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Youth and Civic Engagement: Another Rhetoric, Another IYD
Another year, another, another August 12 and it is the International Day of the Youth (IDY)!
UN Secretary-General as part of the protocols around the day, releases a message; this year the theme was "Youth and Civic Engagement.
Thousands of young people and youth-led , youth-focused orgnisations around the world take this day seriously. Mr. Ki-Moon in his statement states:
Emerging threats, violent extremism, shifting political conditions, economic turmoil and social transformations are combining to heighten the challenges facing the world's young people. No one knows better than them the issues at stake or the best way to respond. That is why I am calling on young people to speak out – and I am urging leaders to listen.
He goes on to talk about "Volunteerism as an ideal way to improve society" yet on the day of the most important day of young people around the world it was reported how David Hyde an intern at the UN in Geneva had to to camp for 2-weeks in bad weather because he could not pay rent. But he worked for the UN – where its volunteers around the world earn more money than some senior staff members of organisations they go to "help". The story is reported by 'The Independent'. This begs the question is Mr. Ban Ki-Moon's call and the theme chosen by the UN is just another rhetoric – to mock young people. [See my reflections on the 2014 IYD – Mocking the Next Generation]
The story highlights the hypocrisy around the issues of "Youth Development" and "Youth Participation" across many levels of the socio-economic polity of the present world – at the workplace, at school, at church, at the mosque, at home and elsewhere that young people form part.
Mr. Ki-Moon states further, "as the world changes with unprecedented speed, young people are proving to be invaluable partners who can advance meaningful solutions. Youth movements and student groups are challenging traditional power structures and advocating a new social contract between States and societies. Young leaders have contributed fresh ideas, taken proactive measures, and mobilized through social media as never before".
The statement continues "I applaud the millions of young people who are protesting for rights and participation, addressing staggering levels of youth unemployment, raising their voices against injustice, and advocating global action for people and the planet. In this landmark year, as leaders prepare to adopt a bold new vision for sustainable development, the engagement of youth is more valuable than ever. At this critical moment in history, I call on young people to demand and foster the dramatic progress so urgently needed in our world".
In the many times we (leaders and youth interest workers) have treated young people as people we have to speak on behalf for, that they can not speak better for themselves. But young people have been demanding for many years, young people have led and won protests. Across Africa, many countries can not boost of their independence without the efforts of young people.
What is needed beyond the rhetoric is for Youth-Adults to be able to work together – not a relationship of unequalness.Youth-Adult relationship is not a one-way street. It is not one of youth speaking and adults listening or the other way round. It is a symbiotic relationship that must be built on trust, merit, honesty, transparency and on sound principles of creating a stock of replacement for the present and future generations.
Many concepts and theories around youth development and youth participation denotes a one-dimensional approach, as Tsike-Sossah (2012) "…the one-dimensional characterisation of youth participation sees youth participation as a process youth themselves must influence so that there is or there seems to be little adult input. Indeed, poor participation is always the fault of adults against youth" and in other cases youth against themselves.
A better way of at looking at youth participation in the context of local government as a symbiotic process between active youth (as against passive) and active and supportive adults.
Arnstein (1969) proposes that the highest form of participation is "Citizen Power" made up of three types of levels of participation – partnership, delegated power, and citizen control. These three together will produce what Arnstein calls "full participation". However, in order to produce or reach "full participation" one must recognise that this a product of a symbiotic relationship between active and supportive adults and active youth. Active youth are young people working to improve themselves to become politically active, by seeking the support of adults and or are willing to work with adults. If this relationship is nurtured it will lead to an "Effective youth Political Participation and Development", which in itself will promote (an) "active youth" and "Active and Supportive Adults". This framework will help for instance the National Youth Commissions to work effectively with its mandate of promoting youth development without alienating youth and other youth minorities, such as young women, in the process.
Below is presents a diagrammatic view of the concept:
Multi-Dimensional View of Youth-Adult Partnership
Youth-Adult relationship is not a one-way street. It is not one of youth speaking and adults listening or the other way round.It is a symbiotic relationship that must be built on trust, merit, honesty, transparency and on sound principles of creating a stock of replacement for the present and future generations.
If we must involve youth, we must act beyond talking down and handing over scraps from the "table" and get young people to the table through transparent and meritorious process rather than the current system of rewarding sycophancy.
The youth participation rhetoric must stop and real action for and by young people should not need an encouragement – it MUST become the gold standard – the "youth-barometer" for development.
The author: Tsike-Sossah is the Director of ACIPP West Africa and the lead consultant of ACIPP Consulting. Views expressed here are solely my personal views and do not reflect the views of my employers.
Sierra Leone: No Touching, No handshaking – Ebola; Stealing Our Humanity
Chlorinated Water: Most buildings demand that you wash your hands before entering. FI-Bank, Lumley, Freetown
Monday July 6th I flew from Schiphol Airport via Casablanca to Freetown. My first trip back to Sierra Leone since the Ebola Disease Virus broke in April 2014. I was in Sierra Leone and Liberia during the months of April and May when the cases begun to appear. I left because my wife and I were expecting a baby in June – we had a beautiful girl who turned 1year a few weeks earlier.
During the rest of 2014, I have looked for ways to return to be part of the non-medical workforce in either Sierra Leone or Liberia but as fate would have it, I was not successful, not for the lack of trying but fate decided otherwise. You see, I am a strong believer in fate – I will explain: in 2009, I had a dream of plane crashes involving me and two other friends who were based in different parts of West Africa. I called them and they too had the same dreams during the week like me. We resolved to tackle the vision we had spiritually – we did what had to be done. I refused to fly the rest of the month and did some meditation. I am not party to what my friends did.
During the Ebola crisis I dreamt on two occasions that I would not return if I went. So the one time I was close to clinching a job, I left the decision to "If I will go and return, then this job was going to be it". I did not get the job and my sister and mother also had dreams and called to postpone travelling.
For the first time in four years, I was apprehensive to travel. My spirit was disturbed. I was worried about many things travelling to Freetown after I am a believer in fate and destiny shaping my life. Others say its God, I just say it is "energy". Well, lets not delve into metaphysics or religion.
July 6th I was on Flight AT 853 operated by Royal Air Maroc. I arrived at Lungi Airport on the Morning of July 7th. It was humid and wet – the ground crew looked unhappy. After a short shuttle ride to the entrance to the airport, it begun!
Buckets of water were placed at the entrance for us to disinfect before going through passport and security check. Some passengers tried to escape washing their hands but the guards refused to let those people pass.
The meet-and-greet was awkward, people that know each other were hesitant to shake hands or be affectionate. It was the awkward misstep to hug, the extended hand in mid-air; or in my case the apology: "I want to shake you but they say not to touch", followed by the standard response: "Yes o!"
I have a staff of two in Freetown and in the nearly two weeks I have been here, we have not shake hands! I wish to have hugged them and say something nice to them having gone through a very traumatic time. While we have talked and keep joking about the "No touch" rule, I can feel the distance as the days went by; it is a jungle. Everyone just want to survive and anything will do. But what is important is that, we are HUMANS! We are programmed to touch – Sierra Leoneans like the rest of West Africa and people that love to shake hands! The streets are busy and bodies milling around and bumping into each other is normal but walking on the streets of Siaka Stevens Street, or the centre of the ; the pace is slower, there is less bumping and shoving. With the heat and sweat you do not want to touch.
Ebola has redefined how we live. It is defining how we love, can love, show affection and communicate. A gentleman I had not seen in 2 years and when we met, he was excited and run towards me, hands extended to embrace but I had to coldly remind him we can not hug! I was sad all day! I could not forgive myself for hurting him – by refusing to hug him, I have suggested he could have Ebola. While we all know that is not the case, the thought lingers.
Just the other day two young men, not older than twenty; they may have been relations or long lost friends. They see each other and one runs across the street to hug the other. The one being hugged stood limp, trying not to hug. I watched and felt the enthusiasm dissipate from the "huger". It must be hard on both of them. But what do I know? And I can cite more than 20 instances where this had had to be repeated over and over again.
Why question is, will these basic things we take for granted leave us? The basics of a handshake, of a pat on the shoulder, of a touch of the arm, of a hug, of a kiss on the cheek…
Will people become desensitised and detached?
But I was shocked by the school children – they were lost in their little world. It was end of the school day and they are prancing and playing along the street. Some walking in twos and threes with arms linked at the shoulders. I have seen others race and lift another off his feet and I wonder… is it their innocence or is it my paranoia?
School kids on Main Motor Road, Brookfields, Freetown
I am afraid to shake the hands of the little kids that come to my door and say hello. I could not shake my neighbours whom I have not seen in 12 months!
If Ebola continues, we will lose our humanity here in Sierra Leone (maybe just me). We will become loveless, heartless, emotionless people. Drowning our emotions in bottles and bottles of alcohol as the sirens of the ambulances once again return to haunt us.
Dear God, please take this cup away from us!
5 Things Sierra Leone and Liberia should Be Doing Post Ebola
Ebola virus has caused much damage to societies in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. Businesses, economy, education, etc. have suffered. The World Bank and other institutions are still working on a definite number, however it is estimated in October 2014 that the region of West Africa will experience an economic downside of US$25billion. In January 2015, that figure was reduced to a low of US$500million and a high of US$6.2billion. These figures the World Bank claim is for the whole West African region and not just the three affected countries.
According to the WHO, current total Ebola infections stands at 26,628[1], resulting in 11,020 deaths. Figures 1 and 2 show cases/deaths recorded as at May 3 2015 and how they are distributed across the affected countries.
Figure 1: Shows Global Infection as at May 3 2015
Figure 2 below shows that Liberia topped with the highest deaths of 4,716 account for 42.79% of the total deaths with Sierra Leone following second with 3,903 accounting for 35.42% of the total death and Guinea with 21. 65%. Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States together account for 0.14% of the total Ebola deaths recorded.
Figure 2: Shows Global Deaths resulting from Ebola as at May 3 2015
On May 9th 2015 Liberia became the first of the 3 heavily affected countries to be declared "Ebola Free". The WHO in a statement on its website said: "Forty-two days have passed since the last laboratory-confirmed case was buried on 28 March 2015."
But the declaration for Liberia does not mean Ebola is over. Ebola can come back to Liberia from across the border with Sierra Leone or Guinea where there was at least 35 new cases in the last few weeks.
I have written about what may have caused the crisis in Sierra Leone to drag. I also discussed the political issues that may have contributed to further worsening the crisis in that country.
As the numbers of infections reduce, the next question development experts have started asking is: "What next?"
Indeed the problem created by the Ebola crisis is bigger than the deaths of 10,000 people. Ebola led to the disruption the vaccination programmes for Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. Key timelines to vaccinate children were skipped. This has created huge immunity gaps and a large pool of children that would die from future preventable diseases.
Dr. Walter Gwenigale, Liberia's health minister says: "measles vaccination dropped by 45% in August-December 2014 compared to the same period in 2013"[2]. There are similar stories in Sierra Leone and Guinea as well.
Millions of school-going children across the three countries for months have been left idle. There are fears that many of these children may have become sexually active and without access to contraceptives, many fear not only a spike in teenage pregnancy but also HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
I propose 5 – things that should be done to prevent the remission of the virus.
Perform a holistic national needs assessment: So far, there is no comprehensive "needs list" for post Ebola work. Many governments, ministers and international organisations are throwing numbers around without any scientific backing. For instance, what is required for students to catch-up on lost time? How much would it cost?
Fix education: Poor Human Resource capacity as a result of poor education has very much affected how the countries were able to manage the crisis. The crisis itself has severely affected education. It is important to not repeat the post-war mistakes where people were promoted en masse. Bureaucrats must find creative ways of solving the backlog of schoolwork and students in their final years should be expressly supported to write their Junior and Senior High School exams. Hopefully we do not have another "lost generation" if the estimated 300,000 children fail their exams due in April and June.
Transparency in the Constitutional Review Process: Sierra Leone and Liberia were both in the process of reviewing their constitutions, the Ebola crisis allowed everyone to take their eyes of the ball for a while. This has raised pockets of issues in both countries. Indeed Sierra Leone has a case before its supreme court to determine the constitutionality of the removal of its Vice-President. The sanctity of the constitutional review process will add value to the economy that has already lost value due the Ebola crisis. A transparent constitutional review process will bring confidence in the country and thus shore up investment outlook.
Do not borrow more Money: Already the World Bank Group (WBG) has released US$650million to support the three-affected countries. This will only further impoverish the people as these loans and grants come with stingy rules that does not allow the proper organic growth of nations. All of Africa is a testimony of how WBG and IMF policies have failed the region.
Invest in Training, Capacity Building, and Development: The Sierra Leone and Liberia Civil Services are still yet to recover from the war. Governments' planning and implementation has not factored the role, growth and development of the Civil Service. In Liberia, the government "imported" highly qualified Liberians living outside the country to come back and take leadership roles. These "imports" earn multiple times over what their local counterparts earn. It is rumoured directors and ministers in that group earn between US$15,000-20,000 per month. Local directors and middle level Civil Service staff have a base of US$156[3]. According to the Government of Liberia's Civil Service Restructure Strategy (CSRS) 2008-2011, "Salaries of civil servants have eroded dramatically since the 1970s. For example, a new college graduate employed in the Civil Service in 1977 earned a net monthly salary of US$416.66 inclusive of transportation and housing allowances and could save part of the salary. Today no civil servant receives a base salary higher than US$156.00 per month, and college graduates entering the Service today earn less than US$75 per month" (CSRS 2008-20011 p24) On January 28 2013, the AllAfrica.com[4] website reported President Johnson-Sirleaf approving a US$25 wage increase across board in annual message to the joint session of House of Representatives and Senate. The story is not different in Sierra Leone where the most qualified and forward thinking Civil Servants have been lost to international organisations, Non-Governmental Organisations and the UN systems and agencies. Sierra Leone and Liberia must consciously develop a measureable, effective and efficient system of investing to improve the delivery and quality of its Civil Servants. Importing citizens and paying high wages often to people that have no connection to their government or country will fail as we have seen these people abandoned their offices during the peak of the crisis in Liberia.
While the fight against Ebola is being won, the West African region including the affected countries cannot continue to do things as usual.
Our governments must make conscious effort to fix their borrowing, spending and implementation habits. Sierra Leone and Liberia particularly must give thoughts to the points given above or the next epidemic will be worse.
S. Eyram Tsike-Sossah holds an Msc Political Science from the University of Amsterdam and an MA in Development Studies from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. He is the author of "Youth and Local Governance: Youth Participation in Local Governance: Bringing Youth to Decision Making in Sierra Leone". Simon works for ACIPP West Africa as its Executive Director and also leads its Consulting work in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
This blog is the private work of Simon Tsike-Sossah and do not represent the views of the organisations he works for.
[1] This number also includes cases in the USA, UK, Spain, Senegal, Nigeria and Mali as of May 3, 2015
[2] See: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/liberias-ebola-free-not-out-woods-yet-n357301
[3] See http://www.emansion.gov.lr/doc/Liberia%20CSR%20Strategy%20June%2008.pdf
[4] See: http://allafrica.com/stories/201301291164.html
WHEN COMMUNICATION IS NOT RHETORIC
Hopefully, a comprehensive policy agenda for Nigeria's minerals and mining sector, which has been themed, "Roadmap for the Growth and Development of the Nigerian Mining Industry – On The Road to Shared Mining Prosperity" will be unveiled soon. Since the end of March, 2016 this roadmap had gone through various reviews and interrogations from key stakeholders, especially state governments.
Goal Sierra Leone Is Hiring
GOAL Sierra Leone invites applications from suitable Sierra Leonean to fill the under mentioned vacant position:
Position: Waste Systems Strengthening Manager
Location: Kenema
Type of work: 70% office, 30% field based (with monthly trips to Freetown)
Reporting to: Urban WASH Advisor
Contract length: One year (renewable)
Download full job description here. [GOAL Vacancy Announcemet- Kenema-Word] or [GOAL Vacancy Announcemet- Kenema-PDF]
A Critical Review of the European Agenda on Migration for Third Countries and Key Considerations for Africa
A brief synopsis for the agenda:
With increasing numbers of refugees overwhelming European borders, the EU decided to put in place a strategy to ensure that lives are saved, rates of return to countries of origin are increased and migrants and refugees stay close to home and avoid taking dangerous journeys. Key targets to be achieved in this strategy include working with partners to improve the legislative and institutional framework for migration, assistance in capacity building on border and migration management, encouragement for voluntary return and support for reintegration and stemming of irregular flows while offering legal migration channels.
Key to the success of this strategy and realisation of the agenda is third countries – who will receive the financial, logistical and technical support to manage the refugee flows and implement the activities to realise the targets and objectives. A total EUR 1.88bn has been dedicated through the EU Trust Fund for Africa with EUR 750m already pegged to projects aimed at creating jobs, and resilience in the horn of Africa. Turkey's Facility for Refugees has EUR 3 billion dedicated towards immediate and structural support to stem the flow of refugees for the FY 2016/2017.
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International Medical Corps is Hiring
The International Medical Corps (Sierra Leone) is hiring three new positions:
JOB TITLE: District Manager
COUNTRY PROGRAM: Sierra Leone
LOCATION: Koinadugu District
POSITION REPORTS TO: National Health Promotion Coordinator
DURATION OF INITIAL CONTRACT: 3 Months (with possibility of renewal)
APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: 19th May, 2016
JOB TITLE: Social Behaviour Change Training Officers (7)
POSITION REPORTS TO: District Supervisor
DURATION OF INITIAL CONTRACT 3 Months (with possibility of renewal)
JOB TITLE: District Supervisor
POSITION REPORTS TO: District Manager
Download full job description here.
#MayOpportunities: Jobs/PhDs
Scholarship for Zimbabweans:
This PhD scholarship is open specifically to Zimbabweans interested in researching urban issues in Harare, to begin this autumn.
Deadline: 20 May
The department of Geography, University of Sussex, has two fully funded PhD studentships to support the Migrants on the Margins research project. Migrants on the Margins is the Field Research Programme of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute for British Geographers (RGS/IBG). Research aims to contribute to the urban governance of new migration into underserviced urban areas of selected cities, in contexts of environmental change and political uncertainty. The RGS/IBG Field Research Programme involves partnerships with other UK universities (SOAS and Durham) as well as research institutes in Colombo, Dhaka, Harare and Hargeisa.
The two PhD candidates will focus their research on either the city of Colombo (Sri Lanka) or Harare (Zimbabwe). The scholarships, co-funded by the RGS/IBG and University of Sussex, cover all fees at non-EU student level and three years' annual stipend at current Research Councils UK level (£14,296 for 2016/17).
PhD scholarships advert – correct dates -edited.
Sierra Leone's New Constitution
The UNDP support the Sierra Leone's Constitutional Review process (under UNDPs "Sierra Leone Constitutional Review Project) shared abridged versions of the "New" Constitution.
According to the Chief Technical Adviser to the project Mr Sana BALOCH, "the abridged draft report (2016) has been produced to highlight the major recommendations from the CRC, for further consideration and validation by the people. Issues are sequenced into thematic areas that have been looked at during the two years inclusive process".
This summarized report includes new thematic areas that have been proposed as new chapters for consideration in the revised draft constitution.
Below is what is new in the draft report/constitution
Proposed New Chapters Existing Chapters
1. Local Government and Decentralisation
2. Citizenship
3. Land, Natural Resources and the Environment
4. Information, Communication and the Media
5. Fundamental Principle of State Policy
6. The Recognition and Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms of Individuals
7. The Representation of the People
8. The Executive
9. The Legislature
10. The Judiciary
The CRC requests for interested parties, especially Sierra Leoneans to take interest in the process and to follow the work of the CRC via the CRC's website , Facebook page and YouTube Channel CRC Sierra Leone.
Download the word Doc here and the Pdf here.
NEW OR CLEANED: AN OPINION ON THE DEBATE ON GHANA'S VOTERS' REGISTER- Ken Abotsi
Abotsi writes: "We are where we are because of our fixation with elections. Even if we have such an obsession, does our conscience not ask us the bigger question: "elections and so what"? Will a new or clean register elevate the politician or elevate the nation? Let our nation Ghana and its development count in this debate"
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I had initially promised and drafted an opinion piece on the brouhaha over the Voters' Register in Ghana but shelved it when I realized that other well-meaning citizens shared the same views. For me, there was no need belabouring the point if others were speaking from the same page. However, it seems the matter will not go away so I've summarized my take.
At the heart of the debate is the absence of a comprehensive national database. It is a long term perspective that any serious person interested in our nation moving forward should not lose sight of. However, in the short term, a credible register is imperative. Does a new register guarantee that? Yes and no. Yes, if the processes for registering are foolproof. No, because the processes can always, have always and will always be circumvented by parties on both sides of the aisle.
The fixation with a…
Emerging Markets Economic Events: Guiding Ghana to Economic Recovery: Plans, Implementation and Prospects
Seth Terkper, Ghana's Finance and Economic Planning Minister will discuss decision-making in Ghana's changing economic landscape and efforts to steer policy implementation towards recovery.
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When: 12 Aug 2015 – 12:00 to 13:00
Where: Chatham House, LondonAfrica Programme, Economic Growth and Investment
ParticipantsHon Seth Terkper, Minister of Finance, Ghana
Chair: Mark Simmonds MP, UK Africa Minister (2012-14)
Following the introduction of an IMF-supported programme aimed at supporting reforms towards faster growth and job creation while restricting fiscal spending, it is hoped that Ghana's economy will stabilise and medium-term prospects will improve. Despite the setbacks of recent years, Ghana's economy is projected to improve from 3.9 per cent GDP growth in 2015 to 5.9 per cent in 2016, according to the World Bank.
Seth Terkper will discuss decision-making in Ghana's changing economic landscape and efforts to steer policy implementation towards recovery.
http://www.chathamhouse.org/event/guiding-ghana-economic-recovery-plans-implementation-and-prospects
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We are delighted to present a panel discussion in partnership with Young Arts Fundraisers on one of the most pressing questions in cultural philanthropy.
So often, fundraising is the job of a small, dedicated team. But isn't fundraising down to everyone? As the arts and culture increasingly depend on philanthropy as a major income stream, it is essential to build a team approach if we are to embed fundraising and philanthropy in our organisations and sustain it into the future.
We are delighted that John Nickson, one of the UK's most experienced and respected fundraisers, will chair the discussion. With a wealth of knowledge as past head of fundraising for the British Council, English National Opera, the Royal Academy of Arts and Tate, and as a donor, trustee, mentor and advisor to education, arts and development charities for over forty years, John will ask a panel of arts leaders why they believe every member of their organisations plays a valuable role in fundraising success.
Our speaker panel includes Neil Mendoza (Chairman of the Landmark Trust and Non-Executive Director at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport), Jonathan Newby (Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, Science Museum Group) and Madani Younis (Artistic Director, Bush Theatre). There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.
Doors open at 6.30PM, the talk starts at 7PM. This event will be followed by networking drinks at the Soho Works bar. We're grateful to Soho Works for generously hosting this event.
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The site of the former mural on Phnom Penh's White Building on Thursday
White Building Mural Erased; City Says Subject Not Worthy
by Aun Pheap
Municipal authorities on Wednesday night whitewashed a multistory mural that had been painted on a wall of Phnom Penh's dilapidated White Building last week, sparking an outcry on social media as Cambodians shared images of the mural and mocked the decision to destroy it.
The turquoise-hued portrait of Moeun Thary, a building resident respected for her needlework, had graced the north wall of the apartment block since early this month, when it was painted by internationally renowned graffiti artist Miles "El Mac" MacGregor as part of a project to promote public art funded by wealthy backer David Choe.
The site of the former mural on Phnom Penh's White Building on Thursday (Jens Welding Ollgaard/The Cambodia Daily)
However, local authorities painted over the mural late Wednesday night, citing the artist's lack of official permission to paint it—and Ms. Thary's lack of worthiness as the subject of a piece of public art.
Hun Sarath, one of the two village chiefs for the White Building, said she was ordered to remove the work on Wednesday night.
"We cleaned the picture at about 11 p.m. last night because Phnom Penh City Hall ordered us to do it," she said.
City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said authorities had demanded that the mural be whitewashed because Mr. MacGregor never obtained formal permission to paint it.
"They applied for a permission letter, but City Hall had not yet replied…and they painted without permission," he said.
The spokesman added that City Hall considered the subject of the mural to be problematic, and that the artist would not have received authorization to depict Ms. Thary in any case.
"We would not have allowed those people to paint this picture because the painting's subject is not deserving of being on public view. This picture was not in the Khmer tradition," he said.
In her apartment on the top floor of the White Building on Thursday morning, Ms. Thary was visibly shocked to hear that her portrait had been erased.
"I am not happy to hear what happened to the painting," she said.
"It was not done out of personal interest, but it represents Khmer culture, and I had hoped it would help to promote Khmer culture," she said.
However, a shopkeeper selling drinks directly beneath the former site of the mural, who declined to give her name, said many locals initially complained about the painting, but stopped upon being told that the project had City Hall's blessing.
She was also critical of the mural's subject.
"I think that the picture is not good for painting on the wall because [Ms. Thary] is not a famous woman. They should have painted a picture of a Khmer hero," she said.
Moeun Thary, right, stands next to Miles 'El Mac' MacGregor in front of Mr MacGregor's mural of her face on Phnom Penh's White Building in a photograph posted to David Choe's Instagram account last week.
Others disagreed. Sophea Roat, an English teacher at a community school in the White Building, said she would miss the mural's vibrant colors. "I really liked the painting. It was nice to see a local person being used for art like this, and it made a pleasant change from the white and black colors of the rest of this building," she said.
Sorn, 12, and Raksmey, 9, young residents of the White Building who were walking by the former site of the mural on their way home from school on Thursday, said they had liked it, too.
"I liked the big friendly face on the wall. I haven't seen art so big before," said Reaksmey.
"I was really sad to see it had gone this morning," San added.
Cambodians also took to Facebook in droves on Thursday to voice their opinion on the whitewashing, with most users deriding the government's decision to blank out the mural. Some drew attention to the fact that the capital is plastered with beer advertisements and neon signs, and an image of the mural with a glass of Cambodia Beer photoshopped into Ms. Thary's hand was shared widely.
"It called urban art! It is much better than beer, cigarettes ads banner. It is nothing wrong with wall painting there," a Facebook user named Oum Sothea wrote on City Hall's Facebook page.
"May the municipal officials reconsider about this. It is a beautiful masterpiece of art. It expresses a lot of meanings. To my own perspective, this painting gives value to women, especially to all mothers," wrote another, Puth Reaksmey.
Neither MacGregor nor Mr. Choe responded to requests for comment on Thursday, but in a post on his blog dated Wednesday, Mr. MacGregor wrote that the project was an effort to create something "beautiful, meaningful, and uplifting."
"I hope this mural can serve as a respectful tribute to the importance and perseverance of Cambodia's creative legacy, and possibly, in some small way, offer inspiration for younger Cambodian artists to sustain this legacy," he wrote.
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Part & Parcel: Kara Hammett - Canton Repository
Hammett hopes to add the very challenging gum paste flowers to her repertoire soon.Hammett's local favorites:Most memorable spot: Canton Museum of Art. "I was able to go to the exhibit about working moms (Crowns: Crossing into Motherhood). It moved me. They talked about motherhood and balancing being artists and being mothers. I just resonated with it. I'm a mother of three boys, and finding yourself and keeping yourself when you transition into motherhood is very difficult. I was crying because it hit me in a way that nobody really talks about."Favorite place to shop locally: Anew Room. "It's a really cool spot. We bought a house here this year, and we purchased pictures and some furniture from there. I got a really cool piece of art from a Jackson High School student from there. They have some very unusual things because they come from people's homes. You're not going to find the same thing twice when you go there."Favorite lunch spot: The Twisted Olive. "It's pretty there. The dining rooms are nice, and the service is always really good and the food is really good. The grounds are beautiful."Favorite coffee shop: Muggswigz. "Before I moved to Canton, I would drive a half-hour from Akron to Muggswigz. … A lot of people in my family love coffee and always are on the hunt for local coffee spots. I met (my aunt) there one Sunday and I was hooked." Studio Bakery carries Muggswigz coffee.Favorite local restaurant: Lucca Downtown. "It's a really quaint restaurant. It's not a chain restaurant. I like to go to places where you are supporting local businesses, and the food is really, really good."Favorite thing to do: Pottery. "I did it for years, and then had kids. I just picked... https://www.cantonrep.com/story/lifestyle/food/2021/02/09/studio-bakery-co-owner-kara-hammett-shares-her-local-favorites/4074529001/
Florists, symbols of hope, deemed "essential businesses" in virus-stricken Geneva - Famagusta Gazette
Faced with a worsening COVID-19 situation, the Swiss canton of Geneva entered semi-confinement on Nov. 2. All restaurants, bars and barbershops are now closed, but "essential" shops, such as grocery stores, supermarkets and flower shops, can remain open.Why are florists considered "essential businesses," one may wonder?A recent survey conducted by JardinSuisse showed that although most of the celebrations and festivals have been canceled, 70 percent of the country's florists said that their sales were better in the first half of 2020 than in the same period of last year.Migros, Switzerland's largest supermarket chain, said that its flower sales in the first six months of this year were 20 percent higher than the previous year.Meanwhile, another recent survey conducted by PostFinance, the financial services unit of Swiss Post, found that Swiss consumers' spending on clothing and footwear has fallen by 50 percent and some 80 percent, respectively, since the country adopted containment measures to fight the virus in March."Flowers help peop... http://famagusta-gazette.com/2020/11/19/florists-symbols-of-hope-deemed-essential-businesses-in-virus-stricken-geneva/
Plymouth flower shop closes after four decades as owner retires - Hometown Life
Morrison said it's time to move onto another chapter in her life."The world is changed now," said Morrison, who lives in Canton. "Back in the day, you used to come to a florist because that's who sold flowers. That's not really the case now. Everyone sells it."The shop has operated in the same space since it was opened by Pat Ribar in the early 1980s. Morrison and her mother Marcia Sayles purchased the shop in 2000, running it for nearly 20 years.More: Plymouth hockey hires Darrin Silvester as new head coachMore: Plymouth Twp. trustees disagree on future of property near Hilltop Golf CourseMore: Here's what you can expect as movie theaters prep for expected reopening next monthShe did some work at Cardwell Florist in Livonia as well as Ribar Floral Company after high school and began helping out in the shop during holidays and other busy seasons, developing a close relationship with Ribar and her family. She worked outside of floral until Ribar called her to offer her the business. She then left her job and began running the shop."I remained friends with Pat Ribar all these years," she said. "So I gave my notice at work and I had called Pat."There, Morrison spent years working through holidays such as Mother's Day and Christmas, getting to know local customers and connecting with various organizations and networking events in the Plymouth-Canton area, including the Plymouth Historical Museum, the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce and volunteering with Angela Hospice with flow... https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/plymouth/2020/06/25/plymouth-floral-shop-closes/5306585002/
Ask the Gardener: Holiday book ideas for gardeners and arrangers - Boston.com
And for a family-friendly outdoor lights display, catch the delightful "Winterlights" this month at three historic gardens owned by the Trustees of Reservations: the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate in Canton, Stevens-Coolidge Place in North Andover, and Naumkeag in Stockbridge.Books make great gifts for gardeners. Many are lushly illustrated with eye candy that will help even dilettante gardeners ward off the winter blues. My recommendations and their cover prices:For the new gardener: "Rodale's Basic Organic Gardening: A Beginner's Guide to Starting a Healthy Garden'' by Deborah L. Martin (Rodale, $19.99). Using jargon-free terms, she takes you chronologically from planning in the winter through harvesting the next fall.For the flower arranger: "Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest & Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms" by Erin Benzakein with Julie Chai (Chronical Books, $29.99). Erin Benzakein's successful cut-flower farm in Washington's lush Skagit Valley (where she's been called the "Dahlia Lama") has inspired a nationwide wave of green-thumb women to grow flowers for market, as well as for fun. A bestseller, this book tells you the best flowers for cutting and their needs, which can be very different than landscape plants'. "Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home With Blooms, Branches, and Foraged Materials All Year Round'' (Ten Speed Press, $25) by Ariella Chezar and Julie Michaels. Michaels is a former Boston Globe editor, and Chezar is an arranger and flower grower w... https://realestate.boston.com/ask-the-expert/2019/12/11/books-to-give-gardeners-and-flower-arrangers/
Ask the Gardener: Flower, bulb shows will put spring in your step - Boston.com
They are Mary "Polly'' Wakefield of the Wakefield Estate in Milton, Eleanor Cabot Bradley of the Bradley Estate in Canton, Marian Roby Case of the Case Estates in Weston, Marjorie Russell Sedgwick of the gardens at Long Hill in Beverly, and Martha Brookes Hutcheson, who designed what became Maudslay State Park in Newburyport, the grounds of the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House in Cambridge, and her home in New Jersey, now called Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center. Advance registration is required for the March 9 presentation, which runs from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and costs $50. Call 617-384-5277 for more information.The Spring Bulb Show at Smith College in Northampton is in bloom now through March 17. Thousands of flowers have been coaxed into early flowering in the antique greenhouse, which is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Hours are extended to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday during the show. Call 413-585-2740 or visit garden.smith.edu/events. There is no admission charge, but a $5 donation is suggested.Berkshire Botanical Garden's Fitzpatrick Greenhouse in Stockbridge is holding it's annual exhibition of flowering bulbs from March 4 through March 29 on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and weekends from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. A sequence of diverse South African bulbs bloom alongside more familiar spring bulbs and a large collection of succulents that is housed year-round in the lovely period curved-glass greenhouse. Visit berkshirebotanical.org for more information.Send questions and comments, along with your name/initials and community to stockergarden@gmail.com. Subscribe to our newsletter at pages.email.bostonglobe.com/AddressSignUp. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @globehomes. https://realestate.boston.com/ask-the-expert/2019/02/28/flower-bulb-shows-will-put-spring-in-your-step/
WRAL Small Business Spotlight: Fallon's Flowers celebrates 100 years in Raleigh - WRAL.com
By Jessica Patrick, WRAL multiplatform producerRaleigh, N.C. — Fallon's Flowers isn't just the oldest florist in Raleigh -- it's very likely the oldest in North Carolina, owners say. It was recognized by the public as the best, winning the best florist category in the 2020 WRAL Voters' Choice Awards.The company has been around for more than 100 years, since the Fallon family migrated to Raleigh in 1919 and began growing their own flowers in a series of greenhouses near Oakwood Cemetery.In 1920, the Fallons opened a retail shop on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh, where they sold flowers for decades until they moved into the current building at 700 Saint Mary's St., which was originally a Piggly Wiggly.The business was eventually sold to the Brown-Wynne family and is now owned by the McCarthy family. The longest-working employee started helping in the greenhouses 45 years ago and still works at the Saint Mary's Street location.Frank Campisi has managed that location for 20 years. He said, while the ownership has changed, the family focus remains the same."I talk to customers who say, 'You did my mother's wedding 50 years ago,'" Cam... https://www.wral.com/wral-small-business-spotlight-fallon-s-flowers-celebrates-100-years-in-raleigh/19595753/
Time for early garden plantings - Mount Airy News
My mother proved this legend to be false because she was the biggest snow lover in eastern North Carolina. It did not take a huge snowfall in eastern Carolina whether it was the first or the last for her to whip up a batch of "snow cream." She would find snow where it had blown into drifts and dig down and find undisturbed fresh, clean snow. The first snowfall of the years did not seem to have any ill effects on her or her offspring. She lived to be over 90 years old and enjoyed life. Love you, mom, we remember you every time it snows, and we whip up some "snow cream." You are still alive every season when we make snow cream.The wonderful fragrance of the hyacinths. The freshness of the near approach of spring is emitted by the fragrance of the dainty blooms of the hyacinths. Their pastel colors of red, pink, blue, purple, lavender, white, and yellow stand out and salute the nearness of spring.Cabbage can be planted now. Cabbage plants are now being sold at most hardware stores, seed shops, and garden departments. They can in six and nine packs. You can choose from many different varieties. Plant then in a furrow about three to four inches deep. Fill the furrow with a layer of peat moss and apply a layer of Plant-Tone organic vegetable food. Set plants about two to two-and-a-half feet apart. Hill up soil on both sides. Side dress with Plant-Tone every three weeks and hill up soil to cabbage.Hoe-Hoe-Hoedown: "Downward spiral" – A man started up the stairs and he stopped about halfway up, and he could not remember what he was going upstairs for. He decided to sit down on the step until he could remember. After he thought for a while, he could not remember whether he was going upstairs or downstairs.	... https://www.mtairynews.com/opinion/94908/time-for-early-garden-plantings
Denver Junior Flowers | Obituaries | wvgazettemail.com - Charleston Gazette-Mail
Flowers, his daughter Sarah Cline (Paul) of Winfield, stepson Timothy Williams of Charleston and stepson Danny Williams of Charleston, daughter Linda Leib and her three sons Allan, Adam and Zack of North Carolina. Grandchildren Sadie, Emma and Katie Cline, Alexandria Williams, and Bryce Williams. His siblings Betty Bashor (Jerome) of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Shelba Midkiff of Huntington, Richard Flowers of South Carolina, Gary Flowers (Margie) of Alum Creek, and Greta Turner of Alum Creek. He was loved by his many nieces and nephews and will be missed by a host of friends and family.Per Denver's wishes, there will be no service. He will be cremated, and part of his ashes will be scattered on John (his longtime friend) and Cheryl Casto's property where he hunted many years. The remainder of his ashes will be interred in the Casto cemetery.To honor Denver, the family suggests memorial donations to HospiceCare, 1606 Kanawha Blvd W, Charleston, WV 25387-2536.Cooke Funeral Home, Nitro is assisting Denver's family and you may send condolences to the family at www.cookefuneralhome.com... https://www.wvgazettemail.com/obituaries/denver-junior-flowers/article_daf8fed8-f539-5282-aee2-9d6d6045f5c5.html
You Can See Mountain Views From This Fairytale Flower Garden In North Carolina - Narcity
From sunflowers to lavender and everything in between, you can become one with nature at this massive flower field in North Carolina. You might feel like a princess in a fairytale as you explore its beauty surrounded by mountains.Lady Luck Flower Farm in Leicester (about 20 miles from Asheville) is what some might say is a magical paradise straight out of a dream.Lady Luck combines nature, art, ceremony and ritual to fulfill its mission of connecting people with nature, building community and celebrating life.The farm, which is also a scenic wedding venue, is comprised of vast, wide-open space surrounded by peaceful farmland, lush green forestry and sweeping views of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in the distance.You'll find acres of vibrant, in-season botanical wonder in the fields that boast dozens upon dozens of floral varieties and medicinal herbs.In the spring, you can explore unique selections including tulips, lilac, crimson clover, bachelor buttons, narcissus, pussy willow, dutch iris and much more.As the seasons change, new blossoms grace the terrain, changing the landscape's color throughout the summer and fall. The exper... https://www.narcity.com/travel/us/nc/flower-field-in-north-carolina-offers-picturesque-views-of-mountains


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Each year at Founders Day, the chapter awards four scholarships to promising journalism students. More than $76,000 has been awarded to about 90 journalism students since the program began.
Jacob A. Meckstroth Scholarship
One scholarship is designated for a student who is an SPJ member at The Ohio State University. The OSU scholarship is named in memory of Jacob A. Meckstroth (1887-1985), a founding member of the chapter, a member of OSU's first journalism class and the longtime editor of the Ohio State Journal.
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A scholarship is given annually to a student who is an SPJ member at Ohio University. This scholarship is named in memory of Norman H. Dohn (1920-1997), also a founding member of this chapter as well as a longtime Columbus journalist, professor of journalism at OU and SPJ board member.
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Asian shares finished the week mostly Friday after a moderate rise on Wall Street, mid persisting optimism over the potential for China-U.S. trade talks to help end a tariffs war between the two largest economies..
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK, +0.17% closed up 0.9%. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.99% added 0.6%, while South Korea's Kospi SEU, -0.51% jumped 1.5%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng HSI, -0.53% closed up 1.7%, while the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, +0.09% added just 0.4%.
Among individual stocks, Japan Steel 5631, -0.05% and SoftBank Group 9984, +1.60% rose in Tokyo. Tech stocks such as Samsung 005930, -1.12% and SK Hynix 000660, +1.53% soared in Seoul, while Taiwan Semiconductor 2330, +0.37% gained in Taipei. Tech stocks also boosted the Hang Seng, with Sunny Optical 2382, -0.69% , AAC 2018, -1.18% and Tencent 0700, +0.00% leading the way. Banks and energy companies led the way in Australia, with Beach Energy BPT, -0.45% and Westpac Banking WBC, +1.55% advancing.
"Our view remains that shares will do better this year thanks to much improved valuations, likely policy support and a stabilization and improvement in global growth. But after a huge rebound since the December lows shares are vulnerable to a short term pull back/re-test of December lows in the face of a long worry list," said Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital.
On Thursday, the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.22% rose 3.63 points, or 0.1%, to 2,642.33. The benchmark U.S. index is up 12.4% over the last month, but it has slipped 1.1% this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.22% dipped 22.38 points, or 0.1%, to 24,553.24. About two-thirds of the stocks on the New York Stock Exchange closed with gains, but major stock indexes didn't move much. Positive earnings from chip makers the previous day helped fuel gains, but disappointing earnings from Intel INTC, -0.10% and Western Digital WDC, -0.94% on Thursday sent chip stocks down after hours.
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Discussion in 'Electrical Codes' started by jar546, Nov 2, 2018.
* Service located during footer pour, a 1/0 cu wire properly tied to rebar in footer before the pour.
* Service location changed by owner/GC after footer pour complete.
* 1/0 wire not long enough to get to new location of the main service disco outside.
The plan is to do what is drawn in attached photo. I drew this with a mouse in Photoshop so sorry for the crappy job.
The existing 1/0 from the rebar inside the footer will be taken to a ground rod where it will pass through without splicing to another ground rod where it will be terminated on a clamp. Each ground rod will have 2 listed/labeled clamps. Where the GEC from the footer goes through the ground rod, the second clamp will then be use to connect 1/0 to the exterior 2" cu water pipe. The 2nd rod which will be closer to the main disco will use one clamp to terminate the end of the GEC coming from the concrete encased electrode and the other clamp to attach new 1/0 that will then continue on to the service disco where it will terminate at the neutral bar lug.
This is not the method I want to use, I don't believe this would be a code compliant installation since the GEC needs to be continuous and building steel is available.
For those that ask why we are using ground rods at all, I can't answer that other than they are show on the prints, otherwise not required due to the CEE.
1) Irreversible crimp to join the existing 1/0 and a piece that is long enough to get to the service disco.
2) Add another irreversible crimp to add a pice of 1/0 to run over to the 2" water pipe.
3) Install the stupid, unnecessary ground rods to match the prints and have the GEC as a pass-through.
Is the method described first compliant in your opinion? NEC 2014 applies.
Yes, I know you will read this in the morning (you know who you are) and will talk to me about it at work.
Just was at a NEC update class run by IAEI and we had a discussion about what it means to be continuous. The instructor which is a NEC writer said continuous does't mean it has to be one wire. He showed use a slide that showed two acorns on a rod with separate ground wires it and this would be considered continuous.
In the picture of a grounding electrode system from the 2014 NEC Handbook the water pipe and the steel column is used as part of the continuous system.
250.66(C) Note that the GEC will land on a water pipe, building steel or a ufer and then a jumper to other electrodes is allowed. In other words the GEC can't hit a rod first and splice from there.....unless of course the rod is the only electrode available as in no water metal pipe in the ground, no building steel, and no ufer.
250.64 (F) (1) Tne grounding electrode conductor shall be permitted to be run to any convenient grounding electrode available in the grounding electrode system where other electrode(s) if any, is connected by bonding jumpers that are installed in accordance with 250.53(C).
Exception No. 1: Any of the other electrodes identified in 250.52(A) shall be used if the electrodes specified by 250.30(A)(4) are not available.
Exception No. 2 to (1) and (2): If a separately derived system originates in listed equipment suitable for use as service equipment, the grounding electrode used for the service or feeder equipment shall be permitted as the grounding electrode for the separately derived system.
Informational Note No. 1: See 250.104(D) for bonding requirements for interior metal water piping in the area served by separately derived systems.
Informational Note No. 2: See 250.50 and 250.58 for requirements for bonding all electrodes together if located at the same building or structure.
(1) Interior metal water piping located not more than 1.52 m (5 ft) from the point of entrance to the building shall be permitted to be used as a conductor to interconnect electrodes that are part of the grounding electrode system.
Exception: In industrial, commercial, and institutional buildings or structures, if conditions of maintenance and supervision ensure that only qualified persons service the installation, interior metal water piping located more than 1.52 m (5 ft) from the point of entrance to the building shall be permitted as a bonding conductor to interconnect electrodes that are part of the grounding electrode system, or as a grounding electrode conductor, if the entire length, other than short sections passing perpendicularly through walls, floors, or ceilings, of the interior metal water pipe that is being used for the conductor is exposed.
I tried to include the rest of 250.68(C) but the cut and paste quit working......I just don't want to argue the point....so I'm out of here.
I would say yes based on the 2014, Rick detail which Mike Hoult's also uses. It would be best if is were one continued piece of 1/0.


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Sojern Expands Board of Directors with Addition of Travel Industry Veteran Ellen Keszler
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OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sojern, which joined forces with the top airlines in the world to create a proprietary targeted travel advertising platform that now reaches nearly 100 million travelers per year, today announced the appointment of Ellen Keszler to its Board of Directors. Ms. Keszler is the president and CEO of Clear Sky Associates, a management and strategy consulting firm focused on the technology and travel industries, and has more than 20 years executive management experience in the travel industry.
"Her combination of airline, GDS and online agency experience, combined with her stellar reputation and ongoing involvement in the travel technology space, makes her an ideal addition to our board."
"As our growth has accelerated, many more travel companies want to leverage our technology and platform. Ellen's deep industry knowledge and experience will be critical in our next stage of evolution," said Gordon Whitten, Founder and CEO of Sojern. "Her combination of airline, GDS and online agency experience, combined with her stellar reputation and ongoing involvement in the travel technology space, makes her an ideal addition to our board."
Ms. Keszler's travel industry career includes serving as president of Travelocity Business, which helped defined the new online oriented corporate travel business. Under her leadership, Travelocity Business became a top 15 corporate travel agency in less than four years. She also led the North American division of Sabre Travel Network after serving a number of years at American Airlines.
"I am very excited to join the Sojern board of directors. Sojern is making a name for itself in the travel industry, and is executing on a pretty amazing vision. The more I understand the company, its technology, and its partners, the more convinced I am that Sojern will revolutionize the way relevant advertising and information is delivered to travelers," said Ms. Keszler.
Ms. Keszler also serves on the board of directors of PROS Holdings (NYSE: PROS), the world leader in pricing and revenue management software; the board of directors of Farelogix, a leading provider of travel distribution technology and services; and she is on the advisory board of Traxo, a technology company that helps travelers organize, manage and share the details of their travel.
Ms. Keszler has a MBA in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and is a lifetime member of the McCombs Advisory Council.
About Sojern, Inc.
Sojern, Inc. (www.sojern.com) has strategically partnered with the leading airlines and travel industry organizations to deliver audience segments online offering direct access to travelers and an expanded reach to advertisers. Sojern's unique platform continues its innovative approach by reaching travelers throughout the travel continuum while increasing campaign performance for advertisers by providing advertising messages on premium web sites as well as impactful airline space such as boarding passes and itineraries. Sojern allows advertisers to reach travelers with greater scale and frequency while enhancing the travel experience and the effectiveness of advertising messages. Sojern is a privately held company with offices throughout the US. The company was founded in September 2007 and received a 2008 OMMA Award for Online Advertising Creativity, named 2009 OnMedia Top 100 for Technology Innovation, 2009 HSMAI Advertising Award winner and finalist for the 2010 Edison Awards.


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Kirk Douglas --NOT DEAD (Read 1849 times)
Happy 102nd Birthday Kirk Douglas (b. Dec 9, 1916)
Keaneau Reeves may have lived for centuries but he's got nothing on you.
Yes, it looks like living legend Kirk Douglas is all about living. In 90 screen and a great many stage roles, he's been punched, shot, stabbed, crucified in "Spartacus" and given a lobotomy in the original stage version of "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest". In real life he was the sole survivor of a helicopter crash, has come back from a major stroke and had both knees replaced. In real life he came up the hard way and it shows in his performances.
Kirk still has a lot to say about movies old and new.
"People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed." -Kirk Douglas
"If the good guy gets the girl, it's rated PG; If the bad guy gets the girl, it's rated R; and if everybody gets the girl, it's rated X." -Kirk Douglas
"I have always told my sons that they didn't have my advantages of being born into abject poverty." -Kirk Douglas
"Life is like a B-picture script! It is that corny. If I had my life story offered to me to film, I'd turn it down." -Kirk Douglas
Many "serious" dramatic actors turn down horror and science fiction scripts and are averse to comedy: Not Kirk. He was always very good in his roles large and small. Among his Horror/Science Fiction credits "The Fury", "Seven Days in May", "Dr. Jekyl and Mister Hyde", and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", which played the Marathon at SF 10 and 18.
He turned down "Cat Ballou" (which won Lee Marvin an Oscar) and quit on "Rambo" when he found out the book's ending was changed so that Sylvester Stallone could live to do a sequel. He convincingly played men of integrity because he is a man of integrity.
Glad you're still with us Kirk. The world needs your wisdom.
Reply #1 - Feb 12th, 2020 at 6:46pm
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anybody order fried sauerkraut?
kirk died last week. he was in saturn 3 with farrah fawcett. he also was going to do a movie of kurt vonnegut's sirens of titan but it never panned out.
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You know what? It just doesn't stop. After she got over pneumonia, Tomoe got sick again.
This time, it's bronchitis. Last week, the doctor gave her that diagnosis, and I thought he was pretty much correct. I've been through bronchitis 3 times, so I know what it's like. The cough she had was horrible sounding. Well, it seems she got over it pretty quickly, then got sick again today. High fever all day after seeming pretty healthy for the first time in more than 2 months. I guess it was just too good to last. She doesn't seem to be coughing much, but it's mainly just a runny nose and sore throat.
She seems to do okay with bottles like this, though cups are still difficult. She prefers a straw, though.
Another thing she's doing that isn't making life easy is defiance. She's trying to touch and grab everything she can, and when it's something she shouldn't have, we take it away and she talks back at us angrily. She's not using words, but she sure is angry. She's not at the age where she learns limits, though. She keeps trying and trying to do things she shouldn't be doing.
On the upside, she is attempting more words. Her "hello" is now "he-o" and her "bye-bye" is now "dye-dye." Not bad. She learned "choudai" which is Japanese for "give" so she's saying "Please give to me." However, she often refuses to say it and cries instead.
She's also been very affectionate at times. One example is when I was getting ready to take her to the nursery yesterday, she climbed up on my lap and gave me a big hug. When we got to the nursery, she didn't want to let go of me and started crying. She didn't want me to leave. She understands she's staying, though.
Tomoe can do something my mom probably can't do. She can turn on and unlock my iPhone. Sorry, mom. I'm joking!
When people in Japan talk about improving their skills, they usually say "skill up." Well, Tomoe has really skilled up a lot!
Since her stay at the hospital, she's shown us some big advances in ability.
One of the first things she showed us is that she can now pretend. She used her fingers to pretend to pick up food and put it in her mouth. Then she pretended to chew. She does that often these days.
She also picked up a small metal box and used her finger to press "buttons." She put it to her ear and started talking. So, we got her a toy cell phone, and she enjoys holding it to her ear and talking all the time. She loves her phone.
Hello! Who's speaking? She's holding her mom's phone.
In addition, whenever she's asked "Where's moshi moshi?" she'll find her phone. "Moshi moshi" is hello on the phone in Japanese.
Some more useful skills include putting a bottle upright after knocking it down. She places it on the table very nicely.
She's also learning to let us know when she's pooped. She'll be rather irritable when she's pooped. I think potty training may start soon!
As far as communication goes, she's more frequently saying "mama" and "dada." She's also shaking her head "no" when she doesn't want something. She points all the time now at anything she wants us to look at. When she looks at books, she repeatedly points at pictures and I tell her what they are. She seems to enjoy that a lot. Mimicking is also a big skill she's improving. She's copying so many things, mostly actions, but occasionally sounds.
And finally, this was a very big surprise. We got her a very cheap toy that's like a tablet with iron filings and a pen with a magnet. Now she can learn to hold a pen. But she surprised us. She held the pen like a natural. It seems she has very good dexterity and fine control with her fingers.
Look at how naturally she holds the pen.
Now, on to some other news. Tomoe has still been sick. Last week, she had diarrhea one day with a very high fever. But when her diarrhea finished, her fever was gone. However, we found out this week that she has adenovirus. She can't go to her regular nursery for a while. However, she has boundless energy. I don't get it. She still gets diarrhea, though.
Tomorrow morning, we're going to pick up Tomoe from the hospital. She's coming home!
Lately, she's been doing pretty good. She's acting very normally and seems to be getting over her pneumonia. My wife is working tomorrow, so I get to spend the day with Tomoe. It'll be great to see her back.
During our visits with her, she started out being a little cranky, but as her stay got longer, she was laughing more with us. She was getting her happy personality back. But this also meant that when we left her, she started crying. On Monday, she cried so hard when we said good bye and left. It's hard to do that! Well, no more. She's home tomorrow!
The last few days have been a blur. So much has happened.
I should begin by saying that April had been one of the more difficult months for us, because Tomoe had caught a cold twice in the first half of the month, requiring us to take a lot of extra care of her. She'd been to the doctor several times, had to stay at home with a very expensive babysitter on the weekends, and stay at a clinic's nursery on weekdays that she had a fever. Other times, she went to her regular nursery. Halfway through the month, she was finally healthy again. It was great to see her like that. But then, on April 26th, we went to Costco in a rental car, and this is where the saga begins.
We're not sure how she got sick, but after spending the day out shopping, Tomoe developed a fever. She'd spent some time in the car, unfortunately, part of it in the sun. We thought she was just overheated and dehydrated. But we kept her drinking. However, she felt better the next morning, though still had a slight fever. We were going to call a babysitter, but her temperature dropped, and she was fine to go to the nursery. It was too late for her to be picked up, so I had to take her myself. They called us shortly after I left her there to tell us that her temperature had gone up to 37.7 degrees. If it went above 38, we'd have to pick her up. However, it dropped back down to normal. That night, however, her temperature went back up. It was very high. We called my wife's mom, and she agreed to come and take care of her for the day.
So, on Sunday, when I finished work, my wife emailed me to meet them at Tsujido, because Tomoe had to be taken to the hospital. She then emailed me to ask me to go to the hospital ER, where I met my wife and her mother. The reason they went to the emergency room is because that's the only place that's open on a Sunday. They gave her medicine for her cold and fever, and we went out for dinner. Then we went home.
Monday morning came, and her fever was a bit high. We cancelled her nursery, but since it was a holiday, both the clinic's nursery and the babysitters were closed. We had a problem. However, her temperature went down, and she was fine to go to the nursery. So, before I went to work, I dropped her off. Around 3pm, my wife got a call to pick her up. She was near the end of her shift, so she could as soon as she finished work. Tomoe's temperature was above 38 degrees.
Tuesday is my wife's day off, so there was no problem. She still had a fever, but seemed mostly okay. Then came Wednesday. We both had to work again, so I took her to the clinic's nursery, where we got a diagnosis of an ear infection. It's Tomoe's first ear infection, which is a kind of rite of passage for children, in a way. I used to have them regularly when I was a child, so I understand how it feels. Unfortunately, this was when I started feeling sick, too. Tomoe gave me her cold! I decided to cancel my lessons on Thursday (not my regular job, but an extra one), so I could take care of her for the day. It turned out to be the best decision I could make.
Tomoe had a fever all day on Thursday. She was irritable, didn't want to sit with me, and spent some time throwing things around. Not a happy camper. She ate a small breakfast, slept a long time in the afternoon, then had a full lunch. That was a good sign, because she usually doesn't want to eat much while she has a high fever. I kept her hydrated throughout the day. Then I found that her temperature had gone up to 39.6 degrees. Very high! I fed her dinner, which she ate half of, and then tried to get her to sleep. She slept for a while, until my wife came home.
That's when all hell broke loose. While we were getting her fever medicine ready, she started convulsing. Her entire body was seizing. Her eyes were closed, she was drooling with her mouth foaming, and her arms and legs were jerking around rhythmically. This was the most frightening moment in my life. The 2011 Tohoku earthquake was nothing compared to this! The seizure, which we discovered was a febrile seizure brought on by her fever, lasted around 2 to 3 minutes. Not life-threatening, but still scary. It seems this is very common, and is kind of like the brain resetting.
When the seizure stopped, she wheezed a lot. She was not breathing smoothly, and her whole body was limp. We called a taxi to take us to the local ER. During this taxi ride, she began whining a bit. She was quietly crying, and every shift in position made her cry more. When we arrived at the ER, we discovered that they close at 11pm! It was after midnight at this time, so we called the taxi company again to take us home. The entire taxi ride, she was crying loudly, grabbing and holding on to anything she could. Her arms and legs were jerking around again, but this was different. She was in pain. Her earache must have been very intense at that time. We were going to try give her the fever medicine when we got home, but she refused to open her mouth. She wasn't very aware of what was going on around her. In fact, as I held her, she was unresponsive to any visual or audio stimuli. She was behaving very strangely. I told my wife we needed to get an ambulance. Her behaviour was too strange.
While we were waiting for the ambulance, she opened her eyes and stared up at the sky. She didn't seem to notice anything, though. It was like she was in some kind of catatonic state. When the ambulance arrived, the paramedics asked a lot of questions, and we were on our way to the hospital. It was my first ride in an ambulance.
At the hospital, she was still unresponsive. They took her into a room at the ER, and we told the doctor everything about the day. We then went out and waited. It was after 1 am at this time. We waited for about an hour, when they called us into the room. The doctor didn't have a diagnosis, but he suspected meningitis, mainly because of her behaviour. But they'd have to do a CT scan first. So, we went back out and waited again. Then, another hour later, we were called in with some good news. Her brain was normal. Then the bad news. A chest X-ray revealed that she probably had pneumonia. They would also still have to do a spinal tap to check on her spinal fluids. Another hour of waiting, and it's after 4 am.
We spent the rest of that time in the room with Tomoe, who was awake and alert. She was seeing us and reacting to us, so she was fully aware. We checked her in to the hospital, and followed them up to the pediatrics floor. We waited as she was taken care of, and then they explained to us about her stay at the hospital. She would stay until about May 8th or 9th. Her prognosis was good, thankfully. We then went home, arrived at around 7 am yesterday morning, and finally went to sleep around 8 am.
We woke up in the afternoon and went to see Tomoe at the hospital. We visited her for about 3 hours. She was awake, alert, though somewhat irritable. I did get her to smile and laugh, though. I was very glad she still had her sense of humour. We fed her dinner, as well. One thing that she kept doing was taking her vital monitor sensor off. Very difficult to keep it on. But the good news is, she'll be fine in a few days.
So, here are some pictures I've taken of Tomoe over the past 3 weeks. This should lighten up the mood.
Sleepy when out for a walk.
Wonderful sleeping position. And so pink!
Ready to go out! She's standing at the window looking outside.
Escalator ride! This was on Sunday after her trip to the ER.
Eating potatoes at the restaurant on Sunday. She loves potatoes.
In other news, Tomoe's been developing very well. She's very generous! She loves giving things to people. She'll pick something up and give it to us. Also, when she's thirsty, she'll pick up her drink straw bottle and give it to us.
When it's time to eat, she'll get into her chair all by herself and sit patiently. She's very good!
She's also figuring out a few more things. Yesterday, she showed us that she knows how lids go on dishes. She picked up a lid and tried to put it on the dish she was eating out of. On Sunday, she figured out how blocks go together, like Lego. She tried putting them together, but didn't have them lined up properly. But she's trying! Also, she knows how a key goes into a lock to unlock a door. She does it very well with one of her toys. Another thing she's doing is pointing at things, especially when I tell her what they are.
And finally, she's started running, sort of. It won't be long until she's running normally.


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The History of the Family of Drury
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Alfred H Taylor
Father: Robert Taylor
Mother: Elizabeth Barrell
1873 148 Langham, Essex, England 0 April 23, 2020 - 2:25:20 p.m. M YES YES
Alice Taylor
Father: William Taylor
Mother: Elizabeth Bailey
about 1895 126 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 October 23, 2019 - 9:28:18 a.m. F YES YES
Father: Samuel Taylor
Mother: Selina Hopkins
January 30, 1904 116 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 May 23, 2020 - 12:44:28 p.m. F YES YES
Annie Taylor
Annie Firth
1849 172 Leeds, Yorkshire, England 5 May 21, 2020 - 9:05:02 a.m. F YES YES R
Arthur Taylor
1875 146 Myland, Essex, England 0 April 23, 2020 - 2:25:20 p.m. M YES YES
Bertha Taylor
Bertha Goddard
about 1879 142 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 3 October 21, 2019 - 7:04:10 p.m. F YES YES
December 18, 1902 118 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 May 23, 2020 - 12:44:28 p.m. F YES YES
between April 1889 and June 1889 131 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 1 December 17, 2019 - 2:06:51 p.m. M YES YES
Eileen Imelda Taylor
Eileen Imelda Vesper
Eileen Imelda Prendergast
September 1, 1910 110 0 November 13, 1990 30 80 January 17, 2010 - 9:26:27 a.m. F YES Y100 R
Estaleen Taylor
Father: Private
Mother: Private
March 1, 1928 92 McLennan, Texas, USA 3 April 30, 2002 18 74 Wichita Falls, Texas, USA May 17, 2020 - 1:06:42 p.m. F Y100 Y100
Florence Taylor
Florence Hinchliffe
September 24, 1895 125 2 November 30, 2020 - 11:24:32 a.m. F YES YES R
Hester Jane Taylor
Hester Jane Barrell
about 1836 185 2 between October 1867 and December 1867 153 31 Mile End Old Town, London, England February 2, 2020 - 1:39:09 p.m. F YES YES R
Jeannette Taylor
June 3, 1906 114 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 between July 1906 and September 1906 114 0 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England May 23, 2020 - 12:44:28 p.m. F YES YES
John "Jack" Taylor
June 19, 1907 113 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 August 5, 2020 - 4:22:31 p.m. M YES YES
Joseph Taylor
1 August 9, 2019 - 3:40:09 p.m. M YES YES R
Lilian Taylor
Lilian Snowden
November 12, 1881 139 2 November 26, 2020 - 11:39:20 a.m. F YES YES R
Lucy Taylor
Lucy Edwards
about 1875 146 Dukinfield, Cheshire, England 1 October 21, 2019 - 7:04:10 p.m. F YES YES
Lucy Ann Taylor
Lucy A Bennett
about 1859 162 Middlesex, England 2 December 14, 2019 - 9:36:23 a.m. F YES YES R
Martha Ann Taylor
about 1883 138 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 between April 1909 and June 1909 111 26 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England December 17, 2019 - 2:06:51 p.m. F YES YES
Mary Stoddard
about 1831 190 Manchester, Lancashire, England 5 between July 1878 and September 1878 142 47 Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, England April 1, 2020 - 8:37:29 a.m. F YES YES R
Mary Gilbert
about 1821 200 Sandbach, Cheshire, England 3 between April 1854 and June 1854 166 33 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England April 12, 2020 - 10:27:19 a.m. F YES YES R
Mary Elizabeth Taylor
Maud Taylor
1880 141 Colchester, Essex, England 0 April 23, 2020 - 2:25:20 p.m. F YES YES
Minnie Firth
Minnie Taylor
Minnie Drury
Father: Daniel Firth
Mother: Annie Taylor
between July 1869 and September 1869 151 Leeds, Yorkshire, England 6 between January 1945 and March 1945 76 75 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England December 1, 2020 - 2:07:33 p.m. F YES Y100
Norman Taylor
Father: David Taylor
Mother: Evelyn Rowley
between April 1920 and June 1920 100 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 between April 1939 and June 1939 81 19 Manchester, Lancashire, England October 21, 2019 - 7:04:09 p.m. M YES Y100
1847 174 Boxted, Essex, England 3 April 23, 2020 - 2:25:33 p.m. M YES YES R
Ronald Frederic Taylor
Father: William James Taylor
Mother: Louisa Drury
between October 1904 and December 1904 116 The City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England 0 November 14, 2020 - 10:24:49 a.m. M YES YES
Samuel Taylor
between October 1877 and December 1877 143 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 5 December 17, 2019 - 2:06:51 p.m. M YES YES
Sarah Drury
Father: Joseph Taylor
1837 184 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 12 between January 1917 and March 1917 104 80 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England May 24, 2020 - 3:35:59 p.m. F YES YES
about 1851 170 Warrington, Cheshire, England 10 October 21, 2019 - 7:04:10 p.m. M YES YES R
about 1881 140 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 about 1882 139 1 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England October 23, 2019 - 9:26:32 a.m. M YES YES
about 1886 135 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 October 23, 2019 - 9:27:23 a.m. M YES YES
William James Taylor
April 8, 1881 139 1 between October 1956 and December 1956 64 75 The City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England December 1, 2020 - 3:37:30 p.m. M YES Y100 R
Willie Alfred Taylor
April 15, 1901 119 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England 0 between July 1901 and September 1901 119 0 Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, England May 23, 2020 - 12:44:28 p.m. M YES YES
… Taylor
between 1872 and 1881 149 0 between 1872 and 1881 149 0 October 23, 2019 - 9:30:30 a.m. U YES YES
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