Forecasters at the Seattle office of the National Weather Service have issued a Wind Advisory for 11am to 7pm on Saturday, April 6th.
The advisory warns much of western Washington can expect sustained southerly winds of 20 to 35mph with gusts of 40 to 55mph during the advisory period.
Winds are expected to increase late Saturday morning, peak during the afternoon hours and then diminish in the evening.
A Wind Advisory means winds of 35mph with gusts up to 55mph are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Weak trees or small tree branches may be blown down and result in local power outages.


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Watch the Birdie
Much of my spare time these days is spent working on personal projects. It keeps me match fit for the paid work.
I was on a commercial shoot in rural Ireland recently. When we had finished I got chatting to a local in a bar about my love for abandoned and decayed buildings. He told me about an old house in the area once owned by a librarian named 'Birdie'.
Birdie Higgins moved out of this house 14 years ago and went to live in a retirement home. Time almost seems to have stood still since her leaving and me arriving.
She died 3 years ago at the age of 94.
A number of publications in both the US and Italy wrote about the project. http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2014/04/07/foto/la_casa_di_birdie_dove_il_tempo_si_fermato-82956669/1/#1 http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/04/birdie-left-house-irish-photographer-donal-moloney/
The homelessness project is still on the move and I've now got into the habit of also doing some video with each individual I meet. I have quite a number shot and I'll have to get a good editor to put it all nicely together. Here's one very rough edit I've attempted to do myself http://vimeo.com/90159673
Martin is still doing his thing and I visit him regularly. I still take him out for the day on an odd occasion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMV4Me8FZiw&list=UUeTTjbaipHvKwNNI75Pelsw He had spoken about moving on to tour Ireland by foot but happily he's in good health and still cosy under the bridge.
Commercially I've been quite busy and have shot some interesting stuff http://donalmoloney.com/nicofresh-cow/ http://donalmoloney.com/nicofresh-taboo-couple/
©2006-2013 - all photographs by & copyright Donal Moloney

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News Blog :: W.A.S.P. - Unveil Details For Release Of "ReIdolized (The Soundtrack to the Crimson Idol)"!
This year marks the 25th anniversary of "The Crimson Idol" - the legendary story of Jonathan Aaron Steele, which was originally intended to be accompanied by a movie, with several hundred hours of film that were shot to create approximately 60 minutes of movie footage. The album is still considered to be the best of W.A.S.P.'s career, and one of the greatest concept albums of all time! It undoubtedly belongs in every metal head's record collection!
Napalm Records now proudly presents "ReIdolized (The Soundtrack to the Crimson Idol)", the 25th anniversary of the iconic hit album plus the original "The Crimson Idol" movie on DVD and BluRay! For the first time EVER as originally intended – film and soundtrack united and released as one special product! The product will also feature 4 missing songs that were originally intended to be part of the original "The Crimson Idol".
"ReIdolized (The Soundtrack to the Crimson Idol)" will be released worldwide on February 2nd 2018 via Napalm Records!


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Home News Labor & Employment Covid-19 and Telework: Reminder of the obligations imposed on businesses
Labor & Employment - Covid-19
Published on 29 April 2020 by Fabien Pomart
Covid-19 and Telework: Reminder of the obligations imposed on businesses
Given the unprecedented health crisis that we are currently experiencing, one of the key measures imposed by the Government to contain the Covid-19 epidemic is the massive and imperative use of telework for all types of employment positions that allow it.
The legal framework for telework has become considerably more flexible in recent years to support the development of this work arrangement in France.
As such, telework, whether on a regular or occasional basis, can be set up either by a collective agreement, or in the absence of such an agreement, by a charter drawn up unilaterally by the employer, after consultation with the Social and Economic Committee, if there is one; or finally – in the absence of such an agreement or charter – by common agreement between the employer and the employee.
The Macron Ordinance adopted on September 22, 2017 provides for an exception to the principle of prior agreement of the employee since "in exceptional circumstances, notably the threat of an epidemic, or in case of force majeure, the implementation of telework can be considered as an adjustment of the employment position made necessary to allow the continued operations of the company and guarantee the protection of employees. "
In its "Q&A" on the Covid-19 epidemic, the French Ministry of Labor confirmed that the use of telework, wherever there is an epidemic risk, does not require the agreement of the employee and does not require any particular formalities.
Although the use of telework has been significantly streamlined, the employer remains subject to specific obligations that must be complied with.
1. The employer must bear the costs of telework if such costs are considered as professional expenses.
This compensation can take several forms:
direct payment of the costs related to telework;
reimbursement upon production of the supporting documents such as phone bill, Internet bill, etc.;
reimbursement through the payment of a flat-rate allowance covering all the expenses incurred by telework (heating, electricity, Internet, phone, etc.).
In the latter case, URSSAF[1] specified that the lump-sum allowance is deemed to be used in accordance with its purpose and is exempt from social security contributions up to an overall limit of:
– 10 euros per month for an employee who teleworks one day per week;
– 20 euros per month for an employee who teleworks two days a week;
– 30 euros per month for an employee who teleworks three days a week.
When the employee teleworks 5 days a week, the flat-rate allowance could thus be increased up to 50 euros per month.
Whenever the amount paid by the employer exceeds these limits, exemption from social security contributions may be allowed provided that the employee can prove that the professional expenses have been actually incurred.
2. Telework cannot be combined with the short-time work scheme
It is not possible to ask an employee to telework if he/she has been put on short time work. Such a combination is fraudulent and considered as concealed employment.
In addition to the criminal sanctions incurred by companies, the use of telework in this context could give rise to a dispute before the labor court in which employees who are on short-time work and teleworking would ask for backpays or even damages for concealed work or unfair performance of their employment contract.
3. The employer has the obligation to ensure the safety of its employees who telework
In respect of health and safety at work, companies have under French law a so-called obligation de résultat and not only an obligation de moyens[2]. As such, a particular attention should be paid in this respect.
It should first be recalled that the occupational risk assessment sheet (document unique d'évaluation des risques professionnels, i.e. a document that must record the risks related to the activities of the company) provided for in Article R. 4121-2 of the French Labor Code must be updated due to the Covid-19 pandemic in order to take into account the new risks generated by the changes brought to the company's work organization, including those related to the widespread implementation of telework.
Companies must therefore be particularly vigilant with regard to the risks that telework can generate on the health and safety of employees during the lockdown.
In this respect, the French National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases (Institut national de recherche et de sécurité pour la prévention des accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelle or "INRS") recommends that companies be more vigilant on the following points:
the risk of isolation ;
the risk of hyper-connection;
the management of autonomy;
the balance between professional and personal life;
the monitoring of employee's activities;
the role of middle managers;
maintaining team spirit.
The INRS has listed actions to be implemented to mitigate the increased risks associated with the current lockdown, in particular for managers/supervisors and companies.
For the managers/supervisors, it is advisable to:
ensure regular contact with each teleworker;
increasingly respect the right to disconnection, even if the terms to enforce such right have not yet been discussed within the company. It is, in particular, about respecting decent working hours, especially concerning telephone communications;
adapt the objectives and monitoring of teleworkers' activity to their particular working conditions;
define the means of virtual meetings of the site and establish "rituals";
pay special attention to the situation of non-teleworkers and find ways to maintain the link.
At company level, it is also necessary to:
assist the managers/supervisors and help them carry out their assignment of supporting and coordinating the teams in this particular situation during which they are asked to be more vigilant and available in supporting and assisting employees;
organize a remote assistance for the use of the computer and communication tools used for telework, as well as mobilize the company's IT maintenance teams.
[1] URSSAF (Unions de Recouvrement des Cotisations de Sécurité Sociale et d'Allocations Familiales) is the body responsible for collecting social related contributions
[2] With an obligation de résultat, a party must fulfill a specific obligation or arrive at a specific result. With an obligation de moyens, the party must simply implement or use, to his/her best efforts, all necessary means in order to fulfill a specific obligation or achieve a specific result. In other words, concerning safety at work, the employer will be presumed liable from the sole fact that a professional risk occurred and caused harm to its employees
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All publications by Fabien Pomart
Short-time work: A new set of measures to cope with the second wave of Covid-19
Non-competition clause in employment contracts
Employment contract under foreign law performed and terminated in France: How to manage the conflict of laws?
Companies subject to the so-called SYNTEC collective bargaining agreement should welcome a recent decision of the Cour de Cassation concerning the termination of trial periods


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There's a $2 flash sale this week in the Thrift Shop!
All party dresses are $2.00!!
All women's pants are $2.00!!
All men's pants are $2.00!!
All men's shirts are $2.00!!
The weather is cold and snowy and the Thrift Shop is just the place to warm you up and put a smile on your face with our wonderful selection new finds!! No winter blues and blahs around here!!
The Consignment Shop has your ski and apres ski looks! And they are perfect for chilly January!!!
This week the Consignment Shop is accepting both Winter and Spring items.


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Home>West Coast Old Ghost Road
Lyell — Seddonville (2-4 days, 85km)
Where else can you ride past mining relics of a bygone era, ascend through swathes of native forest to reach breathtaking views, descend into open river valleys scattered with lakes and tarns, weave through giant podocarp rainforest inhabited by abundant wildlife, sidle along a cliff-hugging trail in a stunning river gorge and stay in huts occupying the most commanding of positions? Welcome to The Old Ghost Road.
The Old Ghost Road is quickly becoming known as one of the premier backcountry mountain biking routes in the world. This is unlike most other trails in The New Zealand Cycle Trail – this 85km trail is a very serious adventure with technical terrain and plenty of climbing and descending. While not for the faint-of-heart or inexperienced rider, if you match your experience level to this trail and prepare appropriately, The Old Ghost Road will reward the fit and experienced adventurer with an other-worldly experience.
To broaden the audience and to make The Old Ghost Road more accessible to a wider range of appetites, a set of new exciting packages – Old Ghost Adventures – has been created. Old Ghost Adventures include such options as helicopter assists to the astounding alpine tops, helicopter luggage assists, rustic luxury accommodation to start or end your journey, end-to-end transport shuttles, heli-biking or heli-hiking and even rafting the Mokihinui Gorge as the final leg of your journey. Visit the official trail website for more information.
MINING HISTORY
The past is never too far from daily life on the West Coast, New Zealand's pioneer frontier, and there are endless opportunities to explore the rich mining heritage throughout this region.
The Old Ghost Road trail follows the paths taken by miners and passes through the ghost towns left behind by several mining operations. Keep your eyes peeled for mining relics, historical artefacts and information panels explaining the significance of the area – you'll really get a feel for life as a miner in the late 1800s.
When dining at a restaurant on the West Coast, be sure to check the menu for the local delicacy, whitebait. This native freshwater fish is a West Coast specialty and it tastes delicious.
GIVE A LITTLE If you would like to assist with the on-going maintenance and enhancement of The Old Ghost Road experience, please check out our Givealittle donations Page.
RIDING THE TRAIL
All three sections of The Old Ghost Road Trail are now open to ride. It is recommended that The Old Ghost Road be ridden in a south to north direction starting at Lyell.
The 30km section from Seddonville to Mokihinui Forks and on to Goat Creek Hut
The middle 20km section from Goat Creek Hut to the Ghost Lake Hut
From the south, the 30km section from the Lyell campground to the Ghost Lake Hut
Allow two to four days to ride the trail and keep an eye on The Old Ghost Road's official trail website for regular updates on trail condition. Hut accommodation must be booked in advance through the trail website.
The Old Ghost Road is a Grade 4 (Advanced) trail. Because of its remoteness, significant distance and the steep sided nature of the trail in places, it's recommended that it only be attempted by technically competent and fit riders.
The Old Ghost Road is rideable throughout the year, but extreme caution should be taken in winter as parts of this trail traverse exposed subalpine areas reaching 1280m elevation. Occasional snowfall should be expected above the treeline.
Care is advised regarding weather conditions. On average the wettest season is spring (September-November) and the most settled weather is late summer to early winter (February- June), although as with weather conditions throughout New Zealand, the weather can vary throughout the year and hazardous conditions can be experienced in the height of summer.
The trail is obvious (being a 1m-to-2m wide path) and is accessible at the southern end at the Department of Conservation's Lyell Campground (signposted off State Highway 6 in the Buller Gorge) and at the northern end adjacent to the Rough and Tumble Bush Lodge (4km beyond Seddonville). Trail elevation data, trail maps and hut bookings are available on the official trail website.
Riders (and trampers) will need to carefully plan the duration of their trip based on distance, elevation, fitness levels and weather. Trail users should avoid over-estimating their abilities.
Six huts are located along The Old Ghost Road. Bookings via the official trail website are essential. You will find a toilet located at each hut.
"In my mind this is a very, very special trail. Due to its remoteness and grade, it's not for everyone and you need to pick the weather, but the visionaries behind this trail have given New Zealand a world-class tourism asset."
Richard Leggat – Chair of the New Zealand Cycle Trail Inc.
The Old Ghost Road is located on the upper West Coast of the South Island. The nearest domestic airports are in Westport and Nelson. There is an international airport in Christchurch. There are also daily bus services from Nelson and Christchurch to Westport.
The southern end of The Old Ghost Road starts at the Department of Conservation's Lyell campground (State Highway 6) in the Upper Buller Gorge. If you are not driving, you will need to arrange a shuttle or bus to drop you off or pick you up.
Distances (and estimated driving times) to the Lyell campground:
From Nelson – 160 km (2 hrs)
From Christchurch – 325 km (4 hrs)
From Westport – 62 km (50 mins)
From Nelson/Murchison: Follow State Highway 6. The Lyell Campground is 35 km (25 mins) beyond Murchison.
From Christchurch: Follow the Lewis Pass Highway. At Reefton turn right onto SH69. At Inangahua Junction turn right onto SH6. The Lyell campground is 15 km (10 mins) beyond Inangahua.
From Westport: Take SH6 up the Buller Gorge. At Inangahua Junction turn right staying on SH6. Lyell campground is 15 km (10 mins) beyond Inangahua.
The northern end of the Old Ghost Road finishes at Seddonville, 50 km (45 mins) north of Westport on State Highway 67.
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It doesn't take long to plan. We've developed a guide with the NZ Mountain Safety Council to help you. Read and download the guide FREE and ensure you're prepared for the following.
The Old Ghost Road is a remote wilderness experience and you will need to plan and prepare thoroughly to get the most out of your experience.
Before you head off,carefully plan each leg of your trip based on distance, elevation gain/loss, fitness levels and weather. This is not the trail to overestimate your abilities.
There are no towns or shops located along the trail, so you will need to take all necessary provisions, including first aid.
Six huts are located along The Old Ghost Road. Bookings are essential and can be made via the official trail website. You will find a toilet located at each hut.
Carry sufficient water to meet your daily needs. While rainwater is provided at each hut location, it cannot be guaranteed in periods of drought.
There is very limited mobile phone coverage along The Old Ghost Road (coverage is limited to short sections along the Lyell Range and at Ghost Lake hut).
Major stream crossings are bridged, however in periods of intense and/or prolonged rainfall, surface flooding can make certain areas hazardous or impassable. Riders (and walkers) should plan accordingly and check the weather forecast before heading off. In the event of unforeseen flooding, you must be prepared to wait for water levels to subside.
Sandflies also inhabit low lying areas of The Old Ghost Road. The huts have been constructed with insect mesh, but for extended periods outside, insect repellent is advisable.
Weather plays a major part of your Old Ghost Road experience, in terms of both enjoyment and safety.
While The Old Ghost Road is rideable throughout the year, be aware that the section between the Lyell Saddle and Ghost Lake Hut features exposed sub-alpine areas reaching 1340m elevation and occasional snowfall should be expected.
Extreme caution is advised regarding weather conditions. Do not attempt The Old Ghost Road during or with forecast adverse weather (snow, high rainfall, high winds).
On average the wettest season is spring (September – November) and the most settled weather is late summer to early winter (February – June). Inclement weather can occur at any time of the year – so prepare accordingly and don't get caught out.
Forecast for the Buller Region
Important Info for Cyclists
from https://oldghostroad.org.nz/info-for-cyclists
The Old Ghost Road is an 85km single-track adventure through remote valleys, mountain tops and river gorges. We'd love as many mountain bikers as possible to come and enjoy this trail and landscape………BUT, the reality is The Old Ghost Road is not suitable for riders of all ages and abilities.
For those wishing to ride the entire trail, we recommend starting at Lyell and riding in a south to north direction owing to the technical nature and gradient of 4km of trail north of Ghost Lake (this section is easier to descend than ascend).
The Old Ghost Road is a Grade 4 (advanced) mountain biking trail and has a variable natural surface. In general and in accordance with international standards, riders should expect the following on a Grade 4 trail:
A mixture of long steep climbs, narrow trail, poor traction and difficult obstacles to avoid or ride over. The outer edge of the trail may be exposed with steep sides or drop-offs in places. Most riders will find some sections easier to walk.
Our main aim is for mountain bikers to enjoy this experience and be safe doing so. This is as much about planning, preparation and the expectations you form, but it also involves you being realistic about your own ability. If you are in doubt, we recommend using the following guide to determine whether The Old Ghost Road is for you:
Can you ride along a narrow winding trail that is only 400-600mm wide in places?
Are you competent and confident riding along a trail with steep, exposed edges and drops on one side?
Can you ride over rocks, drops and obstacles the size of soccer balls?
Are you fit enough to ride long steep hills for an hour at a time?
Can you ride for extended periods (up to 8 hours) each day?
In recognition of user needs, we have tried our best to ensure the trail standard and surface is as good as possible. But The Old Ghost Road traverses some wild lands and steep sides and drop-offs are unavoidable. Undoubtedly, this is part of the attraction of The Old Ghost Road – but only if this is within your capability and comfort zone. Please do not attempt The Old Ghost Road if it is not.
There are twenty-one bridges along The Old Ghost Road that provide safe passage over the main waterways. Be aware that some remaining (unbridged) waterways and trail sections have potential to flood under heavy and/or sustained rainfall. The most notable of these is Irishman's Creek (at the 4km mark in the lower Lyell Gorge). Note that bridges exist (south to north) at the following locations:
Lyell Creek (lower Lyell Gorge);
Deep Creek (Lyell Gorge);
Stern Tributary (Stern Valley);
Stern Creek (Stern Valley);
Earnest Main (Earnest Valley);
Earnest Tributary (Earnest Valley);
Goat Creek Tributary (upper Goat Creek);
Goat Creek (upper Goat Creek – this is not at the hut site);
Unruly Creek (Mokihinui River South Branch valley);
Mokihinui River South Branch (Mokihinui River South Branch valley);
Wet Creek (Mokihinui River South Branch valley);
Limestone Creek (Mokihinui River South Branch valley);
Specimen Creek (head of Mokihinui Gorge);
Suicide Slips East (upper Mokihinui Gorge);
Suicide Slips Middle (upper Mokihinui Gorge);
Suicide Slips West (upper Mokihinui Gorge);
Jones Creek (mid Mokihinui Gorge);
Anderson Creek (mid Mokihinui Gorge);
Angel Creek (lower Mokihinui Gorge);
Johnny Cake Creek (lower Mokihinui Gorge); and
Welcome Creek (lower Mokihinui Gorge).
Please take note of the typical cycling times required.
Riding The Old Ghost Road
For most fit and competent riders, The Old Ghost Road will typically be ridden over 2-4 days. A south to north route (Lyell to Seddonville) is strongly suggested for best experiencing the track.
Beginning at the southern trail head at the Lyell Campground, most riders will cover the 18km climb to the Lyell Saddle Hut (875 metres above sea level) in 3-4 hours (765 m of ascent). For the fit and keen and for those that got away from Lyell early, you have the choice of continuing on up onto the open tops of the Lyell Range. Approximately 6 km of climbing through bush and 6 km of predominantly open tops travel offering dramatic views over 2.5 – 4 hours will have you arriving at the breath-taking Ghost Lake Hut site (12 km on from Lyell Saddle). Views abound en route to the west and north and the views continue at the hut site to the south and east.
Ghost Lake Hut sits at 1200 metres above sea level in a stunning setting. With almost 30 km behind you (from the Lyell Campground) and the high point of the ride in the bag, only masochists or the irreverent will continue past this point on Day 1 – it is the perfect point to 'call it a day'. Once you get there, we think you'll agree.
Check your brakes before departing from the Ghost Lake Hut site as the trail descends almost 800 metres over the next 13 km to the Stern Valley Hut. The first 4km of this section is the most technical of the entire trail reaching Grade 5 in places – BE PREPARED. At the end of the breath-taking Skyline Ridge you'll reach the Skyline Steps. Their reason-for-being will become clear once you're there. Again, please BE PREPARED for these. You'll need to carry your bike down 60m of narrow and winding steps before climbing back into the saddle for a flowing descent into Stern Valley and you arrival at Stern Valley hut. The ride from Ghost Lake Hut to Stern Valley Hut is unlikely to take too long – count on 2 – 3 hours.
From the Stern Valley Hut the trail meanders on up through the interesting Earnest Valley (northern tributary of Stern Creek). Some 'earnest' climbing is again required to gain a low but sharp saddle (Solemn Saddle) that allows passage into the 'Hanging Judge' in the headwaters of the Goat Creek catchment. From here it's on down to the confluence with the Mokihinui River South Branch and the existing Goat Creek Hut (14 km on from Stern Valley Hut). Riders could expect to cover this distance in 2 – 3 hours.
From Goat Creek, riders will wind their way through towering podocarp forest to the Mokihinui 'Forks' and the refurbished DoC hut located there (8 km from Goat Creek – approximately 1 – 2 hours). After turning left at the Mokihinui Forks, riders will come upon the Specimen Point Hut site 3 km downstream towards at the head of Mokihinui River Gorge. Riders should allow 30 mins to 1 hour for this section.
From the Specimen Point Hut settlement, the Mokihinui Gorge shows the way to the sea. The old miners' road is rejoined for the undulating and at times, cliff-hugging, 17 km journey out to the Seddonville end of the trail through the spectacular Mokihinui River gorge (2-4 hours).
Congratulations, you've just ridden The Old Ghost Road.


nternational Women's Day and the guys @ i-Audience decided to do something about it - we would like to wish you all a Happy 8th of March and to say thank you for all the great moments we share together!
Thank you for working with us - we know we tend to (sometimes) be a bit noisy, go around the office talking to ourselves in codes no sane person could possibly understand (let alone find funny?!) and make comments that even (again sometimes) seem unreasonable.
Thank you for making us think - we do tend to take things for granted and sometimes do lose the perspective that some people out there actually do not know what we are talking about - we mean, who doesn't now the correlation of QS and CPC in regards to ad copy and Impressions?! In addition, thank you for making us think before we act (although this needs some working on).
Thank you for bringing out the best in us - last, but not least,by helping you in your daily tasks you do bring the shiniest qualities in all of us out!


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Jessica Jones TV Reviews
A Binge-Watcher's Diary: Melted Toy Soldiers & Rescued Barbies in Jessica Jones (Eps. 4-6)
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Spoilers ahead for Jessica Jones's fourth ("99 Friends"), fifth ("The Sandwich That Saved Me") and sixth ("You're a Winner!") episodes.
In this era of streaming TV, we so often find ourselves talking to friends who are either several episodes behind us or maybe many episodes ahead of us. Telling us which season or individual episode you are on is sometimes meaningless because when we watched the same show we binged it meaning the seasons and episodes all blend together in our memory now. So, why not start by telling me the last major thing that happened?
Well, in my case the last thing I saw on Jessica Jones was Luke Cage learning the truth about his wife's death and calling Jessica a piece of shit.
Wow. That seems like a really awkward transition. I loved the male love interest calling the female lead of the show a piece of shit? What the heck is wrong with me? Let's back up.
WHAT WENT DOWN
Sweet Lady Wikipedia can take over for a moment:
"99 Friends" – Jessica learns Kilgrave has a spy watching and photographing her, and sets out to uncover the person responsible. Simpson (the cop) and Trish bond over surviving Kilgrave's influence.
"The Sandwich Saved Me" – Jessica, Trish and Simpson plot to take down Kilgrave, but their plan goes awry when Kilgrave anticipates their attack. Jessica gives Malcolm a chance to make up for his misdeeds.
"You're a Winner!" – Luke needs Jessica's help to find the brother of someone who has evidence on who killed Luke's wife. Jessica's hidden link to Luke is revealed and threatens everything she has.
WHAT I THOUGHT
I was engaged by, but not enamored with Jessica Jones' first three episodes. I found the monomaniacal fixation on David Tennant's Kilgrave to be a tad suffocating. Yay, feminism and all that, because look at all the strong women who are either in positions of power or fighting to regain their agency from oppressive men. However, I felt that the need to build up the legend of Kilgrave held me at an arm's length from the rest of the characters, even Jessica. I was definitely hooked by the general set-up of the show, but I wanted to get to know these people better. Plus, upon reflection, I think that my advanced knowledge of how this all went down in the comics probably limited my ability to enjoy the mystery of Kilgrave and what exactly happened to Jessica to make her this way.
And, then, voila, the fourth episode of the series actually takes a beat to remember that Jessica has a day job, and Trish is going to need some time to heal after almost being murdered by a brainwashed cop. It's more of an episode-of-the-week, and I imagine many will regard it as one of the lesser efforts of the first half of the season. The identity of Kilgrave's secret photographer seemed obvious several episodes ago, and the twist that Jessica's new client is actually setting her up to enact some kind of misguided vengeance for her dead parents, crushed to death during The Battle of New York, ultimately felt like a forced connection to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plus, it smacked too much of the regrettable Zachary Levi storyline on the new Heroes.
Sidenote: There will always be something slightly weird about the idea that the PG-13 blockbuster movie world of The Avengers co-exists with the R-rated world of Jessica Jones. For example, similar to that one scene with Danny and Arnold in Last Action Hero, if Jessica were to write down some of her favorite curse words on a piece of paper and hand it over to Captain America, Thor or Iron Man and request that they read the words aloud they literally wouldn't be able to because they are characters in a PG-13 movie (despite that one curse word we got in Age of Ultron).
Even recognizing the ultimate weaknesses of "99 Friends," I actually welcomed the diversion. I loved watching Jessica's paranoia over whether or not any random, prospective client is truly who they say they are or in fact a spy for Kilgrave. I got a kick out of seeing Jessica nonchalantly spy on her client while balancing in-between two buildings, at a height only someone with superpowers could reach.
I liked seeing her work a case, one which ultimately turned out to have nothing to do with Kilgrave. Seeing her react to an attempt on her own life by merely destroying the woman's bedroom in a display of all the power she bottles up and never lets out because she's not the type of person who takes her grief out on others helped me understand her even more. Plus, the episode actually delivered some genuine laughs with the bogus interviews from people claiming to be Kilgrave victims.
I am perhaps more conflicted about Trish and the cop because I know that after their bonding in "99 Homes" they become a sexual item in "The Sandwich That Saved Me." In the context of the show, I find this to be a logical progression, and admired the character details we learned about each one of them as they chatted through her locked door. Jessica is the first to point out the apparent creepiness of Trish sleeping with her former attacker, and on a metaphorical level this is like an abusive ex-boyfriend who has promised he wasn't in his right mind and will never do it again. However, in the world of this show he quite truly was not in his right mind and was victimized by Kilgrave almost as much as Trish (if it's a contest, she wins, what with almost dying and all).
Plus, there is some fascinating commentary on gender roles going on with the cop in "99 Homes"/"The Sandwich That Saved Me" and with Luke Cage in "You're a Winner!" There isn't a more telling speech about male psychology in the run of this show to this point than the cop's childhood recollections of using his army men to save his sister's Barbie as an example of how he's always been a guy saving people. It's hard-wired into him to want to save Trish just as Luke Cage grows more protective of Jessica once he hears about Kilgrave. The guy saves the girl, and when the girl feels down the guy swoops in like Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca to lift her chin up to say something romantic or re-assuring. In the world of Jessica Jones, that's Luke Cage telling Jessica that despite how bad she feels about herself she is not a piece of shit, and when Trish is neutralized by a single tazer the cop confidently tells her that she did a good job even though the evidence suggests otherwise.
It's going to be far more complicated than that in Jessica Jones, though. Trish is more than happy to let the cop orally pleasure her. It says a lot that he came to her place to recover her body when he thought she was dead. He seems like a genuinely caring person. Plus, did you see those abs? However, the second his macho tendencies flare up, with him trying to seize control and dictate orders while planning their operation to eliminate Kilgrave, Trish doesn't hesitate to snap, "Look, last night was fun, but did I ask for your opinion?" And Luke Cage has to process the fact that the woman he wanted to save and emotionally support actually killed his wife and would have never told him on her own.
Seeing the usually noble Luke leaving Jessica in the middle of the road after verbally re-affirming all the worst things she thought about herself was devastating, beautifully realized in the tortured reactions on Krysten Ritter's face.
The amazing thing is that I've barely scratched the surface of what happened in these three episodes. "99 Holmes" was the more episode-of-the-week case with a side-helping of Jessica trying to track down Kilgrave's photographer. "The Sandwich Saved Me" was the daring catch and unfortunate release of Kilgrave as well as Jessica's incredibly admirable stab at helping Malcolm the drug addict detox, a further example of the personal responsibility she feels for most of Kilgrave's victims. "And You're the Winner" was Luke and Jessica working a case together and falling back in bed before the truth she'd been keeping from him finally came out. Along the way, the show has transitioned from a stage of everyone being terrified of Kilgrave to everyone pausing to reflect on their scars, emotional and physical, and either seeking comfort in a self-help group or actually reacting in anger and trying to do something about putting an end to Kilgrave.
If you just count the number of times I used the word "Kilgrave" in that paragraph, you'll see that this show is just as much about its villain as it was in the first three episodes, but I no longer feel as suffocated by it. That's partially because the subplots with Trish and the cop growing closer and Carrie Anne-Moss being so in love with her new girlfriend that she actually cracks a smile for a change has helped to enrich the universe of the show for me. I also feel as if I understand who Jessica is a little more now.
The flashbacks to her life pre-Kilgrave (blackmailing her boss out of 6 months pay, turning down the suggestion to dress up like a traditional superhero and fight crime, saving a little girl and feeling the rush of having found a purpose in life) as well as her first meeting with him (when that purpose was robbed from her) were remarkably informative, chock full of comic book easter eggs on top of that. I am glad that the big "R" word finally came up when Hope revealed that Kilgrave raped her, and now she wants to abort the pregnancy, even if it means paying a fellow prisoner to nearly beat her to death. Also, the reality that Jessica put her plan into motion (kidnap Kilgrave using a surgical anesthetic) and it failed, meaning she now has no idea what to do about Kilgrave, re-introduces a considerable amount of tension.
Lastly, the curtain is gradually being pulled back on Kilgrave, who kind of seems like David Tennant's Doctor from Doctor Who if he'd never been humbled after his turn to the dark side in "Waters of Mars." The moment that most intrigued me was when he chose not to use his power to convince the person to sell his house. He started to but stopped, looking as if he might actually enjoy the challenge of having to obtain something without using mind control. But I'll stop here because I'm sure there will be plenty more to discuss after the next couple of episodes.
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Posted on 30th January 2018 by Stadium Grp.
Across the country football grounds must abide by the Sport Ground Safety Associations (SGSA) Green Guide which states all Stewards must be working towards and then have obtained an NVQ Level 2 in Spectator Safety within the first 12 months of the role.
Holding the appropriate qualifications is important but is no longer the only piece to the puzzle that ensures stewards are suitable for the role. The recruitment process from how prospective stewards go from application to stewarding within stadiums has become a hot topic.
The screening of staff and knowing they are fit to work; physically, mentally and legally plays a huge role.
Using thorough approaches in recruitment within this industry as stated in the title-is key. Technology has contributed to the shift in the recruitment approach. Why? For the security of an event, allowing just anyone to work raises questions and allows those individuals with ill intentions to target a recruitment process that is weak or slack.
Internally as mentioned we use Rightcheck, a Right to Work app that is a smart solution based solely online and removes the paper work. In the UK, employers have the duty to ensure who they're employing has legal right to work. The app falls in the legislative requirements set by the government and data being secure throughout the process.
To support our internal Right to Work procedures a number of our Head Office staff have completed training in both Project Argus and Terror Document Awareness. The training delivered and supported by NaCTSO (National Counter Terrorism Security Office).
Meeting prospective employees face-to-face and engaging with them doesn't only build rapport but gives an idea to who they are. This being very important, the role of stewarding has evolved over time from a very safety based asset on a match day to a very customer based role when delivering a match day experience to fans. Stewards are some of the first people fans now encounter.
Our Recruitment and Training team are regularly assisted by the Event Day Management team which enables the Operational team to identify strong candidates. This providing a fresh prospective and aids the team in giving and accurate representation of the roles and responsibilities. Regular site visits provide not only an exciting day out but authenticity in the information being delivered by the recruitment team and new ideas. Our recruitment days are continually developing, this being due to the passion we have in providing industry leading support and knowledge to all of our candidates.
Stewarding itself can be a physically and mentally demanding job; on paper Stewarding can appear straightforward. However, if it were to come to an emergency situation unfolding at an event or stadium, the stewards recruited must be able to handle and cope with such demands as to how to direct people calmly and in a straightforward manner. The safety of themselves and the crowd being paramount. For us as a company, knowing prospective employees have been screened to such an extent and ensuring the capabilities are there reassures all pre-emptive measures have been taken.


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Senior sales associates must be familiar with the products and/or services provided by their company so they can identify which may be best-suited for their client and answer any questions. These professionals must also stay up to date on the latest trends and requirements within their clients' field(s). In some positions, the sales associate is required to create reports on clients' needs and sales data, potentially presenting these findings to the appropriate departments as well. Developing new marketing ideas to attract more customers may also be an important part of this job.
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Dogs and cats are the perfect companions for loving homes. Unfortunately, every year many homeless pets make their way to shelters and rescue centres like Maggie's Rescue. Prevention is the key to ensure unplanned litters reduce the number of unwanted animals in our community.
Maggie's Rescue received a generous bequest in 2017 to set up and operate a fund which would provide community desexing for cats. Since the fund was set up, we have been working with our community and many smaller rescue groups to help stop the devastating cycle of cat breeding on the streets and in colonies. To date we have desexed over 200 cats throughout Sydney, of which, many have been re-homed.
These cats and kittens are trapped, desexed, vaccinated and microchipped and if they are socialised are re-homed straight away. If they are and unsocialised urban stray cat, they will go into foster care and be re-trained and then re-homed. If they are totally unsocialised, then they will be returned to their managed colony. This is an expensive process, and our funds are limited. Can you help us to continue this work?


Tim Howard, Alan Jones, John Walls.
It was good to see you, Dad, & Tony on Friday. I'm sorry I had to rush away like that!
I hope you enjoyed your day at the Races with the Queen!
It has suddenly turned cold here at the moment & everyone is wearing winter clothes. (In answer to your question next week – yes, I AM warm enough!!) It hasn't brought any rain with it yet, but everything is reasonably green as it is.
Tuesday will probably be our last day of grape-picking. There are classes tomorrow. Thursday is the Feast of St. Joseph so we have the day off. After that we'll be able to settle down to a good year's work.
Last Tuesday we went into Napier to hear Lili Kraus play the piano. She was very good – but played only Schubert & Beethoven.
I was sorry to hear that Bun Cook had died. He was at home just before I left.
Today I set my Shell Collection in order. It has taken up 5 drawers, but I still have plenty of room for my clothes if I keep the "out-of-season" wear in my suitcase.
Today the Theologians played the Philosophers in cricket. The Philosophers batted 1st & were all out for 110. The Theologians were 8 out for 109 when the time of play came to an end. Which means that the game ended in a draw & the Philosophers are very high spirited at the moment.
I mentioned to Michael Bazalo that you knew Mrs. Stevenson, Dad. He said that she had been a very close friend of the family for a long time.
I played Benediction last Thursday evening using the foot pedals on the Organ. I think it went off alright. My next Organ Event is the Evening Mass on Holy Thursday. The Apostolic Delegate (Archbishop Ettledorf) will probably be staying here at that time, but I don't know whether he'll be celebrating Mass or not.


Aww, yay for knitting friends!! that's just awesome.
Stitchionary rocks. I've got all of those books on my wish list.
Hey — I'm the lucky one in this.
Lucky you! That vol. of the Vogue Stitchionary looks especially good. Knitters really are the nicest people.
LUCKY!!…I never win..well…I have won twice, but never was able to redeem the prizes :(.. Once the prize was 12 skeins of hand dyed yarn. I never received the email that I was the winner. I just happened to read the blog a couple of days after she ended the contest. She said that since I didn't respond within 24 hours she gave them away to 2nd place..booo…the other was for a gift basket of goodies…same type of thing…you had to keep up with the blog and if you didn't read that you were the winner in time, they passed it on…it is hard to keep up with all my favorite blogs everyday!! I love them all! I added this one as well!


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Embassy of Peru in Singapore
Embajada del Perú en Singapur
Embassy Team
Invest in Peru
PERUVIAN AUTHORITIES VISIT SINGAPORE TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION IN ANTINARCOTIC MATTERS
From June 11 to 14, a study visit was made by a delegation of Peruvian officials from the National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs (DEVIDA PERÚ), the Ministry of the Interior (Ministerio del Interior del Perú) and the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT); to learn about the system adopted by Singapore on the fight against illicit drugs. This visit was organized by the "Central Narcotics Bureau" and the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore and had the support of the Embajada del Perú en Singapur / Embassy of Peru in Singapore.
The visit included an exchange of information on the legislation on the fight against illicit drugs in both countries, the control systems used at border points, research capabilities and strategies, and the social reintegration policies of drug dependents. The visit also served for strengthening relations between the institutions of both countries and facilitate joint efforts in the fight against narcotics.
Embassy of Peru in Singapore - 390 Orchard Road, #12-03 Palais Renaissance, Singapore 238871. E-mail:peru@embassyperu.org.sg


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And from a database perspective, there were a few surprises. Some are using PostgreSQL, although we've not even start the development of a native driver, it's planned for the new year.
ODBC is being used more than I expected.
Sybase is being used more than expected.
I expected the majority of Uniface apps to be deployed with Oracle, MS SQL Server and MySQL, which seems to be the case. [caption id="attachment_5155" align="alignnone" width="342"] Uniface deployment databases currently in use. (Nov 2014)[/caption] Finally, there does seem to be interest in NoSQL databases, which is really interesting, we will be following up on that in the future. I will share some more at a later date. And if you click on the graphics, they will zoom (a good Uniface term!) and they are more readable!
Hi! "ODBC is being used more than I expected." Just a quick tought. Does anyone use Uniface MSSQL-driver with anything else than ODBC? Could anyone explain these concepts? Regards RogerW.
I've not seen the survey - can you resend the link?
Whilst the MSS driver is (in effect) ODBC, in that it requires a DSN etc. I think Uniface treat it as a stand alone driver. The ODBC driver is used to power other ODBC compliant databases (for our apps it's used to connect to Sage Line 50 and our legacy database (using Transoft's ODBC converter)).
Our MS SQL Server driver is indeed different and separate from our generic ODBC driver.
Hi, I think many using the MSS-driver, having struggled with the ODBC-connection, have also checked ODBC-datasources as a "precaution". Regards RogerW.


The best way to reach success in any endeavor is to focus on continuous improvement. If you are always moving in the right direction, then you will inevitably reach your goal.
My Goblin Mindset series delves into my framework for gold making in World of Warcraft. When I started playing WoW again for Legion I built most of my TSM setup completely from the ground up. The goal is to get into the core of why gold making works and how you can apply this to any future expansion. We have already set out the overarching goal for gold making. We have also looked at some ways to keep motivation up as well as some unconventional tactics.
Continuous improvement is an extremely simple idea. Your goal is to do better than you did yesterday. I have already covered some of my opinions on why continuous improvement is so valuable. If you focus your short and mid term goals on continuously beating yourself, you will get a ton of wins on the way. Small wins tend to give you momentum and lead on to bigger wins, at least in my experience.
This is obviously a great way to maintain your focus, and keep making gold.
The challenge then is to figure out how to measure whether or not you are improving.
This is the only long term measure of success.
That being said there are some very important limitations to using liquid gold as your measure of short term success. If you are in the beginning of your gold making journey you will be spending gold as fast as you earn it. The short term variation will be very high until you hit at least 1 million liquid gold. Most likely your variation will remain high until you get to several million.
This was very noticeable during my Zero to One Million Gold Challenge. As my liquid gold graph showed at the end, it stayed below 200k for almost the entire challenge, before ballooning up to 1 million over the course of about one week. So for short term measures of success, we will have to use other indicators as well.
The biggest advantage of liquid gold is that it is extremely easy to track. TSM even has a handy graph built in. As long as your graph is trending upwards, you are doing fine. Below you can see the graph from my newest realm. The variation is high before sudden spikes up, mostly caused by BoE sales.
Tracking your sales can be a great way to measure improvement. At the end of my Zero to One Million challenge we could easily see that my sales had been improving almost every week for the entire challenge.
The easiest way to track sales is through the summary page in TSM accounting. You can choose different time periods at the top. This is my summary from the same realm as the gold graph above. As we can see my last 7 days are substantially better than my last 30 days and my all time numbers. One week might be too small of a sample size however. The only issue with this approach is that you can only see your last week. If you want to compare multiple periods you will have to do some manual recording of your sales. We will look at how you can do that at the end of the post.
The total value of your posted auctions is another good indicator to show that you are moving in the right direction. If your gold is fluctuating but your AH value is steadily going up then you will reap the payoff eventually.
The biggest issue with AH value is that you cannot track it automatically at all. You can easily find your current auction value by just running a post scan with TSM, and the value shows up at the top once it's finished. To actually track your improvement here you will have to keep records.
Inventory value is very similar to AH value. The only difference is of course that inventory value also tracks any stockpiles you are accruing. If you are stocking up for Antorus for example inventory value will be more "correct" than AH value.
Inventory value can be found on the front page of TSM. Using inventory value also suffers from the same problem as using AH value, namely the fact that it cannot be tracked automatically.
I like to take the 80/20 approach generally. This is based on the Pareto Principle. Simply stated it is the observation that in many cases 80% of the reward is caused by 20% of the effort.
Based on this you would start with the simples to implement tracker, just checking your TSM summary regularly to see if your last 14 days/weekly sales are higher than your long term average. In addition, look at your gold graph to make sure it is trending up.
If you want to dig deeper a simple spreadsheet approach is the best way to track progress. I suggest updating it once a week. For some motivation to keep your records I suggest doing a challenge similar to my Zero to One Million challenge. This will help you build a habit around keeping records and continuously improving.
Now that you are tracking your total performance you should use this to make gold making decisions. Did your AH value fall last week? Time to figure out why. Maybe you forgot to restock mounts when you ran out (Happens to me a lot). Maybe someone cleaned out your BoEs and you need to do shopping scans more often. This is what the rest of TSM accounting will help you figure out.
We will likely take a deeper look at what you should be looking for next week. so stay tuned for that!
I will stress that you should absolutely tailor this to your situation. At the end of the day posting auctions, crafting items and finding deals is what is going to make you gold. This will just help you focus on what is working and what isn't. If you are looking to reach the next level this can be a very useful tool.


Mumbai : Big fm commences this year's Ganesh festivities with the announcement of the 11th edition of its award-winning initiative, BIG Green Ganesha. The eco-friendly brainchild of the network has always reinforced the absolute necessity for environment conservation and sustainability and has gained immense popularity since its inception.
In order to make a conscious effort of keeping the environment clean, this year's BIG Green Ganesha associated with kids from various NGOs to create eco-friendly Ganesha idols. A workshop at BIG FM studio in Mumbai was organized where exceptionally talented kids from the NGOs crafted Ganesha idols through unique techniques of clay moulding. The radio channel looks forward to empower the next generation with an art that is not only worth learning but will also teach them the importance of protecting the environment.
In the past many celebrities have extended their sincere support to the campaign and this year BIG FM is blessed to have been supported by the legendary veteran singer Asha Bhosle, who applauded BIG FM for the concept. An ardent worshiper of lord Ganesha, the melodious singer urges people to consciously adopt idols that are eco-friendly in nature and contribute their bit in retaining the environment safety.
The campaign that laid its foundation from the city of Mumbai in 2008 has now been adopted nationally and spans across 15 cities this year including Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Goa, Ahmednagar to name a few. The most successfully running intellectual property of 92.7 BIG FM BIG Green Ganesha has won various accolades for its work over the years including the prestigious India Radio Forum Excellence in Radio Award and Golden Mikes.
The radio network enters the 11th year of its long-standing association with the magnanimous Lalbaugcha Raja and is proud to be the only official radio presenter on board. Like every year BIG MJs will host their shows live from a studio booth set up at the pandal attended by lakhs of Mumbaikars sharing real time updates; giving listeners insights into the grandeur of the festivities. Levelling up the innovation and living up to the network's proposition of more music promise, a dedicated jingle on the theme of the festival is specially curated by JAM8; a music production house by renowned music composer Pritam Chakraborty.


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The restaurant around which Paco Pérez has created a small culinary empire - with no less than 5 Michelin stars - is a rather unusual place because it is nourished by a family that feels true love for its craft. What started out, over seven decades ago, as a little beach bar is now a temple of exciting tastes where fine food is revered. From the sea to the forest via street snacks from all over the world. Paco Pérez relinquishes nothing because he wants everything. And that happens simply because he wants his customers to enjoy their food. By telling edible stories, but in his own way, of course. He is aware that he has taken a difficult route for telling all those stories in Lançà: namely, that of the Avant-garde. He knows that it is a path that has always existed, that it is one that narrows for those who use its name in vain. He walks the path thinking about how to do it in a fun way. To engage with it, he puts himself in the shoes of a young child. At the end of the day, what he aims to do is create Gastronomy, as he understands it. And that, reflected at Miramar. Paco Pérez, is simply the embodiment of Memory, Surroundings and the Avant-garde.
The most significant stories from these decades of work will be looked at in depth over the 320 pages of this book and the TECHNIQUES from which they stemmed will be examined. The sources of inspiration from which Paco Pérez has drawn to create them will also be reproduced. In short, Miramar. Paco Pérez describes how Memory, Surroundings and the Avant-garde trigger an incredible cascade of creativity that makes flavours happen.
Miramar. Llançà. Girona (Spain) 2 Michelin star. - Enoteca. Barcelona (Spain)2 Michelin star. Five. Berlín (Germany) 1 Michelin star.


Archdiocesan agencies were privileged this morning to have Jacqui Remond, Director of Catholic Earthcare Australia share her wisdom regarding the Papal Encyclical Laudato Si' – on the Care for our Common Home at the Newman Siena Centre in Doubleview.
If you are free this evening, you are welcome to join us from 7pm at the Redemptorist Monastery in North Perth where she will co-facilitate a session with Nigel Hayward (Catholic Earthcare Australia) to further explore the urgent call to action from Pope Francis.
Our Common Ground for our Common Home: Living the joy of Laudato Si'. This collaboration is inclusive of the Justice, Ecology and Development Office; Caritas Australia; Catholic Earthcare Australia; Catholic Mission; and our venue hosts, the Redemptorists.
In Laudato Si', Pope Francis calls for a revolution of our hearts and minds, for a transformation of our societies and individual lifestyles, to live in harmony with God's creation.
Please join us on this shared journey – exploring Laudato Si'; walking in solidarity at the People's Climate March at the end of this month – and continuing as ecological stewards – as we are called to show our faith in and through action as we all care for our common home.


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A Time For Choosing Plus Elbert Guillory
October 27, 2014 Mark Noonan
Just to remind us all why we're not liberals:
After that, let's take a look at a new ad from Elbert Guillory:
We are still in the same battle the Reagan rallied us for in 1964 – the names have changed, a little, but the guilty are still the same, and the principals to be fought for are the same.
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Retired Spook October 28, 2014 / 7:55 am
One can sort of forgive each new generation of Liberals for thinking that theirs will be the first generation to actually make Leftist polices and ideas work. After all, Conservatives have abdicated our responsibility to educate them otherwise, and we've allowed them to re-write history to make the whole deja vu meme possible, but what the Left has done to the black community has been deliberate and malicious. I can't help but think that eventually a black leader will arise that will lead them out of the wilderness. I just hope it's a peaceful journey.
Cluster October 28, 2014 / 8:48 am
Could that new black leader be Charles Barkley?
"There are a lot of black people who are unintelligent, who don't have success," Barkley said. "It's best to knock a successful black person down 'cause they're intelligent, they speak well, they do well in school, and they're successful. It's crabs in a barrel. … We're the only ethnic group that says, 'hey, if you go to jail, it gives you street cred."
I have also mentioned this before and that is that I know several current day "progressives" and they are not that concerned with actual results. They are only focused on "intent", and that is why they are so easily duped. For example, when a conservative states that they want a smaller government with lower taxation, a progressive will take that to mean that the conservative doesn't care about poor people – period. End of thought process. The progressive can not connect the dots that a smaller, more efficient government allows a private sector the room to grow, and for greater individual liberty, while at the same time still having the means to actually serve our citizens who are truly in need.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/27/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/charles-barkley-russell-wilson-not-black-enough/index.html
Amazona October 28, 2014 / 5:50 pm
Cluster, allow me to expand a little on your comment, if you please. Correct me if you don't agree.
When we say "…..a smaller government with lower taxation…" we make the mistake of stopping right there, which allows Liberals (who are not known for their dedication to thinking things through) to assume that we mean ALL government will be reduced to very limited levels.
As a conservative, I personally think that all government SHOULD be stripped down to the basics, but when I talk about smaller government I am always talking about the FEDERAL government, because that is the only government referenced in the Constitution. I am willing to accept the possibility that my state might vote, as a state, to have a large and expensive welfare agenda, whether I like it or not—-but at least it would probably happen within the restrictions of the Constitution, unlike the Federal expansion we see now.
I think we need to start being more careful in how we phrase things, so in talking to a Lib we are letting him know that we are not wanting to automatically strip all the goodies provided for by our tax dollars—-we are merely stating that according the Constitution these programs have to be voted on and administered at the state level.
That simple expansion of the original thought calms most Libs down, and furthermore it moves the discourse out of the emotional arena into one about governance, which is where we want it to be. When we allow the discourse to be about FEELING issues, such as "caring for the poor" and so on, we are going to be trapped in a situation where the hyper-emotional Lib can simply dismiss anything we say as cold, heartless, uncaring, greedy, etc. But if we accept the goal of the Lib to CARE, and merely want to talk about the best way to show that caring, we have removed much of the resistance, and we have redefined the problem. Now it is not whether we SHOULD care for the poor, for example, but the best way to do so.
From here it is not that hard to reach some agreement on the fact that a state program which addresses the problems of the poor in that state, and the specific contributors to that problem which may be unique to that state, is going to be more efficient than a One Size Fits All program administered from thousands of miles away. Just the simple math of eliminating a huge Federal agency, to cut the costs of a program, makes sense even to a Lib. And the logic of having better administration at a more local level, where the citizens have more oversight and the administrators have more insight, is more acceptable when it acknowledges the desire to have a program in the first place, instead of letting the perception that we want to abolish the program taint the discussion.
Yes, a vibrant economy will allow people to care for themselves, but at the same time talking about making dependent people start to become independent is easy to spin into a desire to simply abandon them.
When I have gotten the discussion shifted away from whether or not we should have such-and-such a program, by saying "I think if the voters want this kind of program we have the right to vote for it, but I just think we have to be careful to do it in a way that doesn't violate the Constitution, which means doing it at the state level instead of the Federal level", I have found the emotional temperature of the discussion to drop dramatically. Now the whole discussion is moved away from a feeling to a thought process, which is a lot more productive.
At this point, or soon after, the objection is always that "my state can't afford to pay for ______" which is a great opportunity to come back with "It could, if the Federal government only had to pay to take care of the duties assigned to it" Then the Federal tax rate could be less than half it is now, and the states could tax according to what the state citizens wanted to provide." Even when this leads to discussion and even argument, it is still about government and not about the merits of certain programs.
Cluster October 28, 2014 / 6:18 pm
I agree 100%, but remember, if you're for states rights then you're a racist – :-). Seriously though that is the best way to have that debate.
On another note, where in the hell has Harry Reid been lately? Normally I wouldn't care but it does seem odd that just 7 days out of potentially losing his power he is suddenly AWOL. I think the Dems are starting to panic a bit which is also strange considering that they have all of Obama's successes to run on ……. oh wait.
Retired Spook October 28, 2014 / 7:21 pm
A caller to Rush today made one of the best comments I've ever heard. He asked how white Democrat politicians can run as fast and as far away as possible from the first black president, while at the same time,publicly decry that they can't win unless they mobilize the black vote. Too funny.
M. Noonan October 28, 2014 / 10:55 pm
It is difficult, and it may prove impossible for Hillary (or Warren, if it comes out like that) in 2016. Right now, there is a perfect opportunity for the GOP to go to the black community and ask them, "are you better off than you were before Obama?". By almost every measure, black Americans are worse off than they were on January 20th, 2009. If the Democrats under our first black President can't deliver the goods, then perhaps it is time for them to re-think? Remember, if a mere 20% of African-American votes had gone to Romney in 2012, we'd be complaining about his response to ebola rather than Obama's. 60-40-20 is the key – 60% of the white vote, 40% of the Latino vote, 20% of the African-American vote – do that, and there won't be another Democrat President in our life time; while Democrats still might be able to scratch out a bare win in California (though that is in doubt if 40% of Latinos go GOP), they won't be able to win Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio or Michigan. Check mate. Game over. And Democrats who know are fearful of just this sort of outcome…two years ago, they had visions of the Latino vote turning Texas blue, now they worry that it will turn Florida red.
But we on the GOP side have to exploit the opening. We have to go into the African-American and Latino communities and present a plan which will actually appeal to them…which will move them towards support of the free market and small businesses against support for Big Government and welfare. If we do that, we win – if we don't, we lose.
It sounds like the time is ripe to at least get an audience in the black community. Hopefully the video in this article will go viral.
And don't forget, the unions are not pleased at all over the Dems reluctance to move forward with the Keystone pipeline. Hopefully this game of pandering to targeted sub groups of Americans, rather than doing what's best for the country, is coming to an end.
Cluster October 29, 2014 / 12:21 pm
Even more reason to vote GOP and repeal Obamacare.
http://cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/barbara-boland/over-214000-doctors-opt-out-obamacare-exchanges
dbschmidt October 31, 2014 / 9:36 am
Aside from the ongoing push to convene a Constitutional Convention of the States—the time has come to return this country towards what the founder's intended and a good start would be to repeal the 17th amendment which gave direct vote on Senators.
Today's low information voters do not even recognize a picture of the vice-president and we allow them to select Senators? If they cannot name the vice president—I seriously doubt they know that the original system was set up to allow people to be represented by electing Representatives; however the States would select their Senators from each State's capital to represent the State.
I am pretty sure that the low info have no idea that is why the Representatives are numbered according to the population while there have always been 2 Senators from each State. It would be a giant step forward towards "term limits" as well as get the over $100 million spent here in NC (mostly outside money) on the Senate race out of the picture as well.


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Q: Does offscreen canvas take up drawing power? When we draw on off screen canvas are we actually taking up any drawing power(as in is it really drawing some thing? or just data?) or space? and what happens to the other part of the sprite sheet when we only draw on part of it, does it take up any memory space? same applies to clipping.

A: It will and as Epistemex has said the amount of power it takes is dependant upon browser and client.
Treat the canvas as if it has a mask applied equal to it's size.  You could drawImage a high resolution copy of the Mona Lisa and only see her face.  However that hires image will have to have been loaded into memory somewhere.
Looking at it from the other angle (which I think you were driving at).  Anything that doesn't get displayed on the canvas is technically "lost" so the canvas won't take up any extra memory once you've finished the current draw.  However the process of drawing items that aren't display does cost overhead.
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# Saru (猿)

Saru (猿) is a wrapper for the Wanikani API, but it is focused on the SRS system, including a lot of searching methods not available in the API. If you're looking for a complete Wanikani API wrapper, check out [dennmart's great gem](https://github.com/dennmart/wanikani-gem).

## Installation

To get the latest stable, add this to your Gemfile:

    gem 'saru'

To get the latest code, add this:

    gem 'saru', git: https://github.com/eltercero/saru

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install saru

## Usage

### Setup

You'd need to add your API key before doing anything.

```ruby
require 'saru'

# You can also have them in your env => ENV["WANIKANI_API_KEY"]
Saru.setup do |config|
  config.api_key = 'your_api_key'
end
```

### Request items using Wanikani API

```ruby
require 'saru'

# With Saru you can replicate the API behaviour.
# For instance, let's get all Kanjis for the first level with
# the user's specific information

> kanjis_1 = Saru.kanji 1
=> #<Saru::List:0x007f871a1defb8
 @items=
  [#<Saru::Kanji:0x007f8719bc34a8
    @available_date=1472052600,
    @burned=true,
    @burned_date=1472057541,
    @character="二",
    @important_reading="onyomi"
    ...

> first_kanji = kanjis_1.items.first
=> #<Saru::Kanji:0x007fa2b5a1c430
 @available_date=1472052600,
 @burned=true,
 @burned_date=1472057541,
 @character="二",
 @important_reading="onyomi",
 @kunyomi="ふた",
 @level=1,
 @meaning="two",
 @meaning_correct=8
 ...

# You can also request more than one level. For example:
> kanjis_4_5 = Saru.kanji [4,5]
=> #<Saru::List:0x007f871a888df0
 @items=
  [#<Saru::Kanji:0x007f871a21c9f8
    @available_date=1474518600,
    @burned=true,
    @burned_date=1474523699,
    @character="花",
    @important_reading="kunyomi",
    @kunyomi="はな"
    ...
```

### Extended search

**Note:** These methods are not supported by Wanikani API queries. This means they are done _after_ the request in Wanikani.

```ruby
> Saru.vocabulary(20..25).unlocked_between(DateTime.parse('2017/01/01'), DateTime.parse('2017/02/01'))
=> #<Saru::List:0x007f8719c4e698
 @items=
  [#<Saru::Vocabulary:0x007f8719cdeb30
    @available_date=1501066800,
    @burned=false,
    @burned_date=0,
    @character="崎",
    @kana="さき",
    @level=23,
    @meaning="cape, small peninsula"
    ...

# You can chain methods too.

> Saru.kanji(1..26).srs_is_not_burned.total_incorrect_larger_than(10)
=> #<Saru::List:0x007f871a92e368
 @items=
  [#<Saru::Kanji:0x007f871a339778
    @available_date=1500118200,
    @burned=false,
    @burned_date=0,
    @character="組",
    @important_reading="onyomi",
    @kunyomi="くみ"
    ...
```

### Anki export

```ruby
# You can export any search to an anki deck, in case you need extra SRS

> Saru.kanji(1..26).srs_is_not_burned.total_incorrect_larger_than(10).export_to_anki
Anki file generated in saru_deck_1704211620.txt
=> nil
```

### Available search methods

#### SRS
* List#srs_numeric_larger_than(number)
* List#srs_numeric_smaller_than(number)
* List#srs_in(states)
* List#srs_is_apprentice
* List#srs_is_guru
* List#srs_is_master
* List#srs_is_enlighten
* List#srs_is_burned
* List#srs_is_not_apprentice
* List#srs_is_not_guru
* List#srs_is_not_master
* List#srs_is_not_enlighten
* List#srs_is_not_burned

#### Unlocked date
* List#unlocked_after(date)
* List#unlocked_before(date)
* List#unlocked_between(start_date, end_date)

#### Available date
* List#available_after(date)
* List#available_before(date)
* List#available_between(start_date, end_date)

#### Incorrect counters
* List#meaning_incorrect_larger_than(number)
* List#meaning_incorrect_smaller_than(number)
* List#reading_incorrect_larger_than(number)
* List#reading_incorrect_smaller_than(number)
* List#total_incorrect_larger_than(number)
* List#total_incorrect_smaller_than(number)

#### Kanji Related (only for Kanji requests)
* List#onyomi_is(reading)
* List#kunyomi_is(reading)
* List#important_reading_is(reading)

## Contributing

What? Really? So nice of you for considering, you are the best.

I could really use a hand adding more modules for Saru::List so it could be more helpful. Right now there are many radical/kanji/vocabulary attributes without a search method.

1. Fork it ( http://github.com/eltercero/saru/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b missing_features`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'いいといいですね!'`). Don't forget to add a spec!
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin missing_features`)
5. Create new Pull Request

## License

Released under the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).


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The OECD as the clinic to get our economies off growth? – blog by Katherine Trebeck
The OECD has convening power. It has influencing power. And it has the power of its policy advice. It can prescribe changes that are listened to the same way a patient listens to their doctors advice.
So when the OECD's regular gatherings on measuring wellbeing and shaping policy show signs of moving away from the cosy 'GDP and beyond' mantra and the non-system-challenging focus on treatment, then it is worth taking notice.
There's a new regime in town.
In Paris over one hundred people spent two days hearing from the governments leading the effort to embed a focus on wellbeing into policy agenda. By the end, people were joking that the audience must have 'framework fatigue'.
Diverse governments, from the UAE to Iceland, from Scotland to Jersey, from France to New Zealand, from Finland to Paraguay set out their efforts to shape policy-making – and, crucially – budgeting, in accordance with promotion and enabling of wellbeing. Discussion was about taking this seriously, changing planning and spending accordingly: the OECD Secretary-General told the audience that: "if it ain't in the budget, it ain't really a priority".
Tensions between different conceptions of wellbeing were, thank goodness, not swept under the carpet as they often are in such discussions. People recognised that a focus on multidimensional wellbeing and the drivers of wellbeing was not the same as rallying around a single number measuring subjective self-reported wellbeing.
But what is done with any measure matters: Professor Jeff Sachs warned that looking at narrow measures means narrow perspective: "the stock market rising", he said "but US life expectancy is falling, [the US has a] suicide and opioid epidemic – our country is in crisis, but we don't know it's a crisis because we don't look at the right data; this question is not even asked".
Speaking of drugs, Sachs (channelling WEAll Ambassador Robert Costanza) likened the prevailing money and growth focus to an addiction: "making money is addictive and we have an addiction". This was reinforced by Martine Durand, OECD Chief Statistician and Director of the Statistics and Data Directorate who said "GDP was never meant to measure wellbeing; it's been abused and now we're addicted to it – need to go to a clinic to stop this addiction". Fortunately, the doctors on duty are willing to look the patient in the eye and tell them some hard truths.
One of these is grappling with the need for both of the 'two S.C.s' as I described them. This first is a focus survival and coping – treating people whose wellbeing is low. This is, of course a humane response. It is also not enough in the face of an inhumane economy that is the root cause of so much anxiety and stress, to both people and to planet.
Hence the need for the second 'S.C.': system change that asks why people's wellbeing is low and what changes in the economic set up need to be undertaken in response? Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff challenged delegates to think beyond celebration of amelioration: "Even the existence of social safety nets tells us people are falling and we need to catch them. But how do we keep them from falling?"
In terms of system change, there was also a frank discussion about the relevance of a growth orientated agenda in the richest countries. Of course ecological economists and others have been questioning this for years, but to have senior members of the policy making establishment state that growth doesn't matter for quality of life in GDP-rich countries (asserting it is "irrelevant for rich country's wellbeing") and to even question why the OECD would maintain a programme under the heading of 'Inclusive Growth' seemed to be a new high point for the post-growth conversation.
Finally, an impatience with the disconnect between what the wellbeing community has been measuring and saying for years and slow progress in shifting the economic agenda was apparent. Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, opened the conference by saying the world is "well past the point when a lack of data is an excuse – [now the] need is to rationalise and choose and targets which are the relevant indicators".
If these two days were a heartening stock-take on the state of the debate on wellbeing measures and policy agendas, their timing was just as useful: Finland is currently President of the EU and has made the 'economy of wellbeing' it's flagship agenda. At times, the Finnish contribution seemed a little out of place, better suited to a gathering 5 years ago in that it emphasised the business case for wellbeing and asserting that if governments boost wellbeing that will boost growth. Fortunately, if the rest of the OECD conference was anything to go by, the thinking has moved on and the question is now "what can growth do for wellbeing?". Not the other way around.
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harry October 21, 2019 4:55 am
The question to every politician at every level of government should be "… And why do we need more….", schools or roads or hospitals or airports or almost anything? The answer is always because we have more people. If the same answer keeps coming up, maybe those in power will begin to see that resources should be spent on the quality of people (ie their wellbeing) not the quantity of people.
Then maybe we should reduce the number of hours people work or reduce the cost of education or healthcare, etc.
But the question must be asked, repeatedly, after all we are dealing with politicians!
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Evacuation of Celebrity Apex continues as 217 crew members test positive for Covid-19
The ARS, Agence Régionale de Santé (Regional Health Agency) des Pays-de-la-Loire, has provided an update on the Covid-19 situation aboard Celebrity Apex.
Almost two weeks ago the ARS – Regional Health Agency of Pays-de-la-Loire – announced seven people aboard Celebrity Apex had tested positive for Covid-19. The seven were among the crew members who boarded Celebrity Apex two weeks earlier. The people who tested positive remained on board while measures were taken to prevent the virus from spreading through the air conditioning and a repatriation operation – to bring crew members back to their homes – was organized.
Earlier today the Regional Health Agency announced more than 300 people have already left the ship. Earlier this week two people had been hospitalized. Four others were later sent to hospital, two of whom were placed in intensive care. Of the 1,460 people on board, 217 people tested positive for Covid-19.
The 306-meter long Celebrity Apex can accommodate 2,900 passengers and some 1,400 crew members (from 67 different nationalities). The vessel was delivered to Celebrity Cruises on March 27. The ship's first sailing is scheduled out of Barcelona on May 20th, 2020.
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