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What's next in 2011? Accountability issues, timetable questions, and a reconfigured community response, with BrooklynSpeaks rising, DDDB receding
In my 2010 preview a year ago, I suggested it would be the year of "the final endgame and, likely, a very changed landscape." In the main, that was accurate, as described last week: "definitive progress on arena, Prokhorov emergence, Chinese investors (!), same questions of accountability."
No one could have predicted the astonishing effort to market an investment in the Brooklyn Arena and Infrastructure Project to Chinese (and Korean) investors seeking green cards.
And no one would have bet that a state judge, Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman, would hand Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) and allied groups--and BrooklynSpeaks and allies in their first lawsuit--a long-awaited partial victory in court, ruling that the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), in "what appears to be yet another failure of transparency," had failed to study the impacts of a 25-year buildout.
What next? The ESDC quickly provided such a study, deeming the impacts unimportant--which may be enough to make it pass the low legal bar, though not sufficient to convince locals that a surface parking lot lasting decades is not a meaningful change.
The legal process may continue for months, though it's highly unlikely Friedman will stop arena construction and unlikely--though more up in the air--whether she'll require any more action regarding Phase 2, involving an indefinite interim surface parking lot and other neighborhood impacts.
Contours of change
It remains to be seen whether the ESDC, under new Governor Andrew Cuomo, will take Atlantic Yards oversight more seriously, and whether any governance entity might emerge. Cuomo hasn't given any signals that he understands Atlantic Yards, and donor Bruce Ratner and some Ratner lobbyists surely have his ear.
It's likely that the center of gravity for citizen activism will shift away from Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB), which tried mightily to stop Atlantic Yards and highlight the bypass of democracy, to BrooklynSpeaks and cluster of groups more concerned with oversight issues and monitoring of construction impacts.
What little public process that remains includes the Atlantic Yards District Service Cabinet, which gathers representatives of all affected agencies as well as governmental and community board stakeholders.
It began meeting in November, and is slated to meet quarterly. Such meetings, while open to the public, are held during business hours, and questions must be submitted beforehand (updated) to elected officials, Community Boards, or the Borough President's office.
One sign from the first meeting: the somewhat awkward position of City Council Member Letitia James, who while remaining an opponent of the project also must represent constituents who want to know if the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) is being implemented.
Perhaps she'll ask about the long-awaited Independent Compliance Monitor over the Community Benefits Agreement, which Forest City Ratner has failed to implement.
No elected official, however, has seen it fruitful to keep pounding on Atlantic Yards issues. Otherwise someone might have denounced Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz for his astounding and dishonest claim that "Brooklyn is 1000 percent behind Atlantic Yards."
Timetable issues
The Atlantic Yards timetable has always been a question mark. Remember, when the project was announced in 2003, the arena was supposed to open in 2006! Officially, Phase 1 is supposed to take four years and the entire project a decade, but no one--not even FCR or the ESDC--believes that.
We should know within six months whether the Barclays Center arena is on time for a summer/fall 2012 opening or whether it will be nudged back. (We also should know within the year whether the much-buzzed team name change will be anything more than the likely "Brooklyn Nets.")
Also, the plan for the first tower, Building 2, was supposed to be announced last year, but that was delayed. Expect an announcement this year, as well as a relaunched Atlantic Yards web site promoting the project.
Will Forest City Ratner's new web site give an honest schedule for the project? Unlikely.
According to the Development Agreement suspiciously kept under wraps until after a crucial court hearing last January before Friedman, FCR has three/five/ten years to start each of three towers and 12 years to build a minimum square footage for the first phase, and 25 years for the project as a whole. Even those deadlines, with minimal penalties outside delays in the first three buildings, can be pushed back if subsidies aren't available.
And expect a push to sell Nets tickets and suites, and further evidence of Forest City Ratner/Barclays strategic philanthropy.
Also, we should learn whether Forest City Ratner's immigrant investor fundraising is successful--though, if so, it will take seven years to find out if immigrant investors wind up with development rights to part of the project.
Given the recent focus on abuses in the immigrant investor program, it's possible that the federal government, long laissez-faire, will take a look at the deceptive marketing of this and other programs.
Community response: DDDB
As Atlantic Yards proceeds, however fitfully, who will maintain accountability? Expect, at minimum, a reconfiguring.
DDDB, after five annual fall walkathons, did not hold a sixth this past October. Indeed, after organizing a major protest at the groundbreaking last March and the departure from the footprint of spokesman and symbol Daniel Goldstein (after he lost his apartment to the ESDC and settled under pressure), DDDB has not held any public events and sent out only a few newsletters.
Like many others, DDDB seemed surprised by Friedman's decision in November, using it as an opportunity to send out another fundraising message.
But DDDB's role is ambiguous. In response to my questions, I got a statement from legal chair Candace Carponter. "Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn looks forward to the coming year—its seventh year of community activism. As we move forward, our leadership team and our board of directors remain active and watchful."
"Clearly the environment now is very different than that of 2003, even though in 2010 we came very close to defeating Bruce Ratner's corrupt land grab entirely, but for his 11th hour bailout by a Russian oligarch and a misguided legal ruling by the state's highest court," she added. "Though during the past year we did not achieve the results we all have worked so hard towards, we are proud of our work and are certain that we are on the right side of history."
"The arena is under construction, but the rest of the project is a big unknown—there is not even a design yet for it," she said. "We don't expect Ratner to fulfill any of his promises and, unfortunately, things are panning out very much as we predicted years ago, and as we warned our elected officials about over and over."
Though Carponter said DDDB's web site will continue and "[we] fully expect to be able to meet our financial commitments," her statement suggested that DDDB is ready to pass the torch: "We commend and support BrooklynSpeaks' efforts to set up meaningful, legislatively mandated oversight of the project, an effort they undertook from their inception. However, oversight of a project that should never materialize is not within DDDB's mission."
Briefs are due in two weeks in the case before Friedman, and Carponter left open DDDB's role: "Currently there are some outstanding legal issues for which we are considering our options. We are certain that the community will pursue these options, whether by our lead, or BrooklynSpeaks, or in conjunction."
The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods, generally allied with DDDB, has also been quiet, though it may resurrect its role. (I didn't check directly with them.)
DDDB poised to return?
However, DDDB apparently will remain poised to respond if and when things go too far. "In the coming months and years, if anything at the Atlantic Yards site takes place that appears to violate the law, if Ratner's attempt to construct the arena falters, or if Forest City Ratner attempts to extract yet more Atlantic Yards subsidies to enrich itself, we will be at the ready to pursue legal and political rectification," Carponter said.
"In other words—we will be actively vigilant about what transpires, and take all steps that we and our members deem appropriate," she said. "In the meantime, the many members of DDDB who are and have become passionate defenders of their communities will continue to speak out against additional governmental subsidies for the Atlantic Yards boondoggle, and the continued abuses of our neighborhoods by Ratner and other developers who seek to remake our city in their own myopic vision."
BrooklynSpeaks steps up
BrooklynSpeaks, formed with the Municipal Art Society (MAS) and several more moderate Brooklyn and civic groups, lost the MAS after it went to court, and, seeing its negotiation strategy come to little, has taken a tougher stance.
"In 2011, BrooklynSpeaks will continue to press for reform of Atlantic Yards governance, and advocate for changes to the project that reduce its environmental impacts and accelerate its public benefits," said BrooklynSpeaks' Gib Veconi. "The last three Governors of New York State have permitted, if not directed, the Empire State Development Corporation to provide the appearance of a public process around Atlantic Yards, while acting to advance the interests of a private developer over the interests of the people of Brooklyn and New York."
"It is too early to tell whether Governor Cuomo will bring accountability to Atlantic Yards, but it's clear from the response to our public outreach in December there are many, many Brooklynites who remain deeply concerned about the future of the project and demand reform," he added. "The BrooklynSpeaks sponsors intend to make these voices heard through all means available, including political awareness, legislation and litigation if necessary."
In pursuing the lawsuit before Friedman, BrooklynSpeaks marked a move from its longstanding "mend it, don't end it" posture.
BrooklynSpeaks has remained active in pushing for a governance entity over the project, and maintains ties with local elected officials who might help make it happen.
BrooklynSpeaks allies
Groups allied with BrooklynSpeaks, including the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC) and the Dean Street Block Association, also should remain active in monitoring issues of construction, as their members live close to the site and bear the brunt of routine stresses and anything going wrong.
"Along with the other BrooklynSpeaks sponsors, the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council will continue to press our new Governor for genuinely transparent and accountable governance of the Atlantic Yards Project," said the PHNDC's Danae Oratowski.
"PHNDC remains extremely concerned about the impact of Atlantic Yards on Prospect Heights and the other communities that surround the project," she added. "Of special concern are the impacts on the many residents who live in the immediate vicinity of Project construction and the soon-to-be-built surface parking lot, both of which could last for as much as 25 years. Those residents are already experiencing disruptions from construction, rodents, traffic changes and developer-created blight."
What next? "We will continue to press the ESDC to protect the public and address these impacts," she said. "As part of this effort, and as a way to document changes to the Project generally, PHNDC and other community groups are organizing local residents to monitor the site."
Dean Street resident Peter Krashes, speaking for the Dean Street Block Association, 6th to Vanderbilt, observed, "The arena may be moving forward, but the many unresolved issues that have made Atlantic Yards controversial continue. Many of the project goals outlined to the public that are deeply relevant to our community -- the elimination of designated blight, the connecting of neighborhoods, the creation of eight acres of open space, the replacement and development of affordable housing -- already appear to have fallen by the way-side, or at minimum appear to be long delayed."
"The members of our block association are primarily residents who live in an area all stakeholders of the project agree will be significantly adversely affected due to the project's implementation, operation and construction," he added. "When it comes to Atlantic Yards, FCRC and the ESDC have long eluded accountability and transparency. Nothing is more critical than ensuring that in challenging circumstances, FCRC and ESDC become accountable both to the public at large and the specific communities that depend on the outcome of the project."
What next? "Our block association will continue to identify and advocate for opportunities to improve the project when they arise," he said. "We will also not stop working to ensure the many adverse impacts on our community members are mitigated meaningfully, that hard to come by information is disseminated where it needs to be heard, and that all stakeholders' voices are weighed fairly and reasonably.
The media and the blogosphere
Atlantic Yards is still a big story, but most media organizations are tired of it. Witness the general indifference to the Chinese visa story and even Markowitz's astounding claim.
The Brooklyn Paper, once aggressively covering Atlantic Yards, has stepped back since its 2009 purchase by Rupert Murdoch. It and its former competitor and now sister paper, the Courier-Life chain, now publish mostly the same articles.
One uptick in coverage has emerged from the new Prospect Heights Patch, part of the chain of Patch hyperlocal web sites, owned by AOL, but it's too soon to see whether it will have the institutional knowledge to probe.
Last year I wondered if No Land Grab would remain as a daily compiler (and commenter on) all things Atlantic Yards and it did, with Eric McClure shouldering most of the work. However, just as DDDB has receded, I wouldn't be surprised if NLG, too, steps back somewhat.
Last year, I wrote that the pace of Atlantic Yards Report would slow if news drops off, but it didn't slow very much. Such a drop-off could happen this year, as I focus on an Atlantic Yards book, but I'm not leaving.
Toward history
After all, the story won't go away. As the civic watchdog Henry Stern, dismayingly (and selectively) silent on Atlantic Yards, observed last September:
"The law doth punish man or woman
That steals the goose from off the common,
But lets the greater felon loose
That steals the common from the goose."
Stern asked for "guardians of the public interest" to speak out on the issue of 15 Penn Plaza. There are too few such guardians, I wrote, and some of them are timid or compromised.
Atlantic Yards, at the least, will continue its march into history. The Battle of Brooklyn documentary should be finished this year, likely provoking further discussion of Atlantic Yards--at least, if the pattern from the play In the Footprint continues, on the Arts pages.
And, given the last seven years, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a new Atlantic Yards twist that no one has expected. Atlantic Yards, as I've said, is a "never say never" project.
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Nigeira's Borno State Police Command has discovered a bomb specialist sponsored by fundamentalist Boko Haram sect for training in Afghanistan.
Boko Haram, which means Western Education is Sin, caused an uprising in July that left some 700 people dead.
Abdulrasheed Abubakar, aged 23, confessed to the authorities that he was sent to the country by the sect's late leader, Mohammed Yusuf, and was promised the sum of N5.5 million upon return.
He learnt how to manufacture local bombs for the group's use, the police disclosed.
Previously, a Christian by name Jeremiah Samuel, the Boko Haram faithful was converted to Islam seven months ago by one Mallam Umar in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
Abubakar claimed that he had a Diploma in Theology from Christ Disciples Bible Church, Enugu. He was influenced by the Ramadan preaching of Yusuf that was recorded on a tape, he said.
According to him, "I was introduced to Mohammed Yusuf by a friend, having listened to some of his preaching. I was really fascinated by the Islamic teaching not the Boko Haram ideology," he confessed.
Information made available to THISDAY shows that he was arrested by the police at an undisclosed hideout in Yola and brought to Maiduguri where the headquarters of the sect (Markas) was located, on his return to Nigeria.
He said he took off from Nigeria to Afghanistan through South Africa, claiming that all the travelling documents were retrieved from him as soon as he came back from the trip in late July. He did not name the airline which he boarded from Nigeria to South Africa before connecting to Afghanistan.
Narrating his journey, Abubakar said: "Mohammed Yusuf gave the two of us who went for the training some telephone numbers of our trainers and we called them as soon as we arrived in Afghanistan. I can't recollect the town or place where the training took place because they covered our faces and led us to a house where we spent about three months," he explained.
The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdul, told journalists that the suspected bomb specialist was picked up in Yola by the police following intelligence reports.
Abdul disclosed that some arms including seven hand-made rocket propelled grenades, over seven locally made pistols, rifles and casting pistols were recovered from Boko Haram hideouts.
He said that the police would be proactive in discharging its duties.
Abubakar was born in Numan, Adamawa State. He comes from the Bachama tribe. He claimed that he speaks Hausa, Fulfude and Igbo.
He said that he was adequately briefed by the sect leader of his mission before he was sent to Afghanistan.
The sect's leader died in July, in an incident decried by some as summary execution. The authorities previously stated that Yusuf lost his life during a shoot-out with the police.
A picture showing him in handcuffs emerged, casting doubt on the statement issued by police authorities.
It also emerged that the police received several warnings and tip-off about the activities of Boko Haram. One of its leaders was also arrested but later released on bail.
The issue came to the fore when the group attacked a police station in Bauchi. The altercation between the police and members of the sect spread to Maiduguri and Yobe States, leading to the destruction of properties and loss of lives.
Some Christians detained by the group were later released. Details of the death of some were released to newsmen too.


After deciding that geology didn't exactly rock his world, Jason Robinson left college to figure out what he wanted to do with his life.
He drifted into loss prevention, kind of likes the work and is considering going back to school to pursue a career in law enforcement.
"Which is pretty funny, considering the things I do," Robinson said.
Jason Robinson trespasses, on a recreational basis, and with the very best of intentions.
Robinson, a lifelong resident of the South Side, is an "urban explorer," and founder of what he hopes one day will be a nonprofit organization, the Ohio Exploration Society; so far he has yet to get organized enough to fill out the necessary paperwork to achieve nonprofit status.
Robinson defines urban exploration as people who go to historic or abandoned places, in spite of, and sometimes especially because of, prohibitions against such visits.
"You just peruse around, see what you can see, find what you can find," Robinson said.
"That's what it is," Robinson acknowledged.
Robinson reported some close encounters of the cop kind while out exploring, but none have resulted in arrest.
"It was never close," he said.
Law enforcement officers seem pretty understanding when the mission of urban explorers is explained to them.
"One even told us another place to check out," Robinson said.
Explorers of the past — da Gamma, Balboa, Ponce de Leon, Magellan, and of course, Columbus — sought the unknown.
Urban explorers seek the forgotten.
Robinson dates the pursuit of urban exploration to the 1960s and '70s when groups of people began organizing trips to sewer tunnels.
A sampling of various urban exploration Web sites, and these people are BIG on Web sites, only serves to cloud the issue; most deal almost exclusively with the history and exploits of individuals or specific groups, not urban exploration as a whole.
One site, maintained by the colorfully nicknamed "Panic," dates the proliferation of Web pages to 1995, but that's when he became interested.
Robinson's personal history begins and remains in the South Side; he graduated sixth in his class from Marion-Franklin in 1998. He attended Denison University for a year, majoring in geology.
"I decided I didn't want to make a career out of finding rocks," Robinson said.
Rather than continue throwing money toward training in a career he didn't care to pursue, Robinson quit college in order to figure out what to do with his life. He hasn't quite decided yet, although urban exploration is certainly helping to fill up the time. Robinson's involvement with the hobby dates back to the year 2000, when he got a digital camera.
"Now what can I do with it?" he wondered.
Robinson initially started out by visiting abandoned cemeteries, but soon expanded his exploration to abandoned properties and even buildings.
Robinson's own Web site, "https://www.ohioexploration.com" includes some of his trespasses, notably an extensive photographic visit to the old Seneca Hotel in downtown Columbus.
"Only in Columbus do we tear down the few classics we have to build more parking lots," he opines in the commentary that accompanies the photos.
Once supposedly doomed to the wrecking ball, the East Broad Street building is now scheduled for renovation into apartments.
Robinson organized the Ohio Exploration Society as a way of meeting with like-minded folks as well as learning about other sites to visit. The group has between 15 to 20 members, among them Columbus resident Jay Maynard.
"There's always a new place to explore," Robinson said.
Anyone interested in joining the Ohio Exploration Society is invited to visit the Web site and contact Robinson via the e-mail link. All that is requested of prospective new members is a suggestion of potential places to explore.
"It would be their little initiation," Robinson said.
As for the most interesting place he has trampled through so far, Robinson quickly identifies an abandoned state prison in Junction City, outside of Lancaster. In part, he admitted, this is because the Robert Redford movie "Brubaker," released in 1980, was shot there in 1978.
There might be another reason, however.
*** As a footnote to this article, the Seneca Hotel was not visited by the Ohio Exploration Society. It was visited and covered by our good friend Andy over at Forgotten Ohio, who we linked to from our main page. Visit his site by Clicking Here.


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ABC abbreviation of "American Broadcasting Company."
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Love is a pervasive force in the universe, not just a silly human emotion. Love is the key to living in harmony with each other and with the rest of nature. Love is to allow oneself and others to be as one is, and to live as one naturally lives.
Love is to perceive the essence of people and things and life, and to see and appreciate the value of all things. Love is to go beyond separation and difference and abstraction and language and to feel the unity in all of existence. Love is to participate joyously in the dance of life, to hear the music of evolution, to feel the pleasures and pains of the journey though life, to see the beauty in all of the world.
Whatever you give away today, or think or say or do will multiply about tenfold and then return to you. It may not come immediately, nor from the obvious source but the law applies unfailingly, through some invisible force. Whatever you feel about another, be it love or hate or passion will surely bounce right back to you in some clear (or secret) fashion If you speak about some person, a word of praise or two, soon, tens of other people will speak kind words of you. Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul, not secrets of the brain. Kind ones bring us happiness; petty ones, untold pain Giving works as surely as reflections in a mirror. If hate you send, hate you'll get back, but loving brings love nearer Remember, as you start this day and duty crowds your mind, that kindness comes so quickly back to those who first are kind. Let that thought and this one direct us through each day. The only things we ever keep are the things we give away.
Our lives are patchwork quilts of mismatched fabrics, all stitched together by an invisible seamstress. The tattered, blood-red scraps of quarrels, the beige of pastry crust baked on Saturdays in a grandmother's kitchen that always smelled sweet, the brilliant colors of our happy moments -- picnics and sunsets and laughter -- all these are necessary pieces of the tapestry of our lives, even our cold, white doubts and emptiness. All the colors of life sewn together with the green thread of growth. We are a mixture of feelings and experiences. Often, we want to cut away a square of painful memory. But without it, our quilt would lose its beauty, for contrast would disappear. If a piece is removed, the rest is weakened and incomplete. When we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves.
Painful situations, relationships that hurt us, memories of experiences that pinch our nerve endings, need not imprison us. However, we are seldom very quick to let go of the pain. Instead, we become obsessed with it, the precipitating circumstances, and the longed-for, but often missed outcome. We choose to wallow in the pain, rather than learn from it. And we salt our own wounds every time we indulge the desire to replay the circumstances that triggered the pain. Pain can't be avoided. It's as natural as joy. In fact, we understand joy in contrast to the experiences of pain. Each offers breadth to our lives. And both strengthen us. Our maturity is proportionate to our acceptance of all experiences. In retrospect we can be grateful for pain, for it offered us many gifts in disguise. If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love, I am a housekeeper - not a homemaker. If I have time for waxing, polishing and decorative achievements, but have not love, my children learn of cleanliness - not godliness. Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh. Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window. Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk. Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys. Love is present through the trials. Love reprimands, reproves and is responsive. Love crawls with the baby, walks with the toddler, runs with the child, then stands aside to let the youth walk into adulthood. Love is the key that opens salvation's message to a child's heart. Before I became a parent I took glory in my house of perfection. Now I glory in God's perfection of my child. As a parent there is much I must teach my child, but the greatest of all is love.
"True Love is not a painful obsession. It is not taking a hostage or being a hostage. It is not all-consuming, isolating, or constricting. Unfortunately the type of love most of us learned about as children is in fact an addiction, a form of toxic love. 'I can't smile without you,' 'I can't live without you,' 'Someday my prince /princess will come' are not healthy messages. There is nothing wrong with wanting a relationship - it is natural and healthy. Believing we can't be whole or happy without a relationship is unhealthy and leads us to accept deprivation and abuse, and to engage in manipulation, dishonesty, and power struggles."
Spiritual is the Kindness found all over the world.... A soothing touch in the dead of night, When pain and fear take fanciful flight.... An arm to hold onto when steps start to falter, A prayer whispered quickly when breathing is altered... Speech without words, tears without pain, little to lose, the world to gain.... Listening carefully to tales of woe, Feeling the pain, letting it go.... A moment of time, a smile so bright, Laughing and sharing, a touch so light.... Raindrops and sunshine, and morning dew, A moment of love, given to you and to me.
There are times when we are timid and shy about expressing the love wefeel. For fear of embarrassing the other person, or ourselves, we hesitate to say the actual words "I love you." So we try to communicate the idea in other words. We say take care or don't drive too fast or be good. But really, these are just other ways of saying I love you. You are important to me. I care what happens to you. I don't want you to get hurt.
We are sometimes very strange people. The only thing we want to say, and the one thing that we should say, is the one thing we don't say. And yet because the feeling is so real, and the need to say it is so strong, we are driven to use other words and signs to say what we really mean. And many times the meaning never gets communicated at all and the other person is left feeling unloved and unwanted.
Therefore, we have to LISTEN FOR LOVE in the words that people are saying to us. Sometimes the explicit words are necessary, but more often, the manner of saying things is even more important. A joyous insult carries more affection and love within the sentiments, which are expressed insincerely. An impulsive hug says I LOVE YOU even though the words might be saying very different. Any expression of a person's concern for another says I love you. Sometimes the expression is clumsy, sometimes even cruel.
Sometimes we must look and listen very intently for the love that contains. But it is often there, beneath the surface. A mother may nag her son constantly about his grades or cleaning his room. The son may hear only the nagging, but if he listens carefully, he will hear the love underneath the nagging. His mother wants him to do well, to be successful. Her concern and love for her son unfortunately emerge in her nagging. But it is love all the same. A daughter comes home late, way past her curfew, and her father confronts her with angry words. The daughter may hear only the anger, but if she listens carefully, she will hear the love under the anger. I was worried about you, the father is saying. Because I care about you and I love you. You are important to me.
We say I love you in many ways- with birthday gifts, and little notes, with smiles and sometimes with tears. Sometimes we show our love by just keeping quiet and not saying a word, at other times by speaking out, even brusquely. We show our love sometimes by impulsiveness. Many times we have to show our love by forgiving someone who has not listened to the love we have tried to express. The problem is listening for love is that we don't always understand the language of love, which the other person is using.
A girl may use tears or emotions to say what she wants to say, and her boyfriend may not understand her because he expects her to be talking his language. Thus, we have to force ourselves to really listen for love.
The problem with our world is that people rarely listen to each other. They hear the words, but they don't listen to the actions that accompany the words or the expression on the face. Or people listen only for rejection or misunderstanding. They do not see the love that is there just beneath the surface, even if the words are angry. Simon and Garfunkel wrote that very haunting song, The Sound of Silence. It goes ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking; people hearing without listening; people writing songs that voices never shared, because no one dared disturb the sound of silence.
It is a terrifying picture of our modern world, a world without communication and without love.
We have to listen for love in those around us. If we listen intently we will discover that we are a lot more loved than we realize. Listen for love and we will find that the world is a very loving place, after all.
When you feel yourself starting to beat yourself up about something, there's a very simple technique that can help ease it. Pretend you are your best friend. How would you talk to your friend? You would never tell your best friend the things you tell yourself. You'd never treat anybody the way you treat yourself.
You wouldn't talk to somebody you love that way, would you? Give yourself the compassion, friendship and support you would to anyone you care about.


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Ryan O'Neal sues over Farrah Fawcett painting
by Caroline Goddard
Jul 14, 2011 at 2:08 pm EDT
Ryan O'Neal is suing a rabid Farrah Fawcett fan because of a huge scandal over a famous painting of Farrah Fawcett.
When Farrah Fawcett died, she left her vast — and extremely valuable — art collection to her alma mater, the University of Texas. One of the paintings included in the gift was one of two original Andy Warhol portraits of the Charlie's Angels star. What happened to the other one?
That is what started the lawsuit between Ryan O'Neal and Craig Nevius. O'Neal claims that for years Nevius has been after him, spreading false rumors and innuendo about the actor and his relationship with his late partner — even selling private medical information while Fawcett was dying of cancer.
O'Neal says that Warhol personally gave him the second portrait of Fawcett, giving the actress the first one. The University of Texas says the second portrait should have been part of the bequest of Fawcett's estate, but O'Neal says the painting never belonged to the actress — it was always his own property.
Where does Nevius fit into the painting scandal? O'Neal says Nevius told media outlets that the actor stole the painting from Fawcett, resulting in both Good Morning America and Star Magazine running stories that he was being investigated for theft. O'Neal says he is not under investigation for anything and calls the allegations "false, malicious and defamatory," so bad, in fact, that the University of Texas bought it hook, line and sinker and demanded he hand over the painting.
O'Neal says the portrait is one of his most "prized possessions and a precious memento of his life with Ms. Fawcett," and that under no circumstances was it part of her estate. He claims he has suffered "humiliation, mental anguish and emotional distress" and wants $1 million in damages.
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If plan on traveling on the New York State Thruway this weekend, you may see significant traffic jams as three lanes of travel will be closed in the Hudson Valley.
The Thruway Authority announced construction for the new Tappan Zee Bridge which will require a triple lane closure on the northbound Tappan Zee Bridge beginning Friday night.
Only one northbound lane will remain open to traffic.
Lane closures will start Friday April 29 at 9 p.m. and continue until Saturday April 30 at 2 p.m. Lanes will again be closed Saturday starting at 9 p.m. and remained closed until Sunday May 1 at 2 p.m.
Officials say all three lanes in the southbound direction will remain open on the Tappan Zee Bridge during the entire weekend.
Motorists traveling north on or near the Tappan Zee bridge should plan for severe delays during the closure. Seeking alternate routes is advised.
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Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017
Amended by
Act 40 of 2018
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
2 Interpretation
3 Act does not apply to certain centres
4 Purpose of Act
5 Appointment of officers
Part 2 LICENSING OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTRES
6 No operation of early childhood development centre without licence, etc.
7 Application for or to renew licence
8 Grant or renewal of licence
9 Form and validity of licence
10 Licence conditions
11 Modification of conditions of licence
12 Security deposit
13 Transfer of licence
14 Voluntary cessation of operation or surrender of licence
15 Lapse of licence
16 Revocation of licence and other regulatory sanctions
17 Directions concerning safety, wellbeing, etc., of children
18 Directions when licence expires, etc.
19 Disqualification of key appointment holders
20 Use of premises for other purpose
21 Register of licensees
Part 3 APPROVAL FOR PERSONS PERFORMING DUTIES AT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTRES
22 Prescribed duties or classes of duties
23 Approval for performance of, and deployment of individuals to perform, prescribed duties
24 Application for approval
25 Grant of approval
26 Conditions of approval
27 Cancellation and suspension of approval
28 Notification of cessation of performance of, or deployment to perform, duty
Part 4 THIRD-PARTY EDUCATION SERVICE PROVIDERS AT EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTRES
29 Approval to engage individuals to provide educational service
33 Cancellation of approval
34 Notice of cessation of engagement
Part 5 ENFORCEMENT AND MONITORING COMPLIANCE
35 Record-keeping and giving information on quality of service
36 Codes of practice
37 Powers of entry, etc., for enforcement purpose
38 Offence of obstructing, etc., Chief Licensing Officer or authorised officer in exercise of powers, etc.
39 Furnishing false information
40 Offences by corporations
41 Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships
42 Composition of offences
Part 6 APPEALS
43 Appeal to Minister
44 Designation of others to hear appeals
Part 7 MISCELLANEOUS
45 Preservation of secrecy
46 Protection from personal liability
47 Service of documents
48 Jurisdiction of courts
49 General exemption
50 Amendment of Schedule
52 Repeal of Child Care Centres Act
54 Saving and transitional provisions
THE SCHEDULE Excluded early childhood development centres
Published in Acts Supplement on 11 May 2017
NO. 24] Friday, May 12 [2017
The following Act was passed by Parliament on 28 February 2017 and assented to by the President on 5 April 2017:—
TONY TAN KENG YAM,
5 April 2017.
Date of Commencement: 2 January 2019
An Act to regulate the operation of early childhood development centres, to provide for other connected or incidental matters, to repeal the Child Care Centres Act (Chapter 37A of the 2012 Revised Edition) and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other Acts.
1. This Act is the Early Childhood Development Centres Act 2017 and comes into operation on a date that the Minister appoints by notification in the Gazette.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
"applicant" means a person making an application;
"application", in relation to a licence, means an application for or to renew a licence;
"authorised officer", for any provision of this Act, means a public officer who is appointed as an authorised officer under section 5(3) for the purposes of that provision;
"Chief Licensing Officer" means the public officer appointed under section 5(1)(a);
"code of practice" means a code of practice issued or approved by the Chief Licensing Officer under section 36, and includes any such code of practice as amended from time to time under that section;
"early childhood development centre" means any premises where any early childhood development service is provided or is to be provided;
"early childhood development service" means the provision of care or education, or care and education, habitually of 5 or more children who are below 7 years of age, for a fee, reward or profit by a person who is not a relative or guardian of all the children;
"key appointment holder", in relation to an applicant or a licensee —
(a) that is a company, limited liability partnership or other body corporate, means —
(i) a member of the board of directors or committee or board of trustees or other governing board of the applicant or licensee (as the case may be); and
(ii) any other person, by whatever name called, who has general management or supervision of the business of the early childhood development centre to which the application or licence (as the case may be) relates;
(b) that is a partnership, means —
(i) a partner of the applicant or licensee (as the case may be); and
(ii) any other person, by whatever name called, who has general management or supervision of the business of the early childhood development centre to which the application or licence (as the case may be) relates; and
(c) in any other case, means any person, by whatever name called, who has general management or supervision of the business of the early childhood development centre to which the application or licence (as the case may be) relates;
"licence" means a licence granted or renewed under this Act authorising the licensee to operate the early childhood development centre specified in the licence;
"licensee" means a person who is the holder of a licence;
"modification" and "modify", in relation to the conditions of a licence, include deleting or varying and substituting a condition, and adding a condition;
"operate", for an early childhood development centre, means to control or direct the operations of the centre in connection with a business of providing or offering early childhood development service at that centre;
"premises" includes a building, an enclosure, ground and open air space;
"repealed Act" means the Child Care Centres Act (Cap. 37A) repealed by this Act.
Act does not apply to certain centres
3. This Act does not apply to, or in relation to any of the following:
(a) any early childhood development centre —
(i) operated by or on behalf of the Government; or
(ii) specified in the Schedule (called in this Act an excluded early childhood development centre);
(b) any person deployed, engaged or permitted by —
(i) the Government to perform any duty or provide any service at a centre mentioned in paragraph (a)(i); or
(ii) the operator of an excluded early childhood development centre to perform any duty or provide any service at that centre.
Purpose of Act
4. The purpose of this Act is to regulate the operation of early childhood development centres, so as to —
(a) protect the safety, wellbeing and welfare of children at early childhood development centres; and
(b) promote the quality, and continuous improvement in the quality, of early childhood development services at early childhood development centres.
Appointment of officers
5.—(1) The Minister may appoint —
(a) a public officer as the Chief Licensing Officer for the purposes of this Act; and
(b) such number of public officers as Assistant Chief Licensing Officers as may be necessary.
(2) The Chief Licensing Officer and Assistant Chief Licensing Officers may be known by such title as the Minister determines from time to time.
(3) The Chief Licensing Officer may, in relation to any provision of this Act, appoint a public officer to be an authorised officer for the purposes of that provision, either generally or in a particular case.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Chief Licensing Officer may, with the approval of the Minister, delegate the exercise of all or any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon the Chief Licensing Officer by any provision of this Act (except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection) to an Assistant Chief Licensing Officer.
(5) Any delegation under subsection (4) may be general or in a particular case and may be subject to such conditions or limitations as set out in this Act or as the Chief Licensing Officer may specify; and any reference in the provision of this Act to the Chief Licensing Officer includes a reference to such an Assistant Chief Licensing Officer.


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Les championnats de Tunisie d'athlétisme 2016 sont une compétition tunisienne d'athlétisme disputée en 2016 et qui se déroule le 20 mars pour les épreuves de marche, les 16 et 17 avril pour les épreuves combinées, le 21 mai pour les courses du  m et du 15 au 17 juillet pour le reste des épreuves. Les épreuves de marche se déroulent sur route dans la ville de Korba. Pour les autres épreuves, tous les athlètes se retrouvent au stade d'athlétisme de Radès, situé à côté du stade olympique.

Les performances de 2016 sont en retrait par rapport aux années précédentes. Certains des meilleurs athlètes tunisiens sont occupés par d'autres compétitions à l'étranger ou en cours de préparation pour les Jeux olympiques de Rio. La majorité des athlètes n'ont pas pu mener leur préparation correctement au cours du mois du ramadan faute d'installation disponible en soirée.

Une mention spéciale peut être faite pour Nada Chroudi qui améliore le record de Tunisie en heptathlon et remporte trois titres de championne de Tunisie. Mouna Jaidi, une athlète qui vit en Norvège, remporte trois des quatre titres de lancers.

Au niveau des équipes, le Club sportif de la Garde nationale termine  avec 13 titres suivi par le Club municipal d'athlétisme de Kairouan qui obtient 12 titres.

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Compétition d'athlétisme à Radès
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Home Feature Only female on football team kicks stereotypes to the curb
Mimi Kessler watches the football team practice on Sept 22. She suffered a concussion during the game against the Verbum Dei Eagles but is confident that she will be in her uniform and gear by next week. Photo by: Ryo Miyake
Ryo Miyake staff writer
Even though senior Mimi Kessler always looked up to her football-playing older brothers, she was too nervous to join the team her freshman year. But when she heard the football team was looking for a kicker this season, this three-sport athlete decided to show up for practice and kick for Head Coach Marquis Bowling.
"I loved her determination and moxie," Bowling said.
And her grit and guts are exactly what led her coach to select her as one of the four team captains.
"When [Coach Bowling] announced me as captain a couple of weeks ago, it was honestly kind of empowering, as I'm the only girl on the team," Kessler said. "The guys have a lot of respect for me, which I was surprised about because I thought they wouldn't be like that [because] I'm the only girl. But, being the only woman, I was scared and thought that no one's gonna take me seriously but it's the complete opposite."
Bowling didn't "choose" Kessler to be a captain, though. Her leadership skills and her actions were enough to show him that she "is and was" already a captain.
"As a coach, you're limited, to a certain extent. When you're looking for leadership, you want that leadership to be an extension of yourself. You want it to be someone others respect and will listen to," Bowling said. "Mimi was born a leader. It was just a matter of me seeing her qualities and giving her the status and platform that she will always have in life: the ability and willingness to be out front and lead."
Like Bowling, defensive back senior Andrew Villaflor, who is also one of the four captains on the team, has high praise for Kessler.
"Mimi is a very good athlete. On and off the field, she is a great friend and teammate. She is very courageous for joining the football team. Being in a male dominated sport as the only female does not come easy. She's breaking stereotypes. She makes the team, as a whole, a better environment," Villaflor said.
Offensive and defensive lineman junior Francis Molina also admires Kessler, as well as the other three captains.
"Mimi is a great friend, teammate, captain and leader. She has taken the lead and helped control and guide our team, along with the other seniors, and is teaching us to be better players, friends and teammates," Molina said.
Although Kessler is proud to be part of the team, she feels self-conscious about making mistakes because of her gender.
"During the games, obviously everyone makes mistakes, but I feel like if I make one, everyone would look at me," Kessler said. I've had a couple of people tell me that you're not allowed to play for the boys. There's no rule that says that I can't. Even when people don't say it directly to my face, my own thoughts are telling me that people look at me as if I'm not supposed to be there and that I'm out of place."
This fear, however, has not brought Kessler down, as she sees the football helmet as a source of protection for her.
"I like it, as you can't tell it's a female under the helmet. It looks like I'm just really short, so it's really fun. I remember during a game, where I tackled a guy [and] when he saw me take my helmet off, he was shocked. I was in a lot of pain, but I felt really good. Even in practices too, we're not allowed to tackle, but I know that I can tackle half of the guys," Kessler said.
Kessler wishes for other females to gain confidence from her and use her as a ticket to joining teams even if it is dominated by males.
"No one has heard of or remembered a female player in a football team [the last time we had a female on the team was during the 2000-2001 season], and that really pushed me to go for it. I want me joining the football team to be the start of girls joining teams and hav[ing] the confidence to be in a team composed of male athletes. I want everyone to believe that they are capable of doing anything and that there is no need of worrying if they are good at it or not," Kessler said.
Kessler also believes in the importance of viewing failure as a learning experience.
"There is no need to be afraid of failure and getting rejected. It's a learning opportunity and that is what many don't see. Everything is a learning opportunity and I want people to have the confidence to experience that. It's 2021. Be the person to break the boundaries. I did it, [and] so can you."
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Hancock County has been "the hidden jewel of Georgia" since its founding in 1793. The county was named for John Hancock (the very same John Hancock famous for signing the Declaration of Independence.) The town of Sparta is the Hancock County seat.
Hancock County homes house a quiet population of around 9,000 people, and the low cost of living and housing make it an excellent option for today's homebuyer. Hancock County is known for its lovely antebellum architecture, reflecting its rich pre-Civil war history. A county legend states that during the Civil War, General Sherman ordered one of the plantation houses burned to the ground. The soldier he sent to do the job was unable to complete the task and set fire to the local mill instead, assuming the general wouldn't think to check where the smoke and flames were coming from – and he saved a piece of history.
History buffs have a lot to enjoy about Hancock County real estate starting with the Hancock County Courthouse, a brilliant example of Victorian architecture originally built between 1881-1883 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Since then, the county has continued to make history, having produced four Georgia governors. Fun fact: The cornerstone of the courthouse was laid on George Washington's 150th birthday.
The county boasts over 600 historic sites in the National Register of Historic Places, including several former plantations, the Sparta Cemetery, and a former community center, making it one of the most historically significant counties in Georgia. Visiting Hancock County can be a step back in time.
If you're looking for some new traditions to balance Hancock County's rich history, Courson's Winery, a Hancock County vineyard, is looking to make a name for Southern wines. The vineyard's first wine festival was held in 2004. Vintner Beau Courson uses his great-grandfather's table wine recipes, which include muscadines, scuppermongs, peaches, apples, plums, blackberries, and blueberries.
Hancock County Schools, "where excellence is the standard," contains one public school for each age level. A single K-12 private school exists in Hancock County, John Hancock Academy. It offers "a Christian family environment for preschool through 12th grade." The school offers the area's only approved special-needs program and extensive sports offerings.
For the outdoor enthusiast, Sparta's Lake Sinclair is a popular spot for boating and fishing, and the beauty of the area provides the perfect backdrop for hiking and biking enthusiasts.
Hancock County homes are for sale right now. Call your local Coldwell Banker Lake Oconee REALTOR for more information about how you can pursue a beautiful Georgia home in this historically rich and beautiful region.
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Features Interviews Theater
A Cuban Radio Actor and Party MC
April 3, 2013 April 4, 2013 Circles Robinson	0 Comments	Dariela Aquique
By Dariela Aquique
Jose Angel Baez
HAVANA TIMES — The radio, since its first broadcasts in the 1920s to the emergence of new technologies such as satellite radio and more recently internet radio, is a medium that has managed to transcend time.
With it, the act of speaking is essential. An attractive and trained voice is the basic tool for radio broadcasters, journalists and actors alike. Jose Angel Baez, my interviewee, is one of those radio actors.
HT: When, how and why did you become a radio actor?
JA: I became a professional actor in 2000, but I already had a background with that means of communication. When I was 13, I made my first foray into this medium as an amateur. It was totally by accident. I was walking by the station and I saw a sign that said they were auditioning for a character in a children's program. It was called La edad de oro and the program still comes on the air today. Anyway, it caught my interest so I went on in and saw the station manager. He gave me a script and then had me read a few lines. He then explained his intentions and — surprisingly — he told me: "Well, you got the job. You're the Little Prince!" And that was my first character and my first role.
HT: Usually, public recognition is very important for actors. However the radio is a medium where one is nearly anonymous, at least compared to the theater, television and film. What do you think about this?
Recording a radio soap opera.
JA: Absolutely. All actors are a little megalomaniac, even if it's an unconscious phenomenon, and public recognition is always stimulating. On the radio this recognition is limited, because people don't see you physically, they don't know who you are. Nevertheless some people know who I am and sometimes they'll greet me in the street. They'll say things like "I liked your character in this series" or "You were good in that soap opera," and that makes me feel good.
HT: Do you think that's because sometimes radio is underestimated by some folks?
JA: I don't really think it's an underestimated medium – I think it is feared. Even great artists say it's the most difficult medium. But I agree that some people appear to undervalue it, however I think that's because they themselves don't know where and how to get into it.
HT: Your stage name is Angel Enamorado. Does this have to do with any of the heartthrob hunks you've played in those romantic soap operas?
JA: (Laughter) Not at all. People might think it was intentional, but "Angel" is my middle name and "Enamorado" is my second last name. I really like my mother's maiden name, that's why I chose it for my stage name.
HT: Radio performance is different from others. It allows you to play characters of different ages, races or physical appearances. Do you approach it as a challenge to your theatrical skills?
JA: Absolutely.The magic lies in having to playing all those roles you mentioned, but only through your voice. I've played roles of an old black slave, an English lord, a teenager and others. That's magic, because radio allows the listeners to dream. They hear our voices and have to imagine our faces and our looks.
In a play.
HT: Do you have any anecdotes about having been recognized by someone or a listener who imagined you to be physically different from how you really are?
JA: Not exactly, but there was one time when I went to the radio station to meet a mother and her daughter, since they were delighted with the character I played in a soap opera. But I didn't ask them if they were disappointed or if I looked like the same character they imagined from my voice.
HT: Radio language consists of a set of rules Does that make this a difficult job?
JA: Very difficult, it's labor intensive. It's a job that demands knowledge of specific techniques, but this also has to come with talent. However, what sometimes happens is that people master certain techniques without being very talented and can portray the character with a certain dignity. (Of course they must have a decent voice.)
HT: Because of your background in theater and television, are you one of those people who believe that a picture can say a thousand words?
At the CMKC radio station.
JA: That's a tough question. I've worked in all media, including the theater, which is my preferred and where I am not today due to circumstances. I started in TV as a child. From the age of eight I was on the children's program El Cohete rojo (The Red Rocket) on the former Tele Rebelde channel. I've also dabbled in videos, film shorts and television dramas. I think the two things go together. The image is very important, but so are spoken words – ones well spoken.
HT: Right now, you're clearly one of the most remarkable male actors for your varied performances in series and dramas, as well as for the awards you've won. Why have you remained at a local station and not gone to the capital?
JA: All of us want or have all wanted at some point in our lives and our careers to head to the capital, where the possibilities for performance are always greater. But for many years now, the very difficult economic situation that we're facing in our country makes staying in that big city very expensive. Even when you are able to come up with a place to live, the rents are through the roof.
Now we're fortunate in that our station can't be considered just a local station, but an international one. I can say this because all our programs go out over the internet since we have servers for just that. This gives our work more of a global reach.
HT: How well paid is this media?
At a ceremony.
JA: It's not as well paid as other professions in Cuba. If there are any advantages to it (if you can call it an advantage), it's that we get paid per performance, with these depending on the program, the category of program, the type of character; if we're starring, co-starring or in secondary role, and the number of calls for recording we have. That's why we can earn anywhere from only 100 pesos a month to 1,000 (which is the maximum). This means we make from $4 to $40 USD. In my case, the most I've ever made was a little over 800 pesos (about $32 USD).
HT: Tell us about your work as master of ceremonies at private parties
JA: Well, this is side line of work for me. I only do it because of the economic situation. It's a way to survive the crisis. I started working as an entertainer or a "master of ceremonies" for weddings, birthdays and "sweet 15" parties. That latter is a sort of custom that was inherited from the bourgeois habits that existed in our country but continued to linger around…actually I think there were many people who never stopped liking them.
When the country dollarized, these pompous celebrations began to resurface – with all their grandiloquent decorations, dances, toasts. Aesthetically these celebrations have nothing to do with my sensibilities. But, I have to do it … for the money.
HT: Thanks
JA: Thank you and Havana Times for the interview.
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Q: tying to add boolean values as timeseries gives error Time series is configured as numeric but used as a string or the other way around I have IOT data that is coming from devices into foundry. I created the timeseries dataset and metadata as explained in the documentation https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/time-series/time-series-setup/#time-series-dataset
I have two datasets, one with double values that show up fine, but the dataset with value as string doesnt work.
As per the domumentation it says the Dataset itself should have cloumn type String for enum series .
Then it says that the metadataa should have is_enum which should be of type boolean
is_enum: This is an optional field for time series values that are expected in string format (ie Open/Close). Must be of type Boolean and is required to be true for series that are Enum types (otherwise is optional). This value should be consistent for a measure.
So in my metadata, for the series Id that have boolean value, I have is_enum set to true and datatype is boolean.  Im able to create the time series sync. But I get the error that the time series is configured as numeric.

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Picture the scene. Your manager has just returned from a Board meeting. During the course of the meeting the Board decided that everyone in the organisation must attend a full day's training on a new legislation affecting the industry. Your manager delivers the news that he has nominated you to coordinate the training. Your office doesn't have any training rooms so your first tasks is to source a venue that has the capacity and availability to hold a series of training courses for your colleagues. Where do you start…?
This is a common task which assistants face repeatedly throughout any given year. Most organisations do not have a dedicated event professional so the job falls to us – and what a complicated job it is! Alongside sourcing a venue, we have to think about the catering, any overnight guests, travel logistics, dietary requirements, speakers, training materials, seating plans, AV equipment… the list is endless. When it comes to organising an event I always remind assistants this is a profession in its own right. Event organisers spend all day on this stuff – we have to juggle events with the rest of our tasks. That is why I believe assistants should work with a venue finding agency because it is one aspect of the task that we can easily outsource to an expert – a good venue finding agency truly is an assistant's best friend!
The Fabulous Collective are an event planning consultancy operating in London and throughout the UK. Their fabulous collection comprises Event Sweetie, which is the event management side of the business and Location Darling which is their venue and accommodation sourcing service.
Here are a few examples of how a great venue finding agency, like Location Darling, can help assistants source a great venue.
Venue finding agencies tend to work with such a vast array of conference venues and hotels that they can really help you pin point the best location for you event. Give them a brief and they will quickly come back with a selection of venues that really do meet your criteria! How much time does this task alone save assistants? It can be pretty soul destroying contacting loads of hotels and venues only to find out on the site visit that they don't have availability for the day you need, that don't have the space or they cost over your budget.
Firstly, do assistants really have the time to negotiate with a hotel on their day delegate rate? Probably not. This again is something we can outsource. Agencies work with venues every day – they know exactly how much things costs and they know when venues are overpricing on certain aspects of the event and what can be negotiated. If you don't have the time or the inclination to negotiate, let your venue finding agency do that for you.
If you have found the right venue finding agency you can pretty much guarantee all of the selected venus will be fantastic and you will want to visit every prospect. You can normally ask a dedicated member of the team to accompany you on the site visit. They will ask the venue the awkward and insightful questions you may have thought of but were too nice to ask – think of them as your pushy event mother!
The agency will be your one point of contact for everything related to the venue including catering, AV equipment, over night accommodation and everything in between! Prior to the event they can cast an expert eye over the contract before your organisation signs it and they can do the same with the venue's invoice.
A venue finding agency will cost you nothing!
Yes that is right, this service costs you nothing. Nada. Nought. It is a free service but it is worth it's weight in gold!
Event Sweetie will work closely with you so that you deliver the best event for your organisation. Whether you are looking for 360° event design and management or just need help finding the right venue, props or invites let The Fabulous Collective make your event planning effortless.
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Oedura gemmata, also called the jewelled velvet gecko or dotted velvet gecko, is a gecko endemic to Northern Territory in Australia.

They normally measure 50 cm long head to tail. They live in the Northern territory of Australia, they like to live in rocky places.

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Host of the show — which begins and ends with news and resources about changing the mental health system — is David Oaks, psychiatric survivor, human rights activist for 30 years, and director of MindFreedom International.
Al Siebert received his M.A. and PhD. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. Al is a psychiatric survivor and calls his story the "Marvelous Menninger Adventure." He has been a strong advocate for the human rights of people who considered to be "mental patients" for many years.
** is project director of the "Weller Than Well" research project searching for people made stronger by their so-called "psychotic" experiences.
** serves on Advisory Council for International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology, founded by Peter Breggin.
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** is author of A SCHIZOPHRENIA BREAKTHROUGH: Progress Toward Freeing Our Minds from Our Minds. A textbook for graduate students with "Issues for Critical Thinking and Research." Foreword by William Glasser, M.D.
In addition to the above, Dr. Siebert is internationally recognized for his research into the inner nature of highly resilient survivors. His most recent book, The Resiliency Advantage, is winner of the "2006 Best Self-Help Book" award.
Next week, Wed. 29 November 2006 — Leah Harris, psychiatric survivor activist and on the board of National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy. Leah calls for greater involvement of youth, and dedication to youth issues.
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William Styron, the acclaimed novelist and leading literary figure of his generation whose summer home on the Vineyard Haven harbor has long been the hub of the area known colloquially as writer's row, died Wednesday at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital. He was 81.
The cause of death was pneumonia. Mr. Styron had been in failing health for a number of years.
Often called the heir to William Faulkner (although he rejected the characterization), Mr. Styron was originally from the South, and he won critical acclaim early on for his first novel, Lie Down in Darkness. A brooding meditation on a young girl's suicide, the book was published in 1951 when Mr. Styron was 26. In 1955 he published The Long March, originally a novella about his experiences in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1954, after a year in Italy, he published his second novel, Set This House on Fire, a portrait of a group of Americans in Italy.
The Confessions of Nat Turner followed in 1967, a fictional account of a real rebellion led by the slave Nat Turner in 1831. The violent rebellion took place near where Mr. Styron had grown up in Virginia. In 1968 it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and in 1970 it captured the William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His other works that earned acclaim included Sophie's Choice (1979), the story of a fictional Polish Catholic woman who survives internment at Auschwitz, later made into a major motion picture, and Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (1990), a chronicle of his depression in 1985.
Unconventional in routine, tall and handsome with a piercing gaze, relaxed in his family and social life, Mr. Styron was one of the rare authors who was both a literary and commercial success. He had lived on the Vineyard seasonally since 1959, and his contributions to the Island were also largely literary. He spoke at library lecture series and wrote graceful book reviews, including a review that was published in the Gazette in 1991 of the memoir Deadline, by New York Times columnist James Reston.
In 1982 he told a reporter for the Gazette that he found the Vineyard a good place to work, a place where he liked to walk for miles and think. Asked how he got anything done in the summer, he showed a brief glimpse of his characteristic macabre humor.
He wrote in longhand on yellow legal pads, never kept a notebook and read voraciously. He liked to sleep until noon, putter at errands and daydream before settling down to work each day. On the Vineyard he wrote on an old school desk that he bought in Vineyard Haven for $15 in 1965, soon after buying his summer home. He drank heavily and smoked cigars until the summer of his 60th birthday in 1985, when he decided that alcohol no longer agreed with him and gave it up. But the abstinence triggered mood disorders which required medication, and the drugs in turn brought on a deep, enduring and suicidal depression that required him to be hospitalized for more than two months.
The experience prompted him to write Darkness Visible: a Memoir of Madness, after he had recovered.
Depression continued to stalk him for the remainder of his life.
William Clark Styron Jr. was born on June 11, 1925 in Newport News, Va.; his father was a marine engineer. He had a happy childhood, was an early reader and was socially outgoing. His mother, Pauline Margaret (Abraham) Styron, died when he was 13. He later acknowledged her death as a cause of the depression that gripped him for more than two decades.
In 1940 his father sent him to Christchurch, a small Episcopal preparatory school in West Point, Va., for his last two years of high school. He graduated in 1942. Following high school he joined the reserve officer training program for the United States Marine Corps, and enrolled at Davidson College. He was unhappy there and through the Marines transferred to Duke University in June of 1943. In October of 1944 he was called to active duty and in late July 1945 was commissioned a second lieutenant. He was assigned to participate in the invasion of Japan; a month later the atomic bomb attacks forced the surrender of Japan and he was discharged.
He returned to Duke University where he was influenced and guided by his friend and writing mentor Prof. William Blackburn. Mr. Styron graduated in 1947, determined to become a novelist.
He moved to New York city, and after finishing Lie Down in Darkness, did another three-month stint in the Marines. Then Lie Down in Darkness won the Prix de Rome, which meant a year's paid expenses at the American Academy in Rome. During his year in Rome he became reacquainted with Rose Burgunder, whom he had met in Baltimore the year before and who was enrolled at the American Academy.
They were married in Rome in May of 1953, and had three daughters and one son.
The Styrons raised their family in a farmhouse in Roxbury, Conn., and spent their summers on the Vineyard, where their many friends included the Buchwalds, the Herseys, the Wallaces, the Hackneys, Lillian Hellman, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Katharine Graham and the Clintons. The Styron home became a well-known setting for social gatherings large and small, with cocktails and fried chicken on the porch overlooking the outer harbor in the Island's main port town. At one such gathering in 1959, Mr. Styron told a Gazette reporter that he had given up television and also The New Yorker. "It seems to me that J.D. Salinger is about the only writer The New Yorker has who is allowed to write just as he wants to," he said.
He is survived by his wife Rose and daughters Alexandra Styron of Brooklyn, N.Y., Susanna Styron of Nyak, N.Y., and Paola Styron of Sherman, Conn; a son, Thomas Styron of New Haven, Conn., and eight grandchildren.
The funeral service is private, and memorial services will be held on the Island and in New York at a later date.
Donations may be made in his memory to the Martha's Vineyard Hospital Building Fund, P.O. Box 1477, Oak Bluffs, MA, 02557. Arrangements are under the care of Chapman, Cole and Gleason Funeral Home in Oak Bluffs.


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Counties Manukau Health Physiotherapy Services
Hand Therapists are registered Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists who are specialised in assessing and treating injury and non-injury related conditions of the hand, wrist, forearm and elbow.
This outpatient clinic is located in Module 5 at Manukau SuperClinic™ and is for all types of hand conditions e.g. orthopaedic, burns, post-surgical.
New Zealand residents (adults and children) who live within the Counties Manukau region with any of the following conditions:
Trauma of the hand, wrist, forearm and elbow.
Non-traumatic conditions of the hand, wrist, forearm and elbow (e.g. osteoarthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain's, Dupuytren's contracture, trigger finger, etc).
Rheumatology patients following surgical procedures to the hand, wrist, elbow or upon referral from Rheumatology OT.
Brachial plexus injuries.
Congenital hand deformities.
Gross movement/pain anomalies of neurological cause such as CVA, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy etc (except where those patients have undergone a corrective surgical procedure at Counties Manukau Health).
Anomalies of neurological cause in those who have received Botox injections.
Shoulder injuries/conditions (these patients will be seen by MSOP physiotherapy).
Rheumatology patients (except those who have undergone surgical procedures).
Carpal tunnel syndrome and De Quervain's associated with pregnancy (these patients will be seen by the women's health physiotherapist).
Non-New Zealand residents.
Contact details for Hand Therapy
External Phone: (09) 250 8053
External Fax: (09) 250 8054
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