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The Diamantina Drover
The Diamantina DroverMurray Milliken2019-04-21T15:21:49+10:00
"The Diamantina Drover" is a song about life in the saddle in outback Queensland written by Australian singer-songwriter Hugh McDonald (1954-2016). Hugh was probably best known as a member of the folk-rock group Redgum. From 1986 to 1990 he was their lead singer and wrote a number of the group's hit songs, including "The Diamantina Drover".
Hugh grew up in the small northern Victorian town of Kerang where, he says, he came in contact with many old bush characters. These somehow all morphed into one to become the character we know as the Diamantina Drover. But the person whom the song most resembled, in Hugh's mind, was a Mr Brown who lived next door. He was well into his 80s and would sit on a stump while he chopped wood and told stories of logging on the Murray River.
"The Diamantina Drover" tells the story of a drover who leaves behind his family in Sydney and sets out to find work on Cork Station on the banks of the Diamantina River in the channel country of far western Queensland. He promises his family that he'll return home when the droving is finished. But ten years go by and, despite the hardships of the drover's life, he still finds it hard to leave behind the wide-open spaces and return to city life.
The "Diamantina" in the song title refers to the Diamantina River, one of several large Queensland river systems that make their way towards Lake Eyre, in South Australia. Because the Lake Eyre basin is located entirely in desert and semi desert country, the rivers flow only intermittently following periods of heavy rain. For most of the time, the shallow river channels are dry and dusty, and Lake Eyre is an expansive salt plain.
Cork Station is located on the east bank of the Diamantina River about 126 kilometres south-west of the town of Winton. It was established in the 1870s and was the local mail distribution point before Winton was established. As the homestead was often cut off by floods for several weeks at a time, the administrative centre of the property moved at the turn of the 20th Century. However, the families of the workers on the property continued to live at Old Cork until the 1980s, when it was finally abandoned. Today, some of the sandstone walls still stand, along with an outbuilding and a windmill on the riverbank. The ruins of the homestead are a poignant reminder of the pioneering history of Australia.
Versions are available for both SATB and TTBB choir.
The Diamantina Drover SATB Pg. 1
The Diamantina Drover TTBB Pg. 1
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Lower Voices
Ebony and Ivory
Hard to Say I'm Sorry
Fall on Me
God's Been Good to Me
Score Details
Title: The Diamantina Drover
Date: Revised arrangement March 2019 by Sandra Milliken. Published by Sandra Milliken through SMP Press
Scored for: SATB & TTBB choir and soloists with piano and violin accompaniment
Original: Words and music by Hugh McDonald. Copyright 1987 Universal Music Publishing Group Pty Ltd
Premiere: Queensland Youth Choir
The featured image "Old Cork Station homestead ruins" courtesy John Lovett – Artist. www.johnlovett.com
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ALTHOUGH BARACK OBAMA has been president for little more than a month, that doesn't mean it's too early to start talking about his presidential library. After all, once election to the presidency puts someone in the White House his thoughts inevitably turn to another location. The White House is his only on loan. A presidential library, however, is a mansion that's solely his - an altar where others can genuflect before his achievements, and an attic in which to stow away his failures. Presidents have come to expend so much time and effort on their libraries it can almost seem that such institutions are the final, grandest trapping of office, like British prime ministers being elevated to a peerage. Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, meet Bill Clinton of the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum.
The problem with this "tradition" is that it's not in any way traditional. The presidential library dates back less than 70 years. More important, the United States doesn't have a House of Lords. It's a country where libraries are for reading and research, not nine-figure reputation-burnishing.
So it's not too early for Obama to reject the idea of having a presidential library. As a candidate, he made change the byword of his campaign, and here's one instance where it's not only long overdue but easily achieved. Obama should leave all the slavering over terrazzo and plate glass to chief executives less secure in their legacy. Just say no, Mr. President!
On the face of it, such an idea might seem ridiculous. Why shouldn't Obama have a presidential library, a place for his papers and the records of his administration to be archived and a museum dedicated to his life and work? Every president since Herbert Hoover has one or, in the case of George W. Bush, will have one. But that argument has things backward. What's truly ridiculous is the idea that just because someone is elected to the highest office in the Republic he's then not only entitled but expected to act like a pharaoh and build a monument to his own importance. Quite simply, presidential libraries are undemocratic and unnecessary (the National Archives and Records Administration already has fine facilities, thank you very much). They're even conducive to unethical behavior. Recall that it was Denise Rich's donation of $450,000 to the Clinton presidential library fund that made his pardoning of her on-the-lam husband, Marc, such a scandal in 2001.
There are 13 presidential libraries in all. Pharaohs were fond of numerology. Such an unlucky number would be a good place to stop.
Presidential libraries have come to seem somehow mandatory, as much a part of the highest office in the land as Secret Service details and "Hail to the Chief." Yet it wasn't always so. The imperial presidency provided a post-presidential imperial building program.
In simpler times, administrations generated far fewer documents; and the presidency wasn't seen as being so exalted it required personalized repositories.
The manuscript division of the Library of Congress has the papers of 23 of the first 29 presidents. The first presidential library didn't open until 1941. That was Roosevelt's, and every subsequent president has had one.
Chronologically, Roosevelt doesn't come first in the list of presidents with a library. That would be Hoover. Seeing the success of the libraries of Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower, Hoover decided to have one, too. The Hoover Library isn't just the first presidential library in the order of chief executives. It's the only one to have among its holdings the papers of Laura Ingalls Wilder, thus making it a kind of Little White House on the Prairie. The Kennedy Library has Ernest Hemingway's papers. Perhaps an argument for Obama's having one is that it could provide a worthy home for Oprah's.
Although the National Archives administers the libraries, they are built and endowed with private funds. They have become grotesquely expensive. Whereas "presidential library" has always meant a museum as well as archive (all those replica Oval Offices and the like), now it also entails a center or foundation, too. Clinton raised $165 million for his library. Bush is seeking to raise $300 million for his. It goes unmentioned that the many worthy causes those various presidential centers and foundations promote could be advanced far more effectively without the Tutankhamen-style construction projects. The presidential library has also created something new in the realm of public shamelessness: The spectacle of the most powerful man in the world reduced to being a supplicant for the greater glory of his own reputation.
The irony is they can be Flying Dutchman-like embarrassments. The Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan libraries all followed wayward paths to their present locations, as public protests led to the rejection of proposed sites. If Karnak doesn't pan out, there's always Luxor (or Simi Valley). Furthermore, their simultaneous requirement to be monumental and bland - Ozymandias at the shopping mall, Kim Jong-il having open house at the bunker - has been the undoing of such noted architects as I.M. Pei (Kennedy's), Gordon Bunshaft (Johnson's), and James Polshek (Clinton's). It's strangely fitting that the design of the most architecturally distinctive library, Roosevelt's, came from the president himself.
None of this would matter, of course, if presidential libraries were necessary to serve what is their ostensible primary purpose: the preservation, organization, and making available for public inspection the records of their respective presidents. There was a time when the purpose was gruesomely neglected. Many presidential heirs in the 19th and early 20th centuries would cut signatures off documents to sell to autograph seekers. Sometimes the culprit was the president himself. The day before he died Chester A. Arthur filled three trash cans with official papers and burned them. Thanks to the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955 and Presidential Records Act of 1978 such archival atrocities can't happen today.
Yet there's no need for an intermediary, the presidential library, between the National Archives and the documents. Owing to the untrustworthiness of Richard Nixon, NARA has already shown how well it can make available a presidential record on its own. Nixon had sought to take his papers with him to California when he resigned from office. Congress, fearing what could happen to tapes and documents that might serve as evidence in Watergate-related trials, prohibited him from doing so. This led to a Sisyphean series of court actions that lasted beyond Nixon's death. The papers did finally end up in the Nixon Library, in 2007. Yet the Archives had possession before then, first in a leased warehouse in an Alexandria, Va., industrial park, then in its Archives II facility, in College Park, Md. As the author of a Nixon book who spent time using both facilities, I saw firsthand that presidential archives don't require presidential libraries to be accessible and well maintained.
What the Nixon Library had even when it didn't have Nixon's presidential papers (or tapes) was something that neither of the NARA facilities did: the house where the president was born and spent the first nine years of his life. That house can reveal more about Nixon than any number of documents can. One justification of presidential libraries has been that they provide a sense of how where a president came from shaped who he was. This is certainly true with the Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower libraries; it may even be true with Ford's (change in Grand Rapids is neither grand nor rapid). Yet that white bungalow Frank Nixon built for his family indicates just how irrelevant that argument has otherwise become. The lemon grove it once lay in long ago gave way to the Orange County sprawl of Yorba Linda Blvd. The house remains a revelation; the setting does not.
What the accelerating pace of social change in 20th-century America made increasingly obsolete, the biographical journey of Barack Obama has rendered completely so. Where would an Obama Library make most sense: Hawaii? Kansas? Indonesia (the presidential library goes global!)? Southern California? Manhattan's Upper West Side? Cambridge (which once rejected the Kennedy Library)? Hyde Park? That would be the one in Chicago, of course. Obama transcends place as well as race. It's no small part of what makes him such an extraordinary figure.
The official purpose of a presidential library may be archival, but its true purpose might most diplomatically be described as making the ordinary seem extraordinary. The library part of presidential libraries, the part that NARA handles, is about history. The museum part, the high-profile part that draws the vast preponderance of visitors, is about good visuals and PR. It's safe to say that if a president deserves a monument or memorial, and that's what presidential libraries fundamentally are, he will get one. It's also safe to say few presidents actually do deserve a monument or memorial.
Presidents, even mediocre and poor ones, are no fools. In fact, it's especially the mediocre and poor ones who aren't fools; the great ones tend to be those who do things that initially seem foolish (a Louisiana Purchase, an Emancipation Proclamation, a challenge to tear down the Berlin Wall). And who among us doesn't want a monument or memorial? So it's come to seem de rigueur - rather than de trop - that a library is as much a part of a post-presidency as a pension. But it isn't and shouldn't be.
Barack Obama is that rare president who changed our understanding of the presidency before he even took office. He can do something even rarer and change our understanding of the post-presidency well before leaving office. In the years that remain to him in the White House, Obama has better things to do with his time than plan a palace for his reputation.
Mark Feeney, a member of the Globe staff, is the author of "Nixon at the Movies: A Book about Belief."
© Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company.
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Interview: Australian pop star Jessica Mauboy shines in feel-good film The Sapphires, about an inspirational Aboriginal singing group
28th Oct 2012 12:19pm | By Alasdair Morton
Every once in a while a film comes along and captures the public's imagination.
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But most impressively, for an uplifting musical drama, it has real weight along with its warmth, mixing musical numbers, comedy, an affecting love story and familial drama, with astute social and cultural commentary of a part of Australia's past that isn't talked about enough.
Adapted from the 2004 stage musical of the same name, The Sapphires tells the story of a group of Aboriginal singers in the Sixties, who faced and overcame racial prejudice as they went from being local celebrities, performing songs from the back of a van, to getting themselves a manager and travelling to Vietnam to entertain the troops.
"In terms of putting issues on the table, Australia is really behind in this," 2006 Australian Idol runner-up, pop star and lead Sapphire Jessica Mauboy says of the period in which the film is set and the present.
"[Australia] is still really afraid of embracing what really happened, and the film allows that," she adds.
"That is one of the things that I love about it. Without pointing at anyone, it celebrates [Australia's history] and not just Aboriginal women, but all women, too."
It's easy to see where this authenticity and celebration comes from.
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The Manubaran languages are a small family of Trans–New Guinea languages spoken around Mount Brown in the "Bird's Tail" (southeastern peninsula) of New Guinea. They are classified within the Southeast Papuan branch of Trans–New Guinea.

Languages
The languages are Doromu and Maria, and are 63% lexically similar.

Proto-language

Phonemes
Usher (2020) reconstructs the consonant inventory as follows:

{|
| *m || *n ||  ||  ||
|-
| *p || *t ||  || *k || *ʔ
|-
| *b || *d ||  || *g ||
|-
|  || *s ||  ||  || [*h]
|-
| *w || *ɾ || *j ||  ||
|}
Vowels are *a *e *i *o *u.

Pronouns
Usher (2020) reconstructs the pronouns as:
{|
! !!sg!!pl
|-
!1
|*na ||*[o/u]na
|-
!2
|colspan=2|*ja
|-
!3
|colspan=2|*ina
|}

Basic vocabulary

Usher (2020)
Some lexical reconstructions of Proto-Mount Brown and Proto-Doromu-Koki, as well as Proto-Gebi and Proto-Maria, by Usher (2020) are:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! gloss !! Proto-Mount Brown !! Proto-Doromu-Koki !! Proto-Gebi !! Proto-Maria
|-
! head
| *ada || *ada || ada || *ada
|-
! hair/feather(s)
| *u[w]e[t/k]a || *u[w]eta || uweta || *u[w]eʔa
|-
! ear
| *anema || *anema || anema || *anema
|-
! eye
| *ne || *ne || ne-una || ne[ʔ]una
|-
! nose
| *uɾuma || *uɾuma || uruma || *uɾuma
|-
! tooth
| *gade || *gade || gadi || *gade
|-
! tongue
| *api[j]e || *aɸi[j]e || api || *aɸi[j]e
|-
! blood
| *daweʔa || *dawaʔa || dawa || *daweʔa
|-
! bone
| *nena || *nena || nena || *nena
|-
! skin/bark
| *ɾoʔo || *ɾoʔo || lo-o || *ɾoʔo
|-
! breast
| *sisu || *sisu || sisu || *hihu
|-
! louse
| *gu[w]e || *gu[w]e || gu-e || *gu[w]e
|-
! dog
| *auna || *auna || auna || *auna
|-
! pig
| *dona || *dona || dona || *dona
|-
! bird
| *eɾena || *eɾena || eerma || *eɾena
|-
! egg
| *unema || *unema || unema || *unema
|-
! tree
| *jabo || *jabo || iabo || *jabo
|-
! man/husband
| *ami[j]e || *ami[j]e || amie || *ami[j]e
|-
! woman/wife
| *ɾema || *ɾema || lema ||
|-
! sun
| *me[i]daʔa || *me[i]daʔa || meda || *me[i]daʔa
|-
! moon
| *ejoʔa || *ejoʔo || e-io || *ejoʔa
|-
! water/river
| *koɾu || *koɾu || oru ≈ koro- || *ʔoɾu
|-
! fire
| *ita || *ita || ita || *iha
|-
! stone
| *waʔiga ||  || waiga || *waʔiga
|-
! path
| *ida || *ida || ida ||
|-
! name
| *ɾoka || *ɾoka ||  || *ɾoʔa
|-
! eat/drink
| *iɾi- || *iɾi- ||  || *iɾi-
|-
! one
| *jokohi || *jokoi || jokio || *joʔohi
|-
! two
| *[ɾ/j]ema || *[ɾ]ema || lema || *jema
|}

Ross (2014)
The following basic vocabulary words of Proto-Manubaran and lower-level reconstructions by Malcolm Ross (2014) are from the Trans-New Guinea database:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! gloss !! Proto-Manubaran !! Proto-Doromu !! Proto-Maria
|-
! head
| *ada || *ada || *ada
|-
! hair
| *weʔia || *ue-ta || *ueʔa
|-
! ear
| *ane-ma || *ane-ma || *ane-ma
|-
! eye
| *ne(u) || *ne(-) || *ne-
|-
! nose
| *uru-ma || *uru-ma || *uru-ma
|-
! tooth
| *gade || *gade || *gade
|-
! tongue
| *afie || *afie || *ahie
|-
! leg
| *[n,y]u-ka || *yu-ka || *nu-ʔa; *one-ʔa
|-
! louse
| *gue || *gue || *gue
|-
! dog
| *auna || *auna || *auna
|-
! pig
| *Dona || *dona || *tona
|-
! bird
| *erena || *erena || *erena
|-
! egg
| *une-ma || *une-ma || *une-ma
|-
! blood
|  || *tava || *tae(k,ʔ)a
|-
! bone
| *nena || *nena || *nena
|-
! skin
| *roʔ(o,a) || *ro(a) || *roʔ(o,a)
|-
! tree
| *yabo || *yabo || *yabo
|-
! man
| *amie || *amie || *amie
|-
! woman
|  || *rema || *oue
|-
! sky
| *gure || *gure || *gure
|-
! sun
| *maida(ka) || *meida(ka) || *maidaʔa
|-
! moon
| *e(y)oʔa; *mohe- (?) ||  || *eoʔa
|-
! water
| *koru || *koru || *ʔoru
|-
! fire
| *ita || *ita || *ita
|-
! stone
|  || *fore || *vaʔiga
|-
! name
| *roka || *roka || *roʔa-ba
|-
! eat
| *iri- || *iri || *iri-
|-
! one
| *yokohi || *yokoima || *yoʔohi
|-
! two
| *(ye)(ka)ma[nu] || *re-manu || *ye-ma
|}

Evolution
Maria reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea (pTNG) etyma are:

ama 'mother' < *am(a,i)
baba(e) 'father' < *mbapa
kuyau 'cassowary' < *ku(y)a
ita(isa) 'tree' < *inda

References

Further reading
Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Manubaran. TransNewGuinea.org.
Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Maria. TransNewGuinea.org.
Ross, Malcolm. 2014. Proto-Doromu. TransNewGuinea.org.

External links
 Timothy Usher, New Guinea World, Owen Stanley Range
 (ibid.) Proto–Mount Brown

Owen Stanley Range languages
Languages of Central Province (Papua New Guinea)

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Have there been any interviews with Newell about his Steam announcement at the Sony Press Conference? Valve is one of those rare companies that has a strong hold of my gaming heart, and I'm always curious about the moves they make. I wish I had access to their "where the industry is going" conversations because they make interesting choices, and often push in directions I wish the industry would. And their games are excellent.
When Halo 2 overshadowed Half-Life 2 in the press, it bothered me because HL2 had a vastly superior campaign, and I couldn't believe the balls on the HL2 team basically the template for Trespasser and saying, "let's try that again, but do it right this time." Even though it seemed like TF2 needed a decade or so to develop, the end product is so polished, gleeful, and well-supported that none of the wait mattered. And L4D is play-for-play something I've wanted in cooperative shooters for a long, long time now. But Portal is that rare accomplishment, so perfectly sublime an experience that despite admiring Valve, I wonder how many of the decisions that made it so powerful were intentional, and whether the same foresight/luck will make its sequel as compelling.
Could not agree more about Portal and Valve.


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Damon Gameau, creator, That Sugar Film
There were a few moments when I questioned what the hell I was doing ...
We may have grown up believing that baking a cake or a batch of cookies is the way to show love and celebrate milestones, but as we've learnt recently, sugar is no positive reward. Documentaries, health blogs and experts have been spreading the message about the dangers of refined sugar, inspiring a new wave of sugar-free products and venues here in Brisbane and around the globe. While we're well aware of the sugar content in soft drinks and fast food, it's the perceived 'healthy' products that are tricking many of us into consuming excessively high levels. One man decided enough was enough and set out to help enlighten the masses about what we're putting into our bodies every day under the guise of 'good health'. Damon Gameau's new documentary That Sugar Film has been gaining widespread international attention, with most Q&A screenings on his Australian tour already sold out. Before the film opens at Palace Barracks and Event Cinemas Indooroopilly next Thursday March 19 and Schonell Theatre Thursday April 9, The Weekend Edition chatted to Damon about sugar addiction, taking action and his now-famous bright-orange undies.
We've seen documentaries released in the past about the dangers of a high-sugar diet, but That Sugar Film focuses on the sugar levels in perceived 'healthy' foods. How did you develop that angle?
I was with a couple of friends and we had an idea for seeing how my body would react if I just ate hospital food for a month … and then that morphed into sugar. I guess everyone knows if you have a diet of Skittles and Fanta you're going to get sick, but I remember being at the supermarket and picking up a tomato soup and it had about seven teaspoons of sugar in the can and I thought, why does that need to have sugar in it? And so I wondered if you could do an experiment eating all those types of food that have hidden sugars in them, and it just grew from there.
Which foods surprised you the most?
I think quite often a lot of the low-fat products are the ones that have sugar in them because the companies have had to remove the fat and replace the flavour – so often they put in sugar. Yoghurt is a big one and also drinks like smoothies, iced teas, flavoured milks and sports drinks, and condiments like low-fat mayonnaise, barbecue sauce and tomato sauce are all really high in sugar, which you'd never really think of.
You had some pretty big names making cameos in the documentary, like Hugh Jackman and Stephen Fry. How did you get those gents involved?
Hugh came on really early – he was one of the first people to be involved in the film. He obviously takes pride in his appearance and body, so he already eats a lot of protein and healthy fats and not much sugar or refined carbohydrates, so he was very into the message. And he could tell we were aiming it at kids so we wanted it to be fun, playful and upbeat, and not too dry or academic. Stephen Fry came on board at the last minute. We sent him a document outlining the film and he said, "Look, I've had a sugar addiction since I've been a child and it's something very real for me and I'd love to help out in any way". We were very grateful.
You really put your body through hell during the experiment – not only were you gaining serious weight, but your internal organs were also copping a beating. At what point were you most afraid of what the effects might be?
Towards the end, I guess, because I developed the fatty liver disease so quickly. We were checking my blood more regularly, just to make sure nothing too serious happened – and certainly by the end, we'd reached that point where all the doctors and scientists said, "Look, it's enough". They didn't want me to even go on for another couple of weeks because my liver was very close to hardening and it's very hard to come back from that point. And I was also aware the whole time that Zoe was pregnant and may have our baby prematurely – that was a big concern for me because I obviously wanted to be there and I had this fear that I was going to miss out and be this overweight, grumpy father. So there were a few moments when I certainly questioned what the hell I was doing!
As you made the change from that high-sugar diet to sugar-free eating, it looks like it was a fairly quick recovery but you were effectively going through a withdrawal period, like any addiction. What were some of the hardest moments during that process?
The advantage I had was that I'd been on a sugar-free diet before so I knew what I was going back to and I really preferred that healthy person, so I was excited to be on that path again and eating those foods. A lot of people haven't had that experience so it can be quite confronting if they want to lower their sugar intake. A lot of people do rely on sugar – it has emotional ties and the endorphins in our brain make us feel comforted, so it can be really hard. It also takes a few days for your palate to adjust, even a week. I guess many people have had sugar in their diet since they were children so they might not have ever really experienced two or three days of not having it, and what that feels like. Especially when it comes to tastebuds, sugar can have a numbing effect, as I found, so once you get rid of it then you start noticing new flavours in natural foods again – you can even taste the sweetness of a banana or sweet potato. Nature has designed certain foods to be sweet but we've put booster rockets on what is 'sweet'.
Do you have a personal favourite moment in the film?
I think probably one of the most powerful statements was from Gary Taubes, who's been researching this area for years and has always focused on refined carbohydrates. So for him to say that in all his research, you might think that sugar is the problem and everything else becomes relatively harmless without it in the diet – that's a very powerful statement. Whether that's true or not, time will tell. But he's someone who takes his research very seriously, he's very well respected for how thorough he is, so for that kind of fact to come out of his mouth – it obviously has some gravity.
Ours was possibly the closing montage of you in your bright-orange undies …
Yeah I still don't know about that one! Quite often at the Q&A screenings now I have to watch the last five minutes of the film, and I must admit when it gets to that bit I usually have a little bit of a cringe … My poor daughter when she gets older!
What's the response at the Q&A screenings been like so far?
It's been incredible! We've pretty much sold out the whole country for the Q&A screenings and we'll be opening the film in 30 different cinemas across Australia after the Q&As too. All the cinemas have been really excited by the response to it, so it's getting played as a normal film, which we never dreamed of six months ago. People who have seen the film have been very positive about it on social media too – it feels like they're leading the drive, which I always hoped for. We didn't want to make a film where people got scared and felt fearful, we wanted them to leave the cinema saying, "I can go home and actually take action and start looking at labels and be empowered". It feels like people are doing that, so it's great!
What were your biggest challenges in making the film – were there any issues with naming particular products?
We did have some lawyers look at a few of the edits, but the fact is, I'm only telling the truth. All I'm doing is deciphering the labels, which can be quite tricky for some people to read. I think that raises a bigger question about whether we make labels easier for people to understand – do we keep using grams or do we switch to teaspoons? At the moment, it's very hard to decipher those labels and I guess that's why people are so shocked when they learn how much sugar is in these foods. I certainly call for a lot more transparency in the market.
The documentary also introduced us to the community action group of Mai Waru in Amata, South Australia. What can you tell us about the Mai Wiru Sugar Challenge Foundation you helped establish?
That's basically a funding stream – people can go to the film website and give any donation over $2 and that will go towards programs to train some of the local Amata people about food, and then they'll be employed in local stores full-time to take other people around and help them spend their money on smarter food choices. They'll also put up diagrams in the store to explain sugar content and help empower the people. They were doing such a great job and then they lost their funding, so we just want to continue the work they were doing – we want to get that back on track.
The movie is very playful with film clips and animation – was that an intentional decision to make it more accessible to kids?
Yeah, definitely. And even for adults, quite often documentaries can be a bit dry and academic. The people I wanted to see this film might not necessarily see a documentary, so we wanted to get this film to them – for them to take their kids to the movies, have a good night out, a laugh and also learn something at the same time. That's probably been the most overwhelming thing at the Q&A screenings so far – we had one in Melbourne last night and there would have been about 500 people there with 30 kids under the age of ten. They were asking questions at the end and wanting to know more about sugar, so that's been very exciting for me. We've started having school screenings and we're about to release an action kit for schools on the website too; it includes a copy of the book and DVD, a study guide for grades 5 to 10 and a free app. The response from the kids has been really exciting – if you can change the eating habits of that generation before it's too late, then obviously we can have a far healthier future for these kids.
Your girlfriend Zoe's pregnancy inspired you to make this documentary. What kind of world do you hope your daughter grows up in?
I hope that her definition of 'sweet' is a very different thing to what we see now – that there are more options available and that the more we adjust our palate as a society and start to appreciate these kinds of flavours, that people aren't ostracised or made to feel weird if they choose to cut down on their sugar. And of course I hope that school is a very, very safe place for her – kids get 37% of their daily energy from the school tuckshop, so I hope the tuckshop looks vastly different in five years and we don't see as many sugary items so that these kids and my daughter have a better chance to really learn and concentrate because they're not going up and down with all the sugar highs and lows.
The film is one hour and 41 minutes, but if you could convey your message to the public in just one sentence, what would you say?
That the film isn't about demonising sugar – it's saying look, the World Health Organization recommends we should be having somewhere between six and eight teaspoons a day, and we're currently having somewhere between 30 and 40 teaspoons a day – so if we can get down to that first number we're going to see some massive changes. It doesn't mean you can't have a bowl of ice-cream at the end of the day, but maybe don't have the apple juice and low-fat yoghurt as well as the ice-cream, and you'll start seeing bigger results very quickly.
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Name: Damon Gameau
Known for: Making us rethink our 'healthy' food choices in new documentary, That Sugar Film
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Report: Barclays Warns Investors Of A Warren Presidency
By John Hilton
Barclays is warning Wall Street to be very wary of Sen. Elizabeth Warren's campaign for the White House, according to a story out this morning.
Mother Jones, a liberal news website, reports that it has copies of internal memorandums circulated by Barclays, a powerful London-based bank and financial services firm. In one such memo, the bank warns that a Warren presidency "would directly impact corporate earnings."
While the memos have been known for some time, Mother Jones said it is the first outlet to report comprehensively on their contents. The bank did not respond to a request for comment for the story.
Warren, D-Mass, has slipped a bit in recent weeks, but remains in a tough fight with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., as the main liberal alternative to frontrunner and former vice president Joe Biden.
On her website, Warren touts a plan for "Holding Wall Street Accountable." It includes a 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act that breaks up the big banks and re-establishes the wall between commercial and investment banking "to make our financial system more stable and secure."
Another idea overhauls the private equity industry "so that Wall Street executives can't bleed companies dry and walk away with millions while workers lose their jobs." And it imposes tough new executive compensation rules "to discourage needless speculation and encourage productive investments."
Then there's Warren's "ultra millionaires tax." It would impose a 2% levy on individual fortunes over $50 million and 3% on those over $1 billion to raise, she claims, about $2.75 trillion over 10 years. In her Medicare for All plan, she even floated a 6% levy for billionaires.
Wall Street executives began an offensive against Warren in the fall, even going after her disputed claims of Native American heritage.
Hedge fund CEO Leon Cooperman, on CNBC, called out the controversy over Warren's claims to Native American heritage and saying, "We don't need another fabricator in the White House."
And former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein just jumped into the fray, suggesting "tribalism is just in her DNA."
InsuranceNewsNet Senior Editor John Hilton has covered business and other beats in more than 20 years of daily journalism. John may be reached at john.hilton@innfeedback.com. Follow him on Twitter @INNJohnH.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is gearing up for four days of critical meetings with lawmakers and business leaders as he heads out on yet another trade and investment mission to the U.S.
But Trudeau has one closed-door discussion planned that's certain to get more attention than the rest.
On Thursday, he will be meeting with Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. The tech giant is in the middle of its search for a second headquarters — and Toronto is on the short list.
Trudeau will be under pressure to make a strong pitch on Toronto's behalf during his face-to-face meeting with Bezos.
Amazon plans to spend up to $5 billion US on its second headquarters, which it says will create 50,000 new high-paying jobs.
More than 200 cities in Canada and the U.S. bid for the facility, but Toronto is the only Canadian city still being seriously considered for the new location.
Canada's largest city is up against several major U.S. hubs, including Boston, New York and Chicago.
The Bezos meeting is just one aspect of Trudeau's trip south of the border.
Over the next four days, he will visit Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles to promote NAFTA and the importance of the Canada-U.S. trading relationship.
Former Canadian diplomat Colin Robertson calls these types of missions essential to the Canada-U.S. relationship.
"I think the one thing Donald Trump has taught us is that you can't take the U.S. for granted," he told CBC News.
The pitching begins in Chicago, where Trudeau will deliver a keynote speech today at the University of Chicago and participate in a discussion with David Axelrod, former U.S. president Barack Obama's chief election strategist.
Before the event, he will sit down with several political leaders, including Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who also served as Obama's first chief of staff.
Trudeau is expected to use the meetings to remind U.S. lawmakers of the importance of NAFTA at a critical point in the re-negotiation process.
The sixth round of NAFTA talks ended in Montreal last month with all sides agreeing that progress has been slow.
Since then, new signs of hope have emerged that suggest a deal may be possible.
Canada's ambassador to the U.S., David MacNaughton, told an audience in Ottawa on Monday that he's pressuring negotiators to wrap up discussions in the next two months.
On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue told a U.S. House of Representatives committee that he believes a deal could be reached by December.
Trudeau will shift his focus to the tech sector on Thursday as he heads to San Francisco, where he will meet with Bezos. But he also will sit down with other influential business leaders, including the CEOs of online shopping giant eBay and pharmaceutical developer Amgen.
The tech sector leg of the visit wraps up with a dinner at the Business Council to discuss new investment opportunities in Canada.
Trudeau's pitch likely will include the fact that Canada has joined the new Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership (CP-TPP). The U.S. did not sign on to the pact, which also includes Japan and Australia.
Kergin also said the business tax cuts introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump last month won't necessarily hurt Trudeau's pitch to the high tech sector.
"Knowing where you can get good markets and good people to work with you … I think is more important than the tax issue," he said.
Trudeau also may look to urge Canadians working in tech industries in the U.S. to start coming home.
While in San Francisco, Trudeau will meet with more lawmakers, including California Gov. Jerry Brown.
Trudeau ends his trip with two days in Los Angeles. While there, he will deliver a second keynote address — this time to a primarily Republican audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Centre for Public Affairs.


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This 1 bedroom apartment is located in Moure Rouge and sleeps 4 people. It has WiFi, air conditioning and parking nearby. The apartment is within walking distance of a beach.
Shop 20 m, grocery 30 m, supermarket 2 km, bus stop 50 m, sandy beach 200 m..
The agent describes this apartment as an ideal holiday rental for the summer holidays. It is also good value for money. This apartment is located in Moure Rouge. The nearest airport is only 27km away. It is set in a very convenient location, just 200 metres away from a beach and only 2km away from the city center.
The apartment has free wireless internet. You can also park on-site at no extra charge. The apartment is well equipped: it has air conditioning, a dishwasher, a microwave, an oven, a washing machine and a freezer. It also has a balcony.
There is a trail for hiking nearby. The apartment is suitable for elderly guests.


Speaking of books, I joined the Goodreads 2011 Reading Challenge. I know, a reading challenge is so Second Grade, but I'm almost through FNL & I need another way to fill my time. According to Goodreads, I read 23 books in 2010, so I "challenged" myself to read 30 books in 2011. I think 30 books is doable, especially since I'm not in school or in session this year.
It's a little daunting to know that out of the hundreds of books that I want to read, I'm only going to tackle 20-30 this year. It really makes me evaluate how much time I spend watching tv. Not that I'm ever going to get rid of my tv, I mean, who am I kidding? But being more conscious about how I spend my time is certainly a laudable goal.
So I did a quick count of the books currently in my house that I'd like to read & it's only 15 books. That's good. I was afraid it was going to be a lot more. This means I can work in about 15 more books that I don't already own. Score!


Chrissy Teigen shared an adorable photo of her husband John Legend and baby Luna on Snapchat this week.
Father and daughter were catching up on sleep.
Luna is just 5 weeks old and she's already made waves on the internet thanks to her social media savvy parents. I love how they didn't sell her photos to the highest bidder. Clearly they are not about money and all about love.


Your work matters to God. In this real-life story, Dean shares how God is using his career as a FedEx lawyer to impact God's Kingdom in a way that only he could. Dean is on mission for God as a new kind of missionary who sees his career as a significant avenue to impact others for Christ.
A unique style to the Christian Movie Reviewer's.
This clever computer commercial parody shows that Jesus is different from the rest of the crowd.
Our crew hit the go cart track with "The Scottish Guy" to capture some hilarious candid-camera experiences.


Hello, 1987. I guess the construction workers that built our house were Diet Coke drinkers. Remember when everything was plastered with the brand name NutraSweet for aspartame? And this can has absolutely no recycling deposit information on the top. It seems crazy that in 1987 we still hadn't gotten on the ball yet with bottle/can deposits and recycling. How much time we wasted littering the earth without attempting to get the public to recycle.
I threw the can back under the stairs for someone else to find 20 years from now - I could have recycled it but there's something fun about finding something old hidden in your house, and I didn't want to ruin the fun for whoever owns the house after us.
On Saturday, I managed to finish a project that has been more than 3 years in the making. I started collecting my wine corks in 2005 and finally had enough to make a cork board. It took somewhere around 180 corks. That's roughly 50-60 bottles of wine a year. I guess you could say we like our wine (what can I say? I'm Italian!). I got a frame from a yard sale down the street that was painted an ugly gold. I should have haggled with the guy because I don't think it was worth 5 bucks, but I was on my way to teach yoga, so I didn't really have time to futz around over a couple bucks. I had the Husband make a plywood backing for it and screwed it down to the frame. Thanks to the blog world, I realized that I could spray paint this bad boy, so I got a 97 cent can of black flat spray paint from evil Walmart (that place is like a drug - they have just about everything I need and always the cheapest price. But I can't bring myself to truly like Walmart). I ended up using the whole can and it probably could use another coat, but, eh. Whatever. I got a high-temp glue gun (since I don't trust low-temp glue's ability to stand up to day-to-day use with cork and wood), and started gluing on my corks.
I think it came out OK. It'll go in the office where it'll match everything else in there that is black. I am going to keep collecting my corks - maybe in 3 more years I'll have enough for another one! Now I just need to find some cute push pins (rather than the regular old primary color office-standard ones).
And finally, the last project I tackled yesterday was the sill of the new pass-through in the kitchen. I needed to get it in place before I could start tiling the backsplash. I got a 2" x 6" 4-foot long plank of select pine (only $3), cut it to the proper width, sanded the edges to make them more rounded (since they were a bit too sharp at precisely 90 degrees), and slapped on a few coats of white semi-gloss. I also did a bit of painting on the surrounding walls with Water Chestnut (yup, everyone and their Aunt Mary said Water Chestnut over Sand White), so I didn't have to worry about taping it off and painting it later.
I nailed it down with 2" finish nails and used a nail punch to counter-sink them. I filled the holes with white caulk; I still need to paint over them so they look more finished. I also caulked the areas where the sill meets the wall. Overall, I am pleased with the result.
Maybe this week I can actually start setting some tile for the backsplash!
I am impressed with all your productiveness!
The corkboard is great! And the sill looks very professional!
Now go have a diet coke for all your hard work! Or a glass of wine?
You are so damn handy it makes me sick. Seriously. Can I have that cork board? I'll send you a bottle of wine....?
What a great craft project. This is one I could actually do because I have the corks and old frames! Did you use the back of the frame to hold it all together? Did it fit?
Pass through is coming along!
i really like the cork board! great idea.
when you get done with your backsplash you can come here and do ours. i have no motivation to do it!
Holy Schmoly, woman, you are handy! I am borderline crafty at best, but you've got skills. Mad skills.


Don Bosco at Chitraduraga is taking another step towards development with its new building venture. The Chithra Rural Development Center building project has been started by blessing and laying a foundation stone on 30 January 2016. CRDC building would be a cluster of conference halls, training halls, and other rooms with necessary equipment and arrangements for training. This center will make Chithra Don Bosco self-reliant to conduct training programmes and new one of this kind in a more approachable distance for Don Bosco centers at north-Karnataka.


SEMIFINALS - Portland's Funniest Person at Helium!
We did it! With your help, I made the semifinals of Portland's Funniest Person at Helium Comedy Club - Portland and the moment of truth is Wednesday, July 1st at 7pm (Doors open at 6:30). My goal this year is to make the finals, and you could be there to see it happen (or see my entire life go up in flames - AGAIN!) Either way, it's gonna be a hell of a show.
Sadly, audience vote does not count at this round, but audience REACTION does. So it would be just stellar if a bunch of Becky supporters could show up and have a complete paroxysm after everything I say.


Library details: Claire T. Carney Library is an Academic library.
This library is affiliated with University of Massachusetts (view map) . The collection of the library contains 438,887 volumes. The library circulates 18,907 items per year. The library serves a population of 8,049 FTE Enrollment.
Administration: The director of the library is Terrance Burton, Dean, Library Services .


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Apxeronsk - Апшеронск  - és una ciutat del territori de Krasnodar, a Rússia. Es troba a la vora del riu Pxekha, a la conca del riu Kuban. És a 87 km al sud-est de Krasnodar i a 36 km al nord-est de Belorétxensk.

Pertanyen a aquesta ciutat els khútors de Zazulin, Spàssov i Tsurevski.

Història
Fundada el 1836 Apxeronsk nasqué com una stanitsa per als membres del regiment d'Apxeron de l'Exèrcit Imperial Rus. Tant el nom del regiment com el de la ciutat actual provenen del de la península d'Apxeron, a l'Azerbaidjan, on Pere I el Gran conduí una campanya militar contra Pèrsia el 1722-1723.

Fins que rebé l'estatus de ciutat el 1947 la vila es deia Apzerónskaia.

El 6 de setembre del 2008 s'inaugurà el cementiri militar alemany d'Apxeron, on foren reunides les restes de tots els militars alemanys morts al Caucas i al pont del Kuban durant la Segona Guerra Mundial. Durant la guerra la ciutat fou ocupada per la Wehrmacht de l'Alemanya nazi del 14 d'agost del 1942 al 27 de gener del 1943.

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Stephen Milner: The States Project: Georgia by Carson SandersJune 26, 2015
Stephen Milner is a photographer based out of Savannah, Georgia. His recent work revolves around the current state of the Ogeechee River that flows through much of Georgia. His landscapes and portraits are both incredibly engaging, and viewers can't help but fall in love with the southern portion of the state that Stephen has chosen to document. Most people tend to ignore environmental issues such as water pollution because it's easier to look the other way than to confront the problem. Stephen has done the opposite and has dedicated his work to exposing these issues and allowing people to become more aware of what is happening in this region of the country. Extra love for his decision to shoot this project on 4×5 color film. I have had the honor of processing his negatives for the last few years, and it is always a pleasure to play a small role in the success of his work. This summer Stephen will have his first solo exhibition of the Ogeechee River Project sponsored by the Ogeechee Riverkeeper in Savannah, Georgia.
Stephen Milner (b.1991) is a photographer currently living in Savannah, Georgia. He received his BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2013, where he was awarded the grand prize PDN Best of College Photography and PDN & Panasonic "Changing Photography" award. His work has been featured in the Oxford American, The Inertia, PDN Magazine, Rangefinder Magazine, Lenscratch, Mullitover, Nikonos Project, Light Leaked, Humble Arts Foundation, TIME Lightbox, Aint-Bad Magazine, Juxtapoz Magazine and Booooooom.
The Ogeechee River
The Ogeechee River is a 294-mile long, black-water river that stretches from Crawfordville, GA, southeast into the Ossabaw Sound on the Atlantic Coast. The river is a 5,540 square-mile basin and along it, hundreds of thousands of Georgians live and work, making it among the most important natural resources in the state.
In May 2011, the largest fish kill in Georgia's history was recorded, leaving over 40,000 fish dead. King American Finishing, a textile processor in Screven County, was discovered to be discharging a fire retardant into the river for six years without an environmental permit. The thousands of dead fish were only found just below the King Finishing outfall pipe; no dead fish were found upstream from the plant.
The river community is one that's based on everyday reliance on the river, whether it's for food, transportation or recreation. Below King American Finishing's outfall pipe, the river is no longer safe and river communities are being forced to abandon their traditions, while some choose to ignore the potential health risks and continue living along the river regardless of its health hazards.
I initially began photographing the river as a means of documenting the industrial pollution of a natural resource, but because the pollution was no longer visible I was led to explore the dynamics of the social, political and natural environment of one of Georgia's most important resources. My photographic approach focuses on the unpredictability of the natural world and its effect on the human spirit.
Within the past two years, the Ogeechee River has seen a significant change. After a lengthy legal battle, the Ogeechee Riverkeeper prevailed over King American Finishing in January 2014. Shortly after the settlement, when the weather started to warm, residents began to return to the river for recreation. Though the future of the river and its faithful community seem bright, the lingering fear of pollution and potential health risks still looms.
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Largest of the Suicide Awareness organizations.


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AT&T/T-Mobile merger opponents silent in wake of T-Mobile USA layoffs
Josh Peterson Tech Editor
March 24, 2012 5:06 PM ET
AT&T senior executive Jim Cicconi's rebuke on Friday of the FCC's opposition to last year's proposed merger with T-Mobile USA was met only with silence from the agency and other major political players who opposed the deal.
The $39 billion deal between AT&T and T-Mobile USA's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, died in December 2011 after heavy opposition by many who feared the deal was one step closer towards the creation of a national telecom duopoly.
Cicconi, AT&T's Senior Executive Vice President for Legislative and External Affairs, contended in a post on the company's blog that the 1,900 jobs eliminated at T-Mobile USA would have been saved had the merger been approved. Several major political players who opposed the deal, however, have yet to publicly respond to Cicconi in the wake of T-Mobile's cuts.
Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden — whose own state lost 360 jobs due to the closing of T-Mobile's call center in the Redmond, Oregon — opposed the deal, as did Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken. Neither senator's office returned The Daily Caller's request for comment Friday.
Advocacy groups who opposed the merger also remained silent. Free Press declined TheDC's request for comment, and neither Public Knowledge, nor Media Access Project, returned TheDC's request for comment.
Previously, when asked for comment by TheDC about the announcement, the Justice Department declined comment. The FCC did not return TheDC's request for comment, either.
T-Mobile, the No. 4 mobile carrier in the U.S., announced the layoffs Thursday. The company said that 1,900 total call center jobs would be eliminated, with more expected to follow, affecting seven cities across the U.S.: Allentown, Penn.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Frisco, Texas; Brownsville, Texas; Lenexa, Kan.; Thornton, Col. and Redmond, Ore.
The call center closings are part of a company restructuring to preserve cash for future network infrastructure investment. Deutsche Telekom announced in February that it would invest $4 billion into modernization efforts of T-Mobile USA's mobile network.
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Hi Jimmy. Got your fundraising appeal for Wikipedia. Let me start by saying I'm a huge fan of Wikipedia; it is a truly amazing tool and a tremendous accomplishment. It's a phenomenally time-saving research tool. I believe in what you are doing, I've contributed financially in the past, and I'd love to do so again. However, a few changes really need to be made.
Call off the dogs. The Wikipedia cabal. The Priesthood. You know who I mean–that inner circle who feel it is their right to take down any content, for any reason, with no explanation or warning and limited appeal rights. Not merely to edit content, or post a comment, but outright delete it (I learned from my first experience at Wikipedia editing never to make any change with keeping a local backup of the text and code). And when called on their behavior, to defend it in the most arrogant, condescending manner possible.
I understand you don't want Wikipedia to devolve into a collection of marketing brochures. No one does. I certainly don't. That does not mean, however, that any sentence which could possible be construed in a positive light constitutes "marketing" and deserves to be stricken from the pure environment of Wikipedia. Any editor who isn't embarrassed by the Anvil Media – Attensa Wiki-gate fiasco should be permanently banned.
Example: most people would agree that the word "leading" rarely belongs in a company description on Wikipedia. It's an over-used PR buzzword. Since every company is a "leading" something-or-other according to its own press releases, the word has little if any real meaning in most cases.
However, there's a world of difference between PR buzzwords and objective facts. If XYZ Company is the largest global supplier of flabberglumping software, and that is an objective fact which can be substantiated through industry sales figures and third-party sources, then there should be no problem including that fact on the company's Wikipedia page (and linking to those sources).
It's also not just okay, but vital, for a company page to include descriptions of the firm's products and/or services. Yes, these should be written in a factual and objective tone, not flowery marketing prose rife with glowing adjectives, but properly written such descriptions should be left intact by the self-appointed guardians of Wikipedia unless they can add or improve something.
If John or Jane Doe want to add content to a page about their company on Wikipedia, and have done their level best to write such content in an objective, encyclopedic fashion, they should be able to do with fear that Wikipedia's self-appointed censors will immediately rip it down with no explanation out of some bizarre anti-commercial malice. With great power comes great responsibility. A little humility would create a ton of goodwill.
Have respect for bloggers. I've actually been told by a member of the cabal that a term didn't deserve to be defined on Wikipedia simply because a few meaningless bloggers had used it. Get with the 00s. Bloggers now include highly regarded journalists, analysts, executives and independent subject matter experts. 77% of Internet users read blogs. Blogs are now the mainstream media. Refusing to cite or link to blogs, or give their content credibility, is rather archaic at this point.
Recognize the value of corporate websites. Certainly much of the content on corporate sites is inappropriate for linking from Wikipedia: product feature-benefits pages, "why buy from us," press releases, etc. But company sites also often contain highly linkworthy industry resource type content, such as explanations of concepts, glossaries of industry terminology, research results, thought leadership articles and more. If Wikipedia would link to this type of content on, say, a university's website, there's no reason not to link to it just because it's housed on a corporate site.
In addition, corporate sites should be linked from corresponding industry-related pages. For example, if Wikipedia had a page about flabberglumping software, I'd expect the page to include a list of vendors like XYZ Company, with links to their sites. Since it's a commercial product, links to corporate sites are appropriate in this context.
While I support efforts to keep Wikipedia free of advertising or blatant marketing, it's my job to make sure my clients are represented fairly on the site. Not marketed or promoted, just described accurately and objectively, with due consideration given to links to thought leadership content they've contributed to their industry. Again, I'm a huge fan of Wikipedia and what it's accomplished for the spread of knowledge. I'd really like to contribute, both in terms of content and money. But if you won't accept the former, you don't deserve the latter.
Hard to believe that this blog, officially launched just a few months ago, has already surpassed 100 posts. But here we are! Thank you for reading, and without further ado, below are the 10 most-viewed posts on this blog to date. Some of the entries are surprising, but life can be like that. These are the posts that readers have "voted" as the best by their traffic so far.
This one surprised me. Small companies don't bother with agency RFPs (nor should they) and even mid-sized companies use them less today than in the past. But if your company wants to use an RFP process to help in selecting a marketing agency, this post will help you craft one that meets your needs without driving the responding agencies crazy.
The inaugural post on Webbiquity explains the concept of web presence optimization—how websites, blogs, SEM, SEO, interactive PR, content marketing, social networking, reputation management and social media can work together to make a company or individual omnipresent online for their targeted description or value statement.
A Blogging 101 type article for anyone who wants to get started blogging on the right foot, and avoid the missteps and false starts common in the blogosphere.
How social media is a reflection of and response to broader shifts in the market and culture that make it increasingly difficult (and irrelevant) to try to buy attention, but critical to earn it. For example, brands no longer control their messages—their customers do. But social media provides marketers with the tools to monitor, participate in and help shape the conversations.
Given the dominance of Facebook on the social media landscape, it's not surprising that this most is among the four most-read pieces on this blog. It's a bit surprising however that it didn't stir up more controversy; maybe I'm right about this?
It's heartening to know that as a data junky, I'm not alone. Wondering how the demographics of Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook users compare? Which social networking site 80% of companies plan to use a primary recruiting tool this year? What percentage of consumers and b2b buyers read blogs? You'll find those answers and more here.
I'm really surprised by this one. As with the how-to-write-an-RFP post noted earlier, this outlines a solid, traditional process for mid-sized companies but overkill for small firms.
Social media is only for the young, it's free, we can hire an intern to do it, and eight other myths destroyed. Well, at least some were destroyed; others sparked disagreement in the comments.
Now on the next 100 posts!
Guest post from the editors of RainToday.com.
Right or wrong, these words are often associated with salespeople. They are also the first words that come to mind for many consultants (along with images of the overly aggressive, overly slick, walking sales cliché) when they are told they need to sell.
While being salesy is ill-advised for almost any sales rep, it is particularly bad for consultants.
Buyers of consulting evaluate the sellers. Why? The seller is often the service provider. The relationship does not end when the sale is completed – it is just beginning. Thus, the foundation of trust set up between the buyer and seller in the sales process is of paramount importance.
Quite the contrary, the act of selling, when done well, adds a significant amount of value. A well-planned sales conversation can help even sophisticated buyers make smarter decisions.
And, you can be effective without sounding like a used car salesman. You can and should sell with high integrity, and high success, and do it without snake oil tactics.
In fact, we're going to let you in on a little secret: you can apply the same skills that make you a great consultant to help you succeed in selling—all you need to do is sharpen them to apply them effectively.
Nothing is further from the truth. The best rainmakers bring in new clients because they are no different when they sell their services than when they deliver their services.
Great consultants create better futures for their clients that the clients didn't know were possible.
The best rainmakers meet mutually-set expectations over and over again, building trust, relationships, and confidence. The best rainmakers are ethical at all times.
The skills that make you a great consultant can make you a great rainmaker. Sales is about helping clients and prospects find solutions that solve their problems and help them succeed.
2. Sell to Need: Great consultants are masters at uncovering clients' goals and challenges and helping them to make the changes necessary for success.
Great rainmakers are no different. However, many consultants feel uncomfortable making connections, uncovering needs, and working closely with people they don't yet know well. Too often the first conversations go awry when they don't need to.
The same skills you use to get to the root of your clients' problems and develop solutions to help them meet their goals are the ones you can use to uncover prospects' needs and propose winning solutions. You just need to recognize what you need to do and bring these skills out at the right time and in the right way.
3. Communicate the Value: Great consultants understand the value they provide to clients. They craft compelling solutions based on their clients' unique needs, and communicate that value to clients clearly and articulately.
Selling is no different. You must learn to lead discussions that influence direction and outcomes, and you must advocate your services and communicate your value. Just like when you advocate new ideas to your clients when you work with them, you must be persuasive, confidence inspiring, and empathetic all at the same time when you sell to them.
4. Plan for Success: It's been said that if you don't know where you're going, then any road will get you there.
Great consultants have a clear process that they follow. Each project has a specific objective, timeframe, budget, and resource allocation. Rainmaking is no different. Like consulting, selling is a process, and it's waiting for you to master it.
To help you figure out what that selling process should look like and to make the transition from consultant to rainmaker, we've written a free 27-page report, Selling Consulting Services: Forget Everything You Know About Sales and Begin to Sell Without Selling.
Download the Selling Consulting Services free report now.
Disclosure: As a consultant whose expertise is in helping clients with online marketing, social media and SEO — not selling — I know how difficult this can be for service providers. While RainToday.com has offered to pay me a small commission for anyone who signs up for their training program, I wouldn't have published this post if I didn't believe that this is an excellent program for talented but sales-challenged consultants.


Luxor Egypt - No More Mysteries! Luxor, Egypt.
The city of Luxor is one of Egypt 's most famous places. And for the Egyptians it is the most important one. Not only is it home to two incredible temples, but the other bank of the Nile had been chosen by the pharaohs of Egypt to be their eternal home.
I came to Luxor on the Nile cruise from Aswan. I came to see the city, the Karnak temple, right outside the ancient Thebes, and the Valley of the Kings. Karnak is the most important temple and monument in Egypt. It's a gargantuan temple, which, at the time of its height, employed 80,000 people. It's dedicated to the god Amun, the god of the Sun, almost equally important as Ra. The magnitude of Karnak surpasses every other pharaonic temple by far. It's large enough to accommodate ten large European cathedrals. The Great Court, between the First and Second Pylons only could accommodate the entire St. Peter's Cathedral of Vatican. And that's only one of the courts! At Karnak, over 100 acres had been dedicated to the gods. For over 13 centuries, the pharaohs, one after another, contributed to this magnificent temple to add to its splendour, making it the most complex and spectacular temple of Egypt. Its First Pylon, 113 meters wide and 43 high is the largest pylon in Egypt, although it was never finished and remains undecorated revealing the brick structure. The temple is truly matchless and yet, there's a single thing, or rather a large number of gigantic things that made the greatest impression on me. It's the group of massive columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall, completed by Seti I and his son Ramses II. The hall itself is the largest of any temple in the world. 134 enormous columns stand in the hall, if I remember well. The hall is huge and yet the columns look like they had been tightly packed there, creating a forest of papyrus-bud decorated stone. Each column, if opened from the top, could fit eighty men. Some of the columns, still carry some of the colourful decorations on them. I tried to imagine how splendid this hall must have been some 3500 years ago. It's overwhelming and breathtaking.
The modern city of Luxor is not very attractive. It's a group of concrete ugly buildings erected without any architectural effort whatsoever. It's a shame, because Luxor was once Thebes, the capital city of the unified kingdom of Egypt. 4,300 years ago, Luxor, combined with Karnak and the Karnak Temple, must have been the largest and most wonderful and outstanding city on the face of our planet - with its breathtaking temples, fantastic architecture, superb statues, magnificent alleys and incredible structures it was incomparable. Particularly on that scale. What's remaining from those times is still jaw dropping, throwing people on their knees, taking breath away.
The magnificent Luxor Temple, whose walls tell the story of Egypt, myth-busting, was phenomenal. From its front pylon, a several kilometre-long alley of sphinxes was leading right to the Karnak Temple. Parts of the alley remain at both ends. Most of the sphinxes were ram-headed. Now lit beautifully at night.
There is an interesting fact about the Luxor Temple. This fact dates back almost 3,400 years after the temple had been built. The temple had two obelisks standing right in the front of the first pylon, but now there is only one. The other one is standing in Paris, at the Place de la Concorde. One day, the heads of state of France and Egypt made a swap. The Egyptians got a tower clock from Paris. This clock is now placed in Cairo, on the one of the towers of the Alabaster Mosque (Mosque of Muhammad Ali), and it does not work. It has never worked actually. The obelisk in Paris is taken a good care of, but I'm not sure if it's right, and perhaps, the obelisk should come back to its original spot in Luxor. Today, the temple's front is missing it so obviously. The symmetry is completely destroyed and it's like a splinter in the eye.
Luxor has other ancient sights, but they look so insignificant compared with Karnak and Luxor temples. And yes, the Nile is a sight in itself, of course.
And I lived on the Nile. During my visit in Luxor, I stayed at the flotel (floating hotel) that brought me from Aswan. I didn't have to look for other accommodation in town. However, there were countless hotels and hostels ranging from hyper luxurious to rock-bottom basic. There was definitely something to fit any budget imaginable. For Luxor is one of Egypt's most visited sights of all. Some of the stunning expensive hotels right by the river had lovely lush gardens and sophisticated courtyards sculpted to please the eye.
I heard that it was best to book the more expensive hotels through a local travel agent (there were heaps of them in towns frequented by tourists), who could often get much better deals. Same went for the Nile cruises and packages at one of the hundreds of flotels, whose quality varied from three to five stars. Like hotels. So, prices to stay on them would also vary.
When the night fell, I should be theoretically spending it on the boat. However, a team of journalists from one of Polish newspapers, had an idea to hit to the town, and I happily joined them. First we went for shisha (see below). The second and the last stop was a discothèque. We definitely wanted to boogie a little. The problem was that it was well after closing time. This didn't discourage us however to call at one of the posher hotels by the Nile and request for the disco to be opened for us. I was actually astonished they actually obliged. I thought it would've been a major challenge. We had a great time, and partied happily with a silly selection of music and double portions of tonic in our G&T's.
The last task was to quietly smuggle the crew back on the flotel, as they were not supposed to go out with the guests, and night partying and drinking was absolutely and most definitely off limits for them. They could be fired and that was the last thing we wanted to happen to them.
The shisha bar was an interesting spot and I quickly noticed that it might've been a popular place for locals and foreigners alike. We sat on couches and chairs upstairs by a window with no windowpane, looking down to the street. I think it was near the train station, but I can't remember exactly. A few guys from the boat crew took us there, so I didn't pay any attention to where I was going – I simply didn't have to.
I was dining at the flotel (it was a packaged deal) so I didn't focus my attention towards eateries around the town. Yet it wasn't hard to notice that Luxor had many cafes offering shisha and sweets, as well street food from simple stands. One would never walk hungry in town.
For decades, the history of Egypt and its monuments have been distorted by fantasists and sensationalists, probably triggered by many inconsistencies in the documentation about the country and its culture. There have been many myths broadcasted about the Egyptians, the temples, the pyramids, etc. further disfigured by Hollywood. And yet, when one speaks with the local Egyptologists, there is an answer for almost anything, to bust any myth, to explain every mystery. I spoke to my guide, Ahmed, who obliged to tell me the origins of Egypt, starting from the gods and their stories, lives and love affairs and ending with the methods of how pyramids and obelisks were built.
Hatsepsout Temple. Valley of the Kings.
The Valley of the Kings is the place of rest of many pharaohs. If I'm not completely wrong, the necropolis was always at the other side of the Nile than the city of the living. The left bank of the river, which was used for the necropolis. The valley with the royal tombs didn't strike me that much, surprisingly. Yes, some of the tombs were interesting and it was fun to go deep under ground to see the burial and the sarcophagus chambers, the corridors meticulously decorated and painted with stories of Egypt and the life of the pharaohs, explaining the role of the gods and the Egyptian life.
The majority of the tombs have been already discovered and only few of them are still being looked for but archaeological work will continue for many years.
A more interesting fact about the valley that l learned was the profession of the royal tomb raiders. Although it sounds like a job from very recent and crazy times, it was a major profit making activity in the ancient times, actually.


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Soldiers help local foster home
Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Third Infantry Division, load boxes of donations for the local resident child care facility, Gabriel's House, into the bed of a truck before driving over to deliver the goods in person and meet the children. - photo by Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Blakeslee
HINESVILLE, Ga. – Turning onto a long gravel driveway, you are immediately greeted by a red barn with a white fence, green rolling pastures and horses grazing.
Standing nearby are two cute cottages with white shutters and an inviting atmosphere. As you get closer, you can hear the laughter from a child being pushed on a swing set. It looks like a set up most children could only wish to live in, but for the children currently living there; it means their life has been anything but perfect.
This ranch is home to the Gabriel's House, a non-profit resident childcare facility in Hinesville, Ga., which focuses on trying to keep sibling groups together as they enter the foster care system.
"We try to provide the children love and stability in a safe place," explained Tammy Kersey, the operations manager for the home.
Founded in 2004, Gabriel's House has taken care of more than 500 children so far.
Currently able to accommodate about one dozen children under the age of 14 at a time, the facility is always in need of volunteers and donations.
In an effort to help, soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, recently visited the home with boxes of diapers, snacks and other needed items.
"The way I see it, you can either waste your time playing video games or you can try to give back and improve someone else's life," said Sgt. Caprano Massey, the brigade security manager, and native of Dunn, NC. "From what I experienced, [visiting the house] really touched the other soldiers that went out there to drop off the items as well."
The soldiers had the opportunity to say hello to the children, some who shyly peered from behind their caregiver's legs.
"Looking at so many little kids running around was heartbreaking at first," continued Sgt. Massey. "But then I just started thinking about what more I could do to help them out."
Operating on modest budget, donations become invaluable for an operation such as the Gabriel's House.
"Donations help in everything," explained Kersey. "We receive state funding, but it's not enough to cover everything. At the end of the month we are always short."
Kersey explained that while volunteers are always appreciated, sometimes it is best for interested people to just to donate.
"The only reason why my director is ever reluctant about getting volunteers in is because sometimes the volunteers would come and the children would get used to them, and then they wouldn't come back," she said. "A lot of times, one child will get attached to one person, and they don't understand why they're gone."
Being located near a military base helps, Kersey said.
"This town thrives from the military," she explained. "We get support from the military, especially at Christmas. A lot of troops come out and even military Families call to see what they can do."
This unassuming home does so much for children in need, the soldiers from Fort Stewart felt it was the least they could do to give back.
As the soldiers visit drew to a close and they walk out of the building, a girl with a bow in her hair blew kisses to every single "Joe" who walks by. Right before the door closes, a little voice could be heard saying, "I want to be a soldier one day."
There was not a dry eye in the group as the Gabriel's House disappeared in the rear view mirror, but it certainly won't be the last visit from the Dog-Faced soldiers of Fort Stewart.
To find out how you can help, visit www.gabrielshouseranch.com
Read more: http://www.dvidshub.net/news/91673/soldiers-help-local-foster-home#.UAXCi3DA5CA#ixzz20uZZnME8


Hear Bahamas and pictures of gorgeous turquoise waters lined with pristine white beaches flash in front of your eyes! The Bahamas are truly paradise redefined and this cruise tour to the Bimini Island is the perfect way to experience that breathtaking magic.
Located 50 miles away from Florida's east coast, Bimini is the closest of the Bahamian Islands to the United States. But Biminis is not just about the sun, sand and turf! From paddle boating to kayaking to dolphin excursions, this beautiful island offers a myriad of sensational experiences. Beginning with a coach pick up that takes you to the Port of Miami, you can savour a panoramic cruise to Bimini in a high-speed, modern, super comfortable 170-foot craft. Depending on your selection at the time of booking, you will either be travelling in the ferry's Economy or First Class standard seating. Arriving at our stunning destination, we will hand you your pass for the Hilton at Resorts World Bimini.
Make full use of your pass to indulge in an array of thrilling activities - from trying your hand at casinos to sampling the delicious local fare, exploring the island's dazzling beaches and historic cave tunnels, taking up fishing and much more! Trust us when we say that you will have the time of your life on this tour!
Voucher information: Sorry, but we will need you to print a paper version of your booking voucher (we're working on changing this). At this time no refund can be given for customers without a printed copy of their voucher. Departure terminal for the ferry tickets to Bimini has to be confirmed 24 hrs prior, please call the activity operator at least 24 hours prior to the start of the tour to confirm all departure details.
As per the new re-enforced regulations put in force by the Bahamian Government, all visitors from the countries mentioned in the below link are required to have a Bahamian Visa.
All foreigners who wish to travel to Bahamas for vacation or business, needs to have a Visa so as to enter into the country.
Gray Line Miami is not responsible for Visa applications or immigration requirements for entry.
This tour is wheelchair accessible, with fold-able wheelchairs only.
Approximate free time in Bahamas is from 11:00am to 5:00pm.
The following information is mandatory at the time of booking: Full name, Gender, Date of Birth, Passport no, Passport Expiry date, Country of Passport. This tour is not available for infants younger than 6 months.
The US Customs and Immigration do not accept US birth certificates for travel to Bimini, Bahamas. Make sure you carry your US passport and other documents.
If reservations are not reconfirmed by 3:00pm (EST) the day before travel, the unconfirmed party will not be included in the pick-up route.
We are not responsible for delays caused by weather or by the Bahamian Coast Guard or Immigration services upon arrival at Freeport.
You must have a valid passport and re-entry authorization as you will be going through Customs and Immigration. Citizens of some countries may require an entry Visa; please check with the Bahamian Immigration Website before purchase. http://www.bahamas.com/entry-requirements The confirmation voucher includes the local activity operator's contact details and local telephone numbers at the destination. They will happily answer any logistical questions you may have.
This tour is non-refundable once booked.