may have big hearts, their capacity to teach is, to say the least, limited. But there is hope. Throughout the country, individual schools are breaking out of the cycle of making do without, by reaching out to their communities for assistance. In one public school in Manila, parents come in on weekends before classes open, to paint and patch up classrooms. Wealthier private schools conduct training in ethics and values formation for their colleagues in public schools. The DepEd itself is working on establishing an academy for the professionalization and continuing education of public school principals.
Winston Churchill once said that there's no better investment than putting milk into babies. That kind of investment is not enough. What about other investments, such as putting useful knowledge into the heads of students? Exciting developments are taking place, such as the $100 laptop designed for use by students in developing countries (with a hand-crank to provide power). This would put technology in the hands of young people, and allow countless savings by making it possible to have textbooks in computer files instead of the expensive printed ones. Can the country summon the political will to attend to our crisis in education?
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At dusk, a child is woken by strange and ethereal music surrounding their home. Running to the front door with their parents, the music can be heard coming from down the end of the street. A shoal of twinkling lights is seen in the distance getting closer. Only as the mass of illuminated bikes pass their house will they realise that the music is coming from speakers attached to dozens of decorated bikes producing the most ambient and serene music.
Lullaby is a gift to a city. A surround sound illuminated artwork delivered to the public's door at dusk.
Last night, this happened. As darkness fell, A was drifting off to sleep with the window open, and Ben and I sat in the living room, working. Suddenly we heard the sound of birdsong and music coming from the top of the street, and raced to the window to watch. Twenty or so bikes, covered in lights, meandered by in the dusky evening, the music getting louder and then quieter again as they passed the house. Ben, outside with his camera, looked up to the bedroom window to see A, a look of wonder on his face, pressed up against the glass.
Bristol: you're so very good at this sort of thing.
Lullaby by Luke Jerram with Sustrans took place on Monday 26 August 2013.
Midnight feasts and pillow fights. Giant sandcastle competitions and stories round the campfire. Fairy houses in the trees and acrobats in the branches. Lantern parades and a wild rumpus. Pirate training and lasso lessons. Sing-a-long Jungle Book and a 70s disco. Gruffalos in the forest and a dancing dragon.
Oh my goodness me, it sounds like something from an Enid Blyton book, doesn't it? (Well, maybe not the 70s disco.) But I'm just describing our weekend at Just So festival. And what a weekend it was. I hope you can see from the photographs just what an incredibly thoughtful and well-put-together event this was; every single tiny detail was just perfect, just so.
The organisers of the festival are dreamers of dreams, able to imagine their way into the head of a child and to create a combination of everything that's magical about being a kid. Six tribes roamed the site, and festival-goers were invited to choose from frogs, lions, fish, foxes, owls, and stags (the best-costumed earning points for their tribe). We hung out with friends old (my bezzie and her sweet daughter) and new (Kat and Heather), and fell in love with a brass band (Perhaps Contraption) and a dazzling dance show (Shiny).
Arthur and Ted had the times of their little lives, loving every second of the fun, the music, the dancing, the stories, the camping, the laughing, the exploring, the eating, the hay fights and the sheer joy of it all. They will not stop talking about it, and already they're asking when we can go back. Real life feels very dull in comparison.
We were kindly invited to the festival by the organisers of Just So, and we're incredibly grateful. Thank you Rowan and Sarah - you are AMAZING!
Likewise, we were each sent a pair of beautiful Hunter boots to take with us - we love them (Hunter was one of the festival sponsors). I chose Original Shorts in aubergine, Ben went for Original Adjustables in navy, Arthur opted for the Glow in the Dark Original Kids' (how cool are they?!), and Ted looked fetching in red Original Kids' Gloss. Thank you Hunter.
You might remember that I went to the Raven and the Writing Desk back in early summer, an 'immersive dining experience' based on Alice in Wonderland. Well, the same clever artists and performers behind this show have come up with another extraordinary event - Jack Rabbit's Derby - which promises an evening of gourmet diner food, '50s dancing, music and theatre at a mystery location in Bristol.
This is just the sort of thing Bristol is brilliant at: interesting, innovative creatives putting on thrilling events. It's the stuff of dreams and just one reason why I love this city.
It's this weekend, and tickets for Saturday and Sunday are still available from the website, and cost £25 which includes all entertainment, a cocktail on arrival and a two-course meal devised by the excellent pop-up, Mi Casa.
To get you in the mood, I've put together a Fifties board full of glorious images from the decade of diners and dancing.
This is Your Kingdom, one of my regular writing haunts, invited its south west contributors for a day out at Yeo Valley. I confess I'd been thinking it'd be all wellies and cow pats, but Yeo Valley is one of the loveliest places I've seen in a very long time; more boutique hotel than barn.
After a demo from head chef, Jaime (we saw butter churned from cream, and a fragrant, basil ice cream being made), we took a tour of their beautiful building before returning to the cafe area for lunch and silly amounts of chat. Then, we headed down to the tea room and garden, both of which are open to the public (go!). As you can imagine from a bloggy meet-up, the sound of camera shutters was loud in the air.
That was on Friday, since when I've eaten a LOT of yoghurt (we were given a very generous goodie bag and recipe book). Yeo've convinced me, Yeo Valley (sorry). When can I come back?
My kids have always been up with the lark. Most of the time it's a drag, but there are a few occasions when it's actually useful. Like today.
6.10am said my clock when I heard those familiar heavy footsteps stomping around in the bedroom next to ours. My usual routine is to have a quick few minutes of email/social media while the kids are happily occupied, and this morning I checked my Twitter account. Bristol Balloon Fiesta takes place this weekend, and at the top of my feed was a tweet saying the mass ascent would be going ahead with a hundred balloons taking to the sky, any minute.
I threw clothes on us all, grabbed a few snacks and a blanket, and hopped in the car to the nearest hilly point. We ate a picnic breakfast while watching the beautiful balloons take to the sky. You always know it's going to be a good day in Bristol when you hear the furry hum of a hot air balloon floating overhead, and we are clearly very spoilt this weekend (as I write these words I can hear the same sound - there's a 6pm mass ascent as well as a 6am red-eye job). I proper loves Bristol.
We were more than a little bit heartbroken to miss our friends' micro-festival last weekend. Ted got sick, then it spread through the house. But by Saturday, we all felt well enough for a day trip, so we headed to Glastonbury.
After a potter about in the magic shops of the town itself and a very lentil-y lunch, we donned wellies and waterproofs and headed up the hill to the Tor. It's a steep old climb to the top, but such an adventure.
As we climbed, the clouds darkened and rumbles of thunder echoed across the valley. The wind picked up and flashes of lightning blazed through the sky but, miraculously, we stayed dry. The children were thrilled by everything, emerging at the top triumphant.
Among the crowds, we found a patch of grass to sit and break open the Fruit Pastilles. We people-watched, our favourite Tor-ist being the goth reading aloud and applying copious amounts of factor 50 to her neck. And we told tales of Avalon; when you're six years old and your name is Arthur, legends of ancient kings are about the most exciting stories in the world.


Greater Noida; Auto Expo – The Motor Show 2018 today witnessed 8 launches and 16 unveilings from 21 auto manufacturers amongst much anticipation and exhilaration.
Inaugurating the Auto Expo 2018, the largest and most iconic exposition in Asia, Shri Anant Geete, Hon'ble Minister, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India, called for greater cooperation between the auto industry and the government to strengthen the growth of the sector.
Maruti Suzuki's icoinic premium hatchback Swift comes with an exciting new global design. It's built on the 5th generation heartiest platform. Greaves Cotton announced the launch of 2 new power train solutions for last mile mobility. They also showcased BSVI ready versions of its Diesel and CNG power trains that it currently supplies to over 30 OEMs in the 3-wheeler and micro-4 wheeler segments. In the presence of renowned Cricketer, Gautam Gambhir – Pinnacle Vehicles unveiled 'Finetza, Opisia, Magnifica and Exhibica'. Uniti Car and Bird Group announced the start of the joint market analysis in India, bringing in stylish yet affordable electric city car priced at Rs. 7,14,000 ex-showroom.
Actress Sonakshi Sinha raised the glamour quotient to an all-time high today, at Auto Expo – The Motor Show 2018 when she unveiled the iconic and awe inspiring 'DC TCA'. DC TCA' an abbreviation for 'Titanium, Carbon and Aluminium', is the latest creation from Dilip Chhabria's repertoire and is a showstopper to say the least, one amongst the many masterpieces that will create history in the niche space of Indian auto design fraternity.
New start up Menza Motors India's only bootstrap automobile manufacturing start-up unveils the first look of Electric Motorcycle- Menza Lucat which is priced at Rs. 2,79,999, ex-showroom.
Starkenn Sports launched advance version of the worlds' fastest bike Giant PROPEL ADVANCED DISC and special edition Giant TCR Advanced SL MAGILIA ROSA costing 6.9 lakhs. Additionally, Starkenn displayed a number of On Road, X road, and Off Road bikes ranging from 18,000 to 5 Lakhs.
Aftek Motors, an upcoming two wheeler manufacturer, showcased its entire line-up of motorcycles in the presence of Former Indian Captain, Mohd Azharuddin.
The expo was attended by renowned personalities like Bollywood Actor Shahrukh Khan at Hyundai stand supporting the government's swatch Bharat Campaign, Actress Sonakshi Sinha, Former Indian Captain Mohammed Azhrudin & Cricketer Gautam Gambhir were also spotted at the Auto Expo.
The "12th SIAM Styling & Design Conclave 2018'', was also held on the sidelines of the Auto Expo – The Motor Show 2018 today. Experts spoke on the emerging facets of styling and design of automobiles to enhance design for sustainability. SIAM's Styling & Design Group, has been promoting capacity building in the area of styling & design of vehicles and has been striving to develop capabilities in India.
This edition is unique as it would witness the participation of 29 two/three wheelers, 15 four wheelers, 9 commercial vehicle manufacturers; unveiling around 101 vehicles. The USP of this edition would be a complete metamorphosis, a gradual transition from mere static display of vehicles to showcasing a consolidated package of 'Entire Mobility Eco-System', thus complementing the ambitious goal of the government to gradually move towards 'Green Mobility'. Auto Expo 2018 is a strong step from the automobile industry highlighting the growing concern towards the environment, focusing on launching newer greener technology & products to reduce the pollution levels further, hence promoting green mobility like never before.
For this edition of the Auto Expo, Special zones are being introduced to provide the visitors with a holistic experience of the industry – Motorsports, Auto Gaming Arena, #futuredecoded (VR Zone), 70 years of Indian Automobility, Exotica – a zone dedicated to vintage cars and the Application Vehicles. A mobile phone application is also available for Android and Apple users providing details about ticketing, hall layout, exhibitors, location etc.
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COLORS Bangla explores the beauty of sibling bonds through its latest offering - 'SUBHO DRISHTI'
~ Starting 1st January the show will take on the 7.30 PM slot on COLORS Bangla ~
~ 'Subho Drishti' to air Monday to Sunday at 7.30 pm ~
Wednesday, December 27: Bring in the new year celebrations with Abir, Drishti, Subho and Antara in 'Subho Drishti', as they share with you their happiness and felicity on COLORS Bangla. Adding to its elaborate line-up of shows, COLORS Bangla will kick off 2018 in style with a captivating drama Subho Drishti – a bitter sweet tale about sibling revelry that premiers on Monday, January 1, airing Monday to Sunday at 7:30pm. A riveting story, a stellar cast and the spellbinding script will make for complete entertainment experience for the viewers of the show.
Following the journeys of two pairs of siblings – Abir-Drishti and Subho-Antara, the show encapsulates their intertwined destines as Drishti and Subho cross paths time and again leading to series of explosive coincidences and happenstances. Their story doesn't seem to have a happy beginning nor a happy ending when the protagonists must face many trials and tribulations from the most unexpected avenues, as the twists in their story promises to take you on an eventful ride.
Ecstatic on the launch of the extravagant drama, Rahul Chakravarti – Business Head, Colors Bangla and Colors Odia said, "At COLORS Bangla we are always looking to entertain our viewers with unparalleled content that has the potential to make their time spent watching worthwhile. With Subho Drishti we are celebrating the new year with a very unconventional romantic-drama, that promises to encapsulate viewers' attention through a vivid storyline set against a backdrop of love and family ties. This visual extravaganza is an unique collaboration of stalwarts from the television industry and we are excited to bring the best of family entertainment to our viewers."
Produced by Vandana Films, Subho Drishti will see Aishwariya Sen (Drishti) and Gourab Roy Choudhary (Subho) play the lead roles. Recreating the magic of the silver screen, the sweetheart couple of Tollywood Rituparna Sengupta and Prasenjit Chatterjee will be seen together for the first time on television. Adding to the charm of the show, the soulful music will be scored by the award-winning film music-director Anupam Roy, who marks his television debut with Subho Drishti, while the vibrant and grand sets have been designed by Shyam Dey.
Don't miss the charismatic entertainment of this romantic family drama starting January 1, Monday to Sunday at 7.30 pm, only on COLORS Bangla!
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About COLORS Bangla
A family entertainment channel that brought about a revolution in Bangla Television, COLORS Bangla (Erstwhile ETV Bangla) matches the distinctiveness of the rich Bangla culture with qualitative and contemporary programming. The channel mirrors the cultural ethos and the progressive values of the Bengalis' through innovative and relevant content. Some of our flagship shows have been programmes like Resham Jhanpi, Mahaprabhu Sree Chaitanya, E Amar Gurudakshina, Bindass Dance, Abbulish, Byomkesh, Shonge Srijit, Benebou, amongst others.
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The Blossomtime Festival, established in 1906, is Michigan's oldest and largest multi-community Festival. We hope you get to join with us in celebrating our beautiful Southwestern Michigan.
The Blossomtime Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to the educational development of young people and the dissemination of information for the purpose of educating the general public as to the value and contribution of agriculture to Southwest Michigan.
Miss & Mr. Blossomtime
Spanning two days & evenings, 20+ community queens vie for the title of Miss Blossomtime & each community also sends 2 gentlemen to compete for Mr. Blossomtime. They are judged on poise, interviewing skills, community service, & communications as well as stage presence & personality.
This premiere event draws 250,000 spectators & travels 2 ½ miles through St. Joseph across the bridge into Benton Harbor. The Parade averages 125 units of floral & animated floats, bands, comic characters, antique cars, clowns, equestrian groups, & drill teams.
First conducted in 1979, the Run kicks off at 10:30 am Parade Day & travels the same route.
The Blossomtime Festival would like to thank all of the businesses, organizations, and individuals for supporting us in our services to the community.
Volunteers are the backbone of the Blossomtime Festival.
Our volunteers serve in many different roles such as pageant committees, production crew, chaperone duties, Central Queens, parades, and at traditional Blossomtime events.


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Bienvillers-au-Bois és un municipi francès situat al departament del Pas de Calais i a la regió dels Alts de França. L'any 2007 tenia 604 habitants.

Demografia

Població
El 2007 la població de fet de Bienvillers-au-Bois era de 604 persones. Hi havia 244 famílies de les quals 72 eren unipersonals (16 homes vivint sols i 56 dones vivint soles), 80 parelles sense fills, 84 parelles amb fills i 8 famílies monoparentals amb fills.

La població ha evolucionat segons el següent gràfic:

Habitants censats

Habitatges
El 2007 hi havia 280 habitatges, 253 eren l'habitatge principal de la família, 8 eren segones residències i 19 estaven desocupats. 276 eren cases i 3 eren apartaments. Dels 253 habitatges principals, 222 estaven ocupats pels seus propietaris, 19 estaven llogats i ocupats pels llogaters i 12 estaven cedits a títol gratuït; 1 tenia una cambra, 5 en tenien dues, 28 en tenien tres, 62 en tenien quatre i 157 en tenien cinc o més. 191 habitatges disposaven pel capbaix d'una plaça de pàrquing. A 118 habitatges hi havia un automòbil i a 102 n'hi havia dos o més.

Piràmide de població
La piràmide de població per edats i sexe el 2009 era:

Economia
El 2007 la població en edat de treballar era de 377 persones, 280 eren actives i 97 eren inactives. De les 280 persones actives 255 estaven ocupades (139 homes i 116 dones) i 25 estaven aturades (11 homes i 14 dones). De les 97 persones inactives 37 estaven jubilades, 29 estaven estudiant i 31 estaven classificades com a «altres inactius».

Ingressos
El 2009 a Bienvillers-au-Bois hi havia 247 unitats fiscals que integraven 615 persones, la mediana anual d'ingressos fiscals per persona era de 17.798 €.

Activitats econòmiques
Dels 32 establiments que hi havia el 2007, 1 era d'una empresa alimentària, 2 d'empreses de fabricació de material elèctric, 2 d'empreses de fabricació d'altres productes industrials, 5 d'empreses de construcció, 7 d'empreses de comerç i reparació d'automòbils, 1 d'una empresa de transport, 1 d'una empresa d'hostatgeria i restauració, 2 d'empreses financeres, 2 d'empreses de serveis, 5 d'entitats de l'administració pública i 4 d'empreses classificades com a «altres activitats de serveis».

Dels 11 establiments de servei als particulars que hi havia el 2009, 2 eren tallers de reparació d'automòbils i de material agrícola, 2 paletes, 2 guixaires pintors, 1 fusteria i 4 perruqueries.

Dels 2 establiments comercials que hi havia el 2009, 1 era una botiga de menys de 120 m² i 1 una botiga de roba.

L'any 2000 a Bienvillers-au-Bois hi havia 14 explotacions agrícoles que ocupaven un total de 584 hectàrees.

Equipaments sanitaris i escolars
El 2009 hi havia 1 farmàcia i 1 ambulància.

El 2009 hi havia una escola maternal integrada dins d'un grup escolar amb les comunes properes formant una escola dispersa.

Poblacions més properes
El següent diagrama mostra les poblacions més properes.

Referències

 Résumé statistique Fitxa resum de dades estadístiques de Bienvillers-au-Bois a l'INSEE.
 Évolution et structure de la population Fitxa amb el detall de dades de Bienvillers-au-Bois a l'INSEE
 France par commune  Dades detallades de tots els municipis de França accessibles a partir del mapa.

Municipis del Pas de Calais

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Dear mummy, thank you so much for taking me down to Brighton over the weekend. We visited Funk the Family Festival in Hove, a one-day music festival and had a great time. The weather helped as it was such a sunny day!
We arrived after an hour journey through M25 traffic and parked in Hove City Centre. Funk the Family Festival 2015 was based at Hove Park, in a residential area and there wasn't any long stay parking available nearby. So we parked a mile away in Norton multi-storey car park, 6hrs for £4.70 which was the cheapest around we could find. It was quite a walk to the festival though!! Which took us 30 minutes with a toddler in tow. We could hear the music getting louder and louder as we walked towards the site, the festival was in full swing!
By the time we got to the Funk the Family festival queue (which was short and quick thankfully) we were frazzled and in a desperate need to sit down. There were no maps around so we just headed for the main stage to get our bearings. It was lunch time, so we found a spot with our picnic blanket next to Lucy's Little Forest School, on top of a slight hill so we could see the whole site while we had lunch.
There were so many food options available from gourmet burgers to curry or stone baked pizza and yummy burritos it took us ages to decide! We enjoyed a fresh pizza and sat in the sun and soaked up the atmosphere. We could hear the thumping music coming from the Club Tropicana DJ Bar near the entrance and the live music coming from the Main Stage.
The grassy field was a sea of people, picnic blankets and pushchairs. A lot of parents were sunbathing and letting their hair down, while little people roamed around them wearing bright orange wristbands with contact numbers on incase they went missing. It was a very safe environment and security and staff were on-hand and very visible which was reassuring.
After we had lunch we explored the site, the majority of the food stalls were on the left side of the festival's main stage and the activities were on the right side, with a scattering of festival craft/fashion stalls in the middle. It would have been good to have a programme to take with us or maps up around the site. Luckily it was small enough to see the majority of tents around.
Unfortunately we missed the Vintage Caravan Photo Booth and didn't discover it until it was time to go home. A map would have helped with that.
We didn't make it around to all of the activities but our favourites were Lucy's Little Forest School where we played with clay and made a forest sculpture. We watched other children make recycled art out of plastic shopping bags too which was a good up-cycling technique. I enjoyed sticking my pine combs and feathers in the clay and it was a great souvenir of the day to take home with me.
We loved watching the giant bubbles, against the backdrop of the blue sunny sky. It was quite a crowd pleaser, and even though it was busy it never felt like chaos. I even had a giant bubble pop on my head!
We enjoyed creating a work of art over at Bonnie Mob (Bonnie Baby London's) stand. For £6, we used fabric paint in neon colours to decorate a t-shirt to take home. This was great fun and with a little help from my mummy, we used stencils to embellish my creation. I loved painting my hands and imprinting them on the white fabric. Their marquee shielded us from the hot sun which was also a blessing in the heat of the day.
I loved the toy stroller test park, where Pimp My Stroller had demonstration models of their quirky toy strollers out for children to play with. I waited patiently for one to come available. When it was my turn I went round in circles over ramps pushing a toy stroller while other children used it as a speedway! A great idea, shame they didn't have more out to play with as the stand was quite popular with a lot of children waiting for their turn. We'd never seen anything like it. These toy strollers are really funky!!
Storytime, was another great activity and it allowed me to wind down before our trip home. I loved hearing about the Walnut Tree and was mesmerised by the story-teller.
Along with the disco tent, the circus tent and the messy play area, it was enough to keep the little ones amused. A lot of the children were content just to watch the bands perform on the main stage and have a good boogie. We watched a lot of children roll down the grassy banks and play chase too. They weather was a blessing as it was perfect weather for being outdoors, we don't know how it would have worked if it had been chucking it down with rain, as there was a lot of open space and not much cover.
The circus tent, Cirque Du Funk, was heaving, so we didn't manage to see a show. We opted to watch older children learn how to swing from the trapeze outside as part of the Circus Project. This was a shame and maybe next time they could have more seating or a bigger circus tent to fit everyone in. It proved to be quite popular!
In the end we headed back to the festival entrance where there was plenty of green space opposite the Club Tropicana DJ Bar and Disco. We spent the last hour here chilling out.
Daddy enjoyed listening to the DJ's while he queued for cocktails, however they could have done with an extra person helping to serve drinks as two people weren't enough to keep up with the demand at the Club Tropicana DJ Bar. He was there for 20 minutes which could have been spent dancing with me! £8 a cocktail was to be expected at a festival, however we observed that some festival goers had snuck bottles of wine in! Cheeky!
Funk the Family's toilet facilities were good and even at 5pm they weren't too stinky. More larger family portaloos would have been good. We loved that they had a separate quiet area for breastfeeding and nursing. The Tree of Life's well-being zone was great with opportunities to try Yoga for free, a cheap massage and get good health advice.
They could have done with more bins around the site for general waste as we carried a lot of our rubbish home with us as we couldn't see anywhere to put it. Lots of recycling bins around though which is always good.
A great day out! We'd recommend this family friendly festival to anyone, with or without children. The music was eclectic and fresh and really showcased the local talent. The setting was perfect, right in the heart of the community. A lovely local festival.
Dear mummy, Black Friday has begun! Typing fingers and shopping bags at the ready! Now is the perfect time to grab yourself a bargain before Christmas. As you know from previous posts we're big fans (no…HUGE fans) of UK small businesses. We love to buy and help promote the best of British, especially well designed and sought after fashion. Black Friday gives us the excuse to buy in bulk as we save so much on discount that we really can afford to buy high quality items.
We've tried and tested our favourite brand BonnieBaby UK for over a year now, some of the clothes my mummy bought for me over a year ago in the sales!! They still fit and have lasted multiple washes and crazy outdoor antics.
This week, my mummy has finally got round to ordering me some of my favourite key pieces from the A/W14 collection from Bonnie Baby UK. You see, I offered to help model some of their clothes earlier in the year to help showcase this Brighton based brand.
Go grab yourself a bargain from this luxurious childrenswear brand. The #Blackfriday discount only runs until Monday 1st December 2014!
Here's what I bought from Bonnie Baby's UK Black Friday sale, perfect for Winter!
How is it that I always sleep when daddy drives us down the M25? A good thing considering our journey to Brighton is quite long. The traffic isn't too bad as we head early in the morning and by the time we get to Brighton the sun is out but it is VERY windy. Mummy and Daddy are using their anoraks as wind parachutes as we duck in between the lanes towards the seafront. I screw my face up as the wind hits it, luckily we see the pier and the giant wheel and know that we are nearly there.
Brighton SEA LIFE centre sits right next to Brighton Pier and is a busy spot for tourists. It used to be called Brighton Aquarium and was built in 1872 and is the oldest operating aquarium in the WORLD! Woweee this place is old! Like a museum for fishys!
The SEA LIFE Centre took ownership of it in 1990, and because of their stance on conservation, research and their breeding program they rehabilitated and relased two trapped dolphins called Missie and Silver who were performing there before SEA LIFE took over. It's a very educational visit, even for someone as small as me.
I like looking at all the pretty colours in the Victorian Arcade where I saw a Thornback Ray and touched a StarFish at the Rockpool 🙂 Seeing all the fish float past us is truly a wonderful experience and I spend my time trying to catch them through the thick glass.
We left our pushchair at the buggy park in the entrance. While mummy changed me daddy had a look in the educational room where he found out more about the SEA LIFE Conservation Trust.
We went to see the Octopus Garden which was a new feature introduced last year. These creatures looked very funny and I was fascinated by the large Giant Pacific Octopus making calls to home! It reminding my mummy of ET phoning home….
Right in the centre of the Victorian Arcade is the cafe where we stopped for a bite to eat. While I was eating so were the Rays behind us as it was there feeding time too. The SEA LIFE staff were very knowledgable and friendly explaining the orgins of all the marine wildlife.
Even though it was busy, watching the fishes was a very calming experience.
The best part for me was the Ocean Tunnel underneath the Ocean Tank and Auditorium, we were very lucky as the crowds hadn't yet gathered there so it was quiet and we spent a great deal of time in there watching sharks and sea turtles swim past.
The only thing we didn't do was the Glass Bottom Boat as I was a bit young for that and mummy and daddy wanted to give me something to look forward to for our next visit to Brighton.
Mummys favourite room was the Kingdom of the Seahorse. She loves Seahorses and I can see why! there are nearly 50 species of Seahorse, from the smallest at 1cm to the largest called the Big Belly Seahorse at 30 times bigger!
Interesting fact – The Latin for Seahorse is Hippocampus which means Horse Monster!
We only saw a couple. Mummy was especially taken with the Pacific Seahorse who was sleeping and had attached himself to a bit of coral. He was very brightly coloured!
Carrying me started to become hard work and mummy and daddy's arms were aching so mummy carried me in her Pouchlings Mei Tai for the remainder of the visit which was great as I could see better and was at adult height looking into all of the tanks.
Mummy gave daddy a mental high five for this as I was getting tired and it gave me a rest so they could continue enjoying all the sights of the Aquarium.
We spent 2 hours in there completing my Log Dive Book full of stamps of my discoveries. This log book is a lovely keepsake to help me remember the days adventure and inspired me and my parents to take a closer look at Marine wildlife and conservation.
The 'Five things to do at home' part of the Guidebook was very eye-opening and informative and we would recommend a visit to SEALIFE Brighton to anyone! There are so many activities for children to take part in and so many things to see… That's why we will be going back for many years to come.


Nina Caplan tastes the best food and wine Victoria and South Australia has to offer during a road trip through vineyards down under.
There are two great things about road tripping in Australia: the lack of complications – no borders or language changes – and the wondrous sense of freedom. There's so much to see, and you are in control of how and when you see it.
I've travelled the spectacular Great Ocean Road between Victoria and South Australia before; this time I wanted to see what lay inland, away from that distractingly lovely shoreline. Happily, I discovered the answer is wine – and some excellent food to pair with it.
From Melbourne's fabulous QT hotel in the CBD, I went south-west to Geelong – the little city on the bay. Here I dined at Igni, a superb restaurant priding itself on its tasting menu. I also stopped at Geelong Cellar Door, a cosy spot with an open fire that specialises in local wines – which you can also take away.
If you're wondering what to try, Wines by Farr is a good label to look for. Unusually for an Aussie winery, they don't welcome visitors; the wines are so good, and quantities so small, they don't need to. Lethbridge wines are also superb, although for a more personal tasting experience you can visit winery owners Ray Nadeson and Maree Collis with a 30-minute drive north. If you ring in advance, they'll even prepare a platter lunch to accompany their vintages.
Geelong is a great jumping-off point, not into the bay but into the vineyards that benefit from its cooling influence. There are plenty to choose from: Leura Park Estate; Jack Rabbit Vineyard, which has a restaurant with panoramic views; Oakdene, where you taste in what looks like a house tipped on its head; and Scotchmans Hill, from which winemaker Robin Brockett claims you can see all the way to Melbourne – although better to admire the vines from the old-style farmhouse while sampling their excellent wine.
Another way to enjoy the scenery is on the Q Train, a crazy notion to show off the view and the local produce via a decommissioned locomotive from Queensland. A six-course tasting menu is served in First Class; dishes arrive on a tiered tray à la afternoon tea, and local wines are served as the train slides past the birdlife of Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park and the scenic waters of Swan Bay.
Under no circumstances should anyone travelling this route miss out on Brae – that is, unless they hate great food and wine. Dan Hunter made his name at the Royal Mail Hotel (still worth a stop for its restaurant – and the largest privately owned wine cellar in the Southern Hemisphere), but has since moved to Birregurra and created a gastronomic marvel in a former farmhouse. Here, he and his team mill their own flour and grow their own produce. The multi-course menu in this world-class restaurant is an exceptional blend of local ingredients and witty presentation. Brae is also a hotel; there are six guest suites on-site, all with record players, baths overlooking the countryside, and the best mini-bar I've ever seen: half bottles from makers like Bill Downie, whose recherché wines are hard to find even in big cities.
Drive across the invisible border into South Australia and the land changes subtly. First there's the Blue Lake, a volcanic crater near Mount Gambier filled with water that turns turquoise in the summer. Then there are the Naracoorte Caves, a series of grottos discovered in 1859 by Reverend Tenison-Woods, who claimed they were evidence of the Biblical flood. The caves are filled with the bones of prehistoric creatures that fell into these hollows and were trapped and preserved, including marsupial lion and gargantuan kangaroo. These and the eerily lit rock formations make for a memorable experience of the land that nurtures the vines above.
The third place to see the differences between this patch of Australia and every other region is in the glass. The distinctive red soil of Coonawarra makes a great home for cabernet sauvignon in particular. There's plenty of tasty proof at Redman Wines, Katnook Estate, Wynns – a winery established in the 19th century with an interesting mini-museum – and Raidis Estate, where a young couple are making great wines boding well for the next generation of cabernet lovers.
And nobody goes hungry in Coonawarra, either. There's terrific food overlooking the vines at Hollick Estate or in town at Pipers of Penola, a fine-tuned little place with a fabulous list of local bottles.
Then it's on to McLaren Vale, where Chester Osborn of d'Arenberg wines has built a showplace for his products that's as oddball as he is. It looks like a giant Rubik's Cube among the vines filled with experiences, from sensory chambers and 180-degree views of the vineyards, to an opportunity to blend your very own d'Arenberg. And when the craziness gets too much (even the toilets have bonkers decoration), you can nip across to their old-fashioned restaurant, d'Arry's Verandah, for a superb lunch made from local ingredients.
Everybody is talking about the Cube, but a quieter McLaren Vale experience that nobody should miss is feeding kangaroo at Woodstock Wine Estate. Their wines are excellent too, but there's nothing quite like entering an enclosure where young roos bound up for bottled milk, while a friendly emu looks on wondering what all the fuss is about.
If you have time on the gorgeous drive to the Adelaide Hills, Yangarra Estate Vineyard is worth a stop. It has a tasting room like a well upholstered living room and a selection of wines made from southern Rhône varieties that could give the vignerons of Châteauneuf-du-Pape a run for their money. Nip east before you drive west into Adelaide for lunch at Bird in Hand winery, where the food is excellent, there are back vintages open to try, and the birds in question – rose-breasted cockatoos – hop around the vines as if they own the place.
Feeling inspired to book your own luxury food and wine tour down under? Speak to one of our travel specialists today, or browse our suggested Australia itineraries for more inspiration.


Out of the thousand or so columns I wrote for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the one concerning this garden scene elicited a lot of comments (in the days before you could comment on-line; I just remember the snail mail that came in about it).
What happened here was that the homeowner/gardener took a narrow, messy space between her neighbor's property and the side of her own house and made a charming pass-through garden.
I have a "before" picture that shows English ivy crawling up the side of her house (which is to the right, out of frame) and thickly hugging the ground where the diamond-patterned stepping stones are. There was no way I would have walked the length of her house. No telling what lay beneath all that thick greenery.
I find this a very inspiring garden idea because the homeowner was able to clear the ivy herself, buy the stepping stones and mulch and lay out the path. She did find a handyman to build the arch and gate, which are her own designs.
This photograph was taken from the entrance to the back yard, looking towards the front of the house. The gardener was able to use a lot of textures - ferns, a conifer, broadleaf evergreens, the smaller foliage of boxwoods - to create a nice composition. Along the path, she had planted hydrangeas (the garden was on the American Hydrangea Society's annual tour), and it looks like she had a splash of pink color from a climbing rose on the left. In the foreground, the ground cover is golden creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea').
Sometimes you leave a garden with your heart beating so fast because you realize that you could create such a space yourself. That's how I felt when I got into my car. You wouldn't even have to be a gardener to emulate this idea and improve the side of the house that is so often neglected.
Martha, you made my day with this posting. This is my garden 6 years ago! I had no idea you received lots of mail commenting on your article about my side yard. Thank you for posting this.


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Fabrication of ZnO and ZnO:Sb Nanoparticles for Gas Sensor Applications
A. B. Kashyout,1 H. M. A. Soliman,1 H. Shokry Hassan,1 and A. M. Abousehly2
1Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (MuCSAT), New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
2Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Al-Azhar uni Street, 71524 Assiut, Egypt
Received 15 November 2009; Accepted 31 August 2010
Academic Editor: P. Panine
Copyright © 2010 A. B. Kashyout et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Video: Why the 2020 Caravans Threaten the Fragile Success of Trump's Border Policies
On-the-Ground Reporting in Latin America
Just last Friday, on my last full day of reporting for the Center for Immigration Studies on the Mexico-Guatemala border, I found myself with the leading elements of the just-arrived, first migrant "caravan" of 2020. It was in Tecún Umán, the Guatemalan border town just on the other side of the Puente Rodolfo Robles International Bridge.
About 300-400 of the mostly young, male Hondurans, some of whom had donned masks after I began videotaping the crowd, were excitedly chanting "Hon-dur-as! Hon-dur-as! Hon-dur-as!" Guatemalan police had blocked them from the bridge over to Hidalgo, Mexico, for the time being. Which was fine, they told me, because the plan was to wait for more migrants to arrive and then push over the bridge in the morning and continue on north up Mexico's spine to the American border, just like past caravans. Everyone I interviewed said they were coming for jobs, except for one man who said he wanted American cancer treatment for the child at his side.
But the excitement visible in their faces and body language went dark fast, then dissolved into disbelieving glance exchanges as I explained to the dozen Hondurans surrounding me what I had just found over the previous week of reporting on the Mexican side. This time, I told the young men listening to me with keen interest now, they were going to run headlong into a new defensive bulwark the Mexicans had put up.
It was evident that these men, unbelievably, had not heard that Mexico now had the means, will, and preparation to stop the caravans by force on that bridge with riot troops and reinforced spiked gating I'd just inspected, but also that Mexico had built an inland national guard skein that would catch most everyone else and send them into a deportation machine that would transport their masses home by plane and bus. I said my reporting had just found that those who did manage to get through this particular area would not likely get anywhere near the American border due to an interlocking system of National Guard roadblocks throughout the Mexican border state of Chiapas that was proving pretty effective in feeding caught migrants back into the border deportation machine.
I told them those who didn't want to be deported had only the choice of applying for Mexican asylum, but that this would take many months, with success disqualifying them from making a US asylum claim for years, and entrap them in southern Mexico during the long wait on pain of deportation, hemmed in by the national guard.
The caravanners, of course, heedlessly and violently charged right into this buzz saw anyway in a series of dramatic melees this week after I flew home, as can be seen from my CIS colleague Jason Peña's collection of reporting on the caravan's destruction and the mass deportations of its participating ranks. This particular caravan now stands broken and repulsed, as was one in October that fell upon the same Mexican shoals.
Despite Warnings, the Caravans Keep Coming
But the caravans keep forming and coming, defying deterrence in what appears to be a purposeful campaign to probe, test, and shake Mexico's will to stand fast.
America needs Mexico to do so, and the stakes in the outcome of these battles couldn't be higher for border security against mass illegal migration. Because while Americans and policymakers who oppose unfettered mass illegal immigration may feel relief or even take delight in the fates of these violent caravans, the relentless probing highlights the dependency on Mexico of President Donald Trump's successful initiatives that effectively ended the million-strong mass migration crisis of 2018-2019 and portends a resumption of that unwanted population transfer at any moment.
These caravans bring into sharp relief the fact that Mexico's cooperation forms the most important membrane standing between an unimpeded resumption of the crisis. And it's a thin one.
It should be pointed out that Mexico is doing all of this not out of friendship or informed self-interest, but under duress. With a Democratic House of Representatives blocking all legislative remedies to deter Central America's population transfers, President Trump had to scare Mexico into acting by threatening progressive trade tariffs of up to 25 percent on all exports if it did not stop the moving populations at its southern border.
Should even one of these testing, probing caravans be allowed to find and exploit a breach in the Mexican defense, or should President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) falter for a moment, many more will no doubt follow through the breach. That happening would quickly overwhelm the American deterrence policies such as the "Remain-in-Mexico" pushbacksof asylum applicants, the efficient administration of which depends on currently manageable volumes. The whole house of cards can fall on a Mexican political whim, or an unfortunate incident amplified by the media.
That day may well come anyway in November 2020, should Trump lose the election and his credible threat of debilitating tariffs leave the White House with him. With the tariff threat removed, AMLO might well return the national guard to their barracks and reopen his nation as the transit country it has always been.
That's why permanent legislative remedies are necessary to, for instance, reform US asylum law, close certain incentivizing loopholes, and finish a barrier, among other needed permanent measures.
It's still unclear who organized these latest caravans and what their agenda is. That there is a political agenda at play here is almost beyond doubt, though while I was among the caravan migrants, I asked everyone I could who the leaders were and who was leading them to which locations. The answers I got back were typical: No one knew of any leader; they just heard about a new caravan on social media, then the regular media picked up on that, and a kind of herd formed up that kind of directed itself as to where to go.
But it seems likely that whoever is going onto social media and announcing new caravans is doing so well understanding the stakes involved in forming new ones that will continuously press and challenge the Mexicans to hold fast.
Yet another one is already on its way from Honduras, this one described as "massive" and "violent and lawless".
Until Congress legislates more permanent remedies, the Trump administration right now should be whispering in AMLO's ear that those trade tariffs are back on the table and would be far worse for Mexico than the violent and lawless people on their way to his border.
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Todd Bensman is a contributing author for NRN and currently serves as the Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) at www.cis.org, a Washington, D.C. policy institute for which he writes, speaks, and grants media interviews about the nexus between immigration and national security. Bensman was a journalist for 23 years, covering national security after 9/11 for major newspapers.
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While cooking, it's OK to have a professional who helps you. Besides, it's a good chance to not screwing up. But it is other case with Software Project Development. You may just loose your customer if you fail to make defects free, good and reliable Software. So it is better to turn to tester for help if you want to check out all your system and make sure that there are no errors.
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Thursday, April 20, 2017 3:06pm
Dwayne Arthur Langland was born on September 15th, 1926, in Lake Preston, South Dakota.
He passed away on Vashon Island on April 6th, 2017, at the age of 90.
Dwayne's family, including his grandparents, and many aunts, uncles and cousins, migrated to the Northwest in the early 1940s in search of a more prosperous life. They found that life on Vashon Island where his father Art, began work as a home builder. Dwayne and his four siblings entered the local schools and he graduated from Vashon High School in 1944. He entered the University of Washington, affiliated with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, and earned a degree in Civil Engineering.
After several years of dating, he married a local girl, June Bargelt, in 1949. He claimed for the rest of his time on earth that this was the single luckiest break in his entire life. Their 67-year marriage was a true and enduring love story. Dwayne was lucky again in 1951 when he bought a $1.00 raffle ticket for the grand opening event of Larson's Marina in Burton. He won the grand prize: a 19 foot Skippercraft boat with motor. This began a life-long passion for boating, water sports and family adventures.
Dwayne went to work for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers right out of college, and remained with them for his entire 40-year career. One of his first projects was the design of the fish ladders at the Ballard locks. Eventually, for his career, he and his family moved to Frankfurt, Germany, where for years he helped design and maintain a wide variety of government buildings. Later assignments included several years in Virginia and then to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Although they missed their Vashon Island home for 20 years running, Dwayne and June took full advantage of this opportunity to travel through Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Dwayne retired in 1989 when he and June enjoyed a two-month car trip across the United States, visiting numerous relatives and friends met while living abroad.
Upon resettling into their Vashon home, Dwayne's first purchase was another motor boat and a membership at The Quartermaster Yacht Club. He enjoyed years of cruising, "boat-talk" and fellowship with the group.
When he was not boating, Dwayne loved music and sang with the Seachordsmen Barbershop Chorus and, until a few years ago, the Vashon Island Chorale. He was an active member of Vashon Lutheran Church since his youth, and a former member of the Vashon Health Center Board. Dwayne most recently lived at Vashon Community Care where he received daily loving care for his health conditions related to Parkinson's Disease. He will be remembered as a sweet-tempered man with a kind, outgoing and agreeable nature.
Dwayne was preceded in death by his parents Art & Ina, brother Ken and sister Betty. Survivors include his wife, June, sisters Mary Lou and Maxine. Surviving also are his four children Gayle (Jeff), Tom (Mary), Paul (Shannon) and Jann(Dave) along with ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to Vashon Community Care Foundation or the Vashon Lutheran Church. A memorial service is planned at Vashon Lutheran on Saturday, April 22nd, at 11:00am
Please visit our online guest book at www.islandfuneral.com
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Trump: 'Certainly Would Look' Like Iran Was Responsible for Attacks on Saudi Oil Plants
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Speaking from the White House, US President Donald Trump told reporters Monday that based on evidence he's seen, it appears as though Iran is responsible for the weekend attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities.
"Well, it's looking that way," Trump said when asked if Iran was responsible for the Saturday drone strikes. "We'll let you know definitively. ... That's being checked out right now."
He added that it "certainly would look" like Iran was behind the drone strike.
Sitting in the Oval Office with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Trump went on to stress that he doesn't want to start a war with Iran, and that the use of diplomacy with Iran was not yet exhausted. "I know they want to make a deal. ... At some point, it will work out," Trump said.
The weekend strikes early Saturday saw two major Saudi Aramco facilities go up in flames following drone strikes, for which Iran-backed Houthi rebels subsequently claimed responsibility. Rebels indicated that they used 10 drones to carry out the strike, and that they will continue to conduct similar attacks until Saudi Arabia ends its "aggression and blockade of Yemen."
Despite responsibility claims from Houthi rebels, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was quick to follow up later Saturday by accusing Iran, tweeting that "Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on Saudi Arabia."
— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) September 14, 2019
Pompeo also stated that there is "no evidence that the attacks came from Yemen."
Iran, in turn, shot down Pompeo's accusations, with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeting that the Trump administration was switching from its "maximum pressure" policy toward Iran to "max deceit."
Trump revealed during the presser that Pompeo and other administration officials will be traveling to Saudi Arabia in an effort to better understand the weekend events. When asked if he had made promises to protect the Saudis, Trump told reporters that he hasn't made any such assurances and that "we have to sit down ... and work something out with [Saudi officials]."
Aside from US-Iran matters, Trump declined to indicate whether or not North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had invited the US president to meet in a recent letter, telling the press that he wasn't prepared to make a visit at present.
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