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Oran Kiazim
Senior Data Protection Advisor UK
Oran has a pragmatic approach to data protection compliance, as well as a deep understanding of global employee privacy matters.
Oran is a Senior Data Protection Advisor in our Privacy and Data Protection Group in London.
He advises on all aspects of data protection law, from drafting privacy policies and developing practical breach response procedures, to building global privacy programmes and implementing Binding Corporate Rules.
Before joining us in 2018, Oran established and led the global privacy team at Sterling Talent Solutions, the global leader in pre-employment background screening. He was also the primary legal specialist at the Court of Justice of the European Union, advising the EU Justices on various aspects of UK law.
Oran is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), holding both CIPP/E and CIPM certifications. He speaks widely at conferences around the world on data protection issues, from the principle of accountability in the GDPR to the national variations in approaches to employee privacy across the European Union.
Oran holds law degrees from the University of Cambridge, l'Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas) and an LL.M from the College of Europe.
Notes from the CJEU hearing on SCCS
The CJEU is considering the validity of the standard contractual clauses, whether transfers of personal data to the US breach the EU Charter and the impact of the Privacy Shield.
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Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter covering developments from June.
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Bird & Bird launches DPO and GDPR Representative services to help clients comply with GDPR
International law firm Bird & Bird today launches Bird & Bird Privacy Solutions, which includes two new services to enhance its data protection offering and help clients comply with the GDPR.
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Lowell has signed an agreement to sell its Nordic payment business, Lindorff Payments, to Collector Bank AB.

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Ok Preserve readers, we have a ton of updates today, so let's get started! Finally we're going to finish up the Lego Breakfast set of galleries, and we'll start out with what were the absolute highlight of the show for me, the brand new Lego Indiana Jones sets for 2009! We showed a few sneak peaks of these sets the very day we saw them, so you could all be up to speed, but now you can wade through the 86 pictures we have of their Indy display, and the great action features some of the sets are sporting. Above all else, these belong in a museum! ...or at least the Preserve.


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Q: iPhone: different icon for homescreen and App Store I would like to know if the app icon on the iPhone can be slightly different than the one shown in a large version in Apple's App Store.
It was discussed in short here: Tips for a successful AppStore submission?
But I wanted to make sure if anyone has more experience with that.
To give an example: The New York Times has many words incorporated in its app icon (see http://itunes.apple.com/de/app/nytimes/id284862083?mt=8). Would it be okay to have a full black colored background without the words in the small/homescreen version of the icon?

A: yes i have submit couple of application with different app icon and big application icon on App store.
Here is one example: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-business-credit-blueprint/id360499998?mt=8

A: I had one application (RefFinder) rejected just because the two didn't match. But they were quite different; I guess it's OK if they're only slightly different.

A: They can be different, but they have to accomplish the same design. I mean, they have to be recognized as the same applications (same colors, fonts.. same feeling)

A: You could achieve this using the new UIApplication.setAlternateIconName(_:completionHandler:) API in iOS 10.3 to change the app icon at runtime.
Note you need to ship the updated app icon as part of the app bundle however.

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Posts About "Olli Jokinen"
Questions for Jets as 2013-14 Season Winds Down
March 27th, 2014 The 2013-14 NHL season is quickly coming to a close and for fans of the Winnipeg Jets, the story is a familiar one. The Jets are in the playoff race, but on the outside looking in and that's probably where they will be come April 11, when they play their final game in Calgary. There are a number of issues facing the team going...
Jets Stand Pat At The Deadline
March 5th, 2014 Another NHL trade deadline has come and gone and once again, the Winnipeg Jets chose to watch from the sidelines, instead of getting involved in the chaos and striking a deal. General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff stood pat with his lineup, despite the fact that veterans Devin Setoguchi and Olli Jokinen are set to become...
Olympic Jets: New and Old Headed to Sochi
January 12th, 2014 Four Winnipeg Jets players will be competing at next month's Winter Olympics. 6 days after right winger, Blake Wheeler was named to Team USA on New Year's Day, the final Olympic roster announcements for were made. Following the various announcements, it became official that Olli Jokinen, Ondrej Pavelec, and Michael Frolik will...
Q & A With Olli Jokinen of the Winnipeg Jets
November 27th, 2013 Olli Jokinen is in his second season with the Winnipeg Jets, which is his seventh NHL team spanning 16 seasons; probably not the way the third overall pick (Los Angeles Kings) in the 1997 NHL Draft envisioned his career back then. Having said that, he has had a productive career with 711 points (303g-408a) in 1,113 games, but because he...
Fantasy Hockey: Noticeable November Performers Under 20% Owned
November 19th, 2013 With the fantasy hockey season well under way, managers have probably stowed some lesser owned players on their bench. While injuries and inconsistencies can throw off a fantasy hockey team for some time, making oneself known through the free agent/waiver-wire might not be such a bad thing for some managers. Despite the fact that...
Do the Jets Need Jokinen to Return to Form?
September 6th, 2013 One of the big disappointments for the Winnipeg Jets last season was unquestionably the play of Olli Jokinen. Before the start of last season, Jokinen inked a two-year $9 million deal with the Jets. Many expected the Finnish Center, who was coming off a 61 point season in Calgary, would be the 1st line scoring threat the Jets...
Who Needs to Step Up for the Winnipeg Jets in 2013-14?
August 31st, 2013 The Winnipeg Jets finished four points back of eighth place in the Eastern Conference last season, barely missing out on the playoffs. Now in the Western Conference, they have just 13 teams to compete against for eight playoff spots. However, the Central Division boasts a number of tough opponents, including the defending Stanley Cup...
Flames Tease with Strong First Period in Season Opener
January 21st, 2013 The abbreviated season brought about by the NHL lockout will have numerous effects that traditional 82-game regular seasons do not have. As the NHL season is limited to 48 games, there is now no such thing as a luxurious error. The season itself is a sprint so teams must play accordingly, truly treating each period with the...


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The EU does not recognize the annexation of Crimea and calls on Russia to fulfill the Minsk agreements – Tusk
July 13, 2017 IMMPolitics
The EU does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea and calls on Russia to fulfill the Minsk agreements. This was stated by the President of the EU Council Donald Tusk.
"We support Ukraine in fight against Russian aggression. We do not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea and call for the implementation of the Minsk agreements by all parties and stress the Russian responsibility in this regard," he said.
Read also: Poroshenko: Russia is a blatant and cynical aggressor
Tusk also reminded that yesterday the EU finally ratified the Association Agreement with Ukraine. It will enter into force on 1 September. The commercial part, which entered into force last year, has already increased trade among our countries by 25%. Fully ratified, the agreement will allow in the future to strengthen our cooperation and to deepen political Association and economic integration of Ukraine into the EU. The European Union notes the desire of Ukraine to Europe and welcomes Ukraine's European choice", – he said and gave the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the final decision on ratification was signed.
Earlier , Donald Tusk announced that the aggressor not to beat Ukraine.
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Growing up most of us are taught not to waste anything because there are people starving, that people would love to have what we have so be sure you don't waste it. I remember the nuns saying don't waste your food there are people starving and some classmate would say under his/her breath "then why don't we send it to them", GREAT idea and this concept of sending things we don't use to someone who could use it is most easily translated to our "stuff".
I work with people who possess an overabundance of "stuff" and when I ask them why they keep so many pieces of a certain item, many times, I'm met with a shrug and "I don't know". I encounter tens and tens of collared knit shirts, tens of multiples of tens of T-shirts (I might go so far as to say hundreds of T-shirts) and lots and lots of black pants. People don't know what to do with these item s and they don't want to be wasteful, so they don't deal with the overabundance of items they possess.
What if we looked at being wasteful in a different context? What would you say if I said to you these items are being wasted because they are shoved into the back of your drawer or closet and NO ONE is using them, and they are wasting away when they could be put to good use by someone else.
I know that if I find T-shirts stuffed into the bottom of your hall closet you are wasting them. I know that if I find collared knit shirts hanging in your laundry room covered in dust you are wasting them. I know that if I find boxes of socks in the basement covered in mouse poop you are wasting them. I know that if I find a total of 270 shirts in your home in various rooms that 240 of them are being wasted. I know that if I find cans of tomato paste, vegetables, tuna fish, or any food item, past their expiration date they are being wasted.
Your money is being wasted. If you stopped buying excess what could you do with that wasted money? Would your bank account have a positive number? Would you be able to go out for a beautiful meal once a month? Would you feel better because you contributed to a soup kitchen or homeless shelter? Would you be able to volunteer somewhere with the hours not wasted buying items you don't need?
Be conscious of your spending, donate what you can, enjoy experiences.
Stop Waste NOW. You can do it!
My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and asked our family not to tell anyone. That was a really challenging request because when I speak to family and friends they always ask how I am and I couldn't tell them the truth that my heart was breaking, I didn't know what to do and I needed their comforting words. I got the blues, I turned inward and became isolated because it was too hard to tell people I'm fine, my family is fine, everything is fine.
In my work as a Move Manager, DeClutterer, Organizer I see people who also are disconnected from family/friends/life, have the blues, who cling to items out of a sense of loss, people who assign the soul of those who have died or left to things and I get it. I see them unable to make a decision for themselves because they have decided to protect themselves and this is the only way they know how.
Our clients have a lot of fear of the unknown, they have experienced loss: divorce, death, illness, loss of a career, loss of home, loss of friends, trauma, full-time care of a child or family member, loss of money all of which can translate into fear and many times there is no one with them taking the journey. I always ask my clients "Who is your support"? Many times, it's me and the lovely, trustworthy, caring people who work with me.
My thought was, I see the disconnect in my life and those I work with, how can I change that? How can I help myself and others to be more connected? I came up with the Re-Connect Movement.
I thought about how speaking live, either on the phone or in person, to someone could change my hour, my day, my week and my life. I thought about how just the act of reaching out could show me courage and open paths to uplifting emotions and clearer emotions then I thought about how this could impact my clients and others to help them declutter those areas in their lives they were hanging on to.
DeClutter By Deirdre operates in a non-judgment work zone which means, we don't judge you or your environs and you don't judge you. We are very familiar with life's ups and downs and how they affect the way we live in our homes. Sometimes, it becomes impossible to live in a beautifully decluttered home: illness, death, despair, loneliness, or divorce sadness takes over, shows up and manifests as clutter in our lives. We can't see beyond today and lack energy to put items away or clean or discard items that no longer serve us. It's not the person you were and it's not the person you are, it's temporary.
I like to call this temporary state "Putting on Our Armor". Visualize putting on a knight's coat of armor, protecting us from evil and sad sources. I relate the clutter that piles up to this coat of armor, when the sadness goes away so does the coat of armor. Sometimes, we need help getting rid of that protective "armor" and subsequent clutter. You only need to ask and we will work beside you every step of the way, supporting and encouraging and never judging.


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Here's Why You Should Never Send An Email That Says 'Please Call Me'
Have you ever sent or received an email at work that said, "Please call me," or, "I need to speak to you, please give me a ring," with no additional information?
Jon Steinberg, CEO of the Daily Mail, North America, recently wrote a LinkedIn post in which he explains why this is the most frustrating, annoying, and disruptive type of email a person can send.
"They put the recipient into a state of wonder at the very least and some level of anxiety at the other end of the spectrum," he says. "The news to be delivered is no doubt bad, the only question is how bad?"
Steinberg says the recipient can (and will) assume the "call" is likely to result in finding out a major piece of business has been lost, a key employee has resigned, they're in trouble for something, or some other bad news.
"Over the years, I have asked colleagues not to send me these messages. And if they have confidential information, they can still add some details to an email to make it slightly less baffling and anxiety provoking," says Steinberg.
For example, instead of, "Please call me. Need to speak to you," you could write, "Please call me. We have an issue with our client XYZ," or "Please call me. HR issue involving retaining an employee," he says.
And if you're requesting that an employee or colleague call you so you can share positive information with them, say so. For instance, "Good news! Call me."
Either way, make sure you're near your phone, and available and prepared to speak immediately after sending off the email. Most people would want to get the call out of the way as soon as possible, and getting your voicemail will only increase their anxiety.
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lapPAC facilitates independence and privacy for students using motorized wheelchairs. Typically students who use motorized wheelchairs carry all their possessions in backpacks that hang on the back of their chairs. The students do not have the ability to reach around behind their chairs to access the backpacks. This lapPAC is designed for students with Duchennes Muscular Dystrophy(DMD). Students with DMD have limited reach and macro-movements while they retain dexterity and micro-movements. The lapPAC provides DMD students with the ability to access a laptop, a voice recorder and a water bottle.
The form and aesthetics of the lapPAC is proof of concept that assistive technology devices don't have to be clinical to be functional. This tray is currently being used by a student at a public school in New York City. The student calls it his "docking station".
Consultants: The students who use motorized wheelchairs and the occupational therapists at P.S. 199 in New York City.
Developed in Introduction to Assistive Technology at Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University.


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Charter Taps Rogers' Tory to Board
By Multi Channel News Staff 31 December 2001
Charter Communications Inc. has named John H. Tory, president and CEO of
Rogers Cable Inc., to its board of directors.
Tory, who was appointed to Charter's board Dec. 28, has served in his current
position in Rogers -- Canada's largest broadband-cable operator, with 2.3
million customers -- since April 1999.
The company also operates more than 250 Rogers Video stores, and it is one of
Canada's fastest-growing Internet-service providers.
Prior to his current position, Tory served as CEO of Rogers Media Inc. Before
joining Rogers, he was a partner at Tory, Tory, DesLauriers & Binnington,
one of Canada's largest law firms.


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"[I]t cannot therefore be supposed that he wished Mrs. Crayton to be very liberal in her bounty to the afflicted suppliant; yet vice had not so entirely seared over his heart, but the sorrows of Charlotte could find a vulnerable part."
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Queensland political turmoil could tip the scale in favour of farmers against land clearing reform
/ By Charlie McKillop and Marty McCarthy
Posted Tue 8 Mar 2016 at 3:13am Tuesday 8 Mar 2016 at 3:13am Tue 8 Mar 2016 at 3:13am , updated Tue 8 Mar 2016 at 7:28am Tuesday 8 Mar 2016 at 7:28am Tue 8 Mar 2016 at 7:28am
North Queensland MPs hope to exploit state's political turmoil to fight proposed reforms to tighten land clearing laws. (Marty McCarthy)
abc.net.au/news/land-clearing-queensland-political-turmoil/7230028
Katter's Australian Party hopes the Queensland Government's plan to tighten tree clearing laws could be in jeopardy following the defection of another north Queensland Labor MP.
The member for Cairns, Robert Pyne, has announced he will quit the state Labor Government and sit as an independent.
He follows in the footsteps of the member for Cook, Billy Gordon, who quit Labor in March 2015.
Duration: 7 minutes 24 seconds 7m
Charlie McKillop talks to KAP MP Rob Katter and AgForce president Grant Maudsley about the new political paradigm and how it is likely to influence the government's tree clearing amendments.
It means Labor holds 42 seats, equal with the LNP, with the balance of power held by five Queensland crossbenchers - four of whom reside in north Queensland.
North Queensland has become the battle ground in the fierce debate over tree clearing reform, with Katter's Australian Party arguing the practice is necessary for farmers wanting to remain viable.
KAP's Robbie Katter said with Mr Pyne's support, it might help to tip the tree clearing debate in their favour.
"With Rob Pyne now on the crossbench we've got a better chance of defending our rights against people in Brisbane who aren't approaching issues like vegetation management with rational behaviour," he said.
"We will be talking to Pyne today, and in the future, because being part of a northern bloc now, you'd say we've got a lot of things to talk about."
We actually do need to do a little clearing in some places to make sure people have an opportunity to grow their businesses.
Although KAP has said it would vote with the LNP against Labor's reforms, tipped to be announced next week, Mr Gordon and Mr Pyne's positions are not yet known.
Mr Gordon today attended a vegetation management forum at Mareeba, on the Atherton Tablelands, organised by farm lobby Group Agforce to hear from farmers concerned about the reforms.
"I'm neither here nor there with the policy or legislation at the moment, but it's through roundtables like this and opportunities to engage with constituents that I have to firm up my view on how I'll vote," he said.
Mr Katter said Mr Pyne's decision to leave Labor showed people in the north are frustrated with the government.
"The rest of Queensland is going to see this situation and ask 'why have we got disgruntled people in north Queensland?'," he said.
"We've had a downturn in mining, a downturn in property and in tourism, we're struggling everywhere, we cannot fight peak producers and tie their hands behind their back."
Mr Pyne has indicated he would support Labor with some of its policies.
"I would not anticipate this having a drastic impact on the government's legislative agenda," he said.
Land clearing reforms a threat to cattle sector
Grant Maudsley, from farm lobby group Agforce, said the cattle industry needed all the help it could get.
He said if Labor implemented stricter land clearing policies it would hold the sector back.
"We are at a 20 year low with beef cattle numbers [in Australia], so the cattle need to come from somewhere," Mr Maudsley said.
"If you are going to get more productivity out of this country and grow more cattle and build a herd, then it has to come from somewhere.
"That doesn't necessarily come from the natural environment that is uncleared. We actually do need to do a little clearing in some places to make sure people have an opportunity to grow their businesses."
Mr Maudsley said the challenge was convincing urban voters that land clearing was sustainable, and necessary for Queensland's grazing industry to grow.
"Now more than ever, with the opportunity in Asia, this is an exciting time to be in the industry," he said.
"But you could pour cold water on it really quickly if the government gets [tree clearing reform] wrong".
Wilderness advocates hit back at farm group
The Wilderness Society's Tim Seelig criticised Mr Maudsley's comments, arguing the changes made by the former LNP government to the Vegetation Management Act in 2013 were not intended to help farmers run more cattle.
Mr Seelig is against clearing for high value agriculture projects, a provision under the LNP's reforms, which was meant to be used by farmers clearing for crops, cane and grain.
"We always said that clearing for so-called high value agriculture was a scam, that it was never intended to be for crops, because the soils generally won't support that intensive agriculture," he said.
"Now Agforce have admitted this is all about more grazing.
"This is why the Palaszczuk government was quite right to commit to restoring its stronger clearing laws."
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Q: How does kubectl detect configuration in GCE? I created a Kube cluster using the kube-up script. If I ssh into the intances, kubectl is configured for the local cluster. My question, how is kubectl detecting the kubeconfig when a cluster is created using kube-up script?

A: I tried to do this using a cluster built from HEAD on GCE and didn't have the same experience. On the master instance, kubectl works. But on the nodes, it isn't configured to communicate with the master:
$ kubectl version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"2+", GitVersion:"v1.2.0-alpha.8.82+c9d33ec1b4044e", GitCommit:"c9d33
ec1b4044e2a330a9b8b7a9204a99b6c6eec", GitTreeState:"clean"}
The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

The reason that it works out of the box on the master is that by default kubectl tries to connect to port 8080 on localhost, which is also the insecure port used on the master (until kubernetes#13598 is resolved).


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Dallas officer in wrong apartment fatally shoots neighbor
This Sept. 21, 2017, photo provided by Harding University in Search, Ark., shows Botham Jean leading worship at a university presidential reception in Dallas. Authorities said Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, that a Dallas police officer returning home from work shot and killed Jean, a neighbor, after she said she mistook his apartment for her own. The officer called dispatch to report that she had shot the man Thursday night, police said. (Jeff Montgomery/Harding University via AP)
South Side Flats is shown in this Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 photo. A Dallas police officer returning home from work shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her own, authorities said Friday. The officer called dispatch to report that she had shot the man Thursday night, police said. She told responding officers that she believed the victim's apartment was her own when she entered it. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Published September 08. 2018 12:56AM
By RYAN TARINELLI
DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a black neighbor's apartment for her own fatally shot that person, and authorities are seeking manslaughter charges, police said Friday.
It was not clear what the officer may have said to 26-year-old Botham Jean after entering his home late Thursday. But given what investigators currently know about the case, they decided to pursue a manslaughter case, police said.
"Right now, there are more questions than we have answers," Police Chief U. Renee Hall told a news conference. She said she spoke to Jean's sister to express condolences to the family.
It was also unclear if the officer was in custody. Hall said she did not know the whereabouts of the officer, whose name was not released.
According to police, the officer returned home in her uniform after her shift. She called dispatch to report that she had shot a man, and she later told the officers who responded that she believed the victim's apartment was her own when she entered it.
The responding officers administered first aid to Jean, a native of the Caribbean country of St. Lucia who attended college in Arkansas and worked for accounting and consulting firm PwC. Jean was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Hall said the officer's blood was drawn to be tested for drugs and alcohol. She declined to speculate as to whether fatigue or other factors, including race, may have factored into the shooting. She also said the Texas Rangers will conduct an independent investigation.
Jean grew up in St. Lucia and attended Harding University in Searcy, Ark., where he majored in accounting and information systems and often led campus worship services before graduating in 2016, the school said in a statement. That July, he went to work for PwC in risk assurance. The company in a statement that it was "simply heartbroken to hear of his death."
Family and friends described Jean as a devout Christian and a talented singer. His uncle Ignatius Jean said the slaying left relatives looking for answers.
"You want to think it's fiction ... and you have to grapple with the reality," he said.
He called Jean a "brilliant" man of "impeccable character" and said news of his death had rippled across the small island nation of St. Lucia.
"Botham was in the prime of his life," his uncle said.
Nathan Monan, a friend from Harding University, said Botham Jean was kind to everybody.
"This doesn't make sense to anybody right now," he said.
Authorities have not said how the officer got into Jean's home, or whether his door was open or unlocked. The apartment complex is just a few blocks from Dallas police headquarters.
Residents of the complex said they can access their units with a key or through a keypad code.
Jeffrey Scherzer, who lives there, said when he returned home late at night an officer escorted him to his apartment and warned him to steer clear of a blood trail.
Two women who live on the second floor near where the shooting happened said they heard a lot of noise late Thursday.
"It was, like, police talk: 'Open up! Open up!'" 20-year-old Caitlin Simpson told The Dallas Morning News.
Yazmine Hernandez, 20, was studying with Simpson when they heard the commotion.
"We heard cops yelling, but otherwise had no idea what was going on," Hernandez said.
Associated Press writers Jamie Stengle and David Warren contributed to this report.
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The cost of evicting travellers from Europe's largest illegal camp could spiral to £18million, councillors have revealed.
The occupants of Dale Farm in Crays Hill, Essex, have threatened violence if bailiffs move in, pushing up the bill to remove them from £3.5million just 18 months ago.
Basildon Council has set aside £8million for the operation – almost a third of its annual budget – while Essex Police has a £10million 'worst-case scenario' fund.
Insiders fear moving 1,000 travellers from the former greenfield site could take two months after they said they were preparing for a lengthy battle.
The removal of the gypsies is expected to take around eight weeks, with the expenditure confirmed in a meeting due to take place next Monday.
If confirmed, the residents would be given 28 days to leave the site, with the enforcement notice applying to 51 pitches, outbuildings, utility blocks, fencing and walls.
Despite the huge cost, Tony Ball, leader of the council is determined to press ahead if the families choose not leave by their own accord.
Mr Ball said: 'No one wants a forced clearance of this site and we have spent ten years asking the travellers to work with us to seek a peaceful resolution.
'However, it is important the law is applied equally and fairly to all people and if we do not take action in this case, we would have little moral right as a planning authority to take action against future unauthorised developments.
The huge bill could force town hall bosses in Basildon to axe more jobs and hike council tax and the town's Labour group has opposed the eviction on humanitarian and costs grounds even when the estimations were smaller.
Group leader Lynda Gordon said: 'Only a week ago we were told we were reckless for wanting to take £2million out of reserves to pay off the sports village to avoid selling off playing fields.
Legal wrangling over the issue first began a decade ago when the council became aware that families had started to used the land, which now houses more than 1,000 people.
But travellers - who have placed a large banner declaring 'We won't go' over the site's entrance - have declared they will use violence in a bid to protect their homes.
Mr Ball added: 'We have tried to work with the families concerned to find a peaceful resolution but, after ten years of continued and illegal development of the green belt, we must draw a line under the matter and take action.
Since the dispute began, council officers have offered private meetings to the affected families to discuss how the council could help them in their efforts to re-locate.
'This offer of help has remained on the table throughout the past ten years but sadly few families asked to meet with our officers.
Following the confirmation of the notice, the council is required by law to meet any homelessness that arises from their operation and said it had been working with willing families.
Travellers considering leaving Dale Farm are understood to be looking at up to four sites, including other locations in Essex.
Dale Farm campaigner Grattan Puxon said travellers could then apply to a £60million Homes and Communities Agency fund to build caravan sites.
Travellers have been at Dale Farm since the 1970s when 40 families were granted planning permission to live there.


ONCE MORE WITH FEELING: Who Are You?
Am working in Toronto currently and doing some workshops and private intensives.
How can you present "you" if you don't know who "YOU" is?
But who ARE we? who ARE you? What do you bring to the table RIGHT NOW?
As artists, we are constantly exploring growth. We are constantly discovering questions and answers to those questions. We are constantly challenging ourselves for more and for better.
What if we just take stock NOW of what we are and what we do WELL, MAGNIFICENTLY, UNIQUELY right now instead of waiting for it to be better?
If we don't know WHO we are, we cannot present anything clearly. We present with meekness, insecurity, hesitancy, apology.
The business has no time or space for this. They will respond not to apology, but rather, to an unapologetic and clear artist who leads with self and strength.
We could all make lists of our flaws, of what we cannot do yet, of what we are still working on. These are the easy lists.
1. What do you love about your voice? No editing, no excuses, this isn't ego - this is REAL.
2. What do you love about your artistry? Not what you wish you could do to love, but what you DO to love!
3. What are your strong personality traits? What make YOU, you?
4. What do you love about your body? What are your magnificent wonderful attributes that make you physicality unique?
5. What are 5 songs/arias you love to sing? ANYTHING!!! DO NOT EDIT! It doesn't need to be in your fach, your type or your gender!
Why these five lists? Because they begin to bring threads of you together in order for your to see a focused picture of who you are in presenting to the business!
They will help you create a clearer sense of self in the business: of WHO you are and HOW you are to be seen.
If you don't know what you are selling, how can they buy?
If you don't lead with your strengths and your uniqueness and CLAIM IT WITH NO APOLOGIES they cannot see it clearly. If you don't see it and claim it, they won't either.
The business is not the place to double check, or feel inadequate. The business is where you walk in, completely contained, and PRESENT. NO APOLOGIES.
Our voice, our spirit, our physicality, our artistry, our person have to lead with the strengths it possesses. And yes, it possesses strengths!
If you are a 5'9" soprano - don't apologize for it! GLORY in it! If you are a 5'2" tenor, don't make excuses! BE WHO YOU ARE and sing with every pore!
So what if you are still losing weight - how great do you look now? What is marvellous about YOU now?
If the voice is still balancing and developing, what makes it special? What are the attributes that give it its uniqueness?
What do you gravitate towards artistically? Musically? Does that reveal yet another dimension of YOU that is magnificent and will make someone look up from that table, stay intrigued and want to hear and see you again?
We are quick to apologize for flaws and very slow to truly embrace the beauty of self.
DO the lists! Some might be hard - but do them anyway!!! 3 - 6 months from now, do them again and add 2 -5 more things onto them. See how the positive outweighs the apology.
Whoever you are - claim it, and NEVER apologize for it.
Walk into that room - be it audition, agent meeting, rehearsal, or whatever - and lead with the FULLNESS of you. Know who that is, and WHY it is, and claim the strength that is YOU.
If you don't know, you aren't ready to walk into that room yet.
I'm auditioning for a musical in a few months and I want to get as much information on auditioning as I can-your blog is really helpful. Thank you!


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What IS a blessing? Well, the kind of blessings we're talking about today are the invoking of God's favor upon a person. While I'm not big on the luck of the Irish, I love Irish blessings! No country invokes God's favor upon others quite like the Irish!
Since it's just one day past St. Patrick's Day, I wanted to take this opportunity to invoke God's favor upon you! Fasten your seat belt… here we go!
28 May God give you heaven's dew and earth's richness— an abundance of grain and new wine.
Isn't that a beautiful photograph? It was taken by our friend and fellow poet, David Catherwood.
OH… written in the key of E… ugh. Good for a guitar player – difficult for a piano player. LOL! I could play it… but I wouldn't LIKE it.
We are blessed by God and in turn we bless others.
And last, but certainly not least – this beautiful Irish prayer. I pray this for each of you!
I'm fighting a migraine headache – and reading this quote is not helping it! LOL! So, we should be glad we have bad luck because it's protecting us from something even worse? Hang on, Sloopy… let me read that upside-down because it could make more sense that way.
You know, there are days when a train makes you late for an appointment, or a little family of ducklings need to cross the road and you wait patiently in your car for them to get safely to the other side. Those are seemingly obstacles that make you late and feeling crazy… but wait – maybe those are God's way of keeping you out of harm's way.
People who do luck will say it's just worse than bad luck. Here we go, not giving any credit to the Creator. If I'm detained along the way, I try to take time to thank God for it instead of get all angry about it. That is easier to do since I don't have a job to show up for, by the way. Maybe if those "obstacles" had not been there, something awful would have happened, such as a wreck.
Do we believe in God's promises? If we do, then we must also believe that His method of carrying out those promises could include putting an inconvenience in our path once in a while to save us from harmful consequences. Yes, He loves us enough to do that.
Luck is too random and wrapped in chance to even fathom that it has varying degrees… good and bad – good and bad and worse than bad??? What??? Pass the Excedrin Migraine… yeah.
Let's call it what it is… God's supernatural protection over our lives. How about going a step further, and thanking Him for it when we recognize it? I'm not always great at recognizing it, but I'm trying to do a better job.
I love that God keeps me safe and protects me against harm! I claim His promises on my life and praise Him for them.
Of course it's March, and we will be hearing all about LUCK. When you give luck the credit for something wonderful that happens in your life, you are not giving God the glory and honor for it. I'm sure we don't intend to slight our dear Lord at all – ever, but we should be more mindful of how we express joy for our blessings (and in some cases, miracles).
It's really a matter of where you place your trust, isn't it? Luck is such an elusive and vague thing, so why would you place your trust in it? Luck is not higher than we are, and I'm not convinced that it even exists. Some people think that way about God, and I think that is very sad. I will bless the Lord God Almighty!
My faith and trust will be placed in God and His Son, Jesus Christ. He's all I need to navigate this life and make Heaven my eternal home!
Wish me luck on that test tomorrow!
Only luck had kept her from getting sick too!
Good luck getting the secret ingredient from mom!
I'll try my luck fishing on the other side.
I'm gonna take a chance and change my luck.
Thank You, Lord, for helping me with that shot!
Whisper a prayer or two for me as I take that test tomorrow!
Thank the Lord she didn't get sick too!
I'll pray that you can get that secret ingredient from mom with no problem!
Lord willing I will catch some fish over on the other side!
I'm gonna dump the luck and say a prayer instead!
What just happened here??? The randomness and chance in the first sentences were turned into gratitude, praise to God, and prayers! When we acknowledge God in these ways, we are letting Him know that we recognize His sovereignty and His control over everything – big and small.
If a farmer were to hoard grain in a time of famine or when others are in dire straits, people would naturally not only think badly of, but would probably talk about in less than glowing terms. If that same farmer chose to sell the grain for a fair and reasonable price, those same people would think better and bless he and his family. We can translate the grain into the gospel of Christ. Our Lord did not come to earth to save just you or just me. Of course, if you or I were the only one on the planet, He certainly would have – but what Christ did for the world was… well – for the world! We are not to have the attitude that we've found the way to salvation, so there's no need to share the good news. We should be willing to share at every opportunity God gives us!
Why is it important for God's children to share the joyful news of salvation with others? Because it's part of God's plan for us to take as many others with us to Heaven as we can. Friendship evangelism is the most effective way to help others hear the good news of Christ. His life, His death, and His resurrection. The Roman Road is a road we should travel several times in our lifetime. It not only teaches a new child of God, but it reminds His older children of where they are and where they came from. It's a humbling exercise to be sure. We have so much to thank God for, don't we?
I'm not a soul saver – that's God's job through Christ's sacrifice. No, I can't save anyone, but I can share my testimony and show others how they too can be saved. We sow seeds – sort of like Johnny Appleseed, I guess.
Let's make God's Word available to all people everywhere, in a language that they understand.
Let's keep the Gideon Bibles in hotels and motels, and in all places we possibly can. I've heard countless stories of how people read the Bible just in time before going through with suicide. It's important that the Christian Bible be available to all.
Preaching should be understood clearly. Talking over people's heads is a waste of everyone's time. May we speak and write for the average person.
Let's give importance to answering God's call on our lives. In our day, there are so many distractions. Never in history have there been so many distractions in our lives – most of them to amuse ourselves in the form of entertainment.
Christ crucified must be the sum total of any sermon or lesson in Sunday School. His blood sacrifice is the fundamental truth we need to teach and preach (and write blog posts).
May there not be a lack of love in our ministry and in our witness. Love is the greatest of all. Preachers, teachers and blog writers will be held accountable if any of their listeners or readers should perish. Cover all you do with much prayer, and pray for those you want to reach.
Labor passionately for the spread of the gospel to all men. Support missions at home and abroad.
Watch for an opportunity to express kindness and love to someone else every day. Don't be thoughtless or too wrapped up in yourself to pray for others.
Help those who speak up for Christ. Consecrate your money for those who minister at home and abroad. As we give to missions, God gives to us.
God rewards those who do His work with an easy conscience. He gives them peace of mind and heart. When we place jewels in His crown and palm branches in His path, that is the ultimate reward for doing His bidding.
He who dares to run the risk is not only unwise, but goes against God's way. Will you share the gospel with your neighbors, or hoard it?
It's been a rough week… physically and mentally exhausting! We recently changed internet providers and have been unable to have the secondary account (that would be my account) added. The account with our previous carrier has been suspended since the Friday before Labor Day. I've been without access for a few weeks. I think I'm experiencing a form of internet withdrawal. Is there a support group for that? I don't think so, but I may start one!
Last Thursday a tech from our new provider came to set up our security system. I asked if he thought he may be able to help me get that secondary account set up so I can get on the internet train once again. He proceeded to tell me that he recently graduated from college with a degree in computer – and my countenance brightened immediately! Hope renewed, I pointed out my sad little laptop and told him to have at it.
He asked if I had a Gmail account and I said I did (thinking that I definitely did NOT remember my password!) He got my computer to use google chrome instead of internet explorer – and left the google logo where you search – displayed. So… I have a google logo where there once was Cafe Mahjong! Is this progress? Well… maybe.
I was disappointed and a little angry. They guy left and I'm still up a creek without a password. I was actually shaking and I cried a little bit. Does that help? NO! I calmed down some and went back upstairs, believing I'd play Bejeweled 2 for the rest of the evening. Once I had calmed down, I looked at this passage of Scripture. The words WISE, WISDOM, BOAST and KINDNESS, JUSTICE and RIGHTEOUSNESS jumped out at me.
Have you ever just got real with God? I mean – at the end of yourself – at the end of whatever boasts you hear from others who claim to have the ability to help – at the end of it all? I prayed that God would just calm my anxious thoughts, dry my tears and bring alternatives to my mind. If God is ready and willing to do anything for us, it is to impress us with alternatives! We serve a God with so many ways of solving problems – any problem!
God told me to talk to Lucinda. He often tells me to talk with her! Did I do that right away? No – because Linda pride gets in the way… I sat and argued and asked God to just tell me what I should do – He said NOPE – you need to talk to Lucinda. So… I got on facebook and shared my frustration. She made it all better when she said – CAN YOU SET UP ANOTHER ACCOUNT?
Well – suddenly it was ALL BETTER! I didn't have to remember the password – or click on "forgot password" knowing that I didn't have a working email address for them to send a code to! I'll just start all over again! The weight of the world was lifted and I thanked God for such a good friend (even though right now I'm pretty sure she's laughing through tears!) It pays to trust God's way of problem solving instead of trusting your own wisdom – or your college degree.
Good people do live in my midst! We're getting ready for a garage sale later this month and spent a day preparing the garage for the tables, racks, etc. The worst thing that can happen at a garage sale is when someone wants to buy something that you are not selling. The solution is to cover everything that you want to keep with a tarp.
We were working in the garage when along comes our neighbor. He's a very pleasant man, friendly and hard-working. He owns a farm just outside Wichita as well as a home in our little community. He asked if our riding lawn mower was for sale. My husband told him it was. They worked out the details and our big -ticket item was sold.
Seems cut and dried, doesn't it? We get money and he gets the rider to use out on his farm.
The story's not finished. Here's the cool part.
Yesterday was the open air market at our extension office. Most of the vendors have stopped coming because summer is over. We stopped to look around a bit, not expecting to find much. There was our neighbor with the last of his vegetable crop – and it looked delicious, I must say.
Without saying a word, he bagged up most of what he had left and handed it to us.
He has absolutely NO idea what he did. We have vegetables to put in our freezer for winter. Our freezer was empty – now it's full. I think I know what the squirrels must feel like – collecting and filling their little homes with food for the winter months.
He told us it was a bonus payment on the mower. We laughed. I wanted to cry tears of joy.
But here's the thing… my dad had a garden every year and grew all the vegetables our neighbor does. We've been buying vegetables at the market – but let's face it, they just are not homegrown. They don't taste the same.
I'm sitting here now eating fried okra, crying tears of happiness. It's like a taste of home, to be honest. This small gesture touched my heart and took me back home for just a little while.
This journey called life is filled with a little pain and a little sorrow, but once in a while, a neighbor does something that renews your faith in humans. I could never thank him enough for that – not without crying, anyway. It's more than okra – it's closing my eyes and going back to a late summer / early fall meal with my parents. How do you thank someone for that?
I know it's just a simple little story, but isn't our life here on the planet about paying it forward? It's about sharing your bounty with those who are not farmers or gardeners. Our neighbor would certainly have not had to do that.
Last night I got such a sweet present from Lucinda Berry Hill. Thank you, my friend! You've made turning the ol' double nickel so much better! 🙂 I love that basket heart too – don't you???
God has blessed me with another year of life! Today I am the ol' double nickel… old enough to receive a senior citizen discount at most restaurants and I could join AARP (but that will never happen because I am not a fan…). I am a fan of good health, happiness, faith and joy. I'm thankful for every day God gives me to begin again and do better with His help.
Of all the things I could pray for, today I ask God to give me more compassion for everyone and everything around me. I want to be more relatable than ever because it's what God wants for me. He wants all of us to be more gentle and kind with one another. I KNOW I need to have more patience and compassion for those young drivers… Lord help me with road rage!
You are not going to believe this, but shortly after I wrote this post, Lucinda sent me a poem to design. As I read it – the little blurb about compassion just reached out and slapped me! I have to share it today. I love how God guides both of us to write – but it's especially cool when we're both directed to write so similarly! I just got chills when I read this.
Yes – I will make an effort to bring calmness where I walk, to show kindness and compassion, and pointing all to God. SEE why I got chills up my spine???
Cook onions in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender, 5-8 minutes. Drain and let cool. Trim root ends; peel.
Meanwhile, heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add pancetta to pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until fat is rendered and pancetta is brown, 8-10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer pancetta to a large bowl.
Add onions to same pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until beginning to brown, 8-10 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Transfer onions and garlic to bowl with pancetta.
Season chicken with salt and pepper. Working in batches, add chicken to pot skin side down and cook, turning, until browned on all sides, 10-15 minutes per batch; transfer to bowl with onions.
Carefully drain fat from pot and return to medium-high heat. Add both vinegars to pot and bring to a boil, stirring and scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pot. Add broth, raisins, bay leaves, and reserved chicken, pancetta, onions, and garlic to pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, partially covered, until chicken is fork-tender, 35-40 minutes.
Using a slotted spoon, transfer chicken and onions to a large platter. Skim fat from cooking liquid and discard. Remove bay leaves, and season sauce with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over chicken and onions.


Join Leah Hopkins (Narragansett/Niantic) and Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) as they demonstrate and teach about the various traditional Native cooking methods of the Coastal Northeast. Leah and Elizabeth will share the recipes and cooking techniques of their families as well as the nutritional content of traditional foods. They will describe their cultural perspectives on these dishes and speak to the historical influence that Northeastern Native food has had on modern cuisine. This program will have a heavy focus on the tradition of maple sugaring as an important and much-celebrated gift of the early spring.
Leah explains, "We tend to have our own community celebrations and feasts on the full moons……..so March 3 would be the best date, as this is the day after our Maple Sugaring Moon celebrations, and Elizabeth and I do a lot of interesting programming with regards to maple sugaring…. and a cooking demonstration using maple as a staple ingredient." This will be an indoor event with the cooking on a hotplate instead of an open fire. Due to liability issues, members of the public are not permitted to taste the food.
Leah Hopkins is known as a culture bearer, educator, traditional artist, and performer strongly rooted in her traditions passed down through her parents, grandparents and extended family, resulting in a strong passion for educating Native peoples and facilitating programs to increase cultural competency.
Elizabeth James-Perry is an enrolled member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe on the island of Noepe (Martha's Vineyard). Her fine art work focuses on Northeastern Woodlands Algonquian artistic expressions: Wampum carving, weaving, and natural dyeing. As a member of a Nation that has long lived on and harvested the sea, Elizabeth's is a perspective that combines art and an appreciation for Native storytelling and traditional environmental knowledge in her ways of relating to coastal North Atlantic life.
This event is co-sponsored by the Nolumbeka Project, DCR, and Jaime and Senani Babson.
Next Next post: Strange Events at Vilas Bridge: A Cultural Misunderstanding?


There is nothing simpler and more economical than paying for purchases with cold, hard cash. Since it is virtually impossible to use cash as a method for making purchases online, several companies have developed a relatively new payment method known as the cash card.
Cash cards are essentially prepaid debit cards that can be loaded over the phone or in any number of bricks-and-mortar merchants. There is often a small fee associated with loading the card with funds, but this negates the existence of per-transaction fees. These cards allow customers to turn their cash into a source of electronic payment; this is a great option for those who are not interested in dealing with multiple merchants that require the linkage of accounts. Instead, cash card holders can simply reload their cards with cash as necessary in order to make purchases.
Cash casinos are those that allow players to make deposits with a cash card. Although this practice has long been unavailable, the number of people that actually carry cash cards is on the increase; this is leading more and more casinos to accept cash cards as a form of payment. Though making a deposit is very simple and takes just a few moments, some cash card providers will not allow funds to be loaded back to the card from these casinos. Instead, these players must have their winnings deposited into their bank accounts or sent via check in the mail.
Cash cards are safe, secure and provide players with an alternative to standard casino banking options like credit cards and electronic payment systems. Due to their increasing popularity as a whole, more and more casinos are beginning to accept this form of payment.


Friday morning's Israel Hayom Hebrew print newspaper reported that a loud blast had been reported by residents in Eilat and that police were searching for rocket remains. On Friday evening the remains of two Grad rockets were found (Jerusalem Post). It is thought that they were fired from the Sinai.


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An off-licence used as a front for serious organised crime which helped generate millions of pounds should be stripped of its licence, police have said.
The future of Mistry, in Featherstone, is to be discussed by Wakefield Council's licensing committee next week.
Owner Malkeet Rathod was jailed for nine years in June for duping the Home Office into allowing 188 immigrants into the UK illegally. His wife and sister-in-law were also convicted of money laundering.
Rathod set up bogus Sikh religious missions at two premises, one of them being the shop on Featherstone Lane.
He provided fraudulent paperwork to keep Indians in the country as religious workers.
Rathod, 49, charged people up to £4,000 a time to act as their sponsor to gain them entry from India posing as religious workers in the Sikh community.
When police and immigration officials carried out a dawn raid on Featherstone Lane they found £26,000 in cash in a brief case.
In a report prepared for the meeting a statement from the police states: "In reality, the missions did not exist and the migrants disappear onto the black employment market.
This view has been supported by Wakefield Council's licensing enforcement officer.
The matter will be discussed on Tuesday, September 5 at Wakefield Town Hall.


There are several reasons why a golf handicap is important to have. The two major reasons are for playing in any type of competition and to help you improve your scores. Even if you don't play in the U. S. Open qualifier, there are many other events where you will need one.
Competition does not necessarily mean USGA sanctioned events. Local competitions at all levels will generally require a handicap index. Even if you are just playing with your buddies it can make a difference.
The first of the month when handicaps are updated is anxiously awaited at most courses so golfers can find out if they are going to be giving strokes to their buddies are be on the receiving end and getting strokes for the next month.
If you are fortunate enough to be invited to play in a friend or business associate's member-guest tournament you will be asked to provide proof of your handicap index. If you can't, then you will still be allowed to play, but will have to play with a scratch or zero handicap, which generally means that you have absolutely no possible chance of being competitive at any level. This is not really fair to your partner since they are team events.
Anyone that is really trying to get better needs to have a starting point. Your handicap index gives you that. This enables you to set goals of improving your index by a certain amount and gives you the tool for tracking your progress.
In addition to tracking your index, you will need to track a few other important items such as GIR (greens in regulation), putts, sand saves, etc. There is a reason that tour players or their coaches track every stat imaginable. You don't need to be that thorough, but you do need the basics.
If you are considering golf instruction it will save time if you can give the instructor an accurate description of your game and the areas that you need help in. If he doesn't listen and jumps in changing your swing because you don't have the club in the right positions, then you can save yourself some money by finding someone else.
Sam is a Life Member of the PGA of America and has had a love affair with the game of golf since age 8. Because of 35+ years of experience in golf he loves to write about it. Hope you enjoy.


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The 2022 Bolivian Primera División season, known as the 2022 Copa Tigo season for sponsorship reasons, was the 45th season of the División Profesional del Fútbol Boliviano, Bolivia's top-flight football league and the fifth season under División de Fútbol Profesional management. The season began on 4 February and was scheduled to end on 13 November 2022.

In the Torneo Apertura, Bolívar won their thirtieth league title and twenty-fourth in the professional era, by defeating crosstown rivals The Strongest in the final match played on 12 June by a 3–0 score. On the other hand, the Torneo Clausura was abandoned on 10 November 2022 with 24 out of 30 rounds played and no champion was declared due to civil unrest in the Santa Cruz Department. Independiente Petrolero were the defending champions, having won the 2021 tournament.

Format
The format for the 2022 season was approved by the 16 División Profesional clubs on 21 December 2021. The league returned to the Apertura and Clausura format after the year-long tournament held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Torneo Apertura, which was played from 6 February to 12 June, had a first stage with the 16 participating clubs divided into two groups of eight, from which the top four clubs of each group advanced to a knockout stage in which the champions were decided. Meanwhile, the Torneo Clausura, played from 1 July to 10 November, was played under a double round-robin format.

The distribution of international berths was confirmed on 11 January 2022. The champions of both tournaments, as well as the Torneo Clausura runners-up and the best placed team in the aggregate table would qualify for the 2023 Copa Libertadores, while the Torneo Apertura runners-up, the Copa Bolivia champions, and the next two best placed teams in the aggregate table would qualify for the 2023 Copa Sudamericana.

Teams
16 teams competed in the league for the 2022 season, 14 of which took part in 2021. The 2021 Copa Simón Bolívar champions Universitario de Vinto and the winners of the promotion/relegation play-off Universitario de Sucre, were both promoted for this season. The former competed in the top tier for the first time ever, while the latter returned after a 3-year absence. The promoted teams replaced Real Potosí and San José, who were relegated at the end of the previous season.

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

Notes

Torneo Apertura

First stage

Standings

Serie A

Serie B

Results

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

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First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

Source: Soccerway

Torneo Clausura
The Torneo Clausura, which was originally scheduled to begin on 24 June, had its start date pushed back to 1 July due to technical issues for the implementation of VAR. The tournament was scheduled to end on 13 November 2022, but it was suspended on 21 October with six rounds to go due to civil unrest in the Santa Cruz Department and officially abandoned on 10 November 2022 in a meeting of the División Profesional's Higher Council. As a result, no champion nor runner-up were declared.

Standings

Results

Top scorers

Source: Soccerway

Aggregate table
Due to the abandonment of the Torneo Clausura, the berths for international tournaments for the following season were awarded through aggregate table placement. In addition to this, the División Profesional's Higher Council decided that the bottom-placed team in this table at the moment the Clausura tournament was abandoned would play the relegation play-off and no teams would be directly relegated to the Bolivian Football Regional Leagues.

Promotion/relegation play-off
The relegation play-off was played by:
 Universitario de Sucre (2022 División Profesional aggregate table 16th place)
 Libertad Gran Mamoré (2022 Copa Simón Bolívar runners-up)

The winners will play in the top flight for the 2023 season.

Libertad Gran Mamoré won 6–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the Bolivian Primera División. Universitario de Sucre were relegated to the Chuquisaca Football Association Championship.

See also
2022 Copa Bolivia

References

External links
 División Profesional on the FBF's official website

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School Garden News – California
January 22, 2009 School Garden News No comments
Local schools, local food
Advocacy group pushing Chico school district to serve more-healthful food in cafeterias
By Christine G.K. LaPado, NewsReview.com
Debra Abbott works as an after-school gardening teacher at McManus, Parkview, Rosedale and Citrus elementary schools. Her job is funded by a special grant for low-performing and high-poverty schools. She recently helped some of her students pick lettuce, chard, spinach and carrots from their school garden, showed them how to wash the vegetables, and then helped them prepare fresh lemon vinaigrette to put on the salad she guided them to create.
"All of the kids loved it," said Abbott of the, garden-to-classroom food. "They said they'd rather eat that than the 'little fruit pellets' they [were given at school] for a snack and didn't eat. These kids want this [fresh] food."
Abbott describes a "huge disconnect" between what she is teaching children in her gardening program and "the processed food in the cafeteria" that they are eating for breakfast, lunch and snacks. She cited the packaged, sugary cereals and high-fat breakfast entrees such as "sausage on a stick" and "sausage on a biscuit," and "pizza every day of the week," as prime examples of school foods that should be reduced or eliminated.
"They could serve Cheerios, Special K or Rice Krispies instead of all those sweet cereals," said Abbott, "but they're probably being subsidized by the sweet-cereal industry."
Abbott is a member of a new organization called Advocates for Healthy School Communities. The group held its second "Change School Lunch" meeting on Jan. 8 at the OPT (Overweight Prevention and Treatment) for Fit Kids office on Mangrove Avenue. The group, which thus far totals nine members, is made up largely of parents, local food educators and school garden teachers—including Maria Venturino, co-owner of the Red Tavern restaurant and parent of two Chico schoolchildren.
Other members include sustainability activist and KZFR programmer Laurie Niles; Kristen Del Real, substitute teacher and school garden coordinator at Hooker Oak Elementary School and mother of two children who attend the school; and Jeremy Miller, president of Chico Food Network, a nonprofit that is working to "foster a local food system that contributes to the long-term viability of farms in our region" and "provide education regarding local food systems," among other aims.
They are attempting to get the Chico Unified School District to improve the quality of cafeteria food, as well as make progressive, healthful changes to the district's current wellness policy, which is in the final-draft stage.
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Bernhard Eisel retires after 19 years in the pro peloton
by Dane Cash
Photography by Cor Vos
Bernhard Eisel has called it a career.
The 38-year-old Austrian, who finished his fourth season at Dimension Data last year, spent nearly two decades in the pro peloton. His list of achievements includes a collection of victories from the early years of his career – including a Gent-Wevelgem triumph in 2010 – as well as success as a road captain and lead-out man in later years.
"Having the opportunity to ride on some of the most prestigious teams in the sport, on the biggest stages of them all, has been an incredible privilege," Eisel wrote in a statement. "I have made friends for life and travelled the world living my dream but it's now time to take the next step of my journey."
Bernhard Eisel leads the peloton at the 2019 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen. Photo: Tim van Wichelen/Cor Vos © 2019
Eisel started his career with Mapei-Quick-Step in 2001, and then rode with the FDJ teams, various iterations of the Columbia/HTC squad, and Sky before moving to Dimension Data. He formed a strong relationship with Mark Cavendish over multiple years as teammates, developing into a trusted lieutenant for the Manx sprinter and playing a role in many of his big victories.
During his 19 years in the pro peloton, Eisel started 19 Grand Tours, including 12 Tours de France. He considered retirement at the end of 2018 following a serious crash and a brain injury, but decided to race for another year last season before finally deciding to hang up the wheels.
"Our sport is an incredible one and has its obvious dangers, and in 2018 I suggered a major injury that could well have brought my career to a premature end," Eisel wrote. "Not everyone has the good fortune to retire on their own terms and so to have raced for a final season, loving what I do, sees me leave content and proud."
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Series 1. Correspondence, Statements, etc.
Series 5. Sales Brochures for Farm Machinery, etc.
Papers of Ralph Sundquist consist of correspondence, business documents, reports, enclosures, and brochures relating chiefly to apple growing and shipping, but also to Sundquist's civic endeavors with public education, junior colleges, hospitals, churches and the Federal Reserve System.
[Item Description]. Cage 601, Ralph R. Sundquist Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Ralph Roger Sundquist was born in Galesburg, Illinois, on 5 January 1894, to the Rev. and Mrs Hjalmar Sundquist. In 1910, the family moved to the Yakima Valley because Hjalmar had health problems he thought curable in a warm, dry climate. Ralph graduated from Yakima High School in 1912 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture from the State College of Washington in 1916. A year later, he received a Master of Science degree in Horticulture from the State College. He taught biological courses for a year at Whitworth College, in Spokane, before returning to Yakima, where he taught high school for two years. About this time he married Elaine Fager.
The Sundquist family entered the apple business soon after arriving in the Yakima Valley. Around 1920, Ralph purchased his first orchard near Gleed. The Sunnyslope orchards did very well through the rest of the decade, raising a number of apple varieties for nationwide markets. These included the Starking Red Delicious. The early 1930s economic downturn nearly left Sundquist in financial ruin. In 1948, Sundquist and a colleague opened the Hansen Fruit and Cold Storage Company, in Yakima. He later established the Sundquist Fruit and Cold Storage Co. In 1966, he built a new controlled-atmosphere storage facility for processing, storing and shipping apples from his 850 acres of orchards and those of others.
Sundquist was an active member of the community. He was an early communicant of Yakima's First Presbyterian Church, giving much of his time and money. He made large contributions for improvements in the congregation's pipe organ in the 1940s and 1950s, and for stained glass windows. He was president of the Lower Naches Telephone Company, the the Yakima District Horticultural Society, and the Washington State Horticultural Association. He also as a board member of the Yakima YMCA, founding director of the Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital (later a trustee), director of the Yakima Valley College, and member of the Yakima School board. Sundquist also helped organize Yakima's first television station, KIMA-TV, and Yakima's educational television station.
Early in the 1950s, Ralph became a member of the Atomic Energy Commission's Personnel Advisory Board for the Hanford Project. He helped evaluate potential employees' security clearance applications. At this time, he also became a director of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank's Seattle Branch. In 1963, Ralph and two dozen other regional agribusinessmen travelled around the world as part of the U.S. State Department's People-to-People cultural exchange program. They observed crop production methods in many developing middle eastern and Asian countries. Among his many honors for civic activities, Ralph Sundquist received the Boy Scouts of America's Silver Beaver Award for his commitment to the Fort Simcoe Council. He also won the Greater Yakima Valley Chamber of Commerce's Award of Merit for outstanding community service. He received the State College of Washington's Certificate of Merit.
The present arrangement preserves a correspondence series that was present in the records when received by the Washington State University Libraries. Unfiled materials have been added to this basic series in places where apparent. Other parts of the had no filing order when received and have been arranged in several sequences that combine like materials. These tend to group papers around each of Sundquist's many civic interests. A last group of materials consists of a number of historically significant sales brochures, chiefly for agricultural equipment. These have been retained with the papers as a distinct series.
Washington State University acquired the Sundquist Papers in 1980 (MS80-46) from the subject's son, Marvin V. Sundquist.
W. J. Lane Co., Farm Lands, Loans, Ins., Fargo, N. Dak.
Martin General Agency and Yakima Investment Co.
D. V. Morthland, Esq., regarding Sunnyslope Development Co.
Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchard Co., Louisiana, Mo.
First Bank of White Bluffs, White Bluffs, Wash.
Yakima Mortgage Loan Co. and Yakima Mortgage \& Bond Co.
Codling Moth Traps, by Anthony Spuler, Wash. Ag. Expt. Stn.
An Analysis of Successes and Failures in Codling Moth Control in 1938.
Economical Control of the Codling Moth in 1932.
History of the State College.
Observations of the Apple Industry of California.
Observations on the Pear Industry of California.
Observations on Cold Weather Damage to Apples, Nov. 1935.
Order of Work for Botany 56. Laboratory Work.
Origins of the Northwest Apple Box . . . .
Our Losing Battle Against Powdery Mildew of the Apple.
Statement of Ralph Sundquist: Marketing Agreement Hearing, May 13, 1958.
When We Hear the Dollar's Whisper.
Proposed Farmer Line Rate Increases by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Information Regarding Boy Scouts of America, Troop # 1, First Presbyterian Chuch, Yakima . . .
The Windows of Heaven Were Opened, Windows of the First Presbyterian Church.
4.4 Yakima Public Schools Annual Reports, etc.
Cletrac Crawler Tractors, Cleveland Tractor Co.
Stark Bro's. Nurseries and Orchards Co.


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Lessons from leadership virtuoso Les Wexner, CEO of L Brands, and all-around humble guy
By Larry Senn
I was delighted to recently attend an event at Chief Executive Group honoring our long-time client and my personal friend, L Brands CEO Leslie Wexner, with a lifetime achievement award. There are many company and CEO awards, and Les has been the recipient of many, but this one stood out for me as deeply significant and highly deserving.
The day after this event, I was struck by the comment by Jim Cramer that Les is "Dean of Everything in retailing," and the notion that he is certainly a leader with much to teach the world.
The longest-serving CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Les is nothing short of an American business legend. A son of Russian immigrants of meager means, Les started The Limited in 1963 with a little more than a $5,000 loan from his aunt, and something really much bigger: vision and passion. He opened his first store in Columbus, Ohio, in 1963 with first-year sales of $160,000. Today, Les is still leading L Brands and it has become a $10+ billion retail giant with some of the most recognizable and successful consumer brands in the world, including Victoria's Secret, La Senza, Pink, Bath & Body Works, White Barn Candle Co., and Henri Bendell.
As I watched Les be reluctantly bathed in accolades at his recognition ceremony , I was touched and proud to have been a part of his leadership success story from the perspective of helping create The Limited Way culture at L Brands.
Having worked with and known Les for many years, I think he's one of the best CEOs of the century, and one who has many traits that leaders should try to understand better and work to develop. Here are a few that come to mind:
Les has never wavered from his vision and passion for his work. As a founder, I understand and relate to his perspective on devoting a lifetime to building something much bigger than a company. Retirement is not in either of our vocabularies. In fact, in true Les Wexner style, he quipped during the award celebration: "If I had to make one suggestion it would be, instead of a lifetime achievement award which sounds terminal, how about the so-far achievement award?"
A growth mindset
When I asked Les how he sees the trends and invents new categories like Pink, a new lingerie line targeted to 15-to-22 year olds, he said that the late leadership guru Warren Bennis had told him he was the most observant CEO he knew. Les is very curious about many things in life and he sees patterns that suggest products he can test. By having a culture that is very agile and quick to market, he and his team can leverage those ideas. He also has the wisdom to exit from opportunities that he sees have less of a future. That takes having an open mindset and resisting being fixed in mindset: What works today may not work tomorrow so be in a state of readiness to stay ahead of the curve.
Les's shadow of thoughtful, purpose-driven leadership has had a profound effect on not only the retail empire he built and nurtures, but also on many companies, thousands of leaders and aspiring leaders, and the untold number of lives he has enriched through his philanthropic efforts.
A towering but benevolent leadership shadow
With a growth mindset rooted in a deep curiosity about what makes a good leader and human being, Les has a profound interest in leading today by being at his best in how he shows up, but also in the development of tomorrow's leaders. And he acts on it every day as part of his life's path, including through his work at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University; Harvard University's Center for Public Leadership and The Wexner Foundation, which has a graduate fellowship program to promote excellence in Jewish professional leadership.
Watch him describe his leadership and philanthropy principles in a talk to Harvard Kennedy School.
Humility and a higher purpose of doing good while doing well
Les has long been considered one of America's greatest philanthropists, yet he shies from media attention and rarely gives interviews. Yet, over the past 25 years, he has personally given more than $500 million to philanthropic causes. In 2012, Ohio State University renamed its medical center the Wexner Medical Center in honor of his generous support of both time and money. And L Brands employees and Victoria Secret supermodels regularly participate in volunteering events. For example, for this year's 22nd Komen Race for the Cure celebration in Columbus, Ohio, L Brands brought in nearly 10,000 participants and guests.
The majority of his philanthropy has been focused on his passion for educating the next generation of leaders through the programs of The Wexner Foundation. In addition, he has made substantial gifts to the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Columbus Jewish Federation, and a multitude of other philanthropic organizations.
Again, his response to being a philanthropist for the ages is mostly pretty humble and simple: "I've always believed that you have to do good while doing well," he is often know to say. "It's not enough to succeed in business. You have to give back."
While many philanthropists give in order to leave a legacy, he's more interested in giving and making a difference now, and every day, in both time and resources. "The easiest thing to do is to spend resource. The hardest thing to do is spend time," he said in a talk to Harvard Kennedy School students.
Not every leader has wealth to share or time to spare, but if each of us did make efforts to give in our own way of our time, passion, leadership and knowledge, think of the difference we could all make?
Insights from Les on leading, winning together, and shaping a culture
In our work with Les and L Brands, we've had the opportunity to talk to him about leading culture and people. Here are a few of his personal insights he shared with us.
On winning together…
"You have to start with the leaders and everybody has to understand the team winning is what really counts and that everybody has a shared responsibility not only to do their job, lead their team but also contribute to the whole enterprise and that winning is winning."
On enterprise thinking…
"I think it's about getting peoples' minds around the thinking that two heads are better than one. Ten heads may be better than one and there's something in it for everybody but most of all we can win and we can win on a sustained basis because we value partnership, we value sharing and you may have to supplement your individual priorities for the team win."
On being a true team…
"If you're going to value the team, then the players have to value the team. When people aren't playing nicely with others, you have to call them out, and give them feedback, and give recognition to people who do share so that you're getting a culture that values collaboration, not just individual performance."
On being a leader…
My dominant skill is the merchant's skill. So, I have I think good ideas about values and good ideas about the organization of the business and I'm pretty confident in those things. The notion of understanding how cultures are developed, particularly as an owner/founder, I think I have a pretty good idea that I have that. I think it takes more than just having good values and being confident in your values. How do you communicate them to an organization in a way that the organization understands? I think that's very, very different."
"I'm reasonably well read in the subject of leadership, funded the center at Harvard, will speak about leadership, but the notion in the here and now most people believe that the basics of leadership are values. What are your values? What are your ethics? Leaders have to be explicit about their values and their ethics."
On leading culture change…
"I think it has to be front and forward in peoples' minds. I think it's like any fundamental practice. People have to be practicing it, thinking about it. So, I think it's up to a large group of leaders to say, "This is important. We see the value and it is fundamental… Our way of thinking is fundamental to our enterprise and we've got to get better at it and we've got to keep it alive because we can't take it for granted. I think what I look for primarily is the walking the walk and then the prompts that just keep it interesting and fun. The leaders of the business, the whole enterprise, have the walk to the walk and then there has to be the supportive things that make it fun."
On results he saw as a result of shaping The Limited Way culture…
"The results are better and cross more areas and more functions, and we're achieving results at a higher speed. Things that might have taken three months are taking two. Projects that would have been done in a year are getting done in 10 months. So it's just an efficient organization that is energized. You can just see it."
What do you think about these leadership lessons? What can you add? Please comment on social media.
Larry Senn
Dr. Larry Senn is a pioneer in the field of corporate culture. He is chairman and founder of international culture-shaping firm Senn Delaney, a Heidrick & Struggles company. Larry's vision and leadership of four decades has helped Senn Delaney become an international firm that is widely recognized as the leading authority and practitioner in the field of culture shaping. Larry has led culture-shaping engagements for the leaders of numerous organizations, including dozens of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, state governors, members of two U.S. president's cabinets, deans of business schools and the presidents of major universities. He is an accomplished consultant, business advisor, group facilitator, author, CEO coach and public speaker. Larry has co-authored several books, including Winning Teams, Winning Cultures and 21st Century Leadership. In 2013, he published his latest book, Up the Mood Elevator: Living Life at Your Best. This book reveals some profound principles, fascinating concepts and useful practical tools to help people improve their experience of life, enhance results, build better relationships and create success with less stress. Prior to founding Senn Delaney, Larry ran his own retail business in college, was a senior engineer in the aerospace industry and a faculty member at University of Southern California and University of California Los Angeles where he taught leadership. Larry has a BS in engineering, an MBA from UCLA, and a doctorate degree in business administration from USC. Read his full bio.


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Trump Wants to Build Wall on Mexican Border
President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order today that calls for the construction of a wall on the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The wall was a signature promise of his campaign to keep illegal immigrants from entering the country.
Trump says the wall is needed to protect the security of Americans and prevent criminals and drug dealers from illegally entering U.S. soil.
The big question is where the money will come from to pay for the wall. Estimates are the wall could cost at least $25 billion to build. President Trump says that Mexico will eventually pay for the wall but it remains to be seen how this will actually happen.
Trump also signed a second Executive Order today to enhance public safety inside the U.S. by apprehending and removing illegal immigrants already in the country.
The order states "Sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States willfully violate Federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States. These jurisdictions have caused immeasurable harm to the American people and to the very fabric of our Republic."
The Secretary of Homeland Security is given authority to remove illegal immigrants in the United States that should have been deported or are convicted of a criminal offense.
The President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto is supposed to visit the U.S. and meet with President Trump next week which should be a very interesting meeting.


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