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GDI Seminar: A tale of two elections - Prospects for democratic consolidation based on recent experiences in Ghana and Kenya
16:00 9 May 2018
University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students
Professor Karuti Kanyinga, Professor Dzodzi Tsikata
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In group "(SEED) Global Development Institute"
By Global Development Institute
Speakers: Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Professor Karuti Kanyinga, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi
Recent elections in Ghana (2016) and Kenya (2017) have produced starkly divergent outcomes and raise very different questions regarding the prospects for democratisation. While the Ghanaian elections resulted in the third turnover since the return of multiparty elections and the consolidation of a highly competitive two party democracy, recent elections in Kenya were deeply divisive and provoked legal challenges that called the entire electoral process into question. These events highlight how political elites in Ghana and Kenya have responded very differently to the incentives posed by electoral institutions in the context of ethnic diversity.
This seminar will ask what conclusions we can draw regarding the prospects for democratic deepening, and development prospects more broadly, in Ghana, Kenya and across the African continent, with a particular focus on competition and bargaining between political elites, political parties and the role for institutions.
Professor Karuti Kanyinga
Role: Professor
Organisation: University of Nairobi
Biography: Professor of Development Studies at the University of Nairobi
Professor Dzodzi Tsikata
Organisation: University of Ghana
Biography: Dzodzi Tsikata is a Research Professor of Development Sociology and Director of the Institute of African Studies (IAS) at the University of Ghana since August 2016. Before this, she was based at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) during which time she was Deputy Director and Director of the Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) at the University of Ghana. She holds a Ph.D in Social Sciences from Leiden University in the Netherlands. In a career spanning over 25 years, Tsikata's research has been in the areas of gender and development policies and practices; women's movements and gender equality activism; the politics and livelihood effects of land tenure reforms, large scale land acquisitions and agricultural commercialisation; and informal labour relations and conditions of work, and she is widely published on these subjects.
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Soroku Murata (Japanese 無量塔 蔵六; real name Shōichirō Murata, Japanese 村田 昭一郎; * March 4, 1927 in Tokyo, † January 30, 2020 ibidem) was the first Japanese violinmaker with a German master craftsman's diploma.

Life
Soroku Murata was born on March 4, 1927, in Oi-machi, Ebara-gun in Tokyo. He graduated from Dokkyō Junior High School in the 55th class.

To avoid being drafted during World War II, he joined his uncle as a factory worker. On the job, he showed his talent for manual craftsmanship and was therefore assigned to metal casting. After the war ended, he became a member of the Kyoto Opera Company Orchestra in 1947, the Shimbashi Florida Dance Hall in 1949, and of the Hospital Orchestra at the American Army Officers' Club. However, due to the professional musicians returning from the war service, he lost his employments.

In 1951 he became self-taught in violin making as well as repair. He learned the professional use of tools from Mitsugu Ōta, a woodworker at the time who later specialized in crafting piano soundboards.

In 1955, he joined Noboru Nagasako's study group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology to study acoustics for violin making. In 1962, with the support of Nagasako and Alfred Leicht, a violin maker from Berlin as guarantor, he enrolled in the Staatliche Musikinstrumentenbauschule Mittenwald, Bavaria. As the first Japanese, Murata passed the master craftsman violin making examination in 1963, and subsequently returned to Japan in 1964.

In 1956, he became a board member of the Japan String Instrument Manufacturers Association.

Murata became a member of the German Violinmakers Association (VdG) in 1968, the first Japanese to do so.

In 1974, he was commissioned by the Japan Gagaku Society to restore a Kugo harp, which was used at the Society's 13th public concert at the National Theater on December 17 the same year. The harp's sound had not been heard for 1200 years.

In 1976, he won the gold medal in the Violin Society of America's violin making competition on the occasion of the USA's Bicentennial of Independence.

On April 2nd 1979, Murata opened the Tokyo Violin Making School in his private home, to train his successors.

In 1986, he was the first person from Asia to become a member of the Entente International des Luthiers et Architiers (EILA, engl.  International Society of Violin and Bow Makers Entente Internationale des Maitres Luthiers et Archetiers d'Art (EILA) ).

He was a regular jury member of the Prague International Violin Making Competition (1986-1993), the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition (1986-2001), the International Tchaikovsky Competition (1986-2002), the Sofia International String Competition (1987-1996), and a jury member of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in 1990.

In July 1998, he became an honorary member of the Japan String Instrument Makers' Association.

In March 2007, at the age of 80, he closed the violin making school in Tokyo.

On January 30, 2020, he died from cancer at the age of 92. The funeral service was held on February 6 the same year.

Trivia
 The inspiration for his pseudonym Soroku Murata (無量塔 蔵六) comes from his great-grandfather, who was a follower of Soroku Murata (Japanese 村田蔵六, real name Masujirō Ōmura; Japanese 大村益次郎).
 Murata had a passion for motorcycles.
 Students of Murata's violin making school received the status of German journeyman craftsmen upon successful completion of their studies, and could also qualify for the master craftsman's examination (Meisterprüfung) by working under a German master craftsman for the duration of three years.

Publications

Books

Articles

Sources

Further information
 Murata Soroku Vaiorin wo kataru [Soroku Murata. A Talk about Violins]
 Obituary on Soroku Murata

1927 births
2020 deaths
Japanese luthiers
Japanese musical instrument makers
People from Tokyo

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Dr Seuss drawings are so quirky that I decided to go with "imperfect" quilting. I market the outside of each circle with a small plate but the inside quilting ( the concentric rings) was just quilted free hand) the result is that no 2 are the same and I think that works with the fabric. The circles are a nice contrast with the square blocks.
The quilting went fast because I did utility/big stitch quilting at about 6 stitches per inch. Once again the fabric told me how to quilt. These quirky whimsical figures didn't seem to call for meticulous tiny stitches….I think relaxed and casual is a better fit.
I might need to start making more baby quilts….they go so fast that it sure makes you feel productive!
Now back to one of the many UFO's in the pile!
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This looks great! Your blog helped inspire my new year's resolution to try hand quilting!
great! I hope you enjoy had quilting as much as I do!!
Very nice! That was fast. I love Dr. Seuss so I have been following these posts more closely. Love how it turned out 🙂 I'm curious as to what implement you use to mark the circles (pen etc.) I remember that you used a plate for a template.
Good to know! I guess both pencils wash out easily? I am worried about regular lead that you used on the light sections. I'm thinking of doing my first hand quilted project so this is super helpful. I generally machine quilt (freehand) and don't mark anything. I have one of those blue markers that supposedly washes out, but I have heard horror stories of it not washing out sometimes!
Very nice baby quilt, sure gives one ideas for charity quilts for children. Thank you for sharing your gift of quilting with us Tim. I really enjoy every one. . .
That big stitching goes so fast! Great job on the baby quilt. This one is whimsical enough to be a favorite for a long time!
So fun and well thought out!
That's one lucky baby, and with the weather you're getting, I'm guessing the extra warmth will be appreciated too!
I want to make one! I always felt that using printed panels would look cheap and part me always felt it was cheating. I am now convinced that i was wrong. Simple and spectacular. Bravo!
What a super fast quilt. It looks great and I love how you went free hand inside the circles, a perfect fit for the quilt.
Bravo and Congratulations….it's a lovely gift!!!
Tim I hear you with frozen pipes – we had a cracked line in the front yard yesterday that Mike was out in 27 degree weather fixing all afternoon! hope it warms up soon for all of us!
You mentioned you were quilting about 6 stitches per inch on the Dr Seuss quilt. How many stitches do you use on your other pieces, like the Tree of Life?
Thank you for sharing all of your pieces!
When you start marking a quilt with the circles, where do you start the first circle? In the center or on an edge or ? I always seem to quilt myself into a corner where the last circle or circles don't seem to fit with the others.


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WWE Superstar Gaming Series Set To Debut
Marc Madison (Editor in Chief)
In an announcement made a few days ago on WWE's official website WWE.com, the company announced that it will begin to air a new program on its official network. The WWE Network and Social Platforms are set to debut WWE Superstar Gaming Series tomorrow, Tuesday, December 29th. It is a part of the Free Version of the company's streaming service WWE Network.
The show will feature gaming battles, including matchups on their recent video game release WWE 2K Battlegrounds. Among the scheduled episodes include a WWE 2K Battlegrounds 'Holiday Throwdown'. It will involve WWE Superstars & celebrities in these competitions. Those mentioned to take part include; former WWE Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey, Adam Cole, Shayna Baszler & Tyler Breeze. It kicks off with Xavier Woods and Greg Miller of 'Kinda Funny Things' co-hosting a Team WWE vs. Team Celebs battle. The show premiers at 8 pm eastern on the WWE Network's free version and their social platforms.
The streaming service will also host a Best of UpUpDownDown 2020 Marathon beginning at 3 pm eastern on WWE's social platforms. The network will also air Among us 'Holiday Sus-Fest' as well. More about this new series will be made available prior to its release tomorrow. The inclusion of the gaming series shows the growth and popularity of video games and how the network is capturing their talent in a different light. With the success of UpUpDownDown, this series appears to be built on its success.
WWE Network & Platforms Set To Debut WWE Superstar Gaming Series
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Top 25 Prospects and Their Future Contribution to Their Team
By: Kyle Sullivan
There are many top prospects in the game that will come up and make a big difference for their club, but the prospects projected in the top 25 are the ones that will likely be great and can carry a team to a title. Here are the top 25 prospects according to mlb.com and my thoughts on how they will contribute to their teams success going forward.
25. C.J. Abrams, SS, San Diego Padres
Abrams is a great SS but the Padres already have Tatis Jr. at short which takes Abrams spot. If Abrams becomes a big league player he will most likely play second base or center field.
24. Matt Manning, RHP, Detroit Tigers
Manning is a part of the Tigers young core of starting pitchers along with Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal. Manning is a top notch minor league pitcher and with the young pitchers coming up, this Tigers team will be scary for years to come.
23. Dustin May, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers
May is going to be a great major league pitcher once he gets called up. He played in the bigs last year, but not enough to judge if he will be a good major league pitcher. From his career in the minors it looks like May is going to be great for a long time.
22. Sixto Sanchez, RHP, Miami Marlins
Sanchez pitched his first season in the Marlins orginazation last year after being traded from the Phillies. Sanchez looks like he can pitch at the big league level soon and he push the young Marlins to a title.
21. Carter Kieboom, SS, 2B, Washington Nationals
Kieboom looks to be the Nats second baseman for a long time. He has climbed through the minors as a shortstop but with Trea Turner at Short, Kieboom will be a secnd baseman, and a really good one.
20. Michael Kopech, RHP, Chicago White Sox
Kopech is a flamethrower. He can hit three digits once in a while and has lights out stuff. Although Kopech hasen't proved to be a good major league ballplayer in the time he has had in the bigs, with a little bit more years of development, he can be one of the better pitchers in the game.
19. Forrest Whitley, RHP, Houston Astros
Whitley once chucked a ball 110 mph! That is faster than the MLB's fastest ever pitch. Whitley has been set to make the major league rotation this year but with the push back, he still has never pitched a game in the majors.
18. Julio Rodriguez, OF, Seattle Mariners
Rodriguez is an all around great hitter. He hits for power & average. Rodriguez will be a great major league ballplayer after a few years of development. I see Juan Soto in this young stud for the Mariners.
17. Dylan Carlson, OF, St, Louis Cardinals
Carlson is a switch hitter for the Cards and has a really sweat swing. He can also run the bases really well and is a good defender too. Carlson is a true five-tool player.
16. Andrew Vaughn, 1B, Chicago White Sox
Vaughn still has a ways away from the majors after being drafted in last years draft. Vaughn is going to be a threat at the plate and him and Nick Madrigal will carry this team to success.
15. Brendan McKay, RHP, DH, Tampa Bay Rays
McKay is a two-way player. He hits and he pitches. McKay is a great pitcher in the minors and I think the Rays will get most of his value as a pitcher, but if the Rays want a two-way player on their team, nobody is stopping them.
14. Joey Bart, C, San Francisco Giants
Bart is the next Buster Posey for the Giants. A player they can trust to get the job done. I don't see Bart getting the Catcher job though until Posey leaves/retires/takes on first base.
13. Cristian Pache, OF, Atlanta Braves
Pache has a high sealing for the Braves in the future. He is going to be in a stacked outfield with Ronald Acuna Jr and Drew Waters. He is fast, has great hitting potential, and is a good defender too.
12. Jesus Luzardo, LHP, Oakland Athletics
Luzardo is a stud in the making. He is small lefty with some velocity and movement on his pitches. He played greatly last year and pitched super well in the ALWC last year against the Tampa Bay Rays.
11. Jarred Kelenic, OF, Seattle Mariners
Kelenic is apart of the Mariners future stud out field along with Julio Rodriguez and Kyle Lewis. He is a sweat swinging lefty and can fly down across the field. If Kelenic can live up to his potential than he will be a key piece for the Mariners and could maybe even be compared to Ken Griffey Jr.
10. Bobby Witt Jr, SS, Kansas City Royals
Witt Jr was drafted in last years draft (2019) with the second over all picks and he looks to be a star in the making. Great speed, a good hitter, and a good glove at short, he could be one of the sports best in a few years.
9. Royce Lewis, SS, Minnesota Twins
Lewis can do everything on the field. He can hit, run, and field a good shortstop too. When he gets called up he will make a big impact on the Twins organization. He is going to be a great shortstop and I can see some Carlos Correa in him too. He can do almost everything you want.
8. Nate Pearson, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays
Pearson throws absolute gas. Can reach over 100 mph and can easily become the ace of the Jays staff. Him and other top prospect Alek Manoah will lead the Blue Jays to division titles and possibly World Series appearances. Nate Pearson is a special player.
7. Casey Mize, RHP, Detroit Tigers
Mize and other player on this list Matt Manning can lead the Tigers to greatness. Mize is a great player for the Tigers in the future and can possibly win Cy Young awards if everything goes to plan with Casey Mize.
6. Jo Adell, OF, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Adell is going the be the next Mike Trout and they are on the same team. Adell is a once in a generation talent and him and Trout on the same field at the same time will lead to good things.
5. MacKenzie Gore, LHP, San Diego Padres
Gore has a fucky delivery to the plate which can throw hitters off. Gore has been a stud for the Padres in the minor leagues and him and all of the young talent on the Padres roster will lead to a bright future in San Diego.
4. Adley Rutschman, C, Baltimore Orioles
Rutschman went first overall to the O's in the 2019 draft and was the first catcher to go first overall since Joe Mauer in 2001. Rutschman is a switch hitting catcher who will provide the O's with a star on there team. When the Orioles took him in the draft, everybody knew they where going in the right direction.
3. Luis Robert, OF, Chicago White Sox
Robert is the definition of a five tool player. He hits for great power, runs the bases super well, and hits for a good average and is a great defender. Robert is going to be a stud in the future and can hit of the White Sox pitchers pretty well.
2. Gavin Lux, 2B/SS, Los Angeles Dodgers
Lux is a left handed hitting Second baseman/Shortstop who will provide so much talent to an already amazing Dodgers club. Lux is a stud and can be a Derek Jeter with more pop and a better glove.
1. Wander Franco, SS, Tampa Bay Rays
Franco does it all at an elite level for the Rays and is only 18! He has all the tools to be the next Francisco Lindor and is a key contributer to the Rays young talent. Franco is going to be a stud.
This is if there careers go they way they are supposed to go and non of them struggle a lot. Some might not be able to hit major league pitching and some might struggle against major league hitters. But if they play up to there hype and projections, these players could be the next big stars in the league.
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Butt cries foul over continuous snub
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ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide him justice as he has been giving consecutive performances during the domestic cricket.
Talking to The Nation, Butt lamented that the PCB and selectors were completely ignoring him and also depriving Pakistan team of a seasoned opener, who could help resolve batting woes of national team. "My performances in the longer as well shorter versions are no secret. I just want to know why I am being given such rough treatment. I had long accepted my mistake and sought mercy from the entire nation. If the PCB high ups have decided not to let me and M Asif play for the national team again, they should clearly tell us."
He said that he is unsure whether he would be able to win the backing of PCB and chief selectors. "My performances for the last three seasons in domestic cricket are good enough to show my form and fitness. I have scored a lot of runs and helped my department Wapda win Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. I am giving out my best and hoping for the best in return."
The former captain said that no one can deny the significance of having experienced players in the team, which couldn't easily be replaced by youngsters at once. "Every top team whole-solely depend and rely on experience and even half fit players are given nod of approval over youngsters. I am not against the inclusion of fresh blood in the national team, but there is a certain criterion.
"If you expose fresh players against even sides like Afghanistan and Bangladesh, the things will go from bad to worse. Look at last year's Champions Trophy, Pakistan team only scored big runs in the final while prior to that, they were chasing targets, which were very much within their grasp," he added.
About the Asia Cup, he said that the green caps were looking under pressure against the arch-rivals India and other teams as well. "There was no game plan and I feel the team selection was also a bit shaky and people had pinned high hopes on batting, which resulted in panic and the entire team was out of sorts. Even against Afghanistan, they were looking tensed and wanted things to happen for them, rather than giving their best.
The former captain said that the selectors had given too much priority to PSL-based performances and picked almost all the players from shorter version of the game, which exposed badly. "The first-class performers like me were completely ignored. The shorter format performances couldn't produce results in 50-over game. They don't know how to build the innings, as one or two innings give them 4 to 5 matches. For the last few months, we had played against minnows, so unless we play against top sides, our cricket is not going to improve," he added.
He said that the match winners must be given nod of approval instead of preferring PSL performers. "If PCB gives me opportunity, I won't disappoint the team and nation and will give my 100 percent. I am working very hard and really want to help green caps in registering crucial victories. I want justice and if I am performing, it is my right to play for Pakistan," Butt concluded.
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Target-2 balances, the intra-euro area settlement accounts, are heading for €1tn of Bundesbank claims on the rest of the single currency bloc. Mirroring the euro area's internal balance of payments, the Target-2 balances have been rising since the onset of the financial crisis in 2007. After a respite following the European Central Bank's emerging measures in 2012, a further substantial boost has come from the ECB's quantitative easing programme, under the large-scale government bond purchases that started in Mach 2015.
The balances result from national central banks' ability to issue euros, which are freely transferable to buy goods and assets across countries – enabling Italian investors, for example, to transfer funds risk-free to other centres where they may be more secure than in Italy in the event that the euro area breaks up. It is worthwhile looking at the parallels and contrasts with the US – and to ponder what the US reaction would be if a similar system were enacted there.
The US indeed has a roughly similar set-up, called Fedwire, which records claims and liabilities among the 12 regional banks of the Federal Reserve System. But there are some crucial institutional differences. Most importantly, the balances are periodically settled. While the Federal Reserve Bank in New York had a large surplus between 2008-12, the balances have been much closer to zero since then.
Furthermore, euro area central banks have far greater leeway than the regional US Feds in the liquidity they provide. Imagine the US had introduced the following reform package in 2008: bonds of the US states, including the state of California, which was facing financial trouble at time, would be allowed to be used as collateral by banks when borrowing from the regional Feds. This would have indirectly opened the door for the state to keep financing itself through the local banking system, instead of implementing painful spending cuts.
Second, suppose the San Francisco Fed, for example, had an emerging liquidity assistance instrument. Instead of closing troubled banks, the regional Fed could provide the money to rescue them, without collateral. Also, the governor of California would have had the power to create further collateral by giving a 'California state guarantee' on performing credit claims of private California banks, which would make them eligible as collateral at the San Francisco Fed.
Finally, imagine the US quantitative easing programme no longer bought US Treasury bills or mortgage-backed securities, but instead purchased Californian bonds. More precisely, the Fed in San Francisco would be buying, while the Fed in New York had to pay for them, because the previous bond owner happens to have their bank account in New York. Under these circumstances, the concerns about imbalances would be more comparable.
The impact of Europe's QE on Target-2 was predicted by observers and analysts, including myself. While the national central banks create liquidity according to the ECB capital key (under which bonds are bought in proportion to the share of the ECB capital provided by each country), this liquidity does not need to stay in the country where it was created. In principle, it all could be wire-transferred to Germany and end up as a liability on the Bundesbank balance sheet. The Bundesbank, in return, would only get a Target-2 claim on the euro system.
Moreover, the national central banks may purchase bonds directly in Frankfurt, or in London, from a trading partner that maintains its euro accounts in Frankfurt as well. In these cases, the Bundesbank is responsible for crediting the money directly in the bond-sellers' reserve account with the Bundesbank, and gets an offsetting Target-2 claim on the euro system. For this reason, the pattern of Target-2 balances has become foreseeable and closely follows the expansion of QE.
Returning to the US comparison, would taxpayers in New York be worried if California elected a governor who wanted the state to exit the US and issue its own currency, as some politicians close to the ruling parties in Italy have recently indicated they wish to do? Perhaps it would be a matter of magnitude. Target-2 claims crossing €1tn in the US would mean that there had been enough net transfers between the regional Feds to buy a 51% stake in 16 of the 30 stock companies listed on the Dow Jones Index at current prices. After a potential breakup, the former holders of Californian state debt would remain the share-owners of these companies, while the New York Fed would merely have a dollar claim on the San Francisco Fed, which might declare insolvency after California exited the union. Even for US standards, this could result in a significant loss.
Implementing key elements of the US system in Europe, including periodic settlement, would make the Target-2 system much more sustainable. Clearly, this would not constitute a limitation on the free movement of capital, as dollars are free to move in the US. Although present imbalances may keep the euro area together in the short term – as they have done in the case of the US throughout American history – their continuous increase also sets the stage for a potentially much larger crisis in the future.


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2009's inFamous really confirmed the arrival of the PlayStation 3. Despite launching two years earlier, with a high price and few titles of interest, the system had not made a huge splash. The price drop and some appealing exclusives meant the system really built steam a few years in, and Sucker Punch's debut on the next generation hardware impressed with its engaging open-world superhero dramatics. Two years later, it's time for the team to take it to the next level in inFamous 2.
Quick background: you play as Cole, an innocent bike messenger turned electric powerhouse when caught in an explosion of suspect origin. Choose to use your powers for good or evil, battle your time travelling nemesis, and roll credits. End of first game. Turns out your future self had been battling an entity called The Beast and realised the only way to win was to go back in time and prepare the earlier Cole for battle. Game two sees you fleeing from The Beast and taking up residency in New Marais, a New Orleans-esque metropolis, while you try and find a way to defeat it. Phew.
Here's the problem. inFamous 2 is not a big enough evolution of the original formula. That formula, for those unfamiliar, was basically to take over territory across three islands of the city, fighting insurgents and mutants, and upgrading your powers. You can opt to stick solely to the main quest, but if you spend time working on the side missions you'll gain territory and be able to wander through town without being attacked, and also earn the XP you need to afford more upgrades. Throughout, you'll have to make choices between doing good or evil, with your decisions affecting how your powers evolve.
Last time, I noted that the moral choices were artificially binary and thus unsatisfactory. A triangular system where you could be chaotic and make varyingly good or evil choices depending on the situation would have been a great inclusion. As it is, if you waver you miss out on the more powerful abilities earned as your Karma meter swings to an extremity. So, the moral system is the same overly simple one as before, though at least this time it affects the final outcome of the game, with a different climax and confrontation depending on how you side.


There are many great benefits to being an IABC member for communications professionals at any stage of their careers. If you've ever found yourself wondering 'why join IABC?', check out the following blog post from our colleagues at IABC/NewJersey.
Non-members often ask this question when they attend our events. The answer they get are numerous and vary depending on who is being asked. So, we decided to formally record these answers by posing the question to a few current IABC NJ members (including some board members, such as myself). You can watch this brief insightful video here. In addition to my answer in the video and the others from my colleagues, I want to offer an alternative perspective too.
If you're a professional communicator - if this is the career that you're looking to advance in, either in a corporate position or as a consultant or freelancer - then I would turn the question around and ask "Why wouldn't you join the IABC?"
If you don't want to have the opportunity to take member-only classes and training sessions, attend professional development programs at discounted prices, or socialize with the best in the business at networking events, then don't join the IABC.
Obviously I'm being a bit sardonic, but if you care about your career then joining a professional society is an important step. For instance, a civil engineer doesn't think twice about joining the American Society of Civil Engineers (I happen to know many of them), as do CPAs with respect to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. So why should it be any different for a communication professional? It's an instant sign that you're serious about your career and that no matter how good you are you know that you can be even better by participating in an organization dedicated to your success and that of your profession.
But most of all, you get to meet really nice, cool, smart people, who can teach you a lot, and that is invaluable!
We couldn't have said it better ourselves! To learn more about the value of being a member, or to join IABC/Regina today visit our Membership homepage.


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Megan Tusing as "Nina" is the jewel of the show...In an intimate and unmannered performance, Tusing's Nina is an innocent youth growing into her own skin, amidst all the wrinkles and sags of the changing world. But her story's no mere history; she is, with us, in immediate reality.
Alex Herrald and Megan Tusing are utterly convincing as the teenagers, tongue-tied and hesitant on their way home from an encounter — to call it a date would be an overstatement — that held more than either of them realized.
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Dolls house interiors: perfect rooms in miniature form
Why a dolls house is the ideal way to try out a new interiors scheme
Published: January 16th, 2015 at 4:53 pm
If you have ever wanted to attempt a bold creative scheme but felt tentative about splashing the paint about in case it doesn't suit, a dolls house could be the answer.
Dolls' houses: a brief history
Dolls' houses – or baby houses as they were also known – first came around during the 1600s in the Netherlands and Germany. They were grand, expensive and architecturally sound pieces that were meant to idealize interiors and illustrate how domestic life should be played out.
They enjoyed something of a boom during the Victorian period, with many wealthy families installing one in their nursery.
It was in the early 1920s that the British public really fell in love with the idea, after one was commissioned as a gift to Queen Mary. The idea was to create the ultimate dolls' house.
Built to 1/12th scale, Queen Mary's house involved many great artists of the time. A sewing machine from Singer, clocks by Cartier, china by Doulton and cars from Rolls Royce were all made for the miniature masterpiece. There's even a 500-word short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, printed in a tiny book in the house's library.
Still on display in Windsor Castle, this spectacle of interiors was the catalyst for a notable increase in miniature hobbyists over the course of the next century.
See for yourselves…
We love these miniature interiors, which were designed for the V&A museums Small Stories: At Home in a Dolls' House exhibition back in 2015. During which 20 of London's best artists and designers were asked to create magical miniature rooms to make one 'Dream House'.
Ranging from an underwater bathroom to a picture-perfect library with scaled down Liberty fabrics, the rooms are a vibrant reflection of the designers' interiors fantasies.
Here are some of our favourite designs…
Offline Hideaway by Dominic Wilcox
Artist and designer Dominic has created the ultimate escape with his room. 'I saw the room as the set of a scene from a story about a young woman turning her back on technology for a moment of escape. The digital world is all around us now and I have a feeling that we would have to go to great lengths to escape it.'
Home is Bear the Heart is by Mister Peebles
'Brown bears are big travellers, but they also return home', says illustrator Helen McGinley. 'The idea of a dream house for me is somewhere you want to go back to. This little room is decorated with objects that will remind the bear of his life's adventures.'
Library (A Recent Plan) by Liberty Art Fabrics Interiors
Emma Mawston, Head of Design for Interiors at Liberty Art Fabrics, based the room on her dream of one day having a library in her home. 'We are about to embark on a furnishing collection based on dolls houses. It is inspired by my younger daughter and my love of interiors of any size. When our room was finished we wanted to pull out a book and start reading, and hope others will feel the same'.
For more miniature inspiration take a look at the other 'Dream Rooms' below.
I Always Dreamed of an Underwater Aquarium Bathroom by Katy Christianson
If a Budgie Dreamed of Being a Magpie by Bethan Wood
A Night in the Studio by Ina Shin


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Time to Change Nigeria's National Flag
Farooq A. Kperogi Saturday, October 27, 2012 Weekly Trust
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Nigeria undoubtedly has one of the world's worst designed flags. It is unimaginative, aesthetically unpleasan...
Nigeria undoubtedly has one of the world's worst designed flags. It is unimaginative, aesthetically unpleasant, and sterile in imagery and symbolism. It is one of only few national flags I know that repeat one bland color twice and that does not faithfully depict the culture, peculiarities, and history of the people it purports to typify.
This may seem like a trivial subject-matter--and maybe it is-- but recent events in Nigeria should cause us all to question our representational images and the relation of those images to our experiential realities. As children in primary school, we were taught that the green in our flag represents agriculture and that the white represents peace. Contemporary Nigeria, as we all know, is anything but an agricultural and peaceful country.
But before I dissect the representational inexactitude of our flag, let me examine its creativity deficit. I have never been able to wrap my head around the justification for the repetition of the color green in our national colors. You would think the color green was in danger of going out of circulation and needed to be captured and curated on a flag—or that the scores of color types that could be worthy symbols of our everyday realities suddenly developed wings and took a flight from the earth.
Are colors the only symbolic representations we can invoke to depict our culture, peculiarities, and history? What about the awe-inspiring, time-honored rivers that course through the length and breadth of our country's landscape; the rich, labyrinthine tapestry of our history; our uniquely sumptuous culinary treats; our valiant pre-colonial empires and their extravagantly elegant royalty; our creative orthographic inventions such as Ajami in northern Nigeria and Nsibidi in southeastern Nigeria?
What about our rich ethnic and linguistic diversity? What about the creative genius of our art and craft and the fascinating meteorological diversities of our regions? And so on and so forth. Why is none of these captured representationally on our national flag?
It takes little or no imagination to design a flag with two mind-numbingly commonsensical colors. In fact, it takes a spectacular lack of imagination to design the kind of uninspired and uninspiring flag that Nigeria hoists. It fills me with enormous shame that we call that irredeemably nondescript esthetic embarrassment our national flag. Yet, a certain 73-year-old man by the name of Michael Taiwo Akinkumi, who claims to have "designed" our national flag, perennially bewails that he has not been sufficiently rewarded by the Nigerian government for his "genius."
During every Independence Day celebration, our newspapers never fail to tell us how Mr. Akinkunmi, an Owu man from Abeokuta who lives in Ibadan, is mired in grubby poverty in spite of having the "distinction" of "designing" Nigeria's flag. If I wasn't brought up to respect old age, I would have suggested that we start a national ritual of flogging the man every October 1st until we come up with a more creative and befitting national flag!
To be fair to the man, though, his original entry, according to the Wikipedia entry on the Flag of Nigeria, "had a red sun with streaming rays placed at the top of the white stripe." But the judges, who chose his design as the best out of thousands of entries, removed the red sun. Any wonder we've been enveloped by metaphorical and literal darkness since independence? I imagine that the judges were British colonialists, since this competition took place in 1959 when Nigeria was still under the yoke of British colonialism. What could be the judges' motivation for foisting a bland, colorless (never mind that it has two colors!), and uninspiring flag on us? Your guess is as good as mine.
But we have been "independent" from British colonial rule for 52 years now. Isn't it about time we rethought the colors and design of our national flag? For one, it is a holdover from colonialism; it wasn't a product of a post-independence effort. Since we changed our colonially inherited national anthem (which, sadly, is worse than its predecessor in content, cadence, and creativity) we can also change our national flag. It isn't a sacred symbol, after all. In any case, it's customary for countries to redesign their national flags—if they have a reason to. Britain's national flag, for instance, has been changed many times since 1603 when it was first designed.
And we have many good reasons to change ours. Nigeria is no longer the agricultural country it was when the flag was conceived and designed. The groundnut pyramids of the pre-independence and post-independence eras in northern Nigeria have evaporated into thin air. The cocoa farms in southwest Nigeria have been lost irretrievably. All over Nigeria, we have condemned ourselves to subsistence farming.
So agriculture—or whatever the green in our national flag represents—isn't a faithful representation of who we are now. It's doubly shameful that we have repeated that representation twice in our flag. If anything needs representing on our flag, it is a color that signifies our dependence on oil. Of course, that, too, would be shortsighted since oil is a fleeting natural endowment.
And peace? Oh, please! Given the mindless, ever-present, fratricidal bloodshed that has been our lot since independence—and that seems to be deepening with every passing day—we should spare the world the horror of calling ourselves a peaceful nation.
We have no business having a green-white-green national flag.
Ajami Farooq Kperogi green white green Michael Taiwo Akinkumi national flag Nigeria Nsibidi Weekly Trust


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Home Breaking Victorian logging regulator to get new powers over VicForests after allegations of...
Victorian logging regulator to get new powers over VicForests after allegations of illegal logging
State government-owned logging company VicForests will soon face harsher regulation and greater oversight by the regulator, a move which comes in the aftermath of an ABC investigation into allegations of illegal logging.
The Victorian government has announced new powers for the state's logging regulator
Other changes will aim to limit conservationists' ability stop logging in the courts
Allegations against VicForests included systemic illegal logging, "spying", and failing to regenerate land
The regulator's additional powers were announced as part of what Victoria's Agriculture Minister described as "major changes" to the state's plan to shut the native logging industry by 2030.
But they were packaged with other changes, which conservationists have said may weaken protections for the environment.
The changes included nearly doubling the money given to communities affected by the industry's decline, and a move one industry player hopes will limit the ability for conservationists to challenge logging in courts.
"The plan ensures critical supply chains that rely on native timber will have enough time to adjust ahead of the phase-out in 2030, while supporting workers and communities through the 2024 step-down and beyond," said Mary-Anne Thomas, Victoria's agriculture minister, in a statement.
Tightening regeneration oversight
Last month, an ABC investigation revealed areas that had been logged were not being regrown as the industry claimed. Some areas, which were officially marked as regenerated, years later appeared to be nothing more than weed-infested grasslands.
VicForests said at the time it complied with the law and that any questions about those areas already marked as regenerated should be directed to the government since they were no longer VicForests' responsibility.
But the decision to categorise many of those logged areas as "regenerated" did not require any independent checks.
In a statement, a VicForests spokesperson said: "VicForests welcomes today's announcement by the Victorian government to bolster the Victorian Forestry Plan.
"We look forward to working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure a strong and vibrant future for Victorian forestry."
Now, the government has said they will reinstate a requirement for any areas being claimed as regenerated, to be approved first by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
To support that change, the government also announced $14 million would be spent, including on work to establish a way of managing regenerated forests in the long term.
Margaret Blakers, an independent researcher who conducted a detailed investigation into VicForests' regeneration, said the move was positive but mostly "window dressing".
"The first point is that they have actually recognised that there are huge problems with regeneration. That's implicit in the response," she said.
But she said the main problem underlying the failed regeneration was simply the scale and intensity of the logging.
"Regeneration starts with logging and there is no reduction in the intensity of logging, no moving forward of the 2030 deadline," said Ms Blakers, who has been a prominent member of the Greens.
"So logging continues at the same pace until at least 2024 and that's a disaster."
New powers, but no details
Minister Thomas also announced plans to give the Office of the Conservation Regulator new infringement powers, giving it more tools to discipline VicForests if it breaches logging laws again.
But the government could not provide details about what those new powers would be.
Last month, the ABC revealed evidence supporting allegations of widespread and systemic breaches of logging laws by VicForests.
The ABC also revealed the regulator had failed to properly investigate those allegations.
David Lindenmayer from the Australian National University, one of the world's leading forest ecologists, said the announcement sounded meaningless.
"They haven't used the powers they have, so I want to see something real here rather than vacuous arm-waving," he said.
Nicola Rivers, an environmental lawyer at Environment Justice Australia, agreed.
"While it is promising [that] the Andrews government has recognised this is a serious issue, it is absolutely inadequate to waste time introducing new infringement options when the focus should be on using the strong environment protection tools already available in Victorian law," she said.
"The problem is not a lack of enforcement tools, the problem is the government's failure to use them."
VicForests has consistently denied breaching the law in a widespread way.
"All timber harvesting and regeneration operations are conducted in line with Victoria's strict environmental regulations and the State's Forest Management Zoning Scheme," it said in an earlier statement.
Freeing loggers from court challenges
Meanwhile, in response to legal challenges, the government said it would introduce legislation to give more "certainty" to industry.
New legislation would make changes to the way something called the "precautionary principle" is required to be complied with by loggers.
The precautionary principle is written into the law, requiring VicForests to abide by it. In general terms, it means actions should be taken to avoid environmental harm, even when it is not certain that harm would occur. But precisely how that is applied in any particular jurisdiction is a complex matter usually decided by courts.
Last year, the Federal Court ruled VicForests had been breaching the precautionary principle by failing to avoid serious and irreversible damage to the threatened Greater Glider.
"We have seen increased litigation which has locked up coupes and made it more difficult for our industry to access the timber that they need," Minister Thomas said.
Malcolm McComb, chairman of forestry business Pentarch Group, was very grateful for the government's announcement.
"We would just like to say we are very thankful to the government for taking the steps to stop the warfare, and the legislation changes to stop the amount of time that's been wasted on pursuing political change through the court system," he said.
No detail was released about how that would be implemented. Minister Thomas said it would be revealed in legislation to be tabled in 2022.
Environmental lawyer Nicola Rivers said the move could weaken environmental law and put wildlife at greater risk.
"Logging continues to drive threatened wildlife towards extinction. It's time for the Andrews government to use the full force of the law not rewrite it, and to immediately protect remaining important habitats," she said.
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The Chicago Riverwalk by Ross Barney Architects and Sasaki with lighting design from Schuler Shook wins the Outstanding Achievement in Exterior Lighting award in the 2017 Light & Architecture Design Awards from lighting publication Architectural Lighting.
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The final phase of the Riverwalk marks the reclamation of the Chicago River for the ecological, recreational, and economic benefits of the city. The most visible and ambitious public project in Chicago since Millennium Park, the Riverwalk integrates the Chicago urban experience with the dynamic and changing life of the river.
Phase 1, completed in 2009 by Ross Barney Architects, includes Chicago's Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, Wabash Plaza, and the Bridgehouse Museum Plaza, connected at river level. Phase 2, completed in 2015, and the soon-to-open Phase 3 are six conceptual, outdoor "rooms" designed to embrace the river in a variety of ways.
Water Plaza – The sunniest is portion of the walk park features a sundeck to enjoy the views and a children's fountain where families can interact with water.
The Jetty – An interactive environment for learning about the ecology of the River with a series of piers, floating wetland gardens, fish habitat, native plantings and opportunities for fishing.
The Boardwalk – A space for relaxation and enjoying the view, the Boardwalk has a great lawn for lounging and a striking sloping bridge over floating gardens. An accessible walkway and new marine edge creates continuous access to Lake Street and sets the scene for future development in this critical space at the confluence.
The design of the Chicago Riverwalk acts as a seam between Wacker Drive's Beaux Arts architecture and the natural landscape of the River. This connection to the River, with remarkable views, water sports and recreation, and ecology promotes stewardship of this vital natural resource. The Jetty not only educates the public on the ecology of the river, but also helps to foster the river's healthy growth. The Riverwalk was designed to be forward thinking for resiliency and plans for a future when the water is clean and swimmable.
The myriad of activities offered along the Chicago Riverwalk have already been embraced by the public. On high traffic days, restaurants report 45 minute waits for tables—time easily passed on the waterfront—and water boat and bike tours are sold to capacity. The Chicago Riverwalk has already proved to be an economic and recreational success, while providing a beloved public amenity in the heart of an urban core for decades to come.
Ross Barney Architects is pleased to announce the official opening of the third and final phase of the Chicago Riverwalk.
The Riverwalk offers a variety of opportunities to find the beauty and spirit of the Chicago River. The City backdrop invades this unique experience, presenting visitors with an unexpected perspective.
Any way you decide to take on the Riverwalk, you will be delighted with the choices you have to enjoy this treasure. Live performances from local musicians, public art exhibitions and special events will be offered throughout the season. Check the calendar of events for upcoming performances and events.
Once an industrial space in disuse, the Chicago Riverwalk, a 1.5 mile promenade along the Chicago River, has been transformed into a dynamic space lined with public amenities, restaurants, cultural activities and access to natural habitats for city residents and visitors alike.
Our Great Rivers is the first-ever unifying and forward-looking vision for all three of Chicago's rivers.
It also begins the process of looking upstream, down-stream and across the banks to connect Chicagoans with forest preserves and suburban communities that will be vital partners in realizing our collective vision. That vision—by 2040, Chicago's rivers will be inviting, productive and living places where everyone can have their own experience—was articulated by thousands of stakeholders through an intensive 18-month, citywide visioning process led by the Metropolitan Planning Council, in part-nership with the Office of the Mayor of the City of Chicago, Friends of the Chicago River and more. Our Great Rivers lays out discrete goals for 2020, 2030 and 2040, enabling us to monitor progress toward achieving inviting, productive and living rivers. It also articulates a need to determine new revenue streams and leadership collaborations for the rivers to ensure that this vision is realized and can endure.
What follows is a combination of the subtle and the bold. As an example, we'll develop a unified brand for our rivers by 2020, which can then be used in marketing, trail signage and even T-shirts. By 2030, we can go further, transforming the Port District and industrial corridors throughout the city into highly productive assets for the whole region, the river system and our neighborhoods. And by 2040, as a result of decades of water quality improvements and habitat restoration, our rivers will be teeming with native plant and animal species. And we'll be swim-ming in them. Yes, you read that right.
Our Great Rivers comes at an important time for our rivers. For most of Chicago's history, our 150-plus miles of river and riverfront have been abused and polluted. We reversed the Chicago and Calumet rivers, channelized them, and used them to move wastewater out of the region. We used the rivers for transportation and heavy industry, but not much else. Water quality, habitat, park space and even the aesthetics of the riverfront environment were not even an afterthought.
The desire for use—for play, work, living, relaxation, community gathering, we heard it all in our commu-nity outreach—comes at a time when new challenges above and beyond water quality compel us to rethink our rivers. The nature of our industrial riverfront is changing, in some places to new kinds of industry and in some away from industry all together. Aquatic invasive species, namely Asian carp, have drawn significant scrutiny. Toxic legacies of the past linger in contaminated sediments and riverfront brownfields.
Our Great Rivers grapples with all these issues and more.Our Great Rivers also comes at an important time for Chicago. Many communities are struggling. Outside the downtown core, too many people are leaving the city. Civic pride, in many communities, is at a nadir. Disinvestment, apathy and violence are realities that cannot be wistfully overlooked. This vision—and it is an aspirational vision, not a detailed master plan for every inch of our 150-plus miles of rivers and river-fronts—cannot hope to solve all of Chicago's woes. But our rivers can be an integral part of the solutions. We can create more jobs along our rivers by modern-izing our land use policies and making sites more marketable for development. We can bring open space and recreation to more communities, creating opportunities for solace, connection with nature, exercise and good clean fun. We can create outlets for community pride by fostering stewardship and creating lively gathering places along our rivers. We need these things now more than ever.
Due in large part to the committed stewardship of our many partners, in particular Friends of the Chicago River, we are already on the path toward achieving many of the goals of Our Great Rivers. Still, there is much more to be done. This vision will unify activ-ities and communities along the rivers, inspire new projects and ideas, motivate stewardship, guide new initiatives and prioritize investment. This vision for Our Great Rivers will only do those things if we collectively embrace our role in making these rivers and river-fronts what we want them to be. Join us. At a time when our city and many of our neighborhoods are struggling, we can create jobs, improve communities and increase civic pride by investing in our rivers.


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Social justice advocate Lindsey Simerly announces run for Asheville City Council
Jason Sandford May 23, 2015
Lindsey Simerly, who has worked for the legalization of gay marriage as campaign manager for the Campaign for Southern Equality the past four years, announced her bid for Asheville City Council on Saturday.
Simerly ran an unsuccessful bid for Asheville City Council in 2007, but went on to work on successful campaigns for Buncombe County Commissioners Brownie Newman and Holly Jones, as well as Asheville City Councilman Gordon Smith. Simerly also worked as a field representative for former U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler.
Three Asheville City Council seats are up for election – those held by Marc Hunt, Chris Pelly and Jan Davis. Pelly and Davis have said they're not seeking re-election, while Hunt has announced that he is running for another term.
The following are the other candidates who have announced plans to run: Corey Atkins, Keith Young, Rich Lee, Julie Mayfield, Grant Millin and Jonathan Wainscott. With Hunt and Simerly, that brings the total number of candidates to eight. There will be an October primary election to cut the field to six, with the general election to follow in November. Candidates file formal intentions to run in July.
Here's Simerly's announcement on Facebook:
Today I am excited to announce that I am running for Asheville City Council. I've been fighting to give working people a chance while experiencing firsthand what it means to work full-time and yet still struggle to make rent. I've been fighting for full LGBT equality while knowing firsthand what discrimination feels like. These experiences set me apart—and that's a voice we need now on City Council.
And here's more from a Simerly press release posted at Mountain Xpress:
"I've been fighting to give working people a chance while experiencing firsthand what it means to work full-time and yet still struggle to make rent. I've been fighting for full LGBT equality while knowing firsthand what discrimination feels like. These experiences set me apart—and that's a voice we need now on City Council," said Simerly.
Simerly has served as the city's Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Chair since 2012. She has introduced policies including revising land use ordinances to increase housing density, annual increases in funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund until it reaches the goal of 1 cent per $100 of assessed value of all property in the City, and setting an annual target number of newly created affordable housing units.
"I understand why housing issues matter so desperately to families and working people in Asheville," said Simerly. "I have 12 years of experience in policy making, organizing, collaborating, and engaging the community right here in Asheville. Beyond this, I know what it means to struggle to get by in a city that's becoming less affordable every day."
Simerly first moved to Asheville at age 18, finding work as a cook at Waffle House, a construction worker, and a maintenance technician at the French Broad Food Co-op. Now, at age 30, Simerly is a civil rights worker with experience in social justice and environmental advocacy, and electoral politics.
For the past four years, Simerly has rallied for marriage equality as the Campaign Manager for the Campaign for Southern Equality (CSE). Headquartered in Asheville, CSE was instrumental in the lawsuit that legalized same-sex marriage in North Carolina.
Simerly is past Campaign Director for the Dogwood Alliance, which protects Southeastern forests; the past Field Director for Congressman Heath Shuler's successful re-election in 2010; and has worked on the campaigns of County Commissioners Holly Jones and Brownie Newman and City Councilman Gordon Smith.
Simerly said Councilman Chris Pelly's decision to forgo a re-election campaign "creates a gap in advocacy for affordable housing and representation for East Asheville, a gap that I can fill."
Simerly is a homeowner in Haw Creek, which is also Pelly's neighborhood. Simerly said she will also draw on her experiences of having lived in most parts of the city, most recently in West Asheville.
Simerly and her fiance Melissa Wilson, a licensed clinical social worker serving middle school students, have a two-year old daughter.
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Sulla Felix May 26, 2015
Blah blah blah. 'Social justice'. Seriously? Wow, there are so many more important things that need dealing with and you want to focus on 'social justice'? Do you have even an INKLING of dealing with city budgets? Are you going to raise taxes to support more 'disadvantaged families'? Have you considered that you liberal scum are taxing the middle class to death to fund your idiotic, pointless social programs? You wonder why Asheville and the country in general are in such a budget fix? Simple. Moron liberal Democrats like you.
Go away and let real people go in and cut spending and taxes, force some of the layabouts to get a job (of course, not all people on government assistance are layabouts) and give people more of THEIR money to spend rather than 'redistribute' it and see how many more people will be not 'disadvantaged'.
Bloody fools.
Matt May 27, 2015
But do you have an opinion on the matter?
indie May 24, 2015
In NC, cities have very little power compared to the counties and, especially, the state.
That's one reason so little gets accomplished and indirectly dissuades people from running.
On the other hand, the Asheville City Council leads the league in volume of meaningless proclamations.
lastly, the gap between Asheville and unincorporated Buncombe County property taxes has become so vast that raising taxes to fund "progressive' notions is very difficult. Non-property tax revenue is largely controlled by the state and/or county.
Barry Summers May 24, 2015
Good luck in the race, Lindsey, and thanks for all the good work you do.
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Tim Peck May 23, 2015
"There will be an October primary election to cut the field to six"
I believe it's a Special Runoff Election, since council elections are nonpartisan.
Buncombe County Board of Elections refers to it as a "Primary Election." Don't you remember? You ran in one:
bit.ly/1JKYHwp (drag & drop link)
I remember you didn't, Motormouth.
Just trying to help you keep your facts straight.
jonathan wainscott May 25, 2015
Tim and Barry like to play pundit to those that like to play politicians then they talk about why things don't get done. Anyway, can't wait to meet Lindsay and discuss the finer points of (un)affordable housing and possible solutions.
Good luck in the race, Jonathan.
You should run for office. The Shad Marsh campaign would be a good model for you.
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Let's go to the source:
N.C.G.S. 163-294. Determination of election results in cities using nonpartisan primaries.
(a) In cities whose elections are nonpartisan and who use the nonpartisan primary and election method, there shall be a primary to narrow the field of candidates to two candidates for each position to be filled if, when the filing period closes, there are more than two candidates for a single office or the number of candidates for a group of offices exceeds twice the number of positions to be filled. If only one or two candidates file for a single office, no primary shall be held for that office and the candidates shall be declared nominated. If the number of candidates for a group of offices does not exceed twice the number of positions to be filled, no primary shall be held for those offices and the candidates shall be declared nominated…
http://ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-293.html
Former Reporter at WYPN May 23, 2015
Doesn't anyone with a background in something other than non-profits want to run? Anyone?
NFB May 24, 2015
Well, Rich Lee is with Edward Jones but yeah, it does seem that thus far that the announced candidates tend to be a bit on the homogenized side a problem council itself tends to have right now.
With the retirement of Councilman Jan Davis it would be nice to see someone step forward in his style — someone who understands to the needs of the business community without all the arrogance, bluster, and egotistical grandstanding so many who have claimed to represent it on council in the past have suffered from.
But the announcement and fling period is still young.
"NFB" is really Rich Lee himself. I wish these wise people who have so much to say would use their real names. If you are too scared to reveal yourself, don't talk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgTxuMZHXnI
Orbit DVD May 25, 2015
My youngest graduates in two years… talk to me then.
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#ifndef BASIC_RECORDER_HPP
#define BASIC_RECORDER_HPP

/*
* LOCAL includes
*/
#include <naoqi_driver/recorder/globalrecorder.hpp>
#include "../helpers/recorder_helpers.hpp"

/*
* STANDARD includes
*/
#include <string>
#include <boost/circular_buffer.hpp>

namespace naoqi
{
namespace recorder
{

template<class T>
class BasicRecorder
{

public:
  BasicRecorder( const std::string& topic, float buffer_frequency = 0 ):
    topic_( topic ),
    buffer_duration_( helpers::recorder::bufferDefaultDuration ),
    is_initialized_( false ),
    is_subscribed_( false ),
    buffer_frequency_(buffer_frequency),
    counter_(1)
  {}

  virtual ~BasicRecorder() {}

  inline std::string topic() const
  {
    return topic_;
  }

  inline bool isInitialized() const
  {
    return is_initialized_;
  }

  inline void subscribe( bool state)
  {
    is_subscribed_ = state;
  }

  inline bool isSubscribed() const
  {
    return is_subscribed_;
  }

  virtual void write(const T& msg)
  {
    if (!msg.header.stamp.isZero()) {
      gr_->write(topic_, msg, msg.header.stamp);
    }
    else {
      gr_->write(topic_, msg);
    }
  }

  virtual void writeDump(const ros::Time& time)
  {
    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock_write_buffer( mutex_ );
    typename boost::circular_buffer<T>::iterator it;
    for (it = buffer_.begin(); it != buffer_.end(); it++)
    {
      if (!it->header.stamp.isZero()) {
        gr_->write(topic_, *it, it->header.stamp);
      }
      else {
        gr_->write(topic_, *it);
      }
    }
  }

  virtual void bufferize(const T& msg)
  {
    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock_bufferize( mutex_ );
    if (counter_ < max_counter_)
    {
      counter_++;
    }
    else
    {
      counter_ = 1;
      buffer_.push_back(msg);
    }
  }

  virtual void reset(boost::shared_ptr<GlobalRecorder> gr, float conv_frequency)
  {
    gr_ = gr;
    conv_frequency_ = conv_frequency;
    if (buffer_frequency_ != 0)
    {
      max_counter_ = static_cast<int>(conv_frequency/buffer_frequency_);
      buffer_size_ = static_cast<size_t>(buffer_duration_*(conv_frequency/max_counter_));
    }
    else
    {
      max_counter_ = 1;
      buffer_size_ = static_cast<size_t>(buffer_duration_*conv_frequency);
    }
    buffer_.resize(buffer_size_);
    is_initialized_ = true;
  }

  virtual void setBufferDuration(float duration)
  {
    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock_bufferize( mutex_ );
    buffer_size_ = static_cast<size_t>(duration*(conv_frequency_/max_counter_));
    buffer_duration_ = duration;
    buffer_.set_capacity(buffer_size_);
  }

protected:
  std::string topic_;

  boost::circular_buffer<T> buffer_;
  size_t buffer_size_;
  float buffer_duration_;
  boost::mutex mutex_;

  bool is_initialized_;
  bool is_subscribed_;

  boost::shared_ptr<naoqi::recorder::GlobalRecorder> gr_;

  float buffer_frequency_;
  float conv_frequency_;
  int counter_;
  int max_counter_;

}; // class

} // publisher
} // naoqi

#endif

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If, while driving under the influence, you cause an injury to an individual other than yourself, you can be charged with California Vehicle Code 23513 VC DUI causing injury.
You are subject to California Vehicle Code 23153(a) VC "DUI causing injury" charges if it is found that, while you were driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, you violated any law or acted in a negligent manner, which subsequently caused bodily injury to any person other than yourself. If it is proven that you had a BAC of 0.08% or greater, you can be charged with California Vehicle Code 23153(b) VC "driving with a BAC of 0.08% or greater and causing any injury". Contrary to 23153(a), instead of proving that you were driving under the influence, 23153(b) requires that the prosecutor prove that you were driving with a BAC of 0.08% or higher.
Penalties for "DUI with Injury" differ depending on the circumstances of your case and your criminal history background. Penalties increase for each subsequent DUI following your first DUI conviction.
Defenses against DUI with injury are similar to those used against a DUI charge. Your defense attorney can argue that you were not under the influence or question the accuracy of the tests used to measure your BAC if your BAC was above 0.08%. Your defense attorney can also claim that your act of negligence or unlawful actions were not the cause of injury. An accident reconstruction expert can be used to study whether other factors such as the weather or road conditions might have been to blame for the accident.
Other matters related to Vehicle Code 23153 VC include California Penal Code 191.5 PC Vehicular Manslaughter while Intoxicated, California VC 20001 Felony Hit and Run Involving Injury, and California Penal Code 2739 PC Child Endangerment.
You commit an act expected to cause the death of another person.


Riot is a lean and secretive puma shifter who has quit The Cause. Gemma is a bulldog reporter chasing a story.
When Riot finds Gemma in the forest, glowing green and fighting a vampire, does he question what he should do? Of course not, he just throws her his knife.
But when she knows his name? Then he questions everything.


text: Photographer, Amanda Baker was born in the UK and arrived in the British Virgin Islands as a member of a three man crew on a transatlantic yacht delivery in 1988. Falling in love with the islands she made Tortola her home. Amanda launched her photography business "Virgin Portraits" in the year 2000 and opened her first gallery in 2003. Presently she has two locations for "The Allamanda Gallery" dedicated to her collection. Home base is Soper's Hole Wharf and Marina, West End Tortola and the second gallery is located at The Moorings Marina, Road Town Tortola , British Virgin Islands.


The Norton kits were terrified after we'd trapped them. They arrived and stacked themselves in the darkest most inaccessible corners of the room that they could find.
We made a little progress through food bribes, though it was slow. We were very conscious of not having been able to get close enough to them to establish genders. A mathematician would be able to tell you an accurate probability that all 4 were the same gender and that we'd be safe from 'teenage' pregnancies. It's not impossible … all four of the H Team are little boys. However Murphy's Law strongly suggested that this would not be the case. We knew little Nancy was a girl because she's tortie. Two of the others were her size and the fourth cat was much bigger. I thought when I first saw them that the bigger one was mum … but was assured that mum was tortie and had sadly moved on. They're around 6/7 months old, the kind of age when you really see a difference in size between males and females, and I suspected we had a tom cat and his three sisters. It would have been nice to allow them to settle for a few weeks and take them to the vet once they were calmer and more comfortable with being handled, but I feared the girls would be pregnant if we didn't act quickly.
So we booked them in at our vets, two at a time, and booked for admission the night before the op because getting them into carriers was not a task to attempt on the way to work in a morning. Both evenings were dramatic in their own way. Even with two of us trying to catch them (thank you Fi) it was tricky. We got Bandit and Nancy into carriers the first time round, and then had to manage flooded roads and backed up traffic to get them to the vets. The second episode was on a lovely sunny day but was more tricky because we had to be more specific about who we caught, and we were after the two who had evaded the carriers the first time round. Fingers was persuaded gently out of her hidey hole and into a carrier. Dodger got heartbreakingly anxious and ran up the window and onto the curtain rail, howling as he went. It was awful to have to pursue and eventually catch him. There are no photos – too stressy and distressy to photograph.
Our suspicions proved to be right. Dodger is a tom cat and the others are girls. It's a huge relief to have them all neutered now. Huge thanks to all the lovely staff at Millhouses Vets4Pets for managing this tricky little crew. At least now we can take our time building their confidence without worrying about there being more kittens on the way.
And their confidence is growing. It's awesome to watch it growing in different ways with each of them.
Bandit/Norton 1 in the order of trapping: She hides when I go in the room more than the others. At the same time, she was the first one I was able to persuade to take chicken treats from me, and the first I was able to touch.
She wasn't the first one to enjoy being stroked, and still often hides when I first go in the room. However once she's out, especially if there is chicken involved …. she's very purry and affectionate.
Nancy/ Norton 2 is quite definitely the most confident of them all at the moment. She was the first to really enjoy being stroked. Initially quite reluctant, then enjoying it but wary of the hand coming towards her, and then just loving it. She's fully signed up to head scratches, tummy rubs etc.
Fingers / Norton 3 was initially the one who hid the most, but recently she's been out waiting for food, whilst Bandit has been hiding. She really captured my heart the way she watched Nancy and Bandit being more confident. She sat a way behind them, purring loudly as I stroked them … as though she was enjoying it by proxy. It reminded me very much of a neuroscience seminar I attended some time ago which talked about mirror neurons. These neurons fire when someone observes another performing an action, almost as though they themselves were doing it. Sure enough … a few days later, Fingers started the process of warily letting me stroke her, and gradually building up to really enjoying it. The video belongs to an early stage in this process.
Dodger/ Norton 4 is an interesting chap. Going right back to the trapping stage, we felt that in some ways he was the most confident …. he was heading into the kitchen rather than the trap for food! In other ways he's the most wary. He's always there in the middle of the floor waiting for his food … he doesn't hide. At the same time, he seriously does not want to be touched. He was the last to be trapped, the most difficult to get into the carrier to go to be neutered, and gave the nurses the biggest run around when he arrived.


Just a heads up that you can now select from a few framework prefixes when posting a thread in the JS Framework section. Please use it if your question corresponds to one of those frameworks, and if there is a framework you'd like to suggest (and you see enough questions to warrant it), please post em here.
Libraries. And the daddy of 'em all - Prototype. Probably just those three would be sufficient.
how to added this prefixes?
There is a combo box at the left next to the thread title field when you create a new thread where you can choose it.
By editing your post and going into advanced edit mode. But you can only edit your posts once you have more than five posts and have been a member for more than a week. That's a measure to prevent spammers from sneaking links into seemingly legitimate posts afterwards.


In his article 'Theory and Practice in the Vergilian Cento' (ICS 9, pp. 79-90), David F. Bright points out (p. 83 and n. 20) that, when the prologue is subtracted, Proba's cento (in which Vergil is Christianized) has exactly 666 lines.
666 is the number of the beast in Revelation 13:18.
Richard J. Clifford, Proverbs: A Commentary (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1996), p. 108, points out that Proverbs 10:1 - 22:16 bears the title The Proverbs of Solomon. The numerical values of the Hebrew consonants in the name Solomon add up to 375, and 375 is also the number of two-line verses in this section of Proverbs.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 8.212-213 is a two-part Latin verse epitaph from a mausoleum in Kasserine, Tunisia, dated at the middle of the 2nd century A.D. The number of lines in the two parts combined is 110. The deceased, Titus Flavius Secundus, lived 110 years, according to the accompanying prose inscription (CIL 8.211): "uix(it) an. cx". This was apparently first noticed by F. Bücheler. A recent commentator, E. Courtney, in Musa Lapidaria: A Selection of Latin Verse Inscriptions (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995), p. 400, says that the coincidence "is hardly accidental."
"Deep malice then conceiving and disdain"
This is the first true evil to emerge among God's creatures, and it occurs in line 666.


Rework is a stubborn issue in the construction industry, and it has been drawing considerable attention from the industry and academia over the past decades. However, so far, little effort has been made to investigate reworks in green building construction projects. This study aims to assess the status quo of rework in green building construction projects in Singapore, identify and evaluate the rework factors in green building construction projects, compare their criticalities with those in the conventional counterparts, and propose a set of feasible solutions. To achieve these aims, a questionnaire survey was administered, and data collected from 30 different construction companies were analyzed. Results showed that, compared to conventional building construction projects, green building construction projects tended to have a lower incidence of rework, but suffered more from the rework's adverse impacts in terms of cost overrun and schedule delay. Results also showed that the top four most critical rework factors in green building construction projects were "owner change", "design change", "design error/omission" and "contractor's error/omission". In addition, this study proposed five practical solutions that can help curb reworks in green building construction projects. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by examining the rework problem in green building construction projects. Meanwhile, this study contributes to the industry by providing the practitioners with an in-depth understanding of rework in green building construction projects. The specific solutions proposed by this study can also offer the industry practitioners direct help in reducing works in such projects.


text:
Q: how to pass Xml data to C#.net textbox I tried many times. I couldn't get the right answer. this the API I used to make the System I attached the screenshot below
this API Url - country what I typed here in London all relevant data has to displayed below the XML file about the weather information of the country what I Entered please look that the screenshot below

This is the C# form screenshot I attached below

When you Enter the city name in the text box the relevant city whether information has to display on below of the textboxes such as (Temperature, Humidity)
so far I tried the code is this
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string weburl = "http://api.apixu.com/v1/current.xml?key=02d3de968c424e20b5a74149172409   &q=" + textBox1.Text + "&mode=xml";

        }

textbox1 mean city
when I enter the city name result has to be displayed below the textboxes
I hope all understand my problem please give me the Answer soon

A: You deleted your previous posting before I could respond.  Use xml linq :
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string city = "London";
            string uri = string.Format("http://api.apixu.com/v1/current.xml?key=02d3de968c424e20b5a74149172409&q={0}&mode=xml", city);

            XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(uri);

            string temp = (string)doc.Descendants("temp_c").FirstOrDefault();
            string humidity = (string)doc.Descendants("humidity").FirstOrDefault();
        }
    }

}

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Do you have all the evidence to support your claims?
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If you have a witness you must prepare them for the trial beforehand. Your witness should be able to communicate clearly, both with their words, and through body language and a sense of confidence. If your witness is unclear, hesitant, or fails to make eye contact while you're discussing an important point, this may be a weakness in the eyes of a judge.
If you have any documents (and you should), make sure you have everything you could possibly need to prove your case! Depending on the issues, or the defenses that are raised, you may need documents from multiple departments within your company. Don't leave a single stone unturned!
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Our decorative 12" wood ship is skillfully made from quality shisham wood and assembled with plugged screw heads. The brass center hub has a uniform size hole and machined keyway. It is sanded and has a coat of lacquer that gives it a slight gloss and a clearly visible wood grain. It is a beautiful piece and will look stunning in your home, office or boat. Wheel measures 12" in dia. (tip to tip), and the brass center hub is approx. 2.25" in dia . This is truly a stunning piece of nautical décor.
Looks beautiful, solid feel. Can't wait to install it on my art.
beautiful, and arrived in 2 days, for free!!


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Przebrno (niem. Pröbbernau) – część miasta Krynica Morska, w województwie pomorskim, położona na Mierzei Wiślanej, nad Zalewem Wiślanym.

Informacje ogólne
Przebrno jest oddalone o około 3,5 km na południowy zachód od centrum Krynicy Morskiej.

Około 800 m na północny wschód od Przebrna znajduje się rezerwat przyrody Buki Mierzei Wiślanej, natomiast około 3,1 km na zachód leży wieś Skowronki.

W Przebrnie odbywają się obozy letniskowe dla dzieci i młodzieży.

Historia

Wieś należąca do Mierzei Wiślanej terytorium miasta Gdańska położona była w drugiej połowie XVI wieku w województwie pomorskim.

W latach 1920–1939 koło osady przebiegała granica między Niemcami a Wolnym Miastem Gdańsk. Podczas II wojny światowej na obszarze miejscowości znajdował się podobóz (Pröbbernau) niemieckiego obozu koncentracyjnego Stutthof. Jego więźniowie w latach 1939–1945 zbudowali obok miejscowości Polder Przebrno chroniący mierzeję przed powodziami sztormowymi na Zalewie Wiślanym.

W 1948 roku wprowadzono urzędowo polską nazwę Przebrno w miejsce niemieckiej Pröbbernau.

Do 1990 roku Przebrno było wsią w gminie Sztutowo.

W 1991 roku Przebrno wraz z innymi miejscowościami utworzyły gminę Krynica Morska.

Przypisy

Geografia Krynicy Morskiej
Wsie terytorium miasta Gdańska (I Rzeczpospolita)


text:
Seaborough Hill is a prominent ridge,  high, on the Dorset-Somerset border in the Yeovil Scarplands in southwestern England. It has a prominence of  which classifies it as one of the Tumps.

Seaborough Hill rises immediately north of the village of Seaborough and about 3 kilometres southwest of the town centre of Crewkerne. A minor road traverses the summit from north to south and there is a trig point (201 m) by the lane at the northern end of the summit ridge, near Honeydown Farm. There are scattered woods on the western and eastern flanks of the hill. The River Axe runs past the hill to the south and two major trails - Liberty Trail and Monarch's Way bypass it to the north and south respectively. The county boundary runs along the ridgeline before swinging around the northern spur of the hill and heading away to the southeast.

References

Hills of Dorset


The Solano Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program encourages children to safely walk or bike to school and supports this effort with free, fun and educational events and programs for students. The program works with schools, police, public health staff, city traffic engineers and other community members to improve traffic safety and the health and well-being of youth in Solano County.
In 2008, the Solano Transportation Authority (STA) in partnership with Solano County Public Health, launched the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program in response to concerns about increased childhood obesity, air pollution and traffic around schools. Over the years, the program has collaborated with city planners and traffic engineers, law enforcement, educators, and parents to address these issues. SR2S offers schools various free educational programs and events to promote safe walking and biking to school. SR2S staff works closely with schools by providing technical assistance and support to start walking programs. Walking and biking to school not only increases students' physical activity, but helps to change our culture of depending on cars to get to and from school to one of walking and biking instead.
The Safe Routes to School program can help combat chronic absenteeism A lack of safe travel options to school have an impact on student attendance, causing lower test scores and a higher risk of dropout in later grades. Schools have used programs such as Walking School Buses to ensure safer travel to and from school, lowering absentee rates.
Physical activity at or before school can increase test scores(1), reading levels, and grades. Students walking and biking to school arrive awake and ready to learn.
With an obesity rate of 38.4% for youth in Solano County(2), SR2S activities and education events offer healthy alternatives to driving to and from school, increasing physical activity.
(1) Trost, Stewart G. Ph.D., "Active Education Physical Education, Physical Activity and Academic Performance." Active Living Research, Summer 2009.
(2) Babey, S. H., et al. (2011). A patchwork of progress: Changes in overweight and obesity among California 5th-, 7th-, and 9th-graders, 2005-2010. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and California Center for Public Health Advocacy. Funded by RWJF; California Department of Education, Physical Fitness Testing Research Files.
A Walking School Bus is a group of children walking to or from school with an adult. Trained volunteers or school staff meet the children at a specific location and time and supervise them along the route. Parents are welcome to drop their child off at a Walking School Bus "stop" along the route or walk with their children and the group to school.
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