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Composting Roundup
Applying Compost To Sequester Carbon
A thin layer of compost was applied on a 10-acre sloped section of rangeland in early December in the Altamont Hills east of Livermore, California, kicking off a carbon farming study. The land is part of a 1,600-acre property owned by StopWaste (the Alameda County Waste Management Authority) in the East Bay. The research project is a collaboration between the Alameda County Resource Conservation District (RCD), the University of California (UC) Merced, and StopWaste to engage agricultural producers in "carbon farming," practices that help capture greenhouses gases such as carbon dioxide, bolster groundwater recharge, reduce erosion, and increase plant productivity. The researchers chose the sloping land to measure results and compare them to tests already conducted on flatter areas.
Photo by David Fenton, courtesy of StopWaste
"Most grasslands in California occur in places with highly varied terrain," explains Rebecca Ryals with UC Merced. "If the results of our study are positive, planners and landowners should feel more confident about applying compost to a wider array of locations, including hillsides, which would greatly expand the applicability of the practice throughout the state." Ryals' Agroecology Lab studies ecosystem-based climate solutions and researches the effects of organic matter amendments to agricultural soils. Over the next three years, the research team will measure changes in the amount of carbon stored in the soil and greenhouse gases that are emitted from the soil, as well as measure the co-benefits provided by higher levels of soil carbon, including better water infiltration and forage production.
"The goal of our project is to demonstrate to ranchers that they can adopt new practices or adapt existing practices to sequester carbon," notes Alameda County RCD biologist Hillary Sardiñas. The RCD recently developed a Carbon Farm Plan for StopWaste's property that outlines practices — from compost application to riparian restoration — to sequester carbon while supporting the grazing operation and enhancing wildlife habitat. Spreading compost is viewed as the first phase in several designed to capture carbon. "This is just the first step," adds Kelly Schoonmaker of StopWaste. "Carbon farming shows a lot of promise in helping to reverse climate change impacts while returning organic matter back to the soil." The project is funded by a California Department of Food and Agriculture Healthy Soils Demonstration grant.
Collecting, Composting Food Waste On Martha's Vineyard
Photo by Randi Baird
Island Grown Initiative (IGI), a nonprofit that works to support regenerative food systems on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts, has spent the last four years collecting food waste in 32- to 48-gallon totes from restaurants, caterers, camps, and residential food waste drop-off sites at 6 transfer stations, 4 of which are operated by the Martha's Vineyard Refuse Disposal District (MVRDD). All food waste, including meat, bones, etc. are accepted, along with paper towels and napkins.
By summer of 2019, IGI's list of clients grew to 43. It collected 336 tons of food waste (not including December) — almost double the 180 tons collected in 2018. The base cost for the service is $90/month for weekly collection, and goes up in $30 increments depending on number of toters and frequency of collection, which ranges from weekly to 4 times/week for larger generators in summer.
To manage the increasing tons, IGI purchased a 1997 Ford F-Superduty food waste collection truck from The Compost Plant in Rhode Island that is equipped with a hydraulic lift on the back, and a power washing system for on-site cleanup of the toters. Contamination in collected organics is minimal. When issues arise, pictures are taken and IGI communicates directly with its clients — a benefit of having a smaller program. Contamination is screened out of finished compost.
Composting food waste on Martha's Vineyard is no small feat due to large increases in food waste generated in the summer months. IGI also has to contend with pests — primarily rats, skunks and seagulls — and there are no predator species like coyotes or foxes on the Island, thus they tend to multiply rapidly. A local biodiversity group was worried about the food waste providing a food subsidy for these pests, which in turn eat the eggs of endangered bird species like piping plovers.
To address the challenge, IGI sought a solution that would reduce the amount of whole food waste sitting in outdoor windrows. The opportunity came up to buy a used BW Organics rotary drum from Rocky Hill Farm, in Saugus, MA. With help from a generous donor, the rotary drum was purchased and installed in June 2019, and has been successfully operating, breaking down food scraps in approximately 3 days in the drum, so they are no longer a good raw food source for pests. The partially composted material is built into outdoor windrows. This initial processing phase has eliminated the seagull problem but the rats are attracted to the warmth in the windrows. IGI is working to mitigate that situation.
To date, over 425 yards of material have gone through the machine, at an average of 4.5 tons/day, 6 days/week. Another objective of installing the rotary drum was to demonstrate in-vessel composting at a small scale in anticipation of an island-wide project through the MVRDD. As a result of the successful demonstration, MVRRD is moving forward to design and permit a larger rotary drum facility at its transfer station in Edgartown.
Photo by Nevette Previd
About 360 cubic yards of finished compost produced in 2018 were screened in March 2019. About half was sold to the community, and the other half used for IGI's other programs including school gardens, a community garden, and a regenerative agriculture program. The same will be done in 2020 with material from 2019.
Authors of this update are Sophie Abrams Mazza, IGI Food Equity And Recovery Director, and Bob Spencer, BioCycle Contributor
2019 USCC Awardees
The US Composting Council released the people and projects receiving its annual awards:
Composter of the Year-Large Scale: Prince George's County Compost Facility, processing 70,000 tons of yard trimmings and food scraps each year in aerated static pile systems to produce LeafGro and LeafGro Gold.
Clark Gregory Award (grassroots): Jodie Colon of the NYC Compost Project at the NY Botanical Garden in New York City who has educated hundreds of Master Composters and thousands of Bronx residents about composting, supporting 55 community compost sites and working with hundreds of volunteers.
Organics Diversion Program of the Year: Finger Lakes Compost for its education and outreach that has led to hauling commercially and residentially generated organics to a nearby facility and reuse of grain bags to sell finished compost.
Composter of the Year-Small Scale: Rust Belt Riders, which began with bike-powered collection routes that grew to a fleet of four trucks hauling food scraps from 160 locations in the Cleveland region — and processes 35,000 lbs/month of material on a 500-sq.ft. permitted area.
Hi Kellogg Award (service): Jack Hoeck, who has been producing compost for 43 years for Rexius, Inc. in Oregon, and was a founding member of the Composting Council of Oregon, and currently serves on the USCC Certification Commission.
Rufus Chaney Award (research): Dr. Robert Miller, instrumental in creation of the Test Methods for the Evaluation of Composting and Compost protocol and the Compost Analysis Proficiency Program that underpin the USCC's Seal of Testing Assurance Certified Compost program.
Persistent Herbicide Use Is Persisting
Persistent herbicides at very low parts per billion level can impact sensitive garden plants such as fava beans.
Dan Goossen, Director of Composting at Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) in Williston, Vermont, and General Manager of Green Mountain Compost, recently posted an update about the continuing risk of compost contamination from persistent herbicides on the US Composting Council's (USCC) Soilbuilder Blog. The following is excerpted from Goossen's post: "In 2012, Green Mountain Compost suffered significant losses following the discovery of Aminopyralid (one of the more potent persistent herbicides widely used for agriculture) in the compost sold to its customers. CSWD incurred close to a million dollars in losses responding to and compensating more than 500 customers whose gardens were affected. Some improvements have been made since the incident seven years ago, however, usage of these compounds has not slowed down and the risk of contamination at composting facilities is very real and likely to get worse. Aminopyralid is not currently marketed in the Northeast, but it can still be purchased through online platforms and will be going off patent in January 2021 (meaning greater availability to consumers and likely less product stewardship from producers). The options for lab testing compost and manures for persistent herbicides are more limited than they were even a few years ago. Incidents continue to occur nationwide, but they are underreported due to the potential stigma associated with the compost products."
Composting facilities need to report incidents whenever they occur, emphasizes Goossen. "If you suspect you have had an incident involving persistent herbicides in your compost contact the USCC and your state pesticide control officials. Many of the persistent herbicides of greatest concern are also up for reregistration and review at the EPA in 2020."
Coping With Persistent Herbicides In Composting Feedstocks
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Unraveling The Maze Of Persistent Herbicides In Compost
USCC Persistent Herbicide Reporting Form and Factsheets
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The May 25th deadline for GDPR has come and gone and for most people the most tangible aspect was probably the flurry of emails they received in the run up to the deadline containing privacy notices from companies they had forgotten they had signed up with in the first place. Brief coverage of in the news over the go-live period highlighted that the majority of members of the public were unaware of what GDPR stood for or what it meant for them. This may well have been the first and last that they will hear about GDPR, and for companies, it may be tempting to think that the hard work is done and it is back to 'business as usual'.
This typifies the confusion about what GDPR means in practice; the reality is that the practical ramifications of the new regulations are only likely to become apparent over time.
We can all read the GDPR regulations; the Information Commissioners Office have provided a number of straightforward guides to the regulations: click here to read them. However, once you get into the detail of the new rules they can have some pretty significant practical implications, and while companies have put in place procedures to reflect the rules, I suspect these are to a greater extent untested.
For example, amongst the many emails I received last week was one from a major company I have not had dealings with for a couple of years. So I wrote to them asking for them to delete my information save for what they need to keep for legal or equivalent purposes. One month later I am still waiting for their response!
The more clued-up companies, particularly those whose business models depend on our personal data, are clearly giving this area more thought. Still, based on personal experience it is not clear that they are making it easy for you and I to manage our data and in particular, to control access to it by third parties. For instance, if you go onto a certain social networking site, it is relatively straightforward to use 'privacy settings' in order to limit access to your personal data by individuals outside your circle of friends, but try finding similar settings for third-party companies! Indeed, a number of social networking sites have already received lawsuits relating to GDPR, in particular about the 'all or nothing' nature of the consent agreements.
There is a danger that companies 'tweak' existing processes to 'meet' these requirements rather than thinking more fundamentally about the implications of each of these for their processes. Ultimately, time and the ICO will tell whether they are fit for purpose.
GD Financial Markets has extensive experience helping firms to get ready for GDPR. If you would like practical guidance including an assessment of your current processes, please contact financialmarkets@gordondadds.com.


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Berkshire Activists Continue Push For County Communities To Adopt Trust Policies
BY JOSH LANDES
Community activists are working to pass local ordinances in the sanctuary city model in communities in the Berkshires.
A collection of different Berkshire grassroots organizations have come together with a very specific mission: get individual communities in the county to pass their own versions of a trust policy.
"A trust policy is a local ordinance to promote trust, safety, and inclusion for all people in a community by passing a local ordinance called a trust act or a trust policy to ensure that local police equally and equitably respect the rights of all members of the community, and specifically don't work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to target and deport undocumented immigrants outside of criminal cases," said Jeff Lowenstein. He's a community organizer for Berkshire Interfaith Organizing — or BIO — and a Berkshire native. "And I'm one of BIO's representatives to the Trust Policy Partnership, which is a group that formed as part of the campaign to pass the Great Barrington trust policy last year, to working to pass these kinds of policies in cities and towns throughout Berkshire County."
Lowenstein says the movement emerged from the 2016 election and the subsequent Trump administration crackdown on undocumented immigrants in the United States.
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In the Details: Building the Hemingwrite, a Modern-Day Typewriter for the Distraction Prone
By Carly Ayres - January 16, 2015
Patrick Paul and Adam Leeb were frequenting the same co-working space in Michigan in early 2014 when they first began discussing the pros and cons of various distraction-free writing software. Paul, a software developer, was telling Leeb all about programs that don't allow the user to backspace, or that begin to delete what's been written if the user pauses for more than 30 seconds. From these discussions came the idea for the Hemingwrite.
"If someone's going to that extreme to help them write, I figured, okay, maybe there's something to this," says Leeb, a mechanical designer. "So we came up with this idea to make a writing-dedicated hardware device and take that distraction-free software one step further." Together, Paul and Leeb designed and built the Hemingwrite, essentially an update of the standalone word-processor machines of yesterday, with an e-paper screen and cloud storage for documents. As of this writing, the device has surpassed its Kickstarter goal of $250,000 by almost a hundred grand.
Despite diverse backgrounds that span everything from investment banking to political science, Paul and Leeb's respective focuses on software development and mechanical engineering were the driving force behind the creation of the Hemingwrite. With Paul handling the on-board software as well as Postbox, Hemingwrite's unique web application for saving and syncing documents across platforms, Leeb tackled the physical product side of things, from initial rough sketches to final 3D models and production.Research began by looking at word processors of the 1980's and '90s, which were mostly tailored to the educational market. For the few that were designed for professionals, such as the TRS-80, there were around 40 to 50 different models that Paul and Leeb looked at, alongside typewriters, for inspiration. For the developer and the designer, it was crucial that the Hemingwrite be a genuinely useful tool. "Both Patrick and I are really strongly against working on things that are a flash in the pan," Leeb says. "Even though to the lay perspective the Hemingwrite might seem like a toy, it's really not."
The design process was a quick and short loop—Leeb handled everything from design to manufacturing on a very short timeline. Starting with what Leeb refers to as "the wedge," the mechanical designer began by slowly introducing the most basic, necessary features and incorporating them into this rudimentary form. In the upper left corner, a straightforward red button turns the device on and off. Two screens—one for writing and a smaller one for displaying statistics and usage info—sit just above the mechanical keyboard. Two large switches control, on the left, a folder system for organizing documents and, on the right, Wi-Fi connection options.
"The philosophy behind the switches is that we wanted to have no menus or setup screens at all," Leeb explains. "So that anything that you needed to do outside of the actual writing, we wanted it to have a physical hardware switch." Although Leeb and Paul experimented with scroll wheels and other types of buttons, ultimately they agreed that they wanted something entirely different for the Hemingwrite. They also sought to avoid control-key combinations, firmly believing that the mechanical keyboard interface should only have one purpose—writing. So they settled on the two large radio switches on either side of the device, within easy reach of the keyboard.
For the exterior casing, Leeb wanted the product to be durable and portable without needing a separate case. He opted for raising the surface of the device around elements on the face, like the two switches and the screen, allowing it to be thrown into a bag and carried around with minimal damage. "People call it hipster, which I actually take slight offense to, but it's fine," Leeb says. "The design is actually more of a military, industrial style." The device also has a built-in handle that tucks away for easy carrying.
Two of the many TRS-80 models the designers looked at during the research phase
Modeling "the wedge" in SolidWorks
CNC toolpaths
Modeling the handle
Leeb gave the Hemingwrite a wider base for squatness, along with decorative cuts along the sides to streamline the design and echo its predecessors. He took particular inspiration from the Olivetti Valentine, admiring its skeletonized keyboard and total lack of skeumorphism. While a skeletonized keyboard was out of the question for production's sake, Leeb did borrow details like the added rim around the keyboard area and corner radiuses. "There's only really a hint of that left in the design, but it was something that I really liked," he says. "Other aspects I tried to keep fairly simple. I wanted the metal part of the housing to go above the key caps, so that's why it's raised where the switches are, that's why that's raised to protects the keys."
The width of the machine was dictated by the use of a full-size mechanical keyboard, one of Leeb and Paul's favorite features. "When you start showing a mechanical keyboard to a regular person, they just have this incredible reaction to it," Leeb says. "The new ones are really cheap and they're fine, but people get this immediate reaction to typing on our keyboard—it's as though we invented this keyboard, when in reality this is something that we are just bringing into the mainstream again." The height for the entire design was based on what was necessary for the angle of the keyboard in combination with the screen, allowing some room for the switches and other necessary hardware and electronics beneath the hood. The angle of the keyboard was based on ergonomics best practices, and placed as close to the work surface as possible.
An aluminum blank in the Haas CNC mill
Left: Leeb making the handle cup. Right: final machining of the case
The version-one prototype
As for the screen size and placement: "That's the best that we can do, really," Leeb says. "We tell people that it's a similar experience to writing on a laptop. You know, it's no better and no worse. I'd love to have the screen at eye level, but to have a continuous device that you can carry around is pretty tough if you want to have, like, a detachable screen or some humongous screen attachment." Leeb wanted to avoid hinges of any kind, which also affected decisions around the screen's aspect ratio. "As soon as you actually start using it, you really don't need a big screen," Leeb says. "It's better because your eyes don't have to travel that far."
The final design was modeled in SolidWorks, beginning with that initial wedge form and building out the design. "I started with the wedge, but it was all virtual," Leeb says. "I literally didn't fabricate anything, so the first product I showed was about 99 percent of what it looks like right now."
Today, with the Kickstarter clock ticking, Paul and Leeb's main focus is getting the Hemingwrite manufactured and in the hands of backers. Any funds raised beyond their goal, the two promise, will go toward further developing the software to support third-party applications like Final Draft and Scrivener. "Are there things that we could potentially add on to it?" Leeb asks. "Yes. But honestly, we're not thinking about that right now. We just need to get this product out. The timer is on."
Carly Ayres
Carly Ayres is a partner at HAWRAF, a new design studio in New York. She used to pen "In the Details," Core77's weekly deep-dive into the making of a new product or project. Along the way, she's covered rugs with dinosaurs, shrink-wrapped buildings, kinetic military boots, and a myriad of other topics that can just barely be classified as industrial design. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in New York.


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Lebron to Philly: The Potential Problems with Signing The King
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Philly Philly! That was the primary slogan throughout the sports world as the Philadelphia Eagles took home the city's' first championship in a decade. A championship vibe has been dancing through the streets of Philadelphia as we are in a rare time, in which all four of our major sports teams have something going for them. Villanova just won a National Championship, the Flyers made the playoffs, and the Phillies look like they're pushing for a playoff run this year. Besides the Eagles, a separate Philadelphia sports organization stands out amongst the group.
"The 76ers will win the championship this year" said Philadelphia 76ers fan and Ridley High School senior Nicholas McDermott. "No one is stopping us. Sam Hinkie has blessed us with talent." Sam Hinkie is the Sixers former General Manager, who at first made executive decisions to land draft picks to acquire the stars we have now.
Finishing the season a whopping 52-30, a vast improvement from their 10-72 record two years ago, it might not seem like they want or need anyone. However, rumors of Cleveland Cavaliers forward Lebron James coming to the City of Brotherly Love are circulating. James is aging, and is the only current player even close to reaching the records of all time great basketball legend Michael Jordan.
A legacy is on the line, but some 76ers fans despise the thought of signing the king. "If we sign him, I will feel bamboozled and flat out deceived" says McDermott. "I want an organic championship."
By organic, he means that he wants a championship roster of players either signed in free agency, accumulated through the draft, or traded. The feeling of winning a championship with a roster of players that have spent their career with the team is more satisfying than having Lebron come here and guarantee us a final's appearance. However, a final's appearance is something the city has been craving for 17 years.
"If Lebron James signed with the Sixers it would be amazing," says Sixers fan and Ridley Alumni Ken Fridy. "I don't think anybody would've foreseen the biggest name in basketball since Jordan signing with the Sixers even just two years ago."
In a way, Lebron signing with Philadelphia is eerily similar to Kevin Durant signing with the Golden State Warriors. Of course we are yet to see what the future holds for the Cavaliers in this year's playoffs, but both athletes would have left their former team and joined a heavy playoff contender.
Some fans insist that the Sixers are already the best team in the Eastern Conference, and that Lebron is the last piece needed in order to win a championship.
Signing Lebron would be the missing puzzle piece in obtaining a championship for the 76ers and the city of Philadelphia. Any time you have a chance to get the best player in the world, you take it," says 76ers fan David Kilgore. A realist, he bashes Philadelphia sports teams' flaws, but never jumps on other teams' bandwagons. His quote says a lot, considering he does extensive research tweeting over 19 thousand times.
"I would feel many different emotions if Lebron signed with us," says longtime Sixers fan Daniel McGuire. "I would feel great that we'd be on top of the NBA game, but at the same time I would feel that we took the easy way out to make the Finals."
Lebron to Philly is certainly a controversial topic with varying opinions. However no one can deny that the move would shake up the basketball world.
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So many yellow 2014 Purbeck T-shirts were at the Poole Park Run, the morning after the night before! Well done to everyone who ran our 10k then did a 5k a few hours later.
Many thanks for your entry into this year's event. This is the final entry list. Entries & Transfers are now closed.
Many thanks to our outstanding official photographer Bobbi for this amazing set of snaps from the 5th annual Studland Country Fair 5k, held on Sunday 25th August 2013. Hope you all enjoy them; thank you for all for taking part helping making the event so much fun!


In the final time trial of the Étoile de Bessèges (2.1, 07-10/02) the riders had to conquer a time trial of 10.7km. At the end the difficult climb to the Ermitage in Alès waited for the final kick. Thomas Degand clocked the best Wanty-Gobert time, resulting in a 17th place in the day's results. Newcomer Aimé De Gendt set a 23rd time. Christophe Laporte hit a double with stage and overall victory. In the final GC Degand is thanks to his strong ITT also our first placed as 18th.


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The ongoing growth and success of Korowal School is built on a foundation of responsible and accountable governance. The governing body of the School is the Korowal School Board (KSB). Korowal School is a not-for-profit company incorporated in NSW. We encourage parents and carers to become voting members of the Company when they enrol their child.
The daily running of the school is in the hands of the School Principal and the Executive. The Principal is the School's Chief Executive Officer and reports to the Board. Our current Principal is Barb Fitzgerald, a long-time teacher at the School.
The Executive consists of the Principal, Barb Fitzgerald, the Deputy Principal/High School Coordinator, Alistair Symons, the Primary Coordinator/Deputy Principal Bec Finch and the Business Manager Melanie Williams.
The Directors of the School Board are elected every two years and are currently composed of seven (7) elected members, being five (5) parents and two (2) teachers. This arrangement allows for the consensual and efficient operation of the School, both administratively and educationally, and encourages a constructive partnership between parents/carers and teachers. We strive for consensus in all decisions.
Parents and teachers are encouraged to take an active interest in school governance through voting or nominating for election to the School Council. There is an Annual General Meeting in May each year.
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Mad Decent Boat Party in search of person who has gone overboard
The promoters behind Mad Decent Boat Party are currently performing a huge headcount and sending out lifeboats in search of a passenger who has gone overboard. The problem was discovered earlier today when rumors were spread the person jumped instead of actually falling over. The boat has halted all events until everyone is accounted for, all stages have temporarily been shut down till further notice. A fan who is on board (@Zethussuen) is currently live-tweeting the situation but nobody has been found yet.
UPDATE (11/13/2015): Mad Decent has released another statement this morning stating the search for the missing woman is still underway and that the cruise ship is en route back to Miami.
We are deeply saddened by the news that one of our guests on our current cruise went overboard on November 12. The Coast Guard is now leading all search and rescue efforts and the ship is enroute back to Miami. The safety and security of our guests and the ship's crew is our number one priority, all appropriate safety precautions will continue to be taken for this and all of our events. Our hearts go out to the family and all involved in this incident, and we will continue to support those affected during this difficult time.
UPDATE: Mad Decent have released a statement.
Thursday, November 12 during the chartered cruise on Norwegian Pearl, a female guest was observed intentionally going overboard while the ship was sailing the Yucatan Channel. The ship's crew immediately initiated rescue measures, including deploying three rescue boats and notifying the Coast Guard and other relevant authorities. The search for the guest is ongoing. Both the ship and charter company teams are providing support to the family and all impacted guests during this difficult time.
"Announcement came on that nobody has been found yet"
"Search continues. Another lifeboat launched, bringing the total to 3"
"Announcement came on additional rescue services have been deployed. Still searching"
"Lifeboats still out. Cruise boat is now following drift pattern as we keep looking"
Lifeboats just went out, but holy shit it's dark pic.twitter.com/JhU9UmSmL8
— Ze Sus ✏ (@zethussuen) November 12, 2015
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Ho Chi Minh City is seeking investors for Binh Quoi - Thanh Da urban project, which was initially kicked off 26 years ago but hardly a brick has been laid so far.
About 36 per cent of the senior management teams in Vietnam included women, according to the latest Women in Business research from Grant Thornton International.
The bank is focusing on technology transfer projects and encouraging Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises to set footholds and expand in Vietnam.
Nearly 70 per cent of Japanese companies want to expand their business in Vietnam.
The two new billionaires have total asset value of $3 billion.
The Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of Finance have signed an agreement on funding the improvement of transport connectivity in northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam.
A number of countries have intensified scrutiny over pork imports from Vietnam.
Danang will grant investment licenses to three foreign-invested projects worth nearly $350 million during a meeting with investors this morning.


Your State Council had an urgent email meeting last night to assess the Liberal National Party's response to your vision to revive the service in the Code One Action Plan. The letter was received late yesterday afternoon and not signed by either Campbell Newman or his Deputy Jeff Seeney – it was signed by the party's state director.
See the full LNP response here and judge for yourself. You will receive a letter from United Voice today or tomorrow that was sent before the LNP's last minute response was received late yesterday afternoon.
At that point, State Council had rated the LNP's lack of response as a zero. State Council urgently convened last night so we could update you on the LNP response. Please take this bulletin and the social media posts this morning as the update on the LNP position.


Yea, I own the blue & silver c10 that Hills built...Iwould post pics, but I cant get them to load on here. They seem to load fine anywhere else but here.
Yeah, I'm having a hard time uploading new pics onto my profile right now too.


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Updated: 12:00 AM PDT Oct 16, 2013
Michelle Imperato
Two trustees on the Hartnell Community College board are fighting for re-election.The board president and trustee representing District 7, Candi DePauw, is being challenged by political newcomer Joel Hill. And the trustee for District 5, Ray Montemayor, is fighting for re-election against another newcomer, Felicia Perez-Kausin.VIDEO: Meet the candidatesOver the years, Hartnell has had its share of controversy.For the second time in two years, the college was recently put back on probation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. It was determined that the college was not meeting all of its accreditation requirements. The board and new Superintendent and President Dr. Willard Clark Lewallen have been working toward keeping the school on the right track so students don't suffer the consequences. If the school were to officially lose accreditation, students may have trouble transferring credits to other universities.Candi DePauw has been a trustee for the college since 2009. She admits that before being elected, she had never been involved in education, other than being a student.DePauw was born in Texas but has lived in South County for 30 years. She's a landscape contractor, she works for Monterey County Agriculture Education and is the coordinator of Farm Day. She said she's a good choice to represent her community because, "I've spent quite a bit of time learning the role of the trustee and the types of things that the college and the college community needs from the board of trustees."DePauw says one of the accomplishments she is most proud of, is being a part of the decision to hire Superintendent Lewallen. She says he's been an integral part of uniting the board and tackling the recommendations to get the school off probation, which is her main goal. "Frankly the accreditation issues are probably the most important thing because accreditation exists so that the school can evaluate where they are and what they're doing. Are they achieving the goals and are they going forward, are they getting better?" DePauw said. Opponent Joel Hill says he's been considering a run for the board of trustees for many years. He says now seemed like an appropriate time, claiming the current board appears to be at odds. Hill says he can help the college meet recommendations to get off probation and maintain accreditation status. "Some things need somebody to actually sit down and go over the language, which not everybody always wants to do, I'm that guy. I believe in transparency, accountability, and holding people responsible."Second to accreditation, Hill says is the importance of creating more vocational and certificate programs. "You're skilled that where you can get a certificate in 18 months to 2 years and have a real job and not only that, a real job that's local. I think we need to focus on local jobs," Hill said. Hill says he's more than qualified to represent the 7th District. Born and raised in King City, Hill has deep family roots in South County dating back more than 100 years. He's a former student of Hartnell College; he majored in agribusiness. Hill also worked for the Ag Commissioner's Office for nearly eight years and is currently a business field Representative for SEIU 521. Being a labor representative, Hill also wants the college to consider using union and local labor whenever there is a building project at the college.Recently, Hill partnered with current Hartnell Trustee and candidate for District 5 Ray Montemayor for a proposed joint powers agreement for maintenance of city vehicles throughout the county. Montemayor Has been serving as Trustee for his district since 2009. "We've done a lot of work, good things… and I'd like to continue with the things we're doing" Montemayor said.Montemayor is best known for being a migrant farm worker, a member of the Board of Directors for the Sunrise House and a longtime employee for the city of Salinas. It's also been reported that Montemayor is a member of the activist group, The Coalition. The group is known for preaching about education, oppression and getting more Latinos elected to office. Montemayor says he's proud to have been a part of the decision to hire Superintendent Lewallen and help Hartnell get on the right track towards getting off probation.Much like candidate Hill from District 7, Montemayor also wants to see the school offer more vocational and certificate programs, specifically the Auto Repair Program that was shutdown. Montemayor also expresses concern student enrollment, "We need to broaden the pathways to students. To go to Hartnell with the state of the economy, it's narrowing the fulltime students that we can accept. We need to widen it, meaning for veterans, California dreamers, we need to find a way to get more people in instead of less."Opponent Felicia Perez-Kausin says she's been looking to get involved with Hartnell for quite some time. She says she wants what's best for the students, and points out right now, the board appears split."How do we get the retention higher? How do we grow? How do we get off probation? How do we make it about them and not about personal agendas? I think that's really important for the school and what it represents," Kausin said. A former Hartnell student herself, Perez-Kausin says her top priority is seeing through the accreditation process: "You talk about being on probation, it's the security, they want to feel secure. They want to know that the classes they're taking are going to transfer." Perez-Kausin explains she would also like to see more outreach to middle school students, to get them thinking about local college at an early age.Perez-Kausin may be new to the political arena but she insists she's no stranger to working with a team and getting results. Perez-Kausin was born and raised in Salinas. She has experience working in banking, sales, marketing and budget development. Perez-Kausin is a wife, mother of two and grandmother to one. She says she's spent much of her adult life as a volunteer for the community, with organizations like Community Foundation for Monterey County Women's Fund Impact Committee and Women's Economic Security Working Group. She's also served as a board trustee for Monterey College of Law.
SALINAS, Calif. —
Two trustees on the Hartnell Community College board are fighting for re-election.
The board president and trustee representing District 7, Candi DePauw, is being challenged by political newcomer Joel Hill. And the trustee for District 5, Ray Montemayor, is fighting for re-election against another newcomer, Felicia Perez-Kausin.
Commitment 2013: Hartnell College trustee race in Salinas
VIDEO: Meet the candidates
Over the years, Hartnell has had its share of controversy.
For the second time in two years, the college was recently put back on probation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. It was determined that the college was not meeting all of its accreditation requirements. The board and new Superintendent and President Dr. Willard Clark Lewallen have been working toward keeping the school on the right track so students don't suffer the consequences. If the school were to officially lose accreditation, students may have trouble transferring credits to other universities.
Candi DePauw has been a trustee for the college since 2009. She admits that before being elected, she had never been involved in education, other than being a student.
DePauw was born in Texas but has lived in South County for 30 years. She's a landscape contractor, she works for Monterey County Agriculture Education and is the coordinator of Farm Day. She said she's a good choice to represent her community because, "I've spent quite a bit of time learning the role of the trustee and the types of things that the college and the college community needs from the board of trustees."
DePauw says one of the accomplishments she is most proud of, is being a part of the decision to hire Superintendent Lewallen. She says he's been an integral part of uniting the board and tackling the recommendations to get the school off probation, which is her main goal. "Frankly the accreditation issues are probably the most important thing because accreditation exists so that the school can evaluate where they are and what they're doing. Are they achieving the goals and are they going forward, are they getting better?" DePauw said.
Opponent Joel Hill says he's been considering a run for the board of trustees for many years. He says now seemed like an appropriate time, claiming the current board appears to be at odds. Hill says he can help the college meet recommendations to get off probation and maintain accreditation status. "Some things need somebody to actually sit down and go over the language, which not everybody always wants to do, I'm that guy. I believe in transparency, accountability, and holding people responsible."
Second to accreditation, Hill says is the importance of creating more vocational and certificate programs. "You're skilled that where you can get a certificate in 18 months to 2 years and have a real job and not only that, a real job that's local. I think we need to focus on local jobs," Hill said.
Hill says he's more than qualified to represent the 7th District. Born and raised in King City, Hill has deep family roots in South County dating back more than 100 years. He's a former student of Hartnell College; he majored in agribusiness. Hill also worked for the Ag Commissioner's Office for nearly eight years and is currently a business field Representative for SEIU 521. Being a labor representative, Hill also wants the college to consider using union and local labor whenever there is a building project at the college.
Recently, Hill partnered with current Hartnell Trustee and candidate for District 5 Ray Montemayor for a proposed joint powers agreement for maintenance of city vehicles throughout the county. Montemayor Has been serving as Trustee for his district since 2009. "We've done a lot of work, good things… and I'd like to continue with the things we're doing" Montemayor said.
Montemayor is best known for being a migrant farm worker, a member of the Board of Directors for the Sunrise House and a longtime employee for the city of Salinas. It's also been reported that Montemayor is a member of the activist group, The Coalition. The group is known for preaching about education, oppression and getting more Latinos elected to office. Montemayor says he's proud to have been a part of the decision to hire Superintendent Lewallen and help Hartnell get on the right track towards getting off probation.
Much like candidate Hill from District 7, Montemayor also wants to see the school offer more vocational and certificate programs, specifically the Auto Repair Program that was shutdown. Montemayor also expresses concern student enrollment, "We need to broaden the pathways to students. To go to Hartnell with the state of the economy, it's narrowing the fulltime students that we can accept. We need to widen it, meaning for veterans, California dreamers, we need to find a way to get more people in instead of less."
Opponent Felicia Perez-Kausin says she's been looking to get involved with Hartnell for quite some time. She says she wants what's best for the students, and points out right now, the board appears split.
"How do we get the retention higher? How do we grow? How do we get off probation? How do we make it about them and not about personal agendas? I think that's really important for the school and what it represents," Kausin said.
A former Hartnell student herself, Perez-Kausin says her top priority is seeing through the accreditation process: "You talk about being on probation, it's the security, they want to feel secure. They want to know that the classes they're taking are going to transfer." Perez-Kausin explains she would also like to see more outreach to middle school students, to get them thinking about local college at an early age.
Perez-Kausin may be new to the political arena but she insists she's no stranger to working with a team and getting results. Perez-Kausin was born and raised in Salinas. She has experience working in banking, sales, marketing and budget development. Perez-Kausin is a wife, mother of two and grandmother to one. She says she's spent much of her adult life as a volunteer for the community, with organizations like Community Foundation for Monterey County Women's Fund Impact Committee and Women's Economic Security Working Group. She's also served as a board trustee for Monterey College of Law.


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Review: A Beach Wish, by Shelley Noble
26 June 2019 by Melissa
About the book, A Beach Wish
• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (June 25, 2019)
New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble returns to the beach in her latest summer read about the family we create and the wishes we make that can shape us.
Zoe Bascombe has never said no to her family. When she blew her Juilliard audition, she caved to their wishes and went to business school. But when her mother dies and leaves instructions for Zoe to spread her ashes at a place called Wind Chime Beach, she defies her brothers and starts out for a New England town none of them has ever heard of and discovers a side of her garden club mother that her wildest dreams hadn't imagined.
Zoe has another family.
Her first instinct is to run home. Instead she is caught in the middle of her feuding new relatives. With one family fighting among themselves and the other not speaking to her, Zoe must somehow find a way to bridge her new life with her old.
For the first time in her life, Zoe must make a stand for her family—both of them. If only she can only figure out how.
Her answer lies at Wind Chime Beach where for generations people have come to add their chimes to the ones already left among the trees. And when the wind blows and the air fills with music, their secrets, dreams, and hopes are sent into the world. There's a message for Zoe here—if she has the courage to open her heart.
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About the author, Shelley Noble
Shelley Noble is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Whisper Beachand Beach Colors. Other titles include Stargazey Point, Breakwater Bay, and Forever Beach—a story of foster adoption in New Jersey—and four spin-off novellas. A former professional dancer and choreographer, she lives on the Jersey shore and loves to discover new beaches and indulge her passion for lighthouses and vintage carousels. Shelley is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Women's Fiction Writers Association.
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Shelley Noble has, over the years, become one of my go-to authors of beach books. I don't mean this in a frivolous way, because she doesn't write throw-away novels. Rather she's a master of compelling family dramas that take place at or near beaches. This summer's offering, A Beach Wish, is no exception. It's a family drama that looks at the themes of blood family vs. chosen family, of nature vs. nurture, and of following your own dreams vs. staying on the path others choose for you.
Like many of Noble's other works, this novel is centered around a beach, in this case Wind Chime Beach, that becomes its own character in the story. As much place as symbol, the beach is both a refuge and a place where one goes to confront one's truth. It takes a lot to talent to endow a stretch of sand and water with that much presence and character, but it's one of the ways the author really excels.
Speaking of characters, the people we meet in this novel read like real people. Quirky and flawed, sometimes even downright prickly, they are a group – an extended family, really – of individuals who are each well-rounded and dimensional. Lee, the musician who shares his secrets through his songs, Hannah, the would-be matriarch who is controlling but well-meaning, David, the photographer who buries his heart, Floret and Henry, keepers of the history, Noelle, Mel, and Eli, the younger generation, Eve, the innkeeper who is so much more, and Zoe, who is the POV character we first meet… all could easily populate the streets of any beach town we might visit. And their stories, if somewhat heightened because they're in a novel, are still fairly plausible.
In A Beach Wish, Shelly Nobel has done once more what she has done before: crafted a warm and satisfying story that lets us look at yet another permutation of family, and come away wishing, just a little, that we were part of it.
Goes well with homemade cookies and iced tea.
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Review: Genny's Ballad (The Sisters #5) by Becki Willis (with Giveaway!)
About the book, Genny's Ballad
Genre: Cozy Mystery / Romance / Women Sleuths
Publisher: Clear Creek Publishing
Date of Publication: October, 2017
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2018 Best Mystery Series, Texas Association of Authors
By all accounts, everyone loves Genny.
So why does someone want her dead?
There's something special about Genesis Baker, owner of The Sister's popular New Beginnings Café. With her dimpled smile and twinkling blue eyes, Genny has practically the entire town eating from the palm of her hand. But Genny is hiding a secret. Despite her sunny disposition and golden touch, there is heartache in her past, and heartache, they say, comes in threes.
Heartache Number One: An unwelcomed customer shows up at New Beginnings. Apparently, the restraining order has lapsed.
Heartache Number Two: Genny's arch nemesis from high school returns to town. Twenty years has done nothing to mellow the bitter feud between these two women.
Heartache Number Three: As Genny finally acknowledges her feelings for a younger man—sexy firefighter Cutter Montgomery—memories of her first love come back to haunt her.
On top of it all, someone is stalking Genny, determined to make her life miserable.
As it turns out, being kidnapped is only the beginning of her troubles…
Book Five of the award winning The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series, voted Best Mystery Series by the Texas Association of Authors, three years in a row!
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About the author, Becki Willis
Becki Willis, best known for her popular The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series and Forgotten Boxes, always dreamed of being an author. In November of '13, that dream became a reality.
Since that time, she has published numerous books, won first place honors for Best Mystery Series, Best Suspense Fiction, Best Women's Detective Fiction, and Best Audio Book, won the 2018 RONE Award for Paranormal Fiction, and has introduced her imaginary friends to readers around the world.
An avid history buff, Becki likes to poke around in old places and learn about the past. Other addictions include reading, writing, junking, unraveling a good mystery, and coffee. She loves to travel but believes coming home to her family and her Texas ranch is the best part of any trip. Becki is a member of the Association of Texas Authors, Writer's League of Texas, Sisters in Crime, the National Association of Professional Women, and the Brazos Writers organization. She attended Texas A&M University and majored in Journalism.
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Creepy ex-boyfriends, layers of mystery, hunky firefighters, supportive female friends, a cozy small-town setting, and apple turnovers – Genny's Ballad, book five in Becki Willis's The Sisters Texas Mysteries has all of that and more.
What more? How about a compelling plot that opens with bumps and grunts in the night and said hunky firefighter coming to the rescue. But while that's a good beginning, a novel needs more than just an opening scene. Fortunately author Willis delivers. This is no ordinary cozy mystery. It's got layered stories and nuanced characters, and it deals with the reality that the hopes, dreams, and loves we have when we're young are not necessarily the hopes, dreams, and loves we get to keep, or choose to follow through with as we mature.
While I enjoyed that one of the many subplots involved the main character Genesis "Genny" Baker's best friend Madison going through the joys and perils of her home (and life) being featured on a reality show about remodeling (and, by extension, Genny herself and many of their other friends) a scene I found particularly delicate and touching was one with an aging teacher who was clearly suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's. Working that into the story in a way that felt organic but still respectful of real people who live with such conditions speaks a lot to the author's talent for writing believable characters.
I also liked that Genny was flawed. She didn't like asking for help, and that meant that she put herself in harm's way. It's easy to write a protagonist who is perfect. To write a character who is imperfect and still really likeable, someone we want to root for, takes real craft.
And I did root for Genny to resolve her issues, and for Madison to resolve her cases, just as wanted all of the various romances to end successfully, because in a cozy mystery you get to solve the crime and have the perfect kiss, if the author has done her job, and Becki Willis has absolutely done her job. (Similarly, I wanted the less savory characters to get their comeuppance. I'm looking at you in particular Pembroke. You really annoyed me.)
Of course, I have to mention that Genny's Ballad is book five in an ongoing series, in which book eight has just been released. While it's completely satisfying as a stand-alone read, it would be even more enjoyable within the context of the series at large.
Cuddling, coziness, and creative crime solving by strong women characters – Genny's Ballad has it all.
Goes well with apple turnovers and fresh coffee.
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Review: Moon Rush by Leonard David
About the book, Moon Rush
• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: National Geographic (May 7, 2019)
Veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology–past, present, and future–central to our explorations of Earth's only satellite, the space destination most hotly pursued today.
In these rich pages, veteran science journalist Leonard David explores the moon in all its facets, from ancient myth to future "Moon Village" plans. Illustrating his text with maps, graphics, and photographs, David offers inside information about how the United States, allies and competitors, as well as key private corporations like Moon Express and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, plan to reach, inhabit, and even harvest the moon in the decades to come.
Spurred on by the Google Lunar XPRIZE–$20 million for the first to get to the moon and send images home–the 21st-century space race back to the moon has become more urgent, and more timely, than ever. Accounts of these new strategies are set against past efforts, including stories never before told about the Apollo missions and Cold War plans for military surveillance and missile launches from the moon. Timely and fascinating, this book sheds new light on our constant lunar companion, offering reasons to gaze up and see it in a different way than ever before.
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I've been a science fiction fan practically forever, but my love of science fiction led me to want to know the real story of our solar system. For years, the definitive view of the American space program has been Maury Chakin's book From the Earth to the Moon, which is a detailed look at the Apollo missions (it's worth a read, by the way).
But now, as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of that historic first moon landing, we are looking at the moon in a new light: as a possible launch pad for missions to Mars and eventually beyond.
In Moon Rush, science journalist Leonard David reminds of of the history we have the moon, but also guides us toward the future, discussing science and technology in terms that are not simplistic but also don't require that one be an actual rocket scientist to comprehend.
One thing I appreciated was that David highlighted the differences between NASA's plan for our closest satellite (and possible sister planet) and the way private companies are looking at the new space race. Twenty-first century technology isn't limited to government sources, and this book addresses the very real possibility of a privatized moon. How would that look? What could happen.
More importantly, though, David's writing retains the one thing all we space buffs share: a sense of hope and wonder. Moon Rush is about science and technology in space, yes, but it's also about possibility.
Goes well with: mango-peach iced tea, sliced apples, and sharp cheddar cheese.
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Review: Summer on Mirror Lake, by JoAnn Ross
About the book, Summer on Mirror Lake
Publisher: HQN; Original edition (June 11, 2019)
Summertime is the best time to lose yourself in the romance of Honeymoon Harbor…
When he lands in the emergency room after collapsing at the funeral of a colleague and friend, Wall Street hotshot Gabriel Mannion initially rejects the diagnosis of an anxiety attack. But when warned that if he doesn't change his adrenaline-fueled, workaholic lifestyle he could end up like his friend, Gabe reluctantly returns to his hometown of Honeymoon Harbor to regroup.
As he adjusts to the sight of mountains instead of skyscrapers, Gabe discovers advantages to this small Pacific Northwest town he once couldn't wait to escape. But it's irresistible librarian Chelsea Prescott who, along with the two foster children she's taken under her wing, makes slowing down seem like the best prescription ever.
Over the course of their summer romance, Gabe gets a taste of the life he might have had if he'd taken a different path. But with his return to New York City looming on the horizon, he'll have to choose between the success he's worked tirelessly for and a ready-made family who offers a very different, richly rewarding future…if he'll only take the risk.
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About the author, JoAnn Ross
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author JoAnn Ross has been published in twenty-seven countries. A member of Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of bestselling authors, JoAnn lives with her husband and three rescued dogs — who pretty much rule the house — in the Pacific Northwest.
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If you want a summer read with depth and heart, JoAnn Ross's Summer on Mirror Lake is it. Set in the charming Pacific Northwest village of Honeymoon Harbor (one of those towns that doesn't really exist, but you totally wish did), this is a charming romance with a dash of social justice thrown in.
Main Characters Chelsea the librarian and Gabe the Wall Street mogul-turned-recreational-shipwright who works too hard come together in the way of all summer romances, when the former asks the latter to show the summer library kids what he's doing (building a reproduction Viking ship). Chemistry ensues. Where the depth and social justice comes in are in the story of two sisters who are in the hands of a foster mother who means well, but doesn't have a ton of time.
Author Ross has created a vibrant community in Honeymoon Harbor, one that makes you want to step inside the pages of the the book and spend a long weekend sipping coffee at a sidewalk cafe, and poking around the galleries and cute shops. As well, she has created a collection of dimensional, believable characters, led by Chelsea and Gabe, but not limited to those two people.
Far more than a fluffy romance or your typical beach read, this book is a romance with meaning.
Goes well with hot coffee and a slice of peach pie.
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Review: One Minute Later, by Susan Lewis
About the book, One Minute Later
International bestselling author Susan Lewis' riveting, unforgettable novel of a woman whose life changes in an instant and the handsome young man with whom she shares a secret history—perfect for readers of Diane Chamberlain, Jodi Picoult and Susan Wiggs.
How well do you know the people you love? For one young woman returning to the past, the answer could be heart-shattering…
Vivi Shager is living her dream. Raised with drive and ambition by a resolutely single mother, Vivi has a thriving law career, a gorgeous apartment in London, and a full calendar that keeps her busy at work and at play. Then on the day of her twenty-seventh birthday, an undiagnosed heart condition sends Vivi's prospects for the future into a tailspin. After escaping her roots nearly a decade ago, she's forced to return to her childhood home to be cared for by her devoted and enigmatic mother. Vivi has always known the woman is hiding something and now she's determined to find out what it is. Though her condition makes her fragile and vulnerable and she's afraid of what may happen, her spirit remains strong. Then comes an unexpected ray of light.
Josh Raynor, a local veterinarian who his sisters claim is too handsome for his own good, brings a forbidden love to Vivi's world. Josh and Vivi are soon inseparable, unaware of the past their families share. All Vivi knows is that Josh is wrestling with a demon of his own…
Then quite suddenly the awful truth is staring Vivi in the face and it changes everything.
About the author, Susan Lewis
Susan Lewis is the internationally bestselling author of more than forty books across the genres of family drama, thriller, suspense, and crime. She is also the author of Just One More Day and One Day at a Time, the moving memoirs of her childhood in Bristol during the 1960s. Following periods of living in Los Angeles and the South of France, she currently lives in Gloucestershire with her husband, James; stepsons, Michael and Luke; and mischievous dogs, Coco and Lulu.
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This novel is a somewhat sad, extremely honest family drama that centers around organ donation, but adds in a complex mother-daughter relationship as well (as if those are ever simple). Through the main character, Vivi's eyes, it also examines the differences between our expectations and our realities.
I felt the author created extremely realistic family dynamics. The way returning to your childhood home makes you feel less than an adult was very relatable to me, even without the twist of a chronic illness. As well I felt crafting the story so it took place in two time periods was a deft move letting us have more scope than just Vivi's immediate surroundings.
While parts of this book are a bit harrowing, overall, I think this is a meaty novel that is well worth the read, and can certainly provide catharsis for women with difficulty relating to their own mothers or their own adult daughters.
Goes well with a glass of red wine, crisp apples and sharp cheddar.
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Today we remember the incomparable Maya Angelou. She would have been 89 today (4/4/17). Many don't know that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on her 40th birthday birthday in 1968. After his assassination, she refused to celebrate her birthday. Instead she would send flowers to King's widow, Coretta Scott King.
Ironically before Dr. King's death, he had asked, Maya Angelou to travel with him and visit churches to raise money for his efforts to support the poor. Angelou agreed, but stated she could not begin until after her birthday. A promise she would never get the chance to fulfill. She was notified of his death while preparing for her birthday party.
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Racial superiority is a mere "PIGMENT" of the imagination.
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Remembering The Incomparable Maya Angelou: Gone To Soon
Maya Angelou was born, "Marguerite Johnson" on April 4, 1928. She was nicknamed Maya (meaning "my sister") by her brother. Angelou grew up in Stamps, Arkansas and as a child, was raised by her grandmother. At the age of 7, while visiting her mother in Chicago, Angelou was sexually molested by her mother's boyfriend. Angelou was ashamed to tell an adult, so she told her brother. She found out later that one of her uncles killed her attacker. Angelou felt that her words had killed the man and as a result did not speak for 5 year until she was 13. Angelou is the mother of one son named, Guy who she had at age 16. Angelou led a colorful and storied life. Though she never went to college, she was the recipient of more than 50 honorary degrees. Continue reading "Remembering The Incomparable Maya Angelou: Gone To Soon" →
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Recreated face of Queen Nefertiti sparks 'whitewashing' race row
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Ancient Egypt's Queen Nefertiti bust sparks outrage
A bust of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti sparks outrage on social media. Many claim the rendering is whitewashed.
What was supposed to be a historical reconstruction project, showing the face of King Tut's biological mother Queen Nefertiti for the first time, has turned sour, amid accusations of whitewashing.
The Travel Channel, as part of its series "Expedition Unknown" with Josh Gates, will showcase 3-D imaging technology to map the mummy of Nefertiti's face and create a replica. Paleoartist Elisabeth Daynès, who had previously recreated King Tut more than a decade ago, sculpted the bust of Nefertiti, which was then compared to images of her face.
"This remarkable face seems to be consistent with ancient representations of Nefertiti," said Egyptologist Dr. Aidan Dodson of Bristol University in a release. "It's extraordinary. When taken alongside the latest reading of the genetic data, this provides us with truly exciting evidence that the mummy of the Younger Lady is none other than Queen Nefertiti herself."
FINAL ANSWER MAY BE NEAR ON KING TUT TOMB MYSTERY
It is in the comments about Nefertiti's looks and the subsequent 3-D modeling that have sparked criticism.
The Sun reports that some on social media have pointed out that Nefertiti appears to have a lighter skin tone than is believed to be accurate.
"This project is very special and very complex," Daynès said. "I worked closely with forensic paleopathologists and anthropologists to determine accurate muscle, skin and soft tissue depth. Everything was meticulously calculated by hand.
Nefertiti's mummy was uncovered in a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings in 1898, but it wasn't until 2010, via DNA evidence, that she was proven to be King Tut's biological mother.
"In all, it took more than 500 hours to create the bust. Even the jewelry on the bust was handcrafted by designers who work for Dior," Daynès added. "When you overlay the profile of the reconstruction with the famous Berlin Bust of Nefertiti, they are an incredibly close match."
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English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Whose People?: Wales, Israel, Palestine
by Jasmine Donahaye
University of Wales Press, 2012
eISBN: 978-0-7083-2484-4 | Paper: 978-0-7083-2483-7
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Until now, Wales has been almost completely neglected in British Jewish studies. But with Whose People? Jasmine Donahaye fills this gap in the research, as she examines the long history of Welsh interest in Palestine and Israel. Donahaye surveys Welsh missionary writing, fictional imaginings of Jews, and the political use of Palestine and Israel, challenging conventional wisdom about Welsh tolerance and liberalism and revealing a complex and unique relationship. Donahaye's study makes an important contribution to international Jewish studies, to the study of British colonial involvement in Palestine, and to Welsh and Jewish literary and cultural history.
Jasmine Donahaye studied at the University of California, Berkeley and Swansea University and has published across a range of genres, including scholarly work, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
"By carefully interrogating the actual written word, Jasmine Donahaye's Whose People? Wales, Israel, Palestine manages to disrupt more than one historical commonplace about Welsh attitudes regarding Wales and Jews, Zionism and the Holy Land. Donahaye's pathbreaking work demonstrates that the representation of this iconic relationship has a varied and contingent history, a history constantly elided or reconfigured as the need for new representations of Wales and Welshness arose. Whose People? combines careful scholarship with invigorating analysis."
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Introduction: a beginning and an end
1. Tracing the Wales-Israel tradition
2. The mission to convert the Jews
3. Welsh semitic discourse
4. Twentieth-century political comparisons
5. The Jewish response
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Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight against America's Enemies
Written By: M. Stanton Evans
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Accused of creating a bogus Red scare and smearing countless innocent victims in a five-year reign of terror, Senator Joseph McCarthy is universally remembered as a demagogue, a bully, and a liar. History has judged him such a loathsome figure that even today, a half-century after his death, his name remains synonymous with witch-hunts.
But that conventional image is all wrong, as veteran journalist and author M. Stanton Evans reveals in this groundbreaking book. The long-awaited Blacklisted by History, based on six years of intensive research, dismantles the myths surrounding Joe McCarthy and his campaign to unmask Communists, Soviet agents, and flagrant loyalty risks working within the US government. Evans' revelations completely overturn our understanding of McCarthy, McCarthyism, and the Cold War.
Drawing on primary sources, Evans presents irrefutable evidence of a relentless Communist drive to penetrate our government, influence its policies, and steal its secrets. Most shocking of all, he shows that US officials supposedly guarding against this danger not only let it happen but actively covered up the penetration. All of this was precisely as Joe McCarthy contended.
Evans shows that practically everything we've been told about McCarthy is false, including conventional treatment of the famous 1950 speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, that launched the McCarthy era, the Senate hearings that casually dismissed his charges, and much more.
In the end, Senator McCarthy was censured by his colleagues and condemned by the press and historians. Blacklisted by History provides the first accurate account of what McCarthy did and, more broadly, what happened to America during the Cold War. It is a revealing exposé of the forces that distorted our national policy in that conflict and our understanding of its history since.
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Prague, meaning "the mother of cities" is also dubbed and commonly referred to as "the golden city". It is said to be impossible to capture and admire all of Prague in only a few days. Because the city is a beginning to Medieval and Renaissance buildings, its architecture spans well over a thousand years. Located in the very heart of Europe, Prague has held its title being the political, cultural, and economic center of the Czech state as far back as the ninth century. Prague immediately became the major metropolis following the establishment of the Czech Republic in 1918. The oldest part of the city of Prague is The Old Town, located along the main Old Town routes and is home to Old Town Square as well as the oldest preservations of ancient Romanesque stone buildings, impossible to find or be seen anywhere else. Not too far away in the Jewish Ghetto, is the still functioning and oldest preserved functioning synagogue in all of central Europe, called the Old-New Synagogue.
If you want to experience a breath taking view of the National Theater and Hradcany in Prague, you will want to stop by the Charles' Bridge. The Vysehrad is home to the amazing world famous monuments including both the Church of St. Peters and Paul and the Slavin, which is now renewed. This area is also accommodated by several pleasant parks, and is the perfect place for an afternoon walk. The city of Prague is well recognized for its rich history and beauty, and has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since the year 1992. When arriving in Prague, many visitors are astonished to figure out that the entire city is walkable and has an interesting sight to see everywhere you turn. One of the most popular touring spots is the Prague Castle, as it has been named the biggest and most magnificent castle in the entire world.
The Prague Castle is also the current home of the seat of president of the Czech Republic and is also where the crown jewels are kept safe. Also inside the Prague Castle is the Golden Lane which attracts visitors from around the world due to its beautiful appearance and the years of history that lie within the walls. One of the most famous astronomical clocks in the world is commonly referred to under the famous name Prague Orloj. Every hour the clock performs an interesting act that you can't help but be intrigued to watch. The city of Prague is the location of many major landmarks that have become famous through history, which is just one of the many reasons why one must visit Prague.
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Q: How to update the value of a C output parameter from python using a ctypes callback? In C, its quite common to have void functions take as argument its output parameters. I need to do this using a ctypes callback, so that I can update the pointer to the output from python.
The C code:
typedef void(*f1)(double*, double*);

void function_that_takes_a_function(f1 fn, double *input, double *output) {
    printf("I'm a function that takes a function\n");
    printf("input: %f\n", *input);
    printf("output before callback %f\n", *output);
    (*fn)(input, output);
    printf("output after callback: %f\n", *output);
}

And then to use this from C you would do:
void func_to_pass_in(double *x, double* y) {
    printf("hello from func_to_pass_in\n");
    printf("x is %f\n", *x);
    printf("y is %f\n", *y);
    *y = 2* (*x);
}

int main() {

    double input = 4.0;
    double output = 0.0;
    function_that_takes_a_function(func_to_pass_in, &input, &output);
    printf("Output is still : %f\n", output);
}

which outputs:
I'm a function that takes a function
input: 4.000000
output before callback 0.000000
hello from func_to_pass_in
x is 4.000000
y is 0.000000
output after callback: 8.000000
Output is still : 8.000000

In Python however, this is as far as I've got:
        import ctypes as ct

        lib = ct.CDLL("SRES")

        F1_FUNCTION_PTR = ct.CFUNCTYPE(None, ct.POINTER(ct.c_double), ct.POINTER(ct.c_double))

        lib.function_that_takes_a_function.argtypes = [
            F1_FUNCTION_PTR, ct.POINTER(ct.c_double), ct.POINTER(ct.c_double)
        ]
        lib.function_that_takes_a_function.restype = None

        def func_to_pass_in(x, y):
            print("hello from Python: ")
            print("x, y: ", x.contents, y.contents)
            y.contents = x.contents # <-- problem line

        # function_that_takes_a_function(func_to_pass_in, sres._makeDoubleArrayPtr([0.1, 0.1]))
        input = ct.c_double(4.0)
        output = ct.c_double(0.0)
        input_ptr = ct.pointer(input)
        output_ptr = ct.pointer(output)
        lib.function_that_takes_a_function(F1_FUNCTION_PTR(func_to_pass_in), input_ptr, output_ptr)

This will currently output:
I'm a function that takes a function
input: 4.000000
output before callback 0.000000
hello from Python:
x, y:  c_double(4.0) c_double(0.0)
output after callback: 0.000000

Where it should actually output
I'm a function that takes a function changed
input: 4.000000
output before callback 0.000000
hello from Python:
x, y:  c_double(4.0) c_double(0.0)
output after callback: 4.000000    <-- this line changed, we've updated the C variable from Python

I've tried a number of different strategies now, including using ctypes.memmove , a suggestion from here and ctypes.cast, a suggestion from here.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Edit
I've also tried:
ct.memmove(ct.cast(x, ct.c_void_p).value, ct.cast(y, ct.c_void_p).value, ct.sizeof(ct.c_double)) as "the problem line"
from here

A: This Python callback:
def func_to_pass_in(pin, pout):
    pout.contents = pin.contents

Is equivalent to this C code:
void callback(double* pin, double* pout) {
    pout = pin;  // re-assign local variable by value.  No effect on return.
}

What you want is to modify the value of the object y is currently pointing at, equivalent to this in C:
void callback(double* pin, double* pout) {
    *pout = *pin;  // dereference and change output content
}

Use the following to change the value in the Python callback:
def func_to_pass_in(pin, pout):
    pout.contents.value = pin.contents.value

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