Perched on the cliff of the caldera in Fira, Santorini 's capital , Tzekos Villas offers a swimming pool and a spacious pool area with pool bar and unique views over the volcanic islets and the sunset . The hotel offers 25 rooms boasting a typical Cycladic style. Each has a veranda with views of the volcano and offers satellite TV and complimentary pool towels. Tzekos Villas in Santorini have a 24-hour reception. Guests can access the reception for tourist information, rentals, as well as fax services.
Taken from a drone fly over that shows the hotel from above. Tzekos Villas is located in Fira's caldera.
All children are welcome. All children under 2 years stay free of charge for children's cots/cribs. There is no capacity for extra beds in the room. The maximum number of children's cots/cribs in a room is 1.


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Prime Minister says Ocean economy is high on Government Agenda
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GIS - 24 December, 2015: Ocean Economy, termed as the last frontier of economic growth by numerous experts, is high on Government agenda, said the Prime Minister, Sir Anerood Jugnauth, yesterday at Le Labourdonnais Hotel in Port-Louis. He was
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Small Scale Energy Production: Some 300 applications received
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Presentation of the Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency Bill in the National Assembly
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Energy and Water Statistics 2014
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Opening of Inception Workshop on Energy Audit management
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SADC Water Week: Two-day National Workshop Kicks off
Date:June 05, 2015|Domain:Public Utilities--International Relations
GIS - 5 June 2015: A two-day national workshop held in the context of the SADC Water Week opened yesterday at Voilà Hotel in Bagatelle in the presence of the Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Ivan Collendavalloo, and other stakeholders fr

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#9 4-A East Leesvillle Road Pride Knock Out #1 East Section 4-A Southeast Falcons 5-2 – Wyatt Smith Reporting
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#9 East 4-A Leesvillle Road Pride Knock Out #1 Easr Section 4-A Southeast Falcons 5-2
Leesville Road High School's baseball team stormed into Coach Kevin Callahan Field at Southeast Guilford High School on Tuesday night, looking to extend their 14 game winning streak which had brought them to the third round of the NCHSAA State Playoffs. The matchup was a third round playoff game between the NC 4-A East bracket #9 Leesville Road Pride were the visiting team against the # 1 NC 4-A East bracket Southeast Falcons
Senior pitcher Bailey Steed might have been the losing pitcher of record for the Falcons, but ask Falcons head coach Dave Beasley and his coaching staff, Charlie Pannell, John McDade, along with many other faithful Falcons fans, and they will tell you that Bailey gives his all every time he steps on the mound. It was no different this night.
Steed threw close to 110 pitches in five innings. He walked four batters and hit one, struck out one, and gave up six hits and four runs with one of them being earned. Not only did he leave everything on the mound, Bailey's fierce competitive spirit was a shining example for the Falcons. His maturity and leadership became more and more evident as the game went on.
"I wasn't as nervous as I have been in the past," Steed said. "I felt good coming into this game. A few less walks would have been nice, but it just wasn't enough to get the win."
Senior Tommy Michaels came in relief of Steed on the mound in the top of the sixth inning, and pitched the final two innings for Southeast. Michaels had 2IP, 2H, IK, IER, and didn't walk a batter. Michaels got in a jam in the top of the seventh with a run already given up, and was able to get the Pride's number five hitter to bounce back to the mound, turning a double play to get out of the inning.
Another senior whose experience helped the Falcons on and off the field was D.J. Artis.
"I felt like I had a good personal performance," Artis said, "but it wasn't enough to get a win for the team, and that's the most important thing. I felt like I could have done more to help the team come back and win the game.
Artis went 2-3 at the plate with a run, an RBI and a stolen base.
Other seniors who turned in solid performances on the field, and used previous playoff experience to guide the team in the dugout, included No. 25 Tommy Michaels, No. 6 Carmine Pagano, and No. 5 Ryne Stanley. Stanley, the Falcons' catcher, was 2-3 with a double.
The winning pitcher from the Leesville Road Pride was NC State commit, Andrew Papp, who showed why he will be pitching at one of the best college baseball programs in the country next year. His line was 7IP, 5H, 2RR, 1ER, 5K'S, and did not walk a batter. He was touching 90MPH on the radar gun, and had a couple of great off speed pitches. Papp had control of all of his pitches.
The offensive leader for the Pride was their second baseman, Ryan Sande, who was 2-3 at the plate, with
"We've battled all year, there's not much you can say to your guys, after you lose the lead in the fifth inning, just keep your head up and battle back like you have a year. I can honestly say believe this is the best group of players, who battle back when they're down and come back to win." Southeast Head Coach Dave Beasley said postgame. "Bailey Steed and Tommy Michaels were both in jams in different innings, but made the pitches they needed to, getting out of them jams. I think that does pump you up we've made plays like that all year, but tonight there were a couple miscues, that they turned into runs. In the playoffs, that'll kill you, and those miscues killed our chances of advancing in the playoffs." Beasley added.
Congratulations to Southeast Guilford for an amazing season, going undefeated (10-0), and winning the Metro 4-A Tournament, and finishing with an overall record of (22-6). Good luck to the Leesville Road Pride in the rest of the tournament.
The Southeast Falcons team displayed all the traits of champions, even in defeat. And isn't that what the game is all about?


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Ron's Laboratory is one of big name in Indonesian culinary industry, one of the most develop Liquid Nitrogen Gelato, nowadays there're a lot of gelato bar using liquid nitrogen but not doing well and has taken down now, but Ron's Laboratory is improving. Why I said like that?
First, they have biggest number of store among the competitors. Starting from Grand Indonesia in late 2013 now Ron's Laboratory has opened in Pondok Indah Mall Jakarta, Lippo Mall Puri Jakarta, Sun Plaza Medan, Ciputra World Mall and Galaxy Mall Surabaya and will open another store soon. Next, they always develop their menu, so people don't get bored. And now I'm gonna share some of their new menu that just launched this 25th May 2015 !!
So I visited their Pondok Indah Mall outlet, actually I haven't tried it because yeah it's quite off-reach, first I think they're in PIM 2 or 3 which contain a lot of restaurant, but they're located in PIM 1, it's quite old-school area, they're in 2nd floor, same level with Cinema XXI, actually the area wasn't that bad.
They're not too big, but I'm sure 30 people is more than enough. Ron's Laboratory always attract people when passed by, as you can see they're very fancy with those liquid nitrogen and this is their strong point. Ronald Prasanto as a man behind this success story also a key of Ron's Lab, because his passion in culinary brings improvement, and almost every single menu here was invented by him and so this new menu !
He's a coffee-expert, gastronomical chef and also person with unusual idea in food, and that's what make Ron's Laboratory different from the others. We all knew that they're focusing on Liquid Nitrogen Gelato, but now they develop from their comfort zone to create another menu that still go with liquid nitrogen and a touch of coffee.
Actually milkshake still quite similar with gelato, as they contains milk, cream, sugar and of course in Ron's Laboraroty, they make this milkshake liquid nitrogen to replace the ice cube and the result?? Like smoother version of gelato, and I really like it. For the milkshake they have some flavors : Milo Milkshake, Red Velvet Milkshake and Taro Milkshake.
As Red Velvet Gelato is one of the all-time best seller in Ron's Laboratory, there's no doubt about this Red Velvet Milkshake, but for me the highlight is the Taro Milkshake, one of the best taro based drink I've ever drink ! Not to creamy, and Milo Milkshake? Who doesn't like Milo? Nothing I can say about that, anyway all this milkshake served with cream cheese jelly and that's one of strong point in this new menu, really love their milkshake.
Most of you must have tried fruity flavored tea but how about coffee? Personally I think some kind too strong to combined with fruit especially tropical fruit, but this is the new menu TROFFEE : Tropical Fruit Coffee, mixture of coffee, mango and dry-ice. Well they use coffee with good level of acidity and got that sweet hint from the mango and dry-ice? they're giving sparkling sensation in every sip, you must try the difference before and after dry-ice added, they're really different, but I love them both as a coffee-drinker.
As a gelato specialist, they still improving their gelato, and here's Affocado : Avocado Gelato with Affogato style. Affogato is an Italian way to enjoy coffee with gelato, so the gelato will be poured by a shot of espresso, and just like classic affogato, Ron's Laboratory use the magic of molecular gastronomy in this menu. They put the espresso in some kind of jelly, and when you cut it, the espresso will spread out just like you pour it, perfecto ! Avocado gelato? we're all already knew the quality.
This is an option for people who wants coffee with sweet taste, the mix of latte and a scoop of vanilla ice cream, creamy but still can taste the coffee, it's really good for social-drinker-coffee, instead of St******* I would vote for it !
That's some of Ron's Laboratory new menu, very interesting and affordable of course, anyway you can find this menu in every store, but I recommend you to try at Pondok Indah Mall, as they're not to crowded and you can feel the ambiance they created.


Ross Greenwood has covered business and finance in Australia and around the world for more than 30 years. He is the Nine Networks Business & Finance editor and works across National Nine News, A Current Affair and, occasionally, 60 minutes. Ross was formerly co- host of Nine's former flagship current affairs program, SUNDAY.
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THE Department Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-6 reported that 33 persons in Western Visayas have died of dengue so far.
In terms of cases, Maria Lourdes Monegro, DOH-6 Entomologist III, said they have recorded 5,527 dengue cases from January 1 to April 6, 2019.
"Negros Occidental remained as the province with highest recorded number of dengue cases at 1,863 with 15 deaths, followed by Iloilo province (1, 043) with five deaths, Aklan (784) with four deaths, Capiz (713) with four deaths, Iloilo City (454) with four deaths, Bacolod City (377) with one death, Antique (110), and Guimaras (104)," Monegro reported.
Monegro said there is clustering of cases in 82 barangays in the region, with Guimaras posting the highest increase in cases and Aklan with the highest attack rate.
DOH-6 said 5,250 Dengue NS1 Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) units from the central office are ready for distribution.
"We received na subong sang 5,250 kits and ready for distribution na sa aton provinces. It is now available in our regional office and will be distributed to rural health units (RHUs) across the region," Monegro said.
Monegro explained that dengue NS1 kits are for screening tests of persons suffering from dengue symptoms.
The kits are used for immediate validation of patients with suspected dengue cases and could become the basis for referrals, she said.
"It is a screening para mabal-an naton nga kung ara na ta sa RHU, maka-provide kita sang immediate test sa patient kun dengue siya or indi and basis man sa physician kun i-refer pa gid siya sa hospitals," Montenegro said.
The distribution will be based on the number of dengue cases and the kits will be available next week in RHUs in the region, Monegro added.
To prevent an outbreak, the health department reminded the public to practice the 4S Kontra Dengue such as search and destroy breeding places; seek early consultation; self-protection measures; and say yes to fogging.
In 2018, DOH-6 only recorded 2,136 cases with 14 deaths in the region.


Hearts and Rockets is the theme song for the band Hearts and Rockets. When a wedding band threatened them with legal action to change from their previous name, Heat Wave, the duo decided to take the name of one of their newest songs - Hearts and Rockets. That day Hearts and Rockets, the band, was born. How many times would you like us to say Hearts and Rockets?
To celebrate the shedding of skins, they've decided to release the song that is now their namesake - download it for free here, or pay what you feel.


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ALBUM LAUNCH REVIEW – A LIFE UNLIMITED (STONE FOUNDATION)
Tags: A LIFE UNLIMITED, ALBUM LAUNCH, Craig Charles, Learning The Hard Way, London guitar academy, Modern soul, motown guitar, Neil Jones, Neil Sheasby, Pushing Your Love, REVIEW, Robert Elms, STONE FOUNDATION
STONE FOUNDATION A LIFE UNLIMITED ALBUM LAUNCH REVIEW
Midlands based Stone Foundation recently launched their new album "A Life Unlimited" with a preview evening at the Brew Dog in Birmingham. Our LGA reviewer, Paul Wood, was there to catch a mini-acoustic set by the band and a DJ playback of the new album in full.
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The launch evening was a free entry promotion with the full band in attendance and an excited group of loyal fans, friends and band associates who had headed into Birmingham, eager to hear the new album.
The mini-acoustic set primarily featured a 4 piece line of Neil Jones (vocals/guitar), Ian Arnold (keyboard), with Gareth John and Gary Rollins (horns). "Learning The Hard Way" was the set opener, and the quartet was then joined by Neil Sheasby and Rob Newton to add backing vocals to next song "Pushing Your Love". The stage was then left to Gareth Johns and Ian Arnold for a rendition of the album's closing instrumental track "Old Partners, New Dances". Established favourite "To Find The Spirit" (with an intro based on "Tracing Paper") saw the band back to a four piece and the crowd encouraged to sing along by front man Neil Jones. The short set was closed with a grooving version of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On".
The whole event was filmed by the BBC and footage appeared on the next day's "Midlands Today". You can watch the clip here:
Following the set, the album received a full playback and copies were available to buy on the night from Bookshop Pete who handles the band's merchandise desk.
Here's a Youtube teaser for the album released on the band's official site:
The album's opening track "Beverley" was already familiar to most as the song features in a new film of the same name, produced by Cass Pennant and directed by Alexander Thomas. The film is about a mixed-race girl growing up in Leicester in the 2-Tone era with the key line being the repeated mantra of "the rules of the skin are wearing thin". Here's a link to the official video:
A LIFE UNLIMITED (STONE FOUNDATION)
Next track "Pushing Your Love" is built up on the back up harmony vocals from The Four Perfections, and leads nicely into "Something In The Light" (echoes of Van Morrison) and "The Turnaround" which features classic 70s soul string sounds from The Q Strings.
The album then toughens up with the jazzier "Speak Your Piece" and "The Night Teller" (featuring Graham Parker). "Learning The Hard Way" sounds like a potential single and live favourite.
Both "These Life Stories" and "A Love Uprising" have strong bass lines, the latter wouldn't sound out of place on ABC classic "Lexicon of Love".
The album comes to a gentle close with melancholic instrumental "Old Partners, New Dances".
Keen to avoid being pigeonholed, the band has made its own sound from a number of diverse influences. If you put Van Morrison, Dexys, Curtis Mayfield, Bobby Womack, Nolan Porter, the Funk Brothers, Martin Fry and the jazzier early version of the E Street band into the studio with producer Andy Codling and songs written by Neil Jones and Neil Sheasby, when you put your ear to the studio wall, the sound that you would hear is the undisputably Modern soul sound of Stone Foundation.
Knowledge of the band has been steadily growing and the band has been championed by DJs Craig Charles and Robert Elms. Blistering live shows in the UK, Europe and Japan has built up the band's media presence and the new album is already creating a buzz – in its first week it entered the UK vinyl chart Top 10, and broke into the Independent UK Top 30 Chart.
Album track list – A Life Unlimited
Pushing Your Love
Something In The Night
The Turnaround
Speak Your Piece
The Night Teller
These Life Stories
A Love Uprising
Old Partners, New Dances
Bonus track on Japanese CD release:
The UK album cover is a painting by Horace Panter (The Specials) who also did the cover for their previous excellent album "To Find The Spirit".
The album has come out on clear vinyl, black vinyl and CD. Early copies of the album were signed by the band and came with a 4 track bonus CD live in Germany. If there are any signed copies left you can get them here:
https://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/A-Life-Unlimited-Signed-Bonus-Disc/4NBK0000000
Otherwise the album is available from all regular stockists such as Amazon, HMV etc.
September/October sees the band touring the UK and Europe. They've got a London date at the Jazz Café on October 17th. Their previous show at the Jazz Café saw a sellout crowd see a fantastic show. Get your tickets for the upcoming show while you can…..
Here's a link to the band's promo video for "That's The Way I Want To Live My Life" from their previous album "To Find The Spirit"
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Round two of our renovation project is beginning! It started with the nice guys who build things emptying out the space so they can work. The barn came furnished with its own supply of junk when we bought it -- old doors, storm windows, shutters, scraps of lumber & various other house parts. Of course, we have added our own junk to the stockpile over the years... Seeing it emptied out is already a huge improvement!
Did I miss the pictures of construction, round one? I only remember some outdoor foundation pictures. What will be the result of construction, round two?
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Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Stephen
Babs is one crafty, talented instructor and this ranks highly among the BEST history books I ve had the pleasure of reading You should be reading it right now Seriously, I mean it This is the second gem by Barbara Tuchman that I ve tackled, after the stellar The Guns of August , and the impressiveness of her work has led to my developing rather intense, and possibly inappropriate, feelings for her I m smitten You see, Babs writes history in such a colorful, engaging manner that you don t notice [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Riku Sayuj
I thought The March of Folly would be a good read to balance out the optimism of The Wisdom of Crowds Turned out to be a great hunch.Why Indeed, Tuchman s book does in fact emphasize that very optimism Tuchman s Follies are committed not by the common people but by closeted leaders, lacking in common sense and cut off from ground realities Do I need to mention the Yes Men that surround them Tuchman takes up a panoramic view of human history and exposes these decisions, and wonders with us how mu [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM William1
A highly readable account of four instances of human folly over the last 2800 years These include the Trojans s unaccountable bringing of the Trojan horse into Troy the transgressions of the Renaissance Popes which brought on the Reformation the loss by Britain of the American colonies and America s own pointless war in Vietnam The last section reminds me very much of Neil Sheehan s A Bright Shining Lie, which was written several years later than Tuchman s narrative Her book is vivid, clear, unf [...]
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Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Erik Graff
Tuchman s The March of Folly is spotty First of all, too much attention is paid to Troy, about which nothing is known, historically speaking All that section does is provide a simile or two for what follows Also, she actually is stronger in another classical case not mentioned in the title or in most descriptions of the book, viz that of King Rehoboam of Israel Second, the account of the involvements of France and the United States in VietNam is of a journalistic quality not in keeping with the [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Brian
About 8 years ago when I read this book I would have given it 4 stars It gets a 5 today simply because it is much pertinent to read it now Barbara Tuchman is one of the great writers of history She remembers the first rule of history Tell a story In this one she tells several and keeps your attention better The theme is imaginative and appropriate It is also not a very long book so you can easily read it in a week Barbara Tuchman has a way of viewing history as few can Instead of falling back o [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Dana Stabenow
A book which informed my entire world view, and still does Tuchman posits the existance of folly, or the pursuit of public policy contrary to self interest in other words, why nations keep shooting themselves in the foot She uses the Trojans taking the Greek horse inside the walls of Troy as her templatee feasible alternative that of destroying the Horse is always open Capys the Elder advised it before Laocoon s warning, and Cassandra afterward Notwithstanding the frequent references in the epic [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Russell Bittner
The March of Folly is an unfortunate title Or maybe not so unfortunate Because, after all, what is folly Barbara Tuchman gives us several examples of the human animal at its worst but parading at its best From Ancient Troy right up through Vietnam can a sequel including Chechnia, the former Yugoslavia, Iraq and Afghanistan be far behind , we have proved ourselves to be little better than the apes If there s a difference, it s only in the splendor of our rebarbative behavior Kings, Popes, Ministe [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Kaveh
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Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Rindis
Barbara Tuchman was a journalist before becoming a history author, and despite The March of Folly being a book about certain historical incidents, it is a work of journalism than history It is an investigation into the process by which governments embark on self destructive courses folly , despite recognition of the problem, and alternative courses being available As such, it is of a screed against certain practices, rather than a real attempt at balanced or impartial history.The good news is [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Owen
Barbara Tuchman is a first rate writer and historian whose books I have much enjoyed For some years now I have been meaning to get a copy of The March of Folly, since it is a book which greatly appeals to me in its concept To look at the history of modern man since about 1,000 BC and take examples of real foolishness on the part of a number of key governments, and try to see why they so acted, strikes me as a wonderful idea for a book However, I can now say, somewhat reluctantly, that The March [...]
I always enjoy Barbara Tuchman s ability to write compelling and accessible history be it the oubreak of WWI or the life of a french aristorcrat in the 14th Century, add to that a job which allows me to experience folly in all its glory, I had sky high expectations of the book.The premise was so promising, noted historian takes a four egregious disatsers the trojan horse, the papal actions in the lead up to Luther, the loss of the american colonies and the Vietnam war to understand what led to t [...]
When I was in the 4th grade I found a book that my Mom had to read for college in the back of a cupboard That book was Barbara W Tuchman s A Distant Mirror , and I do believe that is what led me to all the other history books I ve enjoyed in the years since The March of Folly is a study of, in the authors words, pursuit of policy contrary to self interest, with four main examples The Trojan horse, The Renaissance popes, the British loss of America, and America in Vietnam I particularly enjoyed t [...]
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Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Karla
I d love to know what Barbara Tuchman, who wrote this in 1984, would think of the current U.S political situation.From the epilogue In America, where the electoral process is drowning in commercial techniques of fund raising and image making, we may have completed a circle back to a selection process as unconcerned with qualifications as that which made Darius King of Persia.And what was that, you might ask When he and six fellow conspirators, as recorded by Herodotus, overthrew the reigning des [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Ed
A fascinating attempt by Tuchman to explain or at least illustrate why governments choose the wrong path even when they know it s the wrong path She begins with the story of the Trojan Horse to illustrate the first written example of governmental folly leading to disaster.The next three examples are of the Renaissance Popes, the British handling of the American Revolution and the American actions before and during the Vietnamese War.The popes, in spite of criticism from many clerics and kings co [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Thom
Good topic, but a little dry, fairly dense, and not as good as The Guns of August The author looks at the causes of four historical folly events the Trojan Horse, 6 corrupt Renaissance Popes leading to the Reformation and a sack of Rome , the lead up to the American revolution primarily from the British side , and finally French and American involvement in Vietnam and SE Asia.These follies are chosen because viable alternatives were available and popularly supported, and the decisions were taken [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Gill
I found the section on Troy extremely interesting, the section on the Popes not very interesting, and the introduction I found OK Tuchman s thesis re folly was a new viewpoint for me, so I m pleased that I read as much as I did There seemed to be an awful lot of facts in each chapter So I decided not to read the sections on the American War of Independence, and on Vietnam.
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Clif Hostetler
In this book Tuchman takes a step beyond the traditional historian s story telling role to provide color commentary about a specific subset of examples of misgovernment that she classifies as folly Not all examples of misgovernment can be classified as folly as explained in the following quotation Misgovernment is of four kinds, often in combination They are 1 tyranny or oppression , 2 excessive ambition , 3 incompetence or decadence , 4 folly or perversity This books is concerned with the last [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Aaron
Excellent, excellent examination of the tendency for political policies to continue down damaging pathways though multiple experts advise against it, which Tuchman describes as folly Her description of decadent popes directly encouraging the Protestant Reformation and the resulting loss of Roman power is fun, lively, and intellectually rigorous She falters a bit while explaining the British loss of the American colonies as a result of folly She would have been wise to shave at least 20 30 from t [...]
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Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Douglas
Barbara Tuchman teaches us all about why the stupid people in power do the stupid things they do Inviting giant wooden horses inside the walls Provoking the Protestant Reformation Losing the American Colonies Bogging a superpower down in a brushfire war in a backwater country of no strategic significanceis one needs an update for the new century of follies, but alas Tuchman is no longer with us.
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM The Thousander Club
In 2002 Elder Neal A Maxwell titled Encircled in the Arms of His Love As part of his talk, he briefly discussed the Founding Fathers and subsequently quoted Barbara W Tuchman from her book The March of Folly It would be invaluable if we could know what produced this burst of talent from a base of only two and a half million inhabitants As part of my quest to catalogue as many books quoted at General Conference as possible, I added the book to the list and shortly thereafter ordered it for myself [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Richard
After reading The Guns of August I had very high expectations for The March of Folly My expectations were perhaps too high as this book left me wanting Unlike The Guns of August which takes a narrative form The March of Folly reads like a thesis with carefully selected evidence presented to support it While I found her arguments well reasoned I could not shake the feeling that much of the evidence was carefully selected to prove her points while counter evidence was left out.The March of Folly [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Chris Jaffe
Man, talk about phoning it in.Years ago I read Barbara Tuchman s famous Guns of August and thought it was great So I d give this one a shot Big mistake.She s just slumming it here not trying very hard The theme is times in history when a nation engaged in folly self defeating behavior That s a pretty broad theme that in encapsulate tons of examples She focuses on four items that don t really have much to do w each other, but she felt like talking about Well, really three things she spends just o [...]
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Ben Shee
Insightful, particularly for a history noob like myself, Barb s writing is full of relevant advice, reflected in the mistakes of the past Although written in the 80s, the book remains valuable and interesting, and I always felt like I was in well researched, objectively neutral hands when reading I came away feeling like I had learned quite a lot I felt like I could better underrstand the pitfalls of bad government decision making and how to avoid making the same mistakes if I was ever in a situ [...]
Spooky how little changes in 30 years or It does go on too long, in my opinion, but just imagine what she d have to say about Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jan 20, 2022 - 14:31 PM Jared
The March of Folly was written by Barbara Tuchman author of Guns of August The book, as the title implies, discusses various case studies throughout history in which governments defied reason and pursued actions that were to their detriment The main examples that Tuchman discusses are 1 The Trojan Horse2 The Renaissance Popes and the lead up to the Reformation 3 The British Lose America 4 America s Involvement in Vietnam Below are the items from the book that I found interesting Folly sometimes [...]
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Trial run conducted of Orange Line Metro Train project
LAHORE: The Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project was run on a trial basis on Monday.
The train, as part of its trial run, was run near its depot and authorities said that a 12km long portion of the track, from Dera Gujran to Lakshmi Chowk, will be completed during the current week.
Successful trail run of orange line metro train today in Lahore… Allah be praised! pic.twitter.com/nOGAdkRbAU
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Advisor to the chief minister Khawaja Ahmad also visited the project and said four more train sets have reached Lahore for the project.
Earlier in December, the Supreme Court of Pakistan dismissed the decision of the Lahore High Court (LHC) halting work on selected sites of the OLMT project.
Although the apex court has allowed the Punjab government to go ahead with the project at the same speed, the bench has set 31 conditions to ensure the project's transparency.
The conditions include strict monitoring of the construction as well as a dedicated trial period before train operations begin; placement of high-tech devices and hiring of expert monitors to ensure vibrations from the construction don't damage the heritage sites and various measures for the beautification and restoration of the sites.
The apex court has also ordered the formation of a five-member experts' committee and three-member technical committee to oversee the project and ensure the protection of the heritage site under question.
A Rs100 million fund will also be established by the government to maintain the heritage sites, according to the court order.
The $1.6 billion project
Launched in May 2014 by Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in collaboration with a Chinese company, the project is set to be the country's first metro line, but it got embroiled in a legal battle in LHC which ordered a stay on several sites as the development was trampling over heritage sites in Lahore.
A single train within the 27-kilometre rail line has the capacity to carry 1,000 people, out of which 200 can be seated while 800 can commute while standing.
The project, which was included in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor earlier in the year, is expected to run on electricity and transport up to 250,000 passengers a day.
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Choices, and Their Lack: Mendicants of Santissima Annunziata
I routinely transit la Piazza della Santissima Annunziata each morning when I accompany Eleanor to preschool, and again when I return home to the palazzo where we live.
Perhaps at midday, bringing a critical but forgotten item back up to the kids' school – a lunch ticket, a felpa (hoodie), a change of clothes. Or meeting Jason for lunch in the blocks around Gonzaga in Florence, most often la Trattoria di San Gallo, or Il Giglio in a pinch for their four-euro fresh pasta plates, consumed next to office workers in suits and workmen in jumpsuits, their hands white with plaster or chalk.
It is a space I now know well, and have come to love: the Brunelleschi arches of the Ospedale degli Innocenti, stretching in uniform conformity along the eastern side of the piazza, each little swaddled putto slightly different than the one next to it, as though to underscore the humanity of orphans and lost children. The western side of the Loggia dei Servi di Maria, and its apartments overlooking their own set of steep steps. The arcades of Michelozzo's church of the Santissima Annunziata, on the north side, where I often duck in to make a quick petition to God, or any god, or any presence (I fold fast) who might be willing to receive it. The two walrus-man fountains in bronze reign in the middle, and hotels and restaurants line the south side, at the intersection of what I like to call the Gateway to the Molten Tourist Core of Florence. Via dei Servi begins at the south side of the piazza, and its crowded pavement extends all the way to the duomo, visible in slices between tall buildings crowding the narrow street.
Walrus fountains, Santissima Annunziata.
And yet, for all these flagstones and fountains and architecture, what captures my attention is the name: the most holy annunciation. What has not been chosen, when the lots are drawn. Mary, learning that she's bearing none less than God's only begotten Son. No choice there for a twelve-year-old Palestinian girl headed into an arranged marriage.
Tiny tokens once attached to a foundling.
Thousands of Florentine orphans and children of impoverished families passed through L'Ospedale degli Innocenti for hundreds of years, from 1445 to 1875. The museum inside maintains all the records of the babies, and while some of them did grow up and go on to be productive members of Florentine society (artists, statesmen, orphanage administrators), many met an early end as they failed to thrive, shuttled as newborns between city and country, and paid wet nurses. Giovanni died at 13 days old, one tag read. Annamaria died three days after arriving, said another. The tiny tarnished bit of a broken medal on a frayed piece of ribbon all that remained to remember them by. The hope that the two pieces might be joined again one day.
Not all babies met such a quick end; many survived, and indeed, thrived. This was a boon to the Silk Guild, the underwriters of the orphanage budget. There is always a reason. There is no simple charity. What was in it for the powerful silk guild, the owners of not only the bronze statue of St. John the Evangelist that graces one of the outer niches of the Orsanmichele Church, but of the entire loggia of the Orsanmichele itself and the statues of all the other thirteen Florentine guilds, wealthy and working class alike? There is always a reason. Think. Think hard. What could a guild of wealthy and powerful silk merchants want to do with a seemingly endless supply of small, young, nimble hands?
Carding silk. Weaving silk. Being apprenticed to the many textile workshops in the city.
And so the mutually beneficial, if lopsided, arrangement thrived for years, as the child labor of the orphans benefited the business pursuits of the wealthy and powerful silk merchants who funded their home.
So, they had a social safety net, but no child labor laws… win some, lose some. Still, light years ahead of their time, and frankly, a revolutionary concept.
The women who had been met with ruin as unwed mothers and fallen women were consigned to a disturbing fate within the Ospedale, giving up their own baby and being stationed in a wing for newborns, where they would lie in bed, a baby on each side of the bed under the curlicue of a mosquito-netted cot. The women would breastfeed around the clock while a medical nurse attended to them. Having recently returned from six years myself in the Land of Breastfeeding, I mentally uttered a firm nothankyou upon viewing those archival photos.
An aged nun makes her dogged way down
to Santissima Annunziata.
I always see priests, monks, and nuns in these blocks, walking up and down the sidewalks in sensible sandals and habits and robes as they have done for centuries. I thought also of the religious orders, and how getting thee to a nunnery was almost never a free choice, but rather an option of last resort for women without marriage dowries, women from poor families, and orphans. Perhaps the suor was the tenth of twelve children, in a merchant family down on its luck, and the next-eldest sister scraped the last of savings for her marriage. Or more rarely, a wealthy young woman who wished to continue an unusually profound education, but was barred from doing so via the institutions available at the time, so probably begged her father to deposit her dowry in a convent and went there to study and read, or write, or write music.
All these people, all these forced choices. I suppose when a forced choice is termed something along the lines of a most holy announcement, it goes down a tiny bit easier, or much more easily for the faithful. After all, God's choice. Who are humans to presume to choose the lot they'd like to receive in this life?
Another cast of characters that give me pause for thought are the mendicants of Santissima Annunziata. Staking out a post at the well-trafficked entrance to the church virtually guarantees a profitable day of begging
. There is a fairly standard set I see in the arches and the portico.
An African mother who has been separated from her three daughters by Italian immigration authorities (as best as I can tell from her literature and her science-fair-esque poster display, which is heartrending) hands out flyers and asks for help to pay a huge legal bill that might resolve her issue and reunite her with her daughters.
The Rom women, in their mismatched print scarves and long skirts, socks with cork sandals, and gleaming braids.
A man who looks like he could be Rom, but also possibly a college student, with a level of grooming far too fine to really seem down on his luck.
Another man who truly is down on his luck is frequently seated on the step at the entrance of the cloister, to the west of the main church entrance. His grubby hands and rheumy eyes speak to a lifetime of suffering; his clothes are layered and poorly patched. He watches the street, and one morning, months ago, I accidentally dropped Eleanor's gingham string bag with her extra change of clothes. I was on my bike, and did not notice until I was at her school. I returned to the piazza, and the beggar had darted out in the street to pick up the bag, and was waiting for me on the step with it in his hands. I thanked him profusely and gave him a euro. A few weeks ago he was perched on his step with two breathtaking black eyes that made me inhale hard when I saw him. He looked as though someone had beaten the crap out of him on a dark street, and they probably had. His injuries were awful, but I see him every day, and he is slowly returning to his normal. The nuns and priests always give him coins, even though he does not position himself at the entrance of the church to preen and curry favor with the faithful like the handsome Rom/not-Rom youth.
I empty out my coin purse to this cast, whether just walking by or opting to duck into the church for a quick five minutes with the thousands of lit taper and oil lamps. One day, I gave the Rom/not-Rom youth a euro on my way out. One of the Rom women (clearly not a friend of his) saw me do it. She quickly sidled up to me on the marble floor under the arcades, following me closely, her entreaties growing louder and more agitated as I repeated, mi dispiace (I'm sorry) until she finally devolved into a few profane threats, and I crossed the street.
The Adnkronos, Lampedusa, Italy.
Another group that drifts through the space are the African immigrants. They are clearly those with the least choice. Even the Rom are swaggering and confident next to the nervous glances of the Africans, toting their trays of tissues and umbrellas from corner to corner, or, if they have just arrived, simply holding out a cap – literally. The situation between Africa and Europe is always in the news, and getting worse; the recent refusal to permit first one, then two, then three migrant boats from landing in Italy while Matteo Salvini crowed that he was somehow taking back Italy. Make Spain and France take those boats! The young men, always under twenty-five, it seems, break my heart. I can see and smell the white salt in their tears, their hands and hair, and I don't know what to do to help them. The Italian government gives them homes, I am assured, none of them sleep on the street. Yes, but what of their days on the street, on the sidewalk, the utter lack of dignity? The looks and comments they endure? What choice did they have to stay or leave where they came from? I always say buongiorno, and I always feel their resolution to not show weakness, to keep that stiff upper lip, to hold strong on their corner. Can we allow dignity to those who have had no choice?
And to those who say, but they had a choice, I invite you to get out of your comfort zone and try their "choice" on for size, for a month or two, and come back and tell me if it was true choice or a forced choice. Because these are my former immigration clients stateside, and I know all their stories, in both type and detail. What poverty, what violence, what want they experienced where they were born. Go somewhere, if you haven't been, to see for yourself. See what circumstantially forced choices feel like, look like.
The choices we have, and the choices we do not have, are cast in high relief on the Most Holy Announcement (hilarious and businesslike in English, with little of the Italian solemnity), its church and its piazza. I reflect on my choices and my forced choices in this life – my lot, my inheritance, if you will.
I am fortunate in this life to have accessed a wide array of actual choices – and also fortunate to see when my forced choices were neither good nor bad, but simply a path I followed because it opened up to me, like Via dei Servi between two fountains, down a narrow shaded street, meeting the massive orange cupola of the cathedral as the Piazza del Duomo lays out its grey flagstones on the other end.
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Nevin Brown says:
Beautifully written, and deeply thoughtful about the idea of choices and how different these choices are for those of us who are privileged Westerners versus others (some of whom we see in the pews each Sunday at St Janes Church.
Really thoughtful and thought-provoking. I am sickened here by the non-choice of the children put in cages and in what feels to me like concentration-campesque atmospheres. I search for the true humanity and find so little.
Susan Sylvester says:
Beautiful meditation on choice. Thank you for sharing your words, compassion, and insight with the world!


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Extremely unfortunate CJP's bench was dubbed fixed: Sheikh Rasheed
Rasheed says a no-confidence motion needs to be brought against PM Shehbaz Sharif as well.
Says after the army, the judiciary is being targeted.
Says coalition leaders should say who their favourite judges are.
Former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, while reacting on Tuesday to the ruling coalition's objection to the Supreme Court's decision to continue the hearing on the Punjab chief minister's election with the current three-member bench, said that it is "extremely unfortunate" that the chief justice's bench was dubbed a "fixed bench."
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday rejected a petition seeking the formation of a full bench for hearing the case pertaining to the Punjab chief minister's election — where Hamza Shahbaz defeated Pervez Elahi.
Rasheed said that the coalition leaders should then say who their favourite judges are.
As the politician continued his criticism of the coalition government, he said that the "economy is being destroyed" and that PML-N is also "trying to avoid the elections".
'Larger bench instead of full court necessary': Salman Akram Raja
Meanwhile, senior SC lawyer Salman Akram Raja said that a full court is not necessary in the case. Instead, a larger bench should look into the matter.
"A ;arger bench would be a good step," he said, adding that he had also said earlier that a nine-judge bench would be reasonable.
Raja said that he still stands by his statement that the letter of PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain "does not have any value".
"The parliamentary party's head has a standing, not the party head," he said, adding that it was "wrong" of the Punjab Assembly deputy speaker to give importance to the party head's letter.
'Fear of contradiction': Maryam
Earlier, taking to her Twitter account in reaction to the SC verdict, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said that there was only one reason for the apex court not forming a full bench — "fear".
"Fear of the contradiction of its own decision," the PML-N stalwart wrote.
Saying that she was "almost sure" that a full court will not be formed, Maryam added that when decisions are "not taken in accordance with the Constitution, law, and justice, then the formation of a full court is deemed dangerous".
'Not such a bad idea' to appoint next army chief beforehand: President Arif Alvi
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WooHooo! Next you'll be having a 3D forum! HOWDY!
bloodjelly wrote: We get so many photography posts here that they really deserve their own special place in the forum. So, post your photographs here for critique, or just to show them off.
yea, photoshop help the human being a lot, there are many wonderfull works made by our administrator.
i learn photoshop for a while ,not good at it ,i think i should learn from you if possible.
I like this shot. A bit too much background, but the image itself is beautifully done.
Well thanks a bunch you photo lot. Just so you have something else to look at and say nothing about here are some more of my photos.
Nonsense! Sweet shot, very good job getting the focus right with all those branches going every which way. For the prize, what bird is that?


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Word from the Wise: The thin line between failure and success
There may be differing measures of success but the ultimate one is championships.
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In sport, the margin between victory and defeat can be microscopic but the difference in the consequences is astronomical. There may be differing measures of success but the ultimate one is championships. That is all that anyone ever remembers. If France had drawn with Ireland in Dublin instead of defeating them 1-0, Israel would have qualified for the 2006 World Cup and Avraham Grant would be still coaching the team. Instead Israel has another four years wait to see if it will qualify for its first World Cup berth since 1970. Not that qualifying for the World Cup guarantees anything. Israel could have been placed in a tricky group and roundly lost all three of their pool matches. Then what? In this day and age sports is a business and there are no jobs for life, regardless of what has happened in the past and what is happening today. There is always an eye to tomorrow and there is no place for sentimentality in tomorrow. Success is a double edged sword and it creates expectations. Teams such as the All Blacks, Real Madrid and the New York Yankees are expected to win every time they take the field. But it doesn't always happen like this and the consequences of it are merciless. The fate of Australian cricket coach, John Buchanan was reviewed after the Ashes despite what he had achieved up until that point. After Manchester United's recent 4-1 defeat to Middlesbrough some are now saying that the writing is on the wall for Sir Alex Ferguson. Ferguson has led United to the greatest period in their history but there is no guarantee he will still be in charge at Old Trafford by season's end. A poor result against French side, Lille, in tonight's Champion League game will only see his stocks slide even more. If owners the Glazers decide to part ways with Ferguson then the pressure will be on to find an adequate replacement. The last thing they would want is a revolving door type of succession with their inability to find a suitable candidate results in numerous short-term ones. For the fans of Manchester United this will only be another notch in their annus horribilis. There has been the Glazer takeover to contend with as well as Chelsea dominating the league and Europe like they used to. Across the other side of the Atlantic, the good people of New England are still in shock after hearing the news that wunderkind, Theo Epstein, submitted his resignation as General Manager of the Red Sox. Epstein brought the Sox their first World Series title in 86 years last year and was thought to be leading the team to the land of post-season glory after spending many years wondering in the wilderness. Despite any 'job for life' promises he may have received last year, 12 months is a long time in sport. Furthermore, sometimes success creates more problems with office politics then defeat. Dodging blame is one thing but taking credit for something you didn't do is a different thing entirely. Some of the Sox, giddy with their triumph may have let it go to their heads and 2005 was definitely a turbulent year for them. From Foulke to Schilling to Manny they bounced from one drama to another and limped into the playoffs on the final day of the season. There they were swept by the champions to be White-Sox. With Epstein's assistant and groomed successor, Josh Byrnes, already snapped up by the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Red Sox have no idea who their new General Manager will be. Add into the mix the request to be traded by outfielder Manny Ramirez and it looks like it is going to be one very tumultuous off-season for them. They may have won the World Series in 2004 but at this point in time it feels as close as 1918.
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Egypt denies report that fire likely caused 2016 plane crash
Published July 09, 2018 MarketsAssociated Press
Egypt is denying a report by French aviation investigators saying that a cockpit fire likely caused the crash of an EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo in 2016.
Egypt's top prosecutor said in a statement Monday that the Egyptian investigation into the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 is still underway. It says the French report is "baseless," adding that "traces of explosives were found on the remains of passengers and parts of the plane."
The French investigation agency BEA said Friday that the "most likely hypothesis" is that a fire broke out in the cockpit and "spread rapidly, resulting in loss of control."
All 66 people aboard were killed when the plane crashed into the Mediterranean in May 2016.


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This year, the second time the Whanaungatanga Day has been run through MPTT, Skills' staff worked with 200 electrical and plumbing trainees and apprentices while other Industry Training Organisations worked alongside students from their industry sectors.
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Wellness is a balance in all areas of your health…physical, mental and social. It is more than not having a serious illness. It means taking responsibility for your health. Wellness comes from your decisions and behaviors.
Now the leading causes of death in the India are cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke, accidents, and lung disease.
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September 23, 2018 September 23, 2018 Carl Robert Keyes Daily Advert UpdateAdvert Responding to Advert, Clothier, Dyers, Feud, Francis Gilding, New-London Gazette, Reputation, Seth Wales, Skill
New-London Gazette (September 23, 1768).
"I have been informed that some of my customers have been displeased."
Seth Wales had two purposes for placing an advertisement for his "clothier's business" in the New-London Gazette in September 1768. He promoted the skills of the workman he now employed while simultaneously recanting and correcting an advertisement that appeared in the same newspaper a year earlier.
That advertisement originally ran in the September 11, 1767, edition of the New-London Gazette. In it, Seth Wales of Norwich and Nathaniel Wales of Windham announced that "every Part and Branch of the Clothier's Business is carried on" in their towns "under the Direction and Management of one FRANCIS GILDING." Having recently arrived from London, Gilding was unfamiliar to prospective customers so the Waleses assured them that he is "thoroughly skilled in the Art of a Scowerer and Dyer, and can imitate or strike any Colours (that are dyed in the English Nation)." The advertisement continued to extol Gilding's skills and abilities at some length, adopting a marketing strategy frequently adopted by artisans in newspapers published throughout the colonies.
Seth Wales ultimately found himself dissatisfied with Gilding's "Direction and Management" of the business. In an advertisement that first appeared in the September 16 (misdated 15), 1768, issue he implied that Gilding had placed the previous notice. Although Wales did not take responsibility for misleading the public about Gilding's work, he did acknowledge that he had been "informed that some of my customers have been displeased with some of their work done at my mill." He indicated that those customers had responded to "Gilding's pretences" in the earlier notice, but that he had "found by experience he no ways answers to said advertisement." Wales then savaged Gilding's skills before declaring that he had "dismissed him."
In the wake of Gilding's termination, Wales hired a new "workman at the clothier's business, that served an apprenticeship at said trade in Europe, and understands every branch of the business." This new employee had been on the job for six months, sufficient time for Wales to confidently exclaim that his work "shall be done this year much better than it was last." Perhaps Wales had learned a lesson about advertising the skills of an employee too soon. The trial period gave him better opportunity to assess for himself the abilities of his "present workman" before making promises in advertisements and then finding himself in the position of retracting them.
For his part, Gilding was not pleased with how Wales portrayed him. The following week he placed his own advertisement, which appeared immediately below the second insertion of Wales's notice. He lamented that he had been "greatly Abused and Injured in my Reputation." He considered the entire advertisement "a Piece of Malice and Detraction." He then explained that any shortcomings in his work should be attributed to Wales for not providing proper supplies for the dyeing business. Furthermore, Gilding asserted that Wales attempted to hire him for an additional year. Gilding quit, despite Wales pretending otherwise. Finally, Gilding reported that his former employer and "the Workman he pretends to have had Six Months experience of" had parted ways, once again due to difficulties caused by Wales.
Artisans of various sorts often used newspaper advertisements to promote their skills and training in eighteenth-century America. In this incident, Wales and Gilding did that and more. Each turned to the public prints to defend their own reputation, inserting advertisements that constructed competing narratives. Airing their dirty laundry presented risks, but calculated that the rewards of presenting their own side of the dispute would result in rewards if prospective customers believed their version of events.
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25 May, 2012The Global Framework Agreement entitled "Basic principles of social responsibility at Bosch", with the German-based automotive and engineering transnational was signed with the Bosch Group European Works Council, and the International Metalworkers' Federation.
Stating that a priority at Bosch is to combine "the pursuit of economic objectives with consideration for social and environmental factors", the principles of the agreement are based on the core labour standards of the International Labour Organisation.
Included in the GFA are provisions concerning the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining, children's rights, occupational health and safety, equal opportunities, and the rejection of forced labour.
As well as covering the entire Bosch Group, whose business sectors are divided into automotive, industrial, and consumer goods & building technologies, the agreement stipulates that the company will not work with suppliers that fail to comply with the basic ILO standards.


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October 3, 2015 Anslem Gentle 0 Comments Anais Nin, Erotica, Paris, Romance
When Celeste was 19, she traveled by train to Paris. It was the beginning of summer and she was leaving her childhood behind. She wanted this to be the start of her life. The point at which she began to truly live. She arrived in Paris on a Friday and on Saturday she began to work in a small café near the Seine. The owner gave her a small wage, but it included a small flat above the café. There was another woman working and living in the café also. Her name was Gitte and she was from Denmark. For 5 years she has lived in Paris. Gitte was to become her friend and confidant. Gitte, who was tall and very elegant looking, had come to Paris to model and in the process, had met an unusual assortment of the most colorful Parisians. All were artist or musicians, or writers. Gitte invited Celeste to a party given by an artist in his studio. His name was Umberto. He was half Italian and built like a small boxer. With dark eyes, a crooked nose and strong arms. Umberto took an immediate affection for Celeste. They toured his studio and he showed her some of his work. A great many pieces were unfinished. Umberto was a sculptor. He gave Celeste champagne. She found herself liking him. When the party was ending, she sought out Gitte and asked if it was safe to stay with Umberto a bit longer. Gitte was drunk.
"I trust him completely. He has a lovely touch" she said laughingly.
When everyone had left, Umberto sat Celeste on a low couch . He sat opposite on a chair. They talked. He told her of his sculptors, she told him of her dreams. They talked for an hour, never letting their eyes stray far from the others.
"I would like to sculpt you." He said finally.
"I could not be a model Umberto, I know nothing of your world" she said, with this very desire rising inside of her.
He remained silent. She wondered if he would kiss her. Celeste laid on the couch, musing over his request. Umberto came and sat at her feet. She did not realize that Umberto had stopped talking altogether. He slipped off her shoes and ran his hands over her feet. He held her feet as if they were made of crystal. His hands were sweating. It was as if he was trying to coat her feet with a thin layer of paint. He caressed every part of her feet. At no time did his hands lose contact with her skin. Umberto slowly moved up both legs in this manner. No single part of her skin was left untouched. This was the adventure that Celeste craved. This was the life she wanted. Umberto had reached her hips.
"Please, may I take off your dress?" he asked.
A single "Yes", was all she said.
She stood and he delicately removed her dress. She did not stop him as he continued to disrobe her. It was cool and she could feel the bumps rise on her skin. Umberto frowned.
"You must be smooth" he said.
He lit candles all around her a she laid on the couch, watching him. She warmed. Stoically, Umberto began as before, with the feet. The constant caresses caused a heat of their own. Slowly the warmth of his hands began to match the growing heat inside her. As he reached the apex of her legs, he gently caressed the curls of her sex. He continued to her waist. Here he lingered awhile.
"I must get this right". He said.
No part of her torso was not caressed. Slowly, assuredly, he touched her with hands now hot from friction. His eyes fixed in concentration. Not a curve was missed, not a contour was left unexplored.
This is how Umberto sculpted. He used no models. He would mold his work until it gave him the same feeling and smoothness as he was getting from Celeste now. He did not work from memory, but from touch. Celeste was not aware of this. As Umberto reached her back, she was wild. The heat inside had built with every inch of skin that he touched. She wanted him to stop. She wanted him to show her the love that she so desperately needed, to at last, be free of her youth. She wanted him to be the guide, the compass on this uncharted landscape. The navigator of her journey from child to woman.
Umberto would not. To him, this was his work. It was too much, she begged him to stop, to make love to her. He would not. He was not finished. As he reached the nape of her neck, she could feel the climax. It wanted release. It wanted to be set free, but could not. The desire grew stronger. She could take it no longer. She stood up. By candlelight, her sweat was a thin sheen covering her body.
"Touch me please" she said.
He stared with angry eyes. "I cannot. But you can." he said.
She did not want to do this herself. But her body yearned for completion. She slowly touched her own sex. Her hand shivered as she caressed her own sex lips. She had never before touched herself in the presence of another. She had to do it. As her body shuddered with the force of the long anticipated climax, she cried. Umberto was silent. She dressed and left without a word. As she walked to the café under a waking sky, she felt as if everyone who saw her, the street cleaners and the early morning workers, knew that she was not complete. Gitte was waiting for her. She knew.
"Why?" was all Celeste could say to her.
"If Umberto had made love to you that is all he would have remembered. He would not have been able to sculpt you. This way, when he works, he has the feel of your body only on his hands and not in his mind and on his lips. That is why there remains unfinished works in his studio. His hands forgot."
Celeste did not like this. Gitte took her hand.
"Come with me" she said. "I will show you the way to be free."
Celeste smiled as they went into her room and closed the door.
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Comcast is Big Winner in Latest West Virginia Broadband Grant Funding
Posted on July 19, 2022 3:52pm by Bernie Arnason
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Home » Comcast is Big Winner in Latest West Virginia Broadband Grant Funding
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced preliminary approval for close to $21 million in funding for six broadband infrastructure projects in the state. Comcast was the largest winner of this latest West Virginia broadband funding.
The $21 million in grants are part of an ongoing broadband infrastructure funding program in the state, labeled the Major Broadband Project Strategies (MBPS) program, which itself is a part of the Governor's "Billion-Dollar Broadband Strategy."
This $21 million will help fund 628 miles of new fiber infrastructure, providing broadband connectivity to 5,849 homes and businesses throughout the state. Other sources of funding, including match funding, will kick in an additional $13 million, for a total of $34 million in funding.
"The magnitude of what we've done to expand access to broadband in West Virginia in such a short period of time is really unprecedented," Gov. Justice said in a press release. "And what's even more exciting is that we're just getting started. We are going to keep announcing round after round of these projects until we light up every nook and cranny of our state with broadband. West Virginians everywhere should be incredibly excited."
Comcast Wins Big
Cable MSO Comcast is by far the largest grant winner in this round, gaining $14.7 million of the $20.8 million to build 304 miles of fiber that will eventually reach 1,402 addresses in West Virginia. Comcast kicked in over $6 million in matching funds.
The Comcast West Virginia project will focus on addresses in Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, and Ohio Counties, which are located in the northern panhandle region of the state. Other grant winners include Shentel ($1.1 million), Frontier ($1.6 million), DQE Communications ($1 million), and Citynet ($2.2 million).
Large cable companies like Comcast have become much more active in targeting rural broadband expansion funding provided by state and federal governments. Charter is by far the most active, having already won over a billion dollars in RDOF funding.
Funding for state programs like this one in West Virginia come from a variety of sources, with much of it flowing from federal government programs like the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the CARES Act, and the U.S. Treasury Capital Funds Program.
Even more will soon be coming through the BEAD program, which allocates over $42 billion to be distributed to all 50 states and some U.S. territories.
Based on activity to date, we can probably expect large cable companies like Comcast and Charter to continue to be active participants in these rural broadband expansion funding programs.