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Northern Trust Wins $8 Billion Mandate From Alecta
Northern Trust announced today that it has been appointed global custodian to Alecta, a Scandinavian pension fund manager with $35 billion in assets under management in the Nordic region. Northern Trust will provide global custody services for $8 billion in
By None February 24, 2003 12:00 AM GMT
Northern Trust announced today that it has been appointed global custodian to Alecta, a Scandinavian pension fund manager with $35 billion in assets under management in the Nordic region. Northern Trust will provide global custody services for $8 billion in global assets, as well as securities lending, commission recapture, and trade settlement services.
"Alecta spent over a year in its global custody review," says Gary Matheny, Manager of Alecta Investment Management. "Once the field was narrowed to a few custodians, we spent much time and effort in going through the remaining candidates in detail. Once we neared the final decision, it became clear that Northern Trust offered the best fit. Northern Trust were at the top in all areas, including best value for the money and a professional organization that fits Alecta and its goals very well. Northern's system solutions should also improve Alecta's efficiencies. We are looking forward to working with Northern Trust and see our relationship as a partnership more than simply working with a service provider."
"We are delighted that Alecta selected Northern Trust," adds Anne-Lise Winge, Vice President, Corporate and Institutional Services at Northern Trust. "We look forward to providing a comprehensive suite of products and services, as well as developing a strong and long lasting relationship with such an important client. Northern Trust's focus and commitment to the Nordic region is clear and we are proud to now be able to count Alecta, a leader in their field, as a client of Northern Trust."
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The best available science supports allowing family and caregivers into hospitals, not restricting them
Posted on December 31, 2020 in Health Debates
Source: TheGlobeandMail.com — Authors: Fahad Razak, Gerald Evans, Laveena Munshi
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinion
December 28, 2020 / Updated December 30, 2020. Fahad Razak, Laveena Munshi and Gerald Evans
Fahad Razak is a general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Laveena Munshi is an intensive care physician at Mt. Sinai Hospital and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Gerald Evans is an infectious disease specialist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and a professor at Queen's University. All are members of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.
Decades of advocacy from patient groups have made hospitals more welcoming to families and patient caregivers. According to a 2015 report by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI), only 30 per cent of Canadian hospitals had policies that were accommodating to visitors; the CFHI released another study in June that found that number had risen to more than 70 per cent,immediately before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, as concerns around COVID-19 escalated, hospitals enacted a marked reversal in visitor policies. The CFHI's April survey of 35 adult-care hospitals across Canada found that every hospital studied had implemented a near-complete restriction on visitors, except in very limited circumstances.
As frontline physicians, we have never before witnessed the kind of sustained anguish that has emerged with the separation of patients from their loved ones. We've spent many hours on the phone trying to bridge these gaps, relaying information on prognosis or the nuances of medical updates. But virtual communication technologies can only do so much. The worst pain came when our patients died without loved ones to provide comfort in their final moments.
Being a placeholder for a family member is a heavy responsibility. A French studypublished in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that critical-care clinicians expressed deep regret and symptoms of depression around visitor restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We believe that overly restrictive visitation policies do not reflect the most up-to-date science about either COVID-19 transmission, or the crucial role of family and caregivers in medical care.
First, it's important to acknowledge that restrictive visitation policies were created with good intentions. Canada was facing a novel coronavirus with unknown lethality and potential for spread. Hospitals were a known failure point in other health systems that had been overwhelmed by COVID-19. Additionally, there was concern early in the pandemic about personal protective equipment supply and visitor restrictions were one way to maintain capacity.
Today, we know a lot more about this disease. COVID-19 has been the focus of historically intense study. And reviewing this literature suggests that at most, hospital visitors play a small role in disease transmission. For example, a study of more than 9,000 hospitalized patients in the United States found only one instance where a pre-symptomatic visitor with COVID-19 resulted in a patient becoming positive.
In contrast, there is overwhelming evidence supporting the role of family and caregivers in providing the best possible medical care. They facilitate communication and decision-making, and act as patient advocates and substitute decision-makers when patients are no longer capable.
Surgical patients exposed to visitor restrictions during the pandemic experienced delays in receiving medication, had greater difficulty getting out of bed, and were more likely to be discharged without their wishes being considered. The presence of family and caregivers decreases the rate of delirium, an acute state of confusion that can occur during hospitalization.
After the 2003 SARS crisis, the Campbell Report argued that Canadian healthcare providers should adopt the Precautionary Principle: "…that action to reduce risk need not await scientific certainty." This was prudent advice at the time, given that more than 40 per cent of all SARS cases were among healthcare workers. But have we over-learned this lesson? The risk-benefit ratio of existing science now clearly favours allowing family and caregivers to visit hospitalized patients. It's also the humane thing to do.
Hospitals have reflected on the lessons of the first COVID-19 wave and some are loosening visitor restrictions, but much remains to be done. We must reintroduce families and caregivers in a carefully staged manner, while remaining humble about our evolving understanding of COVID-19. That means monitoring carefully for disease transmission, and reacting nimbly if it does occur.
Safe and transparent policies will be required. For example, the number of visitors will need to be limited in order to make physical distancing feasible. Rapid testing, when it becomes available, may be crucial for screening. And circumstances – such as large-scale hospital outbreaks or high rates of community spread where visitor restrictions are required – might evolve.
We have many months to go before enough Canadians are vaccinated to break the transmission chain of COVID-19. During this time, tens of thousands of Canadians will be hospitalized. We owe it to them to allow their families and caregivers to be at their bedsides.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-best-available-science-supports-allowing-family-and-caregivers/
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 Lola Montes (cantante). Cantante de cuples española del siglo XX.
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Art of Information Security endorses Dan Houser for (ISC)² Board of Directors
The CISSP is undoubtably one of the most, if not the most, important professional certifications in Information Security. Many organizations and practitioners rely on it as evidence of a solid foundation and track record in Information Security. But the CISSP is only one of the many ways that the (ISC)² attempts to fulfill its mission of developing the Information Security profession.
Board membership is a role of governance, guidance, and passion. Let's briefly explore how Dan's track record and past contributions demonstrate his qualification for this post, and possibly your vote.
Dan is someone who has a passion for promoting and developing the talent needed to continue to grow and mature our profession. Anyone who has seen Dan speak at conferences, local chapter meetings, or in one of his classes knows how passionate Dan is! But anyone who takes the time to approach him knows that he is no ideologue or zealot; Dan is always interested in improving his own understanding, and then sharing that knowledge with others.
Dan has a long track record as a contributor – as a "giver" – to the profession. In addition to teaching over a dozen CISSP review courses, he has also served on multiple (ISC)² committees, is one of the authors of the ISSAP Body of Knowledge (cryptography), and has published primary research on professional certifications. He is also the founder of the monthly Columbus, Ohio Information Security MBA (Masters of Beer Appreciation) meeting – a professional roundtable that attracts practitioners from across the state.
Governance and Guidance
In addition to past experience serving on (ISC)² committees, which I assume led to the current board's nomination, Dan has served on numerous Boards of Directors including local and regional community organizations, ISSA chapters,and several Toastmasters clubs.
I have known Dan for almost three yeas. Dan and I have collaborated on a number or projects, including a half-day Cryptographic Controls Seminar and a full-day Identity Management Architecture class. It is my feeling that when you collaborate, work closely, and travel with someone, you really get to know them. You get to do more than hear about their College Sweethearts (which, for Dan, is Rebecca, his wife of 21 years), but you also get to understand their ethics, how they really conduct themselves, how they deal with stress, etc.
Given the entire picture, the understanding that I have of Dan Houser, I can think of no one better suited to representing, guiding and developing the (ISC)². I have voted for Dan, and I hope that you will consider doing the same.
Here is the voting link for (ISC)²: https://webportal.isc2.org/custom/votenow.aspx
Cheers, Erik
This entry was posted in News and Info on November 18, 2008 by erikheidt.
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Wagner's Ring: Rheingold and Walküre, Bayreuth, August 2013
After the finest Rheingold I have ever heard, at the Proms with Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle this summer, it would be churlish to draw comparisons with the Bayreuth orchestra under Kirill Petrenko. They played well, and there were some lovely moments, yet the production by Frank Castorf treated it as background music.
Rheinmaidens, all images ©Enrico Nawrath
Rheingold takes place at a sleazy motel on Route 66 in America. This is the highway linking Chicago to southern California, yet rather oddly the motel flies a Confederate flag. It's a deliberate mish-mash, with 1950s gas pumps and car, along with 21st century wi-fi. Wotan is a seedy character, in bed with both Fricka and Freia. He does unmentionable things with a limp sausage, madly kisses Erda, and at one point in Walküre does the same with Brünnhilde as she squirms away.
Alberich, Loge, Wotan
Herr Castorf is a theatre director, and there is always a danger in bringing a theatre director's mentality to bear on opera. The best opera direction fits action to music, but the liberal use of live video displays, sometimes focusing on individual singers sometimes on events entirely detached from Wagner's opera, was an intrusion. Whenever stage-hands or performers unfurled a large sheet, you knew something was coming, and I came to dread it. In that wonderful Act I moment of Walküre where Siegmund bursts into Winterstürme we see a woman eating a cake covered with soft icing, at first with a spoon, then fingers, hands and finally her whole mouth. The same woman, whoever she is, drifts across stage in Act II. I don't care what this imagery represents — it's an intrusion.
Giants in Rheingold
I have written elsewhere about The Ring and the Eurozone crisis, comparing Sieglinde and Siegmund to East and West Germany. Sieglinde is married to Hunding, a man she doesn't love, like East Germany being wedded to the Soviet Union, and in this production Hunding is made to look like Stalin, with film snippets of Soviet propaganda appearing. So I can't complain. It's a good idea. But there were too many ideas, and Rheingold in particular was far too busy.
Siegmund, Sieglinde, Hunding
The singing was something of a mixture too, but the Rheinmaidens in their cheap motel swimming pool were all good, with Mirella Hagen an outstanding Woglinde, and Martin Winkler's seedy Alberich, with his bald head and bushy sideburns developed very strongly after a slightly uncertain start. Günther Groissböck and Sorin Coliban made convincing giants Fasolt and Fafner, and Nadine Weissmann was a fabulous Erda, whose brief appearance was the highlight of Rheingold.
After a weak first entrance, Norbert Ernst came through very well as Loge, easily outshining the Wotan of Wolfgang Koch, whose strongly sung Alberich was heard at Covent Garden last autumn. But there is a world of difference between the vocal demands on Alberich and Wotan, and Koch was presumably saving his voice for Walküre the following evening. There in Act II we heard the volume missing from Rheingold as well as precision of diction and pitch, but neither his body language nor vocal characterisation exuded the power and frustration it should. He sang and delivered but it was dull, and in the final scene with Brünnhilde his tired voice had lost pitch and focus. How different it was with Johan Botha who sang Siegmund with effortless superiority. He was partnered by Anja Kampe as a radiant Sieglinde, who produced a blood-curdling scream at the death of her brother, and opposed by Franz-Josef Selig who showed huge strength and clarity as Hunding.
The set for Walküre
As Brünnhilde, Catherine Foster delivered power, warmth and passion. This Nottingham born soprano is little known in England, having done much of her work in Germany, so it is surprising that her name was mis-spelled in the main programme for the Ring. Inattention to detail can be a killer in the opera world, and the huge plethora of unnecessary detail in this production betrays a lack of focus, if not confusion, on the part of director Frank Castorf.
Walküre is set in Azerbaijan, where oil exploration is booming, and the Wotan of Route 66 appears with a voluminous beard that he oddly removes for the final scene with Brünnhilde. Why? The nodding donkey oil pump in that scene was a distraction partly hiding him from view, and what was the point of the inert body of a man lying backwards in a pram in Act I? Costumes were eclectic. Claudia Mahnke's Fricka in Walküre appeared in the sort of thing you hire for a fancy dress party on a Nile cruise. And the Walküren looked a mess and were of variable vocal quality. The huge revolving set, stretching from right to left and enormous heights at the top, provided ample space, both for Walküren and male oil workers, but it was all too distracting.
Botha as Siegmund
The audience, despite boos at the end of Rheingold, were otherwise surprisingly uncritical, but this was the second cycle, not the first. Good that it was so, otherwise I would have missed the stunning BBC Proms cycle under Barenboim's direction. Yet even with the exigencies of this fussy production, a strong singer can rise above it and Johan Botha's huge Wälse! was a moment to be savoured, despite the cake eating episode.
As tabloid newspapers well know, we are suckers for grisly news, yet I rather dread what this director will do with Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. Watch this space.
Anja Kampe
Catherine Foster
Frank Castorf
Franz-Josef Selig
Günther Groissböck
Johan Botha
Martin Winkler
Mirella Hagen
Nadine Weissmann
Norbert Ernst
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Bonaire: A Gem of a Landfall
Well to the south of the Caribbean hurricane belt and just off Venezuela, Bonaire is a perfect place to unwind and take a break from voyaging.
By Story and Photos by Duncan Gould
It was around 0100, a 15-knot easterly breeze was suggesting that it might pick up, and I had the Willemstoren lighthouse at Lacre Punt visible just off the starboard bow. Well, I thought it was that light. The chart indicated that it was a nine-second flash, but no matter how I tried to shift the cadence I couldn't get it to nine.
My wife, Irene, and I were approaching Bonaire, the "B" in the ABC islands group that includes Aruba and Curaçao. We were three days out of Grenada and a bit ragged. I'd raced J/24s around this point many times in years past, but tonight that didn't really help; if anything it just reminded me of the dangers of that low-lying, rocky coast.
And to exacerbate matters, the South American chip in my plotter included charts that ended just after Grenada. But we also knew that the water around Bonaire was so deep that if you could avoid hitting the island itself, there was nothing else to bump into.
We headed more northward up the coast. The shore was black and not a glimmer of any light came from this uninhabited end of the island; the only way to tell how far we were offshore was to plot a series of positions on a paper chart (how quaint). A wave of pungent warm air heavily scented with guano and shallow water blew over Moose, our 39-foot South African-built steel cutter. The salt pans were to starboard.
We sailed along at 6 and 7 knots with the night wind full on the beam and a gentle current astern. It was a beautiful moment, I thought, while peering out past the streaming telltales for an unwanted line of white coral. At 0400 we picked up a mooring in front of Kralendijk, Bonaire's largest town, and went below to sleep. I dozed off well satisfied with the landfall, but also eager for the next day (now two hours away) because Bonaire is a very special place.
If you follow the long curving shoulder of the Caribbean islands from the Virgins down past Guadeloupe and Martinique to Trinidad, you'll see that the cruising route continues west along the offshore islands of Venezuela and along to Bonaire, Curaçao and Aruba, the so-called ABCs. From Trinidad onward this entire run is outside the hurricane belt. So for sailors who wish to continue sailing during the June to November storm season, this area is a fine option. The offshore islands of Venezuela are stunningly beautiful and they present no security issues. I personally would keep away from the Venezuelan mainland, though, and definitely from the area around Isla Margarita.
Sailboats en route to Cartagena or the Panama Canal, as well as those heading to Curaçao for long-term storage, will find Bonaire a great place to provision or simply kick back and relax. A boat and crew planning to stay several months in Spanish Water at Curaçao can take advantage of a day when the wind backs into the northeast and make the 40-mile run over to Bonaire for a change of scenery.
Perhaps the ultimate attraction of Bonaire is the undeniable fact that it has the best diving and snorkeling in the Caribbean, period.
Anchoring? No Weigh!
The entire coastline of Bonaire is a national park, from the high-tide mark to depths well beyond recreational diving, and anchoring is forbidden everywhere. However, because of the island's long-established dive industry, there are diving buoys all around the island that may be picked up for daytime use. To accommodate visiting yachts, two- or three-dozen moorings have been placed all along Kralendijk's waterfront. They have a somewhat unusual two-line configuration whereby the boat runs two short lines from its forward chocks and loops them through the thimbles on the mooring lines. It works, but the system could safely be beefed up, and at $10 per night, perhaps it should be. On the positive side, Bonaire is kidney-shaped, with Kralendijk in the enclosure; Klein Bonaire, a circular island a mile or so offshore, protects the mooring field from almost all wind angles. If one of those awkward breezes does arrive, boats can take shelter in one of the marinas.
Maybe the best way to give a sense of Bonaire's ambience would be simply to mention that there is not a single traffic light on the island. It is a very mellow, untrampled Caribbean isle. The waterfront is reminiscent of Havana, Cuba's Malecon: an endless parade of small vignettes of daily life. At one end, boats from Venezuela sell produce; elsewhere, fishermen land and clean their catches. Slick restaurants vie for clients and local people just live their lives, chatting, gossiping and swimming. The line of cruising boats all along the seawall, with flags and laundry flying, adds color and activity. If you happen to be a runner, the broad sidewalk along the water's edge is exactly 1.5 kilometers long.
Cruising Bonaire
You could certainly leave the dinghy on your mooring and venture to any of the scores of dive buoys, a very manageable option that makes for a great day. But sailors generally tend to stay on their moorings and take dinghy trips, frequently over to Klein Bonaire. Harry Belafonte once owned the island; can you imagine him in baggy trousers and Panama hat with a cigarette sauntering down that white sand?
Irene and I ran the dinghy over to "Harry's beach" one day when the sky was full of cumulus clouds and the breeze was cooling. We were just finishing our 10-year circumnavigation and were feeling sort of jaded with many things, diving and snorkeling locations among them (I swear I've seen 100 of the "Top 10 Dive Sites" in the world). Today we were in for a wake-up call.
The water all around Bonaire is very deep, thousands of feet. This means that there is very little sedimentation in the water, and consequently the clarity is startling; you can easily see 100 feet underwater. We donned our snorkel gear and swam out 50 feet and were stopped cold by the drop-off. The white sand bottom simply went over a steep slope and ran down in darker and darker blues until it was royal purple and all visibility gave way to seeming infinity. The water was so clear it felt like you were flying, a disconcerting sensation at first. And then came the fish!
A school of palometa surrounded us. These foot-long fish are silvery with very elongated fins on the top and bottom of their bodies. They're graceful and exotic, and they're very curious. They engulfed us like a dream. It was a scene of indescribable beauty; the white sand falling away to navy-blue nothingness and these birdlike fish flying all around us.
That day we saw turtles and maybe 30 different fish species. We walked back along the beach and came to a pair of Dutch girls snorkeling close to shore; they were so excited with the fish that they were both talking through their snorkels to each other. Yup, there's good snorkeling in Bonaire!
A Good Old-Fashioned Gravel Run
Bonaire is small; you can drive a car around the whole island in a couple of hours (and probably fit lunch into those). A lot of cruisers opt to rent a car to see the island, although a scooter or even a plain old bicycle would serve very well. Bonaire's people are calm and certainly very courteous on the road; in fact too courteous sometimes as traffic often will come to a standstill when a person gives up his right-of-way out of friendliness!
Two places that many cruisers visit are Lac Bay and the famous salt pans. A moderately fit person could pedal out to both of these spots and would have a great adventure doing it. Lac Bay is a large, shallow (ondiep as the locals say) bay on the windy east side that in the past was home to thousands of conchs. Mountains of their bleached shells attest to the bygone fishery.
Today conservation efforts have encouraged a comeback, and the old landing place is a social center with snack bars and tiny restaurants built into fishermen's shacks. It's a charming spot, vibrant with Caribbean colors and the smell of frying fish and beer-and-lime.
On the way to and from Lac Bay you'll see the indigenous lorikeet, a perky, likable green and goldenrod bird that is constantly shrieking out some urgent story. They perch confidently on the spines of the tall cacti that punctuate the countryside. Feral donkeys roam the area begging for snacks, and in the underbrush you might come across a big iguana with a face that would send a tomcat running.
If Lac Bay is rustic, the salt pans are surrealistic. Salt has been panned in Bonaire for more than 300 years; salt from Bonaire preserved the cod that fed Catholic Spain and Portugal on Fridays, and in turn earned the money that paid for African slaves to work the salt pans. The pans are periodically filled with salt water from the sea and then dammed shut. The sun evaporates the water, leaving the salt, which today is pushed up into piles 100 feet high. These stylized mountains stand as a range, and when the wind is low and the ponds around them flat, they create a strange reflected landscape.
During the slave trade, sailing ships would anchor close in to the coast and receive salt from small lighters. A human chain of workers, men and women, would carry baskets of salt on their heads to these smaller boats. They sang shanties, as they toiled. An arriving ship would know where to anchor because obelisks (tall fingerlike spires of masonry) marked various anchorages according to a color system. Black, white or red obelisks indicated the grade of salt available at each place. You can see, and enter, the small slave huts where many people spent their too-short nights.
The pans are important in the region's ecosystem, enticing many flamingos to live here, but they are very cautious birds and will consider you intruding at a range of 200 feet (photographers need a telephoto lens). A sight I find flamboyant is a line of flamingos flying over the sea. They are powerful birds in the air and routinely fly down to Curaçao to sample the salt lagoons there. Flamingos fly in single file, like a long pink serpent, rising and falling low over the dark blue water; it's an arresting vision.
So, why should you call in at Bonaire? It's cruiser friendly (they really are glad to see you), it's laid back but pleasantly vital and it's a protected natural gem, above and below the water.
There's a tradition on Bonaire that when a young boy likes a particular girl he tosses pebbles at her. The Curaçao people, of course, find this wildly provincial, but I find it charming. So consider this story a pebble tossed to the island. Prepare to be wooed by its spell.
New Cruising Guide for the Island
Frank Virgintino's new A Cruising Guide to the ABC Islands will clearly appeal to any yachtsman cruising Aruba, Bonaire or Curaçao because of its detailed charts and pilotage suggestions. He has been to every place he mentions, and this authority, combined with his favorite-uncle voice, is irresistible. The big bonus, though, is that this book would also be a real asset to any land-based visitor, so comprehensive is Virgintino in his touristic and cultural overviews of each island. It's a great gift for anyone heading this way.
Duncan and Irene Gould completed their circumnavigation, spent a winter in Canada, then moved back to the tropics to rent vacation apartments in Bonaire coralseaapartments.com. This article first appeared in the April 2014 issue of Cruising World.
The anchorage at kidney-shaped Bonaire is Kralendijk, which offers protection from most wind angles.
Bonaire waterfront
On the waterfront is an ochre-colored building typical of the old style of residence. unknown
Bonaire Map
Given their latitude, Bonaire, along with Aruba and Curaçao, are storm-season destinations.
Lac Bay, Bonaire
Salt has been panned at Lac Bay for more than 300 years.
Duncan and Irene Gould
The author and wife, Irene, completed a circumnavigation aboard their 39-foot steel cutter.
Bonaire Flamingos
A trio of flamingos move away from their feeding in the salt pan as we approach. Their orange coloration comes from small shrimp which they eat. unknown
Bonaire Iguana
Iguanas are protected by law but are popular in a soup believed to enhance potency.
Guess who's coming to dinner? Feral donkeys are looked after by a local foundation. unknown
Karel's Bar
Laughing gulls line the roof on Karel's Bar, a sailors' gathering point during October's annual regatta.
Lac Bay Party Shack, Bonaire
This shack at Lac Bay is full of people eating, drinking, and dancing on the weekends. unknown
Lac Baai, Bonaire
Vivid Caribbean colors can be found all over Lac Baai. unknown
Laughing gulls
Wildlife is ubiquitous on Bonaire. Laughing gulls comfortably perch atop piles of conch shells. unknown
A lorikeet perches on the spines of a Kadushi cactus.
iguanas in Bonaire
Normally iguanas are very shy, but I could actually stroke this one on the back. unknown
Bonaire Resort
A mural adorns a resort on the outskirts of Kralendijk.
main street of Kralendijk
This is "rush hour" on the main street of Kralendijk. The island has no stoplights and seems to do just fine. unknown
Steel Cutter Moose
Moose sits at her mooring in Kralendijk, 40 miles before completing her circumnavigation at Curacao.
Fisherman's Hut
Fishermen live in small houses in Lac Baai. unknown
Bonaire Slave Huts
The now-abandoned slave huts on Bonaire date back to the early 1800s. Eight people would have slept on the floor of each hut. unknown
Klein Bonaire
The sun sets over Klein Bonaire, a circular island about a mile offshore. unknown
Bonaire West Coast
The home of the island park overseer is sheltered from the trade winds on the island's west coast. The obelisks indicated to arriving ships the quality of salt that could be loaded at this location. unknown
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9:30am, April 27th, 2019: Zoo America with "Animal Helpers" – Discover how animals help balance and sustain ecosystems and enhance our well-being.
11:30am, April 27th, 2019: Wendy Brister, Green Industry Marketing Consultant, Garden Consultant, and Native Plant Advocate will present "Trees and Shrubs for Pollinator Habitat".
1:30pm, April 27th, 2019: Fred Habegger, President of the Lancaster Butterfly and Entomological Club with "Tiny Treasures" – A presentation on local butterflies and the importance of native plants for egg laying and caterpillar food.
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A New Dystopian Fantasy Series
In 2019 I'm indulging in a new series. The Faerene Apocalypse blends apocalyptic fiction with fantasy. The first book, Stray Magic, is just out. Bound Magic will be out in late March (pre-order available, link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N5WY96H/ ). Loyal Magic is out mid-year. Below is the blurb and an excerpt from Stray Magic. The series is available to read in Kindle Unlimited as well as to buy. Enjoy!
Buy link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N5ZVNLY
When magic crashes through the Rift, Earth devolves into an apocalyptic nightmare. Survival becomes the only game in town, and college girl, Amy Carlton, learns she's a more ruthless player than she ever imagined.
Magistrate Istvan signed up for the Faerene Migration knowing that the price of Earth's future would be paid for in hellfire and blood. But the black griffin hadn't anticipated humans accessing magic.
Now, a new and impossible bond must be forged between a Faerene invader and a human familiar. But first Istvan and Amy must survive to form the bond.
Note: "Faerene" refers to the many peoples of another world: the griffins, dragons, unicorns, werewolves, elves and ogres who've crossed to Earth. No prepper or survivalist could have been prepared for their arrival.
I grabbed my own phone from the pocket of my shorts and flicked through messages. Nothing from my parents, but my friends were peppering me with their exclamations of shock and amusement. I glanced toward the living room. I was partly responsible for the children in there innocently watching a movie. Instead of amusing myself with the sightings of fantastic beasts, I called up a reliable news feed. Ramona had opened my eyes. No matter what the perpetrators of this elaborate prank had intended, the consequences were what mattered.
Emma's parents arrived first. An hour after they departed, the news was reporting a riot in Los Angeles. There was looting. In fact, judging by the determined, organized behavior of the looters, the looting was the point of the riot. A firebird observed everything from the roof of an office tower. Its glowing wings were a fiery point of light that matched cars set on fire on the street.
How were the pranksters covering the globe with their realistic creations?
There were vampires sighted dancing in Rio and turning into bats, a sphinx toured the pyramids of Giza, more ogres tramped through Japan, and a kraken flopped a long-tentacled limb onto the streets of Hong Kong.
More riots broke out, not just in America, and not all with looting as their intent. People demanded government action. Politicians demanded the pranksters reveal themselves and confess and, most of all, stop their criminal stupidity.
The night lived down to Ramona's expectations. Parents arrived at all hours to collect their children, waking those who'd managed to fall asleep, baffled by why parents of other children were arriving in a flurry of panic and tears.
By midday the next day the camp was empty of children. All the other volunteers had fled, as well, returning to their homes in various cities.
I couldn't comprehend their illogical behavior. I sat on the porch steps of the main house as the last of the volunteers drove away. "The cities are where the trouble is."
"And their families, and familiar things." Ramona walked heavily up the steps and collapsed onto the porch swing.
I swiveled on my butt to face her. Dusty jeans didn't even rate as a problem. Like Ramona, I'd been awake all night. "They'd be better off waiting here for things to settle down."
Patti leaned against a railing. "What if they don't settle down? What if those things are real?"
My mouth dropped open. I'd considered her a sensible person. "They can't be. Magic isn't real."
She looked across the valley, across the open field mowed short for children to play on, to the apple orchard on the far side of the snaking road. "There was a video of that dragon eating a missile. The air force scrambled three jets to take out the dragon. Instead, it ate a missile, then vanished."
I wanted to say that the video had to be faked, except that lots of people had recorded the action over Washington DC, including television reporters.
"The children are sick." Ramona stayed on topic, focused on what mattered to her heart. "It makes sense that their parents want them near trusted medical care. Dr. Fayed is good, but he's a GP. He and his office aren't set up for long term, specialized treatment." She put her hands on her knees and pushed herself up. "I'll cancel next week's camp. Maybe the one after, just to be safe."
"The Summer of the Dragons," I muttered.
"And everything else," Patti said. "It makes me worry about the creatures we haven't seen yet."
Labels: dystopian, fantasy, Jenny Schwartz, Kindle Unlimited
The More Things Change...
The last few years have been difficult for me in terms of writing productivity. My word count is way down and I haven't released a new book in two years. Of course, part of that is because I've been working to re-release seventeen titles in the past two years—with another dozen yet to go—but that's another story.
The good news, however, is that I've been reading like crazy. My TBR pile is rapidly shrinking away. And I've noticed some interesting changes in my reading habits. I've always been something of a binge-reader, and that's only become more pronounced over the years. I'm also reading shorter books, I'm sticking to fewer genres, and I seem to be less open now to trying new-to-me authors than I ever was before. And, despite the endless supply of new books, I seem to spend an increasing amount of time re-reading old favorites.
I'm not altogether happy with these changes. I feel like I should be branching out and trying new things. But I suppose these changes reflect the reality of my life these days. I have less time and more distractions, so shorter books are more appealing. And in a world that seems increasingly uncertain, I crave a sure thing—hence my reliance on authors I trust and stories I love.
So, is it just me? Or have you noticed any changes in what (and/or how) you read as well? And if so, what's different?
Snowpocalypse 2019
I live in Michigan. It's January. Snow doesn't really come as any great surprise. When we get a really good storm, though, it's all over the news and the meteorologists act like we've never seen snow before. Frankly, there isn't that much snow in my area, despite the forecasters' doomsaying. What is odd this time is that a few days ago, temperatures were in the 40s and this week we're looking at highs in single digits--with temps of -20-40 when wind chill is considered. Temps that cold and the snow yesterday mean no school for possibly the entire week. Kids are ectstatic. Parents not so much. As a grandparent with a live-in firstgrader, I've been seeing both of those--and it's only Tuesday.
Before I turned to writing, I was an environmental educator. Climate and climate change is something I've been following since I was a teen. I'm not going to get started on that, but it did get me thinking about how weather effects the things I write.
I'm not thinking about outside weather, although winter brings about a certain coziness that may leak into my words, while a sunny summer day brightens my outlook. What I was really pondering is the use of weather to drive a story or add roadblocks for our characters.
From lightning animating Frankenstein's monster, to the tornado in The Wizard of Oz, weather can become a character in of itself, stepping out of the background and getting in the author or reader's face. Having a couple snowed in together is a fairly common trope. Electrical storms can do everything from giving a character psychic powers to hurtling them through time and/or dimensions.
My recently re-issued paranormal romance Sea Change, there is a character who is an immortal wizard/sorcerer/mage (semantics aren't clear), and it's mentioned that his powers include some minor abilities to control the weather. Since the book is set in the semi-tropical areas of the Pacific, he never needs to use those powers, so more clarity wasn't needed. Now that I'm working on a sequel, however, with him as the hero, I really have to think about this power and how it's going to affect the story. Not having it come into play would seem like cheating, sort of like putting a gun on the set in the first scene of the movie and never having it used or even mentioned. I'm not entirely sure yet how he's going to use his powers to save the day. The possibilities are endless.
So do you have a favorite book with the weather as a character? Is there a weather-related trope you really hate? I'd love to hear it.
Look for Sea Change, winner of the 2015 Prism award for best paranormal erotic romance, available now in print and e-book, from all the usual retailers, and hopefully the upcoming sequel, working title, Sweeter than Wine.
Dead! Well, not quite. Yet.
Heidi's day started out well enough, studying dolphins with best friend and research partner, but things took a turn when they got caught in the middle of a drug exchange. Her friend is missing, probably dead, and Heidi was shot at and left to die, too.
Girl meets…guy?
Then the hottest boat bum she's ever seen rescues her. Tall, dark and handsome, Jake is every girl's dream. Still, the last thing on her mind is romance. The drug dealers figured out pretty quick she wasn't dead. Now, they want to finish the job, and her mysterious, drop-dead gorgeous rescuer might not be able to save her—or himself.
Cursed!
Jake's got a fishy secret of his own—complete with fins. He's exiled from his colony and cursed to shapeshift with the moon. As a merman, Jake can't afford to be around humans, especially a marine biologist who might discover his species. But he can't throw Heidi to the men after her. He'll fight drug lords, pirates and even the gods to protect her. Piece of cake, right? It's easier than the other problem, the biggest problem of all: the massive attraction growing between Jake and Heidi, an attraction neither can deny.
A centuries-old merman and an air-breathing, very human scientist might fall in love, but where would they live? And can that love even survive?
HERE BE NEWS for January 28, 2019
All the latest
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Monday, January 21 -
"HERE BE NEWS" - All the latest from the authors at Here Be Magic.
Wednesday, January 23 -
"HISTORICAL FANTASY, SLIPSTREAM, and THINGS IN-BETWEEN" – Author Shawna Reppert talks about the fine art of blending history with fiction and fantasy – and the even finer art of determining what genre such a story belongs in.
Thursday, January 24 -
"YOU CAN NOW SEARCH MY BOOKS BY GENRES!" - With 125 books and novellas to her credit, Linda Mooney (who also writes as Gail Smith and Carolyn Gregg) continues to expand her fantasy, paranormal, and sci-fi creations. Looking for dragon shifters? Zombies? Suspense? Linda's organized them all on a fabulous spreadsheet with links to whatever world you'd like to explore.
Things to watch for:
Author Jenny Schwartz is launching a brand new dystopian fantasy series:
"THE FAERENE APOCALYPSE"
Look for her blog post (including an excerpt from the first book, "STRAY MAGIC") this Thursday, January 31st on Here Be Magic.
In case you were wondering... where the sounds of hammering and heavy equipment (and cussing. So much cussing...) were coming from this past few months, it was author Dani Harper's website.
While the URL remains the same, the entire site has been rebuilt from the ground up. The grand unveiling (complete with a contest for readers) is Friday, February 1st. www.daniharper.com
Labels: author blog, author events, author news, Dani Harper, Fantasy Romance, Jenny Schwartz, Linda Mooney, paranormal romance, science fiction romance, Shawna Reppert
You Can Now Search My Books By Genres!
"Do you have anything about (insert topic)?"
I often have people comment on the fact that, because I have so many books, it's hard for them to tell at a glance which ones are in a particular genre, or have a specific trope that they favor.
When I'm at a book-signing, it's easy to steer them to the types of books they're looking for. But I understand why there's some confusion, even though my book titles are listed as either fantasy, paranormal, or sci-fi.
"Do you have any dragon shifters?"
"I like to read romantic suspense."
"What do you have with zombies in them?"
In the middle of the night, I woke up with an idea. (As most writers can attest, that's when most of the good ones pop up. Then, or when you're in the shower.) Why not make a spreadsheet of all my books under all my pseudonyms, so that each book's contents are easy to understand?
So - voila! - I did!
It's listed as GENRE BREAKDOWN. When you go to my Linda Mooney webpage, and click on My Books, you'll find yourself on the Choose Your Destination page, where all my pseudonyms are located. There, on the right, you'll see Genre Breakdown. Click it, and you'll see the spreadsheet where all my books are listed, their genres, tropes, and other kinds of information that will help you discover books you probably never realized had just the thing you were looking for!
Psst! If you don't see something, want to add something, or to correct something, don't hesitate to comment below to let me know! Thanks!
#K9cops
Officer Sonia Sparrow is an introvert of sorts, spending her workdays on the force, and her off days alone. But lately it seems she's acquired a new partner. A dog, that she's dubbed Slash, keeps showing up at the nick of time to save the day.
Michael Masson, a former Marine, is looking for a quiet life, but he can't help the desire he still has to serve his country. Having been burned in love once before, he's vowed to never show his other side to anyone else. Instead. he chooses to spend his life roaming the country and not getting close to anyone. But when he spies the female police officer in trouble, he can't just sit back and let it happen.
Sonia has been burned in relationships in the past as well, and if she can't find a trustworthy man, she's decided a dog would be the perfect companion to keep her loneliness at bay. What she didn't bargain for was getting both.
The truth is almost too farfetched, but Michael is determined to make her believe. He hopes this new partnership will not only heal old wounds, but evolve into a deep and loving relationship for the both of them.
Warning! Contains beef jerky, once for yes, a coffee break, the constant fear of discovery, an unexpected ally, a trial run, and two broken hearts finding comfort and love within a common goal.
Labels: book organization, cops, dog shifter, K9, Linda Mooney, new release, paranormal romance, Slash, website update, You Can Now Search My Books By Genres
Historical Fantasy, Slipstream, and Things In-Between
Historical fiction. Historical fantasy. Slipstream. Alternate history. Alternate universe. Where do the divisions lie? The truth is, it's hard to find a black-and-white answer, and if you consider the terms as marketing categories rather than genre descriptions, things get even blurrier.
The thing is, whenever you add 'fiction' to your 'history', you've already crossed a line. You are introducing characters that didn't really exist in that time period. Even if you steal names and dates from tombstones, you're going to be attributing thoughts, emotions, and at least some actions to those characters that come from nowhere but your own imagination. But how much liberty can and should the author take? There's a vast range of opinion on that topic. It's at least a good idea to know the state of technology in the era you're writing in. For example, purple-dyed cloth was difficult and expensive to achieve in medieval times, so if you dress your peasant lass in a purple dress with gilt trim, you will probably lose half your audience in one unfortunate clothing choice. And please, for gods' sake, don't put your lady in a corset if you don't know for absolute certain that women corseted in that period!
But there's a range of readers and therefore a range of what readers will accept in the guise of historical fiction. I once heard a historian go on a fifteen-minute rant because a certain very respected author of literary historical fiction made up a fort rather than using one that was known to exist. Ironically, I suspect he did so to try to preemptively avoid the historian hate mail he would get if he tried to put fictional characters in charge of a known historical fort.
Historical fantasy has a little more leeway. After all, we're fairly certain that King Richard did not have an elven lord in his retinue, and so if we sign off on that, we may as well accept that little extra nation that the author nudged into Europe. (The Hound and the Falcon trilogy, and BTW author Judith Tarr has a degree in history and, other than the magic she slips in and the Richard who is not entirely a heartless monster, her actual historical details are probably more accurate than many history books.) My gaslamp fantasy/steampunk Victorian detective novel is a little bit further afield, as I have werewolves openly running through the streets of London, as well as alchemy that works. Also, my clockwork and steam technology is a bit more advanced than it actually had been in period.
A lot of books that are really slipstream get marketed under historical fantasy simply because slipstream is hard to define and no one knows what it is anyway. For example, Amazon put my novel Brother to the Wolf in the historical fantasy category. I'm not about to argue the placement, since I believe many readers of historical fantasy would enjoy it. Certainly, anyone familiar with the political and social situation of post-Norman Conquest England would recognize the background stage on which my characters move. History, however, stubbornly failed to yield to me a crown prince and a regent that exactly fit my plot. I have enough respect for history (and enough fear of historians) that I wasn't going to claim to be dealing with Normans versus Saxons and yet invent characters and events that never existed in real history. (You can get away with it for peasants, yeoman, foresters, and the like, because their lives aren't documented like that of the royals and their administrators.) By strict genre classification, Brother is slipstream, or maybe some genre classification of its own. (Pagan spiritual, historically-influenced fantasy just doesn't roll off the tongue, somehow.)
Alternate history happens when doctoral candidates argue over their beers about what the world would look like if Hitler won or the South rose again, and someone decides that writing a novel is more fun than writing a thesis. (I'm being flip, of course, but you get the idea.) Alternate universes can be historical or contemporary. They're what happen when a fantasy writer tries to set a novel in the real world, but things get out of hand. Think of it as a continuum between slipstream through alternate-universe fantasy to historical fantasy, although you could argue all night about where one ends and another begins.
Actually, I'd be happy to argue the topic all night, if someone else buys my whiskey. But since I'm not seeing any immediate takers, I will sign off here and let you discuss it amongst yourselves.
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A Deal on DACA Would Be the Ultimate Test of Trump's Base
Supporters cheer as President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Phoenix on Aug. 22.Nicholas Kamm / AFP - Getty Images
Sept. 14, 2017, 12:39 PM UTC / Updated Sept. 14, 2017, 12:39 PM UTC
By Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann
First Read is your briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
'A lot of confusion' over claimed deal on DACA and border wall
Sept. 14, 201701:45
WASHINGTON — Is there a deal on DACA? Or no deal? Right now, the answer appears to be in the eye of the beholder. Last night, Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi released a statement after their dinner with President Trump, saying they agreed "to enshrine the protections of DACA into law quickly, and to work out a package of border security, excluding the wall, that's acceptable to both sides."
But then White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushed back. "While DACA and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to." And this morning, Trump himself tweeted that "no deal was made."
But Trump's following tweets on the subject SURE SOUNDED like the deal that Democrats first described — "massive border security would have to be agreed to in exchange for consent"; "the wall, which is already under construction in the form of new renovation of old and existing fences and walls, will continue to be built"; "does anyone really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people…"
Yet here is the reason why Trump striking any kind of deal on DACA will be so hard: He's already received a tremendous amount of blowback from his base of conservatives and immigration hardliners:
Breitbart News: "Trump Caves On DACA, Wants 'Quick' Amnesty For 800K Illegal Aliens" — with the front page of the news site calling the president "Amnesty Don."
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa: "If AP is correct, Trump base is blown up, destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond repair. No promise is credible."
Fox News' Sean Hannity: "If reports true 100%. I blame R's. They caused this. They wanted him to fail and now pushed him into arms of political suicide--IF TRUE."
Laura Ingraham: "THE ART OF THE STEAL: Let's hope that Pelosi & Schumer misrepresented the #DACA deal"
Anonymous Breitbart editor to the Washington Post: "Donald Trump should be ashamed of himself. He wasn't elected to do this."
Immigration is an issue that the Trump base DOES care about
Do remember, while Trump has been squishy on so many policy issues — taxes, health care, Middle East intervention — he was always more consistent on immigration during the 2016 campaign. And that consistency was taking the most hardline view possible. Here's what he told one of us in August 2015:
TODD: You'll rescind the Dream Act executive order, the DACA?TRUMP: We have to. We have to make a whole new set of standards. And when people come in, they have to come in —TODD: You're going to split up families. You're going to deport children?TRUMP: Chuck — no, no. No, we're going to keep the families together. We have to keep the families together.TODD: But you're going to kick them out?TRUMP: They have to go.
We're fully aware of that old line from Trump: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters." Well, he's going to put that loyalty to the test on DACA, if there's ultimately a deal.
Michael Flynn's son now reportedly a subject of Russia probe
Flynn's son is a subject in the Russia probe
From NBC's Carol Lee, Julia Ainsley and Ken Dilanian: "Michael G. Flynn, the son of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is a subject of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the presidential election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign, according to four current and former government officials."
"The inquiry into Flynn is focused at least in part on his work with his father's lobbying firm, Flynn Intel Group, three of the officials said. It's unclear when the focus on Flynn began."
More: "Flynn's status as a subject of the Russia investigation widens the publicly known scope of the probe. NBC News has reported that those under investigation have included the elder Flynn and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Others under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller include Carter Page, a Trump campaign ally; Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior White House adviser; and the president's son, Donald Trump Jr."
And speaking of the father Flynn, here's the Wall Street Journal: "As President Donald Trump's national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn promoted a controversial private-sector nuclear power plan in the Middle East that had once involved Russian companies, according to former security-council staffers and others familiar with the effort."
Trump heads to Florida
President Trump arrives in Fort Myers, Fla., at 10:40 am ET to receive a briefing on Hurricane Irma relief efforts. He then heads to Naples, Fla., at 11:40 am ET before returning back to DC.
Chuck Todd is moderator of "Meet The Press" and NBC News' political director.
Mark Murray
Mark Murray is a senior political editor at NBC News.
Carrie Dann
Carrie Dann is a political editor for NBC News.


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Die Ringer-Europameisterschaften 1973 fanden Ende März im freien Stil in Lausanne und im Juni im griechisch-römischen Stil in Helsinki statt.

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Ergebnisse

Medaillenspiegel (griechisch-römisch)

Für die DDR errang Dieter Heuer in der Klasse bis 90 kg den fünften Platz. Die BRD-Ringer Hans-Jürgen Veil (bis 57 kg) und Lorenz Hecher (bis 100 kg) kamen auf die Ränge vier und fünf.

Freistil

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Medaillenspiegel (Freistil)

Drei weitere Ringer der BR Deutschland konnten sich unter den jeweils besten sechs platzieren: Mario Sabatini (4. Platz; bis 52 kg), Alfons Keller (5. Platz; bis 62 kg) und Hans Partsch (6. Platz; bis 48 kg).

Für die DDR erreichten Jürgen Möbius in der Klasse bis 52 kg und Helmut Strumpf in der Klasse bis 62 kg jeweils den sechsten Platz.

Sportveranstaltung 1973
1973
Sportveranstaltung in Helsinki
Sportveranstaltung in Lausanne
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The Daily Mail has been reporting that Electricians are earning £156,000 a year and that plumbers are earning £50,000 a year.
According to the article, wages for tradesmen have risen by as much as 10% in the past 12 months.
The Daily Mail puts the "sky rocketing" wages down to a skills shortage in the UK.
The report continues to discuss the skills shortage, which many on our twitter feed argue is made up of false claims.
The last four years have seen demand for skilled trades like electricians and carpenters soar, now plumbers are being added to the mix.
Last year's Brexit result has also left a sense of uncertainty for foreign trades-people, who are often brought in to do the work as there are not enough workers in the UK.
Despite this, social media is awash with plumbers, gas engineers and electricians who disagree with this and call it fake news.
In a recent article for Installer online, Mark Krull spoke about the subject of skills shortages.
"The 2015 Employer Skills Survey showed that vacancies for workers had grown significantly over the previous two years, with a 43% deficit in qualified professionals to meet this demand.
"To meet this need, the Government has put a big push behind apprentices. The Apprenticeship Levy was recently introduced to create three million new apprenticeships by 2020.
Apprenticeship standards are being reformed so they're more in line with employer requirements providing better training and simplified funding systems.
This subject is causing a lot of debate in the industry at the moment. There are those who feel that there are too many low skilled trades people flooding the market and there are those who feel that there is a real need to add to the talent pool.
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I have 2 more shades to show you from this Collection, which I will cover in coming posts.
And if you are heading to the online store of Sephora right now, don't forget to check out the neutral shades they have got. They look amazing and I definitely have my eyes on them at the moment.
But if you are heading to the store, do look out for their Pastels Collection. Unfortunately, they seem to be out of stock/not available anymore kinda situation. Either way, do check out this collection by Sephora, am sure you won't regret it!
P.s – As I draft this post and refreshed the page, I see lesser colors and collection. Was that a glitch I saw more shades before? Or was I day dreaming of this collection? I can't say for sure!
Lyn Lacquers has been my favorite ever since I first swatched their polish in shade Bunny Nose. From then on I got myself quite a few shades from them. And as much as I love all their polishes, two of them are my all-time favorite.
These lacquers come in simple square shaped bottles, a nice change from the routine.
They have crème gloss finish.
Brush bristles are wide enough to cover the nail in a stroke or two.
Has a wide range of colors.
The scent is slightly pungent for my liking.
Lyn Lacquers Bunny Nose from Pinks Collection is not solid beige, but a soft warm-hued pink with beige undertones. It's an on-trend nail color with a touch of pink and beige making this as a perfect compromise for anyone who doesn't prefer all/solid beige on nails.
However, on the other side whoever has been wearing a lot of beige lately; this shade would be a wonderful change since it has a hint of pink.
On the upside, it is an awesome shade to have this season.
On the other hand, Lady Luck Lilac is another shade that's so apt for the season. A soft muted purple that gives way to pretty lilac shade, it suits any skin tone and reminds of the color that would be a great option this season.
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Labor condemns Rabin memorial vandalism as 'hatred'
Rabin Center denounces defacing of monument; National Union Ben-Ari calls action "gentle"; suspect lost family in 2001 Sbarro terror attack.
By TAMARA ZIEVE, JPOST.COM STAFF
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The desecration of Yitzhak Rabin's memorial monument early Friday morning, has sparked both condemnation and justification from various bodies.
The Labor party in a press release condemned the act of vandalism which included far-right graffiti and paint: "Rabins's assassination and the monument are a national symbol that serves as a constant reminder that extremism and violence endanger the state of Israel."
TA Rabin memorial defaced with far-right graffiti
Sbarro terror victims plan to petition High Court
The suspect, Shvuel Schijveschuurder, lost both parents and 3 siblings in the 2001 Sbarro attack. An unconfirmed list released by Hamas Thursday, included one of the terrorists involved in the Sbarro bombing amongst those expected to be released in the prisoner exchange deal to free Gilad Schalit this week.
Labor stated that "Even during these days of heightened emotions, such actions of hatred and extremism should be rejected with disgust. The law enforcement system must be firm and alert during these times to prevent serious acts of this kind."
The Yitzkah Rabin memorial monument denounced "all activities of vandalism and damage to the site, which is a symbol and memory of the murder of Yitzhak Rabin, the late prime minister. The monument, which over the years has become a heritage site, is a memory and a lesson learned in Israeli society."
"The Rabin Center welcomes the approval of the deal for the return of captured soldier Gilad Schalit, blesses the Schalit family, and sees in his release the state of Israel's obligation to its soldiers."
The Center added that it "works to perpetuate Yitzhak Rabin's memory and to examine the lessons that Israeli society should derive from the assassination, its circumstances and its consequences."
Conversely, National Union MK Michael Ben-Ari said Friday that the suspect who vandalized the Rabin memorial "gently" expressed the fury of terror survivors, Israel Radio reported.
"The release of killers is apt to anarchy and not a lawful state. In anarchy boundaries are crossed, and even Yitzhak Rabin's gravestone has lost its glory and sanctity," Ben-Ari said in reference to the impending release of terrorists as part of Israel's agreement with Hamas for the return of Gilad Schalit.
The words "price tag" and "free Yigal Amir" were scrawled in large letters on a wall and on the memorial structure adjacent to Rabin Square.
A man in his twenties was arrested and released on Friday after allegedly vandalizing the monument with far-right graffiti and paint.
Yaakov Lappin contributed to this report.


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What is the difference between the MRC and the emergency response and preparedness groups in existence?
The MRC is a specialized component of Citizen Corps, a national network of volunteers dedicated to ensuring hometown security. The mission of the MRC is specific and specialized; it is to establish teams of local volunteer medical and public health professionals who can contribute their skills and expertise throughout the year and during times of community need. Although other emergency response and preparedness groups rely on volunteerism, the MRC primarily focuses on the skills of local volunteer medical and public health professionals to be used during times of emergencies or disasters.
Can I volunteer in more than one group?
Yes. The MRC program does not discourage volunteers from supporting other groups. MRC Unit Coordinators determine prospective volunteers' availability and whether they have other obligations that are particularly related to other disasters or response situations. Membership in both a Disaster Medical Assistance Team and an MRC unit or in an MRC unit and a Red Cross volunteer group could prove problematic unless there is proper coordination and integration between these organizations. These issues should be discussed with response partners during the planning process.
MRC units will not want to rely too much on volunteers who will be committed elsewhere, but units can still use volunteers who have other commitments. In these cases, the other obligations must be well documented and considered in the planning process.
What is the USA Freedom Corps?
USA Freedom Corps was created after President Bush's 2002 State of the Union Address, in which he asked all Americans to volunteer in support of their country. USA Freedom Corps is comprised of the Citizen Corps, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Peace Corps and promotes volunteerism and service throughout the nation. USA Freedom Corps is "charged with promoting a culture of service, citizenship, and responsibility in America."
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The Citizen Corps is a national volunteer network dedicated to providing hometown security. The mission of Citizen Corps is "to harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds."
Its mission is accomplished through a national network of state, local, and tribal Citizen Corps Councils. These Councils use community strengths to incorporate the Citizen Corps programs. Citizen Corps, along with AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Peace Corps are all part of the President's USA Freedom Corps.
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Super Ann and the logo of The Little Hawk were featured on the pink shirts supporting Hanrahan.
To welcome City High's Ann Hanrahan back after her absence due to her battle with breast cancer, teachers are all wearing their bright pink "Super Ann" shirts to show their support and love for the office secretary.
"Renée Tonning organized for the staff to all wear our pink Super Ann shirts as a way to support her since she's going through such a difficult time right now in her life. I think it's wonderful that the whole staff got together to show their support," science teacher Mary Lestina said.
Hanrahan was very touched and emotional seeing the staff members support and welcome her back.
"I am thrilled to be back at work. I love where I work, so this is where I want to be, and the support I have here has just been overwhelming. It continues to be overwhelming seeing the staff all wearing their shirts. They're my other family," Hanrahan said.