…Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute, the "Racial Integrity Act of 1924", unconstitutional, thereby overturning Pace v. Alabama (1883) and ending all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the United States.
The Lovings moved to the District of Columbia, and on November 6, 1963 the American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion on their behalf in the state trial court to vacate the judgment and set aside the sentence on the grounds that the violated statutes ran counter to the Fourteenth Amendment. This set in motion a series of lawsuits which ultimately reached the Supreme Court. On October 28, 1964, after their motion still had not been decided, the Lovings began a class action suit in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. On January 22, 1965, the three-judge district court decided to allow the Lovings to present their constitutional claims to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Virginia Supreme Court Justice Harry L. Carrico (later Chief Justice of the Court) wrote an opinion for the court upholding the constitutionality of the anti-miscegenation statutes and, after modifying the sentence, affirmed the criminal convictions.
Ignoring United States Supreme Court precedent, Carrico cited as authority the Virginia Supreme Court's own decision in Naim v. Naim (1955), and also argued that the case at hand was not a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause because both the white and the non-white spouse were punished equally for the "crime" of "miscegenation", an argument similar to that made by the United States Supreme Court in 1883 in Pace v. Alabama.
Absentee ballots read "Barack Osama," "simple mistake?" Pathetic.
Major oops or dirty trick?
After the Albany Times-Union newspaper revealed the problem ballots on Friday, the Rensselaer County Board of Elections inisisted that the rendering of Barack Obama's name was a simple mistake, and insisted that it was included on "only 300 of more than 4,000″ ballots.


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Iran blocks own port after sinking mock U.S. carrier during exercise
By World Tribune on August 6, 2020
by WorldTribune Staff, August 6, 2020
Iran sought a propaganda victory when its naval forces attacked a mock U.S. aircraft carrier in a recent exercise.
The fake aircraft carrier was accidentally sunk, reports say.
But that short-term win has turned into a real nightmare for the Islamic Republic.
The mock carrier was sunk in shallow water near the entrance to Iran's main naval port, putting any ship that passes over it in danger, reports say.
The fake aircraft carrier, which was actually a barge mocked up to look like an U.S. navy vessel, was accidentally sunk, images shared by Aurora Intel and taken by the PLEIADES satellites show.
"The stricken carrier can be seen, capsized, in commercial satellite imagery," Forbes reported. "It began to sink when it was being towed back to Bandar Abbas after being attacked." The vessel began to list "steeply to one side" on July 31, with "half of the flight deck submerged," and has reportedly sunk even further since then.
According to the report, the location where the fake carrier sunk could create a "serious headache" for the Iranian navy.
The vessel is currently just outside the Bandar Abbas harbor entrance and has sunk in shallow water which is only 45 feet deep.
According to the Forbes report by H I Sutton, the sunken vessel could cause "catastrophic damage" to vessels which sail over it and represents "a serious shipping hazard."
Bandar Abbas is the location of Iran's main naval base.
According to Sutton, Iran will have no choice but to attempt to salvage the vessel from the sea. However, he cast doubt on Iran's ability to do so, noting that such an operation would be costly and the vessel currently appears to be abandoned.
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Leandro Rinaudo (Palermo, Italia, 9 de mayo de 1983), es un ex futbolista italiano. Se desempeñaba como defensa.

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Formado en la cantera del Palermo, equipo de su ciudad natal, entre 2002 y 2005 fue cedido a préstamo a varios equipos como Varese, Salernitana y Cesena. En la temporada 2005-06 volvió al Palermo, donde debutó en la Copa de la UEFA. Tras ser cedido en préstamo por una temporada al Siena, en 2007 se unió otra vez al equipo rosanero. En junio de 2008 firmó por el Napoli.

El 28 de agosto marcó sus primeros goles con la camiseta azzurra ante el Vllaznia de Albania, realizando un doblete en la segunda fase clasificatoria de la Copa de la UEFA. El 7 de marzo de 2010 marcó su primer tanto en la liga italiana con el Napoli, ante el Bologna. Tras 44 partidos y 3 goles con el conjunto partenopeo, el 31 de agosto de 2010 fue cedido a préstamo con opción de compra a la Juventus.

Debutó en las filas del conjunto turinés el 26 de septiembre contra el Cagliari, utilizado como lateral derecho: fue su único partido de la temporada, fuertemente condicionada por problemas físicos. Terminado el préstamo, la Juve no ejerció el derecho de compra y Rinaudo volvió a Nápoles. El 10 de enero de 2012 fue cedido a préstamo al Novara. La temporada siguiente volvió otra vez al Napoli, pero no fue incluido en la plantilla. Una vez terminado el contrato con el club azzurro, fichó por el Livorno, donde jugó una temporada con 21 presencias y 1 gol. El año siguiente fue contratado por el Virtus Entella de la Serie B, donde jugó solo 8 partidos antes de ser cedido, en enero de 2015, al Bari.

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Futbolistas de Italia
Futbolistas del Varese Calcio Società Sportiva Dilettantistica
Futbolistas de la Unione Sportiva Salernitana 1919
Futbolistas de la Associazione Calcio Cesena
Futbolistas del Palermo Football Club
Futbolistas de la Società Sportiva Robur Siena
Futbolistas de la Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli
Futbolistas del Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli en los años 2010
Futbolistas de la Juventus de Turín
Futbolistas del Novara Calcio
Futbolistas de la Associazione Sportiva Livorno Calcio
Futbolistas del Football Club Bari 1908
Futbolistas del Vicenza Calcio
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The WEConnect International team includes individuals with extensive experience in advocacy, activism, policy, politics and business.
Global Team
Global Champions
Elizabeth A. Vazquez
President, CEO, and Co-Founder
President, CEO, and Co-Founder of WEConnect International. She is a world leader in women's economic empowerment and global supplier diversity and inclusion. She is the co-author of the book, "Buying for Impact: How to Buy from Women and Change Our World."
Emily Coccia
Emily Coccia is the Vice President of Development for WEConnect International. In this role, Emily works to ensure the efficient and effective management, growth and impact of the organization. She is a thought leader in engineering strategic giving programs and cause campaigns and leads this and the development of external partnerships for WEConnect International.
Saritha Venumbaka
Saritha Venumbaka is the Vice President of Operations for WEConnect International. In this role, Saritha leads the organization in overseeing day-to-day operations while identifying creative services and solutions to enable the expansion of WEConnect International's global footprint and impact. She is a thought leader in implementing strategic systems to ensure operational excellence.
Tyrell Byrd
Operations and Finance Associate
Tyrell Byrd is the Operations and Finance Associate for WEConnect International. In this role, Tyrell provides support to the finance department and manages day-to-day activities in the office.
Edith Cecchini
Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Partnerships, and Events
Edith Cecchini is the Regional Director for Asia Pacific and Canada for WEConnect International. In this role, she oversees the organization's work in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and of course, Canada. She has more than 16 years of professional experience working in a variety of sectors, including banking, sales, tourism, international development, gender equity, fundraising, stakeholder engagement, and supplier diversity and inclusion.
Anne Hoye
Anne Hoye joined the WEConnect International team as Director of Operations in January 2013. She provides fiscal and administrative oversight of organizational activities and programs, working to ensure the efficient and effective financial management and operational structure of the organization.
Alexander Kangas
Global Program Assistant
Alexander Kangas is the Global Program Assistant at WEConnect International. In this role, Alex provides support for the teams around the world with regards to certifications, assessments and WEConnect's eNetwork.
Andrea Lizarzaburu
Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
Andrea Lizarzaburu is the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean for WEConnect International. An Ecuadorian native, Andrea has worked supporting entrepreneurs and SMEs owners in Latin American and the Caribbean from different platforms. She has experience working for the private and public sectors, and for international and non-government organizations.
Nicolas Picard
Research, Analysis, and Project Manager
Nicolas Picard is the Research, Analysis, and Project Manager for WEConnect International. In this role, he manages research projects in coordination with corporate members and leads initiatives to engage women entrepreneurs in WEConnect International countries of operation.
Sarah Priddy
Communications, Media, and Event Manager
Sarah Priddy is the Communications, Media, and Event Manager at WEConnect International. In this role, she works closely with the global team to develop and manage overall communications, marketing materials, and activities while additionally supporting the Regional Director for Asia Pacific, Partnerships, & Events in the development and execution of all events.
Dominique Spencer
Grant and Impact Manager
Dominique Spencer is WEConnect International's Grant and Impact Manager. In this role, she works closely with the global team to measure the impact of WEConnect International's programs, coordinate monitoring and evaluation, and secure new funding.
Michael Tobolski
Director of Corporate Relations
As the Director of Corporate Relations for WEConnect International, Michael Tobolski's focus is Business Development, Corporate Member Relations, and the support of Strategic Planning, Finance and Operations.
Corporate Engagement and Project Manager
Rachel Williams is the Corporate Engagement and Project Manager at WEConnect International. In this role, Rachel provides support to the Director of Corporate Relations in corporate member outreach, member recruiting, committee facilitation and support, and overall membership support as it relates to supplier diversity and inclusion.
Maggie Berry
Maggie Berry is the Executive Director for WEConnect International in Europe and joined the team in December 2012 – she has lead responsibility for the management, leadership and development of WEConnect International in Europe. Her role involves developing corporate and public sector support as well as growing and developing the database and network of over 1,000 self-registered and certified women business owners across the UK and Europe – WEConnect International is active in the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands.
Nilay Çelik
Since January 2013, Nilay Çelik has had lead responsibility for the management, leadership, and development of WEConnect International in Turkey. Her role involves developing corporate support as well as growing and developing the network of women's business enterprises in Turkey.
Jean Chawapiwa
The Country Director for WEConnect International in South Africa, Jean Chawapiwa, is a strategic communications expert with over 25 years corporate communications experience, over 10 of those years were spent in the African Mining sector serving as vice president communications and external affairs Africa for Rio Tinto, Barrick Gold and Placer Dome. Prior to this she worked for seven years at senior management level in CSIR.
Shade Ladipo
Shade Ladipo is the Country Director for WEConnect International in Nigeria, a travel and media entrepreneur, and social activist.
Ana Lurita
Certification Program Assistant for Latin America
Ana assists the WEConnect International team with the certification program in Latin America.
Priscila Mazochi
Priscila Mazochi provides support to WEConnect International in enhancing brand visibility and outreach to businesswomen in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina. Her role also involves events and prospection in these countries in order to create a powerful ecosystem through networking and business scale.
María Angélica Porto
WBE and Outreach Manager for Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru
María Angélica Porto provides support to WEConnect International in enhancing brand visibility and outreach to women entrepreneurs in Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru. Her role also involves the engagement of corporate, public sector and other stakeholders that support women business owners in throughout Latin America.
Chelsea Prescod
Chelsea Prescod, the Country Director for WEConnect International in Canada, brings an eclectic professional and entrepreneurial career that inspires and motivates others into action.
Krithika Ram
Krithika Ram is the Program Director for WEConnect International in India. She brings more than 10 years of professional experience in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining WEConnect International, she led the NGO Credibility and Engagement Team at Charities Aid Foundation India, where she was involved in conducting due-diligence of non-profits prior to grantmaking and partner selection for CSR funding.
Alicia Sierra Morales
Alicia Sierra has been Program Manager for WEConnect International in Mexico since 2012. In this role, she has designed strategies to connect Mexican women-owned businesses with multinational corporation buyers strengthening inclusion and diversity in global value chains.
Setsu Suzuki
Project Director for Japan
Setsu Suzuki, the Project Director for WEConnect International in Japan, brings a unique combination of entrepreneurial and consulting experience. In this role, she is developing training opportunities for women business owners and is also actively connecting national and multinational corporations to local women suppliers through dialogue and networking events.
Natália Torres
Regional Corporate and Partner Engagement Manager for Latin America
Natália Torres is WEConnect International's Regional Corporate and Partner Engagement Manager for Latin America. Based in São Paulo, Natália is a 10 years' experienced professional, with in-depth knowledge of inclusive business models and cross-sector partnerships.
Mrinalini Venkatachalam
Regional Outreach and Events Manager for Southeast Asia
As Regional Outreach and Events Manager for Southeast Asia, Mrinalini (Minnie) provides support to WEConnect International by enhancing brand visibility and conducting outreach to women entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia.
Natalie Stirling-Sanders
Board Position
Board Chair
Sustainability Integration Manager
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
Denise Naguib
Board Vice Chair
VP Sustainability and Supplier Diversity Organization
Joan Namahna Kerr
Board Treasurer
Director, Supplier Diversity
Pacific Gas & Electric
Program Director, Global Supplier Diversity
Peter Zerp
Program Lead, Procurement, Global Supplier Inclusion & Diversity
Lorenzo Bell
Diversity & Inclusiveness Manager, Procurement
Jesica Duarte
Vice President, Home Product Development & Sourcing
Darlene Fuller
Senior Director, Supplier Diversity
Natalie Jaworski
Vice President, Procurement Citizenship
Dr. William Kapfer
Global Head of Supplier Diversity
Simon Marsh
Director, Marketing Procurement
Colleen Mascia
Senior Manager, Supplier Diversity
Kris Oswold
Director of Supplier Diversity
Gilbert Petitt
Supplier Diversity Strategist
The Boeing Company
Daphanie Pointer
North America Supplier Diversity Lead
Megan Stowe
EMEA Strategic Sourcing & International SD&I Director
Susan Vanell-Charpentier
Associate Director – Data, Analytics, Media, and MarTech
The Procter & Gamble Company
WEConnect International Ambassadors are a very select group of internationally successful women business owners devoted to bolstering WEConnect International's commitment to opening doors for women business owners, economic empowerment and inclusive growth.
Janice Bryant Howroyd
The Act •1 Group
Businesswoman, entrepreneur, educator, ambassador, author, mentor and Presidential Special Appointee, Janice Bryant Howroyd is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Act •1 Group, a global leader providing customized cutting edge solutions in the human resources industry.
Margery Kraus
Founder and Executive Chairman
APCO Wordwide
Margery Kraus is the founder and executive chairman of APCO Worldwide, a global consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., specializing in public affairs, communication and business consulting for major multinationals.
Mei Xu
Chesapeake Bay Candle
Mei Xu is a Chinese American entrepreneur, woman business leader, and the founder and CEO of Chesapeake Bay Candle and the Creator and CEO of Blissliving Home.
WEConnect International has worked with the following global champions of women's economic empowerment since its founding in 2009. Their partnership has led to increased awareness in their respective countries around the potential of women-owned businesses to do business with large corporations. We salute them for their past and current efforts to make a positive change in the world for women.


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226. Young married couples should be encouraged to develop a routine that gives a healthy sense of closeness and stability through shared daily rituals. These could include a morning kiss, and evening blessing, waiting at the door to welcome each other home, taking trips together and sharing household chores. Yet it also helps to break the routine with a party, and to enjoy family celebrations of anniversaries and special events. We need these moments of cherishing God's gifts and renewing our zest for life. As long as we can celebrate, we are able to rekindle our love, to free it form monotony and to colour our daily routine with hope.


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Radoslav Bachev (Bulgaars : Радослав Бачев) (Simitli, 9 april 1981) is een voormalige Bulgaars voetballer die voorkeur speelde als verdediger.

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Bachev speelde voor OFK Pirin Blagoëvgrad, Marek Doepnitsa, Tsjerno More Varna, PFK Montana, Botev Plovdiv, Septemvri Simitli en OFK Akademik Svisjtov.

Bachev begon zijn professionele carrière als voetballer bij Septemvri Simitli. Daarna speelde hij voor Pirin Blagoevgrad en Marek Dupnitsa, voordat begin 2006 tekende hij bij Tsjerno More Varna.

Tsjerno More Varna

In juli 2007 scoorde Bachev zijn eerste doelpunt voor Tsjerno More Varna tegen FK Makedonija Gjorče Petrov in de UEFA Intertoto Cup bij het Skopje City Stadium. Het resultaat van de wedstrijd eindigde met een 4-0 uitoverwinning voor Tsjerno More Varna.

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Weekend Open Forum: How many online subscription services do you currently pay for?
Online monthly services are all around us. Over 100 million people have Netflix subscriptions and around 80 million lay claim to Amazon Prime memberships. Streaming media services are only one type of subscription, sure, but they are among the most popular.
Personally, I maintain subscriptions to PlayStation Plus and Elder Scrolls Online Plus although I am getting ready to cancel the latter due to lack of play time. I also have Amazon Prime (mainly for the shopping / shipping benefits), Netflix for movies and television shows and Spotify for music.
In total, I maintain five online subscriptions which cost me about $47 per month.
How many online subscriptions do you carry? Let us know in the comments section below!
Technically 2, Origin Access I pay for yearly($30), and Xbox live, but I use Microsoft reward points to pay for the xbox live.
None anymore. My friend takes care of our Netflix. I canceled my Mumble subscription because of Discord. I don't pay for ESEA anymore.
I got spotify, amazon prime, netflix and UFC. I will subscribe to NBA in october and will remove UFC.
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Amazon Prime only currently, although if they ever offer a decent priced NFL Sunday ticket I would be subscribed to that also.
One, EA Access on Xbox One.
Virgin media, Netflix, prime, PSN.
None and I feel good about it.
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I got free 6 months of Netflix when I upgraded my lte data plan (from 1mbps to 10mbps) but I did not use the service: monthly 50GB data allowance. once my telecom approves my new updated data plan application (400GB monthly allowance), I will consider paying for Netflix add-on.
Zero! Haven't heard anything new that rise above the description ... "noise" ..... and if I did I would simply turn off the hearing aids!
Zero. There are no online subscriptions worth paying for as far as I'm concerned. In fact I wouldn't take any of them even if they were free.
I don't have any paid subscriptions at the moment other than my cell phone and cable/internet.
Amazon Prime would be nice, but I can't justify paying $50 to $100 a year for something that I would rarely benefit from. It'd be nice, but I also have an Amazon store within walking distance so I have no need for it.
I'm considering getting a video streaming service like Netflix but I want to be sure I'll use it enough for it to be worth it.
Amazon Prime is useful given it's movies and such, along with free Twitch subscription per month.
Twitch which is a few subscriptions, including the free one of course.
Discord because I would love to support the platform, that has become a very useful means of communication. Humble Monthly because game bundles are always fun to check out.
Overall not too much spent, but it's always nice to support the content you enjoy.
Spotify (student), Amazon Prime (student), Netflix (HD, give the 2nd screen to my fiancee's family), yearly Office 365 as well.
Pandora One, Netflix and Hulu.
I think I'm going to have to buy a new set of tires.
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Technal Curtain Walling for BREEAM Excellent Office Building in Birmingham
Calthorpe House is one of a small number of buildings in the Midlands to achieve a BREEAM (2006) 'excellent' rating. This highly sustainable landmark office scheme features the latest curtain walling from architectural aluminium specialists, Technal.
Designed by Webb Gray & Partners for developers Calthorpe Estates, and constructed by BAM, the £40m building is also the first application of a new adaptation of Technal's MX curtain walling system.
This latest façade option is an alternative to structural sealant glazing, which gives the benefit of clear sight lines, no caps, and flush corners for greater transparency and high quality aesthetics with uninterrupted spans of glass to maximise natural light and architectural appeal.
The system uses a specially designed 'toggle' which removes the need for silicone to hold the glazed units in place and is faster and simpler to install. It was specified for the front elevation of Calthorpe House. MX Visible Grid curtain walling was used to glaze the side and rear façades – demonstrating how Technal's MX curtain walling options give specifiers the opportunity to vary the appearance of the building envelope on a single project.
Solaglas Contracting was awarded the £1m contract to fabricate and install the glazing for this prominent scheme. The MX system was required to accommodate various thicknesses of glass to provide additional acoustic performance on the lower levels, and some of the curtain wall sections were pre-installed off site into concrete panels to reduce time on site.
Commenting on the project, Webb Gray & Partners, said, "Technal's structural glazing allowed us to meet the client's requirement for greater visual impact for the front elevation. Here, the curtain wall has the appearance of a single span of glass with no compromise on performance."
"Having used Technal's curtain walling on previous projects, we were confident in their system for this scheme and are very pleased with the finished building".
The Technal curtain walling was glazed in green solar control glass as part of the building's sustainability strategy, with a ceramic-coated inner pane to conceal services between floors.
In every aspect of its design and construction, Calthorpe House was conceived as an office scheme that would represent best practice in environmental performance.
The finished building outperforms statutory requirements for carbon emissions by 27 per cent and provides a range of energy-saving measures that contributed to the BREEAM (2006) 'excellent' rating. These features include high levels of thermal insulation and ventilation, solar control glass, low noise levels, and a large amount of natural light from the floor to ceiling glazing on the ground and upper floors.
Technal's MX curtain walling suite has all the aesthetic, durability and low maintenance qualities of aluminium, combined with constant 52mm sight lines to create a uniform appearance across a comprehensive range of design options – low to high rise curtain walling; visible grid, ribbon, structural, beaded, faceted and sloped glazing.
This high performing façade solution has all the advantages of one fully integrated system – consistent sight lines and interfaces, simplified specification, ease of fabrication and installation, cost efficiency and reduced time on site.


Coleraine's Alan Campbell cruised through the men's single sculls heats as the Rio 2016 rowing got under way in Copacabana on Saturday.
The first sportsperson from Northern Ireland to compete at four Olympic Games, the 33-year-old started his campaign at the Lagoa on Saturday morning.
Campbell was the first rower from the United Kingdom in action and eased into Tuesday's quarter-final, winning his heat in 7 minutes 8.31 seconds.
Meanwhile, Coleraine's Peter Chambers was part of the men's four lightweight men's four which included Chris Bartley, Mark Aldred, Jono Clegg placed second in their heat.


The following is a response I wrote to someone who asked exactly what we do in workshops. I thought it might be helpful to other people who are considering attending.
By the way – the person who inquired did attend the workshop, had a great time and felt that he learned a tremendous amount. He was an excellent student and fit right into our "casual atmosphere".
Thanks for asking about the workshop. I understand that it can be difficult to throw yourself into the unknown! Because workshops vary according to the needs of the participants, I can't really give you a "play by play", but I can certainly fill you in on the general format.
I plan to begin this workshop by working with the whole group. I will help you "speed-learn" the fretboard, work a bit with technique and then get into the theory and concepts necessary for lead playing. We will then split into smaller groups to work with the concepts and techniques. You can work with people who are at a similar level, although it's not always necessary to do so. I will bring the large group together off and on through the day, as is appropriate.
When we split into smaller groups, I can help you with your individual needs. I can also work with you privately, when and if that is helpful to you. My motto is "do what's called for". It's fun that way – and productive.
None of the day will be about pressure or being "on the spot". You mentioned some concern over your "bad habits" and lack of experience in playing with others. The good news is – you won't be alone! Everyone has "bad habits" and their own issues to address. My goal is to provide a safe environment for breaking out of old patterns and discovering new ways of looking at and connecting to the fretboard. People always have a lot of fun and are amazed at how much information they can acquire in a short time. You won't be able to use it all in one day – the idea is to have plenty to take home and work with.
I will email you a questionnaire in advance, which will give me an idea of your current abilities and what you would like to get from the workshop. It doesn't take long to fill out and send back, if you don't mind. It's not a requirement, but will obviously help me give you the most in the time that we have.
Workshops are a blast and we all always come away high off of the experience. Hope you can join us!
For more information or to register for workshops, contact us.


When it comes to traveling—for business or pleasure—almost all travelers bring luggage with them on their trips. However, many overlook the importance of properly packing your suitcase before your trip, which is easier than you might think.
If you're getting ready for your upcoming trip, set aside a little extra time to pick out the clothing you want to bring, properly organize everything you're taking with you, and fold and store it all in your luggage neatly. Doing so will ensure that you don't end up with a wad of wrinkled clothes at your destination.
Of course, you'll first need to pick out a carry-on bag and a convenient suitcase or piece of large luggage you want to pack it all in. Before you buy your luggage, though, make sure to check out the baggage allowances for whatever airline you're flying. That way, you can properly plan what you'll be able to bring with you on your travels.
Countless travelers overpack for their vacations—oftentimes because they are afraid of being unprepared for certain weather, outings, or events—but extra luggage will weigh you down on your trip. To avoid overpacking, the first step is to organize what you want to take with you and eliminate items you don't need.
You'll want to start by laying everything you expect to take on vacation where it's all visible at once, like on a bed. Then, you can use your knowledge of your destination—what you didn't wear last time you visited, what the weather forecast and guides say to pack, etcetera—to narrow down what you need to bring.
Organize the items by order of importance. Start with the most important like clothing, toiletries, phone charger, a power converter for European outlets, and your important travel documents, then work your way down to "luxury" items like hand creams, books, and other small items that add up in weight and room.
Consider what you'll need at your destination—and what it might already have there. You probably won't need to bring a towel to a resort, for instance, but you may want to pack a beach towel if you're going camping on the coast of Spain.
Evaluate what your smartphone can replace in your luggage. While you'll need to have a GSM-compatible phone to make calls and send texts in Europe, your smartphone can save maps, act as a flashlight and camera, be used as an e-book reader, and even work as a translator via apps without the need for connectivity. You might consider replacing physical objects with apps for your trip.
Look over all your option (in order of importance) and determine which point on the scale is the cut-off for "essential" items for your trip; leave everything you would consider "non-essential" out of your luggage for now.
Once you've narrowed down your essentials, it's time to fold up your clothes to put them in your luggage—then, you can come back to see if you have room for non-essentials after.
When it comes to saving space and getting to your destination with a wardrobe that's relatively wrinkle-free, the best way to fold your clothing is actually to roll it.
You can take any t-shirt, sweater, or even pants, fold them in half, and roll them tightly from the bottom for safe storage. However, you might want to consider folding any jeans in half and placing them between layers instead. In any case, since the fabric isn't bunching up anywhere and you're creasing it less by rolling it, your clothing won't have as many wrinkles once you arrive.
Once you've rolled all of you're clothing, it's time to pack your suitcase and carry-on bags. The first layer you'll put in will be made up of any heavy objects (like guidebooks) and all the clothing you've rolled. Next, you'll add in non-clothing items like toiletries, spare shoes, and a security pouch or money-belt, prescription medicines, an extra pair of glasses, contacted lenses, or a camera.
After you've packed all of your essential items, you can return to your pile of non-essentials from organizing them before and see if there's anything you want to take to add a few creature comforts to your travels. However, you should remember to leave room to buy things at your destination if you hope to return with souvenirs and that you can almost always pick up things like toiletries and guidebooks once you arrive.
To make sure you're ready for departure, there are a few things you should do before you zip up your luggage and head out to the airport.
Put everything that you won't need until you return from your travel in one place in your suitcase or carry-on. You should store things like your house keys, home currency, passport copies, and backup receipts somewhere you won't be accessing most of the trip, like a back pocket in a backpack or the bottom of a suitcase.
You may also want to bring a plastic wallet (even the A4 plastic ring-binder files will do) and put everything you need at the airport in there. Because of numerous ID and ticket checks, you'll find yourself emptying pockets every few minutes and forgetting where you put things. However, if you start with empty pockets and everything you need in one place, you'll find everything much less stressful.
If you are checking luggage, make sure that you have the following with you on the plane: anything valuable, anything that can break, medication, some basic toiletries, and clothing in case your bag is temporarily misplaced in transit.
Should You Take a Duffel or Suitcase on Your Next Trip?


This website has information about bus/coach/rail services in the Perth and Kinross council area, as well as most of the rest of Great Britain and Ireland. There are also links to other on-line transport information.
The council's own website (which is good for transport information) is available here (Telephone 0845 3011130).
This website contains details of 114 bus and 21 coach services that run within Perth and Kinross council's area. Details are also available of local transport operators 20 of which are located here and 19 of which operate the local public transport services. To book coach tickets in this area, click here.
This website contains details of 8 train services that run within Perth and Kinross council's area, to book train tickets in this area, click here.
There appear to be 2188 bus stops or bus/coach/rail stations in this area. A file that can be used in Google Earth for these points is available here.
The site also has a general map of the Stirling region here and a list of 276 local cities, towns and villages. A Google Earth file for these is available here, see the Google Earth details below to find out how to use this file. Details of accomodation in this area is available here.


Meet Ray, our inspiration for RADAR. Until 2011, he was living and loving his life with his human parents. Unfortunately, his Mom died. Ray didn't understand, and waited patiently next to his Mom's favorite chair.
Almost every day, his Dad would take him for a car ride. Then one day, Ray's Dad decided to take the car out for a short time, and leave Ray at home. As it turns out, Ray's Dad was in a car accident, and later died. This left Ray all alone.
There were some kind-hearted people who were took care of Ray, but one day Ray got out. He ended up in the Tucker County Animal Shelter in Parsons, WV. He was very lucky to end up at this shelter, under the loving care of Cathy and her staff, who tried their best to help him. For dogs in a shelter, he had two major strikes against him – he was both a black dog and a senior dog.
They soon realized that Ray had major dental problems, which was probably caused by him being fed inexpensive food. They needed to get his teeth fixed, so that this health issue wasn't yet another strike against him. They had his dental work done, but needed to raise funds to pay for the vet care. Cathy told us that after his teeth were fixed, she saw such a difference in Ray – he was happy, playful, and seemed younger!
Ken and Rick heard about Ray and his medical bill, and stepped up to pay the bill for the Shelter. We are happy to report that Ray found his forever home in November 2011, and Ray is one of the reasons that we wanted to do more to help other at-risk dogs.


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The Father You Have, Not the Father You Want: Cross and Glory in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
by Adam Morton on May 8, 2017 • 2:15 pm 5 Comments
"A typical American film, naive and silly, can — for all its silliness and even by means of it — be instructive. A fatuous, self-conscious English film can teach one nothing. I have often learnt a lesson from a silly American film."
So judged the famously austere Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, fanatical opponent of intellectual affectation and devotee of Detective Story Magazine. Though I knew this remark from memory (they make you learn it when you send in your bottle caps to join the Wittgenstein Fan Club), Tasha and I did not hire a babysitter and head out Friday night in order to be edified. Our motives were strictly base, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 played to them. The film is chaotic, noisy fun; like its predecessor, superhero nonsense weighted toward the self-referential and absurd. No one should expect depth from it. But in line with Wittgenstein's observation, there is a kind of instruction that only comes sub contrario, under the form of its opposite. Guardians 2 is a silly American film about made-up people who for the most part aren't even human — but it is not ignorant of humanity.
This is the sequel to a Marvel Studios blockbuster; I won't bother to rehash the plot in any detail. As for spoilers, consider yourself warned. Action picks up where the last film left off, the Guardians jetting around the galaxy doing difficult jobs for cash, and pocketing the occasional rare valuable on the side. Groot, having sacrificed himself to be reborn from a seed, is here still very much a sapling — or rather, a toddler. The character's behavioral resemblances to our son were not lost us. Coincidence, I am sure (the timeline on which such work is produced is fairly long), but our brother-in-law Scott did significant design and modeling work on toddler Groot (not everyone can have a sexy job like pastoring a church in Lancaster, PA).
The pulse of the story is introduced by way of two characters: Gamora's (Zoe Saldana) murderous sister and rival, Nebula (Karen Gillan), and Peter Quill/Starlord's (Chris Pratt) biological father, the mysterious alien Ego. Nebula is captive and driven by revenge and sibling rivalry. Ego's motives are less clear — superficially, he only wants to reconnect with his long-lost son. Further complicating the mix is the disgraced Ravager captain Yondu (Michael Rooker), he of bad teeth, rough manners, head fin, and telekenetically-controlled arrow. Yondu is the Guardians' great frenemy; he raised Quill (constantly threatening to eat him), and kept him from Ego (for good or ill), but appears thoroughly selfish and venal, if not utterly villainous.
Beneath the quips and anarchy, the film bears an unexpected darkness. Its violence is largely, but not exclusively, cartoon. Frozen corpses string out behind the mutinous Ravagers' ship as they dispose of the crew's remaining loyalists. Yondu's vengeance on the same crew is an operatic feat of bloodshed, his darting red arrow hypnotic, a trail of effortless death more reminiscent of John Wick than anything of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The broadly-drawn characters are not emotionally invulnerable. Drax is a comic high point, but also a deeply sad character, somehow rendered plausible in his bluntness and awkwardness by former WWE star Dave Bautista. Rocket, for all his snarl, is a frightened animal, insecure and lonely. Even young Groot is no stoic. The first film suffered a bit from unconvincing villains, but here each has a hint of depth. Nebula is a wounded soul, her hatred born of jealousy of her sister and abuse at her father Thanos' hands. Yondu is an outcast so convinced of his own worthlessness that he hides his one good work, protecting Quill. Only Ego is irredeemable, having intentionally snuffed out love and compassion, connection with anything other than himself, in pursuit of infinite self-expansion.
That self-expansion project serves as the device behind the film's primary conflict and its point of greatest theological heft. Ego, charmingly played by Kurt Russell, is a god of sorts. His name expresses his nature: a celestial being who slowly constructed himself over the aeons, effectively immortal, and nigh omnipotent as long as he remains connected to the "light" that is his essence. Having once sought out life other than himself, but disappointed by it, he is engaged in an age-long project to disperse his seed through the universe and, in essence, call it back to himself. Ego will be all in all. Peter Quill is his son by an Earth woman, and the only other being to share in Ego's essence. Ego is utter selfishness within a glorious exterior — the creator of a world of delights and the killer of the woman he loved, whose simple otherness threatened his higher purpose of infinite growth.
It would not be too much, I think, to read into Ego a critique (intentional or not) of certain ideas within both classical and contemporary theology. Like Aristotle's God he is sheer self-regard, the highest and best thing contemplating itself alone, as anything else would be unworthy. His development is quintessentially modern, a Hegelian self-realization in process, the self thinking itself through time. When he refers to himself as a god, "small G," one detects a hint of false modesty — speculatively, eschatologically, Ego is all that is. Along similar lines, we can see a twisted version of the Platonic scheme of exit and return in Ego's grand plan, as otherness emerges from the One only to be drawn back into it.
Ego is Quill's father, but not his only father. Having seen the fates of Ego's other children, Yondu raised the orphan Quill and kept him from the luminous being who sought him. Yondu is not a good man, or a kind man. Neither is he pleasant to look at, pleasant to listen to, or pleasant to work for. There is, you might say, "no beauty that we should desire him." Peter Quill's true biological father is a heavenly being of unimaginable glory — but as is made apparent, that one never loved him at all. Yondu does love Peter, like a true father should, and this love comes to expression in the only way that can make it as certain as it is paradoxical — he lays down his life for his son.
I did not expect to find, in a Guardians of the Galaxy film, even a veiled expression of glory versus the cross, of the God who reveals himself under the form of his opposite, of the difference between the true God and all pretenders, however beautiful and good and intellectually respectable they might seem. But there it is — the only God that matters is the one who loved me and gave himself for me. That is his one ineradicable mark. The difference between Ego and Yondu extends even into the nature of their hold on Quill. Ego's connection to his offspring is in his essence, the light. It is genetic and intrinsic. Quill matters to Ego merely because he is like him and contains a piece of him. But Yondu's hold, which proves the stronger, is entirely extrinsic. He adopted Quill and raised him — to be a pirate and thief, to be sure — but let that not obscure the beauty of this wholly imputed connection. Ego's "love" is a love which does not suffer because it looks only inside itself; Yondu's love is self-abandonment, which sees only the beloved.
The juxtaposition of Ego and Yondu also highlights another way this film cuts slightly against the grain. Given the level of disruption in contemporary family life, it is no surprise that popular cinema has explored the phenomenon of family as found and constructed, rather than as simply given. In this world, we may have to make family for ourselves where and when we can. The first Guardians took up that theme, as have the Avengers movies and recent Star Trek pictures. National Review's David French recently wrote a somewhat surprising recommendation of The Fast and the Furious around this concept. Guardians 2 does not contradict those approaches, but it does offer a significant qualification. Against the view that family is therefore a form of choice, a self-construction project (akin to Ego's?), the picture emphasizes the goodness and necessity of relationships that we did not choose. Gamora and Nebula finally are sisters, however conflicted they may be about that. Ego is Quill's biological father, but he did not raise him and cannot simply establish a relationship by jetting in on an egg-shaped spaceship; Yondu has the relationship, strained though it may be. Quill's final realization in the film is that he had "a pretty cool father." He did not choose him, but in a mysterious and rough-shod way, he was loved.
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Interesting. Thx.
Ben Maddison says:
Phenomenal analysis. Loved the movie.
cal says:
I find that Hollywood has circled around a dual theme, that keeps reoccurring: the mortal (good) vs. the immortal (bad) and the adoptive parent-mentor (good) vs. normative father (bad). As some philosophers and historians speculate, the birth of the modern is the death of the father and the death of god. Despite Hollywood's critique, Christ seems unconquerable, and the Gospel still resounds forth.
Thanks Adam for recognizing this and writing about it.
Yondu surrendering himself to death on the tail end of, "He might have been your father, boy- but he wasn't your daddy!" ministered mightily to this poor sinner encumbered with his own daddy issues. This was great, Adam, thanks.
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The ACGN was formed to develop the institutional capacity of ACGN members for enhancing effective corporate governance practices towards building better private and public sector organisations and corporate citizens in Africa.
The Namibia Institute of Corporate Governance in association with the IODSA will host a half-day business seminar on 25 September 2017 to discuss "How far has Namibia progressed in terms of corporate governance maturity".
Exchange and share knowledge, information, best practices tools and resources.
Are Africa's Lion economies, the world's next economic powerhouses? According to the International Monetary Fund, Africa will host seven of the top ten fastest growing economies in the world in the next five years. So what are the challenges for capturing business opportunities and creating sustained organisational value?


*Note* The Electoral College Pro/Con reading assignment will only be available in class.
For this assignment you will read the Debating the Presidency: The Electoral College System Pro/Con article.
Students are given a number of questions to respond to which will help guide them through the reading.
Once the students have finished reading they will write a 2 page paper on the Electoral College System. In the paper students will be asked to pick a side of the debate, explain why they feel a certain way, and what they would/wouldn't change about the Electoral College System.


Washington, D.C. – November 14, 2007 – Maryland households continue to face a constant struggle against hunger, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) annual report on food insecurity. The latest data in that report (using three-year averages for states) show that from 2004-06, 9.5 percent of Marylanders lived in households that were considered to be food insecure. Nationally, more than 35.5 million people lived in households considered to be food insecure. "As costs for food, energy, and housing continue to rise and wages stagnate, households are increasingly strapped. Millions have difficulty affording a healthy and adequate diet, and find themselves in a constant struggle against hunger," said Jim Weill, president of the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). "We need to do more to make sure that households have access to healthy food by improving and expanding programs that help." There is a wide range of available federally-funded nutrition programs – food stamps, school breakfast and lunch, child care food, WIC, and summer and afterschool food – that could have a significant impact on the hunger problem in Maryland. Unfortunately, Maryland participation rates are too low – often lagging the national average. For example:  Only 43 low-income children in Maryland receive free or reduced-price school breakfast for every 100 eating school lunch. In Baltimore City schools, just 39 percent of eligible low-income students eat breakfast; and  Maryland's food stamp participation rate is 55 percent, lagging behind the national average of 65 percent. "We need more Marylanders to be connected to these programs," said Weill. "That's why FRAC is launching a concentrated effort to work on behalf of low-income Marylanders, improve the availability of nutrition programs, and make sure needy, eligible Maryland residents are aware of programs that can help them and their children access three healthy meals a day." Maryland Hunger Solutions, a new initiative of the Food Research and Action Center, will work to get tens of thousands more Marylanders, especially children, enrolled in available federal food programs. The program will be modeled after FRAC's successful District of Columbia initiative – D.C. Hunger Solutions. "The latest food insecurity numbers highlight the need for much greater efforts to make sure that Maryland reduces access barriers, pulls down the tens of millions in available nutrition dollars it is forgoing, and thereby acts to reduce hunger in our state," said Kimberley Chin, who will serve as the director of the new Maryland initiative. "A hunger-free Maryland is an attainable goal." Among the 9.5 percent of Maryland households considered to be food insecure, 3.9 percent were living in households that were considered to have "very low food security." People that fall into this USDA category had more severe problems experiencing hunger and cutting back or skipping meals on a more frequent basis for both adults and children. Each year, the Census Bureau measures food insecurity through a series of household survey questions about the ability to obtain enough food for an active, healthy life for all members. USDA produces the analysis of the Census data. To report food insecurity in each state, USDA uses three-year averages to compensate for limited sample sizes and give a better estimate of the number of households experiencing hunger. In 2001-2003, 7.7 percent of people in households in Maryland were considered to be food insecure.


"Hourse" is a collection of pieces by Alex Charles, built around loops recorded on small portable instruments (thumb pianos, violin, accordion, percussion, larynx). Each piece follows a singular direction as loops are gradually accreted live to make fascinating polyrhythmic constructions.
Alex Charles performed for a long time as Thee Moths and sometimes as Thee Alex. This new project Alex describes as "simultaneously more simple and more complex" and I'm delighted to present it on Linear Obsessional.
All music composed assembled and produced by Alex Charles.


Department of Finance has Five (5) directorates headed by the directors. These are Accounting, Procurement, Revenue, Administration and Resource Mobilization.
The department has 273 staff including those on Contract. Revenue Department has the largest number of employees within the department. Deputy Director Treasury, Deputy Director Revenue, Director and Deputy Director Resource mobilization offices have been established.
Ensure County Government entities operate a financial management system that complies with National standards as prescribed by the Accounting Standards Board.
The department's pivotal role in the coordination of development planning, mobilization of public resources and ensuring effective accountability for use of the resources for benefit of Turkana County.
The Turkana county treasury is responsible for providing accurate and timely information regarding the county's financial affairs in the treasury.
To be accountable to the public in providing efficient planning and financial services with the aim of promoting growth, development and prosperity to realize the full potential of Turkana County's Economy.
To promote sustainable socio-economic development of Turkana County through prudent Public Financial Management, Control and Planning.
To strengthen County treasury services, policy formulation, planning, budgeting and Implementation of CIDP 2018-2022.
We work together collaboratively and in recognition of the contribution each of us makes to the common purpose of serving Ministry of Finance, the County Administration, and the people of Turkana.
Resource mobilize and Implement Financial and Economic policies in the county while also ensuring there is compliance with accounting standards as prescribed by Accounting Standards Board.
To strengthen policy formulation, planning, budgeting and implementation of the CIDP 2018/2022.
To increase reliability, stability and soundness of the financial sector.
To enhance effective supply chain management of goods, services and works as enshrined in the article 227 of the constitution.
Enhance and mainstream ICT in county government operations.
Strengthen and implement M & E framework in the county.
Enhance revenue collection and systems through awareness and automation.
Operationalize the procurement, revenue and accounts units, and decentralized them to each sector, leading to a more efficient delivery of services.
Improved conformity to accounting and control measures IFMIS, PFM (hardware and software) in the County Treasury for better reporting, compliance with law and improved efficiency.
Established and maintained an asset register that ensures the use of more accurate data in financial reporting.


The Australian Information Commissioner will be the key regulator of the privacy and confidentiality aspects of the USI legislation.
Have at least one and preferably two forms of ID ready.
Have contact details ready (e.g. email address, mobile number, address).
Select 'Student Entry' and then select 'Create a USI' link and follow the steps.
Follow the instruction to create your USI - it should only take a few minutes. Upon completion, the USI will be displayed on the screen.
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On March, 30, 2016, NCASI hosted a webcast to provide an overview of the recently published Technical Bulletin No. 1033, The Test of Significant Toxicity: Evaluation and Comparison to Existing Statistical Methods Used to Assess Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Data. The report authors presented the findings and associated spreadsheet tool.


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Bangladesh Faces Wave of ISIS-Linked Terror Attacks
John Hayward
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a series of brutal terrorist attacks in Bangladesh, and is said to be intensifying its effort to recruit from the country's huge Sunni Muslim population. Despite these developments, the Bangladeshi government continues to insist ISIS has no significant presence in their country.
At most, the government allows that local troublemakers could be inspired by the savage exploits of the Islamic State.
"There is an effort by a group of people in different parts of the country – probably being supported from foreign lands – to destabilize Bangladesh. We are not immune to what is happening in the rest of the world. But the government is determined not to allow them to succeed," said minister of foreign affairs Mohammed Shahriar Alam, as quoted by the L.A. Times.
That destabilization effort includes at least 45 attacks since September, with ISIS claiming responsibility for 10 of them. The atrocities include the murder of several foreign visitors, the murder of a police constable, the bombing of an Ahmadi Muslim mosque (a branch of Islam derided as a "polytheist Qadiani sect" by ISIS), a murderous attack on a Shiite mosque, the shooting of a Sufi Muslim shrine chief, and an attempt to slit the throat of a Christian pastor. The earlier machete slayings of atheist bloggers, and other attacks on members of minority Muslim groups, are seen by some as linked into the same deadly campaign.
A.N.M. Muniruzzaman of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies described these attacks as a full-spectrum assault on society, hitting "sectarian, law enforcement, military, and foreigners."
This assault takes place against the background of a heated battle between the secular government and Islamists, with human-rights groups sometimes criticizing the government for going too far. The banned Jamaat-e-Islami party is tied to an even more militant group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, which has lately been getting good notices in the Islamic State's gruesome magazine, Dabiq. The Islamic State's enthusiasm for JMB as "a proper jihad organization" is taken as a sign that ISIS has big plans for Bangladesh.
Some of the Islamic State's claims of responsibility for terrorist attacks in Bangladesh are disputed, but the destabilization of society is unmistakable. After a long period of harmony under secular government, the Shiite minority is fearful of violence against mosques, especially given ISIS' penchant for high-casualty attacks during busy prayer services. Newspapers fear to challenge the official government line about ISIS, despite widespread belief the government is dangerously downplaying the threat. Islamist parties like Jamaat-e-Islami complain about unfair trials and oppression by a government desperate to cling to power.
Foreign visitors and residents speak of how life in formerly friendly Bangladesh has become more tense, curtailing their activities and abandoning suddenly dangerous pursuits like jogging and bicycling, or leaving the country altogether. India publicly worries about ISIS infiltration through Bangladesh. If the attacks are all the work of "lone wolf" ISIS wannabes, then Bangladesh has been overrun by one of the biggest packs of lone wolves in the world.
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Clare Press - Sustainability Editor, Presenter, Ambassador, Author.
In May when Clare Press was last in the UK, I had the opportunity to photograph and interview her, she is brilliant. Clare is the 1st ever sustainability fashion editor for any Vogue, this is only one of her many accomplishments. She has a wonderful energy and fabulous questioning mind. She encourages us all, with a great big smile to join her on her journey and make it part of our own. Come, read on, and be inspired by her story.
D: Before we start proper what a brilliant name you have for working as a journalist, Mrs Press.
C: Nomanative Determination, I can't remember who said that phrase, its not something I knew but either I read it in a magazine or heard it, either way it means, that your name determines your occupation. I married a man called Mr Press, I didn't choose it per say but I was happy to change my name.
D: Where did you grow up?
C: I grew up in Yorkshire, in a very small village called Nidd near Harrogate, a beautiful part of the world. My parents moved to Cornwall recently, I think Mum moved there because of Poldark, she would deny that if she read this and say 'I'm not that woman' (Clare whispers) 'I think she is'. I think she saw Poldark galloping on the beach on that horse and went 'I'm going there'. I'm am gutted though, because its like 'What do you mean your moving, Yorkshire is my home' to which my Mum says 'No its not you have lived in Australia for 20 years'. My roots are still there though. I love a lot of things about the landscape, I grew up in. When I was a kid I thought is was extremely boring, small town stuff. We didn't live in Harrogate so you know, nothing to do, no mischief opportunities and just boring. But now, as an adult I hugely appreciate the beauty of it and its rolling green hills the sheep and not many people.
D: When did you become interested in fashion?
C: So my Mother had shops, she had an amazing clothes shop where she sold directional German cool clothes that you wouldn't imagine the local ladies would have liked but they came from far and wide to buy it. I used to work in the fashion shop, when I was about 15, most of the things I learned about fashion was in that shop. Later when I was between Vogues (originally as a features director) I had a small fashion label and my own shop in Sydney. Both shops made me understand how 'REAL' women relate to clothes and what clothes can do. As a fashion journalist you watch the runway, the context and business of fashion but I still think of women in the clothes.
D: Did you go to Uni?
C: Yes, I was an academic bookish kid and always wanted to be a writer, since, I can't remember. I was writing novels since I was 5. Mmmm no, I was writing a few chapters of a novel when I was 8. Certainly as a teenager I would try and write novels, obviously they were appalling, I am so glad I don't have them anymore but I always wanted to tell stories and thought that is what I would do. I studied Politics at Sheffield University. My highest ambition was to be the political editor at The Guardian. Found out how hard that was and thought, 'I'm not going to bother with that, I think I will go and write about frocks.' In retrospect I think I was a 'greeny' then, as I was concerned about the environment and certainly had an inner activism. I then forgot about it and lost, I am not going to say lost my way because I don't think I was lost but I lost that driving urge to think about environmentalism. Coming back to it felt like 'Ah yeah, I was always meant to do that'. For 15 years I wasn't thinking 'god we've gotta fight climate change', I just wasn't thinking like that, I was embedded in commercial fashion.
It's interesting how you evolve, its also being your authentic self, loosing and coming back to it probably. I also think its easy in hindsight to want to see a narrative in everything you have done, that makes sense, a clear path, life is not like that. I think when people talk to me and because I am so ardently environmentally minded now, want me to say 'Oh yes this has always been my driving force', but its not true. We all evolve our story as we go along depending on who we meet and what context we find ourselves in. It's just a lot of separate things that go towards building the whole person. So, yeah, everyone wants to go, where your parent's hippies, where you brought up zero waste and all that but that wasn't the case for me and I think that often it isn't the case for most people.
When you find a sense of responsibility, or in my case, I have a burning passion for and a very strong sense of responsibility that I think I have to use my voice and do whatever I possibly can to try and help us live more lightly on the planet. Its not because I was raised that way, its because I figured it out and I have read enough to know its important.
D: Australia, when did you move there and why?
C: Because I fell in love with the wrong man and went there on holiday. None of that would have kept me there, I was 22/23 at the time, but when I was there I got this wonderful job, it was a lucky break and I took it. Goldfrapp were playing in Australia and I interviewed them, then I rang up The Rolling Stone and sold it to them. I think you can create you own luck and sometimes the universe gives you a helping hand and this particular helping hand was Jeff Aptor who was music editor at the time, he was like a little guardian angel to me, really gave me a lot of help when I was starting out. I didn't have any experience beyond working on local news on the Yorkshire Post for a few minutes. So this was my lucky break, then they offered me a job and said 'be our senior writer', which when you are 23 and at The Rolling Stone is pretty good, so I took it and stayed.
Australia has been good to me and has given me a lot of opportunities in that way. I kept getting opportunities that were too good to miss. I like Australia, I've made a life there.
D: Yep and you met your husband there.
C: I did and now I am married to, he is not a professional surfer but he is a very obsessive surfer, he lives to surf, so he can't live here (UK) he must have his feet in the water.
D: The sea and weather is better I would imagine. Is it better all year round or not?
C: Well, I am going to really disappoint you, I think, the weather in Australia is horrible, I hate it, I like soft rain, I like grey skies, honestly I do. I am enjoying the spring sunshine. Australia is just humid and hot all the time. As a photographer you would like it, people LOVVVVE that light. Actually I also think the light in Australia is actually very amazing; I understand why visual people love it. For me though it is stabbing me in the eyeballs all the time. I think it's hard to shake what you grew up with. I actually try and escape in the summer. I some respects your home is about the people and it sort of doesn't matter where you are.
D: I am going to jump forward to the present (you can read the rest of Clare's amazing career path on her site click here for more, after you have read the rest of her story here of course :)). You are really busy travelling the world and spreading the news and the word and helping others understand sustainability and the changes they can make to make a difference. Your podcasts blow my mind, you speak to so may interesting people and hear so many different stories and facts. If you were president of the world for the day what changes would you like to see NOW?
C: I was about to say I have never wanted to be president or any political boss because I think it is an incredibly hard job and I know that a lot of people like to criticize from the outside and say 'why don't you just do that' but the job of politics is to make a consensus from a lot of disparate voices around you and I think it would be extremely difficult. But if I was ruler for the day and could do anything I wanted, I would immediately ensure that we acted extremely fast to make sure we all stick to the terms of the Paris agreement. I am extremely disappointed with our leaders particularly in Australia, but elsewhere, I'm not going to call Trump our leader am I but if you look at what's happened in the states and you look at what's happened in Australia, there is swing to the right that's happening all over the place and I find it frankly terrifying. I think we need to come together, those of us who care about each other, humanity and nature and try to not be too negative, not to point too many fingers but to steer the conversation towards the fact that we need to take action on the part of the environment in order for people to thrive. If I could make one change and could make our leaders make that change it would be to de-carbonise our economy and we can do it. The tools are already in place for us to switch to renewables so easily, it's just that money talks, the money from the big fossil fuel giants is what's driving our dependence on them still. In fact the solution is already there it's not a pipe dream to say we could do it tomorrow. In Australia we could transition to solar or wind. I would go as far as to say it's criminal to be opening new coal mines anywhere in the world and in Australia there is something like 11 new coal mines either proposed or approved for New South Wales alone. Together they would be as big or bigger than Adani and that's the big one. We had a chance to vote in another way but we voted the Prime Minister Scott Morrison back in and he is very bpro coal which is quite depressing. I also realize that whinging about it doesn't help and pointing fingers is not going to help and blaming Australians isn't going to help either. A friend of mine just shared a really useful email full of advice for us to feel better. She is a climate activist who co-founded The Australian Youth Climate Coalition when she was still a student in Uni. It says "actually when they polled Australians 80% of people said that they were really concerned about climate. In the event they chose to vote for one guy over the other for different reasons but the fact that we have this big amount of people that care means that we can actually pressure the government, whichever government that might be to try and make change and we have to do that with empathy and not be shouty bastards about it." That's really hard, as my instinct is to shout. I think that's the work we have to do, to be inclusive and not to drag ourselves down to the level of those who sling mud and make it hard, at least that's what I try and do. I think the climate change movement is very inspiring and it just shows that there are so many other ways of thinking than those fed to us by the establishment. We need to remind ourselves of that, as people who are into this.
D: As I said before your podcasts are brilliant. What inspired you to start them? Or, are they a natural progression of your journalism?
C: No, I was inspired to start the podcasts for a very specific reason. It was because I interview all these amazing people and then used a few lines in a written story and the rest was never shared. In particular I interviewed the founder of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard and used the interviews in my book 'Wardrobe Crisis' but there was loads more and he was wonderful and I thought, 'what a shame I can't play it to people, I didn't have permission and even if I did it was recorded on a shoddy dictaphone with bad quality and then thought, podcasting is great because it gives people that insider access and its long form.
D: I love listening to them when I am sitting working on my images, because of your journalistic background you really get the best from your subjects.
C: The worst thing about an interview is if you are sitting thinking, 'ask that, ask that and they don't' so I am always thinking what does the listener want me to ask? What is the listener thinking? What do they want to know? So its not just a conversation between me and the person being interviewed, it's a 3 way conversation if you like because I like to think the listener is involved. The other thing which I love, its not an answer to your question, it's another thing, I love the format because you can't hide in it. When you write a story about someone or take a picture of someone you give a glimpse of that person. The person who takes the picture or writes the story gives the audience their take on the subject and they can either manipulate it or not. But when you have a recording of the person being interviewed, that person can't hide has more scope to show themselves and I like it. It is quite brave to be the guest. For brands and people with profile they are used to controlling the conversation much more but that's why people like listening to it.
D: Who would you really like to interview? (When I was asking this question Clare was already answering and in fact did go on to interview her the next day.)
C: Katharine Hamnett. I really want to interview Katharine Hamnett and I may have the chance tomorrow. On my wall in my office, which is in my walk in wardrobe at home, I've got a wall of post it notes and I 've got all the people I want to interview and it reminds me to think of them everyday. I've got this faintly daft idea that if I can imagine it, (creative visualisation) and that if you see something every day you are thinking of it constantly so it is in your head and you focus on it. And I like to look at the wall and think Ah Ha – Al Gore how am I going to get you? On the wall is Gwyneth Paltrow, my strategy for getting Gwyneth Paltrow is to keep saying on the podcast is 'Gwyneth are you listening' its funny. I could do with a better strategy. Who else is on there, Stella McCartney, Mohammad Unis, founder of the Social Enterprise Business Model, essentially, like an amazing person. Al Gore is there cause, I think it would be good to interview Al Gore. I am always putting people up there. Katharine Hamnett has been up there for ages.
D: What's next for you? I can see there is another book coming.
C: I am going to write a new book about the future of fashion, which is focused partly on materials because the traditional materials that we have been using for our clothes are either based on finite resources or they rely on soil and soil health which is the problem. So it's interesting to look at new ways that materials may develop, whether we could grow them (said tentatively) in a lab on bacteria, for example. I interviewed this amazing woman who was using bacteria as a dye. Now I'm starting to think around the idea of how we might treat and approach fashion in the future. It's quite a difficult book to write because we cannot know the answer. So the possibility for getting it really wrong is there. It's very easy to start imagining future scenarios, I have since learned I am not going to adopt this because I can only write the way I write – there are formats for how we might imagine what our future looks like, you can look at probability, because of various things, it's not just a shot in the dark, it is a bit scary because we don't know what it will be. A lot of other stuff, which is more interesting, I think, I've gone down the rabbit hole a bit here, what would our AI look like in relation to fashion, could we potentially use machine learning to imagine a more sustainable fashion future? What if we never even wore clothes at all. What if we only designed and bought them only for our Avatars? So anyway it's all kind of things, where will we be? Obviously, sustainably.
D: What would we wear then?
C: We could sit around in the same t-shirt constantly but potentially, if the internet was developed to the point where this would work, potentially you could control how people see you. Imagine if I could buy my outfit, but it was never produced, it was only ever a virtual outfit so used no resources. Yet, I can control it and you will see me wearing my Chanel.
D: I love the way you write, I love the way you talk AND you are really friendly.
C: I'm just friendly because I'm friendly, it's the way I am. I don't decide to be friendly. But I do think there is a reason why we aught to all work on making sure that we are as warm, engaging and inclusive as we possibly can because if we want to change the world we can't do it on our own. We need the power of all of us, you can't do that by sitting on your own. A quote in the front of 'Rise and Resist' from Gloria Steinman for TIME magazine 1992 – 'The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day. After all, a movement is only people moving." She is absolutely right, if we want to make the climate movement strong or sustainable fashion into a movement we need to do that with everyone else. Everybody, and not just the people who already agree with us. I think actually friendliness and humour are good tools to make that happen but also to have because, its not fun to talk about climate change, its not fun to imagine a gloomy future riven by drought and floods, fire, bio diversity loss, none of that's fun, lets face it. Talking about that stuff makes people switch off because no one wants to be miserable but if we can inject some fun and something appealing, building this movement for change then that's the sweet spot. The feeling of not being on your own is really important, it's a paralyzing thing to think you are on your own – actually, laughs, I was an only child, actually I like being on my own – also I like noise and I like people but I am very resilient about being on my own. People say 'oh, you are a writer, don't you get lonely being on your own' – lovely, lovely, I love being on my own all day, its great, I've got a cat, what do you want. Laughing :)
D: What tips can you give us to help be more sustainable?
C: I have 3 tips to start your sustainable fashion life because people think its difficult but its easy.
1. You need to think about wasting less. If you have decided there is stuff in your wardrobe you don't want to keep, don't ever put it in the bin. Don't mindlessly give it to a charity shop either; really think where you are going to donate it. Or if you could swap it. Or give it to a friend. Or if it's more appropriate, sell it on.
2. Do you have to own it? The future of fashion may well be rental access over ownership.
3. People are always saying 'Ah, no, is fast fashion bad? Is this fashion good? What do we do? It is quite hard if you are not up for a massive education, the simplest thing you can do is look for local designers, they don't have to be emerging, they could be anyone. But a local designer who talks about their sustainability credentials, if you like and support them.
Here is the link to Clare's site and podcasts. Go read and listen.
Clare is wearing
Shot 1. Gold lace dress by Macgraw.
Shot 2. All thrifted, Isa Afren bustier from Traid over a shirt from Oxfam with jeans from Australian charity shop Vinnies.
Shot 3 & 5. Kalaurie shirt, Bianca Spender trousers, Christie Nicolaides earrings and Veja trainers.
Shot 4. Cream skirt with poppies from Oxfam, shirt from Danish brand Selected's Responsibly Crafted range.
Labels: Clare Press, Copenhagen Fashion Week Sustainability Advisory Board, Fashion Revolution Australia, Global Ambassador Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Vogue Sustainability Editor, Wardrobe Crisis Podcast


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Der Obere Rißkopf ist ein  hoher Gipfel im Hauptkamm des Estergebirges in den Bayerischen Voralpen. Er ist damit nach dem Krottenkopf der zweithöchste Punkt im Estergebirge.

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Der von Norden gut sichtbare Gipfel befindet sich auf Oberauer Gemeindegebiet und ist dem Krottenkopf nordwestlich vorgelagert. Zwischen ihnen liegt im Sattel die Weilheimer Hütte und unterhalb seiner steil abfallenden Nordwestwand das Loisachtal. Im Osten erstreckt sich eine weitläufige Karstfläche (Angerlboden, Michelfeld).

Nur wenige Meter unterhalb des Gipfels befindet sich der Punkt, an dem die Grenzen der Gemeinden Oberau, Eschenlohe und Garmisch-Partenkirchen aufeinandertreffen.

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 Oberer Rißkopf im Bayernatlas

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Exploring the Mariana Trench
Spaghetti and Elephants – Measurements Explained
Cruise Log: Exploring the Mariana Trench
SOI/ Linda Tatreau
Imagining the depths of the Mariana Trench is difficult, no matter what measument you use.SOI/ Leighton Rolley
So the sun rises on another day of science. Science itself doesn't sleep and throughout the night the ship has been slowly mapping over our next deployment site some 9km below us.
This brings me to my first observation of the day. One of our scientists asked me what the depth was below the ship and I said, "9 kilometres." The follow up question was, "What's that in meters?" At first I thought that was a silly question– "kilo"means thousand, which would easily convert to 9,000 meters.
Confusing Measurement Systems
However, onboard the Falkor we are truly an international team of scientists and crew, with some 20 nationalities represented. It is easy to forget not all the world uses metric or imperial (standard). Chuckling to myself, I radioed one of the officers to ask how far we were from the next deployment site and they responded, "5 cables." I have no idea what a cable is in either metric or imperial (standard) and I'm too embarrassed to ask.
Despite measurement differences, the crew and scientists work together to collect important samples.SOI/ Linda Tatreau
This communication has a serious side; working as part of an international team can be an interesting experience in how different nations and people think about things – distance being one of them. If I said that the Mariana Trench was 10,994 meters deep, people from nations using the imperial measurement system may struggle to visualize that depth. However, if I said it was 36,070 feet., the height an average commercial airliner flies, then it would be easier for them to visualize.
Ok, Spaghetti
I decided to put this problem to the scientists to devise a method of bridging the metric, imperial, and pirate nautical language divide and standardize the unit of measurement we use to quantify distance. Within their group they selected spaghetti as the unit of measurement, something everyone is familiar with that has an average length of 25 centimeters (10 inches). So the new fact of the day is that the Mariana Trench is some 42,976 spaghetti lengths deep.
Scientists on board work with fish samples from the deep. At least there are rulers to standardize the measurements taken.SOI/ Linda Tatreau
Explaining the challenge of working in the ocean's deepest point has always been a struggle. Naturally, it is hard to think about large numbers. Whatever measurement system we use it all points to one thing…..the Mariana trench is deep, very deep. It takes around three hours for our equipment traveling at two spaghetti lengths a second, or 120 spaghetti lengths a minute, to reach the seabed.
Once we solved the distance measurements, next came pressure measurements – how do we explain the harsh environment that our equipment must not only survive but also function and conduct experiments in.
Now Elephants
Not an elephant, but a booby finds its way onto Falkor during the expedition.SOI/ Paul Yancey
Pressure at the bottom of the Mariana Trench is 1,086 bars or 15,750 pounds per square inch. Once again we ran into the metric/imperial conundrum and the general perception of such large values. We could explain it as over 1,000 times the atmospheric pressure at the surface, but does anyone truly understand what that means? Certainly no one alive has experienced this!
We needed a unit that made sense – that's where elephants can help. In the deepest ocean the pressure is equivalent to having a couple of elephants standing on your big toe. That is a lot of force, but easy to imagine.
So there you have it – The Mariana Trench explained in spaghetti and elephants.
One of the scientists onboard has just come into the control room and told me the temperature has "hit 100 on deck," which is truly scary if you don't want to boil alive or burst into flames, unless you are using Fahrenheit not Celsius…..I better go and check.
Leighton Rolley
Studying the ecology and geology of the Mariana Trench – the deepest place on earth
A rock hound with a bunch of biologists
Who's Who and So Much More
Life Under Pressure – 100 Elephants on Your Head
Sink It – The First Lander Recoveries
An MT in the MT (Mariana Trench)
Dirty Secrets at the Bottom of the Trench
Extreme Evolution
The Mariana Paradox
So, You Want to go to Sea
Where are the Gonads
Amphipod-mania
The Little Pink Fish in the Deep
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
If You Love Something Let it Go
So, you want to go to sea – Part Two
Anatomy of a Lander
What Happens when Food Reaches the Sea Floor
Survival in Mariana Trench
Life at Sea – Are We Spoiled
Everything Including the Kitchen Sink (and Refrigerator)
The Deepest Living Animals
Where Are We, Where Are We Going
Sharing the Passion
At the End of the Journey
Daily Expedition Photos and Video
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In this paper, I examine the change in local labor markets caused by extreme tornadoes that occur in counties of the contiguous United States. I also investigate the effect these tornadoes have on neighboring counties and evaluate the labor market response in urban and rural counties separately as well. Using a generalized difference-in-difference approach on quarterly data spanning from 1975 to 2016, I find that violent tornadoes lead to persistently higher wages per worker two years following a tornado. Reviewing the data by urban and rural counties shows that a strong effect is observed in the employment levels of an urban county that is struck by a tornado, while the effect in the rural county is observed on wages per worker. Further, evaluating the response of labor markets by sectors reveals the industrial sectors that experience increased labor market activity. The response of the labor market varies based on the intensity of the tornado.
Here are links to the full paper and the appendix.
Reconstruction in the aftermath of large natural disasters and terrorist attacks plays a key role in the future trajectory of a country's economy. This paper focuses on the long run effects of natural disasters and trans-national terrorist attacks on growth and its components. I examine the differences and similarities in recovery in the aftermath of the two. Using a generalized difference in difference approach within the framework of a growth model on annual data of 87 countries spanning from 1969 to 2015, I find that they both have a similar negative impact on long run GDP growth despite their differences.
As a continuation to the previous research work on natural disaster and terrorist attacks, this paper examines the short run effects of these events on the economy. Furthermore, I distinguish between developed and developing countries to review the difference in their impacts and their responses in the immediate aftermath. I estimate a VAR-X model to examine the short run effects responses of the economy.
Even though I am interested in continuing research on the effects of natural disasters as well as terrorist attacks, I am also interested in research related to economic growth and development. I am currently working on a research project that estimates the effect of women's participation and success at the Olympic games on economic growth and development. This is a co-authored paper with Andrew Jonelis and Jenny Minier titled, "Olympic Indicators and Female Economic Empowerment". This paper assumes that when a group of people are systematically denied opportunities in education and the labor market, and deprived of a voice in making decisions, allocations of labor and capital are likely to be sub-optimal and rates of technological progress are likely to be lower, reducing economic growth. Our results suggest that countries with a more balanced ratio of female to male Olympians, proxying female status across society, grow faster than their peers.
As a continuation to my job market paper, I plan on expanding my research focus to include the federal aid in the analysis to examine how much of the increase in wages per worker can be contributed to federal aid. I would also like to examine whether developing countries in the aftermath of disastrous events have easier access to capital than before. Another interesting aspect that I would like to explore is whether a billion dollar disaster leads to any redistribution in wealth.