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Koh-Lanta: Bocas del Toro was the third season of the French version of Survivor, Koh-lanta. This season took place in Panama on Bocas del Toro, and was broadcast on TF1 from June 6, 2003 to August 28, 2003 airing on Fridays at 6:55 p.m. The two original tribes this season were Boro and Machiga. Due to the high amount of evacuations and ejections that took place this season, two jokers (Hélène and Delphine) were added to the game midway through the competition and most of the original cast was eliminated before the merge. This season saw a first in the world history of Survivor when both finalists received three jury votes and were both given the titles of Survivor.

The winners of this season of Koh-Lanta were Delphine Bano and Isabelle Seguin who split the prize of €110,000.

Contestants

Future appearances
Moundir Zoughari and Antoine Sanchez returned for Koh-Lanta: Le Retour des Héros. Moussa Niangane returned for Koh-Lanta: La Revanche des Héros. Zoughari later returned for Koh-Lanta: La Nouvelle Édition. Niangane later returned for Koh-Lanta: L'Île des héros.

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Secret documents uncover UK's interest in Libyan oil
Negotiations fuel rumours of commercial deal behind Megrahi's release
Terry Macalister
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Sat 29 Aug 2009 19.05 EDT First published on Sat 29 Aug 2009 19.05 EDT
Libya has been courted by government ministers and Foreign Office mandarins on a dozen or more occasions in pursuit of lucrative oil and gas contracts.
Documents obtained by the Observer show ministers and senior civil servants met Shell to discuss the company's oil interests in Libya on at least 11 occasions and perhaps as many as 26 times in less than four years.
Foreign secretary David Miliband and the former Labour leader Lord Kinnock were involved in the meetings with Shell about its business in Libya or Egypt.
The revelations, showing that the government invested large amounts of political capital in securing North African oil, lend weight to claims that commercial interest lay behind last week's decision to release the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, from jail in Scotland to receive a hero's welcome in Libya.
Gordon Brown has insisted that Whitehall had no involvement in the release, but critics of the government say the information obtained by the non-governmental organisation, Platform, via a Freedom of Information Act request, raises fresh questions. "These documents show the deep and long-term foreign policy backing provided by the British government to Shell in its efforts to break into Libya. Corporate executives have easy access to the highest level of Whitehall, while democracy advocates and social movements remain shut out on the street," said Mika Minio-Paluello, a campaigner with Platform.
"Yet again, the Foreign Office has prioritised securing new oil reserves for private corporations over human rights, the environment or democracy. Foreign policy should represent people's interests, not corporate interests. As a first step, the government must open its files and disclose the true level of oil influence on government decision-making."
Shell was one of the first western oil companies to re-enter Libya – one of the world's biggest potential oil sources – following the end of United Nations sanctions and a commitment from leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to turn his back on funding terrorism and pursuing nuclear weapons.
A deal was signed by Shell on 25 March 2004 covering the establishment of a "long-term strategic partnership" between the oil company and the local state-owned energy group. It was penned during a ground-breaking visit by the then prime minister, Tony Blair, and was followed up by meetings during July between Shell and foreign minister Baroness Symons and then the foreign secretary at the time, Jack Straw.
In October, Malcolm Brinded, the head of exploration at Shell who signed the deal to explore for oil and redevelop a gas export terminal in Libya, met another foreign minister, Douglas Alexander, with a particular focus on trade. In February 2005, Kinnock was involved in a reception at which Shell was present and North African oil interests were raised.
Anthony Layden, the British ambassador to Libya, was engaged in a series of meetings during April of the same year with Shell in Tripoli. Miliband met with Brinded in October of that year.
Shell said last night it had "no comment" to make on any discussions it had held with British ministers or other government officials about Libya, and the Foreign Office was unable to discuss these meetings.
But a government spokeswoman denied British oil interests played any part in the release of the Lockerbie bomber. She said: "There is no deal – all decisions relating to Megrahi's case were exclusively for Scottish ministers, the Crown Office in Scotland and the Scottish judicial authorities. No deal has been made between the UK government and Libya in relation to Megrahi and any commercial interests in the country."
Yesterday Megrahi backed calls for a public inquiry into the atrocity. He said he was determined to clear his name and that an inquiry would help families of the victims know the truth.
Megrahi said he would help Dr Jim Swire, whose 23-year-old daughter Flora died in the disaster and who has frequently called for a full public inquiry, by handing over all the documents in his possession.
• This article was amended on Sunday 30 August 2009. In the article above, we were mistakenly informed by the Foreign Office that the Prince of Wales had visited Libya in 2006. This is not the case. This has been corrected.
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In our mind's eye, the winter landscape is a magical scene of pristine snow and azure skies. This wonderland version of winter is somewhat of a dream yet when the 'weather gods' are in a favourable mood, such fantasies come true and we can enjoy some spectacular photography. A dusting of the white stuff transforms ordinary landscapes into something of extraordinary beauty, adding another layer of interest to scenes that we might otherwise pass by. The often transient nature of snow creates an added sense of urgency to don the thermals, dash out into the countryside and start shooting.
Waking up to fresh snow is like waking up on Christmas morning as a child, where the world is a very special place, full of new and exciting things, each one vying for attention. But a covering of snow isn't the sole ingredient for great pictures and the same basic photographic principles of good subject, good composition and good lighting are required to create memorable images. This may sound obvious, but if you are anything like me then it's very easy to become overwhelmed by the beauty of a snow-laden landscape and begin to photograph indiscriminately. Some perspective is therefore required to concentrate the mind and to seek out a suitable subject that befits the conditions.
View from Sgurr an Fhidhleir (705m) towards Stac Pollaidh at sunset. Coigach, Wester Ross, North-west Scotland. December.
Winter weather comes in many forms, and some are better than others for certain types of landscape images. Fresh snow and clear blue skies may steer you towards a wide-angle view, whereas overcast conditions will require a different approach with a tighter composition. Winter landscapes are not confined to snow scenes of course, since the colder months also bring with them the prospect of frost, which can be an even better alternative. Fog and mist are also very much a feature of winter and these weather phenomena similarly radically transform the landscape, simplifying features and allowing for more minimalist images to be created.
Creek and dead trees in fog and snow. Yellowstone National Park, USA.
The winter sun is special, casting a beautiful low-angled light across the landscape, accentuating shadows and revealing shape and form, giving images a three-dimensional look. Generally, side-lighting is best for this. A further benefit of low-angled sun is that light has to pass through more of the earth's atmosphere. This filters out blue light, giving 'white' snow or frost a warmer tone, providing a perfect compliment to the cooler tones of shadow areas.
Loch Morlich in winter, Cairngorms National Park. Scotland.
Whilst we often crave bright sunshine, overcast conditions are equally useful for winter landscapes, reducing contrast and creating a subtle, softer light. More intimate landscapes that contain no sky work very well. These kinds of scenes tend to lack strong colours making them ideal candidates for conversion to black and white. Strong compositions that contain a wide range of tones helps to create striking monochromatic images. Abstract images that rely on shape, form, texture and shadow can also be very effective, adding a sense of mystery and intrigue.
Unsullied snow makes a perfect blank canvas to create very simple compositions that feature a single focal point, such as a tree. In overcast conditions, snow can be totally featureless but this is ideal for images with lots of negative space where the main focal point is quite small in the frame, or to provide a clean white background devoid of any distractions. Conversely, when snow is illuminated by direct sunlight, the contours and undulations of the snow are revealed by the play of light and shadow. These lines and shapes can form the basis of a photograph either on their own as an abstract interpretation, or as foreground interest to another feature in the landscape.
Dead Scot's pine (Pinus sylvestris) in winter. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, January 2010.
Snow or frost-laden trees look great when photographed as part of a wider landscape, or in isolation against a blue sky or crisp white backdrop. Woodland interiors offer a welcome alternative in foggy conditions, where the bare skeletal forms of trees can be shot as a recession of tones as they fade with distance. Against a blue sky, the woodland canopy can be photographed from below with an extreme wide-angle lens to depict the converging branches laced with rime frost or snow. This is best done at midday when the sun is at its highest so that the branches are more evenly backlit from above.
The cold temperatures of winter also herald the prospect of frost and ice, each providing a myriad of photographic possibilities. Hoar frost that engulfs every stem, twig and branch in a sugary coating of ice crystals is a magnificent sight, often occurring after a period of mist or fog when there is a lot of moisture in the air. Damp hollows, rivers, lakes and other inland waterways are often laden with mist in winter which makes for some interesting images with the added bonus that hoar frost is most likely to form in these areas once the temperature drops below zero on clear calm nights.
These still, cold conditions also allow ice to build up around bodies of water, creating interesting shapes and patterns to use as foreground interest or as subjects in their own right. Successive nights and days that follow a freeze, thaw pattern produce layers and shards of ice around lakes where the gentle motion of the water pushes and pulls the fragments into a contorted frozen sculpture. These glass-like ice fragments reflect light falling on them appearing blue when cast in shadow but transformed into sparkling gold when lit by the low winter sun.
Loch Laggan. Ice patterns and sunset. Inverness-shire, Scotland, December 2010.
One of the challenges of shooting snow, ice and fog is arriving at a correct exposure. It is very easy to either burn out the whites or underexpose the shot depending on how you take your meter reading. Pointing most cameras at a predominately white or pale scene will lead to an underexposed (too dark) photograph. This is because the camera is programmed to meter everything as if it were a mid-tone, which is why white snow can often turn out grey! To overcome this when using one of the automatic metering modes, such as Aperture Priority (Av), it is necessary to dial in some exposure compensation; usually between +1 to +2 stops will be required to correctly expose the whites. This can easily be checked by viewing the histogram after taking the shot. The graph should be biased to the right of the histogram, showing a predominance of paler tones. Ideally, the graph should be very close to, but not touching the right hand side, so as to avoid losing detail in the brightest part of the picture.
An alternative, and arguably more reliable technique, for ensuring accurate exposure is to shoot in Manual mode and find a mid-tone within the scene you're photographing from which to take a spot meter reading. This is best done by setting the desired aperture first and then altering the shutter speed until the exposure indicator bar aligns with the '0' in the middle of the scale. This reading can then be used to accurately shoot your snowy or foggy scene, providing the light stays constant. It is still a good idea, however, to check the histogram has a graph biased to the right but no burnt highlights. Activating Highlight alert on your camera is also useful, as this provides a visual indication if the whites have been burnt out (black or red blinking areas on image review). If this is the case, you'll need to darken the image by decreasing the exposure time (i.e. use a faster shutter speed) or dialing in some minus exposure compensation.
Winter, perhaps more than any other season, offers a greater chance of extreme weather and an opportunity to create unique images. Freezing conditions, fog, frost and snow may not go down well with commuters but I and almost every landscape photographer out there will be rejoicing. Bring it on!


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The Russian Spy, Chapman, Spooked Before Arrest
Updated Apr. 24, 2017 6:30PM ET / Published Jul. 12, 2010 2:56AM ET
Little did she know the feds were already on to her: In late June, "hottie" Russian spy Anna Chapman phoned her father, a former KGB member working for Moscow's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, worried about her recent communication with an FBI informant. The call, in which she expressed anxiety that her cover would be blown, prompted the FBI to move more quickly in their planned arrests of the 10 Russian "illegals," as the feds were concerned that Chapman's communication with Moscow might prompt Russia's foreign intelligence agency SVR to summon the deep-cover agents back to Moscow, or at least out of the U.S. The FBI had hoped that informants could get Chapman and a newbie spy to commit acts that would put them in the position to be indicted for charges other than carrying out secret communication with Russia. Chapman's meeting with an informant who asked her to go above and beyond what SVR had typically asked of her inspired her to call her father.
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Ogeechee Technical College President, Lori Durden (left), Kiwanian Trish Tootle (center), and Georgia Southern University interim president, Shelley Nickel, are shown in the Kiwanis Pancake House at the recent Kiwanis Ogeechee Fair. Durden and Nickel took a turn at flipping pancakes in what is one of the more popular eateries at the Fair. The Kiwanis Club raises funds to support various local organizations, including funding scholarships and other initiatives at Ogeechee Tech and Georgia Southern.


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"Barry Manilow dead 2021" : Singer killed by internet death hoax
Barry Manilow is the latest celeb to fall victim to a death hoax
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News of singer Barry Manilow's death spread quickly earlier this week causing concern among fans across the world. However the January 2021 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the singer best known for hit songs like Copacabana, Can't Smile Without You or Mandy is alive and well.
Barry Manilow death hoax spreads on Facebook
Rumors of the singer's alleged demise gained traction on Saturday after a 'R.I.P. Barry Manilow' Facebook page attracted nearly one million of 'likes'. Those who read the 'About' page were given a believable account of the American singer's passing:
"At about 11 a.m. ET on Saturday (January 16, 2021), our beloved singer Barry Manilow passed away. Barry Manilow was born on June 17, 1943 in New York. He will be missed but not forgotten. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page."
Hundreds of fans immediately started writing their messages of condolence on the Facebook page, expressing their sadness that the talented 77-year-old singer, songwriter and producer was dead. And as usual, Twittersphere was frenzied over the death hoax.
Where as some trusting fans believed the post, others were immediately skeptical of the report, perhaps learning their lesson from the huge amount of fake death reports emerging about celebrities over recent months. Some pointed out that the news had not been carried on any major American network, indicating that it was a fake report, as the death of a singer of Barry Manilow's stature would be major news across networks.
A recent poll conducted for the Celebrity Post shows that a large majority (69%) of respondents think those Barry Manilow death rumors are not funny anymore.
Barry Manilow Death Hoax Dismissed Since Singer Is 'Alive And Well'
On Sunday (January 17) the singer's reps officially confirmed that Barry Manilow is not dead. "He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax. He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet," they said.
Some fans have expressed anger at the fake report saying it was reckless, distressing and hurtful to fans of the much loved singer. Others say this shows his extreme popularity across the globe.
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Freedom in the World 2009
Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections in December 2008 were widely praised as a successful democratic transfer of power. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, John Atta Mills, narrowly defeated the candidate of the ruling National Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, in a presidential runoff vote on December 28. Power similarly transferred hands in the parliament as the NDC secured 114 seats against the NPP's 107. There were problems with voter registration early on, and both parties reported minor instances of electoral fraud, although all were eventually dismissed by the Electoral Commission. Nevertheless, sporadic violence erupted between supporters of the two main parties and rival ethnic groups in the north throughout the year.
Ghana achieved independence from British rule in 1957. After the 1966 ouster of its charismatic independence leader, Kwame Nkrumah, the country was rocked for 15 years by a series of military coups. Successive military and civilian governments vied with one another in both incompetence and dishonesty.
In 1979, air force officer Jerry Rawlings led a coup against the ruling military junta, and although he returned power to a civilian government after a purge of corrupt senior army officers, he seized power again in December 1981. Rawlings's new administration proved to be brutally repressive, banning political parties and quelling all dissent. In the face of a crumbling economy and political protests, he eventually agreed to legalize political parties and hold elections in the late 1980s. However, the elections were considered neither free nor fair, and Rawlings and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) party remained in power. The 1996 elections were generally respected at home and abroad, though Rawlings and the NDC again retained their positions.
In 2000, free and fair presidential and parliamentary polls led to a peaceful transfer of power from Rawlings (who was forced to step down due to term limits) and the NDC to opposition leader John Kufuor and his New Patriotic Party (NPP). Kufuor won soundly with 57 percent of the vote, while NDC candidate John Atta Mills captured 43 percent. Kufuor was reelected in 2004, defeating Atta Mills for a second time. The NDC alleged irregularities and called for a vote recount, but the Electoral Commission (EC) turned down the request. In that year's legislative elections, the NPP won 128 seats, and the NDC took 94. Sporadic violence was reported, as were a few incidents of intimidation and other irregularities, but domestic and international observers judged the elections to be generally free and fair.
The NPP faced internal divisions as Kufuor neared the end of his second term, with some 20 candidates vying for the party's presidential nomination by the end of 2007. Ultimately, Nana Akufo-Addo—most recently the foreign minister—was chosen over Kufuor's preferred candidate, Alan Kyerematen. A new party, the Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD), broke away from the NPP in March 2008, claiming dissatisfaction with the ruling party's performance, particularly with regard to the interests of young people. The majority of RPD supporters came from the Ashanti tribe, of which Kufuor and Kyerematen were members, while Akufo-Addo belonged to the Akyem tribe; the split increased tribal tensions. In April, Kyerematen himself resigned from the NPP, claiming that he and his supporters had been marginalized since Akufo-Addo's selection and that the NPP had become intolerant of dissent. It was only after persistently promising to resolve these issues that the NPP was able to convince Kyerematen to rejoin.
Meanwhile, the NDC easily appointed John Atta Mills as its candidate for the third time. His choice of running mate, John Dramani Mahama, proved to be more divisive, as the wife of Jerry Rawlings stated publicly that neither she nor her husband would support Mahama. Although Rawlings still had considerable influence in the NDC, Atta Mills stuck with his selection.
The EC encountered a few problems during its election preparations. In February, it announced that it would not implement a 2007 law that permitted Ghanaians living overseas to vote, citing "capacity constraints." The possibility of overseas voting had stirred controversy in the preceding months as the NDC argued that it would benefit the NPP. Separately, the NDC claimed in March that there had been irregularities in the voter registration process, particularly in a pro-NPP region. The EC launched an independent investigation that found discrepancies between the digital and hard copy versions of the voter registry. The investigation panel recommended that the EC strengthen its accounting and computer facilities and improve its relations with the political parties. When voter registration resumed in August, only minor instances of partisan violence were reported. Yet, by the end of the month, the EC admitted that there were ongoing registration problems and that it believed the registry to contain an excess of nearly one million names.
The National Enforcement Body of the Political Parties Code of Conduct reported a number of violations by both major parties in the run-up to the December elections. Instances of violence included a September campaign rally in the north at which six people were killed. The enforcement body also cited the parties for lack of cooperation with the police and the use of inflammatory language.
In the end, however, the elections were viewed as a success by both domestic and international observers. In the first round of the presidential election held on December 7, Akufo-Addo won 49 percent of the vote against Atta Mills's 48 percent. As neither candidate received more than 50 percent, a runoff vote was held on December 28, when Atta Mills won with just 50.23 percent of the vote, marking the second ever peaceful transfer of power by democratic means in Ghana. Power similarly transferred hands in parliament as the NDC secured 114 seats against the NPP's 107. Both parties reported minor instances of electoral fraud, but all were dismissed by the EC.
Intertribal clashes increased in the north during 2008. Rivalry between the Kusasi and Mamprusi tribes led to some 15 deaths and a curfew and weapons ban in the Bawku region for much of the year. In the northern Dagbon region, tension persisted between the Adani and Abudu tribes, both of which claimed to be the rightful heirs to the position of paramount chief in the region. Perceptions of allegiances between these ethnic groups and respective national political parties only served to aggravate the situation.
While Ghana has recently been working to move away from donor dependency, the country in September 2008 signed an agreement for a £250 million ($351 million) grant from Britain covering 2008–10. In addition, the government has privatized Ghana Telecom by selling a 70 percent stake to the British company Vodafone for $900 million. Revenue from oil fields recently discovered off the coast is expected to begin flowing during the incoming president's term, increasing the determination of both parties to capture power in the 2008 elections.
Political Rights and Civil Liberties:
Ghana is an electoral democracy. The December 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections were considered fair and competitive. The president and vice president are directly elected on the same ticket for up to two four-year terms.Members of the unicameral, 230-seat Parliament are also elected for four-year terms.
The political system is dominated by two rival parties, the NPP and the NDC, which won 114 and 107 seats respectively in the Parliament in the December 2008 legislative elections. A number of smaller parties hold the remaining seven seats.
The government of outgoing president John Kufuor made efforts to improve transparency and reduce corruption, including the 2008 establishment of a task force to fight corruption and smuggling in the cocoa industry, and an anticorruption unit in the attorney general's office to study the findings of a parliamentary committee on public accounts.However, the opposition criticized the year's moves as insufficient, and many of Kufuor's past anticorruption measures have shown few results, despite his zero tolerance policy on corruption. In fact, prosecutions have often focused on former NDC officials, creating the appearance of politicization. Former minister of health,Richard Anane, who had been forced to resign in 2006 over corruption allegations, was reinstated by Kufuor in 2008 and given the new position of transportation minister when he was found not guilty after an appeal to the Supreme Court. Even so, Kufuor's critics said this demonstrated a lack of commitment to his zero-tolerance policy on corruption. Ghana was ranked67 out of 180 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index, the highest ranking it has received since 2002.
Freedom of expression is constitutionally guaranteed and generally respected. Numerous private radio stations operate, and many independent newspapers and magazines are published in Accra. However, Ghana has yet to pass legislation protecting freedom of information. The number of attacks on and acts of intimidation against journalists increased in 2008, as police arbitrarily detained and abused reporters throughout the year and a number of journalists reported being attacked or threatened in the months leading up to the election, particularly by NPP supporters. Both the NPP and the NDC were also accused of using inflammatory language and inciting violence in the final months of the campaign, though no significant violence resulted during the election itself. Internet access is unrestricted.
Religious freedom is generally respected. In March 2008, the Ministry of Education removed religious education from the state school curriculum, but a wave of protests from religious leaders eventually led the government to reverse its action. Separately, human rights advocates expressed concern about reports of exorcism-related physical abuse at Pentecostal camps.
Academic freedom is also guaranteed and respected. In 2005, the government removed all fees for access to primary and secondary education, but this did not extend to university tuition. School enrollment rose by more than 16 percent after the new policy was implemented, and it remained high in 2008.
The rights to peaceful assembly and association are constitutionally guaranteed, and permits are not required for meetings or demonstrations. However, in 2008 the local court in Tamale issued a restraining order against an opposition pressure group, the Committee for Joint Action, because the regional police did not have the resources to protect participants in its planned protest. Some 30,000 people nevertheless took to the streets, peacefully protesting the government's inaction on fighting poverty. Separately, political parties were able to freely demonstrate and hold rallies during the electoral campaign, but a number of the events turned violent when supporters of rival parties clashed.
Under 2003 labor laws that conform to International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions, workers have the right to form or join trade unions. About 20 percent of the workforce is employed in the formal sector, but less than 9 percent is unionized.
Ghanaian courts have acted with increased autonomy under the 1992 constitution, but corruption remains a problem. Scarce resources compromise the judicial process, and poorly paid judges are tempted by bribes. Despite promises made by the new chief justice appointed in 2007, there were no noticeable improvements to the judicial infrastructure over the last year. However, in November 2008 she approved the establishment of a national Human Rights Court to hear cases from the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice. Corruption cases against current and former NDC officials often produced results favorable to the NPP government, and an Accra Fast Track High Court, which typically heard these cases, was believed by many to be simply a "fast track to prison." In 2008, high-profile NDC member Tsatsu Tsikata was tried in the court without the presence of his lawyers and with a judge thought to have a pro-NPP bias; he was found guilty of "causing financial loss to the state." While the government has taken steps to improve prisons, conditions remain harsh and sometimes life threatening.
Communal and ethnic violence occasionally flares in Ghana. The north of the country is dominated by various tribal associations, many of which have ties to major political parties based in the south. Tribal tensions erupted into violence in 2008, and a curfew and weapons ban was imposed on the northern Bawku region. Tribal rivalry within the NPP did not lead to violence during the year, but it did contribute to the formation of a splinter party.
Ghanaians are generally free to travel throughout the country despite occasional police-imposed curfews or roadblocks erected by security forces or civilians seeking payments from motorists. Citizens from neighboring countries are free to travel to Ghana.
Despite their equal rights under the law, women suffer societal discrimination, especially in rural areas where opportunities for education and wage employment are limited. However, women's enrollment in universities is increasing. Domestic violence against women is said to be common but often goes unreported. A domestic violence law, which allows prosecution for spousal rape, was passed in 2007, but due to the persistent stigma, it has not increased the number of women coming forward to report rate. Sexual violence against girls is a particular problem in the country's otherwise thriving educational sector. The country serves as a source and transit point for human trafficking, including for child labor and sexual exploitation. Although the practice is illegal, only nine traffickers were apprehended during 2008 and none have been fully tried and sentenced. The government recently set up a Human Trafficking Board tasked with drafting a national plan of action to combat this problem.
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Time Management Tools for Business or Personal Life
Years ago I took a Stephen Covey seminar from the man himself on time management. He told us a lovely story that afternoon which I remember to this day. He spoke about a professor who came into his classroom with a huge empty jar. "We are going to fill this up!" he told his students. Then he proceeded to put some very large rocks in the jar. When no more would fit he asked the students if the jar was "full."
"Oh Yes!" they replied. But they were wrong! The professor then took out some smaller rocks and slipped those into the jar.
"How about now?" he asked the students, "Is the jar full?"
"Oh yes," they replied, because it didn't look like there was room for another rock. But they were wrong. Next the professor took out handfuls of pebbles and started to pour them into the jar.
"How about now?" he asked again, "Is the jar full." By this time some of the students were on to him and were reluctant to reply. "You are right," he admitted, "The jar is NOT full." The professor then put the jar under the faucet and filled the jar with water. Now every remaining space in the jar was taken. Now the jar was full! "So what does that teach us?" The professor asked the students.
"That we can do more than we expected?" suggested a student.
The professor clarified with a useful time management skill. "It teaches us, we have to get the 'big' rocks in first." Meaning, if you do not do the most important things first, the ones that will affect other projects down the road, you have not prioritized your time well. You will find yourself constantly treading water and floundering. Especially in a business environment, you may notice while it doesn't seem like there is time to do things correctly, there is somehow always enough time to correct once and expensive mistake has been made.
Once upon a time when msmuffintop had an afternoon job, she worked at a company that sold motorcycle parts and accessories. She was the shipper. She noticed the people who built the website had not charged enough for shipping, and felt the algorithm should be corrected. "We don't have time! We don't have time!" complained the employees who were building the website. They were reacting to the complaints from management, the people who signed paychecks, who wanted to see ten thousand items up for sale on the website.
So there was never time to fix the shipping estimate. On each air filter sold the company lost a couple dollars. Although the wholesale discount was huge, the cost to ship it, plus pay employees, plus list the item for sale altogether was more than the money being collected. When msmuffintop explained this anomaly to management, they scoffed. "We have a 20 per cent profit margin to work with," management explained. None the less, paypal was taking a cut, shipping was at a loss, there were final value fees and the time and cost of having employees answer questions. The stuff was not selling itself.
Of course a few dollars loss per item wasn't noticeable when the company was doing well. Msmuffintop noticed there were other items where the shipping was so off an extra twenty dollars was being collected. While this was charming in an up market, in a recession, buyers consider the cost of shipping. Three years after telling everyone her concerns, msmuffintop found herself laid off. Why? The company wasn't making any money! How much time would it have taken to correct the shipping algorithm? Apparently the cost of doing business.
Another free time management tool lies in decision making. My former boss at the insurance brokerage I worked at told me in the choice between "urgent" and "important" chose "important" every time. Important has long term consequences, and "urgent" is just that. Sometime people would ask me to sign things, and they were in such a hurry they didn't want me to read it. Remembering the sage advice of my former boss, I read contracts one hundred per cent of the time. Guess what? Sometimes they end up being things I don't want to sign anyway.
My former husband found himself guilty of a felony for not reading a contract. While he was married to another wife she was on welfare, aid to dependent families. He thought it was odd she still qualified after they were married. "Its fine," she assured him, "as long as you sign this paper." So he signed it, without reading what it said, only to be convicted of welfare fraud, rightly so in my opinion. After all, why should the rest of us taxpayers pay for that woman to own a horse, and live the life of leisure, if her husband was supporting the family on an electrician's wages? There are needy people in the world, many of them children, who don't even have enough food who have trouble receiving aid for reasons like they lack a permanent address.
In order to understand what is the most important thing to do, you ought to consider the whole scope of the operation. For example, in your personal life if you have chose between your career and a relationship, you may well chose career if you are young. Laying the right foundation is what will enable you to retire one day. However, if you have children, the priorities are different. Children are only small once and for such a short time. If you miss that period, you won't get it back, at least not with those children. Starting over with a second family may seem like a good option, except you never really get to wipe the slate clean. The original children are still out there, often moody and spiteful over the loss of their family. This affects the second family, even if it stays intact.
So in time management often the most important five minutes is the first five minutes which you spend considering what to do before you start.
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It's Hard Not To Love 'On My Block's' Jamal! Star Brett Gray Opens Up About Season 1's Shocking Finale
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By Sydney Scott	· April 3, 2018 October 24, 2020
Netflix's On My Block has taken the internet by storm, garnering a dedicated fanbase that is excited to see if the streaming giant will renew the series for a second season.
One of the stars of the hit show is Brett Gray, who plays the affable and slightly neurotic Jamal. On the show, which follows a group of friends juggling high school and real life in South Central Los Angeles, fans see Jamal hunting for treasure, lying to his parents about playing football, and dealing with the changing dynamic between his friends.
ESSENCE spoke to Brett about his character, what he hopes to see happen to Jamal, and season one's shocking finale. Be warned, there are a few spoilers ahead.
ESSENCE: On My Block has been a major success, how does it feel to see everyone's reaction to the show?
Brett: It's kinda crazy. I mean, I knew the show was good and I knew that we all were gonna do our best to make sure it got in front of everyone that we wanted to get. I've kinda been overwhelmed because everything is so positive and everybody loves the show so much. We have this email thread going on right now with everyone sending these emails about what On My Block means to them and it's crazy. It's awesome.
ESSENCE: How did you get the role of Jamal?
Brett: My agent sent me the audition info, like "Hey, this could be super cool. It's everything you've asked for, but it's a comedy." I was like, "Oh no. I've never done comedy before." At first, I was nervous. I got with one of my mentors and she helped talk me through it and bring more of myself to Jamal. At the chemistry read, I was for sure I didn't get it. I was just like, well, on to the next thing. And, about a week later they called me and were like, "Hey, you're Jamal." It was awesome. It was very fast. All of that happened within two and a half weeks.
ESSENCE: Do you have anything in common with your character?
Brett: Yeah, we are both super obsessed with our friends. We both sort of go the extra mile for other people and keep things to ourselves. I think we sort of have a balance. He's a lot bigger than I am in life. I tend to take the path of least resistance and I think he often adds resistance. Sometimes I'm like, "Okay, this is super creative and this is gonna work." And then I'll read another script and be like, "Um, Jamal, are you there all the way?"
ESSENCE: Have you seen all the episodes? I need your reaction to how the season ends because everyone in the office is at the point we're about to fight somebody.
Brett: I've seen every episode at least 20 million times at this point. It was kinda de-mystified because I knew about it for so long. I wasn't on set that day but it was the last day of filming, so I came anyway to watch the whole process. At first, I was like, I get the ending. It was fine. After actually seeing it with the music and looking at my friends, who are on the show, and being able to see them as their characters and not on set as Jason and Sierra and Ronnie, it's so powerful. I was like, whoa. I was getting a little misty. I thought, if I feel like this, I can only imagine what people who don't know us and knew nothing about the show are feeling.
ESSENCE: I went through a roller coaster of emotions. I was in my apartment just crying.
Brett: The writers are so smart because they gave us so much to root for, even in the despair of that moment. It was like, you don't know if you're happy for Jamal for finding that money, you don't know if you're sad for Ruby, you don't know if you're sad for Olivia, you don't know what's going on with [Olivia's] parents, who are FaceTiming her. You don't know anything. It's like they just play with you.
ESSENCE: I felt so vindicated for you, though, when you found the RollerWorld money.
Brett: Jamal successfully secured the bank and that's what it's about.
ESSENCE: What was the craziest scene for you to film?
Brett: Probably the last, not the final scene, but the scene with me digging. It was crazy. It was about three o'clock in the morning at this football field at the high school and they have all these dirt mounds. They covered me up with coffee beans. It was so cold. And I had to pretend to dig and there was snot and I'm just screaming at the top of my lungs to the sky.
ESSENCE: What's the bond like on set? In the show you guys call yourselves a family, but what's it like behind the scenes?
Brett: It's actually kind of worse. On the show, I would give us a level eight. In real life, we would be a 10 in family. I mean, we argue with each other. We yell at each other. We have fun. We go out. It's crazy. We actually love each other so much. We all have a group message. We talk every day. It's crazy. I think that actually goes hand in hand with us being all so up and coming because it's all so new to us. We're all getting to talk about our experiences and becoming, sort of, being the platform. I think it actually helps us that we are all so close. And, we live with each other, too, so we have no choice.
ESSENCE: Oh, wait, you guys live together?
Brett: Yes, during filming, the whole three months, Jason, Sierra, and myself all lived together in an Airbnb, so we had no choice but to find a way to get along with each other because we were on set for 14 hours a day and we lived with each other. It's kinda crazy. Hopefully, we do get another season, Jason and Sierra are sending me houses now for Airbnb.
ESSENCE: How does it feel to be a part of a show that's so diverse?
Brett: It's a dream come true. I think that you can count the number of white people in our show on your hand. I've never been able to do that before. It's almost like the show is a complete culture shock, because for the first time you're seeing a neighborhood that you've never seen before. You're seeing children going through situations that you've never gotten to see before, then, even in episode ten, you're seeing a situation that you never really see happen put in a normal, sort of, [setting] in a backyard party at someone's house. I feel on a TV show when things like that happen it's always some sort of high concept idea, but this is just kids in their backyard one night, this could happen to any of us that live in this neighborhood. It's a dream come true being able to show our side of the tracks. There are so many people out there that are saying, "Oh my gosh, this is what happens to us. One day we're playing around and the next day something gets real." Or, "Thank you for making this show about us that doesn't show us as always sad because on Halloween we are just trying to figure out the best way to get candy."
ESSENCE: If the show gets picked up for a second season, what do you think Jamal is gonna do with that money?
Brett: I don't know what he's gonna do. As an actor, I hope that he goes off the deep end. I hope that he's upset with them and they have to help him find himself again and share the money. But I think Jamal's sweeter than I am. I just think next season could be even crazier in terms of the scenarios that they go through because of the aftermath of what's happening in the last episode of season one. I hope that Jamal can get it together in any way that's best for him.
ESSENCE: How would you like to see your character progress?
Brett: You know, it's funny because as much as we've all played these characters, we don't really know them as well as the writers do. They've been working on this show for two and a half years before we even joined the process, so over season one, Jamal sorta found more confidence in himself. Especially when everyone left him, he went and did the whole RollerWorld hunt by himself. So, I hope that Jamal in season two can find his confidence and ease off on the neuroticism and come more into his own as a young black man traversing the world. Also, side note, Jamal is fly.
ESSENCE: Jamal is fly. He's not getting enough credit.
Brett: He is fly. So my dream for Jamal is that by his senior year he's confident, he can stick up for himself, he's fly, and he is fully formed as himself on the dark end and the light end of life. I hope season two he's just more himself. I hope he sticks up for himself more. I hope he empowers his friends. I hope he takes the money and does good things with it. But, we'll see. Flaws are what make a character.
ESSENCE: So, what's on your bucket list for 2018? What other things do you want to accomplish this year?
Brett: I really wanna go somewhere I've never been before. I don't know why. I just feel like I wanna go somewhere super serene and peaceful and beautiful. Like, I wanna go to Montana and hike through the wilderness. Well, you know what? I don't know about that now that I think about it. So, I'm still editing that one. My EP is coming out in August. I've never done music before so that'll be something I'm trying in 2018.
ESSENCE: Do you have a title for your EP yet?
Brett: Yes, it's called Easy Days. It's like a sonic retelling of a childhood story of mine, and it just uses the sounds from the early 2000s and late 90s. Things I heard growing up and how I was influenced by music, but sort of refreshed for 2018, all told in a seamless story through the songs. It's gonna be seven songs. I'm excited.
Also, hopefully, I get to use the platform that we've been given to start some sort of hopeful campaign for the fans of On My Block.
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Digital Publishing Innovation: Google and French Digital Publishing
Published on February 1, 2013 at 2:45 pm by Chris Bibey in News
Digital Publishing Innovation: Earlier today, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt posted the following article on the company's official blog:
Google creates €60m Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to support transformative French digital publishing initiatives
For many years, the search engine giant has been devoted to working with news publishers from one end of the globe to the next, hoping that everybody will be able to take full advantage of what the internet has to offer.
In fact, Schmidt has gone so far with this initiative that he recently visited North Korea to take a closer look at how they approach the online world.
Here is a brief introduction from the official blog post:
"Today I announced with President Hollande of France two new initiatives to help stimulate innovation and increase revenues for French publishers. First, Google has agreed to create a €60 million Digital Publishing Innovation Fund to help support transformative digital publishing initiatives for French readers. Second, Google will deepen our partnership with French publishers to help increase their online revenues using our advertising technology."
As you can see, Schmidt is doing more than looking for a way to push Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)'s name in front of a larger audience. His goal is to help people achieve success online.
By creating a Digital Publishing Innovation Fund, the people of France are going to benefit in many ways. Along with this, the company is going to work one-on-one with publishers in the country to help them earn more money through the use of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) technology.
While the post was short and sweet, it was chock full of important information. Here is just a little bit more:
"This exciting announcement builds on the commitments we made in 2011 to increase our investment in France—including our Cultural Institute in Paris to help preserve amazing cultural treasures such as the Dead Sea Scrolls. These agreements show that through business and technology partnerships we can help stimulate digital innovation for the benefit of consumers, our partners and the wider web."
This goes to show you that Google has been involved in France for quite some time. This is not the company's first foray into the country.
Check back here for more updates on Digital Publishing Innovation.
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By Caroline Kessler
The onset of December must mean only one thing for Jews in the Capitol, at least according to the Washington Post's article on the annual White House Hanukkah Party. Faulting the recession, the Obama administration announced that the guest list would shrink by about half, to 400 people. This comes as quite the contrast to the Bush administration's lavish 800-person gatherings, which has caused some Washington Jews to wrinkle their noses and question Obama's affection for members of the tribe.
But the article tried not to harp on what appeared like typical Jewish kvetching. The article notes that while White House Hanukkah parties occurred in previous administrations, it was W. Bush who made it a go-to social event for politically savvy Washington Jews. It rapidly grew in scope and grandeur throughout the years of his presidency. In fact, in the last December he would ever serve as president, Bush left his tour of the Middle East early to attend the celebration back in Washington.
But as the Huffington Post astutely points out, at least the White House is having a party. According to their article, about 78% of Jewish voters supported Obama. That's a lot of golden tickets to hand out, especially when you tack on the number of Jews in Congress, the embassies, and other government positions. After all, we're in a recession, right?
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Q: Species richness: Why does the more species at one plot imply the more species are missed? Species richness: Why does the more species at one plot imply the more species are missed?
This is what my lecture notes say.

The more there are species that have been observed only once, the more
one can assume that observations of species have been missed.

This sounds counterintuitive, but perhaps the idea is that if one plot has "such many", then it's likely that the rest have also "such many".
I.e. e.g. if one plot out of 20 plots has 32 species, then in the worst case it's possible that the remaning 19 plots also each have ~32 new species. And the total would be e.g. 608 species, while having most species "only once observed" would suggest that it's 32 + something.

A: This is not about "more species", it is about "more rare species".
If you keep finding species that occur only once (only in one plot or maybe only one individual), that suggests that you might be dealing with a community that is rich in rare species. So you can assume that if you would establish new plots between the existing ones, you would keep finding more of those rare species that you've missed before.
See also: Species–area relationship and how that affect your study design in terms of plot size/number.

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Sorry for late reply. Unfortunately, there are some listing problem so we delete the listing already. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
any quality difference g shock watches made in japan or made in thailand?
For high end G-Shocks, generally they will be produced in Japan. The lower/generic G-Shocks will be produced in Thailand/ China/ Malaysia to provide lower cost to customers. The watch movements from all G-Shocks are from Casio Japan, only difference is the manufatcuring countries. Thank you.
is this model made in japan or Thailand?
Thanks for your interest. This watch is made in Japan. Thank you.
Hi and is the band black in color ? And also if it is to be collected from your little india shop ?
I have a few question to ask.
1) just to confirm is this watch authentic?
3) is there any stock available for this watch?
4) if there is any faulty from the watch, is there any exchange ?
5) what does the warranty includes ?
6) may I check where is your shop located?
Thanks in advance , will wait for your reply.
Hi, do you have a shop in singapore?
Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately, we do not have a physical shop to visit. Thank you.
Thanks for your interest. Unfortunatly, we do not pratice meet up. All of the orders must be shipped out. Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Hi is this still available..? Got warranty..?
Yes, item is ready Place the orders immediately before the stock runs out!
This watch using Japan movement, cased in Thailand. We provide 1 year seller warranty for our item. Thank you.
Hi may I know is this design inside camouflage pattern? And the watch itself is black Colour?
This is the model that feature a camouflage pattern face and carry a black colour case and band. Thank you.
Hi is this still available?
This model is available now. Thank you.
Where is the watch made from? Is there local sg warranty? Does it comes in original metal box?
This watch using Japan movement, cased in China. We provide 1 year seller warranty for our item and comes with metal box. Thank you.
Any Warranty? Can collect from shop?
Hi, we provide 1 year seller warranty for this watch. Kindly leave a message upon purchase if you want to self collect. Thank you.
Hi, once you purchase the item, we will send you the address. Thank you.


Have you ever caught yourself getting so involved in something that it overwhelmed you in such a way it was no longer fun, but stressful? This is what I mean; there are so many things that are enjoyable in life, but then that joy can very quickly turn into frustration if you take in too much at once. Things like church involvement, mission work, job activities and spending time with family, especially with children (young or old) should take stress out of life, not add to it!
That kind of time is getting less and less as my daughter, Christina, has announced her engagement to be married in September, 2010. Yep, just what I needed, one more thing to worry about! But, I know God will lead me and get me through everything that is thrown my way. I know my faith is so often challenged and that is a good thing. It keeps me humble and shows me He is in control and is always there for me. So, the key to all of this madness is to simply let God be in control and enjoy His peace at doing so.
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Le Green chaud est un cocktail comprenant du chocolat chaud, du lait, un peu de sucre et de la chartreuse verte.

Origines

Au début du , l'usage d'offrir un Green chaud aux invités des traditionnels « pots d'accueil » s'est instauré dans les stations de ski des Alpes françaises, où ce cocktail paraît avoir acquis le statut de boisson identitaire des sports d'hiver.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Chartreuse verte
 Chocolat chaud
 Brûlot charentais

Bibliographie
  Nicola Williams ... Lonely Planet Reiseführer Frankreich, Chartreuse der Klosterlikor, Lonely Planet, 2014

Lien externe
  Jurgen Gothe, Comfort Yourself With a Chartreuse Blanket, 22 janvier 2004 Straight.com, Vancouver's online source (consulté le )

Cocktail alcoolisé
Boisson lactée


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In limited instances, a court may be persuaded to order a stay of enforcement, prohibiting a creditor from taking judgment enforcement steps against a debtor.
One or more creditors is demanding payment or suing the client for debts the client does not dispute.
Client has little or no income to pay on their debts.
Client has little future prospect of being able to pay on their debts.
when a debtor invokes remedies under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, such as an assignment in bankruptcy or consumer proposal.
There does not appear to be any direct authority in the Small Claims Act to order a stay of enforcement proceeding. It does appear that a Small Claims Court judge could achieve the same end, essentially, by ordering a very nominal payment schedule under Small Claims Rule 11 (for example, a judgment payable at $1 per year).
Under Supreme Court Civil Rule 13-2(31), at the time of judgment or any time after, a judge may order a stay of enforcement of the judgment.
There is relatively little case law on stays of enforcement that does not involve an appeal. However, at least two BC cases demonstrate the possible use of the remedy. In Bank of Montreal v. Price, the defendant brought third-party proceedings against his son and former daughter-in-law. The court ordered a five-year stay of enforcement against the former daughter-in-law, taking into consideration her inability to pay, her marital circumstances (divorced with custody of a child), and the close family relationship between the parties.
In Caisse Populaire Maillardville v. Frigon, the court refused an application for a stay of enforcement, finding no special circumstances, even though the defendant argued that the eventual disposition of a related court action between the parties in his favour would allow him to sell property and pay the plaintiff's judgment.
Advocates should obtain a complete financial picture of the client, including income and expenses, and assets and liabilities. It is particularly important to determine whether there are any other creditors and the extent of the debtor's assets. For this remedy to be viable, it should be evident that the client has little or no ability to pay the creditor's claim, and that there are no other practical remedies available to the debtor.
Court-level information is important because it governs what procedures to follow when applying for an instalment payment order. If the client has been sued, obtain all the relevant court documents from the client or from the court registry.
If the client has not been sued, determine the amount owing to anticipate in which court an action might be brought.
Before making an application for a stay of enforcement, consider whether a stay can be negotiated with the creditor. You may be able to explain to the satisfaction of the creditor that the debtor has no ability to pay on the debt, and is unlikely to have any future ability to pay. The creditor may agree to suspend collection efforts in exchange for the debtor agreeing to tell the creditor of any change in circumstances.
This approach may be successful, for example, if a client is on welfare or other income support scheme, and if it is clear to the creditor that enforcement steps are not likely to produce any results.
If the debtor is being sued in Small Claims Court, the judge might be asked to order a stay or to make a nominal payment schedule order. In Supreme Court, the debtor would file a Notice of Application with a detailed supporting affidavit in response to the creditor's application for judgment.