March 6, 2012, South Holland, IL, a south suburb of Chicago- The twenty Muslim youth attending Bridging the Gap's (501)(c3) "Taste of the Other" cultural enrichment outing--a visit to Chicago's Harris Theater, blocks away from Millennium Park-- wait anxiously for the coach bus to come to a full stop. They were there to see, and celebrate, the Morehouse College Glee Club (MCGC) and their Centennial Performance. And, even though many of the youth had never heard of MCGC, and in some cases had not even heard of Morehouse, they were here to get a taste of music they had not before encountered. Simply put, they were there for an experience they weren't likely to have everyday.
We enter the theater with a group of young people, pre-teens, tweens and teens. They're here to expand their musical horizons, and equally as important, they're witnessing young men that look like themselves-- their brothers, uncles and fathers singing in harmony. A harmony hard sought and sacrificed for. A harmony effusing the traces of rehearsals that assuredly went late into many a night. A harmony which sacrificed brilliant individual voices to give rise to one rich, deep, sweet, commanding, voice. The group harmony intertwined a distinct cadence and measure, which seemed to push the well placed solos to even greater heights. Thus giving these young listeners something to reflect on "our strongest individual efforts will often pale against our strongest community ones." Indeed, this performance was about community; it was about being a part of something greater than oneself and the celebration of realized potential; it was about producing something beautiful and witnessing the appreciation of that beauty born of sacrifice and commitment.
After the performance, as we headed back to the bus we offered our Isha prayer and began to discuss the nights experience with our Muslim youth. Reviews were mixed, however the candor and thoughtful way they expressed them was admirable. Some lamented about how long the performance was while others asked why they didn't sing any songs they've heard on the radio? Nevertheless they all agreed that what they saw took hard work, preparation and unity. As they unloaded the bus, while telling jokes and listening to their i-pods, we reminded them of their 30 day Qur'an challenge (see website for more information). With the nonchalance only teens can muster, they assured us they were on top of it and offered a quick thank you as they departed toward their waiting parents. With this thank you we, at Bridging the Gap, said All praise is due to Allah, for all that is good comes from him.


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Environment & Land Case 43 of 2021
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Bakamoyo Limited v Nathoo (Environment & Land Case 43 of 2021) [2022] KEELC 14841 (KLR) (14 November 2022) (Ruling)
Bakamoyo Limited v Nathoo
Lucas Leperes Naikuni
c. M/s. Awuor Advocate, d. No Appearance Advocate
Environment and Land
Neutral citation: [2022] KEELC 14841 (KLR)
In the Environment and Land Court at Mombasa
L L Naikuni, J
Bakamoyo Limited
Tajdin Alibhai Nathoo
1.The Plaintiff/Applicant, a company incorporated by limited guarantee under the Companies Act, Cap. 486, trading in the names and style of "Bakamoyo Limited – moved this Honorable Court through filing of a Chamber Summons Application dated 12th April, 2022 and filed on 13th April, 2022. The application was brought to court by dint of the the Plaintiff/Applicant seeking an injunction against the Defendant/Respondent herein.
2.The said application was instituted under the provisions of the Judicature Act Cap 8, the High Court (Practice and Procedure Rules, (Part1 Rule 30), Sections 1A, 1B, 3A, 63 (e) of the Civil Procedure Act, Cap. 21 and all other enabling provisions of the law.
II. The Plaintiff/Applicant's case
3.The Plaintiff/Applicant herein sought for the following orders: -a.Spent.b.Spent.c.THAT pending the hearing and determination of this application this Honorable Court be pleased to issue an order of injunction restraining the Defendant/Respondent whether by himself, his agents, servants, employees or whomsoever from wasting, alienating, selling, charging, transferring, leasing, destroying and/or interfering in any manner with Land Reference Number L.R. NO. MN/V/2620.d.THAT pending the hearing and determination of the suit filed herein on 20th March 2021, this Honorable Court be pleased to issue an order of injunction restraining the Defendant/Respondent whether by himself, his agents, servants, employees or whomsoever from wasting, alienating, selling, charging, transferring, leasing, destroying and/or interfering in any manner with Land Reference Number L.R. NO. MN/V/2620.e.THAT this Honorable Court be at liberty to make other orders that it deems fit in the interest of justice.f.THAT the costs of this Application be borne by the Defendant/Respondent.
4.The said application is based on the grounds adduced thereof and the averments contained in Supporting Affidavit of MOHAMED AHMED ANWAR sworn on 12th April 2022 and filed on 13th April 2022 and the annextures attached thereof. From the said supporting affidavit, he deponed being that he was one of the shareholders of the Plaintiff/Applicant herein. He had and has the power of attorney to appear on behalf of the Plaintiff/Applicant. A copy of the said Power of Attorney was annexed to the said application and marked 'MAA – 1".
5.He deponed that the Defendant/Respondent was also a shareholder of the Plaintiff/Applicant. The Defendant/ Respondent without the consent of the other shareholders, had connived and fraudulently transferred the suit property, Land Reference Number L.R. NO. MN/V/2620 (Hereinafter referred as "The Suit Property") measuring 4.60 Ha (approximately 11.37 Acres) located in Miritini, Mombasa, to the Defendant/Respondent for a value of a sum of Kenya Shillings Four Million (Kshs. 4,000,000/-) to one of the Plaintiff/Applicant's directors called Hadi Bahadurali Hasham, but now deceased (hereinafter referred to as "The Deceased"), by reversionary interest for a value of Kenya Shillings One Thousand (Kshs. 1,000/-) only on 5th July 2016. In support of this claim, a copy of the Plaintiff/Applicant's Directors and Shareholders from the Companies Registry was annexed to the application and Marked as "MAA – 2".
6.Based on the supporting affidavit, he averred that the deceased later on fraudulently transferred the entire suit property, on 29th June 2017 as a consideration of a past debt between them. A copy of the title of the suit property was annexed to the application and marked "MAA – 3".
7.Furthermore, he deponed that the fraudulent transfers done by the deceased and the Defendant/Respondent were not brought to the attention of the other directors/shareholders and there were no minutes for the meeting that led to the transfer of the suit property to the deceased and the latter transfer to the Defendant/Respondent. He further asserted that the advocates who allegedly conducted the transfer process in 2017 had passed on as early as 2002 when the transfer was been done. In support of his claim, a copy of a letter from the Law Society of Kenya on the advocate purported to conduct the transfer is annexed and marked "MAA – 4".
8.In conclusion, the Deponent claimed that the Plaintiff/Applicant only recently learnt of the fraudulent transfers and was apprehensive that the Defendant/Respondent was in the process of disposing the suit property, which would not only be prejudicial to the other shareholders but also occasion irreparable loss if the Honorable Court failed to preserve the suit property pending the hearing and determination of the main suit.
9.On 19th April 2022, the court issued an order to preserve the status quo of the property until this application was heard on 18th of May, 2022. However, the Defendant/Respondent filed a Notice of Change of Advocates on 17th May 2022 and when the matter came up on 18th May 2022 for hearing of the application, the court granted leave to the parties to file and serve replies and submissions.
III. Replying Affidavit by the Defendant/Respondent
10.On 23rd June 2022, the Defendant/Respondent's filed an 18 Paragraphed Replying Affidavit sworn and dated on 21st June 2022 by the Defendant/Respondent herein, TAJDIN ALIBHAI NATHOO. He deponed that the said application by the Plaintiff/Applicant was frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the Court process. He held being the majority shareholder of the Plaintiff/Applicant and that Mohamed Ahmed Anwar had no capacity to bring a suit or make averments on behalf of the Plaintiff/Applicant. He further went on to state that he was the registered owner of the suit property, having legally acquired the same from its previous owner free of all claims or defects on the title.
11.He further deponed that the deceased had transferred the suit property to him and the attention of Hadi Bahdurali Hasham or the directors and shareholders of the suit property was not a requirement for the sale of the land transaction to occur. Based on the contents of the Replying Affidavit, the Defendant/Respondent denied the allegations of fraud put forward in the Plaintiff/Applicant's application dated 12th April 2022 claiming that they were baseless and intended to prejudice his position before the court as he is not privy to the details averred in the Plaintiff/Applicant's supporting affidavit. Indeed, he informed Court having held the suit land for the past five (5) years as such there was no imminent danger or threat that he intended to dispose it as alleged.
12.Additionally, he deponed that the application dated 12th April 2022 was frivolous, vexatious, an afterthought having been brought after an unreasonably long time and an abuse of court process. He stated that the Plaintiff/Applicant had filed a similar application in the past and its sole intention was to delay the conclusion of this matter and cause him unnecessary expenses defending the applications.
IV. Submissions
13.The matter came up for mention on 7th July 2022 for confirmation of filing of the submissions. The Counsel for the Plaintiff/Applicant was present and stated that they had been served with the Replying Affidavit by the Defendant/Respondent at a late date due to the Defendants ailment. The Honorable Court extended time for filing of submissions by both parties by seven (7) more days and set the ruling date for the application on 1st November 2022.
14.I have perused the file and noted that despite the court's orders on diverse dates of 18th May 2022 and 7th July 2022, neither party eventually filed submissions after all. Therefore, the Honorable Court has proceeded with analysis and determination of this matter on facts evidence presented from the pleadings.
V. Analysis and Determination
15.I have keenly read the pleadings herein with regard to the Notice of Motion Application dated 12th April, 2022 by the Plaintiff/Applicant herein, the appropriate and applicable provisions of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and the Law.
16.In order to reach an informed, fair and just decision, the Honorable Court has framed the following issues for determination: -a.Whether the Plaintiffs/Applicants through their filed Notice of Motion application dated 12th April, 2022 meets the laid - down threshold for granting of orders of temporary injunction.b.Who will bear the Costs of the application?
ISSUE No. a). Whether the Plaintiffs/Applicants' application dated 12th April 2022 meets the threshold for granting of orders of temporary injunction.
17.The main purpose for injunctions are primarily to preserve the suit property in the meantime awaiting an outcome of the hearing of either the application or the suit. The provision of Order 40 Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 provide for temporary injunctions: -1.Temporary injunction may be granted where in any suit it is proved by affidavit or otherwise—a.that any property in dispute in a suit is in danger of being wasted, damaged, or alienated by any party to the suit, or wrongfully sold in execution of a decree; orb.that the defendant threatens or intends to remove or dispose of his property in circumstances affording reasonable probability that the plaintiff will or may be obstructed or delayed in the execution of any decree that may be passed against the defendant in the suit, the court may by order grant a temporary injunction to restrain such act, or make such other order for the purpose of staying and preventing the wasting, damaging, alienation, sale, removal, or disposition of the property as the court thinks fit until the disposal of the suit or until further orders.
18.Additionally, the principles of granting orders for temporary injunctions were set out in the well-known cases of: -a.The famous case of:- 'Giella – Versus - Cassman Brown & Co Ltd (1973) EA 358, where it was stated: - "First an applicant must show a prima facie case with a probability of success, secondly an interlocutory injunction will not normally be granted unless the applicant might otherwise suffer irreparable injury which would not be adequately compensated by an award of damages. Thirdly, if the court is in doubt, it will decide an application on the balance of convenienceAnd in the Court of Appeal case of:-b.Nguruman Limited – Versus - Jan Bonde Nielsen & 2 others [2014] eKLR, where the Court held:-"There is no scope to confuse between an interlocutory and permanent orders of injunction and since the fundamentals about the implications of the interlocutory orders of injunction are settled, at least for over four decades, since the Giella case (supra) they could neither be questioned nor be elaborated in detailed research. In an interlocutory injunction application, the applicant has to satisfy the triple requirements to;(a)establish his case only at a prima facie level,(b)demonstrate irreparable injury if a temporary injunction is not granted, and(c)ally any doubts as to (b) by showing that the balance of convenience is in his favor.These are the three pillars on which rests the foundation of any order of injunction, interlocutory or permanent. It is established that all the above three conditions and stages are to be applied as separate, distinct and logical hurdles which the applicant is expected to surmount sequentially…………If the applicant establishes a prima facie case that alone is not sufficient basis to grant an interlocutory injunction, the court must further be satisfied that the injury the respondent will suffer, in the event the injunction is not granted, will be irreparable. In other words, if damages recoverable in law is an adequate remedy and the respondent is capable of paying, no interlocutory order of injunction should normally be granted, however strong the applicant's claim may appear at that stage. If prima facie case is not established, then irreparable injury and balance of convenience need no consideration. The existence of a prima facie case does not permit "leap-frogging" by the applicant to injunction directly without crossing the other hurdles in between".
19.It is therefore very clear from the precedence above that all the three (3) pre - conditions must be met by the Plaintiff/Applicant for the Honorable Court to be persuaded to exercise its discretion in granting an order of temporary injunction.
20.On the 1st condition, I am guided by the case of "MRAO Limited – Versus - First American Bank of Kenya Ltd & 2 others (2003) KLR 125 in which the Court of Appeal defined "a Prima facie" case:-"So, what is a prima facie case? I would say that in civil cases it is a case in which on the material presented to the Court a tribunal properly directing itself will conclude that there exists a right which has apparently been infringed by the opposite party as to call for an explanation or rebuttal from the latter……. a prima facie case is more than an arguable case. It is not sufficient to raise issues. The evidence must show an infringement of a right, and the probability of success of the applicant's case upon trial. That is clearly a standard which is higher than an arguable case."
21.In summary, the present application filed by the Plaintiff/Applicant is supported by and affidavit of Mohamed Ahmed Anwar sworn on 12th April 2022 where he deponed that he is one of the shareholders of the Plaintiff/Applicant herein and has the power of attorney to appear on behalf of the Plaintiff/Applicant. He deponed that the Defendant/Respondent is also a shareholder of the Plaintiff/Applicant, who, without the consent of the other shareholders, had connived and fraudulently transferred the suit property to one of the Plaintiff/Applicant's directors Hadi Bahadurali Hasham, now deceased by reversionary interest for a value of a sum of Kenya Shillings One Thousand (Kshs. 1,000/-) only on 5th July 2016. He further averred that the deceased later on fraudulently transferred the entire suit property located in Miritini, Mombasa, to the Defendant/Respondent for a value of Kenya Shillings Fourty Thousand (Kshs. 4, 000, 000/-) on 29th June 2017 as a consideration of a past debt between them.
22.In response, the Defendant/Respondent, through his Replying Affidavit sworn on 21st June 2022 deponed that he was the majority shareholder of the Plaintiff/Applicant and that he was the registered owner of Land Registration Number L.R. NO. MN/V/2620, the suit property, having legally acquired the same from its previous owner free of all claims or defects on the title. He further averred that Mohamed Ahmed Anwar has no capacity to bring a suit or make averments on behalf of the Plaintiff/Applicant.
23.Although this Court reserves matters of evidence to the full trial, but for purposes of this application, there if need to establish whether the Plaintiff/Applicant has a "Prima Facie case" herein. To do so, I have had to quickly perused the pleadings and found a copy of the CR – 12 Form generated from Companies Registry, marked as "MAA – 1" of the annextures whose contents indicates that indeed the Plaintiff/Applicant's assertions that the Defendant/Respondent is indeed a shareholder of the Bakamoyo Company Limited, the Plaintiff/Applicant's company is true. Additionally, I have also confirmed that the Plaintiff/Applicant's deponent's capacity through the annexture marked as "MAA -1", a duly executed and stamped Power of Attorney between the Plaintiff/Applicant and Mohamed Ahmed Anwar dated 15th May 2018. I however note with concern that the director/shareholder that executed the Power of Attorney on behalf of the Plaintiff/Applicant is Hadi Bahadurali Hasham(deceased), who, as per the Plaintiff/Applicant's claims, fraudulently transferred the suit property to the Defendant/Respondent.
24.The Plaintiff/Applicant's claim that the deceased, Hadi Bahadurali Hasham transferred the property to the Defendant/Respondent is also clear from the Transfer Instrument, dated 23rd June, 2017 annexed copy of title marked "MAA – 3". Furthermore, the Plaintiff/Applicant has also provided a copy of a letter marked 'MAA – 4" from the Law Society of Kenya on the advocate purported to conduct the transfer, showing hat the said advocate was deceased at the time of transfer and that he did not turnover his practice to another Counsel. The Defendant/Respondent has not provided any evidence to controvert the Plaintiff/Applicant's assertions.
25.The court is not blind to the fact that this is an interlocutory application and the dispute between the parties is still outstanding. But it is quite evident that the evidence provided by the Plaintiff/Applicant raises serious questions of fraud and ownership of the suit property. Based on all these facts, the Honorable Court as guided by the "MRAO Case as quoted above is fully satisfied that the Plaintiff/Applicant herein has "a Prima facie case" with a high chance of succeeding and the evidence shows the infringement of its rights.
26.On the 2nd condition of irreparable injury which cannot be adequately remedied by damages in the absence of an injunction, the Court of Appeal in the case of: "Nguruman Limited (supra), held that: -"On the second factor, that the applicant must establish that he "might otherwise" suffer irreparable injury which cannot be adequately remedied by damages in the absence of an injunction, is a threshold requirement and the burden is on the applicant to demonstrate, prima face, the nature and extent of the injury. Speculative injury will not do; there must be more than an unfounded fear or apprehension on the part of the applicant. The equitable remedy of temporary injunction is issued solely to prevent grave and irreparable injury; that is injury that is actual, substantial and demonstrable; injury that cannot "adequately" be compensated by an award of damages. An injury is irreparable where there is no standard by which their amount can be measured with reasonable accuracy or the injury or harm is such a nature that monetary compensation, of whatever amount, will never be adequate remedy."
27.The Deponent for the Plaintiff/Applicant averred that they had just recently learnt of the fraudulent transfers and was apprehensive that the Defendant/Respondent was in the process of disposing the suit property, which would not only be prejudicial to the other shareholders but also occasion irreparable loss if the court fails to preserve the suit property pending the hearing and determination of the main suit.
28.In response the Defendant/Applicant deponed that the application dated 12th April 2022 was frivolous, vexatious, an afterthought brought after an unreasonably long time and an abuse of court process. He stated that the Plaintiff/Applicant had filed a similar application for temporary injunction in the past and its sole intention was to delay the conclusion of this matter and cause him unnecessary expenses defending the applications.
29.The court is cognizant to the fact that the Plaintiff/Applicant has not presented any evidence that would suggest that damages could not have been an adequate remedy as per the case of "Nguruman Limited (supra) where the Court of Appeal emphasizes that there must be more than an unfounded fear or apprehension on the part of the applicant. In fact, the Plaintiff/Applicant's exact phrase as per the content made out under Paragraph 8 of the Chamber Summons and the contents made out under Paragraph 9 of the Supporting Affidavit, both filed on 13th April 2022, were and I quote, "………that the Plaintiff/Applicant just recently learnt of the fraudulent transfers and is apprehensive that the Defendant/Respondent is in the process of disposing the suit property."
30.However, it is the Court's view that, the value of the suit property is easily quantifiable. For avoidance of speculator injury and fulfilment of the 2nd condition of irreparable injury by the Plaintiff/Applicant, it is demonstrated in the strength of the evidence in support of the present Application. The Plaintiff/Applicant produced a copy of a Certificate of title marked as "MAA – 3" to show that the Defendant/Respondent was registered owner of the suit property. Indeed, the Plaintiff/Applicant through the application was only seeking for preservation of the suit property until the determination of the main cause herein. Under this circumstances, the Court finds that the Plaintiff/Applicant has satisfied the 2nd condition on proving irreparable injury.
31.On the 3rd condition of balance of convenience. I am of the view that it tilts in favor of the Plaintiff/Applicant who has provided evidence to raise such weighty questions of fraud having occurred and the ownership of the suit property. Thus, It's in the interest of justice and for both parties, to have the Honorable Court secure and preserve the suit land from any interference during the pendency of the case and also based on the "Doctrine of Lis Pendens" as provided for under the provision of Section 52 of the Transfer of Land Act, until the case is heard and determined on merit. I proceed to grant the orders as prayed.
ISSUE No. b). Who will bear the Costs of the application?
32.It is trite law that the issue of Costs is the discretion of the Court. Costs mean any award that is granted to a successful party in any legal action, process or proceedings in any litigation. The proviso of Section 27 (1) of the Civil Procedure Act, Cap. 21 provides that costs follow the events. By event it means the results or outcome of the said legal action, process or proceedings in any litigation.
33.In the instant case, the Plaintiff/Applicant has succeeded in demonstrating that they have fulfilled all the three (3) ingredients required to warrant by granted the temporary injunctive orders pending the hearing and determination of this suit. Therefore, it follows, that the Defendant/Respondent will bear the costs of the Notice of Motion Application dated 12th March, 2022 hereof.
VI. Conclusion & Disposition
34.Upon considering all the framed issues herein, this Honorable Court on preponderance of probability, I proceed to make the following findings:-a.THAT the Notice of Motion Application dated 12th April 2022 by the Plaintiff/Applicant is meritorious and thus be and is hereby allowed.b.THAT a temporary order of injunction do issue restraining the Defendant/Respondent by himself, his agents, servants, employees and/or persons acting under their instructions or any other person whomsoever and whatsoever from trespassing, interfering with and/or dealing in any manner with Land Reference Number L.R. NO. MN/V/2620 pending the hearing and final determination of the suit herein.c.THAT for expediency sake, this suit should be heard and determined within the next one hundred and eighty (180) days from this date hereof. There shall be a Mention on 14TH February, 2023 for the Pre – Trial Conference pursuant to the provision of Order 11 of the Civil Procedure Rules, 2010 and therefore parties are advised to fully comply with the law.d.THAT the case fixed for full trial on 11th April, 2023 by the consensus of the parties herein.e.THAT the costs of the application be awarded to the Plaintiff/Applicant herein.
35.it is so ordered accordingly.
RULING DELIVERED, SIGNED AND DATED AT MOMBASA THIS 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2022.HON. MR JUSTICE L. L. NAIKUNI, JUDGEENVIROMNENT AND LAND COURT ATMOMBASAa. In the presence of:-b. M/s. Yumna, the Court Assistant.c. M/s. Awuor Advocate for the Plaintiff/Applicant.d. No Appearance Advocate for the Defendant/Respondent.
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Frank Macskasy
Campbell still Live, not gone
I don't always get an opportunity to write about something positive. Whether political or in the media, there are so many dodgy, unpleasant, or downright despicable things happening that our attention is usually taken up by matters that are, in the main, negative.
Case in point, regarding the media, was Paul Henry's outrageous and offensive remark to a female guest on his programme, when he enquired if she had had sex with Virgin Airlines owner, Richard Branson. The fact that the woman in question was internationally respected and renowned scientist, Dr Michelle Dickinson, who had been one of a number of people invited by Branson to attend his event, made Henry's remarks even more repugnant.
But as some TV3 producers of Henry's show indicated rather hysterically and defensively, it seems that Henry's obnoxious behaviour was perfectly acceptable to them (see: Addendum 1).
Thankfully, good taste prevailed and Henry's late night programme was dumped only after one year. Perhaps viewers were simply too tired at the end of a long working day to put up with an over-grown schoolboy revelling in his crude, moronic, "sense of humour".
On the other end of the media spectrum, we have current affairs shows like 'Campbell Live'. In a vast ocean of dross, John Campbell's prime time programme of social and political stories stands out like a beacon.
Campbell and his team of professionals hold politicians to account; bring us stories of events happening in our communities; focus on the worst of human behaviour – but also highlight the very best that people are capable off. There is simply none of the jaded cynicism or political sycophancy of Mike Hosking, Campbell's so-called "competition" on TV1. There is certainly none of the juvenile, smutty, sexist "humour" that the cretinous Paul Henry indulges in.
Campbell reflected what was happening in our own country, good and bad; noble and anti-social; and asked awkward questions of those in authority.
Hardly surprising that "Campbell Live" has won a whole slew of awards, according to this Wikipedia article;
Campbell Live won two awards at the 2006 Qantas Television Awards including Best Current Affairs Series. The second award was for the Best News or Current Affairs Presenter for John Campbell.
At the 2010 Qantas Television Awards, Campbell Live received three awards, one for Best Current Affairs Editing, one for Best Current Affairs Reporting and John Campbell again won for Best News or Current Affairs Presenter.
At the 2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards, Campbell Live received an award for investigation of the year for their work tracking the Samoan Tsunami relief funds – presented to host John Campbell, Executive Producer Pip Keane and Producer Claudine MacLean.
Campbell Live has also won The TV Guide Best on the Box People's Choice Award for Best Current Affairs Show from 2011 to 2014 and Best Presenter from 2010 to 2014.
The growth of media "personalities/entertainers", replacing professional journalists and broadcasters, is becoming more depressing with each passing year.
Media personalities like Hosking no longer even bother hiding their political allegiances. Political neutrality, it seems, is a quaint concept left behind in the 20th Century.
When so-called "broadcasters" like Mike Hosking treats a Government Minister with unquestioning reverance, whilst badgering, demeaning, and dismissing a critic of the government, we have indeed arrived at a state of affairs little better than a satrap of Putin's Russia.
'Seven Sharp' – 14 August 2014 – Mike Hosking chats with Steven Joyce whilst excoriating Nicky Hager over revelations in 'Dirty Politics'.
Luckily for Hosking, he has his supporters from the National Party parliamentary wing, as Todd Barclay revealed with his injudicious comments on Twitter.
Ironically, right-wing broadcasters such as Bill Ralston – who himself has links to the National Government – has berated TV3's moves to "review" 'Campbell Live';
"I think they're dealing with a product that they do not understand. There is a market for news and current affairs in New Zealand and there is a market for what John is doing.
The most senior management of TV3 have been gunning for John Campbell for a long while. He has been under enormous pressure and it has been lawyers, I understand, at 40 paces as they fight this one through."
On Twitter, Ralston lamented;
For the record: TV3 top management are intellectual pygmies (excepting Jennings) who never understand good current affairs @JohnJCampbell
Has realisation finally dawned on Ralston that a free media can be undermined by capitalism as well as authoritarian governments? Better late than never.
Bit by bit, the so-called "free" media in this country is being neutered – not by State power – but by the unrelenting, voracious hunger of commercial imperatives for profit and shareholder returns, as well as conservative, National-aligned broadcasters.
Commercial threats to the media cannot be under-estimated. Note this intriguing (and over-looked) comment on a 'Stuff' website reporting on the 'Campbell Live' story;
Avocado on Toast
Okay, I'm going to shed some light on this. I use to work for Mediaworks which – ten years ago up until three years ago – was an amazing place to work. Sadly a lot of managerial/decision making positions have been given to accountants or sales representatives as of late. Neither of which have any experience in how TV nor Radio actually works; all they care about is the bottom line. Redundancies/cost cuttings have been occurring across the company in all the wrong places and all the work funneled into hubs last year and this year. This saves money but puts pressure on those hub staff as they're not re-compensated for the extra work nor given extra resources to help with the work. The only departments getting extra resources, pay increases and extra staff are sale representatives. Questioning these decisions results in "hush meetings". They'll be looking at Campbell Live not asking: "How can we make this better for the staff and the business?", instead they'll be asking: "How can we make this cheaper yet more profitable without any regard for the staff?". They'll cut key staff and resources then blame the staff members whom they don't make redundant when it falls over. And I can assure you that this paragraph is EXACTLY what Mediaworks' business model is. Mediaworks is going to implode within the next two years, I feel pretty confident in saying this as everything that I've said would happen three years ago up until this very story HAS happened. Thus why I happily resigned.
The reason I give credence to that comment is because precisely the same corporate policy of staff cutbacks and drop in quality has occurred at Fairfax media. Sources within Fairfax have described very similar events taking place within our newspapers – which I scrutinised in June 2013 – and which was recently covered on Radio NZ's "Media Watch" on 5 April.
The gutting and dumbing-down of our media has been occurring at a creeping, snail's pace.
Recent "milestones" – of a pessimistic variety – have been the amalgamation of Wellington's 'Evening Post' and 'Dominion', in July 2002; on-going redundancies of journalists and sub-editors at Fairfax NZ; axing of non-commercial TVNZ7 on 30 June 2012; replacing TVNZ's 'Close Up' with 'Seven Sharp' on 4 February 2013, and many others. The scheduling of TVNZ's 'Q+A' and TV3's 'The Nation' on Saturday and Sunday mornings is an undisguised ghettoisation of political current affairs programming in this country.
Aside from 'Campbell Live', only Radio New Zealand's 'Check Point' offers a serious prime-time, professional, broadcast-programme. But even Radio NZ has been the victim of a sustained, covert attack by this National government, with a freeze on funding since 2008.
Make no mistake – 'Campbell Live' is the last serious current affairs programme, scheduled for prime time viewing, on our free-to-air television screens.
The threat to a free media comes not from jack-booted secret police, acting on orders from a repressive government. The threat is more subtle, and comes in the form of commercial imperatives – which demands "more from less".
The irony here is that our newspaper, radio, and television media are quick to point to "press freedom", when they perceive their ability to publish/broadcast as they wish, is under some form of constraint by legislation; privacy demands; national "security"; police investigations, etc.
But the real attack on freedom of the press is coming not from externalities – but from within.
The next time TV3 complains of an attack on press freedom – someone should be asking them how they reconcile the so-called free press with TV3 executives axing the last serious current affairs programme on prime-time TV.
If an authoritarian government banned 'Campbell Live' from the air, TV3 would be up in arms. There would be fierce resistance; government diktats resisted; offices raided by police; arrests made; people detained.
But when their own management does it, for commercial reasons, that is evidently acceptable.
The media demand press freedom. As longer as it's profitable.
Perhaps, as Brian Edwards pointed out in his insightful blogpost on 10 April, it is simply that public service television and commercial television are as incompatible as mixing oil and water.
In which case, the sooner we return to a dedicated, non-commercial, public-service broadcaster – the better. And commercial broadcasters like TV1, Tv2, TV3, et al, can do what they do best; broadcast crap.
Addendum1
Petitions to save 'Campbell Live'. Add your voice to this campaign;
On-line poll at NZ Herald (not scientific) as at mid-day, 10 April;
From MediaWork's Mark Jennings;
"Viewer expectations in 2015 are quite different from those of 2005 – and we need to constantly review our programming to ensure we are meeting those expectations."
Mr Jennings – I suggest pornography;
Nothing quite like some bare flesh to push up ratings, eh?
TV1: Seven Sharp – Hager and Joyce: Head to head
Fairfax media: National MP Todd Barclay blasts Campbell Live supporters
NZ Herald: Media – Hosking plugs car and Key
Wikipedia: Campbell Live – Awards
NZ Herald: Decline in Campbell Live audience not 'sustainable'
Dominion Post: Rise in consultant costs 'gob-smacking'
Twitter: Bill Ralston
Fairfax media: Campbell Live to be reviewed
Frankly Speaking: Pay Walls – the last gasp of a failed media business-model? (blogpost)
Radio NZ: Mediawatch for 5 April 2015 (alternative link)
Scoop media: Redundancies at Radio NZ? The funding freeze in action
NZ Herald: Campbell Live to be axed? TV bosses place show under review
Fairfax media: Behind every TV stripper
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Letter to the Editor: John Campbell expose on Key and GCSB
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NZ Herald: John Campbell: Mr Conscience
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XRAY April 11, 2015 at 10:19 am
Real good Frank.
"Free to Air" TV in NZ is a dying breed. It has been a long time since almost all households channel surfed between TVNZ and TV3 offerings because thats all we had. The internet and Sky TV have stolen their thunder. When Mediaworks went bust the free market should have been left to its own devices and the company should have folded, it's time was up. Unfortunately it was revived, sort of, and has been on artificial life support ever since.
Campbell Live is a more quality left over from that early era when we weren't all so dumbed down in TV land. It competed with "Holmes" which itself was a commercial knock off of far better investigative journalism from NZBC days.
Campbell live is alone in a line up of utter shite on TV3, a nutritious 3 course meal in a kitchen of cheap sugary junk food. I ceased watching almost all free to air because its awful. The 6 O'Clock news that CL naturally follows on from is so weak and so reliant on the banter and appearance of its so-called "celebrities" (extreme emphasis) that you would have to go out of your way to watch CL just to avoid the rest of the rubbish. In other words, its out of place.
We must have and badly need a properly funded state broadcaster not reliant on links to the commercial world for a functioning democracy and its here Campbell Live would flourish. But in our stupefied world of broadcasting under National, that ain't gonna happen!
Frank Macskasy April 11, 2015 at 1:31 pm
We must have and badly need a properly funded state broadcaster not reliant on links to the commercial world for a functioning democracy and its here Campbell Live would flourish. But in our stupefied world of broadcasting under National, that ain't gonna happen
Indeed not, Xray.
In fact, the Ninth Floor must be chortling with glee – the last serious prime-time current affairs show is under threat of cancellation. That leaves Key and his ministerial cronies only… Seven Sharp . I can imagine the hardest question Hosking would ever ask Key might be, "Why are you so goddamn awesome, John?"
If ever an issue demonstrated the need for a fta non-commercial public broadcaster, this is it.
But under National (Labour?) it will never happen. Not when turkeys can vote against an early Christmas. (Or stop Christmas in it's tracks.)
And before a whole bunch of right-wingers start jumping for joy, it would be a timely reminder that if 'Campbell Live' goes, that leaves practically no prime time current affairs programme to hold future Labour government ministers to account either (as Campbell did, with Helen Clark, over the 'Corngate Affair').
I wonder if that is what they really want?
richarquis April 11, 2015 at 8:01 pm
This same thought crossed my mind, but then I remembered that many National supporters are all so fucking infatuated with Key that they don't believe Labour will ever hold power again.
Richarquis – apt psychological assessment.
Gosman April 11, 2015 at 10:43 pm
Not that I disagree with the idea of the media holding government to account but "Corngate" really? Do you expect that example will convince right wingers to support the idea of using taxpayers funding for public service broadcasting?
Frank Macskasy April 12, 2015 at 11:40 am
Do you expect that example will convince right wingers to support the idea of using taxpayers funding for public service broadcasting?
How else would you do it, Gosman?
Because your precious free market seems to be failing in this respect, doesn't it?
And why do you scoff at Campbell's interview with Helen Clark over corngate? You should be fully aware it nearly cost Labour the election in 2002. Here is the interview, in case you need reminding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dET78Z5b5s
Probably not. Right wingers seem to be closed to alternatives that do not fit their narrow, preconceived, view of how the world should be.
Gosman April 13, 2015 at 6:22 am
Because Corngate was a left wing inspired scaremongering campaign. You're assuming that because Campbell used it to attack Helen Clark right wingers would be happy with the shoddy journalism involved in it. I personally dislike shoddy journalism no matter who is being targeted.
McSandwich April 13, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Found this reference on another site – thought it fits well here – 'Key wants that left-wing bastard [Campbell] gone'
I want that left-wing bastard gone
Richard Christie April 11, 2015 at 10:40 am
The term soap opera originated from a blatant association of a drama series with the commercial interest (sponsorship) of soap manufacturers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_opera#Origin_of_the_genre
It is time to extend the metaphor. We live in the age of soap-television, the free market has stripped us of alternatives.
sufficiently appalled April 11, 2015 at 11:52 am
I wondered why MSM was regurgitating the old rockstar bullshit yesterday morning. I didn't have to wait long with Englishs announcement of the ghost surplus. Was the diversion of the first release coincidence ? Did I get the timeline wrong? Maybe. Or is there something else going on here?
Ghost surplus? WTF?
Those of us who were alive in the 70's remember Claytons. A ghost surplus is a clayton's surplus – the surplus you're having when you haven't got a surplus. FFS why can't the general public see the emperor's new clothes DON'T EXIST. Manufactured reality is ghost reality. The economy is billions in debt.
The economy is a turd, no matter how much you polish it with politicobullshitspeak.
George Orwell was right 60 odd years ago when he coined Newspeak – " It is a controlled language created by the totalitarian state as a tool to limit freedom of thought, and concepts that pose a threat to the regime such as freedom, self-expression, individuality, and peace."
sufficiently appalled April 13, 2015 at 5:14 pm
ah im with you here sport but the "ghost" reference is pertaining to the anti drink drive ad where one youth says to his mate who is in ghost form after dying in an accident "you know I cant eat your ghost chips". This phrase has since passed into kiwi vernacular as something that's has no substance . ie ghost bridges, ghost jobs re the northland by-election. So in fact this is not corporate manufactured newspeak but grass roots slang.
ThinkAboutIT April 11, 2015 at 12:07 pm
NZ is too small to support quality independent free to air TV. Indeed even in larger polities such as the UK it is only by way of an independent public funded regime that quality independent TV survives. Obviously the solution is to bring back licence fees that include capturing Sky and Internet Streaming viewers.
Campbell live is an anomaly that should be preserved, while at ties he grates on this old cynic, this is the only show that merits the title of investigative journalism.
One hopes Media Works continues its past policy with respect to Campbell Live, if they do not then they have lost an occasional viewer, I certainly wil not be watching that "lick spittle" Paul henry.
Richard Christie April 11, 2015 at 2:53 pm
One of the most delicious ironies illustrating free market failure to deliver quality broadcasting played out in Auckland in the mid 1990s.
Alan Gibbs (yes, that Alan Gibbs) and daughter attempted and failed in their attempt to rebroadcast BBC World Service radio in NZ on a commercial basis.
Ironic because BBC World Service is a publicly funded product which wouldn't (and couldn't) exist in Alan Gibbs' twisted vision of utopia (yet he recognised its worth) and because their market model failed to even manage the job of rebroadcasting it.
CLEANGREEN April 11, 2015 at 2:36 pm
Good article Frank with plenty of passion in there.
Not sure if you can let the NatZ off when you say it is an inside job as TV3 look at axing Campbell live, I think they are up to their eye balls in it, especially Goebbels/Joyce.
Be interesting to see if anyone picks up on what Metira Turei sent out on their green site this AM?
Quote; "The Government opened its books yesterday and it doesn't make pretty reading.
With just over a month to go to the Budget, John Key and Bill English are heading towards a record seventh consecutive deficit, equalling the mark set by their National mates from 1966 to 1972.
This is a Government that has sold itself as the masters of economic management, and what do we have to show for it?
To start with, there's that string of deficits, as well as growing inequality, and a two-track economy that only benefits a small number of people.
Tax cuts for the rich and selling off our assets have done nothing to help everyday Kiwis.
There are signs of this Government's ineptness everywhere you look; be it growing child poverty, substantial job losses or the horrendously over-inflated housing market – all of which John Key and Bill English are turning their backs to.
The Green Party is committed to promoting a fairer, greener economy for our country.
We also know that New Zealanders are depending on us to hold the Government accountable for its fiscal failings – and that's what we'll be focusing on over the coming months."
Perhaps State Broadcasters TV1 & RNZ along with our Public Health Hospitals are the next on the "for sale block then?
Sally Randell April 11, 2015 at 6:00 pm
It is so obvious that this attack of Campbell Live is of a political nature. You only have to read the book "Dirty Politics" to understand how it all works. Cut down you're objectors & questioners & we will have lost even more democracy in NZ. If John "Sociopath" Key can't win elections and respect from NZers on his own merit (Without Dirty Politics) then he doesn't deserve to be PM !! Campbell live is not only watched by adults, but by children also, who learn to have "Heart & empathy" for others from this wonderful show. To lose this show for our children to learn from would be another smack in the face to education & the "Real NZ". I see currently that huge advertisers have ad spots around "Campbell Live" so I don't think that is their problem at all. Any drop in viewing also needs to take into account the Internet and the likes of Sky TV etc & I suggest if TV3 takes shows like Campbell Live off the air even more people will flock to alternative viewing via the internet etc. I know many like me, turn their TV "ON" just to watch the news & then Campbell Live to start our evenings. I will be turning the TV "OFF" after the news is Campbell Live goes !
I can not even believe that we now have to petition to try to keep a "Real Show" a show with "Heart" in amongst a "Reality TV Options show era"….do you realise how stupid that is !! Campbell Live IS a show for the NORMAL "Majority", not just the fanciful who watch the idiots like Hoskins (self absorbed with self) & the "Henry" (self absorbed with self) both I might add are being paid retainers by "Sky City" (check out their backgrounds) Is NZ to be so shallow as to fall for this crap from Media and consumerism, that we are lost and follow DICTATORS like John "Sociopath" Key into a void of ……huge sigh……..CRAP is being polite. Come on peeps…John Campbell "Campbell Live" is the best "Real" Program we have right now and we need him.
Daniel Venema April 11, 2015 at 7:04 pm
"The scheduling of TVNZ's 'Q+A' and TV3's 'The Nation' on Saturday and Sunday mornings is an undisguised ghettoisation of political current affairs programming in this country."
This has been a strong belief of mine for some time.
Pat O'Dea April 11, 2015 at 9:05 pm
Can we expect the sort of coverage of current affairs and politics that Campbell Live delivers, from boorish right wing laddish clowns like Mike Hosking and Paul Henry?
Or the more serious, but just as cynical and arrogant, and openly partisan right wing journalist Patrick Gower?
Not likely
"Is this journalism or a party political broadcast on behalf of the National Party?"
Pat O'Dea April 11, 2015 at 10:05 pm
Karol on Gower
"TV3 News stands out as producing the most blatant right wing slant. And amidst their coverage, Patrick Gower produces the most blatantly slanted and misrepresentative reports…."
"But such consistent media slants are not due to the workings of any one person or group. It is the result of a network of people and organisations with similar (crony capitalist) values. And part of the current approach of the corporate media is to self-promote, and chase sales by diverse means….."
"NZ is in desperate need of a public service media that will seek out the facts, and speak truth to Power. A media that is manipulated to twist truth for Power – the mainstream media we currently have – does not serve democracy or the majority of Kiwis. It certainly doesn't serve the large amount of New Zealanders at the lower end of the inequality gap."
Karol @The Standard
Gower on Gower
"I didn't choose the thug life – the thug life chose me"
Patrick Gower
'With Human Beings Perception is everything'
So what will TV coverage of social issues framed by this Right wing cabal of journalists, Hosking, Henry and Gower, mean for shaping public perceptions?
Will it shape more uncaring public views?
Will those who support inequality and benefit from social injustice be the winners from these changes in public perception?
Will this shift in public broadcasting provide the necessary ideological and propaganda underpinning for future neo-liberal social and business programs?
Shaping our opinions to accept inhumane austerity programs that target the less well off, but leave the privileged and well off alone?
Leaving us a with more unequal, more uncaring and ultimately more violent and oppressive society where the wealthy live behind gated communities and are surrounded by, and protected by, a whole state apparatus of repression?
And will the media change again to reflect this more oppressive reality?
And is this a slippery slope from which it will be hard to climb back from?
Tied with more intrusive state spying, more corporate friendly laws, a more servile and openly right wing media, is this how a society slips from a caring liberal democracy into a sort of corporate fascism?
Mike in Auckland April 12, 2015 at 2:05 am
But now we get it early in the morning, instead, dear Frank!
Did he not ask one of NZ's top sportswomen (in his first show simulcast on TV3 and Radio Live), whether she was wearing anything under her tight dress, when he met her before?
The audience and viewership has changed their behaviors, I fear, which is also the real reason behind Campbell Live having lost in ratings. With constant crap and snide remarks coming not just from talk-back radio hosts now, with such silly, sexist and also at times racist remarks coming not only from Paul Henry, but also some others on TV, the viewers get less sensitive and start considering this as "normal". It is now acceptable for radio and TV hosts to constantly express their personal opinion and feelings about politics, entertainment and any other topic. That is as long as it fits the agenda of their employers and government. It is all infotainment now, not information that we get – not objective, well researched information that is.
The steady drop of water hollows out the rocks, we know, the same applies to media and brainwashing and manipulation.
The voters decided last election as they did, because the media "massaged" their minds, to bring the results that the bosses and Nat friendly players in the media, backed by their commercial advertisers, wanted to have.
Brainwashing works, I fear, it worked for the Nazis, for other dictators and suppressive regimes, it certainly works here in NZ also. Divide and rule, accept "humour" that others may consider offensive, and follow the crowd, so herd behaviour goes.
Consumerism is the "modern day" value that is widely promoted, shop and you will be, shop not and you will not be, kind of. Then the diy shows tell you to do up homes, as that is "smart" and pays off, as you can benefit from the exploding house prices and sell a done up home for good gains.
These young people featuring in the home do up shows, the master kitchen competitions and so, they are celebrated like stars, also some appearing on talent shows. It is all about compete, consume, show off, be better than others, as you earn your right to be better, and others must therefore be losers if they cannot do the same.
That is the messages they send, the neoliberal minded mainstream media, paid by advertisers, who determine where the journey must go. It is highly political, but most cannot see this, as they have not been taught to think politically, they are just consumers, individual fighters and opportunists, and want nothing to do with politics. At the same time they are extremely manipulated, Goebbels or the Communist dictators in the Eastern Block countries could not have done as good a job as the manipulating media are these days in much of the western world, the whole world really.
New Zealand stands out with its deregulated, privately owned and dominated media, and I know no other country where you get so much advertising and commercials and trailers broadcast per hour here. Sadly most have got used to it, and those that can afford it, they simply use new media that cuts out advertising, all at an extra cost, not necessarily monetary, as using such media cuts out many news services, e.g. consists of films, entertainment shows and games, little else.
A masterstroke by the manipulators to let the people decide, the manipulated people, to no longer watch Campbell Live, as it may make them too depressed, to hear the at times critical reports. People are brainwashed to "think positive", and there is where the government comes in also, it is all good on Planet Key, dissenters are only troublemakers and must therefore be shut up or neutered.
CLEANGREEN April 12, 2015 at 7:12 am
Well said Pat,
Why can Nasty NatZ use openly our public funded media for Party Political broadcasts?
What ever happened to "Conflict of interest"
Has National completely removed this protective last covenant for keeping corruption out of politics?
Jax April 12, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Mediaworks already programming soft Porn with a few opornions thrown in.
Not just female scientists Porn Henry frotts over Frank.
Netballer Maria Tutia's knickers too.
How can Hilary Barrie stomach it?
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Regulation S-T contains a group of specific rules applicable to electronic filing. Its purpose is to streamline the rule changes applicable to electronic filers by grouping them together in a separate regulation. Regulation S-T is similar to the aggregation of disclosure rules found in existing Regulations S-K and S-B that apply to registration and reporting requirements under various acts administered by the Commission.
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1. A temporary hardship exemption is automatically granted to registrants who file Form TH. However, this exemption from electronic filing does not extend the due date; the document must be paper filed.
2. A continuing hardship exemption is granted because of undue burden and expense or impracticability. Due to the ease of electronic filing, the SEC expects few such exemptions.
3. Adjustments of filing date applies when the SEC staff adjusts the filing date of an electronically submitted document because receipt or acceptance was delayed due to equipment malfunction or other technical problems. Backup measures are in place to assure that EDGAR will be fully operational and the SEC hopes such situations will not arise.
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The SEC had the foresight to anticipate the tremendous growth in computer applications. Early in the 1980s, the SEC started to develop a system for the electronic filing of registration statements and periodic reports required under the statutes. Electronic filing was the brainchild of the SEC, and to publicize and popularize such an advanced system, it asked the public to name the system. There were many names proposed, but the winning selection seems a superb choice. EDGAR encompasses all attributes conceived in the development stage of the system--receipt, acceptance, and dissemination of information concerning publicly traded entities.
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1.Prepare documents using EDGARLink software format.
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This seems about right. If you are given an opt-out from handing out marriage licenses to them gays 'coz you find it personally revolting, and the judges try to accommodate your beliefs by asking you to permit your subordinates to perform their public official duties, and you refuse to even let that happen, then you can't complain about "religious persecution" when thrown into jail. "We are a nation of laws" is a phrase thrown around pretty often, especially when government whistleblowers are thrown into prisons, or destitute migrants with children are deported from the country. Why wouldn't officials have to carry out their duties that have the Supreme Court stamp of approval?


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It's Mother's Day weekend! A weekend that honestly used to cause me a LOT of pain while we went through our infertility journey. Now it's a holiday I cherish, something that I feel extremely lucky, forever grateful for, but also know the hurt it causes. So this Mother's Day I thought it would be fun to reflect on a couple Mamas that have shaped me, made me who I am, made me laugh and kept me grounded. I'm also sharing a peek at the plans I have for my sweet Mama and I this weekend – a little something fun, just the two of us to keep us laughing and smiling.
MY MAMA: Don't get me wrong – we have our differences, I think every Mom/Daughter relationship does, but this lady has been through it all and has been the most incredible Mom through every bit of it. She taught me to be kind, compassionate, loving and independent. I watched her care for my Grandma, my Grandpa and my Uncle, she dropped everything in a heartbeat to be by their side and take them in for years until their final breathe. She showed me strength through extreme hardship, she loved me through my roughest moments and held me tight while we faced one of the most excruciating trials of infertility.
She's also kept me laughing my entire life. She's the first person to come out of nowhere with the funniest comment or action. I can remember her, me and my sisters just rolling laughing together in the car, at home – whenever we are together, laughter is most likely to be found. I'm forever grateful for her and everything she has and continues to teach and show me.
MY GRANDMA: We moved in with my Grandma shortly after my Mom got divorced and it was the best thing ever. My Grandma was my absolute best friend. She showed me love, compassion, strength and everything in between. I remember sleeping in the floor in her room growing up, she would let me watch TV late and tell me stories of when she was a little girl. She would joke a lot in between in story and always ended the night by telling me how much she loved the lamp she had next to her bed. It was a touch lamp, you could touch it three times for three different brightnesses and she seriously thought it was the best thing ever.
She was seriously the best, she taught me my faith, my strength and demonstrated the same compassion my Mom had. I am the Mom I am today because of her and my Mom, completely.
So this year – as of last week – I made the decision to do something fun for Mother's Day for my Mama and to honor my Grandma. The first thing was to honor my Grandma, to create special memories with my little girl and my Mom and how I did this was pictures. We went and took the most beautiful pictures (as you can see), with a picture of my Grandma, my sweet Mama and Blake. You may not understand – but this is a big deal, my Mom does NOT take pictures, so this was extra special and now we have memories to cherish forever.
Second on the Mother's Day happenings is this weekend, I am taking my Mom out for some fun. We love to laugh together, so I said, okay we need to go see "Life of the Party" – it's in theaters this weekend anyways so it was perfect. If you don't know what it is, go click over to the trailer now and then get planning because it's the perfect thing to make a date out of with your own Mom this weekend! It has Melissa McCarthy (yep, you already know it's good now) who plays and "old school Mom" who creates a whole new life, hence the name – "Life of the Party" – the trailer alone has me crying laughing so I'm so excited to just have some Mom time with my own Mama at the movies. It's going to be a blast.
Now go call your Mom, tell her thank you 😉 then let her know that you're taking her out this weekend!


The ATARI RADIO STARZ is an ALL 80's dance party, featuring monster hits from Madonna, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, The Go-Go's, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Jackson, Bananarama, Def Leppard, Culture Club, Van Halen, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake and so many more! The show comes complete with authentic 80's costumes, choreography and features some of the industry's best singers and musicians! The ATARI RADIO STARZ is a high-energy, interactive show that will keep people dancing all night! It is perfect for Corporate functions, Festivals, Casino Show rooms and any event where you want to create a super fun, entertaining and memorable experience for your guests!


I finished something other than a bird! I am hoping to finish at least one UFO a month this year and this is January's. This is a bit of an unconventional baby quilt but after awhile, you get tired of pink and blue. This is also my 4th or 5th log cabin. They seem to my "thang".
I had to use my professional quilt hanger to take the photo tonight, my design wall is still in a box somewhere. I also debated on having this as a separate post or just to put it in with the bird post for the day. So I apologize if I have monopolized your feeds tonight.
Thanks! This is probably my 4th or 5th log cabin. I'm addicted.
wow…that's really beautiful! I'm partial to purple these days and the contrasting colors really make the purple pop. question: I'm still pretty new to quilting – what color thread did you use for the actual quilting?
Thanks! I had this one quilted by someone else. I am really not that good at free motion so I have my friend Karen quilt them for me. She used a variegated thread that went from green to purple. It was a pretty drastic variegation, not subtle. It turned out great. I usually just let her do whatever she wants. She has a very good eye. I will try to take a close up and post it for you.
Thank you, it would be great to see a closeup. I've started my first quilt – a black & white crossword puzzle design and I'm torn with what color thread to use for the quilting…right now I'm leaning towards black.
Are you going to stitch in the ditch or do something that goes across the fabric like a grid or all over design?
I was thinking of stitching on the left and right sides of the ditch; both horizontal and vertical. I just posted some pics of my progress putting the quilt together…if you have a moment, let me know what you think.
It looks great! So cool. If you are going to stitch to each side of the ditch and not in it, like a quarter inch echo, I would do black where it is black and white where it is white so that it blends and play it safe unless you want the quilting to be more of a feature. But I am not a big risk taker. That's why I quilt with my credit card!!


The girl couldn't talk or eat after being raped as she was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The final verdict is in his statement as seen in the photo below. The public apologies will be done next Friday in the village square.
We can't involve the police (yet) because it's a community steeped in culture and tradition. Everyone is related to everyone else so the family of the girl is not really pushing for justice. We decided that it has to be a punishment agreed upon by the entire community else our safety would be at stake.
We have threatened to involve the police (and indict the community as enablers) if they don't fulfill their part of ensuring he complies with the punishment.


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Toadwater | Toadwater Inn | Information Ministry | Topic: Patch Notes September 21, 2010 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
Just a few updates for this patch.
DT was launched yesterday. It has a separate announcement, so enjoy playing it.
Peas now give popups when planting and picking. Experience was lowered for some of the pea plants, and a new gene was released that gives extra exp.
If you are level 100 or higher now, digging works a little differently. For the first dig every few minutes, it seemly gives a message and prevents you from digging. This in case of misclicks when you are doing other skills and don't mean to dig. Also for players level 100 and higher, there is now a chance to find Christmas tree seeds while digging. This should help out players who weren't lucky enough to get some at Christmas last year.
If you have any bugs or suggestions, feel free to send me a message anytime.


HOUSTON - To reduce the risk of life-threatening allergic reactions, there's a new treatment in the Houston area called oral immunotherapy, or OIT.
In OIT, doctors expose patients with food allergies to the foods they're allergic to until they're desensitized. Right now, doctors in Houston can treat patients for a variety of nuts, milk, eggs and wheat allergies.
Dr. George Browne, of Bless You Allergy & Asthma in Friendswood, is one of the first local doctors to begin OIT treatments.
"You can actually get your body to tolerate a food that previously, if you had been exposed to it, would have had that big life-threatening allergic reaction," Browne said.
Browne said his son has food allergies. Now, he wants to free other parents from this fear of food.
"I mean, when they come in and they know that we have an option for them, that we can free them from this, it's magical," he said.
Nobody knows that better than Friendswood mom Katie Larson. Her son, Brendan, was allergic to several foods. They made dozens of trips, sometimes weekly, to Dallas, which was previously the only place to offer this treatment in Texas.
She said every mile was worth it.
OIT begins treatments with small doses, almost invisible micrograms of foods mixed in a liquid that patients drink. Once they tolerate tiny tastes, Browne gives them a bit more, gradually increasing the dose.
"Get them to a level where they free eat it, hopefully," Browne said. "That's the ultimate goal, but at least so that they're safe so that when they get exposed to the food, that they will not have a big life-threatening allergic reaction called anaphylaxis."
The downfall is, patients can have some setbacks and appointments can be time-consuming, some running as long as five hours.
Once patients have become desensitized, they're free to eat the foods they're allergic to and they'll likely need to consume them every day for the rest of their lives. Doctors say it takes about three to eight months until patients can freely eat foods to which they are allergic.
Doctors said patients can be as young as under 1 year old or into adulthood.
No parent should ever attempt this therapy at home. Children should be monitored in a medical office while exposing them to allergens, which can be deadly. Doctors start by giving such a minuscule dose, you could not imitate their method on your own.


NEWARK, N.J. – A high-ranking member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to two concurrent terms of life – plus 35 years – in federal prison for committing a murder, participating in a separate attempted murder, and conspiring to distribute heroin, all as part of a racketeering conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Another Grape Street Crips gang member was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) conspiracy that involved shooting at rival gang members and conspiracies to distribute heroin and crack-cocaine. Judge Arleo also sentenced him to 10 years of supervised release.
Tony Phillips, a/k/a "Blue," 28, was convicted at trial of 10 counts in a sixth superseding indictment, including murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, RICO conspiracy, using firearms during crimes of violence, and conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The jury returned the verdict on the fourth day of deliberations following a two-month trial before U.S. District Judge Madeline Cox Arleo, who imposed the two life sentences, plus 35 years in prison, today in Newark federal court.
Justin Carnegie, a/k/a "Dew Hi," a/k/a "Dew," a/k/a "D," 31, previously pleaded guilty before Judge Arleo in Newark federal court to five counts in the sixth superseding indictment charging him with RICO conspiracy, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to possess a firearm, and separate conspiracies to distribute one kilogram of heroin and 280 grams or more of crack-cocaine. Judge Arleo sentenced Carnegie to 25 years in prison.
Phillips and Carnegie were charged in November 2016 in a 22-count indictment charging 14 members and associates with, among other things, seven murders, numerous attempted murders, and numerous other violent and drug trafficking crimes committed as part of the racketeering conspiracy. Thirteen of the 14 defendants charged in the indictment have been convicted and one is awaiting trial.
Another 66 members and associates of the Grape Street Crips who were arrested in a coordinated takedown in May 2015 were separately charged with drug trafficking, physical assaults, and witness intimidation, and all have been convicted.
In early 2013, the leader of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips authorized Tony Phillips and other gang members to murder Tariq Johnson because Johnson had grown too close to Almalik Anderson, one of the gang's chief rivals. Acting on these orders, on May 3, 2013, Phillips and another gang member shot Tariq Johnson multiple times in the head, while the Johnson sat in front of them inside a car. Phillips and his conspirators then dumped Johnson's body on a deserted street in Newark.
On Oct. 27, 2013, again acting on their gang leader's orders, Phillips and three other gang members repeatedly shot and nearly killed Almalik Anderson and Saidah Goines, a bystander who was inside Anderson's car.
In addition to orchestrating these acts of violence, Phillips conspired with other gang members to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin.
Carnegie admitted that on Oct. 7, 2013, he and other gang members sought to avenge the murder of a fellow gang member who had recently been killed by rivals. Carnegie and his fellow gang members travelled to the area of Avon Avenue in Newark, where one of them fired 14 rounds in an attempt to shoot members of the rival gang. After returning to their staging area after the shooting, Carnegie and others fled law enforcement officers, who attempted to arrest them and their fellow gang members.
Carnegie frequently carried and stockpiled firearms in furtherance of the gang's activities. In May 2010, Carnegie stored a loaded Romarm SA Cugir 7.62×39 assault rifle and an American Industries Calico M100 .22LR carbine, along with ammunition for both weapons, in Orange, New Jersey.
U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Gregory W. Ehrie in Newark, and special agents of the DEA, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Valerie A. Nickerson with the investigation.
The government is represented by Osmar J. Benvenuto, Chief of the Organized Crime and Gangs Unit, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard J. Ramsay of the Appeals Division in Newark.


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Almáciga ist eine Ortschaft im Verwaltungsbezirk (Distrikt) Anaga der Stadt Santa Cruz de Tenerife im Nordosten der spanischen Insel Teneriffa.

Lage
Es liegt im Anaga-Gebirge hinter dem Ort Taganana. Um dorthin zu gelangen, muss man durch die Montañas de las Mercedes und durch einen Tunnel nach unten ins Tal fahren.

Trivia
Almáciga ist der Heimatort des Sängers Dactah Chando.

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Ort auf Teneriffa
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Ort in Afrika

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Runaway, pre-game nervousness can come from a lot of different sources: how good your opponents are; how big and aggressive they are; how important a competition is; how big the crowd is (and who in it is watching you); whether you'll play well today and win; how "excited"your coach may get; how much playing time you'll get; the court, field or arena you're playing in — the list goes on and on.
While there are many things about your competitions that can potentially make you nervous, the true cause of your performance-disrupting nervousness isn't any of the things that I've just mentioned above. The real cause of your out-of-control nerves is you! That's right! YOU make YOURSELF nervous!
If YOU make yourself nervous, then YOU have the ability to change your inner response to calm yourself down under competitive pressure.
Here are seven tips to help you stay calm during your competition and play to your fullest potential. Remember, playing your best when it counts the most is all about being loose right before and during your competitions.
consistently do it! The way that you stay in the now is by immediately becoming aware whenever your focus drifts back to the past or ahead to the future, then quickly return your concentration to the now. Losing your focus won't make you nervous. What will make you nervous is losing your focus and not bringing it back right away! It's the break in concentration that you don'timmediately catch that will drive your stress level through the roof and sabotage your play.
Performing your best under pressure means that you have to be having fun. Fun is the secret ingredient to staying calm and doing your best when the heat of competition is turned up high. If you make a game, match or race too important, if you put too much pressure on yourself, if you get too serious, then you'll start getting nervous and your game will do a major disappearing act. When fun goes, so too will all of your game skills. If you really want to perform well, then you have to get into the game, enjoy the tournament, embrace the challenge from a tough opponent, have fun with your friends before, during and after the game!
One of the biggest tension-inducing mental mistakes that you can make as an athlete is to take your goals with you into the competition. For example, you think, "I want to go 3 for 4," "pitch a shut-out," "win this tournament," "score a goal," "break two minutes," or "prove to the coaches that I'm good." Focusing on such outcome goals will make you too nervous to play well and, ironically, cause you never to reach them. Instead, leave your goals at home and keep your focus in the action, on "this" play, shot, pitch or move, one moment at a time!
Thinking gets most athletes into trouble and makes them nervous. While you can't really stop yourself from thinking, you can purposely distract yourself from it. So, in the days and minutes leading up to a big performance or tournament, keep busy. Do not allow yourself a lot of free time to think. Focus on your homework, read a book, watch a movie, listen to music, get involved in non-sports related conversations with friends and do things to keep yourself busy and distracted. "Changing the channel" in this way will help you stay calm and composed in the days and hours leading up to your BIG performances.
There are a lot of things that happen in your sport that you do not have direct control over. Any time an athlete focuses on an "uncontrollable" they will get really nervous, lose their confidence and play badly. So make a list of all of the things about this upcoming competition that you can't directly control. For example, the officiating; the crowd; coaching decisions, (i.e. playing time); the future, such as the outcome of the game, how well you'll play, winning or losing; how you are feeling that day; other people's expectations; etc., and post the list in a highly visible place in your room. Keep in mind that these "uncontrollable" are mental traps. They are lying in wait for you and every other athlete in that competition. The only way to avoid a trap is to know that it is there! If you find yourself thinking about or focusing on one of these "uncontrollables", quickly return your concentration to something in the now that you can control.
Practice these seven tips each day and you will find yourself calmer and more focused during games. Mastering these tips will allow you to play to your fullest potential.


South Jersey songstress Shaqeyah breeds life on wax in a brand new track, Solar System.
Shaqeyah croons to her new love interest over a beat from a frequent collaborator, Kenif Muse. She reflects on his past and how she'd appreciate him better than his last. Musically, She's ready. Her voice, sound, and look are all intriguing. I wonder if Solar System is a new single for a project on the way. We'll keep her in our radar. For now check out Solar System by Shaqeyah below.


You may have noticed that most of my posts of late have been about travel or work (or both !).
Unfortunately I am currently paying for haveing the first six months of this year without much in the way of travel for work. Now I have to catch up on it all !
Last week's trip to Chicago was to attend training for our new Portal product release. Next week I am off to Beijing to teach that material. A couple of weeks after that I will be teaching in Sydney, then in Seoul, then Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland, perhaps even Perth. What's more, inbetween these week long trips, I will possibly be squeezing in some shorter trips to do other enablement work and training in preparation for the longer classes.
At this stage I'm almost fully booked all the way until Christmas, so I don't expect things to settle down until after I get back from our holidays. But that will be just in time for some more travel to follow on from what we've done in the second half of this year.
Product momentum – it's both a blessing and a curse, the busier you get, happier management is, but the harder you work to keep up with demand. At least it's satisfying work.
So I'm struggling with a lack of brain-bandwidth at the moment. Not enough energy to concentrate on ideas and solving problems outside of my working life. I expect this to settle down after a while and once we get into a routine with the education. It's just a little hectic right now.
I have so many things I'm wanting to achieve this year, even outside of work. I want to get my blog in better shape, I want to continue updating my photo gallery – including uploading a back-catalogue of close to 5000 photos (only a small percentage will actually be uploaded though), I want to set up my ZooBeat discussion forum, make some more improvements to the Somersoft forum, I want to finish the first draft of my book, I want to set up an online store for selling my father's writings and my mother's plants, I want to get my tax in order, I want to sort out my investment accounts and get them up to date, I want to fix my filing so that it's not quite the mess it has gotten itself into, I want to scan the rest of my 35mm photo collection for posterity and safe-keeping, I want to spend some more time researching some investment options and strategies, I want to write some software to manage those bit of my property portfolio that aren't covered neatly by Quickbooks or by any other software, I want to finish editing the video footage that I've taken over the last three years or so, and start burning DVDs for my family, I want to start planning to do some further education in the next couple of years, and most importantly I want to teach myself better habits for living to start looking after my body a bit more.
And none of this includes stuff that I want to do with Leanne.
It's a good thing that Buffy has finished !
Sime *phonetic grin* there just aren't enough hours in the day when your work (and travel) takes such a big bite out of your hours.
My list looks as long as yours, and even some common elements. I'm wrestling at the moment with trying to set realistic timelines AND then focussing on that task until it's done. Trouble is new things keep jumping onto the list!!!
No real answers, but a whole lotta empathy.