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Regenerative agriculture will get funding for research by scientists – dealing with family violence brings Maori lore into play
Bob Edlin Government December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 5 Minutes
Monitoring the ministers
Science has been to the fore in Point of Order's considerations in recent days and it's been high in Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor's considerations, too.
The Government is backing two new research projects to investigate the impacts of "regenerative farming" practices. This is a contentious issue in science circles, raising questions about definitions and about the need for zealous champions of regenerative farming to base their arguments on New Zealand science, not on science results from countries with different conditions and farming methods.
O'Connor announced the government is contributing $2.8 million to a $3.85 million five-year project involving AgResearch with co-investment by Synlait Milk and Danone. This aims to understand how to measure and manage soil health to boost environmental and economic performance on New Zealand farms.
The second project sees the Government contributing $2.2 million to a five-year research project aimed at boosting New Zealand farm yields by attracting beneficial insects to farms using specifically designed native planting.
On another sector front, the government is reporting on the outcomes of money invested in the past: the construction sector is now the fourth biggest employer in the country and infrastructure activity is forecast to reach $11.2 billion in 2026.
The Minister for Building and Construction Poto Williams highlighted those points while saying the National Construction Pipeline Report 2021 released today shows the construction sector has held up well during the COVID-19 pandemic and the future outlook is positive.
The annual report provides a projection of national building and construction activity through to 31 December 2026, based on current settings. It includes national and regional breakdowns of actual and forecast residential building, non-residential building and infrastructure activity.
The employment of more than 281,400 people for the year ended September 2021 had been helped by the Government's ongoing investment in skills and training with the Construction Skills Action Plan exceeding its target of supporting an additional 4,000 people into construction related education or employment since it as launched in 2018, Williams ehused.
Infrastructure activity is expected to grow steadily, from $9.2b in 2020 to reach $11.2b in 2026. Growth is expected to be particularly strong in Auckland and Waikato/Bay of Plenty.
The PM and te Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, Marama Davidson, meanwhile have launched the country's first National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence.
Government agencies are tasked
".. with leading actions that require government changes and we expect everyone to be focused on how they need to work differently across government and with communities, to give effect to the Strategy."
The language is flowery:
"Te Aorerekura [the name of the strategy] sets us on an intergenerational journey towards wellbeing. This work is the result of significant public engagement and reflects the kōrero we've had with people all over the motu. A key message from that engagement is that tangata whenua, the sectors and communities must be supported to lead and develop new ways of working.
"Te Aorerekura sets out the principles that will guide how people work and the shifts that will move us toward: strength-based wellbeing; mobilising communities; skilled, culturally competent and sustainable workforces; investment in primary prevention; safe, accessible and integrated responses; increased capacity for healing; and learning and monitoring.
"This is an opportunity for all people to come together to create a stronger and more peaceful society. Over time, we will achieve change by working together: government, tangata whenua, the sectors and communities across Aotearoa. This will involve us holding each other to account, so we can deliver meaningful change."
Inevitably, the Treaty has been invoked:
"Te Aorerekura helps give effect to Te Tiriti by continuing to build relationships between Māori and the Crown, enabling Māori to have more of a role in their own wellbeing and working to strengthen protective factors and achieve equitable outcomes."
Colonisation and racism?
Yep. They are there too:
"We need to address the intergenerational impacts of colonisation and racism in order for us to eliminate violence. Violence that impacts whānau is rooted in the marginalisation of tangata whenua and societal changes enforced during the colonisation of Aotearoa. There are solutions within the promotion and strengthening of whānau ora that require a focus on healing, restoration, redress and a return to a state of noa – being without limitations."
Cabinet has agreed to establish a Tangata Whenua Advisory Group to provide independent advice and guidance to the Minister on family violence and sexual violence.
"This governance input is a crucial improvement to the system and will ensure that te ao Māori informs our implementation of the Strategy."
The name for the Strategy- "Te Aorerekura"- was developed by the Tāngata Whenua Rōpū.
According to Māori lore, Aorere comes from a cluster of stars that navigates humankind to gain knowledge and comprehension. Aorere is responsible for ensuring the safe journey of her whānau as they travel across the celestial skies.
Aorere is intrinsically connected to whatumanawa (supreme subconscious), pūmanawa (intuition) and manawa (heart). Aorere transmits healing energy through the whatumanawa to restore balance and harmony to all aspects of a person's toiora. Te Aorerekura weaves wairua into the fabric and foundations of the Strategy.
To be successful, the implementation of the Strategy and actions must align with the tikanga of Te Aorerekura:
Affirm that people impacted by family violence and/or sexual violence are not alone. People are connected to and sustained by the aroha of their ancestors, whānau, and communities.
Provide a beacon of hope to the people and communities who want and need it most. It is an enduring call to protect the inner spirit and to nurture and grow the potential inside every person.
Provide the guiding light, energy and knowledge every person impacted by violence will need on their personal journey
What were we saying about science, earlier in this post?
The Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill passes Third Reading – Pānuitanga Tuatoru o te Pire Whakataunga Kerēme a ngā Hapū o Ahuriri
Kua pahure te Pire Whakataunga Kerēme a ngā Hapū o Ahuriri i tōna pānuitanga tuatoru i te pāremata – he pae nunui i te hātepe whakataunga Tiriti o Waitangi hītori mō ngā Hapū o Ahuriri.
Launch of Te Aorerekura – the national strategy for the elimination of family violence and sexual violence
I am incredibly grateful that you could all join me today to launch Te Aorerekura – our country's first national strategy and action plan to eliminate family violence and sexual violence.
A guiding star sets a new path for the elimination of family violence and sexual violence
Today the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence Marama Davidson joined tangata whenua and sector representatives to launch Te Aorerekura, the country's first National Strategy to Eliminate Family Violence and Sexual Violence.
NZ secures new Pfizer COVID-19 medicine
New Zealand has secured supplies of another medicine to treat COVID-19, Health Minister Andrew Little announced today.
Strong Pipeline for Construction Sector
The National Construction Pipeline Report 2021 released today shows the construction sector has held up well during the COVID-19 pandemic and the future outlook is positive.
Regenerative agriculture research receives Government boost
The Government continues to invest in farm sustainability, this time backing two new research projects to investigate the impacts of regenerative farming practices.
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fredsmith says:
OMG, our country is seriously departing from the civilised world
Terry Morrissey says:
I would suggest the authors of the above pidgin go and grab a book titled "Maori. The Crisis and the Challenge" by Allan Duff. It is in english so they may have problems. When they finish it they should read or have red to them 'A Conversation With My Country by the same author.

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Heiko Butscher est un footballeur allemand né le  à Leutkirch im Allgäu en Allemagne.

Biographie

Carrière
 1999-2002 :  Karlsruher SC
 2002-2003 :  SV Sandhausen
 2003-2005 :  VfB Stuttgart
 2005-2007 :  VfL Bochum
 2007-2012 :  SC Fribourg
 2012-2013 :  Eintracht Francfort
 2013-2015  :  VfL Bochum

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  SC Fribourg
 Vainqueur de la Bundesliga 2 en 2009.

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Joueur du SV Sandhausen
Joueur du VfL Bochum
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Naissance en juillet 1980
Naissance à Leutkirch im Allgäu

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Reporting from Rmol. The National Police through the Binmas Noken Task Force held a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) at the Fave Jayapura hotel. This event was held to get input from various parties. According to the Head of the Public Relations Division of the Public Relations Division of the Indonesian National Police Commissioner Syahar Diantono, this Binmas Noken is able to become a bridge for disadvantaged communities in several areas of Papua.
Even the existence of Binmas Noken is able to bring the Police closer to the Papuan people to prevent conflict. "Binmas Noken is a Binmas model role in Indonesia in the future Binmas Noken will be applied throughout Indonesia under the name Binmas Nusantara," he said in his statement on Thursday (7/2).
So far, continued Syahar, Binmas Noken received a positive response from both the Papuan people and the local civil apparatus because it was considered an extraordinary concept from the police. "Because the people in the mountainous region are greatly helped by the Noken Binmas program, especially in terms of pig farming," explained Syahar.
The FGD was attended by the Head of Binmas Noken District Commissioner Eko Sodarto, Head of Nemangkawi Operations Brig. Gen. Herry Nahak, Deputy Regent of Jayawijaya Martin Yogobi, Regent of Keerom Markum, Regent of Puncak Jaya Wilem Wandik, Lanny Jaya Regency Secretary Chirstian Sohilait, DPRD Member and Star of Mariam Dilam. and coffee farmers assisted by Binmas Noken maximus lani, Forkopimda and the academic community.
"With the FGD, we really expect input and responses from leaders from both the community and academics for the progress of this program," concluded Syahar.


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52 minutes, 1996, United Kingdom
Director: Isaac Julien, Producer: Mark Nash for the Arts Council of England
in English and French with English subtitles
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask explores for the first time on film the pre-eminent theorist of the anti-colonial movements of this century. Fanon's two major works, Black Skin, White Masks and The Wretched of the Earth, were pioneering studies of the psychological impact of racism on both colonized and colonizer. Jean-Paul Sartre recognized Fanon as the figure "through whose voice the Third World finds and speaks for itself." This innovative film biography restores Fanon to his rightful place at the center of contemporary discussions around post-colonial identity.
Isaac Julien, the celebrated black British director of such provocative films as Looking for Langston and Young Soul Rebels, integrates the facts of Fanon's brief but remarkably eventful life with his long and tortuous inner journey. Julien elegantly weaves together interviews with family members and friends, documentary footage, readings from Fanon's work and dramatizations of crucial moments in Fanon's life. Cultural critics Stuart Hall and Fran�oise Verges position Fanon's work in his own time and draw out its implications for our own.
Born in Martinique in 1925, Fanon received a conventional colonial education. When he went to France to fight in the Resistance and train as a psychiatrist, his assimilationist illusions were shattered by the gaze of metropolitan racism. Out of this experience came his first book Black Skin, White Masks (1952) originally titled "An Essay for the Disalienation of Blacks." Fanon here defined the colonial relationship as the psychological non-recognition of the subjectivity of the colonized.
Soon after taking a position at a psychiatric hospital in Algeria, Fanon became involved in the bitter Algerian civil war, eventually leaving his post to become a full-time militant in the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). Out of this struggle, Fanon wrote his most influential book, The Wretched of the Earth, which Stuart Hall describes as the "bible of the decolonization movement."
Fanon died of leukemia in 1961, just as Algeria was winning its independence. But his seminal texts continue to challenge us to liberate ourselves from all forms of psychological domination.
"It is a tribute to Julien...that we are now confronted with a Fanon that articulates both the great mid-century moment of anti-colonial struggle and the insurgencies and intimacies of our own post-colonial condition."
Homi Bhaba, University of Chicago
"Visually stunning and intellectually provocative, Isaac Julien's film is an eloquent and complex exploration of the life and legacy of this century's most compelling theorist of racism and colonialism."
Angela Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Immediately riveting and intensely thought-provoking...makes available to a wide audience the central role and legacy of this pre-eminent theorist of colonial domination."
Annette Michelson, editor, October
"There is artistry in abundance in Isaac Julien's singularly ambitious portrait... He does justice to the complexity of his intriguing subject."
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7th Pay Commission Latest Update: Central Government Employees Likely To Get 4% DA Hike
7th Pay Commission Update: Even as the DA hike of central government employees is awaited, the government has released the latest AICPI Index data. The data for July shows that the Index of retail inflation for industrial workers, on the basis of which the dearness allowance (DA) is revised, increased by 0.7 points. It raises the chances of a hike in DA for central government employees.
The All-India CPI-IW for July 2022 increased by 0.7 points and stood at 129.9 points, compared with 129.2 points in June 2022. The Index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and released on the last working day of the succeeding month. The AICPI in January and February were 125.1 and 125, respectively, while in March it rose to 126. The AICPI in April increased to 127.7, due to the rising inflation. In May, there was a big jump of AICPI to 129.
On one-month percentage change, it increased by 0.54 per cent with respect to the previous month compared to an increase of 0.9 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.
The DA is revised based on the changes in the All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI) Industrial Workers.
According to media reports, the DA for central government employees could be hiked by 4 per cent. After the hike, the DA will increase from the current 34 per cent to 38 per cent.
Currently, government employees get a DA of 34 per cent on their basic salary. If the DA hike of 4 per cent is implemented, they are going to get a 39 per cent dearness allowance on top of their basic pay. Dearness allowance (DA) is given to government employees, while dearness relief (DR) is for pensioners. The government had in March this year revised the DA, which then rose by 3 per cent to stand at 34 per cent of an employee's basic salary.
Recently, the Chhattisgarh government raised DA for its employees. The DA has been hiked by 6 per cent to 28 per cent for employees under the 7th Pay Commission and by 15 per cent to 189 per cent for those under the 6th Pay Commission. The hikes are effective August 1, 2022, according to an official notification.
The state government employees were receiving a 22 per cent dearness allowance under the 7th Pay Commission and 174 per cent under the 6th Pay Commission since May 2022, as per the notification. The hike will benefit at least 3.8 lakh state government employees and will put an additional burden of Rs 2,160 crore per annum on the state exchequer.
DA Hike: Calculation Formula
Dearness Allowance Percentage = ((Average of All-India Consumer Price Index (Base Year 2001=100) for the past 12 months -115.76)/115.76)x100.
For Central public sector employees: Dearness Allowance Percentage = ((Average of All-India Consumer Price Index (Base Year 2001=100) for the past 3 months -126.33)/126.33)x100.
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Not only is he the world's highest-paid actor this year, he is also named the Sexiest Man Alive 2016 by People Magazine!
The star of Disney's latest animated film "Moana", Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson now joins the ranks of physically appealing male celebrities who previously received the same title in past years like David Beckham, Chris Hemsworth, Adam Levine, Channing Tatum, Johnny Depp and more.
"I said, 'That's awesome.' And then what went through my mind was just how cool and exciting it is," the 44-year-old actor told People Magazine upon hearing the news.
"And then I thought, 'Wow, we've pretty much reached the pinnacle.' I'm not quite too sure where we go from here. I've done it all, this is it."
That's not all for the hunky herculean actor. Next year, he will also be receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his ground-breaking contribution to television.
Congrats to The Rock!
Meanwhile, let's take a look at the other Top 9 Sexiest Men Alive!
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GSD&M Welcomes Two New Strategy Directors
AUSTIN, Texas—May 7, 2013—GSD&M announced today that Michelle Dickens and Neil Saunders have joined the agency both as VP, planning director. Dickens will lead the agency's strategic efforts on the Walgreens account, while Saunders will lead planning for Goodyear, John Deere, new business and special assignments.
Michelle Dickens comes to GSD&M from Ogilvy West in Los Angeles, where she was partner, planning director on Cisco Systems, Linksys and Tabasco accounts and contributed to Ogilvy West's transformation into a 365 communications agency. Prior to Ogilvy, Dickens was at TBWA\Chiat\Day for four years, where as planning director she led strategic thinking and direction on Mars Petcare brands Pedigree and Whiskas and on Frito-Lay brands Tostitos and Stacy's Pita Chips. She also worked as a senior planner at The Richards Group in Dallas, TX, for many years on The Home Depot. Other agency experience includes Arnold Worldwide in Boston, MA. Dickens graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in advertising and later received her master's in brand planning with a focus in social anthropology.
Neil Saunders comes to GSD&M with over 25 years of experience, having worked as a freelance planner at various agencies including David&Goliath, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Euro RSCG, Arnold Worldwide and Draftfcb on brands such as Nissan, GlaxoSmithKline, HP, Kraft and many others. Prior to this, Saunders worked as SVP, planning director at Energy BBDO, where he supervised brand strategy on Wrigley brands and managed a team of planners. He also worked as SVP, planning director at Leo Burnett for four years, where he helped develop new strategies and drove business growth for Kellogg's, Beck's Beer, Allstate, Maytag and the U.S. Army and managed a team of planners.
His other agency experience includes Mullen, AKQA, Goldberg Moser O'Neill, BBDO West and Grey London. Neil has served as a Board Member of the AAAA Planning Committee and the APG.US and has spoken at a number of industry conferences as well as presented to students at Northwestern and the VCU Brandcenter. He has also served as a long-standing instructor at the Miami Ad School. He received his degree in economic and social history from the University of York, United Kingdom.
"Given their vast experience, I am very excited for the huge strategic potential both Michelle and Neil bring to this agency," said Matthew Childs, SVP, Experience & Insights at GSD&M. "They are a great fit for GSD&M, and I look forward to working with such passionate and enthusiastic planners to help grow our business and advance the agency's creative mission."
About GSD&M
GSD&M is an advertising agency headquartered in Austin, Texas. With a restless culture and Purpose as a guiding force, GSD&M builds brands with an integrated creative and media approach. GSD&M is part of Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE:OMC). For more information, go to GSDM.com.
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Early one morning, I was out walking my dog—in the spirit of full disclosure, she is a very small dachshund mix named Honey. She was sniffing along the sidewalk and up onto that strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street, when we came upon a tantalizing fire hydrant. As far as I know, that strip of grass, called a number of different terms including curb strip, government grass, besidewalk and island strip, is county/town/municipal property while maintaining it is the responsibility of the owner.
As she was sniffing the hydrant getting ready to do what she does on walks, I heard a rapid knocking sound coming from the house behind me. I turned to look and there was who I assume was the homeowner, frantically giving me and my dog the "get outta here" hand motion. The sound startled my already skittish dog and we proceeded to the next house over, where she completed her canine assignment and I dutifully, as a good neighbor, cleaned up after her.
But the incident got me thinking: Does that homeowner understand the rules governing our streets? Does he know I have every right, as long as I clean up after my dog, to walk her on that grass? Does he ever see the signs posted along the roads warning dog owners to curb their animals or face hefty fines or even imprisonment? Well, faceless homeowner with the frantic "get outta here" hand motion, I do know the law so my dog and I will be back to revisit that particular hydrant.
Every so often, one comes across signs that homeowners have placed on that curb strip, warning dogs to "keep off!" Sometimes these signs are actually shaped like squatting dogs. How clever.
Dearest homeowners: This land is not your land. This land is our land. If I promise to clean up after my dog, will you promise to keep your gestures to yourself?


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Box Office: 'Avengers: Endgame' Scores $36.7M Monday
April 30, 2019 9:53am by Mia Galuppo
'Avengers: Endgame' | Courtesy of Marvel Studios
The juggernaut is flying past $400 million in record time after opening to a stunning $1.22 billion globally.
Avengers: Endgame continued its record-breaking run at the box office Monday, becoming the tenth highest grossing film of all time only six days into its run.
With a Monday haul of $36.7 million, the movie's global box office amounts to $1.34 billion, surpassing titles like Fate of the Furious ($1.23 billion), Frozen ($1.27 billion) and The Last Jedi ($1.33 billion).
Endgame's Monday box office was a near-record, with the movie falling behind fellow MCU titles like Black Panther ($40.15 million) and Star Wars installment The Force Awakens ($40.1 million). It should be noted both Black Panther and The Force Awakens opened over a long holiday weekend, whereas Endgame did not. Endgame did surpass Jurassic World ($25.3 million), which was the previous highest-earning Monday box office with a non-holiday release.
Endgame has dominated the international box office, with a cume gross of $948.7 million. China is the largest contributor to international ticket sales, with $349.1 million, followed by the U.K. with $60.7 million.
The final installment in the "third phase" of the superhero studio's cinematic universe was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, and featured Marvel's full lineup of caped crusaders, including original Avengers Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner.
The opening weekend for the Kevin Feige production has already smashed box office records, with a stunning $1.22 billion box at the global box office that included a $357.1 million North American debut.
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There is 31 students in a class. From mathematics was'nt worse mark than 2. Average mark in mathematics was 2. How many students have mark 1 and how many mark 2?
Apartment on the first floor was 10% more expensive than the same apartment on the second floor. The difference was 105 Kc annually. Calculate the annual rent of the apartment in the first floor and from apartment on the second floor.
Meadow is a circle with radius r = 19 m. How long must a rope to tie a goat to the pin on the perimeter of the meadow to allow goat eat half of meadow?
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If you deposit 959 euros the beginning of each year, how much money we have at 2.1% (compound) interest after 19 years?
How much fuel is in the tank of horizontal cylindrical segment with a length 10m, width of level 1 meter and level is 0.2 meters below the upper side of the tank?
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Social pressure group, OccupyGhana® condemned what it says is the penchant of persons, particularly those in political authority or with political connections, to assault and batter journalists who are simply doing their work.
A statement the group issued Wednesday to condemn the recent 'reprehensible' assault of a staff of Adom FM, Charity Ohemaa Sakyiwaa by Hajia Fati of the New Patriotic Party, said she must face the full force of the law.
OccupyGhana® said these attacks on journalists have persisted "because of the failure, neglect or refusal to prosecute offenders," thereby creating "a culture of impunity that has unfortunately infected and engulfed even the Ghana Police Service, when one considers the recent similarly barbaric, senseless and un-called for attacks on another journalist, Iddrissu Latif also of the Multimedia Group, while undertaking his legitimate journalistic duties.
OccupyGhana® asked the Multimedia Group, owners of Adom FM where Charity works to commence civil proceedings against both Hajia Fati and the NPP, and to leave no stone unturned in ensuring that justice is done in this matter.


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Gay Marriage and the Church
Today the Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states in America. This has caused an enormous uproar in the church. I grew up in the church. As a young boy, I was very active, singing, worshipping, and praying; which also caused me to be very aware. I noticed quite a bit! I fell in love with the church and all it has to offer. But I also saw her flaws and all her indiscretions. She's not perfect nor are her members. I've witnessed infighting between parish
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Gionee M2017 Smartphone With 7000mAh Battery, 6GB of RAM Launched
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Gionee has launched expanded its premium smartphone range with the launch of M2017 in China. The highlight of Gionee M2017 is its massive 7,000mAh battery capacity. The smartphone has two 3500mAh batteries fitted inside. Running […]
Asus ZenFone Go 4.5 LTE (ZB450KL) Launched in India
Asus today launched the ZenFone Go (ZB450KL) smartphone in India, also known as the ZenFone Go 4.5 LTE. The smartphone has been priced at Rs. 6,999, and will be available from online stores from Tuesday itself, […]
AMD introduces Ryzen brand for highly anticipated Zen-based desktop processors
Ryzen is the new brand name being announced today for AMD's flagship desktop processor that will be introduced in the first quarter. Formerly known under the code name Summit Ridge, Ryzen is the first processor […]
Lucid Motors unveils its 400-mile range luxury EV
Lucid Motors has finally ripped the camouflage off its much awaited luxury electric sedan: the $100,000-plus Air. The luxury vehicle is taking aim not only at Tesla's Model S but also traditional gas-powered cars like […]
LG targets graphic designers, video editors and gamers with 4K HDR display
LG has decided to pre-announce its latest professional-grade 4K HDR monitor. The 32-inch, IPS panel-equipped 32UD99 supports the HDR10 standard that delivers 10-bit (over a billion) colors and a wide color gamut covering 95 percent […]
Yahoo discloses over 1 billion user accounts hacked
Yahoo said Wednesday that more than 1 billion user accounts – meaning most of the Internet giant's customers worldwide – were hacked in 2013, leading to the release of user names, telephone numbers, dates of […]
Apple's wireless earphones the "AirPods" go on sale online
Apple's wireless earbuds, aptly called AirPods are finally for sale and shipping now. The company announced the availability of the $159 in-ear audio devices on Tuesday with a shipping date of Dec. 22. Apple introduced […]
Nubia to launch Z11 and N1 smartphones in India on December 14
Nubia, the sub-brand of Chinese smartphone maker ZTE, appears set to launch its latest smartphone in India on December 14. The company has sent out media invites for an event. The company has revealed that […]
Lava Metal 24 feature phone with metal body launched at Rs 2,000
Lava has expanded its feature phones portfolio with the launch of Lava Metal 24. Priced at Rs 2,000, the phone boasts of a metal body. The handset is available at all leading retail outlets across […]
Xiaomi Electric Vehicle launch expected on monday
Xiaomi's sub-brand MIJIA has shared a teaser image suggesting that it will unveil a new electric bike on Monday. The teaser image shared on Weibo shows a tyre skid mark on the background suggesting it […]


The owners, a creative public relations couple, and their architect, Andy Martin, enliven a contemporary home with style and art. The architect cleared away detail from doors and walls. Ornate ceiling moldings and the original parquet floors were reused. Arranging the private spaces, bedrooms and baths, in the back half of the home graced the living areas with garden light and views.
Exquisite crafted storage units are clothed in caramel colored book-matched wood veneer. Combined with gallery white walls these create exhibit space for the couple's blossoming art collection. A wall of crisp spring leaf green kitchen cabinets accents the kitchen. And in the bath that green reappears though now in tiny shiny subway tiles. The framed horse almost seems to be admiring his reflection in the frameless mirror. There's a definite love of wildlife art here – a sheep over the kitchen sink and a shark in the living room.
Down the crayon colored stairs are a child's play area and bedroom. Again the crisp white walls and built in storage put the children's' toys on display. What child wouldn't love the thick rope handrail and the white netting guard rail? The netting is repeated on the child's bedroom walls, contrasted by an ancient ceiling medallion…dreamy!
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Ideally located in the prime touristic area of Beechworth, The Old Priory Hotel promises a relaxing and wonderful visit. Featuring a complete list of amenities, guests will find their stay at the property a comfortable one. Take advantage of the hotel's luggage storage, Wi-Fi in public areas, car park, family room, tours. Each guestroom is elegantly furnished and equipped with handy amenities. To enhance guests' stay, the hotel offers recreational facilities such as garden. Convenience and comfort makes The Old Priory Hotel the perfect choice for your stay in Beechworth.
This hotel open in public 1863 with 22 room in floors.


But when they're forming the kind of comedy double-act rarely seen since Laurel & Hardy, it's sometimes hard to intervene. At this rate, I could get them booked onto the Royal Variety Show.
Lisa's only question after viewing that video was to ask why I mentioned Diana Ross. Which was a relief, as I thought she might ask why I let Toby get attacked by a dog, tangled in a net and trodden on by his sister. So for the benefit of anyone with only hazy memories of the 1994 World Cup, the reason is here. It was a supreme effort, but sadly there ain't no mountain high enough that she could hit it with a ball from twelve yards.
You can't see Liza Minnelli in that one either. But you can see my family living the A-lister lifestyle at East Brighton Park. It shares the first four letters of Easter, so we thought it would be a great place to go on Good Friday.
On the downside, yesterday afternoon's picnic in the park did suggest that Lisa and I might be slightly deluded. Despite having spent more than five years living with Amelie, and almost two of those with Toby, we actually thought we might get the chance to relax for a while in the spring sunshine, gently stroking each other's hair (or what's left of it) in a lovey-dovey manner, and taking a well-earned, peaceful, break while our children played quietly at a distance. Which, when you stop and think about it, is ridiculous.
In reality, we spent two hours with the kids screaming in our ears, kicking a football in our faces, and whipping our backsides with a skipping rope, whilst being chased by dogs, scared by insects, and trying to stop Toby running towards the nearest road. Both Lisa and I had taken a book to read. I don't know what we were thinking. Mainly because we couldn't hear ourselves doing it.
In fact, Amelie and Toby had a lot of fun. It's just a shame they wouldn't do it further away from us. They had the entire expanse of East Brighton Park to explore, but insisted on staying close to the picnic blanket. Which is probably what responsible parents would hope for, but wasn't what we had in mind.
That photo features our flat, my car, and the building where both kids were born. You can see the window where I first held my daughter, the door where I left with my son, and the Skoda where they both drive me insane.


I stayed at Arena House Liverpool and I booked online at the rate of £25.20 per night ($36 USD) for a single room. Coincidentally that was exactly the same amount I paid the night before for an 8-bed dorm in London. So yes, London is expensive.
Arena House is ideally located in central Liverpool near the Ropewalks area (named for streets where ropes used to be laid out). This close to the historic docks area, and you walk to the main things to do in Liverpool from here.
I've listed this as accommodation because it isn't a hostel or hostel or apartment rental. Arena House is a student accommodation centre that also rents out rooms to the public, which is how I found it on Agoda. They have people staying there monthly as well.
Upon arrival there is no reception so I had instructions on how to retrieve the key and enter my room. The instructions were straightforward and there was no drama of waiting for a key.
I got a single room with a shared bathroom and shared kitchen. The shared facilities was with two other rooms. My single room had a traditional skinny single bed and a table. The room felt new and it was comfortable.
The kitchen had everything you need for self-catering, and there are supermarkets nearby if you want to cook.
There were two bathrooms and they were both clean and in good order.
There was wifi with the password on the main noticeboard. I had crapy wifi in my room though, which was frustrating. I ended up taking one Skype call in the common area as the signal in my room wasn't good. I didn't know what the rest of the rooms were like, but that was just for my room.
Overall this was a good budget place to stay, despite the wifi. It was good to have a private room in the middle of the city. Book the Arena House Liverpool online or search for more hotels and hostels in Liverpool.


This simple chocolate sauce can dress up plain ice cream--or add a brownie for a decadent sundae. It's adapted from "A Passion for Ice Cream," by Emily Luchetti. Note that this is a thin sauce; it will thicken slightly after chilling. Serve warm or cold.
1. Stir 1 cup of the water and sugar together in a medium saucepan. Heat to a boil over medium heat; cook, stirring, until the sugar is dissolved, about 15 seconds.
2. Whisk together the cocoa powder and remaining 1 cup water in a small bowl; whisk cocoa mixture into sugar syrup. Return to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, stirring frequently, until the sauce thickens slightly, 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat; cool to room temperature. Refrigerate, covered, up to 1 week.


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The mystery and tragedy of the woman found nearly naked and beaten to death in Cardiff woods
For a long time, the body found in woods just outside the city was unidentifiable - and the victim's reputation was later mercilessly targeted in court
Police using dogs search the area in Leckwith, above Cardiff, where the body of Diane Morris was found (Image: South Wales Echo)
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On January 26, 1975, the nearly-naked, badly beaten body of a woman was found in woodland just outside Cardiff.
The body had decomposed and was, for a long time, unidentifiable.
The body was that of Diane Morris, a mother-of-two. The 39-year-old divorcee was found dead in woodland wearing only her underwear.
She had been hit over the head four times and left to die after going to the woods with a man she knew for sex.
This was not simple prostitution.
Diane was not a sex worker. She had gone with the man as she wanted somewhere to sleep after running away from a psychiatric hospital.
Yet, when the case finally came to court 10 months later, it was the victim's character that seemed to dominate the trial.
"Dead woman was liberal with favours, says judge," shouted a headline in the Western Mail on November 12 that year.
A poster from the police during their murder inquiry (Image: Media Wales)
And lawyers acting for the killer did their best to blacken his victim's name.
Defending, Aubrey Myerson QC told Cardiff Crown Court Ms Morris lived "pathetically and died tragically" and that the mother, who had mental health issues, was also sexually promiscuous.
Her killer was also lambasted for his use of prostitutes. Prosecutor Michael Evans said he had the "morals of a sewer rat".
Notorious Welsh crimes
When it comes to surreal drug-ring stories, truth can be stranger than fiction. And the most bizarre drug tale of all took place 40 years ago in the heart of rural Wales.
This is the extraordinary story of the Welsh LSD ring that supplied the world from the deeply unlikely frontline of Tregaron, Carno and Llanddewi Brefi.
These are Wales' most notorious unsolved murders.
This is the story of how the horrific abuse and murder of a baby girl in a picture perfect family home was hidden in plain sight.
Known as the Saturday Night Strangler, this is how Wales' very first documented serial killer and his crimes left a community trembling in fear - he was finally unmasked 30 years later.
And this details the international manhunt that took place after a woman's body was found in a Cardiff hotel.
The murder of an innocent teenager in his home shocked a nation – but the alleged mastermind remains at large.
This court room outrage seemed to bear little relation to the events of December 30, 1974, when Diane was killed.
Police did not find the nearly-naked, battered body in the grounds of Hillside House, off Leckwith Hill, until a month later.
Photographs of two rings Diane wore were printed on the front page of the Echo in a bid to identify her.
(Image: Western Mail and Echo)
The South Wales Echo appeal to identify the woman found dead in woods (Image: Media Wales)
And scared women who worked in the city's sex trade, who often used the woodland to take clients, were interviewed - but were unable to help as the victim was not one of them.
It was only Diane's rare blood type that helped police identify her from records at Whitchurch Hospital, where she had been a voluntary patient until she left on the day of her death.
A painstaking two-month investigation involving hundreds of interviews finally broke in March when police were given a description of a man she was seen getting into a car with in Roath, Cardiff.
Police had been focusing their investigation on Roath as they knew Diane had been seen in the area looking for accommodation.
And on May 5, suspect David Brian Boyles, 31, of Abingdon Road, Barry, appeared in Barry Magistrates' Court to deny the killing.
Police search the area above Cardiff where the body was found (Image: Media Wales)
It emerged at the trial in October that Boyles had met Diane previously for sex, picked her up that night and drove her to the Leckwith woodland.
There he admitted having intercourse with her but said an argument broke out when he told her she could not sleep in his car as he had promised.
Boyles told the court she threatened to accuse him of rape.
He said: "I told her to get out and she, being in a bit of a temper, took the car keys and tried to throw them out of the window.
"She started to run down the hill. The last time I saw her she was fully clothed."
Diane Morris (Image: Media Wales)
The jury, who took three hours to deliberate after a three-week trial, rejected this claim after hearing evidence of the defendant's character.
Witnesses had told them Boyles was a regular user of prostitutes who lied to his family. Police revealed Boyles had told a cellmate Diane was an "old bat who would never be missed" and told them that nobody noticed when prostitutes went missing.
And yet, the verdict they gave was not murder but manslaughter. The reasons for that we'll never know, but the jury decided the defendant had acted in a moment when he was not the master of his own mind.
Mr Justice Tasker Watkins jailed him for six years.
He told him: "You took to Leckwith Hill a young woman of weak morality. You set about her in a fashion which can only be described as monstrous.
"You left her for dead, naked, lying at the bottom of a slope."


To stay ahead in business, you have to stay on top of the tools available to you. To help, Entrepreneur annually evaluates the bestselling software programs for small business.
Smart entrepreneurs know contacts are vital to a small company. Without strong contacts within your industry, you won't likely survive. Symantec's Act! 2.0 is the bestseller in the contact management category. With this robust program, users can create unlimited databases with up to 70 customizable fields; schedule unlimited calls, meetings and to-do's; view a calendar by day, week or month; print calendars on 20 supported organizer formats; generate reports on customers and activities; and much more. Act! also supports some e-mail programs, including cc:Mail, Microsoft Mail and CompuServe's program, and can run on some handheld computers, including Hewlett Packard and Psion palmtops.
If you already use some sort of phone or address book program, Act! can import many file formats. I imported data from Starfish Software's Sidekick, a popular personal information manager (PIM). Within moments, I was working in my database, pointing and clicking to schedule meetings and calls.
Act! takes up only 8MB of disk space and is easy to use. You almost never need to take your hand off your mouse--just click on the word "call," pick a date on the pop-up calendar, select a time, and you're done. Want to know who you have scheduled to call today? Just click on the activities icon or look at the calendar. Need to write a letter? Simply click on the word processing icon, and a form comes up, complete with the contact's name and address, preferred salutation and your standard sign-off.
The somewhat cryptic tool bar images can be difficult to decipher, but the new Windows 95 version should eliminate that complaint.
This version of Act! is also available in a network version, which costs $799 and supports Novell Netware, LANtastic and Windows for Work groups.
Act! 3.0 for Windows 95/NT wasn't available at press time but should be in stores now. It promises to bring even more functionality to this popular contact manager. New features include the ability to find contacts based on Caller-ID, group calendaring, support for Internet e-mail, integration with a user's preferred word processor, and complete customization of fields and layouts.
FileABC has teamed up with Franklin Quest to integrate its Imaging and Document Management software with Franklin Quest's Ascend time manager. The new program, which didn't have a name yet at press time, will help users more effectively manage tasks, appointments, notes, goals, correspondence and more by linking supporting documents and information with these activities. This means users can keep their personal appointment calendar, record of events, contact and phone log, as well as a virtual filing cabinet's worth of information, all in one place. Call (808) 523-7857.
Janna Contact Personal is just $49.95 but offers features found in more expensive programs, including the ability to store all sorts of files, such as letters, faxes and even video clips, with the appropriate contact.
Lotus Organizer is one of the most popular PIMs on the market. Lotus claims more than 9 million customers worldwide use it. The latest version, Organizer 97, is a 32-bit Windows 95/NT program with numerous enhancements, such as an improved autodialer and the ability to launch Web sites from within Organizer.
The newest version of Claris Organizer for the Macintosh is Internet-savvy, with e-mail and Web links providing instant access to the World Wide Web.
Your company's bottom line is something you need to stay on top of. You could send your bookkeeping to a professional, or you could do it yourself with Intuit's QuickBooks. QuickBooks is a longtime bestseller in this category, with a more than 60 percent market share. This year, an enhanced version of QuickBooks, called QuickBooks Pro, is the number-one seller.
QuickBooks Pro 4.0 has the same functionality as the standard QuickBooks 4.0 but is enhanced with project management functions, such as estimating, time-tracking and job-costing. This product truly makes accounting easy. The EasyStep Interview walks users through the start-up process, including customer, vendor, employee and item setup. But to get started, you don't even have to go through the setup process. You can just open a blank invoice, fill in a customer name and address--QuickBooks will automatically add the contact to your database--and go.
This version even includes a minicontact manager for tracking all communications with your customers. You can take notes, schedule callbacks and manage to-do's. Daily business chores can be easily accomplished in QuickBooks--you can output customized invoices, run reports to see what's going on in your business, track accounts receivable and easily work on accounts payable. When it's time to pay your employees, QuickBooks Payroll automatically calculates earnings and deductions and even prints W-2s, W-3s and 1099s.
QuickBooks Pro needs about 30MB of hard-drive space. The CD-ROM versions of QuickBooks include a ZIP Code Directory and Business and Legal Libraries, and need a color monitor.
Quicken 5.0, $39.95 (Windows 3.1, Windows 95/NT), Intuit Inc.
PC Payroll for Windows ($195, plus $95 annually) is an automated payroll system that can be customized for special tax situations, including multistate employees. The professional version lets users integrate with their favorite accounting program, such as QuickBooks, DacEasy and more. Contact Peninsula Software of Virginia Inc. at (757) 873-2976.
Look for a new version of DacEasy Accounting & Payroll 95. This version is designed to make the setup process easier and will include online banking. It will still feature a customizable interface and be networkable; it will also be integrated with DacEasy's sister programs TeleMagic, a contact manager, and Timeslips, a time and billing program.
Microsoft Money 97 should be available now and includes online banking--currently, nearly 60 banks are signed on. A partnership with Visa enables Money users to download their Visa accounts into the program. Quicken users will be able to easily convert data to this new version.
The latest version of State of the Art's MAS 90 accounting program is designed to work under Windows. It promises considerable performance improvements over its DOS-based predecessors while offering complete compatibility with DOS modules. MAS 90 is the accounting software of choice for many medium-sized companies. Call (800) 854-3415, or visit http://www.stateoftheart.com.
The concept of office suites--software packages that integrate several applications--has spelled sweet success for a few key software companies, most notably Microsoft. Microsoft Office Professional is by far the most comprehensive suite available--Microsoft packs much of its product line into it. Indeed, your hard drive might sway under its weight, as a full install of the entire program can take up 124MB of hard-drive space. For those with less space to lose, a compact (or partial) install requires just 42MB.
What do you get for that? Bestselling programs including Word 95, a word processor; Excel 95, a spreadsheet; PowerPoint 95, a presentation program; Access 95, a database; Schedule+ 95, a scheduling program; Word Internet Assistant, a rudimentary HTML editor; Internet Explorer, a Web browser . . . the list goes on and on. Suffice it to say, Office Professional 95 provides all the applications a business needs--and then some.
If you opt for Microsoft Office, you'll never again open a program and wonder how the heck it works. That's because each Office program has a similar look and feel, with the pull-down menus and icons activating the same functions.
Another great bonus is the total integration offered by Office. For example, a spreadsheet created in Excel can be embedded into a Word document, and if the data on the spreadsheet changes, that change will automatically occur in the Word document. Additionally, Answer Wizard quickly and easily tells you how to use the applications together.
Not surprisingly, Microsoft already has plans for Office 97, a suite that incorporates Web technology and includes Microsoft Outlook, a souped-up contact manager.
Unlike office suites, integrated programs are designed primarily for home office use. The components are not typically full-fledged programs but are usually competent enough to perform common functions.
ClarisWorks 4.0 for the Macintosh is the bestseller in this category--perhaps because office suites on the Windows platform have become so affordable, it makes less sense to purchase pared-down integrated packages for Windows. Worth noting here, however, is that ClarisWorks 4.0 for Windows 95, at $49, is significantly less expensive than the Macintosh version.
ClarisWorks is the best low-cost Macintosh solution if you're looking for an all-in-one software package. This program boasts a full-featured word processor, spreadsheet database, and graphics and presentation capabilities in one complete package.
This version of ClarisWorks includes Assistants, Shortcuts and Stationaries to make it easy to create documents. It also includes a new HTML translator for creating documents to be posted to the World Wide Web.
ClarisWorks 4.0 offers 100 percent cross-platform compatibility between the Macintosh and Windows 95 versions. Amazingly, all this functionality requires just 14MB of hard-drive space and can run on 4MB RAM.
Though Netscape is without a doubt the number-one seller of Web-browsing software, Microsoft is quickly gaining market share with its free distribution of Explorer and its extensive new agreements with mainstream online providers such as America Online, CompuServe, AT&T, MCI and NetCom.
Netscape has poured major enhancements into the newest version of Navigator, including integrated support for sound and multimedia. This means Web designers will be able to embed things such as RealAudio, Shockwave and QuickTime into their Web sites, and users will be able to seamlessly play them without adding any plug-in software.
Another addition is what Netscape calls CoolTalk, which allows you to set up an Internet phone connection with conversation, text chat and real-time file sharing. Live3D promises to let users travel through 3-D worlds via the Net. This version will also include enhanced Java support.
A trial version of Navigator 3.0 is available free simply by downloading it from http://home.netscape.com.
Not to be outdone, Microsoft has been feverishly working to release Explorer 4.0. It looks as if many of the new Navigator features will also be incorporated into Explorer 4.0. Explorer will still benefit from increased Windows 95 compatibility--with easy shortcuts to bookmarks--and it will still be free.
Check out Globalink's Web Translator. This browser add-on lets you translate Web pages from Spanish, French and German into English or vice versa. Call (800) 755-2799.
Microsoft Access is a relational database that can help you track things like sales figures, invoices and inventory. You can also use it to keep track of personal information, such as favorite books and quotations, an inventory of your possessions and the like.
Because databases tend to be intimidating for the uninitiated, Microsoft includes Database Wizards that automatically build tables, queries, forms and reports--tasks that seem daunting to first-time users. Access 95 also includes a Wizard that works with Word 95 to make mail merges easy.
This 32-bit program supports advanced Windows 95 functions such as long file names, tabbed dialogs and desktop shortcuts. As with all Office 95 applications, Access 95 supports object linking and embedding (OLE), enabling virtually seamless cross-application integration. Additionally, Access' AutoCorrect automatically corrects the spelling of common words, and the Performance Analyzer examines a database and recommends changes to improve performance.
Of course, all this power needs plenty of hardware behind it. Microsoft recommends 12MB of memory for Windows 95 and 16MB for Windows NT. A complete installation uses 42MB of hard-drive space, while a minimum install needs 14MB.
Expect Access 97 to include an extensive amount of Internet and Intranet tools for publishing databases on the Internet.
AskSam users may want to check out AskSam's Web Publisher. Give your AskSam database to AskSam Systems, and they'll put it up on their server for as little as $30 per month. That means anyone with access to the Internet will be able to search or page through and execute any links in your AskSam database. Those of you with your own Windows 95 or NT server can purchase Web Publisher ($1,495) and post as much AskSam data as you want.


(XIII) Recommendations and a proposed treatment plan for the juvenile.
(b) If the juvenile has been adjudicated for an act that constitutes unlawful sexual behavior as defined in section 16-22-102 (9), C.R.S., then the report on the presentence investigation shall include the juvenile's previous criminal and juvenile delinquency records, if any.
(2) The probation department shall conduct a presentence investigation in each case unless waived by the court on its own determination or on recommendation of the prosecution or the juvenile. The level of detail included in the presentence investigation may vary, as appropriate, with the services being considered for the juvenile.
(3) (a) The state court administrator may implement a mental illness screening program to be used by the juvenile court. If the state court administrator chooses to implement a mental illness screening program, the juvenile court shall use the standardized mental illness screening developed pursuant to section 16-11.9-102, C.R.S., and conduct the screening in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to said section. The findings and results of any standardized mental illness screening conducted pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be included in the written report to the court prepared and submitted pursuant to this section.
(b) Prior to implementation of a mental illness screening program pursuant to this subsection (3), if implementation of the program would require an increase in appropriations, the state court administrator shall submit to the joint budget committee a request for funding in the amount necessary to implement the mental illness screening program. If implementation of the mental illness screening program would require an increase in appropriations, implementation of the program shall be conditional upon approval of the funding request.
(4) Prior to sentencing a juvenile who was adjudicated for an offense that would be a felony or misdemeanor not contained in title 42, C.R.S., if committed by an adult, the court may order the juvenile to participate in an assessment to determine whether the juvenile would be suitable for participation in restorative justice practices that would be a part of the juvenile's sentence; except that the court may not order participation in a restorative justice practice if the juvenile was adjudicated a delinquent for unlawful sexual behavior, as defined in section 16-22-102 (9), C.R.S., a crime in which the underlying factual basis involves domestic violence, as defined in section 18-6-800.3 (1), C.R.S., stalking as defined in section 18-3-602, C.R.S., or violation of a protection order as defined in section 18-6-803.5, C.R.S.
If the court orders a suitability assessment, the assessor shall provide the services for a fee of no more than forty dollars based on a sliding scale; however, the fee may be reduced by the court based on a sliding scale consistent with guidelines used to determine eligibility for appointment of counsel. If a juvenile wants to participate in restorative justice practices, the juvenile must make the request to the district attorney or the law enforcement agency administering the program and may not make the request to the victim.
If requested by the juvenile or law enforcement agency, a victim-offender conference may only be conducted after the victim is consulted by the district attorney and offered an opportunity to participate or submit a victim impact statement. If a victim elects not to attend, a victim-offender conference may be held with a suitable victim surrogate or victim advocate, and the victim may submit a victim impact statement. If the juvenile participates in a restorative justice practices victim-offender conference, the facilitator shall provide these services for a fee of no more than one hundred twenty-five dollars based on a sliding scale; however, the fee may be waived by the court.


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List of famous people buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, listed alphabetically with photos when available. Celebrities are often buried in the highest caliber cemeteries, mausoleums and tombs, which is why we've created this list of celebrities buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. If you're ever visiting Hollywood Forever Cemetery and want to check out historic graves, then use this list to pinpoint exactly which burial locations you want to see.
This list has a variety of people in it, from John Huston to Tyrone Power.
This list answers the questions "Which famous people are buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery?" and "Which celebrities are buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery?"
From celebrity tombs at Hollywood Forever Cemetery to legendary locals, these are the most well-known people whose final resting place is Hollywood Forever Cemetery. You can find useful information below for these notable people buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery, like what year and where the person was born.
Agnes Ayres was an American actress who rose to fame during the silent film era. She was known for her role as Lady Diana Mayo in The Sheik opposite Rudolph Valentino.
Henry Lehrman was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer.
Leah Baird was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter.
Irving Camisky was an American movie actor, director, producer and writer.


Another magnificent example of a Steinway Model O. At 5'10", this 2007 model is an ideal piano for any house or studio. With a smooth, rich base and a clear, singing treble, this young piano has endless character and charm to offer. With minimal use and one private owner, this piano is in immaculate condition.


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The Best Books Ever
By Coranne - February 15, 2012
By Tahereh Mafi
Published by Harper Teen
Summary taken from Goodreads:
Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
In this electrifying debut, Tahereh Mafi presents a world as riveting as The Hunger Games and a superhero story as thrilling as The X-Men. Full of pulse-pounding romance, intoxicating villainy, and high-stakes choices, Shatter Me is a fresh and original dystopian novel—with a paranormal twist—that will leave readers anxiously awaiting its sequel.
I have really mixed feelings about this book. I really want to love it- it really was a great story. It was fast paced the entire way through and was a very short novel. I loved that the book didn't feel like a dystopian. It didn't copy cat from The Hunger Games, Divergent, Matched, Blood Red Road or any of the dystopian books out there.
I also liked that the book started very mysteriously. I honestly had no idea what was going on until a few chapters into the book. Juliette is a strong and smart character- she isn't a pansy! She is a girl who has grown up without being shown any love or affection. Suddenly, she has a person in her life who truly cares about her- that is an incredible thing and she has no idea what to do with it.
The only problem that I had with this book (and there may be spoilers here, so if you don't want spoilers- please don't read on)..... a girl can take the life and powers out of a person by simply touching them- a touch too long and they can be killed. She has no love, her family is terrified of her.... she is eventually brought to a place where everyone has superpowers and she is given a spandex cat suit and gloves to be part of the "team"..... sound familiar? Sound like Rogue from X-men? I am sure that the author didn't mean to have a book so similiar to Rogue's character- and even if she did, why not? She is awesome. But it did bother me a little- that it was SO similar. I don't think she copied or anything like that; I was simply caught off guard and unsure what to do with that thought.
If you are a fan of superhero books that are light on the dystopian- you will enjoy Shatter Me.
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The Child Finder
By Sarah A. - May 14, 2018
The Child Finder By Rene Denfeld Published: September 5th 2017
Published by: Harper
Source: Purchased Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon's Skookum National Forest. She would be eight years old now—if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as The Child Finder, Naomi is their last hope.
Naomi's methodical search takes her deep into the icy, mysterious forest in the Pacific Northwest, and into her own fragmented past. She understands children like Madison because once upon a time, she was a lost girl too.
As Naomi relentlessly pursues and slowly uncovers the truth behind Madison's disappearance, shards of a dark dream pierce the defenses that have protected her, reminding her of a terrible loss she feels but cannot remember…
Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel... Release Week Blitz and Giveaway!
By Jaime Lester - September 04, 2017
Hello Readers! Welcome to the Release Week Blitz for Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel presented by Entangled Teen! Grab your copy today!
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A simple but forgotten truth: Where harbingers of death appear, the morgues will soon be full. Angie Dovage can tell there's more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can't imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece—and he's not human. What's more, she knows something most don't. That the secrets her town holds could kill them all. But that's only half as dangerous as falling in love with a harbinger of death.
Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel Publisher: Entangled Teen Publication Date: September 5, 2017
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Aru Shah and the End of Time
By Sarah A. - March 26, 2018
Aru Shah and the End of Time By Roshani Chokshi Published on March 27th 2018
Published by: Disney/Rick Riordan Presents
Source: Publisher Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from their latest archaeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?
One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light, Aru thinks. Then she can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again.
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"Yes, you are part of a sales team" – Little did I know as I turned up at my first job that the "sales" element in the title "pre-sales technical consultant" was actually real! You are part of a sales team whether you like it or not. I say embrace this, the competition, the pressure, the sheer amount of work. I often hear "sales" tarnished with a bad brush, do not underestimate your sales team, and you will find in any good organization that "pre-sales" are the life blood of an organization. A company leader once instilled in the organization "pre-sales are worth their weight in gold" and be it your undoing if you do not use / trust them, pre-sales have an enormous impact on an organizations success.
"Say YES not NO" – Throughout my career I have always had managers telling me to say NO. While their reasons may have been founded, I have always had a no fear approach and in honesty found myself in some difficult situations, BUT I have also done some amazing things simply by sticking my hand up and saying YES. If you say NO all the time don't expect to get anywhere or learn anything new. It is an approach I used to get a job once where I went (company shall remain nameless) for an interview and I had to present on a subject I have never even heard about, yet alone the company which I later found out was huge. It was that no fear I will give anything a go approach that got me in honesty my first break in pre-sales and it is an approach I will always abide by.
"Be a Sponge" – Learning is key, if you are not learning chances are you are not doing something right, I am not talking about the traditional learning with death by power point while someone reads a slide to you. Think wider, find likeminded engineers ask them questions, learn how they approach challenges, how they pitch a solution. The term "Sponge" in pre-sales you need to absorb (pun intended) as much as possible, and one track will not suffice, you need to absorb as much as you can from a wide range of sources. Never stop this! Never think you are the best at something, someone always has a different approach – STEAL IT if it is good.
"Understand how you Learn" – See point 3, throughout my education and some of my professional career I was always that person that appeared never to listen, I was always dismantling whatever was in front of me while someone talked to me. It was not until one employer put the entire team and himself in to a "train the trainer" course where the trainer being a savvy man had laid the desks out with a wild range of toys and attention diverters. This was heaven to me for 3 days I had a range of stuff I could fiddle with, much to my boss at the time's annoyance. In a demonstration of the fact I do listen, the trainer at the end of 3 days asked "What was the memorable date I mentioned on day one?" My boss nearly fell off his chair when without a pause I recalled the date. My point here is find how you learn, I would love to be a person who can digest a 700 page manual and not drift off, watch a video and know all the facts. Truth is I cannot, I learn by doing which is a kinaesthetic learner, get me the product and let me try to break it and I will understand it. Find how you learn and try different approaches, believe me it works.
"You're not an expert if you read TripAdvisor" – I will relate this to point 4. If you have read a review on TripAdvisor have you experienced that hotel? Or are you at best reading someone else's opinion which is likely skewed? Apply the same mantra when absorbing competitive information, companies and rightly so will skew their competitive information to make you think and believe your product is the best. While I condone this attitude, I would hazard caution with drinking the cool aid, get your competitors documentation, product / service and form your own opinion. Back to point 1 "competition" in a competitive situation do not under estimate your competitor they could be a Rockstar. Leverage point 11 and if you cannot obtain a view for yourself rely on your network and get some stories. I have been guilty of being blinkered in the past and it will catch you out.
"Freestyling is fun but flawed" – I am guilty of this, freestyling a meeting whatever it may be with no set outcome or agenda will more than likely land you in trouble. As talented and experienced as you may be just put aside 5 minutes for a basic plan or framework with your sales team, you will be surprised on its effectiveness.
"The 24-hour rule" – To the engineering side, it does not matter if you have found / made a solution or fixed a problem. Never rush to show that idea off without sitting on it for 24 hours and coming back and leveraging point 11 to get feedback and ensure your thoughts are correct. We engineer's are a proud bunch of people and love to hit the mark first with an idea, I speak from experience, if you run and throw that idea at a problem, it may take 1 day it may take 1 year but eventually the lack of full thought through that idea will come back and bite you. Enforce the 24-hour rule which brings me on to point 8.
"Dumbledore's Thought Pensive" – If you want 9-5 then this just isn't the job for you, my reason, in this role your brain never really switches off. Which is why I enforce point 7 and the 24-hour rule, your brain works in weird and wonderful ways. Mine personally likes to wake me at stupid O'clock and provide me with an answer…..this is not bad, you need to learn how to work throughout the day, constantly staring at a problem won't work, but also have the mantra that if an idea does pop in to your head, at the very least record it (anyway you like) and please do not just write one line, empty that thought and all its context to a point where you can come back the next day and challenge that thought.
"Be Creative" – I am personally a fan of coming up with new ideas, I am not a fan of improving process. Creativity in whatever form in your role will give you an edge, in 2 companies I came up with ideas which were implemented globally, remember your employer is not always doing everything correctly and ideas should be welcomed at the very least explored. Also look outside of your role, related to point 3 if something interests you go and learn it, don't stay in a bubble you will be surprised how often technology crosses use cases. Look for user groups, communities or grab a source of learning on that subject.
"Tanks and Planes" – One eye on the current one eye on the future, this upside-down world of pre-sales is quite small, we are fantastic gossips and your reputation is your key to your next role. Networking I know sounds like an old 90's business video delivered on a business park in Slough but find people you share interests with, get along with and stay in touch. Back to point 2 you will be surprised how your career can accelerate in that way!
I appreciate this is a long blog post, I still have more weird and wonderful points, I suppose the resounding question would be "Would you do it all again?" and I would say categorically "Yes sign me up Morpheus I will take the blue pill!" If you have thoughts, experiences, comments on this topic please comment below and let me know! Back to point 2! Ha….
Killer summary of what an A+ SE should be doing. Presales or SE's are truly the chameleons of the tech industry. Presenting for a prospect on Monday, installing a system on Tuesday, RFP answering on Wednesday, Tradeshow on Thursday and architecting a design on Friday. It takes a broad set of skills but most of all, the desire to win through your passion for tech. Win that RFP, win the hearts and mind of that prospect, fix that issue and win the customer's confidence. It is that mindset combined with deep knowledge and neverending hunger for information that make the SE essential in any technology sales org. One tip I can add to your great list; Listen more then you talk. Absorb information, never interrupt a customer ask more, ask deeper, understand what keeps them up at night, listen and only stop asking when you really found what it is they are trying to solve. If it is not your product or solution, be honest and tell them. Go spend your time elsewhere, dont be afraid to walk away and just thank them for their time. Integrity goes a very long way in this industry. Especially for a starting SE, you could be doing this job for 25-30 years, meeting a lot of the same people multiple times in various places. Your individual reputation and even the reputation of the company you represent travels a lot further than you might think at first. Never burn bridges, you might need to cross them again in the future.
Great points! Really like the chameleon reference and 100% agree if the fit is not right walk away, one bad relationship is very damaging throughout an SEs career.


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Watch Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
"They bring you the news so you don't have to get it yourself."
A critical and commercial success, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BUrgundy has become a cult classic movie for fans of comedian Will Ferrell and the movies of producer Judd Atapow. Acting as both a tribute to and spoof of the petty rivalries of local news teams and the popular culture of the 1970s Anchorman has become popular amongst fans of gross out comedies. Following a short period in the career of San Diego news anchorman, Ron Burgundy the movie has spurned many years of rumors regarding a sequel.
San Diego in 1975 has yet to see the rise of women in the workpplace, particularly at the local TV station, KVWN-TV. The newroom of the Evening News is dominated by men who offer a sexist and arrogant view of women; holding on to their position as the top local news team in the San Diego area the news editor Ed throws a hige party attended by all the news staff. During the party Ron attempts to seduce a woman later revealed to be a new female journalist at KVWN, Veronica Coningstone; Ron is embarrassed, but like the rest of the news team attempts to persuade Veronica to date them. After refusing to date any colleagues Veronica breaks her rule to begin a relationship with Ron.
Following an altercation with a cyclist on the way to the newsroom Ron is delayed and Veronica steps in to his place as news anchor for the evening; Ron and Veronica then end their relationship amid their jealousy of each other. After losing his job amid a fued with Veronica Ron returns to a big local news story at the San Diego Zoo to rescue Veronica from a bear pit and begin an on and off screen relationship with her.
The 94 minute movie was written by star Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay; the movie stars many of the regular actors used by production company Atapow Productions, including Luke Wilson, Paul Rudd, Vince Vaughn and Steve Carell.
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Saturday، 22 June 2019 02:02 PM
Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran's downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could have killed 150 people, and signalled he was open to talks with Tehran.
An Iranian surface-to-air missile destroyed a U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone on Thursday. Tehran said the drone was shot down over its territory and Washington said it occurred in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz.
The incident aggravated fears of a direct military clash between the longtime foes. Oil futures rose more than 1% to above $65 per barrel on Friday over worries about possible disruptions to crude exports from the Gulf. [O/R]
Trump's decision to cancel what he said was a planned attack on three sites suggests he wants a diplomatic solution to end weeks of festering tensions with Iran, which Washington accuses of a spate of attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf region.
"I'm not looking for war, and if there is, it'll be obliteration like you've never seen before. But I'm not looking to do that," Trump told NBC News in an interview aired on Friday night.
Iranian sources told Reuters that Trump had warned Tehran via Oman that a U.S. attack was imminent, but had said he was against war and wanted talks.
Washington also requested a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday.
The State Department denied the Reuters report. "Reports that a message was passed last night to the Iranians via an Omani back channel are completely false. These reports are pure Iranian propoganda," department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Twitter.
In a series of early-morning tweets, Trump said he was in no hurry to launch a strike and that U.S. economic sanctions designed to force Iran to curb its nuclear and missile programs and its involvement in regional wars were having an effect.
"We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night," Trump tweeted.
"Ten minutes before the strike I stopped it, not proportionate to shooting down an unmanned drone. I am in no hurry, our military is rebuilt, new, and ready to go, by far the best in the world," Trump tweeted.
Typically, the U.S. military would seek to target Iranian facilities that could be connected to the shooting down of the American drone. The military would not seek to inflict casualties and although Iranian military casualties could occur in an attack, forecasts such as 150 are normally only rough estimates.
White House national security adviser John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and CIA Director Gina Haspel, along with the rest of Trump's team, favoured a retaliatory strike, a senior Trump administration official said.
"There was complete unanimity amongst the president's advisers and DOD (Department of Defence) leadership on an appropriate response to Iran's activities. The president made the final decision," said the official.
Trump's decision drew mixed reviews in Washington, with some people criticizing him for flinching while others, notably senior Democrats, praised what they saw as restraint.
"A strike of that amount of collateral damage would be very provocative, and I'm glad the president did not take that," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, told reporters.
However, Michael Makovsky, a former Pentagon official who heads the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, a think tank that favours strong U.S.-Israeli security ties, said Trump was undermining U.S. credibility.
"Trump has given the impression he lost his nerve," Makovsky said in a statement.
Iran's destruction of the U.S. drone was the latest among ever more serious incidents in the Gulf region, a critical artery for global oil supplies, since mid-May.
There have also been explosions on six oil tankers that the U.S. suspects Iran or its proxies of carrying out. Iran has denied any involvement.
After interviewing Trump for NBC's "Meet the Press" program, NBC correspondent Chuck Todd said Trump had said he had no preconditions for talks with Iran and was willing to speak to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani or Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
SECURITY THREATS IN IRAQ
U.S. forces are preparing to evacuate nearly 400 people working for Lockheed Martin Corp and Sallyport Global from an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad over potential security threats, Iraqi military sources said on Friday.
The sources did not give any details about the threats. Three bases hosting U.S. forces in Iraq have been attacked in the past week with no claims of responsibility. Local officials blamed Iran-backed Shi'ite militias for one of the incidents.
Trump on Friday spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about Middle East stability and the oil market, the White House said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she and fellow EU leaders "are concerned about the situation and support diplomatic negotiations, a political solution for a very tense situation."
Some global airlines are re-routing flights to avoid Iran-controlled airspace over the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, they said on Friday after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration barred U.S. air carriers from the area.
TRUMP MESSAGE TO IRAN
News of the Trump message to Iran, delivered through Oman overnight, broke shortly after the New York Times reported that Trump had called off air strikes targeting Iranian radar and missile batteries at the last minute.
"In his message, Trump said he was against any war with Iran and wanted to talk to Tehran about various issues," one Iranian official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"He gave a short period of time to get our response, but Iran's immediate response was that it is up to Supreme Leader Khamenei to decide about this issue."
A second Iranian official said: "We made it clear that the leader is against any talks, but the message will be conveyed to him to make a decision.
"However, we told the Omani official that any attack against Iran will have regional and international consequences."
Khamenei has the last say on all state matters and has ruled out any talks with Washington while Tehran is under sanctions.
Trump's decision in May to tighten sanctions to try to eliminate Iran's oil exports led to the latest tensions. In May 2018, Trump unilaterally withdrew Washington from a 2015 accord between Iran and major powers under which Tehran curtailed its path to building a nuclear bomb in return for sanctions relief.
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