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February 3: Revelation 21:9-11
In the remainder of chapter 21, the seer (John) is given a colorful description of the "new Jerusalem", the heavenly city that descends to earth marking the beginning of the New Age. The initial motif was established in the introductory section (vv. 2ff), and now it is presented in more detail. The individual details, discussed below (and in the following notes), develop the overall symbol.
"And (then) came one out of the seven Messengers holding the seven offering-dishes, the (one)s (hav)ing been full of the seven last (thing)s striking (the earth), and he spoke with me, saying: '(Come) here, (and) I will show you the bride, the woman [i.e. wife] of the Lamb!'"
This continues the bridal/nuptial imagery from earlier in these visions (19:7-9; 21:2; cf. also 14:4-5), which I have already discussed (cf. on 19:7ff and 14:4f). In those passages, it is believers, collectively, who are the bride; here, however, and in verse 2, it is the city presented as a bride. This would seem to make clear that we are not dealing with an actual city at all, but with a people—i.e., believers, the people of God. In a similar manner, in Old Testament and Jewish tradition, "Jerusalem" and "Zion" often refer, not to the city per se, but to its people—the people of Judah (and Israel). Believers are specifically said to be the bride (and wife) of the Lamb—the exalted Jesus—as in 19:7; it is a beautiful figure for a covenantal and spiritual union between believers and Christ. This feminine imagery, of the people of God depicted as a Woman, builds upon two important strands of symbolism from earlier in the book:
The Woman in chapter 12, which has an exalted/heavenly aspect (v. 1, cp. verses 10-12), and yet who also faces suffering and persecution on earth (vv. 2, 4ff, 13-17). She gives 'birth' both to Jesus (her firstborn son) and to believers in Christ (her other children).
The contrast with the Prostitute in chapters 17-18 (also 14:8 and 19:2-3); she too is symbolized as a city—the "great city" (Babylon)—even as the people of God (believers) are represented as the "holy city" (Jerusalem), cp. 2/4 Esdras 10:27-28, 44-45ff.
The point of contrast, between the Bride and the Prostitute, is alluded to by the reference to the bowl-cycle of Judgment visions (chaps. 15-16).
"And he bore me away from (there), in the Spirit, up on(to) a great and high mountain, and he showed me the holy city Yerushalaim, stepping [i.e. coming] down out of the heaven from God, holding the honor/splendor [do/ca] of God, her (bril)liant light (being) like a most valuable stone, as a iaspis-stone being (clear) as ice."
The transport of the seer "in the Spirit" (e)n pneu/mati) follows the pattern of several earlier visions (cf. 4:2; 17:3, and note the initial motif in 1:10). The reference in 17:3 is perhaps most relevant, as it continues the parallel between the wicked Prostitute-woman (earthly "Babylon") and the holy Bride (heavenly "Jerusalem"). Direct references and allusions to the Spirit are strangely lacking in the book of Revelation, especially within the visions themselves. This is perhaps to be explained by the focus in the visions on the actions of the wicked, and of the Judgment that is to come upon the earth. I would argue that the symbolism in the concluding vision of chaps. 21-22 relates very much to the Spirit of God; this will be discussed as we proceed.
The mountain location here may reflect the setting of Ezekiel 40ff (v. 2) and its description of the future/ideal Jerusalem; there could also be an echo of the Sinai tradition (i.e. Moses observing the [heavenly] pattern of the Tent shrine, Exod 24:15-25:10, cf. also Acts 7:44; Hebrews 9). However, mountain-symbolism is archetypal, with fundamental religious significance across many cultures and traditions. The mountain represents a meeting place between heaven and earth, between God and humankind; the (temple) Shrine/Sanctuary building serves a similar symbolic purpose, and can also be identified as a mountain location. This explains how the ancient site of Jerusalem itself—Zion, the "city of David"—where the Temple is located, can be thought of as a "mountain" (i.e., Mount Zion).
The descent of the new/heavenly Jerusalem here repeats the earlier notice in verse 2 (cf. my earlier note), using the same verb katabai/nw (lit. "step down"). It is a common verb, however in the Johannine writings (esp. the Gospel), katabai/nw, with the related a)nabai/nw ("step up"), have special theological and Christological significance (discussed in prior notes and articles). To the extent that the book of Revelation is part of the same Johannine Tradition (and Community), the verb would almost certainly have the same special connotation here. Clearly, the heavenly origin of this "city" is being emphasized. Jerusalem plays an important role—both symbolic and literal—in Jewish eschatology and apocalyptic of the period, drawing in large measure on the exilic (and post-exilic) prophecies in Ezekiel 40-48 and Zechariah (2:5; 8:3, 20ff; 14:7-8, 16ff), as also throughout much of deutero-Isaiah (chaps. 40-66, e.g. 51:3ff; 54:11-12; 60:1-5ff; 65:17-19; cp. the earlier traditions of 2:2-4 par, etc).
The initial added detail here in verse 11 draws upon traditional motifs of brilliant light (fwsth/r) and clarity (kru/stallo$ "[made] like ice") to depict the divine or heavenly splendor (do/ca). The association of God with light reflects basic religious symbolism, and scarcely requires any explanation; however, it is possible that certain Isaian passages, understood in an eschatological sense, are specifically in view (e.g., 30:26; 42:6ff; 58:8ff; 60:1-3, 19-20). The crystalline (kru/stallo$) characteristic is a bit more specialized, but it can feature in depictions of divine manifestation (theopany) and the heavenly splendor, as in the famous vision of Ezekiel (1:22). Almost certainly there is an allusion here to Isa 54:12 (cf. below), as also to the "glassy sea" in the earlier vision of 15:2. What these characteristics emphasize is that the "new Jerusalem" possesses ("holds") the very do/ca ("honor, splendor") of God Himself.
The other motif highlighted is that of a valuable stone (li/qo$). Here the adjective is a superlative ("most valuable", ti/mio$). Elsewhere in the New Testament, the idiom of the valuable/precious stone is largely limited to citations of Isaiah 28:16 and Psalm 118:22 (cf. Mark 12:10-11 par; Acts 4:11; 1 Pet 2:4-7; also Eph 2:20), where the precious stone is Christ himself. However, 1 Pet 2:5f also identifies believers as precious "living stones", symbolism which is closer in meaning to that in Rev 21:10ff. Here the stone is described as resembling ia&spi$ ("jasper"), which can refer to stones of various colors; probably a clear blue (or bluish-green) is meant, like the 'sapphire' pavement in the theophany of Exod 24:10 (cf. also Ezek 1:26; Isa 54:11, and further in Rev 21:19). The same stones are mentioned in the throne-vision of God in Rev 4:3.
What follows in vv. 12-14 is a description of the "gates" and "walls" of the city, continuing with the imagery of brilliant light, clarity, and resemblance to precious stones. Almost certainly, a reference to the prophecy in Isaiah 54:11-12ff is intended, as will be discussed in the next daily note. In Jewish eschatology and apocalyptic, a glorious manifestation of Jerusalem, as the place of God's dwelling in the New Age, often features prominently—cf. Isa 60:1-3; Ezek 43:1-5; Zech 2:5; Baruch 5:1-9; Tobit 13:9ff; 14:5-7; Sirach 36:19; Psalms of Solomon 11:1-9; 17:31; 4Q554; 11Q18 frag. 10; 11Q19 [Temple Scroll] 39:12-13). Sometimes this is envisioned as a transformation of the (current) city, or, as in the book of Revelation, its replacement (cp. 1 Enoch 90:28-29; 2 Baruch 4:1-7; 2/4 Esdras 7:26; 8:52). Cf. Koester, pp. 812-14.
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The Good Friday Procession this year was dramatized by Rev Sue Curtis with impressively costumed actors representing the main participants in the drama. The two trials of Jesus before the Sanhedrin and Pilate, the Crucifixion and scenes relating to the Resurrection were vividly portrayed. Following the excellent publicity in the Epsom Guardian and despite the continuing cold weather, the event was attended by record numbers.
There was bright sunshine for the 10 am start in the Clinic Car Park. Martin Jewson issued the challenge "Could this man, Jesus, really forgive sins, heal the sick, restore sight to the blind and raise people from the dead? … Each of us must judge for yourself" We followed the Way of the Cross as the arrested Jesus flanked by two Roman soldiers was brought before the High Priest and then Pilate. Pilate's words "Listen to all their accusations" rang in our ears as Jesus remained silent. Pilate's strategy of releasing Jesus in the traditional act of clemency to mark the Jewish Passover was frustrated by the crowd. Stirred up by the Pharisees' accusations of blasphemy, the crowd instead called for the release of the insurrectionist Barabbas.
Pilate, who claimed to have found Jesus guilty of no crime and washed his hands of the matter, nevertheless gave instructions for Jesus to be crucified. The Procession to the Marketplace represented the road Jesus took carrying his cross to Golgotha, the place of execution. Sayings of Jesus articulated during the procession were each greeted by the crowd's shouts for Jesus to be crucified.
The Marketplace represented the scene of the Crucifixion as the congregation sang "O sacred head, surrounded" setting the sombre mood as the nails were hammered into the crosspiece. Jesus' last words on the cross were interspersed with the moving solo spiritual "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" beautifully sung. With the words "It is finished", Jesus died. The mood of helplessness and hopelessness was well captured. It appeared that evil had triumphed as the Messiah who had come to deliver his people had not been himself saved from a cruel and humiliating death deserted by most of his closest followers.
The service concluded with the congregation singing "Thine be the glory" whose triumphant theme of Christ's victory over death developed from the scene at the tomb. Rev Nick Oborski gave the blessing and invited the gathering to join the churches in celebrating Easter and to Epsom Methodist Church for refreshments.
An Information tent was available in the marketplace until 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
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What 'Tuberous Sclerosis' Means
Tuberous sclerosis (aka tuberous sclerosis complex) is a rare genetic disease that causes benign tumors to grow in various organ systems, including the brain, kidneys, heart, lungs, eyes, liver, pancreas, and skin. These tumors can result in developmental delay, seizures, kidney disease and more; however, prognosis ultimately depends on the extent of tumor dissemination or spread. Ultimately, many with the condition go on to live healthy lives.
With tuberous sclerosis, tubers or potato-like tumors grow in the brain. These growths eventually become calcified, hardened, and sclerotic. Tuberous sclerosis was discovered more than 100 years ago by a French physician and was once known by two other names: epiloia or Bourneville's disease.
Because tuberous sclerosis is pretty rare, it's hard to pin down its true frequency. It's estimated that this disease affects between 25,000 and 40,000 Americans and between one and two million people worldwide.
Tuberous sclerosis can be inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. With autosomal dominant diseases, only one parent needs to have a copy of the mutated gene to pass the illness down to a son or daughter. Alternatively—and more commonly—tuberous sclerosis can stem from a spontaneous or sporadic mutation in the affected individual, with neither parent carrying the gene mutation responsible for causing tuberous sclerosis.
Tuberous sclerosis is caused by a gene mutation in either TSC1 or TSC2, which encodes hamartin or tuberin, respectively. (TSC1 is located on chromosome 9, and TSC2 is located on chromosome 16.) Furthermore, because the TSC1 gene is next to the PKD1 gene—thus increasing the likelihood of both genes getting affected—many people who inherit tuberous sclerosis also inherit autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Like tuberous sclerosis, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease causes tumors to grow in the kidneys.
In terms of mechanics, TSC1 and TSC2 do their damage by coding for hamartin or tuberin that ends up clumping into a protein complex. This protein complex deposits at the base of cilia and interferes with intracellular signaling, which is mediated by the enzyme (protein kinase) mTOR. By interfering with mTOR, cell division, replication and growth are affected, and abnormal growth of tumors results. Interestingly, scientists are currently trying to develop mTOR inhibitors that could be used as therapy for tuberous sclerosis.
Tuberous sclerosis is a complex and thus manifests as symptoms involving various organ systems. Let's take a look at effects on four specific organ systems: the brain, the kidneys, the skin, and the heart.
Brain involvement: Tuberous sclerosis causes three types of tumors in the brain: (1) cortical tubers, which typically occur on the surface of the brain but can develop deeper in the brain; (2) supependymal nodules, which occur in the ventricles; and (3) supependymal giant-cell astroytomas, which stem from supependymal nodules and block the flow of fluid in the brain, thus resulting in a build-up in brain pressure leading to headaches and blurred vision.
Brain pathology secondary to tuberous sclerosis typically is the most damaging consequence of this disease. Seizures and developmental delays are common among those with this illness.
Kidney involvement: Very rarely does tuberous sclerosis result in chronic kidney disease and kidney failure; on urinalysis, urine sediment is often unremarkable and proteinuria (levels of protein in the urine) is mild to minimal. (People with more severe kidney disease can "spill" or lose protein in the urine.)
Instead, kidney signs and possible symptoms in those with tuberous sclerosis involve the growth of tumors called angiomyolipomas. These tumors occur in both kidneys (bilateral) and are usually benign, although if they get big enough (greater than 4 centimeters in diameter), they can bleed and will need to be surgically removed.
Of note, unlike polycystic kidney disease, tuberous sclerosis can increase the risk of developing renal cell carcinoma (AKA kidney cancer). People with tuberous sclerosis should be regularly screened using diagnostic imaging to check for the development of kidney cancer.
Skin involvement: Nearly all people with tuberous sclerosis present with skin manifestations of the disease. These lesions include the following:
hypomelanotic macules ("ash leaf spots" which are patches on the skin that lack pigment and thus are lighter than surrounding skin)
shagreen patch (focal leathery thickening of the skin)
"confetti" lesions
fibrous facial plaque
facial angiofibromas
ungual fibromas
adenoma sebaceum
Although these skin lesions are benign, or noncancerous, they can result in disfigurement, which is why they can be surgically removed.
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Heart involvement: Infants born with tuberous sclerosis often present with heart tumors called rhabdomyomas. In most infants, these tumors don't cause any problems and shrink with age. However, if the tumors get big enough, they can block circulation.
There is no specific cure for tuberous sclerosis. Instead, this complex is treated symptomatically. For instance, antiepileptic medications can be given to treat seizures. Surgery can also be performed to remove tumors from the skin, brain, and so forth.
Researchers are exploring novel ways to treat tuberous sclerosis. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke:
"Research studies run the gamut from very basic scientific investigation to clinical translational research. For example, some investigators are trying to identify all the protein components that are in the same 'signaling pathway' in which the TSC1 and TSC2 protein products and the mTOR protein are involved. Other studies are focused on understanding in detail how the disease develops, both in animal models and in patients, to better define new ways of controlling or preventing the development of the disease. Finally, clinical trials of rapamycin are underway (with NINDS and NCI support) to rigorously test the potential benefit of this compound for some of the tumors that are problematic in TSC patients."
If you or a loved one is diagnosed with tuberous sclerosis, please know that the prognosis or long-term outlook for this condition is highly variable. Although some infants with this condition face lifelong seizures and severe mental retardation, others go on to live otherwise healthy lives. Prognosis ultimately depends on the extent of tumor dissemination or spread. Nevertheless, people with this condition should be closely monitored for complications because there is always the threat that a brain or kidney tumor could become serious and life-threatening.
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Kemp WL, Burns DK, Brown TG. Chapter 6. Genetic Disorders. In: Kemp WL, Burns DK, Brown TG. eds. Pathology: The Big Picture. New York, NY.
Tuberous Sclerosis Fact Sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov
Zhou J, Pollak MR. Polycystic Kidney Disease and Other Inherited Disorders of Tubule Growth and Development. In: Kasper D, Fauci A, Hauser S, Longo D, Jameson J, Loscalzo J. eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 19e. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2015.
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Creating Believable Characters – Part 2: Making Individuals Out Of Mist
Do you know your neighbour? Do you know the person at the workstation next to yours?
You can tell me what they look like, sure. You can describe the colour of their hair, their penchant for mis-matched clothing, the sound of their laughter, but this is no more than outer signs. This isn't knowing someone.
Characters who are brought to life from their outer signs alone are good for the length of a short story where readers see no more than a tiny slice of their on-going lives. But a novel is life in depth where characters interact on various levels, probably over an extended period. Characters drawn only to the depth of their visual skins will remain shallow, no matter the twists and turns in the storyline. Readers prepared to invest two or three days of their time on your novel are looking for something more satisfying, and it all begins in the planning.
Torc of Moonlight has three sets of two major characters, plus subsidiaries and walk-ons. The major characters have an A4 sheet dedicated to each, the subsidiaries half a page each, the walk-ons share a page grouped around a setting. Nowhere on any, at least to begin with, is there a physical description. Fitting character traits to appearance is a dangerous game. Fundamentally, a novelist is writing about how people think and act. Cartoons portray baddies with a hunched shoulder and a sneer. Which are you conjuring?
Via the background I'd researched, I knew I needed to tie the main narrator to the previous generation character and to the historical Celt – all male. What could possibly tie a Celt to a 21st century university student? What experiences could they share? A product of his time and upbringing, the Celt was born to protect his people and trained in hand-to-hand combat. Apart from those entering the armed services, what do normal, British, late teens know about hand-to-hand combat? Usually what they learn, or remember, after a mixture of testosterone and alcohol gets the better of them. On the other hand, what would a Celt see in the teen's life that could relate to his own?
I came up with a group sport, rugby union, with its lack of personal protection, chance of individual glory, its rucks and mauls, and its tendency for brawling. The Celt might consider it poor battle training but the assumption that it was would be enough to tie them together. The question was, why was my student playing the game?
When creating characters why? is the most important question in the universe. Every consideration should be subjected to it so that the finished person lives and breathes as you or I.
From this opening question fanned hundreds of others, each answer producing more questions. Had my character played rugby at school – no – so why did he want to play at university? For a laugh? For the brawling? For the after match drinking? For the camaraderie? To belong? To attract the opposite sex? To prove to himself that he's tougher than he thought, or feared?
A person's perception of themselves, and the reasons the perception is held, is the key to unlocking the core of any human, and characters should be no different. We function the way we do because of the experiences we've borne during our lives. A slight here, an encouragement there, goes into the emotional bindings we wrap around ourselves. Each is gossamer thin, hardly noticeable on its own, but layer upon layer makes us the complex people we are, makes characters act and think like the human beings they are supposed to be. We know other people from the outside in, but writers should know their characters from the inside out.
The questions ranged far and wide, covering childhood influences and anxieties, hopes and fears, motivations and goals, even to the motivations and goals of parents and siblings. This interrogation was completed for each of the four contemporary main characters, and to a lesser degree for the historical, the answers being correlated with its partner to ensure no gaps, each set checked for links to the other two sets. The role of Nature, something modern people overlook, became a character in itself, and landscape – both city and rural – rose in prominence from a mere backdrop to a pertinent part of the whole. If I'd not subjected each character to such intensive questioning the latter would not have become apparent until well into the writing – and I would have had to decide whether to carry on with gaping holes or rewrite from scratch.
As the process gathered pace the characters took up their names, but even at the start of the writing the only physical description was of Alice, whose pale skin, almost colourless eyes and hair shading through russet and gold was needed for the storyline. Nick, I'd decided, played fly-half, which meant he was slimmer and smaller than most of the team. But the colour of his eyes, the shade of his hair, had no bearing on either the storyline or his thought processes, so why delineate them? Create enough anchors and readers produce mental pictures of their own, just as they do when listening to a radio play. Offer them the experience. Reading should not be a passive activity.
Did the characters change in the writing? Some subsidiaries exchanged roles with walk-ons. The main characters became more multi-faceted, each slight change noted on the character sheets so that the person who said they hated pasta wasn't choosing it to eat fifty pages later.
Do yourself a favour. Take time to plan your characters thoroughly. The pay-off is in the writing.
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The impact of gender equality and diversity within the judiciary and the prosecution service on the fairness of justice systems was the focus of an expert meeting organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2017.
More than 20 participants, including judges, prosecutors and representatives of academia and civil society organizations from 11 participating States across the OSCE region gathered to review the findings and recommendations of a forthcoming ODIHR needs assessment report on the topic.
The report recognizes that across the OSCE region, women, minorities and persons with disabilities are often under-represented in the judiciary in proportion to their numbers in society at large. The report provides an overview of current barriers to equal participation and offers recommendations to guide future policies and legal reforms that aim to overcome those barriers.
Based on a representative selection of OSCE participating States, the report also provides baseline data from end users on the perceived fairness of judicial outcomes and the effect of gender equality and diversity on the delivery of justice.
Feedback provided by meeting participants will contribute to ODIHR's efforts to support participating States in enhancing the quality and integrity of their justice systems, in line with OSCE commitments and other international standards.


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Simply called The Couldron, the pub will feature wand-activated beer taps and 'floating' candles suspended by magnets.
It seems like the perfect way of combining one of the biggest film franchises in history with booze, and it's definitely the kind of fun campaign loaded can get behind.
Sadly though, the pub won't be able to sell Butterbeer – a drink familiar to many fans at the Harry Potter studious in London – but instead it'll offer mead and Cauldron Ale.
The campaign is due to launch on June 26, with the aim on raising $500,000 (£389,000).
In a nice touch, people who contribute will be immortalised in magical moving pictures on the walls of the pub, in true Harry Potter style.
"We're creating a location that straddles the line between the magical and non-magical worlds: a place where adult fans can visit, have a pint, and geek out," Cortland told The Times.
So, if you're looking for a really magical place to sink a few pints, The Cauldron could be the place for you – just make sure you donate first.


As told by a Bernice Place resident.
A dark Honda Civic '93-'94 coupe raced a Ford Mustang a couple weeks ago at Ave 38 and Griffin Avenue on a rainy downpour night. The Mustang and the Honda were neck and neck speeding when the Honda accelerated, pulled in front of the Mustang, and immediately braked.
The Mustang swerved, lost control and struck two parked cars, a light pole, the concrete wall, the iron fence, and killed the driver. The Honda driver kept on going.
19 year old kid killed a 19 year old girl. Over what? Sad.
Iggy And The Stooges "Death Trip"
I didn't see the "pull in front of the Mustang and immediately brake" coming. What a total shame. I wonder if the "run driver" can sleep at night?
Do they even know, or care? Do they think it's fun? Do they think it's TV and everyone will just show up again in the next episode?
Noticed this memorial over the street light that week, and wondered if it was just someone going too fast in the rain. Thanks for posting some details.
Racing on Griffin in the rain??? What were they thinking? I guess they weren't.


McKinley Hall - Men's Residential offers a 30 day non-medical residential recovery setting for chemically dependent men who are unable to remain free of chemicals in an outpatient setting, or need the intensity of this program to begin their recovery. McKinley Hall - Men's Residential is located in Springfield, Ohio.
McKinley Hall's mission is to improve public health by helping people free themselves from chemical dependency. Qualified and caring professionals provide a wide variety of drug and alcohol counseling services. They foster personal growth and responsibility and respect individual goals.
The chemical dependency group is designed for individuals who have had consequences related to their drug use, but do not have a dependency diagnosis. The program meets once a week for two hours for four weeks. It teaches about the emotional, physical and mental aspects related substance use and abuse. It also provides information and techniques to improve coping skills.
Assessments are conducted to gather the necessary information to provide customers with the most beneficial services plan available. They can take up to two hours. Upon completion, the customer and the therapist will develop a treatment plan that meets the customer's needs.
Through a partnership between the MHRB of Clark, Greene, & Madison Counties and the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (RSC), McKinley Hall offers vocational rehabilitation services to help the community get well and get to work. This program allows RSC to form partnerships and establish cooperative agreements that will generate new, high-quality vocational rehabilitation programs, expand services to people with significant disabilities and maximize federal match funding for Ohio.
How effective was McKinley Hall - Men's Residential?


A Victoria woman who faked a series of life-threatening illnesses in order to pay for her gambling addiction has been sentenced to three years in jail.
Tina Sammons pleaded guilty in November to four counts of fraud in which she swindled more than $350,000 from friends and relatives.
Sammons, 37, told her husband's parents, her brother-in-law, sister-in-law and her husband's best friend that she needed their money because as an American citizen, her health-care costs weren't covered, the court was told.
Between March 2009 and November 2010, Sammons, a native of West Virginia, variously told the people she defrauded that she needed treatment for cancer, a kidney transplant, three heart surgeries and a number of medical therapies.
The court heard that she faked seizures and would lie in bed at home while her mother-in-law, 71, cleaned her house and took care of her child.
During a period that Sammons told people she was undergoing chemotherapy, she shaved her head, wore bandages and applied pale makeup.
She was arrested in November after her brother-in-law hired a private detective to investigate her, which led to the exposure of the 18-month spree.
Almost all of the money Sammons fraudulently took was spent at casinos, court was told.
Sammons's husband, Guy Robichaud, told the court he still loved his wife and had forgiven her and asked provincial court Judge Adrian Brooks to allow Sammons to serve two years less a day at home.
But Brooks ruled Sammons must do jail time to demonstrate how seriously society views such cruel deception.
After the sentencing, Sammon's brother-in-law, Marc Robichaud said despite her cruelty, his family will heal.
"We're very strong," he said. "We all love each other very much, even though there was some division. We will continue to support each other and no, she can't destroy us."
Another cancer hoax fraud charge laid in Ont.


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Many people will already know that the BBC's long-running investigative documentary programme, Panorama, has been researching the activities of Minotaur Clubs Partnership, the Chesterfield-based company that has been involved with football clubs up and down the country.
Final filming has been taking place this week, including attempts to doorstep the man at the heart of the issue. Both Panorama and BBC Radio Oxford will be covering the story on Monday 3rd Dec.
Listen to David Prever's Radio Oxford breakfast show on 95.2FM from 7am, then Kat Orman will take the story on into her show, starting at 10am.
UPDATE: former mayor Mike Tysoe was to have been in the studio with Kat, but the BBC have now decided not to go ahead with that interview.
Later on, BBC South Today will cover the story at 6.30pm before the main event, Panorama at 8.30pm, with their report "Ripped Off? Join the Club".


This is what you get when you click "Search connection" with the information shown on the previous page.
I think most of the fields are self-explanatory.
The uppermost box shows the information you input on the Query page, in this case Travel data: 1 adult, 2nd class, and Outward Journey: Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to München Hbf on Th, 22.01.09 (January 22, 2009), departing around 09:00. To change this basic information, just change what is in the fields and click "Refresh". To change other information, like Means of transport, click "Change other data" to go back to the original form.
The "Standard fare" is the full fare for the trip. It is always available - online, from Automats, or at the counter - and is fully refundable and exchangeable.
Notice the "Savings fares", in this case a Dauer-Spezial fare. Many of those fares require a 3-day advance purchase and are only shown if you put in a date far enough in advance. Many of them are limit in quantity, so you can check to see what is still available. They are non-exchangeable, non-refundable.
The first two connections show 1 "Chg", which means that you will have to change trains somewhere in route. The next connection shows 0 Chg, which means that it is a direct connection, no train change required.
Click over the ">" in the first column to see the details of that connection, or click the ">" before Details for all to see detail for all the connections.
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You will change trains in Mannheim. ICE 503 arrives at 10:24 on track 4 and ICE 1091 departs at 10:31 on track 5. Tracks 4 and 5 are across the platform, so you will have 7 minutes to get off the train, walk 20 ft across the platform, and get on the other train. When making connections, it is always advisable to be at the end of the coach, near the door, when the train stops. The boarding passengers will let people at the door get off first, but then there will likely be a flood of passenger getting on, making it difficult to get off the train.
Note that ICE 1091 is a link. If you click on it you will get the entire schedule for that train, and you can see it gets to Mannheim at 10:28, so it won't even be in the station when you get to that side of the platform.
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Le district de Bawku ouest  (officiellement Bawku West District, en Anglais) est l'un des 9 districts de la Région du Haut Ghana oriental au Ghana.

Villes et villages du district

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi
 Districts du Ghana
 Régions du Ghana

Sources
 GhanaDistricts.com

District au Ghana

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Ji Yunshu took her two sandalwood boxes that she had left back in the West Side courtyard. One of the boxes contained her calligraphy brushes and paint, while the other had all kinds of knives needed for doing autopsy. These things were all precious tools that she had used to make a living for all those years. She definitely could not leave those things here. Of course, the orange colored jade ornament that Wei Yi gave her needed to be recuperated. She hung the jade pendant on her waist and grabbed the sandalwood boxes with one hand. As for the other hand, it was occupied holding onto a lit candlestick. Coming out of her room, she happened to run into Ji Wanxin as she entered the courtyard.Her body was covered in white mourning cloth, which gave her sickly beauty a touching feeling. The light illuminated her from behind as she walked in. Her exquisite and delicate face was obscured under the mourning hat. Only the red mole between her brows could be clearly seen. She carried on her an aura of indescribable sadness. Her eyes, which reflected Ji Yunshu's image, was full of tears that could soften anyone's heart."Did we have to come to this?" asked Ji Wanxin in a weak voice riddled with sadness as she approached Ji Yunshu."Ji Pei is dead!" Those words were blurted out by Ji Yunshu.When she heard the news, Ji Wanxin frowned deeply and her tears spilled out in a second. She stretched her hand and met with Ji Yunshu's ice-cold hand. Her tone dyed with distress, she asked, "You have waited for two years, don't you think what happened was the worst possible plan?" "No, for these past two years, I have always firmly believed he would be alive.""Yunshu…""Ji Pei is no more and so, is my heart. You don't need to console me. You should be aware that it's impossible for me to continue to endure them." Ji Yunshu was extremely resolute. Her eyes were icy and didn't reveal any emotions, but her grip on the candlestick tightened.Ji Wanxin's voice remained stuck in her throat, then she sighed. In the end, she was still trying to persuade Ji Yunshu. "Even though you are now leaving the Ji mansion, needless to say, that leaving in such circumstances is bad. Third Brother just died. Father and grandmother are still grieving, but you came and caused such a disaster. People will label you as unfilial and selfish. With such infamy, it would be harder for you in the future.""Are you warning me?""Yunshu, I just want what's good for you.""There's no need for that," said Ji Yunshu lightly. The next moment, she took off the veil covering her face.
'No, the real Ji Yunshu had died long ago!' She had replaced the real one five years ago and had lived like a puppet. But she was now tired and weary. She usually was adept at enduring. However, the moment she learnt of Ji Pei's demise, her tolerance and endurance had vanished.Ji Wanxin was still contemplating her words. 'What does she mean by former owner? What is this about dead?' Her little sister's words confused her.Ji Yunshu covered herself with the veil again. She avoided Ji Wanxin and walked passed her, but then stopped. Standing behind her, Ji Yunshu asked her, "Do you know, on that year, who revealed my conversation with Ji Pei under the plum blossoms?"Ji Wanxin faintly trembled and slowly answered, "I don't know.""You're not lying to me, right?""I didn't."After getting her answer, Ji Yunshu no longer questioned Ji Wanxin, but left the courtyard instead. Ji Wanxin turned around and only saw a glimpse of Ji Yunshu's figure draped in her cloak as she gradually disappeared into the distance, still holding the candlestick in her hand. Ji Wanxing gritted her teeth. Her heart was incredibly uncomfortable. The distress in her eyes had long been swept away, replaced by a strong feeling of jealousy and puzzlement. She didn't understand why Jing Rong burnt the whip, that the emperor had bestowed her father, for Ji Yunshu? For her, he sent Ji Yuanzhi to prison. Despite her scarred appearance, that man still wouldn't leave her.'Why?' Her birth, her appearance, which of them couldn't be compared to Ji Yunshu?! Even the one who met Jing Rong first was her, not Ji Yunshu! That day, when they had a banquet to welcome the noble guests from the capital, the moment she had laid eyes on Jing Rong, her heart was caught by him. At present, she had fallen in too deep and could no longer extricate herself from those feelings. "Why? Why do you always grab what I like?" Her tone turned sinister and fierce. It sounded extremely treacherous.In the front yard, the whole reception hall was burning amidst a conflagration of fire. Everyone from old to new within the mansion carried in water with haste to extinguish the fire.The coffin was moved outside, but due to the strong fire spreading, it had to be moved away once more. The fire quickly pressed closer to the entrance.When Ji Yunshu returned to the front yard, the mass of people present was busy firefighting and had completely forgotten about her existence, despite her being the culprit of the arson. She watched with cold indifference as the fire engulfed the reception hall. Then, her line of sight moved to Ji Yuanzhi's coffin. Next, she used force to tear off another white satin banner hanging near her. She threw it on the coffin along with the candle in her hand. The fabric caught fire in an instant! By the time someone noticed what was happening, the coffin was already wrapped in fire.Ji Yunshu straightened her body. Step by step, she walked to the main entrance of the Ji mansion and left. She left with the baptism of the raging flames behind her, like a phoenix rebirthing into Nirvana. She shed herself of all her hesitation and kindness, wishing that this fire would burn every single thing to nothingness! Let the Ji mansion yell, cry, and be burnt!
Lang Po, who was observing on a roof, witnessed the event clearly. He jumped off the roof and dashed to a hidden place near the Ji Mansion to report. "Miss Ji set the mansion on fire, even Ji Yuanzhi's coffin was burnt to ashes!" He never expected that young lass to be so ruthless!
Jing Rong crossed his hands behind his back as a fierce expression appeared in his eyes. He stated, "Since it's on fire, don't be afraid to let it burn stronger.""Yes, this subordinate understands." Therefore, Lang Po led several men to sneak into the rear court and the three courtyards located in the south, east and north of the mansion to put everything on fire!
Without a doubt, that was her reminder to him. Even though Ji Pei was dead, her heart still couldn't allow him to enter in. At last, he experienced that feeling of pulling your guts out for someone and still feeling happy.


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Home, 2010 and 2017
In 2010, Simon James took a series of photographs for an exhibition which he called Home, 2010. This was a series of portraits with handwritten answers to a questionnaire alongside the photos. The questionnaire asked the subjects of their photos a series of factual questions –name, home town, nationality, part of London they lived in, occupation, time of arrival in the UK, mode of transport to the UK – together with some that were more opinion-based: what did they find the strangest thing about England, what was their favourite British food, did they every plan to go back home to live (and, if so, when), what they did in London that they never did back home, and what they most missed about home. The portraits and the questionnaires can be viewed on Simon's website.
Simon James's 'Home, 2010' exhibition, first shown as part of 'Alien Nation: the art of blending in', Great Western Studios, London. March–April, 2011.
In his notes to the exhibition, Simon framed the collection in this way:
'One should not be an alien at all.'
George Mikes, How To Be An Alien (1946)
Mikes's book highlights the absurd cultural contradictions between England and continental Europe. England is a nation of immigrants. Throughout history waves of immigrants have chosen London as their new home.
Ten of the twelve most recent accession nations to the EU have been eastern and central European countries. Citizens from these nations are entitled to work in the UK, but have limited access to benefits and social provision. Since 2004 there has been a noticeable increase in migration from these countries to the UK.
Many of these new arrivals have been met not only with scepticisim but sometimes also with hostility. They found a very different England from the one they had expected.
It is these people that you see in these photographs.
These beautifully constructed portraits hint at common experiences of migration: almost to a person, what the subjects most missed about home was family, friends and food. Similarly, despite a clearly critical position on British cuisine, there was general admiration for Sunday roasts, steak pie and those two other stalwarts of British eating: fish and chips (ours courtesy of the Portuguese) and pizza (our national Italian dish). And the things that they found strange about England and Britain held few surprises: driving on the 'wrong' side of the road, separate hot and cold water taps and, again, food.
Simon and the Migration Museum Project were in discussion again earlier this year, when the exhibition at Roast Restaurant in Borough Market was being planned. Reluctantly, we decided that his photos didn't quite meet the criteria of that exhibition, but we ended up talking about a follow-up to Home, 2010, to see how the subjects' answers to the questionnaire might have changed in the wake of the June 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union. An e-mail was duly sent out to everyone he'd photographed, asking them to give their answers now to the opinion-type questions on the original questionnaire.
The people whose photographs appear in this blog answered the e-mail, and their answers are given here underneath the original photos of Simon's 2010 exhibition. There's nothing scientific about this 'research', of course, but the set of eight answers gives a sense of the mobility (or temporary nature) of migration – many subjects had gone on elsewhere or returned home (and we could speculate endlessly about the reasons the others didn't answer the e-mail) – and a hint of a darkening mood since last June. Maciek, who in 2010 had said he had no plans to go home, now writes 'Yes, very soon! If not Poland, then France/Italy'; Arleta, who previously wasn't sure, is now thinking about it; Filip and Hanna have both left already (as they had said they would in 2010), Hanna now citing that the thing she finds strangest about England is 'Brexit'. It would be interesting to track down more 'before' and 'after' stories of this kind and to revisit these eight subjects in a year or two's time: it is often a useful corrective to have anecdotal and human evidence set against the statistical findings trotted out by competing positions on Britain's departure from the EU.
Arleta, and her responses in 2010. © Simon James
Arleta, 2017 responses
What job do you do in London?
Accountant day time/landscape photographer at weekends.
Strangest thing about England?
Two separate taps – one with very cold water and other with boiling hot water.
Do you ever plan to go back home to live? If so, when?
I'm thinking about it but I haven't made up my mind yet.
What do you miss most about home?
Mushroom picking in autumn.
Filip, and his responses in 2010. © Simon James
Filip, 2017 responses
Graphics design and video post-production for a production house in Camden.
Separate taps for hot and cold water. Calling normal taps 'continental'; in general, your insistence on calling stuff 'continental' felt strange, but it makes more sense now since you voted for Brexit.
I did come back already actually, back in 2012.
London was great, top of the world and all, but it was also very competitive. At home I don't have to prove who I am, there's less possibility but also less stress; at home I've got more time to learn new stuff and I have more room to make mistakes (which are essential if I want to make progress).
I think what I miss most about London is the architecture, mainly the brutalist style that I am in love with, starting from well-known estates like the Barbican or the Southbank, I just kept stumbling on some totally amazing pieces of architecture on my cycle journeys through the city like the Heygate estate or Alexandra Road Estate, which I picked for Simon to take a picture of me, but literally dozens of other amazing spaces that just kept forcing me to stop and gaze for a while each time I took a different route home.
That would be one thing that I never did back home – call my girlfriend and say, 'Honey I'll be home a bit later, I just discovered this another awesome building and I positively need to see how it looks from another side before I move on.'
Hanna, and her responses in 2010. © Simon James
Hanna, 2017 responses
I no longer live in London. My last job was working in marketing for a broadcaster, mostly looking after their Eastern European business.
I have since moved to Warsaw, Poland (so not home), and now I live in Southern California. I do plan to move back home for retirement though.
Familiarity. Family and friends. Language.
Joanna, and her responses in 2010. © Simon James
Joanna, 2017 responses
Separate taps for hot and cold water; hand washing can turn into a nightmare.
No plans at the moment.
Family and friends and my mum's cooking.
Macíek, and his responses in 2010. © Simon James
Macíek, 2017 responses
Musician/composer/guitarist.
Separate cold and hot water taps!
Yes, very soon! If not Poland, then France/Italy.
Māria, and her responses in 2010. © Simon James
Māria, 2017 responses
Property investor.
Weather and food, English manners.
No, but I'm considering other options such as Asia or Dubai (temporarily).
Our large quiet garden, better weather, cheaper restaurants and services.
Monika, and her responses in 2010. © Simon James
Monika, 2017 responses
Singer, songwriter, singing teacher.
Food: sandwiches with chips, beans on toast.
Not at the moment, but we will see how it goes.
Family and friends.
Something you do frequently in London that you never did back home?
Going to pubs – we haven't got pubs in Poland.
Wojciech, and his responses in 2010. © Simon James
Wojciech, 2017 responses
I am an artist. My jobs are my projects and also the services I perform for galleries and collectors in the care and condition of art collections.
That the country of such great traditions – cultural, technological, politically liberal – can sink so low as it has done recently in adopting euro-sceptic point of view reserved until now to a narrow group of MPs such as John Redwood, Bill Cash and a Daily Mail lobby.
I am rooted to deeply now and my mother country is suffering from the very same illiberal affliction. It would have to get a lot worse before I would do that but 'Events, dear boy, events', as Macmillan once had said, are unpredictable.
Familiar touchstones – such as sights, well-spoken words, theatre, warmth of family and friends
Listening to BBC Radio3, my favourite radio station, closely followed by John Humphries and James McNaughtie – the great news men from Radio 4.
There is more information about Simon James, and more of his photographs, on his website:
www.shotbyjam.com
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Phoenix City: the resilience of London
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Porcelain roses
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The weaving together of photographs
In this second guest lockdown blog, Tim Smith, a photographer who has written two previous blogs for us and has been 'with' us since the start of the Migration Museum Project, sifts through old photos he and his father took of the Caribbean and asks how photographic memories control the narratives we spin of our… Read more
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Baroness Sayeeda Warsi delivered our 2020 lecture at King's College London, chaired by her friend and fellow peer Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, exploring the rise of Islamophobia and the challenges of navigating complex currents of religion, identity and allegiance as a British Muslim and a high-profile politician. Read more
The Belle Vue Studio, Bradford
A unique archive of photographs which records the changing face of a British industrial city through the 20th century is now being brought to a national audience in a BBC documentary, as Tim Smith, long-term friend and supporter of the Migration Museum, recounts. When the Belle Vue Studio opened in 1926 on Manningham Lane in… Read more
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"The whole world is here . . . "
The New Londoners, an exhibition featuring portraits of families from all over the world who call London home, is on display in the Breathing Space café section of the Migration Museum until 27 May. This blog profiles the exhibition, which features the photographs of Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins, a long-term supporter of the Migration Museum.… Read more
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Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956
Speaker: Prof. Jan Kiely (Centre for China Studies)
Date: 13 May 2016 (Fri)
Professor Kiely will introduce his recent book, The Compelling Ideal: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956 (Yale University Press, 2014), which explores the pre-Communist origins of the process of systematic thought reform or reformation (ganhua 感化) that evolved into the Communists "thought reform" (思想改造) regime – a key component of Mao Zedong's revolutionary restructuring of Chinese society. Focusing on ganhua as it originated in China's early twentieth-century prison system, this study brings the history of this critical phenomenon to life through the stories of individuals who conceptualized, implemented, and experienced it, and details how these techniques were subsequently adapted for broader social and political uses.
The Humanities, Post-colonial Education in Ireland and Hong Kong, and the Rise in Educational Inequality
Speaker: Prof. Michael O'Sullivan (Department of English)
Date: 22 April 2016 (Fri)
Michael Sandel's recent talk at CUHK and his comments to local newspapers on the frustrations local communities feel in an age of heightened inequality raise important questions for educators and for universities. The humanities is often regarded as the group of disciplines that can speak most meaningfully for the values a community holds dear. This talk will begin by examining the humanities from an Irish perspective. After all, John Henry Newman's influential series of talks on the "Idea of a University" were delivered for the inauguration of an Irish university. The talk will explore how the early humanities in colonial Ireland lived up to Newman's ideals and how they evolved in the post-colonial era. I will then explore some possible comparisons with the humanities in post-colonial Hong Kong. The final part of the talk will examine how the humanities should respond to questions of educational inequality in Hong Kong and elsewhere.
From Multiculturalism to Interculturalism: A Journey in Ethnic Relations Research-in-action
Speaker: Prof. Tam Siu Mi (Department of Anthropology)
Date: 26 Febuarany 2016 (Fri)
The South Asian communities have since the mid-19th century contributed to the development of a multicultural environment in Hong Kong, but as ethnic minorities they have been socially marginalized and often discriminated against. Using a two-tier model I conducted knowledge transfer projects on the Indian, Nepali, and Pakistani migrant cultures, as part of a bigger initiative to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of South Asian cultures and in promoting positive ethnic relations in Hong Kong. In the process I experimented with the development of intercultural education pedagogy in schools, community programs, and various partner organizations. In this talk I share my research-in-action experience
For those who would like to review the video archive of the talk, please contact the Faculty Office at 3943 7107.


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fanatix | Basketball | NBA | NBA news: Oklahoma City Thunder earn 12th home win in beating Orlando
NBA news: Oklahoma City Thunder earn 12th home win in beating Orlando
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Magic rally late but just fall short against an in-form side.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have proven they have what it takes to win ugly this NBA season, after grinding out a 101-98 victory over the Orlando Magic at home.
It was the 12th victory this season for the Thunder in their own building as their title stock continues to rise.
However, the Orlando Magic showed tremendous grit to chip away at a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter, and were it not for a poor possession with 13 seconds left, they could have sent the game to over time.
With the Magic desperate to find an open three chance, the ball found its way into the hands of forward Glen Davis, with his ugly heave from beyond the arc, the last real chance his side had of causing the upset.
The Thunder are the first team in the NBA to open the season with 12 straight home wins since the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2008, according to STATS.
The franchise last started 12-0 at home to open the 1993-94 season, when the team was located in Seattle.
Despite their excellent record at Chesapeake Energy Arena, Thunder coach Scott Brooks said consistent defence and free throws were two areas the team needed to improve on.
"I thought our defense was just up and down throughout the night and then we didn't do a great job of executing down the stretch," Brooks said.
"Those are things that we have to continue to work on and do a much better job with that. I think we have been doing a great job of that up until tonight."
Kevin Durant had 28 points, nine rebounds and five assists, and Russell Westbrook added 20 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for Oklahoma City, which has won six straight overall and 14 of its last 15.
"They (Orlando) kept fighting to the end," Durant said.
"We got some tough breaks, but we were glad we fought it out and got a win. They made a couple of runs but we were able to take the punch and keep pushing."
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You pay to play in Aspen
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A $45 oil change? An hour of baby-sitting for $26? How about forking over an extra handful of quarters to wash your clothes?Young people and full-time Aspenites trying to make a go of it in this upmarket mountain town have grown accustomed to the high rents (or the often-cramped quarters of affordable housing). And most accept that, with the exception of a few islands of affordability, Aspen's downtown core is chock-full of purse museums, jewelry stores and pricey fine dining.It's something the Wall Street Journal highlighted in a recent article about how Aspen city officials suffer the "high-end" problem of becoming "too swanky."But even everyday goods in Aspen are being pushed out of the average Joe and Jane's grasp.Whether it's 50 cents extra on a gallon of gas or an additional $1.25 to wash a load of laundry (see chart), some Aspenites are feeling nickeled-and-dimed out of town."It's absurd," said Bob "Piercy" Pierce. The longtime local said he loves the mountains, but couldn't afford to live in Aspen if he hadn't bought his own condo years ago. And Pierce buys just perishable goods like eggs and milk at the Aspen City Market, he said."The rest of it I get downvalley," Pierce said. "Everything up here is more expensive.""I don't buy anything in town," said Franko Peters, who grew up in Aspen but said he couldn't afford to stay if he didn't have family in town.
Peters spends his money on the "occasional beer" or clothes from the Thrift Shop and nothing more, he said."What really bothers me is at coffee shops," Peters said. "It's just absurd."Even Aspen's mayor feels the pinch."I'm getting to the point I have to change my oil again," joked Mayor Mick Ireland, who said locals are not being nickeled-and-dimed but "100-dollared and 200-dollared.""There are enough people with massive affluence who can outbid ordinary people for services," Ireland said, adding that baby-sitting can run from $25 to $30 per hour, and essential services like plumbing repair are out of reach of the average ski bum or working family.While Ireland called price increases a "widespread problem," he stressed it's "just the way the market works" that service providers will charge what the market will bear. And the same economic rules that govern Aspen's out-of-sight real estate market also apply to a simple haircut or a caulking gun.Possible fixes such as government subsidies and controls to combat the problem are far too complicated, Ireland said.City officials are trying to expand the amount of land zoned for fix-it shops, rental shops and service outlets that cater to locals, Ireland said, and an important front in that battle is protecting the existing "service-commercial-industrial" zones from being converted to residential or high-end retail.Some business owners who own their land can afford to voluntarily hold down prices, Ireland said, citing Carl's Pharmacy, City Market and Belly Up for local-friendly pricing.And the reason for a $3.75 load of laundry? A sign at the shop explains that the rent was recently increased."All this is stuff is disappearing, but it's not new and not limited to Aspen," Ireland said, citing other resort towns such as McCall, Idaho, where city officials also struggle to protect locally-serving businesses.
While mechanics in auto service shops and oil-change operations in Glenwood Springs quoted prices as low as $29.95, a basic oil change costs $45.95 at Texaco Xpress Lube in El Jebel."Most of it is due to labor costs," said shop manager Wayne Ethridge, a former Pitkin County commissioner."Good people are hard to find," Ethridge said, and without paying high wages he can't keep staff, who are increasingly lured away by high-paying jobs in the oil and gas industry downvalley.So Ethridge pays higher salaries and charges more for service."It's definitely more acute farther upvalley, but it's a chronic problem valleywide when you're looking for qualified workers," Ethridge said. "The farther upvalley you go, the harder it is to run a conventional business."And even when he can pay enough to attract qualified workers, skyrocketing housing prices often drive them to more affordable towns, Ethridge said, adding, "Hourly wages have been going up, but the cost of housing is far outstripping people's ability to hold their own."Ethridge, a resident of Aspen Village, said he buys things like groceries locally, but shops for clothes downvalley like so many Aspenites do."A lot of my friends say that bartering is becoming increasingly important to them – and trading services is an increasingly important way to keep costs down," Ethridge said.David Foster owns Basalt Quick Lube in El Jebel, and cited similar reasons for the $46.71 oil change and fluid top-up at his shop."The starting labor rate up here versus Denver is about double," Foster said. The same is true with rent, and the situation farther upvalley in Aspen is even worse, he added.
"Everyone up there, no matter what business they're in, they're paying a ton of rent. You're working for the landlord," Foster said. "That's why everything costs so much and why locally owned businesses are going out."The 35-year valley resident said he runs into more and more people downvalley who he thought had moved away from Aspen. Instead, they had just been priced downvalley."Aspen isn't a town of locals, it's a town of glitz," Foster said.You gotta' pay to playSome Aspenites say they expect to pay a little more for life in the world-famous mountain Mecca."If you want to live in a resort town, you pay more," said Kym Ryan, who has been in Aspen since 1989. And of higher-priced local goods in Aspen she said, "It's worth it.""I wish it was less," said Leslie Bixel, a local nanny. "But I enjoy my life here so I'm willing to pay it."Anne and Christian Rutschmann of Zurich, Switzerland, a city with one of the highest costs of living in the world, said there was no "sticker shock" at local restaurants and shops on their recent tour of town."If you compare it to other places, the prices aren't so high," Mr. Rutschmann said.But the couple were surprised at the $87 cost of a lift ticket."I'm more than horrified," Mrs. Rutschmann said, adding that a day of skiing at even the finest resorts in Europe is never more than $60.
Many Aspen retailers make a special effort to keep their prices down, and the prices for some Aspen services, such as grocery shopping at City Market or DVD rental at about $5, are comparable to stores downvalley.Ace Hardware has been peddling everything from hats to hammers in its Aspen location since 1974, and owners have always struggled to keep up with rising costs, according to Tony Wells, an Ace Hardware partner."We charge the prices we charge to provide the services we provide," Well said, which means covering the high cost of rent and salaries and making "a reasonable profit.""If we don't make a profit, we leave," Wells said, adding that his shop caters mostly to local do-it-yourselfers and contractors. His staff is often busiest during offseason."We try to keep prices in the store in Carbondale and Aspen the same," Wells said.But Ace can't out-price big-box stores like Lowe's Home Improvement in Glenwood Springs.A 12-gallon Shop-Vac is $109 in Aspen, while a comparable 14-gallon model is just $79.94 at Lowe's.The high cost of a happy babyJenn Currie, owner of Aspen Babysitting Co., charges $26 for one hour of baby-sitting, and it's the high cost of living and the need to pay high salaries that drive her prices, she said."For three months out of the year I don't make a dime, so I kind of have to make up for the fact that I don't have any business in the offseason," Currie said.Currie reports her income, unlike many nannies who fly under the radar, and said insurance and paying certified staff keeps her costs high.But Currie is sensitive to locals, she said, and gives Pitkin County residents a discount (a price cut that comes out of her referral fee) and said many locals recruit friends or younger baby sitters who aren't as qualified as her typical nanny."It's pretty expensive to live here," Currie said, and her 30 baby sitters work seasonally, while juggling other jobs. Many of her sitters commute, she said, because "they can't find a place to live."
Aspenites are clever about stretching a buck, and can find affordable fine dining on bar menus at area restaurants or earn tickets to high-dollar events like the Food & Wine Classic or Jazz Aspen by volunteering their time.But what if you need your pipes fixed, your house painted or some baby-sitting and you can't pay inflated local rates?Many offer services in exchange, an underground bartering system common in the construction trades and among a hush-hush few in Aspen.Marci Benton has lived in Aspen since 1969, and Benton's late husband, Tom Benton, was an iconic Aspenite whose political posters are in high demand."Tom bartered a lot," Benton said, trading his artwork for discounts on just about anything."I've traded out haircuts for art," Benton said, and regularly exchanges posters for framing in Aspen. Benton even traded art on a hospital bill, and remembers once offering a motorcycle in lieu of payment.Charles Agar's e-mail address is cagar@aspentimes.com.
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Biden China Visit Literally Sees Push Come To Shove In U.S.-Sino Relations : It's All Politics In what may be metaphors for the edgy U.S.-China relationship, two high-profile American visits to Beijing were marred by pushing and in one case actual fighting between representatives of the U.S. and Chinese. One incident involved pushing and shoving between U.S. and Chinese officials at an appearance by Vice President Biden.
Vice President Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, seemed to hit it off in Beijing, not so for other Chinese and Americans.
In what may be metaphors for the ever edgier U.S.-China relationship, two high-profile American visits to Beijing were marred by pushing and in one case actual fighting between representatives of the U.S. and Chinese.
One incident involved pushing and shoving between U.S. and Chinese officials at an appearance by Vice President Biden who's on an official visit to China partly to reassure officials there about U.S. finances.
The other was a serious fight that broke out during to the Georgetown University men's basketball team during, of all things, a goodwill game Thursday.
During an event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, U.S. reporters and members of the vice president's staff got into a shoving match with Chinese officials while Biden delivered brief remarks nearby. Biden had just received welcoming words from his Chinese counterpart, Vice President Xi Jinping.
"It is my fond hope that our personal relationship will continue to grow," Biden said to Xi, who is widely expected to be the next Chinese president.
It was right about this time that a near-brawl was breaking out about a hundred feet away from the diplomatic exchanges in the Eastern Hall of the Great Hall of the People.
Only minutes into Biden's remarks, Chinese officials had begun to direct reporters toward the exits. Most reporters and the vice president's staff objected, saying it was important to cover the entirety of Biden's opening statement, as had been the agreement between officials beforehand.
A Chinese press aide said Biden was going on far too long for their liking. But in fact, including the consecutive translation of his comments from English to Chinese, Biden spoke only two or three minutes longer than Xi had.
Soon the stern shooing turned into forceful shoving. As reporters tried to stand their ground, Chinese officials locked arms and pushed forward in a show of overwhelming force. Soon enough Biden did finish, but reporters had difficulty hearing the entire thing because of the fisticuffs.
This wasn't the first time Chinese officials got into an altercation with officials in the Obama White House and American reporters. Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs had to forcefully keep Chinese officials from barring U.S. journalists from a meeting between President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabiao in Copenhagen in 2009.
As if the fracas at the Great Hall weren't bad enough, there was a scary Beijing fight involving other emissaries from the American capital, the Georgetown Hoyas and the Bayi Rockets, again, at what was supposed to be a goodwill game.
As the Washington Post reports, the situation got so out of hand, Coach John Thompson III pulled his team off the court before the game's end and the team and its American fans felt they had to wagon train from the arena for safety. The Post story has a photo of Georgetown senior guard Jason Clark on the floor apparently about to be kicked or stomped by someone who appears to be with the Chinese team.


The following pages comprise the City of Ball Ground Capital Improvement Plan for the next seven years, to coincide with the collection of voter approved SPLOST dollars.
The first step in this process was to develop a formula by which every presented project would be evaluated. The next two pages outline both the evaluation criteria, and the point system that was assigned within each evaluated category. A total of 13 categories were identified, by which each project would be evaluated, these included such categories as available funding,, anticipated life expectancy of the project, and what percentage of the City population would ultimately be served by the proposed project. Projects were identified in 6 categories which were Roads and Streets, Sidewalks, Facilities, Vehicles, Water/Sewer/Stormwater and Parks and Recreation.
Once the projects were identified, the next step was to evaluate each project and establish a ranking of the importance, and in theory, a priority of effort. Each project has been rated with a numeric score, with the highest number being the highest priority. This process gives us a guideline, but not necessarily an absolute rule on how projects will be scheduled. Lower priority projects may actually be accomplished first depending on the availability and success of grant funding etc.
Following the evaluation criteria, and the subsequent results, this document then includes a brief description of each project, a photograph and an estimated cost.
Following any revisions and subsequent adoption of this document by the council action would then be taken to update the Short Term Work Program (STWP) so that the two plans compliment each other and also enhance our standing when applying for matching grant funds.


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