Safeguarding issues keep dominating the news. A recent report stated some 394,000 children across England are 'in need' with domestic violence and poor mental health being the biggest issues facing them.
Areas like child sexual exploitation and drugs are growing too. It's no surprise with systemic problems in places like Rotherham where more convictions were announced. The Prime Minister considers modern slavery a priority issue as well. Joint inspections on practices for protecting children also continue to be undertaken across the country.
There are some good examples although many inspections are also identifying significant room for improvement in safeguarding. In almost every serious case review, there are lessons to be learned around information sharing as well. The government has responded by recently issuing its paper 'Time to Listen,' proposing a joined up response to child sexual exploitation and missing children.
It is also well known that safeguarding success and failure is largely determined by the way that agencies collaborate and share information. This article looks at how partners in Warwickshire are using secure cloud technology, pam, to work collaboratively to protect those in need.
Warwickshire County Council (WCC), Warwickshire Police, the NHS and a range of partners launched a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) in May 2016. Its focus is on safeguarding children, young people and adults.
A physical hub was implemented for some of the partners to work together, and others participate virtually. The need for a complementary information sharing and collaborative work platform was also identified as a high priority.
Just getting an agency's job done was not enough, the MASH leadership needed visibility and oversight of all the work. Goals for the technology solution therefore included the need for a common view of work coming up, and in progress. It had to have the ability to see demand and make resource allocation decisions quickly across the partners. The MASH leadership wanted all partners to work in close collaboration from one digital 'place'.
However with 14 existing case recording systems across 8 agencies, and different working processes across the agencies involved, there was real anxiety about adding to that with more technology and process in the new MASH. Duplication of effort was also a real fear. The budget constraints and challenging deadlines for the hub launch meant an expensive, lengthy and risky systems integration project was not worthy of detailed consideration either.
Given the forecast demand and ambition of the MASH to meet its community's needs in multiple safeguarding areas, manual sharing and hiring more staff was also not an option. Those manual ways of working and the multiple existing systems created an environment of constant repetition which the MASH was keen to help eradicate.
Security of data and trust in the service provider were of utmost importance, especially as a cloud service was the preferred implementation and G-Cloud the favoured contracting method. Following an extensive search on the technology options, pam was chosen as the cloud platform of choice for the MASH.
Initially the pam service was going to focus on child referrals and case tracking but it has quickly been adopted for adult safeguarding too. Given the versatility and flexibility of the platform WCC continues to expand its scope for a range of safeguarding and related partnering initiatives.
And positive results are already being seen from the collaborative practices in the MASH. For example, in the first 3 months of going live, 20 children were seen to be at risk that might not otherwise have been found at that early stage. Preventative interventions have now been implemented successfully for those children helping mitigate much greater risk and cost. With Serious Case Reviews highlighting the cost for a death to be around £1m, let alone the heartache that goes with it, the MASH case is compelling.
The WCC MASH processes around 1,000 referrals a month on pam and demand continues to grow as the service becomes better known. These referrals impact practitioners in one form or another and they benefit in time saved too. What nurses, health visitors, social workers are experiencing for the first time is very positive. They are better informed and prepared. With the information gathered from pam they can meet the needs of the child earlier. It can mean a reduction in the number of visits, or focus of their time much more effectively during those visits. Systems like pam as part of Multi-Agency collaborations are thought to help save as much as 50% of a professional's time, such as social workers, when used well.
Other unexpected benefits have arisen too. The governance and audit trails built into the platform have helped quickly quash concerns on time taken to process work. Tasking and accountability of performance with partners becomes completely objective as pam provides one shared version of the truth on what is done by whom and when.
It also helps identify where weaknesses and bottlenecks are in the system that might delay an important safeguarding intervention. The MASH is also exploring other safeguarding work that can be delivered over the platform.
Many police forces, law enforcement agencies as well as their partners use pam for a range of work including Protecting Vulnerable People and Organised Crime Group management. The platform offers amazing versatility in use, combined with real specificity for professionals to get 'their' work done that other applications can't get close to for the quality, price and security confidence.
With a dedicated MASH, strong leadership and pam in place, WCC has already addressed a key observation from the Time to Listen report.
How well is your partnership working?
We have developed an actionable framework in pam of the Joint Area Inspections that can be used to assess your multi-agency safeguarding strengths and prioritise any improvements. It is available to qualifying organisations and safeguarding hubs at no cost.
We are also able to demonstrate how WCC are using the platform for their work, and under the right circumstances can also help arrange onsite visits to see its MASH in operation.
If you think another member of your team would benefit from a demo of the pam platform, please feel free to for word those details onto them.


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2012: A Conspiracy Tale
Product Description: The story takes place in early 2008. It is a time of great political unrest; people are living in constant fear of terrorist attack and are looking to the world leaders to take action. Suspicion of local government runs high and conspiracy rumours abound...read more
By Bryan Collier
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9781906510541 | Troubador Pub, July 30, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The story takes place in early 2008.
America the Beautiful: Together We Stand
Product Description: A moving celebration of "America the Beautiful" featuring artwork from ten distinguished artists and inspiring presidential quotes!AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL: TOGETHER WE STANDEach of our presidents has had a unique vision of America. In AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, these ideas are translated into gorgeous illustrations by such top artists as Bryan Collier, Jon J Muth, Diane Goode, Mary GrandPre, Raul Colon, Sonia Lynn Sadler, Yuyi Morales, John Hendrix, LeUyen Pham, and Chris Soentpiet...read more
By Katharine Lee Bates, Bryan Collier (illustrator), Raul Colon (illustrator), Diane Goode (illustrator) and Mary GrandPre (illustrator)
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9780545492072 | Reprint edition (Orchard Books, January 1, 2013), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A moving celebration of "America the Beautiful" featuring artwork from ten distinguished artists and inspiring presidential quotes!
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
Barack Obama is the story of an exceptional man, as told by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Bryan Collier, winners of the Coretta Scott King Award.Ever since Barack Obama was young, Hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of Hawaii to the streets of Chicago, from the jungles of Indonesia to the plains of Kenya, he has held on to Hope. Even as a boy, Barack knew he wasn't quite like anybody else, but through his journeys he found the ability to listen to Hope and become what he was meant to be: a bridge to bring people together. This is the moving story of an exceptional man, as told by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Bryan Collier, both winners of the Coretta Scott King Award. Barack Obama has motivated Americans to believe with him, to believe that every one of us has the power to change ourselves and change our world.
By Bryan Collier (illustrator)
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9781442440920 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, January 24, 2012), cover price $8.99
9781416971443 | Simon & Schuster, August 26, 2008, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Barack Obama is the story of an exceptional man, as told by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Bryan Collier, winners of the Coretta Scott King Award.
City Shapes
Product Description: Hunt for shapes of all kinds on this journey through a bustling city, illustrated by four-time Caldecott Honoree Bryan Collier!From shimmering skyscrapers to fluttering kites to twinkling stars high in the sky, everyday scenes become extraordinary as a young girl walks through her neighborhood noticing exciting new shapes at every turn...read more
9780316370929 | Little Brown & Co, June 21, 2016, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Hunt for shapes of all kinds on this journey through a bustling city, illustrated by four-time Caldecott Honoree Bryan Collier!
Clemente!
Product Description: A little boy named Clemente learns about his namesake, the great baseball player Roberto Clemente, in this joyful picture book biography. Born in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente was the first Latin American player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the only player for whom the five-year initiation period was waived...read more
9781250073228 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, January 19, 2016), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A little boy named Clemente learns about his namesake, the great baseball player Roberto Clemente, in this joyful picture book biography.
9780805082241 | 1 edition (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, May 11, 2010), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A little boy named Clemente learns about his namesake, the great baseball player Roberto Clemente, in this joyful picture book biography.
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
Product Description: A Caldecott HonorA Coretta Scott King Award WinnerAn award-winning celebration of an American heroDave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in the 1800s. He combined his superb artistry with deeply observant poetry, carved onto his pots, transcending the limitations he faced as a slave...read more
By Bryan Collier (illustrator) and Laban Carrick Hill
9780316107310 | Little Brown & Co, September 7, 2010, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A Caldecott HonorA Coretta Scott King Award WinnerAn award-winning celebration of an American heroDave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in the 1800s.
Doo-Wop Pop
Product Description: Elijah Earl is used to keeping to himself. But he's not the only quiet one—Alishah hides behind her head scarf, Jacob twitches out of sight, Luis hides behind a book, and Pam Pam is the shyest of them all. It is not until the school janitor they call Doo-Wop Pop steps in that things begin to change for these shy students...read more
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9780060579685 | Amistad Pr, November 1, 2008, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Elijah Earl is used to keeping to himself.
Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
Product Description: Booker dreamedof making friends with words,setting free the secretsthat lived in books. Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree...read more
By Jabari Asim and Bryan Collier (illustrator)
9780316086578 | Little Brown & Co, December 4, 2012, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Booker dreamedof making friends with words,setting free the secretsthat lived in books.
Freedom River
Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom. A Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Reprint.
By Bryan Collier (illustrator) and Doreen Rappaport
9780786803507, titled "A Freedom River" | Jump at the Sun, August 1, 2000, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
9781423106340 | Reprint edition (Jump at the Sun, December 18, 2007), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
9780786812295 | Jump at the Sun, January 30, 2007, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
9780786822911 | Jump at the Sun, August 1, 2000, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
The Go-to Church: Post Megachurch Growth
9781426753251 | Abingdon Pr, March 15, 2013, cover price $16.99
I, Too, Am America
Product Description: Winner of the Coretta Scott King illustrator award, I, Too, Am America blends the poetic wisdom of Langston Hughes with visionary illustrations from Bryan Collier in this inspirational picture book that carries the promise of equality...read more
9781442420083 | Simon & Schuster, May 22, 2012, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Winner of the Coretta Scott King illustrator award, I, Too, Am America blends the poetic wisdom of Langston Hughes with visionary illustrations from Bryan Collier in this inspirational picture book that carries the promise of equality.
I'm Your Child, God: Prayers for Children and Teenagers
A collection of contemporary multicultural prayers, written for this book and intended to provide strong inner anchors and spiritual grounding.
By Bryan Collier (illustrator) and Marian Wright Edelman
9780786814381 | New edition (Hyperion, March 30, 2006), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A collection of contemporary multicultural prayers, written for this book and intended to provide strong inner anchors and spiritual grounding.
9780786825134 | New edition (Hyperion, October 1, 2002), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A collection of contemporary multicultural prayers, written for this book and intended to provide strong inner anchors and spiritual grounding.
I'm Your Child, God: Prayers for Our Children
Grouped according to themes such as hope, gratitude, and help, and filled with wisdom and insight, a collection of original prayers for children offers them a powerful opportunity to connect with their own spirituality.
John's Secret Dreams: The Life Of John Lennon
Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An interactive picture book biography of John Lennon punctuated by his own thoughts regarding the events in his life and the songs through which he expressed himself.
By Doreen Rappaport
9780786808175 | Disney Pr, October 1, 2004, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Introduces the life of John Lennon who, as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist, sought to make the world a better and more peaceful place than the one in which he was raised.
9781484749623 | Reprint edition (Disney Pr, May 10, 2016), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: John Lennon's influence on music and culture is legendary.
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9780606383349 | Turtleback Books, May 10, 2016, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
Product Description: Every morning, I play a game with my father.He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed.And my papa, he tells me, "I love you."But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams...read more
9780316209175 | Little Brown & Co, December 17, 2013, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Every morning, I play a game with my father.
Lift Your Light a Little Higher: The Story of Stephen Bishop: Slave-explorer
Product Description: Grab your lantern and follow the remarkable and world-famous Mammoth Cave explorer—and slave—Stephen Bishop as he guides you through the world's largest cave system in this remarkable homage to the resilience of human nature.Welcome to Mammoth Cave...read more
By Bryan Collier (illustrator) and Heather Henson
9781481420952 | Atheneum, September 6, 2016, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Grab your lantern and follow the remarkable and world-famous Mammoth Cave explorer—and slave—Stephen Bishop as he guides you through the world's largest cave system in this remarkable homage to the resilience of human nature.
Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
Product Description: Our sixteenth president is known for many things: he delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address during the Civil War. He was tall and skinny and notoriously stern-looking. And he also had some very strong ideas about abolishing slavery, ideas which brought him into close contact with another very visible public figure: Frederick Douglass...read more
9781250018694 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, January 8, 2013), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Our sixteenth president is known for many things: he delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address during the Civil War.
9780805082647 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, September 30, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Our 16th president is known for many things: He delivered the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
A picture book biography introduces the ideas and accomplishments of a gifted and influential speaker by using some of his own words to tell the story.
9780786807147, titled "Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." | Jump at the Sun, September 1, 2001, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A picture book biography introduces the ideas and accomplishments of a gifted and influential speaker by using some of his own words to tell the story.
9781423106357, titled "Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." | Reprint edition (Jump at the Sun, December 18, 2007), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A picture-book biography introduces the ideas and accomplishments of a gifted and influential speaker by using some of his own words to tell the story.
9780786825912, titled "Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." | Jump at the Sun, September 1, 2001, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A picture book biography introduces the ideas and accomplishments of a gifted and influential speaker by using some of his own words to tell the story.
9781435235571, titled "Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 11, 2008), cover price $15.99
9781417797066, titled "Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2007, cover price $17.25 | About this edition: This picture-book biography is an excellent and accessible introduction for young readers to learn about one of the world's most influential leaders, Dr.
My Country, 'tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights
Product Description: More than any other, one song traces America's history of patriotism and protest.Everyone knows the words to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." What most don't realize is that this iconic song has been a beacon of change for hundreds of years...read more
By Bryan Collier (illustrator) and Claire Rudolf Murphy
9780805082265 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, June 3, 2014, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: More than any other, one song traces America's history of patriotism and protest.
Product Description: Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed...read more
By Bryan Collier and Nikki Giovanni
9780312376024 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, December 26, 2007), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Provides the story of the young black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger in Alabama, setting in motion all the events of the Civil Rights Movements that resulted in the end of the segregated south, gave equality to blacks throughout the nation, and forever changed the country in which we all live today.
9780805071061 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, October 1, 2005, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Provides the story of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama set in motion all the events of the civil rights movements that resulted in the end of the segregated South.
9781439585641 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs.
9781417797370 | Turtleback Books, December 26, 2007, cover price $18.45
Rosa Storytime Set
By Bryan Collier (illustrator) and Nikki Giovanni
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9781427243973 | Com/pap edition (St Martins Pr, November 4, 2014), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs.
These Hands
Product Description:  These Hands reminds us of the simple beauty that comes from touching, writing, holding, playing, and helping. All the loving things we do with our hands. Hope Lynne Price's spare, lyrical poetry pays tribute to the grace and power of hands, while Bryan Collier's bold collage art lovingly depicts a family's everyday life...read more
By Bryan Collier (illustrator) and Hope Lynne Price
9780786803705 | Hyperion, September 1, 1999, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Illustrations and simple text describe some of the many things the hands of a young African American girl and her family can do.
9781423106333 | Reprint edition (Jump at the Sun, December 18, 2007), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Illustrations and simple text describe some of the many things the hands of a young African American girl and her family can do.
9781435235564 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 11, 2008), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Â These Hands reminds us of the simple beauty that comes from touching, writing, holding, playing, and helping.
Product Description: Product Description: Hailing from the Treme neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading his own band by age six, and today this Grammy-nominated artist headlines the legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest...read more
9781520014548 | Dvd edition (Dreamscape Media Llc, June 14, 2016), cover price $38.99 | About this edition: Hailing from the Treme neighborhood in New Orleans, Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews got his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as long as he was high.
9781419714658 | Harry N Abrams Inc, April 14, 2015, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: "Winner of both a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Award, this beautiful picture book for older kids is an inspirational look at overcoming our circumstances to follow our dreams, in this case that of a young musician in New Orleans.
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A dynamic author-illustrator team follows the three-time heavyweight champ through twelve rounds of a remarkable life.
By Bryan Collier (illustrator) and Charles R. Smith, Jr.
9780763650025 | Reprint edition (Candlewick Pr, August 24, 2010), cover price $10.99
9780763616922 | Candlewick Pr, November 1, 2007, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A biography of the legendary boxer who began his career as Cassius Clay, discussing his prowess in the ring, his conversion to Islam, and his life after boxing.
9780606147156 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, August 24, 2010), cover price $22.10 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
Product Description: Uptown isa caterpillar, a stage, jazz, a barbershop, little sisters but most of all Uptown is home to the young boy who provides a guided tour of the New York City neighborhood in this dazzling tribute to Harlem.
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9781430100515 | Har/cas edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2007), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Uptown isa caterpillar, a stage, jazz, a barbershop, little sisters but most of all Uptown is home to the young boy who provides a guided tour of the New York City neighborhood in this dazzling tribute to Harlem.
9781430100546 | Har/com edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2007), cover price $29.95
9781430100522 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2007), cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Uptown isa caterpillar, a stage, jazz, a barbershop, little sisters but most of all Uptown is home to the young boy who provides a guided tour of the New York City neighborhood in this dazzling tribute to Harlem.
9781430100553 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, October 30, 2007), cover price $39.95
9781430100508 | Pap/cas un edition (Live Oak Media, August 31, 2007), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.
9781430100539 | Pap/com un edition (Live Oak Media, August 31, 2007), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.
9780805073997 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, January 1, 2004), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.
9780805057218 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, June 1, 2000, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.
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9780606297912 | Demco Media, August 30, 2004, cover price $15.77 | also contains Uptown, Uptown | About this edition: A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.
9780613756235 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $19.65 | also contains Uptown, Uptown | About this edition: A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North Train, brownstones, shopping on 125th Street, a barber shop, summer basketball, the Boy's Choir, and sunset over the Harlem River.

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DoD quietly pulls bat tartare MRE from circulation
WASHINGTON — Everyone's favorite MRE will no longer be available a Pentagon spokesperson admitted in a press conference yesterday. There have been no incidents with the bat tartare entree, according to the DoD, but officials are concerned that everyone, except maybe the Marines, will now be repulsed by the option.
The Defense Department made the move more than a week ago amid the growing coronavirus pandemic. Many experts believe that if the original bat eater had dumped a miniature bottle of MRE Tabasco sauce on it, the contagion might have been stopped right before it began.
"This wouldn't be the first time the U.S. has had to recall military rations," said Defense Health Agency director Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place. "After Harambe died, we had to get rid of our gorilla burger, and I don't even want to talk about WWI and the bird meat ravioli."
When asked why the MRE wasn't taken off the shelves back in December, when the coronavirus was discovered, officials conceded that they did not take early warnings seriously enough.
"Our bats are locally sourced, free cave, organic bats and are rigorously tested for disease," an official said.
The DoD is already looking for replacement options. They are currently considering lamprey tacos and iguana meatloaf.
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The Forum (Los Angeles), Sept 11, 1996
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review by Eric *DREAMER*Leighton
It's 2:00 am, but as promised with my setlist, here is my review of the Forum show.
First, I will say I was at the second Great Woods show on 8/22 and will do some comparisons here. First, I liked this show better. Maybe because it is indoors the sound is "stronger", you can feel it pass into you. It was loud, but neither I or my wife thought it was to loud.
We arrived just after Gin Blossoms started, liked them, but Patti Smith was very good (in fact my wife liked her best).
Before Neil was to play, my two boys (8 & 10) wanted to go up to the stage so we went up and saw Zeke setting up there, and while talking about him up there this guy also knew it was Zeke, and says "hey, are you a Rustie" and I of course extended my hand with a smile and we introduced ourselves. John was truely my kind of Rustie, he and I both danced throughout most of the show. Any way, off to our seats where I realized that I didn't have a pen to assure a precise setlist. Jim Hammit, who was next to us was kind enough to give me his.
The lights dimmed finally at 9:47 (according to Jim Hammit) after Gin Blossoms and Patti Smith finished great sets.
Neil and the Horse started in fine fashion with HHMM as good as ever, pausing for the electric Pocahantas which both Jim and my wife liked very much. I need to get used to it, I liked it but felt like it wasn't right. Let's face it, I like the acoustic version better, but it was good. Big Time was strong, Slip Away was excellent, and when the song hits it's stride half way through, it carries you away with it.
Acoustic set was good, along with some glitches. TNATDD was usual self, Neil followed that with the first of three times he addressed the croud with "Nice to be back in L.A. Nice to see y'all here". Then, HOG seemed ridden with problems of I believe technical in nature. It seemed that his voice volume dropped down, but that passed. Then I found that he was losing beats somehow and then stopped momentarily to fix his harmonica brace (which caused a timing problem and hesitation). If you hear a tape sometime you will pick it up easily. Neil did a good job of sliding through it all. Sugar Mountain was once again tirelessly good to hear, nice to sing along with and many did.
Before CG, Neil once again addressed the croud with "How ya doin". I still don't tire of Cinnamon Girl, to me it meets the beat, and I was jumpin'. Fuckin Up was strong, and they all seemed really into it, to the third degree. Frank and Billy were at one point slamming each other in the heart of the jam, it was a great dose of electricity.
On to the next two favorites, with one in the middle. Cortez has a very long intro, before the vocals start, it seems longer every time I see it but I don't know that for fact. Cortez, was once again, a great slow starting song that builds into something totally engulfing the audience (this was my wife's favorite). Music Arcade was played with a much quicker timing than the recording, and something else, I thought he said "polishing your window" instead of "washing". Has he done this before? Did I hear right?
LAH, what can I say, I ran up behind John two rows up from me across the aisle during the peak of my fulfillment and yelled to him "it doesn't get any better than this" and to me that sums it up. During that moment LAH was at its best and so was Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Neil finished LAH much like before with possibly something added, he played his guitar with the strings he'd broken to bring out every gram of sound he could, and then it appeared that he "gently" dragged Old Black not just by the srings but by the cord and got into a little tug of war with the tech in the white smock and hard hat.
He lost the tug of war and then proceeded to take on the candle, dumping the wax on stage and going back to the drummer area blowing, blowing, blowing until finally the flame was extinguished and the candle was slung over his shoulder and then tossed to the floor. Great, spectacular show.
Encores: This Town was started with "here's a new one we don't know very well", but the performance belied him. Sedan Delivery isn't one of my favorites but was done in great form, I have always loved the change in timing. Danger Bird is one that I hadn't seen yet and wasn't disappointed, this can certainly be one of my favs, and my wife liked it second to Cortez. It was a good finish to a great show.
The lights came on at 11:47, exactly 2 hrs, and very satisfied with the show. Next stop: Irvine Meadows.
*DREAMER*
I am just a dream
A wet cat, fast food, jet lag and other observations
review by John Elliott
Neil Young seemed about as at home for The Forum last Wednesday as a cat would feel in a bucket of water. It was like french fries without ketchup. Like fast food without the fast. It was missing something and you could feel it. Many of the seats were empty, others became empty fast.
The crowd seemed glazed -- I don't know. Maybe being in Inglewood on a Wednesday night, getting started at 9:45 pm, bad acoustics, all combined with a $5.00 American beer is just too much for any normal (Non-Rustie type) fan to take. I had jet lag but it seemed like a few others might have been stricken with it as well. Go figure.
Fuckin Up came across fairly well as did Big Time and Slip Away, but it just wasn't right. Like a Hurricane had it going on, but the whole thing kinda blew a tire and headed for the emergency lane after that. Dangerbird was the last song played as people were leaving so it just was like background music. A shame for such a great song. After the bird, the lights came on and it was time to get ready for Irvine and hope that the performance would be equal to the anticipation. 405 South, or the thought of it, held so much promise one would have to feel the upturn was coming. Would this be the one for the land of suntan lotion?
As it turns out the Forum would stand as a contrasting darker background to the mother of all shows: Irvine Meadows. Hello suntan lotion. These two shows were like night and day. Obviously, this kind of diametrical opposition, this ying and yang if you will, only proves that wet cats with jet lag prefer fast food -- or you could discount that argument entirely and just say that Neil and the boys were having an off night at the Forum.
It's hard to say...
review by Jon Morning Son Neal
This was my first Neil show. Oh wow. The experience was like no concert I have ever attended.
I saw no MORE BARN! shirts, and the only Rustie I met was Dreamer, with his two young boys. It was fun talking with you before and communicating with you during the show, Eric. Before the show started, we were up at the front of the stage watching the roadies (and Zeke) setting up shop.
Gin Blossoms were fine, and I guess Patti Smith was OK. I left the arena both times, so that my ears would be in the most intact condition as possible in preperation of the blasting it would receive from Crazy Horse. But I listened to them from outside.
I had 14th row seats in the center section of the floor, which was great. Throughout the concert, I looked up at the farther seats, and most people seemed to be sitting down, not really enjoying themselves, or so it appeared to me. But in my section, people were on their feet 90% of the time -- great by my standards. I would just as soon have everyone stand up the entire show.
Hey Hey, My My was a killer way to start the show. I think it's just about the perfect opening to a Crazy Horse show, setting up the theme "Rock and Roll can never die" very convincingly.
For Big Time Neil seemed to be trying to enunciate his lyrics as clearly as possible, so that the audience would more easily understand the meaning of the song. I guess it's safe to say that this tune means a lot to him.
Slip Away had a great jam; really psychedelic. It was enjoyed.
About the acoustic sets -- I had always read on Rust about how none of you wanted to hear Needle, HOG and SM. I always thought this was a sort of snobby attitude to take, because at every show there are those who have never heard these songs, or any Neil songs for that matter live. But after last night's show, I understand: THESE SONGS JUST DID NOT WORK. I love the quiet, countryish, sentimental Neil Young very very much, but at such a loud, testosterone filled Crazy Horse night, their performance was very incongruous to the rest of the show. It's hard to describe. They were just very out of place, and had no emotional effect on me. ONE EXCEPTION: when he let the audience finish Sugar Mountain on it's own, that was very moving, hearing the whole arena sing along to it.
Like A Hurricane: Words cannot describe this performance. I have never experienced anything like it. The man poured his heart and soul out through twenty minutes of deafening guitar, and I drank it all up -- it really felt that my soul and his were communicating. I don't remember that much of it -- it was like my mind was turned off and all I could hear was this soul of his, juxtaposed with my own rather potent and sad memories that this song provokes within me. I think I saw this before on here, but this song really should be called LIKE AN ORGASM because of the towering buildup and triumphant release that it has. THE SHEER EMOTION OF THIS SONG I DOUBT HAS EVER BEEN OR WILL EVER BE EQUALLED IN LIVE ROCK AND ROLL. I encourage everyone to hear it at least once so you can tell your great grandkids about it.
When the song was over, I was dead. I sat down and didn't even applaud -- I was too exhausted.
For his encore set, he started with This Town. I don't think anybody really wanted to hear it, I'm sorry to say. Not after Hurricane. He said "This is a song we don't know very well" before he played it. The song might have been better if it had been played earlier in the show, this was a strange placement.
Sedan Delivery was performed well, though it's not one of my favorite songs.
I'm going to share something personal that I thought of during Dangerbird. The show took place at the Forum, the home of the L.A. Lakers. I am a giant Lakers fan, and directly above the stage were the Lakers' six championship banners. As Neil sang "And though [his?] wings have turned to stone" I could't help but recall the glory of the Lakers past, and all those Laker heroes whose wings really have turned to stone. It was a deeply personal moment, sitting on the floor of the Forum, where great glory and heartache have been experienced. It touched me immensely.
I was hoping for RITFW, Powderfinger, or Roll Another Number, but alas they were not to be.
After the show I had a very interesting encounter.
It was a good night. I'll see you guys at Irvine Meadows.
-Jon Neal, MORNING SON
review by Wally Heser
WOW, what a show last night. That was about the 15th or 16th time I have seen Neil over the years. And each time is better than the last.
As was normal for LA, the place was slow/late in filling up. And I was not that shocked, when the lights came on after the show to find the place already almost half empty. Sad, but that's LA for you.
I just can't get into Patty Smith, didn't like her the first time around, and I still don't like her. Her band was very good, she just never let them shine.
Neil, what can I say... Three times in my 45 years I have had or seen the music turn magic.
The first time was with this band I was in back in the early 70's. It was two in the morning in a old garage, playing Down By the River. For the four of us, time just stopped. It was beyond any zone I have were been in since. It was as close to an out-of-body / magic / space thing has I have ever experienced. (I never did drugs other than grass, and yes I did inhale, but not on that night.) It is one of those times when everything just clicks into place. You can't force it, it just happeans. There is no drug that can match it. It is such a high. I can't put it in to words, but it is the most perfect/pure thing I have ever felt or seen.
The next time was seeing Gato Barbierri, a jazz sax player from South America. I watched as Gato and his horn became one. You couldn't tell where one ended and the other began. He made love to his horn and the horn made love with him. It again was that special kind of magic that music can be.
And now last night, Neil doing Slip Away. It was truly a most magical thing. Neil was Old Black and Old Black was Neil. It wasn't someone playing his guitar, it was a pure/perfect form of energy. It was magic. I don't know of any other way to tell it, words just don't cover or explain it. It is something that happens inside of you or them. For me, it was as close as I will ever come to a religious experience in this lifetime.
For me the show could have ended right then and there, and I would have gone home happy. But I am glad to say it didn't. Even if the rest of the show didn't match up to the one moment, it was still miles beyond anything else out there.
If we had had a earthquake last night during LAH, you would have never known. The radio said this morning that LAH was 36 minutes long! It was the most AWESOME! Rocked you down to the soles of your feet.
Now it's on to Irvine for tonights show. Interested in seeing the differences between an enclosed show and an open air show.
Would like to thank Richie for getting the tickets, and to all of the other Rusties that I was able to meet.
review by Ron Starrett
First of all let me say... I DID IT! I got the show on tape (my first ever Show I taped myself). I'll admit it is not the best quality, but it is listenable.
Ok, now the show. I really don't know what to say. This was my first Neil show (I've been waiting 3 years to see him) and it was more than what I expected. I was just blown away. I felt like I was in a trance, I was just mesmerized by Neil and the Horse.
I really enjoyed the electric Pocohantas, but when he played Big Time he really hit me. I don't know what it is about this song, but it has much the same impact as Down by the River. There is just an overwelming amount of emotion pouring out of those songs. I thought it wouldn't get much better, but then he played Slip Away and boy was I wrong! It sounded great.
I was hoping to hear the electric Needle but the acoustic sounded just as good. After a Heart of Gold with some technical problems and an enjoyable Sugar Mountain, Neil launched into Cinnamon Girl. It sounded as good and fresh as the EKTIN version.
Fuckin' Up sounded better than ever before, as well. Cortez was phenomenal, I once again felt myself floating away on the music. I felt that if I closed my eyes I'd be there with Montazuma. Then came Music Arcade. For some reason I really enjoyed this song. Once again I don't why, but this song is one of about five that stick out in my head from this show.
Like a Hurricane was awesome, but I could personally do without the ARC-ish drawn out ending. But that is my opinion. The encores were great as well. This Town was the first, and this is another song that stuck in my head (has this been played on the tour yet?). Sedan Delivery was next and it sounded vintage Live Rust-ish.
The last tune was excellent: Dangerbird was everything all the Rusties had been saying it was. I could have listened to the solos for the rest of my life! I could go on and on.
The only bummer was that I arrived too late to hang out with any Rusties before the show. And since I'm not in the Rustrow, that would've been my only chance.
I can't wait to see Neil again. Once again I'll make that drive down I-15 to Irvine. Rust or Bust! Hope to see y'all there. If any of you see a black Jeep Wrangler with a RUST OR BUST sign in it, that's me. Stop by!
review by Rich Proto-Rusty Schearer
Met a lot of Rusties at Richard Hand's truck in the parking lot. He tied balloons to it so we could find him. It was nice to meet real people and I was glad to have the opportunity to thank Rich for getting me the excellent ticket to tonight's Irvine Meadows show.
I think Neil played too loud for the Forum acoustics. I took my daughter, Christine, who's not a fan, just to see if she could get into it. I know the songs and the lyrics by heart, so I knew what was going on. But she was lost. His voice didn't always rise above the wall of sound. And the guitars were sometimes too distorted to distinguish the notes. I noticed some of the crowd leaving early, and apart from LA fans being famous for leaving in the 7th inning, I think the acoustics must have had something to do with it. So much for the bad part.
The good part is he played his heart out. About two hours of the good stuff. Highlights for me were:
A really clear Cortez
F**kin Up with an extra 5 minute rave up
And an overpowering Like a Hurricane, which ended with Neil whipping Old Black with his uprooted guitar strings, and Billy stomping his bass with his foot and beating it with a power chord.
My daughter, being a ska fan, liked Sedan Delivery and its superfast beat the best, as well as Sugar Mountain, which she says is the first song she remembers from babyhood (I played Live Rust every night at home for a year or two).
Thanks again, Rich.
PS. Loved Patti Smith. I think I should have paid more attention to her the first time around. Think I'll get her new album.
review by Anonymous
Fantastic concert last night as expected. I was there as a guest of Zeke Young (I'll explain the connection some other time). He could not have been nicer or more hospitable. Our seats were right in front of the sound board. Zeke said that although you can see better upfront, the sound was better a bit further back. We met his girlfriend along with many of his high school friends who had also been invited.
Zeke gave us a full explanation of the soundboard, mentioning that he had recorded DAT dubs from every performance. It is not known what they will be used for.
He also mentioned that Graham Nash appeared backstage, though he did not perform with NY and CH.
We were given VIP passes but that really only afforded us to go to a hospitality lounge. No sightings.
The Gin Blossoms opened and were quite good, running through a quick 40 minute set of their more popular songs. Then Patti Smith performed some highly psychedelic numbers and some very catchy melodies as well. Tom Verlaine on guitar.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse performed a predictable set list but the performance itself was quite inspired. The closing Like a Hurricane was just a pure aural assault. Zeke told us the decibel level would be quite high but the last 5-7 minutes felt like being next to a jet engine during an earthquake with no earplugs.
I am forty two and have been a fan of Neil Young since Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing. I am always amazed at the youth of Neil Young's fans, many of whom weren't even born when Sugar Mountain was first written and performed. Yet every fan in the place sang every verse of Sugar Mountain like it was an anthem.
All in all, it was a unique evening. My personal thanks to Zeke who went way out of his way to make the evening more interesting and enjoyable.
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My kindergartener decided he did not like what I had picked out for his 1st day of school but settled on his Spider-Man shirt which worked perfectly with his Spider-Man book bag, lunch box, and thermos. He even cooperated for the school pictures in front of the house.
He was excited to walk to the bus stop and get pictures with all of his friends.
As the bus approached we tried to get a picture of our neighborhood (all 67 kids?) but my kindergartener was too focused on making sure he got on the bus that he didn't join in that picture. He made sure he was the first one on the bus and in the first seat. I was so proud of him for being so brave.
I'm not sure getting on the bus first was the best idea as it took some time for the other 66 children to load the bus. I watched his face change from excitement, to uncertainty, to concern, to "I want off this bus!" Thank you to the kind bus driver that let me give him an extra hug and thank you to his friends that made room for him to join them on their bus seat.
Then my preschooler and I got in the car and drove to the school (like many other kindergarten moms) and I got there just in time to see my son get off the bus. Once again being very brave. Once I saw he was safely inside with his teacher we left before he saw us.
My kindergartener then rode the bus from Elementary school to an after school program which he'll attend for an additional 3 hours making his total day 6 hours of school.
Once again, I secretly was there taking pictures and making sure everything was ok. I then made the decision to run over to give him a quick hug and kiss and the happy look on his face was so worth it! I then quickly left before he decided he was ready to come home.
When it was time to pick him up I got there a little early and found him playing on the playground. When I asked if he wanted to go home he said, "No…" so his sister and I waited until he officially finished his day at school.
Do I really have to go home?
A few minutes into the ride home he started talking and talking and he continued to talk off and on the entire evening about his day.
I really cannot believe my baby is now in Kindergarten! Happy 1st Day of Kindergarten to my wonderful boy! May you always be so kind, considerate, compassionate, and provide joy to others. I love you!!
Congratulations to all of the parents with children starting school for the first time or returning back to school!!
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Gerald D. Richardson
Posted About Two Years Ago by Rik Anthony
Gerald D. Richardson, 95, of La Porte, Indiana passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
Gerald was born May 17, 1925 in La Porte, Indiana to George and Naomi (Schmidt) Richardson.
Gerald was the owner of Richardson Electric in La Porte for over 65 years. He served his country during WWII in the Army Air Corps.
On June 6, 1954 Gerald married Shurla Smith who survives. Gerald is survived by his wife of 66 years, Shurla; four sons, Bruce (Laura) Richardson of Waynesville, North Carolina, Brad (Dawn) Richardson of La Porte, Indiana, Byron (Dana) Richardson of La Porte, Indiana, and Brian (Jackie) Richardson of La Porte, Indiana; seven grandchildren, Kelly, Nolan, Christopher, Lindsay, Kyle, Mallorie, and Brock; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Charles and Larry Richardson; and great-grandson, Lennox.
Lana Richardson has written a special eulogy for her grandfather:
"For the last two weeks, the Richardson family came together for one of the strongest men I have been blessed to know. A man who could fix nearly everything. A quiet man. A gentle giant. He was quick-witted and spunky. He came off as intimidating but deep down had one of the kindest souls. He was a no-fuss kinda guy who quite simply...lived an honest life.
He would always grab your face and kiss you goodbye. He smiled adoringly at his grandkids and then his great-grandkids. H e was so proud as he smirked at their every move.
He was the one to call if you needed help. Grandpa Jerry was constant. He was security. And man, he loved his wife. Their bond was strong and their affection never fizzled - even in these last days. Last week, as the family gathered around and he was fading in and out, he tried so hard to look at each person in the eye. He gave extra time as if he was stamping our faces into his memory. At one point, he broke the silence and said as he looked around, "I'm making a goodbye movie." He held off another week and while his will kept him here longer than anticipated, his heart had come to peace with passing and we lost this beautiful man this morning. Husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather. The best roles he played.
I will hold his memory so close to my heart for as long as I live. I hope to possess a fragment of his grounded-ness, his intelligence, and the deep love he had for his family.
The Richardson family are undeniably a team. They reinforce one another's strengths and help carry the burden of any weaknesses. They are the direct result of Grandpa Jerry's legacy and I know he was so proud. Regardless, I would appreciate if you could keep everyone in your thoughts, send love, or pray. I believe I will see him on the other side of the stars. Until then...RIP Gerald Richardson, May 17, 1925-July 15, 2020."
Arrangements have been entrusted to Frank L. Keszei Funeral Home, Essling Chapel, 1117 Indiana Avenue, La Porte, Indiana. Burial will take place at Heckman Cemetery at a later date.
Please share prayers, condolences, and memories with the family at Essling Funeral Home.com.
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Barbie is on the beach and she is collecting shells, because there are many of them in different colors and shapes. Barbie is putting them in a bucket and then, she will clean them and maybe, she will give them to someone.
Barbie goes to a ball with a new dress, which is wonderful with a flower in her chest. It´s sunny and hot because she doesn´t wear a coat. She is so happy and she hopes to have fun and we think so.
Barbie is walking with two friends, the beard and the horse who don´t leave her alone. We don´t know what they are looking for but maybe, it has to be very important because the night is coming and they will have to come back home.
Barbie wants to wish you happy birthday and you can do the same if you print this card and color it. Maybe, you can put it in the present or give it to your friends...this is your decision. A perfect picture for girls.
Barbie is at the beach so she is wearing shorts and a flower top...it´s very hot but our doll is happy because the sea is near. Here, we can see her while she is walking with only one shoe, maybe her foot is damaged.
This is the little Barbie and it´s different from the one that we know. It´s smaller and she has got two beautiful wings for coloring with bright colors. She lives in the forest and helps everybody who needs it.
It´s a present for her though we can say that there are three, not just one. Barbie has three cats and she is so happy because she likes animals very much. Now, she is thinking of their name. What names do you like for them?.


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Gordon-Levitt is ready to take on the world.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has always been a confident man. His roles befit an actor comfortable in his ability, and his entrepreneurial side is demonstrated by his own production company – hitRECord – which he runs with his brother.
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So it's no surprise that, even at a relatively young age, the Dark Knight actor has stepped behind the camera to direct his first feature. Oh, and he stars in it, too.
"I think it always interested me," Gordon-Levitt said of directing. "From the very first time I was on a set, it fascinated me to see so many people doing so many different, very specific things, all working together," he added to Oakridger.com.
Asked if the idea of directed was a little bit daunting, the confident actor shrugged the notion off. "No, I didn't think of it that way. An actor's performance in a movie is not just made by the actor. So when I came up with the story for Don Jon, I didn't want to just act in it," he explained.
"I had ideas for what I wanted the camera to do, what I wanted to do with the editing, what I wanted to do with the music. That's why I wanted to direct the movie, so all those things could come together."
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It's also no surprise that Don Jon is really quite good. According to the critics, Gordon-Levitt has taken a well-trodden genre and added just enough to make it unique. It's a brave debut film, but doesn't mess with the constructs of Hollywood too much for it to be deemed far-fetched.
"The self-assured helmer shows genuine affection for his characters, balancing their openly satiric qualities with a disarmingly sincere human center," said Variety of the film, which also stars Scarlet Johansson. "The movie is a broad ethnic comedy, but there's nothing broad about the wicked-smart way it's executed. Even long-played-out stereotypes take on new life," say New York Magazine.
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2018 Setup
I've always been impressed by people detailing their setups for activity. It's part inspiring and part a treasure trove of tips. So with a head nod to Thord who inspired this one, here's my setup going into 2018.
I mostly do consultant work, front end development and UX design. But I also do some product development, which means writing and creating content. So my time is split pretty unevenly between: Design, Development, Entertainment and Creativity. I figured these might be good categories.
MacBook Pro 13" (space gray, touch bar edition) — I spend 90% of my time on this machine. I wish I didn't, but until I finish KodApp I can't properly work on my iPad Pro. The MBP is great though, it's no longer as overwhelmingly better than the compition that MBPs used to be. But this is still a fantastic machine.
iPad Pro 10.5" (silver) — my favorite device by far. I use it with two external keyboards, the Apple Smart Keyboard an Apple Keyboard in a Canvas cover, and the Apple Pencil. Can't get enough of it! Everything I can do, I do better on the iPad. It's just a much more limited device. And strangely, those limitations create both focus and creativity.
iPhone X (space gray) — I've had an iPhone since the iPhone 3G so you can imagine how well integrated into the ecosystem I am. The iPhone has captured more memories and facilitated more opportunities in my life than anything else (except maybe the internet itself). I could not be happier. And th X is simply the most iPhone of any iPhone so far.
Apple Watch (series zero) — I'm forever greatful to the Apple Watch for helping me catch my ex cheating, it had gone on for a long time and might've gone on a lot longer without the Apple Watch. But truth be told, I don't use it that much. I wear it every day but I read the time, temperature and measure my sleep. That's about it. When there's a nicer watch available with these featres (there are some already but none have caught my eye) I'll switch to that.
iPad Pro 10.5" — Already wrote about this device, but couldn't list creative tools without it. That's how good it is.
Notebooks and pens — I've always carried around a ton of notebooks and pencils to draw and sketch on. While I've been trimming these down over the last year I've also added a new habit: Every morning I journal in my Field Notes with my 0.7mm black Muji pen. It helps me stay acountable and learning.
Kindle Oasis — I read. A lot. And this is the best reading device I've ever had.
Nintendo Swith — I've always loved gaming, even used to work with game design, and this magical console has completely rekindled my sense of childlike wonder for gaming.
Apple TV — Netflix machine.
Paper by 53 — Probably the best sketching app ever. Use it with my Apple Pencil every time I start fleshing out ideas.
Figma — This is collaborative Sketch, in the browser. It's amazing, and allows you to prototype directly.
Keynote — Sometimes I have to present design, and I usually use keynote for that. Why? It's free and beautiful and easy to use.
Atom — Fantastic text editor for all your coding needs.
Zeit Now — The best collection of cloud tools for developers I've ever used. Check out everything Zeit does, and never use anything but Now as a dev environment.
Digital Ocean — If, and it's increasingly rare, Zeit's environments aren't configurable enough.
Field Notes — Great looking notebooks, for sketching and journaling.
Paper by 53 — Like I wrote above. Everything starts in Paper.
Spotify — For music, tried Apple Music, but I just missed curated playlists way to much. Before you say it, no, Apple Musics playlists are not even close.
Podcasts / Overcast — I try to live with defaults to understand users in all situations. But Apple Podcast app is just so bad I keep coming back to Overcast.
Audible / Kindle — I listen to books as much or even more than I read.
Twitter — The only social media I've ever truly loved. The company is doing everything wrong now a days, but I still love the free exchange of ideas. Wish someone could build a next generation of this.
Bear — My note taking app of choice.
Things — All my todos organised in a GTD system. Beautiful app that's a pleasure to use, all day every day.
Fjällräven G-1000 — my daily laptop bag. This is basically my office.
AirPods — The best headphones I've ever owned. Always with me, always in use, always work.
That's it! That's all the stuff I use on a daily basis.


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Dolores Membrives Fernández, coneguda com a Lola Membrives (Buenos Aires, 1888 - Buenos Aires, 31 d'octubre de 1969) va ser una actriu dramàtica argentina.

Amb deu anys va integrar un conjunt infantil i posteriorment formà part de cors, estudià música o cants i amb tretze anys debutà en un sainet líric, La buena sombra, dels germans Álvarez Quintero. Amb diset anys va començar a cantar i va cultivar la sarsuela, amb el género chico. Més tard es traslladà a la comèdia, fins i tot amb una companyia pròpia, des del 1920, de la qual fou una figura destacada. També s'implicà amb el drama, el sainet, el teatre crioll, la tragèdia i la tonadilla. Va difondre en els escenaris i els discs els cants criolls i en 1917 va incloure al seu repertori el tango. D'aquests va gravar alguns com Cara sucia, Maldito tango, Esta firme en la parada, Ojos negros, La chismosa, Milonguita. Es retirà el 1964.

Fons
El Centre de Documentació i Museu de les Arts Escèniques conserva alguna de les peces formada per vestits i dissenys de la indumentària que va portar l'actriu argentina.

Referències

Actors de Buenos Aires
Actors de teatre argentins
Morts a Buenos Aires
Naixements del 1888

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Matt Bianco
*in coop. with HOTB
The British pop band Matt Bianco is one of the most prominent stars of the sound of the 80s. Their countless unforgettable hits turned them into one of the biggest acts of this era. This extraordinary group has created its very own musical style – a mixture of jazz, Latin music and pop. Matt Bianco's rousing sounds paired with catchy lyrics have quickly reached the pop charts and created a large fan base. And who does not know their huge hits Half A Minute, Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed, Who´s Side Are You On?, or Yeh Yeh?
The group was formed in 1982 by Mark Reilly (vocals), Danny White (keyboards) and the late Kito Poncioni (bass) , all originally members of the band Blue Rondo A La Turk. They are mainly known for their success in the mid-1980s and their jazz, Latin-flavoured music.
For their first album Whose Side Are You On? they hired unknown Polish vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska. Her vocal arrangements gave the album a jazzy dimension that Reilly and White hadn't anticipated and hits like Get Out of Your Lazy Bed and Half a Minute turned Matt Bianco into one of the biggest acts of the 1980s . The band's name suggests that Matt Bianco is a personal name, but Matt Bianco is a fictitious character they invented from the spy, secret agent world that laid the concept for their music and imagery. "We loved spy TV themes and film scores from the 50s/60s/70s" said Mark Reilly.
Basia and Danny White left the group after the first album to pursue a career with Sony under the name Basia. Now without a musical partner, Mark Reilly found keyboard player and session musician Mark Fisher and recorded the next (self-titled) Matt Bianco album which included the big hit Yeah Yeah, followed by a European tour that saw them perform in front of more than 250,000 people.
Now Matt Bianco was a household name in Europe and Warner Brothers thought it was time to get them into the US market. In 1988 they hired Gloria Estefan's husband and producer Emilio Estefan and recorded the album Indigo, which included the singles Don't Blame It On That Girl and Good Times. Another song Wap Bam Boogie became European dance single of the year.
After another album with Warner Brothers – Samba In Your Casa (1991), Reilly and Fisher split from their record company and went freelance. From now on they would record their albums in their own studios and then offer them to independent distributors worldwide. This way they had total artistic freedom but still scored contracts with ZYX Music, Intercord in Europe and JVC-Victor in Asia. They created a loyal fanbase in Japan and the rest of Asia with the albums Another Time Another Place, Gran Via, World-Go-Round, A/Collection, Rico and Echoes with great success.
Basia and Danny White joined with Mark Reilly to reform the original Matt Bianco in 2003, after 20 years apart. In 2004, Matt Bianco released the album Matt's Mood on Universal Records. The following year they embarked on a world tour which included stops in the UK, Japan, and the United States.
In 2009, Reilly and Fisher joined forces again and released the album HiFi Bossanova on the German label Edel, their first studio album together for 7 years. They went on to perform concerts and jazz festivals worldwide and in 2012 released the album entitled Hideaway.
Looking to expand his creative outlook, Mark Reilly now teamed up with the Dutch band New Cool Collective to collaborate on an album called The Things You Love (New Cool Collective – Mark Reilly/Matt Bianco ) which along with concerts all over Holland has been very well received on its release in November 2015 .The album had a Worldwide release with JVC/Edel and a tour started in March 2016 carrying on into 2017 with great success.
Mark Reilly is looking forward to the next chapter of Matt Bianco after the sad loss of his long-term partner Mark Fisher.
A new Matt Bianco album nears completion featuring a new band of musicians from the Jazz world. The new album was recorded in Brixton (London) and Stockholm with collaborations from Jazz saxophonists Dave O'Higgins and Magnus Lindgren, mixed by Reilly in his studio in London.
The new album High Anxiety is available now on CD + Download!


is a collective of DJs, producers and artists who share a love for true House music. Our weekly Columbus-based House night was founded in 2002 by DJs Christina Coles (Ororo) and Nathan Rouke (Sparrow) as a means to revitalize the local House music scene. It served both as a venue for them to play the music they loved and as a place where new DJ talent could cut their teeth in front of a crowd.
A decade and a half later the night is still run by Christina and her DJ partner Brian Salyer (Dingo8), and continues to be Columbus Ohio's longest running weekly House music event. It is our sincerest wish to play an active role in preserving the peace, unity, love and fun that is the soul of House. In a world full of fast food music we strive to be a getaway for those who appreciate a home cooked meal.
While stationed in Germany during her service with the Armed Forces, Christina Coles first discovered House in the local clubs and instantly fell in love. When she returned to America and found DJs playing less and less of the style she liked, she decided to start spinning it herself in 2001.
In 2002 Ororo met DJ Sparrow and the two soon started spinning tag-team sets on a regular basis. Hungry for more gigs and disappointed in the number of House weeklies Columbus had to offer, they started Restart as place where they and other DJs could share their love for the music. She has opened up for some of the biggest names in the business: Richard Humpty Vision, Jacob London, Kaskade and Q-Burns Abstract Message, to name a few. Often heard saying, "If it doesn't make me dance, its not gonna make you dance," Ororo has sometimes been known to throw the headphones down and get out in the crowd herself. And when the headphones are back on you'll find her just as immersed in the music, eyes closed and vibing to whatever is playing.
Brian Salyer, better known as Dingo8 is a music lover at heart, starting his journey in garage bands in the 80's. Influenced by skate punk and alternative music, Brian started tuning into electronic music in the 90's. Working with 4 tracks and drum machines, Brian asked a friend to show him how to record with a computer. Years of experimenting led to the formation of Digital Coalition, a collective of DJs and producers that expanded his musical horizon. These years helped form Dingo into a DJ that is in tune with his dance floors.
By 2000 Dingo was producing house music which caught the attention of Restart House Music. After many bookings Brian was asked to run operations at Restart. Six years later Restart is still growing and keeping the vibe alive. Watch for Dingo to drop funky disco house, or some jazzy originals. Dingo has even branched out into the world of drum and bass, mixing soul samples with funky bass lines. Dingo8: DJ, producer, and musician, is constantly pushing himself to bring joy to dance floors everywhere.
Though he currently resides in Chicago, Nathan Rouke came into house through the late 90s Columbus rave scene. He started collecting records when he could no longer stand not knowing the names of the songs he loved, and after two months of practicing had his first gig. Spinning House tracks that are soaked with Funk, Swing, Disco and an occasional UK Garage bounce, he believes a good DJ mix is a form of storytelling where each song pushes your emotions in a certain direction.
Also educated in Illustration and Graphic Design, his artwork can be seen on this site and on the cover art for most of his mixes.
We have always prided ourselves on providing a venue for both new and seasoned DJ talent to play in front of a crowd of true House heads who love the music as much as we do.
If you'd like to play at a Restart House Music event contact Brian Salyer at dingo8@restarthousemusic.com or via Facebook. Visit the Events page for dates and times.


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Q: Added accessories have no services available after adding services in HomeKit simulator? So I'm trying to write a simple app to control my home kit devices, but I'm having trouble with the code.
Here is my code for browsing home kit accessories. But when I
print(accessory.services.count)

I get 0. Here is some of my code:
import UIKit
import HomeKit

class DiscoveryTableViewController: UITableViewController, HMAccessoryBrowserDelegate {

//outlets
@IBAction func backButton(_ sender: AnyObject) {
    navigationController?.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

@IBOutlet weak var saveButton: UIBarButtonItem!

let homeManager = HMHomeManager()
let browser = HMAccessoryBrowser()

var accessories = [HMAccessory]()
var selectedAcc: HMAccessory?

required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    super.init(coder: aDecoder)

    //setting the title to "Searching..."
    title = "Searching..."

    //setting the browser delegate = to self
    browser.delegate = self
    //searching for accessories
    browser.startSearchingForNewAccessories()

    //only searching for a short time to be efficient
    Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 5.0, target: self, selector: #selector(DiscoveryTableViewController.stopSearching), userInfo: nil, repeats: false)

}

func stopSearching() {
    title = "Discovered"
    browser.stopSearchingForNewAccessories()
}

override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

// MARK: - Table view data source

override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
    // #warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of sections
    return 1
}

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    // #warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of rows
    return accessories.count

}

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cellIdentifier = "DiscoveryTableViewCell"
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: cellIdentifier, for: indexPath) as! DiscoveryTableViewCell
    let accessory = accessories[(indexPath as NSIndexPath).row] as HMAccessory

    // Configure the cell...
    cell.discNameLabel.text = accessory.name

    //print(accessory.services.count)

    return cell
}

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    selectedAcc = accessories[indexPath.row]
    performSegue(withIdentifier: "showDeviceDetail", sender: self)
    //performSegue(withIdentifier: "UnwindToDeviceTable", sender: self)
}

override func prepare(for segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: Any?) {
    if segue.identifier == "showDeviceDetail" {
        if let destination = segue.destination as? AddDeviceViewController {
            destination.addedAcc = selectedAcc
        }
    }
}

// Informs us when we've located a new accessory in the home
func accessoryBrowser(_ browser: HMAccessoryBrowser, didFindNewAccessory accessory: HMAccessory) {
    accessories.append(accessory)

    //PRINTING SERVICES.COUNT
    print(accessory.services.count)
    tableView.reloadData()
}

func accessoryBrowser(_ browser: HMAccessoryBrowser, didRemoveNewAccessory accessory: HMAccessory) {
    var index = 0
    for item in accessories {
        if item.name == accessory.name {
            accessories.remove(at: index)
            break; // done
        }
        index += 1
    }
    tableView.reloadData()
}

}

In this class, I am browsing all my accessories. I can access all the names of all the devices, but when I print the "services.count", I get 0 every time. Can someone help? And yes I have added services and characteristics under each accessory in the HomeKit simulator.

A: I just confirmed this, services are not available until after you add an accessory to a home, which implies that you have paired with the accessory:
homeManagerInstance.primaryHome?.addAccessory(accessory, completionHandler: { (error) in
   print("ACCESSORY SERVICES: \(accessory.services.count)")
})

If you try to check service.count before that, it does indeed come back as zero.

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Три башни:
 Три башни Иокогамы — группа исторических башен, расположенных в Порту Иокогамы
 Три башни Сан-Марино — средневековые строения на трёх вершинах горы Монте-Титано
 Три жандарма — три отдельно стоящих скалы в северо-восточном гребне Эвереста


Who doesn't love a delicious doughnut. This is my extremely easy and insanely delicious baked version. Perfect for fall. Enjoy.
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a doughnut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In a bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.
Pour in the apple cider, milk, eggs, vanilla, and melted butter. Mix until everything is well incorporated.
Pour the batter to a Ziplock plastic bag and snip the edge.
Pipe the batter into the prepared greased doughnut pan. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the topping - in a bowl, mix together the sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Take out the doughnuts and let it cool slightly.
Lightly brush the doughnuts with the melted butter and then roll around in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
Serve the doughnuts with some fresh juice.


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Jim Keoghan
Everton NewsEverton Opinion
The year is 2045. The Moshiri-era is now approaching its 30th season, and the owner has just appointed his 50th manager. Having whittled away his entre fortune on the club, funds are limited.
After a search through the bargain bucket, to the fans dismay, the new arrival is the reanimated corpse of Sam Allardyce, who makes his fifth return to the club (the second since his demise). On his appointment, Allardyce is quoted as saying 'bnnngh, cluuurrhhh, mmruuggh'.
A lot of what's written about the future tends to have a dystopian perspective, rooted in an inescapable belief that progress will only make our lives bleaker and more brutal. As an Evertonian, it's easy to appreciate that jaundiced point of view. It's a challenge to look optimistically towards the future when you feel, in your heart, that no matter what happens, Everton will somehow conspire to fuck things up.
Aside from a deeply ingrained sense of pessimism that seems to run perniciously through our fanbase, for those of a more mature vintage this sense of foreboding is given foundation by the knowledge that we have all been here before.
Twenty-five years ago, the club was in a similar position to where it is now. A new owner had arrived and was splashing the cash around. After years of relative stability on the managerial front, the club was also becoming more trigger-happy. And a move away from Goodison was mooted too, the first time that the prospect of leaving for pastures new was ever considered.
As we all know, it all ended pretty badly. The money ran out, the club nearly went down and the move never happened. We were left frustrated. No amount of DJ Spuddles could ease our pain.
At the end of the Coventry game in 1998, when Everton had narrowly survived relegation on goal difference, I wondered how the previous few seasons would leave their mark. As fans we had gone from the hope of believing the good times were back to complete despair in the space of just a couple of years. There are few things more sobering, more evident of how futile that optimism was than sitting there unable to watch as one of the worst Everton sides in living memory very nearly played itself into the Championship.
Of course, you don't have to be old enough to know who Carl Tiler is to be scarred by Everton doing an 'Everton'. In the past few seasons alone, if nothing else, it feels like the club has become something of a league leader in the art of the false dawn. Every season seems to herald the beginning of something new, something exciting, something to emotionally invest in. And then, within a few months it's made clear that the foundations were built on sand and in fact what the dawn really heralded was exactly the same day as yesterday.
Following Everton increasingly has a Groundhog Day-esque feel, where you just have that feeling that everything has been lived through before, that we are trapped in an endless loop of hope-reality-disappointment. Except there is no escape. For us, every morning we'll wake up in a Punxsutawney bed and breakfast, listening to 'I Got You Babe' on the clock radio.
Even the club itself has fallen into this repetitive groove.
'We've got to put things right', 'We need to give a better account of ourselves', 'It's time we started showing what we can do.'
It's Monday morning. Everton have put in yet another anaemic performance over the weekend. Right on cue, one of the players will be shoved out in front of a reporter to offer us supporters a variety of banal platitudes. It's a cost-free measure of contrition to salve your post–defeat blues, the club's very own reflective response to underachievement.
Can we ever break free of this cycle? You have to think that it's possible. What the club needs is escape velocity, something to power us away from the gravitational pull of our own mediocrity. For a long time, we thought that money was all it would take, looking upwards at those above, conveniently turning a blind eye to Villa and Sunderland below.
That theory hasn't turned out well at all. Despite the millions spent, and the truckload of players brought in, I doubt there's many Evertonians who would trade the squad we have now for the one that David Moyes left us with. Worse than standing still, the club seems to have regressed since the Moyes-era, losing its mantle as the 'best of the rest' in the process.
Looking at the performances since the start of the season is there anything to suggest that 'escape velocity' will occur anytime soon? It seems unlikely. Narrowly taking points off struggling sides such as Wolves and Watford, failing to get anything out of games against teams who will likely finish in the bottom eight, unconvincingly dispatching lower league opposition in the cup. None of this suggests that the promised new dawn is going to deliver anything different from what we as supporters have endured for the past few years.
Despite the tsunami of solutions to the club's predicament that wash over social media after every defeat, I doubt any of us really know how to solve a problem like Everton. As a fan, the knee jerk reaction is often to call for the managers head. And it is hard to look at the sight of Marco Silva against Bournemouth, slumped on the bench, looking to all the world like a broken man and think that this is the answer to our deep-seated problems. Is a manager whose two tactical approaches to playing Sheffield United at home swung from unnecessary conservatism to 'throw enough shit at the wall' abandon really someone who should be in charge of project Moshiri?
But would a new incomer, specifically one drawn from the calibre of managers that Everton could likely recruit, do any better? Is there anyone out there who could provide that alchemist's touch, the missing piece in the jigsaw that would enable the club to become greater than the sum of its parts? There might be. Or they could just represent another false dawn, an arrival who would fail to cure this most Everton of diseases.
Regardless of the uncertainly that comes with a new arrival, you have to imagine that Moshiri's trigger finger is itching, the hammer half-cocked, Silva's broken face squarely in his crosshairs. One manager will be dispatched and another will arrive in its place. And with that the cycle will start all over again, fresh hope that this will the time when everything clicks. Every Evertonian hoping that one day they will wake up hearing a different song on the radio.
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I wonder what will come first – Moshiri appointing a top manager or closing his cheque book?
Surely wont keep spending big money and letting dud managers not coach them adequately
It will happen simultaneously… he will appoint someone as a last resort and they will end up being quality but have no money . Everton that
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DanEFC92 says:
Okay campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties cause its cold out there…its cold out there every day.
Arteta10 says:
Great post mate.
Sadly all too true


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Gonezie Marie-Josée Dominique Ta Lou (Bouaflé, 18 de noviembre de 1988) es una deportista marfileña que compite en atletismo, especialista en las carreras de velocidad.

Ganó tres medallas en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo, en los años 2017 y 2019, y una medalla de plata en el Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo en Pista Cubierta de 2018.

Participó en dos Juegos Olímpicos de Verano, ocupando el cuarto lugar en Río de Janeiro 2016 (100 m y 200 m) y el cuarto en Tokio 2020 (100 m). Fue la abanderada de su país en la ceremonia de apertura de los Juegos de Tokio 2020.

Palmarés internacional

Referencias

Atletas de Costa de Marfil
Atletas en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016
Atletas en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020
Deportistas de Costa de Marfil en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016
Deportistas de Costa de Marfil en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020
Abanderados en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020
Velocistas
Marfileñas del siglo XXI
Deportistas femeninas de Costa de Marfil
Atletas femeninas


We are not receiving all email.
Is this still a log in problem with frank@the-staffroom.com? I am still able to log in to Roundcube. Is he now able to? or not? There are new messages in his mailbox. Have you tried updating his password? Once we see we can get into Roundcube, then we can consider Outlook.
If this is a new problem, can you tell me who sent you something you did not receive? The email address of the sender and the approximate date/time will be enough to look.


At Ista La Stu, we believe thoughtful place making connects people and inspires organizations to thrive.
Through Our Design, Architecture and Project Construction Management Consulting services, we have an unparalleled track record of solving for the human experience, and design challenges.
We bring more than 10 years of expertise on many field and perspective, and believe we can help you create an environment that promotes meaningful interaction and exchange.


Counselling is a process of understanding and change. It involves looking at patterns of thinking and behaving to enable positive change. The therapist serves a listener and coach to help the client achieve their potential. To achieve good results I recommend that clientscommit to 4-6 sessions to allow sufficient time to start to see results.
How can seeing a Psychologist fix my problems?
A psychologist can help by identifying ways to improve a insight and client's coping skills. A psychologist cannot magically solve your problems, any more than a personal trainer can exercise and lose weight on a client's behalf. However, with expert advice, identification of underlying difficulties, and support to change, therapy empowers individuals to reduce their distress and increase their well being.
Each session is approximately 50-60 minutes. The intake session is usually a few minutes longer in order to obtain important background information. In most instances, 6-12 are recommended. At the beginning of therapy, clients attend sessions weekly. Once a treatment plan is in place, and the client has started to make changes sessions take place fortnightly.
Can I obtain a rebate to see a psychologist?
Yes, medicare rebates (of $80 per session) are available, provided you have received a mental health care plan (aka 2710) from a GP. When booking an appointment to request a Mental Health Careplan, ask the reception staff if you should book a double appointment to allow sufficient time for your GP to complete the assessment.


For years, financial institutions have worked in a reactive mode, especially towards regulations. They responded in a one-off fashion as new opportunities and challenges in customer demands, regulatory changes, and M&A activity presented themselves.
This has created an enormous problem: silos and patched systems unable to communicate with each other nor provide a comprehensive view of customers, products, and operational processes.


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The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
When you witness how a person dedicated his whole life to a cause he believed in and against all odds made the seemingly impossible a reality, it inspires you profoundly. The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding father, is one such exemplary figure.
And when you read his various memoirs, you get a good sense of his central traits and when you sense his heart and care for the people he governed, it moves you greatly. It feels like you had a stroll with him in a park on a cool breezy day with him humming lightheartedly along and no words were spoken. You know him in that way.
Others read about how Singapore developed from a third world country to a first, while I lived through it moving from a kampung attap house without even the basic sanitation when I was a few years old to public housing with good clean sanitation later and eventually private housing where we get to toy with designer finishes and all in my adulthood. And it was clear that one visionary leader with the utmost willpower, tenacity, intellect and dedication made it possible. Mr Lee is my personal Superman hero who inspired me to be a better person through his visions and value system he instilled into Singapore's cultural DNA. I was indirectly taught by him to be an honest and incorruptible person, to be a person of integrity and to never give up at times of adversity and be a fighter.
There is a sense of beauty to Mr Lee's almost ascetic way of living and unyielding focus to bring success to the nation and by default, every Singaporean. He attained a sort of "secular sainthood" through his life's work and way of life. After all, he created the miracle of this shining little red dot we call home today. I have not experienced another human source of inspiration more powerful than Mr Lee. Such inspirations from and respect for him pushed me to work for a few years before I could complete the creation and preparation of the public tribute exhibition to him titled "光宗耀祖" (Light and Brilliance).
It is with regret that I was not able to present the series of work to him in person. I dedicate this series of work to him and pay him the highest tribute I can as an artist and citizen and hope to share the artwork with all who love him.
He made me a better man and a proud citizen of Singapore.
Y/X (Chua Koon Beng)


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Knossos, Museum & Heraklion
Find yourselves learning about the history and culture of Crete by joining us on the tour to Knossos, Museum, and Heraklion. Starting from the Minoan palace of Knossos, discover with a guided tour the history of the 4000-year-old Minoan civilization, maybe the first European civilization. Then proceed to the Archeological Museum of Heraklion, with findings covering a span of 5,500 years of Cretan history. In the museum, there is also a guided tour. Finally, visit the center of Heraklion, where you will have free time to stroll in the streets with shops, cafes, and monuments of the island's more recent history.
Discover Knossos
Follow a guided tour in the place where Cretan history began.
Follow the continuous path of history of the Archeological Museum through its exceptional findings.
Explore Heraklion
Walk through the reflections of modern and old Heraklion, as they appear to you in the center of the city.
The palace of Knossos is located 5 km south of the city of Heraklion. The man who excavated and restored the palace was Sir Arthur Evans, a British archeologist, at the beginning of the 20th century. Knossos was one of the 4 Minoan palaces of Crete and also the largest one. The palace was a complex structure consisted of corridors connecting many rooms to each other. It functioned as the royal residence and as an administrative, economic and religious center. It is admirable to imagine that a civilization that old was capable of constructing such a big and well-organized palace. The throne room, the frescoes, the storerooms, the royal apartments and many more sites in the area will take you back in time, as you imagine how this civilization lived 4000 years ago.
The next stop of your tour is the Archeological Museum of Heraklion, located at the center of the city. It is one of the most well-organized museums of Greece and Europe, with findings covering 5.500 years of Cretan prehistory and history. The narrative of the Museum starts from the Neolithic period until Roman times. The visit to the Museum, which is also with a guided tour, will offer you the chance to see findings representing many aspects of the Cretan life during a large period of time. Weapons, agricultural tools, statues, original Minoan frescoes, all of these pieces of the island's big history are presented in a simple and fascinating way as you wander in the museum.
After learning about the ancient history of Crete, enjoy a stroll at the center of the Heraklion, the largest city of Crete. The city of Heraklion is the capital of the region of Heraklion, located at the center of the island of Crete. The modern city life is merged with the traces of Crete's recent history. From the Lion-square, where the Morosini fountain is located, you will have free time to discover the monuments representing the Venetian and Ottoman era. A few examples are the St Titus church, the Loggia, the fortress of Koules and many more. At the same time, there are many shops, restaurants, and cafes for you to explore and attract your interest.
At the end of your day, you will realize that the tour to Knossos Museum and Heraklion is actually a continuous narrative through the monuments of Crete's long history. You start from the Neolithic time in the museum, continue to the Minoan time in the palace and end up at the "city-museum" of Heraklion, representing the Venetian and Ottoman time.
Hat or parasole for Knossos
In Knossos
In Heraklion town
At Knossos Palace