Starting with the full moon on Monday, September 28th, 2015, a one month creative journey using dreams as prompts/inspiration for creative work (art, writing, music or whatever you want!).
You will receive daily emails with suggestions (NO assignments, NO deadlines) on how to use dreams as material for your art or writing, as well as membership in an optional private Facebook group where you can choose if you wish to share what you have created. (Membership in Facebook or the group is NOT required in order to take the class).
Create a dream journal recording your dreams. Don't ever dream? You might find that once you write them down that you dream more than you think. But you may choose instead to work with daydreams, a "dream/vision" you want to consciously bring into your life, or just your imagination!
You will gain a greater appreciation of dreams and the creative material they offer you, and a connection to your creative spirit!
What this is NOT: this is NOT therapy. This class is NOT recommended for anyone who frequently experiences dreams that they feel very uncomfortable with or with other serious issues, and it does not provide psychological healing around emotional or mental illness. If you are in this situation, please consult a professional with expertise in the issue.
This is NOT a class in deep dream work such as dream incubation (now to create dreams on certain themes), lucid dreaming (becoming aware of your dreams while you are dreaming), shamanic journeying (deep meditation to connect with animal guides or other helpers).
It is basically a class in art, writing and other media of your choice using dreams as the prompts/inspiration.
About me: I am a self-published poet, and also like to play with intuitive collage art, acrylic paint, art journals, and air dry clay. I am a SoulCollage(r) facilitator and since 2012 have conducted workshops in this intuitive collage art. From 2009 to 2011 I led a monthly creativity circle in my area. I believe that by accessing our creative energy we can help to bring healing to Mother Earth and ourselves.


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SENATE, No. 503
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Senator THOMAS H. KEAN, JR.
District 21 (Morris, Somerset and Union)
Senator Bateman
Amends State college law to remove certain employees from civil service system and allow boards of trustees to conduct collective bargaining.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning State colleges and revising various parts of the statutory law.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.18A:64-6 is amended to read as follows:
18A:64-6. The board of trustees of a State college shall have general supervision over and shall be vested with the conduct of the college. It shall have the power and duty to:
a. Adopt and use a corporate seal;
b. Determine the educational curriculum and program of the college consistent with the programmatic mission of the institution or approved by the Commission on Higher Education;
c. Determine policies for the organization, administration and development of the college;
d. Study the educational and financial needs of the college; annually acquaint the Governor and Legislature with the condition of the college; and prepare and present the annual budget to the Governor, the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury and the Legislature in accordance with law;
e. Disburse all moneys appropriated to the college by the Legislature and all moneys received from tuition, fees, auxiliary services and other sources;
f. Direct and control expenditures and transfers of funds appropriated to the college and tuition received by the college, in accordance with the provisions of the State budget and appropriation acts of the Legislature, reporting changes and additions thereto and transfers thereof to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the State Department of the Treasury and as to funds received from other sources, direct and control expenditures and transfers in accordance with the terms of any applicable trusts, gifts, bequests, or other special provisions. All accounts of the college shall be subject to audit by the State at any time;
g. In accordance with the provisions of the State budget and appropriation acts of the Legislature, appoint and fix the compensation of a president of the college, who shall be the executive officer of the college and an ex officio member of the board of trustees, without vote, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board of trustees;
h. [Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes, upon] Upon nomination by the president
appoint a treasurer and such deans and other professional members of the academic, administrative and teaching staffs as defined in section 13 of P.L.1986, c.42 (C.18A:64-21.2) as shall be required and fix their compensation and terms of employment [in accordance with salary ranges and policies which shall prescribe qualifications for various classifications and shall limit the percentage of the educational staff that may be in any given classification];
i. Upon nomination by the president, appoint, remove, promote and transfer such other officers, agents or employees as may be required for carrying out the purposes of the college and assign their duties, determine their salaries and prescribe qualifications for all positions[, all in accordance with the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes];
j. Grant diplomas, certificates and degrees;
k. Pursuant to the provisions of the "State College Contracts Law," P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-52 et seq.) enter into contracts and agreements for the purchase of lands, buildings, equipment, materials, supplies and services; enter into contracts and agreements with the State or any of its political subdivisions or with the United States, or with any public body, department or other agency of the State or the United States or with any individual, firm, or corporation, which are deemed necessary or advisable by the board for carrying out the purposes of the college;
l. If necessary, take and condemn land and other property in the manner provided by the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.), whenever authorized by law to purchase land or other property;
m. Adopt, after consultation with the president and faculty, bylaws and make and promulgate such rules, regulations and orders, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, that are necessary and proper for the administration and operation of the college and the carrying out of its purposes;
n. Establish fees for room and board sufficient for the operation, maintenance, and rental of student housing and food service facilities;
o. Fix and determine tuition rates and other fees to be paid by students;
p. Accept from any government or governmental department, agency or other public or private body or from any other source grants or contributions of money or property, which the board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes;
q. Acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, own, lease, dispose of, use and operate property, whether real, personal or mixed, or any interest therein, which is necessary or desirable for college purposes;
r. Employ architects to plan buildings; secure bids for the construction of buildings and for the equipment thereof; make contracts for the construction of buildings and for equipment; and supervise the construction of buildings;
s. Manage and maintain, and provide for the payment of all charges and expenses in respect to all properties utilized by the college;
t. Borrow money for the needs of the college, as deemed requisite by the board, in such amounts, and for such time and upon such terms as may be determined by the board, provided that this borrowing shall not be deemed or construed to create or constitute a debt, liability, or a loan or pledge of the credit, or be payable out of property or funds, other than moneys appropriated for that purpose, of the State;
u. Authorize any new program, educational department or school consistent with the institution's programmatic mission or approved by the commission;
v. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1994, c.48);
w. Pursuant to the "State College Contracts Law," P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-52 et seq.), award contracts and agreements for the purchase of goods and services, as distinct from contracts or agreements for the construction of buildings and other improvements, to that responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation for bids, will be most advantageous to the State college, price and other factors considered; [and]
x. Pursuant to the "State College Contracts Law," P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-52 et seq.), award contracts and agreements for the construction of buildings and other improvements to the lowest responsible bidder, whose bid, conforming to the invitation for bids, will be the most advantageous to the State college; and
y. Function as a public employer under the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.), and conduct all labor negotiations, and with the participation of the Governor's Office of Employee Relations act as the chief spokesperson with respect to all matters under negotiation.
(cf: P.L.2005, c.369, s.1)
2. Section 13 of P.L.1986, c.42 (C.18A:64-21.2) is amended to read as follows:
13. a. Professional members of the academic, administrative and teaching staffs shall include all faculty positions, current professional positions listed as unclassified positions pursuant to Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes and all professional positions currently listed as classified positions pursuant to Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, which are not presently included within any bargaining unit. All these positions shall be removed from the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes; however, any employee currently having classified status in a title shall have the option of retaining all the rights and privileges of a classified employee in that title for so long as the employee maintains uninterrupted service in, or is on an approved leave of absence from, that title.
b. All positions at State colleges and universities in titles listed as unclassified service titles or career service titles pursuant to Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes on the effective date of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill), shall be removed from the provisions of Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes; however, an employee with permanent status in a title on the effective date of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall retain all career service rights for so long as the employee maintains uninterrupted service in, or is on an approved leave of absence from, that title.
(cf: P.L.1986, c.42, s.13)
3. Section 12 of P.L.1986, c.42 (C.18A:64-21.1) is repealed.
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
This bill removes from the civil service system all State college or university positions in titles listed as unclassified service titles or career service titles on the effective date of the bill. However, the bill also provides that an employee with permanent status in a title on the effective date of the bill, will be permitted to retain all career service rights as long as he remains in that title.
Pursuant to P.L.1986, c.42 the State colleges and universities were granted autonomy from civil service restrictions in regard to professional members of the academic, administrative, and teaching staffs. This bill is intended to remove all other titles from the civil service system.
The bill also provides that each State college or university would function as a public employer under the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," and conduct all labor negotiations. Under current law, section 12 of P.L.1986, c.42 (C.18A:64-21.1), it is the Governor who has this responsibility. The University of Medicine and Dentistry and the New Jersey Institute of Technology currently conduct all labor negotiations at their institutions.

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MENA: The Bigger Picture Behind Eden Abergil's Facebook Photos
Posted 21 August 2010 12:54 GMT
Ex-Israeli soldier Eden Abergil's Facebook photo album entitled "IDF- The best days of my life" has caused outrage since it was revealed on Monday that the album contained photos of the soldier posing mockingly with handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainees.
The photo album was available for public viewing until Abergil changed her Facebook privacy settings after the scandal arose. The story, which has made news worldwide, has been met by angry reactions on local and international blogs and on Twitter.
The album not only contained photos of the detainees, with the soldier posing alongside them, but was also annotated with mocking commentary. Jordanian-Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah, at the Sabbah Report provides a translation for some of the comments:
On Thursday Abergil responded to the controversy by saying she did not understand what was wrong with the photos. She said:
"There's no violence or intention to humiliate anyone in the pictures. I just had my picture taken with them in the background. I did it out of excitement, to remember the experience. It wasn't a political statement or any kind of statement. It was about remembering my experiences in the army and that's it."
Since the publicity around the photographs, the IDF has denounced Abergil's actions, insisting that she does not represent the IDF and pointing out that she was discharged last year. Some, such as Zeinobia at Egyptian Chronicles suggest that this is merely as an image-saving exercise. One commenter on Zenobia's post however points out that despite what many bloggers think, Abergil has been equally as criticised from within Israel as she has been elsewhere:
Regardless of IDF's public statements and actions to be taken against Eden Abergil, the majority of Israeli people comments and opinions posted in their news media criticized her and called her various names ranging from 'idiot' to @%#*& and demanded for her punishment.
While Abergil has been singled out, Sabbah on the other hand states that these pictures are just part of a wider phenomenon, an opines that this is the norm for the IDF:
All of these pictures really speak for themselves and what to expect from Israel Army, and worse. Pictures of this kind reflect the norms accepted among Israeli soldiers at checkpoint, and the treatment meted out to innocent Palestinians. This sick girl is no better than all Israeli soldiers serving the occupation of Palestine. In fact these "best times of my life" pictures are only humble memories when compared to the bloody memories that other Israeli terrorist soldiers carry with them
Progressive Jewish blog Mondoweiss posts a similar view, as detailed in the post Eden Abergil, The Product of a Blindfolded Society, where a militarized society is blamed for such actions, suggesting while Abergil's behaviour is reprehensible, it is also commonplace and is something she may later regret:
Is there anything shocking about the Facebook photos showing the Israeli female soldier Eden Abergil posing in mocking positions next to bound and blindfolded Palestinian men? …
…You don't have to go to the West Bank or into an Israeli prison to recognize that Abergil is a typical product of Israel's comprehensively militarized society. Just watch the documentary,"To See When I'm Smiling."In the film, which tells the soul-crushing stories of four young women conscripted into the Israeli Army, one of the characters recounts posing for a photo beside a dead Palestinian man who had an erection. She was smiling from ear to ear in the photo. However, at the end of the film, when she is compelled to look at the picture for the first time in two years, she does not recognize the monster who bears her image. Her contorted facial expression seems to ask, "Who was I?"
And Dimi Reider, who works from within Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, at Dimi's notes makes the point that:
Abergil is no better or worse than thousands of other Israeli soldiers… Abergil by no means should be scapegoated for all excesses of the IDF
The Black Iris of Jordan, expresses some confusion as to why the photos have caused such a stir, as they are by no means unique, in this post, stating:
What is perhaps…interesting about this controversy is that the international media is deeming it a controversy at all. In the context of this conflict, and with all the well documented barbaric acts of the Israeli occupational force, why is a girl take a picture next to bound prisoners all that important? I'm essentially re-framing the very idiotic question Abergil posted in her own defense, but merely contextually. A simple Google search will yield unending results of Israeli acts on Palestinian lives, images that are simply haunting. And yet, this is what gets the media machine talking? It would definitely be interesting to analyze simply why this is so appealing to mass media? Is it the Facebook element? The digital, viral element? Is it a "caught red-handed" moment?
Indeed, the internet is rife with similar photos, which can not only be found through Google but are also being posted on Facebook, as can be seen here highlighted on Israeli blogger Eyal Niv's blog [HB], in Palestinian Pundit's post entitled Rotten Apples, huh?, and in the Facebook group The norm Avi Benayahu denies, – named in reference to the Israeli military spokesman who described the release of photographs of soldiers next to detainees as exceptional,- set up by Israeli activist group Breaking the Silence in response to the controversy.
Nevertheless, most of the attention has been on Abergil herself, with the creation of a Fake Eden Abergil on Twitter, a sarcastic Twibbon, an "Eden Aberjil Sucks" Facebook page , and a meme sweeping the internet that includes mock ups of the photos from Abergil's album, many of which, such as the following, can be viewed on Ido Kenan's blog Room 404:
Abergil has reacted to the meme by starting a debate with one of the contributors: extracts of the argument in which she does not do herself any favours can be seen on Dimi's notes here. While the statements Abergil makes in this argument are abhorrent ( "There are no laws in war!" "I hate Arabs and wish them the worst" "It would be fun for me to kill them" ), Dimi offers us the following comments on the matter:
I really don't think Abergil is a monster. She speaks and acts like someone from a conflict area, who had well-grounded fears of Palestinian political violence nourished and grown into a full-fledged paranoia by a society built around the idea of existential fear. Comments similar to hers are posted in their hundreds on Israeli news sites every day; and frankly, some of the pro-Palestinian comments I've been trashing from this blog over the past couple of days are no better; the worrying thing is not Abergil's uniqueness but her complete commonality, the fact that mind-numbing fear is taking hold of more and more young Israelis, grinding on whatever little intolerance we have left for abuses of state power against minority.
As for Abergil, like I said earlier, life is long and there's hope she'll feel differently in years to come; I'd strongly suggest you watch "To see if I'm smiling" before you wish her ill.
Meanwhile, at The Young Diplomat, Israeli blogger Ilan Ben Zion supports this notion that maybe Eden Abergil is just a young, inmpressionable, and yes, insensitive and senseless child in the post O Aberjil Saint of Silly:
What is surprising (aside from the fact that there is one group, 1,500 or so strong in support of the woman) is that no one, not even the Israeli Army, has simply dismissed her immoral actions as those of an immature dolt whose scope of foresight is limited to what she can put up on her Facebook page for the amusement of friends. She is undoubtedly and undeniably a complete ignoramus. Her statements on Facebook annunciate a primitive, brutish outlook ("I would gladly kill Arabs– even slaughter them") typical of football hooligans and stultified post-lobotomy patients. Any conscience she was meant to possess must have been tossed out with her frontal lobes…
He writes a scathing piece before finishing:
Ms. Abergil, I hope you've learned a lesson: don't post incriminating pictures on Facebook that make you– and more importantly your whole country– look bad, and take a minute to weigh the consequences of your actions. Everyone else out there, I wish I could say she is a wholly isolated incident, but she is not. Nevertheless, know that Eden Abergil is not representative of Israel, the IDF, or Israelis. She is, in fact, the Israeli patron saint of bad taste, myopia, and tactlessness.
A commenter on Dimi's notes' post, regarding the photos, states simply:
Ceux qui rient dans ces circonstances ont perdu conscience de ce qu'ils font.
Those who laugh under such circumstances have lost any conscience about what they do.
But maybe, after looking at the opinions above, it turns out that she never had a developed conscience about the reality of what she was doing in the first place? In any case, one thing is certain: We have not heard the end of the Eden Abergil story. While her actions are deplorable, let's hope that the focus moves away from the individual and onto the larger issues that it involves.
Written byKatharine Ganly
To rephrase Voltaire: The crime of occupation produces monsters.
21 August 2010, 14:07 pm
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Q: Conditional subdomains
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Custom domain name mapping to user profile.

I am working on a new project and want to know if this is possible with codeigniter and how.
In this application visitors get to open an account, now when their account is opened, to access their dashboard, they should go to their username dot the domain name like so, username.domain.com, I saw this on a site and really liked it so i was wondering if i could do the same with codeigniter and how.

A: username.domain.com is not based on codeigniter the part username. is called subdomain which is provided by the host. it has its own CGI scripts and can be considered as a folder with ability to host a code.
so if your hosting has an API that gives you a control over subdomains of your domain. then it's a matter of coding. So whether to use codeigniter or another framework it will not make a difference.
Hope that was helpful.

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As listed by the Extras page on the Paranatural website, "The Supernormal comics are little one-off gag strips that [Zack] makes from time to time. They showcase the side of Mayview that isn't supernatural."
The comics seem to have been first posted in 2012 and most recently in 2013. Each strip is black and white and has 3-6 panels. They end on a gag joke and have the title of Supernormal above them.


The Employment Act is Singapore's main labour law. It provides for the basic terms and working conditions for all types of employees, with some exceptions.
If you're a part-time employee covered by the Employment Act, find out your entitlements for rest days, public holidays, overtime pay and leave. These are usually calculated based on how much you work.
Find out about responsible re-employment, eligibility and preparing for the new retirement age in 2017.
The Special Employment Credit (SEC) provides support to employers, and to raise the employability of older Singaporeans and also provide a wage-offset to employers hiring Singaporean workers aged 55 and above, and earning up to $4,000.


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Q: Symfony подключить js/ Нужно подключить js и css файлы в шаблоне twig в symfony. Использую, как в документации
{% block javascripts %}
    {% javascripts '@AppBundle/Resources/public/js/*' %}
        <script src="{{ asset_url }}"></script>
    {% endjavascripts %}
{% endblock %}

Получаю ошибку
Unexpected "javascripts" tag (expecting closing tag for the "block" tag defined near line 6) in main.html.twig

с css аналогичная ошибка.
{% stylesheets 'bundles/app/css/*' filter='cssrewrite' %}
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ asset_url }}" />
{% endstylesheets %}

Unknown "stylesheets" tag in main.html.twig at line 5.
 Буду очень благодарен, если кто-нибудь подскажет, как исправить эту проблему.

A: В общем разобрался. В Symfony начиная с 2.8 Assetic нет по умолчанию, из-за его отсутствия и была эта ошибка. Установить можно по документации
http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/assetic/asset_management.html


December 15, 2010, "Biking the Oregon and Northern California Coast".
Ross Lemons' first association with the Mountaineers was in 1964 when he was a student in the "climbing school" and participated in a several hiking and climbing trips. After retiring from the Laboratory in 2006, he rejoined the Mountaineers and has participated in a number of events including three "Moab Adventures", the Scottish Lakes Trip, Monarch ski trips, and several local mountain bike rides. Though no longer engaged in rock climbing, he currently enjoys bicycle touring, mountain biking, river running, downhill skiing, cross country skiing, and hiking. In 2010, Ross taught the Mountaineers Compass/GPS course, earning his first hat.
Ross and Nancy Lemons grew up in Los Alamos, started dating senior year in high school and married after getting their degrees in physics and mathematics respectively at the University of Colorado. They moved to California for Ross to earn a PhD at Stanford and Nancy to work at SRI. Their son Jeff was born shortly before they moved to New Jersey to work for Bell Laboratories, and their son Derek was born the following year. In 1982 they moved back to Los Alamos where Ross took a job as a Group Leader at LANL and Nancy focused on raising the children and volunteering for numerous organizations.
Nancy and Ross at Meyers Creek Beach in the Piston River State Park, Oregon.
Over the next 25 years, Ross worked in a series of management positions at LANL and Nancy took on even more volunteer positions. In 2006, Ross retired, and Nancy reduced her commitments so they could travel more and undertake new adventures, such as biking the Oregon and northern California coasts.


Here is how you can enable and view the new 'User Portal'.
4 - Then, click on 'All apps', and enable the apps you'd like to use by selecting the app and turning it 'on'. In this case, we are wanting to enable the 'User Portal' - so click on that. A green checkmark will appear, signifying that the User Portal is enabled.
5 - Then, to use the app, go back to the main 'Apps' page, and click on 'User Portal' to open it. You can click-and-drag any app icon over to the 'Default App' box in order to set that app as the one that will be active when you first log in. Unless you are an 'admin' of the account, you will most likely only have the 'User Portal' available for use.


Milton Keynes, England, Bucks.....My bedroom.
Yes! I believe thats the one. Watching all CSI's gets a bit mixed up. Thank you.
No, thats not the one. I think one of her sisters or brothers hides her in a dog kennel.
Just need to no what season of CSI Vegas a ep is from. It starts with a toddler girl is walking the streets. Then we find out that her whole family have been shot with a gun..! Lol thats all I remember!
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I love this!! Cant wait for the film!!!!
O wkd!! Thanks, cant wait now!!!
Yes, its da one they sell in da dealers room-i live in milton Keynes so if any1 from here can grab me one-message me on facebook- my email is twilight-Bethy@hotmail.co.uk i'd be very very greatful.
Can sum1 please get me a all group photo, the ones they have made for the event???? Please----??? Of course I'll pay :) Also the T-shirts they have made for the event too, wot do they look like???
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Home ᐳ Colombia ᐳ Juan de Dios Úsuga, alias 'Giovanni'
Juan de Dios Úsuga, alias 'Giovanni'
COLOMBIA PERSONALITIES / LATEST UPDATE 2017-03-09 23:54:35 EN
Juan de Dios Úsuga, alias "Giovanni," headed the Urabeños' military wing while the group was under the command of Daniel Rendón Herrera, alias "Don Mario." After Rendón's arrest, Úsuga and his brother Dario Antonio took command of an estimated 250 loyal combatants. They began expanding their recruitment and drug trafficking operations in the Urabá region near the Panamanian border, where the Úsugas are originally from. Juan de Dios was killed by security forces on January 1, 2012.
Alongside his brother, Dario Antonio Úsuga, alias "Otoniel," Juan de Dios was a member of the Popular Liberation Army (Ejército Popular de Liberación - EPL) before the guerrilla group demobilized in 1991. Juan de Dios later joined the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia - AUC), and worked for drug trafficker Daniel Rendón Herrera, alias "Don Mario," as part of the paramilitary's Centauros Bloc.
Giovanni Factbox
DOB: Unknown
Group: Urabeños
Criminal Activities: Drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping
Status: Killed
Area of Operation: Uraba region (northwest Colombia)
Juan de Dios demoblized once again in 2005 as a member of the AUC, but quickly joined the Urabeños under the leadership of Don Mario. Following the arrest of Don Mario in 2009, the Úsuga brothers became the leaders of the criminal organization based in Colombia's northwest region of Urabá.
With Úsuga in charge, the Urabeños escalated a violent turf battle with the Paisas and the Rastrojos in southern Cordoba and in the Lower Cauca region, northern Antioquia. In 2009, the towns of Caucasia and Tarazá saw soaring murder rates, as Úsuga tried to take control of these drug distribution centers, both located on a major highway connecting Medellín to the Caribbean coast. The amount of land used for coca cultivation in Córdoba also doubled between 2008 and 2009, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Colombian anti-narcotics police have said this may be related to the expanded Urabeños presence.
Criminal Activities
According to police, Úsuga ran the Urabeños operations in northern Colombia, and oversaw drug routes and distribution points, as well as illicit crops in the region. Authorities have offered 500 million Colombian pesos ($278,000) in return for information leading to the capture of him or his brother. In March 2010, the US Treasury Department added Úsuga to its drug "Kingpin List."
Úsuga operated in the Urabeños stronghold of Urabá in northwest Colombia. Úsuga was very security conscious, and reportedly only moved between a small area of land in northern Antioquia that was firmly under the control of his criminal organization.
Allies and Enemies
Úsuga reportedly had contact with all the major drug traffickers in northern Colombia. The Urabeños worked closely with Henry de Jesus López Londoño, alias "Mi Sangre," who joined the criminal organization in 2009 and expanded the group's presence into the city of Medellín. At the time of his death, the Urabeños were battling rival criminal group the Rastrojos.
Úsuga was taken down in a raid by security forces on his ranch in Choco province, near the border with Panama, in the early hours of January 1, 2012. Following his death, the Urabeños declared an "armed strike" and offered a reward of roughly $1,000 for every police officer killed in Antioquia.
Úsuga's brother, Otoniel, has become the top leader of the Urabeños as well as Colombia's most wanted criminal.
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You'll have to go a long way to beat the service of Richard and Fiona at Pacific. Got Star booked for September next year as we are having a week on the broads with some friends.
In an ideal world where time and money was no object JA then maybe. But unfortunately that is not the case.


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Street Food Vendors Face A Months-Long Struggle To Get Vaccinated
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For the past year, street food vendors have struggled to find a balance between safety and survival, working a job where they have no choice but to interact with people. Although Los Angeles County food and agricultural workers have been eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine since March 1, what they're allowed to do and what they're able to do are often worlds apart. For many street vendors, getting vaccinated is proving to be an insurmountable hurdle. They face language barriers, lack of required documentation and a dearth of convenient appointments.
A street food vendor in MacArthur Park. (Lexis-Olivier Ray for LAist)
For some street food vendors, who are only fluent in Spanish (or another language), becoming eligible for the vaccine was just the first step. They still have to navigate an appointment process they often don't understand.
Gabino, who asked that we not use his last name because he doesn't have a license for his utility cart and portable drink cooler, recently started selling tacos and esquites in MacArthur Park. He would love to get vaccinated. "I'm 50 years old and have diabetes so it definitely would help me feel safer while I work," Gabino says.
He doesn't have a computer or broadband internet so his cell phone is his only way of making an appointment. He has tried calling L.A. County's dedicated number for vaccine appointments several times. "I have tried calling to set up a vaccination appointment but I have not been able to as of yet," Gabino says.
He typically calls the appointment hotline once a day but his social anxiety makes each call difficult. He doesn't speak much English so each time, he waits for someone to answer, hoping they speak Spanish. Like many other non-English-speakers, Gabino worries he may not be able to communicate properly with whoever answers his call.
Hold times are long. Every time he has called, the automatic message notifies him that the county is dealing with a high volume of calls. He typically waits for a while but the process is discouraging and he eventually hangs up.
"For the longest time, I did not know if I was eligible for the vaccine, so when I first started calling [in March,] I had no idea if it was worth waiting a really long time to get my call answered," Gabino says.
Gabino, who lost his job cleaning offices in Long Beach 10 months ago, only joined the street food game in early March.
"I have to say that street vending has been just as fruitful. I work closer to home and the park tends to be busy on the weekend, which is why I often come here to make some money," Gabino says. But more people means more risk.
On a recent Saturday, MacArthur Park was bustling. Kids ran around the playground, elderly couples watched ducks by the pond and a community of unhoused people sat together on the grass while maskless preachers shouted about salvation through microphones.
The Westlake neighborhood has seen nearly 7,645 COVID-19 cases, meaning approximately 6% of its residents have tested positive for the virus, a similar rate to many other Los Angeles neighborhoods. But in late March, L.A. County reported that the population of unhoused people in MacArthur Park suffered a COVID-19 outbreak leading to 15 infections and 1 death.
Street food vendors, like Gabino, who interact with the general public are in a vulnerable position. As a diabetic, he knows that every day without the COVID-19 vaccine, he's rolling the dice. But what else can he do?
"I just wish the government did more to help me, not just with the vaccine but also by getting police officers to stop the fines on unlicensed vendors," he says.
Food truck The Fix on Wheels sets up at Claremont Craft Ales on March 28, 2021.
(Manuel Valladares/LAist)
To get a COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles County, food and agriculture workers must present three things: a photo ID, proof they work in the food industry and proof they live or work in L.A. County (if their other documents don't include a home or work address).
That's not an easy ask for many of the DIY taqueros, eloteros, tamaleros and marisqueros who have shaped L.A.'s street food scene.
"I have no papers so my line of work puts me in a tough situation," says Ramiro, an undocumented and unlicensed vendor who sells raspados and elote from a cart in Bell Gardens. (He also asked that we not use his last name to protect his identity.)
The only document preventing Ramiro from getting vaccinated is proof that he works in the food industry. He is his own employer and he doesn't have a license from City Hall, so what evidence can he show?
This may not be an issue for vendors with licenses but they're in the minority. Unlicensed street food vendors make up the vast majority of L.A. County's approximately 10,000 street food vendors.
"This economy is rough. I went from doing this as a temporary job to doing this full time since it helps pay the bills. Not sure when this will end, particularly for workers like me where vaccines are just not available to us," Ramiro says.
"A lot of the Spanish-speaking street vendors we work with have trouble getting access to the vaccine," says Rudy Espinoza, Executive Director for Inclusive Action for the City, an organization that advocates for street vendors and looks to legitimize their work across Los Angeles. "These community members have already been left behind for so long, so they need a lot more resources now to catch up with everyone else."
Like most street food vendors, licensed or not, Ramiro wakes up early. At 5 a.m., he heads to Treto's, a wholesale produce market in DTLA where he buys fresh corn. While he sorts through the corn, tossing any cobs that are bruised or moldy, his wife makes the 11 syrups that flavor his raspados. (Mango and guava are the most popular.) Ramiro then heads out with his cart, going block-to-block looking for customers.
Ramiro does his best to keep himself and his customers safe. He wears a mask. He brings copious hand sanitizer. He prepares everything while wearing gloves. He has customers drop their money in a bucket instead of handing it to him. These safety precautions have kept him healthy but business is still slow. Before the pandemic, he typically earned $200 per day. Now, he feels lucky to make $100.
"Most of my money came from selling to local factory workers but most [of them] aren't really comfortable coming up to me," Ramiro says.
Not being able to meet the documentation requirement to get a COVID=19 vaccine has been frustrating, since it's the only thing separating him and his licensed colleagues.
"For workers like us, without any papers, there are no vaccines," Ramiro says. "I call and check online and there is just nothing being offered to us."
Tom Tulus, co-owner of StopBye Cafe, hands out an order on March 28, 2021.
Working six or seven days a week, a typical schedule, has made it hard for many street and mobile food vendors to get inoculated.
"My work day is, honestly, never ending," says John Ou, who owns burger truck The Fix On Wheels. "I wake up at 5:30 a.m. At 7:38 a.m., I get to Restaurant Depot to stock up for my first stop of the day. By 10 a.m., I arrive at my first spot and stay there for lunch hours. Following that, I refuel and restock for dinner. By the evening, I'm at my dinner area."
Ou does this six days a week, every week. When he tried to set up an appointment on his day off, which is usually Monday, he had trouble finding available time slots.
Even with help from Matt Geller, who runs the Southern California Mobile Food Vendors Association, it didn't make much of a difference. California's MyTurn vaccine scheduling site had no available appointments for weeks when he checked the site.
"Most vendors I work with have been complaining," Geller says. "I do my best to help them set appointments because these are some busy people and they can't always be refreshing the MyTurn website."
Justin Tulus (left) prepares food for customers as Tom Tulus (right) takes customer's order at their truck StopBye Cafe on March 28, 2021. (Manuel Valladares/LAist)
Like many other mobile truck operators and street food sellers, Ou has had no choice but to continue working during the pandemic, even as sales plummeted. In the past year, he says he has seen roughly two-thirds of his fellow food truck operators park their vehicles for good.
John Ou, owner of The Fix on Wheels, prepares food inside his food truck on March 28, 2021.
At Asian fusion truck StopBye Cafe, business has dropped 80% in the past year. Co-founders Justin and Tom Tulus say they've managed to survive because family members stepped in, helping them prepare and serve their fried chicken and garlic noodles.
After a week of trying, the brothers finally received their vaccines on March 8. "It took us a week to find an appointment and we had to drive from central L.A. to Pomona but we did it. We are hoping that we can get our other family members vaccinated soon," Justin Tulus says.
These aren't nebulous concerns. Food trucks are, by design, cramped spaces. COVID-19 outbreaks, when they happen, can spread quickly among the people who work in them.
"I know of two food truck owners who had some real established businesses, who died of COVID-19. From my knowledge, nobody else tested positive but the fear that they could is valid," Ou says.
Street vendors were already vying for appointments with other essential workers and vulnerable populations. Now that COVID-19 vaccine access is open to any California resident who is at least 16 years old, they'll be competing for appointments against an even larger group of people.
The Tulus brothers managed to get fully vaccinated at the end of March. Now, they're waiting and hoping that as more of their customers get vaccinated, their sales will start ticking upwards.
"We used to serve food by the Anime Expo and that would have about 100,000 people per day," Justin Tulus says. "We won't see that this year but hopefully, we do in the future. [That's why] it's important for everyone in the U.S. to get vaccinated at this point, so we can all go back to normal."
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Artem Communist University (Комуністичний університет імені Артема; Komunistychnyi universytet imeni Artema). An institution of higher learning in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic for training higher Party, trade-union, and government officials. The university was established in 1922 in Kharkiv out of the reorganized Higher Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine. The university's program took three years to complete. In 1932 the university was reorganized into the Higher Communist Agricultural School.


In a previous chapter (What is Selective Salvation?) I described the doctrine of selective salvation. Anyone who is familiar with Calvinism is also familiar with the term TULIP. Although TULIP was not intended to be a central document (or icon) of selective salvation, it has become just that.
The term TULIP is actually an acronym of the five points of selective salvation. The TULIP provides a person a quick understanding of the core beliefs of this doctrine. Listed below are the five parts of the TULIP.
When man fell, sin permeated his entire being. This fall was so complete that man had no desire for God and righteousness. Man is so totally enslaved by sin that he can only choose evil; he cannot choose good. He is incapable of choosing God and His salvation. Man is totally blind and deaf to the gospel. Apart from a supernatural intervention from God, the gospel message absolutely has no effect on a person. Total depravity is also called total inability.
God has chosen some people to go to Heaven and other people to go to Hell. This choice is not based on any qualities of the person being elected. This selection is not based on God's foreknowledge of who will "get saved" in the future.
God limited His atonement to only those who are elect. When Jesus died on the cross, He did not die for the sins of the whole world; He only died for those He wanted to go to Heaven.
The grace that God extends to the elect cannot be refused. God puts into the hearts of the elect an irresistible desire to turn to Him and accept His salvation. This desire is so overpowering that no one can refuse it.
Since God has determined who will get saved and they cannot resist His call, they are unconditionally and eternally secure in that election. Therefore, those who have been chosen to be saved will always stay saved. They cannot resist or lose their salvation.
Although many people attribute the TULIP to John Calvin, he wasn't the one who developed it. About a year after James Arminius died, his followers became concerned about some of the "harsh" doctrines coming from the Churches in Holland. So, on January 14, 1610, they presented their five main concerns to the States-General. This document was first known as the Remonstrance (protest) and later on became known as the Five Articles of Faith. The ideas in this document were not new, of course; they had been around for over a thousand years. The Five Articles of Faith, however, did consolidate these ideas into a format that was concise and understandable.
The Synod examined the articles and rejected them. They didn't, however, feel that a mere rejection was sufficient. As a result, they wrote a document (first known as the Counter-Remonstrance) that countered each of the five points. The five chapters they wrote embodied the Calvinistic position and later became know as the "Five Points of Calvinism." Later, the word TULIP was coined to quickly identify the Five Points of Calvinism.
The official and final response to the Arminian's Five Articles of Faith came from the Synod of Dordrecht (1618). The first month was spent on other issues, but the last 180 days were spent addressing the Five Articles of Faith. The Synod wrote what became known as the Canons of Dordrecht, later shortened to Cannons of Dort. (Source: Schaff, Vol 3, pp. 581-596.) Listed below is a more detailed description of the Five Points of Calvinism (TULIP).
When man fell, sin permeated every part of his personality. This includes his thinking, emotions, and will. Total depravity does not mean he is necessarily intensely sinful, it only means that sin has encompassed his entire being.
The unregenerate (unsaved) man is dead in his sins. Without the power of the Holy Spirit, the natural man is blind and deaf to the message of the gospel. Man will never seek God on his own; he will never have a desire for God or righteousness. This is why Total Depravity has also been called "Total Inability." Since man is totally incapable of seeking God, he will never find salvation through Jesus Christ on his own. The only time a person seeks this salvation is when God inserts a "desire for God" in his heart.
Unconditional Election is the doctrine that states God has chosen who will get saved and who will be damned for eternity. This selection is not based upon the condition of the person's heart or any of his merits. A person's humility, love of God, and desire for righteousness are not part of this selection. This selection is also not based on God looking into the future and seeing who "will accept" the offer of the gospel. God has elected some for glory and others for damnation. This election is based solely upon the counsel of His own will. His selection of the elect was done long before the universe was ever created.
God limited His atonement to only those who are the elect. When Jesus died on the cross, He did not die for the sins of the whole world, He died for only those He wanted to go to Heaven. Christ died to atone for the sins of specific sinners. "It is obvious," (the Calvinist says), "that God did not atone for all men, because not all men are saved."
The grace that God offers to the elect cannot be refused. God puts into the hearts of the elect an irresistible desire to turn to Him and accept His salvation. This implanted desire is so overpowering that it cannot be resisted or refused. This irresistible desire insures that everyone who has been elected will go to Heaven. None of the elect will ever go to Hell. The Calvinist says "What a comfort it is to know that the gospel of Christ will penetrate our hard, sinful hearts and wondrously save us through the gracious inward call of the Holy Spirit!" The Calvinist will also say, "This doctrine is a great comfort to the Christian who is witnessing; he knows that he will always be successful. When he is witnessing to a person, he has the assurance that if God wants that person to be saved, he will be saved."
Since God has determined who will get saved and they cannot resist His call, they are unconditionally and eternally secure in that election. Therefore, those who have been chosen to be saved will always stay saved. They cannot resist or lose their salvation. There are no exceptions to the rule. As a result, the Christian has "eternal security." Since there was nothing a person could do to get saved in the first place, there is nothing he can do to lose his salvation.


The O'Brien-trained Windsor Palace had been expected to set a strong pace for his stablemate but the searching early gallop did not materialise.
"I was very worried because it was a very slow race and David (McCabe) did his best on the pacemaker but he was flat out and couldn't extend. We just needed a better pacemaker. He was going as fast as he was able to but when that happens it makes thing a bit complicated." said O'Brien.
"Henry's a special horse. He did nothing wrong today and picked up and sprinted. He's a horse that has speed but gets a mile as well so he's a very special horse. We thought before he ran at Gowran last year that he was very special and then when he won the Coventry Stakes we always thought he was impressive.
Henrythenavigator is 7/2 favourite with Ladbrokes for the Breeders' Cup Classic on an artificial surface at Santa Anita in October and the winner's owner John Magnier admitted the 10-furlong event was on the agenda.
"We're going to try and stretch him out (in distance). If he'd have got his ground he'd have run in the Derby and we had to come here because we wanted to take on the older horses," said Magnier.
"I won't say that he won't run in mile races again but we're thinking 10 furlongs for his next start.
"All options are open and at the moment we'd be thinking about the Breeders' Cup Classic, although we don't need to decide now and it could be that we do go for the Mile. It's on a new surface, which is somewhere between turf and dirt, so it would easier to go from the grass to run on that.
Murtagh added: "The good ones have everything and this lad has it when the battle is put to him. We probably didn't go fast enough for him today. He's a horse who would go better off a fast pace.
"I had a nice position - I was following Hughesy (Richard Hughes). When I quickened up, I'd say the time over the last two furlongs was exceptional – he really quickened well.
"He got to the front and was a bit idle but he won snug. When he hit the line, he was still full of running. I don't think the second would ever have got to him.
"All of the races here today, the winner seems to be coming up the middle of the track but when I went by the others, I went over to the rail. I was in front probably soon enough on him but he sensed Jimmy (Fortune) coming and he was still up for the battle.
Raven's Pass, the 4/1 second favourite, chased home the mighty Henrythnavigator for the second time this season, getting closer than he did at Royal Ascot. Raven's Pass had also come fourth to the same horse in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in May.
Trainer John Gosden was delighted with his colt's effort in going down by a head in a thrilling finish to the BGC Sussex Stakes, but felt that the Elusive Quality three-year-old's chance of victory was compromised by being drawn six of the seven runners.
The Newmarket handler said: "Our slight problem was being drawn on the rail. I didn't think Aidan's pacemaker was up to his usual standard and we even considered making it ourselves but if you jump and commit, the pacemaker is still going to come and annoy you.
"We decided we had no choice but to get off the rail. We didn't want to get stuck on the rail and penned in, so we had to come round. You can't give Henrythenavigator a length and a half start but that's what we had to do. We had to track him and try to come round him.
"The winner is exceptional and it was a great performance from both horses. We are thrilled with our horse, it's a great run and made it a proper race. Thank God we turned up he would have won by four lengths otherwise! He ran great and we are very proud of him."
Gosden has no intention of shirking another encounter with this season's star miler.
Major Cadeaux, a 14/1 shot, took third for trainer Richard Hannon and jockey Richard Hughes, a further three and a quarter lengths back.
Hannon said: "It was a messy race with no gallop. The O'Brien pacemaker jumped and then pulled up, which left us there too soon. I think we'd have always been third but we'd have been a much closer third with a proper pace and he took a bump as well.
"We'll have a look at the Group Three Hungerford Stakes over seven furlongs at Newbury and then consider the Jacques Le Marois in which he could well meet those two again.


The beers-Life & Limb, and Limb & Life-are dedicated to the family of beer drinkers and enthusiasts worldwide who continue to support the little guys, iconoclasts, entrepreneurs, and pioneers who risk life and limb to shape the vibrant craft-brewing community. Over the years, the two brewers-Ken Grossman and Sam Calagione-have become friends in the industry. They quickly realized how many similarities they share. Grossman's history as a craft-brewing pioneer and his radical approach to brewing are echoed some fifteen years later by Calagione-through his boundary-pushing innovation and tireless promotion for the cause of craft beer.
Both men started out as home brewers obsessed with beer-making. Both share deep values of sustainability and responsibility. Both share the desire to pass their breweries on to the next generation, and both started out small-from humble beginnings-and built vibrant, creative, beer-centered and fiercely independent breweries, despite the long odds.
Their mutual respect, admiration, and none-too-few shared glasses of beer led to the collaborative idea.
"I have gotten to know Ken through our years on The Brewers Association Board and at numerous beer events throughout the country. As a brewer myself, it is inspiring to see a person like Ken drive a beer-centric (as opposed to a biz-centric) brewery so far and so wide while sticking to his original ideals and integrating his family into the company. I have enjoyed talking (and drinking) beer with his children, especially Sierra and Brian who currently work alongside Ken at Sierra Nevada. The iterative process of conceptualizing and brewing this beer with Ken and all the folks at Sierra has been a joy. We have designed this beer to intertwine signature aspects of both of our breweries' creative approaches-from sustainability to exotic sugars, from bottle conditioning to cellarability. I hope Mariah, our amazing co-workers, and I can keep Dogfish on track with our beer-centric ideals for many years to come. I will know how successful we've been at this task if my children, Sammy and Grier, are able to share a bottle of 2009 Life & Limb with Sierra and Brian at a beer dinner or festival 15 years or so from now. I am hopeful that, as they toast each other, they can hold their heads up high knowing our two breweries were among many fine breweries that breathed LIFE into the colorful, diverse, and beautiful LIMBS of the American craft-brewing family tree." - Sam Calagione, President and Founder, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery.
"Sam and I have spent many evenings laughing, arguing, and toasting glasses, talking about where we are in the business and where we're going. As Sierra Nevada approaches our 30th anniversary, it's inspiring to step back and see how far American craft beer has come. People like Sam and Dogfish help to push the boundaries of beer, and it has been fun working with him and the Dogfish crew. This is our first time working with maple syrup in beer on this kind of scale, and the first time we know of anyone using birch syrup. It has been an interesting and inspiring experience and will hopefully lead to big things. As a beer, Life & Limb has so much meaning for me personally, and for the brewery. As our first collaborative release, we couldn't have had a better partner. Our families are coming together in this beer, both literally and figuratively by using ingredients from our family "farms"-estate hops and barley from us; maple and birch syrup and exotic sugars from Sam-and by having the Dogfish family come to Chico to brew. As the bottled beer ages and changes over time, it will be great to see our families share this beer over anniversaries of their own." - Ken Grossman, Founder, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Life & Limb is a 10% ABV strong beer that defies style characteristics-brewed with pure maple syrup from the Calagione family farm in Massachusetts and estate barley grown on the Grossman "farm" at the brewery in Chico. The beer is alive with yeast-a blend of both breweries' house strains-bottle conditioned for added complexity and shelf life, and naturally carbonated with birch syrup fresh from Alaska; it is the first beer we know of ever to use birch syrup in the brew. If stored under good conditions, this rich, full-bodied beer should age well for years. Life & Limb will be available in 24-oz. bottles and limited draft starting this November.
Limb & Life is a companion to the big beer-an acorn off the larger tree. It is a 5% ABV small beer-a low-gravity beer made using the residual sugar as "second runnings" from the first larger brew, fortified with American hops. This is a session beer. Its big brother is a sipper. Limb & Life will be a limited draft-only product, a prelude to the bigger beer, available in select bars and restaurants this October.
The two beers will be bottled at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., in Chico, CA and released through the Sierra Nevada distribution network.


On the 22 to 26 January 2018, the 48th edition of the World Economic Forum took place in Davos. The theme of the 2018 edition was « Creating a share future in a fracture world ». An ambitious objective at a time when 65.6 millions of people are forced to flee their home because of the war and insecurity.
Established in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, the Forum was originally designed for business leaders with the aim to debate together social and economic issues. In 1974, in the context of the Kippur war, heads of state were invited for the first time to join the forum. What was at first an informal forum attained an institutional dimension, and in the 80's became the tribute to resolve international conflicts. Thus in 1989 Turkey and Greece, on the verge of conflict, signed there the Davos Declaration. Five years later, it was the turn of Yasser Arafat and Simon Peres to sign an agreement on Gaza and Jericho during the Davos forum. The ambitions of the forum where born.
Since 2015, the forum is recognized officially as an international organization which aims to "improve the state of the world". But one can only wonder: how can the forum really achieve this challenging role? To what extend gathering together the elite of the world permits to pacify international relations? Especially considering the fact that among these elites invited to the forum, we find some of the top armament companies such as Airbus, AECOM, BAE Systems or Fluor Corporation. Are they really suited to accomplish the mission of "improving the state of the world"? Can we count on companies that often have the opposite interest? The fracture of the world has built the success of the arms industry; one can only doubt on their capacity to deal with climate change and peace issues.
Of course they aren't the only sector represented in the forum. Since few years, NGO's are invited to present their point of view on global issues. The CICR has, for instance, raised awareness over issues that will shape the humanitarian agenda, including new weapons that rise to unprecedented methods of war. However, all those debate seems very convenient. As Bill Emmot, former editor of The Economist, explained: this event was made safe from surprises and controversy. Everything is done to avoid arguments, confrontation and provocation. Is this how we improve the state of the world?
The military spending issue has once again been avoided during the forum. We consider, however, that a serious reflexion and debate on this issue is necessary to deal with the issues we are addressing today. While USA is the highest spender on military and one of the most unequal societies in the world, we can wonder if the rise of military spending isn't the great contemporary issue. Indeed, to achieve the sustainable development goals we need to fund them. And precisely, this money can be found in the scandalously high amount of worldwide military spending. We won't obtain a safer world with more arms and walls but with more education, solidarity and international cooperation. By observing the kind of cooperation that we find in the Davos forum, one can only wonder if this forum, where private interests are over-represented, has the required resources to "improve the state of the world".
More than ever we need to take action and make our voices heard. The change will come from the ground and not from this high-altitude network. Let's ask our government to cut military spending to fund human and environmental needs. Together, we can make it. Next April, when the GDAMS campaign is started, join the actions!!!


As a multi-functional environmental protection material, waterborne polyurethanes (WPUs) has received increasing attention due to their excellent elasticity, such as wear resistance, flexibility and wide range of substrate suitability. In the field of ink printing, waterborne polyurethane materials have became an effective alternative to solvent-based polyurethane adhesives. However, the performance of WPUs still needs to be improved. In this paper, acetone-dilution method was used to synthesize the required waterborne polyurethane with different amount of DMPA. The particle size of the synthetic polyurethane emulsion is determined by the particle size distribution (PSD). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to confirm that the synthesized emulsion had a spherical structure. By comparing the solids content, the water absorption test and the adhesion test, it was confirmed that the content of DMPA has a great influence on the polyurethane system. As the DMPA content increases, the average particle size of the polyurethane can be reduced, and the adhesion of the emulsion to the substrate can be improved, but the water resistance decreases due to the increase of the hydrophilicity. Therefore, the comprehensive effect is best when the added amount of DMPA is 5%.
This study was funded by a National Natural Science Foundation of China (21376008)—Design, Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship of Novel Emulsions for Water-based Inks.


Over the years, the HR function has evolved from acting as an administrative side-kick to the wider business. The days of simply "hiring and firing" have gone, and now organisations are recognising the significant part HR has to play in steering an organisation towards their desired outcomes.
HR Analytics is the thing widely responsible for the change in the function, and it's empowering HR decision-makers with insights that enable them to understand their business better than ever before.
HR Analytics is undoubtedly the future of HR, but with 44% of HR decision-makers reporting that they have no main focus for analytics this financial year, potentially almost half of all businesses are limiting themselves from reaching their true potential.
This report will reveal the current state of HR Analytics within the HR function and provide practical advice on how organisations can begin to use HR Analytics to reach their wider strategic goals.
People are ironically both an organisation's biggest asset and their biggest cost. Research by PwC found that at least 60% of UK CEOs plan to increase their headcount, and this very same proportion also want to reduce their people costs.
This task of keeping on top of employees as both assets and costs is inevitably difficult for organisations who rely on manual methods to manage their people data.
Understanding employee behaviour and the financial state of your organisation is something that has to be constantly observed, and cannot be achieved through simply manually inputting data into spreadsheets.
Experts agree that we're entering into the fourth industrial revolution – the era of big data. As the world becomes more and more driven by data, HR Analytics is quickly emerging as the future of HR, and a practice that organisations must adopt in order to stay ahead of the curve and remain competitive.
HR Analytics is putting organisations in control of their people data by freeing them from the limitations of intuition-led decision-making and helping them understand what's really happening in their business.
The technology is working to give businesses a significant advantage against the competition by providing organisations with full visibility of the root causes of business obstacles, as well as the necessary tools to anticipate the future scenarios and prepare for them in advance.
This report will uncover research, which reveals the current state of HR Analytics within the UK's HR departments and the practical steps that organisations can take to adopt HR Analytics in order to prevent being left behind as the sector continues to rapidly evolve.
By the time you've finished reading this, you should be able to understand the ways in which HR Analytics can be used to optimise your HR function and how to overcome the barriers that may be preventing you from implementing it in your own organisation.
HR Analytics – also known as people analytics, is all about helping HR departments to manage their people in a more efficient way. It uses people-data such as payroll and absence management, and business information such as operational performance data, to reveal the solutions to business problems.
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The world is full of wonders and Sagittarius wants to explore them all with an open mind, and because of Jupiter, its ruler, a big abundant heart befitting this planet who also rules over Justice and Our Highest Spiritual selves. Jupiter is about BIG and loves to expand all it touches in a happy, glorious way where possible. When Jupiter squares or opposes powerful planets, there may be "too much" of a good thing, or even bad things getting worse. But for the month of December, lets look at the upside of Sagittarius and Jupiter, along with the holiday season, as a time of coming closer to others, giving, sharing and enjoying the people in our lives.
Holidays can be fraught with racing around and stress – the right meal, the right present, the perfect card, etc. Don't forget anyone. Don't spend too much, don't spend too little; or no money to spend and stress around that too. This is not what the Holy time of year is supposed to represent. It's the time to remember our spiritual connection with the Universe, regardless of your religion. It's a time for love, the Universal kind – for sharing; for telling people how much they mean to us; for showing kindness and to remember we are spiritual creatures first, human bodies second. it is a time to thank our Creator for our very lives, and for the blessings we have, regardless of our problems. There is always something to be thankful for.
Take time now to share your life with friends and family. Enjoy the holiday season like never before. Send hand written notes to people you love and tell them how much they mean to you and how they impact your life. Say please and thank you to people in service, like retail stores and restaurants, to honor the God within and let them know their efforts are appreciated. Smile at people on the street and say hello in passing. We must build relationships with our global family members and create a society that acknowledges one another. This is the core of true spirituality – opening your heart to love. Stay at home New Years Eve and share friends and family there. Call people you can't be near and tell them how important they even though you don't see them often enough. Spread the love and your heart chakra will open and bring tears of love and joy to your eyes. Give thanks all through this period and make it a part of your everyday life…thanks for the parking space in a busy area; thanks for the perfect gift I found for someone; thanks for my job and coworkers who are my day family and also important; send blessings to enemies and try to mend bridges over fights that are unimportant in the scheme of things. Love is the answer and there is no better time than Sagittarius energy than to do this.
December is pretty darn good astrologically speaking. Mars (energy) is trine to Jupiter(abundance), giving us the energy to complete tasks and accomplish goals. Mars is Sextile Saturn (the material world) enabling us to make great strides with focus and a plan and the energy to make it happen. Venus is Parallel the Sun, making us sociable and makes for good gatherings. Venus moves into Aquarius on the 7th which makes lovers of friends, or opens you up to the idea that true love must include real friendship to last. The Sun is sextile Jupiter, giving us optimism and luck at the same time. Sun is conjunct transiting Saturn on the 10th, bringing up serious relationship issues which, if met head on in an adult and serious fashion, can break down barriers to happiness, depending on the house it transits in your chart. There can be real achievement through hard work now.
The Sun is trine to Uranus on the 12th, bringing excitement about new ideas and creativity. On the 15th wish upon a star while Venus is inconjunct Neptune. December 14th is a Full Moon in Gemini, which helps to make more logical and less emotional decisions about matters. Then the 17 is another great day to make friends, or cement friendships.
On the 19th Mercury goes retrograde so expect 3 weeks of your brain not functioning at top speed. Give it a break where possible. This is truly vacation time for your mind, which happens 3 times a year. Expect travel issues, lost mail, old friends popping back into your life, things previously lost will be found; errors made come up for correction, etc.
The 21st is great for love and strengthened friendships. From the 21st through Jan 1 there is a hiccup in energy, where stressful forces are at work and can cause extreme chaos. Don't live in fear about it. Focus on the love and we can overcome and even mitigate a bad event. The 24th Saturn trines Uranus making it possible to transform brilliant ideas into reality. Great connections can be made too.
Christmas Day – Extra Special Joy & Blessings!
On Christmas day Venus trines Jupiter and sextiles Uranus and Saturn from 8AM – 3PM. It is so powerful, these contacts between Venus and the other planets. This Christmas day can be very extra special, so take advantage of all the love in the air. Friendships, family and love relationships are all blessed in such a beautiful way. Don't blow it all around 4:30 with paranoid thinking about suspecting so much good energy!! Don't worry, be happy!
On December 26th new energies take hold, Jupiter opposing Uranus, an expansion of Uranian energy, which is unpredictable and can go to extremes. This is the beginning of a long term aspect of the unexpected in big ways, for good or bad.
On December 29th, Uranus turns direct. Planets in retrograde are in a state of finishing up loose ends, so Uranus is done looking over its shoulder for missed "to do's" and is now headed forward into the new year ready to shake things up, things that haven't been shake up yet. So expect more revolutionary ideas coming out daily.
So as you can see most of December is truly about love, family and friendships. Focus on love and bonding. Fill your heart with love and the gift of sharing with others. Have a great Holiday and make many beautiful memories. Learn to open your heart and live in love as a habit. It will make your life so meaningful and joyful.
Many, many Blessings. See you in the new year.


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About the Prize
Since 2012, the M. Wynn Thomas Prize has been awarded annually to recognise outstanding scholarship in the study of Welsh writing in English. Initiated by Richard Davies of Welsh publisher Parthian, the prize is now curated by the Association for Welsh Writing in English.
The M. Wynn Thomas Prize is currently given in two categories: an 'Open' category and a 'New Scholars' category. For background on the prize and on Professor M. Wynn Thomas, after whom it is named, see the original launch material on the Parthian website. A list of previous winners and judges can be found here.
The main sponsor of the prize is the University of Wales Press, and it is also generously supported by Parthian.
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M. Wynn Thomas Prize 2018: Call for Entries
The M. Wynn Thomas Prize is offered to celebrate outstanding scholarly work in the field of Welsh writing in English.
There are two prize categories: the 'Open' category and the 'New Scholars' category. Essays submitted may be unpublished or published, in English or in Welsh. Published essays should be from 2017/18. Topics may include all aspects of Welsh writing in English as well as the inter-relationship of Welsh writing in English with cognate areas (Welsh Studies, history, cultural studies, film/media studies, translation studies, performance/theatre studies, digital humanities, comparative literature etc.).
The judging panel for the 2018 Prize will be Professor Kirsti Bohata (Swansea University), Dr Jamie Harris (Aberystwyth University) and Dr Sarah Morse (Learned Society of Wales).
The prize is awarded for a piece of substantial scholarship that is engagingly written. We encourage submissions that are ground-breaking in terms of subject-matter and/or methodology/disciplinarity. Essays that grapple with new ideas in an intelligent and conceptualised way are preferred. The prize will be awarded at the annual conference of the Association for Welsh Writing in English, 11-13 May 2018, Gregynog Hall, nr. Newtown, Powys.
'Open' Category
Essays in this category will be ca. 6,000-8,000 words long, of the highest scholarly quality and either already published in, or of a standard appropriate to an international, peer-reviewed journal. Authors may be academics or scholars, who are not affiliated with an HE institution.
Prize: £150 and a full set of the Library of Wales series of books published by Parthian.
'New Scholars' Category
Essays in this category will be ca. 4,000-7,000 words long and of highly developed scholarly quality appropriate to the author's level of (postgraduate) study. Authors may be postgraduate students or students who have recently graduated.
Prize: £150 and a full set of the Library of Wales series of books published by Parthian.
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How to take part
Please submit your own published or unpublished work, or please nominate the work of someone else, which you feel meets the criteria and ought to be recognised. This can also be published or unpublished work – why don't you nominate that great article you've read in the course of your research? One entry per person.
Essays must be submitted by email by 1 March 2018.
Contact Sarah Morse for more information, to submit your work or to nominate someone else's work:
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